Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 18, 1908, Page 1

VOLUME 6. NUMBER 103. IT’S “NENE NENE TEKEL UPHARSIN” FOR THWING “Boss” of Mr. Thwing’s Press Bureau Reads the Hand- writing on the Wall, and Is Sorry that He Started a “Knockers’ Brigade.” The “methods being used in an attempt to defeat Mr. Thwing’s nomination and election for the judgeship have caused us to think that the same are not inspired by any candidate against him, but are in the interest of a few who do not have a regard for the kind of a campaign which must be carried on and who are bent on defeating Mr. Thwing by any means in their power. It must be assumed that when a man aspires to the office of judge he must be qualified for the position, and if he is to be fair as a judge it be demanded of him that he must be fair in the waging of his campaign. . The voters must advise them- selves of the general qualifications of the candidate for the position, and they will vote according as they think the one voted for has the best qualifications. Nothing should be allowed to interfere with their free choice, and the attacks made upon Mr. Thwing made by his personil enemies are insults to the intelligence of the voters. The purpose of these attacks is clearly apparent, and it is to the credit of Mr. Thwing that neither he nor his supporters have been led into a retaliatory plan of campaign. Mr. Thwing is before the peeple for election on his qualifications, and the judges of a judge want facts not personal abuse. It is regretted that the certain few above mentioned, who represent themselves, wholly, have put would be otherwise open and above board, their attempt to obscure the} issue, and in that we are confident we express the will of the majority. —Bagley Independent. The above is a fair sample of the “rot” which is being issued from Mr. Thwing’s press bureau, which it is said is operated in Bemidji by Mr. Thwing’s manager. When Judge Stanton was appoint- ed to succeed Judge Spooner, resign- ed, this manager at once attempted to organize a “hammar brigade” and proceeded to “‘knock” Judge Stanton right merrily. The “knocking” did not injure the judge, but did disgust people who had previously been lukewarm friends of the “knockee.” This policy was continued, and the knocker began an active cam- paign in behalf of A. L. Thwing of Grand Rapids, for the republican into a campaign which |« nomination of judge; and as soon as B. F. Wright of Park Rapids also announced his candidacy for the same nomination, the knocker let up slightly in his attack on Judge Stanton, and, transfen}ng his hammer to his left hand, proceeded to wield several sledge-hammer blows in the direction of Mr. Wright. He visited Park Rapids and other points, and openly boasted of - the fact that Mr. Thwing had $5,000, which could be spent in the cam- paign to defeat Mr. Wright; that it was too bad that Mr. Wright was running—that he(Mr. Wright)could hardly expect to be nominated when a man with such bac@dng was op- posed to him. , This sort of talk became tire- some to the supporters of Mr. Wright, and they began to tell the public a {little of what Mr. Thwing’s manager was saying. Mr. Thwing has never openly ! denied any of the statements alleged to have been made by his Bemidji manager and we take it for granted that he is thoroughly in accord with the kind of campaign his manager is putting up. Recently, when the Pioneer insinu- {ated that in view of the boast of the ‘manager” as to Mr. Twing’s finan- cial condition, it would be interest- ing to note the latter’s expense account, to be filed after the primaries, the manager got exceed- ingly wroth and threatened to horse- whip the crippled manager of the Pioneer; and now, this gentleman and the press bureau are trying to tell the voters to pay no attention to the "'dirty campaign’ being waged by Mr. Thwing’s enemies. This is all rot. The “manager,” of his own accord, started on a crusade of knocking and villification, and it il behooves him to refer to the “attack made upon Mr. Thwing by his personal enemies.” Mr. Wright has made a clean cam- paign, and the “‘manager” is reading | defeat in the signs of the supporters which are coming from every side to Mr. Wright. . The determination to defeat Mr. Thwing has been formed- by all honest voters who do hot approve of the methods which have been used by the -local “manager,” in an endeavor to knng:k 'efiéryhody'aqd anybody who says a good word for either Mr. Wright or Judge Stanton. Help Wanted. We can give steady work to a lady compositor. - One who understands typesetting or who has worked at the trade some, preferred. Chance for advancement. Inquire at Pio- neer office. FOREST SERVICE LIKELY . Not Yet Concluded.—Forest Ser- vice ‘‘Butting:In.” ‘The controversy which is now being waged between . the State of Minnesota and the officials of the interior department relative to the rightful possession of the so-called “swamp” lands, on the Minnesota national forest reserve and other government land in northern Min- nesota, has brought out some inter- esting information relative to the true topographical character of the| lands which the state has been contesting for ‘possession under original swamp land grants. ‘The bureau of forestry, or forest service, has taken an active part in opposing the state’s claim to much of the land claimed as swamp, and has made investigations,through its employes, of the true character of the land. Eugene S. Bruce, who was the first superintendent of- the Minne- sota reserve, and who went over much--of-the land included in.the swamp land grant claimed by the state, made a