Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 9, 1909, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER/}# - VOLUME 6. NUMBER 275. COUNCIL WRESTLED WITH ' MANY PROBLEMS-LAST EVE Interesting ““Tilt”” Over Appointment of Police Force.— BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, 'MARCH 9, 1909, ; FORTY CENTS PER MONTH LET GONTRAGT TOMORROW. }: . 5 T3S : |lar place of amusement is proved by "'G"T Tu nu"_n scHflnL the large and delighted :audiences called to the fact that the annual financial statement of the city had not been published, according to the requirement of the city charter.” No action was taken. A A bunch of bills were allowed, and the bill of Beltrami county for the board of city prisoners was re- ‘drawing-card ever seen in this popu- BURNING OF SLASHINGS IS oo riomd e s x| REQUIRED OF LUMBERMEN appreciation. S St. Julian, al ; b : . nri:k:a el ’v‘,’e;"":”;';iat:tm‘i: Bill Prepared by, and Introduced at the Request of, State School Board Wil Open Bids.—Money Derived from Sale of Bonds Has pany and A. T. Wheelock made P Been Received. A 2 President Kirk Appointed Standing Committees.— ferred to the clerk of the municipal - 3 himself apd his excellent head Forestry Board Has Passed House.—Important < g S — bal.ancing and atheletic work show to North Countr i Much Business Difpo'ed of at Meeting. The Bemidji Employment com- The members of the schos] boar d(vplamly the result of long and patient y. ; COUNCIL COMMITTEES. Finance—Kirk, Shannon, Rhea. Auditing—Shannon, Bisiar, Gould. Water and Light—Gould, Kline, Johnson. Streets and Sidewalks—Smart, Johnson, Bisiar Sewers—Johnson, Gould, Whittle. Building—Rhea, Whittle, Bisiar. Fire—Johnson, Kline, Whittle. Parks—Shannon, Kirk, Johnson. Printing—Rhea, Kirk, Shannon. Salaries—Gould, Bisiar, Whittle. Health—Smart, Kline, Gould. Purchasing— Rhea, Kirk, Kline. At the meeting of the city coun- cil held last evening, President Kirk announced the standing com- mittee of the council as given above, GEORGE KIRK, President Bemidji City Council. the meeting being attended by a considerable crowd of citizens be- sides the regular members of the council. There were some rather inter- esting periods at the meeting, one being caused by remarks of Mayor Pogue. One of the heated moments came when Mayor Pogue submitted his appointment of the police force, with C. L. Knox as chief and George Denley and Garry Brennan as pa- trolmen. Objection was made to one appointment, and the discussion that ensued brought a statement from the mayor that much was never published in the papers re- garding council proceedings, and that he wanted his speech printed (which, by the way, the Pioneer will gladly do in the official min- utes, if Clerk Maloy furnishes the copy of the official minutes, embrac- ing the speech in full, with official o. k., etc., the Pioneer being the official paper of the city.) Mayor Pogue ended by declaring that the police force would resign and the council be given a chance to appoint a force, if that body so desired, and the matter rested there, Alderman Gould being re- quested to lodge his complaint in writing. The mayor stated that he had been very busy of late and ‘had been unable to prepare his annual mes- sage; that he would have it ready for reading at the next meeting, when he would say several important things to the council. The council voted to advertise for bids for the official “printing of the city for the ensuing year, the bids to be opened at the next meeting. The attention of the council was | TALKS ON ADVERTISING claims for the return of $112 each, being amount wanted for former payment of employment license, which payment was made under protest. The Blackduck Employ- ment company recently obtained judgment for a similar license which was paid, and City Attorney Gib- bons recommended that each com- pany be allowed $100, as he thought they would accept that amount and avoid the expense incidental to securing a judgment against the city, which was adopted and that amount allowed. The bonds of M. D. Stoner, city engineer, $2,000; J. R. Miller, sup- erintendent waterworks, $500; M. J. Case, scavenger, $500; William McCuaig, clerk water board, $1,000, were approved. A requisition was granted te the fire department for buckets for use in. the third ward, the same not to exceed in cost $100. Something of a controversy was started in discussing the emplay- ment of a city physician and appoint. ment of a chairman of the city boat_d of health, which finally resulteciffig the appointment of Dr. Smith’as chairman of the board, and that he furnish gqgipines and bandages at $25 per mofith. It was shown that nearly $3,000 