Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 14, 1910, Page 1

el THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 8. NUMBER 243. ~ ¢ ILY PIONEER BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1910. fistorical § TEN CENTS PER WEEK. DYING GOUNTY BOARD HOLDS BRIEF SESSION Votes Bridge and Roads For Fn‘e Ravished District of Baudette and Spooner. NEXT MEETING, JANUARY 3 At That Time the New County Auditor, Jamds George Will Be in Office. After having held two brief sessions, during which no business of unusual importance, other than extending a helping hand by order- ing bridges and roads for the forest fire residents of the northern part of the county, the Beltrami County Commissioners, who met here ves- terday afternoon, adjourned this fore- noon. This was the last meeting for the old members of the board. The commissioners will next assemble January 3, at which time the newly elected members will take their seats. Upon motion of Commissioner Clementson of Baudette, the board authorized the construction of a bridge across Croswell Creek. The structure is to be 35 feet long, will have five stringers of pine or tama. rac and must be completed by March 1, 1911. ! The board extended the time of Contractor George Butler for the construction of the Turtle River and Movol lake road, to July 1. Upon motion of Commissioner| Fellows, the request for tax abate- ment by W. T. Carlisle and John McDougald were recommended to the tax commission for favorable action. Bids for wood, tec be furnished the county, were rejected and new bids are to be advertised for by the auditor. The bids will call for 200 cords of birch, sawed ends and bidder can quote - prices in carload lots if he so desires. The usual number of bills were al- lowed and reports concerning county work were received and approved. This is the last meeting of the commissioners to be recorded by the present auditor R. C. Hayner, who on January 1 gives over the office to James George. Mr. George was present at the meetings of the com missioners. He is putting -in his time in the auditor’s office becoming familiar with the duties which he is soon to be called upon to execute. WANT A WIFE? SAY SO Hoosier Girls Send Appeal to Men of the Northwest. Indiana girls have sent an appeal into the northwest in order to find husbands. Young women living at Kokomo, Ind., have formed a society for the purpose of getting married. The secretary of the club is to en- gage in correspondence with young bachelors of the northwest with a view to matrimony. The following' appeal has been received and it is given publicity to help the young women in their laudable enterprise of trying to establish a home out of a bachelor’s shack: “Kokomo, Ind, Dec 6, 1610— Dear Sir: This may appear to you to be a strange appeal, but we Hoosier girls are told that in the great northwest there are many bachelors who would not be bache- lors if they could find some girl who would darn their socks, sew on their buttons, cook their meals, take a rows, and assist in makmg a happylEXTHA PRUGHAM IBHIGHT hame for them. “Now, we know of several splen- did young Hoosier girls who are ac- complished in that line and would be willing to undertake that pleasant task for some bachelors of good - | character and prospects, if we could only find the bachelors. Now, our appeal is this: You in your position perhaps know of bashful, lonesome souls of the above description who would like to write to us Hoosier girls; if so, will you kindly make this information public. ~Address, Miss R. E. E,, lockbox 305, Kokomo, Ind.” If you decide to claim one of these girls as a bride you should, of course, inform the Pioneer, so that the event may be properly chronicled. NEW RAILROAD COMING? Surveyors at Work in Beltrami and Ad- joining Counties. From the activities of railway sur- veying crews in this section it is evi- dent that railroad construction is contemplated by some company in the spring. Settlers northeast ot Thief River Falls say that surveyors arerunning lines through and beyond the terri- tory in eastern Marshall and north- western Beltrami counties. These engineers inform the farm- ers with whom they occasionally stay that they are ditch viewers—a statement hardly borne out by the facts, a(ill the great ditching pro- jects in that territory have long since been located, viewed and con- tracts let for their construction. Within the last tlnee years several railroad parties have -run lines: from | the city nurtheuterly towards the Canadian boundary, ostensibly with a terminus at International Falls. The region within these surveys is the only rich territory leftin the Northwest not traversed by a rail- way line, and the company first en- tering it is assured of an abundant return. This is the opinion of all who are familiar with the country and its immense scope and the settlements found in it. For fifty miles northeast of Thief River Falls the land is open prairie, and is all practically