Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1909, Page 4

-is one of the pleasaut features. NORTNERN PAGIFIG IS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS “North Coast Limited” Being Pre- pared for Heavy Traffic to Yukon- Pacific Exposition. The passenger traffic department of the Northern Pacific railway will inaugurate new and greatly improved through passenger service, effective May 23rd. Summer tourist fares to the coast go into effect on May 20th, and the new service is designed to cater to the tourist travel, which promises to be very heavy this season on account of the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific exposition at Seattle, the Rose Festival at Portland, the Na- tional Irrigation Congress at Spok- ane, the many attractions of Tacoma and the Puget Sound region, coupled with numerous conventions to be held on the Pacific coast during the summer. The Northern Pacific is planning to equip itself to handle its large share of this transconti- nental traffic. There will be three daily, through- electric-lighted, steam-heated, solid, vestibuled trains between St. Paul- Minneapolis and North-Pacitic Coast points. These trains provide stand- ard and drawing room sleeping cars, commodious leat herupholstered tourist sleeping cars, buffet-library observation cars, new and thorough- ly modern day coaches, and excep- tionally high-grade dining car ser- vice—a la carte. To equip these trains, brand new cars of various patterns have been ordered and many of them are already being received from the builders. This equipment is all of particularly strong and heavy steel framework construction, de- signed to insure the maximum of safety. The “North Coast Limited,’- (Trains 1 and 2), famous as the “Crack Train of the Northwest,” will be limited in equipment to seven cars electric lighted throughout. It will carry first-class sleeping cars exclusively, and will also carry, as heretofore, a unique 'bufiet-library- observation car, entirely for the en- tertainment of patrons. There is in this car a barber, bath-room, a valet for pressing:zarments, library of cur rent fiction, the popular magazines and complete correspondence facili- ties. Two large enclosed rooms afford quarters for those who desire to smoke, and a well stocked buffet Luxurious wicker chairs in the spaci- ous observation parlor, and the recessed platform invite a survey of “the Scenic Highway through the Land of Fortune,” as the Northern Pacific styles itself. The east-bound “North Coast Limited” will provide through stan- land, Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane to Chicago. = This'is “an innovation and is designed to particularly appeal to tourists and exhibition visitors who will appreciate the convenience of occupying the same car through without change for the trip to Chi- cago. In addition to the “North Coast Limited,” trains 5 and 6 to be known as the ‘“Exhibition Special” will leave St. Paul, westbound at 9:15 a. m. Seattle, east-bound, at 10:30 p. m. These trains will provide practi- cally the same accomodations and schedule as afforded by the present “North Coast Limited.” They will carry standard and tourist sleeping cars, day coaches and dining cars all electric. The third train, No. 3 and 4— also electric lighted—will leave St. Paul, Minnesota, west-bound, in the evening, and will leave the Coast, eastbound, in the morning, affording convenient service between the many important cities which the Northern Pacific serves. The trains will carry the through sleeping car, which is operated between St. Paul, Minneapolis and Yellowstone Park, in both directions. The east-bound “Exposition Special,” Train No. will carry the through sleeping-car which is operated from the Coast to Yellowstone Park. Through train service, consisting of standard and tourist sleeping and dining cars, will be operated, as heretofore, between Kansas City and North Coast points via the Burling- ton and Northern Pacific lines by way of Billings. This train carries a through tourist sleeping car to and from St. Louis. The through sleeping cars between the east and Portland will be oper- ated this season over the new Spok- ane, Portland & Seattle line along the north bank of the Columbia river, a trip unsurpassed anywhere in point of scenic attractions. WOULD FIX SALARY OF DISTRICT COURT GLERK Bill Was Introduced in House Placing KILLS RACING IN CALIFORNIA Governor Gillett Signs Anti-Race Track Gambling Bill. Sacramento, Cal, Feb. 20.—Gov- ernor Gillett has signed the Walker: Otis antirace track gambling bill, which will have the effect of closing the big tracks at Oakland and Los Angeles. The signing of the bill by Governor Gillett sounds the death knell of pool selling at race tracks in GOVERNOR GILLETT. California, as well as wiping out the various poolrooms which have thrived 6, | botl openly and secretly in all parts of the state. Violations of the new law, which goes into effect sixty days from date, is punishable by imprison- ment in the county jail or prison for a period of not less than thirty days and not exceeding one year. BIG AUTO MEET ON AT NEW ORLEANS Famous Drivers in Mardi Gras Speed Garnival. New Orleans, Feb. 20.