Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 10, 1910, Page 1

PR THE BEMIDJ I DAILY SOCIETY. VOLUMF 8 NUMBER 19. LAKE BEMIDJI BEST BREEDING GROUNDS State Game & Fish Commission Plants Large Amount of Pike in This Vicinity. OUT OF 200 CANS OF MINNOWS 65 ARE GIVEN TO BEMIDJI Fishermen Cautioned About Catching Small Pike and Bass.—Bradley Compliments City. Bemidji was favored with 65 cans|- of healthy young pike by the state game and fish commission last night. The lot, which was the largest ever given to this part of the state, was distributed by Bemidji launch owners at different places on Lake Bemidji, including the vicinities of Diamond and Second points. The lakes and the Mississippig river in this vicinity are recognized | by the state commission as the best grounds for growing pike. The pri- vate car, "‘Glenwood,” in charge of Superintendent of Fisheries E. . Cobb and Commissioner G. J. Bradley, arrived in Bemidji from Park Rapids last cight. The com- mission is distributing 200 cans of pike between Minneapolis and Crookston, plannng the small fry at 17 stations. The 65 cans, which contained over 1,000,000 pike minnows, were taken out in launches by Game Warden Bailey, F.S. Lycan, Bart Stafford and others, and planted at the different locations on the lake. The share allotted to Bemidji was larger than that given to any other city on this trip, and it was to a great extent due to the efforts of Mr. Lycan that so many fish were; given to this section from the state hatcheries at St. Paul and Glenwood. The eggs from which the fish planted here were hatched were taken from the Rainy River ashort time ago, | when the commission secured 405 quarts of spawn, each quart cor- taining about 120,000 eggs. ‘The people in this neighborhood will doubtless appreciate the state’s aid in stocking Lake Bemidji, and should demonstrate their gratitude by refraining “from keeping pike under 14 inches which they may catch. The state game laws provide that no bass under six inches in length, nor pike under 14 inches,' shall be caught. One Bemidji citizen,, who had a large string of fish yesterday, was fined for retain- ing some pike which were under the legal minimum length. Bemidji was complimented on its growth and apparent industry yester- day by Commissioner Bradley who expressed great admiration for the city among the northern pines. The “Glenwood” was taken to Crooks*on cthis morning, but will be returned tonight to pickup the cans left here yesterday. The car and the officials will return to St. Paul tomorrow morning by way of Park Rapids. ALL THESE QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED 1. Your name in full...... cassesiesaene 2. Relationship to the head of the family with which you live......... (Write boarder, lodger, or servant, or wife, son, daughter, or whatever word describes the relationship.) B (Sl iiihiesnaneisnat iR 4. Color or race .... (Write white, or black (if you are a full-blooded negro) or mulatto (if you are not a fu'l-blooded negro but have some proportion of negro blood), or Chinese, or Japanese, or Indian, as the case may be.) 5. Age at last birthday................ (For children not yet 2 years old, age should be given in completed months, ex- pressed as twelfths of a year. Thus, if a child is three months and some days old, the age should be given as 3-12; if 1 year and 2 months old, as12-12. If not yet one month old, give age as 0-] lz ) 6. State whether you are “single,” or “married.” or “widowed” or e divorced” at the present time 1t married: 7. Is this your first marriage?....... 8. Number of years married to your present husband or wife. (Give completed years; for married 3 years and 10 months, write 3 years:) If ‘a married, vorced woman: 9. How many children have you bad2nainsitoniinll R e 110. How many of these children were living April 15, 1910? 11. Where were you born?. " | 11(a) If foreign born, what is your mother tongue or native language? widowed, or di- 12. Where was your father born? 12(a) If father was foreign born, what was his mother tongue or 113. 13(a) If mother was foreign born. { what was her mother tongue or (In answering the above questions as to birthplace, give country of birth if born abroad, and_state or territory of birth if | born in the United States.) | If of foreign birth: 14. In what year dxd you immigrate 15. Have you been naturalized? (If you have been naturalized, either by taking out second or final papers of na- turalization or thm\lgh the act of your | father, write “Yes,” if you have only declared your intention to become an American citizen and have taken out first papers, write first paper; if you have done nenher, write “No.") 17. If not able to speak English, what is your native language or mother tongue. 18. What is your trade, profession, or usual occupation?' (Answer so as to indicate the kind of work you perform; say, for instance, spin- ner, salesman, laborer, clerk.) 