Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER. T MINNESOTA HISTORICAL VOLUME 8. NUMBER 262. BEMIDJI, MIi‘INESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING,. JANUARY 5, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BEMIDJI TO HAVE SCHOOL CONVENTION Teachers From Twenty Surrounding Cities and Towns to Attend Feb- ruary Educational Meeting. PROMINENT EDUCATORS SPEAK Dean James, of Minnesota University, to Lecture—Manual Training Class Will Give Exhibit. W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji schools, announced this morning that all arrangements had been completed for the meeting of North Central Teachers' Association which is to be held in this city on Thursday and Friday and 10. February 9 Among some of the promi- nent educators who will attend this meeting will be, Dr. George F. James. dean of the college of education at the University of Minnesota, Super- intendent C. G. Selvig of the Crooks- ton Agricultural school, State High School inspector George B. Aiton and State Superintendent of Public In- struction, C. H. Schultz. Teachers' from the following cities and towns will attend in a body: In- ; A house northern Minnesota members | ternational Falls, Blackduck, North- | 3€Posit, 10c postal savings cards and | postal savings stamps may be pur-|shared well. ome, Tenstrike, Big Falls, Deer River, | POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BUSY | | | Postmaster Erickson Feels That In- stitution Will Be A Success. | Anton R. Erickson, of the Bemidji | postoffice is very enthusiastic over |the showing which has been made | |by the Bemidji depository station, of | ilhe Postal Savings Bank. | Mr. Erickson said this morning: | | | <of course the deposits have not | been what I had expected them to be | |at this time, but at the same time I| “ feel that had the weather not been so i | cold since the office opened last Tues- | aay the deposits would have been a great deal larger.” . | Mr. Erickson also said that he had | ‘received no certificates for deposit ;larger than §5, and that he will | have certificates for $10, $20 and | { $50 deposits, in the near future. | The following are a few of the in-| structions given out by the postoffice ‘depar&mem in regard to deposits: | Depository post-offices will be open | for postal savings business during i the regular postoffice hours. Any person of the age of ten years' or over may become a depositor. The account of a married womani | will be free from any control or in-| | terference by her husband. | | A person cannot deposit more t‘hfln} {one hundred dollars in any calendar| jmonth, nor can his account at any | time exceed five hundred dollars, ex-| clusive of interest. | | In order to save small amounts for | chased at any depository office. A Cass Lake, Walker, Pine River, Park| Rapids, Akeley, Fosston, Bagley and | fyoq may Thief River Falls. Several other towns are also expected to send dele- gates. sounty superinterdents from adjoin- ing counties will attend. A feature of the gathering will be the music which will be furnished the convention direction of throughout the Ethel Murray, Supervisor of Music in Bemidji schools. The convention Thursday under Miss will begin evening February 9 at on which time there will be a confer-| ence of the superintendents and prin- cipals, the general topic for discus- sion being, “How the schools of Min- nesota may work for its develop- The speakers at this meet- be, State Superintendent Schultz, Inspector G. B. Aiton, County Superintendent of Schools Anne Shelland, of Koochiching eoun- ment.” ing will ty; Superintendent G. E. Keenan of Deer River and Superintendent A. M Bank of Park Rapids. The general topic for discussion at the Friday morning and afternoon sesions will be, “How schools may be organized to be more serviceable to the people.” Speakers at these ses- sions will Dbe Schools, J. H. Hay, Thief River Falls; Dr. W. A. Shoemaker, of the St. Cloud Normal; Superintendent C. G. Selvig, of the Crookston School of Agricul- ture; of Cass Lake; Professor J. S. Kings- ford, of the Moorhead Normal and Superintendent MecIntire of the Crookston schools. There will be a round table discussion by the teach- ers of the grades and. high schools, after the meeting, during which they will recommend improvements. On Friday evening Dr. George F. James, of the college of education at the State University will