—For three days, beginning today, the New Or- leans man, his “sisters and his cous- ins and his aunts” and the numerous strangers assembled within his gates to witness the Mardi Gras will be “speed mad.” The automobile races, intended at first to be merely an inci- dent of the Mardi Gras season, are now the first topic in public interest, even among the least sportily inclined Salaries of Clerks of District Courts. A bill fixing salaries instead of fees for clerks in the district court in all counties of less than 50,000 has been introduced in the house by R.J. Wells of Breckenridge. The salary for counties of 5,000 to 10,000 is $900, and an additional $100 for each 10,000 up to 50,000. The bill provides that the salary be based upon the last censes, but each year after that 5 per cent shall be added to the population until the next cen- sus istaken. Then if the population has decreased the clerk of court may find a drop in his salary. The passage of such a bill might be of considerable benefit to Beltrami county in the matter of saving dard sleeping car service from Port- money for the county purse. of the city’s people. The promoters of the motor races declare that the speed carnival is the greatest in the history of the United States. It certainly deserves the palm in one respect, if in no other— that is, in the number of famous auto- mobile racers gathered here to com- pete in the speed and endurance events. The roll call sounds like a list of the entrants in the famous automobile races of the past. Among the men who will hold the wheels in the flights over the splendid new track at the fair grounds are Strang, Robertson, De Palma, Mongini, Bur- man, Schoeneck and others who have won fame for daredevil work on the courses of Europe and America. One of the most interesting features of the races will be the speed contest for women, in which Mrs. Joan New- ton Cuneo and Miss Alice Porter, two of the best known of America’s wo- men autoists, are entered. It is the first time that women have entered in a speed contest on a circular track and the race will probably be one of the most popular events on the pro- gramme. Charter of the City «« Bemidji The Bemidji Pioneer Publishing 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. -Therefore if you wish to insure the publication of this work place your order with us at once. Do It Now WOULD CHANGE THE TAX LAWS Five Important Measures Pre- sented In Senate, FIFTY PER CENT OF VALUE Proposed as the Basls of Taxation of Property—Legislature Will Re-En- act Rate Law With Penalty Clause Omitted In Order to Get an Opinion on Its Validity From Federal Su- preme Ceurt. St. Paul, Feb. 19.—Five bills were presented to the senate relating to assessment methods following the suggestions of the state tax commis- sion. One bill changes the present town assessor system to a county assessor system with deputies under the county official for the performance of the de: tail work. Those deputies will be subject to removal by the state tax |- commission. Another bill places assessments for the whole state definitely upon & 50 per cent valuation. The bill pre soribes that the full valuation of the property shall be placed in one ool umn, and the half on which the as- sessment 1s based in another column. ‘The tax commission announced that it is going to enforce the present law that taxes-be levied on the full value. This is contrary to custom in nearly all parts of the state, the percentage varying from 30 to 85 per cent in va- rious counties. The strict enforcement of the law would work a radical change in the salary of a number of county officers whose pay is based upon the amount of taxable property in the county. The county aSsessor system will permit the tax commission to deal with eighty-five officers, more or less trained, instead of several hundred men poorly paid and incapable of learning sclentific systems of valua- tion. Exemption of Household Goods. Another bill provides that $200 worth of household goods shall be ex- empt from taxation instead of $100 as at present. Another bill permits the tax commission to presecribe forms for the return of valuations. An officlal kitchen cabinet is pro- vided in a bill introduced by Senator T.. 0. Cooke of Kellogg. The bill pro- vides that the governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor and attorney general shall make appointments to offices under the statute which shall become vacant on account of death, removal or. expiration of term. This means that all the appoint- ments so dear to the governor and the kitchen cabinet will be thrown on- to a body