Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 23, 1909, Page 2

| | | | THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER A A A A A A A A A AN PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J.'PRYOR. Watered In the postofiice at Bemidil, Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM PRESIDENT GALLF ON THE NATION TO SAVE ITSELF Continued from First Page WIongdoes or every Te. The obligations and not the rights of citizenship increase in proportion to the Increase of a man’s wealth or pow- er. The time is coming when a man will be judged not by what he has suc- ceeded In getting for himself from the common store, but by how well he has done his duty as a cltizen and by what the ordinary citizen has gained In free- dom of opportunity because of his service for the common good, The highest vaiue we know Is that of the individual citizen, and the highest jus- tlce Is to give him fair play in the ef- Yort to realize the best there s In him. Cominon Sense Needed. The tasks this nation has to do are great tasks. They can only be done at all by our citizens acting together, and they can be done best of all by the di- rect and simple application of homely common-sense. The natlonal conservation commis- slon wisely confined its repert to the statement of facts and principles, leav- ing the executive to recommend the specific steps to which these facts and principles inevitably lead. According- 1y I call your attention to some of the larger features of the situation dis- closed by the report and to the action thereby clearly demanded for the gen- eral good. Waters. ‘The report says: ‘Within recent months it has been rec- ognized and demanded by the people, through many thousand delegates from all states assembled in convention in dif- ferent sections of the country, that the waterways should and must be improved promptly and effectively as a means of malntaining national prosperity. The _first requisite for waterway im- provement is the control of the waters in such manner as to reduce floods and reg- ulate the regimen of the navigable riv- ers. The second requisite is development of terminals and connectlons in such man- ner as to regulate commerce. Accordingly I urge that the broad plan for the development of our water- ‘ways, recommended by the inland wa- terways commission, Me put in effect without delay. It provides for a com- prehensive system of waterway im- provement extending to all the uses of the waters and benefits to be derived from thelr control, including naviga- tlon, the development of power, the ex- tension of irrigation, the drainage of swamp and overflosv lands, the pre- ventfon of soil wash and the purifica- tlon of streams for water supply. It proposes to carry out the work by co- ordinating agencies in the federal de- partments through the medium of an administrative commission or board, acting in co-operation wlith the states and other organizations and individual citizens.. . The work of waterway development should be undertaken without delay. Meritorfous projects in known con- formity with the general outlines of any comprehensive plan should pro- ceed at once. The cost of the whole ‘work should be met by direct appro- priation if possible, but if necessary by the issue of bonds in small denomi- nations. It 1s especially important that the development of water power should be guarded with the utmost care both by the national government and by the states In order to protect the people against the upgrowth of monopoly and to insure to them a fair share in the benefits which will follow the develop- ment of this great asset, which belongs to the people and should be controlled by them. . Forests. 1 urge that provision be made for both protection and more rapid devel- opment of the natlonal forests. Other- wise, elther the increasing use of these forests by the people must be checked or thelr protection against fire must be dangerously weakened. If we com- pare the actual fire damage on similar areas on private and national foresi lands during the past year, the govern- ment fire patrol saved commercial tim- ber worth as much as the total cost of caring for &ll national forests at the present rate for about ten years. 1 especially commend to the congress the facts presented by the commission as to the relation between forests and stream flow in its bearing upon the im- portance of the forest lands in natlon- al ownership. Without an understand- ing of this intimate, relation the con- servation of both these natural re- sources must largely fail. The time has fully arrived for recog- nizing in the law the responsibility to the community, the state and the na- tlon which rests upon the private own- ers of private lands. The ownership of forest land Is a public trust. The man who would so handle his forest as to cause eroslon and to injure stream flow must be not only educated, but he must be controlled. The report of the national conserva- tlon commission says: Forests in private ownership cannot be conserved: unless they are protected from fire. We 'heed good fire laws, well en- forced. Flre control Is {mpossible with- out an adequate force of men whose sole' duty 1s fire patrol during the dangerojms)| season, I hold as first among the tasks be- fore the states and the nation in their respective shares in forest conserva- tion the organization of efficient fire patrols and the enactment of good fire laws on the part of the states. The report says further: Present tax laws prevent reforestation of cut over land and the perpetuation of existing