Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 13, 1910, Page 1

> Tustotical Sociely+ IONEE SOCIETY, VOLUME 8. NUMBER 48. NEW PASTOR COMING FROM FERGUS FALLS To Take Charge of Methodist Church and see that New Edifice is Started Soon. ‘The following clipping from the Fergus Falls Journal will be of in- terest to the local Methodists. “Rev. Charles Flesher treated the congregation of Grace Methodist Episcopal church to an unwelcome surprise Wednesday evening by ten- dering his resiguation as pastor here. Rev. Mr. Flesher has been pastor of the church here for two years and eight months, and under his pastorate the church has grown and prospered both spiritually and otherwise. Its seeming misfortune ine the destruction of its church edifice by fire a few years ago has resulted,under his energetic direc- tion, in the construction of a new and far more substantial church edifice, and one that is regarded as a model by church buildiers all over the country. It is Mr. Flesher’s success in this line that is resulting in his resigna- tion. A new church edifice is needed at Bemidji, and in view of his ex- perience and his splendid success in this city, the district superintendent has prevailed upon him to accept the pastorate of the church there, which will undertake the work of erecting a fine new edifice. Under the circumstances his congregation here could scarcely refuse to accept his resignation, and 't was voted regretfully to accept it. He and his family will leave for Bemidji about the middle of June. SPORTING NOTES Crookston Wins From Grand Forks. Crockston, June 13—The ball game between the Grand Forks In- dependents and the Crookston Cubs on the local diamond Sunday afternoon was one of the most re- markable contests seen in Crookston for many years. The visitors apparently had the game cinched in the 3rd inning when they added 3 scores to the 1 they made in the opening chapter while the Cubs had been blanked regularly. But the run getting of the visitor was con- fined to these two innings. They filled the bases several times but Pitcher Moore worked himself out of every hole. Crookston failed to get a man across the plate till the 5th inning when with two men down Clarence drove a ball over the right field fence for a complete circuit of the diamond, the drive, being the long- est made here in several years, In the 8th the locals got the bases full on a hit, a base on balls and a man hit by the pitcher after which a hit and an error notted three runs tying the scores and in the final inning Caslson and Monroe hit successively scoring the winning run., R.H.E Grand Forks103000000—463 Crookston 0 0 0010031—547 Cass Lake Takes One From Walker. In an uninteresting game of base- ball here this after noon the locals defeated the Walker team by the score of eleven to seven. Up to the eight inning the Walkerites were held without a score but after a series of errors and hits in the eight, they succeeded in netting a total of six runs, Twice with the bases full and no one out the Cass Lakers suc- ceeded in holding their opponents without a scoro. Emerson done the twirling for Cass Lake and pitched a steady game as did also Rogers for Walker. The score by innings was as follows: Cass Lake. Walker... 100032203 00000061 American Association Indianopolis 8—St. Paul 3. Toledo 11—Minneadolis 1. Columbus 7—Milwaukee 3. Louigville 3—Kansas City 1., > National League. Philadelphia 5—Pittsburg 0. Rain stopped other Games. American League New York 4—Detroit 3. Philadelphia 6—St. Louts 2. Washington 3—Chicago 0, Cleveland—Boston (Rain.) FRED NYBERG RELEASED Prosecution Failed to Show Intent to Cause Olander’s Death. Fred Nyberg, who was arrested on the charge of manslaughter following the death of Louis Olander last Fri- day morning, was released this after- noon. Olander died as the result of a broken neck received in a scuffle in Ole Anderson’s saloon. ‘The witnesses examined this after- noon were the ones who testified be- fore the coroner’s jury. They were all drunk on the night of the brawl and had cloudy memories. The prosecution failed to show any intent on the part of Nyberg to cause Olander’s death. IN SUGAR TRUST CASE. C. R. Heike, J. F. Benderna- gel and Prosecutor Stimson. HEIKE IS FOUND GUILTY Secretary of Sugar Trust Convicted o1 Conspiracy. s New York, June 13.—Charles R Heike, secretary of the American Su- gar- Refining company, was convicted on one count of an indictment charg- ing conspiracy to defraud the govern- ment of customs dues on sugar. *Ernest W. Gerbracht, former super- intendent of the Williamsburg refinery, was convicted on all six counts. For James F. Bendernable, former cashier of the refinery, the jury stood seven to five for acquittal. He will be tried again. This ends the government’s second attempt'to imprison the group of men responsible for the vast underweigh- ing frauds to which the so-called trust has virtually confessed by the restitu- tlon of more than $2,000,000 in duty. Heike is the highest official of the company upon whom blame has been fixed, and he now faces a possible sentence of two years in the federal penitentiary and a fine of $10,000. He is sixty-five years old and broken in health. NEW PROPOSAL FOR INGREASING REVENUE Railroads Plan to Gharge Excess Fare for Pullman Passengers, Chicago, June 12.