Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 4, 1911, Page 1

TH. = Historial Soclety BEMIDJ1 1LY PIONEER. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 287. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. JUDGE'S ERROR MAY - COST MINNESOTA $900 Because McClenahan Held Two Days | Illegal Term of Court Cass Coun- ty Seeks Reimbursement. |on railroad trains. HOSPITAL FOR INSANE PROPOSED | Boyle of Eveleth Fathers Bill Whichi Provides New Institution Ulti- ! mately Big Enough for 3,000 | the house last week, which has for (its purpose precautionary measures | 'against forest fires by | master mechanics in round houses to (By F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pioneer Legislative St. Paul, Burean | | motive | This means that the bill will become | Feb. 4.—Because Judge W. S. McClenahan made the most| natural mistake in the world, Cass county, held in the spring of 1909, a two days' ellegal term of court which cost $900. Senator Gunn, in a bill introduced Friday, calls upon | the state to refund the $900. Accompanying the Gunn bill is a “statement of fact” signed by Judge| McClenahan, I. P. Byhre, auditor of | Cass county, and Richard M. Funck. a Cass county attorney. At the request of judges from this judicial district. the terms of court were changed by the legislature to be held the fourth April and June. Tuesdays in The bill passed the senate and the house and was signed by the governor. Quoting from the “statement of facts”: Judge! McClenahan, believing this bill in- volved little or no politics and hav-! ing been advised by members of the | legislature that the bill had passed, he issued an order for a call of the| grand jury in the spring of 1909.” Court convened but on the second ' day newspapers containing the law: passed by the legislature were re cefved by accident it was dis- covered that the law changing the! Gunn date for holding court in Cass coun- | ty did not contain the usual enact-l ing clause,—*“this act shall take ef-! fect and be in force from and after its passage, but that,instead, it| should take effect July 1, 1909. Judge McClenahan immediately | adjourned court but despite the fact | that only two days had been taken up, the cost of setting the mills of | justice to grinding had amounted to $450 a day or a total of §900. ThlS‘ amount was paid by the county and | the Gunn bill now asks that the state reimburse Cass The bill was referred to the judiciary com- | mittee. | county. * X “ A fourth state hospital for the in- | sane—one large enough to care for| 3.000 patients—is prouded for in a| bill introduced in the senate by-Sen»w ator Boyle of Eveleth. The meas-| ure says: “There is hereby created and esetablished a fourth -hospn.al for the insane to be located at some | point within the state not conven-! iently situated with respect to amJ of the present state hospitals for the | insane.” The board of control 155 authorized to obtain a suitable site | of 640 acres and that when such a site is obtained the board shall come a “survey to be made of such part thereof as will be needed for build- ings and other improvements neces- | sary for the proper care of not to ex- ceed 3,000 patients and the neces- sary officers and employes,” and that | building plans be prepared to prop-| An appro- | erly house 500 patients. priation of $50,000 is made to cover the first expense and a report to the| legislature of 1913 is provided. * X ¥ The unique proposition Kaiser of Bagley at the recent con- vention of the Northern Minnesota Development Association at Brain- erd, that the raising of mink for commercial purposes be encouraged, has born fruit. Senator Cheadle has a bill in the senate making such an industry possible. The bill pro- vides that any person may go into the business of raising mink “for the purpose of markefing its fur,” by obtaining information from the state game and fish commission. The would-be mink raiser must give his name and address and describe- the | premises on which he is to conduct | schools, hotels, restaurants, |the D. P. O'Neil bill, which passed a law, although the final vote in the » | George Anderson asked the court that | he be returned an amount of about [$300 dollars which he alleges he lost | i of the defendant. | was continued until February 11 at { will be rendered to the Commercial | by A‘i | this morning for Minneapolis, where | the mink farm. *x K K Public drinking cups are to be abolished if a bill in the senate by | Senator Marden becomes a law, as it probably will. The measure pro- hibits the use of public cups in stores, shops, factories, office