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

THE BE VOLUME 6. NUMBER 146. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1908. LIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER. FORTY CHENTS PER MONTH STATE BOARD INTO REAL E Crookston Lumber Company Before Board Oct. 9.—Ta INQUIRES STATE VALUES and Ross & Ross to Appear x League Estimators Have Gone Over Considerable Territory. Chester McKusick, secretary of the Beltrami County Tax League, received a telegram this morning from State Auditor Iverson stating that the State Board of Equalization will consider Beltrami County as- sessments Friday, Oct. 9th, and re- questing the presence of Mr. Mc Kusick before the board at that time. ‘I'he matter of assessments in Bel- trami county was presented recently in a petition filed with the State Board of Equalization by the Bel- trami County Tax League. The factsas set forth in the peti-| Summit which said towns consists! tion are briefly as follows: 1st. That the Board of Equaliza- tion of Beltrami county did, to-wit, on the 6th day of August, 1908, ‘upon application made by the Crookston Lumber company, make a reduction of certain lands belong- ing to that company as follows: 149-30 (Summit).eoveennnn $ 9110 " 149-34 (Maple Ridge) .. .... 28600 . 151-30 (unorganized)...... 18482 150-32 (unorganized).....-. 38900 PEtaL e scswsosinmscsrormsminiers o $95092 2nd. That the aforesaid reduc- tions were a great injustice to the other tax payers of the county, for the reason that the lands upon which the reductions were granted, were, in the first instance assessed at only a small fraction of their actual value. 3rd. That the said Board of Equalization did, on the 7th" day of August, 1908, make a reduction in the Town of Nebish of $1.50 per acre of the entire Town. That the Town of Nebish is composed of the N!% of Government Township 149 and the S of Government Township 150, Range 33, and that:estimates and values the Crookston Lumber company owns two-thirds of the Town of Ne- bish. That tke Town of Nebish was not in the first instance assessed at a value proportionate to other Towns in the County of Beltrami, and should have been increased instead of reduced and that the r:duction of the assessment in the | Town of Nebish, amounted to giv- ing the Crookston Lumber company {a further reduction in their assess- | ments of $23,000, making a total of the reduction granted to the Crooks- ‘ton Lumber company in its assess- { ments of real property of $118,000. 4th. That in-order to off-set the large reduction granted to the Crookston Lumber company, the County Board ‘of Equalization increased the valua- tion of land in certain other towns of the County where the Crookston Lumber company had very small interests, viz: the Towns of Lammers | Buzzle, Eckles, Jones, Cormant, and il principally of cut-over lands and are occupied by settlers. jSth. That the said County Board | of Equalization did, to-wit, on the 3 rd day of August, 1908, upon appli- cation of the firm of Ross & Ross, | grant ‘to said firm a reduction on certain personal property consisting jof cedar polesand posts. That the assessed valuation of said property ! was $40,304, which was increased by the Town Board of Review .to $70,304, and that the County Board | of Equalization reduced the valua- tion of said property to $14,731. That the said cedar consisted of 79, 000 cedar poles and posts and had a market value of $80,000, and that | the assessment of $40,304 was a very | just assessment of said property. The petition then asks that the Crookston Lumber company and the firm of Ross & Ross be cited to 1appear before the State Board of Equalization and show cause why| their assessments should not be graised to proper amounts. | Appended to the petition pre- sented by the Tax League are of certain lands upon which the reduction was !gramed. The Tax League has been !to the expense of having certain iportions of the land embraced | within the list, upon which the | reduction was granted, estimated, ‘and as before stated the values are "set forth in exhibits attached to tke ' petition. 1 i | i } Incorporated in the sum of $50,- 000, with a full paid-up capital, the Bemidji Wholesale Grocery company will at once commence the con- struction of a large wholesale grocery house in this city, and the same will be completed and ready for the occupancy of a big stock ot groceries within the next seventy days. This announcement will come as a surprise to most of the business men and other residents of Bemidji, as the negotiations which have been quietly carried on for the organiza- tion of the company, the securing of a site and perfecting other arrange- { ments for carrying on the business have not been given publicity, few Bemidji people being on the “inside’” of the deal. The Bemidji Wholesale Grocery company will be a corporation, and has for incorporators men who have had a large experience in the groc- ery business, both {from a wholesale and retail standpoint, the incorpor- ators being W. H. Cleary and K. Cleary of Brainerd; T. J. Burke and H. K. Burke of Duluth. The intention of the incorporators is to conduct an exclusive whole- sale grocery house aad they will} at once begin the erection of al building 75x100 feet, with basement. The company secured lots 1 to 5, block 1, Third street, opposite the | M. &I, depét as a site, and the sur- vey has'already been made by M. D. Stoner, city engineer, for side tracks, which will be put in from both the M. & I and G. N. rail- ways for the use of the concern. The contract for the erection of | the building was let to C. B. Rowley of Brainerd, although the company had desired to give local contractors the preference, but Bemidji builders were so busy that they could not undertake to complete the building at the time specified in the contract, seventy days from date. Mr. Rowley arrived in Bemid;i last night and will immediately com- mence the work of clearing the l i WHOLESALE GROCERY FOR BEMIDJI IS ASSURED FACT Bemidji Wholesale Grocery Company, With Plenty of Capital, Now Has Contractor on Ground.