Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 8, 1910, Page 1

il TH BEMIDJI VOLUME 8. NUMBER 95. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING AUGUST 8, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. LOGAL PRIGES HIGHER THAN IN TEKAMAH, NEB. Quotations of August 4 Show a Dif- ference of from Ten to Fifty Per Cent. Prices paid farmers in Bemidji for produce range from ten to fifty per cent higher than thev do in Nebraska towns of the same size. W. L. Schroeder yesterday received a paper from Tekemah, a town in the heart of the Nebraska farm district, which publishes a market price list. A comparison with Bemidji prices of the same day show that the farmers near this city are getting more for their produce while the cost of cloth- ing and other staples is about the same in Tekamah as they are in Be- midji. Following is a price list of August 4 compared with a Bemidj list of the same date: Bemidji Tekamah $ .92 No. 3 wheat. 1.00 .90 Oats. 45 31 Corn .70 .55 Rye. 75 .60 Barley. 52 Potatoes. .00 Eggs... .10 Butter.......ccooeevneennnn 28 .20 It will be ceen from this table that there was no market for potatoes in Tekamah while in Be- midji they were selling for one dollar per bushel. The price is still good here and Mr. Schroder says that he will buy at that price today. Eggs are bringing more to the farmer in Bemidji than he can get in Minneapolis. The DeSota Cream- ery company quotes eggs at $4.35 a crate,August 8 to 13,that price being theone it will pay to farmers for egas shipped in. ~In addition, the farmer must pay for his own crates at the rate of 13c each and also the express to the city, and must stand loss from rots. These would cut the net price to about 13c per dozen. Butter is quoted at 12}c per pound up to 3000 pounds. The shipper must pay the express and must stand for the shrinkage in transit. Butter in Bemidji will pay 28c a pound to the farmer, while the city quotation will shrink to about 20c. These figures were received this morning by postal card at local commission houses. Mr. Schroeder compiled these figures to show that the farmers near the city were being paid more for their produce than is being paid elsewhere and that the market is still open, as he is willing to buy at prices quoted. TRACKLAYERS STOPPED Soo Men Out of Plummer Cannot Pass Hole Before September 10. Bagley, August 8—(Special to the Pioneer) — The Soo tracklayers reached Gonvick yesterday and are in hopes of reaching Clearbrook by tomorrow night. The trouble ex- perienced by the track graders in what is known as the Ruffee Brook cut, between Clearbrook and Leon- ard, will hang up the tracklayers for no less than thirty days. A spring quick-sand bed, which required all kinds of ditching, pil- ing and corduroying to carry the steam shovels, was struck in this cut, and the contractors will be fortunate if they can get their work completed at this point be- fore the 1oth day of September. The grade between this point and Bemidji 1s completed and the tracklayers will have clear sailing when they get past the hole, Notice, To those whom it concerns: In order to enable me to con- tinue extending credit I am obliged to insist on a settlement each and every month, Parties owing old accounts or past due notes must call and settle " by cash, secured note or otherwise. Kindly oblige. W. G. Schroeder, owWn g\ln was turned upnn hlm - SPORTING NOTES Cass Lake Defeats Fosston. Cass Lake, August 8—(Special to the Pioneer.)—Cass Lake defeated Fosston here yesterday in a very interesting game of ball by fthe score of 2 to 1. The feature of the game was the pitching of Schmidt for Cass Lake, letting the Fosston batters down with only one hit which was secured by McKee. Both sides made one score on passed balls, Cass Lake’s first run was earned on a hit by Read, and sacrifices by Oman and Nason. Fourteen of the visitors “farned” while McKee of Fosston struck out eleven. Score by innings: Fosston..... 0010000001 Cass Lake.....10100000 —2 Batteries—McKee and Stovern; Schmidt and Oman. Moll Quits Wisconsin, Keckie Moil, quarterback on the University of Wisconsin eleven last fall, will not be seen on the Badger gridiron' the coming sea- son. He has left the University and will become a football coach. American Assoclation Won Lost Pet Minneapolis ... 77 38 .670 St. Paul . .. 64 48 571 Toledo. .59 51 538 Kansas City. .55 51 .519 Columbus .50 56 472 Milwaukee .49 59 .454 Indianapolis 66 .400 Louisville.... 