Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY ociety. Historical S PIONEE MINNESGTA HISTORICAL ® SOCIETY. VOLUME 7. NUMBER 220. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAYY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. COUNTY BOARD GETTING THROUGH MUCH BUSINESS Viggo Peterson Re-Elected President.—State Tax Commis- sion Meets With Board.—Sentinel Awarded Print- ing for Ensuing Ye The board of county commission- ers met in annual session at the court house Tuesday morning at 10[ o’clock and proceeded to elect their chairman for the coming year. Viggo Peterson was again chosen chairman, and W. G. Schroeder vice chairman. As a result, apples and cigars were abundantly supplied to all visitors at the afternoon session VIGGO PETERSON, Re-Elected Chairman Board of County Commissioners. by the newly chosen officers. The minutes of the previous meet- ing were read and a short session had with the State Tax commission in which was discussed the re-assess- ment of properties in the northern | part of this county. The meeting was then adjourned until 1 p. m, at which time the board met to furnish the State Tax com- mission with the names of the various townships in the county that they thought should be re-assessed. Nils Otterstad was chosen state appraiser for the coming year. The matter of the Village of Turtle River vs. Mrs. Robinson was discussed at length by P. J. Russell Mr. Russell claimed that Mrs. Rob- inson was not a resident of Turtle River at any time after 1906, and therefore the Village of Turtle River should not pay for the keeping of | the case. ar; Had Lowest Bid. Mrs. Robnison. He read the deci- sions of the supreme court of a similar nature to substantiate his Icase. Noaction was taken by the board. E. E. McDonald appeared before the board of commissioners in the matter of Blackduck vs. Hagali, re- garding the support of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lareva. The Village of | Blackduck apparently has been pay- |ing for the support of this family and the Town of Hagali has made a certain payment towards their up- keeping. The questi»n arose as to which town should bear the burden. The town of Hagali insisted that the family were not paupers and i therefore should be self-supporting. Mr. Funkley appeared on behalf of the Town of Hagali, and witnesses were brought before the county board to advance proof regarding The matter was laid over awaiting certain bills that were paid and will be taken up again Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. The motion of Schroeder, seconded by Mpyhre, to raise the amount of liquor license of Beltrami county to $1,500 was lost. A motion by Myhre, seconded by Schroeder, to raise the liquor license to $1,000, was carried. Christopher Rogers, who made ap- plication for license in this county, requested of the board not to further consider his application as the rai-e of amount of license would interfere much with his business. The matter of the county printing was then taken up. Bids were pre- sented by the Blackduck American, Rainy River Region, Spooner News, Bemidji Sentinel, Tenstrike Tribune and Bemidji Pioneer. The lowest bids appeared to be those submitted by the Sentinel and the Pioneer of Bemidji. After some discussion the matter was laid over unul Wednes- day morning at 9:30 The county board met again last evening at 7:30 and had a session with the State Tax Commission. The matter of re-assessing properties in this county was given consider- able thought and much valuable THINK OF | OUSE BARGAINS What would it cost you to huild a house foday? HOUSES AS LOW AS $35 No. No. No. No. No. I-=-Fred Dudley hou: 4==<Fred D :dley hous St, house .. .. No. 6-=-Number 611, hous No. Ask or Write for Look over this list of buildings=-- you may find just what you want ==-Fred Dudley house . . §250 ¢ 3==Fred Dudlev house B3 $300 5===Number 503 Second — T==-Number 617, BI0 e. of Hennesey’s, house . . . $50 ¢ No. 9-==C. H. Williams house . $350 “ A.H. JESTER BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA se . . $250 Now $200 200 250 e... 40 “ 350 R 1 e.. S50 “ 35 300 More Information | Lake, which was sent to the Pioneer i | this morning, announces the death, i |2t Denver, Col, of William R. Mec- § | non of this city, who has been hov- { | ering between life and death during £ | the past two months. § | states that the well-known employe i | of the Forest Bureau, 9| by Gifford Pinchot, 8 | condition, and I wish to express my ji |and efficient work as a member of fl | deceased, has been in Denver for % | some two weeks, and he will bring back the body to Cass Lake for [ | burial. | | many