Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 3, 1911, Page 1

~ er and engine. AT THE BEMIDJ1I DAILY PIONEE WINNESOTA | HISTYRICAL SOCIETY. Histopia) VOLUME 8. NUMBER 336 INVENTION AIDS RAPID SETTLING Comprises Machine Which Will Pull Stumps and Make Roads at the Same Time. S00 LINE BACKS $25,000 Set Aside By Pennington to | Aid in Perfecting Appliance— | Ready April 1. With a view of clearing lands in Northern Minnesota, Northern Wis- consin and the upper peninsula of Michigan to attract farmers to the Northwest and a machine which carries with it a road making machine. The machine is in the process of making and will be | ready about May 1. accomplished Models have work said to be little less than marvelous. From five to eight acres can cleared of stumps of the kind in a day, meanest and ten acres can be cleared by the machine at one sit-| ting. The road building machine is/ an addition to the rear of the stump-| pulling machine and makes the road | | graft. as the machine moves along. As | B8 soon as the machine is completed the Soo will start in Price county, Wis On each forty it is the| object of William H. Killen, land and ioner of the road,| onsin. industrial commi to clear ten acres or_more, build a ! road to it, build a small house upon it. and then dig a well, after which ll‘ will be offered to the actual settler.| This s o new departure in rail-| roading in the Northwest. Mr.Kil- len figures that it will cost about $1 a rod to build a good turnpike road as fast as the land ahead is cleared of | stumps. The new machine 1.000 will clear a| feet ahead of it of pulling a number of ones at the same time. space of | stumps. stumps, large The engine | is of.eighty horse-power and weighs After are pulled toward the machine a derrick picks them up, and this piles stumps | thirty teet high. forty tons. the stumps A crew of ten men is required and the cost per acre | $10 to $15 while the old way the cost for the same work is | $30 to $40 per acre, and much slower and harder. varies from from Just ahead of the boiler on the machine are two large drums, which the cables coil. of 11 A main cable inches goes straight ahead of the machine for a distance of about| 1000 feet. sometimes more. Swing- ing over to the left a little is what is called a draw back cable of % at the same length cable, is blocked and led and swung over and fasten- to the main cable. Instead of having horses to pull out the cable each inch size, which, as the main ed time it is taken in, the draw back does the work and at the same time picks up small stumps and such hillocks as are in the way, the power being given by the pulling strength | of the main cable on the stumps. The main cable is attached ahead to a large stump. At short inter-| vals short cables are attached and | these are hooked to other stumps, or logs, allowing at times a half d()zen stumps to be pulled at once. When reach of k, worked on another drum in front of the engine, they are hoist- No horses are ‘e theé engine is moved 1t thera- re can ¢ turned at any angle, and ine cables reach out sufficiently to these stumps come within the derric ed and piled up. needed, ¢ abont on wide, low rollers. p _clear easily ten acres at one sitting. | The cost of the machine is expect- ed to be about $7,500 and the work will probably be taken up in the fu- ture by contractors, Smaller chines for individual farmers sold at about $100. As the stump puller moves along the road machine in the rear is at work. Here is located another boil- Two drums hold ma- are SCHEME st them 1n getting a foothold, President Pennington of | the Soo Line has set aside $25,000 to! assist in perfecting a stump-pulling! be | on| ! coils which stretch out a thousand One cable is run out, blocked and tackled to a tree, brought to ! the other side of the proposed road, | blocked and tackled and brought | Sback to the second drum. Having a ,cable that can be brought up and| ‘l)nck a road machine s nt-l ‘taahed and dragged up and down m; the rear of the stump-pulling outfit. ! This takes the place of the horses usually used on a drag and| the work can be accomplished with | much rapidity. This, too, has been | tried and proven. Mr. Killen has his own ideas about | road building. He believes thefl should be built by big contracting| concerns. “Take the railroads of this coun- try,” he said recently. | feet. “Don’t every | one of them leave its railroad build- { ing to contractors, not taking it over. until it is built? Why? Haven't they got the equipment, tools and the {like? The railroads would have to' equip themselves with all this, and they have foud after years of experi- ence that this is the only feasible| way. The other way is a waste of time and money and much trouble. It has been, more | demonstrated time and again that the contractors, | ! who are doing nothing else, can build | than the railroads themselves. | | railroads cheaper and better “Therefore, why cannot counties| that build all these country roads do| /the same thing? Contractors for| { building roads have the equipment! and they can build| | country roads quicker, better iand the men, and | cheaper than any county and vnthoun A machine of the kind the| Soo is helping along may be a little | expensive for ome county, but the| | been led to take much interest in thel | contractor who could do the work | | work, and it has been with mueh’ ef- | for many counties could build roads| |'so much faster and cheaper that it| looks the only feasible way. 1 be-! lieve this machine will revolutionize| Boy Scouts is supposed to have a| matters greatly. the | farmer clear his land and with but! little extra expense build roads, as| It will help the stump pulling machines can run ! along a road line as well as any place in a new country. i “We have figured that, take north- | ern Wisconsin, for instance, land can | be bought for from $10 to $15 an acre. Of course there are many| Clearing the stumps away | would cost, say. $20 an acre. Such| land when cleared and with good roads will give a return on a basis of $100 per acre. Now this same thing refers to northern Minnesota | and the upper peninsula. It will be of great benefit to the farmers, and| of this there is no doubt.” While discussing the large | chine Mr. Killen called attention to the smaller machines made in vari-| ous places. He said they could be purchased from $50 to $150 each, and {that they could clear land at less than $20 per acre. This machine, lie believes, every farmer should own. | He declared it does the work rapid- (1y. However. ma- i where large tracts of | land needed stumps removed he ad- vised the contractor with the big machines. The small ones, of course ! have no road building devises. He further impressed the fact that the Soo Line has absolutely nothing |to do with the new machine of its | construction. President Penning- | ton merely financed the deal in the to | settle and refuse to until a part of the land is cleared. | interests of farmers who want | BLUE AND GRAY IN REUNION | Commander-lmchvef of Confederate | Veterans Approves Idea. Memphis, April 3.—Veterans of the Union and Confederate armies will join in a blue and gray reunion here on Sept. 28, 29 and 30, Chairman W C. Duttlinger of the reunion commit. | tee announced here. General George B. Gordon, comman- | der-in-chief of the Confederate veter- ans, sanctioned the joiat reunion and| will endeavor to have the scheme en- | dorsed by the Confederate reunion at | Little Rock, Ark., in May. CABINET CRISIS IN SPAIN| Retirement of Premier Canalejas Is Expected at Any Moment. Madrid, April 3.—The imminence of | a cabinet crisis is officially confirmed | here. Premier Canalejas’ retirement is ex- pected at any moment. The Repub- licans are elated at having ‘turned the debate on the revision of the death santence of Professor Ferrer to their advantage. four | | past year, | nace pit, | room, BOY SCOUT ORGANIZER VISITS BEMIDJI L. S. Daly, of St. Paul, Arrived in City This Evening and Will Meet Members of Patrol. MUCH INTEREST BEING SHOWN | {Many Alterations Being Made in Presbyterian Chuch—Class Room And Kitchen Being Added. This evening on the Minnesota & International Railroad train from St. Paul L. S. Daly, northwest organ- | izer of the Boy Scout movement ar- rived in Bemidji. It has been understood for some time that Mr. Daly was to visit our ity in tne imerets ot s mucn| 10 ATTEND FARGO MEETING talked of movement, but the exact| date was not known until a letter was received by Reverend S. E. P. | | White yesterday to the effect that he would be here today. Reverend White has, during the established four patrols, made of boys about twelve years of age, and during last summer and winter every boy scout idea, such as camping, hunting, fishing and patrol work, was practiced, the boys having | i fort that they have waited for Mr. Daly to put in an appearance. Although every organization of the | scout master, the Bemidji patrol has never had one, and Reverend White has had charge of the boys since the| work was first begun here. It is expected that Reverend White will receive his commission as Scout | Master some time this week, which means that the Bemidji organization | will be entered upon the roll of the| national members. Many alterations’are being made in the Presbyterian church of Be- midji. Under the present conditions there is not room in the church to house the Sunday school class, it being necessary to hold several classes in the parsonage, but under the plan which is being put into effect now, this inconvience will be done away with. . Heretofore the basement of the church has consisted only of a fur- hardly large enough ' to store wood for one day. Men and teams are now at work excavating, and within the next week the furnace pit will be enlarg- ed so.as to establish a basement which will take ir the whole church. ‘the new basement will comprise A lurnace room, kitchen and dining and Boy Secout room, which will be made into a “gym.” class room, SEVERE STORM IN TEXAS Crops Damaged and Communication Cut Off. Houston, Tex., April 3.