Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 29, 1909, Page 1

Historical Society. WENA THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 7. NUMBER 215. [ MINNESOTA | i HISTORICAL| SOCIETY. 3 3 - BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1909. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. FIRE LADDIES PREPARING FOR ANNUAL TOURNAMENT Delegates Elected to Attend Meeting of Executive Commit- tee.—Department and Relief Association Elect Officers. For Ensuing Year. The members of the Bemidji fire department are already beginning to plan for the success of the annual firemen’s tournoment which will be held in this city next June, and at the meeting of the department held last evening, delezates were elected to attend the meeting of the execu- tive committee of the Northwestern Minnesota Firemen’s Tournament association, which will be held at Crookston January 20th, John Good- man, Floyd Brown and Charles Cellins forming the committee named. The firemen also held their annual election of officers for both the fire department and the Relief associa- tion. Earl Geil was re-elected chief of the department, for the ninth suc- cessive year; J. J. Doran was again chosen assistant chief, this being the fourth time he has been named as such official; John Goodman will serve his eighth year as treasurer, and Albert Halvorsen was for the third year elected secretary. The election of officers of the Relief association resulted as fol- lows: Herbert Doran, president; Mike Downs, vice president; Harry Geil, secretary; John Goodman, treasurer; Floyd Brown, Robert Russell, D. D. Miller, Garry Bren- nan, trustees. A report of the financial condi- tion of the Relief association showed that there had been a balance of $2313.26 in the treasury January 1, 1909; disbursements for the year had been $708.50, leaving a balance in the treasury of $1604.76. The Be- midji Firemen’s Relief association is considered one of the very best in the state. The association has as- sisted many worthy members during the past year. The association has accomplished much good in the com- munity, and the financial condition of the association is still very good. It is the intention of the depart- ment to make th- tournment to be held next June the banner meet of the association, and the citizens of Bemidji will co-operate heartily with the firemen to that end. Mayor J. P. Pogue, Robert Russell and E. H. Cornwall were appointed as an executive committee of the depart- ment to officiate in the management of the tournment, next June. Bemidji is proud of her firemen, the department being one of the most efficient in northern Minnesota, the members of which are Wusiness men and others prominent in the affairs of the city. Enjoyable Meeting of Pythian Sisters. Last night’s meeting of the Pythian Sisters was made more of a social affair than a business ses- sion and after the ladies had opened and closed their lodge in due form, the “men folks” were invited in and there was card playing and social chat with a splendid lunch. The meeting is spoken of as hav- ing been a very enjoyable one. “W. J. McGarry, Walker,” was the name subscribed on' the Hotel Markham Wonder if this party is any relation to our old friend, P. J. McGarry, whom we are wont to call “Pat”? register last evening. famous 116 Third Street " When You Have a Prescription You want it accurately filled and with the purest of drugs. Aslk your physician about the quality and the medicinal value of the PARK, DAVIS & COMPANY DRUCS . used in our prescription department, which drugs we guarantee to be of the highest standard, and handled only by competent druggists, which insures purity and accuracy. City Drug Store E.N.FRENCH & cO,, Phone 52 HOUSE BARGAINS What would it cost you to huild a house foday? THINK OF | HOUSES AS LOW AS $35 Look over this list of buildings--- you may find just what you want No. I=Fred Dudley house .. $250 Now $200 No. 2-=-Fred Dudley house .. $250 ¢ No. 3-=Fred Dudley house B3 $300 No. 4==Fred D:dley house ... $400 “ No. 5-=-Number 503 Second 200 250 350 JOUN THOREN WRITES IN REPLY TO P. J. ROCK John Denies He Had ‘“‘Change of Heart” in Lammers Tax Abate- ment Matter. Solway, Dec. 27. Editor of Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn. Dear sirr—In your issue of Dec. 23rd,appeared a certain letter headed “P. J. Rock Writes of Abatement in Lammers,” and “Claims John Thoren Had Sudden ‘Change of Heart,” Which Didn’t Look