buildings or! Teachers, own- ers, and officials who permit a vio-| lation are made guilty of a misde-| | meanor. * ¥ X The senate, in a committee of the| whole, yesterday acted favorably on: compelling | inspect spark arresters before a loco- | leaves the round house. | senate will not be taken until it is| reached on the calendar. * X X The senate is slowly but surely (crawling out of its shell. For the fint time during the present sessnou\ |t is to meet on Monday, but not un- | til 8 o'clock in the evening. Some‘ of the sturdy senators even got the| ~bug” to work on Saturday but this was too much for the majority. ANDERSON LOSES GASE, Aetiofl ‘foi Recnvery of Money Lost’meh“ed to be rather lost in playing | Jast census, a law providing for the‘l on the While Gambling Denied. | i i In the municipal court 3esterday\ afternoon before Judge Pendergast, | recemly while gambling in the saloon 'of E. E. Geralds, 209 Third street, | this city. Judge Pendergast decided in favor This morning a warrant was sworn out against Geralds by Anderson for running a gambling house, and when arraigned before Judge Simons, court commissioner, this morning the case 'METROPOLITAN GLUB MEETS Proposed Consolidation With Com- mercial Club to be Discussed. At the regular monthly meeting of the Metropolitan club which is to be | held next Tuesday evening, in the club rooms, the matter of the pro-‘ posed consolidation of the Bemidji Commercial Club and the Metropoli- |tan Club will be fully discussed and | decided. ‘ The purpose of the consolidation, is to strengthen the membership of the Commercial Club and to give them a more suitable home for so- cial and entertaining purposes. It seems to be the general opinion of the members of the Metropolitan club that the proposition will Dbe| agreed to and that a favorable answer | Club. | | Judge Simons Marries Couple. | 1 Judze H. A. Simons last evening |united in marriage Frank E. Peter-| son, of Minneapolis, and Sophia Howard, of this city. The couple left | they will make their home. The usual ¢ o'clock dinner at the Rex Sunday. When vou feel rotten, take Tubbs Bilious Man’s Friend, two teaspoon- |fuls to a dose for six' doses, taken before meals. It drives the cold out of your system and starts you right, geis your liver working and your kidneys on the job again. 50c | Wearers of the Blue and White Have !running for the championship of showed marked |Ben Oliver 2, Spencer 1. Scorer, Baily; timekeepers, Stewart and Heffron. Referee, Stanton. Umpire, | Bright. | | floor this season Bemidji is determ-| inight. BEMIDJI QUINTET SWAMPS WALKER Boys from Cass County are Out- played in all Departments of Game—Score 49 to 0. | BAILY AND LARSON STAR. | Improved Wonderfully Bagley Contest. -Since | Court Commissioner; this morning to | answer to a chqrge of carnal knowl- | Judge Simons held that in his opin- i Rachui HELD TO GRAND JURY Tudge Simons Holds that Rachui May Be Guilty of Crime. Gust Rachui, was arraigned before edge with a girl under the age of consent. After listening to the testimony ion the defendant should be held to the grand jury and set his bond at $1,000, which at this-time Rachui | that should | the amount of the | It is very probable secure has been unable to secure. { DES MOINES MEN FAYOR GOMMISSION | Lucius Wilson Says, Was the Best Move City Ever Did for Welfare of All People. BANK PRESIDENT LIKES PLAN. Lecturer, Author and Economist, Who at First Opposed Form, Now Earnestly Advocates it. - By defeating the Walker basketlb"“d that he would be again ar- ‘ At Des Moines where the commis- ball quint last evening the Bemid- V ji five place themselves again in the | rested on another charge. northern Minnesota, as Walker has{ met and defeated two of the best [fives in the part of the state, in Ake-| ley and Deer River. The game was played in the Arm-| | tory and resulted in a 49 to 2 \1ctory‘ for the Bemidyi team. Although the| {score seems to be very one-sided, the > line just south of Brainard is being | contest was in reality one of the best | games played in Bemidji for some | nme, being entirely void of rough- | ness, and being fast at all times. H The Walker boys who are fast were big Armory floor, they at’ times when gaining possession of the | ball took it half the length of the i field, only to lose it to a Bemidji guard before a throw for a basket | could be made. The team work of the Bemidji team improvement over that displayed in the Bagley contest | of & week ago. Captain Larson, captain and center of the Bemidji quint and “Rabbit” Baily, the Bemidji forward, were eas- | ily the