report to Gifford Pinchot, chief of the forest service, claiming - that a large portion of the swamp ~land claimed by the state was not swamp land at all, but was in reality, for the most part, valu- able timber land and did not come under the general term of swamp land. ‘The report that the interior depart- * | ment will re-examine these lands is probably true, and it is more than likely that the reports of examina- tions conducted by the forest service will be accepted by the interior department as being authentic in character. THE REAL LIVE BUSTER BROWN AND HIS DOG THE RETURN OF JAKKIE HORNER TO HIS OWN FAVORITE CORNER [ WAS CERTAINLY A BEAUTY TREAT,\: ' FOR UPON HIS CHUBBY FI X IN TASTE DIVINE AND S HE WOREBUSTER BRO! BLUE RIBBON SHOES BLUE RIBBON SHOES 15 To COME AND TALK TO THESE FAMOUS CHARAGTERS IN THE FLESH AND BLOOD Buster Brown and Tige will be at our store on Friday, August 21st---4 p. m. The Bazaar Store BEMID J1, MINN TGk ‘Coming To Town They will hold a Rezeption young and old are eor- dially invited. ADMISSION - FREE CAUSING GONTROVERSY| State Swamp land Case Is Probabiy Home trade! Home trade!" It's better far than roam trade. 8o kéep your darling dollars in the town. Lend them; spend them, But never, never send them Around the world to wander up and down. The celebrated American poet who penned those immortal lines might haveadded' & prose ‘footnote to the effect that roam trade will cease when lome trade ‘makes the same effort to tet business as roam trade makes— I other:words, when the home mer- *hant advertises fidequately in the home paper. i Did THAT ever decur to yo\_l? MINNEAPOLIS REAL ESTATE MEN TO VISIT BEMIDJI Leave Minneapolis This Eveninfl.—WiIl . Spend Tomorrow at International Falls.—Thursday at Bemidj. { . The Minneapofis Realty Boafd. composed of the real estate dealers of Minneapolis, have planned a trip through this section of the .country and'are seeking information as to the soil and condition of lands. * This board will leave Minneapolis at 8 -o'clock this evening, comiog over the Northern Pacific and will arrive at _ International Falls' to- morrow morning at 7 o’clock. . It is the intention of the members of the board to remain at |Interna- tional Falls all day tomorrow and part of the next day, looking over the soil and conditions in that vicinity. On their return trip they will leave International Falls at 12:30, arriving in Bemidji at 4:30 and for one hour. 2 Bemidji real estate dealers, prop- erty-holders and other business men should make it a point to meet this train, as the men composing this party and coming on this trip, are anxious to meet as many as possible of the residents of our town. They can do us good in the way of adver- tising northern Minnesota lands and each and every man in business can ill afford to miss this opportunity of meeting the best boosters the coun- try has—the up-to-date real estate man. remain here Its Up to the Business Men. The Grand Rapids Independent says of 'the Pioneér’s statement relative to - patronage a&corded the Daily Pioneer: "We]l, ‘we told )Ln so,” Mr. Bemidji business. manj We -have. often wondered how that excellent little daily, the Bemidji Daily Pio- neer, could exist on the patronage it was getting, and ofttn expressed our- surprise that it should exist. Now comes - thé Pionger itself and says._ it is'sick of giving the unap- preciative folks of that town a $5,000 paper on a $500 income. Not onl$ Bemidji will have cause to be sorry .should the Daily Pio- neer go out of business but the people of the whole north country ason to feel that they I)_lmpgar' Has ‘“Made Good.” E. R. Dampier of Akeley, who has been’ county attorney of Hubbard “making good” in that bengen he:mv sup- evxdentl omething really 'wprtl;‘ nty “for the past two years, is|| pubhcan nommatwn to! succeed himself. The Akeley Herald says of Mr. Dampier: z “The ability of E. R. Dampier to conduct the office of county attorney has never been questioned, but to *|'the contrary hundreds of people in’ Hubbard county have préised the way he has conducted the office. He 'has made an enviable record | during the past year and a half in the office and the thinking men will not look lightly upon his efforts in the interests of thecounty.” Additional local matter will be founo on fourth page. BEST FISHING IN WORLD FOUND IN MINNESOTA So Says Wm. Loeb Ir., Secretary to President Roosevelt.—Is Enloying Himself at Kabekona. 5 William Loeb, Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt, has been “fish- ing on the northern boundary, near International Falls, and intends to “fish some more” at Kabekona, a point on the M. & I. south of Bemidji, according to the St. Paul Dispatch, which says: “William Loeb, Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt, was in St. Paul today the guest of George Thompson, with whom he will leave Monday for Camp Kabekona, a point on the road to International Falls. There with Mr. Thompson and a party, Mr. Loeb will spend some days! hunting and fishing. “Having secreted himself in the northern wilds of Minnesota and along the Canadian border, where he was a guest at the fishing camp of Secretary Oscar Straus for several weeks.” Mr. Loeb claimed fo ' be entirely ignorant of public matters and happenings, but he was enthusi- astic in hi§ opinions concerning the lake and forest region of Minnesota and the Canadas. He - declared that he had had the time of his_life. “‘I came direct from Opyster, Bay to Minnesota,” said Mr. Loeb, ‘and took the train for the Canadian border, where I have been ever since. I do not believe I have had as good fishing in all my life. North- ern Minnesota, with its lake region, is a veritable revelation to the ten- derfoot and I enjoyed myself im- mgnsely. I put in eight straight hours canoeing before taking the train for St. Paul, and while I feel the effects of it now, I would not have missed the trip for the world. It was one wild stretch of river and woods from start to finish and T enjoyed every minute of it.’ “Mr. Loeb ‘was reticent on the subject of politics. © He could not be induced to make any comment except to say that the campaign had not advanced sufficiently to permit of any- positive expression of opinion. He believed though, that the United States was safe as far as the national republican ticket was concerned. “He said he left President Roose- velt in perfect health.” ARRANGE FOR w. R Mackenzie is arrenging for a special exhibit of farm products, Beltrami county, which he desires to take to the Farmers’ National Congress, which will be held in Madison, Wis., September 24-30. He would like as good exhyixbits from this county as can be - had and the farmers who bave farm products, grasses or grains which they wish to have sent as a part of this exhibit, should write Mr: Mackenzie, stating' what they de- sire to exhibit.’ EXHIBIT AT 'FARMERS NAT'L CONGRESS W. R. Mackenzie Will Arrange Exhibit of Beltrami County - Farm Products for Farmers National Congress at Madison, Wis., Sept. 24-30. Last year, State Immigration Commissioner George Welsh took a good exhibit of northern Minnesota farm products to the Farmer’s National Congress and every one who had the opportunity of seemg the exhibit pronounced it the best of any in the United States. This is a good ad for northern Minnesota, our cut-over lands, our timber lands and our swamp lands, and every farmer who has a good specimen of any or all products should not fail to apprise Mr. Mac- kenzie of the exhibit. Proceedings of City Council. But little business of importance was transacted at the council meet- ing held last evening. After the reading ' and approval of the minutes of the’ last meeting | and the allowance of the usual bills, the routine work was taken up. Justice of the Peace M. G. Slocum filed his report for the month of July, | together with a-receipt of $24.65 paid the city treasurer. ’ C. D. Fisk, clerk of the municipal court, filed a statement of the trans- actions of the court for the past week together with a receipt from the city treasurer for $33,the amount of fines collected. J. H. Crouch was ordered to fill in all gaps in the cement walks on the east side of Dewey avenue from Tenth to Twelfth streets. Also on the east and west sides of Beltrami avenue from Tenth to Twelfth streets. s The council then proceeded to canvas the votes on the special bond election for the issuance of $50,000, waterworks bonds, the re- sult-of the canvas showing 218 votes in favor of the bonds and 65 votes against. = The city clerk was authorized to have the proper notice of sale of bond and resolutions drawn to pre- sent to the council at its next meet- ing. Spiritualists Meet. There will be a business meeting of the First Spiritualistic Society of Bemidji this evening at the residence of J. Peterson, Jr. The object of this meeting is to transact some business matters and to extend to Mrs. H. P. Courtney of Minneapolis, a welcome to our society. She will remain in this city for a week, the: guest of members of the society. All members are earnestly requested to turn out. . At the Tent. The secretary of the Religious Liberty Bureau of Minnesota will speak. Every liberty-loving citizen ought to hear this lecture. Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Brinkman Fan{ily Theater. Booth and Gordon, who appeared at the Brinkman last evening, for the first time, gave decided safisfac- ~ tion and everyone went home well pleased with the show. The moving pictures also made a hit and Mr. Bertram was certainly “there’” with “You’ve Always Been the Same Old to this _ Pal.” Be sure and go popular place of amusement tonight and see these sensational cyclists in their different acts, it is worth many times the admission. For hot weather there is an electric tan—for _ cold a furnace-—comfort no matter how the atmosphere changes. This is a place of amusement where the whole family can attend and be assured of kind and courteous treat- ment. Little Child Died Yesterday. The 2}-vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Method of this city who recently moved here from Duluth, died 'yesterday afternoon of spinal meningetis. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at i0 o’clock from the house, Rev. Father O’Dwyer conducting the service. The remains will be interred in Greenwood cemetery. Lemloh Waives Examination. {[Par Lemloh was arraigned before Judge Simons this morning on the charge of taking a horse under false pretenses from Newby’s livery stable. He waived examination and was bound over to the September term of the grand jury. Bail was fixed at $300, which will probably be fur- nished. Price of Bread Drops. In spite of the continued high prices on flour and other raw mater- ial, both the Model and the Lakeside bakeries announce today that they have declined the price of bread to 5c¢ a loaf. All typewriter ribbons except the two and tri-color ribbons or special makes on sale at thePioneer office at the uniform price of 75¢ each. Local news on last page. Beltrami County Fair BEMIDJI 'MINNESOTA September 24, 25 and 26, 1908 LARGE PREMIUM 'Band, Farmers’ Races, Free V'au‘deville, Ag- riculturist Speakers of National Prominence Making This Ealr the Best in Our History. WRITE the SECRETARY FOR LIST