Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 30, 1908, Page 1

* use and will not ship, sell or dispose TH BEMIDJ1I DAILY PIONEER. VOLUME 6. NUMBER 192. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 30, 1908. FORTY CBENTS PER MONTH HUNTING SEAS ON CLOSES TODAY FOR THE BIG GAME Also for Ducks and Geese, Qu ail, Partridge, Ruffed Grouse and Pheasant.—Five Days Allowed to Bring in the Carcasses. The open season for lawfully kill- ing deer and mouse, and also wild duck, goose and all other aquatic fowl, as well as quail, partridge, ruffed grouse and pheasant, closes today, and it will be unlawful to shoot any of these animals or game birds or aquatic fowl after this date. It will be lawful to have deer and moose in one’s possession for five days after today, providing the same have been lawfully killed by the party in whose possession the animals may be; the intention of the law beiog to give five days ‘‘of| grace” in which to bring in animals| that have been killed at some dis-! tance in the woods. Game animals and game birds or parts thereof may be retained in pos- session of the person haying lawful | possession of the same, by having them properly tagged; and the law governing the matter is as follows: “Sec. 37. Retaining Game—Any person who is a resident of this state and legally in possession of any of| the game birds or game animals, or any part thereof, which have been| caught: taken or killed at a time or| in a manner permitted by the pro-| visions of this chapter, and who is desirous of retainiig possession of the same for his own use after the time in this chapter limited, and who shall before such time make| application to the commission for leave to retain the same, which application shall be in writing, and| signed or sworn to by the applicant, and shall state: “First—The name and residence of the person in posession of such birds or animals or parts thereof. “Second—The number, kind and location of said birds or animals or parts thereof, which number shall not exceed forty-five (45) turtledove, | prairie chicken, pinnated, white- breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, quail, partridge, ruffed grouse or pheasant, wood-cock, upland plover or golden plover, or any or all of the same combined; or fifty (50) snipe, wild duck, goose, brant or any variety of | aquatic fowl whatever, or any or all of the same combined;two(2) deer or the parts thereof, one (1) male moose or the parts thereof for each appli- cant. “Third—That if permitted to re- tain the same by said commission | the applicant will retain possession of said birds or animals for his own of the same. “If said commission is satisfied that said application is made in good faith and said applicant will keep said birds and animals and parts thereof for his own use and not for sale, the said commission shall cause tags or seals, and which shall not be duplicated by others, and which shall not be removed, to be attached to each bird or animal, parts thereof, not exceeding forty- five (45) turtle dove, prairie chicken, pinnated, white-breasted or sharptailed grouse, quail, partridge, ruffed grouse or pheasant, woodcock, upland plover or golden plover, or any or all of the same combined; or fifty (50) snipe, wild duck, goose or brant or any varities of aquatic fowl whatever, or any or all of the\ same combined; two (2) deer or the parts thereof, one (1) male moose, or the parts thereof, for each applicant; or in lieu thereof, if any applicant therefor resides at a distance from any game warden, then the comis- ission may issue to such applicant a written permit to keep and use such game. “The person making such applica- tion shall, before said tags or seals are attached, pay the commission the reasonable expense of making and attaching such tags and seals. “After the tags and seals have been so attached, or such .permit received, the person holding such permit may, while the tags or seals remain upon said birds and animals | and parts thereof, retain possess:on of the same until consumed; pro- vided, that nothing in this chapter contain shall prevent a person from disposing of as a gift any of the birds and animals mention herein. The having in possession of any game bird or animal or any part thereof which is not so tagged and sealed, or for which a retention per- mit has not been received, except during the open season and five (5) days thereafter, is hereby made un- lawful. | “Any such game bird or game animal, or any part thereof, had or held in possession by any person during the season when it is unlaw- ful to have the same in possession, is hereby declared contraband and the right of such person to retain or use the same shall