69 .367 National League Won Lost Pct Chicago. . . 62 32 .660 Pittsburg . 54 38 .587 .54 39 New York 587 Philadelphia 47 47 .500 Cincinnati 49 490 Brooklyn . 54 .432 St. Louis. 58 .402 Bosten ... 63 .364 _American League 5 Lost” Pct Philadelphia...... 31 .670 Boston ... 39 .606 New York 41 .573] Detroit. 43 .561 Cleveland 50 .468 Washington 57 412 ..87 58 . ..28 64 . Chicago. St. Louis. Results Saturday National League. Pittsburg 10—Boston 2. Brooklyn 3—Cincinnati 1. Philadelphia 9—Chicago 2. New York 5—St.Louis 4. American League Detroit 5-—NewYork 0. MONTHLY REPORT SHOWS |kitea mas be bsd in posesion tor| S{JGAR. BEETS PROVE T0 LIBRARY STILL GROWING Forty New Books Added During July— Decrease in Circulation Among the Children. Miss Beatrice Mills, librarian of the Carnegie Library, has issued a| report for the month of July which shows that the library is growing. Forty books have been added dur- ing the month, and sixty-five new cardsissued. Not as many books were circulated by one hundred, the large falling off being found among the children who drew 625 books in June and 467 in July. This fall- ing off can be laid to the closing of the summer school. Following is the report in full: Bemidji Public Library Report. July 1910. Books circulated......... ...... 1210 " Children . Fiction.... 488 Non Fiction 9 Total. 497 dult Fieton il i s e 673 Non Fiction, Cards Issued Children, Adult Total Reading Room Attendance...,. Periodicals,,, Daily Papers Cash Account Balance on hand July 1. Fines on over due books. Disbursements.. Books Purchased. Gif*s Received from the government printing office, through the courtesy of our congressman, a set of Farm- er’s- Bulletins- well - bound <in-red leather and bearing Carnegie - Li- brary, Bemidji, Minn., stamped in gold letters on the backs. These bulletins contain some very valuable information to farmers, Also ‘re- ceived a set of - the “Census Report of the Philippines” with a set of maps and reports of the field opera- tions of the bureau of soils. A large map of the United States was given to the library and will be hung in the stack room. Respectifully Submitted, The Librarian. School Officers Elected. Officers for the coming year were chosen by the board of education at a meeting held Saturday night, Dr. E. H. Smith was elected presi- dent; J. P, Lahr, former presi- Boston 2-6—Cleveland 5-4. Chicago 1—Washington 5. Philadelphia 6—St. Louis 3. American Assoclation Milwaukee 4—TIndianapolis 3. Minneapolis 6-5—Toledo 0-4. St. Paul 2—Columbus 4. American Association Toledo won from Minneapolis and Columbus won from St. Paul yesterday. ALASKAN COAL FIELDS RICH Geological Survey Values Deposits Above Those of the States. ‘Washington, Aug. \8.—Accessible coal of the best Alaskan fields, even at a half cent a ton in the ground, is dent was elected secretary; and Dr.E. H. Marcum was elected treasurer. This was the first meeting of the new board with the new superintendent, Professor Dwyer, The board also voted to have the domestic science ‘room at the high five days after the open season, but no person shall in.any one day take or kill more than fifteen birds or have in his possession at any one time more then forty.five turtle dove, prairie chicken, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, quail, partridge, ruffed grouse or pfienlnt, woodcock, upland plover, l'bldenv plove~, or all of the same combined, or fifty snipe, wild duck, goose brant or any vari- ety of aquatic fowl, or any or all of the same combined. Unlawful to enter growing or standing grain for the purpose of taking or killing any bird or animal, or to permit any dog to do so without permission from the owner of the land. “Residents of the .state must secure license' from ‘the conuty auditor of the county wherein they reside, fee $1.00. License good until December 31st following; ex- cept that they may hunt game birds in the county ‘vhich they reside without - procuring a license.” T0 FATTEN CATTLE ON BI6 BELTHMM PASTURES Local Farmers Buy'n Stock in South- ern Counties—Grass Here Not Hurt by Drouth. S. E. Thompson, of Blackduck, left this morning for Morrison and other southern counties to pick up a car load of the cattle that are being sold there cheap ‘because of the lack of pasture, The cattle will be shipped up to Beltrami county, fattened on the pastures here, and then shipped to market this winter, Very few Beltrami county pas- tures have been m]used by the dry