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N THE BEMIDJ1 D LY IONE MINNESOTA - HISTORICAL SOCIETY, /@ VOLUME 6. NUMBER 295. WHIGH WARRANTS SHOULD BE PAID?---WRIT IS SERVED Sheriff Hazen Secures Alternative Writ Ordering County Treasurer to Pay Warrant for Current Expense Out Current Collections or An alternative writ, returnable be- fore Judge C. W. Stanton in the district court chambers in this city on April 20, 1909, has been served on County Treasurer G. H. French of thiscity in order to test the right to pay the current expenses of the county out of current collections, instead of applying these funds on back registered warrants. In this case Sheriff A. B. Hazen has secured an order from the dis- trict court compelling Mr. French, as county treasurer, either to pay Auditor’s Warrant, No. 6697, for $44.90 for conveying John Peterson, an insane prisoner, to the state insane asylum, or to file an answer on the 20th of this month why he does not comply with this order. The last notice of money in the treasury to pay outstanding warrants was published last November when it was stated that there was suffici- ent money in the county revenue fund to pay all outstanding warrants on that fund registered prior to August 3, 1904, thus showing that this fund is nearly four and a half years in arrears. It was in order to prevent the treasurer from publish- ing another notice of their being sufficient money in the treasury to pay part of the old warrants, since the March settlement has been made and to determine whether the cur- rent expenses should not be paid out of current collections, that Sheriff Hazen brought this action against Mr. French. The writ on which the order was issued is as follows: State of Minnesota, County of Bel- trami, in District Court. The State of Minnesota, Ex. Rel, A. B. Hazen, Relator, vs. Geoérge H. French, as County Treasurerer of Beltrami County, Minnesota, Respondent. The State of Minnesota to George Show Cause April 20th. H. French, as County Treasurer of Beltrami County, Minnesota, Greeting. Whereas, it manifestly appears to us, by the petition of relator above named aud described: 1. That the respondent herein now is, and at and during all the times hereinafter mentioned was, the duly elected, qualified, and act- ing county treasurer of county of {Beltrami in the State of Minnesota. 2. That heretofore, to-wit, on the 2nd day of March, 1909, for a valu- able consideration, there was issued, payable to their relator, under the name of A. B. Hazen, sheriff, by county auditor of said county, the auditor’s warrant of said county in the sum of forty-five and 90-100 dollars, payable to the order of said relator, and which said war- rant provided for its payment out of the county revenue funds in the treasury of said county not otherwise appropriated, and stating that said warrant was issued for conveying one John Peterson, an insane pris- oner, to the state hospital for the insane, and which said auditor’s warrant is numbered sixty-six hun- dred ninety-seven (6697), and said warrant was issued to pay a part of the current expenses incurred by said county for the year 1909. 3. That on the 2nd day of March, 1909, the said warrant duly endorsed by this relator, was presented to the respondent herein,George H. French, as county treasurer of said Beltrami county, Minnesota, for payment; and the said treasurer then and there stamped upon the back of said warrant the following words and language, to-wit: “Not paid for want of funds in the treasury. Registered Mar. 2, 1909. G. H. French, county treasurer, by N. V. Bailey, Deputy”, and the said re- (Continued on last page.) BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL-1, 1909. FINE ENTERTAINMENT DURING ART EXHIBIT Miss Hanson Prepares Musical Pro- gram for Friday Night.—Exhibit Friday and Saturday. Miss Hanson has prepared an elaborate musical prohram for Fri- day evening during the Horace C. Turner Art Exhibit, which will be held Friday and Saturday. The pupils of the different grades will take part in the program, which is as follows: “‘Wanderer’s Night Song,” Rubenstein Girls’ Glee Club. “Wee Willie Winkie”.... “Little Boy Blue”. “The Little Mice” 5 Primary Grades, Miss Bell’s room. “When Children Sleep”....... Reinke “Have a Care” ranz Abt “Good Night Song of the River” ........................ Mozart Loomis Eighth Grade. Solo—""Sing -On”.....ccceunne Denza Ruth Wightman. Reading Race Scene—*‘Black Rock” ......................... Ralph Conner Clara Fisk. “Faries’ Lullaby,”............ Marshall Boys’ Glee Club. “Miners’ Song,”........ “The Man in The Moon, “Bean Porridge Hot,” “Bye Baby Bunting,”. Second Grade, Miss Wessberg’s room. Quartet,—"Path by The River,”— Veazir. Maud McCawley, Clara Dicaire, Clio Boyer and Fred Chamberlain. “I’ve a Message,”. ; *“Bright the Moon is Shining,” Fifth Grade, “Stars of the Night Adoring,”. Wekerlin. Girls’ Glee Club. At the Presbyterian Advertising sale at the rink tomorrow can be seen the $16 bed donated by the Salisbury-Saterlee company, through their local agent, William Ross. If you are in need of an easy chair, come to the Advertising sale. You will find one there at the right price. Good Clothes; Nothing Else and your purse. Suits, $I8 to Copyright 1909 by Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing Howuse T makes a good deal of difference to you where you buy your clothes; because, unless you're a good judge f what . here ways $30. you don’t really know there’s always a lot of cotton-mixed stuff on the B market. the S.trongeSt reas(?ns for man Winters states that Church coming here; you'll get § # | there was anyone in from Sylvan Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes; and they’re al- tailoring in the world, the most perfect style; we’ll it you right, both your person Good Clothes; Nothing Else you're getting; | That’s one of all-wool; the finest 5 | hand cut. 4 |and breaking his neck. g | he would walk out. 4 | Freeman Young that he was going b4 | to walk out and visit a friend over | night. H | individual. f | said, about seven miles southwest of § | Brainerd, and went from here to S | has had an idea for several years o | that someone was after him and box had not been opened and the Overcoats $15 to $30. | . play. This store 1s the home of Hart Schatfner & Marx clothes § ? | rifle cartridges. Elk's Meeting Thursday. Night. A regular meeting of Bemidji Lodge, No. 1052, B. P. O. E, will be held on Thursday evening, April 1, at Masonic Hall, Bemidji, at 8 o'clock. As there_is much business of importance, all members should be on hand early. Initiation. —M. S. Gillette, Sec. —E. H. Jerrard, E. R, The Salisbury-Saterlee company, through their agent, William Ross, have donated to the Presbyterian Advertising sale a $16 bed. This can be seen at the rink tomorrow. PINE RIVER MAN FOUND DEAD NEAR BRAINERD Section Foreman Finds Mangled Re- mains of Eimer Church Beside Northern Pagific Tracks. Brainerd, April 1.—(Special to Pioneer.) — The body of Elmer Church of Pine River was found this morning beside the Northern Pacific tracks three miles west of Brainerd by Peter Parsous, an N. P. section foreman, and his crew. Coroner Thomas Gibson, who was notified,” went out and picked up the remains and brought them to D. M. Clark’s undertaking rooms where they are now awaiting orders for their disposition. It is supposed that the deceased came to his death either by a fall from a moving train ‘or from being struck by a train ‘while walking along the track. Church, who was said to be on his way to Montana, came down from his home at Pine River yesterday and was going to Sylvan is evidenced by letters, unstamped, which he was carrying from his daughter, and which he would otherwise have mailed. Church’s watch was found about twenty feet west of the body, badly defaced and evidently stopped at about 7:20 or 7:30 o’clock. A revolver which he always carried was found about fifteen or twenty feet east of where the body was lying. His neck was broken and his left side caved in and his left It is not known here at what time he started from Brain- ord, or whether or not he started afoot, but no tickets to Sylvan were sold last night and he had no ticket A theory which finds credence among the railroad men is that Church started out about supper time for Sylvan and met the special train which brought “The Wolf”’ company to this city, and which made the trip from Staples, thirty miles in thirty-one minutes. Church was train struck him, caving in his side Another theory of the manner of Mr. Church’s death is that he tried to ride on 53, the freight which left dentally fell from the train. Police- asked him yesterday afternoon if and finding that the officer knew of no one he said that he guessed that He also told Church was a rather eccentric He formerly lived, it is Pine River about four years ago. He always carried a heavy revolver. He purchased a box of revolver cartridges in D, M. Clark & Co.’s store yesterday afternoon, but the loaded with long There is no. belief hére, however, that there was foul revolver was Additional local matter will be found probably slow in getting out of the 1] i | way and the engine or some part of the here at 5:55 this morning, and acci- || ROY JAGKSON WAS LAID Presbyterian Church.—An Abund- ance of Flowers. The last sad rites were ptonounced yesterday afternoon- over all that was mortal of Roy, the 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Jackson of this city, who “passed through that doorway whose curtain never outward swings” last Monday after suffering a few days with appendi- citis, 3 A large number of friends of the Jackson family attended the services which were held in the Presbyterian church under the direction of Rev- erend S. E. P. White. Special music was rendered by a quartet composed of Mrs. S. E. P. White, Miss Ruth Wightman and Messers. Harvey and Brown. Rev. White chose as his text, “Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven,” and spoke many com- forting words to the relatives of the little boy. An _unusually large.amount of beautiful flowers were heaped in pro- fusion around the little casket. Flowers were sent by the Masonic, Knights Commandery, Presbyteriaa Sunday Wessberg’s rooms of the started to go to Sylvan, the first|little boy. .