Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 3, 1911, Page 1

. THE BEMIDJ1 D. — VOLUME 8. NUMBER 260. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY GOUNTY OFFIGERS INSTALLED TODAY County Board, With One New Mem- ber, Organizes and Begins Its Routine Work. SOME .CHANGES .IN .SALARY Most of the Official Work in Charge of Old Incumbents—Legislative Members. Few changes will take place in the personnel of Beltrami county’s official family to-day, the majority| of the old officers charge. continuing in The county board of commissioners has but one new member, A. E. VIGGO PETERSON Re-elected Chairman of Commissioners Rako having been elected from the Bemldji district to succeed W. G. Schroeder. The new board con- morning and organized by electing Viggo vened this Peterson as chairman, for the ensuing year. Its next official acts were w0 approve the bonds of J. L. George, as county aud- itor, Henry Funkley, as county at- torney, and H. A. Simons, as court commissioner. Mr. county George, the newly elected in the harness as clerk of the county board, in which capacity he looks and acts like a veteran. auditor, is already His office force will include C. O. Moon, who has served as chief deputy under Auditor Hay- ner, H. W. Alsop, who has had years of experience as a county official in Clay county, and Miss Arabelle Neal, who has assisted Auditor Hayner in the work for several montns past. Mr. Hayner made a few remarks this morning, some of which follow: “T wish to thank the members of the old board of commissioners for the kind manner in which they have always treated me.. 1 wish Auditor- elect George the best of success dur- ing his term of office and hope that he wil be able to profit by some of my errors, While possibly T have made many errors during my term of office, I feel that I have conducted the af- fairs of the county to the best of my ability.” Funkley. McKusi as county at- torney, returns to the responsibility of being the county’s legal adviser after an Henry sucecessor to Chester interim of but two years and so wil take up work with which he is familiar. H. A. Simons has qualified as court commissioner and suceeds A. M. Crowell, who hLas held the office by appointment since the resigna- tion of M. G. Slocum a few months ago. His province is to perform the duties of a judge of the district court at chambers during the absence of the judge from the county, be- sides officiating as a magistrate at preliminary hearings in cases. criminal Except as above stated the form- er county officials were re-elected and no changes have been noted in the office force of any of them. Judge of Probate M. A. Clark has reason to rejoice that the thirteenth national census was taken last year, as the increase in the county’s pop- ulation adds $350.00 to his salary, |GITY “DADS” HOLD MEETING Aldermen Saw No Reason Why They Should Not Meet Last Evening. At last evening’s session of the city council it was decided that a man should be put in charge of the | poor house at once, and W. H. An- derson was chosen. The council reserves the right to change the poor house manager at any time it so desires. The bills were all allowed, with the exception of two which were laid on the table for the time being. Contractor Thomas Johnson who has charge of the septic tank, at- tended the meeting and explained to the council why he and Engineer Spencer had discontinued the build- ing of that structure during the win- ter months. His explanation met ‘\vlv.h a general approval of the al- be allowed to resume work on the tank at the time he thought best. A committee consisting of Alder- man Bisiar, Klien and Bursley was appointed to attend to the needed re- pairs on the council room and police headquarters. There was some question as to whether Dbusiness transacted yes- terday would be legal, but as there is no law which says that the day fol- lowing a legal holiday shall be a hol- iday when the holiday itself falls on Sunday, it was thought best to hold the meeting. Seventy-five Candidates Will Be In- i itiated at Brainerd Sunday. i | Brainerd Council, No. 1491, of the Knights of Columbus, will initiate a class of seventy-five candidates on Sunday, January 8. The council is making great preparations for the delegates and visitors expected, who may number over 400. Knights of St. Paul and Minneap- olis will have a special sleeper. Duluth will also have a special coach. Other cities sending large del- egations will be Bemidji, Crookston, Fargo, St. Cloud and Littl Falls. The initiatory ceremonies will be most elaborate and will