Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 6, 1908, Page 1

VOLUME 6. NUMBER 145. GEORGF. WELSH DELIVERS ADDRESS ON MINNESOTA State Immigration Commissioner Gave National Farmers’ Congress, at Madison, Eloquent Speech on . Minnesota’s Wonderful Resources. Hon. George Welsh, commissioner | of immigration of Minnesota, attended the National| on for an impromptu speech. | though he was taken by surprise,‘l the following was his speech: “Mr. President, ladies and gentle- | ers of the United States in conven-l tion assembled should meet with | one with the attainments of Mr. | Hill, and discuss their mutual inter- ests, as they are of necessity mutual‘ and 1 a measure co-operative. ‘There is no one man in our state— Minnesota—who has done so much | to develop the farming districts as| has Mr. J. J. Hill. He has pene.| trated the undeveloped sections with ' his railroads and made it possible | for settlement thereon by furnishin, H the means of transportation for the In addition, he | products produced. i has loaned his energy, experience ! and money to the educatisn of the | farmer with a view to bringing? about better conditions upon the| farm and increasing their product- ive value. He has furnished our| farmers with seeds and pure bred | sires, and in many instances has supplied them absolutely free of cost to the farmer who has shown a desire and ability to use them, and; shown such an interest in their wel- fare that I predict when he has lain down his life’s -work of useful- ness there will be photographed upon the mind of every true, loyal Minnesotan a picture of J. J. Hill as his ideal of the truest type of American citizenship. i “You have heard today a great deal of talk by most eminent men 0[! the social condition of the American farmer. Reference has been made to his intellectual development, all of which have been said with the | purest motives, having but one end in view and that is the uplifting and betterment of the condition of our American farmer; but been said. any social questions come to a conclusion unbiased by I do not believe the the state oflfarmers of our great nation occupy inferrior position Farmers’ Congress, held at Madison, ! morally or intellectually to any other Wis., September 24, and was called I body of men in this nation. In fact, Al-| 1 believe that the great political and confronting our Mr. Welch responded neatly, and; nation today will be settled and settled aright because of the great body of farmers who give these men:—It seems to me it is a befit- | matters a study such as are given by ting time and place that the farm-|no other class of people, and who mentally, 1 tions of wealth have in some instances monopolized our natural resources, but they are legally seized protected by law, but it is a lesson to us that in the future these natural resources should be protected for the benefit of future generations; conserve them, develop them, but GEORGE WELSH. see that they do not fall into the hands of a few for the benefit of a few against the many. Upon our farmers we must depend for the creation of the necessities of life for the human family, and itis there- fore the duty of every good Ameri- can citizen to give his best energies |and thought to the uplifting, develop- ment and betterment generally of |the - condition of the American farmer. “In the past little attention has been paid to agricultural education. In fact, it has been taught that the | success of the farmer depends upon { main strength and awkwardness; but conditions have changed as they have in many other branches of industry, so that today in order to | i ence of right and justice to all man- i taken by any other class of producers’ any other influence than the influ- kind. I therefore believe that their part in the solution of these great questions will be more nearly right | and just to all people than the part| because of their unbiased reasoning attain the highest degree of perfec- tion and the greatest producing power from our lands, it is necessary | time has come—in fact I believe it that the man engaged in the tilling of the same must do it scientifically. This has brought about a system of agricultural education, which as yet is largely confined to the universi- ties of our different states. of these properties and should be; They | into practice what they have learned | agree personally with all that has between right and ally I would feel absolutely satisfied and safe to allow these great ques- tions to be settled by our farmers alone. “The farmer is the only creator of wealth, and I heartily coincide with | what has been said that we must look to him for the production of the mines and minerals, forests and timber, lakes and streams are gifts of Providence I cannot|intended for the benefit and use of nation’s wealth. the whole people. price. wrong. Our Person- have done and are doing at the | present a noble and beneficent work, and we are very thankful for what we have received in this direction, but I do not believe it is enough. You have heard discussed today, and I am only too sorry to be compelled to admit that it is true, that the great problem confronting | American people is how to keep our boys and girls upon the farms. You have heard discussed the troubles that come to the laboring Great combina-|people in the large and more con- Leary @ Bowser Bemidji, Minn. the very best, and our price is- lower than you would expect to pay for a first class garment. It is now time to think about overcoats. want a stylish, well made, reliable garment at a fair In offering you the Adler overcoat we are giv- ing vou the best that money can buy---style fit and finish You will the | Organize = liépubliCan’ Club Tuesday Evening. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUES-DA;Y"Q‘EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1908. All persons of republical{ faith are requested to meet at the council chambers Tuesday evening, October 6th, at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of organizing a republican club. " G. E. CARSON, Lae Qhairman Republican Com. WINNESOTA HISTORICAL S6CIETY, FORTY CENTS PER MONTH Carl Allen, While Hunting, Gun,—Companion Car Seven Miles Cass Lake, Oct. 6.—(Special to Pioneer.) —While hunting with a companion, some seven miles from jested regions, and how much better it would be if they were located upon our broad acres, dig- ging from them our daily bread. We aré inclined to criticise our boys l::md girls because they have devel- {oped a sentiment for removing to the large cities. My farmer friends, they are doing just what you have taught them to do. - Your system of education has been teaching them away from the farm instead of to it. You have employed in your public schools™ teachers who have no sym- pathy with a farm. They hate a | cow and dislike to meet a pig—in fact, they feel thatitis a hardship ineedlessly imposed upon_ them that i they should be compelled to remain long enough in an agricultural com- munity to receive the fifty dollars a | month for their services as teachers. ! “If these teachers are a success | they must necessarily implant in the growing child their own opinions[ and ideas. If they do not, thenj | they have been a failure and should not have been employed at all. If they do, they are luring the mind and energies of your children away from the farms, so that I believe the came years ago—when the subject! of agriculture should be taught in that time comes -we will find our children with an insane desire to put: in their school days, and farm labor will then become a pleasure instead of being considered drudgery as it is so considered today. “It has been demonstrated to-day by Mr. Hill in a most masterly way i %that our public lands have been {largely taken up, and that in . the {future our increased proudction i which must come, to maintain the { millions of people who are destined to inhabit our, country, must be supported 'by making the present i lands produce double the quantities of farm products that they are doing to-day. More of our people who are now living in the conjested centers of large cities mast in the future derive their living from the pro- ducts of the soii. It is therefore our duty as good citizens to find places on which these people can settle and work out their own des- tinies by tilling the land. We should i thrrefore consider where it Is best and where the best opportunities exist for these people and carry to them a message of the opportunities offered by any section or state,if in our opinions it is justand right. I beg, therefore, with your permission to call your attention in a brief way to the opportunities for these people in the northern regions of the state of Miunesota and Wisconsin. “In 1860 the entire farm pro- ducts in the State of Minnesota ‘amounted to less than $9,000,000. The manufactured products at that {time were less than $3,000,000, while the population was 125,000 souls. Mark the development. In 1906 the products . of our farms amounted to upwards of $265,000,- 000.. The products of our factories, $350,000,000; and our population had increased to upwards of 2,000, 000 people. ~ A splendid showing indeed, but you will be surprised to learn that today not to exceed forty per cent of our tillable lands in the State of Minnésota has ever been ploughed. “In the northern section of our state. are 20,000,000 acres of good, fertile land, offering the best induce- ments in soil, climate, water and markets to the man who is willing to work-and develop these 1esources. “True, in a large measure, these lands are covered with timber, but | election REPUBLIGAN GLUB WILL BE ORGANIZED TONIGHT Every-Person of Republican Faith Is Invited to Meet and Join the Club. A meeting has been called for this evening at 8 o’clock at the council chambers for the purpose of forming a Taft-Jacobson republican club and already a number of parties inter- the the coming are circulating member- signers. It s ested in the success of republican party at ship rolls for the intention, as THE PIONEER i informed, to get as many signers as possible before tonight’s meeting and at that meetiog all those who have not had a chance to sign the roll and desire to do so will be given an opportunity, after which the organi- zation will be formed and perfected by the election of officers. More effective work can be done by club organization than any other way and it will be the aim to enlist every republican in the city in this ‘The campaign slogan of the every schoolin-our-landj and wheniclub when organized will be the promulgation of republican princi- work. ples. Many of the younger republicans, first voters, are evincing an eviden! interest in the present campaign and it is