Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 5, 1909, Page 1

1E - — VOLUME 6. NUMBER 248. (3¢ BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 65, 1909. OPSAHL ASKS $100,000 AID FOR CHEAP DYNAMITE Bill Would Be Great Aid to Settlers on Timber Lands.— Enable Them to Furchase Dynamite at Cost for Getting Rid of Stumps. Feb. 5 Pioneer)—Representative J. . St. Paul, (Special to Opsahl has introduced a “‘free dyna- bill asking for an annual appropriation of $100,000 to aid the seitlers on timber lands in Minne- sota to secure dynamite at cost in order to remove the mite” stumps and clear their lands. The bill was referred to the committee on public lands. The bill will be a great aid to the development of northern Minnesota, enabling the farmers throughout this section of the country to clear their lands at the minimum cost of money, time and labor, since the use of explosives is recognized the cheapest method of getting rid of as stumps, Charles S. Carter of Hines is the| author of the dynamite bill, which is| i in accordance with Mr. Carter’s sug- gestions to the Pioneer some time| ago and which reads as follows: | “A bill for an act to appropriate money for the purpose of purchas- | ing dynamite er similar explosivei to be distributed to assist and en- courage the owners of cut-over lands in the development thereof. Iexplosive to the applicant, giving to leach applicant the amount he | requires, or if the total amount | required exceeds the amount secured iby the annual appropriation herein | provided for, then in pro rata {amounts, and such dynamite, so dis- [ tributed, shall be delivered as soon las possible after the 1st day of | March of each year, to such appli- | cants. i Sec. 4. Each and every person | so receiving such dynamite or simi- {lar explosive shall execute a receipt i therefor in which he shall give his address, the description of the land { upon which dynamite is to be used, | and agree to pay the state therefor at the same price paid by the state with the expense of distribution added, in three equal annual install- | ments, and agree that the same may be, by the proper officers, assessed, levied and collected as a tax upon the government sub-division upon which he intends to use such dyna- |mite or explosive, as stated in his {application and receipt, and that he will use the same during the current year and before the 1st day of November thereof. Sec. 5. The title to said dyna- ‘BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE O | B 1 ‘Sec. 1. That the sum of one| hundred thousand ($100,000) dol-| lars, or as much thereof as may bej MINNESOTA. necessary, may be and hereby is| anuually appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of]| dynamite or similar explosive to be| distributed to encourage and assist those persons owning in fee or hold- mite or explosive shall remain in the state of Minnesota until used by applicant upon the property des- cribed in his application, and if such applicant or other person shall use such dynamite or explosive upon any other premises, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. *‘Section 6.—Upon receipt by the State Auditor of the receipt of the dynamite or explosive by such appli- cant, the state auditor shall immedi- ing lands under land contracts or| state certificates of sale, in clearing| and developing their lands. i “Sec. 2. Any person owning in! fee, or holding or possessed of any! land under a land contract or state certificate of sale, which is cut-over and upon which there are a quantity of stumps that should be removed in order to cultivate the same, make application to the State Audi- tor for the necessary amount of dynamite to remove the stumps upon | not more than ten acres per year; such persons shall make application upon blanks to be furnished by the state to the State Auditor for such dynamite. This application shall give the name and address of the applicant, the description of the land, by government sub-division, sought to be improved, the character of the soil, the number of stumps over one foot and under two feet diameter and the number of stumps over two feet in diameter upon the particular piece sought to be improved, the number of acres he desires to remove the stumps from and the amount of dynamite, in his estimation, necessary therefor. “This application shall have the | approval of the majority of the supervisors of the town within which he lives, organized, the approval of the ma- jority of the supervisiors of the nearest town, and shall be presented to the county auditor on or before the 1st day of February of each year, and by said auditor, laid before the board of county commissioners at their next meeting, and if said board of