—The latest move to secure more revenue for the rail- roads is a plan to charge an excess tare for all passengers riding in Pull- man and parlorscars. With a view to discussing this proposition a conference between com- mittees representing all of the passen- ger associations of the United States has been called for June 21 in New York city. The idea originated in the Trunk Line association. The Eastern committee, which has placed its ap- proval upon the plan, is made up of Gerrit Fort of the New York Central, C. S. Lee of the Lehigh Valley, G. W. Boyd of the Pennsylvania and. C. W. Bassett of the Baltimore and Ohio road. It has been suggested that the pen- alty ought to be as great as 1 cent a mile, making the Pullman 3 cents and the coach rate 2 cents per mile. The movement undoubtedly will meet with the opposition of the Pull- man company, for it will, in effect, be an increase in Pullman rates, as it will cost travelers more to ride in Pullman cars, in addition to thelr seat and berth fares, than it does to ride in ordinary conchel. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING,. JUNE 13, 1910. CITY ELECTION FOR PAVING AND IMPROVEMENT BONDS A special election for the purpose of submitting to the voters two separ- ate propositions for issuance of bonds will be held tomorrow. The first proposition is for the issuance of $12,000 of bonds, bear- ing interest at 5 per ceat, due in 20 years. the proceeds to be used in street paving. Ordinatily the people of any city are inclined to hesitate about in. creasing their bonded debt, but in this instance it is difficult to under- stand why any of the] people of Be- midji,unless it be theowners of busi- ness property in the down-town dis- trict, should oppose the issuance of bondsfor paving. The owners of business property in the city are practically allin favor of paving., They will have to pay the entire cost and the rest of the property owners of the city will [have benefit of the pavement without any cost. Under these circumstances it seems to us that the only way for the paying bonds to be defeated would Le in case the people of the city generallry did not understand the true situa- tion. The $12,000 to be derived from the sale of the paving bonds will be turned into what is known as the Permarent Improvement Revoly- ing Fund, to.be used for street pav- ing. The paving, when laid, is assessed solely against the property fronting on the pavement, and the assessments, when paid, go back _— The proceeds of the sale of these bonds will be turned into the Per- manent Improvement Fund, is from that fund that all permanent improvements must be paid. If the voters of this city do not know that we needa new city jail they should visit the present jail once. It isin such acondition that it can no longer be used. Offenders against the law are now detained over night in the police headquarters in tbe city hall, with' nothing to prevent their escape except the vigilance of the night police. They cannot be taken to the County Jail until they have had a hearing and a commitment bas been issued. A substantial city jail is a necessity. The arrangement of the rooms in the city ball makes that building insufficient for the use tor which it is intended. The council room is entirely too small to accomodate the public who are interested in the deliberations of the council, and who have a right to know what that body is doing for the needs of the city. A re-arrangement of the rooms in that building, and the installing of a heating plant which will heat the city hall and the new jail is one of the much needed improvements for our city. The present bridge acrosss thg Mississippi nver Iexdmg to Mill Park and N; ymore ‘bas answered its/ purpose for a number of years, but with the increased travel of a grow- ing city it has now outlived 1ts use- fulness, and a new and substantial into the Revolving Fund to be again used for a like purpose. The other property owners of the city bear no part ‘of the cost of this improvement, and yet they have the benefit of its free use, and the general benefit which comes from such a public structure should be built in its place. Many of the streets of our city are sorely in need of grading, especially in the west and northwestern por- tions of town, and such improve- ments must be paid out of the Permanent Improvement Fund, as improvement. There is nothing that tends to the general improvement and welfare of a city more than the pavement of its business streets, both from a sani- tary and business standpoint. The business thrift and activity which such an improvement clearly indi- cates attracts outside capital and industries, and the prosperity which will naturally follow an improve- ment of this character will be shared in by every resident of Bemidji. It would seem that further dis- cussion on the paving question would merely tend to make the arguments of its opponents appear unreasonable. The only difficulty about the matter is that under the| City Charter we are limited at this time to $12,000 of paving bonds. Many of our merchants have already signified their willingness to pay the entire cost of their pavement as soon as it is completed, so-that the money may be quickly returned to the Re- volving Fund and be used again in additional paving. From the spirit of our citizens on this question it is apparent that the much needed paving of the down-town district can be rapidly done with even _the small amount of money now at our command. The second question submitted at this election is for issuance of $15,000 of bonds for Permanent Improvement Fund of the City, the proceeds to be used in building a new city jail, repairing the city hall, the grading of streets and the build- ing of a bridge across the Mississippi " [river leading to Mill Park Addition. they cannot be assessed to the abut- ting property owners, and are in every sense of the word ‘permanent.” Many people in every community do not understand questions ‘of public improvement, and, not under- standing them, disapprove of them. Some well meaning people of our city have been misled into the be- lief that this $15,000 bond issue is to be used for building bridges - over the Soo railway. Any bridges that may have to be built across the Soo railway, or any other railway in this city, must be paid for solely by the railroad cempanies. This is a duty imposed upon them by the for it Voters Urged to Authorize lss(nes So That Necessary Work May Be Started at Once.