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THE BEMIDJ1 D. fcal ILY PIONEE MINNESOTA HISTORI ® Tnny county have in good faith auth- VOLUME 8. NUMBER 274. | orized the payment and have paid GASH Hm HUMELESS; | out public monies for the purpose of GOVERNOR TAKES RISK sine sumrers trom tores e i | Northern Minnesota in the year 1910, | | that such payments are hereby in all | respects validated and legalized. Twenty Thousand in Money and $25,- | XKk 000 Worth of Free Seeds, State Senator Cheadle of Duluth dosen’t . . | think it is fair to shoot a man for| Ald for Te Bufterecs. 'a deer and then skedaddle, so he has! a bill before the senate which makes | it manslaughter. If, however, when TO LEGALIZE FUNDS SPENT , pyntsman bags a man instead of the wily quarry, Mr. Huntsman runs | to the aid of the wounded human,| County and City Appropriations Vali- |offering all possible aid and, in case dated if Bill Presented By Sen- Eor death, carries the body to the near- |est town, the manslaughter charge | cannot be made. : *kx | Representative Edwards of Breck- | (By F. A. Wilson) | enridge has a resolution before the | Bemidji Pioneer Legislative Bureau| St. Paul, Jan. 19.—Here is joyful ator Sullivan Becomes Law. house which pledges the moral sup- . port of Minnesota to New Orleans in| news for Beltrami and adjoining|per fight against San Francisco to counties. Governor Eberhart has|land the World's fair, comemorntiug; decided to assume all responsibility | the completion of the Panama canal | for any mouey Lhe state may pay out | in 1915 | for the benefit of those persons who' xx¥ i suffered losses of the result of the' Judge Stanton and the other| | forest fires during the season of 1910. | judges of this judiecial district may{ As a result. there is every reason have Morrison county’s legal troubles| to believe that the Legislature will to settle. Representative Brown has| ribution of approx- introduced a bill withdrawing Mor-| in cash and $25,- authorize the dis imately §20.000 rison from the seventh judicial dis-| trict and adding it to the fifteenth. | * kX Representative Mattson of Roseau | relief of the suiferers would be un- county introduced a bill providing for | 000 worth of seeus. There has been grave danger that an apropriation of money for direct constitutional and the la\vmakers‘an annual appropriation of $20,000/ have been at their wits ends to ac- to carry on the expense of advertiSvi complish the purpose of which they ' ing the natural resources of the state.: are of one opinion: that of offering The bill provides that the appropria- | state money to the fire victims. | tion shall be divided equally among| governor with | the counties applying for the money. | bold declaration that he will Now comes the the back the Thousands of pamplets setting| they vote forth the opportunities in each coun-| A conference !ty are to be circulated throughout aiternoon between | the United States. Representative Mattson of Roseau posed to stimulate immigration to Messrs. J. H. Beek, Secretary | Minnesota. of the St. Paul Jobbers and Retail-| Representative Mattson heldz that ers Association, and McGonagle of Minnesota is behind Canada and! Duluth revealed the fact that it Is other states the Legislature if proposed funds. late yesterday The bill is pro-| and | in advertising its re-| urgent that be obtained. sources and that thousands of set-| Messrs. McGonagzle and Beek have tlers are going through Minnesotai been prominently identified in the into the western country when by a| collection and distribution of the little persuasion they could be held | Red Cross funds. The Red Cross| here. voluntary contribu- tions amounting to $100,000 and nave mace asvucons win nis| GAR DOING 600D sum as a basis. They now find that anticipated on WORK 5 | they are more than $18,000 shy of this amount Reports of Immigration Agent Fuller- The joint com 1o dome cof ton Indicate Great Influx of rittee of the House (three members) and the Senate (two members) (o visit the fire zone, Settlers. | as provided for in the resolution ‘ introduced by Donald Robertson | last week. has .ot been appointed | | will be feel that Quite a large part of the salaried This trip but made | little value probably public are still sceking new locations the memuer where comparitively cheap lands can information vi practical could be obiainsd by an investiga.