---Building Com- pleted in Seventy Days. ground and erecting the building. The gentlemen “who will be actively identified with the business ot the new Bemidji Wholesale Grocery company, have all had a wide experience in the grecery busi- ness. W. H. Cleary was for many years traveling salesman for the McCor- mick Behnke company of St. Paul and in 1901 he organized the Brainerd Wholesale Grocery company, which Cleary sold part of his interest in the Brainerd company to M. J. Rilev and J. Ebert. He, however, still retains a large interest in the Brainerd company and will have the general supervision of both the Bemidji and Brainerd wholesale houses. running smoothly to leave with his family for an extended trip to Europe. T. J. Burke was traveling sales- man tor Allen Moon & Co. and their successors, J. H. Allen & Co. for fourteen years. In 1899 Mr. Burke located in Solway as secretary and treasurer of ‘the Solway Mercantile company, and remained with that compsny untii business closed in 1906. In I906 Mr. Burke became a Gowan-Peyton-Tyghy company- of pany gntil July 18, 1908, when he retired. Mr. Burke is now in the ment of the affairs of the company for the present here. family here within two weeks. He has rented the residence of E. J. Swedback, where the family will make their home. wholesale grocery house, Mr. Burke states that this city was selected after he and Mr. Cleary had visited several other cities in northern has been a remarkable success. Mr. | It is Mr. Cleary’s intentionj when the business here gets toj member of the wholesale firm, of! Duluth and acted as vice-president | and general manager of that com- | | highly of city and is taking the active manage-| He intends to | live in Bemidji and will move his| Speaking of the selection of Be-| midji as the point for establishing a | Minnesora with a view to looKing for a good site. They were especially i attracted to Bemidji by the fact that this is an excellent distribution { point for a large territory, which embraces many adjacent towns that are live business centers. The different lines of railroad entering and passing through Bemidji make this city'an admirable shipping point. In this territory are the splendid towns to the north, along the M. & I. rail.way to International Falls, on the Canadian border. Also to Kelliher, on the Red Lake. s Extending north by west in the Red Lake railroad reaching to Redby on Red Lake, and two or three good towns along that line. West, on the Great Northern as far as Crookston; to the east on the Great Northern there is no whole- sale bouse between here and Duluth. On the’ south, the nearest whole- sale house is located at Brainerd. These conditions appeal very strongly to Messrs. Burke and Cleary. i The financial standing of the new company is in every way all that could be desired. The $50,000 capital is all paid in and they have ample capital outside of the incor- porated interests to handle a véry large volume of business. Mr. Burke states that he his associates k| cannot speak?oo the Bemidji Townsite & Improvement company. When they “got down to business” and intimated to the officials of the Townsite company at St. Paul that they meant business the concessions to be made for an admirable site for the new company were quickly agreed upon and the townsite people were very liberal. Bemidji welcomes the new com- pany and no doubt the Bemidji Wholesale Grocery company will re- ceive the united support of every business man of this city as well as the surrounding country. O’Leary @ Bowser Bemidji, Minn. It is now time to think about overcoats. You will want a stylish, well made, reliable garment at a fair! price. In offering you the]| Adler overecoa i we are giv- ing vou the best that money can buy---style fit and finish ¢ @l | Campbell acted as secretary. -A general discussion of the cam-| the very best, and our price | is lower than you would expect to pa class garment. y for a first| f!dent, . T. H. Pendergast, LOCAL REPUBLICAN GLUB Full Set of Officers Elected and Much Enthusiasm Was Shown at the Meeting. “The Taft and Jacobson Repub- lican Club of Bemidji and Beltrami County” is the name of a new repub- lican club which was organized last evening at’ the council chambers, | which was largely attended and at which much enhusiam was shown for republicanism. Although a petition had been cir- culated but a few hours, there were eighty signers on the roll for mem- bership in the club, and no doubt there will be many more who will put their names on the roll before the end of the week. W. B. Stewart, superintendent of schools, was elected temporary chairman of the meeting and G. W. paign and how it shall be conducted was indulged in, after which the ollowing were elected as perma- | nent officiers: President, Frank Jacobson, Be- midji; first vice-president, J. E. Swenson, Frohn; second vice-presi- Grant Valley; third vice-president, John J. Doran, dent, F. B, Anderson, Northern; secretary, G. W. Campbell, Bemidji, and