Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 2, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI1 - VOLUME 9. NUMBER 3. FOREST FIRE YARNS CAUSE INDIGNATION ed. The fact is that this timber, mature and in its prime, should be disposed of at once while the mills and mill companies are here to pay a | fair price and in order to insure the full value to the Indian owners, but above all to supply the people of the “Special” Out of Thief River Falls|prairie country to the west with Causes Effort to Be Made to :lumber at reasonable prices.” | Those in a position to know, de- Block Unfair Stories. | jery the assertion that a proper pa- | troling of the forests would not re- {sult in comparative safety. “SMOULDERING VOLCANO” Fw; “These yarns,” said an old logger | in Bemidji today. “cause all sorts of | groundless fears to become aroused in the minds of persons who take them at face value. It doesn’t do 01d Logger Objects to Assertion that Timber Can Not Be Made Safe Iv.he e s i torney and Bemidji Lawyer Who The death of the youdg woman| B&ve Been Launched, Others By Proper Patrols. [ortt sl 16 that nine tice Bat oot Defended Him. {came with but little warning. She | Repaired. ) the stories are not true. No one will 18d not oeen feeling well since” Sat- | object to a statement of fact, but it urday but had been attending to her “STOP IT" PLAN ON FOOT’isn't fair to jeopardize business in-! NEGRO “JOSHES” THE JUDGE | usual duties and her condition was|CLUB PLANS EVENTS iterests and keep away settlers by | writing nonsense.” Commercial Club to Be Requested to' "¢ duestion will be brought to > ! the attention of the Bemidji Commer- Formulate System Whereby EVil | i) ciup at its meeting tonight in May Be Eradicated. | the hope that some plan can be de- ! vised to prevent the publication of unfair articles. “I am in favor of the club passingf a resolution requesting the city pa-| pers to be guarded in what lhey!FlND FLAMES NEAR floME print relative to alleged fires in the North and that all news printed come from reliable sources.”—T. J. Burke, the Bemidji president of | | | i Commer- | Visit to Save House Only By Heroic Effort. cial club. Efforts to stop the publication in| city papers of pernicious “specmls"i from this part of the state which set | ELOPERS forth in lurid language that the for- ' ests of the North are filled with fire, leading the ignorant reader to believ that danger to life and limb ever im- | neer Special Service)—Flames which pends, and the woods are a smoulder- | | Turtle River, May 2.—(Daily Pio- finally destroyed more than seven ing volcano. The question of suppressing this' ¢ords of wood and threatened the libel is brought home with force by destruction of other property, greet- the publication in - yesterday’s: pa- ed the return home of Frank mu-l < i - i | younger than his wife, does not ap-! pers of a news story in Twin City and ‘ mer and wife yesterday afternoon. Duluth papers under a Thief River! The couple léft their house early Falls date line. This special !eadsf Monday morning and did not return off in this fashion: {until in the afternoon, when they ~Again the danger of forest firesjrmmd fire billowing out of their threatens the best timber sections of | woods and leaping dangerously close northern Minnesota. For three; to their home. The building was vears in succession disasterous forest, saved only by the most heroic efforts conflagrations have swept out of ex-|on the part of Mr. Latimer, aided by | istence valuable quantities of timber which the increasing town and farm | population of the Red River Valley| and North Dakota stand in such dire| ueed of for building purposes, Tl\is! spring is so dry that, despite the re-| cent heavy rainfall, all the northern| streams are at low stage. Timber Perils Overdrawn. “The sawmills at Baudette, Spoon- | er, Thief River Falls. Crookston and | Bast Grand Forks are idle because| the logs cannot be moved without a | driving stage of water in the streams. | Today fires are found all over Bel- trami and adjoining counties where forests are to be found, and interest- ed persons fear another season of waste by fire.” Tt is true that the Spooner mill is not in operation because of low water | ! their home here. and to the list may be added th> mill at Crookston while at Rainy River the mill is operated during daylight only. However, experts deny that there is any immediate danger of fires and in the meantime the state forestry system is being reorganized, and, equipped with an abundance of funds, will be expected to keep the forests free from fires of a serious character. Continuing the Thief River corres- pondent says: “About the Red lakes vast| areas of mature white and Norway | are pine estimated to contain three-quar-| ters of a billion of lumber./ feet ! This forest has been injured by fire! in the past and its partial or total ever imminent. As this tract constitutes almost the sole| remaining body of pine timber in| northern Minnesota available for sale; to the farms and towns in the sec-| tions indicated, its injury would ser-‘l iously affect the interests of persons: not directly connected with the lum- ber industries, to say nothing of the| | monetary loss to the Indian owners. ! Takes Rap at Wardens. \ “Were the state and federal gov-! ernment to protect these forests hy‘ scores of wardens it would avail little! or nothing should the fire get start- destruction is | covered for a week. his wife. | The fire is believed to have been started by sparks from a passing lo- The embers, fanned by the wind, soon started a fire which would have been disasterous but for the timely arrival of the Latimers. comotive. The wood pile was entirely con- sumed. i | Wed Secretly in Bemidji. | Miss Ethel Porter and Harold Wi-| ley of Turtle River surprised their| friends by slipping off to Bemidji on | April 20 where they were quietly married. Their secret was not dis- Miss Porter has lived in this village for some time and is popular. Mr. Wiley is mana- ger of the Kelso Lumber company. The newly married pair will make Mrs. George Kieser spent Tuesda” on a shopping trip in Bemidji. | A. C. Johnson, who has been mana- ger of the Kelso Lumber company for the past few years, left Tuesday night for Rose Lake, 1daho, where he has accepted a position as manager for a large lumber company. Mr. Johnson wil be succeeded at Turtle River by Harold Wiley, who has taken charge of the Kelso company this week. | Born on Monday, May 1, to Mr. | and Mrs. Otto Hoffmiester, a girl. | Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Thorpe of | Perlly arrived in Turtle River Mon- | day night for a visit at the home of Mrs. Thorpe’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. ! A. O. Johnson. Mr. Thorpe left the! last of the week for the west where he goes on a business trip, while Mrs. Thorpe will be the guest of her! parents for a fortnight. { The Bass Lake Sunday school, which was organized a short time ago by Rev. Holden, is steadily growing. There are forty-two members enrol- led. Mrs. W. H. Gish is superin- tendent, Mrs. F. E. Craver, assistant superintendent and Esther Craver is secretary and treasurer. The Sun- day school meets at two o’clock each Sunday at the Bass Lake school house, CONVICTED COUPLE STILL GAY IN JAIL Woman Murderer of McCabe Satis- fied So Long as Tobacco Is Giv- en Her. HUSBAND PROVES AN ARTIST { Draws Clever Likeness of County At- i | Wants to Know of Court If He Ever | Heard the Song, “Have a Little | Pity.” B 3 | By Mayne Stanton. Walker, Minn., May 2.—(By tele- ! phone to the Pioneer.)—Charles | { Schmidt and wife who are to be sen- i | i H 1 4 tenced here t for ti | h i | owners who live in Bemidji there are Turtle River Couple Return Froi ( ed here tomorrow for the murder| The funeral will be held tomorrow § of Deputy Sheriff Harry McCabe last January, apparently spent another | pleasant night in the jail here for both were in their usual light heart- i ed mood today. WED IN BEMIDJ| The Woman spends most of her | ston,a sister of the dedd girl, is here| The Bemidji Boat club, conslsting ‘lime smoking a pipe and she is not | content with ordinary tobacco. i “That stuff ain’t strong enough,” | she often tells her keepers when a | mild tobacco is offered her. She de- {mands the strongest grade obtain- | able, and the fumes from her pipe | i continually fill the jail. | | pear to blame the woman for his downfall. He spends his { moments in making pencil sketches {and has turned out clever pictures ioi’ County Attorney Funck and }Charles Scrutchin, the Bemidji at- | torney, who defended him. The couple will be taken to the| i court room tomorrow morning to re-| ceive their sentences. This afternoon John Wells, a col- ored man arrested in Walker, on the charge of having sold liquor to an Indian is on trial. This morning as Judge Stanton was passing through the county jail, | Wells caught sight of him from his cell and called out: “Hi, there, judge, did you ever hear that song, ‘Have a Little Pity!"" The judge said he hadn’t and inti- mated that he didn’t want to. Togo to Attend Coronation. Tokio, May 2.—A notable delegation from Japan will visit England as the representatives of the emperor at the coronatlon of George V. Prince and | Princess Higash! Fushuni are the most prominent. But the most inter- esting personality to Englishmen wiil be Admiral Count Togo, the hero of Japan and the victor of the battle of the Sea of Japan. Count Togo has Tetired from active service in the navy but he remains the most noted figure in Japan. “BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY, 2, 1911, ~=Schmidt, who although ten years| leisure | GIRL DROPS DEAD HERE|(50 MOTOR BOATS T0 CHURNLAKE BEMIDJI High Water and Staked Course | Makes Possible Series of Record FOUNS COLD BY RELATIVES| Bresking Rases; Miss Amands Redi, 19 Years 014, Passes Suddenly Away at Be- | 1 Thitss Amanda Rad, 19! years old,ion NEW BOAT COSTS $4,000 00 daughter of Carl -Radi, dropped dead | yesterday in the Radi home near the | | Others; Modern and Up-to-date Craft, Bemidji Lumber company’s mill. ¥ | The first intimation that there was anything alarming came when a rela- | Officers to Soon Be Elected and !'et-‘ | = | tive found her body. She had fallen | | and was unabie to arise. i Decided Up_)n River Channel Free. | not considered serious. | | | _ The body was cald when picked up | | and a physician hurriedly tiummoned. i | An examination showed that the| "ymmg woman's heart had long been! affected and that death resulted from a lesion of that organ. Miss Radi { had been troubled.for-some, time with | rheumatism. B With a fleet of more than 160 motor boats, Lake Bemidji will be a scene of unusual activity this coming jsummer. In addition to the boat j:n. 1 p. m. from the residence and | services likely also will be held-in | the” German Lutheran church. In- terment will be made at Greenwood. Mrs. August Wentzell of Crook- many who spend the season here, and who own some of the finest launches made. A dozen new speed boats have been put in the lake this spring. to attend the funeral. Miss Radi|Of nearly fifty members, is soon to | formerly lived in Crookston. | 1 elect new officers and complete plans i ¥ : for feature events. FOUNDRY MAY LOCATE HERE| Present officers of the club are: ; commodore, D. D. Miller, secretary, Commercial Club to Tearn of Pro-|V. L. Ellis, and treasurer, M. E posed Enterprise Tonight. S et c‘m_é bers last year and.it ia expected that mercial club tonight, Secrefary Rey- | [HiS numbernow will be doubled. Last year the club dredged the' | from a Minneapolis firm which pro-| Mississippi at the outlet near the Dposes to establish a machine shop nnd{ lake. This work will | foundry in Bemidji. If the concern | is given certain assurances it is be-| jlieved that the new enterprise will be started here in the near future. | nolds will present a communication enable the largest of launches to make the run down to the dam this year as the water level is far above that ef last | Smith. There were forty-five mem- |: Chairman W. A. Gould of the com- | mittee having in charge the work of | making an estimate as to the cost|the club staked out a race course, | | of completing the lake driveway will report. Only about two miles of { road will have to be constructed to complete the boulevard. Applications for new members will be voted on at tonight’s meeting and other business transacted. Dr. Hyde's Trial Postponed. Kansas City, May 2—Dr. B. C. Hyde, under indictment on the charge |of murdering Colonel Thomas H. Swope, appeared in the criminal court | here to be arraigned for his second trial, but on account of the illness of Virgil Conkling, the county prosecutor, the case was postponed until May 16. Majority Gains Demands. | Bt Paul, May 2.—A partial strike of the carpenters in 8t. Paul has been declared. Members of the - union, whose employers refused to agree to the increased rate of pay of 50 centa an hour, declined to go to work. Not | benters are affected. more than 300 of the 1,500 union eor- | that will be seen on Lake Bemidji. spring. Before the ice went out this spring‘; the distance being measured exact, which will give owners the satisfac- tion of knowing just how fast their boats will run. Secretary Ellis is of the opinion that the club will hold a series of races over this newly layed out| course, and that it will attract the! attention of boat owners all over the country. | Among the better boats are those owned by John Kelsey, “The Bel- trami,” a new $4,000 boat he has built this winter, when completed will be the very finest of its kind in| northern Minnesota. The “Indian | Girl” is another Kelsey boat. The| | Storm King, the Yankee Doodle and| launches. owned by A. P. Chandler, A. A. Warfield, Harry Masten, F. S. Lycan, M. S. Gillette and Gill Broth- ers are among the high class boats | | Other motor boat owners who are WINNESOTA HISTORICAL C0X T0 BE Minnesots Boy Who Omoe Refused Newly Created Position, Yields to Seoond Call WEDGE GETS NEWS HERE William T. Cox, educated in Minn- eaota and at present second only to the chief forester in the federal ser- vice and in direct line for that posi- tion, has, after once declining the place, decided to accept the position of chief forester for Minnesota, a position created by the recent legis- lature. The salary, $4,000 a year, is the highest paid for a similar posi- tion in any state or by the govern- ment. Mr. Cox d in St. Paul today to accept. President Soott of Duluth, present at today’s meeting in St. Paul at once called upemn Clarence G. Wedge, Bemidji member of the board. At the same time he said that a meet- ing of all members of the board would be held in St. Paul shortly. Mr. Wedge will attend. At this time definite plans for prompt protection of the forests will be made. Mr. Wedge was well pleased with Mr. Cox’s decision, believing him to be well qualified. Mr. Cox graduated from the Glen- wood, Minn., high school and later taught at Lowry, Minn., before tak- ing up the study of forestry. He is a personal friend of General An- drews, former forestry commissioner. Floyd Brown D. D. Miller H. E. Reynolds C. W. Warfield F. B. Lycan E. A. Schneider E. A. Barker E. H. Ives Thos. Hughes A. R. Erickson Chas. Kneplke Hal F. Huffman H. A. Scharf L. E. Frost P. J. Russell W. L. Brooks Chas. Collins: M. E. Smith L. G. Crothers B. E. Stafford C. W. Bunker M. S, Gillette Thorson Thompson J. L. Geore A. L. Gordon V. L. Ellis D. R. Burgess Mathews & Mathews J. W. Boein C. M. Bacon B. W. Lakin Andrew Larson M. S. Titus E. M. Moore F. W. Rhoda C. C. Cowran W. J. Markham A. H. Tramp A. O. Aubolee A. P. Chandler Among the new boat owners this year are: W. A. Gray, O. N. Steen- strup, Mayne Stanton, Ed Stevens, €. Williams and Lee LaBaw. MASONS TO WORK AND EAT First Degree Services to Be Followed By Elaborate Banquet. The local lodge of Masons, A. F. and A. M., have planned a special program for Wednesday evening, May 3, at the Masonic hall, for its members. Work in the first degree will be -|{ conferred upon four candidates, after Which an elaborate banguet will be Served. - The eveniug’s program will be brought to a close with a smoker. Special efforts are cemg made to of this lodge as well as other i FORESTER|VOTERS T0 DECIDE at a meeting of aix members of the forestry board| QUESTIONOF PAVING Special Election Ordered to Consider Bond Issue of $20,000 Needed to Do Work. FAVORED STREETS ARE CHOSEN Total Cost Estimated By Engineer at $39,333, But This May Be Re. duced $4,000.00. DAY OF BALLOTS UNDECIDED i Prompt Action Being Taken and May 29, Earliest Poasible Date, May Be Chosen. At a special election to be held as soon as legally possible, Bemidji voters will decide as to whether the city shall issue $20,000 in bonds to pay for paving the business streets, At its meeting last night the coun- jcil unanimously adopted a resolu- tion authorizing such an election. | Clerk Stein today took the first steps toward setting the day on which the i vote is to be taken. The resolution is to be signed by Acting Mayor Johneon. It must then be published once in the Daily Pioneer, the offi- cial paper. Next the notice of elec- tion will be issued and the election 1tself can be held twenty days after that date. The Streets to Be Paved. 2 The exact date of the clection will - be mamed by City Attorney. Russell. About the earliest possible date would be Monday, May 29. { The streets to be paved, should the |bond issue be authorized by the | voters, are as follows: l Minnesota avenue, from First to | Fifth street. | Beltrami avenue, First to Fifth. | Second street, Minnesota to Be- midji. | Fourth street, Minnesota to Be- | midji. | City Engineer William Everett figures that the total cost for this | paving—the paving to be cement, | the same as put down on Third street ‘ last year—will amount to $39,533. | How $4,000 Can Be Saved. | He called the council’s attention | to the fact that this amount could |'be reduced $4,000, by using a mix- | ture tested on a small part of Third | street and which stands the test well. With the proposed $20,000 bond | issue, together with other available | funds, the council decided that all | the paving could be put down this fyc:lr. The proposed bond issue would ex- | tend until July 1, 1935, $1,000 fall- }lng due on the first of each July be- | ginning with 1916. A resolution was adopted compel- ling all property owners the | streets to be paved to put in sewer | connections. | Northern Asks Good Road Aid. The municipal court report showea receipts for the week ending April 29, to be $21. | Ole Anderson was granted a lipuor license transfer from the Lake Shore hotel to the building near the Soo | depot at the foot-of Beltrami avenue. A communication from the town clerk of Northern asking that Be- midji co-operate. in road construc- tion was referred to the committee on roads, with the understanding that prompt action would be taken. Alderman Tom Smart thought all fire hydrants should be painted red and a motion made by him to that effect was carried. on Insane Soldier Jumps From Train. Ogden, Utah, May 2.—While tem- porarily insane, James H. Robbins, a Sergeant of the United States army, en his way from Fort Ethan Allen, Vi, to the Philippine islands, jumped the window of a Union Pacific thirty-five