Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 31, 1911, Page 1

o S ——— 3 TINNESOTA HISTORICAL VOLUME 8. NUMBER 334. BEMIDJI, MINNE SOTA, FRIDAY : TEN CENTS PER WEEK. FOREST PROTECTION BILL PASSES SENATE Measure Was Amended so That Chief Forester's Salary be Changed From $5,000 to $3,000. DYER VISITS STATE CAPITOL Detroit is Given Fish Hatchery— Speaker Dunn Still Unable to Preside Over House. (By F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pioneer Legislative Bureaa St. Paul, March 31.—Without a dissenting vote, the bill revolutionl izing the protection of Minnesota forests was passed by the house yes- terday afternoon. The bill was amended so that the salary 6f the chief forester was re- duced from $5,000 to $3,000, the amendment being presented by R. C. Dunn and adopted by a vote of 67 1o 34, after a lively debate. Another amendment, offered by Representa- tive J. J. Moriarity of Belle Plain, reducing the salary of the secretary of the forestry board from $2,400 to $1,800 was carried by a vote of 56| to 14. A third amendment reduces the number of persons to be appoint- 2d to the forestry board by the uni- versity board of regents to two, in- stead of three as the original bill provided. There was no discussion as to the bill itself .but some were exploded when Mr. Dunn moved pyrotechics te cut down the forester’s : salary. The bill provides that there shall be a state forestry board to consist oi nine members for a term of four years each and that “so far as prac- tical all such appointees shall be ap- their knowledge of and interest in the planting and efiltivation of and the preservation of natural for- ests.” The bill which was drawn by the house forestry committee of which T. M. Ferguson is chairman, further pointed with reference to trees provides: The board shall have the manage- ment of the forest reserves and of all other property acquired therefor, supervise all matters of forest pro- tection and reforestation and have charge of all moneys appropriated thereof or accruing therefrom, in- cluding the forest reserve fund and the forest service fund. It shall ascertain and observe the best methods of reforesting cut-over and denuded lands, foresting waste and prairie lands, preventing destruction of forests and lands by fire, adminis- tering forests on forestry principles, encouraging private owners to pre- serve and grow timber for commer- cial purposes, and conserving the forests around the head waters of streams and on the watersheds of the state, and shall collect information regarding the timber lands owned by the state. On or before the first | vent fires. protection, management and refor- estation, Under the direction of the - state forester, the district rangers are charged with preventing and extin- guishing forest fires in their - res- pective districts, and the perform- ance of such other duties as may be required by the-siate forester. They may arrest without warrant any person found violating any pro- visions of this Chapter, take him be- fore a magistrate and there make compaint. When the district rang- ers shall have information taoat such violation has been committed, they shall, without delay, make similar complaint, and have the same pros- ecuted. The district rangers shall not be liable for civil action for trepass committeed in the discharge of their duties. At any time district rangers, with the approval of the state forester, may employ suitable persons to ‘be known as fire patrolmen, perman- ently to remain upon and patrol such territory, state or private, as may be assigned to them as long as may be required to prevent and extin- guish any fire. Each such patrol- man so employed shall be supplied with the necessary equipment. The state forester and the district ranger j may, and, if they are absent and fires are actually burning in the forest, the fire patrolmen may, summon any male person of the age of 18 years and upwards to assist in stop- ping the fire, and may incur any other necessary and reasonable ex- pense for the same purpose, but shall promptly report the same to the dis- trict ranger. ' Any person summonded by an of- ficial, of the state who is physically able and refuses to assist shall be guilty of a misdomeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less! than five dollars and not more than $25.00. , When in the judgement of the state forester there is danger of the setting and spreading of fires from locomotive engines, he shall order any railroad company to provide pa- trolmen to follow each train through- out such fire patrol district or dis- tricts as he deems necessary to pre- When the state forester has given a railroad company notice | to provide such patrol after trains, the said railroad company shall im- mediately comply with such instrue- tions throughout the territory de- signated; and upon failure so to do, the state forester may employ patrol- | men with necessary equipment to patrol the rights of way of said rail- road, and the expense of the same shall be charged to said railroad company and may be recovered in a civil action in the name of the State of Minnesota, and in addition there- to, the said company shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It is also made the duty of any railroad company, acting independ- ently of such state forester, to pa-; trol its right of way after the pass- age of each train when necessary to prevent the spread of fires and to use the highest degree of diligence to prevent the setting