Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 12, 1910, Page 1

o - —— TH SQCIETY. VOLUME 8. NUMBER 217. PATROLS AND ROADS FOR FOREST SAFETY Two Bills Being Drawn Along These Lines, one Providing Supervisor System to Cost$125,000 BEMIDJI MEETING BIG SUCCESS Auditor lIverson, Editor Hughes and Others Make Important Suggest- ions for New Towns. Twenty five experts working under the direction of a chief forest super- visor, each man patroling twenty townships, is the most important provision of a forest protection bill now being drafted as a result of the meetirg in Bemidji yesterday, The bill is being drawn up by State Auditor Iverson and G. E. Marshall, U.S. forest supervisor of Cass Lake, and it proposes a system of safety which will cost the state approvimately $125,000 per annum to orzanize, equip and execute. Only cruisers and expert timber mean will be employed as forest supervisors and they will be em ployed under civil service rules. When not employed in forest fire work they will classify the state land as to soil and merchautable timber. A second bill, having for its pur- pose additional assurance against possible forest fires is being drawn by a committee composed of Ascher Murray of Wadena, W, R. Mackenzie of Bemidji, C. R. Craig of Duluth, H. ]. Hughes of Minneapolis and C. S. Jameson, of Little Fork. This measure will be known as the good roads bill and its details ~will: follow the judicial ditch law as far as appli cable. All work is to be done under the supervision of the state highway ergineer and state high- way commission. An appropria- tion of $50,000 per year is pro- vided, A. J. McGuire was chairman of the Bemidji meeting W. R. Mac- kenzie acted as secretary. The following were present in addition to those names yesterday: J. A. Hen- dricks, Fosston; T. J. Welch, Be- midji; C. P. Craig, Duluth; D. M. Neill, president of the Red Wing Commercial Club; H. N. Clark, Be- nidji; A. G. Wedge, president, Be- midji Commercial Club; Congress- man Steenerson, Crookston; Prof, W. P. Dyer, and W. E. Neal, of Bemidji. Oneof the features of the gather- ing was the frank admission of W. H. Gemmel, General Manager of the Minnesota & International R R., that the railroads are to blame for some of the fires whick have raged through the forests but he declared that the railroads had been unjustly accused inasmuch as they were not to blame for all the fires of which they have been accused of setting. He said that the railroads would be glad to have the problem solved for them as forest fires were no more profit- able to railroads than any one else. «It would be poor policy on the part of a railroad to cause the de vastation of the country traversed by it, to say nothing of the darage suits which would be brought,” said Mr, Gemmel, Al Kaiser, the Bagley banker, offered the suggestion that the proper protection could only be had by the construction of ditch- made roads. State Auditor Iverson addressed the meeting and declared the prob- lems peculiar to northern Minnesota demand ample and efficient fire pro- tection, state appropriations for the construction and maintenance of roads and of the reduction of indi- vidual burden of supporting rural school in districts where untaxed state lands render an extension of the school system commensurate with the development of the country practically impossible. Mr. Iverson was strong in his dec- laration for thorcughly organized fire protection and advocated the ex- penditure of at least $100,000 a year ! for such a system. He suggested a fire patrol system for the constant services of at least 25 men. During the dry seagsog he would have this number increased to 50 men. Tele- phone, road and path enter communi- cation, he said, should be maintained to enable fire rangers to send danger signals on the outbreak of forest fires. Other suggestions were made by T. P. Cooper of St. Paul, A. M. Dun- ton of McIntosh Ascher Murray of Wadena, H. J. Hugbes, editor of the Farm, Stock and Home of Minne- polis, C. S. Jameson of Little Forks, E. C. Cheyney of St. Paul, M. N. Koll and G. E. Marshall of Cass Lake. The suggestions centered largely around the propositions of good roads and Secretary Mackenzie is drafting a bill with good roads as the feature but one that will include all the other life and property preserv- ing features developed at the meet- ing. The character of this proposed law will be made public as soon as the draft is completed. It will go before the convention of the North- ern Minnesota Development asso- ciation to be hzld in Brainerd on Dec. 2, for the sanction of that body. «I believe the meeting here means the saving of our forests from further devastation from the flames," said Secretary Mackenzie, “‘and while the bills which will go before the legislature at the coming session, will call for a reasonable expenditure of money, it will be an expenditure which will pay for itself ten fold. From what has developed at the gathering I feel free to predict that the Baudette and Spooner fire will be the .last conflagration from the forests to mar the reputation of Minnesota.” A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids, superintendent of the Northern Experiment farm, acted as chair- man of the gathering and Q?id in part; ¢*Most