elected by the people. All the boards of the state as well as va- rious inspectorships, would come un- der this law. It is declared consti- tutional by lawyers. In an effort to lay a-basis for fore- ing the United States supreme court to render a decision upon the merits of the present rate cases, rallroad rep- resentatives and members of the sen- ate rallway committee united and Senator G. E. Cashman’s bill re-enact- ing the commodity rate bill with the penalty clause omitted, was recom- mended to pass. Attorneys are not sure what the United States supreme court meant in its famous decision on the commodity bill. The present leg- islature will pass the bill again with- out the penalty clause, which all at- torneys agree was held vold, so that the next decision will pass squarely on the validity of the bill as a whole. Larger Cabooses Favored. The senate rallway committee also recommended the twenty-four-foot ce- boose bill to pass. The trainmen be- lieve a larger caboose will reduce the number of accldents. 'The sanitary live stock board may spend $75,000 for cattle and horses killed on account of contagious dis- eases during the next two years and then it must quit paying for con- demned ‘stoek. A bill to this effect will be reported from the committee on dairy products. A tax on water power is promised in a bill introduced by Representative ‘Wells of Breckenridge. The tax is 25 cents per horsepower, but if the waterfall is located only partly in the state the tax will be proportioned up- on the length of the dam within the state. Representative Donald Robertson’s peddlers’ license bill was argued in the house committee of the whole and was glven favorable action by almost 2 unanimous vote. ~The commission form of~govern- ment will be established in Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul if a bill by Senator H. E. Smith of Minneapolis is adopted. The bill is mandatory, putting the commission into office with the next city election. Five men are thus substituted for all the present elective offices, and all the appointive administrative hoards in the various cities. Representative Rodenberg’s bucket shop bill was recommended for poss- age by the house committee of the whole with an amendment by Mr. Rodenberg which provides penalties for any one who farnishes current market quotations to bucket shops from any established board of trade or who permits any telephone or tele- graph company the use of their wires to any bucket shop. ENDS LIFE BY SHObTING 8t. Paul Railroad Cashier Short in His Accounts. St. Paul, Feb. 20.—Holder Brayton, aged forty, cashier in the Northern Pacific Jand department, shot himself ‘while alone in a cottage on the east shore of White Bear lake and died twelve hours later. Brayton was short in his accounts. He loft a note declaring his suicide ‘was the end of a misspent life and at- taching no blame to any one. Another brief note exonerated his office asso: clates "ot “any knowledge of THls “eni- .| bezzlements, the exact amount of ‘which have not been determined. Brayton was to have been married this spring to Miss Ida Engemoen of St. Paul. The suicide had been twice married, his first wife having died and his second divorced. Brayton had been employed by the Northern Pacific for many years. He had not been working for two days on account of illness. BLOW TO SUNDAY CLOSING Decision Handed Down by lllinois Su- preme Court. Chicago, Feb. 20.—The crusade to close Chicago saloons on Sundays re- ceived a severe setback whenthe su- preme court at Springfleld handed down a decision holding that it has not the power to compel Mayor Busse to close the grogshops on the first day of the week. The case was instituted by Rev. Willlam A. Bartlett and oth- ers, who -sought a writ of mandamus to force the mayor to enforce the so called Sunday closing law. The ap- pellate court ruled against them and its decision was upheld by the su- preme court. _— LIMITATION OF ~ SEGRET SERVIGE 0Id Provision Included in Sun- dry Givil Bil ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—Two more disputes between the president and congress were revived when the house committee on appropriations reported the sundry civil appropriation bill One was in regard to the limitation of the use of the secret service of the treasury department. The other was the appropriation for the exam- ination of accounts of railroads under section 20 of the Hepburn rate law. The bill, the largest of all the gen- eral supply bills, carries an appro- priation of $137,022,007, or $26,000,000 less than the estimates, The committee incorporated in the bill the same limitation on the use of the secret service operatives as was included in the bill which became a law last winter. It was this limita- tion that drew forth the severe criti- cism of the president in his annual message last December. The commit- tee defended its recommendation a year ago of $50,000 for the enforce- ment of section 20 of the Hepburn rate law, but reappropriating $225,000 of the $350,000 appropriated in the current sundry civil bill for this pur- pose. The sum of $350,000 was voted a year ago only after the president had written to the speaker and had called several members to the White House to consult on the subject. Testimony taken by the committee showed that during the seven months of the pres. ent year only $41,000 of the fund had been expended and in this amount was included the salary of twelve ex- aminers for whom maintenance was suggested by the committee a year ago from another fund. SET ASIDE BY HIGHER COURT Verdict in the Famous Richard Snell Will Case. Springfleld, IIl, Feb. 20.