Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 7, 1908, Page 1

VOLUME 5. NUMBER 299 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEEF MIKNESCTA STORICAL QCIETY. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH TAX DISTRIBUTION FOR MARCH SETTLEMENT MADE $58,347.08 Apportioned to the Various Cities, Towns and School Districts.—Delinquent Personal Property Taxes in Hands County Auditor Wilmann and his deputies have completed the dis- tributing of the tax collection to March 1, and from this we note the total amount of the taxes collected $58,347.08, which is distributed as follows: State Revenue $ 2666 12 State School 1554 94 County Revenue 6298 26 County Poor 3035 92 County Road and Bridge 2418 01 County Bond 3883 79 County Building 63 21 County Indebtedness 69 61 County Ditch 159 14 %% Penalty Costs and Interest to General School Fund 910 20 ¥ Penalty Costs and Interest to County Revenue 910 20 Towns 13095 29 Schools 20316 88 State Loan, Towns,Villages and Schools 2965 50 Total $58347 08 The tax collections for the City of Bemidji and the different funds is shown by the following table: City Revenue $2272 82 City Poor 21 55 City Interest 313 45 City Bond 2402 10 City Improvement 1990 60 City Sewerage 356 47 City Health 6 00 City Sprinkling 37 60 City Sidewalk ) 4 00 Total $7404 59 The different city, villages and townships of the county received amounts as follows: Town Amount Alaska $ 5452 Baudette 11 26 Battle 125 08 Blackduck 175 34 Benville 100 44 Birch 36 06 Buzzle 61 40 Bemidji 181 95 Cormant 87 94 Durand 109 65 Eckles 146 68 Frohn 119 12 of Clerk Rhoda. Gudrid $ 22 03 Grant Valley ~ 71 97 Hamre 15 85 Hornet 134 80 Hagali 184 00 Jones 46 80 Kelliher 446 39 Lammers 141 26 Liberty 69 75 Lakewood 14 76 Langor 264 48 Lee 63 24 McDugald 110 29 Moose Lake 4 81 Minnie 28 28 Maple Ridge 214 43 Nebish 12 44 Northern 58 88 Port Hope 319 14 Quiring 53 50 Roosevelt 56 42 Spruce Grove 42 42 Shotley 50 23 Spooner 98 83 Summit 267 02 Turtle Lake 61 86 Turtle River 59 39 Taylor 49 82 Wabanaca 50 93 Walhalla 10 91 City Bemidji 7,404 59 Vill. Turtle River 9 72 Vill. Spooner 1,325 66 Vill. Blackduck 20 CLEARWATER COUNTY. Copley 27 67 Dudley 318 Eddy 7 43 Holst 14 56 Leon 410 Moose 2 54 Nora 54 57 Popple 574 Shevlin 96 Total $13,095 29 The amount apportioned to the school districts includes the general tax levy, collections and state ap- portionment and is as follows: Dist. No. Total 4 $283 56 6 91 74 7 2143 38 8 63 94 —that is the hosiery with the guarantee about which you have read s0o much. EVERWEAR does away with darning for twenty-six ‘whole weeks—if holes, rips or tears come in a pair of EVERWEAR HOSIERY within six months, all you have to do is to send them back and get a new pair absolutely free. EVERWEAR HOSIERY has a rich, soft, silky finish and the colors are fast. Men's socks are made in light and medium weight in black, black with white feet, blue, steel gray, l;¢1:t and dark tan. ‘Women's hose are made in black, black with white feet, light tan. Sold in boxes of six pair, one pize to a box, at $2.00. For Sale by O’LEARY & BOWSER Which will obtainable. easy terms. These lots are located midway between the sawmills, close to the shores of beautiful Lake Bemidji. Water easily A. E. HENDERSON Over First National Bank. 333 333333333393333333 3333333 933333332333333333 ,i!% Own Your Home. I have for sale a number of desirable lots in HENDERSON’S ADDITION be sold on 9 $102 86 10 105 64 13 161 24 16 19 46 17 55 60 21 50 04 24 27 80 26 77 84 39 47 26 40 55 60 41 108 42 42 8 34 46 211 28 48 102 86 49 44 48 56 16 68 57 80 62 58 13 90 60 453 14 61 1 12 63 33 36 65 44 48 66 88 96 67 69 30 70 11 12 71 22 24 72 38 92 76 44 48 77 75 06 79 91 74 80 47 26 81 108 42 82 47 26 83 77 84 84 50 04 85 33 36 87 30 58 88 22 24 89 77 84 90 72 28 91 77 84 92 22 24 93 77 84 94 11 12 95 13 90 96 25 02 97 44 48 98 36 14 99 22 24 100 66 72 101 38 92 102 16 68 103 38 92 104 50 04 105 44 48 106 27 80 107 61 16 108 38 92 109 15 84 111 : 308 58 112 133 44 113 52 82 115 141 78 117 47 26 Says ““Good-bye to Bemidii Friends. Judge M. A. Spooner returned last evening from Minneapolis and spent the day in the city making final arrangements * before leaving for his new field of practice at Spokane. He leaves this evening for Fort Francis and from there will go west over the Canadian-Northern. In leaving Bemidji Judge Spooner carries with him the well wishes of a host of friends—everybody who knows the judge regrets his leaving this state. CAUGUSES HELD IN CITY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON Five Delegates Elected from Each Ward to Attend County Convention. The caucuses for the different ward of the city to elect delegates to the county convention, April 9, which county convention selects delegates to attend the Congres- sional convention at Croekston, April 15, and also twelve delegates to the state convention at Minne- apolis April 16, was held here yes- terday afternoon at the different polling places, the polls being opened from 2 until 4 o’clock. The vote in every ward was light and resulted in the following dele- gates being selected: First ward—W. A. Gould, William McCuaig, Rowland Gilmore, A. P. White and John Goodman. Second ward—A. Erickson, F. W. Rhboda, J. Wilmann, C. McKusick and D. C. Smyth. Third ward—John- Washburn, A. B. Hazen, Charles Knox, J. C. Par- ker and A. A. Carter. Fourth ward—G. W. Rhea, F. S: Lycan, C. Christe, F. Brinkman