Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 1, 1909, Page 1

THE EMIDJ1 D. VOLUME 6. NUMBER 244. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1909, MINNESOTA FORTY CENTS PER MONTH THE ST. PAUL DISPATCH “KNOCKING” UNFAIRLY Makes No Attempt to Disguise the Fact that Its Columns Are “Subsidized’” in Favor of Cass Lake’s Normal Bill. The unfair attitude which is being taken by the St. its discussion of the proposed new Paul Dispatch in normal school has very evidently been incited by interested parties who are aiding and abetting Cass! Lake in its “‘capture or destroy” attitude of getting the school or kill- ing all chances of a normal northern Minnesota. The Dispatch began its campaign i ati i te the |« x < e of misrepresentation right after e‘ general” bill, and is willing to first first meeting of the house committee | on normal schools, and has been un-! able to tell the truth relative to the progress of the different bills since that time, The latest effort of the Dispatch along the “knocking” line is the following article, which was printed last Friday, and which is being re-| procduced in many papers throughout | this section, the editors of which are not “on” to the Dispatch method of getting on the blind side of things. Says the Dispatch: “The fight for the location of the new normal school, which has engrossed the attention of six towns, has about reached a finish. A can- vass of the situation practically gives the school to Cass Lake. Representative McGarry has- charge of its claims in the house and it is| said that Dan Gunn has cinched things in the senate. ““The Bemidji representatives who | left for their homes late yesterday, admitted that Cass Lake was in the lead but refused to admit that their own chances were entirely gone. "“Cass Lake has had the best of the argument from the start which resulted in a combination of the field with its efforts directed in favor of a bill leaving the location of]| the school to the state normal beard. This, the Cass Lake advo- cates contended, meant giving the school to Bemidji, as it was believed that administration influences would be directed to that end. They succeeded in practically killing the | sided, preposition in the house committe.” The gist of the. above is a one- prejudiced view, favoring Cass Lake, the rcporter who does the legislative “‘stumt” for the Dis- patch being in the employ of Mc- Garry and his followers. This normal school contest is not acase of ‘the field” against Cass for | Lake or any other town in the north half of the state. - Bemidji is sup- porting the fair and impartial have the sixth normal school estab- { lished and then leave the location to the state normal board or any other fair board to determine. What we strenuously object to is the attempt i of the Cass Lake supporters to have the location determined by a legisla- tive junket of its particular friends, who will recommend the location of the school at that point, without giving the matter the proper investi- gation that so important a move should have. The efforts of one or two twin city papers to color conditions (for a consideration) will certainly not innure to their benefit. As to the “general bill” having been practically killed in the com- mittee, this statement is an absolute falsehood. The Hinds general bill will be reported to the house, even if it has to go in on a minority report; and when the measures come up for passage. there will be one of the prettiest “‘scraps” ever seén ofi a legislative floor in this state—and Bemidji will be right in the front rank of the fray. Cass Lake’s supporters have gone a little too far in asserting and insisting upon their claims, and the spirit of fairness which, sooner or later, predominates, will be mani- fested in the house in no uncertain tones. The school is by no meanslocated |at Cass Lake, and that town, in re- fusing to come in on a fair and im- partial measure, is engendering a feeling of bitterness that will yet be her undoing. RUMORED THERE WILL BE ANOTHER NIGHT TRAIN Great Northern Contemplating -Putting on Night Train on Sauk Center- Bemidji Branch. There is a well-defined rumor to the effect that the Great Northern railway is contemplating putting on a ‘night train on the Bemidji-Sauk Center branch of the G. N, fora trial trip. It is not announced just when the service will go into effect, but it is understood that it will be some time within the next three or four months—probobly just before the summer season starts in the lake region of northern Minnesot. There is a great deal of travel on| the Sauk Center-Bemidji branch of the G. N., and it is one of the very best paying roads of the Great Northern system. The people along this line have worked