Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 15, 1910, Page 1

e THE BEMIDJI 1lstor ical Societys e ATLY PIONEER. HISTORICAL MINNESGTA i f SBCIETY. ¢ " VOLUME 8. NUMBER I01. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENIN-G, AUGUST 15, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. KROHN OUT FOR LOWER HOUSE OF LEGISLATURE Files as Candidate For Republican Nomination—Shevlin Editor and Merchant. Iver A Krohn, of Shevlin, has filed as a candidate for the legisla- ture from the 61st district, subject to the will of the republicans at the IVER A. KROHN Shevlin editor and merchant who wants republican nomination to lower house from 61st district. fall primaries. He is a merchant and also conducts the weekly Shevlin paper, "“The Shevlin Herald.” Mr. Krohn is chairman of the board of county commissioners of Clearwater county and has been on that board for six years. The 61st district is composed of Belrami, Clearwater and Red Lake counties. Mr. Krohn’s opponent is D. P. O,Neill, of Thief River Falls. Mr. O’Neill is running on a county option platform. Mr. Krohn says that he stands for anything and everything that will upbuild northern Minnesota. He is a member of the development association and has always been a booster for this part of the country. At the last election when Mr, Krohn ran for chairman of the county board, he received three- fourths of the vote cast in his county and at the same time had two other candidates running against him. Good roads and ap- portionment are the two things in which he is the most interested. His annoucement reads, “If nominated and elected, I pledge the people of northern Minnesota to heartily support their demands. 1 am for re-apportionment and good roads. Respectfully, Iver Krohn.” Mr. Krodn was in Bemidji today building political fences and getting a line on the local situation. Inlet Opened Yesterday. The Bemidji mill boom that has been blocking the inlet of the lake has been removed and small boats can now go up into Lake Irving and the Mississippi and Schoolcraft rivers. The water in the Schoolcraft is barely deep enough to float a row boat but canoes have no trouble in getting through. The Mississippi can be ascended in canoes for sever- al miles. Baptist Business Meeting. Special business meeting tonight at Baptist church 8 p. m. All mem- bers urged to be present. To Find Work WANT-advertise for it deter- minedly! Tell what you can do—simply, sensibly, with candor. Add a phrase about where you've worked—a phrase about what you expect to earn. Write your ad with a clear thought in your mind as to what sort of services you have to offer—and what impression your ad is apt to make on the sort of a man you want to work for. You can want-advertise your- self into a good job—perhaps quickly! Phone 31 Ex. SPORTING NOTES Cass Lake Defeats Grand Rl‘pidl. Cass Lake, August 15— (Special to the Pioneer)—In a game which started out like a pitchers’ battle, Cass Lake defeated Grand Rapids here today by a score of6tol. Each pitcher had four strikeouts to his credit the first two innings but the Cass Lakers commenced pound- ing the ball hard and landed for two two-baggers and tour singles in the next three innings. In the third inning the locals failed to score on two two-base hits, between which a safe bunt was made and Reed the first base-runner tried to score from second on it but was caught by a narrow margin. Schmidt allowed only two safe hits but was a little wild giving free tra nsportation to four, and struck out thirteen of the visitors. Brownlee of Grand Rapids lost his first game this season and was replaced by Brackett of Cohas- set. Score by innings: Grand Rapids.0000000001—1 Cass Lake.....01030 0 1 1x—6 Batteries: Grand Rapids—Brown- lee, Brackett and Peterson; Cass Lake—Schmidt and Oman. |Standing of the clubs] American Association Won Lost Pet Minneapolis. . . 664 St. Paul . .558 Toledo. .538 Kansas City .504 Columbus. . EYE] Milwaukee. 457 Indianapolis 416 Louisyille.. 379 National League Won Lost Pet Chicago. ..... 66 33 .667 Pittsburg. 38 .612 New York 49 .593 Philadelphia 50 .500 Cincinnati 52 .490 Brooklyn . 59 .410 St. Louis. 61 .402 Bosten ... 69 343 American League Pet Philadelphia 673 .571 .552 .552 Cleveland 466 Washington 434 Chicago 412 St. Louis. 