—What in- dependent telephone companies con- sider a victory is the decision of the supreme court invalidating the sale of the majority stock of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply company to the American Telephone and Tele- graph company. The court holds that the American company bought the stock to get a monopoly. ' Another case of general interest is the setting aside of the verdict of the Dewitt county court in the famous Richard Snell will case, involving over $1,000,000. Not only does the court shatter the decision of the lower court, but leaves no peg upon which the contestants may hang an- other case. It is held by the court that because a man has relations with & woman which may be deemed im- proper it does not affect his ability to make a will and that the point at issue is a moral one and not mate- rial in this case. Must Go to the Penitentiary. Chicago, Feb. 20.—Former Circuit Court Judge Abner Smith and Gustav F. Sorrow, under a decision of the supreme court at Springfield, must” go to the penitentiary. They were con- victed of wrecking the Bank of Amer- ica ten days after it had been opened for business, the stockholders losing $175,000. Mine Leader Resigns Office. Scranton, Pa., Feb. 20.—Congress: man Thomas D. Nichols has resigned as president of District No. 1, United Mihe Workers of America, an office he had filled for eleven years. Ill health 1s given as the reason. VEILED CHARGE OF BRIBERY Hinted That Booth & Co. Paid Money to Ohio Official. Chicago, Feb. 20.—With Frederick B. Robbins, assistant treasurer of A. Booth & Co., on the stand a velled charge that money had been used to bribe an official of the state of Ohio was made by Attorney Jacob New- man, representing the creditor banks. Mr. Newman produced a check dated Feb. 3, 1908, for $5,000, made payable to Harry L. Gordon, and attached to a memorandum afirmed by W. F. Cochrane. Mr. Robbins said he did not know the identity of Mr. Gordon, “As a matter of fact,” insisted At- torney Newman, “do you not know that this money was used to bribe a public official of the state of Ohio and that it was {rregularly and fraud- ulently abstracted from the treasury of A. Booth & Co.?” “I know nothing about it,” reiter- ated the witness, and the matter, for the time heing at least, was allowed | s: to rest. - P P PP PULP AND PAPER INVESTIGATION Select Committee of Homse Makes Its Report. FAYORS DUTY REDUCTION Would Gut Tariff on Print Paper From $6 to $2 Per Ton and Admit Ground Wood Free—Recommends That Ef- forts Be Made to Procure Some Other Material for Use in the Man- ufacture of Paper. ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—A reduction in the duty on news print paper from $6 a ton to $2 a ton, the placing ot ground wood on the free list and the establishment of a duty of one-twelfth of a cent per pound on mechanically ground wood pulp are the recommen- dations of the select committee on pulp and paper investigation. The re- port states that it presents the unani- mous report of the entire committee. The committee’s report states that it would seem that the production ot news print paper or the other very cheap grades of paper are today de- pendent upon the continuation ot cheap ground wood produced from spruce trees and that that condition is likely to prevall in the future. The Amount of spruce consumed in the United States in 1907, according to the report, was about 1,260,000 cords for ground wood, about 1,420,000 cords for sulphite fiber and about 3,450,000 cords for lumber. The amount of standing spruce is variously esti- mated, but is roughly guessed to be about 70,000,000 cords east of the Rockies. An appeal is made for the conserva- tion of the forests, the committee urg- ing that an organized fire department should be maintained to fight fire in every considerable forest in the coun- try and that young trees should be exempted by the various states from the ordinary rates of taxation. It is also suggested that the national gov- ernment should start large tracts of young spruce forests. Free From Certain Countries. The paragraph recommended for in- sertion in the tariff bill, placing a duty of one-twelfth of