Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 6, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 D. LY P VOLUME 8. NUMBER 263. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY ‘EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. TAFT TO RAISE LID IF HE CAN President Will Send A Message Tn' Congress Early Next Week. ALL SALOONS WILL OPEN His Message, It is Expected Will An-| nul All 0ld Treaties Within His Power. St. Paul, Jan. 6.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—Almost at| the same moment that Frank §. Ly-| can of Bemidji was denied a liquor license for the Markham hotel by Attorney Wickersham, an announcement was made that Pres-| ident Taft has completed a message to be sent to congress early week, which has for its purpose raising the “lid” in Northern Min- nesota and restoring all salons now | General next | closed. ! Federal officials in St. Paul, while| of necessity unable to say much for publication, express the belief thatl the president’s determination to do| away with ancient Indian treaties is| the final solution to the long drawn out fight. | Fred W. Zollman, attorney for the Minnesota Liquor tion, said today: “Everything go-| ing along fine.” ! Dealers’ Associa- Senator Moses E. Clapp, who has had his headquarters at the Mer-! chants hotel here, in connection with his election to the senate and who is a member of the Indian Affairs Committee. expresses the belief that | the treaty controversy is close to (GOMMISSION FORM |though he knows that. politicians sell liquor in hotel under federal statute which specifies such license can be granted by the Secretary of War. This is the only exception in the law to the general prohibition of in- troduction of intoxicating liquors. OF GOVERNMENT Did you ever notice that not wany business men ever go into city politics? Did you ever notice, in the gov- ernment of the average city, that business methods are about the last thing thought of, and did you ever think that there might be some connection between that and the fact that capable business men with valuable business experience don’t go into city politics? There is a very close connection between those things, and the fact is that it is'the hardest }(ind of a job, in the average large city, to get business men, the kind who ought to fill most of the places, to become candidates for mayor or alderman. Why? Too much politics. The business man is afraid of politics, and is more than glad to leave it to the professional party politician, even are’nt competent to handle large public affairs, and that he isn’t get- ting the kind of government out of them that he ought to have. Bad government burts business. Good government helps business. Bad government means high taxes, waste, extravagance, corruption, and poor service at heavy cost. Good govern- ment means economy, business methods in public affairs low taxes and a full return’ in public service| a final settlement. i The folloWing dispatch trom | Washington today is self explana-| tory: | “Taft will send to congress, with-| in the next few days, a message in-| tended to settle the Indian liqul)l" question.” The president has become con- vinced that the only correct solution of the problem is for the United States to withdraw absolutely from any attempt to enforce the federal Jjurisdiction over territory Withiu' state lines, except the unceded In- dian reservation lands. The reason for this is that Pres- ident Taft is convinced that it is improper for federal government to attempt to exert power within a state that is soverign over its own area and in exercise of its own police powers within its bounderies. This opinion is believed to be entertain- ed by the president and his legal advisors. Regardless of the moral or temperance question involved, he is expected to make plain to congress that made with governing admission of liquor into treaties Indians this country fifty years ago have no application exist today. Accompanying his to conditions as they message, the president is expected to make to con- gress what will be an executive order withdrawing operation of old Indian treaties in all parts of the state covered by treaties which con- tain authority for president to modi- fy or annul such treaties. Only one| of the old treaties, that of 1855, af- authority for president to modify or annul such treaties. Only one of the old treaties, that of 1855, af- fecting Bemidji, Cass Lake, Walker, ete., require specific action by con- gress. A bill will be introduced in the house by Representative Miller of Duluth to carry out suggestions Taft will make with reference to the an-|financiaily, was all but aonihilated. | | It adopted the commission form of nulment of treaty. In answer to an appeal that