Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 12, 1909, Page 1

THE BE VOLUME 7. NUMBER 98. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. BEMIDJI BAND GETTING Local Musical Orggnization for Minnesota State Fair. ~ AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION Nearly Secured Engagemeni —Membership Growing.— Grand Promenade-Dance Tomorrow Evening. Word has been received from St. Paul to the effect that the recent ap- plication of the Bemidji Band for en- gagement at the Minnesota State PROF. HARRY MASTEN—Director. Fair has been rejected, as the enter- tainment committee has already used up all of the appropriation for this purpose and it was found nec- essary to cancel several contrscts with other bands, but the rejection waswith regret as itis recognized that this organization is fast coming to the front as oneof the leading bands of northern Minnesota. The Bem- idji Band would doubtless have been H. F. GEIL, Cornet—Secretary. engaged for the state fair had the application been made earlier in the season. TInder the energetic leadership of Professor H. Masten, formerly of St. Paul, the Bemidji Band is rapidly progressing both in membership and efficiency. Professor Masten is untiring in his efforts to secure good positions and employment here for musicians of ability who live in HERBERT WOOD, Tuba. other cities. The director’s latest acquisitions are Grant Leath, a Bb bass player from St. Louis, and Grant Nicholes and Ray Boyle re- spectively solo cornet and trap drum players from St. Paul. Mr. Leath is accompanied by his wife who is a graduate of Ypsalanti College and has coached a St. Louis ladies’ basketballteam that has never been defeated. There are a great many basketball enthusiasts among the ladies of Bemidji and Mrs. Leath will doubtless organize a fast team here during the coming winter. It is the intention of the members of the Bemidji Band to give a promenade and dance in Company V. L. ELLIS, Baritone—Manager. K’s armory at frequent intervals after some of the outdoor concerts on the city dock. The first pro- menade and dance will be held Fri- DR. C. J. LARSON, Clarinet. day evening of this week and music will be furnished by the full band. pieces and is maintained by monthly W. F. MARCUM, Horn. contributions from the business men of Bemidji. The officers of this organization are an unusually effic- ient set of men. Besides Professor C. A. SHANNON, Horn. Masten, as director, there are: V. L. Ellis, manager; Harry Geil, secretary; and George H. Rhea, treasurer. The The band now numbers thirty-one | band holds two rehearsals. and gives an outdoor concert each week. The instrumentation of the band is as follows: Director—Professor H. Masten. Cornets—Grant Nicholes, Oscar Lindell, Grant McClure,solos; Harry Geil, first; Alex Kettleson, second. Clarinets—H. E. Anderson, W. H. Williams, solos; Dr. C. J. Larson, first; A. E. Luff, second. Piccolo—Paul Foucault. Horns — Walter Marcum, solo; Donald Shannon, first; C. A. Shan- non, Second; Ernest Neuman, third. Saxaphonés—C. E. Warren, alto; Charles Romans, baritone. Euphonium—Charles Cummer. Baritone—V. L. Ellis. Trombones— Dr. D. L. Stanton, first; George Kinney, first; Thomas Britton, second; Fred Ford, second; F. E. Bruce, third. Bb Bass—A. B. Palmer. BBb Bass—Grant Leath, E Flat Bass—H. Wood. Drums—George H. Rhea, snare; Ray Boyle, snare and traps; Bert Williams, bass. HARRY K. THAW IS ONGE MORE DEGLARED INSANE Justice Mills Dismisses Thaw’s Writ of Habeas Corpus.—Remanded to Matteawan. - White Plains, N. Y.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Justice Mills handed down his decision this morning de- claring Harry K. Thaw to be insane. Justice Mills dismissed the writ of habeas corpus under which Thaw had endeavored to secure his release from Matteawan, the asylum for the criminal insane, and remanded him to the custody of the authorities of that institution. M. B. A. Meeting Thursday Night Regular meeting of Bemidji Lodge, M. B. A, Thursday evening, Aug. 12,2t 8 p. m. All members are urged to be present. Refreshments. THE M. & 1. 1S BUILDING NEW BEMIDJI TERMINALS New Freight Division Terminals Will Cost About $30,000.