had been paid to the county last year for the care of the city poor and other work which had been involved in the office of city physician. The bond of the chairman of the board of health was fixed at 5§00, It was adopted that bidsbe asked for the work of caring for the city poor and also the burial of paupers. A letter was read from Shope, Zaine, Buzbee & Weber stating that they believed that the council had{ acted in accordance with law ‘im of the Independent School District expect to have the new high school building completed and ready for occupancy in time for the opening of the 1909 fall term of school, and]| with that end in view will insist that when the contract is let for the] erection of the building, the work be rushed as expeditiously as pos- sible. The contract for the erection of the building will be let at 2 meeting of the board to be held tomorrow. evening, so it is expected, when the, bids for doing the work will be opened ‘at a meeting of the board called for that purposé. The money dérived from the sale of the $35,000 bonds, voted to be issued at a special election, has arrived and has been deposited in a local bank. The sum amounts to $36,278 (inround figures,) which includes the original amount of the bonds, $35,000, $1,200 premium, and accrued interest from Febrnary 15, 1909. The building will be erected according to the original plan, with the exception of a few alterations agreed upon - afterwards, whereby the heating plant will be placed out- side the main building, allowing the use of the basement as a first floor. Everybody agrees that wheén this building is completed, ‘Bemidji will have one of the most complete high school buildings in this section, which, in addition to the two build-~ ings which we now have, will give much more room in which to care for the rapidly-increasing school population of the “Hub City of Northern Minnesota.” Brinkman Family Theater. Princess Tarpeia, appearing at the Brinkman Family Theater this week, practice before he reached his pres- ent stage of perfection. Tonight the Princess Tarpeia will present an entirely new feature in her act known as “The Egyptian Mummy. Tie,” which is ' something entirely new of the Princess’ own origination. You wi'l miss the op- portunity of a lifetime if you miss séeing this wonderful performance {which'is something that nobody has ever seen, or anything like it, in the city. Wetherhee “In Harness” Again. | Frank W. Wetheibee, one of the *old guard” among the members of | prevention of further forest fires, the U.-C: T., was a a visitor in the city yesterday afternoon and last night. Mr. Wetherbee was for many years commercial travelér for a well-known wholesale. drug housé _of St. Paul, making the territory in the Red River Valley, on both the Dakota and the Minnesota sides of the Red. He retired from active service, about five years ago, and filed on a claim on Pimush lake, north of Cass Lake, in Beltrami county. Mr. Wetherbee and his geod wife have made a nice home, out on the banks of Pimush, which they regard as the ‘“‘apple. of their eyes.”” About thirty days ago, Mr. Wetherbee accepted a position as traveling salesman for the Fargo Drug company, and he is again making the towns in his old terri- tory, renewing acquaintances and doing a fine business. Mr. Wether- bee came to town the’latter part -of last weék and - went out to Fimush to take a look at the “farmstead,” which he found to be in “apple-pie” order. It looks like old times to see Frank tugging around a erip again, Sunday School Meeting. The Beltrami County Sunday school association will hold its first Stillman H. Bingham, the legis- lative correspondent for the Duluth Evening Herald, saysof the new forest fire prevention bill which passed the house last Friday and which will likely pass the senate and become law: “That there is no loss without | some small gain, is made conspic- uously evident by the fact that the disastrous Chisholm forest fires of 1908 are directly responsible for the bill providing stricter regulation of lumbering operations, with a view to which the house passed yesterday]| afternoon, and which will undoubt- edly became a law. The bill was introduced by N. J. Holmberg of Renville, at the request of the forestry board, and while it contains many matters of import- ance, the point of chief interest is the ' requirement that lumbermen must pile and burn their slashings within a reasonable time.” In the pdst, there being no regulations of this sort, lumbermen have left their slashings to dry out aud become tinder, ’ofl‘eringv the finest kind of fuel for the spread of forest fires. The longer these slashings remained the -drier they became, and the better fodder for forest fires they make. “The bill provides that lumber- men must’pile and burn their - slash- ings—by which is meant the brariches, tops and Tefuse—the burn- ing to be done 'as soon as practic- able, at a time when it can be done without. danger, and before the first of May ibfiowinz.’ It is made the duty of each fire warden to seé that the provisions of this section are faithfully complied with. It is also provided that those who cut trees or serve these provisions is a mis- demeanor, punishable by a fine of $50 to $1,000 for each offense, or im- prisonment for thirty to ninety days in the county jail. To assistin prosecutions, it is provided that those who complain of yiolations of these provisions, except the forestry commissioner, are to receive half the fine recovered. “Supervisors and clerks of towns, mayors of cities and ‘presidents’ of village councils are made fire war- dens for their respective districts, and are held responsible for their districts being free from dangerous forests and prairie fires. The fores- try commissioner may appoint fire wardens for unorganized territory, and additional wardens wherever he may deem them ‘necessary, and he may direct ‘wardeéns to pérform duties outside of their districts. In case of:absence from their districts in.dry seasons, they must designate someone to act in their places, and must notify the fire wardens of the adjoining districts. = “They must take precautions. to prevent fires, visit all parts of roads, trails, camps and frequented places, warn campers and other users of fire, and put out ‘small 6r smoulder- ing fires. They must patrol their districts in'dry seasons, immedifitelfi_ inform the commissioner when there is need of patrolling, - with = the approval of the commissioner employ patrols to guard against carelessness in - the use of fire; * They must promptly investigate each fire .with- in their districts, follow the track of the fire to the place where it started, . fix the responsibility, 'and . within three days report “the cause; the property destroyed,. “its’ value, the lives lost if any, the means _used- to proceedings relative to the issuing|has prode co_nclusively that she is |,/ 01 convention in “the First busl'les in clearing land iot. roadbed | combat th.e fire, and_‘ any :c}di.tinnal ) o of the city waterworks bonds,. and {all that is °"““"1 for her, | Presbyterian church of Bemidji, |°F right of way fo_r any railroad or faclfs required by tpe »c‘bmmlssmllmr. ° n lc e also with reference to the legality of |- Last night the “Princess Tarpeia” other road, shall in the same manner Each fire warden is empowered By Henry Herbert Huff | l' Get Acquainted | COPYRICHT, 1909, BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 “Hello, Mr. Business Man! “Improving.” “I'm glad to hear it. And how is trade?’ Oh, we’ll have things moving nicely pretty soon. Everybody’s optimistic down our way. Got nearly an hour yet in town—want to catch that 4:29 out of here. If Yyou’re not busy, sit down a few minutes and let’s talk things over. Mail order houses bothering any ¢’ the bonds issued. City Engineer Stoner stated that he had ready\a report on the prelimi- nary work which has already been done on the new waterworks system. Report was laid over. City Engineer Stoner stated that D. H. Fisk, A. A. Warfield and Nels Leon had paid money to have the sewer built along the block in which they resided and they should be giv- en certificates which could be ten- dered in lieu of taxes. The gentle- men had paid for work in 1907 and were to be reimbursed when the the peace, under the provisions of escaped from several handcuffs .and also from sixty feet of rope securely knotted by a committee selected by the audience. The feature of this| remarkable act was the Princess Tarpeia’s escape from an insane straight jacket,~from which no insane person has ever been able to escape as yet. That the Princess is the greatest Thursday, Friday, March 11th and 12th. Each Sunday school in the county is invited to send one or more delegates. A. -M. Locker of St. Paul and John Orchard of Fargo, N. Dak., both Sunday school experts, will be present. No Sunday school workers in the' cobntv can afford to miss this convention. Local News on Last Page. pile and burn the slashings and all combustible material except fuel and merchantable timber. ; “Nobody, having cut- trees or bushes in clearing land, may set fire to the slashings, brush, roots or stumps without having carefully piled the same. Burning cannot be to arrest, without a warrant, any person found ®violating the law. Wardens must go to places of danger to