Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 31, 1908, Page 1

» ¥ THE B VOLUME 5. NUMBER 293. MINNESOTA SQCIETY. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING MARCH 31, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH: THE GOVERNOR’S REPLY IS FRANK, OPEN AND MANLY John A. Johnson Is Willing to Accept the Democratic Nomination for President.---Has High Conception of Proper Attitude Toward Such Position. Duluth Herald: Governor John- son has replied at last to the de- mands upon him for a statement of his position as to the Democratic and his attitude is just what was to be expected of him. It is dignified but not indifferent, modest but not coy; it is frank, open and manly. It shows a high conception of the proper attitude of a man who is being considered in connection with this great honor. It is typi- cal of the man, and will add to the high esteem in which he is held not only in Minnesota but all over the country. Gov. Johnson does not believe that any American citizen should be an active, open candidate for the nomination to the presidency. In this he is absolutely correct. No man can exhibit an indecent itch for this honor without cheapening himself and degrading the office he seeks. This statement is in thorough harmony with Governor Johnson’s attitude during all the months in which he has been freely discussed as an available candidate for the presidency. Through it all he has devoted his time and attention to the duties of his present office. His head has not been turned by the praise that has been showered upon him nor has his dignity been dis- turbed by the contemptable insinu- ations of political enemies”in Minne- sota. nomination for president, He simply says that if the Demo- cratic party of the nation believes him to be more available than any other man, and if it is felt that by this nomination he could contribute any service to the party and to the nation, he would be happy to receive the honor which this would confer. He is not a candidate for the purpose of defeating Mr. Bryan or any other man, and the only consideration which would in- duce him to allow the use of his name would be feeling that he might be needed by the cause. If the party sees fit to nominate Mr. Bryan or any other man the action will meet with his approval, and the nominee will have his unqualified support, just as he would expect his support if conditions were reversed. In short, he will make no undig- nified scramble for the nomination, nor will he countenance any in his behalf, If the party needs him, he is ready. If it chooses another, that man will have his unqualified support, It 1s a clean-cut, manly announce- ment, characteristic of the man. Having stated his position, he is en- titled to the support of the Demo- crats of the state to which he has given an earnest and undivided ser- vice that has brought fame both to the state and to himself. Minne- sota’s delegation to the national convention should and will go pledged to propose his name and to back it up with its best efforts to bring about his normination. Prisoner Brought from California. Sheriff Thomas Bailey returned last night from Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, where he went some time ago in search of a party who was wanted in Beltrami county on the charge of embezzlement, and he was accom- panied on his return by Rowland Patterson, formerly of Spooner, the man wanted. Patterson was lodged in the Bel- trami county jail, and will probably be given a hearing within the next three days. Patterson was formerly a resident of Spooner, and while in the em- ploy of the Shevlin-Mathieu Lum- ber company at that place, is said to have embezzled several hundreds|. of dollars, in conjunction with a book-keeper, by having “straw men” on the time books. Patterson left Spooner and the embezzlement is said to have been discovered after his departure. Later Patterson was located at Los Angelos, and Sheriff Bailey went after him. Must Sacrifice New Piano. On account of having no place to keep it, having lost my home by fire, I will sell my brand new $375 piano for $250 if taken at once. V. L. Ellis, at Pioneer office. Local news on last page BEMIDJI AFTER LOGATION OF FISH GULTURE PLANT Senator Nelson Has Introduced a Bill in Congress for the Proposed Hatchery. Bemidji will make a determined effort to have the government fish culture station(provided for in a bill recently introduced in congress by Senator Nelson) located in this city or in this immediate vicinity. According to the provisions of Senator Nelson’s bill, there will be appropriated by the federal govern- ment the sum of $25,000 for the erection of a fish culture station in Minnesota, the precise location of which will be determined by the United States Fish Commissoner. The bill was introduced last week, andis ina fair way to become a law. Bemidji cannot be excelled as an advantageous location for the pro- posed fish culture station. There are all of the national environiments for the raising and propogation of fish of every varietv. There is both spring and other waters here, and for that matter there is no better water conditions to be found any- where in the entire state than abound all around us. Being close to the largest body of fresh water in the state (Red Lake) which is fed by all streams in this locality running in a northernly direction, the propogation of fisk would be an easy matter. Most ex- cellent grounds could be secured, and there is no doubt but that this city can put forth inducements worthy of the