he grant liquor license to hotels Indian country, Secretary of War Dickinson declares he has no au- thority to grant such permission. By this action, Secretary Dickinson- denied to interfer with the regu- lation. of Secretary Ballinger, which forbids introduction of liquor into Indian country. Secretary Dickin- son was drawn into the matter by application of Bemidji for permit to in | merchant, a soap manufacturer, a for the tax morey spent. | True though this all is, it isn’t strong enough to induce the busi-|" ness men to take hold of public affairs, because they are afraid of politics. If a business man becomes a candidate for mayor, he must run as a Repnblican or as a Democrat, and he knows right at tbe start that that puts a lot of citizens against him because his partisan label is dif- ferent from theirs they are going to- call him a horsethief, charge that he puts sand in his sugar, weighs the holes in his cheese and robs the widow and orphan. No wonder he balks. There is exaclty where the com- mission form of city government comes in. At one blow it knocks politics out of the box. It absolutely forbids any man to run for city office as a Republican or a Democrat. It re- fuses to put his party label on the ballot even if he wants it there. It throws politics out of the field alto- gether, and settles the whole busi- | ness down on the seusible basis of fitness. No man— who is the right kind of a man—is afraid to go into a contest where personal fitness alone is the issue; and that’s the precise and exact and sole issue in elections under the commission form of government, Then business men with level heads and sound experience need no longer fear to go into city politics, because it won’t be politics any more—just city business, That’s the way it has worked out in the cities where it has been tried. For instance, take Leavenworth. Leavenworth was a blind pig town in prohibition Kansas, and you can imagine what kind of a government it had. Its chief revenue was from blind pig fines, imposed monthly. Then the state put the blind pigs out of business and Leavenworth, government and elected a hardware lumber merchant, a furniture manu facturer and a big drayman as com- | missioners. With the loss of $80, 000 in revenue from the blind pigs, these hard-headed business men kept the city going, paid of $22,000 in bonds and reduced the tax levy $26,000 a year on top of that. That was merely applying business meth. ods to a business that had been run into the ground by politics,—Duluth Herald, SCHNEIDER BROS, CLEARANGE SALE According to a full page announce- ment in this issue, Saturday, January Tth has been the day set aside by the firm of Schneider Bros., for the open- ing day of their semi-annual clear- | ance sale. 1t is for this sale that the business and professional men of Bemidji and vicinity, as well as the laboring classes, usually wait. Larger cities in the state have merchants who con- duct sales of this order but none are of so good calibre and of so great im- portance as the one generally given by this popular clothing firm. The one chief reason for the pop- | ularity of this event is the opportun- ity of being able to buy such clothes as ‘Hart, Schaffner & Marx at a price reduction. The firm has decided to make a genuine clean-up of the win- ter stock before the spring wearing apparel is in the store. Not only will this sale apply to suits and over- coats, but to all surplus stock in- cluding every department. Another reason for the popular- ity of this clearance sale is that when Schneider Bros. conduct such‘ an event it is always genuine. The determination which these clearing efforts wil be put forth is ample significance of the value a man will get for his dollar. The sale will be stretched over a period long enough to give all an opportunity to supply their wants at much less than it would cost else- where. There will be overcoats, latest styles of the 1910 season, box and form fitting of every description as is ‘enuinérated in their advertise- ment of today. There can be no question as to the quality and stand- ard of these articles. They are such as most men would be glad to pay twice the price that 1s asked. The surplus stock of the fine suits of the Hart, Schaffner & Marx make for both men and young men will be cleared at an amasing reduction in price. What this store has been in the habit of giving in the matter of style and quality is too well known to need further comment. These suits contain the best 1910 models. The variety and assortment from which to make your selection will assure one and all of perfect fit The furnishing department will undergo the same ordeal of price cut- ting as the suit and overcoat de- partment. To a man who is will- ing to pay $25 for his suit, this op- portunity will enable him to pur- chase an entire outfit for practi- cally this amount. It is a sale that means more to the customer than it does to the firm conducting the sale. The treatment accorded patrons of this store by the proprietors and clerks is in keeping with the high standard of the store's merchandise. One needs no introduction to them. HAUK TO SUGCEED WILLIAM MEWEN with St. Paul, Jan. 6.