take place in Gardner’s hall. The program at present is still in a tentative shape but enough has been formulated to announce the following outline of the day’s proceedings. The Knights and the candidates will meet at Gardner’s hall at half past eight Sunday morning and at- tend mass at St. Francis Catholic church, Rev. Father O’Mahoney of- ficiating. At ten o'clock the first degree will be conferred at the hall. At half past one in the afternoon the second and third degrees will be | conferred on the class. The banquet and social session will be held in the evening. The general committee embraces D. M. Clark, James Cullen, S. F. Queenie, John Imgrund, F. M. Koop, J. Nolan and F. L. Sanborn. This committee has appointed the sub-committees on reception, hall, entertainment, music, choir, applica- tions and printing. _— _—_ raising the same from $1000.00 to $1350.00 per annum. There will be no change in the salary paid other officers, unless in that of county at- torney which may be fixed by the county board in a sum not to exceed $2000.00 per annum, and in that of clerk of court which is increased in the sum of $50.00 per annum by reason of the increased population. There is but slight change in the as- sessed valuation of the county, the »amount remaining a little more than $6,000,000.00. Among the lawmakers at St. Paul who begin their biennial grind to- day, Beltrami county will for the first time in many years, be without re- Presentation as this district is repre- sented by Senator A. L. Hanson, of Norman county, and Representative D. P. O'Neil, of Pennington county. ] dermen, and it was decided that he| K. OF G. GLASS INITIATION| COLDEST WEATHER IN TWO YEARS St. Paul, Jan, 3.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.) —St. Paul and the northwest today suffer the most bitter cold that it has experienced for two years. The thermometer in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana and the Dakotas registered all the way from 20 degrees to 55 degrees below zero. At St. Paul the thermometer fell 24 degrees below at 9 o’clock this motning. LEGISLATURE GONVENED AT NOON---DUNN SPEAKER St. Paul, Jan. 3.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)—The 1911 Minnesota Legislature convened at the State Capitol at noon today for the regular bi-annual session. Both houses were organized tor business. They will meet in joint session to- morrow to hear .the message from Governor Eberhart. The hour for opening was fixed at 12 o’clock; but the members were present early, many of them being on hand two hours before it opened. The members of both houses were sworn in, in the senate by Chief Jus- tice Stark and in the house by Jus- tice Calvin L. Brown, father of the Bemidji atorney, M. J Brown. The house elected H. H. Dunn of Albert Lea as speaker. The other house officers elected for the house are: chief clerk, Oscar Arneson; first assistant clerk, Jerome Ride; enrolling clerk, J. G. Ehoreen of Stillwater; engrossing clerk, Craw- ford Sheldon, Little Falls; sergeant- ‘at-arms, D. F. Syiz- of Red Wing; postmaster, William Scanlon of Min- neapolis; assistant postmaster, 0. O. Hollman of Clayton; chaplain, Rev. Moses M. Maxwell of Hamline. WHY QUINN WAS DISCHARGED Game and Fish Commission Objected to His Drawing Two Salaries. At the time of the discharge of Deputy Game Warden J. M. Quinn of Brainerd, by the state Game and Fish Commission, because he took part in putting on the “lid” in the “dry” territory, many of the newspapers in northern Minnesota felt that Quinn had been rudely treated, in answer to which the commission has issued the following explanation: “Replying to th criticisms of some of the newspapers on the Game and Fish Commission for dismissing J. M. Quinn, a deputy game warden, from their service, the commission wishes to state that the dismissal was not because Mr. Quinn was assisting the federal agents in suppressing the liquor traffic, but because they were paying Mr. Quinn a stated salary to work for them,and they expected him to devote his time to the protection of game and fish. Had he been work- ing for the state on a fee basls, the commission would have raised no ob- jection to his assisting the federal agents, but the commission did not feel justified in paying a man to work for the government when it, the gov- ernment, has ample funds to pay its own men. “Mr. Quinn had been told before his dismissal that the two positions were incompatible,but he insisted up- on working for the government, hence his discharge. The commis- sion does Tike the idea of a man in its employ drawing two salaries.” COST OF EUKOPL'S ARMIES Esimated at Twenty-nine Billions in Last Twenty-five Years. Paris, Jan. 3.