Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1909, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DA VOLUME 6. NUMBER 291. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1909. SPEAKER ROCKNE YOTED; WITH CASS LAKE “PUSH” In Response to Representative McGarry’s Request forVotes from “My Friends”’ and ‘‘Cass Lake’s Friends,” He Got Fifty-nine “Wid Him.”” The following is the list of the{Neil, Murphy, Nelson, H., Nelson, names of those members of the house of representatives of the Minnesota legislature who voted Thursday to keep the bill to locate a normal school at Cass Lake on ‘“‘general orders” and thus give the “lonesome burg” an opportunity to get in a few more “licks” in the hope of securing the extra vote (they need 60) in order to pass the bill. It will be noted that Speaker Rockne voted| Duluth with McGarry and his “bunch” and other supporters: Those voting in the negative were: Allen, Anderson, Austin, Baldwin, Bjorge, Borgen, Brady, Brown, Buck, Campbell, Christianson, Congdon, Conroy, Dalzell, Emmel, Ferguson, Fritzpatrick, Friedman, Goodspeed, Graham, Grant, Greene, Handlan, Henry, Johnson, L. H. Jorgenson, Kelley, Kling, Lende, Lennon, Mac- kenzie, McGarry, McMartin, Melby, Mork, Nimocks, Nolan, O’Brien, Perry, Peters, Pfaender, Phillips, Rodenberg, Rowe, Sahler, Sampson, Selb, Sikorski, Spence, Stone, Stuart, Thayer, Washburn, Wells, Welter, White, F. B. Wrigth, Zelch, and Mr. Speaker—59. The affirmative votes were: Adams, Bendixen, Bicknell, Burn- quist, Carey, Carlson,Conley, Davies, Davis, Dorsey, Dower, Doyle, Duea, Gartside, Gates, Haughland, Herz- berg, Hinds, Holmberg, Holten, Hor- ton, Johnson, C. E., Johnson, J. T., O. B., Noble, Opsahl, Peterson, Put- nam, H. A,, Putnam, W. H., Rines, Robertson, Rosenwald, Rustad, Saugstad, Sawyer, Spooner, Sulerud, Swendsen, Wallace, Ware, Webb, Wescott, Wohlhuter Wright, C. P., Denzer—356. Just before the vote was taken on the motion to indefinitely postpone the Cass Lake bill, Representative Opsahl said: “You should vote to serve the state, and northwestern Minnesota, instead of to advance good fellowship,” he said “Kill this bill, and two years hence we can all vote more intelligentlv on the mat- ter.” Healso presented a number of petitions against the McGarry bill which he said were from McGarry’s district. And Mr. Opsahl was right with his contention, as the votes which had just previously ‘‘killed” the “general” bill were contrary to the majority report of the house normal school committee which had senta delegation to visit the different nor- mal sites, including the village of Cass Lake, and which committee had made a majority report favoring the “general” bill. But few of those who voted favorably for the Cass Lake bill had ever seen that village; | yet they went against the report of their committee and voted with Mc- Garry and his Duluth henchmen. who were protecting the interests of their fellow citizens of the “Zenith Johnson, J. N., Kneeland, Krause, | City” who owns the townsite of Cass Lee, Lobeck, Mattson, McGrath, Mc- Lake. TIME T0 SPRING TH =) E QUESTION AGAIN Are you going to build this season? Do you want the best stock—and *‘just right’’ prices? If that is the combination you are looking for, the best thing youw can do is to hot foot it for our yard. When you’ve made your pur- chase, you'll realize that a full measure of satisfaction has been: handed you in both quality and price—nothing less. ‘When it comes to lumber and building material of any kind, we’ve: got the goods—the real goods—and Step in—look around—ask questions. Phone 97 the real good goods. ‘We're here to serve you. We Also Handle Coal and Wood M. E. Smith Retail Lumber Co., Bemidji | = ome| Safety for Your Money When you have a surplus of money deposit it The First National Bank of Bemidji Money for Your Safety When you feel the need of mon- ey come to us. with us. We ital allow a liberal Saplt We oy sy rate of interest $50,000.00 youat on savings ac- - ANY counts and time time with money deposits. A Surplus in any checking account AMOUNT no matter how and ith small, is a con- on - Hle venience once Profits gne OF ol triedalwaysused. orHens;on . pers Start a bank ac- $18,000:00 security; count. It helps on city property you to save. or farm property j | —_—————— =_J. DOINGS