Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 3, 1910, Page 1

N THE BEMIDJI D ILY PIONEE { MINNESOTA HISTORICAL ® SociETy., " VOLUME 8. NUMBER 40. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRID_AY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. REAPPORTIONMENT OR STATE DIVISION P. J. Russell of Bemidji Startles the Development Convention by His Declaration. TOLD OF EVILS OF PRESENT LAND POLICY.—REMEDIES Northern Minnesota Will Be Great Dairying Region, Says Danish Professor in Speech. Northern Minnesota will get re- apportionment at the next session of the state legislature or will secure just representation, if reapportion- ment is refused, by a division of the state, according to the plea of P. ], Russell of Bemidji, member of the state forestry board, who addressed the development congress late yes- day on “Swamp Lands.” | Mr. Russell dwelt at length on| evils of the present land system and the injuries it works upon the settlers as well as the retardation of the development of northern Minnesota, which is caused by the present policy of the state land laws. In concluding his remarkable address Mr. Russell said, “‘Let me urge you, each delegate in this convention, each citizen of Northern Minnesota, to support no man for the legislature who will not pledge himself to work for reapportionment. If we geta just representation we shall have a 1eformation in our public land law without which Northern Minnesota, in my opinion, can never become the splendid em- pire which Nature and Nature’s God intended it to be. But should we be denied a fair and._equal repre- sentation, if we are to be recognized only when the tax gatherer comes, then we will reconvene in a mighty convention and demand an ammend. ment to the constitution providing for the division of the state on the forty-sixth parallel.” Mr. Russsel told of the acts of congress by which the so-called swamp lands were granted to the state of Minnesota, in which the following provision wasmade. ‘“The profit of said lands, whether from sale or direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied exclusively as far as is necessary to reclaiming of said lands by means of levees and dit- ches.” “No honest effort has been made by the state of Minnesota to carry out the letter or spirit of the con- ditions subsequently written to this law, viz: that the profit of sale there- of should be applied exclusively as far as necessary to reclaiming the land until 1901, a period of 41 years from the passage of the act of con- gress.” ‘The speaker told of the donation of three million acres of these lands to the railroads many of which were “paper railroads,” like the Little Falls & Dakota, on which a steel rail was never laid while it owned and still owns large tracts of swamp lands in cen- tral and northern Minnesota, granted to it by the state. Other donations were made of the swamp lands by the legislature to be used as income for the state prison at Stillwater, for the three normal schools, for the institution for the education of the deaf, dumb and blind, and for an insane asylum. Mr. Russell critcised the present system of reserving the title to mineral in state lands, of selling the timber separately, and of assessing the cost of drainage work to the state lanbs benefited on which men have settled. The speaker not only critcised the state policy but suggested the following remedies: “First. Repeal the act providing for the sale of the timber upon swamp lands separate from the land. The settler needs it to help pay for clearing the land and main- taining himself while he is trying to open up a farm. “Second. Modify the mineral {who shall receive a patent ton on iron ore found and mined on these lands—all it now gets on its leases, and a resonable per cent of any other minerals that may be found. Whoever finds iron, coal or not steal them out of the state, and if he developes his mine he must pay taxes, he must employ labor and it will have to pay taxes. “Third. Amend the Consitution so that some of those lands will be on sale at the respective county seats every day in the year, and not as it is now, one day in the vyear. The people of but a small portion of the county- hear of these annual sales, and even should they so hear, it is oft times impossible for intend- ing purchasers to be present on that particular day. “Fourth, Amend the Constitution and enact a state homestead law similar to that of Michigan, or with the state royalty incorporated, which [ have noted in Remedy No. 1. “That the commissioner of the land office is hereby required to issue a certificate of purchase to every set. tler or occupant of the swamp lands belonging to this state, in proper legal subdivision for eighty acres of said land whenever it shall be made to appear to said commissioner that such a settler or occupant has actually resided upon said eighty acres of land for a period of five con- tinuous years, and that he has also drained the same so as to comply with the provisions of the act