forests by use. An annual tax upon the land itself, exclusive of the tim- ber, and o tax upon the timber when cut is well adapted to actual conditions of forest investment and is practicable and certain. It'is far better that forest land should pay a moderate tax permanently than that it should pay an excessive rev- en\l.lhmporu.rily and then cease to yleld at all, -~ Recond only-in importance to_ good TS Taws Well enforced 15 thé emact- ment of tax laws which will pérmit the perpetuatlon of existing forests by use. Lands. With our increasing population the time 1is not far distant when the prob- lem of supplying our people with food will become pressing. The possible additions to our arable area are not great, and 1t wifl become necessary to obtain much larger crops from the land, as is now done in more densely settled countries. To do this we need botter farm practice and better strains of wheat, corn and other crop plants, with a reduction in losses from sofl eroslon and from insects, animals and other enemies of agriculture. The United States department of agricul- ture is doing excellent work in these directions, and it should be lberally supported. The remaining public lands should be classified and the arable lands disposed of to homemakers. In-their Interest the timber and stone act and the commutation clause of the home- stead act should be repealed, and the desert land law should be modified in accordance with the recommendations of the public lands commission. The use of the public grazing lands should be regulated in such ways as to improve and conserve their value. Rights to the surface of the public land should be separated from rights to forests upon it and to minerals be- neath it, and these should be subject to separate disposal. v i The coal, oil, gas and phosphate rights still remaining with the govern- ment should be withdrawn from entry and leased under conditions favorable for economic development. Minerals. The accompanying reports show that the consumption of nearly all of our mineral products is increasing more rapidly than our population. Our min- eral waste is about onesixth of our product, or mearly $1,000,000 for each working day in the year. The loss of structural materials through fire is about another million a ‘day. The loss of life in the mines is appalling. The larger part of these losses of life and property can be avoided. Our mineral resources are limited in quantity and cannot be increased or reproduced. With the rapidly increas- ing rate of consumption the supply will be exhausted while yet the nation is in its infancy unless better methods are deyjised or substitutes are found. Fur- ther investigation is urgently needed in order to improve methods and to de- velop and apply substitutes. It is of the utmost importance that a bureau of mines be established in ac- cordance with the pending bill to re- duce the loss’of life in mines and the waste of mineral resources and to in- vestigate the methods and substitutes for prolonging the duration of our min- eral supplies. Both the need and the public demand for such a bureau are rapidly becoming more urgent. It should co-operate with the states in supplying data to serve as a basis for state mine regulations. The establish- ment of this bureau will mean merely the transfer from other bureaus of work which it is agreed should be transferred and slightly enlarged and reorganized for these purposes. Conclusions. The joint conference already men- tloned adopted two resolutions to which I call your special attention. The first was intended to promote co- operation between the states and the nation upon all of the great questions here discussed. It is as follows: Resolved, That a joint committes be appointed by the chairman, to consist of six members of state conservation com- missions and three members of the na- tional conservation commission, whose duty it shall be to prepare and present to the state and national commissions and through them-to the governors and the president a plan for united action by all organizations concerned with the con- servation of natural resources. (On mo- tion of Governor Noel of Mississippl the chairman and secretary of the conference ‘were added to and constituted a part of this committee.) The second resolution of the joint conference to which I refer calls upon the congress to provide the means for such co-operation. The principle of the community of interest among all our people In the great natural resources runs through the report of the national conservation commission and the pro- ceedings of the joint conference. These resources, which form the common ba- 8is of our welfare, can be wisely devel- oped, rightly used and prudently con- served only by the common action of all the people, acting through their rep- resentatlves in state and nation: hence the fundamental necessity for co-opera- tlon. Without it we shall accomplish but little, and that little badly. The resolutlon follows: ‘We also especially urge on the congress of the United Btates the high desirability of maintaining a national commission on the conservation of the resources of the country, empowered to co-operate with state commissions to the end that every soverelgn commonwealth: and every sec- tion of the country may attain the high degree of prosperity and the sureness of perpetuity naturally arising in the abun- dant resources and the vigor, intelligence and patriotism of our people. In this recommendation I most heart- ily concur, and I urge that an appro- priation of at least $560,000 be made to cover the expenses of the national con- servation commission for mnecessary rent, assistance and traveling expenses. This is a very small sum. I know of no other way in which the appropria- tion of so small a sum would result in so large a benefit to the whole na- tion. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House, Jan. 22, 1909. INVENTORY OF COUNTRY'S RESOURGES Commission Tells How They Should Be Conserved. In forwarding to the president the report of the national conservation commission Gifford Pinchot, chairman of the commission, says the entry of the conservation movement into the fleld of definite constructive work Is ccomplished by the authorization of a Jolnt committee on co-operation, to be composed of six members of the state ‘econservation _commissions sud threa members of the Mational conservatiom commissfon, with its chairman and secretary. This committee i3 to devise’ ‘ways and means for effective co-opera- tlon between all forces working for the conservation of national resources. Mr, Pinchot takes occaston to recog- nize the work of the secretary of the commission, Thomas B. Shipp, and the secretaries of the four sections of wa- ters, forests, lands and minerals, Messrs. W. J. McGee, Overton W. Price, George W. Woodruff and J. A. Holmes, respectively, without whose services, together with the government experts, the making of the national in- ventory would have been impossible. The five secretaries sign the report with him. ‘ The report of the commission is de- voted mainly to an inventory of the country’s resources in minerals, lands, forests and waters, closing with a sec- tion on “national efficiency.” The mineral production of the Unit- ed States for 1907 exceeded $2,000,000,~ 000 and contributed 65 per cent of the total freight traffic of the country. The waste in the extraction and treat- ment of mineral products during the same year was equivalent to more than $300,000,000. The avaflable and easily accessible supplies of coal in the United States aggregate approximately 1,400,000,000,000 tons. At the present increasing rate of produ#on this sup- ply will be so depleted as to approach exhaustion before the middle of the next century. The high grade iron ores (the only iron ores available for use under existing conditions) cannot be expected to last beyond the middle of the present century. The same is true of the petroleum supply. The sup- ply of stone, clay, cement, lime, sand and salt is ample, while the stock of the precious metals and of copper, lead, zinc, sulphur, asphalt, graphite, quicksilver, mica and the rare metals cannot well be estimated, but is clear- 1y exhaustible within one to three cen- turies unless unexpected deposits are found. The consumption of nearly all our mineral products is increasing far more rapidly than our population. A stray gleam of light in the otherwise gloomy mineral situation is seen in the fact that while the production of coal Is Increasing enormously, .the waste and loss in mining are diminish- ing. There is urgent need of greater safety to the miner. The loss of life through mine accidents is appalling. Stress is laid on the assertion that four-fifths of the country’s fire losses, or an average of $1,000,000 a day, could be prevented if the precautions taken in Europe were adopted here. Speaking of the nation’s cultivable area, the report declares that there has been a' slight increase in the average yleld of our great staple farm prod-: uets, but nelther the increase in acre- age nor the yield per acre has kept pace with our increase in population. ‘Within a century we shall probably have to feed three times as many people as now, and the main bulk of our food supply must be grown on our own soil. We have now nearly 6,000, 000 farms, averaging 146 acres each, but only a little more than two-fifths of the area of continental United States is under cultivation. The United States can grow the farm products needed by a population more than three times as great as our country now con- tains, but we must greatly increase the yield per acre, The greatest unnecessary waste of our sofl is preventable erosion. Second only to this is the waste, nonuse and misuse of fertilizer derlved from ani- mals and men. Other great causes of loss are due to injurious mammals, plant diseases and insects. Most of these farm losses are preventable. The present public land laws as a whole do not subserve the best inter- ests of the people. Title to the surface of the remaining nonmineral public OFFICIAL PROEEEDINGS of - the County Commis sioners of : Beltrami County, Minnesota. —_— Annual Session Held at the Court House in the City of Bemidji, Commencing on Tuesday, January 5th, 1909, at 10 o’clock a m. ANNUAL SESSION. Official proceedings of the first annual meeting of the board of county commissioners for Beltrami county, Minnesota, held at the court house in Bel;ntdfl on Tuesday, January | 1f 8. m. : 5, 1909, at 10 o’cloc] e, m resen es Wright. representing the first district, Helle Clomentson, reprasenting thesecond district, Fred O. Sibiley represent- ing the third district, Viggo Petterson repre- | Cou senting the fourth district, and Andy, W, Danaher, representing the fth district. The board proceeded. to the- election of officers. On ballet for chairman Danaher recelyed 3 votes. and Wright 2 votes, Danaber being declared duly elected as chairman. On ballot for_vice-chairman, = Peterson recelved 3 votes, Wright 1 vote, and Clement- son 1 vote, Petersun belng declared duly elected as vice-chairman. On motion by Sibley, seconded by Wright, the bond of Chester’ McKusick as _county attorney for $1000 with John F. Gibbong and George E. Carson as sureties, accepted and approved. On motion by Peterson, seconded by Sibley. 