of the men who are buy- ing land in this vicinity are ministers, doctors and storekeepers from Illinois and Iowa who see an opportunity of the land increasing in value and of selling it later on. It seems to me the thing for the state todo is to settle centers where there will be enough people to work together and make it pos- sible for them to make a living, and to make 1t possible for the poor man to make a living. With. out roads and markets it is im- possible.” , Editor Hughes of Farm Stock and Home said: “The danger in this proposition is and always will be that we will lose sight of the great fundamental issues in trying to work out what in relation to them are mere details. “The success of the county de- pends upon the freedom of its in- dividuals, The solution is co-opera- tive effort and there is no power in the United States today to afford that co-operation save that of the federal and state governments, The agricultural schools have fallen down not because they are good enough but because they are not big enough. They were not backed up S0 as to get the grasp of the whole situation. ““Take the state lands proposition. First get an agricultural survey of the land. Then get all the little things that are going to make a man willing to stay and work and, having these, let the state push out its more detailed survey. If a man comes into the country with $10,000 to spend, let him go to an expert and learn where he can invest profita- bly. He should have before him all the possibilities by expert assistance, just as the Danes are doing, also the Trish. You are not getting very many Danes or Irish in this country. They are too well satisfied with their own country. We should do more for the state at large, but here is the immediate need. “We do not need re-forestra tion but we do need de-forestration on a practical basis. Instead of wasting timber as we take it, let us get rid of the slashings that makes a timber box of this whole northern country. “Can John Smith sell a thing when he raises it? The centralized community affords a market. I would have the state do, in other HERE MONDAY AT (0:30 Will Be Bound for Daluth- and:Ousfor West is to Arrive in Afternoon n4300'bkd S FREIGHT THREE TIMES A wklx Trains to Stop at Foot of Mihneséta) Avenue, Temporary Depot Being - . “Polished Up”. regular passenger train on the new Soo Line will arrive in Bemidji. It will be bound for Duluth and will be made up of a mail, bagzage and express car, smoker and day coach, At 4:30 pEsmigh Ppassenger wess -same kind of a kd bound will ar- rive here, - are the hours, according to the “afficial time card just issued, when tj[e Soo trains will arrive daily “ ‘the exception of Sunday. The freight trains will not go on daily at the present time but will run both ways on the same days of each week: Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day. The Soo depot agent has been ap- pointed and is expected to arrive in Bemidji tonight. He comes from Grand Rapids, Minn. - Until the new union depot is con- structed, the Soo trains will stop at the “near depot” at the faot of Minnegota avenne. The Soo officials Sfadifiit that the present structure is not all that might be desired but that it will get there -just the same. ““You can say,” said a Soo' man tb- day, ‘“That our depot is being put in first class shape. It is being treated to an new ceat of perfectly good tar paper anda hansome new counter of being installed.” Take Sunday dinner at the Rex. words, just what enterprise for private profit does but the state would do it for the double profit of the state and the individual. I do not think a commission should be created and then have its hands tied with crude and purposeless legislation. The details of the scheme should be left to a commission made up of big enough men to handle it. Five or seven men, I should say, of big-enough caliber and Toad ‘ideas should form that commission. Get the ablest men, civil engineers:etc., to push these propositions through.” —_— Take Sunday dinner at the .Rex. FIRST S00 mim DUE - Monday ¢ 10:30a, m., the first white pine in the natural finish is Only Five fore the Cbuhty opment association held in the cig hall today the téllo'- Nonhern anewu Develo) nslchhon s hrn I erd Dec. 2, # RN DELEGATES. { W. R. Magkenzie, Bemidji. / W. L. Brooks, Bemidji. o Geo W. Camphell, Bemid. Harvey Woodward, &mndp. . Chas. Hayden, Blackduck. . C. R. Middleton, Batidette. “F. S. Lycan, Bemidji. # G.. B. Olson, Kelliher, 4 ALTERNATES, August Jarchow, Belyidji. Geo. E. Ericsop, Spooner. - ' L. G. Towpssnd, Blackduck. E. O. Eastenson;. Shotley: - Louis Tegner, Buzzle. J. A. Thoren, Solway. & Viggo Peterson, Tenstrike. G. E. Carson, Bemidji. Charles Hayden 'of Blackduck, presided in-the-absencé of President Townsend. There was no other business transacied by the associa- tion. TWO ARE “"LIKELY TO DIE Five Persons Shot in"Attempted Hold- up at Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 12.