327 National League St. Louis 8-4—Philadelphia 4-7. New York 3—Cincinnati 2. Chicago 3-11—Boston 2-2, Pittsburg 3-8—Brooklyn 2-8. American League New York 1—Chicago 0. Cleveland 3-1—Philadephia 2-14. ‘Washington 5—Detroit 3. St. Louis 2—Boston 0. American Association Minneapolis 4—St. Paul 2. Toledo 4—Columbus 3. Louisville 2—Indianapolis 1. Milwaukee 1-5—Kansas City 0-4. KEELER KILLS BEAR Slays Animal By Shooting Through Glass Window Pane. Ed. Keeler, who lives out west of town, shot a large bear last week. It was thought that this was the mate to the one shot the week be- fore by Nick Hunt at Rice Lake and served up in Jesse Harrison’s restaurant. It weighed close to 400 pounds. Keeler shot the bear at night. He went to bed late and slept soundly until awakened by a scratching on the window pane opposite his head. He looked out and saw the bear’s head silhoueted against the light of the sky. He slowly crawled out of bed, so that he would not scare the animal away, went across the room on hands and knees and got his big rifle. It was loaded and took but an instant to shoot the beast through the window -glass. The head dropped away from the window at once, but feeling that the bear was only wounded, Keeler did not go outside until morning. When he did, he found that he had shot a large, shaggy dog which belonged to a neighbor. Just at present, Keeler is the laughing stock of his friends. In the issue of last Friday we promised to print a complete history of the case which is attracting so much attention at this time and which is of such vital interest to the taxpavers of Beltrami and Clearwater counties. In order to give our readers a clear understanding of the matter, the writ of mandamus which has been sustained by Judge Stanton: is reproduced. The writ is based upon a petition aud recites in substance the matters set forth in the petition, —the petition and writ covering twelve typewritten pages. State of Mlnnesuta.} County of Beltrami. District Court, Fifteenth Judicial District. State of Minnesota ex rel County of Beltrami, State of Minnesota. vs. Relator. Erik Erickson, John G. Veit, Jr., L. A. Krohn, Thor O. Nel- son and Claus Henderson, as County Commissioners of the County of Clearwater, State of Minnesota, Respondents. Alternative Writ of Mandamus. The State of Minnesota to the above named respondents, Erik Erick- son, John G. Veit, Jr, I. A. Krohn, Thor O. Nelson, and Claus Henderson as county commis- sioners of the county of Clear- water, State of Minnesota: Whereas, on the 5th day of May, 1910, the relator above named did make a petition in writing, duly verified, which said petition was on said 5th day of May, 1910, duly filed in this court setting forth. I That all times hereinafter mentioned the above relator, the county of Beltrami, was and still is a duly and legally organized county within the State of Minnesota, duly created, organized and existing un- der and by virtue of the laws of said State. ILI. That at all times since, to-wit, the 20th day of December, 1902, the county of Clearwater has been ;lnd still is a duly and legally organized county within the State of Minne- sota, duly created, organized and ex-. isiting as such under and by virtue of the laws of said State, and that the above named respondents, Erik Erickson, John G. Veit, Jr., L A. Krohn, Thor. F. Nelson and Claus Henderson, now are and for a long time past have been the duly elected, qualified and acting board of county commissioners of said county of Clearwater. III. That at the general Novem- ber 1902 election the territory now constituting the said county of Clearwater was, pursuant to law, duly set off from said county of Bel- trami, and the proclamation declar- ing the proposition for the creation of Clearwater carried at said elec- tion, was duly issued by the Governor of said State of Minnesota on the 20th day of December, 1902. IV. That at the time the said county of Clearwater was set off from said county of Beltrami as aforesaid, the total ‘assessed valua- tion of said Beltrami county, inclu- sive of the territory now composing Clearwater county, was $4,957,621 according to the last assessed valu- ation preceding the aforesaid divis- ion of said territory; that the assessed valuation of all property within the territory now comprising said Beltrami county was, at the time of said division, according to said assessment, $3,707,041, and the assessed valuation of all property within the territory now comprising said Clearwater county was, at the time of said division, according to said assessment, $1,250;580. V. That at or about the time of the issuance of the proclamation creating