Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 10, 1911, Page 1

RARE TALKS GIVEN T MIDJ1 DAILY PIONE | o Wb Saumn B e STORICAL 5 i, SOCIETY, VOLUME 9. NUMBER 37. EDITORIAL MEETING Forester Tells His Plans, Dean Wood Refutes Slander on North; Hill Pledges Aid. SPORTS IN STATE PARK TODAY Two Automobiles From Bemidji Ar- rive at Noon in Time for Day’s ~ Festivities, RAILROAD HEAD GETS PHOTO Snaps Governor and Vincent “Com- ing Through the Rye,” Which is to Be Used as Ad. Itasea-Park, Minn., June 10.—(By Long Distance Telephone.) —Shortly after noon. Dr. E. H. Marcum and wife and W. L. Brooks and wife ar- rived in their automobiles from Be- | midji, having made fast time on the road despite the rains of last night. Editors, their wives and distin- guished visitors flocked to the park from Park Rapids all this afternoon in automobiles and other vehicles and a great session of the editorial association is being held, a program of sports being a feature of the af- ternoon, On Their Way Here. At 4 o’clock this afternoon, the following distinguished party will leave for Bemidji: Governor Eber- hart, Lieutenant Governor Gordon, Dr. Vincent, president of the Univer- sity of Minnesota, Dean Woods, Dean James, President Kluckhohn and Sec- retary J. H. Beek of the St. Paul Retailers’ & Jobbers’ association. There will be others in the party " which will larrive in Bemidji at 7:40 p. m. on-the Great Northern. The gathering at Park Rapids was the greatest in the history of that city and one of the most notable ever held in northern Minensota. Banquet Crowd -Extends to Street. At the banquet which followed, the crowd was so large that it jammed the hotel and extended into the street. A set program of speeches were delivered, notable talks being made by State PForester W. T. Cox and Dean Woods, a synop- 8is of whose talks are printed below. An unique feature of the gather- ing was a photograph personally taken by Mr. Hill of Governor Eber- hart and President Vincent “coming through the rye” to be used-as.a slogan for northern Minnesota, Hill Says He Will Come, Mr. Hill was keenly disappointed at not beipg able to go to Bemidji at this time but said he would do so later. In addressing the editors, W. T. Cox, the newly appointed state for- ester, outlined for the first time just how he proposes to care for the for- ests, what his first steps will be and the kind of men he will employ to ald him, After calling attention to the fact that Minensota at one time had 33,- 000,000 acres of forest, but that 5,- 000,000 have been cleared for farm- ing and explaining how pine forests, if permitted’ will reproduce them- selves; Mr. Cox said in part: How Minnesota Loses 75 Millions. “Now what 1 want to get at is this: Suppose the 34,000,000 acres of forest lands within the State were producing what they are capable of producing, we will not say a thou- gand feet per acre, but using the con- servative figure only 200 board. feet per acre annually, what would this mean? It would mean four billion eight hundred million feet of tim- ber ready for the mills each year in- definitely. The labor and profit of logging, milling and transporting this material would be worth to the people of Minnesota at least a hun- dred million dollars a year. We are actually cutting obout 1,500,000,000 feet a year worth $25,000,000, and the output isbecoming less and less. ‘The mills are going west, And Now About the Fires. “Coming right down to the cold facts, the difference between 4,800,- 000,000 and 1,500,000,000 feet or 3,300,000,000 feet of lumber a year represents a part of the loss caused in this state by the forest fires. And just a word about the fires them- selves. We all know of the great disasters at Hinckley and Chisholm -and Baudette because of the loss of life involved, and we must remember that these were not the only serious forest fires that have i 'swept:: the GOVERNOR EBERHART. woods of Minnesota; they were not even the biggest ones. “It is certainly time ‘to start some- thing’ and a very good thing to start would be ‘young timber,” but more important than this is the protee- tion of the young timber already started. Lightning Starts Some. “Some fires originate from light- ning, and no doubt many earlier forest fires started in this way. Careless hunters and fishermen leave camp fires unextinguished; settlers clearing land and lumber companies through their slashings bring about many fires and one of the commonest sources of danger to the forests is the fires which start along the rail- road right of way. How He Will Prevent Them. “To prevent fires, it is going to be necessary to have a force of patrol- men in the woods and along the rail- roads. The settlers clearing fires and the lumbermens slash burning must be controlled. The campers, hunters and fisher- men need to be educated to a proper respect for fire and thewlaw., Thel railroad companies must be compelled to”usé spafk airesters, and to keep their rights of way clean. Under the old law, local town officers were made fire wardens but their duties in this regard were merely incident- al. There was no force of men looking out for fires as their princi- pal job. Hard Work for Employes. “Under the new law we are going to have 20 or 25 rangers each of which will have a large fire district to look -after. Under these rangers there will be a force of patrolmen. A patrolman district may be one township or it may be three of four, depending upon the fire risk. His duties will call for strength and en- durance and especially for exper- ience in woods work. He will have to ‘bit" the trail’ with his pack on his back and many a time there will be no trail. He will be called upon to use axe and shovel and hoe in fight- ing fires, to find his own way, keep his bearings in the forest, to chop trails and clean out portages and build lookout towers and be on the job every minute of his time. The rangers will see to it that he is. Personally [ take seriously the task of protecting the forests of the state. “Dubs” Will Be Dropped. “A number of first class men have been recommended to me by people from different parts of the state; a still greater number have applied to me on their own account, but the large number of inexperienced young men who have applied for positions