Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 22, 1909, Page 1

VOLUME 7. NUMBER 65. 1E BEMIDJI D BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH HAD SENTINEL PRINTED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, WOULD HA By Accepting Bid of Bemidiji Pioneer, County Had Finan- cial Statement Printed for $15.99 Less Than Bemidji Sentinel Wanted for Work. Malicious, Misleading Statement of New Lessee of Senti- nel Shows Gross Ignorance of Law, and Intention to Wilfully Mis-state Faects. Cost of printing financial statement by Pioneer, at 25¢ per folio first insertion and 10c each subsequent insertion (533 101108.) wsosvinavsvssssissmminansassss Cost of printing statement in Bemidji Sentinel (had Sentinel bid of 28c per folio first insertion and 10c each subse- quent insertion been accepted)..............cocovverieeiiiiiinn 255 84 By accepting the Pioneer bid and this paper printing the state- ment, the taxpayers were actually saved...................... $ 1599 (“It is by such methods our county has gone behind."—Bemidji Sentinel) In the last issue of The Sentinel, Andrew Rood, or whoever dictates the policy of that publication, under a “big scare” headline, calls atten-| tion to the printing of the financial | statement of Beltrami county for 1909, and asserts boldly that the| county officials ‘wasted $106 when it was not necessary” in the publish- ing of the statement at the price accepted under bids submitted to the board last January. The article published in tbe Sen- tinel, is as follows: | “In looking over the bills audited by the board of commissioners at the last meeting, a reporter found that the financial statement ot Bel- trami county cost the county $239.85 for 533 folios, and warrant for the amount has been issued. The contract as entered into last January for the publishing of the official printing of the county should be 25 cents for each folio. “The bill is so rendered, but it further charges for publications of the same report in other issues, at 10 cents per tolio each. The dates charged for are April 8, 15, and 22. In looking this matter up it is| found that the report also appeared | in the daily of April 28, but that! is not charged. “As a matter of fact the report should be published once, and this| would make the cost to the county $133.25. But attached to that is two more publications that are of no earthly use to the tax-payers,| for three publications will go no further than one. Why then waste $106 when it is not necessary. It is by such methods our county has gone behind.” A more deliberate and malicious attempt to mislead the public could hardly be conceived thanis con- tained in the above article. The writer of the article states, boldly, “As a matter of fact the report should be published once.” For the information of the ignoramus who is now conducting the Sentinel we quote him the statutes of the state of Minnesota, which specifically require that the i financial statement shall be pub- lished for three successive weeks, the section of the statute being as follows: “433. Annual Statement— Annually on the first Tuesday in January such board shall make a full and accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the pre- ceding year, which shall contain a full and correct description of each item, from whom and on what account received, to whom paid and on what account expended, together with an accurate statement of the finances of the county at the end of the fiscal year, including all debts, liabilities, and the "assets to dis- charge the same, and within thirty days thereafter shall cause the same to be posted at the court house door, and at two other public placesin the county and published for three suc- cessive weeks in some newspaper therein, which in counties having over seventy-five thousand popula- tion shall be a daily. At its meet- ings in July and January of each year it shall examine and count all Drs. Palmer DENTISTS, Miles Block. lF Quality, Price and Promptness count for anything with you, then we ought to do your dental work. & Anderson quitoes. locker. Screens are our only salvation Phone 97 We M. E. Smith Retail Four Hot Months Coming Get ready for a red hot sizzle—and four or five million flies and mos- So long as we can't control these hot weather pests, why not do the next best thing and keep them in check as much as possible? ‘What's that—Screens? _You've guessed it the very first shot out of the ing mosquitoes, and anybody who puts up with them when screens are as cheap as we're selling them, ought to be numbered with the early martyrs. See us for anything in the building material line if you want right prices. Xk R against bothersome flies and torment- Also Handle Coal and Wood Lumber Co., Bemidii VE COST MORE the funds in the treasury, examine the accounts and vouchers of the auditor and treasurer, and make a written certificate of the condition of the treasury, showing the amount, kind and character of the funds therein, and all other matters in connection therewith, and file the same with the auditor. (’03 c. 390).