1 the bond of A. B. Hazen as sheri, for $5,000, with Fredrick M. Malzahn, Charles Nangle, Oharles Swedback, Frank Gagnon, and Charles A. Knopke as sureties, was accepted and approved. On “motion’ by Peterson, seconded by Clementson, the salary of the county attor- ney for 109 ‘was fixed at 81,000 per annum. On motion by Peter: seconded ~ by Clementson, the county attorney’s contingent - fund was fixed at $200 for 1909, On motion by Wright seconded by Sibley, Nels A. Otterstad was appolnted state land appralser for the current year, On motion by Peterson, seconded by Wright, Frank Chapman was appointed supervisor of agsessments foT the current year, ab g salary of$ per day while actually engagedein his work, On motion by Wright, seconded by Peterson, the bond of M, A. Clark as judge of provate for 81,000 with the Ilinots Surety Company as surety, was accepted and ‘approved, On motion by Wright, seconded by Clement- son, W. L. Brooks was instructed to write insurance on the jail for $12.000, -and on the jail furnivure and fixtures for $3,000, The board then adjourned until £ o’clock . m. = Afternoon Session. The board _reconvened, pursuant adjournment, with all members present. - On motion by Wright. seconded by Peterson, the bond of J.0. Harris sis_register of deeds; for $,000 with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company as surety, Was accepted and-approved. On motion by Wright. seconded by Peterson, the following petition, presented to the board, was unanimously accepted and approved, to-wit: board of, C}mnw Commis- wit: To_the Honorable sloners, Beltrami County, Minn. Gentlemen: We, the undersigned. tax- payers of Beltraml county, Minnesota, Tespecttully petition your honorable body to use your wise judgment in giving the county an eéconomical administration in the allow- ance of salaries and fees of county_officers, in the purchase of supplies. etc. We trust that your honorable body will sec fif to treat this petitlon in a prover light, asit is for the welfare of the county at large that the same is sn}mhwd. Dated this 29th day of Decem- Ber, B3tor Manlo Martin Hobbins ‘Wm. Monleas V. F. Byman J. W. Hinote 8. E. Thompson i3 John'Jorgenson A L. Morri James Sturdevant G. A. Remington H. Stechman .. E. J. Montbrand A. F. Dargel Martin E. Christansan D. Tobin Tands should be granted only to actual | Feoree Gim homemakers. Next to our need of food and water comes our need of timber, declares the report. The preservation by use under the methods of practical forestry of all public forest lands elther in state or federal ownership is essential to the permanent public welfare. Effec- é tive and immediate co-operation by pri- vate enterprise, state ownership and federal ownership is needed if the pub- lic interest s to be subserved. By rea- sonable thrift we can produce a con- stant timber supply beyond our present need and with it conserve the useful- ness of our streams for irrigation, wa- |y ter supply, navigation and power. _ Of the 70,000,000,000,000 cubic feet of water annually flowing into the sea less than 1 per cent is restrained and utilized for municipality and commu- nity supply;.less than 2 per cent (or, some 10 per cent of that in the arid and semiarid regions) is used for irri- gation; perhaps 5 per cent is used for navigation and less than 5 per cent for | power. The freshets are attended by de- structive soil erosion. The sofl matter annually carried into lower rivers and harbors or into the sea is computed-at 780,000,000 tons. Soil wash reduces by 10 to 20 per cent the productivity of upland farms and increases channel cutting and bar building in the rivers. The annual loss to the farms alone is $500,000,000, and large losses follow the fouling of the waters and the di- minished navigation of the streams. Broad plans should be adopted pro- viding for a system of waterway im- provement extending to all uses of the waters and benefits to be derived from their control. : TUnder the heading “Nailonal Eff- clency” the report says: “Since the greatest of our national assets 1s the health and vigor of the American people, our efficlency must depend on national vitality even more than on the resources of the minerals, lands, forests and waters. “Our annual mortality from tuber- culosis is ‘about 150,000. Stopping three-fourths of the loss of life from this cause and from typhold and other prevalent and preventable diseazes would increase our average length of Nife over fifteen years. “If we count the value of each life lost at only $1,700 and reckon the aver- age earning lost by {llness as $700 per year for grown men, we find that the economic gain from mitigation of pre- |t ventable disease in the United States would exceed $1,500,000,000 a year. In addition, we would decrease suffering ment among the people.” <y Clem ‘and increase” happiness snd content- ;,‘gggog smon L. L. Reynolds Geo. H. ndrew Jacobson Frank Simaneau T geuhmin Carter Chas. Gustatson A. Chapman Frank'Berry - L. S)keer Martin J. Dahl Knute H. Strand tsch Manson M’Neiles g. C. Cti!e“ arry Falls Hoyt Geo. B. Harper John Gravlin ‘m. Brown 8. 