of congress approved September 28 1850, by which said lands were con- veyed to this state. «« ¢Section 2. Before any such settler or occupant shall require the right to occupy or drain any of the swamp lands pursuant to the preceding section, he shall file with said commissioner -his ap- plication under oath for privi- lege of entering upon said land, pose mentioned above,and ‘upon paymient of tlie fee of two dollars, whick said fee shall be paid into the state treasury by the said com- mussoner and credited to the gen- eral fund, shall obtain<® from the Commissioner a license to enter upon and occupy and drain said lands for the purpose of obtaining title thereto, and the state treas- urer, upon the certificate of the commissioner of said land office, and of the auditor general, shall re- fund the sum of two dollars to each settler having paid said fee from the said commissioner for the land so licensed. +‘Fifth, Provide for the assess- ment of state lands, for drainage, roads and schools on the same basis as private lands are assessed. “No part of the ‘magnificent school fund’ we hear so much about reaches these struggling settlers until they have provided for a four- months term of school, which means that they must tax them- | selves to build a school house and pay =a teacher's wages, and where there are but few settlers in a township the result can be easily imagined.” Excellent advice on dairying was given and the prediction made that Northern Minnesota will be- come a great dairying region by Bernard Boeggild professor in the Royal Danish School of Agriculture at Copenhagen, in his address on “Co-operation for Northern Minne- sota” yesterday afternoon. The substance of his address follows: “Co-operation in Denmark has resulted in a wonderful increase in productiveness of each cow, and the product has been marketed at a very low cost. Through co-oper. ative methods the producer gets more for his product than he formerly did, and the consumer gets it for less, because of the saving in handl- ing. All milk goes to the creameries and is handled through them. Prac- tically all the milk is pastuerized. “I'wenty-five years ago the value of the dairy products exported from Denmark was $8,000,000 while now it is $55,000,200 with England the chief buyer. They also export annually $28,000,000 worth of bacon raised from the separated milk. “The export of eggs, started in reservations so that the state may receive a royalty of 25 cents per 1895, now amounts to $7,000,000 every year with the industry increas. other minerals upon his land can- specifying the same for the pur-| ing steadily. This is all the result of co-operating in production and in marketing the products raised in the best manner to get high prices and keep down the cost of market- ing. By individual eflorts .it would not be possible to get the results ob- tained through co-operating in Den- mark during the past 12 yeas. All the co-operative creameries belong to a large central association and the whole co-operating system is protected and enforced by wise government legislation. ““The co-operative system also ex- tends in other directions. They have co-operative stores, insurance hospitals for farmers’ families, for importing cattle, foods, etc. All these co-operative associations are banded together by a central system and are thus more closely connected. The whole dairy system of Den- mark has been brought down to such a fine point that now it takes 12 cents worth of food stuffs to produce a pound of butter where it was formerly nearer 50 cents. This was all accomplished as a growth of co-operative methods to increase the quanty and better the quality of the milk and the products from it. Now from 225 to 259 pounds of butter are realized from each cow per year. Twenty-five years ago it was between 80 and 100 pounds per cow. f Co-operation is also used in in- creasing efficiency of herds by getting the best strains of bulls for entire communites and exchanging them when desirable from one com- munity to another, He stated that similar methods here would have the same results. as the condition exist- ing here now are somewhat similar to those in Denmark 25 years ago. High priced lands made intense farming necessary to make farming profitable. He predicted a great future for the dairying industry in Northern Minnesota because of naturally favorable conditions. SPECIAL! One lot of Laces worth 5¢ to 10¢c, Friday and Saturday, two yards 5c. 0'Leary-Bowser Co., Bemidji, Minn. Mrs. O. O. Hess and daughter, Jeline, arrived 1n the city yester- day from Winnipeg for an ex- tended visit with her parents,Mr. and Mrs. J. Fleckensten. EDUCATOR SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE Woman Asks Fifty Thousand From Professor Harry Peck. New York, June 3.