19. In what industry or business are you engaged?..................... (Answer so as to indicate the general character of the industry or business in { which you are employed or with which you are connected; say, in cotton mill, dry { goods store, on farm, insurance;in a bank; jor whatever may be appropriate.) 20. State whether you are an em- ployer, or a worker for wages, or a salary (employe), or are work- ing on your own account without employing others?. (Write employer if you employ any per- sons other than domestic servants in your own business; write worker if an employe working for wages or a salary; write own account if engaged in any business o1 occupation, without being either an em- ployer or an employe,) If you are an employe(worker), ans- wer the two following questions (if an employer or working on your own account, omit these questions): 21. Were you out of work April 15, N0 v st 22. How many weeks were you out of work during the year 1909? (The expression “out ot work” means not able to find work of employment. Per- sons who are ona strike, or are voluntarily idle, or ona vacation, or are incapacitated for work because of sickness, or physical disability are not to be considered “out of work” in the sense in which the words are here used.) 23. Are you able to read (either English or some other language)? 24. Are you able to write (either English or some other language)? 25. Have you attended school or any educational institution any time since Seot. 1, 1909? If you are the head of the family in this home, state: 126. Whether the home is owned by you or rented 27. 1f owned by you is it mort- Were you in either the Unlon or Confederate army or navy at the time of the Civil war? (If answer is “Yes write “U. Unlon army, “U. N.” for Union nnvy 'C. * for Confederate army, or “C.N.” for Confederale navy.) 29. Are you blind (both eyes)? (Answer should be “Yes"” if the person can not see to read with the aid of glasses, otherwise, answer “No.”) 30. Are you deaf and dumb?....... NEW PAPER MILL. The making of paper at Inter- national Falls was today, according to the expecta- tions of W. F. Brooks, of the commenced who passed through the city this morning on his way to look over the local G. A. -R. post waited on | next week. Commander Smith and *{grading some of the streets, erect a St. Paul.. .17 762 Minneapolis 13 7 650 * | Columbus .9 12 429 .10 11 .476 10 12 455 Indianapolis 9 10 474 Kansas City 6 10 .375 333 Backus-Brooks Lumber company, | the new paper mill at the ¢Falls.” BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING,_ MAY 10, 1910. ASKS MONEY AID TO 0B- SERVE MEMORIAL DAY G. A. R. Commitee Requested Council For $50.—Judges of Special Election Appointed. A committee of three members of the city council last evening and requested a $50 appropriation to use in observing Memorial Day in Bemidji. the proposition but “dads” were present to appropriate money, so action was defetred until The councilmeén favored not enough L. G. Pendergast spoke on behalf of the post. Fred Burcely, the new councilman who succeeds J. S. Hanson from the second ward, took his seat for the first time, Doran Brothers reported that they had completed their contract to lay a water pipe from Fourteenth street to the city cemetery, and were granted their contract price of $575.50. They were also instructed to make some additions to the pres- ent system. ‘The judges of election were ap- pointed for the different wards to act during the special election on June 14, when the propositions of voting $12,000 and $15,000 issues of bonds to pave the streets of the business district of the city and to make permanent improvements in city jail and repair the city hall will be voted upon by the people. - H SPORTING NOTES | Standing . of - the Giubs American Association Won Lost Pet Milwaukee ............... 6 12 Philadelphi: Cleveland Detroit. New York. Chicago. . Boston. Washington St. Louis. .. Pct New York . 5 .722 ittsburg % 4 .733 hiladelphia . ..9 6 .600 Chicago . .8 8 .500 Cincinnati .7 7 .500 Boston .. .6 10 .375 Brooklyn . .6 13 .316 St. Louis. .. .5 12 ..294 American Association Columbus — Minneapolis — Game not Over. Toledo -1—St. Paul 9. Louisville 7—Kansas City 3. Indianapolis 2-Milwaukee 3. American League Washington 2—Philadelphia 10. “N. Y. 0—Boston 10. National League. Chicago 2—N. Y. 0. Pittsburg 7—Brooklyn 6. Bostou 1—St. Louis 2. Philadelphia— Cincinnati — Game not Over. STATE WINS FIRE GASE, The Crookston Lumber company was fined $50 and costs bv Justice Charles Jacobson at Tenstrike this morning for violating the state laws| in regard to burning slashings. The case was tried last evening, John A. Pearson of St. - Paul repre- | i'senting the state forestry commis- sioner, Gen, C. C. Andrews, and E. E. McDouald of Bemidji appear. ing