and E. H. Jerrard. ANOTHER BOND ELEGTION T0 BE HELD APRIL I6TH Proposition to Buil{ia Six Room School Buidling to Be Submitted to a Vote. The need of additional school room for the schools of the city of Bemidji, is again called to the tax- payers in a legal notice in another column of this paper, which calls for a special election to be held in the Central school building on Thursday afternoon, April 16, com- mencing at 4:30 o’clock, Those who favored the proposition of building a new high school build- ing have laid this proposition aside andask for an expression of the people on the bonding of the dis- trict for a $15,000 school to be located on what is known as the Catholic church property, It is the intention of the board to build a solid brick, six-room build- ing and for that purpose ask that the district be bonded in the sum of $15,000. It is certainly absolutely necessary that additional school room be furn- ished for the school children of the city of Bemidji by auother year, and a six-room building will no more than supply the immediate wants at this time. The district at present is paying rent for two rooms in the down-town. district.Nearly 200 pupilsare obliged to attend school but half a day each day and it can readily be seen that additional room must be pro- vided. Those who have opposed the erection of a $35,000 high school building have suggested this plan, and for the sake of the children and for what is deemed their absolute right, this proposition should carry and the| much-vexed school proposi- tion settled, tor a time at least. The school board deems that it is the wish of the majority of the voters in the district that a central high school building be erected which will be a credit to the town. The contention of the opposition to thls is that a ward building should be built on the old Catholic church |. property and itis this proposition which is submitted and the voters should give it their hearty support. A. R. ERICKSON RESIGNS FROM THE GITY GOUNGIL Council Discuss Additional Water Supply For the City.—Miscellaneous Licenses to Be Collected. At a regular meeting of the city council held last evening consid- erable business of importance to the city was transacted. It was with much regret that the council received the resignation of Councilman Anton Erickson of the second ward. Mr. Erickson was present and explained that as he was under governmental rules he was unable to hold the position of alderman and postmaster. The resignation was accepted and the appointment of his successor was laid over until next meeting. The bill of Doran Bros., for re- pairing meters was referred to the city attorney, it being the contention of the council that the property owners should repair their meters. own The report of JusticeSimons show- ing fines collected of $57 at an expense of $51.50; the report of Jus- tice Slocum showed fines collected amounting to $75 at a cost of $58.50, and upon motion both reports were accepted and ordered filed. City Clerk Maloy reported that he had filed his bond, as well as that of the city treasurer, therefore the resolution presented by a number of taxpayers was laid on the table in- definitely. The additional water supply for the City of Bemidji was taken up and the water committee reported the result of the mass meeting to be that the citizens of Bemidji were in favor of additional water mains, and recommended that City Engineer M. D. Stoner be instructed to se- cure an air-lift pump that the city well might be tested. The city ‘ en- gineer was instructed to procure said pump and have the well tested. The council passed a resolution requiring a poll tax levy of one day, or in lieu there of $1.50 in cash. The different miscellaneous licenses issued by the city were then taken up and a resolution passed requesting the 'city attorney to draw up a miscellaneous license ordinance and present same to the city council as soon as possible. Arrived in City Today. Judge C. W. Stanton and Court Stenographer John Samuelson ar- rived in the city this morning from International Falls and are now ready to take up the work here. THOUSANDS OF AGRES FOR NORTH STAR STATE Beaulieu Case Decided in Favor of _ Minnesota. $1,000,000 Timber on Lands Effected. Washington, April 3.—The su- preme court of the District of Colum- bia has decided a case in favor of the secretary of the interior the effect of which will be to turn over to the State of Minnesota several hundred thousand acres of land, the timber alone on which is said to be valued at considerably in excess of $1,000,000. was brought by Gus A. Beauleau, who, acting on behalf of the Chippe- wa tribe of Indians, sought to re- strain the secretary from turning the lands over to the state. The Indians claim the lands should be sold and the proceeds divided among them. Secretary Garfield decided that the lands should be given to the state under an act of congress giving to it lands that were swamp in character. The lands are located on. the ceded Cnippewa Indian reservation in Minnesota. On behalf of Secre- tary Garfield a demurrer was filed which set forth that the State of Minnesota was an essential party in the case, in fact a codefendent, and that under the eleventh amendment to the Constitution a state cannot be sued by one-of its citizens, and Beauleau’s petition for an injunction should be dismissed. The court took this view of the matter and dismissed the