—A severe storm of wind, rain and hail played havoc with wire communication in Texas, causing considerable property damage of a minor nature and gave rise to-rumors of more serious results in isolated sections. The storm was especially severe in Central Texas. Austin reported a heavy wind and Georgetown, where the Southwestern Texas university is| located, was entirely cut off from com- munication. Plants were stripped of their inliage and window panes were broken. CANNON NOT A CANDIDATE Will Support Caucus Nominee for Speaker of House. - Washington, April 3.—Former Speaker Cannon has issued a state- ment announcing that as he “has been four times elected speaker of the house” he will not aguin be a can- didate. He said he would support the nom- inee of the Republican caucus, who is expected to be Representative Mann of MNlinots. This removes amy doubt that exist- ed as to Cannon's attitude toward the Republican minosity leadership in the house. S BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1911. lAST READING TONIGHT L $1000 Saloon License Opdinance Wil Be Read for Last Time. For the third and last time the| inooo snloon license ordinance wxll ! be read m the members of the Be- i midji city council this evening, at the régulnr weekly meeting of that body. Considerable oppesition to the or-| dinance has been aroused by those‘ who do not favor tjhe measure, and | it seems to be a matter of more or less doubt as to Whetler or not it | will receive enough votes to pass.| It will need five of the nine votes. ! It is very likely that the ordinance doing away with the running of em.-‘ ing houses in the rear of saloons i which have no street entrance, will pass. ‘f Il | Bemidji Dentists Leave This Evening To Be Present at Convention. | | This evening Dr. D, L. Stanton and Dr. G. M. Palmer will leave for Far-| go, N. D., where they will attend nl convention of the Red River Valley Dental association. | Dr. Stanton and Dr. Palmer are president and secretary, respective- Iy, of the association, being elected | at the convention held in Crookston last fall. | Although 2 memver or the associa-| | tion Dr. J. T. Tuomy, will not attend the convention.. . IMILITIK STORES INSPECTED | Charles A. Ehlers Taking Inventory of Company K Equipment. { i the militia stores are being inspected by Captain Charles A. Ehlers, the new state military store keeper, who was This afternoon and evening recently appointed by Governor Eberhart as a member of his official Staff. . Captain Ehlers said late this af- ternoon that he was very pleased with the situation as far as he had gone and that if the rest of the day resulted in as satisfactory conditions, he would be more than pleased. The captain arrived in Bemidji from Thief River Falls this morning and says that the company there is in better shape than he had expected to find it, but that there seems to be some trouble among the men and of- will be straightened out in the near future, | the result being that the Thief River | Falls company will be one of the best in the third regiment. It is urged that all residents of | the city who have property belong- ing to the company return same at once. much ficers, which he believes Names of at least twelve persons have been secured by Captain Otto who have company property in their possession, and he says that if the“ same is not returned to the Armory !hy 8 o’clock this evening that they‘ will be prosecuted to the full extent| of the law. | PACKERS FILE DEMURRERS Does Not Specify Crime. Chicago, April 3—The indicted Chi- cago meat packers, in demurrers filed before Judge Carpenter in the United States district court, contend that the anti-trust act of 18¢0, under which all monopoly suits are brought in the United States, does not create any crime. ‘Their basis for this conten- tion is: “That the statute does not define any offense against the United States with sufficient certainty to in- form the defcndants of the nature of the crime or offense with which they are charged, and the same, in so far as it undertakes to create a crime.is in- valid, void and contrary to the Unit- ! fearless expression of {to a subpoena. fon me.” ing for an reorganization i the neighborhood of 30. Beef Barons Contend Anti-Trust Act|" STONE REFUSES T0 RESPOND TOSUBPOENA Park Rapids Representative Says He Will Not Answer Call to Appear Before Committee. SPEAKER DUNN AGAIN PRESIDES {Lower House of Legislature Has Never Before Been in So Con- gested Condition as Now. (By ¥. A. Wilson) Bemidji Plomeer Logislative Bureau| St. Paul, Minn. , April 3.