for the de(endent company. A case which had been brought at the request of the ' state. The defense secured a change of venue in a_second case brought against the Crookston Lumber company, and the new trial will be held before Justice Albee of Hort Hope town- ship, May 19. Helpful Don’ts to Readers. Don’t read in a dull light. It is Ppoor economy to save on the gas bill at the expense of your eyesight. Don’t read in a glare or facing the light, Don’t read unless the light falls over your left shoulder. It may take a little contriving to manage this, especially if one is in an office, but it pays to make the effort. Don’t read when you are tired or sleepy. You do .not take in what you are reading and you are taking it out of your eyes. Don’t read and rock at the same time. It is delighfully American, but few people in the world patron- ize the oculists as do the Americans. Don’t read on the cars if your eyes are inclined to give you trouble. There are some persons. whom this practice does not seem to hurt, so it is impossible to mlke hard and fast rules. Don’t read lying down unless you elevate your book to its usual posi- tion opposite the eyes. . Many read: ers break, this rule with impunity, but it is taking big risks. SALMON ARE RUNNING IN - THE WESTERN RIVERS ‘Washington Authorities Have Trouble With Fishermen Who Violate State Laws—10,000 Fishing. Spokane, Wash.,, May 10.—Ten thousand men with $4,500,000 worth of -equipment “afe working at various points along the Columbia, Willamette and Clackamas rivers in Washington and Oregon, where the salmon season opened on May 1. Fishermen returning to Spokane report that not in 20 years has there been such a run of fish as this yénr, which means that the 1910 pack will|. be the largest in the history of the industry. The opening of the season marks the end of a bitter fight be- tween the authorities of Oregon and the fishermen, in which Master Fish Warden McAllister was the victor. He has dispatched -two boats to patrol the streams in -that state, and it is given - out that arrests will follow any violatious of the law, which. provides that fishing must cease at 6 o’clodk every Saturday evening and not resume until 6 o'clock the follow- ing Sunday evening. The laws of the state do not| cover the Willamette and Clacka- mas rivers, but ‘they were closed to fishermen from March 1 to May 1, to keep faith with the fish authorities of the state of Wash- ington, DOMESTIC SfiIEHBE TALKS. Miss Bull, of the domestic science department at the state agricultural school in St. Paul, will lecture before the Bemidji Woman’s Study club in the auditorium of the high school Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30. _ Through the efforts of W. R Mackenzie, secretary of the. North- ern-Minnesota Development associa- tion, Miss Bull has agreed to give a course of four lgctuges. on consecu- tive ~Wednesdays, ;peak_ing on domest!c science. The study club has thrownithis meeting open to all gae ladies in the city, and everyone will be welcome. S. G. Iverson Conducts Sale. State Auditor S. G. Iverson, accompanied by: a_deputy, passed through Bemidji this morning on his way 1o International Falls to sell about 8,000 acres of state lands, A large. party of Twin City -men were also on the train, intending to] buy up some of the land at the state sule. by one of the local wardens against H. J. Botting, an employee of the Crookston company, was dlsmlsud Mr. Iverson is expected to return to the city lonxghtq.nd be in Bem i tombdrrow, . | prediction of - General BEMIDJL CLERKS T0 BE - GIVEN MORE RECREATION Many Merchants Sign Agreement to Close Stores Earlier Except Two Days in Week. .| three spect: ‘There are 301 members of the house in the Sixty-first congress. The Republicans have 217 mémbers and the Democrats 172. Taking these elections as a basis for estimate the question is how many districts will the Republicans earry in 1910 and how many will be carried by the Democrats. It is a question in which every student of politics is deeply interested at this time. “In the states of Massachusetts, ‘| Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Con- Clerks of Bemidji are to be given the benefit of the long pleasant evenings during the summer, through a recent agreement of many of the local merchants, Most of the mer- cantile houses will be closed at 6:30 o’clock each evening except on Mon days and Saturdays. ‘The summer evenings in the vicin. ity of Lake Bemidji are beautiful, and the clerks greatly appreciate the effort of their employers to aid them in taking advantage of the outdoor attractions. Following is; the notice signed today by most of the local business houses: Stores Closing. " We, the .undersigned merchants, hereby agree to close our respective places of business at 6:30 o’clock, ex- cepting Saturday and Monday even- ings. This agreement to take