8. Carter olg Joshua Braach o L Richard Fellows Geo. W. Slawson E Jess Oles . A, O] . Oles Ohas. L. Tatro E B, Schulke A. W. Dahaher Vigeo Peterson ey e following bids on county printing were taken up and considered. Beltrami County New: Financial statement, officlal proceedings of county board, and all notices required by law to be published and paid for by the county, at the Tate of eleven and two-thirds cents per folfo for thie first publization or insertion of the same matter. Delinquent tax list &t the rate of one and two-thirds cents per descrip- tion.” Copy of financial statement and delin- quent tax list to be furnished each personal Droperty tax payer on the tax list for 1908. Bemidli Ploneer: All pounty matterTequired to be published, excepting the delinquent tax list, at the raté of 3 cents per follo for the first insertion, and 20 cents per follo for ‘each subsequent inser- tion. - Delinquent tax list at the rate of seven cents per deseription: Copy of financtal statement, proceedings of board of equaliza- tion, and delinquent tax 1ist to be sent each taxpayer in the county. - Blackduck Enterprise: Financlal statement at the rate of 30 cents e per folio for first insertion and 15 cents per roceedings of the per description; and all other legal matter at the rate of 20 cents per folio for the first insertion and 10 cents per folio for the second insertion, Blackduck American: = Financlal statement, commissloners' pro- ceedings,- and_other, matter -except delin- guont tax list at the rateof 40 cents per folio r the first Insertion and 20 cents per folio for each subsequent insertion. Delinquent tax list at the rate of seven cents per descrip- tion, Donivhol financial statement and delin- quent tax 1ist to be sent tQ each' tax payer in thecounty. x : & ‘Bemidji Sentinel: Financial statement at the rate of 30 cents o follo for first Insertion o] s at the Tate ot 28 cents per follo for first insertion and 12 wnwfil folio for each subsequent | F} insertion: and delinquent tax list at the rate of six cents per description. Uopy of finan- clalstatement and delinquent tax list to: be: sent to each tax payer on the personal prop- | erty assessment hooks for 1908, 25 copies to be sent each town an vflllge clerk, and 2,000 coplestobe delivered to the county. auditor for distribution, together with a i!llfnlemfln be sent to town and village clerks an county auditor each month, cont lulmmlcm published during the previous onth. T The News, Pioneer and Sentinel agree to irnish such bond as may be x&nlmfl. On motion by Sibley, seconded by Wright. all the foxgnlnfiids eavere rejected: and new bids Invited, to be filed before5 o'clock p. m On “motion by eterson, ded” lnli To invite bids to repair the jall plumb- 2. T Bomidjl, and obtaln, if possible, & better rate on the water supply of_the court house and IR atoposa ot all 1 rty ot . To dispose of all personal property s Door farm at the best ObLsIngbla. Brlcas, and to rent the poor farm. The bond of M. G. Slocum a8 court com- ‘msssioner, for 82,000, Wit John F. Glbbons, Arthur Hagberg and Fred W. Rhoda as sure- m;‘s. was acconted nnd}npngvefi.‘ b oW forcounty printing were sul mitted to the board as follow, ¢ Bemidjl Ploneer; = All County matter excopt delinguent tax ist, 35 cents per follo for first, insertion and 20 cents per follo for second insertion. Delin- guent tax list, five ‘cents per description. Coples to basent substantially as in firspbid and all legal matter, including delinquent tax list, to bo published at least once in Pluneer, B Cliatont tar e e descrlp: eliquent tax list, three cents per descrip- tlon: financial statemont, rss Tosertion: ents, second insertion 10 cents: commis- sloners’ proeedings, 10 cents per follos all other legal matter, i5 conts per foll for first {nsertion and 10 cents per folio for second n. Beltrami County News: of to | be, ining all | Distric Allpublications, excepting delinquent tax liat, 12 cents per folio for first insertion and five cents per folio for each subsequent inser- tlon. = Delinquent tax list, one and.three- fourths cents per description. Coples to be {arnished taxpayers substantlally as in first Bemidj! Sentinel: Financlal statement, 28 cents per folio for first insertion and 10 cents per folio for each subsquent insertior gommissioners’ proceed- s, first insertion and 10 cents per folio for second insertion; delinquent tax list, 5% cents adopted; . WHEREAS all bids for official printing for Beltrami county, Minnesota, for the current year. have this day been rejected ; and WHEREAS it s incumbent upon' this board to deslgnate an official paper in which shall be published the financial statement, proceed- ings of the Counbg board and of the' board of equalization, and all miscellaneous notices required by law to 'heEnubllshed~ NOW, THEREFORE, be it— JOLVED, That the Bem1dil Pioneer, a legal weekly newspaper printed and published n the city of Bemidji. in said county, be, and the same hereby is. designated as the official newepaper in which all legal notices of the county _shall be published, including the financial statement, proceedings of the county board and of the bo: all miscellaneous notices. D BE of said Bemidji Pioneer be paid for the publi- cations aforesaid at the rate of twenty-five gents per follo for the first insertion, and the further sum of twelve cents per folio for each and every subsequent insertion, and that the publisher of said newspaper shall first exe- cute and deliver to the state of Minnesota & #ood and sufficient bond and undertaking in the sum of one thousand dollars, And _the following resolution was alse adopted: = WHEREAS all bids for official printing for Beltrami county. Minnesota. for the current vear. have this day been rejected; and ‘WHEREAS it is iIncumbent upon this board to designate an official