—Five persons were shot, two of them probably fatal- ly, in an attempt to rob the saloon of Louis Belmont, in the town of Cicero, near here. Three bandits made an at- tempt at robbery and When the saloon keeper fired upon them a revolver bat. tle began. One of the burglars was shot through the head and it not ex- pected to recover. Policeman John Kape, who ran to the aid of Belmont, t'thrmlgh -the body -five times and. prubnbly will die. - Miss Millie Coller, a waitress, was hit by a. bullet while in an- ad- joining roomi. Her nose was shot off, .Belmont was hit by two bullets, but his wounds are not fatal. Fred Cobb, a patron of the place, was hit by three bullets, but his in- Juries are not fatal. TWENTY-ONE LOST IN STORM Two Fishing Vessels ‘Wrecked in the English Channel. Boulogne, France, Nov. 12.—Twen- ty-one persons were drowned in the wreck of two fishing vessels dufing a severe storm in the English channel. One of the craft collided with a’coast steamer. Two other boats foundered and it is feared that their crews were lost. A boat occupied by four cus- toms agents is missing. An ‘unusually severe storm through- out Germany is reported. Telegraphic communication is seriously hampered. Pioneer Resident of Chicago Dead: Chicago, Nov.' 12.—Mrs. Madeline Crocker, eighty-six years oRf,'who con- ducted ‘the first restaurant cart in-Chi- cago, is dead, Mrs, Crocker came .to Chicago sixty-six years ago with her husband and for some time Ilived within ithe Fort Dearborn stockade. | BEMIDJ! SALOON MEN (TALK OFLIQUOR ORDER _“l’ll’lse!-‘smid'()ni of Business by “‘QUIT AGITATING” >SAVYS McNABB | Dealers:Here :Have - Sufficient Supply to Last-THem ‘From Three Weeks to Six Months. -Consternation:reigns in the ranks of Bemidji saloonkeepers as a result of the government’s action in shut- ting off their source of supply. Some of the thirty places doing business in this city admit that they must close their doors by December 1 while. others declare they have sufficient’ _supplies on- -hand to last them for six months. It is reported that a mass meet- Days More be- (Great Day. ing of the liquor dealers will be called when the full purport of the new order is made known, but this is not officially confirmed. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. “studied” the ‘“new kink” very closely, is not greatly perturbed and says he doesn’t think the govern- ment can close the saloons of Be- mwidji. He says if worst comes to worst, that he had a supply that would last for from two to three| months. In reply to the question as to whether he had boosted prices he said: “Nothing to it.” There has been some talk of a conference of mayors of the towns in Northern Minnesota but what Mayor Parker’s attitude toward such a meeting would be, cannot be stated as Mr. Parker is out of the city and will not be here until to- morrow. Mayor Dumas of Cass Lake recently conferred with Secretary Ballinger but has nothing to say re- garding the new order. The Great Northern, M. & L, and Sao agents here have received official notice not to handle liquor. From Washington comes renewed assertions that - the liquor traffic in the restricted district of Minnesota 18 to be positively prohibited. “If the saloons cannot get liquor, cer- taioly they cannot sell it and the whole traffic will be stopped.” reiter- ates Commissioner Valentine. This vast district includes Becker, Hubbard and Cass counties, and parts of Crow Wing, Aitkin, Pine, Carleton, 8t.” Louis, Itasca, Koochiching, Bel- trami, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk, Rumors that the prices of drinks are to 'be boosted are vigorously denied by the better class of salocnkeepers who ‘say they will continue their business exactly as it .has been continued as long as they can Frank Lane, who conducts an expensively equipped and thor- oughly orderly place on Third street, bas this to say. ““So far as I am concerned, the new move means that I shall have to close my place of business. My stock is low and it will be com- pletely exhausted by Dec. 1. - I have scarcely more than half a batrel of! whiskey on- hand, - I ‘had--just..or}. dered 25 bafre]s of whigkey in bond| and I have two barrels in transit but I presume they will be denied me. To be’thus forced out of busi- ness will mean a big damage to me but I do not'intend to fight. I have always obeyed the law and shall continue to do so.” Alexander McNabb, another lead- ing saloonkeeper, had sone original thoughts on the subject of govern- ment interference. Mr. McNabb said: “If you want to know what I think about it, I’ll tell.you that I think if the Pioneer would cut out all this agitating, it woéuld be a good thing for the saloonkeepers and a good thing for the Pioneer if it cares for Bemidji to have saloons. Person- ally, I don’t care how soon they close me up. - However, I am going to keep on doing business as long as I can and I'have a supply that will last me for six months.” John |Larson, who operates a liquor palace at 214 Third street, while admitting that he hasn’t Norman, Clay, Ofter Tail and Wade na ‘counties. The chief cities and towns are Brainerd, Hibbing, Ada, Be- midji,” Hawley, Lake - Park, Detroit, Frazee, Perham, Cass Lake, Grand Rapids, Park Rapids, Aitkin and Walk. er. Three thriving breweries in this territory will be put out of business This district was ceded to the Unit- ed States by the Mississippi, Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish bands of Chippewa Indians in a treaty signed Feb. 22, 1855. This treaty contains the following section: “The laws