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

; HISTORICAL | : SOCIETY. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 291. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY. EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ROBERTSON MAY FAIL ..o ,Z‘m"’ " " HIGH SCHOOLS BOYS IN FIRE RELIEF FIGHT Senator Sundberg is up as a cham- | pion of the “hired man.” He has a ! bill in the senate which gives a la- | borer “employed between April 1 Resolution Which Passed House Now | anq Dec. 1” a lien on all crops, said | Question “Resolved, That Women Should Be Allowed to Vote” Won By Negative. Being Opposed in Senate By Red Cross. |lien to have priority over every lien : exception for seed grain and thresh- | ing. XK | It is probable that ere many moons SAUGSTAD CELEBRATES VICTORY | \vane it will not be an offense against the majesty of the law to purchase |a package of cigarets in Minnesota. Offers Bills and Cigars, Some of Form- | C. A. Congdon, the multi-millionaire member of the house from Duluth, POINTS WERE HOTLY ARGUED Interesting Program Rendered By Members of Literary Society At Meeting Last Night. er Proposing Changes to Pres- ent Primary Law. has a bill in repealing the act of two | years ago which was intended to mean death to the “Cofin Nails,”| but which appears to have failed in | (By P. A. Wilson) | its mission. Pioneer Legislative Bureau Feb.” 9.—Despite the! Last evening in the high school x % | assembly room, the Literary Society Henry Rines of Mora, author of of the Bemidji High School met and strenuous efforts of Donald Robert-i¢he qdefeated County Option i Bemidji St. Paul, bill, | engaged in a most interesting debate, following prepared! the question was, “Resolved, Women | should be allowed to vote”. to look as if the present legislature, The friends of County Option are! Tpe president, Fred Chamberlain, will not agree to the Robertson res-i“‘e“ Pledaad with the outcome} ot thegca”ed the meeting to order and the contest upon the County Option bm}society at once proceeded to the in the house yesterday. The debate|iransaction of the regular business. was conducted in a gentlemenly and|geveral candidates received member- tors to visit Beltrami and adjoining orderly manner, and son of Argyle, backed by assurances| gives out the from Governor Eberhart, it begins!statement: olution calling for a committee of three representatives and two sena- VICTORS IN DEBATE| man’s vote is the easlest to get, to | Hold and to handle. Edith Ryan and Marie Cahill made the rebuttal for the affirmative and Alfred Neuman and Maurice Ryan made the final speeches for the neg- ative side. The judges decided in favor of the negative. February 25 has been set as the date for“the next meeting, but the program for that meeting has not yet been arranged. The -general public are invited to attend these eetings. McGUAIG OUT FOR MAYOR His Petition Being Circulated and Will Be Filed Tomorrow. Announcement was made last evening that William McCuaig had become a candidate for mayor of Be- midji. " | Mr. McCuaig’s petition is being circulated today and will be filed with the city clerk either tomorrow or Saturday, Saturday being the last | BEMIDJI TO HAVE CRACKERJACK FAGTORY Girls of Methodist Church Will Sell Popcorn and Proceeds Will Be TUsed for New Building. HOLD SALE EVERY SATURDAY Snndsy‘ School Class of Seventeen Members Will Act as Sales Com- | mittee. Next Saturday, February 11, seventeen of Bemidji’s brightest young ladies’ who comprise a Sun- day school class of the Methodist church, under the instruction of Mrs. |J. W. Naugle, will cover the city of Bemid}i, carrying with them what is known as the famous Methodist crackerjack. This crackerjack wholesome popped popcorn, prepared is a delicious counties to determine what aid from the state forest fire sufferers require. no personal | feelings were injected into the pro-| ceedings. Speaker Dunn’s insist-| ; ance that both sides be given a resolution passed { square deal is to be commended. The full County Option vote was recorded since been slumbering in the senate! gor the bill except Mr. Fisher, who is! There protectton of which Senator W. W.iones, some of whom we hope to win | ‘over, but they were in no way‘ pledged to County Option. The vote | shows a gratifying gain over the The Robertson the house several days ago and has committee on forestry and forest fire ill. were a few doubtful Dunn of St. Paul is chairman. “I understand.” said Representa- proposed relief for the forest fire sufferers is| being opposed by the Red Cross| It seems to me that it is a tive Robertson, “that my vote in the house two years ago,: the bill polled : votes. | when fourty-four society. gross outrage that the state does not| AT analysis of the vote discloses| see to it that these poor people get that fofrty-six Republicans voted| proper aid. I am not entirely dis-‘for County Option and fourty-one| ed as Chairman Dunn whose\againsr, with one County Option Re- resohition publican ‘absent. Every Democrat, | | twenty-eight in number voted against the bill. The vote phasizes the fact that County Option |sentiment is confined largely to Re-‘ courag committee now has my says that he will see that it is report- ed out to the senate within a few om= days.” There is no explanation as to the opposition which has developed from | PuPlican districts, and ~that the the Red Cross, except that the pro-| future bope of County Optionists is posed investigation is unnecessary.