lecture on vocational training. Following the lecture of Mr. James there will be a reception, so that the teachers will become better acquainted. The people of Bemidji are invited to attend. Some time during the convention the Manual Training class, Cooking class and Sewing class will be in session for the benefit of the visiting teachers. The meetings are to be held in the high school building. Bemidji hotels have consented to allow reduced rates to the visiting teachers while the convention is in session. Quite a number of Bemidji ladies will give private rooms to all the lady teachers who would rather stay at a residence than at a hotel. Superintendent of | Superintendent P. M. Larson, savings card with nine stamps af.“rict—dx-ew one of the best seats in be deposited as one dollar. Before accepting a certificate of | | deposit the depositor must-see that It is expected that many|both the certificate and the dupli-|Rear being left out in the cold as | cate retained by tbe postmaster cor-| i respond with the amount deposited. | of someone. | No person connected with the post office department or postal service | shall disclose to any person other‘ | than the depositor himself the name {of any depositor, or give any infor- | mation concerning his account unless] | directed to do so by the Postmaster | | General. Any depositor may, under certain | conditions, convert the whole or any | part of his deposits in sums of twen- | ty, forty, sixty, eighty, one hundred | and multiples of one hundred dollars, | and five hundred dollars, into United | states coupon or registered bonds, bearing interest at the rate of two | and one half per cent, such bonds to be exempt from all taxes or duties | of the United States, as well as from | taxation in any form by or underi state, municipal, or local authori-| | ties. | Further particulars concerning the postal savings system may be ob- tained at any depository office. Week of Prayer Being Observd. The attention of the public is calledi ! to the gospel services which are be- ing held each evening in the Pres | byterian church. These services| are a union of the Methodist, Baptist | and Presbyterian churches. It has | been our custom to begin the New| iYear with a special union gospel service the first week. We trust this year we may have the most help- | | ful and largest attended of any given | thus far. Remember it means the help of each one. May we be “all with one accord in one place.” Chas. H. Flesher, 1 R. H. McKee, | S. E. P. White, | | Pastors. | PLEADS GUILTY TO FORGERY Former Pennsylvania State Senator Sent to Penitentiary. Hollidaysburg, Pa., Jan. 5—Cham- bers O. Temypleton of Tyrone, Pa., for- mer state senator from the senatorial i of Blair and Huntingdon coun- ties and a prominent attorney, plead- ed guilty in the Blair county court here to the charge of forgery and the embezzlemment of moneys of his cli- ents. Judge Baldridze sentenced Tem- pleton to pay a fine of $600 and to be imprisoned in the penitentiary at Pittsburg for an indeterminate period of not less than three years nor more than twelve years. | opening and all but one of the 120 | The funeral will take place tomor- MAGKENZIE BUSY AT STATE GAPITOL Has Aided In Naming Members of Committee Which Are to Pass on Reapportionment Bill t | ANDREW JOHNSON LANDS PLUM Bemidji Man, However, Came Near Losing His Appointmept as the Result of Someone’s Error. (F. A. Wilson) | Today the various committee ap-| pointments will be announced in| both houses of the legislature and' the regular work of the lawmakers | wil begin. The first important| question to receive attention will be | reapportionment. 1 William R. MacKenzie of Bemid]i,;’ secretary of the Northern Minnesota | Development association, is on the| job, busier than a bee in the month | of June. He has had much to do with the selection of the comittee on | reapportionment, both inthe senate‘ and in the house. These committees | are made up. C. G. Congdon of Du- | luth is to be chairman of the house reapportionment committee, but far- ther than this nothing is given out| at this time. In the lottery for seats in the]| D. P. O'Neil of Thief| | River Falls—Beltrami is in his dis- the chamber, almost in the center and only about half way back. Andrew Johnson of Bemidji came the result of an oversight on the part | His name was supposed to go in as an appointee for a house position, either