% The Pioneer did publish the state- ment three times as required by law and to make a good full measure we published the statement in the Daily free of cost. We will go a little deeper into this matter and state to the tax- payers of the county that in accept- ing the bid of the Pioneer to print the financial statement the commis- sioners actually saved the county the sum of $15.99. This is a mat- ter of record which we will explain. When the county board accepted bids from the newspapers of the county to print the financial state- ment for 1909 The Pioneer was the lowest responsible bidder, and the county commissioners acted wisely in awarding this paper the print- ing, as subsequent events proved. There were only two other bids submitted that were lower than the Pioneer’s. Those were made by E. J. Taylor, representing the Black- duck Enterprise, and Chris Christen- son, representing the Beltrami County News. The papers con- ducted by Messrs. Taylor and Christenson are now defunct. The Bemidji Sentinel, which now attempts, in an underhanded man- ner, to claim irregularities in this printing, submitted a bid of 28 cents per folio for the first insertion and 10 cents per folio for each subse- quent insertion, while the bid of] the Pioneer was 25 cents per folio for the first insertion and 10 cents per folio for each subsequent insertion. The Sentinel's bid was three cents higher than the Pioneer's, and if “it is by such methods our county has gone behind” (quoting from the article given above, taken from the Sentinel) we fail to see wherein the Pioneer had any hand, but the county would have “gone behind” $15.99 had the Sentinel bid been accepted. BONDS WERE DELIVERED AND MONEY IS REGEIVED County Treasurer French Wires the Pioneer to that Effect, Today, from St. Paul. St. Paul, June 22.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The bonds were delivered and the money received last night. —G. H. French The above telegram was received this morning by the Pioneer, having been sent by County Treasurer COUNTY TREASURER FRENCH. George H. French, who weat to St. Paul Sunday night for the pur- puse of personally delivering the bonds of Beltrami county and receiy- ing the money tberefor from the Security Trust company, which re- cently bid $195,000 with $1131.75 premium for the bonds. The that everything' was all right now with the bond issue and that the county will soon be on a cash basis. telegram would indicate Nels Wallin of Wilton was in the city yesterday looking after some business matters and remained here until well on into the night before returning home. Fourth of dJuly Committees Meet This Evening. A meeting of all committees appointed in comnection with the celebration to be held on July Fifth will be held at the council chamber in the city hall at 8:15 SHARP, and all who know themselves to be members of any committee are urged to be present, as' co-operation is necessary to make the coming cele- bration a success. By Order of —THE COMMITTEE. SUMMER SCHOOL IS OPEN AUSPIGIOUSLY There Is a Fair Attendance of Teachers, and Much Interest Manifested in Work. PROFESSOR HAY, THIEF RIVER FALLS, INSTRUCTOR OF SCHOOL Very Able Corps of Instructors.— Visitors Well Pleased with Bemidji’s Attractions. The summer state training school for teachers opened in Bemidji yes- terday morning in the high school building, and the® attendance was considered very good .for the first PROF. W. B. STEWART, Superintendent Beltrami County Schools. day. The school will be conducted every day, except Sunday, until and including July 31. Prof. J. H. Hay of Thief River Falls is conductor of the school, and in his able superintendency he is being assisted by the following corps of teachers: Prof. John E. Palmer, Fairfax; Mrs. Imogene Lectra, Popular, Mont.; Miss Sara Jones, St. Cloud; Miss Anna Sand, Minneapolis. In addition to the above instruc- tors, Prof. L. P. Harrington, of the Crookston School of Agriculture, is L. P. HARRINGTON, Principal Crookston Agricultural School. present and will give instruction in agriculture for one week. Prof. Harrington is an acknowledged authority ‘of higher instruction in agricultural matters. Among the many teachers who are attending the school are not only instructors of schools in Beltrami county, but there are also teachers from Koochiching, Itasca, Cass, Clearwater, Red Lake and Polk counties and additional teachers coming in on every train. Prof. W. B. Stewart, superintend- ent of the Beltrami county schools, was very fortunate in securing Pro- fessor Hay for instructor of the summer school. - = Professor Hay is regarded as one of the very best instructors in Minnesota, and by his work as superintendent of the Thief River Falls schools, Professor Hay has won the highest commendation of instructors all over the State of Minnesota.© Professor Hay will camp on the shores of Lake Bemidji, and will be joined by his wife here on Thursday. All visiting teachers express them- selves as beine very well pleased at the manner in which the school has started and also with the summer attractions which abound on every hand here. S MRS. SCRUTGHIN REGEIVES DAMAGES FROM THE GITY Council Authorizes Issuing of Warrant for $615.74.