—Suit for $50,000 damages for alleged breach of promise of marriage has been brought in the supreme court by Miss Esther Quinn against Professor Harry Thurston Peck, A. M, Ph. D, L. H. D, LL. D,, holder of the chair in Latin at Colum- bia university, president of the Latin Club of America, member of many prominent literary clubs and associa- tions, magazine writer, critic of the fair sex and essayist on perfumes as related to morals. The first wife of Professor Peck ob- tained a divorce in South Dakota in September, 1908. On Aug. 26 of the following year he married Miss Eliza- beth H. Du Bois, a teacher of classics in the Morris high school. Miss Quinn, in her complaint, al- leges that her’ relationship with:the scholar-writer-critic began in “June, 1909, when she was employed by the Commercial Advertiser of this city, In the same document Miss Quinn asserts, through her lawyer, that in September, 1908—the month in which his first wife divorced him—Professor Peck proposed marriage to her and that she accepted him. The Columbia professor is fifty-four years old. Miss Quinn is much his junior. Through his attorneys, Peck has entered a general denial of the charges. - NO SIGN OF ABATEMENT/ Serious Forest Fires Raging Near Priest River, Ida. Priest River, Ida., June 3.—Three separate forest fires are raging in this vicinity and one of them has done se- vere damage. “‘The fires are along the three wagon roads which lead to and from Priest Rapids and there is no sign of their abatement. The situation is serious: A logging camp containing seven buildings has been destroyed. The sixty men and two women who lived there succeeded in escaping to Priest Rivar. g MASSACHUSETTES MAN MADE ASS'T. SECRETARY Norton Accepts Private Secretaryship to President and Mint Director Takes His Place. Washington, June 3—Secretary McVeigh announced today the selection of Fiatt Andrews of Massachusetts, at present director of the miat, to be assistant secretary of the United States treasury to fill the vacancy caused by the ‘resignation of Charles D. Norton, the latter having become private secretary_to President Taft. ) New Library Books. A number of books of fiction have been added to the public library and will be ready for circulation Friday, June 3. Following is the list: Adult. Innocents Abroad. Roughing 1t. Peter. Pillar of Light. The Brass Owl. Lady Betty. Infelice. Lin McLean. Claim Jumpers. A Certain Rich Man. Mary Jane's Pa. Poppea of the Postoffice. Capn Eri. .+~ Partners of the Tide. Diana Mallory. Gentle Pioneer. Girl of the Timberlost. At the Foot of the Rainbow. Oh! Christiana. The Foreigner: Mr. Opp. John Marvel. Red Rock. _ The Shuttle. Maid at Arms. Littte Citizens. St. Elmo. Silver Horde. Master Christian. The Celebrity. =~ = The Traitor. s King Spruce. Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. Bella Donna. Lion and the Mouse. My Mamie Rose. Little Sister Snow. Half a Rogue. If I Were King. The Sherrods. Daughter of Anderson Crow. Pines of Lory, Rosalind at Red Gate. Freckles. Spinner in the Sun. Lavender and Old Lace. Satan Sanderson. \ Told in the Hills. ‘Wake Robin. German Life in Town and Country. Minnesota. Classic Myths. Dux Christus. Efficient Life. Life of Alice Freeman Palmer. Cospel For An Age of Doubt. 'Van Dyke’s History of Painting. Up From Slavery. 3 Through the Magic Door. Just So Stories. Aboard With the Jimmies, Juvenile. Jack, the Young Canoeman. Jack, the Young Trapper. Frank, the Young Naturalist. The Boy Traders. Lost in the Rockies. Tom. o5 Bonnie Prince Charlie. Lion of St. Mark, From Pioneer Home to White House. Brave Old Salt. Little Bobtail. Up the Baltic. Beautiful Joe's Paradeis. Betty Wales, B. A. Betty Wales & Co. Polly Oliver’s Problem. Little Pussy Willow. Helen's Babies. Daddy’s Girl. Dorothy Dainty Series, 6 vol. Girls of True Blue. Rose in Bloom. Brownie Primer. , Sunbonnet Babies' Primer. Peter Rabbit Books, 10 vol. Child Life Primer. ‘Water Babies. Talking Leaves. Seven Little Sisters, Hiawatha Primer. Story of the Red Children. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. . Sunbeam Books, 5 vol. The Overall Boys. Rival Campers Afloat. Rival Campers Ashore. Patty in Parls. Patty in the City. Girl of '76. . Cement Work Done. Cement walks laid and all kinds of cement wotk done and guaral teed. * Telephon 470, Nels Loitved | FEAR SETBACK IN BUSINESS Railroad Men Comment on Rate Injunction. PROPOSE TO GO HIGHER James J. Hill Says Administration Can- not Take Away Rights of Carriers and- He Puts His Faith in Courts. Missouri River Rate Decision Said to Be More Serious Than the Wick- ersham Injunction. New York, June 3.—The action of Attorney General Wickersham in ob- taining an’ injunction at Hannibal, Mo., restraining twenty-five Western raliroads from making effective the proposed increases in the freight rates and the announcement of the decision &, the supreme court in ‘the Missouri hfir rjte case have aroused a vigor- ous protest by railroad officers, bank- ers and manufaoturers. Among New York bankers and raflroad men it is felt that a recession of business will result, though how severe this setback will be cannot be estimated. s ‘W. H. Newman, former president of the New York Central, had this t offer: o “It may possibly mean a great in- Jjury to business. Still, you cannot tell what may happen in the next twenty- four hours. Business conditions as a rule are good, but this injunction suit may mean a serious setback.” 