Good.” With your leave, I beg to be granted space in the next issue of your paper for the following as an answer: When I, on Dec. 5th, wrote to Mr. Andrew Rood of Bemidji about a certain tax abatement case in Lammers Township, my intention with such letter was only to comply with his request and for the sake of personal information, Said letter did not grant or refuse said Mr. Rood to publish same. The said letter contained merely a brief extract of the proceedings of the Town of Lammers when above abatement case was taken into con- sideration and not one word therein is referring to the action of said board when appearing before the Board of County Commissioners on the 2nd day of December. It seems that my friend P. Rock has, some way or &ther, misunder- stood the object of my information to said Mr. Rood and he complains that my “article in Sentinel does not explain at all” he “writes of abatement in Lammers.” Be it far from me to go into a contest in “cast slurs” but, in fact, I turned my friend’s letter in all practicable ways and directions, but was utterly unable to find one single argument either in favor or against the tax-abatement case, but found that he merely referred to such case once (1) when he honors your humble servant by referring to him but fourteen (14) different times, which leads me to believe that he lost his subject, sidetracked and finding himself lost, but remember- ing bis old friend, decided, when about it, to undertake the scheme of giving him “a little free advertising in the Pioneer” as well as in the “‘Sentinel.” When my friend accuses me of *Change of heart, which didn’t look good” in this more mentioned “case” I verily believe I am entitled to— in defence of myself—state, that my actions, my thoughts and “heart” were never ‘‘changed” and that I did see “the business proposition” not in' “the-eleventh ‘hour” but in the first. I saw it as it was really intended to be—a good and fat busi- ness proposition for those who in- troduced such request. I further state that I was aware that such request was planned to be made to the town board, before any one of the supervisors had any knowledge of same. Ialso wish to state that “the glitter of the auditor’s chair in Bemidji” nor that I was not the first one to which this “case” was pre- sented to, has acted or will act on my private or official duty, a smile, a supposed friendly patting, a free, smooth tongue will not in any way influence my mind nor “change my heart.” The law holds that the taxes are a lien against the property‘and mnot againtst the man and that all property and property owners should is £195,000,0r a total of of $305,000. When such is the case, isn’t it time to stop recommending and granting special privileges? In conclusion, I will say, thatI was, from start to finish, against nbate;nent of taxes for parties who claim they have miliions of dollars behind their movements, and who also claim they will fight their wishes through; and my last word before the county boardin thismuch-spoken- of abatement case, in which I, according to my friend’s opinion, “had sudden change or heart,” was that I, for.(only) one, would with- draw from the discussion, without recommendation, and to leave the county board with free hands to act as they saw fit. Yours truly, —John A. Thoren. AGRICULTURAL SOGIETY WILL MEET MONDAY Will Elect Officers of Fair Association and Transact Business of Much Importance. Meeting Agricultural Association. A meeting of the Beltrami Agricul- tural association will be held at the City Hall next Monday evening, January 3,1910, at which time the annual election of officers will be held and’ much other important business will be transacted. All stockholders are urged to be present, W. G. Schroeder, Pres. W. R. Mackenzie, Sec. — W. G. Schroeder, president, W. R. Mackenzie, secretary, of the Bel- trami County« Agricultural associa- tion, have ‘called a meeting of the association- to be held at the city hall next Monday ‘evening, when the annual:Election of officers will be held and much other business of importance will be transacted. One of the propositions,which will in all probability be discussed. at the meeting is the securing of per- manent grounds for the association. The association has used grounds which are owned by A. A. White of St. Paul, who has generously leased the grounds to the association for the nominal fee of $1, and has never disturbed the board in their tempor- ary possession of