Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 10, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER. SOCIETY, VOLUME 8. NUMBER 266. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BEMIDJI MEN WIN LIQUOR FIGHT; ALL SALOONS TO REMAIN OPEN COUNGIL MEETING LESS EXCITING Last Evening's Session of the City “Dads™ Lacked the Usual Inter- esting Discussions. THREE LIQUOR APPLICATIONS February Election Voting Places and Judges of Same Named—Other Business Transacted. Last evening's session of the city council was entirely void of the start- ling happenings which have charact- erized the last few meeting of that body. The bills for the past week were read by the city clerk and allowed. Mowery Brothers made application for a license to operate a pool and billiard hall 1 the Rex hotel block for a period of six months. This application was rejected. Alder- man Smart said that the fixed license fee for running a pool table a year was §5 and that he saw no reason why the Mowery Brothers could not just as well pay the whole amount, a total of 5. as well as half of the sum. It was decided that the clerk should issue the license for a period of a year but not for less than that period. One of the aldermen said that he understood that several of the dray- men in the,city had not paid their license money for over two and that in vears, this was showing that some city official was his opinion neglecting his duty. The city clerk was instructed to collect all ontstand- ing dray ng licenses. A resolution was read from the ioners to the effect that that body would give the city county comm of Bemidji the use of the county poor farm in exchange for water used by the court house, court house vark and county jail for two years. To this the city Graham M. Torrance, drew up a resolution ac- attorney, cepting that of the county commis- sioners and the aldermen voted that it be accepted and the mayor and clerk be instructed to sign a con- tract with chairman the county auditor and of the board, relative to same. The clerk was instructed to pur- chase 12 blankets for the city jail. The application of Thomas Bailey, John Croon and Thomas McCarthy, for liquor licenses were laid on the table for the time being. The voting places and the judges for the February ¢ v election were named and are as follows: First Ward, Miller's judges, Ted Getchell, William Neal and C. Mil- ler; Second Ward, Fire Hall, judges, C. C. Sheppard, Alex Cameron and D. C. Smyth; Third Ward. Carter’s warehouse, judges, P. M. Dicaire, George Knott and A. A. Carter; Fourth Ward, Armory, judges, George MecTaggert, \W. Blackburn and John Croon. COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT store, Mayor M. B. Cullum, of Duluth, Ex- plains Plan. (Continued from Monday's paper) “It is claimed that this method does away with corruption in city | affairs, for the reason that no special | interest could afford to attempt the corruption of the commission, because | the watchful public would then pre- | vent them from delivering the goods. ‘There would be no object in a citi- zen seeking such a position for the | the right to judge as to how they ! tinual franchises for public utilities purpose of graft, because the refer- endum and the recall safeguard the public. “The initiative. If the commis-| sion declined to enact such legisla- tion or perform such duties as the| public clamored for, as may devel- ope from time to time, the proposi- tion favored b): the public is drawn up by competent men, backed by a petition of usually 25 per cent of the voters and a demand made upon the commission to take such action as demanded. If they decline to do so, | then it is possible for the people to, take action themselves. “The recall. This of coure en- ables the public at any time to de- mand that any official who is negli- gent or incompetent, shall submit to another election, for either endorse- ment or condemnation—the petition calling for the recall usually suggest- ing the name of some citizen who may oppose the incumbent at the| election, | “The provision requiring that offi- cials be engaged in no other business is a wise one. It is presumed that a man who has no other interests than ' the city’s interests can be more in- dependent in all of his public actions | than one who might be engaged in some line of business that would be affected by public legislation. “The feature bodied in most schémes adopted is non-partisan em- an important one. It has been as- serted by all of the presidents of this that | | while parties are necessary and use- | republic during recent years, ful to the nation, yet partisanship is a municipal misfortune. No party designation is allowed to be| made, either at the primary or gen-‘ eral election, and no pledges of any | nature whatever as to place, party| "ot influence. i = Many | cities have secured from the legisla- ser “The home rule