—Roadmaster Mills in Charge. The work of building” new’ termi- nals and installing-many additional and larger buildings to its railway facilities, on the east side of Lake Bemidji and Lake Irving, has been commenced by the Minnesota & International railway company, and will be rushed to completion just as rapidly as men and machinery can finish the work. . Realizing the large amount of freight business . which is being handled by their road, with Bemidji as the ‘central” point, the M. & I. railway company decided to at once improve and gréatly enlarge its ter- minal facilities at this point, by abandoning the present terminals in South Bemidji, south of the Great Northern railroad tracks, and build- ing'new terminals for the purpose of handling all the business for some years to come. The new terminals will be located on the ground north of the wagon road running east from this city towards the poor farm and right directly east of the south shore of Lake Bemidji. There are several acres here which belong to the M. & I. railway company which are very desirable for the purpose for which they will be used, being locat- ed directly between the sawmills of the Crookston Lumber company. These terminals will be known as district terminals, where all freight handled north and south in Bemidji will be “made up.” There will be a new frame round house, which will have but eight stalls =t present with a possibility of being greatly en- larged as needed, and when re- quired. There will be a two-bucket coal dock, a large water tank,a good-sized machine shop and, in fact, everything needed for an up- The State Map Most complete and at- tractive. Made from the latest Government Sur- veys, Post Office Records, Railroad and Private data, Aiming to show more towns than have ever been represented on similar en- gravings, Exquisitely col- ored by counties, Town- ship and range numbers and lines, wherever such lines are surveyed. Inter- urban Railroad Lines, and .all other features necessary on up-to-date and com- plete maps. Size of map plate proper, about 20x28 inches. The highest priced school and office maps are not as complete nor as at- tractive, The Pana_ma Canal An etching of a Topo- graphical Drawing, show- ing Nature of the land surface, locks, distances, U. S. Canal Zone and Districts, etc. U. S. Special Map Lllustrating the ‘growth of U. S. by Purchase and Wars, advance. to-date district terminal. It is altogether likely that the con- tract for the power with which to operate the terminals will be given to the Warfield Electric company of this city. This company owns the big dam in the Mississippi river, east of Bemidji, where some 2200- horse power is]zenerated, of which 1100-horse power. is available at the present time. This matter is not definitely settled at the present time, but the contract will .undoubtedly be closed in the very near future. It is stated by the M. & L. officials that these improvements will necessisate the expenditure of $28,- 000 to $30,000, and the new ter- minals will be most complete, in every sense. 2 The work is being done under the direct supervision of Harry Mills, roadmaster for the M. & I. railway company. The steam shovel was brought to Bemidji the first of week and a big gang of men are en- gaged in grading and excavating at the point where the terminals will be installed. The installing of these terminals means a whole lot towards the advancement of Bemidji as the railway hub of north-central Minnesota. Left Town and Tills Short, »Two’ young men, Kelley and Q’Reilly, arrived in Bemidji together two daysago, hired out as clerks in the Annex and the new Field res- taurants, and last night decamped, leaving the tills $68 short. A. D, Kelley and O’'Reilly, who were clerking respectively in the Annex and the Field restaurants, made excuses about 3:30 o’clock this morning for leaving the rooms an shortly afterward the tills were found locked. The police were immediately notified and upon opening the tills the Annex restaurant was found to be the loser of g40 and Field’s of $28 A passenger train leaves for the west at 3:45 a. m, and it is thought that the two night clerks left for North Dakota. Local news on last page. The Bemidji Pioneer Wall Chart - This 3-sheet, 28x36 Wall Chart is given free to all who pay their sub- scription to the Weekly Pioneer one year in advance; or is given with-a six months’ subscription to the Daily Pioneer, payment to be made strictly in Price of map separate, 50 cents; by mail, 15 cents extra. The Bemidji Pioneer . EVIDENCE IS COMPLETED -IN HEARING OF OFFICIALS Commissioners Wright, Sibley and Danaher on the Stand. —~Claim They Were Never Instructed to Examine Treasurer’s and Auditor’s Books. The investigation of the charges preferred by the public examiner’s office against County Auditor John Wilmann and County Commissioners Wes Wright, F. O. Sibley and A. W. Danalier was concluded this after- noon after a session lasting for the past ten days. At the begining of the