stars of the contest, each se- curing nine field baskets, and follow- ing the ball all during the game. Both of Walker’s points were from | fouls. N Walker was represented by a splen- did looking five of athletes, but they lacked team work, and claimed that the slippery floor had a lot to do with their poor showing. Although the Bemidji boys played hard at all times during the contest, they were at no time pushed and did not play the game of which they seem capable. The lineup of the teams last night was as follows: Bemidji—Captain Larson Center; Baily and Moritz, forwards and Spencer and Peck, guards. Walker: B. Oliver, center; E. E. Oliver and Bright, guards and| Parks and Johnson, forwards. Baskets: Larson 9, Baily 9, Spen- cer 2 and Moritz 4. Fouls, B. Oliver 1, Johmson 1, Larson 1, Peck 2, Spencer 1, Baily 1. Fouls thrown, On next Saturday evening the Fos- ston high school basket ball team will play Bemidji here. As Fosston has defeated Bemidji on the Fosston ined to win this game. Six o'clock dinner will be served at the Markham hotel tomorrow Masten’s orchestra will play. SHOW AT ARMORY TONIGHT Cowboy and Indian To Be Given in Moving Pictures. This evening in the Armory Thea- tre a moving picture show of the | Frontier Celebration, held at Chey- Wyoming, and reviewed and participated in by Colonel Roosevelt, will be given. These pictures are of the wild glories of the vanished western border. Over 3,000 feet of the greatest mo- tion picture in the world, showing enne, and $1.00. “the’West as it was.” DIVISION OF STATE BEING DISCUSSED i | St. Paul, Feb. 4.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service,)—The division | of the state of Minnesota along the sion form of munieipal government | has been in operation for some time, the business men all feel that the plan is a good one and that it has been a great thing for the city. The following quotations are from prom- | inent Des Moines men: Lucius Wilson, secretary greater Des Moines committe.—Greater Des Moines does things, but the best thing ever for welfare of all people was the adoption of the Commission | discussed by men from the northern | part of the state, as the result of the | apparent opposition to reapportion- ! ment of the senate. “If we do not get an unselfish re- \ | apportionment law, one based on the | taxation of state lands or schools, | road and bridge purposes and other | legislation we demand, the Northern Minnesota Development Association | will at once take steps to divide the state, on the line just south of Brain- | ard,” declared Francis J. McPartlin, | county attorney of Koochiching coun- | ty, International Falls, and a le&dingj figure in the Development Associa-] tion today.'s ¢ | “Then we Wwill permit lower Minne- sota to divide the $20,000,000 school | fund with us; we will take the state ore lands and its timber holdings, most of its great mineral resources| remaining undeveloped, and we will let the senators and representatives | | | | | of the southern agricultural district | continue as mulish in the rejection | of our demands as they wish to.” | Mr. McPartlin, with about fifty | members of the Northern Minnesota Development Association, has been lobbying for the measure desired by Northern Minnesota during the past three weeks. Many of them have been Dpaying their own expenses, but the needs of Koochiching county are so imperative that the county commis- sioners are trying a way to legally pay Mr. McPartlin. “This matter of state division is not a step-made to coerce anyone, it is simply an understanding Northern | Minnesota has reached as the only recourse it has in the event of the| continued hostile attitude of the| southern part of the state,” added Mr. McPartlin. | BIBLE CONFERENGE IN JULY| Bemidji Churches Will Hold Meet- ings—Dr. Gaebelein to Speak. At a meeting of the Bible Confer- ence committee it was decided that the annual Bible Conference of this year should be held July 23 to 30. | This will be the seventh annual | conference for this city. byterian church announced this | morning that he has secured the ser- | vices of the most prominent bible conference speakers, including Dr. A. C. Gaebelein, editor of the “Our Hope,” New York, and who was pres- ent at the conference last year; Dr. | H. C. Swearingen, of St. Paul and Dr. George N. Luccock of Oak Park, IIL | Dr. Luccock has been present at all bible conferences ever held in Bemid- ji with the exception of the one last year, on account of his being in Europe. Dinner at the Markham hotel Sun- day evening. Masten’s orchestra will play. | be a success. | is not true. | progress made. i sion Form of Government S. E. P. White, pastor of the Pres-| Form of Government. No sensible man in the city of Des Moines wants | to go back to the old system with its | The very future of the city depends upon keeping the Commission Form of Government. —Lucius Wilson. A. B. Elliot, furniture dealer and | president of Capital City Bank.