| ¢ Bad, Which will insure a good in-| tion which necessarily conld not ex.; ¢Ome in return for the labor put in. tend over more than a couple of This is strongly cvidenced by the re- days. therefore ithe amount to be ap- ports received from Traveling Im- propriated for direct relief will be!migration Agent Sam Fullerton, in largely determined by members from | charge of the Minnesota Exhibition the northern districts at conterences] Car, to State Immigration Agent with those who have had the relief | Welsh and E. C. Leedy, General Im- work in charge. | migrant Agent of the Great Nor- The seed appropriation appears to' thern Railway in St. Paul. have smooth sailing. The bill has| This car is now completing a most | by Representative successful tour through the state of Mattson and it cails for an appropri»i Illinois, some forty-five towns hav- ation of .000 to purchase clover, | ing been visited with an attendance timothy and red top seed for free dis-| of 1,000 to 3,000 people daily. This money is to be obtained as an appropriation for the ments were heard regarding the ap- university of Minnesota to avoid:parent agricultural possibilities of . ! any possible constitutional impedi-| Minnesota, the greatest interest oil been prepared tribution. Everywhere most flattering com- ment and the distribution is to be the Illinois farmer being centered in | made through the Department of the corn and vegetable exhibit of the Agriculture. car. Many who had already de-| To obtain these seeds, if the bill cided to locate in other sections of becomes a law, and it undoubtedly the country, the south and the far will, application must be made to the:west having the preference, were | county auditor, the applicant assert-| made converts to the land of large ing that he suifcred as a result of | grain yield—Minnesota. the fire, giving a description of his| Minnesota also came 1 for her | share of interest at the United States | distribution | Land and Irrigation Congress, which the state will be authorized to sowi closed in Chicago recently. The its lands from the seeds thus provid-| Minnesota portion of the Great Nor- | ed. be covered as Congressman Steener- gotten up, and from inquiries made losses. In addition to such The government land cannot thern's booth was most attractively son has notified the state that such and the demand for literature, some a proceeding would be illegal. | twenty thousand Minnesota bulle~ *xK ‘itins as well as local Minnesota Cham- Senator George H. Sullivan comes; ber of Commerce and Commercial forward as a friend with a bill in‘Club booklets being distributed, the senate which has for its purpose: | would indicate a great influx of “That in all cases where the officers| home seekers and investors into Min- of any city or the county board of‘ nesota next spring. l | oppose Mr. Maloy, if the latter should | | the alleged leader of the plot discov- | with the proceedings might be preju- | of public morals. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING; JANUARY 19; 1911. FEBRUARY-CITY ELECTION TALK Candidates for Aldermen Circulating Petitions—Rumored that Park- | er Will Run Again. THOMAS MALOY TO BE OPPOSED Public Ownership Party Will Have Full Ticket in Field—Hoyt for City Clerk. | Petitions are being circulated by the various candidates for city offices i at the February election, and from 1 present indications the different | positions will be hotly contested for. The public ownership party will have a full ticket in the fleld. ~ The official list of candidates has not been | made public as yet. | It is rumored that Mayor Parker' will be a candidate to succeed him- | self and that J. P. Pogue, who was | for three ternmis mayor of Bemidji." will oppose him. | F. L. Bursley, present alderman | from the second ward has announced ‘ his intention of running for re-elec- tion, and at present has no opposi- tion, outside of the public ownership candidate. Joseph Bisiar alderman from the third ward, will ask for his re-elec- | Earl Geil, whio has held the im- portant office of city treasurer for the;past several terms, has announced | his intention of becoming 3:candid-; ate for re-election. | J. E. Cahill will be a candidate for city assessor Charles Hoyt will run for the office of ecity clerk, the position which has been held by Thomas Maloy for | the past few terms. Mr. Hoyt will | ask for his re-election. ADOPT COMMISSION FORM | Ottawa and Dixon, Illinois Cities Favor Plan. Ottawa, Ill, Jan. 18.—The com- mission form of government was adopted at an eiection here yester- day by a vote of 1,229 to 442. Dixon adopted the commission form of government yesterday by a majority of 129. Only about 50 per cent of the total vote was cast. JAP ANARCHISTS MUST DIE Twenty-five Convicted of Conspiring Against Emperor. Tokio, Jan. 19.—D. Kotoku, his wife and twenty-three fellow anarchists were sentenced to death for having conspired against the life of the em- peror and other members of the im- perial family. Two other men sim- ilarly accused were released. Kotoku, who was formerly connect- ed with a Tokio newspaper and had at one time lived in San Francisco, where he is said to have been associ- ated with a political organization, was ered last September. The wife of Kotoku was the only woman in the band. The trial proper opened in the supreme court on Dec. 10. The public was excluded on the ground that publicity in connection dicial to peace and the maintenance TO CHANGE CRIMINAL LAW 8oquth Dakota Solon’s Bill Is Radical| Innovation. | Pierre, S. D., Jan. 19.