settled. To reach any railway, the people of this broad section must visit Thief River Falls. Creameries, stores, schools, rural telephone lines and every other feature of a well deve- loped country mark this region. The ditches which-are now being constructed through - the lowest part the counties mentioned will make available for farming operations the last acre of the rich soil. The wooded portions of Beltrami county, beyond the prairie of eastern Marshall and Pennington counties, is full of homesteaders, all awaiting the entry of arailroad. A handsome revenue would at|. once accrue to a road traversing, hese heavy woods. This section is larger than several Southern Minne- sota counties combined. Wedding Fees in New York. Large wedding fees are rare even in New York. Fees of $50 and $100 are considered large. The $1,000 fee when it makes its appearance usually goes to-the rector of a wealthy congrega- tion who enjoys a salary of $10,000 or $12,000 a year. Larger fees are some- times given. The man of wealth, ac- tuated by a high regard for his pastor and friend, occasionally gives his check for $2,000 or $3,000 under the guise of a wedding fee. He wishes to help the minister and knows the money would not be accepted under any other circumstances. Such gifts, it is need- less to say, are extremely rare. New York has a few clergymen whose mar- riage fees average $1,200 a year. “The Dpastor of a large Presbyterian church on Broadway has estimated that his fees amount annually to.$1,000. These axl-:- tobnotch figures.—Christian Her- al half ioterest in their joys and sor-| Violin Solo and Song to Feature Band Concert.—Dance Follows At the city hall tonight, the Be- midji band will give an indoor concert, under the direction of Harry Masten, the band’s director The program is to be featured by a violinsolo by Mrs. C. R. San- born and a solo by Andrew Rood. The program, in full, which be- gins at 8 p. m. follows: March—*“Pomposity”. . .H. A. Vandercook Selection from—*"The Golden Girl”. ........................ Joe Howard Solo—*A Son of the Desert am I" ..................... Walter Phllips Mt. Andrew Rood Fantasia on—*My Old Kentucky Home" ........................ C. W. Dalby Violin Solo—*Romance From Second Concerts”.......... Henri Wieniawski Mrs. C. R. Sanborn | “Evening Idyls”. ..C. L. Barnhouse Trombone Chaxactemtm—"shdmg Jim” March—"Olivene”. ..... H. A. Vandercook At the conclusion of the program there will be dancing, the Masten Orchestra furnishing the music. SUGGEEDS NORTHROP AT “U” George Edgar Vincent Elected President Minnesota Institution. George Edgar Vincent, dean -of the faculties of ‘arts, lterature and|- science at the University of Chicago] and professor-of _sociology in that institute has been elected by “the board of agents of the University of Minnesota to succeed Dr. - Cyrus}Foo! Northrop as:president of the Univer- sity of Minnesota. =~ President Vincent's acoeptnée has practically been given the e gents. His salary will be $10,000 a year, and he is expected to -take charge April 1 next. The next most important thing done by the regents was the elevation of Dr. Northrop to ‘the new office of presl&ent emeritus, so that as long as he lives he will have an official and honorable connection with the institution to which he has given more than twentyfive years of devoted service. A= This's ROBBERS BLOW OPEN SIFE; WREGK OFFIGE Amatears With“Crude Tools Damage Beltrami Elevator and Escape With “Papers Worth $2,000 BRIAK DESK; OVERLOOK MONEY Use Tin Can For Dark Lantern, Muffle Nitro Explosion With Blanket and " ‘Steal Meat Axe. Amature buglars blew the un- locked safe of the Beltrami Eleva- tor & Milling compaay in the office of that company’s structure, at the foot of Bemidji avenue, at an early hour this morning. They wrecked the safe, damaged the office and:: escaped with papers valued at $2,000, a few cents in cash and a meat axe, Nitroglycerine was used and the work was plainly that of persons unaccustomed to blowing safes. Crude tgols were stolen from the Minnesota & International section house. They consisted of a hand axe, a poker and hammer. A dark lantern was made by putting a candle in a tin can. The explosion was muffled by a horse blanket. A large quantity.of . the explosive was used as its force was sufficient to shatter the safe into several pieces, hurling some of the steel fnzments into_different parts of the - OQnéof'them was shot with nfliclent’bme to mck into the door. . the: “fourth - time that an effort has been made to rob the ele- vator. Fot some time a tag was at- tached to the safe announcing that the combination was not on. The safe had been left unopened since the previous attempts at robbery and bad the “bad'men” - last night taken the trouble - to turn the knob. they would not have been required to .waste their time with explosives. After wrecking the safe, the bur- glars broke open an office desk and scattered its -contents, overlooking Ipra?:!ically