—As president of the East Des Moines Commereial League I am voicing the sentiment of every member of this body when I say that the Commis- | sion Form of Government in the City of Dés Moines has proven an unqual- ifled success. Tha peaple ot tels clity are fully satisfied that the pew sys- tem will eventually solve the munici- pal problem. . —A. B. Elliot. C. H. Botsford, secretary Des Moines Commermial Club.—People may tell you that if the right men are elected to office any system will This in my judgment It is not so much a ques- | tion of men as of system, as clearly demonstrated here in this city. At |the adoption of the plan over two years ago, four men were elected who were former city officials, three of these being in office at the time of adoption of the plan. It was a matter of common comment that the services of the men under the new plan were of a higher standard of efficiency than that which characterized their work under the old system, when they were handicapped by cumber- some and antique methods. ‘We have not attained perfection by any means, but are satisfied with the Conditions as you will find them in Des Moines speak more eloquently than words. —C. H. Botsford. Paul Van Dyke, grocer and meat | dealer.—I am pleased with the re- sults obtained through the Commis- in Des Moines. We're certainly getting more for our money than ever before, |and the wants of our people better !supplied. We don’t want to go back to the “spoils system.” | —Paul Van Dyke. A. J. Mathis, ex-mayor and a prom- inent real estate dealer.—I am glad to join testimony with the testimony of almost every citizen of Des Mbines in their praise of the Commission KFm’m of Government. After an ex- periment of active service as the first mayor under the new plan for a term of two years, I am more than ever convinced that it is a sensible and businesslike solution of the prob- 1éms that confront every city. no longer an official, but cheerfully testify to the efficiency of the system and the excellence of the work of the present commission. —A. J. Mathis. Rev. Father J. F. Nugent, lecturer, author and economist.—I opposed the Commission Form of Government and during the campaign preceding the special election I spoke at a number of public meetings in opposition to its adoption, on the broad democratic I am er in the hands of a few men. After an experience of over two years I am groundless. I am sure that the new system has been a success and I earn- eatly advocate its retention. % —J. F. Nugent. 0. D. MILLER OPENS OFFIGE Pronounced as Best Posted Insurance Man of His Years. Dwight D. Miller, cently returned from St. Paul where who has re- he has spent a number of weeks in careful study regarding the finer points of i;nsurance, under one of the oldest and ablest insurance men in the business, has opened temponryg quarters in the T. Baker Jewelry store, 116 Third street. | During Mr. Miller’s stay in the Twin Cities, he has gained a wide Geo. acquaintanceship among the insur- ance fraternity, and was pronounced by what is known “The Old Guard” as the best posted insurance man of | his years. 1 Mr. Miller is but 26 years of age| and has devoted the past six years of his life in the insurance business, ~wasteful and unbusinesslike methods. |huving been connected with the T.| J. Miller Company of this city for that length of time. His office will | {be known as the Dwight D. Miller Company and he will handle insur- ance in all its branches, represent- ing twenty-four different kinds of in- surance, which is perhaps the largest variety sold by one representative| in the state. To say that he will be successful is putting it mildly, as his ability to sell insurance places him in a ’giga with few. peers. His friends would: not be satisfied to see him just merely “make good,” but they want him to lead in the entire northwest in his line. Methodist. Services at 10:45 and 7:30. Sunday school at 12. Epworth League 6:30. Topic: “A. Winning Start.” 