petition, stating in addition that the legal title of the land was at present in the Unrited States and only the equitable title was in the Indians, and that courts have uniformly re- fused [to interfere with allotments where the title was thus divided. The case THE SWAMP Lands in the St. Paul Pioneer Press: Building a railroad is a tough proposition in any country, but when every tie is laid in a swamp the task becomes stupendous. That was the difficulty encountered by the builders of the in Northern Minnesota on practic- ally eyery foot of the roadbed be- tween Bemidji and International Falls. Next tobuilding the railroad the most strenuous proposition is the upbuilding of the country traversed by the railway so as to make the construction of the line profitable. In the average farming country this is not a difficult proposition. Immi- gration naturally follows the railway. Towns are built at intervals along the line, and, following the towns, come the farmers to till the land and sell their produce in the towns, thus making the soil first pay them, next the business enterprises of the towns, and through their shipments of freight and consignments of freight to them, ard the passenger traffic that follows, the railway gets its business. In the country traversed by the Minnesota & International, however," there are many difficulties to over- come before farming can be made profitable or the towns can hope to thrive through the settling of the country. For miles and miies on either side of the track and along its entire length there is nothing but a dismal waste of swamp, seem- 1 ingly unhabitable and offering little | opportunity, at first thought, for the successful operatien of the husband- man. And yet itis said that the railway company has built wisely in penetrating this country and that eventually it will prove the richest in the production of farm wealth of any section of Minnesota. There are 11,000 acres of swamp land in Itasca county, immediately tribu- tary tothe Minnesota & Inter- nztional railway, that Engineer Ralph of the state drainage com- mission asserts will, ere long, prove the most productive of all of Minne- sota’s rich farming lands. That the faith of the railway pro- moters is not misplaced in this mat- ter and that their wisdom in pene- trating this wilderness of tamarack swamps will soon bear'fruit is amply testified to by the courage of the men who have followed its fortunes into the swamps. Already there are located along the line many thriv- ing towns that are little more than a Minnesota & International railway| BUILDING M. & I. THROUGH WAS BIG TASK Railroad Running North from Brainerd, Through Bemidii, Now Taps Some of the Most Productive Farming Entire State, vear old, and some that are less than that many months in age. Beginning at Brainerd the line runs almost directly north through Beltrami and Itasca counties to In- ternational Falls, on the border line between Northern Minnesota and Canada. Originally it was a logging road, running as far as Bemidji through Pine River and Walker, the latter the home of the new state sanitarium for consumptives and known for several years as a famous summer resort on the great Leech lake system of Minpesota lakes. At Bemidji the road begins to strike the swamp country and from there it runs for miles through a country that an inexperienced man would get lost in if he ventured half a mile from the line of railway. In the construction of the rail- way the builders ran ditches along the line and connected these with lateral ditches running a distance of two to five miles into the swamps. T'hese ditches have already drained hundreds of acres of the swamp, and on these lands: hardy settlers may be found tilling the rich soil and fighting with nature to overcome the difficulties with which they have to contend. The state has already - appropri- ated a considerable sum of money to extend drainage work in this swamp land, and ina few years it is ex- | pected that practically all of this section of the great swamp area of northern Minnesota will be.reclaimed and rendered fit for cultivation. Soil tests have shown the-land to be rich in phosphates and the other quantities essential to a high stage of cultivation, and it would surprise those not acquainted with the ability of the Northwestern farmer to com- bat the obstacles which Dame Nature places in his way to know what they have ‘already accomplished. In many of these new towns last fall fairs were held at which were exhibited grains, grasses and vegetables raised by the ventursome settlers, and it would de difficult for any section of the state to show such magnificent specimens of the product of the soil as were shown at these fairs. Reclamation of the swamp lands of Northern Minnesota is an import- ant matter for the consideration of the business men of the Twin Cities. It means the great growth and de- velopment of the unsettled portions of the northern part of the state, and, in the same ratio, the growth and development of St. Paul and Minneapolis through whose gate- ways all goods and all products must be marketed. ceries receive daily Fruits, Butter PHO The New Grocery. For fresh and up to date gro- remember we Our line is strictly fresh as we . lead. shipments of and Eggs, Veg- etables and other Groceries. ROE & MARKUSEN NE 207 . BRINKMAN FAMILY THEATRE sy C;G‘,}JIG.—R% EEL AMERICA& PREMIER ROLLER SKATE | DANCERS e "'EATURING o, N