3rmes J. Hill sad he knew of noth- Wt @ thée Sherman anti-trust law which could be so interpreted as to prohibit the roads from filing their in- creases in concert. “This country has lived through 8ome stupid things. I hope it can live through this. The administration can- Bot take away the railroads’ rights. ‘We will go higher,” said Mr. Hill. Cheerful on Other ‘Subjects. The chairman of the Great Northern was cheerful on everything outside of the political situation. Newman' Erb, chairman of the ex- ecutive board of the Ann Arbor rail- road, made the following statement: “The railroad companies - do~ not wish to do anything unlawful and are themselves -interested ‘in knowing whether their proceedings have been lawful. The interstate commerce act requires them to unite in establishing through rates and joint tariffs for in- terstate business and imposes severe penalties for violations of this pro- vision. The Sherman law prohibits them from uniting in agreements in restraint of trade, so the railroads are between two fires.” F. A. Delano, president of the Wa- bash, spoke up without reserve. “The Missouri river rate decision,” he said, “is much more serious than the Wickersham rate injunction, be- cause there is no appeal and no rem- edy, whereas we are sure we can per- suade any fair minded court that rates should be advanced. The Missouri de- cision destroys our entire system of ratemaking.” MOVEMENT IS NATIONWIDE Eastern Roads File Notice of Increase in Freight Rates. ‘Washington, June 3.—Official no- #ces of an increase of freight rates by the railroads within the OCenmtral Freight association’s territory, to take effect on July 1, have been filed with #he interstate commerce commission and an increase of freight rates in the Hastern territory are beginning to qome in, to take effect on July 5. The ‘wheels of the government are already eving with respect to the new East- @m rates on file, -there being prima o evidence in the opinion of cer- vernment officials that the pro- ufinmnseu are exactly on all fours with the increase made by the trans miskissippi roads, which the depart. ment of justice has already enjolned in the Missouri courts. . Notwithstanding the fact that the Eastern roads are filing their pro- posed increases separately, the gov- ernment will examine them closely to ascertain whether or not it will be necessary to enjoin them, also. The outlook: is for a tremendous le- gal battle between the .railroads and the government.* The Central Freight association ter- ritory embraces practically that sec- tion of the country including Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati,. Louisville and Indianapolis and twenty-two railroads and one steamboat company are in- volved in the proposed increase of rates, which ranges from 6 to 81 per cent. T Coal Miners Still Out. ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 3.—There is no sign of settlement in the strike of the 12,000 anthracite mirne workers in the Pittston district. The officials of the Pennsylvania Coal company de- clare no agreement can be reached un- til the strikers first return to work, ccording to the rule of the strike ommission. Ex-Governor Mickey Dead. . Osceola, Neb,, June 3.—Ex-Governor John H. Mickey died at his home here. had been suffering’ from arterial From the first illness For more than'a year the ex-governor | sclerosis, which finally caused his] AT A MO. INJUNCTION New York Central Drops Big Project and Cancells $3,000,000 Order for Cars. New York, june 2—Owing to the recent injunction by Judge Dyer in Missouri, restraining rail- roads from increasing their rates, the New York Central has decided tosuspend the five million dollar progject for improving its system and has requested the cancellation of the order for three million cars, A PRETTY REGEPTION. " Mrs. Isaac Black and Mrs. A. A, Warfield entertained at today the Black home on Lake Boulevard. The receiving hours were from 3 to 6 o’clock, the ladies being invited to meet Mrs. Alfred Norris of Prince- ton, Illinois, who is a guest of Mrs. Warfield. The rooms were beautifully decor- ated with ferns and cut flowers, their sweet odor greeting each guest atthe door. Daffodils and jonquils were used in the living room, red roses in the library and pink carna- tions in the dining room. Ferns were in evidence everywhere. Assisting about the rooms were Mesdames C. W. Warfield, Lycan, Mackenzie, Erwig and Sanborn, Mrs. A. P. White presided at the frappe bowl, being aided by the Misses Gladys Mackenzie and Dorothy Humes. In the dining room the Misses Floy Donaldson and Dora Hanson presided, and were assisted by the: Misses Donna Lycan and Dora Holcomb. During the afternoon one hundred and’ twenty-five ladies called at the Black residenge. WICKERSHAM HERE. ‘The United States A.ttomey General