control or _prevent fires, and in emergencies may.efmploy. or compel assistance. s 2 “The forestry commissioner " is permitted on dangerous ground when the woods are dry. Failure to ob- empowered to divide into districts [Continuea on Last Page] “Yes; they’re cutting quite a hole in our trade. Thought that | taxes were levied against neizhb'oh o % 1 dull spell would fix them, but it didn’t here in our town. Never |IP% ;r;pert})l' owners,the;total kbeu?g 5 s g ¢ believed they were getting so much business till T was shown the $332.38. No action was taken in s a - 2 . " p & 3 the matter. z pile of goods from them that arrived on this morning’s freight. City Clerk Maloy read 2 resolu. | Some of our best p«':-ople buying there too. Real'ly Teannot un- - | ;e oq by' Alderman Smart . 3 | | derstand why any ohe should send away and wait several weeks | ypich explained that the office of i 3 - for goods he can buy just as cheaply right here in town.” secretary of the Greenwood Ceme- g g | “'Got any soap clubs here ¢’ tery association was an exceedingly ; z “Yes; there are several, and it does beat all how those premi- |onerous position, requiring great 5 ums take. Looks as though one was getting something for noth- labor and mental stress and that he, : . ing, but he pays for all of it. I can sell the whole assortment for | the said secretary (being Thomas . b1 00 : | half their list price and premiums. Buy them separate and get | Maloy, the: honorable city clerk) . X 1 what you want. Each of these clubs takes from $100 to $300 |should be c°"’p?"“t3d .Iiberallv. On sale at the FO"OWI“g Places: ‘ . worth of business from our town every year. Thie matlerjof paying the city clerk : % bace ; - | r “And then there’s Near City—only twelve miles away, and the |W@8 !eft to theicity ‘attorney forn 7 ; i | {fare is 60 cents. Many of our people go there to buy clothing, mil- | opinion. 7 g ch Co 3 | P.nery nVI‘l(] the like. ~ Often they pay more than in their home Whether there is such an office ArmSt,rong s Cafe E. N' .FrenCh & 4 S F. A Mayo S’" ‘ . sown. We merchants had been charging up the bulk of our lost in the city of - Bemidji as justice of e 1e’ ( :Il T ! trade to the mail order houses, but found upon investigation that 1 L. Abercromble S = rGCOl'ge & Gearlds as. Nangle S ( | a hu?ge part is going to Near City instead. With our trade leaking | out in every conceivable way it seems up to us to take what’s left.” | “Do you have any trouble with ‘leftover’ goods?” “Yes; we lose a lot that way. In summer business goes on a vacation. Most days of the week are pretty slow, too, except Sat- | urday, and that’s hustle, hustle, hustle, all day long. I wish we | might shift some of this day’s business to the others.” ! “Mr. Business Man, I've a solution to all of your problems. I can tell you what will hold your trade at hotne, what will move your CCESSFULLY.” | slow sellers and remainders, what will make business for you in the dull seasons, what will sell the new and better goods. It’s no com- plicated mystery or trick of magic—just plain ADVERTISING. “I know you'll say you've tried it without success or that a com- petitor failed to make it pay or something else, but it resolves itself into this—if you advertise RIGHT, it will PAY you; if you do so in the WRONG way, it will FAIL. Advertising is no child’s play—it’s a science. A person of average ability can write good copy. “And now I must be going, but I’ll be back next week and eves week for several months, and I intend to have a little chat with you each time. I ghall first show you how advertising will SOLVE fi);xr problems, aud then I'm going to tell you how to advertise the city charter, was decided in the negative by City Attorney Gib- bons, who also added other opinions concerning the advisability of accepting the bonds of A. A, Carter and Ward A. Chapman, who were elected as justices of the peace at the recent city election. The city attorney maintained that any justice in the county could be appointed to act in the absence of -the city municipal judge; and that| the council was doing exactly right in refusing to accept the bonds of Messrs, Carter and Chapman, as justices of the city. Mr. Gibbons offered to' make a| test case of the Carter and Chapman incident and determine whether there was such an office in the city. The council did not favor this sug- gestion, X 5 ~ Barker’s Drug S L. Blooston’s J. A. Dalton’s Fred Brinkman’s Crane & Gould’s tore ~ E. G. Gearlds Markham Hotel W. A. McDonald’s W. T. Mageau’s J. E. Maloy & Co.’s NORTHER ~ DISTRIBUTORS. - N;GRQCE -Roe & W. G. J. Peterson, Jr.’s S. T. Stewart’s A. L. Wyler’s RY co, Markusen’s Schroeder’s