Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 7, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI | 4 TWINNESOT: SOCIETY. VOLUME 9. NO. 313. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. MUCH PROGRESS BEING MADE AT BAUDETTE C. R. Middleton, Prominent Northern Beltrami Attorney, Tells of Do- ings In Border Town. MUCH FAITH IN CITY'S FUTURE Says, That Town Will Be Bigger and Better Than Ever Two Years From Now. “Within two years; Baudette, from present indications, will be a bigger | the country surrounding it, was such, | |that they lost no time in and better town than it was before the' fire, and its business establish- ments will be housed in larger and| more substantial buildings than be- fore,” said C. R, Middleton, the Bau- dette attorney, who is in the city at- tending the present term of district court. | When interviewed by a representa- tive of the Pioneer this morning Mr. | Middleton spoke in optomistic terms | as to the rebuilding and development of Baudette since the October fire, of business done there during the past winter, as to the improvements now in progress »f construction, and busi- ness blocks to be erected during the coming summer. i “Practically all of the old con-| cerns who were there before the fire are still there, and most of them have already resumed business in temporary quarters,” continued Mr. Middleton. “The volume of business trans- acted since the fire, coupled with the loyalty and enthusiasm of the people of Baudette and of the tributary thereto, convinced the merchants and other business men of the village, of the immediate | need of modern business blocks, and | country have contracts have already been let for a number of these. “The Pioneer Store Company, gen-|{ eral merchants, Williams Bros., hard- ware and furniture, and J. U“ Williams, druggist, have formed a Stock Company which will immedi-| ately begin the erection of a large building to be used by themselves. This block will be constructed on| the plan of a department store, hav-| ing a frontage on Main Avenue oi! 100 feet and extending back 90 feet. 1t will be two stories high, with full baserient, and built of re-inforced concrete and cement blocks, steam heated and modern in every way. “Frank Collins will hotel, either of brick or cement| blocks, and larger and better in every re-build his way than the one that was destroy- ed by fire. 1 “Dr. F. H. Stuart will erect a' busi- ness block having a frontage of fifty | feet, the first floor to be rented for stores, and the upper floors to be used for offices and flats “Charles Miller has nearly com- pleted his new opera house, on the‘ corner where the Miller block stood. This opera house will have a seating capacity of over four hundred, and altho smaller, it will have all the con- veniences and comforts of a city| play-house. | “The Walker building is already completed, the lower floor of which | is occupied by Carl J. Olson, (Cloth-| ing and shoes), and the second floor is used for hall and lodge purposes. | “Some of the other business con- cerns, all of whom are doing well, ! are Mrs. Jessup, Ladies Furnishings! and Notions; Frank H. Slipp, (form- erly of Bemidji) Groceries and Hard- ware; A. Brovold, meats, flour and} feed;I. M. Nesje, general store; In- ternational Cedar Co. General store, and Poles, Ties, ete.;F. E. Johnson, Furniture and Hardware; Marie| Assums, Fancy Groceries and Res-| taurant; Dock’s Meat Market; River- side Hotel; Five Restaurants; Engler Lumber Co., Partridge-Dyer Lumber Co., Northwestern Cedar Co., and Emil Peterson, Lumber, and many others, including practically all lines of business usually found in cities of much larger pretentio.ns. “In the matter of public improve- The | Miss Eva- contracts for the re-building of the Baudette bridge between Baudette and Spooner, and the Baudette Dock, both of which are to be completed before the first of April. The Water and Light Plant, owned by the vil- lage, was not destroyed by the fire, excepting the pole lines, and these have all been re-built. The Village | has purchased and has on the ground ready to be put in place in the spring, as soon as the frost is out of the ground, 4000 feet of corrigated steel culvert, to be used under the street crossings. 3 “Fox & Jowett, who owned the telephone systems in Baudette and Spooner, and the long distance line to Warroad, lost everything in the two villages besides about thirty miles of pole line in the country, and had no insurance. However, their faith in the future of Baudette and setting about to finance the project of re- building the entire system, and they are now furnishing a better tele- phone service than Baudette had be- fore the fire. The people of Baudette prided themselves in the number of gasoline launches they had, nearly |all of which were burned, but the Baudette Boat company has rebuilt its boat factory, and many new boats are now in course of construction. “The best evidence of the loyalty and faith of the people of Baudette, is found in the incorporation of The Baudette Home and Improvement Company. This is not a building as- sociation, but-a stock company, or- ganized for the purpose of buying lots in the village, and erecting thereon, comfortable and commodious cottages { or bungalows, to be rented or sold on the installment plan, and thus pro- vide for a long felt want, of more dwelling houses. At the first meet- ing, called for the purpose of con- proposition, it was unanimously agreed upon;’and be-| fore that meeting adjourned seventy- five of the citizens of ‘Baudette sub- scribed for stock in this company of Home Builders. The company has purchased twenty lots in different parts of the village, and has already begun the erection of five cottages, and has advertised for bids on three more. It is the intention of the com- pany to have at least twenty of these cottages completed and ready for oc- cupancy by the first of May, and to continue to build new ones as the de- mand requires.” DRILL TOMORROW EVENING sidering this All Members Requested to-Be Present To Prepare for Inspection. Orders have been issued by Adam E. Ott6, captain of the Bemidji mili- tia company, whereby all members of the company are requested to be present at drill in the armory to- morrow evening. Several clauses of the order are as follows: “All non-commissioned officers ab- sent will be reduced to the ranks. All privates absent at this meeting should not expect to receive favor-| able mention on discharge. “Annual inspection will take place April 5, 1911, which gives us thirty days 10 get ready for same.” The captain also comments on the | fact that the Steenerson pay bill has passed the United States House of Representatives. $15 LETTER UNCALLED FOR Post Office Authorities Can Not Make Out Name On Same. Recently a letter addressed to (name cannot be made out), arrived at the Bemidji postoffice and the authorities are at a loss as to what the last name is. The letter has.traveled a long way as is made evident by the condition of the envelope which is i)adly torn, disclosing the fact that there is $15 ments, the Village Council has let i in bills in the letter. NEW GITY GOUNGIL BEGINS ITS WORK Aldermen Johnson, Moberg and Crip- pen, Together With City Clerk Stein, Join Officials. YEAR'S APPOINTMENTS MADE \ Bursley Resigns as Third Ward- Al- derman and is Succeeded by S. C. Bailey—Mayor Talks. Last evening’s session of the Be- midji city council was the first meet- ing of the newly elected city officials, | there being four, John Moberg, alder- man first ward, who fills the seat formerly held by Dr. A. E. Shannon; C. C. Crippen, alderman fourth ward, who takes the position formerly held by Mr. Chamberlain, and L. F. John- son, who succeeds George Kirk, as !president of the council, and George Stein, city clerk. At the opening of the meeting al- derman at large elect Johnson gave a short address in which he said that | he knew that the council could not always please all the people, but that the council was there to do the best they could, and he hoped that the aldermen would do their best in giv- ing the citizens of Bemidji a real council. Mayor Parker was then called up- on, and some of his remarks were as follows: \ “I hope that the new council and myself will be able to work together | as harmoniously as have the council of the past year. I hope that the new council will be very considerate in the selecting of their new public officers and that they will play no favorites whatever. A year ago I made a request that the city charter | should be amended, but upon consid- ering the matter the council found that it would cost the city several hundred dollars to do so, and they let the matter drop. Now, I want to tell you gentlemen that for every ‘hundred dollars that you spend in the amending of this charter a thous- and dollars will be saved to the city. I wish to recommend that you ar- range so as to be able to pave at least eight or ten blocks during the coming summer. “I think that the city should ap- point a good, industrious, energetic city engineer. “I believe that all of the ecity’s books should be audited not because I think that any of our officials are not right, but because there has been irregularities. “I endorse the idea that the liquor license fee should be raised to $1000, The roll call was then taken, all aldermen were present with -the ex- ception-of K. K. Roe, who was out of the city. All -bills, including the report of the fire department as haying been to 12 fires durlflg"t.he past two months, for ‘a tdtal of $320, were allowed. = The report of '.;he municipal court week -ending Febfuary 24 .and $100 for the week endipg March 4 was ac- cepted. ¥ City Attorney Torrance then read the report of the sinking fund com- mittee, which wasiaccepted. The eleetion o* the ecity officials for the ensuing year was then taken up and resulted as follows: P. J. Russell, city atorney. A. A. Carter, street commissioner. Louis Eckstrum, superintendent of ‘water board. f 5 F. L. Bursley, engineer. ‘W. A. Walker, night engineer. L. A. Ward, city physician. The reslgnatioq of F. L. Bursley as alderman of the third ward was read. and accepted; On motion of Thomas Smart and seconded by Joseph Bisiar, S. C. Bailey was nominated alderman to succeed Alderman‘ Bursley. Bailey was elected. Mayor Parker announced