Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 11, 1911, Page 1

-~ THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER. = Yistorical Sociel BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENTN-G, JANUARY 11, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. fter having consumed a plate of VOLUME 8. NUMBER 267. | Blue Points in a St. Paul restaurant. | The ptomaine poison appears Yo have FAlR chM” IEE{ affected the eyes, the jurist suffering | no other lasting effects from his ill- | ness. For two weeks he has been unable to distinguish persons as far Millionaire Duluth Chairman of Re-|away as across the street. He has | gone to Philadelphia to consult a Especialist and from there will go w‘g Bermudas where he hopes a complete apportionment Board Believes Proper Legislation Assured. | rest may restore his sight. 1 I | OYSTERS MAY BLIND JAGGARD At the present time prisoners at [the Stillwater prison and the St. | Cloud reformatory are sending $1,800 Member of Supreme Court Suffers,? month home to relatives, as the re- 1sult of money paid them for labor by | the state. from Ptomaine Poison—Row This is a new thing in Over Houp Appointment. | Minnesota, the last legislature au-! ! thorizing payment to prisoners of | | from ten to fiften cents a day. At/ (By F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pioneer Legislative St. Paul, Jan. 11. | present there are 486 married men | BUrean | ;. the Stillwater prison; 94 married | At Iast the be-| 115] i | A $10.000 bath is in store for the! who have mo children and ginning of the end is in sight for| married who have children. »roaow e reapportionment in Minnesota, and that means that the north part of the state is to be more properly repre-|Dew state capitol if present plans sented. [carry. A Dill has been prepared au- | The reapportionment committee of | thorizing the expenditure of this sum | the house, as announced by Speaker 0 defray the expense of scrubbingl the white marble of the big building. | £k k% x Dunn on Tuesday, is looked upon by friends of the north here, as a body that wil see to it that the north gets Much interest is manifest here over the newly installed i what it has been asking for. the working of PLANS BEING MADE C. G. Congdon, the Duluth multi- millionaire. who was named chair- man of the house committee, is en- thusiastic over the prospects of the passage of the right kind of a bill. Just at present it looks as if just about the kind of a reapportionment as was urged at the Brainerd con- vention would go through. This must not be taken to mean that it will. for there is many a slip twixt the receiving clerg and the govern- or's iature. with nothing deroga- of cox meant relative to the membe The will be organized today and will be in shape to go ahead with its work— the important of the present & Mrs. F. A, Wilson of Bemidji has been named s of the senate. reapportionment committee most sion—without delay. stenographer of this committee. ook roxox There is much ado over the ap- pointment of William labor F. Houp as commissioner to succeed Wil- liam E. McEwen, the Duluth editor. 1t transpires that Mr. Houp, cording to union officials, has never They say that he has never held a union ac- been an active union man. office and has kept his union card me: to retain his position as a printer Tri- bune. with the Minneapolis His appointment is said to have been made in open defiance to ob- jections on the part of the Minnesota Federation all organ- of Labor and that candidates recommended by ized labor were given the cold shoul- der by Governor Eberhart. It is further said that Mr. Houp was appointed to please George M. Gillette, who is president of the “lia- | appointed by the| years visit | present at this session | bility commission™ legislature two ago to Europe and the most desirable form of an em-| Mr. Gillette, | a Minneapolis business man, ployers liability law. repre- sents the employers side, and it is| charged that the new ('ummissioner“ | ers. | generally conceded | that the organized labor prefered to! have Mr. McEwen retained, and next will be merely a tool of the employ- It is pretty to him the choice seemed to be Henry W. Libby of \\‘i/nbna. Mr. Houp has been employed by the Minneapolis Tribune for the past" twenty-three years and for several years has been foreman of the com- posing room. He is well liked by the men who work for him. £ m A E R Caroline Jenkins, statistical clerk | in the office of the state labor com-! missioner, who died recently in St. Paul, was formerly telephone oper- ator in the Duluth Board of Trade. She was given her St. Paul position | by Labor -Commissioner William E.