Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 28, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER. MmNéSOTA : HISTORICAL SOCIETY, VOLUME 9. NUMBER 307. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1911. o TEN CENTS PER WEEK. !ance of Memorial Day-as a commem- | oration of the noble deeds and sacri- fices of the nation’s soldier and sailor dead.” | x K | There are to be no more sessions | of the house. Monday morning,that New Buildings and Alterations for‘ body adopted the Spooner resolution, Agricultural and Experiment |offered several days ago, which falls a: < f th i he h t F Provided for In Bill. or e convening of the housé af $200,000 ASKED FOR SCHOOLAT CROOKSTON 11:30 p. m., instead of 10 a. m.,, asy has been the practice. The change | was made so that the members might GIRLS VALUED ‘LESS THAN PIGS' | pe at liverty to hold committee meet- | {ings in the foremoon. It is not , thought that the presnt arrangement So Declares Mrs. Perry Starkweather | can last long, as there is so much - e 1w v i a d WhoSounds “White Slave” Warn- | work ahead that two sessions ay [ by both the senate and house will be ing In Labor Bureau Report. | necessary to clear the decks for final | adjournment. * XK (By P. A. Wilson) [ The first public hearing of the Red Ploneer Legislative Bureau' | St. Paul, Feb. 28.—Appropriations 'as the result of the charge made by Bemidji amounting to more $190,000 are pro-| former Senator A. D. Stephens of| vided for the State Agricultu % ! traordinary interest is manifest over I*]xperlment\“1 . I . i the investigation. farm at Crookston in bills now be-| & x X X N . . | Although the house passed the re- sentatives, Senator Saugstad intro-| N P i i apportionment bill a week ago today, ducing the measure in the upper| . it did not get before the senate until and Representative Holten in the + yvesterday afternoon, and then mere- school and Northwest fore the senate and House of Repre- lower house. 1 icati £ th . . . |ly as a communication from e Tthe bill, which was referred in' P | house. It was referred to the senate each house to the committee on ap- N N committee on reapportionment, of which senator Hackney of St. Paul | is chairman. " 5 It is said that the bill and the cost of maintenance for the| = |in its present form will not be passed two years at $20,000 a year for lhe‘b b but th is still a 5 E | by ¢ nate but there is still goo School of Agriculture and $10,000 a| > ¢ senate | reason to believe that some sort of a will go through propriations, provides for new build-| ings, many alterations, improvements vear for the Experiment farm. N Iy deccnt The measure appropriates money for the present year to be used in! erecting at the School of Agriculture | new buildings for “dwelling ior;ELEGT NEW OFFIGERS dairymen. poultrymen, gardner, hor-| ticulturist and janitor at a cost of| $10.000; central heating, \ighting:"l'eachcrs and Officers of Methodist and power plant at a cost of $50,000 Sunday School Hold Meeting. and $40,000 for the erection in 1912 of* a science, class and laboratory | = building. ! | The list of alterations and repairs: for the Agricultural school includes! teachers and officers of the Methodist Last evening a meeting of the an addition to the industrial school,‘Sunday school was held at the home ing $1.500: addition to superm!end-j Bemidji Methodist church. ent’s dwelling, $900, a total of $12,- 000. The bill provides that this money shall be available during the present year. An election of officers was held, which resulted in the following, who | will hold office until October 1, 1911: Further appropriations for the F. S. Stirrit, superintendent; S. J. Agricultural | Harvey, secretary; Mrs. F. S. Stirrit, school include such items as grading, present year for the | assistant secretary; S. E. Hurlocker, curbing and sidewalks, grading for| treasurer; Mrs. M. Phibbs, superin: spur track, waterworks, trees and | tendent of the Cradle Roll and Pri- shubbery at a total cost of $5,800. Well drilling and casting and|mary Departments; Rev. C. H. Flesh- pump and motor for same—work to| er, choirester; Miss Mona Flesher, be donme “at once” is another item|organist and H. A. Simons, Jr., li- down at a proposed cost of $1,000. | bravian Alterations and repairs are pro-| posed as follows at the Experiment | farm: Addition to the dairy farm. §$2 500; foundation and repairs for horse farm, $2,000; sheep fold, $1.