Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 1, 1908, Page 1

N VOLUME 6. NUMBER 193. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 1, 1908. LY PIONEER. FORTY CBENTS PER MONTH SECOND HALF OF REAL ESTATE TAX SETTLEMENT County Auditor and Treasurer Complete October Settle- ment of Tax Collections and Apportion Same to the Several Funds. BRACELETS Child’s Bracelets—Roman and English finish, plain and en- S $1 . $3.50 Ladies’ Bracelets, plain and fancy engraved $4 - $".25 jointed Adjustable...... Solid Gold, Roman ......cooovvvnnnn Located in The Owl Drug Store Post Office Corner County Treasurer George H,|Moose 535 French and County Auditor John|Cormant 270 98 Wilmann have completed the appor- | Baudette 33 00 tionment of the tax settlement for|Alaska 230 24 October and the different funds have | Durand 79 36 been apportioned as follows: Minnie 36 Total taxes collected— Walhalla 337 Current tax..........$ 40,645 51 |Gudred 490 Delinquent tax. . . 2,588 32| Wabanaca 10 00 Penalty, interest and - |Lee 16 14 COSES «vvvernnnnnnnn 1,026 09 | Roosevelt 102 71 ——— Lakewood 16 64 Total collected, $ 44,259 92 lVillage of Baudette 795 State revenue. . . . .$ 2,179 53| Village of Spooner 534 62 State SChOOI. « v - nven 1,210 30 | Township of Birch 192 25 County revenue. 4,920 75 Maple Ridge 122 60 County poor- - - 2,455 73| Hornet 537 36 Road and bridge 1,951 84| McDougald 10; 12 Co. Botde.sesia 3,069 791 Moose Lake 71 14 “ building .+ 24 20| Taylor 17813 “ indebtedness 2 52| Village of Wilton 9% 14 B 261 09 Penalty, % to county The first column of the following TEVENUE. . cvenernenn 715 38 | table shows the amount of current Penalty, 3% to gen. taxes apportioned to the several school fund........ 715 38 |school districts; and the second School districts. . «... 12,418 98| column of the same table shows the Cities, villages and state and county apportionment townships. . . .- 12,654 25 |allowed each district from the Oct- State loans (school ber settlement: dist. and towns).... 1,542 92| 4 ¢ M1 0§ Refundments «ceeeeees 137 26| , 7 88 - | 4 178 91 374 40 Total, § 44,259 92| ¢ 88 08 89 60 = In.Dis.Bemidji 4635 71 2793 60 The money collected and “appor-| 8 110 01 137 60 tioned to cities, villages and town-| 9 77 93 102 40 ships are as follows: 10 333 42 137 60 City of Bemidji $4873 37| 13 229 76 176 00 City of Bemidji(State Loan) 320 17| 15 92 36 60 80 Village of Blackduck 63| 17 232 45 .57 00 Township of Spooner 93 77| 21 306 19 70 40 Summit 459 89| 22 2 371 Eckles 162 20| 54 49 08 35 60 Langor 136 23| 26 222 31 124 80 Frohn 434 96| 31 12: 12 Hagali 144 21| 39 14 39 48 001! Port Hope 352 84| 40 131 36 96 00 Northern 423 01 41 111 01 102 40 Hamre 16 37| 42 18 65 6 40 Bemidji 233 28| 46 133 02 236 80 Turtle River 371 59| 48 443 77 115 20 Turtle Lake 378 01| 49 65 13 32 00 Grant Valley 217 91| s1 9 23 Kelliher 587 21| 36 25 65 48 00 Buzzle 229 38| 57 95 58 57 60 Quiring 76 49| 58 87 24 32 00 Blackduck 154 82| 60 532 45 576 00 Shotley 49 19, 61 84 82 12 80 Tones 269 09! 63 195 28 80 Lammers 112 12| 65 68 78 57 60 Spruce Grove 13 28| 66 257 83 169 60 Nebish 18 63| 67 101 53 80 00 Battle 156 47| 70 54 31 12 80 Liberty 134 37| 71 97 93 28 80 Benville 28 93| 72 65 16 38 40 Popple 39| 74 79 98 57 60 Copely 53| Ind.Dist. Shevlin 24 08 [] The Little. Watzh Factory The Christmas Season is here and I am anxious that you should come in and look through my stock be- fore making your Christmas purchases. You wanta good article at a reasonable price. 1If you give a present you want it to wear well. Every article in my stock is guaranteed. WATCHES. Ihave a complete line of Watches in Gold Filled, 20 and 25 year guarantee, plain polished and en- graved, open face and hunting; Solid Gold in 10-0, 6 and 16 size. 1;1151‘?“(:; Waltham, 20-year _Hs:(l)nilton, 17-jewel movement for. e $10.75 B $17.50 _—_—mmm—— The following, to be found among my stock, are some of the newest crea- tions in jewelry designing. New designs in ‘‘Jade’’ and “‘Matrix Stone’” Brooches, Hat Pins and Scarf Pins. for wueuiei $l. 3 CHAS. L. CUMMER BAGLE Bagley, Dec. i.—(Special to Pio- neer.)—'}‘he Bagley city water tank, of a capacity of 1,500 barrels, burst last evening about midnight,. break being caused by the intense and sudden cold snap which swept over this section of the country. Professor I. S. Hov, superintend- the| Y Rebuilt” Soon. ing up of a_ safe. led to the discovery that the iron hoops which bound the tank had contracted at Investigation a greater rate than the wooden tank, owing to the cold, and burst, pouring 1,500 barrels of water onto the ground. The city water-tank was built in | 1906 by the Crowley Electric com- pany of Duluth and was only two; years old at the time of its destruc® ATER BURSTS Bands of Large Wooden Tank 'Burst with .Heavy Sound as Though a Safe Was Being Blown.