Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 6, 1910, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNGON EXCEPT SUNBAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. Entared u the Posteffica at Bemid)l, Minmesols, 83 second tlass mattor, SUBSCRIPTION--$5.00 PER YFAR I sDVANCE Begins -to look as if moving pic- tures of the Conservation congress might be illegal. The rain made a great “hit.” It also put “out” the forest fires. Score one for the Weather Man. At that it has been the driest summer in many years. Cass Lake expects a still drier fall. Up to date there has been no great rush by fat folks to purchase aeroplanes for personal use. I There are 350,000 automobiles in this county. They are almost as numerous as the candidates. —_— Mr. Bryan says he will not support Mr. Harmon for president. This is ahard blow for the republieans. When the frost is on the pumpkin a man’s a feelin’ at his best probably because the flies no longer roost on his hairless dome. A New York manager says it is impossible to find pretty chorus girls, which probably means that some of the musical comedies will be left in poor shape. During the past ten years the Johnson family has been going some. It now leads the Chicago families according to their recent directory with 8,205 names to the 5,333 Smiths and 4,782 Andersons. There are 2,803 Browns, 2,153 Nelson’s, 2,029 Joneses and 1,710 Murphy’s. Itis just another case where the Scandinavians lead. Small boys, who have impatiently awaited the passing of the summer s0 as to resume their educational training, have discontinued the tedious task of baiting their hooks, and are now devoting every energy to their studies—the most popular first semester course being spit balls balls and sling shots. Something ought to be done to curb this nuisance. The clever chap of the Carlton County Vidette tells about it as follows: Mr. Peters who recently went out to the coun- try for a rest has returned to town and is looking tired and haggard. He said the farmers make so much noise with their automobiles that he couldn’t get any sleep. No, Bemidji_has not as yet been officially counted, Some who have been deeply interested in the recent guessing contest are becoming im- patient, and are making compari- sons with the growth of other cities, wishing to change their estimates. ‘These growing northern cities can feel certain that their percentage over 1900 will be much larger than any reports yet published. George E. Morrison, recently with the Minneapolis Tribune, is mnow editor of the International Falls Press. Seems good to get away from the biff bang of the city life— out in the blood tingling air of northern Minnesota, doesn’t it? The answer is found in the crisp, live, well edited paper you are publishing. May you be as prosperoue as you say International Falls is ~going to be. Your attention is again called to the fact that communications on any subject of public -interest will be printed in the Pioneer. It is al- most a daily thing to have persons suggest to the editor that he say certain things in the paper. For various reasons the editor may not wish to say them but you can do so yourself. When you feel that “I'd like to say a thing or two” feeling creeping over you, sit down and write it out. Often it would make a more interesting paper and at the same time relieve your feelings. We bave had some communications, and want more. NEVFR TOO LATE' A man is never too old to learn. John Briest, twice mayor of Ten- ton, and for some time editor of a Sunday paper, has decided, atthe age of seventy, that hiseduation has been neglected and will, therefore, enter Princeton university durtng the the coming term. He anticipates taking a four year course in lan- guages and political science, Mr. Briest has been devoting his spare time recently to preparation for the college course, He is now ready and will matriculate without further delay. He says that after he completes his course he will re-enter journalism. One disadvantage of entering a university at the age of seventy is that few make the football team. THE COMING OF THE S00. Within the next forty-eight hours the Soo construction crew will have laid rails to this city, marking a new epoch in the history of Bemidji. Over these bands of steel ponder- ous locomotives will drag heavy trains of lumber, farm produce and stock to the markets of the south and east bringing in commodities to be used here, and, ultimately, trains de luxe will whiz passengers from Winnipeg to Chicago. It would seem entirely fitting that the business men of Bemidji 1ecog- nize the importance of the Soo’s coming, and the suggestion that some sort of a celebration be ar- ranged in the honor of the coming visit of the high officials of this company should, and probably will, receive hearty support. NOT ON THE PROGRAM. Herbert Hodson isonly a fire warden. He bas spent the summer in Koochiching county. Last week, with the other fire wardens of the state, he was called upon to relin- quish his duties. The funds for forest protection this year are ex bausted. Herbert is not on the pro- gram for a speech at the Conserva- tion Congress but he earned a place there when, on quitting his work he said: *'With millions of dollars worth of timber and other property to say nothing of hundreds of lives jeopar- dized by forest fires which at any time might spring forth into a vast conflagation, repeating possibly the Hinkley horror, it is a sad