- 500; silo, $500; poultry houses, ad-| Cass County Pioneer Says That Be- midji Official Was Star Player. dition and alteration, §$2,000; farm' house, $1,500, making a total of| $10,000. Incidentals for the farm| are listed as follows: | In its last issue the Cass County Painting, fences and bridges (four at §50) total $1,090. paa | basketball game which was played That “pigs are more valuable than | girls in Minnesota™ is the assertion of Mrs Perry Starkweather, in charge {the Walker and Bemidji high schools: “In the first half of the game here, of the woman's department of the|g, i\ 4ov night, the Walker boys| State Labor Bureau, in a report Just| ,veq pasket ball right along side of | | made by that bureau to Gmc»rrmr:lhe Bemidji boys and showed that Wing training school investigation, | ra1 | Crookston, will be held tonight. Ex-| \WALKER BLAMES REFEREE, | Pioneer, published at Walker, has|induce everyone to take supper in the the following to say concerning the |I. 0. O. F. hall Friday night. in that city several days ago between |Irish Mashed Potatoes Eberhart. “We hire men to guard our live stock,” says Mrs. Starkweather’s part of the report. “and leave our girls to be ruined. Despite this and although the wages paid in Minne- sota to girls are alarmingly low— averaging from $4 to $7 a week, the working girls, as a class are highly moral and pure.” Mrs. Starkweather calls attention to the temptations which continually beset girls in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth and declares there is ur- gent need for ‘white slave’ regula- tion. She says that 100 daily come to St. Paul and Minneapolis in search of employment. * KK Colonel Harrison White, member of the house from Luverne, and vet- eran of the Civil War, has a bill in authorizing county boards to appro- priate not to exceeed $300 for the purpose of “aiding the proper observ- | there was a strong possibility of the | game ending with the score in favor' of the home boys. This fact was so| apparent that the Bemidji boys could | not help but see it so they concluded | that they would use their referee in the last half, and they did. The re- mainder of the game was all played by the referee and he was certainly a ‘star player.” The score stood 23 to 16 in favor of Bemidji. We can not help but say that if the Bemidji boys but keep this referee and keep, him in good condition as he was in at | Walker last Saturday can, no doubt.} carry off the championship honors | | they covet.” Many Attend W. C. 0. F. Dance. Many of the Bemidji young. people took advantage of the W. C. O. F. dance given last evening in the I. O. 0. F. hall, it being the last dance to CASS LAKE HOLDS FIREMEN GONVENTION| Purpose of Meeting Was to Set Date | of Annual Tournament And Ar- range Plans. i | | FUNCK GIVES WELCOME ADDRESS | | Kelliher And Marble Admitted Into! Association—Other Towns Re- presented. | ‘ { | Last evening in Cass Lake the Firemen’s Association held their an-i {nual midwinter convention at Cassg | Lake. 1 i The purpose of the convention was| to set the date of the association | tournament, to be held at Akeley, | | 1 ;and to arrange plans and rules gov- lerning the contests. | [ The meeting was presided over by | Bert Rapier of Akeley and R. F.| { Pray, secretary. : | The applications for admittance to | | the association of Kelliher and Mar- ble were received and accepted. The towns represented at the con-| vention were Akeley, Bovey, Cass | Lake, Coleraine, Walker, Grand Rap-| ids, Park Rapids, Marble and Kelli-| her. . | It was decided that the tourna- ment would be held at Akeley on| | June 20 to 23 inclusive and that the {rules regarding the starting of the i races on time would be enforced. One of the main objects of the as-| sociation is to develop the fire com- | ;panies' actual fire fighting efliciency% |rather than display at the tourna-| contestant who is not an actual fire-| !man will be barred from participat-| | | Morning mass will begin the day | |ing in the races. }mmed and was ably replied to by | Mr. George Hoover of Kelliher. After the business session a lunch as served by the Cass Lake depart- ment and all left with pleasant re- hospitality of membrances of the Cass Lake. {WILL GIVE BIG SUPPER Norwegian Church Ladies Will Dine Public Friday Evening. Supper will be served by the Ladies of the Norwegian Lutheran church on Friday evening, March 3, from 5 to 8 o’clock in the I. 0. 0. F. hall. The ladies are noted for the excel- lent suppers they give and the menu, given below, is tempting enough to Veal Roast with Dressing | Escalloped Tomatoes Baked Beans Pickles Cranberry Jam Cheese ‘White and Brown Bread Olives Fruit Clans and Whipped Cream Coffee During the afternoon and evening a fancy apron sale will also be held. M. & 1. HAS NEW EQUIPMENT | of Columbus council here next Sun- —De Mar in Philadeiphia Record. INSTITUTE LODGE SUNDAY Veding Ansiversuis First—Cotton wedding. | Second—Paper wedding. | Third—Leather wedding. Knights of Columbus to Organize Or- “Fifth_wooden wedding. der Here March Fifth. | Seventh—Woolen wedding. i | Tenth—Tin wedding. | Twelfth—Silk wedding. Fifteenth-—Crystal wedding. Twcatieth—China wedding. | Twenty-fifth—Silver wedding. | Fortieth—Ruby wedding. day. | Fiftieth—Golden wedding. It is expected that the initiatinni.Seventy-fifth‘Diamond wedding. Arrangements are nearing comple- tion for the institution of a Knights class will -consist of not less than | | ments s it fo-propased et aav] i SiC At thont ey .