friends in this section, recent B | sion that he was gradually recover- §|ports stated was gradually eating M |away his brain. information was derived from the meeting, The county board, at the session held this morning, accepted the bid to do the county printing for 1910 which was submitted by the Sentinel Printing Company, through its president, J. J. Opsabl. This bid, in substance, is as follows: For the Financial Statement and County Commissions’ proceedings, board of Equalization, ard all other legal notices required by the county, to be published in the Bemidji Sentirel (and other publications and extra copies as set forth here- after), for first insertion, 20z per folio, subsequent insertions 8c. Delinquent Tax Lists, 4c per description, The bid requires the auditor to furnish “copy” in proper time for publication. Issue of the delinquent tax list, financial statement and meeting of board of equalization, a copy to be sent to taxpayers as per the county and auditor’s personal property tax list for 1909, and besides this Mr. Opsahl’s paper “will furhish to the order of the county in supplement torm, for each month: 3500 extra copies of the tax list, financial state- ment and monthly proceedings and legal notices for each month, printed in such shape that it can be con- veniently filed away and preserved by parties desiring to do so for reference the yearly history of the couanty’s affairs 1n 12 or 14 supple- ment forms. *“These copies will, on order of the county, be delivered to the other six newspapers in the county, according to circulation, or to the county auditor’s office, or both, and it will taxpayers with county’s statistics in complete form for the year 1910.” Then followed a discourze as to copies of the financial statement and orher official publications not being at hand when desired, etc.,etc., etc. The county attorney was author. ized to draw up a contract with the Sentinel Printing company, in accor- dance with the bid submitted by Mr. Opsahl. WILLIAM MG'KINNON DIES FROM GANGER AT DENVER Popular Employe of Forest Service Unable to Overcome Ravages of Peculiar Disease. A telephone message from Cass Kinnon, brother of Naish McKin- The word received from Denver just prior to his death, said: “Don’t forget to say goodbye to all the boys,” death immediately following. Just prior to the death of Mr. McKinnon a telegram was received at Denver, which had been sent chief of the Forest Service, and which read as follows: “I have heard with regret of your deep appreciation of your faithful this association.” Dan McKinnon, a brother of the ! Arrangements for the funeral services will be made as soon as the body reaches Cass Lake. McKinnon comesa. a shock to his reoorts having borne out the impres- ing {rom the tumor which early re: The news of the death of William | SENTINEL-THOREN MUTUAL ADMIRATION ASSOGIATION Lammers Statesman (?) and Local Universe Regulator Attempt to Hand Pioneer. a Lemon. Of late John Thoren and P.J. Rock, two of the prominent resi- dents of Lammers township, have been in a wordly war as toa cer- tain tax abatement on land in Lamm rs township which was allowed at a recent meeting of the board of county commissioners. The controversy started thrcugh a communication which. Mr. Thoren sent to one Andrew Rood, and which was given publicity in the Bemidli Sentinel. Mr. Rock saw fit to write a letter to the Pioneer, in which he claimed to answer the letter written by Mr. Thoren and published in the Sentinel, stating that public- ity in the Pioneer would reach many more people than if the communica- tion was placed in the Sentinel. The letter was self-explanatory and was printed by us, without com- ment. The fore part of last week, we received a communication from Mr. Thoren, asking space in which to reply to Mr. Rock. We printed Mr. Thoren’s letter in full, in our Daily issue of Dec. 29, and also in the Weckly Pioneer of Dec. 30, as we had Mr. Rock’s, treating both gentlemen courteously and fairly. For some unexplained reason, Thoren took it for granted that the Pioneer would not publish his com- munication, and he sent the same enable the auditor to supply outside '(hinz to the Sentinel, prefixing the article with the following uncalled- for slur at this paper: v “Solway, Minn., Dec. 27, 1909. Editor ot Sentinel, Bemidji, Minn. “Dear Sir:—Below.. you_ will find a copy of -a-communication as an answer to Mr. P.