as an assistant ser- geant-at-arms or gallery door keep- er. When the list was made up his name was ommitted and Andrew came close to being interested in the| sale of a railroad ticket to the me- tropolis of Beltrami county. The last minute and Mr. Johnson will be one of the house employes, but just what his work will be has not been decided upon. Despite strong pressure brought in his be- half, A. G. Rutledge, also of Bemidji and at present deputy sheriff, failed to land an appointment. F. A. Wilson was appointed clerk of the senate committee on parks and high- ways, with Senator Rustad as chair- man. It is skidoo for the democrats in the house at the present session. There are just twenty-three of them. All senators were present at the representatives, the absentee being| Alex McNeill of Minneapolis who is at home under a quarantine for dip- theria. M. & I Delayed Six Hours. Because the engine of the north bound Minnesota & International Railroad train Number 31, ran off the track at Backus this morning, the train did not arive in Bemidji| until after eleven o'clock, being over | six hours late. There was no one injured. All St. Paul and Minneapolis mail was delayed because of the mishap. | Pneumonia Takes Baby. | The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thorsness died of pneumonia vesterday afternoon at 5 o’'clock. Tow at 2 o'clock from the Thorsness residence 206 Mississippi. end T. S. Kolste will conduct the service. Rever- Interment will be made in Greenwood cemetery. Son Inherits Father’s Title. Washington, Jan. 5.—Announcement was made at the department of the interior of the appointment by the president of David C. McCurtain as principal “chief of the Choctaw Na- tion in Oklahoma on recommendation of Secretary Ballinger. He is the son of the late Green M:zCortain, who died Dec. 27. |"Carlsbad and Hondo. N. M. With re- | President Sends Special Mes: THE HIGHER HE GOES THE.SHAKIER IT GETS. g e ot HES GETTING IN OUR CLASS! —Bart in Minneapolis Journal. RECL/MATION OF ARID LANDS sage on Subject. $20,000,000 FOR PROJECTS Board of Army Engineers Recommend: ~This Sum and it+s"Approved by the President—Urges Further . Legisla tion for the Disposal of Surplus Wa ter for Irrigation to Persons, Asso ciations and Corporations. ‘Washington, Jan. 5.—President Tafl sent a message to congress today re lating to the reclamation of arid lands He refers to the act which pro vides for a reclamation fund to bt created from the sale of public land: which amounted on June 30, 1910, tc $65,715,179, of which $52,945,441 hac| been expended on thirty-two project: in the arid land states of the West | The government was ready on June| 30 to extend water to 876,884 acres o | land. The total amount to be re claimed under the projects is 3,100, 000 acres. The president says that the receipts for the irrigation fund, amounting tc between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 an nually, was insufficient for the com | pletion of existing projects with suffi clent expedition and congress author ized issuance of certificates to the amount of $20,000,000 to be used ir completing projects, but that no por tion could be expended upon them un til examined and reported upon by & board of army engineers and approved as feasible and practicable. After examination the board recom mended the allotment of the $20,000; 000 to the following projects in the amounts given: Allotment Provided by Engineers. Salt River, Arizona..., Grand Valley, Colorado Yuma, Arizona and Calif. Uncompahgre, Colorado. Payette-Boise, Idaho. Milk River, Montana. . North Platte, Wyoming and 1,200,00( 1,500,00¢ 2,000,00¢ 1,000,00( Nebraska .......... 2,000,00¢ Truckee-Carson, Nevada. 1,193,00¢ Rio Grand, New Mexico, i Texas and Mexico........ 4,500,000 Umatilla, Oregon...... 325,00C Klamath, Oregon and Calif. 600,000 Strawberry Valley, Utah. 2,272,000 Sunnyside, Yakima, Wash. 1,250,000 Teton, Yakima, Wash....... 665,000 The board also recommends that the following amounts be expended during the years 1911-1914, inclusive, out of the general reclamation fund upon the projects named, amounting to $25,351,897: Yuma $2,380,462| Grand Valley . 500,000 Uncompahgre 2,065,000/ Minidoka .... 528,000 Payette-Boise . 4,585,435 Huntley 2,110,000/ Milk River 2,950,000 Sun River . 3,278,000 Lower Yellowstone . 576,000 North Platte ... . 2,165,000 Truckee-Carson 1,594,000 Rio Grande .... . 