Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 16, 1910, Page 1

- THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE MINNESOTA SOCIETY. VOLUME 7. NUMBER 256. - BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BEMIDJI WELCOMING DELEGATES TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT-DEVELOPMENT MEETING COMMITTEE H WORK WELL; CROWD COMING Predi cted that Convention, Thursday and Friday, Will Be AS DONE ITS “Hummer.”—Program Indicates Some Splendid . Speeches Will Be Given at Meeting. Program of The following is the official pro- gram for the convention: Thursday, February 17. 10 a. m.— Convention called to order in the City Hall. Prayer, Rev. S. E. P. White of Bemidji. Address of Welcome, Russell of Bemidji. 10:30 a. m.— Election of temporary officers. Appointment of committees. Address, Hon. George Welsh, Commissioner of Immigration. Sub- ject, *'Agricultural Possibilities in Northern Minnesota.” 2p m Reports of Committees. 2:30 p. m. . Address, Hon. George A. Ralph, State Drainage Engineer. Subject, “Reclamation of Minnesota Waste Lands.” Address, A. J. McGuire, Esq., Superintendent Northeast Experi- ment Farm of the University of Minnesota, Grand Rapids, Minn. Hon. P. J. Northern Minnesota will receive a great incentive to a forward movement of development and a just reapportionment of the repre- sentation in the legislature at the W. R. MACKENZIE, Chairman Bemidji Development Committee. | | mass conveatibn to be beld in this | city Thursday and Friday. In fact, so well has the local committee performed its work of advertising the convention and getting ideas of what should be discussed, that there is intense J. 0. HARRIS, Member Bemidji Development Committee. enthusiasm all over the northern part of the state concerning the meeting and its outcome, The News-Tribune of Duluth 1St. Paul, Convention. Subject, “Dairying in Northern Minnesota.” Address, George E. Cooley, Esq., State Engineer. Subject, “Road Building.” 8 p. m— Smoker and Social Session at City Hall, - Friday, February 18. 10 a. m.— —Address, J. A. Vye, Esq., Secre- tary Agricultural Experiment Station, Minnesota. Subject, “Rural Life Education.” Address, Hon, Samuel G, Iver- son, State Auditor, St. Paul, Minn. Subject, ¢State Land Opportuni- ties in Northern Minnesota.” Address, W. J. Brown, Esq., Warren, Minn. Subject, ¢Invest- ment of State Moneys.” Address, Prof. Samuel B. Green, President State Farmers’ Institutes St. Paul, Minn. Address, Hon. R.]J. Wells, Re- presentative 60th District, Brecken- ridge, Minn. Election of permanent officers. hard for the Northern Minnesota development meeting to be held there Thursday and Friday. “Printed literature is being mailed to all points of the northern part of the state advertising the gather- ing. Postal cards were received in Duluth yesterday bearing editorial comment by the Duluth and Crook- ston papers and these are being given wide circulation. “Duluth will have its full quota of 10 members present as delegates and many business men and others are expected to attend as private citizens. The range towns and practically every district of the northern part of the state will be represented. “The reapportionment matter, which will get earnest consideration F. S. LYCAN, Member Bemidji Development Committee. at the gathering, is the subject of much comment since the plans for the big meeting were promulgated, and determined action is expected along this line and in other matters of vital importance to this end of the state. “Everything points to great ac- complishments at the conservation convention. It will last dunng Thursday and Friday.” The Crookston Daily Times is optimistic concerning the conven- tion, and says. ““There is now no further ques- tion as to the success of the great says of the meeting: «Bemidji people are boosting conservation, development and [Continued on Last Page.) Bemidji is prepared to entertain several hundred delegates and others interested in the reappor- tionment-development conven- tion which will be held in this city on Thursday and Friday; and every resident of this city is a self- appointed committee of one to duly impress upon the visitors the importance of securing a just reap- portionment in the state legisla- ture, and also to boost this section of the state as possessing the best agricultural soil and best sites for factories, creameries, etc,, in the Northern Minnesota.” reached us. will prove all its friends hope for. least, striking. Minnesota. entire