Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 20, 1908, Page 1

Histon'ca] SOC"ety 1 ; [HISTORICAL Lk SBCIETY., VOLUME 6. NUMBER 184. . BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBEB 20, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH SOLONS PREDI CT A SHORT LEGISLATIVE SESSION No Passes, There’ll Be No Trips Home.—Members of Legislature Now Get $500 for Each of Two St. Paul Pioneer Press: A short session for the 1909 legislature is the prediction of many of the mem- bers, a number of whom were in St. Paul yesterday. ' In previous years the members have been paid by the day. They were allowed to be in session ninety days, and if they adjourned sooner they would get paid for less time. The law was construed so that the ninety days provided in the constitu- tion was made to mean working Then they drew pay for the Sundays and holidays in between, so days. they actually got paid for about 106 days. But after this they will have a regular salary, $500 for each of the| two years, whether they have one session of ten days or the regular session of ninety days plus a special session of sixty days. In former sessions it has been very customery for the legislators to take it easy at the beginning of the session, meet Tuesday! morning, adjourn Thursday until Monday evening, then meet without a quorum and adjourn till Tuesday afternoon. Little was accomplished until the last thirty davs of the session. But this year the members will be minus -their passes and they will not be as anxious to go home every week. A majority will spend Years. +their Sundays here and they think If they can get their work done before the they might as well work. usual time it will be no profit to them to stay until April 16. It would mean additional expense without additional income for the majority of them. do not expect such a busy session as two years ago. | “There won’t be as many fire alarm bills this time,” said one member yesterday. | “What’s the use of doing any- | thing?” said another member. democrats will claim credit for it all.” i Two years ago there an unusual | number of new members and it took them some time to get used to the run of business. Then the investi- gating committees which were ap- pointed to investigate everything, from the Great Northern ore deals to the shippers and receivers’ associ- atiov, took a great deal of the time of the house. A majority of the house is composed of experienced members this time, so it is not likely that thev will devote their energies to things which take much | time and produce few results. | There are some who think a short session would be in bad grace, now that their salaries have been raised, but others think that the saving in | the salaries of the employes would | make Gp fof this. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS ~ JUDGE STANTON’S DECISION In Case of Bales vs. Thomas Bailey, Testing Legality of| Acts of Bemidji Municipal Court, Acts Are St. Paul, Nov. 20.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The case of Don Bales vs. Thomas Bailey, as sheriff, in which Bales questions the legality of the municipal court of the City of Bemidji, was decided this morning At the same time the members|by the Supreme Court in favor of Bbmidji’s municipal court, thereby affirming the former decision of Judge Stanton of the district court. Don Bales was sentenced by Judge Bailey of the municipal court on August 15th, to serve ninety days larceny. Bales served about forty days of his sentefice and then decided to test the validity of his confinement by questioning the legality of the establishment of Bemidji’s municipal court. Accord- ingly, Bales applied to Judge Stanton of the district court for a writ of habeas corpus against Sheriff Bailey, but the judge, in a well- considered decision, refused to grant the writ and remanded the prisoner to the custody of the sheriff. | 1 | “The|in the Belframi county jail for petit| Held Valid. Bales, not satisfied with the decision of Judge Stanton, appealed the case to the Snpreme Court where it was taken up on October 23d, being presented for Bales by briefs and by oral argument on the part of Attorney Jackson of this city and by briefs on the part of County Attorney Funkley and the attorney general. The decision as rendered by the court covers several type-written pages, the ‘“‘gist” of which is as follows: > “There may be defacto officers though no dejure office exists as in defacto.. A municipal court is a defacto court. The legal existence of a court organized and created under color of law cannot be ques- tioned in habaes corpus proceedings by a person convicted andimprisoned | in proceedings had before it, even | though defectively organized, the organization being authorized by law. . “The Municipal Court of Bemidiji may be a defacto court and the judge and the clerk thereof defacto officiers, but the right of the court to excercisc judicial functions can- not be inquired into except at the instigation of the state in direct pro- ceedings brought for that purpose.” The above decisicn, made by the highest court in the State of Min- nesota, makes legal all acts of the municipal court up to the present time, and establishing the court as a defacto court, regardless of pos- sible defects of organization. The decision states very plainly that habeas corpus proceedings are not the proper method to test the real legality of the court. A trial of this character must be directly brought by the state, through the attorney geteral or someone whom be consents to have conduct such a case. As the matter now stands, we have a municipal court, untii proved otherwise, as the Pioneer, in its interpertation, understands the de- cision. Kose Suits Watab People. Northome Dan Rose, the Watab Record: purchasing agent for similar position with the Hennepin Paper Co,, of Little Falls, and wil hereafter act in that capacity for both firms. Mail Orders Promptly Filled e e Copyright 1907 The House of Kuppenheimer Chicago Overcoats that sale sale Fleece ecru color. this sale.............. lined underwear, heavy quality, They’re 50c values, Money Cheerfully R efunded. Clothing Howuse Good Clothes; Nothing Eise Its the Grandest Purchase We Have Ever Made They’re the seen. stripes made. Kuppenheimer $25 and $28 suits. this 