unceasingly for better train service, and the{ unanimous demand for a night train has undoubtedly had the effect of calling the attention of the officials of the company to the fact that the north-line towns aud cities deserve better service. The majority of the towns along the line have had but two passenger trains a day; one each way, and if the night train should be installed it would give two trains each way, with unexcelled mail and passenger ser- vice to and from the twin cities and Bemidji. It is not known at this time just how the proposed trains will run, and there is no further information obtainable but the fact that the installing of the train is receiving the serious consideration of the Great Northern officials at St. Paul. The putting on of a night train over the Bemidji-Sauk Center braich of the Great Northern would prove of great value to Bemidji, as this city is the division headquarters for this line and trains bound east or west over the Great Northern at this point are so run that splendid con- nections could be made here for Duluth or Grand Forks. Valentine post cards can be se- cured by calling at this office. A good selection can be had by those who call early. Additional local matter will be found on last page. rCharter of the City o« Bemidji The Bemidji Pioneer Publiching Co. has been trying to secure in advance the sale of enough copies of the city charter to cover the cost of its publication. It has long been the wish of citizens of the city that the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. get out this work. In order to cover the cost of publica- tion an advance sale of at least 100 copies must be made, wish to insure the publication of this work place your order with us at once. Do It Now! Therefore if you ‘taxable-property TAKEN OFF THE APPOINTIVE LIST | Hiouse Makes Public' Examin- ers Office Electve. TERM PLAGED AT FOUR YEARS Several Democrats Vote for Passage of the Measure—Two Bills Increas- ing Amount of State Aid to Schools introduced—Tuberculin Test for Cattle Reported on i;y a Special Committee. St. Paul, Jan. 30.—Although looking like a party measure, W. A. Nolan’s bill making the public examiner elec- tive passed by what was far from a strict party vote. The vote on the final passage of the bill was seventy- eight to twenty-seven, but eight of the twenty-two Democrats in the house voted for the bill and a number of Republicans against, it. The opponents of the bill, having failed in the committes of the whole Thursday, tried a new.move when C. L. Sawyer of Minneapolis moved to send it to the committee on banks and banking. Nolan at once moved a’ call of the house and got a roll call on the motion. The vote on Sawyer's motion was thirty-four for and seventy-four against. i The bill was amended to make it a four-year term. Two bills were presented to the senate increasing the amount of state aid to high schools and other schols of the state. Similar provisions are contained in the bills by O. G. Dale of Madison and S. A. Nelson of Lanes- boro. Several years ago Senator Nelson sturted & movement which increased the aid to high schoolsifrom $1,000 to $1,500, and now he would boost it to $2,000. Reforestration Amendment. Benator Nelson also -introduced & bill for a proposal for & constitutional esmendment relating to reforestration. He would have the people authorize a tax of three-ten of & mill on the -«Me for the purchase of land at a cost not to ex- ceed $5 an acre on which trees are to be raised for lumber. The timber whken sold will help the towns in which tke forests are situated, as one fourth of che proceeds will go to the town. n Pasteurization of the whey of cheese before being sold, the exclu- sive use of the Babcock test in estl- matirg butter fat in milk, and a gen- eral salary boost for all the employes of the dairy and food commission is contemplated in a bill by Senator An- derson of Albert Lea. A. L. Hanson of Ada would have the legislature change the methods of* moving the county seat of a county. 'nder the change the petition is re- quired to be filed with the secretary of state and the election is called by proclamation of the governor. The tuberculin test for cattle got a jolt when a report of a special com- mittee of the legislature, headed by J. C. Swanson of Fridley, was read. The report stated that the sanitary live stock board refused its assistance In the experiment the committee de- sired to make so they did the best they could with a dairy herd in one county. The committee put with & | lot of cattle condemned by the tuber- culin test, some which were said.to be free from tuberculosis, and after slaughter all the cattle were found to be affected alike. The committee left with the legislature further