a cent per pound on mechanically ground wood pulp, provides that this article shall be admitted free of duty from any country, dependency or other sub- division of a government which does not forbid or restrict the exportation of or does not impose an export duty or charge upon mechanically ground wood or pulp for use in the manufac- ture of wood pulp. The duties rec- ommended for print paper are: On print paper valued at not over 2% cents per pound, 1 cent a pound, and on paper valued at over 2% cents a pound and not over 2% cents a pound, two-tenths of a cent per pound. The committee also recommends that the bureau of plant -industry make investigations in the procure- ment and breeding of annual and per- ennial plants in the endeavor to find some plent which, through breeding to that end, can be profitably used for the commercial manufacture of paper. It also recommends that the for- estry departmert investigate the ques- tion of producing wood ground and sulphite fiber from other kinds of wood than those now used. On motion of Mr. Mann (lil.) the report was referred to the committee on ways and means. L2 Woman Dies of Polsoning. Chicago, Feb. 20.—Mrs. V. C. Boak Fenner, swho recently was fined for an alleged attempt to extort money from Rev. Perley Powers and who ac- cused hith before the trustees of his church, the Adams Street Methodist Episcopal, of making affectionate ad- vances toward her, died at the hos- pital of poison self-administered. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat, Minneapolis, Feb. 19.—Wheat—May, $1.11%@111%; July, $111%, On track—No. 1 hard, $1.13% @1.14; No. 1 Northern, $1.12%@1.18; No. 2 Northern, $1.10%@1.11%; No. 8 Northern, $1.07@1.09. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Feb. 19.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.13%; No. 1 Northern, $1.12%; No. 2 Northern, $1.10%; May, $1.12; July, $1.12%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.67%; May, $1.66%; July, $1.641%; Sept., $1.- 43; Oct,, $1.37%. 8t. Paul Union 8tock Yards. St. Paul, Feb. 19.—Cattle—Good to choloe steers, $5.00@8.00; fair to good, $4.50@6.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.00@6.00; veals, $5.256@#6.00. Hogs—$6.50@6.06. Sheep—Wethers, $5.00@6.25; yearlings, $6.00@6.50; lambs, $7.00@7.40. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Feb. 19.—Wheat—May, $1.16%; July, $1.01; Sept., 96%c; Dec., 96%c. Corn—Feb., 62%¢; May, 65% @66¢c; July, 656%c; Sept., 66%c. Oats—May, 66%c; July, 49%c; Sept., 41% @41%c. Pork—May, $16.95; July, $17.05. Butter—Creameries, 22@28c; qairies, 21@25c. Eggs—82% @26%c. Poultry — Turkeys, 17c; . chickens, 18%c; springs, 15%c. 3 Chicago Unlon Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb. 19.—Cattle—Beoves, $4.25@6.90; Texas steers, $4.20@5.20; Western steers, $4.10@5.80; stockers and feeders, $3.35@5.40; cows and heifers, $1.835@5.60; calves, $6.00@ 8.00. Hogs—Light, $6.00@6.95: mixed, $6.0096.40;. heavy, $6.05@6.8%; rough, ;- good to cholce heavy, 86.20@6 45 Digs, 35.. 10@6 00. Sheen, HAMILTON "WATCHES Our stock of Hamilton Watches is large and complete. We also carry a large line of all the cheaper makes of watches. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Prices given on any make or grade of watch upon request. Ask to see the- Bemidji Special, the finest watch made for the money. Fine and complicated watch repairing, diamond setting, hand engraving. Jewelry re- paired and manufactured. Watch Inspectors M. & I. and B. F. & I. F. Rys. GEO. T. BAKER & G0, Located in City Drug Store. 116 Third St. ‘ Near the Lake WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED—At International Hotel three steady girls—for dining- room, second =cook and dish- washer. Wages $20 per month. Write or apply at International Hotel, International Falls, e P WANTED—Girl for restaurant and lunch counter. Good wages. In- quire Box 692, Blackduck, Minn. HELP WANTED—Experienced cook. Inquire at Park Hotol. e ————————————————— FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Cheap residence prop- erty, at 919 Beltrami Ave. and 510 Beltrami Ave. Inquire Mrs. Wilmot at 321 America Ave. —_— FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice, "LOST and FOUND AN AP ONNNPPNNN LOST—A silver belt buckle. Finder please return to Miss Gladys Kreatz, 419 Minnesota avenue. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and - Saturdays 2:30to6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9. p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Donald, librarian. e WANTED—Balsam lath bolts. Will pay $3.00 per cord for Balsam lath bolts _delivered at our mill. Douglass Lumber Co., Bemidji. i IIMPLY A CARGLE OR SPRAY T % A pumuu of Grow rvmmnlcnfium %fi"lli HARMLESS nent threat the country. kept in lce 28 Cents BERG MEDICINE 0OO., Des Neines, Zae OWL DRUG STORE ©he PIONEER Delivered to your door every evening Only v40¢ pojr’ Month