spell this: summer - and the grass is growing long and- thick. “This is especially true of the low lands where the moisture from the winter snows has stayed in the ground, Many of the swamps, which are usually useless because of so much water, have been dried out sufficiently to make the grass available and are making ex- cellent pasture, ‘The rain which fell here Saturday night and = Sunday morning was general throughout this region and helped the pastures which have been more exposed. Corn and potatoes were belped by the rain and garden vegetables now have emough mois- ture for a good crop. No brush fires have been reported near here for ten days and it is thought that the worst - danger to npened farm crops is now over. Farmers in the southern pnrt of the state are selling their cattle ata loss because they have not raised sufficient forage to carry them over school placed on first floor. The old Catholic church, which is on the *|Soo right of way and blocking the steam shovel, is to be sold at auction. HUNTERS OUT SEPTEMBER 7 worth more than most of the coal lands in the Eastern states, notwith- standing their nearness to lines of transportation and to market. This statement is contained in a bulletin issued by the geological survey, under the direction of George Otis Smith. During the Ballinger-Pinchot inves- tigation A. H. Brooks of the geolog- ical survey tes d t the accessi- ble coal in the ing river and Mata- muska was worth half a cent in the ground. This small figure created the impression in the minds of many peo- ple that the Alaska coal lands were of small value. The bulletin just is- sued says that, priced at the rate named by Mr. Brooks, tlre-best Alaska coal lands are worth from $50 to $500 an acre, values far above the average price of bituminous coal lands in the United States. % Fatally Shot by His Son. Butte, Mont.,, Aug. 8.—Robert Ells- worth Tracy, aged forty years, is dead of a bullet wound received on June 26 at the hands of his son, Thomas Tracy, aged twenty years, who shot his parent when an attack was made by the father upon young Tracy’s mother, who shortly before had se- cured ‘a divorce. The elder Tracy’s Digest of Game Laws Shows Open Sea- son for Chickens and Ducks. With the approach of the hunting seasor, the game laws are being looked up with the usual fall interest. An exchange published the follow- ug digest of the laws: “Quail, partridge, ruffed grouse or pheasant, other than Mongolian, Chinese, ring-necked or English pheasant, may be killed between the first day of October and the first day of December. Wild duck of any vanety, wild goose of any variety, brant or any variety of aquatic fowl whatever, may- be killed between the seventh day of September and the first day of December following. Lo Prarie chickens may be killed between the seventh day of Sep- the winter. Beltrami county farmers are keeping their stock and buying that of others to fatten for the market. Stock ‘men in South St. Paul are advising farmers to hold their stock if possible, and the northern pastures seém to have solved the ‘problem satisfactorily. DOUBLE BILL' AT ARMORY Concert and Dance by Troubadour Amusement Company, Tomorrow night the Troubadour Amusement company will give a concert and dance in the Armory Opera House. . They played in Grand Rapids Saturday night and Man- ager Carson telegraphed the man- ager of the house there asking him to wire at once if the concert was good. He received a wire yester- day saying that the concert was “very nice.” The company will arrive tomorrow afternoon from the east. The . con- cert will last from 8:30 until 11 and will be followed by 'n dance until 2a.m. One, admission will admit to both concert and dance. . Tickets tember and the seventh day!of No- vember. < for. reserved seats are_now on sale BE SATISFAGTORY GROP| Yield Will Average Between Fifteen and Twenty Tons Per Acre—Tops are Valuable. Grow sugar beets is the cry of the more enthusiastic beet growers in this community. Itisthe one vege- table which will be raised more ex- tensively than it has been in the past. * This year has demons‘rated the fact that beets will stand a greater drought than any other vegetable. There are many other reasons why sugar beets are a safer vegetable to grow than others. In addition to the beet being able to stand a greater drought, it will stand colder weather. There can be positively no danger of its being haimed by frost while any other vegetable