Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 4, 1911, Page 1

THE BEM DJ1 DAILY PIONE VOLUME 8. NUMBER 26 1. COMMERGIAL GLUB WILL HAVE BANQUET Girls of High School Cooking Class to Serve Bemidji Business Men With Dinner. COMMISSION PLAN INVESTIGATED | City Council Will Be Asked to Take “Action In Regard to Sale of Im- pure Milk, | At the regular monthly meeting of the Bemidji Commercial Club last evening, at the club rooms, every member was present, crowding the rooms to such an extent that it was impossible to seat all present. | After the regular business had| been completed the matter of sending" a delegation to St. Paul to attend the meeting of the Minnesota Feder- ation of Commercial Clubs was dis- cussed and it was decided that a com- mittee consisting of K. K. Roe and T. J. Burke with F. S. Lycan and W. | L. Brooks as alternates, should at-| tend. | The meeting of the Minnesota Fed- | eration of Commercial Clubs is to be | held in St. Paul on Wednesday and Thursday January 25 and 26. | As to the matter of obtaining suit- able club rooms, a committee was appointed to look into the proposi-| tion. C. E. Battles said during the discussion that he intended to re- build his store building and would be willing to arrange it that the club could have the second story built as they saw fit. The building is 70/ feet long and 25 feet wide and in his | opinion would make ideal club rooms. Prosident Wedge of the Commercial Club has appointed a building com- mittee consisting of E. H. Denu, chairman, Dr. E. H. Marcum, M. E. Smith and R. L. Given, to attend to the mater. Dr. Gilmore recommended that a committee be appointed by the club to wait upon the city council and see that they take some action in re- gard to the sale of impure milk in the city. Dr. Gilmore said that there were several cases of sickness in Bemidji that had been caused from impure milk. He also proposed that all cattle be properly inspected. A committee to be composed of Dr. Gilmore, W. N. Bowser and W. G Schroeder was appointed, This committee was also instructed to see that an ordinance governing weights and measures be adopted. AttheDecember meeting it wasde- cided that a committee be appointed to arrange a banquet for the business men of Bemidji.. This committee made its report last evening to the effect that they had arranged for a banquet to be held Friday evening January 20. The banquet will be given at the high school building and will be servedbytheyoung ladies of the cooking class. The main ob- Jject of this meeting is to get the busi- ness men of Bemidji interested in public affairs and also in the Com- mercial Club. D. M. O'Neil, of Red Wing, president of the Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs has accepted an dnvitation to speak at the banquet. Secretary H. E. Reynolds, of the Bemidji club, recently received a let- ter from Mr. Neil a portion of which we quote: “It is my effort to aid the Clubs in every way possible and if your people feel that I can do them some good by coming up and talking “turky” to the business men of Bemidji who do not belong to the Commercial Club T'll be with you on January 20. Besure and arrange to have all the kickers and hangers-back attend the dinner, don’t care whether they eat or not, I want the pleasure of talking to them and when I get through they will acknowledge that I can tell the truth whether T can make a speech or not.” A discusslon concerning the com- mission plan of City Government was taken up, The report of the organi- zation of the Commission Form of | census. * | success, Government in Des Moines, Iowa, was read, as was also the report of the investigation of the plan by the Duluth Commercial Club, which has been looking into the proposition. It was decided that the same com- mittee which had been appointed to attend the St. Paul meeting of the Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs should also visit Mankato, on a trip of inspection, this city having already installed the commission plan of government. WM. M'CUAIG WINS PRIZE Andy McNab and Karl Bach Also Win In Contest. William McCuaig, the Bemidji merchant, was the winner of the $5 prize which the Pioneer offered for the best estimate of Bemidji's pop- ulation, as taken by the thirteenth Andy McNabe won the $2 prize and Karl L. Bach the $1 prize. As the population received from Washington, D. C., yesterday after- noon gave the census as 5099, the guess of Mr. McCuaig of 5100 was | closest, Mr. McNabe's estimate was 5103, and that of Mr. Bach was 5111. COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT Mayor J. E. Malley of Pierre, S. D., a hustling little town of four thousand inhabitants, states that Pierre adopted the commission form of government because of the lack of interest shown in municipal affairs by the city conncil. Under the old form of government the city fathers didn’t pay much at- tention to what was going on. They allowed matters to slide along and it appeared alright in their eyes if a certain piece of work were finished promptly or completed in a year or two. Matters came to such a pass that the residents cast about for a remedy and voted to adopt the commission plan. They secured copies of the charters from many cities