Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 22, 1910, Page 2

I ! THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISNED EVERY AFTERNOON EICEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING €O, E. H. DENU. Q. E. CARSON. Extornd In tho Peatoffics at Bomid]l;- Minnsasta;~ as . socond cless mattors: SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR ¥ ADYANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. Population—In 1900, 1500; in 1910, 7000. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders make their summer homes -on :Lake Be- midji. Fishing, boating and bathing ac- commodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten squareTmiles incorporated. Altitude—1400 feetZabove sea level. Water Power—2200; developed horse- power, Mississippi river. Water—Absolutely pure. . Two artesian wells. W Mains—About ten:miles. Boating—500 miles by lakeZand river. Death-Rate—5.4 & thousand’in 1908. Annual Rainfall—38.7 inches. Temperature—20,. above, winter; summer, mean. Sewer Mains—Aboutlfive miles. Cement Sidewalks—Twelve ailes. " Lakeshore Drives—Ten] miles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage—Ten Imiles, two lakes and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600 residences. Taxpayers—1200. Churches—8. School Houses—Four. Bank Deposits—$800,000. Manufactures—Hardwood |handles, lum ber, lath, shingles,; and various other industries. Great Distributing JPoint—Lumber prod- ucts, groceries flour,‘feed and hay. Postal Receipts—$17,000 for 1909, 10th place in stategoutside of St. Paul, Minne- apolis and;;Duluth. Railroads—Great Northern. Minnesota & International, M., R. L. & M., Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault {Ste. Marie, Wilton & Northern, Grand Forks to Duluth, and Bemidji-Sauk Centre. Railroad Depots—Three. Passenger Trains—Fourteen{daily. Hospitals—One. Distances—To §St. Paul,| 230 miles; to Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen. Breweries—One. Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. ‘Wholesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—Une. 75 THE SALOON QUESTION. Representative papers in the terri- tory affected by the recent order of the [Indian bureau preventing the shipment of liquor and thus if stricrly enforced, forcing out of existance every saloon in the “dry zone,” are for the most part outspoken in their convictions. We reprint the follow- ing extracts as indicating the wide- spread interest and the varying opin- ions expressed. SEES ULTIMATE BLESSING. The enforcing of the order for- bidding the sale of intoxicating liquor in the ceded Indian territory will work more or less of a hardship for the time being upon the villages which have been depending upon the saloons for their revenue but eventu- ally it will prove to be the best thing that ever happened to those villages. —Big Fork Compass. IF THE HATCHET DOES'NT FALL It would seem that dealers in De- troit got an early tip on the issuance of the new order for during the last forty-eight hours of the past week, six cars of beer and between 50 and | 75 barrels of whiskey were unloaded at this station. This stock will no doubt carry - Detroit’s . four saloons safely through the boliday trade and after that—comes the famine.—De- troit Record. HOW LONG DID THE SNOWBALL LAST? Report has been received here that an Indian ate a snow ball made from snow gathered in the streets of Bagley after -the. cele- brated raid and become beastly intoxicated. Agent Kalberg was informed of the affair and tried to have the Lord arrested for furnish- ing liquor to the Indian.—Bagley Herald. FEARS. IT . MAY .RETARD. NORTH. Many are of the opinion . that - if the order continues the development of Northern Minnesota .will be greatly retarded. At present there is but one question to consider and that is if the officers enforce the order without discrimination, . no matter: whether it hits Minneapolis, Duluth or any other section :of the state, there will be no appeal .from the order "except to congress and the administration.—Akeley - Herald WALKER THE MODEL TOWN Since the orcer - prohibiting - the railroads from shipping any liquor into this territory went ‘into effect last Friday, special = government agents by the score have been busy at Bemidji, Cass Lake; Bagley and other towns, but as far as Walker is concerned, government men ' are as scarce ‘as “bottled ‘goods" ‘here; “and the two saloons are running along in the same old way which has re- ceived the approval of Chief Special Officer Johnson in months past.— Walker Pilot. EXTRA! CASS LAKE IS GOOD, We are horrified over the way things go on in Bemidji, Special Indian agents forcibly defied andre- sisted; were struck on the head and legs with beer bottles, and gen- erally maltreated, so they were forced to protect themselves with revolvers. Horrible! horrible!" Now, why cannot our big neigh- bor pattern atter us, we did not ace like that; we proudly showed the Indian Department, its agents and other cohorts, that we were obeying the laws and regulations, and that nothing was doing in Cass Lake that was not strictly in compliance with the ten com- mandments and the demands of Mr. William E. Johnsoun, chief special agent of the United :States Indian Department. It pays to be good, Sister Bemidji.