affirmative considera- tion of the Federal Fish Commission. The city of Crookston, it is said, will make the attempt to secure the station for Maple lake, where ah”at- tempt is being made to build up a summer resort. Crookston has a U. S. land office, and has been honored with a public building, and in many other ways, while Bemidji has received no consideration what- ever at the hands of the federal government, or the state eithex for matter. Bemidji is going after the ‘fish culture station and already the as- sistance of several men of note kas been enlisted in our behalf. Brinkman Has Great Program. Manager Brinkman, of the Brink- man Family theatre, for this week one of the best vaude- ville performances ever seen in this or any other city in the north- west. Newspaper Postage Laws. A~ A A On and after April 1 the new ruling of the postmaster general regarding the postage rates for newspapers will take effect and the Pioneer desires to make some arrangement with all its subscribers that none may miss an issue of the paper. The new ruling of the postmaster general requires that all issues of the daily, when more than three months in arrears, shall be mailed at the rate of one cent per paper; the same ruling applies to the weekly paper which is in arrears for more than one year. The ruling does not effect subscribers of the Daily Pioneer whose papers are delivered by carrier boys; but does effect all papers received by subscribers through the mail. The Pioneer is the oldest paper in Beltrami céunty, and we have never re- fused to send the Daily or Weekly to any citizen who desired either publication and was willing to pay for it. Owing to this liberal practice there ' are a number on our subscription list who get the paper by mail who must make some kind of a settlement within the next few days or their paper will be discontinued. It can readily be seen that the extra postage of $3 per year on the Daily and 52 cents on the Weekly will be quite an item and one which we will be unable to pay- We hope that the next few days will bring in remittances from a great many who still owe us. If you cannot pay write and tell us so, as we can then send you a note for your signature and thus fix the account and continue to send you the paper. We do not care to cut from our list a single subscriber, as many of them are old friends of the paper. We believe practically all of our subscribers mean to pay us some time, and prompt attention to this letter will save them all on our list. It will be the policy of the Pioneer to mail in a single wrapper for two or three days the paper of the delmquent subseriber, and when you receive your paper in a wrapper with a one cent postage stamp attached, we would ask that you give it | ¢ your prompt and careful attention. has secured | The following taken from the Fargo Forum will be of interest to the theatre-goers of this city: “Those who attended the vaude- ville theatre this week may not have known it, " but they witnessed a relic of the twelfth century drama in the exhibition of the Lenoir mar- ionettes. The use of dummies to The Lenoirs, Who Present a Sensational Show at the Brinkman All This Week. present scenes from the stage dates back to about 1150, when the idea first originated in the mind of some Italian, whose name unluckily has not been handed down. “When several years ago, an English society resurrected one of the old English morality plays and presented it under the name of Everyman, students of the drama were much interested. in the experi- ment, seemingly unmindful of the fact that in Italy to the present day is a phase of drama that had its beginning 350 years before some forgotten monk wrote the quaint, old Everyman. ; “In “Little Italy” in' New York, the heart of the slums, there flour- ish today two theatres devoted to the exploits of these marionettes, and through these has America come to know something of the theatrical customs across the water. “It was in 1886 that George Le- noir first conceived the idea of showing Americans the drama of another age. His first efforts were somewhat more crude than was the miniature-stage, Lilliputiati acts,and actors presented here last night. Now he sets the little stage, peoples it with actors, actresses, has a lively piano player, and an “appreciative audience” in the boxes. The marion- etts are manipulated by strings and wires, but there is nothing for the audience to see except the remark- able life-action of the dummies, whose burlesque - are real vaudeville, seemed to touch a responsive strain in the laugh department of the good- sized house which greeted the per- formance last night.” SGHNEIDER BROS. WILL HAVE BIDS ON GLOTHING Pojwlar Clothing Store Has Inaugur- ated an Innovation in the Selling of Clothing. Schnei'der Bros., the big clothing dealers, h, ve inaugurated an innova- tion in the' matter of selling clothes that gives ‘promise of being a big success, as well as furnishing no end of inter.>st to those desiring | giving the best bid for the suit will posed of. ‘| play in your store window. clothes at a lib'eral price. Schneiders hiave decided toinau gurate a system Wwhereby ‘a person” desiring a suit of clothes may bid just what he believes the suit is worth, the bids to be filed and reg- istered, and when all are opened on Saturday .cvening, the person bé the purchaser," at the price named in his bid. The first suit so.'d this way will be 'disposed of next Saturday even- ing. A handsome suit has been placed in the display Window, where every one may see it, a ‘d for which bids will be received, to' be opened Saturday evening and t. e suit dis- The form of the bid to L '€ used is as follows “I will give you $..couny avvee . cash for the suit which you a te sell- ing at auction, and which is on dis- (Signed) sl That this method of selling ¢ JOth- ing will prove popular is believe d to be a foregone conclusion, and al- ready there is considerable inte: ‘est being shown in the proposition. GOUNCIL VOTES AGMNST THE MUNIGIPAL COURT Order Mass Meeting to Discuss Water- works Proposition.