paper in which shall be published the delinquent tax list of said county. as required by law NOW THEREFORE. be it— RESOLVED, That the Bemidjl Ploneer, a legal weekly 'newspaver printed and pub- lished in the city of Bemid3i in_said county, , and the same hereby is, designated as the newspaper in which shall be published tho notices and list of real estate taxes delinquent on the first Monday in January 199, being taxes for 1907; that sald newspaper shall be Dpaid at the rate of five cents por description for such publication; and that the publisher of said newspaper shall first execute and de- liver to the state of Minnesota a good and sufficient bond_and undertaking in the sum of fifteen hundred dolars. On motion, the following report of the board Of duditors was ‘accepted and approved, to wi To the Honorable Board of County Commis- sioners, Beltrami County, Minnesota, Gentlemen: We, the undersigned board of audit of sald Beltrami county, -convened at the -offi of county _treasurer of the I1th day of December, A.D, purpose of examining and . auditing the accounts. books and vouchers of George H. French, county treasurer of said county, and to count and ascertain the kind, description and amount of funds in the treasury and belonging thereto. ‘We reepecttully report that we found said Fifin D 'o confer with the council of the Olty ot | O - Ernest Miller, Henry Kolden, James Reed, ‘William Hines, John Wentworth, ol George Newton, Eenry Plummer, John Thoren, George Hildreth, L.D. J T ge, Charles Flefschman William Gerlinger, 1. O. Haycraft, Henry Krahn, @ And-the following resofution was - also adepted = S Resolved, That the following-named quali- fied electors of the several election districts IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That | N&2e! John Elijah L Oharles Miller, John Sisco, John Comlins, William Zipple, John Reed, H. O. Halverson, David Olsen, James Perkins, Ole T. Hanson, F. I_E\ Freltag, Oliver Hill, Hen Will Joseph Williams, Nels O J. W. Wilcox, B. H. Major, Hans Nelson, Be R. P. McKnight, 'Puj Benjamin Oarter, Tenstrike, R Wright, ugmded by 0 £ the current yes was t 81,850 for. The lollowin:sguolmlon was sdopted: Resolved, that the following-named: quali- fled Bellecwn of the nevera] tion districts el eltrami county be selected to serve a8 ‘0'0‘9"‘] jurors of the district court for the year - wit: P. 0. ADDRESS th n Fling, Dally | Charles Warfield, Albert Smart, Wall Tt £ Baudette Kelliher Firman Battle River Kelliher Blackduck Kelliher Blackduck Funkley ndrew Larson, . The per description. Copl 2Dd olingouy Sanentally oo o frep bl - L oned sub- John Jentvold. . Auze B oton by, Wright, seconded by Qarl Peterson, v lementson, al s were rejected. % e board then adjourned until 7:30 o'clock delind Take Evening Session. - ‘Hickerson, 8 The board reconvened, pursuant to ad-| Nate Cromwell, Solway Jogroment, with all membors rosent, James Brown. Aure 0 motlon by Sibley, secondex ht, , Tverson, 4 was orderod that the fands.and y;“vg'%: 3F| Joseoh B Wagner. Bemidjt ME%} cfl’s',"i‘cé 1%%'9625 %a‘%v}ged between Jwgfl?}w.b T%flls. el scl stricts NO. 26 an m Rice, to the valuation of the two msmce‘i'.';”‘s’fi&‘v‘.’.‘? R. P. McKnight, Puposky boy.‘{he tax list of the town of Lammers for o 0z, e It wasmoved by Sibley, seconded by Wright | Johs 5 that the county printing matter bo desiqed| E. B Nepish by ballot on the propositions now submitted | Wil by the Bemidji Pioneer and the Beltrami| D.W.Osrter, Redby nty News. Carried. E. R Reynolds, Tenstrike .| A ballot wastaken, and five votes werecast, | W. H. Noudeck, & of which number the Bemidji_ Ploneer re-| E.E. < cotved four and (ho Seltrami’ County News| J Wi Bemidji one. Thereupon the following resolution was D. Tenstrike 0 Beltrami county be selocted to serve as axd of equalization and | Do, "Jou_ml? of the distriot court for theyear . P.0. Address Bemidii Garry:Brennan, Jobn Kelsey, Fred Bursley, L. P. Anderson, Clayton Winter, Jobn P. Davld Gill, James Courtney, James Winebrenner, George Anderson, James Mulhorn, Lunn, Hennessy, Smith, & Baudette Pitt Graceton Henry Asmus, Baudette Oharles Knudtson, = Knudtson Haus Jensdahl, Pitt Clementson = E.o. Blackduck Nicholas Jensen, 2z William H. McAllister, Nels. Moon, McPh?fl ernoen, land, liamson, Fowlds Ty Pringle, Tsiand Lake iam Tisde; Foylds an, Lynx Fowlds Wilton LHE Buena Vista Puposky treasurer indebted to the several funds at the beginning of business on_December 12th 1908, in the aggregate sum of $82,393.39. And we find the treasurer in the possession. of funds covering sald indebtedness in kind and amounts as follows Cash in safe. < items, money orders, checks Deposited in First National Bank, Bemidji. -v.... Deposited in Bank, Bemidji Deposited in Fi Blackduck- 3 5 Deposited in Beltrami Co. State B trike ank, Tenstrike. W E Denoxllwd in First National Bank. agley : Deposited in First State Bank, dette Total funds on hand Dec. 11, 1908..