--Proposition Backed by Business Men.--All Saloons Closed. Charter, and they are likewise re- quired to build their own- street crossings on grade, amd to keep them in repair, The City Council could not use any of this bond money for such a purpose, and they bave no desire to do so. The party or parties who started this railroad bridge scare were probably honest in their belief that it was true, but they apparently ~obtained their in- formation from a “dream book.” There is on hand, in the sinking fund of this city, about $40,000. The sinking fund is established for the accumulation of money to ritize our city bonds, when due, but money is now accumulating in that fund so rapidly that it is not all needed for that purpose. s The charter provides that money in the sinking fund may be invested in the “Bonds.or other securities of the City.”. The plan of the council with reference to this $15,000 bond issueisto sell the bonds to some local concern and at once repurchase them with money in the sinking fund, and hold these bonds in the sinking fund as an investment. In this way the city will practically be borrowing money from the sinking fund for the purpose of using it for needed public improvements. From that view-point this last proposition assumes an aspect of borrowing by one fund from* another fand; rather than a--bond issue. It is our earnest -desire that every voter of the city should give these matters his careful consideration, and, so considered, we believe the result of tomorrow’s election will show that the people of this city are in favor of ‘anything and everything that tends to the welfare and better- ment of the community. We, as directors of the Commer- cial Club, heartily approve the above article, and urgently request that the voters read it carefully and vote “Yes” to both of the propositions. If there are any points that are not thoroughly understood any of us will be willing to explain them fully, Signed, ‘Thos. J. Burke, F. S. Lycan, A. P. White, W. L. Brooks, G. E. Carson, W. A. Bowser, A. G. Wedge & Son. All saloons mclosed as long as the polls are open. SAMPLE BALLOT To be used at a special election to be held June 14th, 1910, in the City of Bemidji, County of Beltrami, State of Minnesota, for the ratification or rejection of the proposed issue of its negotiable bonds. Put a cross mark, thus (X), in the squares indicated by the arrow, opposite the you wish to vote. question “Yes" or “No," Shall bonds be issued by the City of Bemidji under the provisions of Section 9, Chapter of said city, to the amount of (15,000) Dollars, said bonds to be and for $1,000 each, to be dated as of the date of their issue and shall mature in twenty years after their date, and to bear interest at the rate annum, interest payable semi-annually; for the purpose of raising money for the Permanent of said City, the proceeds of said the erection and construction of a:city jail, the repairing of the City Hall of said City. and the construction and | repairing of bridges and streets in said City. VI of the charter Fifteen Thousand fifteen in number, HE) of five per cent, per —— Improvement Fund bonds to be used in NO Strauss and White Relezsed. John Strauss and Charlie Whue, alias ]ohn Doe, who were in com'l this morning charged with stealing clothjng from Jamex Kemp were re- leased, asthe court held that the evidence was too weak. The men were arrested in Cass Lake Friday night, 4 F AT BRINKMAN TONIGHT. The Bowery Pawn Broker and (LaAdeltia) a Hebrew act that does not offend the' Jewish people. Good. Brooder and Chicks are Gone: brooder with twenty.or thirty of C. J. Woodmansee Thursday night. Louis Stope, Topsy Turvey dancer, He is.the rarity among dancers. Great. Musical Stepps, America’s Fofe: - {moat Xylophone Artists. - Fine, The brooder stood near the back door. There is no trace of the theives. . Subsribe for the Pioneer " chicksin it was stolen from the yard | GUN GLUB ATTENTION. Gun Club shoots Tuesday after- noon at 2:30 o’clock, This will be the last practice work before the tournament, D. D. Miller, Sec. PROHIBITIONISTS TO PUT TICKET IN FIELD Party Will Meet in Minneapolis July 1 To Nominate Candidates and Elect Committee. Minneapolis will entertain the State convention of the Prohibition partyon July 1. The convention has been called to nominate a state ticket, elect a state central com- mittee, and transact other appropri- ate business. The basis of repre- sentation is three representatives at large for each county, and one more for each ten votes cast for Haggard in 1908. Beltrami is allowed seven delegates. For the past three years, the best efforts of the party have been spent on the legislature, but those who know say that the party will make a a strong bid for the governorship. The men elected to the legislature have pleased the party by their sane record. George. W. _Higgins, present chairman of the state committee, says that the party always stands for any legislation that will give the people