8. E. Lerlocker, leader. Prayer meeting, Thursday evening at the home of W. H. Schmitt, 1015 Minnesota avenue. Everybody welcome. Chas. H. Flesher, pastor. Baptist. Men’s Bible class, 10. Morning service, 11. Subject: “The Essential- ity of _Christ’s Death.” Sunday School 12:15. B. Y. P. U. 7. Topie: “Why do you believe in Young Peo- ple’s Union?” Evening service, 8. Short address and Communion serv- ice. Strangers are always made wel- come to our services. Come! Epliscopal. There will be no service Sunday. Sunday school at 10:00. Presbyterian. Morning worship at 11. Third discourse on “The Bible the Word of wod.” Sunday school 12:15. Young People’s prayer meeting 7. Evening Gospel Service 8 o’clock. | Scandinavian Lutheran. There will be services in the morn- ing at 10:30; Sunday school at noon and services in the evening at § o’clock. Both these services will be conducted by Emmissaries Gelan and Stennes of the so-called Bemidji dis- trict. 2 Announcement. Believing it to be the desire of the majority of the banking publie, and believing also that it is for the mu- tual interests of the merchants and business men and the Banks, that they remain closed except during the regular bankffig hours; the Northern National Bank and the Security State Bank wish to announce that they will not open for business Saturday evenings, unless it seems desirable happy to say that my fears proved | to their customers whose, interests ground that it would centralize pow-|they are always anxious to serve. MACKENZIE TELLS WHY WON'T BE-SECRETARY Feels Services Have Not Been Fully Appreciated and Now Proposes to Attend to Private Business. DECLARES DECISION ABSOLUTE Also Calls Attention to Fact That Re- ports of Fair Association Are on File with Register of Deeds. (By ¥. A. Wilson) | Bemiajt Plonesr Degislative Burean St. Paul, Feb. 4.—W. R. Mackenzie | positively refuses to continue as sec- retary of the Beltrami County Fair | Association. Mr. Mackenzie feels that his past labors have not always been appreci- ated as much as they should have been, but despite this fact, he might be persuaded to continue as secre- jtary of the county fair, were it not | for the fact that at tBe present time ihe is daily at the Capitol, working hard in the preparation of a reappor- | tionment bill, and his labor in con- nection with this vastly important measure to Northern Minesota will keep him busy until late in the spring. The public suggestion of Former Representative J. J. Opsahl, that an assistant be given Mr. Mackenzie, does not meet with the approval of the retiring secretary. Mr. Mackenzie dictated the follow- ing statement: “My decision to resign as Secre- tary of the Beltrami County Agricul- tural Association is irrevocable. “When I return to Bemidji 1'shall attend strictly- to-my- business; which I have neglected for matters of public concern. “In reply to the Bemidji Sentinel’s request that I publish a statement of my stewardship covering the County Fairs of 1908, 1909 and 1910, the Law of Minnesota exacts a sworn statement of the receipts and ex- penditures of all County Fairs and anyone interested in .the Beltrami County Fair for these years can find these annual reports on record in the office of J. O. Harris, Register of | Deeds, Beltrami County, signed by and sworn to by the President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Association. “The aid given my work in these years by many of the business inter- ests in Bemidji is deeply appreciated by me, but the support given to the Northern Minnesota Development Association, considering the good words which this organization has brought to Bemidji and Beltrami County, is very disappointing. “There hasn’t been a day of the past thirty days and possibly won’t be in the next ninety days when my time won’t be in part occupied by Beltrami County matters, and I still cheerfully give my time on this, but my time after returning home will be for my own business.” This leaves the question of a secretary of the fair association up to the association, itself, as there is | no possibility of Mr. Mackenzie re- i considering his determination to re- linquish the work which he has carried on with such pronounced success. Fire Department Called Out. At about 11:30 this morning a fire alarm was sent into the fire depart- ment headquarters to the effect that the house owned by Mrs. Jessie E. Clark, on Mississippi avenue was on fire. At arriving at the scene of the supposed fire the firemen found that the fire was out, and that there had been only a small blaze, caused from an overheated stove pipe. It should be remembered that to cause the fire department a run costs the city of Bemidji from $30 to $40. The fire this morning is the third one during the past month to which the depart- ment has been unnecessarily called. Eat your dinner at the Rex Sun- day evening at 6 o’clock.