| McEwen. sk ok % Justice E. A. Haggard of the Min- nesota state supreme court may be- come blind as the result of having eaten oysters. Some time ago, Jus- tice Jaggard was made violently ill | cle was he able to grope his way to an| postal savings bank at Bemidji, and | it is proving to be quite an advertise- | ment for the city. In a recent issue! the St. Paul Dispatch ran a two col- umn feature on the bank, printing a| half tome picture of Postmaster! Erickson and Samuel Cutter, the| j clerk in charge. | | oE ok o ok % Up to date the clock in the house| | chamber has rfused to work, but at | that it edge on | most of the members. | hasn’t much of an TWO MORE FIRE VIGTIMS Baudette Conflagration Causes the Death of Walter Fairless. ! | ‘Walter Fairless, of Baudette, who while acting as a special policeman | | at Rainy River, on the day after the | fire which destroyed Baudette and Spooner, died at the Winnipeg Gen- eral hospital last week from his wounds. While upon duty he was set upon by a gang of ruffains, and shot and clubbed in a brutal manner. His right eve was smashed in, and he re- ceived other terrible wounds, but he | put up a wonderful fight for his life, | there was little hope for his recov- | ery however, and his death caused ! 1o surprise. No clue to the identity of the mur- derers was ever discovered. | Mrs. Joseph Beaver of Baudette died at Rainy River, after an illness| of three months. She was ill with | typhoid at the time of the fire and | had to be carried on a stretcher the night the town burned. The ex- posure and excitement told heavily | | | against her and she became a victim | of quick consumption. She leaves| five children. Her husband died from typhoid a short time before the | fire. | CAT GIVES THE ALARM Saves Mora (Minn.) Man From Per-| ishing in Fire. Mora, Minn, Jan. 11.—F. A. Mec- Pherson, proprietor of the Mora Drug company, who has living apartments over his drug store, was suddenly awakened from his slumber by his faithful house cat jumping onto his bed and scratching his face. Upon cwaking Mr. McPherson found himself nearly overcome by suf- focation, the room and building was dense with smoke and only by a mira- outside stairway and, slightly clad, with the mercury registering 20 below zero, he ran a block to give the alarm of fire. The stock of drugs and merchandise, although not burned, are worthless from smoke and heat. Senator Quay’s Widow Dead. Pittsburg, Jan. 11.—Mrs. Agnes B. Quay, widow of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, who died in 1904, is dead at her home, Oak Spur Road, Shields station, near here. Mrs. Quay was born in Beaver, Pa., and was mar- | ried to Senator Quay in 1854. | supervisor of music in the Bemidj for the occasion, and the boys quar- | a Better General than Grant.” FOR GONVENTION éommitteel Have Been Named And Will Begin Preparations At Once. MANUAL TRAINING EXHIBIT Miss Ethel Murray, Supervisor of | Music in Bemidji Schools, Pre- paring Program. According to an announcement made by W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji Public Schools, this: morning, preparations have already‘ began to make the February teach- | ers convention, which is to be held | in Bemidji, a success. | At a meeting of the grade teachersjr last evening committees were ap—é pointed to look after the \iiflerentg affairs and see that they art arrang- ed for satisfactorily. | The committee on entertainment| will consist of Miss Loe, principal of the high school, chairman, and teach- ers’ Brown, Mosford and Dunning- ton. The committee on decorations | for the reception, which is to held | at the close of the convention will! have as its chairman, Miss Anne Mc: Gillan, an instructor in the eighth | grade room. Miss Edna Hill will| be in charge of the exhibits. The sewing, manual training and | drawing clases are busy preparing| an exhibit for the visiting teachers. | The music which is to be given atj intervals during the convention will | be a feature. Miss Ethel Murray, schools is spending a great deal of| time in preparing a special program. | The girls glee club has been enlarged tette is working hard on several new A chorus made up of grade boye will also sing. The high school orchestra, which is gaining quite a reputation as a musi- cal organization, among thosg inter- ested in high school doings, has re- ceived a few new selections and will play them during the convention. The teachers are becoming enthus- iastic over the convention and are doing all within their power to make the affair a success. All Bemidji ladies who are willing to give the use of a room to the visiting school teachers will please so inform the chairman of the commit- tee on entertainment. The high school literary society will hold its first debate of the year next Wednesday evening, the sub- ject being “Resolved, that Lee Was songs. i GOMPANY K. INSPECTION Major Pratt and Captain Hatcher to Conduct Ceremonies Tonight. Company K the Bemidji company of state militia will have its annual| inspection at the Armory this eve- ning. The inspection will be under the direction of Major Pratt, of the third regiment and Captain Hatcher, | military store keeper. It is very important that all mem- | bers of the company