—Senator Nor- beck introduced a bill which, if passed by the legislature, will revolutionize criminal practice in the state. | Norbeck’s measure would clothe the prosecuting attorney in any criminal | actlon with legal authority to call at-| tention to the fact that the defendant| had not testified in his own behalf in the event of such an occurrence. | Such an act would be complete reversal of the eriminal practice of i the state and would set aside one of the causes on which the supreme court may grant new trials. T “A WERK(S ReAT. 7 ////Wé MENT Wity BE1 V QUITE SUFFICIENT 7 —McCutcheon in Chicago Tribune. TELLS ABOUT DAIRY BARN _ esrie Lowa Rev. Blair conducted services m; the Presbyterian church Sunday evening and Rev. Frank Higgins, Lhe; lumber-jack sky pilot, gave an in-| teresting account of his work, Mon: |day evening. Both meetings were/| | largely attended. ® ® J. F. Collins, Manager of Schroeder Farm, Writes Letter. J. F. Collins, who is in charge of| Horace Kammon, who recently re—; W. G. Schroeder’s dairy farm, a few |signed his position of salesman in miles west of Bemidji, tells how the|S: E- Thompson’s store, has moved ’ | to his farm near Rebedew lake. I barn is constructed: James Hagedon spent Tuesday m!‘ Bemidji. | “It may be that the readers of this paper will be interested in knowing how our barn here, on Alfalfa Dairy| Miss Elizabeth MacGregor who is| Farm, in Northern Minnesota, is ar- It is 112 feet long by 32 feet We have two rows of cow| | home in Bemid, ! ranged. wide. Rev. J. C. Mapson returned Mon- | stanchions, divided into two sections| . each. One section is for twelve cows| COnducted services Sunday. and the other for eleven; these are| on each side of the barn. | “At one end, on one side, we have | on account of the serious illness ofi a'bull pen, calf pen and two feed}Mr. Maule’s mother. i On the opposite side, in the | same end, there is room for six| horses and a small harness room. i SHAKESPEHE,S GUMEUY “We allow a width of three feet for each cow, using no partitions. The cow rows face each other. There is a four-foot, six-inch wall behind the gutter, which bins. “Twelfth Night” to Be Given Here| is fourteen inches | teaching here spent Saturday at her" Alford. | UNUSUALSHOW AT BRINKHAM Manager of Bemidii's Popular Play- House Secures Great Troupe. e 2 . - Manager Brinkman of the Brink- man Theatre, has a bill openindg this | evening for the last half of the week, which will no doubt prove a rare treat to Bemidji theatre goers. The opening march this evening will be “The Hustler” by Harry L. Played by Mrm Harry Mas- ten and her orchestra. Mr. Brinkman has secured for this | day morning from Kelliher where he | evening’s entertainment the services of the famous Bella Italian Troupe. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Maule were This troupe has set two continents | called to Big Forks Sunday morning | talking by their unusual ability. They are onme of the greatest troupes in vaudeville. “Way Down South in Dixie” an Imp motion picture will be shown. Miss Grayce Fleckenstein will sing for an illustrated song, entitled “The Hour of Fate.” A comedy film of two riproaring | comedies will be given, the names By Strong Company. | of which are “Tweedledums Adven- H & “ . deep. The platform is four feet, ten | | ture” and “Foolshead as Fisherman. inches, with one-inch slope to gut- far. Seats are now selling for the en- | Imp, “The New Butler.” It is the aim of Manager Brinkman “There is a water trough six inches wide by four inches deep, right in | gagement of the | to give the Bemidji public the best vaudeville show that can be secured and in the show this evening he is “Twelfth Night” ‘most picturesque and delightful of all front of the feed manger whera U»““the Shakespearian comedies which cows can easily reach the water. The | appears here one night, January 27, is fe Sllejjtecwsen; thejcon’ miCuTtEcy under the direction of C. P. Walker. six inches wide. We use the swinging stanchion and were able to get a| resented by a company of experi- | Our | enced Shakespearian artists, with the good one at about $2.00 each. most elaborate costume and scenic “Twelfth Night” is ideal floors are all cement. “We have litter and feed carriers, for which we use solid tracks in the | barn and rod tracxs outside. Our in- side track is 300 feet and the ome outside 80 feet. The outfit cost about $125.00. if one wanted to use | the rod track it would be much | cheaper, but T think it pays to have the solid track inside as it does not | sag. - We are now putting in a milk| can carrier, to carry the milk irom'} Anton Larson was committed to| the barn to the milk house, 200 feet| o ity jail for 10 days for being| away. This is costing about 534A00:dr“nk and disorderly. { and will be a rcd track. equipment. |entertainment. The company are| i the famous Engiish players with Wm. ; | Yule, the popular Canadian comemanf and Violet Eddy, a winsome young| actress, especiaily evgaged for the| roles of Sir Toby Belch and Viola. Police Court Doings. | John Hanson was given 10 days “Any intelligent man can install in jail for being drunk. these carriers and they certainlypay | fid McDonald was given 15 days for one man ecan do more chbresimr vagrancy. when using them, than two can with- I hope this may be of | interest to some fellow farmer.” —J. F. COLLINS. out them. Marriage Licenses of Past Week. George Anderson, of Otter Tail county and Amelia Clark, of Wis- 3 consin, Canadianluatico, Demst Charles Wahl, of White Mountain, Toronto, Ont., Jan. 19.