-J..Rock in his letter published in the Pioneer Dec. 23rd. “As I was not aware of the ‘change of venue’ I expected the attack, according to a faithful promise, to take place in the Sentinel but to my surprise the field of battle was changed to the Pio- neer. “As there is no hope for my part to have above mentioned communi- cation published in that paper, I, as stated, send you a copy and request you to publish same, not on account that said ‘wri ’ is so enorm- ously valuable to the people, but, vou have the start of thiy difficul y and may as well have the finish.” The Bemidji Sentinel in which this letter of Thoren’s was published was dated December 31, four days after the letter which Thoren requested published was printed in the Pioneer; and yet the Lammers town super- visor and the lessee of the Sentinel allow this criticism of the Pioneer to be boldly printed in the Sentinel. The Pioneer has taken no part in the controversy being waged between Messrs. Thoren aad Rock, and it matters little to us whether John Thoren has told the truth regarding the matter or not, and further, we don’t care a straw whether he had “change of heart” or not. But what excuse has Mr. Thoren to offer for allowing the public to believe that the Pioneer had re- fused him space in which to answer Mr. Rock’s letter, when his AND WITHOUT QUESTION THE BEST WAY—IS TO MEET YOUR '0BLIGATIONS AT REGULAR PERI- ODS,. PATING BY CHECK. YOU KNOW THEN HOW MUCH, AND FQR RECEIPT IN THE RE- TURNED CANCELLED" CHECK. BANK HERE.. Ad;lilional local matter on last page. | THE LUMBERMENS BANK — BEMIDJI_MINN. - (Thoren’s) letter had appeared in this paper three entire days before the slur was printed in the Sentinel? We are not surprised at the attitude of Rood, lessee of the Sentinel. ' That individual has ever been careless and indifferent of the truth, from childhoud, and nothing better was expected of him. But we are surpised at Mr. Thoren, who has appeared to be at least somewhat fair in his dealings with others. Held Joint Installation. The Bemidji Lodges of Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters held a joint installation last evening, at which time the newly-elected officers of both lodges were duly installed for the ensuing year. J. Walker, deputy grand . chan- cellor, acted as installing officer for the K. P.’s, while Mrs. George Rhea, deputy grand chief, installed the officers of the Pythian Sisters. A lunch was servea and dancing was indulged in until a late hour. Andrew Larson is the new chancellor commander for the Knights of Pythias lodge, while Mrs. Larsonis a most excellent chief of the Pythian Sisters. Both will undoubtedly make excellent presiding officers and will do much for the good of both orders, . Frank Archer Adjudged Insane. Frank Archer, who has been work- ing in the E. O. Moore logging camps at Hines, was yesterday adjudged insane and committed to the hospital for the insane at Fergus Falls. Archer has been acting ‘“queer” for several days and among his other hallucinations was the belief that he was seeing people murdered right before his very eyes and he had other minor “notions” that showed the condition of his mind. Archer was brought to Bemidji yesterday morning and was given an examination by the board of lunacy, consisting of Judge Clark and Drs. Henderson and Ward. Deputy Sheriff Cahill took Archer to Fergus Falls yesterday afternoon. Marriage Licenses. The following marriage licenses have been recently issued by Clerk of Court Rhoda: Fritzof Leonard Kolden to Dora Hermanson, Richard Marr to May Jenelek, George Cook to Ida Skin- ner. DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News from Their Localities. Solway. P ] Rock was a Bemidji caller Monday. Mrs. Celia Lindell Bemidji visitor Tuesday. M, R. English has a very sore hand it being bitten by a horse. The desk and books for the new school library has arrived and are being placed, A few youngsters from north of town attended the masquerade ball Saturday évening. Mrs. Carrie Anderson and child- dren of Minnewaukon, N. D, are visiting with relatives and friends. Gust Lundahl, Soo Railway Con tractor, received a car of horses last week for' work north of town where he has a large fill, he expects to be able to do quiet a bit of work before it freezes too bard, was a Spooner. January 5. The installation of the elected officers of the Osires Lodge, No 272, A. F, and A M, occured on Friday in the presence of a num- ber of visitors from the Rainy River and Warroad lodge:. The .|tollowing elected and appointed officers were installed for the ensu .