Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 9, 1911, Page 1

— MINNESOTA HISTORICAL | VOLUME 9. NUMBER 9. SAYSCITY'S HEALTH NEEDLESSLY INPERIL Tom Johnson Tells Council, Engineer Errs and That Septic Tank Can Be Completed. DECLARES CRACKS HARMLESS ' | Charges Everett With “Non-Know- ledge.” “Therefore omitting the four feet that are doubtful as to strength, the balance of the work will without a doubt be an improvement alue. Demands That Repairs Be Made lt[ Public Expense Before Structure i | Is Completed. | EVERETT STANDS BY REPORT | Still of Opinion That Repairs Cnni Not Be Made and That Cement | Is Poor. | { i With visions of a typhoid epidemic | in Bemidji dangling before their eyes§ members of the city council® at its| regular meeting last evening, failed | to accept the report of City Engi- neer Everett presented a week ago| in which he condemned the much de- | layed septic tank. The council m-" dicated that it favored taking im- | mediate steps toward having thei tank completed so as to fulfill its! mission of purifying the city's sew- erage. Tom Johnson, who has the con- tract for constructing the tank, pre- | sented a reply to thei city engineer's assertion that the! tank was so badly damaged that it could not be repaired. typewritten According to Mr. Johnson the tank can, and will, be repaired and completed as soon aa‘ repaired aiid completed as scon as| the council gives him the authority to go ahead with the work. Tank Involves $2,000 and Health. Up to the present time the tankg involves an expense of more than | $2,200. 1f the structure were to be | condemned, it would mean a dead loss of that amount, either to the city or Mr. Johnson, and at the same time | would leave the sanitary condition | of the city alarming. | “Something must be done done, and warned Alderman | quickly,” | Brown at the meeting last night.. | | Tom Johnson's Defense. Mr. Johnson's communication to | council in full follows: “In answer to the City Engineer's report on the septic tank May 1, 1911, 1 will hereby state my opinion as to the actual condition of the tank in a general way, which con- dition will be found by anyone ex- ¢mining same. “That the City finding a hole in the southwest cor- ner of the tapk and a crack in the| southeast corner of the tank is true. Engineer reports Said hole 1 noticed at the construc- | tion of the tank, but as 1 pulled| away the casting at the time for clos- | iag down the work I left same ‘here | te be repaired in the spring or when work was started. The crack at the southeast corner is not in the main-body of the tank. It! has no material ordered bearing as to the durability and strength of the tank. It could be made to adhere to the tank with a rich concrete and as same will be finished up both on the outside and inside with a plaster coat of cement, it will be made just, as rigid and tight as though no| breaks were there. Also when rein- | forcement slab comes on it will bind the whole thing to the main tank| and make a perfect job of same. | Work Done Is Not Worthless. : “In regard to the Engineer's report‘\ stating that the work done is worth- | less and of no consequence, I will% have to say that his statement is un- | founded for the following reasons: | That he has not had a proper chance| The | tank is now full of water to two audi one-half feet Lelow the top, and at| the time the tank was made the water was four feet below the top, and the tank filled up every night, leaving the concrete in a good condi- tion or preventing it from freezing. to examine the whole work. | concrete had been the best. | chairman and it is understood that a | not properly put up, and 1 do not see | | brook team. | ranging for a game with Trail City Said concrete, when we pulled away the castings or forms was found to be in the best condition. The con- crete four feet from the top and down | froze after a certain length of time, 'and right where the ice gathered or froze up, 1 find the concrete to be flawy and not as it should be, but | can, when the tank is pumped out, lhe examined closer and said flaws repaired and made practically as | good as though the conditions of the Therefore 1 again say that the Engineer's statement was based on non-knowledge. “After the contract was let to me, [ proceeded at once with the work, ! but was stopped by the City Officials; first for not having the proper site located; second for a certain patent right question, was let. Same throwing my work in an unfavorable season when it was. more expensive to do and unfavor- able to the strength and quality of the work. Makes Formal Demand On City. “No therefore, I demand that the City order this work to be completed, and that the part of the work that shall be found weak or injured from ! the frost shall be fixed up and re- paired before the slab is casted in | | and said repairs shall be stood and|{May 21 on Northern ! paid for by the City, for the follow- | Brainerd, a distance of 130 miles. ! ing reason: and of | Wholesalers, Bankers, Photoraphers, which delayed me | about three weeks after my contract MINNEAPOLIS MEN TO INSPECT BEMIDJI Come on Special Train May 22 to Greet Citizens and See What Town Looks Like. -D0 NOT SEEK ENTERTAINMENT Commercial Club, However, to Ex- tend “Glad Hand” to Visitors Who: Remain all Night. 