be present at| the inspection tonight, and that they | bring all equipment belonging to the | state that is in their possession. | The inspection will be held in the olive-drab uniform. | Cass Lake Council to Act on Licenses. | Next Monday evening the village council of Cass Lake will act on fi\'e} applications for liquor licenses, all| of which are dated to run one year | from January 16. The five applicants for liquor li- censes are: George Hanson, C. F. Nelson, Wm. Kirchhof, The Tedford Estate and Samuel Sutor. The li- cense lee»at present is set at $1500. OUTGROWING HIS CLOTHES. IS PRET CENSUS suiT 19 150,000,000 Bur Gussp ie e, —Taylor in Los Angeles Times. COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT Burlington, Iowa, like other Iowa cities which have adopted the plan, | is well pleased with the commission form of government. The economy of the plan in the administration of city affairs has al- ready been proved. Commission government was adopted by a two to one vote last November and it went into effect April 4 and, according to City Clerk Robert Krappach, writes a letter who in supplementing Mayor W. C. Cross’ answers to the Herald’s list of questions, all classes of people are pleased with the new system. Burlington is a city of 30,000 people and its charter is drawn un- der the state law, which was adopted on the basis of the Des Moines char- ter. According to Mayor Cross, the old ward and aldermen system proved unsatisfactory in many ways 'BARGAINS IN BLANK BOOKS RAILROAD WILL | e | SHIP LIQUOR | Discount Sale at Pioneer Supply Store | Well Patronized By Business Men. St. Paul, Jan. 11.—(Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service.)—As a result of Judge Willard’s dcision in the Indian treaty case, railway com- panys will begin accepting shipments of liquor to the Indian territory Thursday or Friday. During the past week the Bemidji | Pioneer has conducted a most suc- cessful discount sale on blank books of every description. Over §1000 worth of books have been placed at discounts amounting to 50, 33 1-3 and 25 per cent. All the leather bound ledgers and jour- No disposition is indicated by members of the anti-saloon league to cease efforts to have treaty sustained. “Certainly an appeal will be tak- " said P. J. Youngdahl, of the These books are anti-saloon league. | nals that range in price from $5 to | $15 are seling for just half of their |en, regular prices. “We were sur- | sold below cost. and merchants of Bemidji and the| cision, but believe it will finally be | surrounding teritory have made pur- | reversed,” chases while others have made selec- tions which are being held for deliv- er awaiting theis order. LIBRARY ~ BOARD MEETS The supply is still varied and a selection of what you want can easi- ly be made. not in want of a journal or ledger ‘ Many business men |prised and disappointed over this de- | Although many are | Condition of Bemidji Institution | to the business of running the city, | | didates at elections do not number|ed by P. A. Pitman, and has been | any more than two or three for may-|used as a rooming house. particularily on account of the di- vision of responsibility. The small pay for aldermen resulted in only a few hours weekly or monthly being devoted to city affairs. Under the | commission charter, | at this time, they are taking advan- tage of the price reduction although | they have no use for the books until perhaps six months hence. The discount of 33 1-3 per cent aldermen are paid enough salary to allow them to give all of their time| records, cash and day books, almost | |any size you wish and any binding | just as heads of big business enter-| that you may desire. Many find ité prises would give all of their at- tention to the business. |in a supply for future use. In the first three months the cOm- | hooks are all mew and bound and | mission plan was in effect in Bur-| lington, $25,000 was saved and the city was placed on a cash basis. serial | ‘ present debt is refunded in | books are plainly marked and each | bonds at 4 1-2 per cent instead of 6| lot are seperated from the other} per cent as under the old system. with the discounts displayed in large | Taxation was equalized and more | oy e, | work was accomplished at less ex- | pense. Most all of the bills are be- a good investment at this time to lay | made in first class manner. | The| the minute you enter the door. All| For the balance of the week at| least, these prices will continue to| ing discounted and the banks EIVe prevail and those who have slighted | interest on daily balances. | the opportunity of the past week will The elimination of polities from | profit greatly the city’s affairs has caused the body | the present d! of citizens to take greater interest | in the city’s affairs, acording to the | clerk’s letter. | The one election in Burlington | which occured this noon, | brought out seven candidates for damaged somewhat the upstairs of | mayor and sixty-seven candidates ‘ the building owned by P. J. O’'Leary, for councilmen, but in cities where}located at 304 third street. The the commission plan has been in ef-|lower floor of the building is not oc- by taking advantage of | iscount prices. | Rooming House Has Fire. Fire fect for a number of years, the can-|cupied while the second story is rent- The di- or and fifteen or twenty for council-|rect cause of the fire is unknown. men. In Burlington the mayor re- | Prompt action on the part of the ceives $2,500 a year and the coun-|fire department saved the building cilmen $1,800 each.