| - ELLIS- -OPENS. BFFIGE ty knights will join the Bemidji lodge through transfer. Will Deal In Insurance, Real Estate, Farm Loans and Rentals. $10,000; alteration on school build-|of Rev. C. H. Flesher, pastor of the | County Attorney Funck of Cass|and the restof the day will be devoted | Lake gave a very cordial address to|to the regular initiation and routine | welcome to the new companies ad- | of installation. | | Candidates from Blackduck, Kelli- | | her, Northome, Tenstrike, V. L. Ellis, who was formerly con- Nymore, | . YIOTE | nected with the T. J. Miller company Big Falls, C: 1 & " 1& als LR L L ‘of this city, has recently severed his other towns will become members of | coome connections with this firm and has ‘he new Bemidji 3 ! thene smld]] arder opened offices in the postoffice build- hat del It is expected 4 delegates from ing, occupying the suite with At- . i 1i -1 St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Crook: torney A. A. Andréws. ston, Brainerd and International Still a new acquisition to the in- Falls will be present. It is more than likely that either the Duluth or Brainerd lodge will| | surance man. | surance circle, he is gaining a repu- tation for himself as a capable in- conduct the ceremony. i it | He has acquired many old line companies and will write insurance | {Tfl GIVE HflME TALENT PLAYiin all its branches. | He will also deal extensively in | real estate, farm loans, surety bonds, Public Library Board Will Give “All | rentals and collections. Comforts of Home.” | Having been a resident of Bemidji ! for the past twelve years, Mr. Ellis | enjoys a wide acquaintance in the | community and his success in this Annenneemel iy this ‘. new venture is practically assured. |'morning by Mayor J. C. Parker, a| member of the Bemidji Public Li-| brary Board that the board wouldul |.|I GH"UGH GUTS Fuo‘r jon Tuesday March 21 give an all | home talent play. The title of the play is “All the Comforts of Home” and the charact- | Axe Which He Was Using Slipped— ers will be made up of amateurs only. The play is to be given for the ben-‘ efit of the public library. i made Amputation Necessary. Yesterday afternoon, while chop- i iles from Bemidji, GOURT CONVENED TODAY 3 oo e mtorcane o | cut his foot badly, when the axe | which he was using slipped. Grand Jury Charged By Judge Stan-| The foot was injured to Such an International Falls—St. Paul Train Consists of Modern Vestibule Cars. Modern steel vestibule passenger | and express cars have been placed on the Northern Pacific and Minnesota | and International night run between St. Paul and International Falls. These cars are the very latest make and there is no better car made. In the future the travelers of Be- midji may boast of riding in one of be given before Lent begins. | the best equipped trains in the state. | X ton and Lennon Named Foreman. | extent that amputation of one of the E | toes was necessary, and Mr. Crouch ! | submitted to the operation this morn- | ing. At 10 o'clock this morning the| \yphji¢ a painful one, the injury is | genmeral spring term of court con-lyo¢ gerjpus, unless complications set | vened, with Judge Stanton of this|;y put Mr. Crouch will be compelled | city presiding. | After charging the and appointing William Lennon, of | Kelliher, foreman of that body, the |call of the calendar was taken up, the civil calendar being finished by to remain in the house for several grand days. jury, Wilton Woman Dead. Mrs. Olena Beggerman, of Wilton, At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon ness. Judge Stanton listened to a number of petitions for citizenship. little daughter. i HELD SPECIAL MEETING Commercial Club Met Last Evening And Discussed Consolidation. At a special meeting of the Bemidji | [ | | | Commercial club held last evening, | | | the plans of Charles Nangle for the 'new club rooms were accepted, as | agreed to by the Commercial Club | building committee. ; New articles of incorporation were idrs.wn up. One of the most inport- ant articles of the new incorporation plans is the clause which reads that i required age for admisison to mem- bership to the commercial club be changed from 21 to 18 years. Thomas Burke and B. W. Lakin 1 were appointed members of the board | of directors. An inventory committee was ap- pointed to take an inventory of the furniture and fixtures of the Metro- politan club. After this inventory is taken and the report turned in, the furniture will be bought. | The Commercial and Metropolitan will remain separate