Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 15, 1908, Page 1

1E BEMIDJ1 DA .Y PI VOLUME 6. NUMBER 153. ATTEMPS TO BESMIRCH PRESENT PIONEER OWNER| “01d Allen,” in His Sentinel, Tries to Have the Public Believe that the Present Pioneer Regime Stole from County. - In anattempt to prove the present management of THE PlONEER a “grafting” concern, the Sentinel of last week contained the following: “It Wasa Horrible Mistake. They Did Not Do It On Purpose. “But he did not know how to figure according to the report of the public examiner; the Pioneer pub- lishing company took with the consent of the commissioners, seven hundred and sixty dollars out of the tax payers of this county, in one year, by simply charging two or three prices for the work it done. No wonder the plant prospers seven hundred and sixty dollars. And the Bemidji “ county attorney has been ordered to ! commence action to recover this. Its tough on watch him do it. The unearthing of this deliberate plundering of the county by the different concerns will make the dry bones rattle. We shall commence next week to print the report in full.” The article was printed in the Sentinel without explaining to the public that the present management of the Pioneer had nothing what- ever to do with this paper at the Funkley, and now| {time these transactions took place —in 1904, !and the Pioneer will give the truth | concerning the “Horrible Mistake,” | which “Old Allen,” in his Sentinel, tries to lay at the door of the present management of the Pioneer. i Ths bills, which were submitted lto the board of county commis- sioners, allowed and paid, were made in 1904 by Edward Kaiser, president of the Pioneer Publishing company, and R. W. Hitchcock, secretary and manager of the com- | pany, respectively, as given in the copies of the bills printed below. ' At that time, C. °J. Pryor, the | present manager of the Pioneer (who owns 60 per cent of the paid-in ! capital stock of the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing company.) | had nothing to do with the manage- | ment of any part of the Pioneer Publishing company. Messrs- Kaiser| iand Hitchcock conducted the busi- i ness of the Pioneer and were wholly i responsible for what the concern | did at that time. On March 16, 1907, C. J. Pryor An explanation is due the public,' t | BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, 'I‘HURSDA-Xi EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1908. i Meet at This Evening. All members of Bemidji Lodge, No. 1852, B. P. 0. E., are requested to meet at the hall at 7:45 sharp this evening. The meeting will be called promptly at that hour, so that all who desire may attend the Gov. Johnson meeting at the City Hall. 2 J. C. Covington, Sec. Pro Tem. 7:45 E.H.Jerrard, E. R. and A. G. Rutledge, jointly pur- chased 60 per cent of the paid-in capital stock of the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing company, and together owned the controlling = interest of both the Daily and Weekly Pioneer. Mr. Rutledge continued as a stock holder in the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing company until the first of May, 1908, when he sold his in- terest to Mr. Pryor, thereby giving Mr. Pryor three-fifths of the entire! stock of the company and the con- trolling interest, and from that time Mr. Pryor has been sole manager of the Pioneer. This explanation is made the pub- lic in order that the several lying insinuations which have been made by “‘Old Allen” will be known to be wholly untrue. Allen’s statements in the matter are about as true as any other state- ment he has ever made about the Pioneer—being the snarl of a man who is, mentally, morally and physi- EVERY day there’s a clothes parade; every day the campaign of quality against cheapness goes on; and every man votes, sooner or later, on just how good Copyright 1908 by Hart Schaffner GILL BROTHER Next Door to First National Bank & Marx cally, unable to compete in a decent way with a rival business concern. Had “Old Allen” adjusted his “specs” to the right angle, and went over the reports with as much care as any responsible person would have exercised, he would have easily seen that the public examiner stated very distinctly that this portion of his report was for 1904, and was still uncoliected. These bills and the result of a | suit, if any is instituted, will not in {any way concern the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing company, the |present owners of the Bemidji | Pioneer. The bills were collected by the Pioneer Publishing company, of which R. W. . Hitchcock was the secretary and manager. The present proprietors of the Pioneer have | nothing to do with the bills and will assume no responsibility therefor. Elsewhere is a true and correct copy of the bills as they are of record. The figures which are in parenthisis are the price which the public examiner considered would have been a reasonable charge. The first column of figures is the amount which was charged and collected by the Pioneer Publishing .company in 11904, The second column are the | figures which the public examiner considered to be a fair charge for the work performed. In connection with this “Horrible | Mistake,” “did” not do it on pur- Epose,” etc,, etc., asisso flippantly |stated by Bre’r Allen, the Pioneer would call attention to the fact that when Public Examiner Cain wasj ihere, recently, he stated to Mr. iPryoE that $15 per thousand for | primary and general election county ballots and $8 per thousand for women’s ballots, was a very reason- |able charge. This is the charge Iwhich the present management of |the Pioneer made in 1906 and is making in 1908. NEER. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH THE BILLS. . [copy. | No. 10970. County of Beltrami, to 1904. Pioneer Publishing Co., Dr. Feb. 25 To publishing financial statement of Beltrami Co, year 1903, 818 fol. (705 fol) at 75c per fol. Mar. 3 To publishing financial statement of Beltrami Co., year 1903, 818 fol. $ 613 50 $ 528 75 (705 fol.) at 35c per fol. 286 30 246 75 " 10 To publishing financial statement of Beltrami Co., year 1903, 818 fol. (705 fol.) at 35c per fol. 246 75 286 30 $1186 10 $1022 25 Excessive $163 85 [Sworn to by:R. W. Hitchcock April 1, 1904, D. L. Sylvester taking the acknowledgement. ] [corv.] County of Beltrami to 1904 Pioneer Publishing Co., Dr. Aug. 8. Official publication primary election ballots 135 fol. (91 fol.) 2 tw at No. 12444 75¢c and 35c, respectively, * $146 30 $100 10 Oct. 27 Official publication liquor license Application, Wm. Bulman 4 f 2td 4 40 4 40 Official publication liquor license application P. Maltrud, 4 f 2td 4 40 4 40 Official publication state and county ballots for general election vear 1904, 337 fol. (230 fol.), 2 insertions, 75¢ and 35¢ 370 70 172 50 $525 80 281 40 Excessive $244 40 [Sworn to by R. W. Hitchcock Nov. 11, 1904, C. O. 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