Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 26, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 D VOLUME 8. NUMBER 356. SO0 MAN PLANS STUMP PULLING CONTEST President Pennington Arranging Contest Where Machines of All Kinds May be Entered. SANDS COMPLIMENTS BEMIDJI Minneapolis Tribune Editorial Crit- icises Methods of State Officials In Red Wing Investigation. (By F. A. Wilson) Minneapolis, April 26.—Whether | the two cent passenger rate is to be | increased in Minnesota, freight schedules boosted, reciprocity wlth‘ Canada brought about, or whether a financial panic impends are subjects which give way so far as Edmund the railroad company is concerned to Pennington, president of the more Plebian, but nevertheless important proposition lassoing stumps from a powerfully construct- of ed machine which pulls them surely as a dentist pulls a tooth. In the splendidly appointed office building of the Soo at Fourth street and as company Second south in this city, President Penning- ton outlined plans for a stump pul- ling contest for prizes. This contest is to take place in some central point in Wisconsin dur- Mr. Peun- ington is taking a personal interest ing the month of June. |er. consin Advancement ‘association and has the reputation of being one of the best public speakers in Wiscon- F. A. Wilson of Bemidji will speak on “The Commission Plan for the State Government of Minnesota.” Mr. Mackenzie goes direct from Du- luth to Bemidji. * x K Two Important changes were made sin. by the recent legislature in the Min- | - nesota game and fish laws and H. A. Rider of the game and fish commis- sion wishes the Pioneer to call the attention of its"readers to them. The first one is that it is now necessary for hunters to take out two licenses: one for small game and one for large game. The big game licenses must be procured three days prior to the opening of the season on November the number of deer to one for each hunt- 7. This same law cuts down The other change in the law re- uires non-residents to take out a icense to fish with hook and line. avenue ( { Tnis law reads as follows: ! Section 1. Every person over the E,ago of 21 years, not a resident of the | state of Minnesota, is prohibited from Soo | fishing with hook and lfne in any| | waters of this state without first hav- | ing secured a license therefor. from | the game and fish commission, from | ] 'a county auditor, or from a local ! game warden. The fee for such li- | conse shall be $1.00. i Section 2. The county auditor }shall, upon application, issue to per- his ! seal, upon blanks to be furnished him sons applying therefor, under { by the game and fish commission, up- | on the payment of the fee of $1.00 a I'license for such fishing which shall | | expire at the close of the fishing sea- BOTH FACTIONS * VERY HOPEFUL gotiations—May Meet at El Paso, IS REGARDED AS BEST PLACE Date and Place of Conference Will Probably be Announced With Name of Commission: El Paso, Tex., April 26.—Interest in | dero’s camp is centered in the hope |that word may come from the Mex- iican government of the appointment | of its commissioners for the confer- | ence at which it seems almost certain | terms of peace in Mexico will be agreed upon. The insurrecto com- ! mander, it s understood, is ready to | announce his appointees as soon as | ithe government representatives are | | named. ‘While members of the Madero fam- ily have not expressed themlelves{ publicly it is generally understood | they regard El Paso as the most con- venient meeting place for the peace commissioners. The meeting place, | however, probably will be announced simultaneously with the names of the commissioners. i Peace negotiations, it is.expected, | will consume at least a fortnight. Confidence in the successful outcome of these negotiations marks the situa- tion both in the insurrecto camp and in Juarez. Even General Navarro, ol} | son of the year in which the license | martial mien and feroclous whiskers, | {is issued. | | received for the issuance of said li- cense shall be retained by the county auditor as his fee, and the balance re- Ten cents of the amount mitted to the state treasurer month- ly, who shall credit the same to' the | game and fish commission fund.to be | used for the purpose of enforcing th in this contest and will enter the; Soo's §7.500 stump puller. The contest will be open "to all steam, horse and hand machines. The prizes will amount to several thous- and .dollars. The contest will - ex- tend over several days. Those who wish to attend this unique demon- stration can send their names to W. R. Mackenzie at Bemidji. Mr. Mac- kenzie is arranging with the Soo of- ficials for an excursion from this state, x KK The Soo building still shelters as Jolly a band of good fellows as ever It seems to be chronic with the Soo to make every- The with a grouch who drifts into the building extended a glad hand. body welcome. man expecting to meet the lordly railroad man ol the time when railroad offi- cials looked upon the public as a necessary evil and individuals as un- necessary nuisances, has a surprise coming to him, * K T. E. Sands, general freight agent of the Soo, had some nice things to say of Bemidji. He was one of the officials who attended the Soo ban-| quet in Bemidji last winter. Tt was his first visit and now, to use his own words, “I am bugs about that town, and am going up there again before the summer is over.” Incidentally, | Mr. Sands took a shot at the pro- posed distance tariff bill offered at the recent session of the legislature by Senator Cashman of Owatonna, and later in the house by Representa- tive Ralph C:aune. Although the bill was defeated -here is a strong feel- ing that it w11l come up again and that unles th. public is well inform- ed on the actual results of such a law that the bill vill pass next time. *It is my belief,” said Mr. Sands, “that such a bill would destroy rail compe wition to the detriment of the state 1 think the excuse for offering such a measure grows out of isolated in- stances of inequitable rates, but these can easily be adjusted and prob- ably will be before the legislature meets again.” * X K W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Northern Development association spent yesterday in Du- luth perfecting arrangements for the coming meeting of the which is to be held in the Zenith City the first of June. Mr. Mac- kenzie announces that W. H. Myhrea, former attorney general of Wiscon- sin, will addres the Duluth conven- tion on how to boom the cut over and other lands of nqrthgrn Minne- gota. He is secretary of the Wis- Minnesota association game and fish laws of Minnesota. Section 3. When a license is is- sued by a deputy game warden, the full amount of the license fee shall be promptly remitted to the state treasurer and credited as above pro- { vided, as shall also all moneys paid to the game and fish commission for licenses so issued by it. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one (1) dollar nor more than five (5) dolars for every fish go taken. | Approved April 19, 1911. | * ® X The MinneapolisTribune, in an edi- | torial, assumes the daring position that the boys at Red Wing have noth- A few days ago twelve inmates escaped but were later captured. The Tribune Section 4. ing else to do but run away. says: “No wonder the boys at Red Wing| There is nothing else tor them to do. The legislature re- :msos them relief, after a full expos- barbaric conditions. The board of control will do nothing for Even the governor fails them. Probably their lives have been made run away. ure of them. | more than ever a hell since the legis- i lature adjourned. | “That would be the natural | venge of men capable of the things sworn to and confessed in the in- | quiry. It makes one shiver to think | what will happen to the poor devils re- | caught and brought back. Let us! | hope the people of the country will help them get away to the open road. 1'I‘har. is a dismal end of the reform !efmrt on which the state has spent S0 much money and pains, but it is | better to become hoboes than to be| i made brutes. % “In all calmness and gravity, the exposures of the legislative investi- gation have made the Red = Wing school for boys impossible under the present mnhagelneut. ‘Whatever the high merits and pure intentions of the superintendent and his assistants, their standardes and ideals unfit them for responsibile authority in a place for the reform of unhardened crimi- nals. “If the dinosaur hide of the sup- erintendentcannotbepricked through with the idea to resign; if the board of control has shameful political obli- is gentle as a lamb nowadays, accord- ing to reports from the Mexican city. Mormons Are Apprehensive. Apparently the only ones disturbed by the present situation in this part of Mexico—so lately the storm center —arg ‘the Mormons_at Colonia Dub- lan. According to advices from Casas randes most of the horses of Ma-; lero’s army were left at that point when the insurrectos advanced on Juarez and in their Search for pasture many Mormon farms have suffered. At least a thousand horses are roam- ing in the vicinity of Casas Grandes, it is declared. A rumor that the insurrectos in- tended to disarm the Dublan and Juarez colonists caused a delegation of Mormons to wait upon the insur- recto mayor of Casas Grandes, who asgured them that there was no prob- ability of such action. If the insurrectos were hard pressed, he said, they might buy arms and am- munition from the colonists. This the Mormons replied would be impos- sible, as they had none to sell. AM public gatherings in the evening have been discontinued in Colonia Dublan and Colonia Juarez. | Mrs. Morse Appeals to Taft. | ‘Washington, April 26.—Mrs. Charles W. Morse, wife of the New York! banker now in the Atlanta peniten! tiary, has made a personal appeal (o President Taft for information as to the status of the petition for her hus. band’s pardon and has been informed that Mr. Taft will make an announce: ment in the case within a few days. gations that prevent it from expell- ing him; if the governor is powerless or afraid, let all the boys run away and close the school till political debts have been paid by salaries drawn for doing nothing and then make a new start from the begin- ning.” ’ Marriage Licenses Issued. Clerk of Court Fred Rhoda has issued the following marriage li- censes during the past week: Harold Wily and Ethel Porter. Clarence Hill and Edna Titus. Irene i Koochiching Couple Married. Last evening in the court house, Otto Aas and Mary Uran, both of Northome, Koochiching county, were ! married by Judge Clark, of the Pro- bate court. Dr. E. H. Marcum left this after- noon for Crookston, where he will attend the medical barquet, which 's to be given there tonight. Mrs E. H. Marcum is enlertain- ing her mother Mrs. W. L. Davies {for a few days. Mrs, - Davies has |spent the winter in Chicago, and is now enroute to her home at Crooks- ton, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WED? {the peace situation at General Ma- | BRUSH FIRES ARE NUMEROUS S Every Precantion 8 uld be Taken In Regard to ‘l'h r Burning, Brush fires in nn‘d about Bemidji { are becoming rather numerous and every precaution should be taken to see that the fires are q‘ut left burning over night. / Chief of Police Harrington issues a warning asking that the people of Bemidji be less carelels in the build- ing of fires when lfigrning up the rubbish in the allies and back yards. The dry weather thus far this season has left the buildings and | other inflammable material in such conditions that should they ecatch fire they would be easily destroyed. Although Bemidji has a first class | fire department, they should be given f every assistance in keping the by fire down to a minimum. MURPHY WAS SHOT TWIGE Two Bullets Were Fired Into Man Killed Near Deer River. reveal that Vince Murphy, the old'time logging 'can. murdered near Wirt, north of Later developments Deer River, was shot twice instead first reported. This leads to the impression that the vic- The widow of the murdered man, who ar- of once, as tim was slain from ambush. rived from Minneapolis, her home, | took the body home with her yester- day. Vincent Wood, held as.a suspect at Grand Rapids, by order of County at the .county seat until Thursday when the inquest will be held by Coroner. Russell. Mrs. Ellen Wood, who lives at the Wood - restaurant at Wirt, has re- turned to Deer River after having traveled to Grand Rapids with Wood and the sheriff Saturday, following the former's arrest. Deputy Sheriff Gunderson, of Itas- ca county, is at Wirt serving sub- poenas upon a number of people whom the county attorney wants in attendance at the inquest Thursday. “PADRE" AT THE MAJESTIC Remarkable Film At Popular Theatre Tonight. At the Majestic tonight will be shown another of those pictures of the early days of California. The picture Is entitled “Padre,” and graphically shows that tender -and religious zeal of the early priest. The picture itself portrays the finding of an infant, by the priest, who adopted and raised the thild to manhood. There is just enough religion, love and pathos portrayed to make the picture intensely interesting from start to finish. The second picture is a vivid por- trayal of the workings of the fire de- partment of New York City. It is very instructive as well as being a picture of thrilling beauty, and is even more interesting than the pic= ture of the police department of New York City as shown here a short time ago. A comedy entitled “A Western Night”” completes the program. “-Thome Buys McTaggart Saloon. ‘Matt Thome, one of Bemidji's_old- est residents, has purchased the George Mc’l‘agg;rt saloon property and will conduct the business at ihat place in the future. Mr. Thome formerly conducted the Merchants Hotel on the corner of Second street and Minensota avenue, the present site of the Rex Hotel. He enjoys & wide acquaintance in the city and among the traveling public ‘which should give asurance of his | Buccess.in this busines venture. AY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1911. SENATOR NELSON 1S ANSWERED H. H. King Takes Issue With State- ment that Farmers Must Should- er Whole Burden. UNDER THE RECIPROCITY PACT Milling Interests Relation to Matter Are Outlined by Member of Shef- field, King Co. That Senator Knute Nelson is not familiar with the milling interests of the state and the relation which they loss | Attorney McQuat, will remain in jail{ bear to the farming jnterests is the opinion of H. H. King, of the Shef- | field, King Milling company, who | takes issue with the senator on some of his arguments against Canadian reciprocity. As answer to an interview where Senator Nelson argues against recip- rocity because of proposed free wheat Mr. King has formulated a rebuttal, In answer to the charge quoted as made by Senator Nelson that “the whole burden of the reciprocity scheme is cast upon the farmer,” Mr. King says: - “If the Canadian wheat is brought in here and milled in such vast quan- tities as Mr. Nelson fears, what would | be the necessity of putting bran and shorts on the free list? As far as Minnesota is concerned, with her im- mense milling capacity, surely her farmers would be able to buy bran and_ shorts cheaper at home than to import from points where freight rates would have to be paid.” . Replying to the charge that “there 18 no reciprocity in it for the Minne- sota farmer,” the miller says: “If the entire surplus of wheat of| the three provinces, Manitoba, Alber- ta and Saskatchewan, is dumped into Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago, as he fears, what is going to become of the great and growing milling indus- tries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, as well as those of France and Germany, which have been built up largely in the past 10 or 15 years, and which must have a great percent- age of American hard wheat. We at one time had this hard wheat flour trade of Great Britian, but we have allowed them to take it away from us, and our government actually makes them lower rates on wheat than on flour, so that they may in- crease their capacity, while our wheels stand idle; in other works, this country fosters export trade for the raw material against the man- ufactured article, as far as milling is concerned.” ’ In answer to the senator’s state- ment that the reciprocity pact will mean inflation of values in Canadian lands to the detriment of American agricultural tracts, Mr. King replies: “No farm land ever became ‘valu- able until the farmer got away large- ly from growing wheat and raised such grains ag could be fed to stock. Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and south~ ern Minnesota are all examples of this.” To the criticism that reciprocity will utterly destroy the Minneapolis barley market and malting prestige, Mr. King responds to as follows: “Maltsters and brewers of Minne- apolis do not appear to view the plac- ing of barley on the free list as detri- mental to their interests, as Mr. Nel- son would have us believe. Why does he favor conserving the brewing in- terests of Minneapolis and not the milling interests? Why should the flour mill not be looked upon with more advantage by the grain growing interests than the brewery?” Three Drunks Arraigned. ‘Three men charged with drunken- ness were arraigned before Judge Pendergast this morning when muni- cipal court convened, Matt Branden- burg, was fined $5 and costs, which he paid; Joe Greyette was let go, and the case of George: Sheeby was suspended on the condition that he would leave the city. MILITIA HAS NEW QUARTERS Company K. Moves to City Fall Armory—Has Been Remode!ed. Considerable interest is being taken by the Bemidji men who are members of the Bemidji Militia com- pany, in the new Armory which has been provided for them by the city council. The city hall has been remodeled, the gallery having been closed in, and two large rooms made from it, while the space just below the gal- lery which was used in case of a crowded house has also been made torn out. This gives the guard four large rooms for their equipment, and a place in which it will not be ruined, as in the old Armory. { While the new arrangements in no way interfere with dances or shows, the room is a little smaller. The members of the guard are to- day moving their guns and equip- ment. GLEAN UP BACK YARDS The City and Health Departments to Help With Work. Clean up the back yards and keep them clean, so says Dr. Ward of the health department. Tt is very neces- sary that this be done in order to keep the city in the best sanitary con- dition, The city street department, under ‘the direction of Street Superintend- yex—n‘tf"’(’f;é‘rtar, 15" doing much_good work in the cleaning up line and with the help of the citizens of this city the streets, alleys and back yards should be kept in first class condition. The city has but one wagon for the work of cleaning up alleys and yards and unles the property ‘owners get busy the city will take hold of this necessary duty of spring house and yard cleaning and charge same to the property owners. Bemidji is known as one of the most healthful spots in the world and many come here to spend the summer among the pines, lakes and rivers for recreation, breathing in that healthful ozone that makes you well and keeps you well. A clean city will help materially in catering to recreation seekers. M. & I. EIGHT HOURS LATE North Bound Passenger Delayed Be- cause of Logging Train Accident. This morning’s north bound "Min- nesota & International railroad pass- enger, which is due in Bemidji at 4:20 o’clock, was delayed 8 hours today, the train not arriving in Be- midji until after 12 o’clock. | The delay was caused by a load of logs falling from a car. The accident occurred near Pequot. BEMIDJI GENSUS BY WARDS ]‘ Washington, D. C. April 26.— (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.) —Bemidji city ward population— thirteenth sensus: First Ward.......... Second Ward. . ...1170 ....1084 Third Ward...... ...1611 Fourth Ward................1234 Total .................56099 Knights of Columbus to Dance. Bemidji’s new lodge, the Knights of Columbus, will hold its first social function mext Friday evening in the City Hall, when a dance will be given. Invitations have been issued, which must be presented at the-door. into rooms, the walls having beenl TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WORK PROGRESSING ON UNION STATION Walls of New Building, With Excep- tion of Front Drive Way, are’ Now Complete. ROOF IS NOW BEING ERECTED Although Considerable Material Has Not Yet Arrived Contractors Be- lieve There Will be No. Delay. Considerable progress has been made in the construction of Bemidji’s Soo-Minnesota & International union station, during the past two weeks. Masons were at work on the brick laying about three weeks ago, but Were hampered more or less by the bad weather conditions, during the first week, but as the last ten days have allowed them to work constant- ly they have accomplished much, and have completed the walls of the new building, with the singlé excep- tion that the front drive way, is not quite completed. According to Mr. fhelps, the rep- | resentative of the Bailey & Marsh contracting firm, who are building the depot, and who has charge of its construction, work during the next few days will be held back somewhat unless certain materials are received. The roof is now under construc- | tion, but cannot be finished until the | expected material arrives. Twenty-five men are working on the building, and the contractors are determined to have thé depot com- pleted by the first of August, as had, been expected. 3 BALL INTEREST IS AROUSED Given Hardware Co., Has Complete Line of Sporting Goods. With the summer season right up- on us much interest is being shown among the men and boys in athletics and sports. Fishing season opens May first and many are making preparations in the completion of their fishing tackle and outfits. Perhaps no other store in north- central Minnesota is better equipped | to supply the needs and wants in the | above mentioned lines than the Given Hardware Store on Minnesota Ave, This store has made special prepar- ation to care for this class of trade and everything in the way of base- ball, fishing and hunting parapher- nalia can be seen on display at this store, for men and boys. Never be- fore has Bemidji seen a more com- plete line and goods of such standard qual‘ty as this store now displays. Speaking with Mr. Given the other day in regard to the present business |outlook he said: “It was mnever brighter. We are ready for every- thing seasonable. We are ready for the baseball season, fishing season, | as well as for the farming season. If you want bats, balls, gloves, caps, in fact anything in the baseball line, |you can buy it here. If you want fish poles, lines, hooks, sinkers, trol- ling spoons, reels, in fact anything in the fishing line, you can buy 'lt here. If you want plows, cultivat- org, harrows, seeders, wagons, bug- gies, in fact anything in the farming line, you can buy it of wus. Our prices are always the lowest and in keeping with the quality of the mer- chandise.” This store has always made it a practice to carry a complete line of hardware, including stoves, cream separators, roofing paper, fencing and building material. A thorough investigation shows that the stock consists entirely of dependable merchandise, every ar- ticle sold guaranteed to be as rep- resented. The steady ‘growth of business is proof of the liability of the concern. ; .