the same, and has intimated that he would not, so long as the land was not wanted for sale to those desiring homes in his addition. The society has a fine track and some fairly good- buildings, all of which have been obtained since W. R. Mackenzie has officiated over the affairs of the society as secretary and manager. It is likely that a proposition will be made to those who attend the meeting Monday evening to purchase a site near the city for the use as a permanent home for the fair; and the proposition will prob- ably be accepted. | Since W. R. Mackenzie assumed the office of secretary of the society, the -fairs have been very successful; and this year he had very able as- sistance in the labors of the new president, W. G. Schroeder. W. H. Merrill left this morning for Brainerd, where he will look after ajob of plastering. MUGH TITIGATION BEING ™ CONSIDERED IN GOURT Judge Wright, in Open Court, and - Judge Stanton, in Chambers, Were Officiating. Judge Wright, who is sitting at the adjourned term of district court, considering court cases, yesterday heard application made by Judge Spooner, for the Soo Railway com- pany, for the appointment of a com- mission to appraise the value of cer- tain property which is desired by the railway company for right-of-way through the city of Bemidji. Today, the case of the Smith- Minor Lumber company vs. J. B. Hock, Emma I. McClelland, William Ross and Albert Blaser was on for trial before the court. The allegations set forth in this case were that J. B. Hock, con- tractor, entered into a contract with Emma I. McClelland to construct buildings for said Emma I. Mc- Clelland, owner of the premises, in Beltrami county; plaintiff furnished the contractor, J. B. Hock, with lum- bgr, material, etc; plaintifff alleges was not fully paid, therefore brings this action to foreclose a lien which it filed, naming William Ross and Albert Blaser, workmen, who also filed a lien,'as defendants, also J. B. Hock, contractor, and the owner of the premises, Emma I. McClelland. In chambers yesterday, Judge Stanton considered several matters which had been brought before him, to be considered during the holiday recess. One of the cases was that of Pat Redmond vs. the First National Bank of Blackduck, which was brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of $300, the face value of. a draft .issued by the First ‘National Bank of Blackdnck, drawn upon the Security Bank of Minne- sota at Minneapolis in March, 1907, which draft, while in the possession of Jim Redmond, a brother of the plaintiff, while in the city of Be- midji, is alleged to have been stolen from him while he was in a state of intoxication. The draft was, on the following day, cashed by the First National bank and soon thereafter was paid by the Security Bank at Minneapo- lis. The plaintiff now seeks to recover the full value from the First National Bank of Blackduck. John |Gibbons represented the plaintiff and H. J. Loud the defendant. Senator Peterson of Moorhead was in the city yesterday to argue a motion before Judge Stanton to which he seeks to file a bill of ex- ceptions as a preliminary to a mo- tion for a new trial in the case of Mary Johnson vs. Dr. J. C. Koch. It appears that the stayof pro- ceedings ordered by the court in this case expired about July 15; that sub- sequently Senator Peterson sought to file a bill of exceptions, which was objected to by the ceunsel for the defendent; hence the pending motion before the court. Attorney C. M. Johnson of Detroit, Minn.,, -and Attorney Engelsy of Mahnomen were in the city yesterday to argue a'case pend- ing in Clearwater county before Judge Stanton. THE BRINKMAN THEATER INTERVENTION IN LAND FILINGS OREGON RAILWAY Michigan Parties Have Been Allowed Right to Intervene in Suits on Land Grant in Which Local Parties Are Interested. Nearly 200 residents of Bemidji and other parts of Beltrami county are feeling somewhat jubilant over the possibility of winning out on filings which they have made on valuable timber lands in Oregon which are in controversy between the government, the Oregon & Cali- fornia Railway company, and per- sons who have filed on the Oregon & California land grant. These filings were tendered in good faith to land office officials in the west and a record made of the same, although they were not liter- ally accepted, the land officials declining to officially grant the filings, because of the controversy which is on between the railroad