$82,393 39 Respectfully submitted, F, 8. Arnold, Deputy and,Acting County Auditor. F. W. Rhoda, Clerk of District Court, J. H. Wagner, Chairman Co, Comrs, Board of Audit, Beltrami County. On motion by Peterson, seconded by Clem- entson.James Martin was reappointed jani- tor of the courthouse for the current a salary of $50 per month, and Frank Martin ‘was reappointed assistant janitor at a salary of $10 per month. On motion by Peterson, seconded by Clem- entson, 8600 was the sum fixed to be paid for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in Bel- tramicounty during the current year. It was moved by Peterson, seconded by Clementson, ' that no bill against the county be approved for payment by the board such bill has fi legality and validity has been passed upen Dby the county attorney. Carried. It was moved by Peterson, seconded by Clementson, that the county attorney be re- quested to make a report on the Istatus of the to. date of the seperation of sald counties in 1902, and to report to. the board at its next meeting, Carried. J On motlon by Peterson, seconded by Clem- entson, it was ordered that the unexpended Dbalance of the county attorney’s contingent fund for 1908 be transterred to the county reyence fund. On motion by Peterson. seconded by Clem- ntson, £250 Was set_aside from the connty revenue fund and transferred-to the inci- dental fund, . : & ‘The report of Frank Chapman' on certain lands in 147-32, 148-31, and.148-32, under the order made by the caunty board November 20, 1008, was accepted and approved. 2 The bond of M. E. Ibertson as coroner for $1,000; with George E. Carson, Willlam Mc- Cuaig. and Wellington G. Schroeder as sure- ties, was accepted am lnrrcvefl. The reports of J. M. Phillippl. superintend- ent of the poor farm, on_the poor farm and pest house were accepted and approved. The board then adjourned until January 6,190, at 10 o'clock a. m. January 6, 1909 “ Forenoon Session., . The board reconvened, pursuant to adjourn- ‘ment, with atl members present. On’motion. which was duly seconded and carried, the following-named persons were appointed @ssessors for unorganized terrl- tory, to-wit: . 2 5 A. Otterstad, Turtle River, for the irst Assessment District; John Relbe, Nebish, for the Second Assess- ment District: Christ: Elfe‘ Kelliher, for the Third Assess- ment District: ment, District: - 0. G. Stenmon, Grygla, for the Fitth Assess- ‘ment District: 3 lindors, Spooner, for the Sixth Assessment | b (B. ‘A. Arneson, Arneson, for the: Seventh | res Aiusamon ent District. carrled, the following-named 3 D) committees from “their Tespective commissioner districts to look after the burial of deceased soldiers as provided by Section 843 of the Revised Laws of Minnesota hatrman. and Commissioners right, fo3 mw:lfif\v izommmee ‘was appointed, m‘:?— the following pur- |- 1 e . e 3 ‘Tiivd Distrior, Tver Myhre, Bpaniding: On motion by. Clementson, seconded Peterson, the financial statement of the county, for 1908, prepared by the county | N county auditor, was acceptet and the publisher of the Bemidji Pioneer was requested to furnish 200 copies of the same at & c0st not to- exceed On_motion by Olementson, seconded by Petorson, the policles. of insurance on the court house, O on, wi the petition of CI the formation of a new school district -em- ‘bracing sections ;':i 6, recommend a new petition embracing all of townships wlth the announced policy of the board not necy sparsely settled portions of the county into wo or more school dlstricts. On motion, which was seconded and car- ried, the petition of.J. J. for the formation of & new school district. set for hearini was considered and approve lowing order for the formation of school district ‘No. 129 was made, to-wit:- Whereas, A petition signed and duly ac- knowledged by a majority of the freeholders Who are entitled to vote af in their respective districts. residing within the territory of the proj o district, asking for the formation of & new{J. M. Phi school " district, - which -shall embrace the territory .hereinatter descrl 2 10a court, ., 1) ho And Whereas, Due notice of the_ tf OF gt o o s ' sald ne earing 13 Snd A10. By the amdswt. Ole Miller. Domaas, for the Fourth Assess- | posted sl served the: sald -notice upon” eac Clerks of said districts affected there v the afidavit of the publisher of & Dpaper in which the Was 50 Nebish Turtle River Bemidjt by d and_approved, the county auditor with furniture, records and_fixtures, $50,000, written pursnant to the it d carried, thers, for and 8, 162-34, and . 70 and 32, 163-34, 162-34 and 163-34, in ance sub-divide, except in cases of extreme essity, sectlons or “townships in the this meeting of the board, , and the fol- Order Forming New School District. t “school meetings posky; | ern, all of Sectl Jementson. | B: the Bfll.’lrgzy of the superintendent of echools id 31, and that por- tion of the Wi ek i &g;g‘l of Bection 19 lying soul ‘Bags lake, the SWX of Section 20, and the of Section 82, excfifs Lots 10 and 11, in the Town of Turtle River; all those parcels of Jand 6 and Wi of Seotion 5 in the Town of Frohn, and of Sectfons 1and 2 in the Town of Bemidil, Iying north of the Misslssippt Rivor: be and the same is hereby ized and constif | termined, That the 215t day of January. A. 1. 1909, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. at the house of Charles Krabn in said district be and the same is hereey fiixed as the time and place, when and where_ the first m said district who are qualified to vote at school meetings, will ba held to_organize sald district,andthat the CountyAuditor cause ten days notice t0 be given of the time and place of such meeting as required by law. The County Auditor will mail to the clerk of esch of the districts affected by this order & true copy hereof. By order of the County Board of Beltrami county, Minnesota, Attest: A o Beara, JOHN WILMANN, oo = County’ Auditor of said Beltrami county, Minnesota, Dated this 6th day of January, 1909, The board thereupon adjourned until 7:30 o'clock p. m. Evening Sesslon. = * The board ~reconvened, pursuant to adjournment, with all members present. Tt was moved and seconded that the chair- ‘man appoint himself and one other member of the board, with the county auditor, as a purchasing committee for the county: that all county officers desiring supplies shall first file their orders with the auditor for submis- sion to such committee: and that no supply Dills shall be considered by the-board unless so submitted to the purchasing committee. The motivn was carried, and the chairman, vice-chalrman and county suditor were so ap) . 