treasurer, R. Murphy, Bemidji; executive committee—Frank Jack- son, A. A. Andrews, Walter Mark- ham, Henry Dahl and Knute Nel- B | ORGANIZED LAST NIGHT Bemidji; fourth vice-presi- on, The enthusiasm manifested at last night’s meeting augers well or the success of the club, and it is believed that the organization cementing the different factions of the party more closely together in a united effort to roll up a big vote in Bem dji and Beltrami county for Taft and Jacobson. Opposite Markham Hotel of the club will have the effect of | Statistics showing the progress of the public schools is interesting to everybody and the Pioneer today presents to its readers tabulated statistics of Beltrami county schools for the year ending July 31, 1908. By careful study of the tables given every person interested in the educa- tional work can see the exact condi- tion of the schools. County Superintendent of Schoos W. B. Stewart has completed his annual report to the state superin- tendent of- public instruction and from that we find that the total en- districts of the county was 3,411. Of this uumber 2,730 are entitled to apportionment. During the year seventeen men teachers have been employed at an average salary of $79 per month and $48 per month. In the county 66 districts are and 5 are selling them at cost. In the independent school dis- Total enrollment Number of pupils from 5 to 8 years of age.. Number of pupils from 8 to 18 years of age Number of pupils from 18 to 21 yearsof age. Number of men teachers in the yea Nnmber of women teachers in the year. Average monthly wages of men teachers Average monthly wages of women teachen: Number of teachers graduates ot high school: i Number of teachers, not graduates, that have Number of teachers, not graduates, that have Number of teachers continuously teaching in Number of teachers continuously veaching in Number ot districts loaning text books free. Number of districts selling text books at cost Average cost of text books in district loaning ‘Whole number of school houses, frame Whole number of school houses, bri; Whole number of school hou: Total . Value of all apparatus. Number of volumes for Total number of libraries Total number of volumes Value of all libraries Number of trees planted. Number of school houses having no Aggregrate Indebetness of all districts. Number ot districts included Average length of school in mont! Cash on hand at beginning of year. Received from apportionment Received from special tax.. | Received from local one mill tax Reeeived from special state aid. Received from bonds and other sourc rellment in the eighty-one school ! 132 women at an average salary of | loaning text books free to the pupils! Number of pupils entitled to apportionment. . Number of puplis not entitled to apportionmen! Average number ot days each pupil has attended Total number of pupils from 5 to 2| years of ag ] Number from 8 to 18 years of age attending school during the entire Number of teachers graduates of a normal school Number of teachers graduates of a college (not a business college) 5 Number of teachers, not graduates, that have attended a high school Number of teachers continuously teaching in one district two years Number of new school houses built during the year, frame Total value of school houses built during the year... Number of school houses standing in natural groves. Average length of school in months voted for the coming school year. Averagé numbers of voters present at annual school meeting RECEIPTS. REPORT OF BELTRAMI CO. SCHOOLS FOR YEAR1907-8 County Superintendent W. B. Report to State Superintendent.—Report Shows County Schocls in Excellent Condition. Stewart Completes Aanual tricts the cost of text books to the district has been 74 cents per pupil while in the common districts it has been but 16 cents. During the year 12 new school { houses have been erected at a value |of $7,535. The total value of the school houses and sites is $132,380; seats and desks $9,351; school apparatus $5,575. Thirty-seyen districts have librar- ies in which 5,812 books are at the disposal of the pupils. During the year County Superia- tendent Stewart made 119 visits to school districts. Beltrami courty has been especi- ally favored with summer schools, and the past year a six-weeks’ term was held at which over 100 teach- ers were present. During this session a meeting of school officers was held and nearly every district in the county had representation at that meeting. Taking it in all the report is an excellent one and shows much pro- gress in Beltrami county schools. Ind.and Common Speclal School Districts Districts 1% 1531 3 49 1301 28 2028 280 150 3 14 30 102 $110 48 5 “2 20 13 17 5 5 s 4 3 attended a normal school 3 13 attended a college....... 1 [ one district three years 6 2 7 1 one district one ye 20 50 4 62 [] 5 ™ 16 [ 12 753 A 3 8 2 0 29 20 5 102 50500 471880 2880 $6471 #1125 #4450 202 22 3 34 1531 4281 920 $1877 [ 23 1 1 3 56 ©16% 7S 3 3% 9 6.7 9 6.8 o 12 $23500 36 $19390 73 6848 10 9506 67 23266 82 34211 35 2850 11 5506 20 1080 1540 22 18294 83 13880 24 W 2 88405 40 Reed’s X-Mas Photos I wish to annouuce to the public that T 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. I have sélected and have on hand a large line of New Mounts and Folders 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. Remenber that X-Mas Pictures and Photos are my specialty. A .large line of Framed Pictures and Indian Views, suitable for presents. REED’S STUDIO IContinued on Last Page] BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA