Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 14, 1908, Page 1

[ VOLUME 5. NUMBER 305. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1908. Biistorical Society. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH COUNCIL REQUESTED NEW BONDSMEN FOR LICENSE Bondsmen Cannot Be Surety on More than One Liquor License Bond.—Much Other Important Business Transacted at Last Night’s Meeting. At the meeting of the city coun- cil last evening, Maloy & Carrigan were granted license to sell intoxi- cating liquors in the City of Be- midji, and were requested to give a new bond other than the one which they presented with Charles Knopke and Charles Nangle as sureties, for the reason that the bondsmen were both already on the bond of a liquor license in this city. Messrs. Maloy and Carrigan se- cured William Ross and T. J. Miller as securities and their application for license was granted. The action of the council was made neccessaay by the state law, which strictly pro- hibts any person acting on more thanone license bond.The law in this matters reads as follows: “Each surety shall justify in twice the penalty of the bond and no per- son already a surety on a liquor license bond shall be accepted as a surety on another (2026).” This will no doubt effect other liquor license bonds in this city, and just what action the council will take in the matter, if any, is not known. An ordinance regarding miscellan- eous licenses was introduced and read for the first time. Among other provisions the ordinance fixes li- censes as follows: Auctioneers, $25; shooting galleries, $25; moving pic- ture shows, $100; pawn shops, $50; dray, $25 for first team and $5 for each additional team; hack, $25; non-resident hack drivers, $100; circuses, $100 per day and each additional day, $50; hawkers and peddlers, $20 per day; licenses for variety shows to be fixed by council. On the recommendation of the committee on streets, the council ordered Street Commissioner Miller to grade Bemidji, avenue from Sec- ond street to Twelfth stréet. A report was read from County Treasurer French showing that there was due to the city $7,404.59 from the March settlement and City Clerk Maloy and City Treasurer Geil were authorized to place that amount to the credit of the various city funds. The use of the city hall was granted to the Bemidji G. A. R. corps for use on Memorial day and also to the local lodge of Elks for use on June 18, 19 and 20, the latter having changed dates of their state meeting to June 18, 19 and 20 from July 6, 7 and 8. Frank Miller was elected alder- man for the Second ward to fill the unexpired term of Anton Erickson, resigned. Two ballots were neces- sary to elect Mr. Miller, the other candidates being A. A. Melges, M. Phibbs, T. J. Miller and Alex. Cameron. Mr. Miller was appointed a member of the same committees on which Mr. Erickson served, they being auditing, water and light, streets and sidewalks, and salaries. Alderman McCuag was elected mvice president of the council to suc- ceed Mr. Erickson. City Clerk Maloy was ordered to advertise for bids for street sprin- kling for the year, the territory to be the same as last year, the bids to specify the amount per month. The sewer committe was author- ized to interview property owners who have property adjoining sewers and induce them to make connec- AT THE BRINKMAN FAMILY THEATRE ALL NEXT WEEK SISTERS BATCHELOR, Musicians and Song and Dance Artists. faster 12 button Kid Glo i6 button heavy Silk 12 button heavy Silk short Kid_Gloves, $1 ap Gloves 16 button Kid Gloves, $3.50 a pair ves, $3.00 a pair Gloves, $2.50 a pair Gloves, $1.50 a pair .00 $1.50 and $2.00 air. Short Silk Gloves, 50c to $1.00 a pair Short Lisle Gloves, 50c to $1.00 a pair O’Leary & Bowser to the association. WES Fair Association Meeting Tonight. A meeting of the stockholders of the Beltrami County Agricultural Association will be held in the council chambers at the city hall, in the City of Bemidji, on Tues- day evening, April 14th, for the purpose of transacting much business of importance A full attendance of stockholders is desired. WRIGHT, President. that hour. Attention, Company! All members of the new Bemidji Militia Company are urged to be at the City Hall, Tuesday evening. at 8 o’clock. The new company will be mustered into the M. N. G-.at9 o’clock sharp, and all members should be on hand before --A. OTTO. tions with the sewer, special atten- tion being called to the hospital and steam laundry. A resolution was passed vacating Fifth street, east of Bemidji avenue as a site for the new Bemidji Carnegie Library. Street Commissioner Miller was instructed to order the removal of all wood and other obstructions in the streets of the city, and in case the owners does not do so, the commissioner to remove the same at the expense of the owners. Early Morning Fire. At 2 o'clock this morning fire destroyed the house belonging to Frank Fourzer, near the Bemidji Brewery and badly damaged the homes of John Schuber and Charles Warner. Mr. Fourzer had been away from home for several days and his house was occupied by his wife and two children. One of the children was ill during the night and Mrs. Fourzer kindled a fire in the kitchen stove to heat some water. In some manner the woodwork in the kitchen caught fire and the flames broke out with such rapidity that the entire building was soon one mass of flames. An alarm of fire was turned in and the fire department responded promptly. The flames spread to the houses of John Schuber and Charles Warner, on either side, and they were both badly damaged. : There was $200 insurance on the Fourzer house and contents, the loss of which was estimated at $500. The loss on the Schuber house was placed at $250 and Warner’s, at a like amount. RULING MAY EFFEGT TOWNSHIP OFFIGIALS Attorney General Says Individual Can- not Hold Two Offices.—Assessor and Clerk Affected. From Polk county comes the statement that Attorney General Young has rendered a decision to the effect that no persom can hold the double offices of assessor and clerk of town boards, the decision having been made at the request of a resident of Polk county. If the above decision holds good, there are in Beltrami county several gentlemen who were elected to the dual offices at the town elections held last March who will be event- ually compelled to resign as one official, in order to hold either office. There are at least two instances where the same official was elected as assessor and town clerk, H. W. Alsop of Birch township is one, and B. A. Ronning of Moose Lake town- ship is another; and it is possible that there are several more towns that did the same thing. It is unfortunate that this ruling is the law (if the Polk county rumor is correct) as it is more convenient to have the two offices combined in one. Local news on last page MILL PARK SCHOOL; WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN BUILT G. M. Torrance, Clerk of the School Board, Answers Recent Communi- cation from D. C. Smyth. (The Pioneer invites brief com- the forth- coming school ele ction, and also on any other proposition calculated to provide more room for the school children of the city or the bettering munication relative to of conditions, in any way. We do not necessarily hold the same views as the writers, but public discussion of public matters is what we de- sire.—Editor.) Editor Bemidji Pioneer—In a recent article published in. . your paper, signed by D. C. Smyth, form- erly clerk of the Board of Education of Bemidji, the board was “admon- ished” to forthwith proceed to build a school house in Mill Park as directed by a vote of the people at the last annual school meeting. At that meeting there was sub- mitted to the voters the following proposition: “Shall the Board of Education of Education of Independent School District of Bemidji appropriate the sum of $2500 from the moneys now in the treasury of said district for ; the puapose of building a school- house and establishing a school in Mill Park Addition to the City of Bemidj.” This proposition was carried by a vote of 99 to 48. A canvasss of Mill Park showed that less than twenty-five school children would be accomodated by such a schocl. This would give the Mill Park people a one-room school house, with a mixed grade, and heyt would have no greater advantage in the way of a school than are to be found in any country school. Such a school, in addition to the first cost, would require a teacher, fuel and necessary incidental running expenses. The pupils in Mill Park were scattered through all the grades. If they attended the Bemidji schools they would be distributed among their respective grades in such a manner as to make an extra teacher unnecessary. Under the circumstances on August 13th last the Mill Park people, to the number of twenty-five, upon invitation of the Board assem- bled in the high school room, and after considerable discussion they. were unanimously of the opinion that they would prefer that the Board would. install a bus-line for this school year with the understand- ing that they did not thereby waive their right to have a school estab lished in the future. The bus-line has been operated every school day this year, and the board is ‘advised that the parents and pupils of Mill park are very well pleased with this arrangement. The parents of the smaller children were at first in favor of a school of their own, because they wished to keep their children as near home as possible, but when they realized that if a school should be established at Mill Park their children, as they grew older, would be compelled to attend that school, and would lose the advantages of a graded city school, they were glad to try the experiment of a bus line. There is nothing too good for the childrenfof Mill Park, and the Board, by consulting with the’parents and installing a bus line is certainly giv- ing them the best thing possible,— the advantages of a graded school system. Mr. D. C. Smyth “admonishes” the Board to build the schoolhouse inMill Park. If he could thrust a one-room school upon this people he would injure them beyond repair. Perhaps he believes that the chil- dren of Mill Park are not entitled to as good an educatlon as the chil- dren of the rich. No happier lot of children can be found than the Mill Park puplis as they come to" our schools and return to their homes in their own onveyance. Maintenance of the bus-line costs $50 per month. Maintenance ofa school would cost practically $100 per month. People of Mill Park are satisfied, their children are benefited and the expenses of the school district are at the same time lessened. Under these circumstances each one answer for himself: “Why does D. C. Smyth find fault with the School Board?” (Signed) let Police Are After Lawbreakers. The members of the local police froce are going after the owners of bicycles who ride on the sidewalks of the city; and they have instruc- tions from the chief to warn riders to desist in riding on the walks or suffer the penalty proscribed by the city ordinance. “The police are also on the look- out for the youngsters who are creat- ing havocat the boat houses along the shore of Lake Bemidji, and who are also discharging firearms within the city limits, especially in the vicinity of Diamond Point. Offenders who are complained of should take warning, as a repitition of the acts may land the “culprits” in the city lock-up. Hagadone Buys a Farm./ James Hagadone, one of the Pio- neer residents of Tenstrike, came down from his home this morning and spent today in the city on busi- ness. Mr. Hagadone, who is ex- village marshal of Tenstrike, is now a farmer, having purchased 160 acres of land eight miles east of Tenstrike, Eight acres of the farm are cleared, and the balance is covered with birch and cedar timber. Another Quick Adjustment. Another quick insurance adjust- ment was made this morning by Adjustor E. M. Hitchcock for the Farmers and Merchants Insurance company, on the residence of Mary Forcier which was destroyed by. fire at 2:00 o’clock this morning. The draft in payment of loss was de- livered to the insured by the ‘T. J. Miller Co., agents, at 10:30 o’clock today. Local news on last page MINNESOTA PRESENTS The unsatisfactory conditions pre- vailing across the Canadian line were emphasized at a recent meeting of the shareholders of the Grand Trunk which took place in London. The company attributed its unsatis- factory report to crop failures and bad harvests in Canada which the chairman stated had lead to a peroid of depression which still prevails. While regretting these misfortunes, quite a different picture can be drawn of conditions in Minnesota and the Northwest. The first period of the year has seen an expansion of business pass- ing through the Union Stockyards at South Saint Paul which is phenomi- nal. There has been record break- ing receipts in every department, and farmers are enjoying values which are inclined to soar. Take the slaughtering of hogs for commer- cial purposes, as an example, and there is an increase, for the period of 42 per cent. In fact 415477 hoes were sold in South Saint Paul during the first three months of the year, an increase of 185,000 on the A DIFFERENT CONDITION Conditions in Canada Are Far from Being as Presented, and Minnesota Offers Most Excellent Inducements for Those Desiring New Locations. number for the corresponding period of the previous year. Minnesota alone contributed to this expansion an increase of ship- ments of 89 per cent, South Dakota 72 per cent, and Wisconsin 35 per cent, while the miscellaneous in- creases equalled 500 per cent. Meat and pork packing is still the lead- ing industry in Minnesota, Swfit’s alone employing 3,000 hands. With the enormnus acreage which will be settled in the Northwest during the next few years it can safely be stated that so far as St. Paul is con- cerned, the packing industry is still in its infancy. Everything is favorable for a big crop and the result depends on future conditions. The acreage will be increased in Minnesota and the Northwest on account of the in- crease of new farms which have been opened for operation. The in- crease in barley, oats, corn, flax and wheat, in the order named, or more coarse grain as against the larger acreage in the past of wheat although the extent of the newly broken ground insures that the acreage in wheat will be maintained. _—mm— e State Appraisers Are Busy. Alex Cameron, one of the ap- praisers of state lands that will be sold in july, has gone to Turtle River, he was joined by J.H. Beagle of Duluth and Nels Otterstad of Turtle River. The party will at once appraise some lands east of Tenstrike. All of the state lands west of Be- midji have been estimated and appraised, except a small (‘;uantity in the Town of Jones; and the work of the appraisers has done very ex- peditiously and efficiently. where Died at Cass Lake. Cass Lake, April 14.—(Specia] to Pioneer.)—Robert Gray, one of the Pioneer residents of Cass Lake, “‘Pick-up” Starts Work North. The C. A. Smith timber company, for which concern L. F. Johnson is the north-country manager, has com- menced picking up the stray logs belonging to the company which are strewn along the right-of-way of the M. & I. railway from Bemidji_ north, and which fell from the cars as they here being transpor ted south. The engine and the “pick-up” crewand cars will work from Be- midji north on the main ilne of the M. & I asfar as Wilcox Spur, one mile north of Northome, and on the Kelliher branch to Burkhart Spur, near Battle River. Many logs fall from the cars while being hauled south, and the pick- up is necessary asa large quantity of timber would be absolutely lost died yesterday afternoon of pneu- monia, after a brief illness. The deceased was a mason by trade. His relatives have not yet been located. were it not for this work. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. musicians and musical critics ship and materials. moderate price. two, or more profits. 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