Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 9, 1911, Page 1

, ; . : WINNESOTA x : £ ‘ : : “\sTOR\CAL 2 ; ' SOCIETY. The report contains the following: | OF improved.” of Bemidji we have Mr. Schroeder’s| of their lives. The affair was a ’;’:ec:;:’:::;; i‘:::“‘o;“ ::::;p: pointed delegates to the department m‘: (’;’If' X:Ii::::;: ('::;e;:’f:: “The State Sanitarium for Con-| Per capita cost, $10.92 per week. |d8iry farm, and that farm is one of | financial success. government;: “onveption. hith i to e held Maf o o) address. He ,congntuluted sumptives is located on a beautiful| “The average age of the considered | the best managed farms I have ever A great ;nany cities are adopting St. Paul. Mrs. Georgla Walker and the publishers on the growth and seven hundred acre wooded tract.| CAses was 26 years. visited. He has some very mice Returns From Canadian Tri | th ission f 1 1| L% Mayine Dansher were appolnted | tae ot th iation, insisted e - cows on his plme’ biit. none of them np. | e commission form of government. as alternates. standing o e association, insiste 1oe fuiough tae woBts e i | SRIXY I cainl 167 pORTS O [ NEeIERY e e IR eeant e | reunion of the Smyth family at St.|hes been attempted by other clties; ;:sn:::ei:“t:er:::wor:h:a:::‘tj to two members who died since the — = water front fo ({he! main buildings, |O¥er, &nd {en. galned 25 pounds jor| ST TAMERS they Wl mot elp) o B T tont | vattoi: provisiaiis diers’ saftéble: fo larly among the old seldiers anq| 125t annual meeting, namely, A. W. we noticed a large amouat of slash- | over.” Pat meet with succers. commodate a few of the older rela.|local conditions have been adopted; th’;:e d:;znient zpon By | Sheets of Long Prairie and Clyde J. ings: left among; the thmber: Thisy e northeast corner—but his voice and | tives, the meeting place was changed|and I presume there is yet room for ’ | Pryor of Bemidji, and recommended is a violation of the state law and is There was no session ot the legis- brain are as active as ever. Alto- |and took place in the Walker House | improvement. the appointment of a committee to a constant extreme fire-hazard which | lature today .Adjournment was taken gether, with the insurgents leading]at To"’l’l"o' ]anuary 4, “Cambridge, Mass.—a city of about BURGMBS ESGAPED arrange with the Northera Minnesota should be eliminated. It seems,|last Thursday until 8 o'clock this in the senate—the present session| It was found that of the thirteen|100,000—claims to have made im- Developement association to agree o .o THE BEMIDJ1 RS DATLY PIONEER. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. | stance, and permit the employment VOLUME 8. NUMBER 265. 1»c! a responsible steward at a requisite INSANE ARE VICTIMS OF BUGS AT HASTINGS ™ e sonsariom s s crtes o eggs per week,—thirty dozen to the Ycrnte. They are purchased. A | hennery at the institution would not Alive With|on1y be economical, but a guarantee Roaches According to Report | always of the freshness of the eggs. “Forty-five gallons of milk are con- Now Made to Legislature. This is furnished from a Jersey herd belonging to Dr. | Camp of Brainerd and is very satis- WALKER REFORMS DEMANDED:“C“’TY in quality. A herd, how- lever, at the institution, would be a — | good investment for hoth state and Board of Visitors Would Relieve Dr. | satisnts | “Recommendations which Dr. Mar- | clay makes and which this board feels | should be granted, include: “A seperate building from the pa- tients for residence of institution | workers, and cottages for officers and Burean | their families. Institution Literally sumed daily. Marclay and Recommend $115,- 000 Worth of Improvements. (By P. A. Wilson) Ploneer Legislative St. Paul, Jan. 9.—*In the kitchen we found most undesirable condi-| Vegetable garden and a pasture. tions. The corn meal bins “!'el'eE “A new domestic bu“ding to in- full of roaches—actually alive with | clude Kitchen, dining room, laundry them. In the kitchen of the wo- a0d store rooms. The basement man’s cottage everything was over- | 12undry is too small by half. “A central heating rlant for all Bemidji “Clearing of sufficient land for a run with brown roaches. They | were even found in the reh-igeramr.gbufldmg& “A boat house, They also were numerous in the pan- | with a gasoline tries and syrup jugs, and unclean, |l2unch and row boats. “A suitable appropriation for live stock. tries and syrup jugs were here in| evidence.” The above is a quotation relative| AN emergency water pump. A to the state asylum for the insane at | break-down or shut-down for repairs Hastings, made in a report of the Of the present pump necessitates State Board of Visitors to the legis- hauling water from the lake for do- lature. J. T. Schain is president of | Mestic purposes. An additional the board and other members are: | Pump would also afford needed ad- Swan J. Turnblad, the Minneapolis | ditional fire protection which is much editor, George R. O'Reiily, L. R. S.