---Will Be tion. The structure was built at a cost of $800. The city council intend to have some of the old material used again and will rebuild a tank in the near future. During the meantime the <ity will be furnished with water by closing the gate from the water mains to the tank, and supplying the needs of the city by direct presaure. ent of the Bagley schools, was awakened about midnight by a loud report which sounded like the blow-' 76 38 26 48700 V77 96 88 76 80 79 6 60 80 80 11 31 76 80 81 38 64 76 80 82 114 54 48 00 83 51 45 105 60 84 62 20 16 00 85 200 96 54 40 86 2374 — 57 60 87 27 32 51 20 88 313 61 76 80 89 75 60 99 20 90 90 68 70 40 91 9 38 96 00 92 173 84 51 20 93 91 97 92 80 94 95 52 25 60 95 T 2874 22 40 96 107 35 32 00 97 59 36 51 20 98 115 54 16 00 99 188 71 54 40 100 24 02 89 60 101 21 60 54 40 102 675 44 80 103 39 44 80 104 2 40 76 80 105 16 79 54 40 106 178 80 22 40 107 24 41 76 80 108 29 92 28 80 109 82 63 88 60 111 80 48 259 20 112 548 44 208 00 113 21 39 54 40 114 45 35 20 115 230 01 124 80 116 12 29 117 537 44 80 110 102 40 The settlement also shows that special state aid has been allowed to school districts as follows: No. 4, $230. Bemidji High School, $1400. No. 13, $105. No. 46, $230. No. 60, $520. No. 66, $230. No. 77, $105. No. 115, $40. $5,193.51 apportioned to the city of Bemidji has been divided as follows: Revenue $ 1,183 87 Bond 1,207 22 Interest 15 §7 Imp. 977 95 Poor 389 | State L. 320 17 Sidewalk 73 23 Sewer 1,047 03 Library 118 35 Sprinkling 246 23 Total Pd. Treas., lessstate loan $ 5,193 51 4,873 34 Of the above amount $4,873.34 has been paid city treasurer Earl Geil,- the balance, $320.17, state loan, will be sent to the state treasurer. Lodged in the “Bastile.” Thomas Stafford of Tenstrike was brought in yesterday morning and lodged in the Belrrami county jail to serve a thirty-day sentence for petit larceny, of which he was LEAVES FOR NATIONAL GAPITOL WEDNESDAY Congressman Steenerson .Prepares for | Strenuous Labor During Coming Session of Congress. Congressman Halvor Steenerson will start next Wednes day night for Washington so that he will be at the opening of the: last session of the sixtieth congress, which | convenes Monday, Pecemb;r 7. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Steenerson and his secretary, Fred Dennis, and wife. Tlie congressman does not expect to stop off at any of the cities en route, but will reach Washington as soon as pos- sible, so that he can have a short time before congress convenes to! get some matters into shape. There is no doubt but that the congressman will play an important part in the work of the coming session, as he is considered one of the strong men of the national body. There is no doubt but that early in the session he will take a decided stand on the tariff question and also on other matters affecting the inter- ests of the state. The congressman also desires to see that the work of pushing for- ward the new Crookston federal| building and postoffice is looked after. He believes that there should be no reason for any further delays and that work should be started on the excavation at once. The bid} which has been approved by the supervising architect will undoubt- edly be accepted and there.is every reason to believe that every effort| will be made to push the structure! ahead as fast as possible.—Crooks- ton Times. Congressman Steenerson states that he will put forth every effort at the coming session of Congress to have the bill passed for the estab- lishment of the Federal building at Bemidji. The bill was introduced at the last session of Congress, but on account of the retrenchment at the end of the session, Congressman Steener- son was compelled to abandon active work in passing the bill, as forcible measures would undoubtedly have killed the bill and destroyed any chance there was left for the building‘ for Bemidji. % Beltrami county friends of Mr. Steenerson will watch -the develop- ment of this Federal building with much interest. U. S. Civil Service Examinations. A competitive examination under the rules of the U. S. Civil Service | Commission, for the position of clerk (male or female) and carrier in- the postoffice at Bemidii, Minn., will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 1908 { commencing at 9 o’clock a. m, Applications for this examination convicted befcre Justice of the Peace R. C. Hayner of Tenstrike. must be made on the prescribed tions, may be obtained from the Commission’s local representative, Mr. S. A. Cutter, at the Bemidji, Minn., postoffice or from the under- signed. Applications will not be accepted junless received by the undersigned before 4:30 o’clock p. m., on Iriday, December 11, 1908. All persons wishing to take this examination should secure blanks and fill them out at once-in order to allow time for any necessary