the said county of Clear- water as aforesaid, the governor of said State of Minnesota duly ap- MANY THOUSANDS INVOLVED IN CASE NEARING A CLOSE Beltrami Suit Against Clearwater Commissioners For Over $23,000 Started in 1908 and Now Coming to Trial on Merits---Complete History of the Case. pointed three disinterested persons, in accordance with the provisions of law at that time existing, to appraise the buildings possessed by sail Pel- trami county; that pursuant to said appointment said appraisers duly qualified and duly made and certi- fied in writing over their signatures, and duly filed with the auditor of said Bettrami county, on to-wit, the 5th day of January, 1903, their cer- tificate of appraital of said buildings, which said appraisal is in the sum of $70,756.75. VI. That at the time of the di- vision of said territory and the creation of said Clearwater county as aforesaid, the floating indebted- ness of said Beltrami county am- ounted to the sum of $53,204, which said amount was rei:reunted by warrants of said Beltrami county outstanding and unpaid, bearing 6 percent interest: that said sum of $53,204 reduced proportionately by the amount of the appraisal of said county buildings aforesaid, left re- maining a floating indebtedness of $31,718 to be apportioned between said counties of Beltrami and Clear- water: that the proportion of said $31,718 for which said Clearwater was and is liable, according to said last assessed valuation, is $8,000. VIL. That at the time of the di- vision of said territory and the cre- ation of said Clearwiter county ‘as aforesaid, the outstanding bonded indebtedness of said Beltrami county amounted to the sum of $122,000, which said sum reduced proportionately by the appraised valuation of said county buildings .as aforesaid, left a bonded indebt- ness of $75,750 remaining to be apportioned between said count- ies of Beltrami and Clearwater, That said bonded indebtness consisted of various issues of bonds duly and legally issued, sold and transferred by said county of Beltrami. That the first of said bonds so issued as aforesaid and oustanding, which said bonds are known as Becker County Indebtedness bonds, were dated June 30, 1897, and were, by their terms,due on June 30, 1907, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per annum, interest payable semi annually, in the sum of $12,000; that reducing said sum of $12,000 proportionately by the appraised valuation of county buildings, there remained the sum of $7,154 to be apportioned between said counties of Beltrami and Clearwater, and that the proportion of said $7,154 for which said Clearwater county was and is liable amounts-to the sum of $1,804, according to the aforesaid assessed valuation of said counties. That the second of said bonds is- sued as aforesaid amounts to the sum of $24,000, bearing date June 30, 1899, and are by their terms pay- able in twenty years from the date thereof, and were issued for the pur- pose of funding certain other bonds of Beltrami county at the time they were issusd; that said 20-year fund- ing bonds bear jnterest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, interest payable semi annually; that reducing the said sum ‘of $24,000 proportion- ately by the value of said county buildings, as fixed in said appraisal, there remained the sum of $14,308 to be apportioned between said counties of Beltrami and Clearwater according to the respective assessed valuation of each as aforesaid, and that the proportion of said sum of $14,308 for which said Clearwater county was and is liable amounts to the sum of $3,608. That the third issue of said bonds amounts to the sum of $36,000, bearing date June 17, 1901, and are by their terms pay- able as follows: $16,000 duein the year 1911 and $20,000 due in the year 1916: that said last named bonds are known as Floating In- debtness bonds and were issued by said Belrrami county for the purpose of bonding its floating debt at the time said bonds were issued. That said last named bonds bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent per anum, interest pay- able semi annually; that said sum of $36,000 reduced proportionately by the appraised value of said county buildings left a remainder ot 21,461 to be apportioned be- tween said counties of Beltrami and Clearwater according to said last assessed valuation of each, and that the proportion devolving upon said Clearwater county to pay amouants to the sum of g5,412. That the