and spread of fires, to cause the extinguishment of fires set by lomotives or found exist- ing upon their respective rights of way and for any violation hereof such railroad company, its officers and patrolmen shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not less than fifty (50) dol- lars, nor more than (100) dollars and costs, and in addition thereto such railroad company shall be liable for all damages caused or permitted by 1t. Where and whenever in the judg- ment of the State forester there is or may be danger of starting and spreading of fires from slashings and debris from the cutting of timber of any kind and for any purpose, the state forester will notify the indi- vidual, firm or corporation, for and by whom the said timber has been or is being cut, ordering them to dis- pose of these slashings and debris as he may direct. Where conditions do not permit the burning of the slash- ings and debris over the entire area so covered, the state forester may re- quire the person, firm or corpora- tion for and by whom the timber was cut, to dispose of such slashings and debris in such a way as to es- tablish a safe fire line around the area requiring such protection, the said fire line to be of a width and of a character satisfactory to the state Monday in December of each year the board shall report its doings, conclusions and recommendations, and any damage caused by forest and prairie fires and any trespassing up- on state lands to the Governor, which report shall be printed and distributed to the members of the legislature and otherwise as the board may direct. The state forester shall become familiar with the location and area of all state timber and cut-over lands and prepare maps of forest reserves and each of the timbered counties showing the state lands therein, and shall supply such maps to the dis- trict rangers, to the officials of the state and counties requiring them, and in all ways that are practical and feasivle shall protect such lands from fire and the ill: gal cutting of timber; he shall report from time to time to the board, such information as may be of benefit to the state in the care and management of its tim- ber; it shall be his duty to inquire into the extent, kind, value and con- dition of all timber lands; the amount of acres and value of timber that is cut or burned, and he shall algo report the quantity and species of second-growth timber, and shall not later than the first of December of each year make a written report to the state forestry board upon all such data ascertained by him, and shall recommend therein plans for improving the state system of forest[ forester. When any person, firm or corpor- ation, shall have been notified by the state forester to dispose of slash- ings and debris, either by entirely consuming the same or establishing a fire line sufficient for the protec- tion of adjoining property, and.fails to comply with such instructions, the said person, firm or corporation, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 and not exceeding $100 and costs of prosecution for each vio- lation thereof or failure to comply therewith. The wages and expenses of men summoned or employed to fight for- est fires actually burning, shall be fixed and paid for by the state for- ester and the labor reckoned and paid for by the hours of labor per- formed, which shall not exceed the rate of 25 cents per hour employed; provided no pay shall be given for fighting fire within one mile of the residence of such person unless em- ployed by the state forester or his assistants. The forestry board is authorized to draw out of tne money appropriated by this act a reasonable sum, not to exceed five thousand (5,000) dollars at any one time, from the state treasurer and place the same in the hands of the state forester to be used by him in paying emergency expenses, and the auditor is authorized to draw his warranc fer such ‘sum when duly | by the President and secretary of said board. The state forester shall take proper sub-vouchers or receipts from all persons to- whom such funds are naid and after 'the'sanie have been approved by tlie state forestry board, they shall be filed with the auaditer. $ SR All villages and cities in' the :state situated in the timber area are here- by authorized, and all such munici- palities where the. same is 'possible 80 to do are hereby directed, to clear off all combustible material and de- bris and create at least two good and sufficient fire-breaks not less than ten feet in width each, which shall com- pletely encircle such municipalities at a distance of not less than twenty rods apart, between whieh back-fies may be set or a stand made to fight forest fires in cases of emergency. It is hereby made the duty of the district rangers to report to the state forester any failure to comply with the provisions of tnis section or any violation of this act and any failure 80 to do shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars. Every road overseer of assistant jof a road overseer or other local of- ficer having charge of the highwoy, who finds that any person has left a camp fire burning in his district, shall extinguish the same, and take prompt measures to prosecute the person or persons who so left such fire. Every person who, when the ground is not covered with snow, starts a fire for any purpose not hereinafter specified in this act, in the vicinity of forest or prairie land, shall exercise every reasonable pre- jcaution to prevent such