—City Hall Leased to Firemen. Bemidji will not have a municipal Such was the determination reached by the city council at a meeting held last evening, when a resolution was presented to the council authorizing the establishing of the court, com- mencing July 1, 1908, and fixing the salary of the judge at $1,200 per year and the salary of the clerk at $600. To pass required a four-fifths majority, or eight votes of the coun- cil. The resolution was lost by a vote of six to two. D. H. Fisk appeared before the council and offered a resolution re- questing that the city clerk file his bond, as well as the treasurer’s bond, in conformity with the charter or his office be declared vacant. The resolution was laid on the table for one week, in order to give the city clerk a chance to comply with the charter. The city hall was leased to the Bemidji fire department for one year. A bid for the leasing of the hall was submitted by the fire department, which agreed to furnish light and janitor service for the band and the militia, and also grant the use of the hall an additional night each week for the city. A. T. Wheelock also tendered a bid, agreeing to pay the city $180 a year, allowing the city to reserve two nignts each week. Relative to furnishing aid for the proposed new library for which Andrew Carnegie offered to donate $10,000 on certain conditions, the city attorney was authorized to the city will furnish a site for the pro- posed library and also levy an annual tax of $1,000 for the main tenance of same. The water and light committee submitted a report in which the committee recommended that a special meeting be called for the purpose of discussing the proposed court—at least not for the present.| HELD TO GRAND JURY FOR BLOWING THE NEVING DAM George Thayer and John Samuelson Given Preliminary Hearing at Bagley Today.---Samuelson Was Dis- charged.---Claims Thayer Made Threats. Bagley, March 31.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Before Justice of the Peace Loen today, Georg Thayer and John Samuelson were given a hearing on the charge of having blown the dam at Neving Tuesday night of last week, stituting a felony. The testimony adduced showed that Thayer went to the store of the crime con- Halvor Halvorson at Neving the day previous to the blowing up of the dam and secured a quantity of dynamite, which was left in the store. The next day John Samuelson went to the Neving store and asked for the dynamite that Thayer had ordered. Sameulson also got eight or nine caps and the dynamite and placed them in a gunny sack, taking them away with him. After the dam was blown some of this fuse and a portion of the gunny sack were lodged in the broken structure. The next morning after the ex- plosion, tracks were seen leading through fresh snow from the dam towards the homes of Thayer and Samuelson. It is said that Thayer had made threats to blow the dam. No threats are credited to Samuelson. Thayer was held to the grand \jury and was released on giving his bond in the sum of $500. son was not held to the grand’ jury and ordered released. County Attortey E. T. Teitsworth appeared for the state in the case and E. E. McDonald of Bemidji, representing Mr. Neving, owner of the dam, while Chester McKusick of Bemidj, Samuel- acted as counsel for Thayer and Samuelson. extensionof the water mains and the construction of the new plant and extension of the water system. | The committee named Thursday, April 2, as the date for holding such a meeting and authorized the com- mittee to advertise the same in a prominent place in two issues of the Bemidji Daily Pioheer. The bond of the First National draw a resolution‘to the effect that;Bank in the sum of $20,000. and | the bond of the Lumbermens Na- tional Bank in the sum of $10,000, as the official despositories of city funds were approved and ordered filed. The purchasing committee was authorized to purchase tables and linolium for the new council rooms. Street Commissioner Miller was authorized to read the meters and give rating from January 1 to April 1, 1908. It was voted that the poll tax of the city should be $1.50 cash or one day’s work. Fatal Accident at Nora. Bagley, March 31.—(Special to Pioneer.)—G. S. Fletcher, a promi- uent farmer and socialist, living in the town of Nora,Clearwater county fell from a load of hay, at his home, this forenoon, and was instantly killed, his neck being broken by the fall; Fletcher was 60 years of age. Local news on last page Additional focal matter will be fouird on fourth page. oy - e 4SS MEETING Will be held in City Hall, (HURSDAY N, APR. Beginning at 8 o’clock For the purpose of discussing the feasibility of installing a new waterworks plant and extending the waterworks system. Let there be a large attendance of all taxpayers in the city, so that true sentiment may be obtained. This is a vital question, and should interest every citizen. Thomas Smart, Anton Erickson, L. F. Johnson, Waterworks Committee Bemidji City Couneil. HISTORICAL MIDJI DAILY PIONEER