fourth of said bonds is- sued amounts to the sum of $50,000, which last named bonds bear date June 2,1902, and bear 5 per cent interest, interest payable semi annu- ally, and are by their terms payable on June 2, 1917; that said last named bonds were issued for the purpose of building the county court house of said Beltrami county. That deduct- ing from said sum' of $50,000 a pro- portionate part of the present value of said county buildings, as fixed by said appraisal as aforesaid, there re: pmained the sum of $29,807.. to. be apportioned and paid by the said counties of Beltrami and Clearwater according to the aforesaid assessed valuation of each, and that the pro- portionate share for which said Clearwater county was and is liable amounts to the sum of $7,516. VIIL. That at the time of the division of said territory and the creation of said Clearwater county, said Beltrami county had in its treasury the sum of $9,469.83, the same being a sinking fund to meet the payment of the aforesaid Becker County Indebtness bonds at the maturity thereof, upon which said sinking fund said county of Beltrami derived 3 per cent interest until the maturity of said bonds. IX. That the aforesaid bonds are now outstanding and unpaid, with the exception of the said Becker County Indebtedness bonds which were paid by said county of Beltrami at the maturity thereof, to-wit, on the 30th day of June, 1907; that the interest upon the aforesaid bonds, and all of them, has been paid by said Beltrami county at the maturity thereof. X. That by reason of the pro- visions of law in force at the time of the division of said territory, it became the duty of the' commis- sioners of said Clearwater county 'as such, to make provision for the payment of said Clearwater county’s proportion of said bond- ed and floating indebtness by levy and taxation upon the taxable property in said Clearwater ccunty at the time fixed by law for doing, in the same manner that the county commissioners of said Bel- trami county would have done had said county not been divided, and to meet the intsrest and principal of said bonds: that notwithstand- ing their said duty as such com- missioners, the said respondent and each and all of them, and their predecessors, in office have wholly neglected, failed and refus- ed to perform their said duty, or in any manner to provide for the payment of said Clearwater county's proportion of said indebt- ness and the whole thereof, XI. That because of the failure of the commissioners of the said county of Clearwater to make pro- vision to meet said Clearwater coun- ty’s proportionate share of said in-|. interest. thereon WEATHER TODAY. Temperature Sunday Monday A. M. 7 62 8 65 9 69 10 71 1 72 12 75 P. M. 1 74 2 74 3 74 75 4 73 5 72" 6 70 7 68 8 67 9 66 10 65 Barometer—30.33 inches—Fall- ing. Maximum today—75. Minumum today—>54. Maximum yesterday—74. Minumum yesterday—63. Forecast—Probably showers; con- tinued cooler. City Drug Store readings. accruing since the division of said territory, the said county of Beltrami has been compelled to pay and has paid, for and on behalf of said Clear- water county, the latter’s proportion- ate share of said floating indebt- edness, the latter proporionate share the amount remaining to be paid upon said Becke: County Indebtedness bonds at the maturity thereof, and the latter’s proportionate share of the interest upon all of said bonded indebtedness accruing and payable since the division of said territory and the creation of said Clearwater county, amounting in all, on December 30th, 1909, to the sum of, to-wit, $14,771, with interest accrued thereon and to accrue, XIL That the county of Bel- trami is primarily liable to the holders of said outstanding bonds for the payment thereof, and unless provision is made by said Clear- water county to pay its proportion thereof, the whole burden of such payment will rest on said Bel- trami county, and said Beltrami county will be compelled to advance funds te pay the proportion thereof which should be paid by said Clearwater county, and relator has no adequate remedy at law. Now Therefore, we being willing that speedy justice be done in this behalf of said Beltrami county, re- lator, do command and enjoin you, the said Erik Frickson, John Veit, Jr, L A. Krohn, Thor O. Nelson, and Claus Henderson, as county commissioners of Clearwater county, State of Minnesota, that immediately upon receipt of this writ, you pro- ceed without unecessary delay to