Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 2, 1908, Page 1

* oF Elks' State Convention it 18,19 THE BEMID VOLUME 6. NUMBER 12. SECKETARY GARFIELD IS OPPOSED T0 THE MEASURE The Secretary, in a Letter to Congressman Steemerson, States His Position on the Steenerson Bill, Relating to the Red La The following, taken from the Crookston Daily Times, will be of interest to those residents of the Red Lake reservation who have made application for allotments on that reserve, and also to those inter- ested in the possible disposition of the timber on these lands: “Congressman H. Steenerson has received a statement from Secretary of the Interior Garfield concerning his bill to adjust matters on the Red Lake Indian reservation in Minne- sota. ““The bill authorizes the allotment of 160 acres to each man, woman and child of either agricultural or pine lands, and in addition a lot of five acres of either pine or agricul- tural land suitable for residence or gardening and fronting on or adjacent to the Red Lake, “The bill provides also for reser- vation of certain sections of mer- chantable pine timber for use of the Indians in common, and for the sale of timber growing on the remainder of the reservation for the benefit of the indians. “The “price at what whité pine shall be sold is fixed at not less than $11 and Norway pine at not less than $9 per thousand board measure, the timber to be sold on stumpage under sealed bids to the highest bidder, the net proceeds to be paid to the Indians after the expense of sale and supervision of cutting by the government shall have been paid trom the gross re-|" given the bill careful -consideration)| ke Allotments. enactment into law, as I do not believe it to be for the best interests of the indians that their timber be administered in this manner. The act of February 20, 1904, author- izes the allotment to Red Lake Indians of 160 acres of either agri- cultural or pine lands. The bill now hefore me amends that act only to the extent of reserving certain sections of pine land for the benefit of tribe in common, and for the sale of the remainder of merchantable timber for the benefit of Indians: It is the intention of the commis- sioner of Indian affairs to detail a representative to his office to proceed to the Red Lake agency during the coming summer and take up with the Indians the question of administer- ing their timber lands in a manner whereby they would derive the great- est benefit from them without denud- ing the lands. This could be done for instance, by placing timber lands in.a forest reserve, the ripe timber to be cut under supervision of the forest service annully and the net proceeds paid to Indians. If the Indians of Red Lake reser- vation should agree to this or a sim- ilar policy it is the intention of the department to request at the next session of congress legislation author- izing allotment ‘agricultural lands of the reservation and inclusion of pine land in a forest reserve or their con- servatiofi in a manner whereby the Indmns Would receive: the'full “bene- | fits from the sale of ripe tlmber and angl preserve the ' forests for future and am strongly opposed to its generations. The Reliable Grocery Store The ordinary grocery store is often dis- appointing. Not so here: We have in stock the very best line of appetizing gro- ceries in the city. We have on hand a large and choice se- lected line of fruits, vegetables, home baked goods and staple and fancy goods. Choice creamery butter and fresh eggs consta.ntly o:rhand ROE & MARKUSEN PHONE 207 i { 100 pairs of Silk and our $1.00 and $1.50 200 Men’s Hats, $l. ities, one to a a customer We will close out pair to a customer, at 79 Cents a pair 98 Cents Each 1000 yards Wash Goods--front counter-- 15 to 25 cent qualities. 10 Cents a yard HAVE YOUR MILL CHECKS CASHED HERE O’'Leary & Bowser Lisle Long Gloves, qualities, limit one 50 and $2.50 qual- customer, at Limit 10 yards to Bemid, and 20, m - .}ulu Bemld]L 27--Aug. 2 Bemidji Bible Confe DAI LY BEMIDJT, MINNEsorA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1908. The Minstrel Maids. Since last season the management of The Juvenile Bostonians has ar- ranged a new and novel performance throughout and take pleasure in pre- senting to the amusement loving public their latest offering. The Minstrel Maids, a bevy of pretty girls in an old time minstrel perform- ance, followed by a musical comedy, introducing the best lady artists on the American stage, including Miss Ruby Lang, Miss Jacque Casad, Edith McClaire, Faye Griffin, Sydney Farmer, Connie West and Tiny Halcyon Martin, the child wonder, with a beauty chorus. = The company come direct from the Pacific coast, where they have made a big hit nightly. This attraction will appear at the Rink Opera House two nights, commencing Wednesday May 6th. PROPOSITION TO BUY A SGHOOL SITE GARRIED There Was Light Vote Cast.