Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 14, 1909, Page 1

L A v, A [ THE BEMIDJI D VOLUME 6. NUMBER 229. fuistorical Society, \ omidii Townsite ;?, m. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH . Here, One at Crookston; Neutral Rink. Negotiations are now under way for a series of three races (or best two out of Thorpe of Fargo and Harry Carpen- ter of Crookston, to settle the ques- tion as to which of the two speeders is the champion small-rink roller skater of the northwest. For some time past Thorpe and Carpenter have been claiming that each could defeat the other, but they! have never come together. Car-| penter skated and defeated Schultz of Hibbing here, about a month ago, | and Thorpe is here at the present| time, giving exhibitions of speed. Both have made good time on the local rink and it is the desire of the local sports to get Carpenter andi Thorpe together to settle who is the faster man. A formal challenge was sent to| Carpenter onTuesday night,in which | THORPE AND CARPENTER AGREE TO CONTEST RACES Series of Three Races Proposed, for $100.—One Race three) between Al | |races that will be if Third Necessary, on the Crookston man was asked to skate a series of three races against Thorpe, in the Bemidji rink, for a purse of any part of $100 a side, gate réceipts to be divided to suit Carpenter. In talking over the telephone yesterday afternoon to A. G. Rut- ledge of this city, Carpenter signi- fied his willingness to skate a series of races against Thorpe, at any dis- tance, from ten feet on, for the full $100, one race to be skated at Be- midji, one at Crookston, and if a third race is necessary to decide the championsbip, a neutral rink to be selected by the skaters. This proposition exactly suits Thorpe, and it is pretty certain that the boys will get together in some the best ever pulled off in northern Minnesota, within the next ten days. Petit Jurors Drawn. Clerk of Court F. W. Rhoda, Sheriff A. B. Hazen and H. A. Simons, Justice of the peace, have drawn the list of petit jurors, who| i term of | will serve at the February district court which convenes here| February 24, The list is as follows: John D. Lunn, Hans Nelson, Gunder Moi, Geo. Anderson, August Peterson, John Hennesy, Bemidii;, John Grauling, Knute Strand, J. E.} Drury, A. Collett, Tenstrike; A.! Fdwards, Fred Kline, Nebish;] Charles Durand, Jos. Williams, | Puposky; John. Comlins, Graceton;i Wm. Tisdale, Maple Ridge; Ole F.| Hanson, Carmel; William Zipple, Zipple; B. H. Major, Wilton. G. Swedberg, Buena Vista; F. A. Frei- tag, Grygla; O. E. Hoff, C. H. Stenmon, Myran; James Perkins, Clementson. No Races Tonight at Rink. There will be no amateur races at the Coliseum for some time to come, the management having decided to postpone these contests until the nights that Carpenter and Thorpe which it is expected will be within the next ten days. This action is taken on account of the basketball game which will be played Friday evening, between “Big Bemidg” and Fosston. Consequently, there will be no races, of any character at the rink) race, At Co game. Fosston always Friday evening. Fosston VS. Big Bemidg Friday Night January IS Game will be called promptly at 9 o’clock. Skating before and after T O e S Y YR P teams, and-a fast game is assured tonight. l ] liseum has good athletic REPRESENTATIVE OPSAHL IS ON MANY COMMITTEES and Is Prominent on Other Im- portant Committees. The appointment of the committees of the house of representatives of the Minnesota legislature, nounced by Speaker Rockne, have been especially gratifying to J. J. Opsahl of Bemidji, representative from the Sixty-first district, and Mr. Opsahl has been made a member of all of the committees which have in charge matters of vital interest to this section of the state. Mr. Opsahl has been made chair- man of the committee on drainage, one of the most important com- mittees, as far as north-central Min- nesota is concerned, of any of the legislative workings. Mr. Opsahl should be especially well fitted to head this committee, as he is thor- oughly posted on the needs of this part of the state, along the lines of drainage. Mr. Opsahl also has an import- ant place on the committee of immigration, of which he was chair- man at the last session. Thisis another important committee which is very important to this section. The Bemidji member is on the State Normal Schools committee, as is also P. H. McGarry of Walker, the valiant champion of Cass Lake as the proper location for the pro- posed sixth normal school. s Mr. Opsahl is also a member of the following committees: Forestry, elections, logs and lumber, public lands. It is noticeable that Frank White of Elk River has been appointed chairman of the committee on re-ap- portionment, which appointment will nlease the people of this dis- trict. GONTEST FOR PROPOSED NORMAL SGHOOL IS ““ON” as an- Bills Locating School at Bemidji and Also Cass Lake Have Been Introduced. Senator D. M. Gunn of Grand Rapids has introduced a bill in the state senate providing for the estab- lishment of a sixth normal school, and locating the same at Cass Lake, that village to furnish a site of not less than than thirty acres, within a given period. The bill was referred to the committee on normal schools, of which Senator Hinton of Minne- apolis is the chairman, Representative Opsahl has intro- duced a bill in the house providing for the establishing of a sixth state normal school and locating the same at