'he petitions of Walter Price and John Walters to set off from school district No. 60 and attach to school district No. 58 certatn portions of section 20-149-30, were considered and laid upon the table. The application of J. J. Opsahl for abate- ment of taxes on the SW¥ of seX-9-147-22, the the w4 of seX and nei of sel-20-148-31, and the se of ne-5-143 3, said tracts having been examined by ¥ rank Ohapman, and their conditions having been by him reported to the board on January 5, 1909, was approved and recommended for approval to tbe state tax commission. Tho application of Christ Amundson for abatement of taxes on the w' of ne, neX of swi, and nwX of se3-8-149-34, was approved and recommended for approval to the state TSt o the committes to inspect the @ report of the co Dect the Kelliher-ditch - road was accepted - and approved. The annual report of fees received by the clerk of court during the year 1008 was accepted and approved. The annual and monthly reports of the superintendent of the poor farm, and_the quarterly report of the superintendent of schools were accepted and approved. On motion, which was seconded and carried, the county gttorney was requested to report to the board at its next meeting what_sction. if any, has been taken to secure for the county possession of the saw mill commonly known os the “Bowers mill,"” now located in the township of Eckles. ‘Thereupon the board adjourned until Janu- ary 7, 1909, 0t 9 o'clock a. m. January 7, 1909 Forenoon Session. The board reconvened, pursuant to adjournment, with all members present. - On motion, which was seconded and carried, the application of Martin W. Castner for abatement of the taxes far (906 on the s% of nwi{ and n¥ of swi-1-149-31 was considered and rejected, it appearing that the assess- ment for 1906 was made several months after the alleged cutting of the pine timber there- and that, on August 29, months after the assessment for 1906, the cedar alone on said tracts was sold for nearly three times the value now alleged to be a just one for the land and all the timber thereon on or about May 1. 1906. On motion, which was seconded and carried, the county 'treasurdr was allowed 800 for clerk hire for the current. year. The board then adjourned until 1:32‘;» m. The board reconvened pursuant to adjourn- ment. Present—Danaher, Peterson, Wright, and Clementson. Absent—Sibley. The coroner’s annual report of fees re- ceived during 1308 was accepted and ap- proved. The road petition ot Sivert Hagen and others was referred to the chairman for the appolntment of a committee to inspect the Dproposed highway. On motion, which was seconded and carried, the following bills were allowed subject to & favorable opinign by the county attorney on the legality and validity of each, to wit: n County Revenue Fund, Thomas Bailey, sheriil’s fees and mile- new school r_desci , Was pre- y Boafd of this Count: ard held on the 18th 008, for the action en ordered by said: R e hadon said petltion, ata session of sald board commenc- Ing on the Sth day of Januazy. A, D. 1000, st m. m in the n the commissioners’" hsgb at Bdm‘lgfl 1n sald county. WO._ weel rinted and..published in legal né \per. said Beltxatns connity to-wit, Beltrami Gounty Rows, which sald newtptorlast hentionch et e T RO aA AR g mata by sald Cov 3 thflmlbf al "5 %; 4n said ‘county, and ishing of the’ssme: and. due proof be posting and t and publication ' the af no| ho 7. And a1d nows- Dublished; ‘motion, which ‘was duly. seconded ‘and | Board commenéing on sald 5th age, 56 25 Thomas Bailey, sheri age Thomas Bafiéy, sheriff's fees and miie- age 13055 Thomas Bailey, sheriff’s fees and mile- age. 183 37 240 95 ca ] ke rim N. G, Hendrickson. 1% H_ 8 Rustad, procuring pritnary e o General Election H. 8. Rustad, 180 Chris C. Hagen 160 Martin I. Stokke, 160 ©. C. Copp, 250 N. G. Hendrickson, 130 E D. Bentley 13 Printing and Stationery. Bemidii Pioneer Pub. Co.. blanks, .. 2915 2 25 Mill lanks. 3 g McGill-Warner Co., paper. 9 00 L. Dow Co., daily balan 950 - Co., 1,000 ch 15 50 B. L. Oberg, balance on pte, . 259 Warfleld Elec. Co., courthouse, Nov... 49 02 Warfield Elec. Co.. courthonse, Dec... 6 8 Exch. Co BN 1800 18 00 M 40 s, recording bonds, etc. b . H. Schumaker, agt., premium insurance.. ;90000 O’Leary & Bowser, clothing for femaie ‘Drisoncrs £00 62 520 ‘Wickerstrom. e . Barley . - 25 00 E. A. Shannon, post-morter on body of Laura Hedgli 620 . B, M ., inquest, post-mortem, alicns ot ity 3,414,136 & yater used by court house and Jail _trom Januray1 to July 1,1908, at 6 cents per 1,000 gallons. . 204 85 Poor. Northwestern - Telephone Exchange Company. poorfarm service, Dec.. . 2 00 Warfield Electric.company. poor £ services. November, ant 2170 vices. Decem| 25 00 . Phililppl, boarding pan 303 60 .. Phillippl, boarding consumptive, 2000 n, 1, burial 1800 2640 13740 840 2 40 R . .35.50 Drepare war- ribed highway report has di approved, to-wit: “) % Boad and Bridge, - lowing sidered‘aud disallowed; Yrs: bdwara” Nelson, {Ge Gourt fées. Dindis’ just 0! itness fees. an | B Huss. T et J: M. Edes, watching . "board 2 2 | { i i { | S | { | — — t - { | - | - | - e