|!Tom the Republican party . Thev XX ‘fight for County Option will be! carried on with renewed energy. i 1, seventeen days before the limit| allowed by law, if the action of the senate yesterday The legislature will adjourn April “The fact that a majority of the Republicans of the present Legis- is adhered to and lature are county Senator OPtion, indicate that a majority of the Republican Party of this State! believes in that principle, and that the next Republican State Conven- committed to backed by the lower house. Moonan, in the sion attempted to fix final adjourn- who earlier ses- ment on March 15 sterday intro- duced a resolution limiting the pres-| tion Wil adopt the County Option The senate | Plank in its platform. The | % public, however, need not go into| S. Dwinnell’s resolu- paroxysm of joy over the glad tidings tion, providing for an investigation: as the older members look upon the Of the state agricultural society,| passage of the resolution as merely Passed the house yesterday by a vote of 87 to 3. The negative votes were cast by H. R. Diessner, George M. ent session to April 1. adopted the resolution 53 to 8. Senator W. another addition to current fiction. *x K Blam bang on top of the defeat of N¥e and H. A. Saggau. the County Option bill by the house NO debate except that Robert C.1 comes one from A. V. Anderson of Dunn questioned the advisability of Goodhue which proposes to banish | 2nY further investigation of tie state forever from the state intoxicating asTicultural society, arguing that its liquor of all kinds. Says the bill; affairs recently have been placed in “It shall be unlawful to barter, give 800d hands and that the recommen- | There was | or transport liquor for the use of dations of the public examiner and | beverages, such beverages to be Dm_‘tlle board of audit appointed by the 19147 govérnor will be adopted. The amendment to the state consti- hibited forever after Jan. 1, tution necessary for such prohibition is proposed by a bill to be voted up- Judge Stanton Busy. on at the next general election, Nov.' Several cases were tried before 5, 1912, This bill of course has no Judge C. V. Stanton in his chambers Its author was elected on at the court house today, one of the Prohibition ticket. * X x Senator Saugstad celebrated chance. which was the case of F. A. Cross | i against the Page-Hill company fori his | vietory over Mr. Stephens by intro-| ducing a batch of nine bills yester-|A. M. Crowell is appearing for rhr‘.; day. A box of cigars passed aroundjplaiucifi while the Page-Hill com- | by one of the pages of the senators | pany is being defended by Chester | was another evidence of Mr. Saug-| McKusick of this city. ‘ stad’s exuberance. Onme of the bills| he introduced provides for an ap-i propriation of $15.000 to be used in | distributing records of the proceed-| ings of the senate and house to the ! spring, call at John G. Ziegler’s of- the recovery of an amount of $100. Do This. If you intend to buy a lot this| town clerks and any public libraries|fice. He has a nice bunch to select; throughout the state. Prices from $25 up. Terms Saugstad bill proposes an amend-|given. ‘ ment to the primary law changing)| _ H the date of the primary election to| ‘ the second Tuesday in June. An-| J. E. Nash to Speak. other of his measures amends the| J. E. Nash, state secretary of the primary law, calling for a meeting of | public ownership party, will lecture the nominees of candidates for con-|here Saturday evening in the eity gress, state offices and the legisla-|hall. 5 Another | from. ship and all outstanding bills were allowed. Then the following pro- gram was rendered: Piano Duet,—Gertrude Malone and Maude McCawley. Recitation Alex Ripple Walter Jones Fleishman and Recitation. ........ Charades,—Esther Anna Hedman. 8S0lo....ceiinnnn Fred Chamberlain The debate, the principal event of the evening, was then announced. The debaters for the affirmative side Minnie Huntosh, Marie Ca- hill and Edith Ryan. tive were: Alfred Neuman, Maur-| ice Ryan and David Abbott. The| jgggas were Miss Reca Graling, H.' M. Stanton and Ralph Gracie. The principal peints brought out! by the affrmative were as follows: | Woman is fully as well educated as| were: For the nega- man and is, therefore capable of voting. Woman suffrage will not; divide a house against itself. Since| taxation without representation is| tyranny, pay taxes should have the right to vote in re-| gard how they shall be used. Wo- man, if she is allowed to vote will clense polities. mix in politics as much as men. Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton and other prominent thinkers advocate woman suffrage. The negative side produced the following arguments: The majority of women, especially those of the bet- ter and more educated class, decline to vote in those states where the privilege is already theirs. In the states where the suffrage has been given to woman no laws of any bene- fit or importance have been passed by the influence of woman. Woman is more susceptible than man and is women who ‘Women will not| therefore, not able to cleanse poli- ties. General Thompson, the Demo- cratic manager of several campaigns in Wyoming has said that a wo- day in which petitions can be filed. |from a spécial receipe belonging to The announcement that Mr. Mc| Mrs. Naugle and for which the old Cuaig would enter the race for saying, “The more you eat the more mayor, puts three candidates in the field for that important city posi- tion, J. C. Parker, the incumbent and J. H. Grant, the public ownership candidate already have filed. It was the intention of Mr. Mc Cuaig not to under any consideration become a candidate, but his friends have been urging him to do so to | such an extent that he decided that he would make the run. FOSSTON PLAYS BEMIDI One of Best Games of Season Will Be Staged Here Saturday. Basket ball fives representing the Bemidji and Fosston high schools will clash on the Armory floor Saturday evening, in a game which promise of being one of the fastest played here this season. Although Bemidji was defeated by Fosston several weeks ago on the Fos- ston floor, they feel that they can win Saturday night, and if hard work and good coaching has anything to do with the result of the Saturday evens ing contest, it looks as though Foss- ton would receive a beating. Fosston and Bemidji both been defeated this season by Bagley, on the Bagley floor. doubt one of the fastest organiza- tions in Northern Minnesota, and up to date look like the probable win- ners of the championship. Bagley will play the Bemidji boys some time in March on the Bemidji floor and the wearers of the blue and white feel that they have an equal chance of winning. have Bagley has no contests | |you want”, holds doubly good. It is put up in number one bags and sold for five cents each. The money taken in from the sale of this crackerjack is to be placed in a fund which will go toward the building of the new Methodist | church, already under way. This sale feature by the young ladies 1s ‘m take place each cm'nlng Saturday and if the demand for this pop_ular | Methodist crackerjack proves as great in Bemidji as it has in another‘ city where it was successfully work- ied out, the demand will far exceed the possible output. Mrs.-Naungle’s-Suaday ‘schoel-class is one of the largest in the church and consists of the following young ladies: Olive Clark, Grace Cleve- land, Edith Schmidt, Esther Funk- ley, Nellie Bowers, Lillian Erickson, Louise Erickson, Margaret Brant, Helen Horlocker, Mabel Gaines, Gladys Loitved, Pearl Jackson, Cecil Olson, Florence Bagley, Grace Kil- | sela, Doris Helmer and Lilias Peter- son. H The present factory where this de-} licious confection is made is 609 Be- The superintendent | of this manufacturing plant is Mrs. J. W. Naugle and the sales depart-| ment will be comprised of the above | mentioned ladies. They are genuine | credentialed salesladies and when they call upon you Saturday show them every kindness and you would ask for yourself. member that they are not book agents or peddlers and that they should have at least a fair hearing. |Have your nickle ready when they call. Its a treat that is well worth ‘the price and the case is a worthy | one. | It is safe to predict that more will | midji. avenue. courtesy | Re-| OH, THOSE SLIPPERY PLACES! U T be heard im the future from this new organizatfon. It will be an institu- tion that will be a valuable asset to Bemidji’s already thriving and en- terprising industries. GOMMISSIONERS ADJOURN After Session of Two Days County Board Complete Work. Yesterday afternoon the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners ad- journed, after a short session lasting less than two days. An extra meet- ing has been called for March 7. The chigf>maiter decided by the board wng;the awarding of the print- ing of, the financial statement. There were only two bids put in for the printing, those being from the Bemidji Sentinel and the Pioneer Publishing company, the printing was awarded to the Ploneer. Nothing else of much importance was taken up aside from the rejec- tion of several bills, while others were allowed and ordered paid. SERIOUS GHARGE MADE John McCarthy Accused of Securing Liquor and Selling to Indians. Two Indians, Charles Moulton and Robert Fairbanks, of White Earth, Minnesota, were arrested here Tues- day evening on a charge of being drunk. On being taken before Judge Pen- dergast, in municipal court yester- day, they were questioned as to where they had secured their liquor amswering thatus. man had given it to-them~and that they h=d’ paid for it. They were asked who the man was and