comment ary on a state that is discussing the abolishment of state taxes to have to confess its financial inability to con- tinue the fire rangers at work. “While Chief Forester Andrews and his staff may not be able to do much in putting out the fires, the presence of a state fire warden is a wholesome warning to settlers, cam pers and others who might start fires, to use the utmost precaution against so doing. “No official act that A. O. Eber- hart could do at this time would make him so popular in Upper Min- nesota as in arranging for the continuation of the fire warden ser- vice. There is scarcely a town in this section that does not see forest fire smoke day after day without inter- ruption. When the leaves begin to fall, if the weather continues dry, the danger will increase. It should be recalled that the Hinkley fire was in September. “It is an argument that will not be believed in Upper Minnesota that the funds are exhausted. The state is far too rich for any fund to be ex- hausted except in most extraordinary exigencies. If the fund is short it should be renewed from other sources.”" What will it profit a state to gain all the conservation congresses in the world and lose its own forests? WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY After all, Col. Roosevelt didn't get so much for his African experience—only $1 a word: Big Jim Jeffries sold his African experience for about $200,000.—Carlton County Vidette, SO SAY WE ALL OF US. If H. 0. Bjorge ever had any prospects of making a showing in his race for con- gress, he has spoiled it by a piece of poetry, which he has composed and at- tached to his platform.—Roseau Region. NORTH HAS NOSE POINTED FORWARD PROSPERITY. The northern Minnesota Development association, with headquarters at Bemidjl, is in the game, which, if carried to a suc- cessful termination, means prosperity for our state.—Stillwater Gazette. NO CHANCE TO DEFEAT JUDGE STAN- TON. Judge C. W. Stanton is going to have opposition for the judgeship ' this fall in the person of Attorney Keefe - of Bagley. Judge Stanton is so popular throughout the district that there is' practically no chance of him being defeated. He. has made an exceptionally good judge and is entitled to re-election.—Tenstrike Tribune. READ THIS, SENATOR HANSON. Some fellow whoimagines he is running for the legislature in the 52nd. legislature district has sent this office a statement of what he hopes to accomplish next winter. The author of the pamphlet shows eminent fitness for jury duty but he has ‘no_more business in the legislature than ‘a skunk at an ice cream sociable. —Clnsholm Herald Tribune, LOOK OUT FOR TRUST INFLUENGE This Is Roosevel’s Warning In Speech at St. Paul. WE ARE RECKLESS SPENDERS Deals With State and Federal Control of Waterways—Explains How Great Conservation Fight Has Been Won. Special Interests Must Be Controlled. S8t. Paul, Sept. 6.—America’s reputa- tion for efficiency stands deservedly high throughout the world. We are efficient probably to the full limit that any nation can attain by the methods hitherto used. There is great reason to be proud of our achievements and yet no reason to believe that we cannot excel our past. Through a practically unrestrained Iindividualism we bave reached a pitch of literally unexam- pled material prosperity, although the distribution of this prosperity leaves much to be desired from the standpoint of justice and fair dealing. But we have not only allowed the in- dividual a free hand, which was in the main right; we have also allowed great corporations to act as though they werg individuals and to exercise the rights of individuals, in addition to using the vast combined power of high organization and enormous wealth for their own advantage. This development of corporate zc- tion, it is true, is doubtless in large part responsible for the gigantle de- velopment of our natural resources, but it is not less responsible for waste, destruction and monopoly on an equal- Iy gigantic scale. The method of reckless and uncon- trolled private use and waste has done for us all the good it ever can, and it is time to put an end to it before it does all the evil it easily may. We have passed the time when heedless waste and destruction and arrogant monopoly are any longer permissible. Henceforth we must seek national efficiency by a new and a better way, by the way of the orderly development and use, coupled with the preserva- tion of our natural resources, by mak- Ing the most of what we have for the benefit of all of us, instead of leaving the sources of material prosperity open to indiscriminate exploitation. These are some of the reasons why it Is wise that we should abandon the old point of view and why conserva- tion has become a patriotic duty. Waterways. One of the greatest of our conserva- tion problems is the wise and prompt development and use of the waterways of this nation. The Twin Citles, lylng as they do at the headwaters of the Mississippi, are not upon the direct line of the pro- posed lakes to the gulf deep waterway. Yet they are deeply Interested in its prompt completion, as well as in the deepening and regulation of the Mis- sissippl to the mouth of the Missour! and to the gulf. The project for a great trunk water- way, an arm of the sea, extending from the gulf of Mexico to the great lakes, should not be abandoned. The lakes to the gulf deep waterway and the development of the rivers which flow Into it should