IN THE VARIOUS GCHURGHES OF THE CITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City Sunday. Catholic—Ther«ls will be mass Sunday at 8:30 and 10:30 a. m. German Lutheran—Services in the court house at 3 p. m. Rev. Theo. Buenger of Cass Lake will preach. Holy Communion. Norwegian Lutheran—There will be no services in the morning but the regular service will be held at 8p. m. Norwegian and English Sunday school in the afternoon at 2 o’clock. Episcopal—Fifth Sunday in Lent. Services will be held in the Odd Fellows hall as follows: 10:30 a. m., Litany and sermon. Subject, “Bap- tism, It’s Value and Significance.” Offertory solo,"O,Rest in the Lord,” from Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Sunday school at 4 p. m, Evening service at 8 p. m. Subject, “The Events of the Passion.” Methodist—11 a. m., Anthen by choir and sermon by the pastor. 12 m., Sunday school. 7 p. m., Epworth League. 8 p. m., forty minutes of sacred music, followed by sermonette by the pastor. We cor- dially invite the public to .these!} services, especially strangers and visitors in the city and persons with- out church home. Baptist—Morning service 10:45. Subject, “Three Musts.” Sunday school at 12:10. B. Y. P.U.at7. Evening service at 8. Subject, *Pilate’s Question.” Duet by Miss Bright and Miss K. Smith. We cordially invite strangers to come and enjoy our services, Our aim is to help others. ~“We are here on business for our King.” Presbyterian—Tomorrow is the closing of the church year. At 11 we will observe the Lord’s Supper, also receive into membership those who desire to unite with us. Andrew Rood will sing a solo, “The Endless Day.” Bible class and Sunday school, 12:15; Jr. C. E. 3; Sr. C. E. 7. Inthe evening at8 Dr. D. B. Duncan will preach. Miss Ruth Wightman will sing a solo, “I Heard | the Voice of Jesus Say.” The mem- bers of the congregation are urged to be present at the morning com- munion service. The public is cor- dially invited to attend. Probate Court. March 22.—Estate of Hans Op- sete. Petition for determination of errors made by Ole Opsete and order issued setting date of hearing on petition for April 26, at 10 o’clock. March 24.—Estate of Amy I. Bye. Petition for determination of descent of land filed by H. H, Mc- Dougall of Grand Forks, N. D., father of decedent, and order for hearing on said petition issued; date of hearing being set for April 26, at 10 o’clock. In the matter of the application of ‘the board of county commissioners for the admission of Thomas Bates to the state public school at Owa- tonna, filed and order of admission issued. The same disposition was made of the application made by the board for the admission of Grace Robinson to the state school. March 26.—Annual account of Pearl Bishop as guardian of Charles Runyan, minor, was filed. Second-Hand Furniture. J. P. Lahr, the fueniture man, an- nounces to the public that in the future he will deal in second-hand furniture in addition to his large line of new and up-to-date furniture, Mr. Lahr having fitted up the frame building in the rear of Lis Jot to han- dle this line of goods. Those having second-hand furni- ture for sale can either secure the cash or trade that for new furniture. People in search of bargains in sec- ond-hand- furniture are invited to call on him. L_o_eal News on.Last Page. ROWE BILL IS POSTPONED House Kills the Packing Plant Measure, yor WILL INTRODUGE A NEW BILL S Ramsey County Delegation Has Not Abandoned Its Position—Senate Re- Jects Cashman’s, Distance Tariff Measure—House | Passes Burdette Thayer's Stamp Tax Bill, But Kills the Gross Earnings Bill. St. Paul, March 26.—Members of the Ramsey delegation in the house by moving for the indefinite postpone- ment of the Rowe bill paved the way for a bill which will prevent the lo- cation of any packing plant where it will become a nuisance to the state in- stitutions without laying St. Paul open to the charge that it is hindering the establishment in this state of an industry that would be of benefit to the stock interests of the Northwest. The delegation at first considered amending the Rowe bill, but they con- cluded that it would be better policy to introduce a new bill. So when the bill came up as a special order C. E. Stone moved that the bill be post- poned