— Will Probably Vote on Bonds for New Building. — At the election held at the Cen- tral school building yesterday after- noon and last evening, the proposi- tion submitted to the voters to au- thorize the board of education of Independent School . District No. 1. to purchase Block D of the Be- midji Townsite & Improvements Company’s sub-division on outlots C,Dand E as a site for a new school house, carried by a majority of 49 votes, and the school board will at once purchase the site," pay- therefor a sum not to exceed § 5,000. Two elections had been previously visions for the purchasing of - this site, but were also embraced in a proposition to bond the district in the sum-of $35,000 for the purpose of building a new school house on | the site. The total vote cast at the elec- tion was 311, 180 being in " favor - of purchasing the site and 131 against the proposition. The vote cast was a very light one, for many reasons. The board will now submit a the purpose of erecting a new school building on the site which will be purchased as a result of the election yesterday. As there is a crying need for the proposition to bond fora new school building will carry if again submitted. POSTPONED BALL GAME T0 BE PLAYED SUNDAY — Fosston and Bemidji WIill Try Conclu- sions.---Emerson and Rov Will Be Here. Itis the intention of Manager Washburn of the Bemidji baseball team to play the Fosston-Bemidji ball game (postponed from last Sun- day) on the local diamond next Sun- day. 3 ThF managemeut of the Fosston team has been written, and as far as it is at present known the game will be played Sunday unless the weather or some other unpreventable obstacle intervenes. Louis Roy, Bemidji’s crack “Big Chief” catcher, and Emerson, the best Indian pitcher in the northwest, will be present and officiate as the battery for Bemidji, and much is expected of the “aboriginee” combi- nation. Emerson’s work on the rubber was of such a character last year as to stamp him one of the best semi-professional slab artists in the state; and Roy has always been a good “back stop.” The remainder of the team will be strong, and Fosston will be com- pelled to “go some” to hold her own in Sunday’s contest, . There will be an entire ehange of films at the Brinkman Family Thea- ter tonight. held, both -of whichcontained pro- | proposition to bond the district for : more school room, it is believed that | DOINGS IN THE VARIOUS CHURGHES OF THE CITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City Tomorrow. Catholic Church—There will be mass tomorrow at 8:30 and 10:30 a. m. Norwegian Lutheran—Rev. T. S. Kolste, pastor. Services at 10:30 2. m.and 8:00 p. m. Sunday school, Norwegian and English, at 9 a. m. Episcopal—Service will |be held in the I. O. O. F. hall on: Sunday May 3, at 8 in the evening. Sun- day school at4 in the afternoon. Services will be conducted by Rev. H. F. Parshall g Presbyterian—Morning worship at 11. Subject, “The Power of Prayer.” Bible class and Sunday school 12:15. Jr. C. E. at 3; Sr. C. E. at 7; evening service at'8; . Sub- ject, ‘“‘Paul’s Conception .of the Gospel.” All not worshiping else- where will be cordially welcemed to these services. Baptist—Morning worship at 11. Subject, “No Condemnation, No Seperation’” Sunday school at 12:10; B. Y. P. U. at 7:15; evening service at8. Subject, “Where Are The Believers Sing?” Communion service after the sermon. Mr. Williams will have charge * of the song service. Pro. Williams has the knack of getting folks to sing heartily. Come and enjoy . bright, helpful services. Methodist Episcopal—]. H. Den- iston, pastor. Mormng service: at 11 o’clock. Subject, *‘Prayer.” Sun- day” school 12 m; prorth i.eague, Evenmg iservice 8 o’cleck. Subje ‘_t, “Making Excuse.” © A short * song. service: will be held. Edward McCann -of - Minneapolis will occupy the pulpit both * morn- ing and evening. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 p.m. The pastor will be in his pulpit again, Sunday May 10th. LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND A TRULY BIG GITY SHOW Shaw & Clyfton and Kippy Give Final Performance at the Brinkman This Evening. Shaw & Clyfton appear tonight for their last time in Bemidji. =~ Do not-fail to see them; you cannot afford to miss a treat of this kind. Thousands of people who have seen them and witnessed the superior per-. formance, are singing their praises. They enjoy a reputation seperately from the average performers. Their stunts are new, different from all others, peculiarly their own. Come and see them; look for the sunny side of life for one hour and go away spiritually intoxicated. There is nothiag toit but mirth and merri- ment. It is a waste of time to argue the merits of Shaw & Clyfton at this time, as {heir reputation for excellence in their line is already established. receiving telephone - messages to reserve seats for this performance. ‘This he is unable to do; so come early and get a good seat. Don’t forget that “'Kippy did it,” If you come to the Brinkman Fam- ily theater tonight and do not laugh, your monmey will be cheerfully refunded. Kippy is a team of horses and a dog under the wagon . com- bined. : Coming. Monday evening the famous Mill- ard family will appear at the Brink-. man Family Theatre. The twentieth | century attraction; high-class enter- tainers; the people’s favorites. The Press says: ‘“merit has won them fame.” _ Their vaudeville feature, “Willie Green’s Visit” is a laughing [ hit. © The above named people come highly rccommended. First appear- ance Monday evening. F. E. Brinkman, Mgr. Manager Brinkman is constantly| - Will Observe May I7. The Aardahl congregation of the Norwegian Lutheran church of the town of Frohn will celebrate the 17 th of May. As the 17 comeson Sunday services will be held in the forenoon, Rev. A. Amundson officiat- ing. Dinner will be served by the Ladies Aid society of the church, after which there will be speaking and music. .It is expected thata large crowd from Bemidji and other outside points will attend. Home Talent Operetta. An excellent operetta, “‘Sylvia,” will be given at the City Opera House, May 18th, under the able leadership of Miss Oliver, teacher of music in the city schools. The cast of characters is composed of the very best talent in the city and no one should fail to see it. BODY OF WOUNDED BANDIT FOUND ON THE PRAIRIE Armed Posse WIll Probably Round Up Entire ““Bunch” That Robbed Stephen Bank. The robbers who looted the Bank of Stephen made their escape, are in a fair way to be apprehended, and that at no distant day. Several arrests have been made in the country north of Stephen, near the Canadian boundary and across into Canada, and some of the sus- pects who have been taken into custody bear all the earmarks of being the men who got away with the safe-blowing stunt. The following special, in yester= day’s St. Paul Dispatch, would indi- cate lthat the robber who was wounded had died and “was left dons.. It is more than likely. that he was killed by his fellows, “when was séén that he was so badly- that hig escape was impossible, % “Winhipeg, Man., May 1=-While tracking bank robbers from the south border this morning a party of United States detectives made the stariling discovery of a dead body on the prairie eight miles northeast of Stephen, Minnesota, the scene of the robbery. The body was de- prived of garments, and lyinga few feet from the corpse was a small pile of ashes, indicating that the desper- adoes are taking no chances on iden- tification, alone on the prairie by his® compan: WINNESOTA ? B IONEER. FORTY CENTS PER MO NTH Prof. Frank L. McVey of Minnea- polis, chairman of the Minnesota State Tax Commission, arrived in Bemidji yesterday afternoon for the purpose of meeting this afternoon with the assessors of the towns, villages and cities of Beltrami county, who had been called to meet in the auditor’s office in this city for the purpose of conferring with some member of the Tax Commission and receive instructions as to the assess- ing of real and personal property in this county for the year 1908. Mr. McVey had just come from Grand. Rapids, where he had held" a similar meeting with the assessors of Itasca county. Professor McVey stated that out of thirty-one assessors, who will officiate in Itasca county, thirty were present at the meeting and evinced much interest in what tran- spired. The professor was apparently well pleased with the conference held with the Itasca county assessors. In speaking of his experiences in the various counties which he has visited since the commission started to confer with the different assessors Professor McVey stated that the commission had been greatly sur- prised at the methods which had been pursued in nearly every county. It was very evident to him that the custom established many years ago by the State Board ‘of Equalization in valuing. property at one half the eal-value had.been