session, this morning, E. E. McDonald stated to commissioner Ryan that he had withdrawn as council fot A. W. Danaher and wanted the record to show this. i The time yesterday afternoon was consumed in the examination of claims charged against the road and bridge fund, it being the contention of the defense that even though the claims were allowed in 1907 that 1906 contracts should not be includ- ed in the 1908 claims as to charges in the public examiner’s “count two.” The claim of J. H. Crouch against the county for three blocks of cement sidewalks around the court house was objected to by the defense, they claiming that that wasnota proper charge against the road and bridge fund. Mr. Danaher’s separate defense to “count two” was that he was not present at enough of the meetings at which appropriations were made nor did he take part in the heavy appropriations of that year, to be blamed for actions of the board. Regarding ““Count Three,” wherein the commissioners were charged with not examining, at their regular meet- ings in January and July, 1908, and January, 1909, the conditions of the county treasurer’s and the county auditor’s offices and make a written statement of the condition of the The {World A 22x16 inch map 1n colors. Every country in separate tint. Capitols and important towns. Difference in time by hours, International date line. 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Testifying further, Mr. Wilmann stited that the board of tax levy of 1905 levied an appropriation of $10, 000 for the road and bridge fund in 1905; in 1906, $12,000; in 1907, $15, 000. He also testified that there was received from the liquor licence fund $1,725, which was credited to the road and bridge fund. This morning Mr. Wilmann testi- fied that the county received from the state $1,625, which was credited to the road and bridge fund in ac- cordance with appropriations made by the legislature in 1907. He also stated that the road begining in the center of section 21, Township of Bemidji (same being along the south boundry of the village of Nymore) and running thence south to the Hubbard county line had been des- ignated as “State road, No. 2.’ The work done thereon by John W. Olson was done on a state road and WNNESOTA HISTORICAL S})_(E{ETV. S el i i | . the money he received was partly trom the state appropriation. According to the financial state- ment of 1908, it was shown that the county received a state appropriation of $1,625; that warrants were issued against the same to the amount . of $1,508.32, and that on December 31, 1908, there was a balance of $117.68. E. E. McDonald was sworn as a witness for the defense on the third charge, Mr. McDonald - testifying that he had been a resident of the City of Bemidji since May 11, 1903; that he had practiced law since June, 1883; that he was county attorney of Beltram1 county from July, 1905 until January 1, 1907; and that dur- ing his term as county attorney he attended every meeting of the county board but one; that he attended the meetings of the county board in January and July of these years. Mr, Russell, attorney for Messrs. Sibley and Wright, then offered to prove by the testimony of Mr. McDonald that the attention of the county commissioners had never been called to the fact that it was their duty to examine the condition of the tréasurer’s and auditor’s offices and to make a report concerning the same. This was objected to by the state and sustained by the referee. F. O. Sibley being called as a wit- ness stated that he had been com- missioner for eight or nine years; that during that period he had been chairman two or three times, that as a member of the board he did not examine the condition of the audi- tor’s and treasurer’s offices as re- quired by the laws of 1903 or the code of 1905 and amendments thereto. He stated that his atten- tion had never been called to this duty by the county attorney nor had it ever been mentioned in any of the sevaral examiner’s reports received during that time. . At this time Mr. Russell stated that the board of county commis- sionerswas not composed of lawyers; that their attention had not been called toany of these duties by the county attorney or other public officer; that this law was not followed in other counties throughout the | state and that he, in his ofinion, could not see why these men should suffer for anything not dome or required to be done by the exam- iner’s office in other counties. Roy K. Bliler was called as a wit- tiess and ‘testified that he had been County surveyor for the past year [Continued on Last Page.]