indefinitely. The house agreed to his motion unanimously. It was a great disappointment to the hundreds of people who thronged the galleries to hear the debate on the bill, but good news to the members of the house, who have grown tired of hearing arguments on bills on which they have their minds made up long before. The Ramsey delegation had a meet- ing with the citizens’ committee. At first it was decided to make a fight and try to have attached to the bill the amendment proposed by A. K. ‘Ware, which prohibits the location of any slaughter house within two and a half miles of the university or any of its colleges and within five miles without the approvaljof the state board of health. @%Qwomd permit Armour to Jocate onuthe proposed site if he could show #héiboard of health that no evil results would follow. Decided, Upon_a New Bill, But later the delegation came to the conclusion that many of the people in the country were opposed to the Rowe bill, even if it were entirely amend- ed. There seems to be a general im- pression throughout the state that the Rowe bill would prevent the location of a packing plant here. So the dele- gation thought they would stand a better chance with an entirely new bill, which gave the state board of health the power to regulate slaugh- ter houses and condemn them if they should become offensive to the educa- tional institutions or residences of any city. This way the interests of St. Paul and Southeast Minneapolis would be protected because Armour could locate at the proposed site only in case it is really true that he can pro- duce a packing plant which will not be offensive and obnoxious to the peo- ple living in the vicinity. Moved by the fear that further railway rate legislation at this time would have a disastrous effect on the present rate cases, the senate failed to pass Senator Cashman’s distance tariff bill, although it received twenty- ty-three votes, some of the most emi- rent attorneys of the body voting for it. Former Attorney General E. T. Young, who has charge of the present rate cases for the state, was quoted In the debate as strongly opposed to further legislative action until the rresent cases are disposed of. This was emphasijzed by several of the |} speakers against the bill and undoubt- edly had considerable influence on the vote. Railway Commission Scored. The railway and warehouse commis- slon came in for a round scoring by several senators from the southern part Of the state whose constituents they insist have been suffering under discriminatory rates in the shipment of freight. The house passed the bill providing a stamp tax of 1 cent on each $100 of sales or agreements to sell on board of trade and chambers and commerce, Introduced by Burdette Thayer of Spring Valley. The vote was 72 to [Jf 3. The house committee on taxes and tax laws killed the Spooner bill, sub- mitting to the people the question of a 6 per cent gross earnings tax on railroads, instead of the present 4 per cent tax. One reason advanced for the action was that railroad taxes affected rates and would have some Influence on the freight rate suits pending in the courts. The railroad commission and the attorney general’s office were understood to be opposed to the bill for that reason. A step toward the consolidation of St. Paul and Minneapolis into one city was taken when the house, under sus- pension of the rules, passed a bill for the appointment by the governor of & commission of five citizens from each city to draw up a bill which would make such a consolidation pos- eible, and report the bill to the next legislature. The bill was introduced Jointly by J. F. Selb of St. Paul and Thomas Kneeland of Minneapolis. Eighty-one members voted for the bill, some in a spirit of levity and some seriously, and twelve voted against it It is up to the senate now. WILL THE M. & I. MAKE LITTLE FALLS TERMINUS? Little Falls Transcript Prints Rumor of : Change from Brainerd, Using an 0ld Line. The Little Falis Daily Transcript prints the following rumor relative to a possibility that the M. & I officials are contemplating making Little Falls the terminus of the M. & L: 1t is said that the M. & I railroad is contemplating using the old main line of the Northern Pacific. This line is on the east side and runms to