be pushed to com- pletion vigorously and without delay. But we must recognize at the outset that there are certain conditions with- out which the people cannot hope to derive from it the benefits they have a right to expect. In nearly every river city from St. Paul to the gulf the water front Is con- trolled by the railways. Nearly every artificlal waterway in the TUnited States, either directly or indirectly, is under the same control. It goes without saying that unless the people prevent It in advance the rallways will attempt to take control of our waterways as fast as they are Improved and completed, nor would I blame them if we, the people. are su- plne In the matter. We must 'sec to it that adequate terminals are provided In every city and town on every improved water- way, terminals open under reasonable conditions to the use of every citizen and rigldly protected against monopo- ly. And we must compel the railways to co-operate with the waterways con- tinuously, effectively and under rea- sonable conditions. Unless we do so the railway lines will refuse to deliver freight to the boat lines, either openly or by impos- Ing prohibitory conditions, and the wa- terways once Improved will do com- paratively little for the benefit of the people who pay the bill. The National Forests. The people of the United States be- lieve in the complete and rounded de- velopment of inland waterways for all the useful purposes they can be made to serve. They believe also in forest protection and forest extension. The fight for our national forests in he west has been won. After a cam- paign In which the women of Min- nesota did work which should secure to them the perpetual gratitude of their state Minnesota won her national for- est and will keep it, Hut the fight to create the southern Appalachian and White mountain forests In the east is not yet over. The bill has passed the house and | will come before the senate for a vote next February. The people of the United States regardless of party or section should stand solidly behind it and see tliat their |epresentntlves do likewise. If any proof were needed that forest protection is a national duty the recent destruction of forests in the west by fire would supply it. Even with the aid of the army added to that of the forest service the loss has been severe. Without either it would have been vastly greater. But the forest service does more " than . p;ouxct tlm national - mem against Tire. Tt mukes tuem practically and Increasingly useful as well. Dur- ing the last year for which I have the figures the natfonal forests were used by 22,000 cattlemen with their herds, 5,000 sheepmen with their flocks, 5,000 timbermen with their crews and 45.- 000 miners. More than 5,000 persons used them for other speclal industries. Nearly 34.000 settlers had the free use of wood. The. total resident population of the national forests is ahout & quarter of a million, which Is larger than the pop- ulation of certain states. More than 700,000 acres of agricul- tiral land have been patented or list- ed for patent within the forests, and the reports of the forest officers show that more than 400,000 people a year use the forests for recreation, camping, hunting, fishing and similar purposes. All this is done, of course, without in- jury to the timber, which has a value of at least $1,000,000,000. Moreover, the natlonal forests pro- tect the water supply of a thousand cities and towns, about 800 irrigation projects and more than 300 power projects, not counting the use of water for these and other purposes by indl- vidual settlers. I think that hereafter we may safe- ly disregard any statements that the national forests are withdrawn from settlement and use. A Country Life Institute. The Investigations of the country life commission have led the farmers of this country to realize that they have not been getting their falr share of progress and all that it brings. Some of our farming communities in the Mississippl valley and in the mid- dle west have made marvelous prog- ress, yet even the best of them, like communities of every other kind, are not beyond improvement, while much needs to be done in some other sec- tions to improve country life. As yet we know comparatively lit- tle of the basic facts of rural civiliza- tion. The means for better farming we have studied with care, but to better living on the farm and to better business on the farm the farmers themselves have given scant attention. Last spring while visiting the cap- ital of Hungary, Budapest, I was im- mensely impressed by the Museum of Country Life, containing an extraordi- nary series of studies in agriculture, in stock ralsing, in forestry, in mining. The exhibits were of the utmost prac- tical importance and were also intense- 1y interesting and Instructive. 1 greatly wish we had such a mu- seum in Washington, and some of your farmer congressmen ought to get a full and detailed report of this Budapest museum to be printed for distribution in a public document. Human Efficiency. As a people we have not yet learned to economize. One of the virtues we Americans most need is thrift. Itisa mere trulsm to say that luxury and extravagance are not good for a na- tion. So far as they affect character, the loss they cause may be beyond computation. But in the material sense there Is a loss greater than Is caused by both extravagance and lux- ury put together. 