Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 25, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 D » umrfiistififl-‘ H\STONGAL SOGIETY. VOLEUME 8. NUMBER 355. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1911 GOVERNOR PLEASED | WITH NEW MEASURES | Chief Executive Feels That Laws Ef-| fecting Northern Minnesota Set- | tlers Are Good Ones. HOUK MAY VISIT BEMIDJI complete tour of the state, begin-! ning in the cities of the North as hei believed that because of their rapid | growth there are many matlers] which should receive his personal | attention. One of the first things, which he purposes to put up to the smaller cities is the question of giv-! ing direct assistance in the opera- | tion of the free employment bureaus. | He hopes to arrange with the Com-} mercial clubs to assist in this work. | Inspector Pippy, who visited Be- | midji last fall, and whose home is at | Brainerd says he will continue to| keep an eye on the Brainerd-Be-| EMMA LOE SKAUG CONGERT THURSDAY | Well Known Minneapolis Soprano to Give Musical in Bemidji for Benefit of Junior Class. ASSISTED BY HOME TALENT | Efforts Being Made to Induce Former | midji territory, but owing to the Has Toured Northwest and Norway | Minnesota Boy to Accept Newly Created Forester Job. (By F. A. Wilson) St. Paul, April 25.—In order that he might conveyr a-special mes age to the readers of the vaily Pioneer, Gov. Eberhart yesterday halted the steady stream of visitors which o daily to the executive office and talked freely and at length. Little, it any, personal influence can be credited for the distinction which the governor saw fit to The show the Pio- neer chief executive merely saw an opportunity to say a few close words to the people of that part of his state which came from the Baudette and Spooner ruins bound by ties of everlasting grati- tude to the chief who made heroic rifices in an hour of supreme need. ell your readers for me,” said the governor, who is a picture of health despite the long strain which the legislat imposed upon him, “that while the lawmakers who have now returned to their homes may not have accomplished all the good that was expected of them that I feel that the most important things which they did do will benefit most the residents of the North, and that ester goes on, work of protecting lh(-‘,*_, > pleases me much. “Improved conditions for rural schools, a rance of good roads and a modern forestry v em are the three most important thin, , to my notion, that the legislatu provided for and, happil the rth, above all other sections of the common- wealth, will participate in full meas- ure in those improvements.” The governor's enthusiasm in- | creased as he spoke and before he had finished he was on his feet em- phasizing with characteristic ges- tures each point brought out. He cautioned the people against indif- ference now that the law is a weapon | for the protection and improve- ment, expressing the fear that unless the North continued as wide awake as she has been in obtaining helpful legislation that complete benefits would not be derived. “We must now impove the oppor- tunities said. presented.” he “we owe it 1o ourselves, to posterity and to the men who have fought so de- votedly and persistently and with so much self sacrifice.” Here the governor was silent for and then burst out wiith: R, 1 ate's greatest a moment “That man MacKenzie—W. of the mean—is one boosters. 1 not only like him very much personally but | want to give him full credit for the work he has Nor He 1 Minnesota this He done for winter. deserves it is a zood man. I have notice me you that I app ate good work you have done.” This brought the conversation da s close to the question of reapportionment but it took another turn before the chief executive had made any comment. “1 plan on going to Itasca Park in June,” concluded the attend the editorial association meet- ing and may stop in Bemidji at that time." *x KK visit Bemidji as soon as the necessary | for service, whose duty it shall be to| manher and upon like notice as is| expenses shall be allowed to the their connection with the governmont} He | select from swamp, stump or cut-over required by law, and like certificate had expected to make the trip some lands belonging to the state of Min- | or certificates shall be issued and de- arrangements can be completed. limited