1 PROMINENT PERSONS IN PARTY | Newspaper Men and Others In Trade Exploring Trip. On the evening of May 22 Bemidji ‘will pass in review before prominent‘ citizens of Minneapolis who come on a special train to take a peep at nor- | thern Minnesota, visiting more than 100 towns between Winnipeg and St. Cloud. 58 “BY GOSH, 'M AFERD The Places to be Visited. Here is the itenerary of the visit-| ors for towns in the Bemidji district: ;|VERSON HERE FPR SALE ‘ : i Leave Minneapolis 8:30 p. m., Pacific for “That according to my contract with the city and specifications of the‘} work, it demanded immediate start| and completion of the work: There-| fore I had no alternative, until things| became impossible and I asked-youv Engineer for a discontinuance of the | |work which he granted. The ex-|11:40 a. m..Littlefork.12:00 p. m, penses in repairing the tank to the proper strength the same as though‘ | the work had been of the best, should | not exceed $50.00. I Important Work Yet to be Done. | “The part of the work embraced in ! the tauk construction which is and! must be of the full strength, is the | slab yet to be casted over the entire tank. Said work is to be done, and will be of the very best as the weath- er is now favorable for such con- struction.” Mr. Johnson’s communication was referred to the committee on sewers of which Alderman Knute Roe is report clearing the way for definite action will be presented at the next | meeting oT the council. “Tank Useless" Reiterates Everett.l Mr. Everett still maintains that his report to the council was correct‘; and in upholding his position, today said: | “I now believe, as I did, after I had‘ examined the septic tank, that it was how the tank can be repaired, as is| suggested in Mr. Johnson's letter to| the council. It was not necessary for me to examine the inside of the tank, as stated by Mr. Johnson. I found that the cement is of poor | grade, that any of it will erumble in one’s hands, if slightly crushed. The cement seems to grow less hard to- ward the bottom of the tank. I would suggest that some well inform- cd engineer investigate the tank.” Clearbrook Forfeits to Gonvick. Gonvick, Minn., May 9.—The base- ball game played at Gonvick last Sunday between Gonvick and Clear- brook was forfeited by the Clear- The agreement was tol play a seven inning game but the end of the seventh left the game a tie the score being seven to seven. the tie. Manager Halvorson is ar- here next Sunday. Millions for Foundation. New York, May 9.—The American Scandinavian Foundation is made the residuary legatee of Niels Maulson, president of the Hecla iron works and reputed to be many times a million- aire, in his will filed for probate in The | Clearbrook boys refused to play out | Broaklya. ———-—! i L5 Monday, May 22— Minnesota @ |AlS0 Arranging to Give Beltrami International railway and Big Fork| Schools $1,100 as Result of New & International railway, Brainerd to Law. i International Falls and return to Be- midji, 304 miles. | Arrive & Leave 12:1% a. m...Brainerd..12:30 a. m. 7:55.a. m...Int. Falls.: SELLS 1,104 ACRES AT FALLS et T t i | ..Grand Falls..12:35 p. m.| After having conducted a‘ land ..Big Falls..12:40 p. m. g sale of state property at Internation-| 1:00 p. m...Gemmell.. 1:30 p. m.|al Falls yesterday when 1,104 acres | 1:40 p. m.. .Mizpah...2:00 p. m.| oyt of 5,000 were disposed of with a | 2:15 p. m.. .Northome.. 2:25 p. m. hcottenth £ $1,498, Stat Ad' . | cas > N ud- ..Funkley.... 2:50 p. m | 0" conection o < { 3:10 p. m..Blackduck. 3:30 p. m | itor Iverson came to Bemidji today 3:55 p. m...Tenstrike.. 5:00 p. m.|t0 arrange for a sale tomorrow and Turtle River.. 5:15 p. m.|to arrange for the distribution of | 5:40 p. m....Bemidji... Tuesday, May 23.—Great Northern state money for school purposes, as provided by a bill passed by the re- railway Bemidji to Cass Lake, 15 % miles. Great Northern railway, | “°"" legislanirs. Cass Lake to Crookston, 107 miles, | TPiS BeW law permits a total dis- Arrive Leave | tribution of $50,000 to be made in all ...Bemidji... 7:20 a. m.|organized school districts where state 8:00 2. m.. .Cass Lake.. 9:00 a. m.|jands are located. The original bill +o«Ferris....9:10 a. m. provided an allotment of five cents ..Rosby....9:20 a. m. .. .Bemidji... 9:40 a. m. an acre for such lands, but under 9:50 a. m....Wilton...10:05 a. m. the bill which passed it will be about 10:18 a. m....Solway...10:25 a. m. | two cents an acre. 10:38 a. m. Shevlin...10:45 a. m. There are approximately. 55,000 11:00 a. m....Bagley...11:45 a. m. such acres in Beltrami county, so +»+-Bbro....11:56 a.. m. that the schools here will be enriched ...Lengby...12:05 p. m.!| 12:15 p. m.. . .Fosston... 1:15 p. m. about: $1,100. 1:30 p. m...McIntosh. . o There are 126 school buildings in 2:15 p. m...Erskine. . 2:40 p. m....Mentor.. . . m.|the county and every building would -| be entitled to $250, but there are so 3:00 p. m....Dugdale. . -|many schools to share in the total #y - Bepolt.., :25 p. m. appropriation that it is cut down to ...Burwell... 3:35 p. m. two cents an acre. Only districts the 3:55 p. m...Crookston. . In a communication today to The Pioneer, Wallace G. Nye, commis- sioner of the Public Affairs commit- | profits most by the new law. tee of the Minneapolis Commercial| At the land sale here tomorrow club has this to say of the proposed 18.500 acres will be offered. excursion out of Minneapolis: containing state land share in distribution. Koochiching county Theodore Nelson, of the state aud- | | itor’s office, is with Mr. Iverson and Why They are Coming. “This is the fourth trip kind taken by our he has been appointed to take care of the sales. of this| business men. | hi journ: i ost s e Shitineonr iourney, Js yalnog | tainment from the cities visited, be- wholly confined to Minnesota and our | . N 1 o BV s g e g |ing only anxious to have an oppor- ol Mitposcileio & " | tunity -to meet their citizens in an bankers and manufacturers an op-| . Nortiorn b informal way. e 5 e "t i for laying over night with our trainI ok i S gl | at Bemidji from six o’clock p. m., on} quainted with the business men who | May 22 ¥ 3 Hlding | May 22. are engaged in bui ing up the tow nsn1 SRl e e and cities of that region. | 2 |can only tell you in a general way Our plans provide portunity of seeing the “Of course, ultimate trade advan- z i tkere will be wholesalers, manufac- tages are hoped for, but the excur- | | turers, bankers, photographers, i | mewspaper men, grain and produce| sion is in no sense a business trip. | re not solicited; the whole 5 Orders s = | dealers and some citizens who go i vith Burposs lsi o, ectiacauainted i “along for the pleasure and advan-; the northern part of the state and & | tage of the trip. its people in the hope that such ac- | 2 quaintance may prove of mutual adi! been notified of the comh\'g of the vantage. 2 jobbers and arangements for their No Need of Entertaining. proper reception are now being “Our party does not seek enter- | considered. | Attorney General Rules That He | In order to remove Superintendent/ : | | Board of Education Also May leejmade such rapid headway that none } The Bemidji Commercial elub hul“ .1unul this term of school is finished. | eircles. . & = ol o f - s IT'S GONA BE AN AWFUL YEAR FOR GRASSHOPPERS.” —May in Cleveland Lead: WHITTIER GETS NEW MEARING|CASS LAKE FIRE PUZZLES| Cannot Otherwise Be Dismissed. | TN | Residence of Mayor Dumas Destroyed | at 1:30 A. M Today By Myster- | St. Paul, Minn, May 8.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—| jous Flames. Whittier from the management of | | the Red Wing training school new charges must be filed and he must w Oim HAS CLOSE CALL given a new hearing by the state? - 5 s - board of control. This was the i 1 opinion given by Attorney General Simpson to the Board today. At 1:30 this morning a myster- ious fire completely destroyed the residence of Dr. D. F. Dumas, mayor NAME FARM MAN TONIGHT ot cose rexe. 1 j Although the fire department made | | | @ record run to the fire the flames| rof the furpiture could be saved. | The total loss is estimated at | $2,000, with insurance of $400 on | the house and $900 on its contents. MISS PATRICK TO LEAVE BEMIDJT | Definite Action Relative to Site for Tests. The building was a one story frame structure and no one is known | to have been in it at the time of the Definite conclusions probably will| fire. For a month Mrs. Dumas has been visiting in Minneapolis. terday Dr. Dumas left to join her in that city. He has been notified and will return to Cass Lake tonight. The Dumas residence is but a few feet south of the Cass Lake Times perimental station which are being! office and the firemen had hard work seriously considered, and as W. P.| be arrived-at this evening, when the Yes- Board of Education meets, in regard to the site for establishing the new: agricultural department. | There are three sites for the ex-| | preventing the flames from spread-| Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji| ing to the printing office. How the fire started so late at night with no one in the house is a problem yet to be solved. schools, is urging that the land be selected as soon as possible, the board may make the selection tonight. There are still several positions for teachers which have not been filled, MRS.LEONARD G.€ROTHERS DIES and the superintendent will make | End Comes In Bemidji Home After Iliness of Many Months. several recommendations this even- ing. A manual training»instrucmrl will have to be elected as Miss Pat- | rick, has refused to accept re-elec- tion. After an illness of nine months, Mrs. Leonard G. Crothers, 33 years old, died at her home, 722 Beltrami avenue, in this city at 4:45 this tion or director of the new agricul-| morning. tural department have been received| In August of last year Mrs. Croth- and one of them will be accepted this : er’s lungs became affected and tuber- evening. ;culosis resulted. She is survived by | Mr. Crothers, proprietor of the Third street barber shop, and two children: {a boy ten years old and a girl nine ! years old. { Her father R. H. Smith of Bell- | ding, Mich., who came to Bemidji several days ago, was present when {the end came. Her mother is dead. | The funeral will be held under the auspices of the Eastern Star lodge in the Presbyterian church Thursday at 2 p. m. Rev. 8. E. P. White will have charge of the services. { Twelve years ago, Mrs. Crothers, 3 | then Miss Lucile Smith, married Mr. ¢ Miss Murry the instructor of|Crothers in Bellding, Mich. She music in the city schools, is enter-|{ has lived in Bemidji for eight years taining her mother, Mrs. Murry of and has been pr‘mninem and pupi:hr ‘Anoka, - Mrs. Murry expects to stay|in church, fraternal and society Several applications for the posi- FULLERTON GETS NEW . JOB Named Assistant Fire Marshall To- day by Governor Eberhart. St. Paul, Minn.,, May 9.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)— Sam Fullerton, formerly of the state game and fish commission, was today,| appointed by Governor Eberhart, to| be assistant fire marshall under Fire| Marshall Keller. DEITZ LOSES PLEA T0 HAVE CASE STOP Motion to Have all Three Defendants Dismissed Promptly Denied By Judge Reed FIRST WITNESS UNINTERESTING Twenty Summoned But So Far Their Testimony Has Been on Charac- ter Only. SHERIFF AIDS STATE'S SIDE N Declares Deputies Were Fired on By Cameron Dam Man Six Years Ago. Hayward, Wis.,, May 9.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)— John F. Deitz, defender of Cameron Dam, on trial here for the murder of deputy sheriff, Oscar Harp, today took up his defense and lost his first point. His first move, after court con- vened this morning, was to petition Judge Reed to dismiss all three de- fendants on the ground ‘aat the state had failed to make out a case. Judge Reed promptly denied this request and Deitz began the intro- duction of testimony for the defend- ant. He has subpoenaed twenty wit- nesses and they all were in court to- day. No testimony of particular interest developed at today's session, as. all of the men onthe stand"for Deity were merely character witnesses. Sheriff Tells of Old Trouble. Shots which John Deitz is declared to have fired at deputies six years ago were testified to when the murder trial was resumed. Former Sheriff William Giblin was recalled to the stand by the prosecution to testify to having been shot at on May 8, 1905, while approaching the Deitz cabin with other deputies. Pat McGinn, one of the men with Giblin, was injured and Valentine Weisenbach, who was with Deitz, was sent to Waupun for twelve years for his part in the af- fair. Deitz wae blocked by former Attor- ney General Sturdevant from cross- examining Giblin beyond the facts brought out by the prosecution. He Towe to his feet and said to Judge Reld: “I can’t understand why the state’s attorney can ask these questions and I am stopped. I must take exceptions to the court's rulings.” Irwin Giauque, one of the men with Ciblin was called. He was the mem- ber of the party who was shot through the hat and fell out of the wagon, He testified that Deitz kicked him, and that Weisenbach ordered him to “get out or he would be filled so full of shot he couldn’t get out.” RINGING OF SHOW BELLS TO STOP | Council Objects to Noisy Manner of Scaring Up Business. Incessant ringing of electric bells in front of two theaters on Third street create such a din every even- ing that complaint of the noise has become so pronounced that at last night's meeting of the city council the city attorney was instructed to draw up an ordinance making such a demonstration on the part of en- thusiastic managers, illegal. The ordinance will be reported next week and instructions are that it will be- come a city law in the near future, TO CHAIN CHAIRS TO PABK City Decides to Buy Locks in Effort to Keep Public Furniture. Lovers who wend their way to the lake park to spoon in the shadows of the irees. and others who are not lovers and do. not spoon, have been peeved to find that someone had beat them to it and stolen the park chairs. To put a stop to this the council has authorized the city clerk to purchase chains and locks with ‘which it is hoped the chairs may be made -permanent fixtures for the