—Cass Lake Voice. ADMITS CASS LAKE DIDN'T WIN ALL Under the headings, “Bemidji in the Toils—But has no Leader and no fire department,” the Cass Lake Times says: We have the usual amoant of sympathy for any of our sister towns when disastsr meets them and have no disposition to crow over them when the actual pinch comes. Cass Lake inaugurated the first fight and while she did not win everything ask- ed for, the battle cleare. the atmos- phere for a time. While we were doing battle our sister stood proud and regnant, heaping all manner of abuse and contumely upon us. We harbor no fraction of revenge, and from now on until the end we will manage our forces so that every town in the dry d strict may be at liberty to call on us for the assistance we are able to give. We have maintained from the be- ginning of the ruction that the old treaty under which the special agents are working 18 not, and has not for twenty years been in force. * * * That the special agents who have assumed'authority to' seize and de- stroy liquors have exceeded their authority we have no doubt and that the federal government will in-due time be compelled to foot the bills of all who have lost their property by such raids, seems certain. TOOK' LICENSE FEE, BUT NOW REJOICES Some of our - exchanges, ‘the Be- midji Pioneer for instance, report that Bagley is very indignant over the late closing of saloons here. They had better change reporters or else come up and investigate. The fact of the matter is that four-fifths of the citizens of Bagley and nine-tenths of the citizens of Clearwater county are glad and re- joice over it. It is true thata few red-nosed old soaks who-have long been dead to the world of usefulness are sore; also that a few young “bullies” ~ hanging around taking up primary - work pre- paratory to eventually take-the place of the former ones, are slightly offended.—Bagley Clearwater Crys- tal. TAKES A DIFFERENT VIEW. Suddenly, and without warning, 1'ke a bolt from a clear sky, Indian agents Way, F. S. Kalberg and an- other deputy, started in here. Tues- day morning in Carrie Nation’s style of 'smashing up” the Bagley saloons in general by knocking in the barrel heads and dumping the whisky, wines, brandy, etc., in the snow. . in the back yards. As both saloons before November 1st had. gone to considerable expense in repairing and getting ready to open. up. their business on the first of the month, and besides paying $1,500 each for village license as well as securinga government license, . many Bagley people felt as if it was unjust and unfair on the. part of the -:agents to take such a course. Others, although entertaining the same feelings, claim- ed from the fact that they. were U. S. government agents it was best to let them have their own way without trouble or bloodshed.”—Bagley Her- ald. WANTS ¢‘PUSSYFOOT'] OSLERIZED, Minnesota’ at the recent election went overwhelmingly against pro- hibition and" county option and it seems rather strange’ to say the least that:weare to be: defied in our wishes by a nonenity of the federal government in official: garb ‘who has*-been cranked up a la water wagon in the interests :of| the prohibiticn party. It is no wonder the voters of the G. O. P. are . turning their eyes - toward lsucialism and looking for/ some njmedyuto check the " ““infringe- ment” on the undeniable rights of| ~There is no moral ql.;eslion in- American citizenship. = It would be greatly to the interests of the people of the state of Minnesota, the Republican party and every- body generally if Pussyfool could be referred to Dr, Osler for ‘‘treat- ment.”—Pine River Sentiogel. BLACKDUCK LOSES 15 SALOONS Blackduck’s .15 saloons. .will be. comgelled to go out of business as soon as their present supply of liquor is exhausted unless the latest order from the Indian bureau is rescinded or modified. Agent Paul has rigid instructions not to deliver any liquor including. beer arriving at this station. Two cars which were coosigned to local agents were -held up last Monday and returned to the breweries. Most of the saloon men here have liquors (except beer) enough to last several months and unless the gov- ernment interferes, will continue in|| business: unti! their supply is ex- hausted. . As a result of the drought the price of whiskey may be advanced to 25" cents and possibly higher.— Blackduck American. SALOONS NOT NECESSARY The outlook for the saloon busi- ness in Minnesota’s'dry” territory is certainly not very encouraging. It looks like a case of “23” for all sa- loons in the towns included in the Governor’s recent order prohibiting shipments of liquor into the pros- cribed territory. The only relief appears to be through an act of Con- gress. This is very unlikel?y to occur as no considerab'e public sentiment could be aroused favorable to: such action. The enforcement ot the order will work a hardship to saloon men, of course, but their loss will be | fully compensated -for by the benefits resulting to other people. The sa- loou, if you please, is not an econo- mic necessity in either white man or Indian territory.