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.) —Governor A. O. Eberhart today appointed William F. Hauk, foreman of the Minne- apolis Tribune composing room, to succeed William McEwen of Duluth, as state labor commissioner. Mr. McEwen’s term expired January 1. He was appointed by the late Gov- ernor John A. Johnson. Helmer to Succeed Rutledge. Deputy Sheriff A. G. Rutledge bas tendered his resignation to Sheriff A. B. Hazen to take effect at once. | Mr. Rutledge has been acting as jailer at the county jail during the past six months. Sheriff Haz+n has appointed N. W. Helmer to succeed Mr. Rutledge and he bas already taken up his new duties. Mr- Helmer was employed on the Be- midji police force for several years and has been acting as a deputy sheriff off and ou for the past few months. BOARD ADJOURNS UNTIL FEBRUARY County Commissioners Have Waded Through Four Days of Stren- uous Work. | APPOINT DISTRICT ASSESSORS Account Books of County Treasurer French Audited and Found to Be Satisfactory. At noon today Commissioner Myhre moved that the Board adjourn un- til' Tuesday afternoon February 7, the motion was seconded by Commis- sioner Rako and carried. Much business of importance has been looked after during this session of the board. i Commissioner Clematson was in- structed ot investigate the amount of standing timber on the poor farm. Nils Otterstaddt was 'appointed supervisor of assessments at a salary of $5 a day. Mr. Otterstadt was also appointed county la?d appraiser. His duty in this position being to quote a price on certain state lands. A county board of health was ap- pointed to consist of Dr. A. E. Hend- erson, Helic Clematson and L. O. Myhre. The doctor member of the board to receive $10 arday, and the commissioner members to receive $2 a day for actual service days. The account books of George amined and audited by the board of commissioners, and accepted as be- ing satisfactory. The report of the Board of Audit was alyo-accepted. " The bond of M. E. Ibertson, county coroner, was fixed and accepted at $1000. County Auditor George was in- structed to advertise for bids for the publication of the financial state- ment. The assessors for the respective assessment districts were &ppointed yesterday afternoon, also the road overseers, they are as follows: First district, Assessor, Louis Rick- ow, Road Overseer, M. J. McGrath; Second district, Assessor, J. L. Hig- gins, Road Overseer, John Reibe; For the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh districts, H. Larson, Ole Miller, John Roswald, Emil Ksai- men and Richard Olson were res- pectfully appointed Assessor and Road Overseer. ROBBERS KILL DULUTH POLICE Duluth, Jan. 6. (Daily Pjoneer Special Wire Service)—Two men this morning, robbed a Duluth- Superior street car and ina shoot- 1ng duel shot and killed Policeman Chesmere. The bandits were chased in automobiles but are still free. A big sale for little people is con- vected with Crane & Company’s sale of white. Royal League Elect Officers. Royal League Bemidji Council 250 held its annual election of officers last evening. The following were elected; Archon, W. A, Me- Donald; Past Archon, H. A. Whit- ney; Vice Archon, J. P. Lahr; Scribe, 4 G. T. Baker; Treasurer, T. Bzaudet- te: Collecter, Charles Daily, Guice, Thomas ~ Walder; Warder, Eddie Rusgard; Sentry, William Clish; Prelate; T. J. Andrews; Orator, L. G. Crother; Trustees, Dr. E. H. Smith, T.J. Andrews and T. Beau- dette. L. G Crother was elected a | delegate to Advisory Council. = The Royal League is a comparatively young lodge in Bemidji being originated only a year ago, and its growth has been very satisfactory. The Crane Company carries a full page ad in this paper on the opening of their sale of white tomorrow. French, county treasurer, were ex || COMMISSION PLAN 'FOR SPRINGFIELD By a vote of 3,699 ayes to 3,026 nays, ' Springfield. Ill, yesterday adopted the commission form of government. Despite the blizzard, nearly 7,000 voters, about, 60 per cent of the voting population went to the polls. The Springfield chamber of com- merce wasactive in advocating the commission plan. The opposition was led by local brewery interests, 1saloon windows having been placard- ed with “Vote No” signs. Samaritans Installed Officers. The Samaritan lodge of this city held its regular meeting