clubs, just as they are now, until the Nangle build- ing is completed. CREAMERIES ARE GROWING Number In State And Amount Paid Farmers Increasing. According to figures in the forth- coming biennial report of the state Dairy and Food €ommissioner, the number of creameries in the state has grown from 722 to 797 in two years, and the amount of money paid to farmers by the creameries has grown from $18,912,042 to $22,290,- 095. The latest figures available are those for 1909 and are compared throughout with those of 1907. Of the total amount paid for butter fat to patroms of creameries the larg- est sum paid in any ome county is !paid by Ramsey. For 1909 - this amount was $2,452,980, an increase of $250,000" over the two years pre- The county next highest is Freeborn, where co-operative cream- eries first started. This showing proves that Ramsey county, or St. Paul, since the cream- eries are located in that city, pays about one-tenth of all the money re- | ceived by Minnesota farmers for the | products of their cows. The amount of butter produced in the state has grown to 90,824,262 pounds, compared with a total of 87,- vious. 11 o’clock and the eriminal by 11:30. | died last Thursday after a short ill-| 044,817 produced two years earlier. The number of co-operative cream-. She is survived by a husband and |eries has grown from 527 to 574 dur- ing the two years. LIND AND MARSHIK GRANTED LIGENSES City Council Allowed Two Applica- tions For the Privilege of Selling Intoxicating Liquors. GEORGE KIRK RAISES OBJECTION ;Wu Of Opinion That Minutes of Last { Meeting Should Not Be Ac- | cepted. Liquor licenses were granted to | Lars L. Lind and Albert Marshik at |last evening’s meeting of the city council. Mr. Marshik’s bond for $2000 with Alex Doran and John :Doran as sureties was accepted, as | was Lind’s with a bond company. | The report of the municipal court as having turned $22.40 over to the city treasurer for the week ending February 18 was approved and ac- cepted. | The liquor license application of Robert Nelson was read, but because {of the fact that his application was for the privilege of selling intoxicat- ing liquors in the same building in which Lind had secured a license, the application was laid on the table | indefinitely. { Considerable time was taken up af- I ter the minutes were read of the last | meeting, when George Kirk, alder- man at large, and who was presiding at his last meeting, objected to their | being accepted on the ground that the report of the city treasurer should not have been accepted at the last meeting, because of the fact that there had been mo sinking fund ac- count in either of the banks separ- ate from the other funds. Mr. Kirk said: “Upon visiting the First National Bank and Northern National Bank today I found that they had no sink- ing fund separate from the other ac- counts. The charter provides that there shall be a sinking fund ac- count, kept separate from the gen- eral account. A year ago there was $21,000 in the sinking fund, and it seems to me that it is no more than | right the city should be drawing the | interest on this money now and also | during the past year.” | It seems that $15,000 was loaned to the Improvement fund from the sinking fund last October, leaving $6,000 in the sinking fund, and that {no interest had been paid whatever. | It was Mr. Kirk’s opinion that the | matter should be looked after by the mayor, city attorney and city treas- ure, the three men who comprise the sinking fund commission. A motion was made whereby the minutes be accepted and that the sinking fund commission be instruet- ed to have a report ready for the | next meeting, which is the time fixed by the charter for the commission to file their report. The motion carried. The report of the canvassing board was approved and the follow- ing declared elected; Parker, mayor; Stein, clerk; Geil, treasurer; Cahill, assessor; Johnson, alderman at large; Moberg, alderman first ward; Bur- sly, alderman second ward; Bisiar, alderman third ward and Crippen alderman fourth ward. A bill was presented by George Stein for work done in the city clerks office, such as auditing the books and opening up a new set of books, for $198 The bill was allowed. In regard to the condition of the city clerks office at the present time Alderman at Large Kirk said: “I am proud to be able to say that the city clerks office is in better shape today then it has ever been. For the first time since the town was made a city, can a person go into the city clerks office and find a complete re- cord of the city business without looking over the meeting minutes.” The city attorney, Graham Tor- rance, asked the council as to whether he should start proceedings against the remaining city draymen who have not.as yet paid up for back leensés. He was instrueted to do so.