northwest, and a pre-emi- nent section for dairying and raising livestock. The local committee, which is composed of W. R. Mackenzie, chajrman; J. O. Harris, A. P, Ritchie, G. W. Campbell and F. S. Lycan, has made every effort to properly advertise the convention and to provide entertatnment and accomadation for the visitors dur- ing their stay here. Chairman Mackenzie has been exceedingly active and has gotten |- out hundreds of circulars, etc., CITY OF BEMID]JI, Office of Mayor. Everything Is in Readiness for the Reception and Entertain- ment of the Large Crowd that Will Be in Bemidii Thursday and Friday, Boosting Northern impressing upon the people of north- being represented at this conven- tion. Men of note from all over the state have taken cognizance of the con- vention, and Bemidji, on Thursday and Friday, will be the common stamping ground of candidates for office and “boosters” of every sort, all of whom will join enthusiasticlly in the deliberations of the conven- tion, at 10 o’clock Thursday morning. Welcome from Mayor Pogue, Bemidji, Minn., February 16, 1910. To the Delegates to the Reapportionment-Development Convention, and All Other Strangers Within Our Gates: On behalf of the City of Bemidji, I herewith extend you a most cordidl welcome to the “Hub City of Accept on my behalf (literally speaking) the key to the city and the freedom thereof. May yecur stay in our city be both enjoyable and profitable; and I join with you in the hope that the results of the coming convention will be far-reaching ina just reapportionment of the legislature and bring - to the attention of the world at large the wonderful resources of this section of the state. Again wishing you a pleasant time in-Bemidji, I await-your commands. i —]J. P. POGUE, MAYOR. l}hairman'Mackenzie Predicts Large Attendance. Our call, if fully answered, would have brought 300 delegates to the convention. 177 who have been chosen delegates, and about sixty others have been appointed whose names have not yet We have the names o All counties to which invitations -were \sent have responded with the names of delegates, and we will undoubtedly have some 175 to 200 in attendence. We are well pleased at the outlooks The delegates who will come to the convention are all representative men, and no doubt the convention =-W. R. MACKENZIE, Chairman, Organization Committee. Northern Minnesota’s Unjust Legislative Representation In view of the present controversey as to fair reapportionmznt in the legislature of Minnesoto, so that northern Minnesota will be treated -justly and equitably, an examination of the total vote cast at the general election held in November, 1908, would prove exceedingly interesting; and a comparison of the legisla- tive representation given northern Minnesota with that accorded southern Minnesota will clearly show that this section of the state has by no means been given “fair play;" and some of the comparisons are, to say the The total number of votes cast at the November, 1908, election, was 355,263; divide this number by 63 and then by 119 (being respectively the number of senators and representatives in the Minnesota legislature) and we have one senator for every 5,638 votes and one representative for every 2,985 votes. The 58th Senatorial District, comprising Pope and Douglas counties, cast 5,817 votes at the November, as it is the only district in the state which is correctly apportioned. The following shows the representation allowzd the 58th District, above mentioned, and other districts which are given splendid representation, together with some of the northern districts, which are unjustly treated in the matter of representation in the legislature: 58th District Pope-Douglas Ist " Houston 7th & Dodge 10th " Waseca 16th " Rock-Pipestone 20th Nicollet 21st " Sibley 23rd " Meeker 24th " McLeod 25th * Carver 26th *“ Scott 55th * Kandyohi 2nd " Winona iith % _ BlueEarth , 29th * Goodhue 52nd Carlton Aitkin Itasca Cass Koochiching 53rd " Hubbard Wadena i Todd 61st Norman Mohnomen . Red Lake Clearwater Beltrami ‘7l 1908, election; and they elect one senator and two representatives; this representation is taken as comparison 5638 votes 1 Senator 2 Represenratives 2725 *“ L 1 2259 " 1 i 1 3 -2913 " j P 1 3631 “ § i 1 2529 * s 1 3205 *° o bl 1 5 3436 T 1 3528 1 g 1 3277 " 1 3 1 3000 s 1 3802 b S 1 6796 " 1 3 6386 *“ 1 o 3 6336 3 s it 3 2500 1887 4164 1861 - 5 1700 1212 " 1 i 2 2082 - ” 1653 3 2 4350 8085 “ 7 B 2 2448 = 541 - 2829 1204 3189 10311 " b 2 The above table will show that fourteen counties in southern Minnesota had - thirty-four representatives in the legislature, and cast 53,823 votes, an average of 1,584 votes for each representative; while thirteen coun- ties in northern Minnesota had nine representatives, and cast 30,508 votes, being an average to each representa- tive of 3,390 votes These figures, which are absolutely correct, show that only one-half of northern Minnesota's votes are represented in the legislature. ern Minnesota the importance of|" The counvention begins promptly |~ Clerk.—Other Successful Promises City Goo 1st Ward For Mayor— William McCuaig. 79 ..107 John C. Parker.. City Clerk— C. J. Pryor...... ...104 Thomas Maloy. . 81 Treasurer— Earl Geil....................163 Assessor— James: Cabill...... -{have submitted. to the board - for Alderman, 1st Ward— E. R. Getchell W. C. Klein.. Alderman, 2nd Ward— Thomas Smart. Thomas John:o Alderman, 3rd Ward— K. K. Roe......... Alderman, 4th Ward— George Rhea. N. W. Brown. i Total vote cast............cuveee OFEICERS-ELECT. Mayor—John C. Parker. Clerk—Thomas Maloy. Treasurer—Earl Geil. Assessor—James Cahill. Alderman, First Ward—W. C. Klein. i Alderman, Second Ward — Thomas Smari. Alderman, Third Ward—K. K. | Roe. Alderman,Fourth Ward—N. 'W. ; Brown. John C.- Parker was elected mayor of the city of Bemidji by| the surprisingly large . majority of | 165 votes. The total number of’ votes cast w3s 799, one vote of being 800. T:e total number of votes cast at l:st year’s election was 732. Mr. Parker._ or rather Mayor-Elect Parker, was born 1n the city of Stillwater, Minn., 49 years ago. He came to Bemidji about ten years ago and bas been a resident here ° Jduring this time. Mr. Parker has been success- ful in the logging busine-s and is therefore capable of conducting the city’s affairs in a businesslike man- ner. He says that he has made no political promises and is tied down to HATS OFF TO MAYOR PARKER CARRIES CITY, 165 YOTES 799 VYotes Polled in All Wards.—Maloy Re-Elected City Candidates.—New Mayor d Administration. Tuesday’s Election Results. 2nd 3rd 4th Total Major- Ward Ward Ward ity 71 100 62 312 106 142 122 477 165 78 97 50 329 95 130 127 433 104 158 196 137 654 134 193 130 " 608 10 109 43 66 3 198 198 81 83 7 177 247 189 799 MAYOR-ELECT JOHN C. PARKER no clique or taction. He is free to act and do for the best Interests of the city, atany and all times. Mr. Parker should make a good mayor. Tke other successful candidates were Mr. Thomas Maloy, city clerk; Earl - Geil, city treasurer; James Cabhill, city assessor; W. C. Klein, alderman for the First ward; Tom Smart, alderman for the Second ward; K. K. Roe, alderman for the Third ward; and N. W. Brown, alderman for the Fourth ward. — e SGHOOL BOARD TO ELECT SUPERINTENDENT TONIGHT Board Receives Resolution from Local Teachers Commending Supt. Ritchie and His Administration. The school board meets tonight in the office of the present city. clerk, G, M. Torrance, for the pur- pose of choosing a school superin- tendent for the coming term. It is understood 'that there are several applications in for A. P. Ritchie's position, Itis ot known whether Mr. Ritchie will be re- elected, as that is a matter left entirely with the board. The fact that theschool teachers of the city its consideration a petition asking that Mr. Ritchie: be reappointed, is the cause of ‘much comment among ;the business and profes- sional men of the city. . To the Board of Education, Bemidji, Minn. We, the teachers of the Bemidji Schools, wish to express publicly our appreciation of, and loyalty to, Superintendent Ritchie. : Personally, we have all benefitted and grown as teachers, under his supervision, and would greatly regret, and deplore for the school, any. . change in its present able adminis- tration and would consider such action sufficient cause for our resig- nation. This action, upon our part is with- out the knowledge or consent of Mr. - Ritchie. SIGNED: Millie Wessberg, Carrie Hayden, Mary E. Cosgrove, Christine L. Munger, Iva M. Diment, Rica Graling, W. Z. Robinson, Delia - Johnson, Anne Kennedy, Helen Dunnington, Floy Donaldson, Mabel Wager, Grace Greaves, Sara L. Patrick, Dora Hanson, Zeda Mc- Nulty, Lucile W. Roe, Minnie Koerner, Golda' Hill, Jean Elliott, Edith Bergquist, Verna ‘Bell, Mor- gan_J. Flaherty, Dora Holcomb, The petition ‘was submitted for publication and is as * follows: Mrs. Dwyer, Ruth B. Whiting, Jatuary 27,1910, 2 HISTORICAL _1