last evening in the Odd Fellows Hall. John Christie, Imperial Good Samaritan; W. A. Hicken, Imperial Scribe and Deputy Lucy Purdy, of Duluth were present at the meeting. Installation of new officers were held as follows; Past Lady Good Samaritan, Bertha Smith; Good Lady Samaritan, Nellie Geralds; Lady Vice-Samaritan, Hat- tie Hyatt; High Priestess, Hattie Evens; Treasurer, Etta Giel; Fina- cial Secretary, Andy Larson; Scribe, Martha Huntosh; Chief Messenger, Mayme Danaher; Junior Messenger, Essie Fay; l.ady Levite, Abbie Full- erton; Watchman, Dan McCaulley. Mayme Danaher, Etta Giel and Bertha Smith were appointed as delegates to attend the Grand Lodge meeting, in St. Paul. Following the installation a turky supper was serv- ed. The Crane Company show ela- borate window decorations for the opening of their sale of white tomor- row. TAFT LABORING FOR SHIP SUBSIDY Confers With Northwestern Opponents of Bill, RIGHT OF WAY IN SENATE| Measure Is “Unfinished Business” and as Such Can Be Taken Up at Any Time—La Follette and Other Pro- gressives Will Oppose Passage, Even Going to the Extent of Conducting a Filibuster. ‘Washington, Jan. 6.—President Taft is laboring with Northwestern repre- sentatives in an effort to induce them to support the pending subsidy bill, which is designed to encourage ocean mail carriage between the United States and ports of South America. This measure in the past has been quite generally opposed by Northwest- ern members. Practically all the Min- nesota representatives, a half dozen or so from Iowa and Representatives Gronna of North Dakota and Martin of South Dakota voted against the bill when it was last considered in the house. Representative Stevens of Minnesota and Representative Martin were among those who discussed the subject with the president. Mr. Taft expressed the hope that his visitors could see théir way clear to support the pending bill. Whether Messrs. Stevens and Martin gave such assur- ances cannot be ascertaified. The subsidy bill has been made the “unfinished business” in the senate and-therefore has the right of way in that body. The progressive senators, or at least some of them, have agreed to fight the bill and will even go to the extent of conducting a filibuster to prevent its passage. Senator La Fol- lette is said to be prepared to deliver a talk of several days’ duration in op- position to the measure. The ocean mail bill always has had comparatively clear sailing in the sen- ate and ite defeat invariably has been effected iu the house. Mr. La Fol- lette proposes to prevent the passage of the bill in the senate this year if possible. - The Ruling Passion. He—I hear that your husband has taken to smoking again. I thought you insisted that he should give ‘it up? She—Yes, so I did, but I found such n pretty smoking jacket at a hargain sale! A Weak Climax. A newspaper thus describes the ef- fects of a hurricane: “It shattered mo,“ntnlns. tore up oaks by the roots, dismantled churches, laid villages wagte and overturned a haystack,” SHOULD GULTIVATE LANDS W. G. Schroeder Says that Settlers Should Take More Interest. “If more farmers in this part of the country would take a little more in- terest in the cultivation of their land for the growing of corn fodder,” said W. G, Schroeder, thé Bemidji mer- chant who is operating a dairy farm four miles west of this city, this morning. “And build a silo, this can be done very cheaply, as 2x4 lumber, the ma- terial of which the silo should be and, as to be successtul every settler will find it necessary to have a silo, I feel that dairying would become their chief occupation. The twenty seven cows which I am milking on my farm produced 5 ton and 50 pounds of butter during the last 15 days of December. I find that it takes just thirty pounds of ensilage, and 2-56 of a pound of shorts for a cow to give a pound of milk, I feed the cow as much hay as she will eat.” he continued. It is the aim of Mr. Schroeder to interest all settlers in Beltrami county in the matter, and it is his hope that they wil profit by his ex- perience. . Mr. Schroeder also said that, “Every acre of corn fodder will sup- port one cow for a year, and each cow will produce from $60 to $75 worth of milk and butter fat. So each acre in this country planted to fodder and properly cared for is giv- ing a return of that much money, when the labor of caring for the corn and the cow is considered as thrown in on the deal.” “Pigs should be raised as & by- product in order to make the most money out of dairy farming, for each ‘skim milk pig’ will add about 10 cents per day. The skim milk of 27 cows on my farm is fed to 24 pigs.” MINNEAPOLIS POWER PLANT DESTROYED Minneapolis, Jan. 6,—)Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service.)