grown suffers from this cause. In fact the cold weather helps the sugar beet because that is the time when it Jays on the sugar. The sugar beet needs no protection in cold weather after its maturity because it can be safely handled in any climate. Five times as many beets will be grown next year than were this year in this community, Many of the farmers who have a big field of beets in fine condition today state that it is easier to grow them and takes no more time than either corn or pota- toes. This year being merely a test year to show that the soil in this country is adapted for beet growing it has been clearly demonstrated by the prosperous looking fields of beets the crop can be grown here. Some of our best growers in our immediare vicinity are - Jylius Hollander, town of Frohn; L. F: Bejello, ‘town of Frohn; John Ecksteadt and August Haberle; also of the town of Frohn; William Den- licker and Harry Bowers, of the village of Eckles; Nels Willetts, of the town of Frohn, and W. G. Schroeder, of Bemidji. Any one wishing to view the crops on these farms would be much surprised to find such prosperous looking places as are owned by these well known and thriving farmers. It is be- lieved that each and every one of these farmers, especially those who have been more successful with the best growing, will cultivate from five to ten times as much land for this purpose next year asthey have the present year. Mr. Danlicker has an exception- ally fine crop. He believes that if his beets will average a pound apiece the acre. Mr. Willetts and Mr. Haberlee also have a splendid crop of beets and will no doubt increase their acreage for this. vegetable next year. W. G. Schroeder of this city owns a splendid farm not many miles from the city limits and takes much pride in the growing of sugar beets. Mr. Schroeder is a firm heliever in this product and states that if every farmer took advantage of all that beets will produce he believes he would devote the greater portion of his cultivated lands for the raising of this product. Beets are bringing “$5.50 per ton and an average of fifteen ton to the acre will mean about $70. Beet tops will grow about three ton to the acre and it is as fine fodder for cattle as any lowland hay. Today it brings ‘$15 a ton; three tons to the acre bringing $45. Figuring that the beets amounted to $70 and the beet tops and beet plilp again as much, an acre devoted to this purpose woald bring the owner $140. : It does not take an expert to produce this amount from his acre. With an established fact that an acre of beets can be . made te pay the above mentioned amount, it should encouraged every farmer who has land in cultvation to de- vote as many acres as possible to tke raising of sugar beets, | -Certain parties in the southern !:nl of the state say they will put in sugar factory as soon as the crop here_is large enough to keep. one running. One should be running here within a year or two as Bemidji lh he soil, farmers, and railrosd faciliti the crop will exceed twenty tons: to|t0 4o WEATHER TODAY, Temperature Sunday Monday A M. 7 66 8 67 9 68 10 69 11 71 12 73 P.M. 1 69 2 67 3 81 70 4 80 5 81 6 82 7 80 8 79 9 74 10 72 Barometer—30.24 inches— Fall- ing. Maximum today—71. Minumum today—66. Maximum yesterday—82. Minumum yesterday—52. Forecast—Cloudy and Showers. City Drug Store readings. Cass Lake Beer Spilled. N. A. Way, government Indian agent, came over- from Cass Lake Saturday afternoon and reported that he had cleaned out a shipment of wet goods. He said he dumped one barrel of whiskey, two barrels of ‘whiskey in the bottle, one case of wine, eight cases of malt in pint bottles, and twenty quarter barrel kegs of beer into the sand. stuff was shipped by R. L. Shepherd, of Minneapolis, to Sam Wjereshow- skie in ‘Cass Lake. to be seen in this community than Anm‘"u"‘l sflcul The AND PERSONAL =Mrs. - Mr. and Mrs. C. TIke: Black entertained at luncheon - today, Stewart Lowry, of Fergus Falls, is visiting at the home of his aunt, Mrs. E E. Stewart, on Dewey Ave. A. Rhea, of Chester, Illinois, who visited here for two weeks, left for Chester Sat- urday morning. Mas. W. H. Burtiss and family of Decorah, are visiting with Mrs. E. E. Stewart at ber home on Dewey Ave. Mrs. Bustiss is a daughter of Mrs Stewart. A regular meeting of the Ladies Aid society of the Presbyterian church will be held Wednesday after- noon at the home of Mrs. H. N. Douglas at 2 o’clock. All the ladies are