|Deeded in event of a forest fire. Ferguson, G. Wahland and Thomas DI. Marclay estimates that these H. Hineline. James C. Matchitt is| improvements will cost $115,000 and excsutive, sacratary. ium $60,000 is needed for the next The report of the board now in | tWO Years' maintenance. the hands of the legislators contains| ~During the past biennial period, statements quite as startling as the | 971 individuals have applied for ad- quotation above relative to some of mMission to the institution. Of these the state institutions, although some | 689 ~Were examined, 420 accepted, are given generous praise and lhe“ 127 not accepted, and 122 cases de- new state prison at Stillwater is|ferred. The erection of six ssttages held up as “a model to the world.” %bns increased the institution capacity Of the Anoka asylum the report | from 60 to 110. Two of these are says: | occupied by employes, leaving a ca- “The kitchen, pantries, and food |Pacity of 90 for patients. supply bins were always found as| Cases Considered discharged. clean as could be asked. There was| Apparently cured, not a roach or other vermin to be 17; moderately advanced, 4; total 21. found as the result of a thorough Arrested, incipient, 24, moderately search on each \'isit.—applrently“advflm‘s‘d, 39; far advanced, 1;total, demonstrating that if they can be| 64 Improved, incipient, 19; moder- incipient, kept away from the Anoka institu-| tion they can be kept out of the Hast- | ings asylum, a twin institution,| where we found them in inexcusable quantity. “The Anoka asylum has the recordi as the lowest per capita in cost of | operation of all the state institutions. With this in mind we have endeavor- ed to ascertain if the economy has| been at the expense in any way of the inmates. It must be said to the ately advanced, 78; far advanced 15; total, 112. Unimproved, incipient, 2; moder- | ately advanced, 25; far advanced 22; total, 49. A total of incipient, 62; moderate- 1y advanced, 146; far advanced, 38; a grand total of 246 “There have been two deaths, both in the moderately advaunced class. “Ninety-six per cent of the incipi- credit of Supt. Coleman that his in-lent cases were apparently cured, ar- stitution stands the test. titnts are aparently well fed, well| cared for, well and cleanly housed. The pa-|Tested or improved. “Eighty-two per cent of the moder- ately advanced cases were arrested some three miles from the village o Walker, and fronting on a pictur- esque bay of Leech Lake. | “On our last visit to this institu- | tion, (August 28th, 1910), on walk- “The average length of stay was our and a half months. “The average gain in weight was 12 pounds; the greatest gain being 45 pounds. however, there is small and inade-|evening. The law provides that ad- quate appropriation for this purpose. ; journment for more than two calen- Such economy on the part of the state | is “penny wise and pound foolish.” A fire this past 1910 season destroyed dar days can not be taken and the meeting tonight is simply a dodge around the law. There will be no two hundred cords of wood and quorum present tonight. threatened the institution. “Dr. Walter J. Marclay, Speaker Dunn is expected to an- tendent, wants a steward appointed | nounce his committee appointments by the Board of Control, who will re-| tomorrow. By all odds the most lieve him entirely of the business de- | interesting committee to e superin- | NORTHERN MINNESOTA 600D DAIRY GOUNTRY C. 0. Carlson, Erskine Man, Says that Business is Gaining a Foot Hold Among Farmers. COMMENT ON. SCHROEDER FARM Says That Cows on His Farm Payed Him Eighty-five Dollars A Head Last Year. C. O. Carlson, the Erskine dairy- in Bemidji, and while here gave out a few state- man, spent yesterday ments in regard to dairying in nor- | thern Minnesota. Mr. Carlson is| one of the proprietors of Carlson| Brothers big dairy farm at Erskins, and is much interested in the future welfare of the dairy husiness. He is at present devoting his spare time to the Farmers Institutes which are being held throughout the northern counties of Minnesota Mr. Carlson talks dairying from a business standpoint and those who heard his talk at the Decomber meet- ing of the Farmers Institute here in| Bemidji will remember his plea for good business management in farm- ing operations. Mr. Carlson does not believe that fancy high priced cattle are the ones that can be made to producd the larg- | er amounts of milk, but says that he has nothing but common cattle in his herd, and that they have aver- aged 6000 pounds of milk per cow, a year for the past several years. The milk is all seperated and the cream delivered to a cresmery, and the ‘amounts Tecetved for butter fat during the year just past averaged $85.25 per cow. When questioned as to the devel- opment of the dairy industry in this part of the country, Mr. Carlson said: “This country is right on the point of a great step forward in making it one of the best dairying districts in Minnesota, and it is interesting to note the great interest some of the business men are taking in securing better farming, not only in urging the matter among the farmers them- selves, but by going right into the business, thereby demoustrating the great possibilities.” Mr. Carlson says that during the few weeks that he has been travel- ing through this part of the country he has met with many interesting experiences in the line of starting and running dairy farms, in regard to this he said: “And right here a few miles west are high priced, and a glance at the milk sheets will show that it was a paying business right from the start. Now, if every farmer would use the ought to be a lively one. T D. P. O’Neil, representative from the Bemidji district, has apartments at the Ferris, on Wabasha street, not far from the capitol. 1911 Telephone Directory Completed. The 1911 Bemidji tclephone di- SCHOOL WORK RESUMED All Teachers Have Retvrned and Reg- ular Routine Taken Up. : Work was resumed in the Bemidji public schools this merning, and al- though the attendance was not up to the average, it is thought by the superintendent that this was because of the fact that many of the students have not yet returnmed troni»‘, their vacations. 2 “~This week will be taken up with examinations, next week the report cards will be issned for the ‘third time this school year A number of new students en-| i rolled this morning, but it is expect- ed that more will enter at the begin- ning of the second semester which | will start in two weeks. Miss Graling, instructor of ora-| tory, announced this morning that she will begin at once to give Alfred Neuman and Mona Flesher, the win- ners of the recent declamatory con- test, special training In preparation | for the inter-scholastic contest which is to be held in Akeley some time in April. Literary work has also been re-| MRS. MASTEN WILL PLAY AT BRINKMAN Mausger Fred Brinkman Secures Local Talent to Furnish Music at His Play House. PROGRAM CHANGES TONIGHT The Orchestra Number to Be an Im- portant Feature in the Program "Each Day. Manager Brinkman is more than ing the popular chord of public senti- ment by having engaged permanent- ly Mrs. Harry Masten and her orches- tra. It is home talent, all of it, and it might be said also that it surpasses anything in the way ot foreign musie that could be brought to Be- midji. These musicians need no in- troduction to the citizens of Bemidji | as their reputation is too well known to need additional comment. The show tonight represents an entire change of program and will newed among the students and the|open with an overture by this or- third meeting of the high schooli‘chestra, playing the “Goddess of literary society will be held Wednes- | Liberty.” day January 18. It may be suggested right | here that theatre goers should come The January issue -of the Echo,|early in order not to miss this first the high- school paper, will appear: number. about the middle of the month. | The moving pictures tonight will All teachers have returned to work | be unusually good and of the same with the exception of Miss Patter- son, and in her absence Mrs. W. E. Neal wil teach he grade. high standard and character that has been customery. The musical Monroes are the next number in which May Monroe, the lady cornet soloist will perform th TRI'STATE lnSEs GAsEéflifflcult task of plnyingpthe ::)rne: Thief River Falls Wins in its Suit Brought Agminst Telephene Co. | Thief River Falls has won its suit against the Tri-State Telephone company. A decision was rendered by the federal court, in session in Minneapolis last week. The con- test was started to determine the validity of a franchise held by the company. The company bought the |and the piano at the same time. Musiclans as well as others will ap- preciate her work. This requires nnusual sgkill a8 in playing the cornet and piano at the same time she has to play in two keys, a feat that ap- pears at first as well nigh impossible. The Monroes are also banjo players and coon song shouters. With many a “quib and joke” to keep up the interest of the work. Paddock & Paddock, a team of high class novelty, singing and danc- ing artists appear next with an over- ture by the orchestra to wind up the outdoing himself in the way of strik-| franchise from one H. Fant several vears ago. The court keld that thz franchise had not been legally grant- ed to Fant, and that consequently chMIssIuN FUHM the company does not have a legal | right to continue business in the city | UF G[WEHNMENT of Thief River Falls. performance. Sons of Norway Dance. At the city hall Saturday evening|Mayor M. B. Cullum, of Duluth, Ex- the Soms of Norway gave a basket plains Plan. social, and a dance. Ouly old time The following is taken from a re- dances were in order and every one cent issue of the Duluth News Tri- present report that they had the time bune, and are a few of the statements D. C. Smith, clerk of the muni-| While the schemes are similar there cipal court, returned yesterday from |are no two alike. ~Those that appear aten days’ trip in Canada. to have been the most satisfactory Mr. Smyth expected when he|follow the lines laid down by the Des started east, that there was to be a|Moines commission. Improvement boys and girls of tbe family, only five are now living, and these five provements on all other proposed. The difference is so slight, however, were all in attendance. They were:|that only an expert can discover it. Mrs. J. M. Carder, St. Thomas, “Briefly, their charter calls for five Canada; ]J. E. Smytb, Victoria Har-|supervisors; one who shall be super- bor, Canada; C. S. Smyth, Pembroke, Canada; W. H, Smyth, Sturgeon Falls, Canada "and the Bemidji Smyth. visor of administration, and ex-of- ficio mayor; one who shall be super- visor of finance; one who shall be supervisor of health; one who shall be supervisor of highways; and one holding a primary election, at which time any candidate aspiring for office may have his name subinitted upon | the presentation signed by a certain number of legal voters. The re- quired number varies in different cities. The candidates are then balloted upon. The ten candidates who have secured the highest number of votes are then placed upon the| ballot for the regular election—five |of whom are chosen as supervisors, or commissioners. “In some places the man receiving the highest number of votes is de-| clared to have been eiected to the mayoralty. In other places their petitions are made direct to either the mayoralty or the commission. In | | still other places the commission that | | is elected selects one of its number | ‘who shall be president and acting mayor. | “In many cities each man must| designate in his petition just which one of the five positions he aspires to. | For instance, if a man was a civil engineer he would no aspire to the financial department; or if he was a| medical man he would not be expect- | ed to have control of highways. 1t is supposed that a man will be elected to the position for which he is best fitted. | “Still another scheme is that the| supervisors themselves shall assign one of their number to each depart- ment, subject to a change if a more; advisable assignment may be made. | “This commission when organized, | has entire supervision of all the af-| | fairs of the city, both legislative and executive, subject to the referandum, initiative and recall. It is provided that no action of the commission of any importance shall go into effect until 30 days after the final publica- tion of said action. If, in the mean- time, an ordinance passed by the com mission does not meet with the ap- proval of the public, then a referen- dum vote is demanded, and until the matter is decided by the vote of the: people, no further action is taken. We will see that this amply protects the public against anything in the way of vicious legislation, the grant- ing of franchises, or the favoring of contractors.” To be continued Tuesday. | New G. A. R. Officers Installed. | Saturday afternoon the ladies of | the G. A. R. held a joint installation with the R. H. Carr Post. The fol- ! lowing officers were installed by past- president Phillippi: Mrs. Catherine Bailey, president; Inez French, senior vice president; Hattie Hyatt, junior vice president; Susie Bailey, treasurer; Minnie Car- ter, secretary; Susan Ellis, chaplain; Mayme Danaher, con.; Sarah Dana- Lousia Parker, guard; Rose Bursley, assistant guard; Ella Shearer, instructor and Mable Crouch, organist. Mrs. Lucy Hayen and Mrs. Minnie Carter hue, assistant con.; were ap- Mrs. H. W. Bailey |has served as president ever since [ the organization of the post, 11 years ago, and under her able leadership the circle has been declared second WITH $47,000 Wheeling, W. Va. Jan. 9.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—The First National Bank of Elm Grove, four miles east of Wheeling, was robbed of $47,000 in cash early to- day. WHAT THE EDITORS DID AT STAPLES A. M. Welles, of Sauk Centre, Con- gratulates Publishers on Growth and Standing of Asseciation. HAROLD KNUTSON PRESIDENT A. G. Rutledge, of Bemidji, Re-clect- ed Secretary and Treasurer— Many Matters Discussed. Many matters of considerable moment were considered by members of the Northern Minnesota Editorial Association, at their meeting held in Staples last week, which were not given much publicity, but which will bear fruit during the coming year. Not the least of these matters was the work that probably will be done by the railroad committee. | The incentive for the organization of the association was the securing of better railway service along the line of the Great Northern railway ’ | Tunning from Sauk Centre to Bemidji (this was in 1908). Since that time the matter has heen apparently adjusted and the railroad committee at the meeting held in Staples made no report whatever. The railroad committee of the association for the year 1911 consists of Rudolph A. Lee of Long Prairie; F. A. Dare of Walker, and A. G. Rutledge of Be- midjl. This committee Will un- doubtedly get together with the man- agers of the several rallroads run- ning through the different thirty- iwo counties of the association, and when complaint is made satisfactory adjustment will be attempted, along the line of continuing good feeling between the roads and the public. There was a pronounced sentiment at the meeting in favor of the re- election of George Atchison of Man- kato to succeed himself as a member of the board of directors of the Min- nesota State Fair, it being conceded that Mr. Atchison has made a splen- did record while with the said board. In the matter of persons eligible to membership in the asscciation, the editors again came out strong against accepting as members any agent of a supply house or other person not actually engaged in the publication of a newspaper or doing printing, although all now members shall re- main as such, irrespective of present occupation. that the membership should always be confined to men who are actively engaged in bona fide newspaper work, emphasized the importance of the summer outings, paid tribute upon dates for the annua! meetings of the two organizations that should not conflict. Harold Knutson, publisher of the Foley Independent, read a paper on “Advertising.” Others papers read at the session were on “Price Cutting,” by E. C. Kiley of the Grand Rapids Herald Review, and on “How to Make the _ x "1 Ty i northern | rectory has been comple'ed and wnlll Asx msulSSAL 0F S|Ms who shall be supervisor of public keburgla;st:acap::e:nd nt;;.h:g Columns of A Country Newspaper tails of the institution. Dr. Mar-|Minnesota is that of reapportion-|be distributed in the vear future.| i property. This, of course is the| - - ovn Of the robbery until this| W\t active,” by H. M. Wheelock clay finds his time taken up to the|ment. It is now known that Re-|The directory was printad by the Be-| Irish Socisties Protest Against Naval mornlag when, the bark was opened fullest extent with his patients.| Dr. Marclay's time is too valuable, presentative Congdon will be chair- man of that committee, which is a too much needed, to be taken up with | distinct victory for this part of the the thousand and one little things|state. connected with institutional opera- Bob Dunn takes hold of the work tion. It would therefore seem good |like the veteran he is Bob has lost policy for the Board of Control to|a little mere hair from the top of his make an exception inthis one in-|head—he still has three left on the midji Pioneer Publishing Company, and was some of the first job work to be done by the use of the new type- setting machine. The book gives an idea of the work being come by the machine and meets with the approval of Manager Harris of the telephone company. Commander’s Speech. New York, Jan. 9.—Naval officers in New York are keenly interested in the action of the United Irish-Ameri- can societies, which has a ‘member- ship of 80,000 in this city, in demand- ing the dismissal of Commander Sims of the battleship Minnesota, who was quoted as having promised England the support of America in_any. war generally approved scheme. They also ‘elect a school committee, who shall have charge of the schools. There are no. other officers elected. They are elected for a term of three years. Each supervisor must have no other employment. “The manner of electiug these offi- cers, in nearly all schemes, is by first at the usual hour. Kelliher Couple Married. Cyprain Dooris and Auna Tewten, both of Kelliher, were married by Judge of Probate M. A. Clark, at his office in the court housc Saturday afternoon. l of Fergus Falls. E. W. Pederson of the Minneapolis Ben Franklin Club gave a practical talk on “Cost Prob- lems and their Bearing on the Oper- ation of a Country Print Shop.” A. G. Rutledge of Bemidji was re- elected secretary and ireasurer of the association and Harnid Knutson of Foley was elected president. -