corrections. J. M. Shoemaker, Secretary Civil Service Board. Post Office, St. Paul, Minn. " 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. No Council Meeting. Owing to the lack of sufficient members to constitute a quorum, there was no meeting of the city council last evening. Local news on iast page. SUPREME COURT DEFINES GROSS EARNINGS CLAUSE Decision in the M. & 1. Case Settles Disputed Points and Will Enable State to Recover Thousands of Dollars from The first definition of “gross earn- in the history.of the state was given by the supreme court ings” last Friday morning in a suit of the state against the- Minnesota & Interna- tional Railway company for taxes on unreported earnings. wins on a majority of its claims, and those involving the largest amount of money, and in the establishment of the principles will enable the state to collect thousands of dollars from a number of the thirty-five rail- roads doing business in the state. The decision says that the earn- ings of a railroad, for the purposes of taxation, should not be confined to the returns on the actual traffic earnings. The lower court gave the state taxes upon two items involved in the suit and the higher court adds eight additional items in the seven- teen claimed by the state. The court holds that the road in addition to its receipts for transpor- tation should pay taxes on receipts from lumber companies for loading | cars for the companies, for the use of railway equipment by construc- tion concerns and for the use of work trains by other roads. Income derived from interest on deposits, from the sale of old material and what might have been received from charging for hauling its own supplies, is: not taxable. The Syllabies. Ramsey County— State of Minnesota, appellant, vs, Minnesota & International Rail- way Company, respondent; State of Minnesota, respondent, vs. Minnesota & International Rail- way Company, appellant. The gross earnings which form the basis of the 3 per centum tax, under the provisions of chapter 11, Special Laws, 1873 (Section 1657, G. S. 1894), is not limited to earn- ings derived from the operation of trains but includes all earnings received by such railway companies The state | Other Roads. while performing work incidental to' or connected with the business of transportation, and which may reasonably be considered within the scope of their corporate powers. Rule applied, and held: The following items gross earnings: The amount received from lumber companies and other parties in moving, transferring and switching cars at loaning works. The amount received for the use of the railway company’s equipment, such as steam shovels, hoisting machinery, work trains, cars and engines, including crews. Money received from other rail- way companies for the use of work trains employed in the service of construction work, The amount received by the company for its cars employed in transportation in excess of the amount paid out by it for the use of cars of other companies. The following do not come with- in the gross earnings tax law: Money received for the sale of old material, supplies and equip- constitute aent, or of the surplus of supplies and material not necessary for the company’s own use. Money received from other rail- way companies for the repair of cars based upon actual cost, according to a reciprocal arrangement between railroad companies. The income derived from interest | or exchange from money deposited in banks, interest on securities, rentals upon the right of way garni- shee fees, commission from insurance companies, rental from telephone companies over right of way, bill- board privileges, sale of hay, stump- age, etc. The amount which might have been received had the company charged itself at the usual rates for shipping its own supplies and mater- ial over its own lines. Modified. —Lewis, J. Subseribe For The Pioneer. Mail Orders Promptly Filled - fore at such prices. very specialat, ........... ! form, which, with necessary instruc- If you’re not you save as any. wholesale surplus dress, business, 8¢ specml winter storms. money-saving, quality-getting and sat- isfaction giving, it’s the greatest sale of overcoats ever attempted here. You'll seldom see such a varlety for choosing; never be- Money Cheerfully R efunded. Good Clothes; Nothing Else Clothing House You'reinterested in saving money? ought to be; and clothes money is just as good to Finest (Qvercoats at a Great Saving You’ll see the Goldsmith Joseph Co. overcoats for For here; Overcoats, well worth $24.00 and $22.00, now at $18.00 ‘Overcoats, great value at $15.00 and $18.00, now at $10.00 Uuderwear Direct from the Mills We still have a goodly assortment-of $1.26 Men’s_heavy fleece-lined Underwear, the all wool derby ribbed Underwear, kind ‘that's an easy seller for 50c, 29 c MINNESOTA HISTORICAL | S8CIETY,