feature. ture an enlargement of their home rule privileges, on the theory that communities familiar with all the conditions are best able to and have | will be governed, so long as they do not come in conflict with the consti- tution of the state or of the statutes thereof. “It is absurd that some rural mem- ber, several hundred miles away, should perhaps have the deciding vote in the legislature as to whether we should adopt this or that method of conducting our affairs—whether we should spend $100,000 more or less on local improvements. It is an outrage that the legislature of a state shall be allowed to grant con- | in local communities. “Some cities have made, in my opinion. a very grave mistake in not designating just what position a man should occupy in this scheme of government. A man should be, as nearly as possible, an expert in the matters over which he is supposed to have control. Then direct re-| sponsibility may be fixed upon the" heads of each of the departments. This is so important that I am sur- prised to find that any other system is followed. “It has never been found by exper- | ience that fewer elections are held, where the percentage of names re- quired on petitions is high enough. | In some cities, five per cent of the | voters at the last general election is | enough to call for a new election. | This 1 regard as exceedingly weak. | There are always, in cities, a suffici- | ent number of voters who are willing to sign almost any petition, because of the fact that tihe expense of such election does not come directly to| them. While an increase to ten | per cent would be a fair one to de-| mand that any amendment or or- dinance should be voted upon at the next general election, it should re- quire at least 25 per cent to call for a special election.” President Names Ministers. ‘Washington, Jan. 10.—The nomina tions of Elliot Northcott of Hunting ton, W. Va., to the United States min- ister to Nicaragua, and H. Clay How- ard of Paris, Ky, to be minister to Peru, were sent to the senate by the president. BEMIDJI FIRM IS VICTIM OF FORGER Anderson and Johnson Employment Agency Excepts Worthless Four- teen Dollar Draft. MAN ARRESTED AT PUPOSKY James Thomas, Lumber-jack, Charged With Obtaining Money Under False Pretence. James Thomas, a lumber-jack, who has been hanging around Bemidji for the past two or three weeks, was | arraigned before Court Commissioner H. A. Simons yesterday afternoon on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. Thomas, it is claimed, secured a job from the Anderson and Johnson Employment Agency, in this eity, and in payment of their fees ob- tained a draft on a bank in Fergus Falls, for $14, knowing the same to be false. Friday morning Thomas appeared at the office of Anderson and John- son and asked for employment, Mr. Johnson of course began at once to show Thomas the list of jobs he had on hand and he, Thomas, excepted one at Puposky, paying Johnson with the $14 draft, in return of which Johnson gave him back $13. At the time Mr. Johnson cashed the draft he felt that perhaps it was no good, but when Thomas returned to his office at 3 o'clock that after- noon at the time designated by John- son so as to give him his camp ticket | and other instructions, Johnson be- gan to feel that the man was square. He took the draft over to the Nor- thern National Bank, in this city, from where it was sent to Fergus Falls, the bank at that place upon receiving it at once telephoned to| the Bemidji bank, informing them of the fact that the draft was no good and as it was the third or fourth time that Thomas has tried the same scheme, asked that he be arrested at once. Sheriff A. B. Hazen was informed of the matter Sunday, and upon tele- | | phoning to Puposky found that Thomas was there. Deputy Sheriff Helmer, was sent to Puposky early yesterday morning, returning in the afternoon with his man in custody. The case was continued until to- morrow morning, January 11, and the defendent is now in the county jail. 600D ORE AT NORTHOME | Diamond Drill Is to Replace the 0ld Churn One. At Northome all a person can hear | nowdays is in regard to iron ore. The churn drill which has been op- SENATE DOES NOT FAVOR STEPHENS Reapportionment Committee is all that Can Be Desired by Northern Minnesota. erating across the Iake the past | | month is to be replaged with a new | machine in order to successfully; icsrry on the prospecting for iron | |ore. A diamond drill of the latest | model has been ordered and is ex-| | pected to be here some time the lat- | !ter part qf this momth. An un- |usually hard formation of ore has | been encountered in ' hole number! | two. Making progress with the |churn drill is decidedly slow and| éwork has been temporarily suspend- | ed at hole number two. new machine, however, this latest | ! difficulty will be easily overcome and , work will be resumed: just as