particularly important that they attend this meeting and identify themselves and take a hand in the organization, for it is up to them to put the push and viminto the cam paign. Every republican in the city is invited to attend this meeting re- gardless of whether they have en- rolled their names on the books now being circulated or not as it will be impossible for everyone to be inter Cass Lake, yesterd:’xy, Carl Allen from the gun which he was handling entering one of his hands and sever- ing that member-entirely from his wrist. Allen is now in this village in a precarious condition, it beinz feared that blood poison may ensue from the accident. Allen was accompanied by Joe Marow, and they were hunting seven miles north-of Cass Lake. Allen was standing on a log, with his band resting on the gun, when he lost his balance and stepped CASS LAKE MAN WAS SHOT . HAND ENTIRELY SEVERED Accidentally Discharges His 7 ries Allen on His Back to Cass Lake. backward. The barrel of the gun ‘opened as Allen stepped off the ilog, and when he had gained his equalibrium the weapon closed and accidentally shot himself, the bullet|the gun was cocked by the action. The gun was discharged almost as {soon as it was closed, and the | bullet entered the palm of ‘Allen’s hand, blowing the hand almost into fragments. The injured man immediately became unconscious, and Marow carried Allen on his back the entire seven miles to this place. Allen’s injured arm and wrist were attended by a local physician, and iif complications do not ensue, he will doubtless recover. services of Charles Rattinger, form- erly manager of the Waldorf hotel at Fargo, as manager of the Ransford s hotel. Mr. Rattinger, who is now with the Markham, at Bemidji, is a hotel man with a wide acquaintance and popular with the traveling public and will make Mr. Beare a very valuable man. Mr. Charles Murphy, who has been day clerk for the last few weeks, will assume the duties of night clerk upon the ar- rival of Mr. Rattinger early next week.” Mr. Rattinger has been chief clerk at the Hotel Markham ever since W. S. Lycan & Co. have had charge of that hostelry. ‘‘Charlie” is a splendid man around a hotel. As secretary of the local lodge of Elks, Mr. Rattinger made a very efficient official; and the removal of himself and family from Bemidji t is sincerely regretted. Much ““Doing” Near Quiring. G. G. McKnight, who is living on the land known as the Paul Fournier - | claim, near Quiring, has been a visitor in the city yesterday and today. Mr. McKnight says that the Crookston Lumber company will cut a large quantity near his claim, this -l winter, and he expects that there viewed by that time, but as many as | will be busy times on the south shore can sign before that time are re-{of old Red Lake, from now until quested to do so in order to lessen the workin that line this evening. Charles Rattinger Goes to Brainerd. The Brainerd Dispatch says of | Charles H. Rattinger, who recently resigned his position at the Hotel|gq]q, Markham, and who will enter the employ ot Thomas Beare at Brainerd: | Gennow, proprietor. H. Beare has secured the “Th I have selected and have on hand a large line of New Mounts and Folders (Continued on last page.) next spring. There will be much “‘doing” near Quiring for some months to come. For Sale. A stock of dry goods Will go at low price. Also some second-hand furniture. ~ A. E. Nye Building, must be Nymore. Reed’s X-Mas Photos T wish to annouuce to the public that I will be at my studio from now until after the holidays; and those wish- ing Christmas Photographs should call at the - studio and have them taken as soon as possible to insure the completion of the work before the holiday season. from which to make your selection. This is,without doubt, the best line of mounts and folders ever brought to this city. The stock is all here. - Remerrber that X-Mas Pictures and Photos are my specialty. A large line of Framed Pictures and Indian Views, REED'S STUDIO Opposite Markham Hotel THE NATIONAL OPERA GO, WILL SING IN BEMIDJI *The Two Thieves” (Erminie) and “‘His Highness, the Bey,” Will Be Given. The famous comic opera success, “The Two Thieves”( Erminie) will be presented at the Citv opera house by the National Opera company on Oct. 7th. —This delightful composi-. tion has stood the test of time and is as popular today in the hearts of opera lovers as it was two decades ago, when the new famous opera singers, Pauline Hall, Francis Wil- som, etc., first gained the celebrity that has since made them rerowned stars. It is the operas of this class that endure while the latter day pro- duction have a popularity of a sea- son or two and then are discarded, and there is a reason for this, when one considers the sterling musica and literary ability of that era in comparison to the present day efforts. Messrs. Sheely and Huntington have provided elaborate scenery which together with the modern light effects and costumes form a back ground for this illustrious comic opera thatis seldom if ever equaled. To add novelty and charm to the performance some pretty dances and song hits from the later successes are introduced. The sale of seats is now on at the City drug store. Already there is much in terest shown by our public in this production. Local news on last page. suitable for ~presents. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA