Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 2, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI D{ \ILLY PIONE MINNESGTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, VOLUME 8. NUMBER 12. GENSUS TAKING GLOSES SATURDAY, MAY (4TH Are You Counted? Bemidji Needs Your Name on the Census Roll. Are you counted? You owe it to Bemidji to see that you are counted in the census. You have until Satur- day night, May 14, to see that your name is on the census roll. Itis a benefit to the city to be listed at its full population. ‘“Noth- ing succeeds like success.” Growth and prosperity come to a growing prosperous town. We will get big things if we are known as a big town, Every hundred of the list popu- lation is an asset. Let Bemidji insist that every one of its inhab- itants be counted; that it be given credit for its full population. 1f you have not been counted and feel that there is a slight chance of your being overlooked, clip out the coupon that appears in this paper on another page. If you know of any others whose chances are that he or she might be overlooked, do the same with their name, In our guessing department many are sending in their estimates and a great many of them keep the estimate over the 6,000 mark. It is well to think Bemidji will be over 6,000 but it is believed by a great many that this estimate is very high, The federal census enumeration never show up as large as the state census, Here are some additional guesses: Mary Gamble, 1117 Doud, popu- lation 7,356. Mary Gamble, 1117 Doud, popu- lation 8,226. Mary Gamble, 1117 Doud, popu- lation 7,644. Mary Gamble, 1117 Doud, popu- lation 7,777. Mrs. G. V. Cady, 1007 Dewey, population 6,580, Bertel Bucklund, 1115 Bemidji, population 5,450. Marion C. Vye, 707 Bemidji, population 7,586. Marion C. Vye, 707 Bemidji, population 6,997. Marion ‘C. Vye, 707 Bemidiji, population 8,129, Bessie Quick, 753 Eleventh, population 5,333. Bessie Quick, 753 Eleventh, population 5,220. BOVINE TUBERGULOSIS BY DR. DAVID ROBERTS Bovine tuberculosis is costing the United States millions of dollars yearly, not through the actual death of tubercular annimals but by the tubercular animals infecting the healthy ones, thereby reducing their actual value, If all of the tubercular cattle in United States were slaughtered at once, the balance of the cattle would be worth more than the tubercular and healthy animals together. It is every man’s duty, in justice to himself, to determine positively that his herd is free from tubercu- losis. Wiping tuberculosis out of the cattle of this country is too large a problem for a handful of people to undertake and for this rea- son I contend that we will never wipe tuberculosis out of the cattle of our country until the live stock owners are given the proper informa- tion, both concerning the nature of bovine tuberculosis and the, tubercu- lin test. When this information reaches the live stock owner, I am sure that he will be more anxious to wipe tuberculosis out of his herd than anyone else, owing to the fact that he is financially interested and he and his family first of all are consumers of the products of his cattle. Supposing those who do not be- lieve that there is such a thing as bovine tuberculosis or a reliable tuberculin test apply this simple, harmless test to their herd and if they find that there are animals in their herd that have reacted to the test, have such animals placed in one stable and those that passed the test, indicating that they are free from tuberculosis placed in another stable, keeping for their own use the pro- duct of the ones that have reacted and pronounced tubercular, and putting upon the market the products of those that have according to this test passed and found free from tuberculosis] Live stock breeders, think this over carefully and be fair with your- self. SPORTING NOTES | BEMIDJI WINS THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME HERE Bagley Visitors Lose by Score of 10 to 4.—Locals Are Long at the Bat. Bemidji won the baseball game with Bagley Saturday afternoon by a score of 10 to 4, The first game of ball in Bemidji this spring being won by the Bemidji high school team, the locals are confident that with good practice they can win the high school championship for this part of the state, their only regret being that their old, formidable rival, Grand Rapids, has dropped out of the game for this season and disbanded the “Rapids” team. The Bemidji lads started in by tearing off three scores from the visitors in the first inning. This was followed by one in the second and three again in the third. The visitors pulled in two scores in each of the second and third stages of the game, but were unable to land more in the remainder of the nine innings. Bagley, however, bad a fine team, their infield being especially strong, and it was oaly. by faster work and hard hitting that the locals were enabled to win. Courtney, the visiting pitcher, was easily the Bagley star. The home outfield played a great game, Knox and Bailey pull- ing down everything that came within fair distance. Coach Robinson’s proteges showed ex- cellent training at the bat, using the stick to good advantage all through the game. Gill pitched in his expected form., The Bemidji squad is now playing well and if they keep up diligent practice, they will have a team to be proud of by the end of the season. Standing of the Clubs American Assoclation Won Lost Pet St. Paul. L1 3 .786 Columbu: 8 6 1571 Minneapoli 8 6 571 Indianapoli 8 7 .533 Toledo. . 7 7 .500 Louigville .... 7 8 .467 Kansas City. 5 8 .385 Milwaukee .. 2 9 .82 American League Won Lost Pct Detroit. . 8 4 .667 Philadelphia 6 4 .600 NeW York 5 3 .556 Boston.... 7 6 .538 Cleveland . 6 6 .500 Chicago. . 4 5 .444 Washmgton 5 9 .357 .3 6 .333 National League Won Lost Pct Pittsburg ... -7 2 .778 New York 9 3 .750 Philadelphia 7 4 .636 Chicago .. 6 3 .600 Cincinnati 4 6 .400 St. Louis. 4 8 .333 Brooklyn . 4 9 .308 Boston ... 3 8 .273 Yesterday’s Results. American Association Milwaukee 0—St. Paul 1. Kansas City 2—Minneapolis 10. Indianapolis 4—Toledo 5. Louisville 3—Columbus 5. American League Chicago 1—Detroit 0. Cleveland 2—St. Louis 1. . ‘Washington 3—Boston 5. Philadelphia 4—New York 2. —_— Natlonal League. Pittsburg 1—Chicago 0. N. Y. 9—Philadelphia 4. Boston 2 —Brooklyn’ 4. St. Louis 4—Cincinnati 1. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING MAY 2, 1910. THE PROPERTY OWNERS' FEDERATION GIVES DATA How to Reduce the Cost of Fire Insur- ance. May Effect Bemidji Property. The Property Owners’ Federation, which has its headquarters in the Columbia building at Duluth, has re- cently sent a communication to its members and other large premium payers calling for vigorous action on the part of the public for the sup- pression of incendiarism, and against discrimination in rates by the fire insurance combine in favor of the large millionaire properties. The following extract from the re- port above referred to is significant: “The new rate on Montgomery Ward & Co.’s main warehouse is $2.50 per $1,000 insurance. “Rates have been materially re- duced in the congested district of St. Louis, where, as in New Orleans and Philadelphia, multi-millionaire fires are constantly expected. “The large city conflagrations, and the losses on low rated “‘Jumbo” risks have ruined a large majority of stock fire insurance companies, and those that survive combine to assess the general public with an increased Board rate to cover deficits.” Incendiarism a Heavy Burden. While this organization takes a firm stand for a rate of premium for the smaller towns based on their fires, it also makes war on incendi- ary speculators, offering a sub- stantial cash reward for arrest and couviction for that crime. In this connection the writer of ‘the state- ment makes the following comment: “Over one-half of our fire loss is due to incendiarism for gain. The fire-bug does not ‘sellout to insur- ance companies,” but to the com- munity. “In some New England states, where nearly all fire insurance is carried in mutual companies (that steer clear of large city conflagra- tions) the self interest . created by the mutual plan, reduces incendiar- ism to the minimum and enable those mutual companies, to return to policy holders seventy or eighty per cent of the annual premiums col- lected. The interest on over twenty-four million dollars of sur- plus funds held by these mutual companies also goes to the policy bolders.” Like Dumping Gold in the Ocean. In commenting on the fire waste of America one of the Minneapolis dailies gives the fire loss for 1909 slightly under two hundred million dollars, and further states: “It is worthy of comment that while fire losses averaged slightly in excess of $2.50 per capita, France’s was 30 cents, Germany’s 49, and Italy’s but 12 cents, - Had we had Europe’s per capita of 48 cents, our total fire waste would have been less than $40,000,000—a saving of over $150,000,000.” In our smaller municipalities, where every man’s act is an open book, in cendiarism for gain would be reduced to the minimum under a vigorous, well balanced public senti- ment trained against that crime. There is room for improvement in these unruly conditions and the Property Owners’ Federation offers an opportunity for action looking towards the elimination of various causes that augment our excessive fire insurance tax.,—Daily Journal- Press, St. Cloud. ———— Winterstein Hearing Tomorrow. George Winterstein, the 14-year- old boy who admitted opening lock boxes in the local postoffice and breaking into several houses, will be given a hearing in the municipal court tomorrow morning, before Judge Pendergast, who isacting as munibipal judge during the illness of H. W. Bailey. Winterstein will probably be sent to the state training school at Red Wing. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vandersluis and son left this morning for Walker, their former home. Mrs, Vandersluis | ; with her son’ will return: to. Bemidji tomght. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION AT CENTRAL SCHOOL Boy in Fourth Gmlo! Picks Dynamite Caps With Nail, Last one Explodes. SMOKE AND SCREANS CAUSE A PANIC.—BIG RUSH FROM ROOMS Caps Stolen From Crookston Lumber Co. by Mill Park Bnyt.—loh_n Lindvall Injured. An explosion of a dynamite cap blew the flesh off the thumbs and mutilated the fingers of John Lind- 'vall, a thirteen-year-old boy in the fourth grade of the local schools this morning. The noise of the ex- plosion and the consequent screams of the young lad produced a panic at the Central building and the children rushed rapidly into the halls aud out of doors. The boy was sitting quietly in his seat in Miss Cosgrove’s room and was covertly picking the powder out of a dynamite cap with a nail. He cleaned the explosive from two of the copper caps and commenced on a third without realizing the im- minent danger. The third cartridge suddenly exploded in his bands, blowing away the flesh on his thumbs and badly injuring the fin- gerson his left hand. A cloud of smoke quickly ascended to the ceil- ing of the room., Jobn screamed in. agony as his injuries began to pain him. Other children in the room saw the smoke, heard his screams and ran, crying into the halls. The; pupils in the neighboring rooms became -excited by the noise and in spite of the efforts of the teachers to avoid it, a panic ensued, the children tumbling over each other in an effort to reach the school yard. Young Lindvall, Harold Lindseth and Hans Alseth, three little boys who live in Mill Park, secured sev- eral dynamite caps by getting into the store room at the Crookston Lumber company’s mill yesterday, while no men were around. The boys found the caps in the room and took a handful with them, and it was while playing with these caps in school this morning that the acci- dent occured to Lindvall. John was taken to the St. An- thony hospital, where his wounds were dressed by Dr. Gilmore, The lad told the doctor that some- one had shot at him through a window, and would only admit that the accident was caused by the explosion when Superintend- ent Ritchie appeared with the two clean caps and the nail, which he had found under the boy’s desk. He then acknowledged that he and the other two boys had secured the dynamite caps at the Crookston mill, Lindvall's wounds are getting along nicely. DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S COUNTRY NEIGHBORS Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News from Their Localities. Nebish. Charles Almendinger of Minneapolis has bought a 160-acre farm in the Town of Hagali, near Nebish, and moved his family here last week.: His farm is the old Knute ‘Nugges place, and was pur- chased for $1,000 in cash. Mr. Al- mendinger has visited Nebish several times during the last four years, so his purchase is a genuine endorsement of Beltrami county lands. J.S. Dietel, formerly a resident of Meeker county, is.a great “booster” for Nebish township. Mr. Dietel, who bought a farm here in 1908; has just:moved his family and other relatives, numbering 16 Ppeople, with two carloads of stock, into /| renidents of Nebish. with the lands to be found in this vicinity for agricultural purposes, and is endeavor- ing to persuade many of his former friénds, and neighbors in Meeker county to become. this township. He is greatly pleased. HOW THINGS LOOK FROM STATE CAPITOL The Crookston Times Gives Some Light on State Treasurer's Out- look.—Bright for Kaiser. St. Paul, May 2.—It looks now as though Walter F. Smith, of Eveleth, candidate for state treasurer, was trying to fix up a combination deal to include Sam Iverson. He was down this week making fences and passed the talk out quite extensively that Iverson was strong-and would be nominated all right. He gave the impression that Duluth would be for Iverson. Everybody knows how popular Iverson is there—not—and if Duluth is for Iverson it is for a good reason. The Smith candidacy is not very pleasing to I, A. Caswell, clerk of the . supreme court. He also hails’ from the eighth district, and treasurer comes first. If Smith should chance to get that nomina- tion, it would make the road very rocky for Caswell. Reports reaching here still tell of Albert Kaiser’s strangth in the treas- urer fight. It is considered certain | that he will land the nomination if he gets fairly unanimous support from the ninth district. The other candidates don’t seem to be making any headway, and three of them might just as well withdraw now for any good it will do them to keep in the race. Smith is thought to have a chance yet, and so has George Hanscome of Foley, but the only-thing that could take the nomi- nation from Albert Kaiser and give it to either of these men would be a shift on some of the other nomina- tions, that would load up the ninth district too heavy. If Dr. Cole was nominated for -lieutenant- governor and Wells “for auditor, that would put Kaiser out of the running, but the nomination of one without the other would not hurt him much. AGED MINER BEGOMES PARALIZED; MAY DIE Veteran Gold Hunter Lies Unconscious In Hospital at Bonners Ferry. Spokane, Wash.,, May 2—W. - G. Stegner, a “Forty-niner,” who has worked alone on a placer mine near Leonia for a decade, was stricken |- with paralysis when his hands were within the touch of riches, and he now lies unconscious on a cot in the hospital at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, while others are developing the gold ground.