soon as, | it arrives. The annalysis made by | |Dr. C. W. Drew, a reliable analytical | and technical chemist of Minneapolis, | show that samples of ore taken from | | hole number one contain 68.21 peri cent iron and sambles from hole number two 45.69 and 62.21 per| cent. | Catholic Order Will Initiate Class in Bemidji Sunday January 29. i At a meeting held last evening in the office of A. A. Andrews it was decided that a council of the Knights | of Columbus lodge should be estab- | | lished in Bemidji. J. E Ba"y'i state deputy of the Knights of Co]»; | umbus, attefided the meeting last| | evening, and the date for the in-| itiation of the class was set for Sun-| day January 29. As only a limited number can be} |all those who wish to join would send in their applications at once. | Delegates from Minneapolis, St.| Paul, St. Cloud, Duluth, Brainerd| | tion. | = District Court at Grand Rapids. Lee LaBaw, court reporter for| Judge C. W. Stanton, left this morn- | ing for Grand Rapids, where dis-| trict court is to be convened today.! | Tudge Stanton will also arrive in| where he heard several court cases: ' saturday. COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED C. A. Congdon, of Duluth, is Named Chairman of the Reapportion- ment Committee. (By F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pioneer St. Paul, Jan.10.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—Two things Minnesota legislature today. fort was made by Senator S. D. Works of Mankato to have the evi- dence in the Stephens-Saugstad elec- tion contest printed. The attitude of the senate does not appear to | favor the former senator from Crook- ston. In the House, Speaker Dunn an- nounced his committee appointments. One of the surprises was the omis- i sion of D. P. O'Neil of Thief River | dense forest. K' Giis T“ l"s'l"u. GUU"G". Falls from the temperance com-|po | mittee. Minnesota. for the most part friends of the | speaker and are inclined to be con- servative. 5 The speaker kept his promise to appoint a county optlonist at the head of the Temperance committee and selected J. L. Palmer for the place. C. A. Congdon of Duluth heads the committee on reapportionment; R. C. Dunn, taxes and tax laws; L. C. Spooner, appropriations and W. D. Washburn, railroads. Thomas Nee- land of Minneapolis heads the com- mittee on judiciary. Charles W. taken in at this time, a committee Bouck of Little Falls heads the im- | stead of buying its milk from Brain- | consisting of R. F. Murphy, P. J"po”am committee of roads and|erd dealers and butter wherever it| O'Leary and T. J. Burke request that Dridges and R. C. Dunn is a mem- can be purchased. ber of that committee. The reapportionment committee is has just bought eleven full blooded | made up of the following: don, Mattson, Knapp, Cong- Holmberg, cott, Tsaender, Hanlan, D. P. O’Neil, Rice, McNeil, Currie, er, Bouck, Lydard, Green, O. Peter- son, Davies, Libera and Knutson. D. P. O'Neil, the Beltrami county member, is a member of the commit- | tees on reapportionment, Old Soldiers | the “Rapids” today from Brainerd | Home, Roads and Bridges and Pub- | lic Parks. . Donald Robertson of Argyle is a THE ANNUAL JUGGLE FOR TALENT. | Legisiative Bureau | 1ation. | | nesota. With the mMmarked the reconvenement of the | Presentative Mattson, who outlined l his plan yesterday to J. H. Beek, sec- | In the senate an unsuccessful ef-|retary of the Jobbers and Mauufac-l tures association. Mr. Beek was a member of the re- lief committee during the last big conflagration. state provide clover and |othy seed for land that has | swept by fire. | to Tuberculosis Institution. Upon the recommendation of the isitors,, the state is to try | the experiment of keeping its own cows at the Walker sanitarium, i State Purchasing Agent Cutter | Holstein cows for use at the sani- | tarium. and Crookston will atend the initia- | Davis, Lennon, C. E. Stone, West-| patients. | At present it is costing about $11 McKenzie, | a week for every patient at the sani- | | White, Frankson, Lee, Rines, Spoon- | tarium and it is thought that by es- | | tablishing a dairy the cost will be | reduced and at the same time abso- | lutely pure milk will be assured. R. H. Carr Post Install. At the joint installation of the R. | H. Carr Post and the ladies of the G. 