|station west of Bramerd. That" he From the warm earth. Local News on Last Page. T0 REST IN GREENWOOD Beautiful Funeral Services Held in the MANUAL TRAINING AND A NORMAL COURSE NEXT YEAR School Board, at Special Meeting, Decided to Establish Manual Training and Normal Work in High School.— All Teachers, Who Had Not Resigned, Retained. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH ] Professor | Millie Rebekah, Eastern Star, Woodmen and Royal Neighbor lodges, the children of the School, the pupils in Miss Nelson’s and Miss second grade in the city schools, and the business associates of Mr. Jackson as well as by a large number of per- apparently | sonal friends of the family and the | officers: Presbyterian church be- Joved little son and companion now sleeps beneath a fresh mound of Commercial Club.—Directors of Club Elect Officers. President, W. and the secretary more fully as A meeting of the directors of the Bemidji Commercial Club was held in the hall Tuesday evening and the | newly-elected directors organized for the year by electing the following L. Brooks; vice president, A. G. Wedge,Jr.; treasurer, the funeral cortege moved to Green-|G. E. Carson; secretary, Clyde J. by Judge of Probate Clark and Doc- "wood cemetery, the beautiful “silent | Pryor. > e Miss | city” of Bemidji, where interment Lottie Church, to friends in Sylvan, | was held and where a bright, The communication of Charles J. |sanity. Anderson of Wisconsin, who is con- |and committed to the state insane templating - locating a foundary in|asylum at Fergus Falls where he Bemidji was discussed at length|was taken in the afternoon by Dep- instructed to|uty Sheriff Johnson. communicate with Mr. Anderson |seems to think that people are at- to his plant and|tempting to poison him. At a special meeting of the school |German in the high school; Miss board of the Independant - School |Alley, of the fourth grade; Miss District of Bemidji held last evening, | Brown, of the second and third; Miss the members decided to establish a | Nelson of the manual training department in the | Currie, of the first grade. city schools and also a normal school department for next year.|voted to retain for the school year The state pays $750 towards the |of 1909-10 are: maintenance of a normal school de- | cipal; Professor J. E. Thornton, high third; and Miss Miss Greaves, prin- school; Mrs. E. Dwyer, and Misses All of the teachers who were|Delia Johnson, Carrie Hayden, Mary candidates for re-election to their | Tschumperlin, Thelma Leon, positions were accepted for another | Hanson, Those who gave notice to|Pilot, Annie Kennedy, Mary Cos- the board that they did not wish to|grove, Goidie Hill, Jean Elliott, remain next year are: g Biddinger and Miss Yancy, teachers|Christine Munger, Verna Bell and respectively of mathematics and|Iva Dement. A WISCONSIN MAN MAY LUGATE FUUNHHYHEHE commercial club at some near future Dora Floy Donaldson, Ruby Wessberg, Veda McNulty, propose to him that he visit Be- midji and meet the members of the date. Several minor matters were dls. Charles J. Anderson Sends Letter to|cussed, all of them tending towards the betterment of Bemidji. The directors for the coming year are as follows: W. L. Brooks, A. G. Wedge, G. E. Carson, F. S. Lycan, A. R. Erick- sen, A. P. White, W. G. Schroeder, Thomas J. Burke and W. N. Bowser. ‘Committed to Insane Hospital. Chris Johnson, a “lumberjack’” who has been in town a few days, was arrested vesterday and examined tors Henderson and Ward as to his He was declared insane Chris Johnson as follows: ing, etc., etc. {on last page. | Bemidji Souvenir 7' apt to have been the case had he 8 | purchased one west of Staples. Congressman Steenerson Approves the Souvenir “W ashington, March 22, 1909. “I am in receipt of the special edition of the Pioneer and to my mind a nicer boom of any city or surrounding country has never been written. I wish to compliment you, and your staff, upon the excellent work done.” Boost Bemidji by Sending Several Copies Away Splendid 104-page Magazine, profusely illus- trated with fine half-tone cuts of business blocks and Bemidji people who have aided in making “Big Bemidg” the hub of Northern Minnesota, as well as many “beauty spots” on Lake Bemidji and in and about the city of Bemidji, together with well-written articles on Beltrami county lands, dairying, lumber- 50c per Copy, Pioneer Office Those teachers whom the board