Bemidji. The bill provides that the site shall be not less than six acres, and the same is to be provided by the city of Bemidji. Senator Hanson of Ada isex- pected to introduce a bill similar to the house bill, locating the normal school at Bemidji. And the contest for the proposed new normal may be said to be “on” in earnest. The Thief River Falls people have not yet put in an ap- pearance, so far as introducing a bill is concerned, but that town will undoubtedly get into the game very soon. While there is apparently on the surface little being-done in behalf of Bemidji, yet the local committe has been very busy and is getting good results, Is Chairman of Drainage Committee, | | It is probable -that a compromise bill, establishing the school and leav- ing the location to some committee, will be the measure. that will soon become a law. In that event, Be- midji has every advantage over its opponents. Special Term District Court Jan. 25. Ii is announced that Judge B. F. Wright of Park Rapids will hold a special term of district court in this city Monday, January 25th, when several matters will be considered by the new judge. WOULD REPEAL *THE TAX LAW \Imponam Measure Introduced ’ in the House, T0 MAKE CREDITS EXEMPT D. A. Stuart's Bill Is Based on the Idea That Taxation of Credits Is Double Taxation—Bill to Raise Sal- arles of State Officers Presented In the House—Change In Present Primary Law Proposed. St. Paul, Jan. 13.—The repeal of the mortgage registry tax law was ene of the most important in the big bunch of bills introduced in the house. D. A. Stuart of Windom is the author of the measure, which is intended to exempt all credits from taxation. His idea is that taxation of credits is dou- ble taxation, his bill specifically men- tions mortgages, notes, accounts, tax certificates, judgments, state, county, municipal and school district bonds and warrants as credits, which shall be exempt fromt taxation. The mort- gage registry tax was passed by the last legislature, aftér the: wide-open tax amendment had been adopted, the old constitution requiring that credits be assessed and taxed as other prop- erty. There seems to be some question as to whether credits can be entirely ex- empted from taxation, even under the new constitutional provisions, but this will have to be threshed out in com- mittee. Mr. Stuart contends that taxation of credits is unjust, for the tax falls on the borrower and compels him to pay a tax on his property as ‘well as on his debts. Two bills of interest to the state officcholders were introduced. W. A. Nolan of Grand Meadow has a bill to make the public examiner elective, and the assistants to be appointed by him. The term is left at two years. The idea i3 to make the examiner in- dependent of any of the other depart- ments which he must investigate. At present he is appointed by the gov- ernor. The other is“a bill by Frank Nimocks of Minneapolis raising the salaries of several state officers. The governor’s salary is raised from $7, 000 to $10,000, the state auditor from $4,000 to $5,000, the state treasurer from $3,500 to $5,000, the secretary of state, from $3,500 to $5,000 and the attorney general from $4,800 to $5,500. Numbér of Judges Increased. The supreme court judges are in- creased from five to seven in a bill by Andrew Anderson of Lakeland. In another bill Frank Nimocks makes all city officers in cities of 50, 000 or over elsctive and fixes good- sized salaries for them. A bill mak- ing the county assessor, wherever there is one, elective was introduced by Oscar Christensen of St. Paul. Foreign manufacturing corporations are required to pay a filing fee when entering this state, just as large as the fee paid by domestic corporations under the present law, under a bill introduced by D. A. Stuart of Win- dom. The law establishing the state farm for inebriates is repealed in a bill by Elmer Adams of Fergus Falls. Thoroughgoing changes in the pres- ent primary law, and the extension of the law to all state officers and United States senators were proposed in the Benate by John Moonan of Waseca. Senator Moonan has incorporated features of the Kentucky and the Wis- consin laws into his bill, and thinks that he has solved many of the diffi- culties which have been met in the practical operation of the primary law. The constitutional amendment pro- posed by E. S. Durment of St. Paul provides that there shall be four to eight assoclate justices of the su- preme court as the legislature may direct. Thig gives to the legislature the power to increase the number of supreme court members at any time. To Make Mixed Marriages Void. All marriages between negroes and whites are to be void after the passage of a bill introduced by J. F. Calhoun of Minneapolis by .request. One of the first bills to be intro- duced this session by Senator B. E. Sundberg of Kennedy was given its first reading. It affects the relations of producers with comrhission mer- chants in the city and prohibits one member of a firm from selling on the floor of a produce exchange or cham- ber of commierce to another member of the same firm. . There is a penalty of $500 to $5,000. Committee appointments were an- nounced in both.the house and senate. There were a few surprises, but no great disappointments. Senator Stephens of Crookston was appointed chairman of the finance committee; Thorp of Willmar, bank- ing committee; Sundberg of Kennedy, grain and warehouse; Peterson of Moorhead, drainage; Nelson of