what his name was, but they did not know. Moulton was then asked if he would know the man if he should see him, and he said that he would. Chief Harrington at once brought John McCarthy before Moulton, who recognized him as ‘the man from whom he had 'secured the whiskey. The two Indians were each fined $5 and costs by Judge Pendergast. McCarfhy was taken before Court Commissioner H. A. Simons and en- tered a plea of not guilty to a charge of giving liquor to Indians. Febru- ary 17 was the day set for his pre- liminary hearing by Judge Simons. Edwin Zissler and Anton Wahl were taken before Judge Pendergast yesterday and each given 10 days in jail for being drunk. OHIO PASSES DEAN LAW Home of the .Anti-Saloon .League Turns Down County Option. Ohio, the home of the Anti-saloon league has followed in the footsteps of Indiana, and has passed the Dean law, which kills the county option law which has been on trial in that state for six years. Ohio has been the stronghold of county option, and the league with “Pro-bar ”’ Baker, and Wayne B. Wheeler, at the helm, the sturdiest anti-saloon leaders in the world. The new law which has just passed the senate, provides for local self government in the liquor question, and is the same as the Minesota li- quor laws. Speakers in urging the passage of the Dean law, pointed to Minnesota as having the best liquor laws in the world, being fairly bal- anced for getting the best results. In discussing the dropping of the Ohio county option law, lead- ing brought inci- dents and figures to prove that coun- ty option brought more drunkenness and crime to the state, than a well regulated liquor traffic in the open speakers "|ever had done in the past. The people of Ohio, were also assured by the speakers, that they would never have another county option measure put on trial in that state. - ; CONVENTION PLANS REAGH COMPLETION Meeting of North Central Minnesota Teachers’ Association Will Begin INTERESTING PROGRAM TONIGHT Some of State’s Most Prominent Ed- ucators Will Be In Bemidji Dur- Preparations for the North Cen- tral Tachers’ Association convention, which is to be held in this city to- night, Friday morning, afternoon and evening; and Saturday morning are complete and everything is in readiness for this evening’s program.. The program this evening will be- gin at 8 o’clock, with a conference of county and city superintendents. County superintendent of schools of Koochiching county, Miss Annie Shelland will be the leader. The general theme for discussion this evening will be: “How may the Schools of Northern Minnesota Con- tribute Towards it Development.” The speakers will be state superin- tendent C. G. Schultz, superintend- ent T. A. Erickson, of Douglas coun- ty, superintendent A. M. Bank, of Park Rapids and superintendent G. E. Keenan, ot Deer River. The program for tomorrow morn- ing will consist of a general meeting in the high school assembly room, with an address by Superintendent P. M. Larson, of Cass Lake, presi- dent of the association. State high schaol inspector George B. Alton will talk on “The Organmization of our schools to meet the needs of the people.” Superintendent C. G. Sel- vig, of the Crokston school of agriculture, will discuss, “The schools need of teachers who are able and willing to teach something outside of books.” “Arithmetic for business or for culture” will be the subject of President Shoemaker, of the St. Cloud Normal school. Super- intendent J. H. Hays, of Thief River Falls, will talk on “Civies and train- ing for citizenship.” Tomorrow afternocon will be for the most part taken up with a musi- cal program. The boys chorus will sing, Mrs. R. C. Sanborn will render a violin solo, and Andrew Rood will sing a solo. There will be several addresses. After the program the Grammar Grade Round Table will be held, under the direction of Super- intendent O. F. Hawkins. Superintendent Dyer, together with the faculty wish to extnd a welcome to all residents of the city who would care to attend the ses- sions of the convention. There will be no charge whatever for those who are not teachers, although anyone who would like to purchase a4 badge for twenty-five cents may do so, thereby aiding in the meeting of the expenses of the convention which will be very heavy. A large number of the visiting teachers have announced their de- sire to secure a room with some family in the city during the cou- vention and as there are omly a limited number of rooms which have been given over to their use. it is the desire of Mr. Dyer that all who have vacant rooms who would be willing to have them used by the visiting teachers, would so notify him. The Bemidji schools will be closed all day Friday. Martin Johnson Dead Undertaker Ibertson was called to Kelliher yesterday to attend to the body of Martin Johnson, who died in that city yesterday. Mr. Johnson had been ill for some time and death was not unexpected. Funeral ser- vices were held in Bemidji today. Buy crackerjack Saturday. Phone your order to 455. The girls will bring it to you. ¢ ( \