1,855,000 Missouri Pumping . 270,000 Belle Fourche 480,000 Okanogan ... 18,000 Shoshone - 2,000,000 General System of Reservoirs. | No allotments are recommended for Orland, Cal; Garden City, Kan.; Kit- titas, Waputa and Benton, Wash.; gard to the Yakima project the board recommends a general system of stor- &ge reservoirs, providing congress au- thorizes the sale of the excess of| stored water se that a return of the cost of building the reservoirs will be secured. | The report of the board was ap- proved by the president, but the pres- ldent urges further legislation, say- ing: 1 “I earnestly recommend the enact- ment of a law which will permit of the disposition of any surplus stored water available for reclamation pro- Jects to persons, associations or cor- porations operating systems for the delivery of water to individual water | users for the irrigation of arid lands| and the enactment of legislation Which will give executive autherity for the modification of conditions of payments for water rights-on certain of the projects where, by reason of local con- ditions, the return of the cost of the project to the reclamation fund will not be secured unless settlers are per- mitted to make payments on terms or conditions other than those specified in the public notices heretofore is | sued.” The president closes with the state- ment that with funds now at the dis posal of the government and the addi tional legislation it is hoped work upon the projects may proceed early and settlers will soon be able to re- turn to the treasury the amount ex- pended iR construction of the projects, Tenstrike. The Odd Fellows entertained its| members and the Rebekah lodge at| an oyster supper Saturday night.| Ike Fullerton and Chas. Shanger| who have been visiting here, have re- | turned to Littlefork where they are employed by Joe Grady. Some of the young people here at- tended the masquerade ball given at Blackduck Jan. 2nd. All report a! good time. Miss Alyse Wilkins has gome to| Kelliher to visit friends for a few weeks. George Booth returned Saturday night from Gemmell, where he has been visiting relatives the past week. | Wm. Brown spent a day in town last week. Willie Shulke left Monday night to resume his studies at the State Agricultural college ‘after spending | the Christmas holidays with his parents. The sawmill at Farley was des- troyed by fire last Friday night. | Chas. Carter was down from| Hines Wednesday morning on busi- ness. Rev. J. C. Mapson is able to be around again after being confined to his bed for the past week. Urges War on Bucketshops. San Francisco, Jan. 5.—Mayor Me: Carthy hes the city of San Fran- cisco to join forces with the postal de- partment in the war on bucketshops. He sent a letter to the board of super- visors urging the passage of an or| dinance making it an offense even to enter such establishments. Millionaire Held Up for $37. Kenosha, Wis,, Jan. 5—E. L. Rhein- hart, a son of J. C. Rheinhart of Roan- oke, Va, and who recently inherited over $1,000,000, was held up and Tobbed, but the robbers got only $37. The holdup occurred within & bloek ot Main street. OUR FARMING IS NOT DEGADENT American Creps Keeping Pace With Population. MANY STATES SHOW GAIN Chief of the Bureau of Statisties of the Agricultural Department, in His _ Annual Reprrt, Cites Figures: to Show Ability to More Than Meet Normal Increase in Demand. ‘Washington, Jan. 5—The ability of agriculture to maintain population in this country is discussed at length by Victor H. Olmstead, chief of the bu. | reau of statistics of the department of agrculture, in his annual report. “Frequent assertions that the fertil- ity of the soil is washing into the streams,” says the report, “and that the productivity;of cultivated land is diminishing are misleading the public into the belief that the agriculture of this country is decadent and that there is life in the old formula that population must tend to increase at a greater rate than subsistence.” The mean production per acre of wheat increased in a greater degree than the mormal increase of popula tion in twenty-six states, from 1886 1895, and from 1896-1905, according to the report, and in the case of corn increased production per acre has ex- ceeded the normal increase of popu- lation in fourteen states, while very nearly the required increased produc- tion was made by five other states. ‘With regard to oats and barley and potatoes production increased over population also are noted. “The ability of the soil and the ag- ricultural arts and sclences,” con- cludes the report, “to produce crops at a rate of increase greater than either the normal rate of increase ot population, or the normal as temporar- fly influenced by immigration, has been demonstrated times innumerable by the department of agriculture, by the experiment stations and by the intelligent farmers all over the coun- try.” OIL RAISE HELPS UNCLE SAM Crude Product Advance Adds $500 a Day to Revenue. Washington, Jan. 5.