cease. imitate or duplicate any tag or seal attached to any bird or animal, or part thereof, or who shall ship, sell or dispose of any bird or animal, or any part thereof, which has !)een tagged or sealed as aforesaid, o1 for which a permit to keep and use the same has been issued, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be punished by 2 fine of not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) and costs of prosecution, or by not less than ‘thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days for each and every bird or animal or part thereof, so shipped, sold or disposed of.” b “‘Making Good” as Farmers. Mrs. F. W. Wetherbee, who is living on a homestead on the shores| the extreme| of Pimush lake, in southwestern part of Beltrami county, was a visitor in Bemidji Siturday evening. Mrs. Wetherbee’s husband is the famous Frank Wetherbee, who was for many years a commercial traveler for the Noyes Bros. & Cut- ler Drug company of St. Paul. Mr. Wetherbee retired from the road, some four years ago, and took up his residence on the shores of the picturesque Pimush lake, where he has farmed industriously and waxed healthy and independent ever since his retirement from active “road work.” Frank and Al Jester, of the Jester Farm, are shining examples of what a traveling man can do to a farm when they once put their con- certed efforts thereon. Firemen Will Give Dance. Secretary Halvorson of the Bemidji fire department, reports that two candidates were taken in to the department at the meeting names of. the new members are Wynn Litchke and Harry Williams The fire boys also decided to give aNew Year's ball and the fol- lowing committees were appointed Printing-- Earl Geil and John { Goodman, Decorating-- Messers Doran and Gustafson. Floor-- D, D, Miller, Art Gould and L.Loyd. Costumes-. Harry Geil and Art Gould. Pencils ! Pencils ! Those who desire a good lead pencil for bookkeeping work should remember that the Pioneer has in stock the celebrated Koh-I-Noor and Faber pencils from H to HHHHHHHHH. We also have the soft pencils from B to BBBBBB. We carry in stock a full line of cheap pencils; also the Mephisto and Venus copying pencils. On account of the unseasonable weather all new winter coats and suits are sold at sacrifice prices at ‘the Ber- last Wednesday evening. The man Emporium. “Any person who shall destroy, | imprisonment in the couaty jail for The business men of Bemidji are arranging to make the forthcoming Farmers Institute the best ever he]d! in this vicinity. W. R. Mackenzie, the chairman of the commercial club committee, has charge of the arrangements for the institute, which will be held at the city hall on December 4. There will be two sessions, one in the fore- noon and one in the afternoon, and everv farmer in Beltrami county should make it a point to be present if possible. The business men of Bemidji will serve a free dinner to all farmers who attend the forenoon session of the institute, and all who can should come to Bemidji and attend the insti- tute. | Dairy. That this section is destined to be a great dairy section is now well understood by all thinking; farmers. All the natural conditions| point to dairying. Let us start} right, for no matter how favorablei nature 1s man must do his part. At the Farmers’ Institute the farm- ers will hear Mr. McGuire talk on | this subject. He has carefullyE worked out a system of dairying| that is giving him big cash returns. How to get the most cash out of our cows, out of the cows that we| now have—is what we most want to ! know. How to properly raise and| feed our calves so as to make good, profitable cows out of them, how to; use the skim milk to best advantage asa hog feed and many of the FARMERS’ INSTITUTE AT BEMIDJI FRIDAY, DEC. 4 A. J. McGuire and Other Prominent Speakers Will Give Many Valuable “Pointers’---Farmers Will Be Entertained and All Should Come Who Can. small but so important points in the care of the cow will be explained. It will pay you to come and listen. attraction alone will well repay any farmer for the time and effort spent | to get to the meeting. At Bemidji, Friday, Dec 4th. Wilton, Thursday, Dec. 10th. Clover. It has been said that if all clover could be properly cured, timothy and all other hay would have to leave the market. Whether we be- lieve this or not, we all know that clover is the coming - feature in the agriculture of Minnesota. While all have a vague idea that clover is something great, very few under- stand it thoroughly or appreciate as| they should its wonderful value, not only as afeed for all kinds of live | stock but as an enricher of the soil. As fast as a farmer comes to under- stand more thoroughly this wonder- ful