—By his independent ° attitude Dr. W. T. Stone, representative from Park Rapids, is “in” so bad that his case may form one of the sensations of the closing days of the session. In addition to having formulated written and specific charges against the speaker along the same lines as i those made by Representative Klem- er to the effect that the House or- | ganization is crooked, he.has gotten into trouble by refusing to respond The subpoena was issued by the committee authorized to investigate the state board of health, “They can’t get me before the committee again,” Dr. Stone is reported to have said. “I was before them once and told them all I had to say. It is apparent that they in- tend to whitewash Dr. Bracken and 1 shall waste no more time on the matter. They can’t ring a bluff in Now to ignore a subpoena is apt to prove a serious thing and especially so in this case because Dr. Stone is decidedly at “outs” with the House majority which may cause him to be severely punished on theI REGEPTION GIVEN McKEE charge of contempt. * ¥ ¥ Never in the history of Minnesota has a lower house of the legislature been in so hopelessly a congested condition as is at present the case. Add to this the feeling of bitterness and vindictive-| ness engendered into the different factions as a result of the Klemer squabble and you have a badly com- plicated condition that augurs ill for pending bills for the last two weeks of the session. Speaking from the floor of the senate, L. O. Lende, the republican member from Marshall, Lyon county, said: “Yea, verily, what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world— and cannot get a bill through the| house?” And this pucs it as plain as words The Senate is grinding along as usual and has no more business than is customary at this period of the session, but disorder close to chaos reigns in the House. KK My. Klemer, Ferdinand of Fari- bault, has prepared a resolution call- of the house machinery. He would reduce the present number of committees by half, leaving -them somewhere in He points to the fact that the Wisconsin house, with 100 members, has only 25 standing committees, Vermont with 247 members, 24 standing commit- can. ! tees, and the Illinois house with 153 committees. x X % Speaker Dunn was “back on the job” today after having been con- fined to his apartments in the Mer- chants hotel since Wednesday of last | He is still pale and weak but cxpects to be able to preside dur- the session. His trouble was not ptomaine poison- ing nor typhoid as had been reported, attack of acute members, 62 weal . ing the remainder of but merely an stomach trouble. L& £ 3 Appropriations amounting to $13,- 000,000 are made in the omnibus bills which have been prepared by sub committees and probably will be introduced in both houses tomorrow. The bills contain increased appropri- ed States Constitution.” ations for many of the state insti- and| convictions, \WILL BE SENT TO FERGUS' provided for state expenses than ever before, it is shown that the institu- tions are rapidly growing, that re- stances are needed and that more money for mainfenance is needed. Incidentally, the cost of the present legislature, itself, exceeds that of] two years ago by about $200,000.] At the first of the session $182,000 was appropriated and up to date“ $175,000 has been expended. This leaves but $7,000 to take care of the ‘pay of the employes for three more pay days. Ole quson Hurt By Falling Tree Found Insane. This morning . Ole Mattson of Roosevelt was arraigned before Judge | of Probate Clark and adjudged as to| his sanity. It seems, from the testimony, that about a year ago Mattson was hit on the head by the lifnb of a falling tree, and that until three weeks ago had felt no ill effects whatever from the blow receiyed. | It was at this time that he was| noticed to act strangely and talked in a rather foolish manner. ! | When the head of the unfortunate ! man was examined, by a member of the examining board it was found that the skull was badly frnctured.i and in the opinion of the board all{ that would be necessary to bring the| man back to good health would be an operation. Judge Clark believed that if the! man was sent to the hospital for the insane at Fergus Falls, he would be operated upon, and that the hospital | was the proper place to send him. Former Bemidji Pastor Receives A Hearty Welcome at Park Rapids. In the curent issue of the Park Rapids clipper*‘that paper in speak- ing of a reception tendered Rev. H. | R. McKee, formerly pastor of the| Baptist church in this city and who pairs and enlargements in many in-| | vertising imaginable for this _ | Its value no one could estimate. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BOULEVARD PROPOSED AROUND LAKE BEMIDJI Scheme is Approved by Many Promi- nent Business Men And Will Be Taken Up by Commereial Club, WOULD MEAN MUCH TO CITY “Would Do More to Settle Up Shore With Desirable Homes Than any Other Method,” Says Lycan. Much interest is being shown by numerous Bemidji business men, in the proposed scheme of the estab- lishing of a boulevard around Lake Bemidji. The matter is to be taken up by | the commercial club, and several of its members have already given out opinjons on the scheme, A representative of the Pioneer interviewed several prominent busi- ness men this morning, and a portion of the opinions received are as fol- lows: A. G. Wedge, vice-president of the First National Bank and former president of the commercial club, said: “It seems to me that the plan is a very good one, and I think that it should be carried out, if the expense would not be too great.” David Gill, a member of the firm of Gill Brothers, says: “The plan is a good one, and if car- ried out, I believe would be of much benefit to our city.” F. S. Lycan, owner of the Hotel Markham: “A boulevard around Lake Bemidji would be the greatest piece of ad- city. We citizens are sound asleep on the prop- osition, that this beautiful lake ly- ing right along the city’s front is one of our greatest assets. As it is we have about 2000 visitors here every summer, but we should have 10,000 or more. We don't appre- ciate the beauties of Lake Bemidji, but people from out of town certain- 1y do. That is why they come here. ‘We natives have done nothing to in- duce summer residents to come here, still they come and are delighted, and every year brings some of their recently accepted a call to Parlk Rapids, says: | “On Thursday evening, March 23,{ about two hundred people gathered| in the auditorium of the Baptist church and a hearty reception for Rev. and Mrs. H. R. McKee was held in their honor. The reception was gotten up under the auspices of the ‘Women's Union, and was in all re- spects a most pleasant affair. There were speeches made by some of the business men of the town, while the orchestra, togteher with other num- bers that were given, went to make up a very pleasing program. Frappe and wafers were served and a gener- al good time was had and from the start that was made on this occnslou, there is little reason for classing Rev. | and Mrs. McKee as strangers in Park Rapids from now on. “Rev. McKee comes here very high- ly recommended and is in 'all respects a thorough gentleman and scholar, well qualified for the responsibili- ties of his call here, and we bespeak for both Mr. McKee and the church, a future filled with many blessings that should attend man’s efforts in the upbuilding of God’s Kingdom.” Municipal Court Doings. Charles Smith was the only man arraigned before Judge Pendergast in municipal court this morning, he having been arrested on a charge of drunkenness. The case was dis- missed. & Attention Scouts. Mr. Dale, northwest organizer of the boy scouts, will be here tonight and wishes to meet all Boy Scouts and all boys interested in teh move- ment, and their parents, in the Pres- friends to build summer homes, and enjoy the beauties of our lake and its surroundings. A boulevard (would in my estimation) around Lake Bemidji do more to settle up the lake shore with desirable homes ~ than any other method. Just think what ten thousand summer visitors would mean to the business commun- ity.” T. J. Burke, president of the Nor- thern Wholesale Groeery Co., of Be- midji: “Would be a great thing. Plan should be pushed.” Many other indorsements have been given the plan and they will be published in the Pioneer, soon. From present plans it appears that the roads now being used to Lavinia | and the road to the Cochran cottage (the county road) would be used for the boulevard drive, and the new road will be built from Lavinia to the Cochran cottage. MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT Commercial Club Members to m. cuss Matters of Public Interest. . Notices have beep sent out by Secretary Reynolds, of the Bemidji Commercial Club, to the effect that a meeting of that organization will be held in the club rooms tomorrow evening. Many matters of unusual public interest will be discussed, and it is urged that as many members as pos- sible be present at the meeting. At the meeting, the club president, T. J. Burke, will instruct the stand- byterian church tonight at 7:30. ing’ committees as to their duties. o