immediately make adequate provision for the payment of Clearwater county’s said proportion of said floating and bonded indebtedness and the interest thereon as hereinbe- fore stated and set forth, by levy and taxation upon the taxable prop- erty- of said Clearwater county, at the time fixed by law for so doing, and inthe manner that the county commissioners of said Beltrami county should have done had said Clearwater connty not been created. Or Show Cause to the Contrary before this Court, at the chambers of the Hon. C. W. Stanton, judge of said Court, in the court house in the city of Bemidji, Beltrami county, State of Minnesota on the 7th day of June 1910, at 10 o’clock in the fore- noon of said day, or as soon there- after as counsel can be heard; and in what manner you shall have exe- cuted this, our writ, make known to our District Court at the time and place-aforesaid. Witness, The Hon C. W. Stanton, one of the Judges of said Court, at Bemidji, Minnesota, this 5th day of May,"A. D. 1901. F. W. Rhoda, Clerk. The proposition of creating Clearwater county was submitted to the voters of Beltrami county at the November election in 1902 and was carried, and on December 20th following, the governor issued [Continued on Page 4] T0 POST CASH PRIZES FOR FIRST FARMERS' DAY Commercial Club Has Donated $25— Balance Will Be Raised From Mercha!nh. Next Saturday will be Farmers’ Day in Bemidji. All of the busi- ness men are putting forth their best efforts to make the farmers feel that their inrerests are the same as those of the city men for the present farmer must also be a business man. 2 In the afternoon, the Commercial club will meet with the farmers, who have been sent as delegates to this meeting, in the court house and it has invited all other farmers who may be in the city on that day to attend the meeting. At this meeting, the warehouse proposition will be discussed. This is the first Farmer's Day ever held in this city and in order to make it more attractive prizes will be posted for such things as the best grain brought in, and the best butter. The complete prize list will be printed later in the week. The Commercial club has donated twenty- five dollars to the prize fund and the balance will be raised ,by private subscription. E. H. Denu, Earl Barker, R. L. Given and W. R. Mackenzie have charge of this fea- ture of the day. The farmers have been invited particularly to talk over plans for a new warehouse to which they can bring their produce and receive cash in return. Too much is being raised in this vicinity for home consump- tion and arrangements must be made for disposing of the excess. If a warehouse is here, branches will probably be established in other towns. It is planned to have a Farmers’ Day every month hereafter. SHOWS HERE TWO NIGHTS Company to Present “Bachelor’s Honey- moon”’ Thursday and Friday. “A Bachelor’s Honeymoon’ will be presented here for two nights this week instead of the one as origi- nally announced. The first per- formance will be given Thursday evening in the Armory Opera house and the troupe will stay over one day and show again Friday night. They come here from Staples. The plot of the play is one which allows room for many humorous situations. Benjamin Bachelor is a widower with twin daughters aged seventeen. He marries an actress and then is afraid to have his spinster sister find it out. He introduces his new wife as governess of his daughters. While he is trying to keep his sister from knowing the truth, he also tries to keep his wife from finding out that the girls are his daughters. Evan Carson, manager of the Opera House, is advertising this play as one of the best he has been able to obtain and the com- pany as first class players. They opened this season last Friday in Lake City and are playing today in St. Cloud. He says that the company is as good as the one which played ¢St. Elmo” and that one satisfied all that heard it. Tickets for Thursday night are on sale at Hanson’s drug store and those for Friday will go on Friday morning. Report Picnic a Success. The annual Scotch picnic was held yesternay at the outlet and those who went over say that they had an enjoyable time. The bag pipes were kept going all day and played for several Scotch dances. Special Notice. Convocation of Bemidji Chapter No. 70, R. A. M. this evening at . 8 p. m. Election of officers and other important business. Every member earnestly requested to be present. E G. E. Carson, H. P.