Lanes- boro, commerce and trade. L. H. Johnson is chairman of the house commiitee on general legisla- tion; Spooner of Morris, prison com- mittee; Zelch of Cottage Grove, agri- cultural schools; - Nolan of 'Grand Madow, express, telegraph and tele- phone; Dalzell of Morton, taxes and tax laws; Putnam of Red Wing, ap- propriations; Haugland of Monte- video, railroads; Dorsey, military af- fairs. ¥ BAZARR STORE HAD FINE BUSINESS, DURING 1908 Eric Ives,’, General Manager of Store, Well Pleased With Patronage - Accorded Bazaar. “I am greatly pleased with the business of the Bazaar store during |the Bazaar store, yesterday, in con- versation with the Pioneer man, who happened in as Mr. Ives was looking over his books, at the conclusion of taking inventory. Mr. Ives stated that the Bazaar store had enjoyed a healthy increase in patronage during the year, and that he has been compelled to add largely to his corps of clerks and B ERIC IVES. helpers about the store as a result. That the next twelve months will show better business in all lines in Bemidji, is Mr. Ives’ firm conviction, and he is getting ready to supply a portion of the demand by placing orders for larger season- able stocks of goods, of the latest patterns and finest texture. Mr. Ives has been a._resident of Bemidji for five years past and is one of the business men who are inten- sely loyal to his home city. = He be- lieves that the public has appreciat- ed the efforts of the Bazaar store to give courteous treatment and satis- factory merchandise, and that the patronage this year willamply demon- strate that fact. the past year,” said Eric Ives, of ¢ KILLED BY TRAIN AT CASS LAKE; POSSIBLY, SUICIDE Body of Woodsman Named “John Johnson” Found at Depot.—Had Said He Wished He Was Dead.—Was Slightly Intoxicated. Cass Lake, Jan. 14.— (Special to Pioneer,)—A man, whose name is supposed to be John Johnson,a lumberjack who is not known in this village, was either accidentally killed or committed suicide at about the time the Sauk Center-Bemidji passenger train departed from this city for the west, at 9 o’clock ‘last evenicg. The crew of a freight train, which was pulling out for the east from the Cass Lake depot, dis- covered Johnson’s body wedged be- tween the platform and the rails of the main track, about fifty feet west of the depot, two hours after the Bemidji train had departed. The left hand had been severed from the body and there was a big gash in the throat, it being evident that Johnson had been instantly killed. The body was taken to Miskella’s undertaking rooms and Coroner Holeman was notified. The coroner will arrive this evening and investi- gate the cause of death. Johnson was a passenger on the Sauk Center-Bemidji passenger train last evening, getting on the train at Walker. He was slightly under the influence of liquor. A. E. Jondahl of Guthrie wasa passenger on the train and in talk- ing to Jondahl, Johnson said that he wished he was dead. Jondahl stopped at Cass Lake, and he says that Johnson was on the train when last seen. It is believed that Johnson either accidentally fell on the track or deliberately threw himself under the wheels in order to end his earthly career. The deceased was a lumberjack, and in the pockets ‘of the clothing | was found a ticket from the Walker hospital and also an employment office ticket from the Akeley Em- ployment office, on which was given the name “John Johnson.” —_—e IS Wanted at Crookston. Mike Kiedrowski, who is wanted at Crookston on the charge of grand larceny, was picked up in this city last night by the local police and lodged in the city jail to await the arrival of the officials from Crooks- ton, who were notified to come and get their man. Kiedrowski is charged with hav- ing stolen some wheat from Henry Ross on December 27. It appears that Kiedrowski ‘“skipped” from Crookston and his whereabouts have been unknown. Descriptions of “Kiedrowski - were sent out through this part of the state, and the local police located him in this city last night. Orrin Daniels, sheriff of Polk county, will arrive in Bemidji tomor- row for the purpose of taking Kied- rowski back to Crookston for trial. sale prices. overcoats weaves. lots. $12 and $15 Suit € $20, $22 and $24 Suit values at $12.50 $25 add $28 Suit values at . . . $16.50. $1.25 Wool Elastic! Ribbed Under- wear, 69c. Lot | Died at Cass Lake. Cass Lake, Jan. 14.—(Special to Pioneer,)—Mrs. William Dwier, age 25, died at her home in this village late yesterday afternoon. Fuenral services will be held tomorrow in the Methodist church, Rev. Parish will officiate. Mrs. Dweir, who has been married but one year, was a memberof the Yoeman Jodge and was very popular here. She is survived by her husband; they have no child- ren, Was Operated Upon. Mrs. John English,who lives north of Solway, was brought in yesterday and taken to the St. Anthony’s bospital in this city where she was oparated upon for appendicitis. Mrs. English is getting along nicely. Additiona' local matter wil be found on fourth page. Clothing House Semi-Annual Clearance Sale s The House of Kuppenheimer fine Suits and Overcoats at less than whole- Hundreds of suits and in the latest models and Every style is shown in both It is a most unusual event and opportunity. Lot | values at . . . $7.50 $12 and $15 Overcoat values at $7.50 $18 Overcoat values at . . ... $9.85 $22 and $25 Overcoat values at $12.50 $28 and $30 Overcoat values at $17.50 $1.50 and 81 Lion Shirts 69c in this sale