county commissioners ap- prove thereof, they shall cause such approval to be endorsed on the back by their chairman, and thereupon, such application shall be forwarded to the state auditor. “Sec. 3. The Governor, State Auditor and Dean of the Agricul- tural Department of the State Uni- versity shall constitute a board with the power to purchase the necessary dynamite or similar explosive to carry out the purpose of this act, and to have charge of the distribu- tion thereof. “The State shall, in the first instance, bear the expense of the may if organized, and if un-| ately send to the county auditor of the respective counties, a statement giving the name and address of the person to whom the dynamite is delivered and the description of the land by government sub-division upon which it is to be used, and the amount of the cost of the dynamite, including expense of delivery, with instructions to levy the same against the property as a tax, and distri- bute the payment thereof over thres years commencing with that year, and the same shall constitute a lien upon said land for those amounts and be collected as are other taxes against said real estate, and if the dynamite is not used as contem- plated in this act, shall not defeat the assessment, levy and collection of said taxes. “Sec. 7. Any dynamite not used in any one year, as above provided, inimay be returned to the state or delivered to such person as said board may direct to be kept for it. “Sec. 8. Any person occupying land under the laws of the United States relating to homesteads, who have not acquired title to such lands, may upon similar application to those hereinbefore provided for, purchase of said state, at the cost price with expense of distribution added, not less than fifty pounds and not more than one hundred pounds of such dynamite or explo- sive, to be paid for at the time of making the application therefor, such application to recite that in consideration of the reduced cost to applicant, he agrees that the title to said dynamite shall remain in the state until used, and that he will use it during that year, and prior to November 1st, thereof, solely in removing stumps on the land described and that if he does not use it or any portion thereof, that he will return it to the state or its agent and be entitled to receive the amount he paid therefor less the expense of distribution and return of the dynamite or explosive. “Sec. 9. The moneys received from the sale of such dynamite or explosive, or collected as a tax by the county authorities, shall be paid to the state treasurer as are other remittances of state money and delivery of such dynamite or similar credited to the fund created for this purpose and at the end of each year, the amount in such fuad shall be passed to the general rev- enue fund of the state. Sec. 10. Any persons having received benefits of this act who shall have misappropriated the material furnished or misused the same shall be denied any other benefits under this act. “Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.” Company K, Attention! All members of Company K, who are interested in the proposition of giving a dance on the night of February 22nd, are requested to meet at 8 o’clock sharp this even- ing in the City Hall. —Capt. A. E. Otto. Comrades Attention ! All members of R. H. Carr Post, No. 174 G. A. R, are requested to be present at the regular meeting of the Post, Saturday February 6th, 1909,'at 2 p. m. —H. W. Bailey, Commander. FOUR SENATORS WERE APPOINTED FOR JUNKET Senate and House Normal Committees Did Not Hold Joint Meeting, as Planned. , St. Paul, Feb. 5, 10:35 a. m.— (Special to Pioneer.)—Late yester- day afternoon Chairman Hinton, of the Senate normal school committee, announced that he had appointed a sub-committee to act with a similar one from the house normal school committee in visiting Bemidji, Cass Lake, Park Rapids, Thief River Falls, Warren and Red Lake Falls to look over sites for the loca- tion of the proposed sixth normal school. Chairman Hinton appointed him- self, Hardy of St. Paul, French of St. Charles and Works of Manketo as the sub-committee of four from the senate to join the junket. On account of the prolonged de- bate on the county agricultyral school bill, which kept the house in session until after 6 o’clock, the house normal school committee did not meet with committee from the senate, as planned. Chairman Gart- side, of the house normal school committee, announced that he would have a meeting of his committee today, when the house junket com- mittee will be named. If nothing occurrs in the mean- time to prevent the junket, the joint committee will start on its trip next Monday. —A. G. Rutledge. St. Paul, February 5th, 4 .p. m.— (Special to Pioneer.)—At a meeting of the house normal school commit- tee late this afternoon, Chairman Gartside appointed a committee of five to act in conjunction with the senate sub-committee to visit the different sites which are aspirants for the location for the sixth normal school, as follows: Gartside, Sawyer Jorgenson, Burnquist and Rhines. It is the intention of the joint committee to leave here the latter part of next week, probably Thurs- day night, at which time the house and senate will adjourn until Mon- day. The committee will go by way of Duluth and visit all of the towns which are candidates for the location of the normal school. Chairman Gartside said it was the intention to institute a joint resolu- tion in the house and senate appro- priating money to pay the expenses of the trip, but this will be decided later. He also intimated that if the legislature did not appropriate the money for the trip that the towns which are caadidates probably would. This was a secondary mat- ter. McGrath of Moorhead asked that the report.of the joint committees on location should be binding, but it is understood that this ‘report will not be binding, and that there will be chance to fight out the location should the committee report in favor of Cass Lake, LEGISLATIVE DOINGS AT THE STATE GAPITOL i ; Bemidji Delegation Doing Good Work For This District.—Many Bills Introduced, St. Paul, Feb. 5.—(Special Cor- respondence.)—Graham M. Tor- rance of Bemidji arrivetll\ here Thurs- day morning from “Big Bemidgp,” having come in by way, of Duluth. “On legal business,” says Mr. Tor- rance, N M. L. Toole, the *=democratic chiefton of Cass Lake came to the “Capitol City” Wednesday night and immediately “‘cleared for action” and began active work i_nK behalf of Representative McGarr}’a Cass Lake normal bill. “Mike” is \very close to the “Cardinal,” Dick. O’Conner, the democratic, “boss," and the Cass Lake'man’s visit here has' a special significance at this time. It is rumored that Mr. Toole is slated for something good in the form of a lucrative appointment at the hands of the state administration. Toole is a fine fellow, and is a ,universal favorite in his section, Thief River Falls and Red Lake Falls are having a fine little, “back door” scrap, down here, over the old score of county seat removal in Red Lake county.” A bill has been introduced in the house which changes the method for changing county seats in the state, which is the “bone of contention,” between the two “Falls,” at the pres- ent time. Red Lake Falls: is now the county seat of Red Lake county; and the new bill would pro- vide a new method by the use: of which Thief River Falls could: again “get busy” in an attempt to_take the plum from it5 neighkor." =] Representative Opsahl and family are quartered at the Hotel Williard where they will be “at home” for the remainder of the session. The different delegations which Bemidji has sent down here have made many friends for that city, by the fair and impartial manner in which Bemidji’s interests in the pro- posed normal school have been con- ducted. ~ This is especially true relative to the other towns which are aspirants for the location of the new school—Thief River Falls, Red Lake Falls, Warren and Park Rap- ids. The representatives of these places are loud in theit praises of Bemidji, and Cass Lake is roundly condemned for not displaying a fair attitude and dropping its *‘capture or destroy” policy. Representative L. H. Johnson, speaker of the house during the last session of the legislature, took an active part in the debate on the bill to give a third judee in the Fif- teenth Judicial dis trict. Mr. John- son dwelt especially on the rapid development of northern Minuesota and was convincing in his state- ments, County boards of school trustees are established in a bill introduced in the house yesterday by Donald Robertson of Argyle. They are to be elected one in each commissioner district at the primary election. The members of the board shall draw salaries of from $25 to $100, according to the size of the county. They shall elect the county super- intendent and they.shall perform all other duties relating to schools now performed by the county com- missioners. As the fight for the location of the proposed sixth normal school progresses it becomes more evident that the matter will be finally fought out on the floors of the two houses, as_a result of the reports which will be’ returned by the normal com- mittees of these bodies. That at- tempts are being made to prejudice these committees in favor of Cass Lake is well known, as no secret is made of the fact that Representa- tive McGarry has stated several times that he stands ready to place a special