fire from { spreading, and shall before' lighting the same clear the ground from all branches, brushwood, dry leaves and lother compustable material withi a radius of ten feet from the fire}] and shall carefully extinguish th fire before quitting the place. All towns, villages and cities arg' hereby authorized and airected :to] take necessary precautions to pre- jvent the starting and spreading of { forest or prairie fires: and to exti guish the same and are hereby -furs: ther authorized to annually levy i tax of not more than five mills upo: { the taxable property of such munic: ! palities, which, when collected, shall be known as the “Fire Fund” which may be used in paying all necessary and incidental expenses incurred in enforcing the provisions the: provi- sions of this act. e : There was lively discusion over {R. C. Dunn’s motion to make the forester’s salary $3,000. Mr. Dunn said that $5,000 would be out of pro-’ portion to the amout paid other of- ‘ficinls, the attorney general receiv- ing $4,500, the state treasurer only $3,500, etec. “I tell you,” said "Mr. Dunn, “that $3,000 and expenses is a good fat salary.” Representative Kneeland, who as a member of the forestry committee, had much to do with drawing the bill, took issue with Mr. Dunn. “The gentleman from Mille Lacs, (Dunn), with his usual haste, has jumped at conclusions. Now the forestry committee was intrusted with the task of drawing a bill which will have the effect of stop- ping the forest fires which swept the state last year. We have provided for a forester who is trained for such a position and we believe such a man can only be obtained by paying a reasonable salary. When millions of dollars are concerned, as they are in this case, we have no right to quibble over a paltry $2,000.” Mr. Kneeland presented a letter from the United States forester in which he urged that Minnesota do something toward saving her forests and reciting the tremenduous losses sustained in the United States forest district during the past year. Representatites Halmberg of Ren- ville and Davies of Watonwan spoke in favor of the larger salary and this prompted Representative Ma'.!- son of Roseau to say: / “I am glad that the members from the south can take so broad minded a view of a question so important to the north but in the last analysis important to all the state. I tell you, gentlemen, if the skeletons in those graves at Baudette and Spooner could speak they would point 7to'the inefficiency of our forestry system, and I believe when we seek to cheap- en the work of the proposed system we are striking a death'blow to forest protection. We want a man of no ordinary ability for this position— it is by far to important. He must be a leader—an organizer.” Dr. W. T. Stone of Park Rapids (Continued on Last Page.) thie brakes were futile. W.R.BAUMBACH BALY " INJURED IN WRECK Former .Bemidji . Banker Seversly Hurt When Car In Which He Was_Riding Struck Train. 20 OTHER ‘PEOPLE IN MISHAP Was Cut by Class and ‘Bruised Con- siderably—Was Unconscious for Three Hours After Accident. W. R. Baumbach, former Bemidji banker ‘and prominent here, heacs the list of the injured in a railroad wreck Saturday morning at Crater Lake Junction, not far from Med- tord,k Oregon, where Mr. Baumbach is in business with James Campbell, Jr., a former citizen of Wadena, this state. The wreck was caused by a motor car. containing fifty people running wild and crashing into a passenger ‘train fromgq Portland. Saturday morning the motor car left Bedford as usual, with orders to take the blind.siding at Crater Lake and al- low passenger train No. 15 to pass. The motor car was slightly behind %'ime and was running at high speed. Wl;en néar the siding the motorman noticed that all attempts to apply . He sounded]| his whistle so that the passenger traitwould take warning. The en- gineer of train 15 stopped his train and reversed his engine to back up, but the motor car crashed into the engine of the passenger train with great force. ” The light motor car was wrecked and_the passenger‘ engine badly damaged. Passengers were hurled from their seats and the seats them- selves were torn from their fasten- ings and piled about the floor of the car. All was a confusion. Not a single passenger on the motor car es- caped without injuries and that sev- eral were not killed 6utright seems almnst a miracle. ' Mr. Baumbach was aboard the motor car and he was severely cut and bruised. ,The exact extent of his injuries are not known, but he seems to have been quite badly injured. The Southern Pacific railroad quickly sent surgeons and nurses to the scene of the wreck and auto- mobiles which hurried to the wreck were turned into ambulances. Peo- ple living in the vicinity assisted by tearing sheets into bandages. «Of Mr. Baumbach’s injuries the Wadena Pioneer Journai says: “Further particulars' concerning the railway. accident in which Mr. Mr. Baumbach was injured were re- ceived this aftérnoon by letter. , He was taken from the wreck uncon- scious and was reached and removed with .difllcult‘y. He remained un- conscious for three hours. His clothes were torn to shreds and he \was covered with blood. However, the nervous shock is the most serious feature of his injuries. He sustain- ed many slight cuts all over his face, but nd;stltches had to be taken. Low down on the back.of his head and on the back of his- neck and down 'thu; spine there were bar-like bunches as though"flie had struck hqrizonfil bars, and the pain was iamainly