effect May 10, 1910 and conmmmg until Oct. 1, 1910. (Signed) Schneider Brothers O’Leary-Bowser Co. Model Clothing Store Gill Brothers Berman Empotium Charles Cominsky - J. P. Lahr M. E. Ibertson Hetland & Fallon Marie Wallsmith Mrs. J. J. Conger Mrs. A. P. Henrionnet. Delegate to. Grand Lodge. D. D. Miller of Bemidji went to Minneapolis this morning as a dele- gate from the local lodge of the K. P. to the grand lodge meeting. - | Notice. Property “owners are hereby notified to clean up their premises of all rubbish within the next five days. Phone scavanger at-city hall. Phone 22, Band Meeting. " The Bemidji band will hold its weekly rehearsal in the city opera house this evening. Manager Ellis requests all members to be present. AS DEMOCRATIC MEMBER SEES T Says Next House Will Con- tain Few Republicans. BASIS OF HIS ESTIMATE Figuring on Results of Recent Kleo- tions General 8herwood of Ohio Pre- “dicts That the Present Majority Party ln‘Cungrlll Will Be Reduced to Forty-five Members, Providing the Gains 8hown Are Maintained Throughout: the Ceuntry. ‘Washington, May 10.—The Demo- crats will have a majority of 301 mem- bers in the next house if the per- centage of gain showed in the special congressional elections recently held is maintained in the general elections of next November, according to the Sherwood, a representative from the Ninth Ohio district, who takes a roseate view of the situation from the -t-ndpolnt of the Democrats. " General Sherwood has examined the returns of the last congressional elec- tions for every district in the country | and he finds that in only forty-five were the successful Republican candi- dates elected by majorities greater than 10,500. On the other hand, he finds that the Democrats gained in the Sixth M sour, the Fourteenth Massachuse and the Thirty-second New York dis: trict, a’ total of 38,285 votes, or am average gain in each district of 12,700, On this showing he predicts that the Republicans will have fortyfive members of the next house and the Democrats 346 representatives vided the gains shown in Missouri, Massachusetts and New York repre- sent the swing of sentiment among all classes of people in the United States. How Sherwood Flguru Il Out. In cltln; the figurel of the congres- slonal elections of 1908 he said: 2 necticut and New York only nine con- gressmen were elected by more than 10,000" majority in 1908. “In the following group of eight lutel—ldnho. Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri and Ne- braska—the election results .of 1908 show only twelve Republican con- | gressmen elected by over 10,000 ma- Jority. Take North Dakota, Oklaho- ma, Orego® South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and ‘Wyoming, and only nine Republican congressmen had over 10,000 majority two years ago. “The biggest mnxormes received by any Ohio representative in 1908 were received by Thomas (Nineteenth dis- trict), 9,663; Longworth (Cincinnati district), '7,220; Cassidy (Cleveland distriet), 7.551, and ’I‘ay!or (Columbus distriot), 6,670: & No Republicans From Indiana. “In Indiana - Judge Crumpacker (Tenth district) had the largest Re- publican majority- in that state, 6,212. Barnard (Sixth district), the only other Republican representative from the state, was successful by the skin of his teeth, receiving a majority of 1,148 out 'of 54,000 votes cast. The other nine representatives from Indiana are Democratic. “In INinois, Mann of the Chicago dis- trict, Foss, Fuller, Lowden, Saapp-and Lunden had mejorities ranging over 11,000. No other Republican in the state received over 8,000 plurality. “Take Pennsylvania, with thirty-two congressional districts, only eight dis- tricts show majorities of over 12,000. In New York, with its'thirty-seven dis- tricts, only three have over 10,000 Re- publican pluralities.” While General - Sherwood would make no prediction as to what would actually be the result of the November elections, he said: “Let every opti- mistic and pessimistic prophet of our political destiny -take his consolation or condolence from the figures I have quoted. Figures do not lie.” Lightning Burns Woman’s Hair. tsburg, May, 10.—Lightning struck ‘Mrs. Mussella Shustick of Carnegie while she was walking in Highland park. Although the electricity burned oft half the hair on her head and stripped off all her clothing on one side, slightly searing the flesh, the woman regained consciousness soon after the shock and at the hospital it was said she would recover. Montana Slayer Is Acquitted. Glendive, Mont., May 10.