investi- gation into what some members char- acterized as graft of the veterinarians, Will Interest Smaller Cities, ‘A bill that will be of considerable Interest to the smaller cities was that introduced by E. A. Kling of Little Falls. Tt permits cities of 10,000 or less to acquire existing water, light and heating plants by condemnation. The house members from Hennepin, Ramsey and St. Louis counties wres- tled with the problem of allowing clubs to sell liquor without a license, but did not get farther than deciding to appoint & committee of five to draft & bill. It was evident from the discussion that the bill, if drawn, will have to be a bill which takes in the whole state, and not only cities of 50,000 or over, and also that it will have to be very carefully drawn so as to exclude all so-called “liquor clubs.” This lat- ter problem is especially difficult, and it was evident that unless it can be satisfactorily done the bill' will have little chance of passing. D. A. Stuart of Windom oflered a resolution in the house for a commit- tee of five to draft a bill-on the em- ployers’ lability question. He wants some kind of a commis- slon similar to that proposed by the governor’s message, but he does not ‘want legislation delayed by a commis- sfon that will propose a bill in the near future, but wants a bill that will give the employes some rellef right away. ‘The genate passed. the bill intro- duced by M. L. Fosseen of Minneapo- s which prohibits echool - directors using basement rooms for instruction. Rasement rooms are those in which the fioor is below the level of the ground. Such rooms can only be used for in- struction in manual training, domestic lence or physical culture. TWO HOMES DESTROYED LAST SATURDAY NIGHT — Claude Ritchie and Ole Rudd Sustain Severe Losses.—But Little Insur- - - ance Carried. i P~ The homes of Claude Ritchie and Ole Rudd were totally destroyed by fire Saturday night, from flames which originated in an oyerheated stove in the Ritchie house, at the corner of Fourteenth street and Beltrami avenue. The fire was discovered at about 11 o’clock and had gained such headway that the Ritchie family were unable to save much of the contents of their home, with the exception of some wearing apparel and a few articles of furniture, the remainder of the furnishings * gomz up in smoke.” The fire rapidly spread to the home of Ole Rudd, a short distance away, and that house was soon wrapped in a fiery flame, being re- duced to a heap of steaming ashes in a very brief time. Rudd saved but a small amount of his furniture and furnishings, and his loss was almost total. 2 The fire department responded promptly to the alarm, but despite the fact that some 1300 feet of hose was laid, the last hydrant on the street was located at so great a dis- tance from the fire that it was im- possible to reach the fire with a stream of water. - Both houses, together with prac- tically all the contents, were des- troyed. Ritchie’s loss on the building was $400, which is partially covered by insurance. Mrs. Ritchie also lost $50. in currency, which she had secreted-in a mattress in the house. Rudd’s loss was total, the house being valued at $400, with no in- surance. Moral: Insure with the T. J. Miller Insurance Agency. Uninn Prayer Meetings to Continue. The ladies of the Baptist, Metho- dist and Presbyterian churches held a meeting yesterday afternoon, -at which time it was decided to con- tinue the week day prayer meetings, holding one each week in each dis- trict, on Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 4 o’clock. The places of meet- ing are the same as last week: - The home of Mrs. Taber, 1116 Beltrami Ave.; Mrs. Canute, Cor. Beltrami Ave. and Fifth St.; Mrs, Robert Mc- Leod, 13th St; Mrs. Knox, 517 Irvin Ave.; Miss Hultgren, Minn. Ave.S. The subjects of study will be the parables of Christ, as follows: Feb. 2. The Tares—Mathew 13:- 24-30. Feb. 9. The House Rock—Luke 6:47-49. Feb. 16. The Sower Seed—Mark 4:3.23, Feb. 23. Parables of the King- dom—Mathew 13:31-47. Mar. 2. The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin—Luke 15:1-10. Mar. 9. The Unmerciful Ser- vant—Matthew 18:23-35. Mar. 16. The Laborers -in the Vineyard—Matthew 21:1-16. Mar. 23—The Two Sons—Mat- thew 21:28-32. Mar. 30. The Wicked Husband- men—Luke 20:9-18. Apr. 6. The Marriage of the King’s Son—Matthew 22:1.14. On the and the Robbery at Cass Lake. Cass Lake, Feb.. 1.—(Special to Pioneer.)