there. He was also badly bruised on the:chest. home on a stretcher, and regained consciousness long enough' to say that he was not badly hurt and then became uncongclous again. inusm HOW T “FIG3ER’ He was taken | Dairymen Given an Arithmetic Les- son by State Commissioner. A onetlésson' correspondence course in- arithmetic is being sent to mana- gers ;of the :creameries of the state by J. P. Wink,;ex, Elairy commission- er. In the monthly reports of the operation of creameries of the state a great variation in the per cent of “overrun’ has indicated that there has, been carelessness in measuring the butter or in failing to “figger” correctly. Mr. Winkjer gives a sample prob- lem and shows the buttermakers how they are to get the per cent of the difference between the butter and the fat which goes into the churn. The managers are also warned to be careful in their weighing of but- ter fat and in operating the Bab- cock test. 600D PIGTUHES ATMAJESTIC Films to Be Shown Remainder of Week of Excellent Quality. The Majestic Theatre will have their usual good run of pictures for the. balance of- the week, and the first picture, “The Heart of an Indian Mother,” tells the story of an Indiah mother who is befriended by some ‘white settlers, and when the Indians plan a raid upon the settlement,lshe shows her gratitude by warning them of the approaching danger. This picture is intensely thrilling and is sure to please. “A Woman’s Voice,” and “Ten Words for Twenty-five Cents,”” are two roaring comedies as only ' the Essaney people know how to pro- duce. . Tlluscrated song: - “Sweet Red Roses”‘ sung as a duet by Hazel Fel- lows and C. J. Woodmapsee. Three shows every night. Zeigler Moves Offices. John Zeigler who conducted his business in offices in the W. G. Schroeder building has leased the ground floor of the Odd Fellows building on Beltrami avenue. Mr. Zeigler is in the fur buying business as well as real estate and insurance. The back rooms of the IMANY TEACHERS TO RETURN NEXT FALL Only Four Instructors in the Public Schools Have Announced Their Intentions of Not Returning. HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY LOSES 2 Misses Graling and Heffron, Teachers of Latin and English, Respec- tively, Refuse Re-election. Only four instructors in the Be- midji public schools have as yet an- nounced their intentions of not re- turning to Bemidji next fall. At the recent meeting of the Be- .| their home during the past building will be used for storage purposes. Marriage Licenses Issued. Clerk of Court Fred Rhoda has, during the past week, issued the ol- lowing marriage licenses: Clarence M. Grover and Fanny Whiting. . Fitz Willis Nye and Mary Bord- well. Nymore Couple Married. Fitz Willis Nye and Mrs. Mary Bordwell were united in marriage yesterday afternoon in the Congreg- ational church. . The ceremony was conducted by Elder T. J. Martin. Orders Payable. Order No. 135 on School District No. 49,‘15 payable. Interest will stop 30 days after date of this notice. ; Ira Foster, Treas.’ Italian Cabinet Named. Rome, March 31.—Premier Giolitti, who takes the: portfolio of minister of the interior, announced: the makup of the new <¢abinet which succeeds that of Luigi Luzzatti. Nearly all the mem- bers of the former ministry are re- tained: midji board of education, all the teachers were re-elected for another term. Miss Rica Graling, who teaches Latin and German, will not return as she is to tour Europe next winter. Miss Helen Dunnington will not accept her re-election as she and her mother, who hayve made this city few years, will remove from the city as soon as the summer vacation begins. Miss Patrick, manual training in- structor will not return. Miss Heffron, a member of the high _school faculty, and teacher of Eng- lish, has accepted a position in the west. There will be only.two vacancies in the high' school faculty to be fllied, as Professor Robinson, science teach- er, Miss Loe, principal, Miss Bick- ford, algebra and geometry, have ac- cepted. The decision of Professor Robin- son'to return is greeted with ‘much pleasure by the boys of the high school, as he is recognized by them as being one of the most successful foot- ball, basketball and baseball coaches in the state. It was with much pleasure that Superintendent Dyer received word from Miss Katherine Grest, who has so ably filled the position of domes- tic science teacher, that she will re- turn. The spring vacation began with the dismissal of the pupils this af- ternoon, and will continue through- out the next week. The reason that the vacation is held at this time is so that an even number of weeks of school might be had after the va- cation. Just as soon as the vacation is over work on the Senior class play will be resumed, and it will be staged in the early part of May. b BEMIDJIYOUNGMAN MARRIED Clarence Grover and Fanny Whiting £ United in Marriage Yesterday. - Yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride’s brother in Northern, occurred the marriage of Clarence M. Grover of this city and Miss Fanny Whiting. £a7 Mr. Grover is well known in Be- ' midji, and is at the present time ; connected with the Minnesota & In-; ternational railroad company. : The newly married couple left lns_l‘:. i night for Clitheral, Minnesota, where | they will spend a few weeks at the | home of the bride, before returning ' to Beiidji to make this city their' home. 3 The marriage‘ceremony was con- - i‘luetpd by Reverend Flesher of the- Methodist church in Bemidji. \