—John W. Olinger, who shot and killed Dan H. Keyton last Christmas night at New-" ton, Mont;, was acquitted by the jury after it had deliberated three hours. Keyton, who wag,-prqprietor of a re- sort, entered Olinger’s saloon bent on trouble and was assaulting Olinger when the lafter shot him dead. JOHN A. BENSON DROPS DEAD Millionaire. Had Just Ended Year's Term in Prison. San Francisco, May 10—Less than twenty-four hours after his discharge from the Alameda jail, where he had served a year's sentence for land fraud, John A. Benson, a Contra Costa county millionaire, dropped dead dead motoring to his ranch near San Ramon. Benson Wwas a co-defendant with Dr. Edward B. Perrin, the Arizona million- ajre, in indictments charging land frauds in Tehama county and was one of the persons mentioned in the Hyde- Benson-Dimond land fraud cases tried in Washington. Senator McCumber Much Better. ‘Washington, May 10.—It was said at Senator McCumber’s office ' that the senator’s condition showed gratifying improvement. ~ Senator McCumber is at the hospital under watchful treat- ment. Under the most favorable con- ditions he is not expected to leave the hospital for two weeks. Rubbish Fire Fatal to Child. Stanley, N. D., May 10.—Seeking to assist his father in burning some rub- bish in the yard the four-year-old son of Ira Carpon, a farmer in the extreme southern part of Mountrail county, is dead. His clothing was ignited and the little boy so terribtly Jurned that death soon follow INSANE OVER VER THE COMET c.nmm- Prnp-ctor Found Nallnd to. a Cross. San, Bernardino, Cal, May 10— While brooding over possible 1il effects of the comet’s visit Paul Hammerton, & sheepman and prospector, became insane and crucified himself, accord- fng to mining men wno arrived here with him. Hammerton was found where he had nailed his feet and one hand to a rude cross he had erected. Although he-was: sufféring intense (ony Hlmmerton pleaded- wIfi hi scuers to:let him remain: in® imprisonment. th fii‘esldent sent to ‘the senate in- tlude that of John J. Jenkins of Wis- consin, former -member. of congress nd former chairman of the house mmittee on judiciary, to be United |invited, 'TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BALLINGER BEHIND THE SPECIAL AGENT Prosecution of Saloonkeepers Whe Sell to Indians Will Be Continued, He Says. FULL INTERPRETATION WOULD DRY STATE, EXCEPT ST. PAUL Secretary Declares Government Is Not Following Prohibition Policy.— Justice to Indian, Minne’apolin Minn., May 10.—On no less an authority than that of R. A. Ballinger, secretary of the in- terior, the prosecution of saloon- keepers operating in the Indian country in defiance of the orders of Special Agent johnlon will con- tinue and the sale of liquor to the Indians will be stamped ont if it requires the full powers of the de- partment to do it. Answering a letter from the ex- ecutive and state legal depart- ments inclosing complaints from the Indianéountry to the effect that certain saloonkeepers there are being unjustly prosecuted, President Taft yesterday for- warded to Governor Eberhart, correspondence had by him with Ballinger, and which, in its lengthy review of the crusade, appears to be final. To interpret the treaties fully, Bal- lioger says, woula be practically to dry up every city in the state with the possible exception of St. Paul, but" this- the ‘department - has” no: intention of doing. Its sole object is the protection of the Indian and everything in the vpower of the department will be used in protect- ing them. That the government is trying to carry out a policy of prohibition, Ballinger says is erroneous. Only where they effect the Indian directly will the treaties be enforced. MAY REPRESENT U. $. AT EDWARD'S FUNERAL Former President Roosevelt Will Probably Be Special Ambassador to Attend the Funeral. Passaic, N. J., May 1o0.—Presi- dent Taft in all probability will designate Theodore Roosevelt as a special ambassador to represent the United States government at the funeral of King Edward, He said last night that he would take the matter up with Secretary Knox soon after he returned to Wash- ington. President Taft said he was anxious to appoint Col. Roosevelt to repre. sent the government. As yet he has taken no step in that direction, how- ever, as up to the time he left Wash- ington yesterday no official notifica- tion had been received by the Wash- ington government as to the date of the funeral. President Taft is not conversant with the precedents as to such occa- sions, but if a special representative is called for by the propreites and Mr. Roosevelt will accept the desig- nation,he will be named by the presi- dent. R. H. Carr Post Meeting. A meeting of the R. H. Carr Post, No. 174, G. A. R,, “will be held in thiscity Saturday afternoon. Business of special .importance needs the at- Wfln of every member. George Smith, Commandxnt. . J. W. Fuller, Adjutant. Methodist Ladies To Meet. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Methodist church will meet on s | Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs, T. J. Andrews instead. afs- with Mrs, C. E, White, as was at first intended. All ladies cordially ) MINNESOTA | TORICAL | ] {