plant, just so fast does he be- come a more prosperous farmer. Men who have made a life study of the clover plant and have had a life’s experience with it, will talk and answer your questions on it at the Farmers’ Institute. Questions. In the daily work on the farm many things happen that we can- | not quite understand. We ask first one party and then another and each usually gives us a different answer Many questions come to our minds about agriculture that we would like to have explained. How to feed roots; how to keep the boys This one| and girls on the farm; the hired man question; how to test our seed; how to grade up our cows; the best methods to follow in various work; the latest ideas in building and co- operation, and a thousand other every day questions. All of the above you have privilege of asking at the Farmers’ institute, and they will be answered by men who are paid by the state for knowing how to answer them. At Bemidji, Friday, Dec. 4th. Wilton, Thursday, Dec. 10th, The Farmers’ Institute Annual. The Minnesota Farmers’ Institute Annual No. 21, for 1908, is one of the best books of the kind that has ever been issued. The topics | treated in it are not only valuable for their practicability but include subjects which are up-to-date and are of general interest. The book containa 384 pages, is beautifully printed and illustrated, and treats | more subjects than can be named |bhere. Cement working, drainage, clearing land of stumps, co-opera- tion, and other vital topics besides i those of field and stable, alone make the book worth having. But in {addition all branches of live stock |husbandry, soil culture, crop grow- ing and so on are treated. The )only sure way to get a copy of this valuable book is toattend a Farmers’ | Institute and_ the book alone will ! pay the attendance to say nothing of the instruction given by the practi- | cal and experienced lecturers on the i Institute platform. At Bemidji, Friday, Dec. | Wilton, Thursday, Dec. 10th. 4th. to The line ineludes: Chandeliers Lamps Electroliers Andirons Fire Sets Desk Fittings NErLrcCATI Candle Brackets Smokers’ Articles We Call Attention This Evening Our Collection of Benedict Every lover of the beautiful will appreciate this showiug. Here you have all the cratt and artistic designing of Europe put into articles of household use and decoration. These are from the celebrated Benedict Art Studios—head- quarters in America for hand wrought Copper and Iron wares Wonderfully artistic results have been achieved in this hand hammered copper. Most of the arficles have utility as well as beauty to recommend them. Every piece gives life long-w2ar \ Lanterns Chai?ng Dishes Lov Trays Stei:’qs g Cups i Umlrella Stands Finge r Bowls Jardiniers Paulus Was Mistaken for Through the sale by execution of a . farm northwest of Blackduck, which sale was made by Sheriff Bailey Saturday $2,200 damages were recovered for the taking of the life of Simon Paulus, two years ago, at the hands of William Paddeau, who mistook Paulus for a deer. The killing of Paulus caused con- siderable excitement for some time after he was shot, and there wasa suspicion that there had been foul play. Paulus went out one evening, with alight attached to his head, for the purpose of killing deer by means of “shinging”. He failed to return the following morning and a searching party afterwards found his dead body, in a small clearing. There was a bullet wound in Paulus’ head, and his rifle lying at his side, with none of the cartridges in the cham- ber having been fired. ~The county authorities were at a {loss to account for the exact man- ner in which Paulus met his death, but there was a well-defined sus- A coroner’s inquest was held, but no clue as to the killing was ascertained at that time. A’ few weeks afterwards, a letter was received from William Poddeau, i son, ESTATE OF SIMON PAULUS AWARDED CIVIL DAMAGES Deer and Shot by Willi: Roddeau, Northwest of Blackduck.— Roddeau Left Country. who owned a valuable claim near that of Paulus, and who disappeared quietly the day Paulus’ body was ound. In this letter Poddeau acknowledged that he had killed Paulus, claiming that he had also been out after deer the night Paulus met his death, and that he mistook Paulus for a deer and fired a shot at Paulus before ascertaining that he had been shooting at a human mark. In this letter, Roddeau agreed to deed all his earthly belongings to the wife Paulus, providing he (Rod- deau) was not prosecuted for shoot- ing Paulus. Roddeau’s offer was accepted, but the latter never went futher with his proposal than the offer made in the letter; and Mrs. Paulus instituted a suit for damages for the sum of $4,- 000, for the taking