—Edmund Thory, the French /economist, figures that the maintewance of kurope's armed peace footing im the last twenty-five years cost 1-45,000,000,000 francs, approxi- mately $29,000,000,000, which involved an increase in the public debt of the European states of from one hundred and five to one hundred and fifty-one blllions of francs and constantly ex- cluded : from productive industries fo 195,000." officers and 3,800,000 men. SOCIAL. AND | Judge M. A.° Sp‘(o,oner left this morning for International Falls on legal business. & Phone your ordersito E. H. Winter & Co,, for flour, feed, hay and wood. For prices see our Ad. | - Special ‘for this week-—Cocoanut Puffs. ~See 1t in our window, 15c per pound. Model Bakery. Every book, l'\briry and toy in the store will -be -cleaned out in the great half price sn)@ t Peterson’s. Miss Nell Shannof left last - even- ing for Moorhead, where she is a student at the State f_Nnrmal School. One of the best jshows that has been seen for a lobg time opened last night at the Brinkman theatre. Do you know tha’t the rates for telephouing to Gfapd, Rapids Du- lath and all range éoints have been, recently, made very Jow? The Methodist Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs. E. H. Denu, 1223 Lake Boulevard. .‘W}pdnesday after- noon at 2:30. Everyone invited. The Crane and Company will carry a full page advertisement in this paper Friday, January 6th, gar their sale of white, Saturday, this ienr January 7th. L. H. Morier, who represents the Naugle Pole & Tie! company, re- turned from Chicigg last evening and left this morning for Deerwood. Miss Marion White and her guest, Miss Mary Quayle of Missouri, will leave tonight for St. Cloud to re- sume their studies at the State Nor- mal School. Ouoe of .the best shows that has been seen for a long time opened last night at the Brinkman theatre, Miss Gladys Kreatz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Kreatz ‘of Be- nidii, leftlast. nigb.,*f{)r Menominie, Wis., where she is a student at the Stout Institute. J. Ferdinand Peterson left last night for Minneapolis to again take up his studies at the University of Minnesota, after enjoying Christmas at the home of his parents in this city. The Swedish Ladies Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. Randahl, Seventh street and Mississippi Ave. Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. All members are requested to be present. One of the best shows that has been seen for a long time opened last night at the Brinkman theatre. Miss Nora Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Anderson left yesterday afternoon for Thief River Falls, where she will make an ex- tended visit at the home of her grand parents, Mr, and Mrs. A. O. Wiste. A trio of university students who left last night for Minneapolis to re- sume their studies are Hallan Huff- man, Ralph Lycan and Clarence Shannon, who spent the Christmas vacation atthe homes of their parents in this city. Ladies’ and Childrens’ white under- musling ask the pleasure of your presence at their yearly presentation Saturday, this year, January 7th, at 207 Third street, the Crane and Com- pany’s store, between the hours of 8 a. m. and 10 p. m. Phone your orders to E. H. Winter & Co. for flour, feed, hay and wood. For prices see our Ad. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy never disappoints those who use it for obstinate coughs, colds and ifritations of the throat and lungs. It stands uorivalled as a remedy for all throat and Jung diseases. Sold by Barker’s Drug Store. Notice. Commencing Tuesday, January 3, we, the undersigned merchants, agree {to close our respective places of business at 6 o’clock, except Satur day: Schueider Bros: Berman Emporium. Gill Bros.—Both stores. O’Leary-Bowser Co. M. O. Madson & Co. Palace Clothing House. Bazaar Store. Model Clothing Store. \ POPULATION OF BEMIDJI 5099 ‘Washington, D. C.—Jan. 3, 1911. —(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Ser- vice) —Bemidji city population, thir- teenth census, 5099; twelfth census, 2183, Attention Chevaliers. sissippi No. 8, Bemidji, are requested to meet at Hakkerup’s Studio in ful dress Thursday Jan. 12th. at 8- o’clock sharp for inspection. By ord er of F.