1 menn the needless, useless and ex- cessive loss to our people from prema- ture death and avoidable discases. Wholly apart from the grief, the suf- fering and the wretchedness which they cause, the material loss each year has been calculated at nearly twice what it costs to run the federal gov- ernment. In addition to the state and city health officers and organizations, there Is urgently nceded a federal bureau of health, to act, so far as the national government properly may, to relieve our people from this dreadful burden. The National Conservation Commis- sion. One of the most important meetings In our recent history was that of the governors in the White House in May, 1908, to consider the conservation question. By the advice of the gov- ernors the meeting was followed by the appointment of a national conser- vation commission, The meeting of the governors directed the attention of the country to conservation as nothing else could haye done, while the work of the commission gave the movement definiteness and supplied it with a practical program. But at the moment when the commission was ready to be- gin the campaign for putting its pro- gram into effect an amendment to the sundry civil service bill was introduced by a congressman from Minnesota with the purpose of pufting a stop to the work so admirably begun. Con- gress passed the amendment, It deserves the confidence and sup- port of every citizen interested in the wise development and preservation of our natural resources and in prevent- Ing them from passing Into the hands of uncontrolled monopolies. It joins with the natlonal -conservation con- gress in holding this meeting. 1 am here by the joint invitation of both. State and Federal Control. But, while we of the United States are anxjous as | believe we are able to be of assistance to others, there are problems of our own which we must not overlook. One of the most im- portant conservation questions of the moment relates to the control of wa- ter power mcnopoly in the public in- terest. There is apparent to the judiclous observer a distinct tendency on the part of our opponents to cloud the is- sue by raising the question of state as against federal jurisdiction. We are ready to meet that issue it if Is forced upon us. But there is no hope for the plain people in such conflicts of juris- "diction. The essentipl quéstion 1s not one of hair splitting tegal technicalities. It is stmply this: Who ‘can best regulate the special finterests for the public | good? . ° Most of the predatory corporations are interstate or bave interstate affili- ations; therefore they are largely out of reach of effective state control and fall of necessity within the federal ju- risdiction. One of the prime objects of those among. them that are grasp- ing and greedy is to avold any effec- flvg control either by state or 10 be the leust effective. In the great fight of the people to drive the special interests from the domination of our government the na- tion is stronger and its jurisdiction is more effective thap that of any state. The most effective” weapon against Hunt’s Pel'fecf these great corporations, most of which are financed and owned on the Baklng Powderl Atlantic coast, will be federal laws and the federal executive. That is why 1 so strongly oppose |Ask for Hunt’s the demand to turn these matters over | Perfect Flavoring Extracts to the states. It is fundamentally a demand against the interest of the plain people, of the people of small means, against the interest of our chil- dren and our clildren’s children, and |’ it 1s primarily in the interest of the great corporations, which desire to es- cape all government control. The Conservation Fight. One of the difficulties in putting into practice the conservation idea is that the field to which It applies is con- stantly growing In the public mind. It has been no slight task to bring be- fore 100,000,000 people a great con- ception like that of conservation and convince them that it is right. - This much we have accomplished. But there remain much to be cleared up and many misunderstandings to be removed. 7 .uese misunderstandings are due in part at least to direct misrepre- sentation by the men to whose interest it is that conservation should not pros- per. For example, we find it constantly sald by men who should know better that temporary withdrawals, such as the withdrawals of coal lands, will per- manently check development. Yet the fact is that these withdraw- als have no purpose except to prevent the coal lands from passing into, pri- vate ownership until congress can pass laws to open them to development un- der conditions just alike to the public and to the men who will do the de- veloping. If there is delay the responsibility for it rests not on the men who made the withdrawals to protect the pub- lic interest, but on those who prevent congress from passing wise legislation and so putting an end to the need for withdrawals. ‘We have a right to congratulate our- selves on this marvelous progress. But there 18 no reason for believing that the fight Is won. In the beginning the speclal Interests, who are our chief op- ponents in the conservation fight, paid little heed to the movement, because they neither understood it nor saw that If it won they might lose. But with the progress of conservation In the minds of our people the fight is getting sharper. The nearer we approach to victory the bitterer the opposition that we must meet and the greater the need for