which have been or may be enacted by congress, regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, are to continue and be in force within the several reservations pro- vided for herein; and those portions of said laws which prohibit the intro- n, manufacture, use of and traf- flc%fi#" spirits, wines or other| “Hquors™ i ‘the “Indian~"country, shall continue and be in force within the en- tire boundaries of the Indian country herein ceded to thé United States un- til otherwisé provided by congress.” RED LAKE GOUNTY SPLITS Thief River Falls Recomes County Seat of “Pennington.” A new county was added to Men- ‘nesota’s list as a result of the general elections held Tuesday and incident- allya long and interesting county seat fight in the northern part of the state was brought to an end. The uew county is Pennington county, made up of a portion of Red Lake couuty and ths new county seat is Thief River Falls. Thief River Falls and Red Lake Falls have long contended for county seat honors. The matter was even carried to courts, but at the election Tuesday the petition to have the county of Red Lake divided was settled. Another county seat fight isalsoon. Charles L. Conger, rep- resenting Polk county, got Secretary of State Julius Schmahl out of bed at St. Paul Wednesday night, to file a petition calling for a division of Polk county. The petition recites that the citizens want the division to be known as Columbia county, and want McIorosh as the county seat, Minnesota one time had a Colum- bia county following an election, and the slice was taken out of Polk county. The matter was later carried into the courts and the election de- clared illegal, Take Sunday dinner at the Rex. FOUR DIE IN MINE EXPLOSION Fifty Others Are Rescued From Shaft at Hillsboro, NI. Hillsboro, 111, Nov. 12.—Four miners were killed and ten were injured in an explosion in the Shoal Creek Coal company’s mine at Panama, Montgom- ery. county. Fifty men who were working in the section of the mine where the explo- slon occurred were rescued, according to the mine manager. Altogethér 350 men were -underground at the time, but 300 of them were in no. danger. . The cause of the explosion is mot INSANE MAN FIGHTS IN CLARK'S OFFICE Peter Weathers Attacks Deputy ‘Sheriff Rutledge While Being Examined For His Sanity. FEARED ANGELS IN FUR COAT Labors Under Hallucination That He is to Die and Spends Time in Praying. While he was being examined by Judge of Probate Clark and the physicians composing the insanity board, yesterday Peter Weathers of Nymore suddenly became violent and attacked Deputy Sheriff Rut- ledge who with the assistance of others finally overpowered the maniac, but not until they had put up the fight of their lives. The insane man landed a blow on the deputy’s head and would have sprung from the second story but for the quick work of that official. Judge Clark ordered Weathers committed to the hospital at Fergus Falls, and he has been taken there by Deputy Sheriff Rutledge. Weathers was taken into custody Thursday noon by Sheriff Hazen, on complaint of Weathers' wife who stated that her husband had just re- turned from International Falls, near which place he had been work. ing in the woods. According to Mrs. Weathers, her husband had ex- * pressed the belief that he was going to die some day this week; that his fur overcoat contained angels, and that he fiiust pray for the safety. of his soul. Weathers spent Thursday night in the county jail, where he refused to eat orsleep. Beginning atan early hour this morning, he began to kneel in prayer and kept up his devotions until summoned to appear in probate court. Weathers balked slightly in accompanying Deputy Sheriff Rut- ledge but finally went in. Judge Clark bhad asked the unfcrtunate man but a few questions when he grabbed his hat and made a des- perate rush for the deputy, who grabbed him. Weathers is a power- ful fellow and it took the combined strength of all those in the room to oyerpower him and put the on his hands. He was removed to a cell, where he raved, asking the Lord to have mercy on his soui. Weathers is a married man with a wife and child of his own, and three stepchildren. He has lived in Ny- more for several years, and is well known toa number of Bemidji and Nymore people. He has not been “just right” for several months, and the climax came this week. Take Sunday dinner at the Rex, Consumption Robbed of its Terrors at Last Complete Cure Effected. At last the dreaded white plague has been robbed of at least some of its terrors, Harold King, a young bank teller bhad given up all hopes of his life, when through the aid of his fiance‘ his attention was called to a notice in one of, the leading papers to the jeffect that the dread desease was curable. Naturally ke thought this worth investigating. The result of his investigation can be seen at the ever popular Majestic Theater to- night and tomorrow night for the small sum of 10 cents, also a very in- teresting picture beautifully colored showing the 15th Anniversary of Yokahoma Japan and a screaming comedy entitled “Lastest Fashion in Skirts.” Ladies contemplating the purchase of the famous Hobble skirt should not fail to see this pic- ture, Take Sunday dinner at the Rex. e MINNESCTR HISTORICAL “muffs” _