- Mrs. Stegner has come from California to be with the veteran gold bhunter, whose mining prospects have made many men rich during the last half century. The property, consisting of 680 acres, has been tested by panning at many points, the average value being 50 cents the cubic yard. It is estimated that the cost of ex- traction will not be more than 1234 cents and as low as eight cents, J. M. Schuatterly and his associ- ates, who have taken over the group of claims, are constructing a flume of three and a half miles to bring water from Boulder Creek to operate four giant hydraulics to tear down the benches of from ‘15 to 200 feet in depth, Returns From Duluth Meeting. R. C. Dunn of Princeton and Bishop McGolrick of Duluth were added to the list of speakers for the northern Minnesota development congress at Crookston, June 1, 2 and 3, by the executive committee, which met at the Duluth Commer- cial club rooms Saturday night. W. R. Mackenzie of Bemidji, secretary of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association, returned from the meeting yesterday. GREENWOOD LOT DEEDS LEGALLY WORTHLESS No Association Has Been Formed, but Deeds Are Signed by ‘‘President” and “‘Secretary.” Deeds to lots in Greenwood cemetery are legally worth nothing to the possessors of these papers. City Clerk Maloy called attention to the fact that no cemetery association hag: ever ‘heen formed in Bemidji, and that the daed&lojn_tn ' given out and s:gned by th:mayo and the city clerk as ex officio president and secretary when no such association exists, The city charter provides that the mayor and the city clerk shall be officers of the Greenwood Cemetery association, but no articles of incorporation have been filed. A few ‘people who own lots in Greenwodod should get together and organize an association, says Mr. Maloy. The articles of incorpora- tion, like any other similar organiza- tion, should be filed and a seal pur- chased. Then Mayor Parker and Mr. Maloy would become the real ex-office president and secretary of the the association. The present deeds will probably have to be legalized by an enabling act to be passed at the next session of the state legislature. » TEN CENTS PER WEEK. NO SHORT WEIGHT OR AGREEMENTS IN BEMIDJI Local Grocer Does Not Believe State- ments Made Before Congressional Committee.—More Economy. Extravagance and willingness of the public to pay any price in order to get what the buyers want is the cause of the present high prices, according to W. G. Schroeder, who has been in the retail erocery busi- ness in Bemidji for the last 14 years. “More economy practiced by the people, and a demand for high guality goods at a lower price or the refusal of such goods would bring about a lower cost of living,” said Mr. Schroeder this morning. “I do mot believe the recent statements made before the con- gressional committee which is in- vestigating the high cost of living that short weight packages and agreements between wholesalers and retailers are mostly responsible for the present high prices. Colonel Haskell, who spoke before the com- mittee, probably figures a barrel of flower at 200 pounds, instead of 196, asit really is, when he says that most of the barrels are four pounds slmrt in weight. (it “Whatever fiu:y may be paying in the District of Columbia; there is no short weight to be paid for in Bemidji.. The wholesalers do not dare to send us short weight, and it would cost us dearly to attempt such a thing .in our retail trade. ' An inspector calls every few weeks, looks over our stock and if we have anything impure or short weight; we soon- hear- about it. o “As for a combinetion between the retailers and wholesalers to boost the prices, there is nothing in the statement. I have never heard of any such agreement and do not think any other local merchant has ever heard of one. We retailers buy wherever we can purchase our goods the cheapest.” Free Show Coming. Will be at the Armory Hall Tuesday evening, May 3rd, for three weeks. The Quaker Medicine Co. has rented the Armory Hall for three weeks, where they will give a high class vaudeville and moving picture entertainment each even-. ing to advertise their remedies, A small admission fee of 5c¢ will be charged to all under 21 years of age. Adults will be free, Doors open at 5:30, performance at 8:00. Come out and see a good, clean entertainment. Acre Lots--Algoma Park We have them to sell on Irvine Ave, 3-4 mile north of Greenwood cemetery. This land is cleared of all tim- ber, is level, and can be put into crop this spring. School house across the street. This 1s an opportunity that you cannot afford to miss. If you want one or more of these you must act quick, as they will sell fast'at the low prices and easy payments that we are offermg them. Prices $60.00 and $80.00 Terms---small payments down; balance six ‘months, one year and two years. For full particulars call at our office: Sale Begins May 4th, 1910, at 8 n’clnck a. . F. M. MALZAHN & CO. 405 Minnesota: A-yg. Phone 420