operating under the commission plan in the United States and finally modeled their charter after that of Des Moines, Iowa, where the commission plan seems to have proved a decided The local charter was drawn to meet local conditions and thus far has proved a decided suc- cess. The only change suggested by Mayor Malley is relative to the re- call. He thinks that the recall should require a petition of 25 per cent of the voters instead of 15 per cent, which is the ratio fixed by the Pierre charter. He explains that while they have had no recall, it has been used as a threat against the commisioners simply because the or- dinances have been enforced. The enforcement of the ordinances was one of the greatest benefits received through the adoption of the commis- sion plan, Mayor Malley agrees with the mayors of the other cities who have answered the list of questions sub- mitted to them by the Herald, that the direct responsibility placed upon the commissioners is one of the chief advantages of the new form of municipal government. He states that each commisioner has absolute control of his department, and that the commissioners are working with the people to secure needed improve- ments. The charter has been in force only since last February.—Duluth Her- ald. Outside Aid Saves Town. ‘Waverly, N. Y, Jan. 4—The busi ness section of this town was threat ened with destruction for several hours by an incendiary fire which de. stroyed the- Tioga hotel. Help was summoned from Sayre, Pa, a few miles away, and the entire fire depart. ment of that town responded. With its assistance the fire was finally got- ten under control. The hotel was un- occupied, having been closed about two weeks. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY _EVENIl‘fG, JANUARY 4, 1911. BEMIDJI MEN LAND POSITIONS Andrew Johnson, A'G. Rutledge and F. A. Wilson Likely to Obtain Legislative Jobs, CLAPP’S RE-ELECTION ASSURED Senator A. L. Hanson Will Be Named as a Member of Reapportionment Committee. It is possible that, following the swearing in of Governor Eberhart by Chief Justice Stark to succeed himself as chief executive of the state for the next two years and the delivery of his message at a joint session of the two houses, that the committee appointments will be an- nounced. The committees are, for the most part already made up. The members from the sixty-first district in which Bemidji and Beltrami coun- ty, as well as Clearwater, are located, probably have shared well on commit tee appointments. It is known that D. P. O'Neil of Thief River Falls will be a member of the reapportionment committee. He will not be named chairman of an important committee because of his refusal to join the ‘powers’ in the election of Dunn speaker. Senator A. L. Hanson of Ada likely will be prominent in tem- perance legislation and will be named a member of that committee as well as the senate reapportionment com- mittee, according to the gossip to- day. There has been quite a scramble for the legislative positions,.and in these three Bemidji men are likely to be successful. Andrew Johnson, candidate at the September primar- ies for the republican nomination of sheriff for Beltrami county against his successful rival A. B. Hazen, is slated for a place in the house and by a strange coincidence Deputy Sheriff Rutledge, who politically op- posed Johnson at the primaries, is likely to land as a house employe F. A. Wilson, editor of the Pioneer, will act as clerk for a senate com- mittee. Senator Moses E. Clapp was one of the honored persons who was pre- sent at the convening of the legis- lature. Former Governors John Lind and S. R. VanSant were also present. The re-election of Senator Clapp was assured at a caucus of the Re- publican members held in the capi- tol Monday evening. PIONEER, BUSINESS GETTER Given Hardware Sold Two Hundred Kitchen Sets in Three Hours. Another incident where good con- sistant advertising pays has been proven by the tremendous sale held at the Given Hardware store yester- day morning in the face of the un- favorable weather conditions. Friday and Saturday of last week this store advertised in the Pioneer only, that several hundred sets of kitchen outfits, consisting of a house knife, paring knife would Dbe placed on sale Tuesday morning January 3, at 9 o'clock. By noon of that day the window dis- play was badly torn to pieces naviag exhausted the supply in the store and cleaver. proper and by evening there wer. l»ss than fifteen sets to be sold. that advertising could do so mueh, | but am satisfied now that as an ad- vertising medium the Pioncer can not be over estimated. What it has done for our store it can do again for us and for others as well, “This effort is just a starter on our part and the citizens of this city and surrounding count:y can look ty us for similar ‘snaps’ in tha future. All we ask them to do is te \onr advertisements.” wateh Mr. Given said, “1 did not believe | BOOSTS FOR BETTER ROADS E. W. Collins, Northern Beltrami County Man, Praises Its Land. E.. W. Collins, known homesteader near Zipple town who is a well ship, in the nort’herl,\" part of this county, came:to-gefiiidfi ~from St. Paul this morning. Mr. Collins is a very enthusiastic booster for Beltrami