—Bids Rejected for Waterworks System. At the session of the city council, held last passed authorizing the city clerk to draw a warrant in favor of Laura P. Scrutchin for the sum of $615.74, this amount being $500 principal damages, together with $115.74 interest and costs, secured by Mrs. Scrutchin against the city for injuries allegzed to have been received by a fall on a defective sidewalk. The clerk was authorized to draw a warrant in favor of Mayor J. P. Pogue in the sum of $200, that being the amount allowed by the charter as the mayor’s contingent fund. The park committee made oral report that nothing could be done towards clearing the west shore of Lake Bemidji until the logs were removed from that portion of the lake. The committee also recom- mended that local boat owners of boat houses on the shore of Lake Bemidji be required to drive piling in front of the boat houses to keep floating logs and -other debris from gathering along the shore. The city clerk was requested to serve notice on boat owners to remove all portions of old boats and other obstacles which they own and which has accumulated on any part of the lakeshore within the limits of the city of Bemidji. Chairman Kirk appointed the following as the city board of equalization: E. A.Shannon, Thomas Smart, Joseph Bisiar and George W Rhea. The council rejected all bids which were submitted for the in- stalling of a waterworks system at Greenwood cemetery, for the reason that none-of the bids were accom- evening, a motion was panied by the required -certified check. The street commissioner was authorized to give the Northern Grocery company the proper grade for the construction of a cement sidewalk at their wholesale house. The committee which had been ap- pointed to make suitable arrange- ments for a pest house asked for further time, which was granted. J. S. Hanson, the newly-appointed alderman from the Second ward, tuok the oath of office and was assigned to the following committees: Water and light, fire, health and purchasing. The municipal court report, with fines of $89 paid to the city treas. ury, was accepted and filed. The liquor license application of Jens M. Hanson was granted and his bond, with F. M. Malzahn and Charles Nangle as sureties, was approved. The application for the transfer of the liguor license of Andrew Dahl to Carl Brosvold and his bond with T. J. Slough, N. W. Brown and A. B. Hazen as sureties, was approved. STATE LAND S ALE WILL BE HELD IN CITY TOMORROW School and Other State Land s Will Be Offered for Sale at Court House, Beginning at 10 a. m.— Good Price A sale of state school and other state lands in Beltrami county will be held at the court house in this city tomorrow, beginniog at i0 o’clock a. m. Whether the recent undesirable advertising which the county has received at the hands of certain twin city and Duluth papers has had any STATE AUDITOR IVERSON. Saleof School and Other State Lands STATE OF MINNESOTA, State Audl- tor’s Office. = SLP&V& April 19, 1909. Notice is hereby givél-that on the day and date and at the time and place here- in stated below in this notice, in the office of the county auditor of the re- spective county named in the State of Minnesota, I will offer for sale the fol- lowing described unsold state lands, and the following described state lands, which ave reverted to the state by reason of the non-payment of interest will also be then and there offered for resale. Fif- teen per cent of the purchase price and interest on the unpaid balance from the date of sale to June 1st, 1910, must be paid at the time of the sale. The balance of the purchase money can be paid at any time, in whole or in part, within forty years of the time of the sale; the rate of interest on the unpaid balance of the purchase money will be four per cent per annum, payable in advance on June st of each year, provided the principal remains unpald for ten years: but if the principal is paid before the expiration of ten years from the date of the sale the rate ‘of interest on the unpaid balance of the purchase money will be five per cent per annum; interest is payable in ad- vance on June 1st of each year. Holders of certificates on which the interest payments are in default can have their certificates reinstated on payment, before the sale, of the interest in full to date and the penalties thereon, when the lands covered thereby will be withdrawn from sale. All mineral rights are reserved by the state. All sales made will be subject to the provisions of Chapter No. 299 of the General Laws of 1905. SAMUEL G. IVERSON, State Auditor. s Expected. effect upon the intentions of pro spective purchasers of the land will be shown at the sale by the bidding. It is expected that State Auditor Samuel G. Iverson willbe present jand conduct the sale. Below is given the official notice of the sale, including the descriptions | of the land to be sold: BELTRAMI COUNTY. %) | sale at Court House, Bemld]l, June 23, ! 1903, at 10 o’Clock A. M. | UNSOLD LAND. | PARTS OF SBOTIONS. _ Sec. Ty. Bz, Arem. | NWX and NE SEY%....J4 148 31 200 ‘Lflu 1 and 2, E and NE¥% SWik 18 148 81 160.60 Lot 4 29.18 29.03 40 F) 82 190.78 82 240 82 17 82 200 32 40 82 40 82 40 82 247.50 B2 99185 2 8 82 820 ! § 22 820 SBY 40 Lot 7 32 20.75 Lot 2 82 8125 NEY 82 40 NBY 82 40 NWH 82 4 b 88 115.40 Lots & E% NW SB: B873.45 N 78.90 B SE' 240 BWi 40 NE: 40 Nag 120 NEX .. 160 NEX% 0 BB 120 40 834.58 40 80 46340 878.87 80 880.13 T8 806.85 38.10 538.15 308 83 BER2 BEEER B BI30R BE55R RRREPIFRRR RP PR 2R PP 28 82 288888 28 Bos¥ Bzl w azsal saenE messszss B 85 H8 Suits, Hats, Barefoot San Powders and Vacation Wear At Our Cloging Out Sale is the place to buy Bathing Sweaters, Cushions, Slippers, Tennis Slippers, Outing Canvas dals, Talcum Toilet Soaps. One lot Men’s Negligee Shirts, worth up to $2.50, at, each 98c¢c. O'LEARY & BOWSER (Open Evenings Until July 3rd)