appropriation for traveling expenses, his work will be done un-| der somewhat of a handicap. * K K Renewed and vigorous efforts are induce William T. Cox, a former Minnesota boy who i being made to now in Washington in the employ of the federal forestry service, to accept the newly created position of chief forester for Minnesota at a salary of L0600, he So deter- considerably more than is at present receiving. mined is the state forestery board that Mr. Cox accept that it has sent a special delegation to Washington ' to attempt to personally persuade him to take up the work here. I have just received a letter from Mr. Cox, | whom I know very well,” raid General Andrews, secretary of the forestry board, “in which he says positively that he cannot accept, but I would be much pleased to learn| that he has changed his mind. “He is a Minnesota boy and just| the kind ol a man we need,” said He is a graduate | of the Glennwood high school and General Andrews. later taught at Lowry. He is a fine | | cut, manly fellow. He is 6 feet in heighth, light hair, blue eyes and of a genial temperment.’ While the search for a chief for-! forests is practically at a standstill. General Afidrews is looking after the forests in a way, but he has largely been shorn of his power and not un- til the new forester has arrived and formulated his plans will the bene- fits of the new law become manifest. “I am mnot in a position to say much about the work,” said General Andrews, “You see I now am merely board Last; rangers. the servent of the forestry which is made up of nine men. vear we had twenty-six’ How many we will have this year 1 do not know, but as the appmpria-i tion has been increased from $21,- 000 to $75,000 a year it is easy to| see that much improvement can be Generally speaking, I thinik the new law is a good one.” made. General Andrews, has his assistants busy getting out 10,300 letters con- taining money enclosures for persons who fought fires last year without| full pay This money was made available by | receiving for their work| the recent legislature which appro- priated $94,000 this This amount, however, is not suffi-| for purpose. cient to pay all claims in full for the| total amount due is $107,000. The| $94,000 will be apportioned out pro| rata as soon as the clerical force can | get the letters in the mail. In Bel-| trami alone there are 2,100 persousf who will receive part of this money. * x % interesting series of An experi- | Eberhart has appointed a “reclame. tion board,” with W. R. Mackenzie of Bemidji as chairman. The other members are W. J. Brown of Warren and A. J. McGuire, superintendent of | the Northeast Experiment station at Grand Rapids. The law under which | lows: { “The Governor is hereby author»; ized, empowered and instructed to| and Is Recognized as One of the Twin Cities Leading Singers. On next Thursday evening, the] Junior class of the Bemidji high | school will give a concert, with Mrs. | Emma Loe Skaug, the well known Minneapolis soprano, as soloist. Mrs. Skaug has toured the west | and Norway as the soloist for the Luther College band and the Dovre | Singing Society, of Minneapolis, re- spectively. | There is, perhaps, no better known | woman soloist in the Twin Cities | than Mrs | the Bemidji high school are indeed to | Skaug, and the Juniors of be gratulated upon the securing of | her services. She will be assisted in the concert by Bemidji's best musical talent, comprising the following: Mrs. C.| R. Sanborn, violinist; Miss Maude | | McCawley, pianist; Miss Frederica‘ Graling, elocutionist and Andrew Rood, who is well known to Bemidjij | lovers of music as a soloist. j The program for the entertain-| ment will be as follows: | 1. The Celebrated Witches’ Dance .. Paganini Miss Maude McCawley . A Song of Thanksgiving...... ) SO (. Frances Allitson | Mrs. Emma Loe Skaug { 3. Tth Concerto .. | Mrs. C. R. Sanborn | 4. (a) Rechte Zeit..Ethelbert Nevin (b) Solveigs Sang...Edw. Grieg‘ (¢) Oh Fair,Oh Sweet and Holy | ...................... Cantor | Mrs. Skaug 5. Torreadore— (from Opera Car- | men)—. . . Rasier | Mr. Andrew Rood | 3. O, Dry Those Tears.......... i s e et wowm Teresa Del Riegov Mrs. Skaug Mrs. C. R. Sanborn, violin. Mrs. Harry Masten, piono. 7. Ma'moiselle. . Florence L. Guertin| Miss Frederica Graling 8. Calm as the Night...... Mrs. Skaug | Mr. Rood ; 9. Ora Pro Nobis....... Piccolomini Mrs. Skaug | Mrs. Harry Masten and Mrs. E. H. : men were kept busy trimming the| Winter will be the accompanists | both in Bemidji| music circles. | — are well known thereupon forthwith proceed to cause | the said selections of state land to| be appraised in the manner provided | from ¢, Paul, where he attended the ! by law. After such appraisal the| said board shall cause one-half of| each tract so selected to be cleared of | trees, brush or stumps or otherwise | mproved and prepared for cultiva-; tion as shall be 'deemed advisable by | such board, and for such purpose the | ought also to say that meats which may mean much for the said board is authorized and empow- the activity of the development of northern Minensotn‘ered to enter into such contracts or Pioneer and 1 insist that in quoting are provided for in the new law un-‘agreemeu[s as are necessary in car- the der the provisions of which Governor | r; ing into effect the provisions of this act. “Immediately after the and preparation of each such tract clearing tle said board shall make detz eport thereof and of the cost of | clearing and improving same, show-| ing the nature and extent of such! governor, “to| this board is created reads as fol- improvement, and shall file such re- port in the office of the state auditor. It shall thereupon be the duty of the state auditor as early as may be, to | appoint a reclamation board of three | make special public sale of such tract ' Labor Commissioner Houk will| members to serve without payment or tracts so reported upon in the time this month but the failure of | nesota ten separate forty-acre 80V- | livered as in other cases of sale of the legislature to provide as large a contingent fund as expected has, to a certain extent, upset his plans. | Mr. Houk, who succeeded William | E. McEwen of Duluth, as commission-\s\lch board shall be certified to the er says it is his intention to make a B ernment subdivisions thereof to be | appraised, improved and sold as here- | inafter provided. “Such selection when K made by \stnte auditor and such auditor shnll' state lands of like character. “No such tract of land shall s0ld for less than its appraised value, | ated for the purposes of this act out = Comely Damsel—I presume you mean|immediatelv to Juarez to participate ascertained as herein provided, plus|of any moneys in the state treasury | not otherwise appropriated. | “Approved April 20, 1911 the cost of the improvement of such tract as certified by such board. The Uncle Taft (on Filibuster: “I "t Uncle Taft: Mexican frontier): do!” “Who goes there?” “Guess you can't!” ¥ Filibuster: “Well, who are you, anyhow?” Uncle Ta t: “That's my business. All this hemisphere is my busine PAQUIN LOSES GEDAR POSTS. | Turtle River Man Has Fire Loss— | Other Locals. Last week, while burning the brush on a clearing, S. A. Paquin had 250 cedar Mr. Paquin had 600 cedar posts, pealed, on the edge of the misfortune to lose posts by fire. the clearing, but he succeeded in saving all but 250. Mrs. J. P. Irish left Saturday for Wilton, where she will visit at the {home of her daughter, Mrs. West, | for a fortnight. She was accompan- ied by Mrs. Harris of*i'razee, who-is .4DeBeriot1 also a daughter of Mrs. Irish, and| who is visiting her parents here. Mrs Craver spent Sunday in Be- midji with her daughter Esther. i Charles Phelps, who has resided| near Bass Lake for the past few| | years moved his family to Bemidji this week, where they will make their future home. . | Matt Nolan, while making fence! | his | last Thursday, accidently cut knee with the axe he was weilding. The wound is a painful renders Mr. Nolan unable to walk. This is the third time Mr. Nolan has injured his knee. F. J. Dunwoody closed a success- ful eight month term of school in the Bass Lake district on Friday. A bonnet social was held Friday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Johnson. one The gentle- bonnets the women brought and all had a good time. A party of young people from Bemidji attended the social, including Misses Anna Mills and Estella Gracie and Ralph Gracie. Clarence Skrivseth has returned agricultural school this winter. terms of such sale, rate of interest on the purchase price, and other details | of such sale or the disposition of the proceeds shall be as is provided by | |law in case of sale of other state lands of like character, and the pro- ceeds of such sale and the interest thereon as the same is paid, shall go to and be credited respectively to the fund or funds to which the pur- chase price of such lands or to which | the interest thereon would be credit- €d under existing law if su:h sale were made without such ment. improve- “Payment “for the clearing or im- provement of said lands and of all other costs and expenses incurred in carrying this act into effect shall be made upon clamation Board filed with the state auditor. Actual traveling and other ,members of said board in perform- ance of their duties hereunder. “The sum of eight thousand dol- and ! certificate of such Re-| | i —Raven-Hill in Punch. | | Mayor Parker Visits Coast. Mayor John Parker left this after- noon for the coast where he will spend the next three or four weeks. Mr. Parker will visit Seattle, Port- land and other cities of noteon the | coast. Before leaving, the mayor said that he had left all his city | business in the hands of Alderman at | Large Johnson, who will look after them in his absence. Fire Destroys Sneer Barn. Fire at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon completely destroyed the barn of Mr. | Sneer, corner of Mississippi avenue |and Tenth street. The firemen were at the scene of the fire record breaking time, but as they had been called late could do noting with the flames. in ADA CASETO SUPREME COURT Conflict Between Charter and State Law to Be Settled. At the recent Ada election 265 votes were cast and of these license polled 131 and no license 123. Both the “wets” and the “drys" claim the | vietory. Ada is working under a home rule | eharter, which provides that whea | the question of granting saloon li- |the votes cast upon that particular | question is sufficient. | The state law provides that a ma- | Jority of all the votes cast at the elec- tion are necessary for the proposi- (tion to carry. An injunction | served upon the city council restrain- ing it from issuing any licefise. | The motion was heard before Judge | Watts of Crookston who denied the was | injunction. | The state filed a complaint in in- tervention and it is now practically a state case, as the assistant attorney general, who was at the hearing be- fore Judge Watts, has filed a notice | of appeal to the supreme court. | TEN MINERS REPORTED DEAD | Fatal Explosion Occurs in Mine at | Elk Garden, Va. Elk Garden, W. Va., April 25.—Ten wminers are reported to have been killed in a gas or dust explosion in Ott mine No. 20 of the Davis Coal and Coke company about a mile from this place. . Last Ballinger Man Out. Washington, April 26—With the resignation of Edward O. Finney as chief law officer of the reclamation service, to take' effect May 1, prac- tically all the officials of the interior department whose names figured | prominently during the Ballinger-Pin- | chot Investigation now have severed service. | = Trimming Him Down a Little. Elderly Swell—What has become of l1ars ($8,000) or so much thereof asi _the—aw—the other pretty manicure be | may be necessary is hereby appropri- | lady T used ‘to see at this hotel?| my mother. &he's looking after a busband and a houseful of children | 'What can I do for you, sir?—Chicago Tribune. = censes is voted upon a majority nf, 'WOMANS CLUBTOENTERTAIN, Bemidji to Have District Conventian? of State Federation. | | SRR | At a meeting held yesterday of the | Bemidji Womans Club, it was decided | that the district convention of the Womans Clubs should be held in this city. 1t was also decided that all ar- rangements and the appointing of | committees should be left over until | the next meeting, as the club presi- dent, Mrs. Whitting, was not present | yesterday. May 23 and 24 have been the days:' selected for the convention. i | I | State Federation of ! | Gt SIMPSON CONSIDERS BILL | Attorney General Will Give Opinion | Soon on “7 Senator Measure.” { Attorney General George T. Simp- | | son said today that he had not come| | to a conclusion as to the situation of the “seven senator” bill, submitting| an amendment to the state constitu- ; tion, which was returned by Go\'em-l tor A. O. Bberhart to Secretary of State Julius A. Schmahl, unsigned. | | Mr. Simpson said there was mno| hurry about ‘an opinion and he would | take several days to make up his {mind. The only question in his {mind, he said, was whether the ad- | dition to the bill of provisions re- garding the submitting of the ques- :tion to a vote of the people would | | make the governor's approval nec-| He is still of the opinion, as before, that a constitutional amend-| | ment, considered alone. does not re- | |quire executive approval. Mr.