—Staples Head- light. PREDICTS SPREAD OF DISASTER. In the new order retaining com- merce in spirituous beverages and liquors: in -the now advanced -and thriving portion: of -Minnesota which was once upon a time the home of the brave red man, the Prohibition party has achieved one of the great- est victories recorded in: American politics, for it was not accomplished by the choice of the people, but against their will, forced upon them, as it were, by a ruse exposed in ad- vance, and which an opposing party assisted in carrying out. “And not only does. it stop here, but as fast as the branch of the interior depart- ment openly in league with the Pro- hibitjonists can attend to the mass it has dethroned, its arm- will reach out to the remaining full half of Minnesota, thence: to other states, under.all' Indian treaties — and all contain-the anti-liquor clause—until a sufficient ground: is “aridized” to give the United States the- title of the temperate country of the world. —Deer River Itasca News. WE ARE SCOLDED Such acts of hostility and open defiance of the'laws as reported to have occurred at Bemidji Wednes- day during the execution of an order from the federal government in closing a saloon which was open-in defiance of the recent - order will have more to: do with- bringing the full force of the government power in the matter into active operation than any other one thing. When people resist government officials in the performance of the duties they have been set apart to perform with shot guns, beer bottles and weapons of defense : something . is liable to happen. . Those.in the saloon busi- ness in the prohibited. territory will necessarily have to, live: up to the law in the . case, and violence or threats .of violence will simply ‘have the effect of - tightening . the reins and of placing the restricted terri. tory forever in the ‘dry” column. The acts of irresponsible persons in this matter will - cause . more trouble than can be righted by attempted | legislation.—Brainerd Dispatch, MONSTROUS" INJUSTICE: Of course there ' were ' probably some saloon men in towns adjoin- ing the reservations who violated the laws, but this order applies to -all, whether innocent or guilty, and many of whom are almost 100 miles from the Indians.. It there is any: violation. of the treaty made with the Indians to cover existing pioneer conditions sixty years ago, in the cases of the men who have viclated no laws: of the “United States; the 'state ‘or “municipalily in the sale ‘of * liquor,-‘the federal government and :local -authorities are equally. guilty i granting licenses-to sell liquor in this ter- ritory. s FOR BEMIDJI PEOPLE We have found that A SINGLE DOSE of Adler-i-ka, the simple German Appendicitis remedy, relleves wind or gas in the stemach or bowels, sour_stomach or constipation al- most INSTANTLY. E. N. French & Co.. Drug- eists. : r 7 volved; it is simply a matter of right and justice. Itis a monst. rous injustice ‘to these men, and also an injustice to every com. manity effected, because: all will feel it, indirectly :1f not directly. Every.effort should. be’made by the people of the territory covered to have this wrong righted at the coming » session’ of .icongress, in December. - Uncle Sam should give all his people a square .deal, and tote fair.—Brainerd Tribune, Well Answered. ' . “Why do you weep over the sorrow of people in whom you have no in terest when you -go to the theater? asked the man, “I don't know,” replied the. woman “Why do you cheer wildly when 1 man with whom you are'not acquainb ed slides fo second base?’—Washing- ton Star. Starting a Family Jar. “No man ever obtained anything worth having without working hard for -it,”” said Mrs. Bickers to her hus- band, who was in a discouraged-mood. “Quite true,” replied Mr. Bickers reflectively. - ‘I remember ‘that I .ob- tained you without the: slightest diffi- culty.”—Liverpool Mercury. Croup is most prevalent during the dry cold weather of the early winter months. Parents of young children should be prepared for it. All that is needed is a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Many mothers are never without it in their homes and it bas never disappointed them. A Philosopher. l | EFFICIENCY IS Sold by Barker’s Drug Co. _ Little Willie~ Say: pa, -what fs. a philosopher? Pa—A philosopher, my son, is a man who can pretend to have a light heart when he has a light pocketbook.—Exchange. The Supply. Knicker—All the . fools aren’t dead yet. Bocker—Another trouble is that they aren't all born yet.—New York Press. GREATEST NEED Shippers’ Attorney Scores Rail_Management. 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He contended- for scientific manage- ment of the roads and said the rail- roads should co-operate to reduce costs instead. of combining to increase rates. <« % and Horns Decorative. and Scientific Taxidermy in all its branches. All: Work Guaranteed MOTH PROOF and First Class in. Every He described what he said was the Particular huge field for the application of scien- 3e . tific management and the rich fruit in Bemidji Minnesota economies and improved service, _which 'may be expected to result from economies which have been estimated as aggregating more than a million dol- lars a da7. Urges Further Investigation. He stated that scientific manage- ment demands preparedness :and -de- tailed anzlytical study, that both.em- ployers and employed gain and it does not involve capital expenditures. 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