° A. McFarlane, Inspecting Officer. COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT Under the commission plan the people rule the city, and they are given every possible incentive to take an interest in public affairs. The confusions of partisanship are cleared away. The voters do not have to elect men to fill every little office. In Duluth they would elect tive men instead of twenty-one, as at present. They would turn over to these five men the full control of every branch of government, leav- ing it to them to pick for the subordi- nate places that will reflect credit on the commission, They would hold these five men responsible for the conduct of the city business. Under the initiative, the people could start things moving if the commission failed to act. Under the referan- dum the people could veto unsatis- tactory measures adopted by the com- mission., Under: the recall the Deople could supplant any commis- sloner if his work proved unsatis- factory. Instead of having city elections every year, as at present, one’ elec- tion every two years, or even every four years, would be enough; and it is to be hoped that when the new charter is made, it will fix the term of the commissioners at four years instead of two. The initiative, the referandum and the recall are ample safeguards of popular control that render more frequent elections un- necesary. Simplification of city organiza- tion, changing it from the political form to a business system, centrali- zing and definite fixing of power and responsibility, close control by the people—this is the commission plan in a nut shell. Under it the people rule, as they do not rulé except by a polite fiction under the old party system. For many years city elections have been entangled with county, state and national politics. Each party wanted to carry the city because it gave it a leverage that would be helpful in winning county, state and national elections. This threw control out of the hands of the people and into the hands of party bosses. Only rare 1y, in some crisis of city affairs, have the people thrust aside this control and taken hold themselves. Under the commission plan there is no op- portunity for party interests and the party bosses to exert control. There is no place for them to take hold. The whole business of city | administration 1s squarely up to the people, and nothing can come be- tween them and it. Red superfluous offices, divided responsibility, and the waste and inefficiency inevitably involved in these things, have not only made city government under the old plan |a failure in this country, but they | have baffled the people in every at- tempt to get control of their own affairs. It was like building ropes with sand. The commission plan cuts the red tape at a single stroke, centralizes and - fixes responsibility, eliminates all superfluous offices as well as all overlapping of authority and all failure of authority o reach any pro- cess of city business, and puts the full control in the hands of the people, where it belongs.—Duluth tape, All Chevaliers of Canton Mis., BEMIDJI DRUGGIST MARRIED C. W. Brandborg Was United In Marriage Wednesday. At the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. V. A. Kilpatrick, in Sioux Falls, 8. D, at 5 o’clock Wednesday after- noon, occured the mariage of C. W. || Brandborg of Bemidjl and Miss Pearl |A. Thompson of Shell Lake, Wis, The marriage ceremony was per- formed by Rev. Biller of the Episco- pal church of Sioux Falls, The wedding was a quiet affair, only im- mediate relatives and friends being present.. Following the ceremony a sump- tious wedding feast was served. Mr. and Mrs. Brandborg left on the eve- ning train for Minneapolis and Du- || luth, where they spent a short honey- moon trip. They arrived in Be- midji last night and are now domi- ciled at 1003 Lake Boulevard, where they will make their home. The marriage of Mr. Brandborg and Miss Thompson comes as a sur- prise to Bemidj1 people, none know- ing of Mr. Brandborg’s intention when he left the city two weeks ago. The groom is manager of the City Drug Store of this city and has lived here for the past three years, during which time he has made many friends who are glad to welcome Mr. Brand- borg and his charming bride “BIG BEMIDG” AGAIN VICTORS Given Hardware Puck Chasers Go _Ddwn to Defeat. By defeating the Given Hardware company hockey team last Sunday afternoon, on the McLaughlin rink, the “Big Bemidg” puck chasers step- ped another notch nearer the city championship. The game was one of the fastest exhibitions of hockey that Bemidjt sportsmen have seen so far this win- ter, the “Big Bemidg” players being able to nose out a victory near the close of the contest, the score re- sulting 2 to 1. The “Big Bemidg” team was to have gone to Crookston