} | Simpson said the additional matter | in the bill, being merely a repetition | | essary. {of the existing law on the subject, | | might be considered immaterial, bm; {he was not certain. | Secretary of State Schmahl said| itoday that the amendment would be}' { placed by him on the official ballot in the fall of 1912, unles he should | be retained by a court from doing so. | | As it is a long time before the 1912 Eelection, no action in court is likely | |in the immediate future. Hornet. Henry Beckwith and his son, | ‘Ralph, ‘who have bgen cutting cedari |on their claim have returned to! | their home in Summit. | A girl arrived at the home of Mr. | {and Mrs. C. W. Palmer on Saturday. Madero Sends for Gomez. ‘Washington, April 28.—Dr. Vasquez | Gomez, head of ‘the confidential Iuoncy of the Mexicen revolutionists | “here, has received a request from Gen- eral Francisco I. Madero, Jr., to come |in _the peace parleys there. Dr | Gomez will start in two or three days He has some important work to com COUNCIL REGEIVES - PAVING PETITIONS Property. Owners of Minnesota and Beltrami Avenues Ask Aldermen to Pave as Soon as Possible. $100 APPROPRIATION FOR G. A. R. Bemidji May Secure $10,000 Armory —Committee Appointed to In- vestigate Measure. | Several petitions were read to the iw-ity council last evening from the | property owners of Minnesota and | Beltrami avenues, asking that paving | be done as soon as possible. The petitions in effect have Minnesota paved from Fifth street to the Great Norther and that Beltrami be were to depot, paved from Fifth street to the new Soo-Minne- sota & International railroad unioa | station. The mayor and the president of the council were instructed to interview the signers of the petitions and as- certain just what amount they were willing to pay towards the paving, s0 as to save the assessing. The request of the G. A. R. made at the last meeting of the council to donate something toward the Me- morial Day program was granted at the meeting last evening, the alder- men voting that §$100 should be given the old soldiers. The members of the G. A. R. are making plans for a splendid program and have secured the services of an outside speaker for the occasion. A committee comprising the city attorney, mayor and president of the council were instructed to look into the matter of securing ome of the state appropriations for a new mili- tia armory. The recent legislature voted that $10,000 should be appropriated to ny city in which there is a militia company, if that city would give a site and $1000. Every member of the council was of the opinion that if a $10,000 building could be erected in Bemidji it ‘should be done, and the matter { will be thoroughly looked into. The report of the municipal court as having turned $43 over to the city treasurer was accepted. M. H. Hazen was granted a liquor license transfer from Andy McNabb, and his bonds with John Graham ‘and J. J. Doran as sureties was ac- cepted. There were five bids read to the council for the city sprinkling, and the lowest bid, that of A. H. Wright, was accepted. Mr. Wright was au- thorized to start sprinkling today. John Goodman and Nels Loitved entered bids for the building of ce- ment walks and crossings, and as the bid of Goodman was the lowest it was accepted. Nothing was done with the resolu- tion and ordinances, relating to the saloons of Bemidji, which were laid on the table several weeks ago. 'ANDERSON CASE POSTPONED Man Found Operating Blind Pig Will Not be Tried Until Next Tuesday. John Anderson, who was arrested last Saturday night, in East Bemidji, for operating a “blind pig” will not be arraigned in court until Tuesday, as the case which was sup- posed to come up today was post- poned until that time. Chief of Police Harrington and Mayor Parker made the raid on the < place of Anderson, and as had been supposed, they found that a small sized saloon was in operation. Anderson was placed under arrest next Plete before leaving, and the liguor was seized.