county, especi- ally for the qualities of the soil in the northern portion. He is also an advocator of good roads and express- ed himself freely this morning re- garding the building of necessary strips of road in the northern section of the county. He said: “We should, by all means, have a new road built from Williams straight north to the Lake of The Woods, one from Graceton to Zipple and another from Pitt to Hacket. If the state knew that good these roads would accomplish I believe that we would have them there this summer. “Why,” he continued, “this would open ten townships of the best farm land in the world. It would mean everything to the settlers and home- steaders in these townships. If the roads are not opened soon I am afraid the taxes will drive away those who have worked so hard to prove up their claims.” Mr. Collins says there are plenty of ravines to carry away the flow of water in this vicinity with an addi- tional ditch alongside each of these roads mentioned. It would give mail service three and four times a week where now these settlers are getting the service once and twice a week, “Outside of the loss of life, the re- cent fire has done as much good if not more than it has harmed,” said Mr, Collins today. “Where last year the redtop grass was three feet high but could not be cut owing to the brush intermingled with the grass, next year the grass will grow up green and rich and will be in fit con- dition to mow and stack.” TROOPS READY FOR MOVING Qutbreak Reported in Small Town in Portugal. Madrid, Jan. 4—A dispatch from Vigo says the garrison at Valencia de Minho, Portugal, has been consigned to barracks upon orders from Lisbon and ordered to be ready to move at a moment’s notice. According to the Vigo dispatch the authorities at Moncao, a small town of Portugal, twenty-eight miles north of Vigo, surprised and seized two automobiles loaded with rifles. This discovery was followed. with the order to the commander of the garrison of Valencia de Minho, a Por- tuguese town on the left bank of the river Minho, on the northwest fron- tier. WAITING FOR HIS CUE. GIBBONS FOUND NOT GUILTY Hastings, Minn., Jan. 4.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)— Patrick J. Gibbons, the South St. Paul live stock dealer, at 9 o’clock this morning was found not guilty of the murder of Father Edward J. Walsh, the" South St. Paul priest, the jury claiming he was insane at the time of the shooting. The court immediately ordered the defendant committed to the state hospital for the dangerously insane at St. Peter. DEATH CALLS BAGLEY MAN Bagley, Jan. 4.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—Harry D. Courtney, 45 years old, died at his home in this city today of pneumonia. The deceased was station agent at Bagley for the Great Northern Rail- way company for a number of years. He has been in the.employ of the Great Northern road for twenty-four years and was the oldest station agent on the entire road. He was probably one of the most popular railroad men in Northern Minnesota. Mr. Courtney is survived by his wife and three children, two boys and a girl, the youngest being 10 years of age. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but interment will probably take place Friday. NEW YORK TOWN SCORCHED Failure of Water Supply Gives Flames Full Sway. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 4—The business section of Granville, N. Y., a village of 5,000 inhabitants, was swept by fire with a loss of $250,000. The absolute failure of the water supply at the crit- ical moment, owing to a stoppage of the intake pipe at the reservoir which supplies the village, gave the flames full sway. The local firemen, assisted by volunteers from several nearby towns, finally strung long lines of hose to the bank of the Pawlet river and then pumped a feeble stream up to the scene of the blaze, but their ef- forts were of little avail. A sudden shift of the wind saved the residential section of the village, driving the flames back over the al- ready charred business section to com- plete their work there. There was no loss of iife and no in- Jury. Boy Hunter Is Killed. Viroqua, Wis,, Jan. 4.—Fay Morri- son, aged fifteen, son of George Mor- rison, a farmer, was accidentally shot through the heart while squirrel hunt- ing with his father. The father car- ried the body of his son two miles through the deep snowdrifts in the woods to a farmhouse. Montana in Good Shape. Helena, Mont., Jan. 4.—State Treas- urer Esselstyn’s report, submitted to Governor Norris, shows the state has a balance of $1,105,000 and bond in- vestments which swell the total re- sources to $4,500,000, one of the larg- est cash showings on record. —M-~raulev in_New York World. ——————— o TS ore. GOMMISSIONERS AT WORK County Board Accept the Bonds of All Officals—Salaries Fixed. Fast progress is being made by the Board of Commissioners. At noon today they had already accep- ted the ‘bonds of all the county officials, . i It was voted that the county attorney’s contingent fund be placed at $500, and the revenue fund was placed at $350. The bonds of George French, county treasurer at $75000;J. L. George, auditor at $5000; J. O. Harris, register of deeds at $5000; A. B. Hazen, sheriff at $5000; Henry Funkly, county attorney at $1000 and Fred Rhoda, clerk of the dis- trict court at $1000 were all ac- cepted by the commissioners. The salary of the county attorney was fixed at $1800 and that of county superintendent of schools at $1700. The commissioners voted that $400 should be allowed to the treasurers office for clerk hire. A short discussion came up when the bids for janitor of the court house were opened. J. W. Sischo, who bas been the janitor during the past two years, put in his bid at $75. There was but one other bid and as it was somewhat lower than that of Mr. Sischo, one commissioner felt the lower bidder should be given the job. Mr. Sischo’s salary was raised a year ago by the commissioners themselves, because df his efficiency. Mr. Rako, the new member of the board iy the only member of the present board who did not vote for a raise a year ago. The vote was taken and resulted in Mr. Sischo’s re-election. The county printing was given to the Bemidji Pioneer, this paper being the lowest bidder. But one change has been made among the court house officials and that is in the sheriff’s office where Sheriff A. B. Hazen has appointed N. W. Helmer, as jailer. WALSH'S CHANCES RECEDING Montana Senatorial Aspirant Given a Setback. Helena, Mont.. Jan. 4—The Mon- tana legislative assembly convened here with the chances of T. J. Walsh, Democrat. of Helena, for election to the United States senate to succeed Thomas H. Carter, Republican, receiv- Ing somewbat of a check by the defeat of the candidate of the Walsh forces for the speakership. W. W. McDowell, Sflver Bow county, was elected. Walsh fought McDowell tooth and nail and his failure to encompass the Butte man’s defeat is significant. Of avowed candidates for senator ‘W. G. Conrad, the Helena banker, has grown in popularity by reason of the Walsh setback, but it is likely a dark horse will be sprung at the last mo- TEN CENTS PER WEEK. GOV. A, 0. EBERHART INAUGURATED TODAY Ceremony Took l’lne at Eleven O’clock In Presence of Both Bodies of the Legislature. READ MESSAGE TO LAWMAKERS Speaker Dunn Introduced the Gov- ernor Who Received Much Ap- planse—Galleries Filled. St. Paul, Jan.4—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—The Inaug- uration of Governor A. O. Eberhart , for a two-year term, tb which he was elected last fall, took place in the house chamber at 11 a. m. today in the presence of the members of both bodles of the legislature and he read his mesage to the lawmakers. Both houses had a short busi- ness session before the inauguration. nes sesion before the inauguration. Shortly after 11 o'clock, the house sent its committee to tne senate to notify the senafors that the house members were ready to meet in joint session. In a few minutes the sen- ators marched in a body into the house chamber. A Joint committee from the senats and the house had waited on the governor and marched in with the executive, escorting him' to the bar of the house. Senator George T. Wilson of Min- neapolis, at the head of the commit- tee, walked by the side of the gov- ernor. Following were former governors Van Sant and Hubbard and then other members of the com- mitte. The governor rose from his seat at 11:10 and Chief Justice Stark administered the oath of office to him. Speaker Dunn presided over the joint meeting and introduced the governor, who received much ap- plause. The galleries were well filled. EDITORS WILL MEET FRIDAY Annual Gathering of Northern Minne- sota Association January Sixth. Staples will on Friday January 6,be the scene of the fourth annual busi- ness meeting of the Northern Minne- sota Editorial association. The as- sociation embraces forty counties in northern and central Minnesota, the name baving been changed at the summer outing at Leech Lake last June from the North-Central Minnesota Fditorial association to its present form. The officers are: President, A. M. Welles, Sauk Centre Herald; vice-president, F. A. Dare, Walker Pilot: secretary-treas- urer, A. G. Rutledge, Bemidji. These officers and the following com- pose the executive committee: C. F. Scheers, Akeley Herald-Tribune; P. J. Vasaly, Little Falls Herald; Ru- dolph A. Lee, Long Prairie, Leader. The meeting on January 6 will open at2 p. m. In addition to the president’s annual address, the fol- lowing papers will be read: “How to Make the Editorial and News Columns of the Country Newspaper More Attractive,” H. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Weekly, Fergus Falls. *‘Advertising, What It’s Worth and How to Get it,” Harold Knutson, Foley Independent. “Is Price-Cut- ting Ever Advisable,” F. C. Kiley, Grand Rapids Review. *‘Cost P rob- lemsand Their Bearing Upon the Operation of a Country Print Shop,” P. E. Pederson, member of the Ben Franklia club of Min neapolis. Members of the association are urged to bring with them advertis ing and job rate cards, so that prices may be compared in all lines of work. Officers are to be elected and the dates and places for the next summer outing and the next arnual business meeting fixed. A report is expected from the railroad commit- tee, appointed last June, relative to better train service on the Cass Lake branch of the Great Northern ment. railroad.