invited to attend. A large at- tendance is desired as there is work Notice change from Thurs- day to Wednesday. BAD BURGLAR SCARE Causes Detention of Innocent Man— Later Recognized as Geo. Cochran Minnesota avenue and fifth street was the scene of some excitement about midnight. Two men were seen walking around the Cochran houseand trying the windows. As the family was known to be away, neighbors reported the matter to the police. When the patrolmen arrived, the originial couple disappear éd, but they waited in the shadow. A lone man was seen approaching the house and the police waited. stepped on the porch, he was seized. As he It turned out that the man seized was George Cochran who was just going home to bed.’ The two men there earlier had been friends try- ing to awake him as they thought that he was in the house asleep. At noon today, some thirty Pres- byterian cadets took the Yankee Doodle to the head of the lake where they pitched their camp on Rocky Point. The boys will be in camp| for four or five days and will spend Mnf their time in the woods and ater. Rev.S. E. P. White SPOONER MENTIONED FOR GHIEF JUSTIGE IN 1912 Akeley Editor Brings Out Bemidji Judgeto Represent Northern Minnesota. In the leading editorial of his issue of August 5, Charles F. Sheers, editor of the Akeley Herald-Tribune, brings out Judge M. A. Spooner for chief justice of the supreme court. He says that northern Minnesota should be represented on the bench and that Judge Spooner is the man. Following is the editorial: “Minnesota is larger than the six New England States. 25,000,000 acres of the best land under the sun is yet to be manned. Minnesota is very appropriately termed the “Bread and Butter State,” and is destined to soon become the great- est of all the great states of the Union. “Northeastern Minnesota is now producing one-half of the iron ore of the United States, Northwestern Minnesota, the home of the world famed “Red River Valley” produces a large per cent of the 300,000,000 bushels of grain and vegetables each year, but the territory contained within the counties of Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Beltrami, Clearwater, Wadena, Todd, Morrison, Itasca, Hubbard and Koochiching—a vast empire in itself—is destined to be- come the greatest diversified farming district of equal area in the world. ¢Is it not time that the people of this so-called northern Minne- sota became aroused to the true situation and begin a fight for re- cognition? - Recognition and re- apportionment are also synona- mous terms to the loyal citizens of northern Minnesota, The two great political parties have metand selected their candidates, but it will be noticed that the great terri- tory situate north of the geographi- cal center of the state has not been recognized on their respective state tickets. “Let us take a peep into the . |future; let us unite in demanding from the next republican state con- vention a place on that ticket; let us concentrate our efforts on the office of chief justice of the supreme bench. Let us choose our candidate from the very heart of this great territory and present him for con- sideration. ‘““Among other efficient and confi- dence inspiring men that might be suggested is Hon. Marshall A. Spooner, of Bemidji,, one of the most popular judges who ever occupied the bench in Minnesota. If Judge Spooner would not care to accept this honored office, then there are others who could fill the position with credit to themselves and state. All will concede that our claims are only just and right and itis up to the people of this section of the state to make our wants known—and in time.” The editorial has touched the right spot.in Bemidji hearts and those who have seen it say that it has hit the nail on the head. Judge Spooner was on the bench of this dis- trict until he resigned and went west and since his return has been en- gaged in private practice. He knows law thoroughly and would. make an ideal man and candidate for chief justice. BELTRAMI GOUNTY TO SEND TWO DELEGATES W. R. Mackenzie of Bemidji, and Charles Carter, of Hines, were chosen by the county board of com- missioners at this afternoon’s session; to represent Beltrami county at the National Conservation Congress which is to be held in St. Paul, September 6 to 9. It is needlessto say that this county will be well represented in these two men, as they are not only known in this county but through- out the entire_state. 2 S