the only money in the| office, which was in an envelope in one of the compartments. Traveling Representative Thomas Erwin said: “Our loss by damaged property will be about $150. The papers taken were worth to us $2,000, but are practicaily valueléss-to the rob- bers. They contained several checks and these we have stopped payment on. The other papers wecdn re place, although it will cause consid- erable trouble. Some of our books were damaged by the explosion.” Chief of Police Harrington has made a personal investigation of the robbery and he has his men on the case and arrests may be expected within the next few hours. SO0 AGENT WINS BRIDE Weds Miss Rosenell Trudo at Old Home In Detroit. A. H. Comstock, agent of the Soo line in Bemidji, and Miss Rosenell Trudo of Detroit, Minn., were united in marriage at the Comstock home in Detroit on Sun- ‘day, December 11, Rev. Thomas Price of the Detroit Methodist church officiating. ' The wedding was a surprise to the many Detroit friends of the young couple. - Mr. and Mrs. Comstock haye arrived in Bemidji and will go to housekeeping at 611 Minnesota avenue. Mrs. Comstock is the -daughter og R. Trudo, proprietor of a wagon factory at Detroit. Mr. Comstock cameé to Bemidji to take charge of the Soo line office when the Plummer- Moose Lake extemsion was opened for traffic on Novmeber 14, and dur. iog- his Mmudm. Bemdj; has created “a favorablé impréssion by his courteous and business like methods. Distances at Sea. That man was laughed at who on his first voyage said that the ocean did not 1ok so large as he supposed it would, but he was not alone in expe- riencing disappointment. The horizon at sea gives no idea of the limitless water beyond. A sea captain declares that the average landsman cannot see more than ten miles from the ship in any direction, and it would have to be a mountain or some stationary object for him to be able to distinguish it. CERTAINLY ! WILL YOU PASS. THE -—Bradley in Chicago News. ~ < - —— > e —— e -|shops - on the .| of Tenstrike. PROTESTS CAUSE TAFT T0 LEAVE “LID” TIGHT ‘Open Hearing to Be Held in Washing~ ton For Interested Persons From Both Sides SQUAD OF - AGENTS IN BEMIDJI Come Here After Having Closed Sev- eral Liquor Selling Places on the Cuyuna Range. St. Paul, Dec. 14—( Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)—A special from Washington to the St. Paul Dispatch brings the information that protests from Bemidji, Brainerd, Cass Lake, Crookston and other towns of northern Minnesota against the proposed action of President Taftin modifying the Indian treaty, under the provisions of which sa- loons have been closed, has caused the president to hold up such an order, which, it is said, he had already prepared. Names of the persons in Bemidji protesting are not given. 1t is also announced that a heare ing of all persons interested on both sides has been arranged to be held in Washington before Secretary o the Interior Ballinger, and possibly the president himself. Official an- ‘Rouncement: of the conference is ex- pected within the next few days. After having closed several malt Cuyyuna range, 'Thomas E. Brents, who has been in charge of the Indian Bureau’s sub-agency here, and special agent Coggeshall, whd'is to succeed Mr. Brents, arrived in Bemidji lagt evening. ’ In addition Special Agents Brents and Coggeshall, Agents “‘Fighting Parson” Brannon and N. A. Way are in Bemidji today awaiting instruc- tions from their chief, W. K. “Pussy- foot” Johnson. No imstruction to interfere with the twelve “‘injunc- tion” saloons now doing business here has been received and none is expected until after the legal argu- ments in federal court at St. Paul December 20. “Pussyfoot” Johnson, who has been in Washington givinga full account of the work done by him in Minnesota, left Washington last night for the west and he is ex- pected to be in St. Paul on December 20. Special Agents Brents and Coggeshal! and Deputy Jamss M. Quinn of Brainerd yestsrday closed two malt shops at Ironton, one saloon, two malt shops and a confectionery store at Cuyuna. They were accompanied on this trip by Sheriff Reed of Crow Wing county, The Confectionery store had been handling malt extract. All liquors were ordered shipped out at once. The agents also closed a saloon at Crosby, operating in the Spalding hotel, Two malt shops were -also killed off this morning. At Deer- '{ wood, four malt shops .were closed and a drug store was raided. At Mahnomen Mr. Way caused the arrest of James Quinn on the charge of bootlegging. Dunn plead- ed guilty and was fined 5100 and costs. Tenstrike Residents Wed Here. Judge of Probate Clark, thisafter- noon united in marriage James M. Hanson to Laura E. Hanson, both The groom recently came from Garden City, Towa, ‘ bav- ing traded his farm there for one in Beltrami county. The newly mar- ried couple leave tonight for Ten- strike where they. will at once go to housekeeping. e BIHKESSTA HISTORICAL | SECIETY. § s T — s