—Hugh Mc- Mahon, a Justice of the high court of | Michigan, and Nellle Brockwey, of Cmizrlo, is dead after a brief illness. | this city. giving the theatre goers a $1 show for 25 cents. Wedding Jag Causes Divorce. Marinette. Wis., Jan. 19.—Judge R. C. Flannigan, sitting in the circuit court at Crystal Falls, Mich., divorced Mary and Charles Lenberg because the” husband was drunk at the time the marriage ceremony was per- formed. The judge Said in his de- cision that as the husband was drunk when the marriage contract was made there was no mating of minds, and hence no marriage. | LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER Proposed Oregon Law Would Prevent Pardon. Salem, Ore., Jan. 19.—Murderers in this state will not be hanged but will serve life terms with all hope of par- don cut off if a bill introduced in the legislature is passed. 1 The bill provides for the abolition of the death penalty and the substitu- tion of life imprisonment. Woman Dead at Age of 105. Madison, Wis., -Jan. 19.—Mrs. Glen- nmon, who was 105 years old on Sept. 18, 1910, is. dead at the home of her daughter in Fitchburg, near here. Her age recently was established by the finding of certificate of confirma- tion in the record of a Catholic church in Ireland. Senile decline caused her desth. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. 'NEW UNION DEPOT ~ PLANS RECEIVED Arrived This Aftermoon, and Bids Will Be Received From Contract- ors Up Until February 1. S00 HAS NEW FREIGHT HOUSE Mail Will Be Carried on New Rail- road on and Alter Sixth of Next Month. Plans were received this afternoon by George Huss, division engineer, of the Soo railroad, for the new Minne- | sota and International and Soo rail- roads union depot and he has an- mounced that bids will be reeeived up until February first from the con- tractors. ‘Work on the structure will be be- gun just as soon after the contract | is let as possible. The depot will be built of brick with stone trimminge. | The new depot is to be erected at Ithe foot of Beltrami avenue. A strip | of 1and a block in length has been {filled in by the city. A drive way and side walk approaches will be con- structed and every convenience pro- vided for the public. The Soo will bave the track near- est the depot and between it and the Minnesota & International track, a plank walk will be laid. | A feature of the new building will be its sanitary equipment. The | waiting rooms will be spacious and Dleasant. Agent Comstocs- has-received an announcement that the Soo wil re- ceive United Staics mail on and after February sixth. The mail car has been running for the past month in connection with the express ‘busi- ness. A new freight house is being built just in back of the present depot which will be 109 by 60 feet and will be composed of taree rooms, a freight room, hot room and an office. A platform 56 by 40 will be built for the building. BAND CONGERT SGORES RIT 0. W. Peterson, the Crookston Basso and Bemidji Male Quartette Did Well. B Never has a Bemidji band concert been so largely attended as was the one which was given last evening in the city hall. The coucert was a treat to all Bemidji residents who are lovers of music, the band play- ing in a manner that was very en- couraging to Director Harry Masten and those interested in the future ‘welfare of that musical organization. 0. W. Peterson, of Crookston was in splendid voice and his singing was much enjoy2d as was shown by the applause he received The Bemidji mele quartette, which is composed of the following: Ollie Neilson, Rolland Jenkins, C. F. Col- lins_and Larry Morier, made their first' appearance in public at the con- cert, and that tbey scored a hit was made evident when they were forced to give an encore. Director Masten in making a few remarks after the concert said: “It is indeed encouraging to my- self and the members of the band to have the Bemidji residents turn out to a concert as they have tonight, and I feel that if the people knew how good it makes the boys feel, after working one or two nights each week at rehearsels, to have the concerts well attended I am sure that we would have even a larger crowd than the one present ihis evening.” A dance was given by the orches- tra after the concert. ‘The next indoor concert to be giv- en by the members of the Bemidji band will be heid in the city hall on the evening of Wednesday, Febru- ary 165. i CAL SOCIETY.