company and the government as to the alleged violations, on the part of the railway company, in not sell- ing the lands which were granted by the government many years ago. A letter from Portland, Oregon, tells of a combination of persons who have filed on lands who intend to intervene in the fight between the government and the railway, and is as follows: “Eighty-one residents of Michigan and other eastern states have been given permission by Judge Charles E. Wolverton to intervene in the suit instituted by the United States government to have declared void the patent now-held by the South- ern Pacific company to the lands contained in the ‘Old Oregon and California Land Grant’ in¥southern Oregon. The original grant was to Oregon & California Railroad com- pany, now a southern Pacific sub- sidiary, and consists of 1,000,000 acres of fine timber and agricultural land.” This land was originally secured by the railway company on the grant from the government in which there was a proviso that the railway company shall sell the land at not less than $2.50 per acre to persons who should file on the same. This provision of the land grant was forgotten for many years but was discovered some two years ago and many filings have been made on the land since. As the land con- tains thousands of acres of valuable timber, the railway company is fight- ing the filings and also resisting the efforts of the government to secure the lands because of the failure of the railway company to comply with the provisions of selling the land when the grant was made. —_—— Marvin, in “A Royal Welcome;” Roy Bogart, blackface comedian; andthe Spaulding Brothers, acrobats. Miss Mary Wolton, stenographer for the U. S. land office at Cass Lake, came to the city this morn- ing troma visit in the Twin cities. She left for Cass Lake on the noon train. Harry Koors Doing Nicely. Harry Koors, the popular com- mercial traveler, submitted to an operation for arpendicitis, Monday, at St. Anthony,s hospital, and he is getting along nicely, baving rallied splendidly from the operation. It is expectcd that he will now recover rapidly. = Decided €cCli To run our big Half Price Sale on Holiday Goods the rest of this week. Everything marked in plain fig- ures. Just divide is the sale price. Postoffice Corner CORMONTAN & HANSON Up-to-date Druggists by two and that We Know How Bemidji, Minn. Travelers' Cheques We have received a supply of the American Bankers~ Association KEFPS UP TO STANDARD Travelers' Cheques sharealike in duty and privileges and that no one should be granted abate- ments without lawful cause. - There are hundreds of farmers in this county who every year have to enjoy the pleasure(?) of practicing hobo two or three months, in order to earn money to pay their taxesetc., some of them coming back to their humble homes and failing to secure necessary means to pay their taxes. Do they ask for abatement? No sir. They pay taxes, penalties and costs or lose their homes; that’s all. A mere glance at the financial statement of our county suggests a force of woeful thoughts of the future. Our old county bonds amount to $110,000, and the new bond' issue St, house .. ...... $50 ¢ 35 No. 6==Number 611, house . . $150 ¢ No. T==Number 617, B0 e. of Z Hennesey’s, house . . . $50 No. 9-==C. H. Williams house . $350 Best Vaufieville Acts Obtainable Being Presented Nightly and Packed Houses are Result. Negotiable at face value at any place, either at home or abroad. These Cheques are self-identify- —_ ing and should. be carried by all persons going away from home. Issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50 and $100 at A 35 300 1222222 ’ . ¥ Manager Brinkman, of the Brink- man Family Theater, is keeping up the high standard attained by that "1 popular place of amusement by put- ting on nothing but the very best vaudeville acts to be procured. The bill this week is one of tke ‘I'best yet puton at that playhouse and is drawing a packed house ‘I'nightly. 1" This strong bill, which is causing so much favorable comment about the - city, consists of _Rogers and YOURE THE JUDGE— WHY NOT.DECIDE . IN FAVOR OF 4 BANK THATS SAFE, THAT HAS EVERY CONVENIENCE? OUR STOCK HOLDERS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN' THE MANAGING® CONTROL—HENCE YOUR INTERESTS ARE SAFEGUARDED, 4S WELL_4S THEIRS. Ask or Write for More Information - | A.H.JESTER BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA Tlle First National Banlc of Bemidji —