—Duluth Herald.ltmm being totally destroyed. Very Promising. At a meeting of the city library | board held recently, the board was the place formerly held by Reverend White. Superintendent W. P. Dyer These | elected president and Mrs. W. H.|ings, and a report ba Vye, secretary. The board found the condition of The display table meets your eye | the library in a flourishing condi- | tion. The financial end being above expectations. The board examined the heating plant, which has not been working satisfactorily this winter. Many new books have been added to the library, and it was decided at the meeting that more should be se- cured. Melges Bros. Leave Business. In a deal closed yesterday after- noon, the firm of Melges Brothers, | Wholesale grocers, retire from the management of said firm. The concern will be in charge of Harry Koors in the future, Koors having taken possession this morn- ing. Mr. Koors is well known in Be- midji, haying lived here until he moved to Duluth about a year ago. Mr. Koors will move his family here in the near future. “MUST REDISTRICT AT ALL GOSTS” HAGKNEY “Pass Reapportionment Bill If It Cleans Out Senate,” Declares St. Paul Chairman. SURPRISED AT OWN SELECTION Intends Now to Secure Passage At This Session of Proper Kind of Measure. (By P. A. Wilson) Bemidji Plonser Legisiative Burean St. Paul, Jan. 11.—Northern Min- Desota appears to have found a new | champion, as is shown by the fol- [lowing which, incidently appears only in the Dally Pioneer simultan- eously with its publication in a Du- luth evening paper: “It is the unquestionable duty of this legislature to pass a reappor- tionment act, and such act should take effect for the next general elec- j tion even though this may mean the legislating out of office every member of the senate.” | So asserts Joseph M. Hackney, member of the state senate from St. Paul and chairman of the senate lcmumm.ee on reapportionment—an | appointment which in the eyes of Northern Minnesota at least, is the most important assignment in the upper house this session. “My appointment as chairman of | the reapportionment committee,” satd Senator Hackney, “came to me as & great surprise. My constituents | &re not worrying over reaportion- ment, as it will make little or no dif- ference in my district. “Yet I recognize the importance of the subject to the state at large. Minnesota has been without reap- portionment many years to long. The bill for this purpose should have been passed two years ago. The (leading excuse for the neglect of legislative duty at that time was | that reapportionment should be based |on the national census. No such excuse can be offered at this time. | The people are rightly demanding | immediate justice in legislative re- | presentation. And it is indeed more than time to act when the legis- | lative districts in Northern Minne- sota have respective populations of | 30,000 and over, to populations of | little over 3,000 in some southern | Minnesota districts. | «as chairman of the senate com- :miltee on reapportionment, I intend to exert every honorable effort to the mayor and ,ng 25 per cent have been made on |TeOTganized, and Mayor Parker ap-|Secure the passage of)a reapportion- | books consisting of journals, ledgers, | pointed Mrs. Thomas McCann to fill | ment bill this sessios which shall take effect in time fo: eral election. Wher] | to our committee, I the next gen-. the bill comes ill do all that |of the Bemidji public schools, was| I can to get quick actjon on its hear- to the senate as speedily as possibl{ recommending | the bill for passage.| So far as I am concerned persojally the state ;will get a fair and sq,;,.lare deal. “The enactment ofia reapportion- ment law is, in my opinion, the pre- sent crying need of the state, and the greatest duty to the people, which the present can per- form.” OFFICERS WILL OBEY DECISION OF WILLARD legislature Washington, D. C. Jan. 11.— (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Ser- vice.)—Secretary Ballinger has in- structed his officers to obey the order of the court in the liquor question in the Indian country. Later information is to the effect that the case may me appealed to the Circuit court of Appeals, but no definite decision will be reached for lsevex‘ll days. WINNESOTH ‘ HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | ~ i i