—An ex- plosion this morning, followed by fire, destroyed the four-story brick power plant of the General Electric Company, across the river from the Union depot. The loss will amount to about a half a million dollars. The factory and elevator district of Minneapolis, including many big buildings, will be without light or power tonight. JOHNSON TO MEET FRAGTION The following letter was received at this office this morning: - Duluth, Minn., Jan. 5, 1911. Editor Bemidji Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn. Dear Sir:— I ampleased to note that Joe Fraction accepts my challenge to wrestle, but it will be impossible for me to meethim in a week, the earliest date I can make will be January 21, unless I should cancel other dates. I have heard a great deal about the ability of Mr. Frac- tion as a wrestler, and am very glad of a chance to take him on. Hoping the above date will be satisfactory, and that a match can be arranged for that date. I will expect further information very soon. Yours truly. Martin Johnson. P. S. Ifthe 20th would be a better date I may be able to make it, Card of Thanks. We wish to. thank our many friends in Bemidji for their kind sympathy and aid extended to us during the -illness and death of our brother Hugh McMillan and also for their many floral tributes and also the I. 0. O. F. lodge and Re- bekah’s, Mr. and Mrs. John McMillan, 2613 W. 1st. Duluth. built, can be bought for $15 a thous- EBERHART, HANSON AND O'NEILL GIVE BOOSTS FOR NORTH Each Specifies Bemidji in Expressing Determination to Use Influence With Legislature. ROBERTSON TO LEND STRENGTH Argyle Representative’s First Bill Provides Relief for Forest Fire ; Sufferers—Means Free Seeds. ! CROOKSTON BRIDE “LAWMAKER" Pugh of Duluth Oldest Senator But Speaker Dunn Has the Longest Hair—MacKenzie Busy, . The Bemidji Pioneer has es- tablished and will maintain a legislative bureau at the state capitol in St. Paul. Any of our readers wishing information of any kind relative to the work of the legislature: -~ copies of bills, ‘when introduced, by whom, votes on measures, status of pending legislation or anything in connec- tion with the rrmefll lawmakers will be c furnished without cost. Suci information will be if desired. Address, dit Ploneer Bureau, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. Bemiat wloneer Legislative Buress (By P. A. Wilson) St. Paul, Jan. 6.—Northern Min- nesota is in the glare of the legisla- ture searchlight at St. Paul. In this illumination Bemidji, Bel- trami and adjoining counties stand out as spectacular objects. The growth of the North state is freely commented upon 'and & dozen bills have been prepared in' behalf of this part of Minnesota. “You can say to your people for me,” said Governor Eberhart, “that Bemidji and Beltrami county and all northern Minnesota will receive the legislation it desires if the governor of the state has anything to say about it.” And the governor, who appears to be the staunchest champion the North state has at this time, is strongly backed by Senator A. L. Hanson of Ada and D. P. O’Neill of Thief River Falls, both from the sixty-first district, which includes Beltrami and Clearwater counties. “I will go a step farther than the governor,” said Senator Hanson, “and assure the citizens of Bemidji and all that part of my district that any assistance which I properly can give as a member of the senate will be given. I urge that I be given an opportunity to serve all to the fullest extent. Whatever opposition may have been manifest during a poli- tical campaign is buried in lost mem- ories and stand, as I have always tried to do, as humble a servant of Beltrami as any other county in my district.” ) Daniel P. O’Neill of Thief River Falls reiterated his assertion that he is there to serve to the best of his ability all parts of the district which elected him and in this de- termination he appears oblious to anyone who waged a political fight against him. “If there is anything I can do or get for Bemidji, I will do it as quick- ly—maby a little more 80 to show my willingness—as for any other town in my district. I want to feel close ot my constituants and they should feel free to call upon me.” Neither Senator Hanson nor Re- pregentative O’Neil have as yet in- troduced any bills. Both will have some measures to look after, but they are lending their aid just now in defense of the reapportionment fight—a fight that is going to need all the strength it can muster. Another legislator who is promi- nently identified with work of par- ticular interest to Beltrami county is Danald Robertson of Argyle. Mr. Robertson has a bill ready for in- troduction the purpose of which is to relieve sufferers of the forest fires [Continued on Page 2]