train at the disposal of the joint committee to visit Cass Lake, and he is very ably assisted in his work by the St. Paul Dispatch,which has not yet made a correct report of any of the meetings of the normal committees or the true stand tlkgn istorical Socicty. : Lyt Maicmniba BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER. by Bemidii in supporting the Hinds "geueml” bill. G. G. Hartley of Duluth was here Tuesday (the day the senate committee heard argu- ments in favor of the “general” bill) and in connection with the visit of the “Zenith City” man;the pertinent question is asked, “who is putting up the money for the ‘McGarry spec- ial’?” —A. G. Rutledge. To Legalize Onr Bonds. St. Paul, Feb. 5 3:08 p m.— (Special to Pioneer.)—A bill was ifitroduced in the House this morn- ing By Representative Opsahl to legalize the bonds of any fourth class city for water works purposes which include the acquiring of fire engines and apparatus: - Mr. Opsahl attempted to have the rules suspended and the bill passed but it was referred to the judiciary committee.o§ This bill was brought here by Attorney. G. M. Torrance as a_relief to the City of Bemidji, which voted water works bonds including the purchase of fire apparatus and which was later declared illegal. —A. G. Rutledge. Streeter Laundry Doing Business. H. G. Britten of this city has leased the Streeter laundry, 312 Fifth street, from Ike Streeter and assumed the management of that business. Mr. Britten stated yesterday that he has procured experienced laun- dresses and is in condition to do thoroughly first class work. He is willing to call for and deliver all work. New England Supper. The Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church are planning a New England supper and bazaar. to be given in-the building known as the “‘Gity-Restaurant” on the even-! ing of February 20th. hardware. JERRA One of the most important changes in the business history of Bemidji was completed recently when John Bailey of this city purchased a half interest in the real estate and insur- ance business of W. J. Markham. John Bailey, son of ex-Sheriff Thomas Bailey, has become thor- oughly acquainted with the existing conditions throughout Beltrami county during the nine years in which he has been deputy - sheriff under his -father’s regime. Mr. Markham recently stated that he regarded Mr. Bailey as a valuable addition to ‘the business, as the latter is well and favorably known all through this portion of_ the country, Mr. Bailey believes in the future prosperity of Beltrami county and, in an interview yesterday afternoon with a representative of the Pioneer, said, “I have been casting about for some time before entering upon a new business venture and finally decided to engage in the real estate, insurance and rental business and when the opportunity to form a; partnership with Mr. Markham pre- sented itself, I considered that I was indeed fortunate. “I believe that the time has arrived when the people of the coun- try -are beginning to realize that Northern Minnesota has as good FORTY CENTS PER MONTH W. J. MARKHAM AND JOHN BAILEY FORM PARTNERSHIP Former Deputy Sheriff Believes in the Future Prosperity of Beltrami County and Enters Real Estate Office of W. J. Markham. MINRESOTA | HISTORICAL | SBCIETY. 1§ farming lands as can be found any- where in the United States; and as a dairying and stock-raising country, one has but to look and he cannot but know that Nature herself has provided most bountifully for such an industry. “And at the same time that these conditions exist,” continued Mr. Bailey, “our lands can be purchased for from one-fifth to one-half of what it costs to buy lands in the southern, central and western parts of this state. Besides, these lands in northern Minnesota are well timbered and any man, who uses ordinary business judgment, can easily make the timber pay for the clearing and breaking-up of his acres and in fact, ina great many instances, make it pay for the land as well. “Mr. Markham and I are going to work hard for the development and settlement of this portion of the country and expect to do consider- able advertising of the resources and advantages "of this part of the state.” The new firm will be known as the Markham-Bailey company and - will engage in real estate, lands, loans, insurance and rental business. The members of the company are competent and reliable gentlemen and the firm will doubtless prosper. Subseribe For The Pioneer. - SPECIAL RDWARE SALE For the next few weeks we are going to offer all our shelf and heavy hardware at a special discount, and invite the public to call at the store and look over our wonderful bargains. 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