will arrive on the 5:50 train tonight and will be met by several of the prominent citizens. He will speak at the commencement exer- cises in the armory tonight. Y HAD PROSPEGTED HERE. The continious reports of iron ore in the vicinity of Bemidji and es- pecially in the region of Diamond point were verifled this morning by A. A. White of St. Paul, owner of the famous point and part of the site which was offered to the state two years ago for a proposed sixth normal school. Mr. White, who arrived In the city last night to look after property interests here, reported that he had sent a special man from St. Paul to look over Diamond Point and the property directly west last fall. The man returned to the Twin Cities with the declaration that the indications of iron ore were strong in this vicinity. Mr. White, so it is thought, is in Bemidji for the purpose of further investigating the conditions. He expressed no surprise when told of the recent discovery by Wilbur Lycan and Bryon Russell of over 50 per cent iron ore being found in the sand on Diamond Point. MODERR SAMARITANS. .The Bemidji lod§e of Samaritans held its annual meeting last night in the Odd Fellows hall, and a large class initiated under the direction of Lucy Purdy of Duluth. Following the business session the evening was spent socially and with dancing. The ladies served supper at a late hour. > Mrs. Purdy departed for her home in Duluth this morning after a few weeks’ work in the interest of the lodge in this city. 3 Notice. l?lle Public, The undersigned will close their places ‘of business at 6:30 p. m. except Saturday and Monday nights. * _ John Fleming, A. P. Palmer, Given Hardware Co.; ‘ C. E. Battles, o W. M. Ross. RAILWAY TAKES OFFENSE EIGHTH GRADE HAS -| Puposky, paid " his $15 fine and BIG COMMENCEMENT |- Class Papers and Play, “The Monte- = banks,”” Create Much Amusement = Pupils Acted Well. " LITTLE ACTIVE INTEREST OF SCHOOL BOARD OR PARENTS. Superintendent Ritchie Received No Suggestions for Improvement in His -Six Years’ Term. The eighth grade commence- ment exercises in the city hall last night pleased an ecceptionaly large audience. The music was furnished by the high school orchestra, the seventh grade girls and grammer school. The class history by Marie Cahill and the prophecy by Ruth Miner showed advanced ability. ‘The pupils gave a fine class plays “The . Montebanks.” a four act drama in which “Donald Daven- port,” Carter Cutter, runs away from his father, “Major Davenport,’’ Claude Wells, in New York City and Wiibur Lycan as the villian, “Dudley Walworth,” gets into the graces of the major and forges a check for several thousand dollars. Through Donald’s sister, ““Marion,” Dorothy Hazen, father and son are reconciled, two newsboys, Fred Cutter and George Grahamas “Tom” and “Jerry,” playing important parts. All of the pupils acted well, the two newsboys apparently feeling much at home on the stage. The fainting of “Marion” at the sight of her brother greatly . delighted the | crowd through the careful precau- tion she took not to fall until “Dud- ley” was ready to catch her. James Malone and Olive Smith played the parts of “Dick Goff” and -“Grace Stanley.” Not one suggestion for methods to improve the school has been offered the superintendent by a mem- ber of the Bemidji school board or any citizen during the part six years, according to the satement of Prof. A. P. Ritchie last night. Mr. Ritchie thought that the school board had acted in good faith in releasing him this year and said he had but one criticism of the board to make, that its members were not in close edough touch with the needs of the school. The pupils were reminded that they have only reached tbe first mile- stone in their studies and that their education is by no means complete. Mr. Ritchie, in a strong appeal re- quested them to go on with their work and at least complete the high school. Class Roll. Elmer Anderson, Mabel Abrahmson, e Max Bell, Zenda Bell, Harry Breen, Alexander Bryette, Ralph Case, Marie Cahill, Fred Cutter, Carter Cutter, Glen Conger, Mary De Rushia Jennie Ditty, Florence Freese, Ruth Getchell, George Graham, —— Fred Graham, * Cecilia Hild, . Dorothy Hazen, - Jesse Head, Hazel Hulett, Amanda Hegland, Wilbur Lycan, * Alma Loitved, Ruth Miner, Mary Meyer, James Malone, Clara Norbo, 5 Alice Neely, Dabie Plummer, — Irene Price, Fern Robertson, Ina Robertson, Earle Riley, Olive Smith, Fern Smith, Mae Simonson, Claude Wells, Venessa Warninger, Freida ‘Winebrenner, Anna Werner, Violet Voltz, Arthur Wallin. VIOLATED FISH LAW. Dave Simons, who lives near - costs yesterday and was released from the county jail, where he-was. . _ S sentenced Wednesday for having | four pike under the legal length 14 inches in his posession. Notices of the minimum length had been posted in the vicinity of Simons place nearPuposky by local Warden Bailey'and there was little excuse for the defendant catching such small pike. It was brought outin the evidence that he had four short pike in his pocket when