29¢ o This surplus stock of suits and overcoats from Goldsmith Joseph & Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, is truly .the grandest purchase we have ever made. best we have ever This Is a Grand Sale For we're selling as we bought--at least a saving from one-third and up to one-half. Suits of rich Scotches, browns, tans, grays, blue grey and silver grey, narrow and broad They’re smart in style and perfectly This overcoat value rules them all, overcoats for business or dress; auto coats, buttoned high, buttoned through or fly front; patch or plain pock- ets, perfectly madeand our guarantee goes withit Suits and overcoats that are 18, thiS SALE. ... ooveneinireereeis T are high values at $25 and $28, $18 Men’s Underwear Direct from the Mills Men’s all-wool, derby ribbed under- brown color, $1.25 garments, DOW ..o s Jinc o BAZAAR STORE OFFERS | BARGAINS FOR WEEK-END | Pulp & Paper Co., has accepted a| Managef Ives Will Give Splendid Values to Bazaar Customers Fridag-and Saturday: Manager Ives, of the Bazaar store, |states that his establishment is lenjoying a splendid business, these days, and that he will have special sales on Friday and Saturday of this week. i One of the features of these spec- 1al sales will be a silk sale, which will be held both Friday and Sat- urday, at which time many rare bargains in silk goods may be had ! by the ladies of Bemidji. ’ There will also be a discount of twenty-five per cent on all remnants, | and these include some splendid goods. The Bazaar will offer fifty dozen] ladies’ all linen handkerchiefs, plain hem-stitched, Friday and Saturday, for only 5 cents each. There are afine lot of dress skirts, in which special bargains will be of- fered Friday and Saturday. Twenty-five per cent discount will be allowed on all childien’s and! misses’ coats. In fact, Friday and Saturday will be banner days at the Bazaar, and every lady resident of Bemidji should not fail to visit that popular establishment, and see the bargains that will be offered. WILL LOG NINE MILLION FEET AT LAKE REBEDEW Blake & Hawkins Are Getting. Their Camps Ready for Wnr_k East of Blackduck, The logging firm of Blake & Hawkins, who are logging in the Rebedew country, east of Blackduck, will cut and bank some 9,000,000 feet of timber during the coming winter. Henry Blake, the senior member | of the firm of Blake & Hawkins, passed through the city this morn- ing from Blackduck to Minneapolis, and he stated that he thought it would be necessary to log at -least one more winter after 1908 before they would complete the big con- tract which they have with the J. Neils Lumber = company of Cass Lake. The Neils company owns a large amount.. of timber near Rebedew n,‘p«)aaaaeaaeasaaeea«naa«naseaseaeseeea%sasess lake, all of which is to be cut by Blake & Hawkins. This timber will be banked on Rebedew lake and the logs will be driven down the Turtle river, to Cass lake, and towed across the lake to the Neils mill. Had Foot Crushed. George W. Neubeauer of Fargo, N. D, had one foot crushed last evening while stepping on the coupler between two freight cars in the local yards. The train had not quite stopped and his foot was pinched between the two couplers. Mr. Neabeauer was taken to the St. Anthony’s hospital where his injury was dressed. No Entertainment Tonight. The Bemidji Men’s BibleClass/ have postponed indifinitely the en-| tertainment which was to have been given this evening in the Baptist church of this city. ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPITAL p SHOULD GET AID ASKED Sisters of St. Benedict Request that Donations Be Made During the Thanksgiving Sgason for the Benefit of Their Hospitals. St. Anthony’s Hospital, Bemidji. The Sisters of St. Benedict, who operate a number of hospitals Minnnesota, including the St. Anthony’s hospi- throughout northern tal in this city,~bave issued a circn- lar asking for donations to the hospitals for the Thanksgiving sea- san. As these hospitals are many times called upon to care for cases in which there is absolutely no recompense and oftentimes a heavy outlay, a generous response should tollow the receipt of the circalar, which is as follows: “THANKSGIVING DAY.” “Dear Friend:—Thanksgiving Day being the “Donation Day” for our hospital, it gives an opportunity to our good friends to aid us in the cause of s'ufiering humanity. We therefore, earnestly appeal to your charity in behalf of the sick poor. “We are daily called upon to care for patients who are entirely desti- tute of means, and have no friends, and the result is a considerable financial strain upon our Institution. *“Anything in the line of groceries, eatables, bed-clothes, night-dresses, night-shirts, as well as money, will be accepted with much gratitude. “Thanking you in advance for kind favors, and invoking God’s blessing upon you in our daily pray- ers, we remain, _“Yours very respectfully, “Sisters of St. Benedict. “St. Anthony’s Hospital, “Bemidji, Minn.” Fine “Bunch” of Fish. “Three of the finest local fish ever exhibited in the city are now in the possession of Dick Collins at his place of business in Bemidji and are admired by every devotee of the rod and reel in the city. Mr. Collins has three fish which for size equal anything ever shown here. : The prize of the bunch isa 10- pound pike, which is one of the midji. This pikeis perfect in pro- portion and an elegant specimen of that variety of fish. In addition to the pike there are two fine muskallonges which will weigh about 17 pounds each. It is said that Dick Collins caught these fish while trolling early this morning, hut there are those mean enough to insinuate that he pur- chased them from a well-known local fisherman who is an artist in getting the big ones—that don’t largest ever caught out of Lake Be. |get away. Exelusive n Send Us Your Mail Orders — - — - Eastman Kodaks Premo Cameras Columbia Phonographs Conklin Fountain Pens — b ke ——_— A4 to show and explain our goods. 217 3rd St,, Bemidji, Minn. Few stores are as well equipped as ours, to please their patrons, and bhave at all times, things worthy of their patronage. With this end in view, we have succeeded in securing the very best lines possible. These alone, are exclusive, and to be found only at our store. 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