followed to the vletter for, lo, these many years; that he believed many methods-had. been used to avoid just assessments and was of the opiniyn that a radical change would soon have to “be made in the entire system of assessing. Professor McVey spent consider- able time in the office of County Auditor Wilmann yesterday after- noon, going through many .of the “WE WANT FAIR,EQUITABLE AND JUST ASSESSMENTS” Prof. Frank L. McVey, Chairman of the State Tax Com- mission, Met With and Addressed the County As- sessors, in Bemidji, Today. records and also visiting some points of interest about the city this fore- noon. There were more than forty of the county assessors present at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon when County Auditor Wilmann called the meeting of the assessors to order, and, after thanking them for being present, introduced Professor McVey to ad- dress them on the subject of assess- ments. _Prior to the opening of the meet- ing Mr. Willmann distributed pamphlets containing the laws on taxation and assessments. Professor McVey spoke in explan- ation of the tax laws and the duties of assessors along the following Tines: 1. Tt is of the gratest importance that the assessor should place all property, both real and personal, upon the assessment books. 2. The assessor should actually view all property so far “as possible. He should not accept the valuation placed upon it by the owner, but should make his own valuation. Tax Code §15. 3. The assessor cannot deduct debts from credits unless the person claiming the same shall make an aflidawt required by §44, Tax_Code. 4. Assessors have no authority to grant the $100 exemption. " -All property must be listed. - The Auditor, not the Assessor, grznts the exemptions. o _-Tax Code, Subdivision 13,§2,nd ; s27. > ““Land should’ not be assessed at 0/ tntch: per acre’ thruout a” town- ship, ‘but each tract should be valaed separately. Improvgments upon the land should be assessed sepal;alely‘ from the land. Improvements con- sist of buildings and permanent structures on the land. *This:applies Continued on Last Page The dead man was doubtless the robber shot from the roof of the building adjoining the Scandia bank at Stephen on the night of the rob- bery, by a local merchant, who fired five shots into the bunch and then took refuge behind a chimney and escaped a volley of bullets from the burglars, One hundred men, armed with rifles aré out on the hunt and a ‘desperate 'enceunter is expected at any moment with the remaining members of the gang.” School Play Will Be-Given Soon. The senior class of the local high school is diligently practicing on a new play, “The Merchant of Ven- ice Up-to-Date;” to be given in about three weeks. The proceeds will be used to purchase a memorial of the class for the assembly room There will be a entire change of films at the Brinkman Family Thea- ter-tonight. UVER. IWO_ HUNUKED DEAD Official Report’ of ‘Explosion on Japa- nese Cruiser. Washington, May . 2.—Commander Dougherty, American naval attache at Tokio, has cabled ‘the mavy depart- .ment that the total casualties by the explosion on the cruiser, Matsushima were 207 men. His dispatch {s as fol- lows: “Matsushima was destroygd at Pos- cadoros April 30. Magazine explosion. Loss, 23. officers, 35 midshipmen 1 | warrant officer and 130 me " Seeks Seat in_Scotiand. Dundee, May 2.—Winston Spencer Churchill, president of the board of trade, whose recent failure to-be re-: turned to parliament from the North- west divisicn of Manchester has forced him to.seek a “safe” seat, has arrived here to contést the vacancy caused by mund Robertson: Mr..Churchill ‘has a | ‘well organi:ed opposition ta fight, but it will require an enarmous turn.over. of vates to'| dotnt him, = fl”'fll”llfi”?l?l"‘lffl?l” 39D ”4”3’;’-‘!3?’-‘)-’3’!?’7‘!“(‘% the sawmills, close obtainable. With a Bevy GORGEOUS COSTUMES the elevation to the peeraze of Ed- | These lots are located midway between beautiful. Lake Bemidji. A. E. HENDERSON. Over First National Bank. IRink Opera. House Chester Snow, Manager Two Nights Commencing Wednesday, May 6. - A GUARANTEED ATTRACTIO Mr. Ernest Wolff Presents The Big Musical Comedy: ‘The Mingtrel Maids’ Under the Juvenile Bostonian Management . PRICES 75, 50 AND. 25 COTS. Sale Opens Satuma.y, May 2, at Barker's Dmg St Own Your Home. I have for sale a number of desirable lots in HENDERSON'S ADDITION Which will be sold on easy terms. to the shores of Water easily mmwm'fi-fiml-'mm&mmm&wwmmtmmw %flim&ififi‘imfilmfiifltmmfiimmmm‘ of Pretty Glrls SPECIAL SCENERY ELECTRICAL, EFFECTS EVERYTHING NEW