{ng year: Albert Berg, W. M.; ] E. Huss, S. W.; ]. R ‘Harmon, }. W.; James A. Mathieu, Treas.; C. H. Dodds, Sec.; W. F. Steffes, S D; O H Diercks, ] D;; P- S Nel son, S S; F.A Henderson, J. S.; Miles A. Heunderson, T. District court was held Friday COUNTRY NEIGHBORS 1910 FAIR WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 14-15-16 A. P. White Is Elected President and W. R. Mackenzie Re- glected Secretary of Beltraml County Agricultural Ass’st. —Premium List Will Be Out Soon. The Fifth annual fair of the Bel- trami County Agricultural associa- tion will be held on the association grounds in Bemidji Wednesday, lChursday and Friday, September 14.15.16, these dates having been set by the association at its meeting held Monday night, when officers .|were elected and other important business was transactad. W. G. Schroeder, who acted as president of the association during 1909, stated that he did not desire to serve as an officer of the associa- tion during 1910, because of the fact that he was a member of the Bel- trami county board of commis- sioners. The following were elected as of- ficers of the association for 1910: President, A. P. White, Bemidji; vice president, L. G. Townsend, Blackduck; treasurer, R. H. Schu- maker, Bemidji; secretary, W. R. Mackenzie, Liberty township; board of directors—the above-named offic- ers and A. G. Rutledge, W. C. Klein, J. P. Pogue and Dr. Rowland Gil- more, Bemi ji; A. H. Jester and August Jarchow, Bemidji township; L. H. Parker, Charles Trondson, Blackduck; Charles Gustafson, Ten- strike; J. G. Morrison, Red Lake Agency; Thomas Morrison, Kelliher; J. Jerome, Arne Solberg and Andrew Johnson, Battle River township; F.{'10 O. Sibley, Island Lake; A. G. Gil- bertson. 'Buzzle township; C. F. Schroeder, Grant Valley townshi Nils Sorenson, Jones Township; Chris Rog-rs, Shotley towaship; Herman Eikstadt, Frohn township, Secretary Mickenzie reported that the association owed some $300 and there was about $600 due the association from the state for premiums paid at the fair ’09. at Baudette, Judge C. W. Stin- ton of Bemidji presiding and H W. Alsop acting as clerk uf court The 'main routine of business was the granting of natural zition papers, R. K. Doe of St. Paul, U S, natural z+tion attorney, appear- ing for the United States. Twenty- one naturalization papers were granted by the court, two were denied and two continued. The next.term of court for Baudette will be held on July 6, 1910. Paposky. January 6 Charles Saxrud passed through Puposky Tuesday on his way to Bemidji on business. 0. J. LaQua, Puposky’s post- master and merchant, was a Bemidji visitor Tuesday. W. R. Mackenzie and A. G. Rut- ledge were appointed delegates to represent the Beltrami County Agricultural association at the annual meeting of the Miinesota State Fair assocition, which will be held in 3t. Paul next week. W. R. MacKenzie, A, G. Rut- * ledge and 'C. F. Schroeder were appointed a committee to prepare W. R. MACKENZIE, Re-Elected Secretary Beltrami County Agricultural Association. the premium list for the ¢Fair of " and to have the same printed at once, It is the intention this year-to make the premimm list even more liberal than that of last year and, among other matters, to so arrange the premiums for potatoes that so many different varicties will not be listed or exhibited at the fair, which is considrred to be the bust thing for the potato raisers of this county. Mrs. Hagadon returned Satur- day from Bemidji, bringinz a bouncing baby son, who wil swell the population of our town 0. J Laqua received a telegram Tursday announcing the death, at Grantsburg, Wis, of Charles Gustafson, a weli-known farmer of this section. Mr. Gustafson was taken 1l last summer with what is said to h.ve been concer of the stomach and he went to Grants- burg to visit with relatives, and the hope of recovering his health He failed rapidly and his death ensued, on Monday. Mr Gustaf. son was 45 \ears of age and leaves four children o e of whom, his son Eunil, left for Granisburg to attend the funeral, Mr. Gustafson was one of the most popular residents of this section and his death 1s sincerely mourned. A CARLOAD OF COLORADO APPLES IN BUSHEL BOXES } They excel in quality any apples ever seen in Bemidji. $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 per box Wine Sap, Gano and Jonathans. Price Send in your orders. Select Burbank Potatoes Thoroughly sorted before being binned in the 3 5 basement, per bushel...........ccccceviiniiinennnnns C Mixed varieties, treated in the same way. 300 Price; per busheli. ..l viiiiinvesesnsiasaimss 7 large bars of Soap for 25¢. SHOES In the shoe line we have ladies’ shoes from $1 to $3.50, also splendid bargains in men’s and boy’s shoes. A large and complete line of rubber foot- wear, dry goods, ladies’, men’s and children’s under- wear. Our line is very reasonable’in price. It will pay you to give the goods a thorougl} inspection. W. G. SCHROEDER Phone 65 and 390 Corner Fourth and Minnesota m i