of her husband’s life. Roddeau never appeared to de- fend the suit, and judgement was rendered in favor of Mrs. Paulus in the sum of $4,000. Anexecution was issued against the farm which Roddeau had owned, picion that he had been murdered. | the execution sale the sum $2,200 was bid for the land by John Thomp- administrator of the estate of Simon Paulus, whose killing was the first crime of the kind in this north country. Good Roads. The problem of making good, hard roads in sandy soil is one that confronts every road overseer and street commissioner in this section of the country. In fact, right in the city of Bemidji, there are streets in which the sand is so prevalent that wagons with anything like a decent load are buried to the axle. “The Farmer,” published at St. Paul, says of a new plan for build- {ing roads in sandy soil, which is being tried by the Minnesota High- way Commission: “In some sections of the country excess of sand is quite an obstacle in the making and maintaining of first class roads and it is usually neces- sary to either surface the road with clay or some other material in order to keep it in good condition. “The Minnesota Highway Com- mission has been experimenting with new methods of controlling sandy roads in Anoka and southern Mille Lacs County. In this section there are some tracts of land that are quite sandy, the soil being of a sandy loam nature and at certain seasons of the year transportation is very difficult. “This year the highway commis- sion, co-operating with local authori- ties, has been endeavoring to better the condition of these roads and have used clover for the purpose. I F“Clover thrives exceedingly well on this sandy loam land and the road sides in certain sections were seeded down to clover. As the season pro- gressed these clover patches were plowed up and turned into the Every piece is fashioned by hand. The workers are born to the art—for their fathers|middie of the road. The roadbed and their fathers wrought beauty from metal in the Art Centers of Eurcpe. has thus been changed from almost pure sand to a loam soil by the ad- dition of the vegetable matter in the clover plants. It is said that great improvement has been made and the work will doubtless be continued. Work hasalso been done in using sawdust for the purpose of surfacing sandy roads with successful results. 1909 Diaries. The largest and best line of 1909 diaries ever carried in thist part of the state can now be seen at the Pioneer office. ¢ We have made special efforts ot secure the largest assortment ever shown in the northwest. Those who want special kinds should call early and make their selection. Only three days left of the great Berman clearance and pre-holiday sale. ; W. A CASSLER MAKING A BIG SUGCESS, FARMING Is Just vCompIeting Fine New Resi- dence.—Has Modern Barn and Other Necessities. That farming in an up-to-date manner is being pursued on the so- called “jack-pine sandy land” in the vicinity of Bemidii, in fact within the five-mile line beyond the city limits, with splendid profit'to the party engaged in the agricultural pursuits, isa fact which is not known to every resident of the city, many of whom have always been under theopinion that the lands hereabouts were unfit for much of anything except reproduction of scraggy, unmerchantable timber. An instance of the possibilities of diversified farming that pays in this immediate vicinity is that of W. A. Cassler, who owns a farm four miles from Bemidji. Mr. Cassler has 100 acres of land cleared and under cultivation, and possesses farm buildings that are unsurpassed by any in the county. He has just completed a fine new residence that is modern in every respect. The house is equipped with a hot-air heating plant, and the sanitary plumbing job was let yester- day to Doran Bros. of this city. Mr. Cassler’s barn is thoroughly modern. Itis provided with solid cement floors, with sanitary drains, and all conveniences. Stock can be housel nicely, and the barn is a splendid storing place for hay and feed. Doran Bros. are also installing a water works plant for Mr. Cassler, which is complete and of a high class. Mr. Cassler states that his farm has been a great deal more than self-supporting; that during the past two years, the profits of the farm have paid for the barn, stock and machinery, valued at over $3500. Mr. Cassler now has $700 worth of potatoes in his root cellar, having raised a very bountiful crop of the “tubers.” Transacted Business Here. W. E. Feeny, of Bena and J. E. Cowan of Northome, who are both in the banking business, spent Sat- urday on business in the city and re- turned to Northome on the M. &I. passenger train in the evening. - SACIETY, — i