'FREE SEED FOR BAUDETTE State to Aid Recent Forest Fire Clover and timothy seed will be distributed among fire sufferers of Baudette and surrounding territory . of G. H. Mattson, state representa- Mr. Mattson’s idea is to have the tim- | been He says that after a | forest fire a thick brush springs up and that it is harder to clear than a He also says that a isonous weed thrives in the brush. | “The clover and timothy seed will The reapportionment committee is i not only prevent this,” said Mr. Matt- all that can be desired by Northern|son, “but it will make the land rich The appointments were and fertile for agricultural purposes.” They will be cared for by | member of the corimittees on Com-| merce and Retail Trade, Corpora.? Judge Spooner and Attorney McDon- | tions, Favorites and Municipal legis- ald Win Important Legal Battle ! Before Willard. WHAT OTHER TOWNS WILL DO Saloons Throughout All Northern Minnesota Will Reopen Because of the Decision. Judge Spooner and E. E. McDonald won a sweeping victory for Bemidji | by the state, according to the plans | saloon keepers, before Judge Willard in the United States District court | | tive from Roseau, and northern Min- | late yesterday afternoon after pleas | had been made by the Bemidfi ai- A Dbill to preserve lands devastated | torneys, when he granted the injunc- by forest fires in Minnesota will be | tion which means that all saloons in introduced in the legislature by Re, | De™idJl and in all towns that had | been closed can now open and re- | ceive shipments of liquor. In other words Judge Willard’s de- | cision puts the saloons back on the | same basis that they were on before the Indian treaties were dug up, and | that many damage suits against the government for liquor destroyed will now begin. Of course there still is a possibil- ity that the government will appeal | to the United States Supreme Court but “Pussyfoot” who is in Minnea- | polis today decided with district at- ]torney Houpt that they would not appeal until they have received or- ders to do so from Attorney General Wickersham, and they have not as | yet received any such order. Judge Spooner and Atmr}wy Mec Donald awoke to find thimselves (BYYS GOWS FOR - WALKER o oo (20 oo oo S e liquor “lid.” Friends of the liquor trade are profuse in praise for the Bemidji attorney’s while many not State Purchasing Agent Sends Drove | friendly to the liquor trafiic pay the lawyers high compliment for their brilliant victory. Neither Judge Spooner or Mr. McDonald had any comment to make except that Wil- lard’'s decision clears up the tangle and establishes a right of state to regulate its own affairs. Judge Willard's decision re- strains “Pussyfoot” Johnson and his |agents from interfering with the liquor traffic under the provisions of the Indian treaty of 1855. The reasons given for this decision are sweeping in character and leave |the “lid” on only in actual Indian reservations. Indian treaties having anti-liquor | clauses cover nine tenths of the state, acording to contentions of the gov- | ernment in this suit and the Federal | authorities have a right to prohibit | liquor absolutely from any and all | portions of this vast territory. The suit on which the decision was rendered was instituted by 12 Be- midji saloon men against Johuson, |A. R., the following officers were | Brents and Coggshall. | installed: H. W. Bailey, Command- Judge Willard holds that the ad- |er; George Smith, Senior Vice Com-| mission of Minnesota to statehood | mander; T. J. Phillippi, Junior Vice|gave the state power of regulating ECummander: T. H. Pendergast, liquor traffic and repealed anti-liquor iQunrt.ermaster; J. M. Fuller, Adjud- | clauses of Indian land cession treat- | ant; George Bardwell, Surgeon; T. J. | ies. | Martin, Chaplain; A. A. Howe, 0. D.; |F. A. Cross, 0. G.; J. A. Martin, L. M. S.; William Schroeder, Delegate; George Smith, Alternate. Guilty of Wife Beating. | Fred Mosher was arraigned in | municipal court this morning on a | charge of assault, and was found guilty by Judge Pendergast. 'jail fine of thirty days. that Mosher has several times in the | past treated his wife in a harsh man- | ner even going so far as to choke her. Orders Judicial Ditches. An order was filed recently by Judge C. W. Stanton of the Fifteenth Judicial District court, tothe effect that judicial ditches 3 and 4, should be built, and road. 28 Mosh- | Pioneer Special |er was given the choice of either|Under Judge Willard's decision the paying a fine of $25 or of taking a|four saloons of this city opened for It appears | business at 5 o’clock this morning. “Pussyfoot” Johnson said “Placed in my position there is really noth- ing for me to say in view of the de- cision. The attorney general and federal representatives are all that should be ‘expected to issue state- ments, as for myself I am not going to say a word.” Detroit, Minn., Jan. 10.—(Daily Wire Service.)— Cass Lake, Jan. 10.—(Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service.)—Judge ‘Willard’s decision, annuling the In- dian treaty caused no excitement here. Five saloon keepers, how- ever, made preparations to reopen and have made applications for li- censes. Brainerd, Jan. 10.—(Daily Pio- These ditches will be in| neer Special Wire Service.)—The 28 the Shotley and Battles country, and | saloons which were closed here by will mean about 30 miles of ditch|“Pussyfoot” will reopen as soon as they can secure their licenses. MINNESOTA - HiSTORICAL s