that the police would remain as they are for the present. { The bonds of the city officials were then fixed and adjournment was I 1 . taken. | wt o sl o LOST BOTH HOGKEY GAMES Given Hardware ?Seven Could Not Hold Border Town Boys. Scores of 4 to 1 and 8 to 1 was the best the Given_Hnfi:}are ‘hockey sev- en of this city could do in their games played at International Falls and Fort Francis, Sunday and Monday afternoons. The Sunday contest which was won by the boys of International Falls was fast from the start, the Be- midji team holding their own until the whistle. Yesterday afternoon the picked team of players from the “Falls” and The members of the team report that they were treated in the best possible manner and that they think they were beaten because they could not play the game of which the bor- der town puck chasers were capable of putting up. Notice. Regular meeting of K. P. Lodge No. 168 at Eagles Hall tonight. for it would mean that the city would | lose at least half of its saloons.” ! THAYER C. BAILEY, C. C. as having turned| over $259 for the| | Fort Francis defeated the team 8 to 1. | BELTRAMI MAY BE ENRICHED $4,500 Auditor Taking ‘Steps Whereby That Amount May Be Collected From Various Municipaities. 32 BILLS PASSED HOUSE MONDAY Theilen Introduces Bill Providing That Six Round Prize Fights Be | * Permitted In State. (By F. A. Wilson) Bemidji ‘Pioneer Legislative Burean St. Paul, March 7.—It is under- stood here that James éearge, auditor of Beltrami county, is taking steps to collect from the City of Bemidji, and other Beltrami municipalities, some- thing like $4,500 due from liquor li- censes, the collection of which ap- pears to have been overlgoked by Mr. George’s predecessor. Two years ago a bill was passed providing that ten per cent of all li- quor licenses in cities of the fourth class should be paid into the county treasury.' This, it is said here, never thas been done although the bill was signed by Governor Johnson, April 23, 1909, and became effective Janu- ary 1, 1910. It is computed that the loss to the county, under this new law from Beltrami county liquor li- censes during the year 1910 is ap- proximately $4,500. It is the gpinion at the state cap- itol that Mr. George will be justified in his effort to collect this money. In fdct, the case is so striking that Public Examiner Fritz is at work or 2 letter to be sent to all county an tors calling” their attention to the 1909 law and specific ‘instructions are being given to state examiners to see that other counties do not sus- tain the loss with which Beltrami was threatened had not Mr. George detected the error. " If an average of 25 saloons—as a matter of fact there were more— were maintained in Bemidji at the prevailing license fee of $500, it is at once apparent that, according to the law above cited, Bemidji’s ten per cent contribution would amount to $1,250, which amount, it would |seem, the city must now pay into the county treasury. e The law in question is to be found on page 548, Revised Laws of 1909, Chapter 450. The bill oriZinally was introduced in the house by- Represen- tative’S. B. Duea now a member of ;the senate from Rock county. | * X % ‘“There is mo danger of that bill becoming a law,” declared Senator Sunberg, chairman of the senate | committee on railroads to your cor- respondent, in gpeaking of the Rock- — ’ WAR IS NO LONGER “—— | Minneapolis becomes a ne bill which has for its purpose the removal of structures along railroad tracks to a distance two feet farther away than at present is the case.| “Why,” said Senator Sunberg, “as that bill stands it would mean &n ex- Pense of $18,000,000 for the owners of property along railroad tracks to carry out the provisions of the bill.” X X x New records or rapia legislation are being established by the house. Yesterday, that body passed 32 bills, many of them of special interest to northern Minnesota. The list in- cluded the Jelinek, Mattson game and fish measures, chadging to a more or less extent the game and fish regulations, D. P. O'Neill’s bill, providing for payment of physicians’ services and other necessary expenses becomes necessary because of physi- cial injury received by any peace of- ficer in the discharge of"his -official duties, was one of the bills passed. Andrew Johnson of Bemidji, who, as a deputy sheriff, was shot by a crim- nal and confined to the hospital for some time, is éntitled to much credit for the drawing up of this bill ‘which, however, affects future cases and merely permits the county board to use their discretion in making such appropriations. Mr. Johnson can re- ceive no pecuniary benefit as a result of the passage of the bill, which has yet to go through the senate before it becomed'a law.. Mr. O’ Neill’s bill, legalizing the new organization of Pennington county, also passed, as did the Campbell bill, preventing the sale or use of a silencer for shot gun, rifle or other fire arm used in the search of game. The Robertson bill, preventing the falsifying of tubercu- lin or mallein test records, passed. also KKK Because he told Dr. W. T. Stone of Park Rapids, who is a member of the house, that there were insufficient }Endx t?, Piy the expenses of an in- [apeetor to Iook into conditions of a typhoid epidemic at Park Rapids, Dr. H. M. Bracken of the state board of Health faces a legislative investi- gation as the result of charges of ex- travagance made by Dr. Stone. Dr. Stone alleges that Dr. Bracken has recklessly used money in taking un- necessary trips east. Dr. Stone, as chairman of the sub committee of the public accounts;committee of the house, declares,Dr. Bracken is draw-| ing $5,000 as secretary of the board of health and $1,000 as a lecturer at the state university; that he charges $10 a day for the services of a sten-| oprapher to act as secretary of the board meetings, though, the repre- sentative contends, it is for this that Dr. Bracken is employed, x K Prize fighting in Minnesota to the extent of six round bouts for points will be made-possible if a bill intro- duced by Representative Theilen of law. The only places in which the fight would be permitted would be St. Paul, Min- neapolis and Duluth. Six ounce gloves would have to be used and par- ticipants would be required to have a doctor’s certificate. * ¥k ¥ Senator Sunberg has a bill in the senate which has for its object the regulation and prevention of tuber- cufosis, * &K On Thursday afternoon the house will struggle with the initiative and referendum bill and it appears to have a fairly good chance of passing the house. The bill bears the names of Dr. W. T. Stone, L. C. Spooner, Kelly, Campbell, Hinman and J. N. Johnson, all of whom submitted bills bearing on the subject early in the sessfon. : Norwegian Books for Sale. G.. A. Rosseland, representing “Skandinaven,” Chicago, is here with a big supply of Norwegian books and will remain here several days. Head- quarters at T. Thompson’s Tailor Shop. Crowds Rush to Hear Bryan. Chicago, March 7.—Women fainted while police fought a crowd of several hundred persons: who tried to gain entrance to Orchestra: hall to hear a +| talk given by Willism J. Bryan. Ush. ers and police were foyced to use theil fists to. check thé rush, which begax as soon’ as the doors were opened. BAGLEY HAS BIG ELEVATOR FIRE Bemer & Pepper Company Lose Build- ing With Entire Contents of 14 Thousand Ton of Grain. CAUSED BY DUST EXPLOSION Raged Fiercely for Two Hours, Until Department By Hard Work Gained Control of Flames. Bagley, March 7.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—At about 9:30 o’clock this morning, fire broke out in the Bemer & Pepper Elevator Company’s building and raged fierce- 1y until 11 o’clock, when the fire de- partment, by hard work, succeeded in getting the flames under control. The entire city of Bagley turned out to watch the blaze and not until the firemen had four streams of water turned on the building was there any let up to the excitement. Other buildings about the city were threatened many times, and at one time during the morning, the roofs of five different dwelling houses were ablaze as was also the ware house of the Hamm Brewing com- pany. The elevator building contained over fourteen thousand tons of grain, wheat, oats, barley and flax, in ad- dition to which two carloads of flour and one carload of feed were com- pletely destroyed. The owners of the elevator were not in the city and we are unable to learn the amount of insurance car- ried and the estimated loss. The Foley Industrial track was loaded with cars, but all were re- moved in time to save them. The fire was caused by a dust ex- plosion. No loss of life resulted. Moral: Insure with the T. J. Mil- ler Insurance Agency. RAGHUY GETS SEVEN YEARS Jury Arrived At Verdict of Guilty Early This Morning. “Guilty as charged in the indict- ment.” At about two o’clock this morning Judge Stanton the above indicated verdict of the jury in the case of Gust Rachuy, charged with the crime of crimnally knowing a female child under the age of eighteen years. The trial closed with the charge of the court to the jury shortly after six o’clock last evening and the twelve “good men and true” deliberated until about one o’clock before arriving at a unanimous conclusion. At three o’clock this afternoon the defendant Gust Racheuy was brought before the court for sentence. After the usual preliminaries and brief ex- amination of the convicted man, in which he stated that he is a farmer in this county, 50 years of age, and married. Judge Stanton im- posed the maximum sentence under the statutes for the crime charged, seven years imprisonment at hard la- bor in the state penitentiary. The court is confronted with some difficulty in securing a jury in the Frank Van Tassel case. Twenty- one jurors were examined this morn- ing -and only three accepted. A special venire of 25 jurors was order- ed, returnable at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon, and the work of examin- ing those summoned is now in pro- gress. The next trial will be that of the State of Minnesota versus Joseph Miller, charged with the crime of for- gery. received Doings In Municipal Court. In municipal court this morning John Dwyer was arraigned before Judge Pendergast on a charge of drunkenness, and was given 10 days in the city fail. -’ HISTORICAL |