—Secretary of the Interior Ballinger has just been advised that an approximate addition of $500 a day has been made to the | Bovernment’s revenue from the lease of Indian oil lands in Oklahoma and Kansas, through the advance in the price of crude oil in those states from 40 to 44 cents a barrel. The government’s royalty on the production of crude oil from Indian oil lands under lease is one-eighth of the production. The lands produce approximately 100,000 barrels a day. ROBBERS BUSY IN KANSAS Thirty Banks Entered in Past Three Months. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 5.—Bank Com- missioner J. N. Dolley reported that during the last three months thirty banks have been robbed in Kansas, one every third day, and that the safe- crackers have secured $100,000. Dur- ing this time not one robber has been captured. Attention is called to the fact that while the robbers have their head- quarters in Nebraska and Oklahoma their operations are confined to small towns in Kansas. - HACKNEY HEADS REAPPORTIONMENT COMMITTEE Senator Hansomof this District Ap- pointed a Member on Several Im- portant Committees. HEADS IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE Appointments Being Watched With Much Interest—Northern Min- nesota Senators Fare Well. St. Paul, Jan. 5.—(Daily Pioneer Wire Service.)—Northern Minnesota senators fared well in the Special appointment of committees by Lieus tenant Governor Gordon, president ‘o( the senate today. Senator A. L. Hanson of Ada was made chairman of the immigration committee and also 8 member of sev- eral other important committees. Progressive senators got all the best of it in the appointments, as nearly all the important committees are of insurgent type. The election committee watched with special interest because it will have to determine two election con- tests, the one of A. D. Stephens of Crookston Senator John Saugstad and the contest of Ray Far- rington against Senator Froshaug. Frank Claque of Lamberton was given the most important assignment today, as chairman of the finance committer, K e Senator Hanson was made a mem- ber of the Claims committee, the en- forestry and fire protection committee, the re- against rollment committee, apportionment committee, and the temperance and state prison committees. The all important reapportion- ment committee is made up as fol- lows: Chairman, Hackney, C.L. Johnson McGraf, Anderson, Works, Froshaug, Lente, Rockstad, Holler, Rockney, Nelson, Fosseen, C. E. Johnson and another Johnson, Boyle, Cheatle, Gunn, Hanson and Sundberg. The temperance committee, which will have charge of County Option legislation in the senate is as fol- lows: Chairman Johnson, McGraf, Gund- erson, Holler, Ashland, Elwell, Pugh, Odell and Hanson. T0 REGEIVE LARGER PRIZES In last night's Daily Pioneer it was stated that William McCuaig had won the first prize in the Pio- | neer’s contest for the best estimate | of Bemidji’s population as taken by the recent census, and that Andy Mc Nabe had won second prize and Karl Bach third, which is true, but the latter two men will receive prizes of $3 and $2 respectively instead of $2 and $1 as was stated in last night's paper. Samaritans Install Officers. The Modern Samaritan lodge of this city will hold its regular meet- ing tonight in the Odd Fellows hall. There will be installation of officers, after which a turkey supper will be served. John Christie, Imperial Good Samaritan; W. A. Hicken, Im- perial Scribe, accompanied by Mrs. Lucy Purdy of Duluth, arrived in Bemidji this afternoon and will be present at the meeting tomight. Mrs. Purdy will install the officers. Courtney to Be Buried Friday. The funeral of H. D. Courtney, the Bagley resident, who died yes- terday, will be held in Bagley to- morrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.