yesterday to play the team' of that place; but owing to a misunderstanding in re- gard to expenses they did mot make the trip. The line-up of the two teams in Sunday’s contest was as follows: “Big Bemidg"” Scarrot, goal; Newton, point; Ripple, centerpoint; LaBounty (Cap), rover; Sprague, right wink; LaBounty, left wing; Armstrong, center. Given Hardware Co. Andrews, goal; Chisholm, point; Chamberlain, coverpoint; Given (Cap), rover; Tibbitts, right wing; Grover, left wing; Nelson, center. Armstrong was the star of the con- test. This young fellow is in the game from start to finish, and is the scoring machine of the “Big Bemidg” aggregation. Horse Found by Police. Yesterday afternoon a stray horse ‘'was found by Chief of Police Joseph Harrington. The horse was quite badly chilled. Chief Harrington turned him over to a livery stable. POISON IN CHEWING GUM Maryland Girl and Her Fiance Are Dead. Cumberland, Md., Jan. 3.—That Grace Elosser and her fiance, Charles E. Twigg, were poisoned by cyanide administered in chewing gum, was the theory upon which the Cumberland police centered their efforts in the mystery that surrounded the finding of their bodies. Analysis of the chewing gum found in the mouth-of Twigg was ordered and if it discloses the presence of cyanide the polfee will attempt to trace the gum. No gum was found in Miss Elosser's mouth, but a well chewed plece was found on the floor of the parlor, Where she and her sweetheart had ‘et to prepare for their wedding and this, the authorities believe, she had Herald, TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BEMIDJI MILITIA INSPEGTION JAN. (1 Major Pratt, of the Minnesota Na- tional Guard, to Conduct Ceremony. Company K Receives Praise From Commanding Officer Because of Its Work. Captain A. E. Otto, of the Bemidji company of the Minnesota National Guard, announced today that he had received orders from headquarters to the effect that there would be com- pany inspection, on Wednesday Jan- uary 11, 1911. A He also received a notice from Al- bert Pratt, major of the third regi- ment Minnesota National Guard, that the Federal inspection would take place some time in March. Major Pratt expressed his plea- sure to. Captain Otto in regard to the manner in which fi;e members of the Bemidji militia did their duty at the Baudette fire last fall. He said that the boys were receiving full credit for their excellent work while at Baudette, and that e would say more to the members of the company, on his visit to Bemidji during his round of inspection. The inspection to be held on Jan- uary 11 will be only ane of.prepara~ tion for the March l.n!pwuon, and will not be so very thorough. The March thought by Major Pratt, will be con- ducted by a regular Army officer. The following is quoted from the letter of Major Pratt: “The inspection will be in heavy marching order, with everything re- quired by the books in the way of field outfit, including housewives, ete., and will be in that line, at least, inspection, it is be rather complete, more so than usual, so it will be well for us to be- gin to get ready for it as soon as possible.” Mr. Pratt spoke of the recent meet- ing in St. Paul during which the officers of t):e state militia accepted the invitation from the management of the Minneapolis Civic Celebration to have the Minnesota National Guard take part, and said that he ‘would give Captain Otto the full de- tails of the meeting and plans later. Company K, the Bemidji member of the National Guard will be three years old next spring, and has be- tween seventy and eighty men en- listed. The company has attend- ed three annual encampments. at Lake City, and has always won praise from the head officers. Captain A. E. Otto is in charge of the company and has as his lieutenants John Hill- aby and Kenneth Kelley. Johnson Challenged. The following letter was received at this office today: Bemidji, Minn., Jan. 2, 1911. Editor Bemidji Pioneer, Bemidji, Minnesota. Dear Sir: In your last Saturday’s issue there appeared a challenge frum Martin Johnson of Duluth, a heavyweight wrestler, looking for matches, In regard to same, kindly allow me to state that I would only be too glad to meet Mr. Johnson here, prefer- ably in the next week or ten days. I am also open to meet any heavy- weight wrestler in the north or west, no wetghts barred. | Iam from Havre, Mont., 20 years old, six feet tall and strip 172 pounds. Hoping Mr. Johnson will give me an opportunity on the mat and thanking him in advance, I am Yours for business, been cliewing. JOE TRACTION. FEDERAL INSPECTION IN MARCH F