cautlon and watchfulness, Open opposition we .can overcome, but I warn you especially against the men who come to congresses such as this, ostensibly as disinterested eitizens, but actually as the paid agents of the special interests. I heartily approve the attitude of any corporation, interested in the deliber- atlons of a meeting such as this, which comes hither to advocate by its openly accredited agents views which it be- Heves the meeting should have in mind. But I condemn with equal read- iness the appearance of a corporate agent before any convention who does not declare himself frankly as such. This congress Is a direct appeal to the patriotism of our whole people. The nation wisely looks to such gath- erings for counsel and leadership. Let that leadership be sound, definite, practical and on the side of all the people. It would be no small misfor- ture if a meeting such as this should ever fall into the hands of the open enemies or false friends of the great movement which it represents. What this country needs is what ev- ery free country must set before it as the great goal toward which it wurks —an cqual opportunity for life, lib- erty and the pursuit of happiness for every one of its citlzens. To achieve this end we must put a stop to the improper political dominion no less than the improper economic dominion of the great special interests. This country, its natural resources, its natural advantages, its opportuni: ties and its institutions belong to al its citizens. They cannot be enjoyed fully and freely under any government in which the speclal interests as such have & voice. The supreme political task of our day, the indispensable condition of national efficiency and national wel- fare is to drive the special interests out of our public life. Notice. Tn the matter of those certain petitions pray- ing for the vacation of the following de- scribed streets and avenue situated in the ohytof Bemlffl County of Beltrami, Min- nesota, t: That portion of Second smreet Iying within Oarson’s Additlon to sald Oity extending from the west boundary line of Irvine avenue west to the north ri L\t -of-way line of the Great Northern Rallway Company. being six hundred and flllny {lvo [635] feet in length along the north boundary line of sald Becond street, and four hundred and sevent; 1470] feet In length along the south bound- ary line of sald Second street: that pon!un of Mississippi avenue lying within Carson’s Addition to the sald Olty extending from the south boundary line of Secord street south to the north right-of-way line of the Great Nonhel'n Raollway company, belng elghty- three [83] feet in length along the east bound- Iry 1ine of 8ald Mississippi avenue and forty- six [46] feetIn lengith along the west bound- ary line of {ssissippl avenue: that triangular p: of First street, being within the original mwn!lbe of said City, lylnc west of the west boundary line of Minnesota ave- nue and north of the north right-of-way Iine of the Northern Pacific Railway com- pany and south of the south boundary line of Lots Twenty-two 19] Twenty-three [23] and Twency—(our 124], in Block Twenty-one [21], In the original w'n!lbe of said Oluy. otice {8 heroby given by the undersigned commissioners, ID inted by the clty council of the Oity of djl, Minnesota, to appraise damages on uuss benefits_in the mattor of the vacation ot the above described streets and avenue, that petitions praymg for the vwnlon of such streets and avenue, and a at nhuwlnz the location of the same, have ge md are now on file and of record y clerk in and for the Clty of Bemld)l far the examination of all interested persons: that the said commission- exs will meet at the clty _hall in said_City at 2 o'clock p. m., on the17th ‘day of Sept., 1910 fox the nurnose of viewing the ‘streets Ing .l'\enl‘“ souzflcw bcl vlflwgf l?gwn;y and all pleces and parcels of rei hi h n. be elther injured or benefitted, in case mu and avenue are vacated as nnyed tor in said petitions. so that thesald ccommissioners mny be. snlbled to thsrelhéer A the "’fi‘\}"'}-e%“d"é’gmns. Gesiriog to b hesrd t atter. e at Bemiait, Minnosota, this #th day . 1010, o1 ANES0) JOHN O; PARKER, £ DIOATRE: 0, BAILEY, 3 fil Efibmr. Commissionsr, For Health and Pure Food iBISIAR & MURPHY | FUNERAL DIRECTORS 7 Third Street Night phcnes 11 Answered at All Hours H"“tfl‘,g,: I&){tg\’astm 10th The Hunting Season for Hunt- er's Supplies is at Hand Stop Your Hunting We have what your’re looking for in the sport- ing line. Wi nchester Rifles, Shotguns, and Amunition, Hunting Coats and Sacks, Compasses and Gun Cases. In fact, everything you'll need to bag the game. You'll find our prices right too. GIVEN HARDWARE CO. Minnesota Avenue Many Real Estate Snaps ‘We have arranged to sell some of the most desirable residence and business lots in the City of Bemidji at Special Prices until September 10. Cash or easy payment plan. For description and prices apply to H. A. Simons or address Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co. 404 New York Life Bullding ST. PAUL MINNESOTA During ke BUYING SEASON WHEN a traveling salesman has arranged a display of his goods, the telephone makes it a matter of only a moment to invite prospective customers to his sample room. .~ The traveling salesman uses the telephone not only to arrange appointments, but to keep in touch with his house and with customers in different cities. This is made possuble by the Bell Long Distance service.