power to drive the saloons out of the communities. The party wants the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxi- cating drinks, and while it realizes that local and county measures are but “small plasters for big sores” stands willing to back them. | Notice forBids for_ Plrdnu of Ol Cafllolu ‘Charch Blliuil( , andof - flea.hn( Plaat.. - Notice is hereby--given, - that sealed bids will be received by :the School Board of Independent School District of Bemidji, at a meating théreof to be held at the office of the undersigned, in the Miles Block, in Bemidji, Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 14th day of Jume, 1910, at 8 o'clock p. m. for the purchase of 1. That certain frame building, known as the Old Catholic Church Building, located on lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in block 10, Carson’s Addition to Bemidji. 2. That certain hot-air heating plant’ and equipment necessarily connected and used in connection therewith, located in said building. The purchaser or purchasers of the above property will be given the right to remove the same from the property described at any time within 30 days after acceptance of bid. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated June 6, 1910. Graham M. Torrance. Clerk of Independent School Dis- trict of Bemidji. Candidate for Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as candidate for the republican nomina- tion for sheriff of Beltrami county at the primaries September 20th. I respectfully solicit the ~support of the voters of this county. Andrew Johnson, Cement Work Done. Cement walks laid and all kinds of cement work done and guaran- teed. Telephone 470, Nels Loitved BANK MERGER AT CHICAGO Amalgamation Forms Second Largest Institution in Country. Chicago, Junme 13. — Negotiations forming the basis of an amalgamation of the Continental National and Com- merclal National banks of Chicago, in- cluding the American Trust and Sav- ings banks, with combined deposits of $184,000,000, were concluded at 'a con. ference of leading interests in those institutions. Measured by its deposits the wm- bined institutions will form the larg- est bank in Chicago and will rank second in the United States, being led only by the Natlonal City bank of .| New York, which reported total de- posits of about $220,000,000 at the time of the last official-report. enjoy TEN CENTS PER WEEK. JOBBERS MAKE SHORT STOP Will not be Here Over Night. Ninety Minates for Auto Ride. Bemidji is not to have the honor of entertaining the St. Paul jobbers and manufacturers over night to- morrow. The trip schedule has been changed so that the special train will arrive at 1:50 and make a stop of ninty minutes, The Minnesota State Band will accompany the jobbers. As the time here is so limited, not much can be done in the way of entertainment. The Commercial Club intends to take the men on a trip around the city on both sides of the lake in machines, but beyond that nothing has been planned. New Baker For Bemidji The Bemidji Home bakery at 407 Beltrami avenue has opened its doors to" the citizens of this city and earnestly solicits your pat- ronage. This gives Bemidji two bakeries. The bakery is owned and operated by Walter A. Gray from Chicago, Mrs, Gray will assist in conducting the bakery, For the past twenty vears Mr. Gray has been a baker and is considered one of the best in his line. Fancy baking will be a specialty with him and he will at all times guarantee goods that come from the new Home bakery. TELEGRAPHIG SPEGIALS. Cass Lake, June 12—(Special to the Pioneer). J. U. Sammis, exalted ruler of the B. P. O. E. arrived here this afternoon in company with twenty-five members of the Bemidji council as holt:, to enjoy: a couple diys fishmz on Cass Lake and its tributaries. The Sutor house boat was engaged and the party left shortly after noon well prepared to themselves. The fishing around Cass Lake is about the best it has been for several seasons. Preston, Miun. June 13 (Special to the Pioneer.) At the primaries held here yesterday for the repub- lican county convention, Iverson men won out by a desive vote of two to one. Philadelphia, June 13 (Special to the Pioneer)—Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator, landed at Front and Erie avenue at 9:28 a. m. He made the 86 mile flight from New York in one hour and fifty minutes. GOMPANY K OFF FOR CAMP Left Last Night for Ten Day Outing and Practice at Lake City. Company K left for its annual encampment at Lake City last night ™ ona Great Northern special. Fifty- four men made the trip, and with the five advance guards and four rear gaurds, made a company of over sixty men. Captain Otto made the trip with the men. They were picked up at St. Cloud by the Winnipeg flier and taken to St. Paul where they were joined by the rest of the regiment. The com- pany reached camp this moraing about eleven o’clock. The men will spend ten days in camp in _rifle practice and camp duties. A practice march of fifteen miles and over night will be taken some time the last of the week. Letters should be addressed to Lake City, Camp Lakeview, K street. Twenty members of the Bemidji band accompained the men to the depot and played while the company entrained. Henry O. Bjorge Here Today. Henry O, Bjorge is in Bemidji today laying political fences. He is a candidate for the republican nomination to Congress from this district. Mr, Bjorge has been up in Roseau, Internatioral Falls, and the northern part of the district and is on his way back to Lake Park. He says the outlook is better than he | T MINNESOTA HISTORICAL