Brainerd. By the use of this piece of road, about thirty miles in length, the M. & I could run straight through and make this city its ter- minus. “Such a move would necessarily put a round house here. It is held that should the M. & I.use the old main line and run into this city, the freight service would be greatly affected for the better. “Making this city the M. & L terminus would mean a round house, which in turn would mean more people employed, resulting in a small growth in the city. Rumor has it that the M. & I. company is planning on placing its shops in the southern end of the city near the old baseball park.” No Immediate Prospect of Night Train onM. & 1. Judging from the following, taken from the Brainerd Daily Dispatch, there is not an immediate prospect of the M. & I. railway putting on the night train service from Interna- tional Falls to the twin cities, which some ambitious newspapers had scheduled to take place on April 1: “W. H. Gemmell general manager| of the Minnesota & International railroad, was in the city yesterday and today going to St. Paul on this afternoon’s train. When seen by a Dispatch representative he stated that there was nothing definite as yet on the proposed additional ser- vice on that road. Business condi- tions, he said, were such as to com- pel careful scanning of expenditures. The arrival of business prophesied has not arrived, he said, though he believed that it would do so during the summer.” FORTY CENTS PER MONTH PARK RAPIDS IS WINNER OF DECLAMATORY BANNER Grand Rapids High School Defeated by but One Point, in Contest at Grand Rapids.—Bemidji Was Third, and Akeley Was Fourth. The annual declamatory contest between representatives of the Park Rapids, Grand Rapids, Bemidji and Akeley High schools, which was held at Grand Rapids Friday night, was won by the speakers from the Park Rapids school, with Grand Rapids a close second, third and Akeley fourth. The Eagle Bend and Cass Lake high schools were supposed to participate in the contest, but they failed to send,| any representatives. The contest was held in the spacious auditorium of the Grand Rapids high school and a fine program of music was rendered, in conjunction with the recitations of the different participants in the con- test. E. A. Freeman, superintendent of the Grand Rapids high school, acted as chairman of the meeting and the judges selected to choose the winners of the contest were Miss Carey, of the Duluth normal school; Rev. John W. Powel of Duluth, and Attorney Rockwood of Minneapolis. ‘The Grand Rapids High School Orchestra played several selections and was given an enthusiastic re- ception, as were also members of the Grand Rapids High School Quar- tette. The following was the decision, on points, of the judges, with the names and standing of those who participated in.the contest; the marking being on six points, with 100 each, or a total of 600, on general effect, stage - appearance, eniinciation, delivery, gestures and interpretations: Bemidji | Serious— First, Will Powers of Grand Rapids; subject, “Sparticus to the Gladiators:” total points, 1681. Second, Clara Fisk of Bemidii; subject, “Building of the Ship;” 1673. - Third, Guy Benham, Park Rapids; subject, “Independence;” 1643. Fourth, Lloyd Davis, Akeley; subject, “Lincolns Darkest Hour;” 1498. Huniorous— First, Freida Rice, Park Rapids; subject, “The Examination;” points 1636. Second, Herbert Grove, Grand Rapids; subject, “A Horse Trade;” 1597. Third, Emil Engels, Bemidiji; subject, “Our Guide to Rome and Geona;” 1586. Fourth, John Peterson, Akeley; subject, “A Yankee in Love;” 1575. While the -banner went to Park Rapids, there was no decisive victory for that school, as Grand Rapids (which school was the winner last vear) was but one point behind. While there was general satisfaction with the decision of the judges, yet there were many who were of the opinion that Clara Fisk of Bemidji should have been awarded first place in the serious selections. Miss Fisk did splendidly, and all the Bemidji people who were present at the con- test are loud in their praise of the talented young lady. While Emil Engels, the other Bemidji contestant, ot no -better than third “place, he did well. Subscribe For The Pioneer. 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