—John Riley was_arrested here yesterday charged with robbing a lumberjack of $40. The lumber- jack (Neils Koski) came in from a camp Saturday night with a “wad” of $50, and in course of a few hours became acquainted with Riley. The men spent a few pleasant hours together and when bed time drew nigh they flopped down on the fionr in one of the hotels. When morning came the. lumber- jack felt in his pockets for his = wad and found itgone. Suspicion wasat once aroused that his new acquaint- ance was the robber. The police were notified and || Officer Breweriette' placed ' Riley CASS LAKE FIRE CAUSED $12,000 LOSS LAST NIGHT Three ‘Buildings, in Center of i!usiness Section of Town, Totally Destroyed.—Dark Insinuations that Fire Was of Incendiary Origin. Cass Lake, Feb. 1.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Cass Lake was last night visited by a fire which, but for heroic work of the fire department, would have wiped out the entire busines section of the village, and which, as it was, destroyed three large buildings fourth. The fire was discovered ai about; 9:30 o’clock, and kac such a start! that T1. Mulien’s saloon building was a mass of flames before the fire department could be summoned and arrive on the scene. The local firemen put up a heroic fight to stop the flames, and their splendid work finally controlled the fire, which was extinguished when it seemed certain that the big Tedford block would go the way of the others. Three buildings, and scorched a in all, were totally destroyed, entailing a loss estimated at $12,000, said to be pretty well covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is not exactly known, but there are strong hints today that an incendiary “torched” the Maullen block, and that the destruction of the two ad- joining buildings was assured. In makirg the assertion of in~ cenailanism, some local people point to the fires which have occurred herein the past and which bhave been the subject of investigation by special insurance agents, but nothing ever came of it. The Cass Lake firemen are today receiving many congratulations on the splendid work which they did in preventing the fire from spread- ing and destroying more property. Moral: Insure in the T. J. Miller | Insurance Agency, Bemidji. under arrest. He will likely be given a hearing tomorrow. The local M. W. A. basketball team and the team representing Bagley played a game here last night, the local boys winning by a close margin. The score was 15 to 13, v } Train Delayed. What might have resulted in a serious wreck to the west-bound Great Northera passenger train yes- terday afternoon happend just as the | train was slowing up for the station at Bena. Just before the train stooped in front of the depot, a journal on the front end of the smoking car broke off'even with the wheel,” dropping the trucks onto the ground. Had the train been running a high speed a serious wreck ‘would undoubtedly have occurred. The smoker was left behind and the train proceeded on to Bemidji, arriving here about twenty minutes late. Kennedy in Jail Again. Tom Kennedy of Funkley, who was held in the Beltrami County jail last spring for passing worthless confederate money, was arraigned Saturday before Justice Simons of this city on the charge of petit larceny. Kennedy is charged with stealing a pig from a neighbor at Funkley. The case was continued until next Saturday. Local News on Last Page. BILLIARD TOURNAMENT ~ O BE HELD IN BEMIDJI Bemidji Cue Experts Will-Hold a Two Weeks’ Tournament in Gillette’s Parlors. The Bemidji billard players have completeq arrangements for holding a tournament at Gillette’s Billiard “Parlorstu tnis CIty which — will last for two weeks. Among those who™ will enter the contest are: G. M. Torrance, W. L. Brooks, A. L. Wyler, L. G. Crothers, E. A. Barker and J. F. Boss. Throughout the contest, G. M. Torrance will be handieapped and will play a 14-2 balk line. The first meeting will be held this evening between W. L. Brooks and G. M. Torrance, two men playing each evening for this week and next. K. P. Meeting. - Bemidji Lodge, No. 168, K. P., will meet Tuesday evening. Work m the third rank followed by a “smoker.” Important business. All members urgently requested to be present, —D. D. Miller, C. C. Case Dismissed. Tony Weber was arraigned before Justice Slocum Saturday on a charge |of stealing athorse and wagon from Jacob Weiss, a “farmer, while the latter was in the city last November and the case was dismissed. when sending They the BEST' way to remit able, not like P. O. office they are drawn are able in any part of They COST MUCH Office or Express be duplicated with- charge. This bank on file in their vaults, Buy Bank Drafts ‘ - Why? HxrCkpoOEW receipt gubject to your examination at any time., v THE FIRST NATIONAL BAN K OE BEMIDJ I away money. CHEAPEST and money,-and are pay- orders, only at the upon, but are pay- the United States. LESS than Post orders, and if lost can out delay or extra keeps all paid drafts making a perfect {HISTORICAL SOCIETY.