in the service, and the equally large number of merely good fellows who have been recommended by various people, prompts me to say, that every inefficient man on the patrol or ranger force is not only worthless but is a positive injury to the or- ganization and a danger to the woods and settlements. Just as soon as we find a man who is worth- less or inefficient he is going out.” RESENTS SLANDER ON NORTH Dean Woods Shows This is Not Coun- try of Ice and Stumps. In addressing the Editorial assoc- iation Dean Wood said in part: “There is perhaps no section of the United States so misunderstood as Northern Minnesota, The people of the South and East believe it to be a land of ice bergs and pine stumps and fit for practically nothing. Nothing could be farther from the truth. “A careful study of the conditions of Northern Minnesota has convinced me that the agricultural possibili- ties are hardly yet realized even by the inhabitants of that part of the state. Free From Frost 140 Days. “In the coldest section of it, up along the Canadian border, the grow- re ' (Continued on last page.) DEFE BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1911. ON WAY T0 BEMIDJI Eberhart, Gordon, Vincent and Others to Arrive on 7:40 P. M. Great Northern. PUBLIC INVITED TO PARTICIPATE Reception Will Be Held at Which Time all May Greet Distin- guished Visitors, BOAT TRIP IS ABANDONED Committee in Automobiles, Will Be at Train to Take Party to the Markham, Bemidji will have within her gates tonight one of the largest del- egations of notables ever assembled here. The party will include not only the governor, Adolph O. Eberhart, the lieutenant governor, Sam Y. Gordon of Brown’s Valley, but Dr. George E. Vincent, president of the university of Minnesota, who comes for the first time, and other distinguished per- sons of state wide reputation such as Dean A. F. Woods, Dean James, Pres- ident Kluckhohn and Secretary Beek of the St. Paul Retail and Jobbers’ association, and others. Will Arrive at 7:40. The party will arrive over the Great Northern at 7:40, although it had been planned to-bring the visit- ors here in automobiles from Itasca park where they are today attending & gathering of the Northern Minne- sota Editorial association. Becatse of the undertainty as’ to just how and when the party would come and who would be in it, en- tertainment plans have been vague. Baxzd May Greet Them. 1f possible, the Bemidji band will greet the visitors and will head a parade to the Markham hotel. An invitation is extended to the public to greet the visitors at the Commercial club rooms located at 210 Third street after they have dined. To Be-Met By Committee. The party will be met at the Great Northern depot by the reception committee of the Bemidji Commercial club, who will be in automobiles, and taken to the Markham hotel, where dinner will be served. This committee is made up of the following: Acting Chairman F. S. Lycan, E. E. McDonald, E. A. Barker, W. N. Bowser, Dr. Rowland Gilmore, A. H. Jester, C. W. Warfield, W. A. Currie, G. W. Cochran, A. G. Wedge, Thos. Hughes and W. A. Gould. After dinner a short smoker will be held, after which the party will be taken to the Commercial club rooms where a public reception will be held in honor of Governor Eber- hart, Lieutenant Governor Gordon and George E. Vincent, president of the university of Minnesota, and other distinguished visitors. Boat Trip Abandoned: The boat trip around Lake Be- midji had been planned for the guests has been cancelled, because of the fact.that the party will arrive in Bemidji later than had been ex- pPected when the arrangemcits wera made for their en‘ertainmea.. and the trip could not be made betors dark Until the train leaves for St Paul, at 11:40 this evening the party will be entertained at the club rooms and those of the Bemidji citizens who wish to meet the state’s chief executive are invited to do so. HUNDREDS HEAR BAND CONCERT Docks Crowded and Lake Near Stand Swarms With Crowded Boats. More than 1,000 persons crowded the lake dock and swarmed about the band stand in launches, skiffs and canoes to listen to the first open air concert of the season given by the Bemidji brass band under the direc- tion of Harry Masten. The humid atmosphere made the lake especially desirable while the moon added its presence as an attraction. A hun- dred boats were ciustered about within the music zone and the ex- ceptionally pleasing program brought applause both from the water and the persons on land. It is planned that the concerts will be given on every Friday evening throughout the sum- mer. CTIVE PAGE But It Will Be' a Peaeful Invasion of Crack Canadian Regiment at State Fair. ALL GIANTS IN STATURE. Hamline, Minn., June 10.—(Spe- clal Service Daily -Pioneer.)—Min- nesota probably’ will be invaded by a regiment of Canadian soldiers next September. The invasion, howefer will be peaceful and :will have the sanction of Uncle Sam’s war depart- ment. Arrangements are now being made that will insure a visit to the 1911 Minnesota State Fair and Ex- position of the regiment of Cameron Highlanders from Winnipeg. Volunteers With Fine Uniforms. This organization is a volunteer regiment that has béen equipped by and drilled under the direction of Col. Thompson, a wealthy citizen of Winnipeg. It has become famous for its magnificent costumes and equip- ment and for its mastery of the science of military maneuvers. All More Thu_?i; Feet. One hundred members of the regiment, each one of whom is more than six feet two, under the com- mand of Col. Thompson, have been taken to the coronation at Tondon. The officers in charge are de- sirous of giving-a trip to the re- mainder of the regiment, about 300 soldiers, and have indicated that the Minnesota State Fair is the place that will suit them best. Fair Must Pay Expenses. ‘This matter was presented to Secretary J. C. Simpson and the fair managers by Mr. -McRae, general passenger_agent of the Omaha road. It met with unanimous approval. It was understood that the visit would be contingent upon the fair's paying railroad expenses and pro- viding-a suitable: ~#ump- - for-- the. visiting men of arms while "here. @en. Wood Writes Major Bell, Secretary Simpson at once took up the matter of equipment with Ad- jutant General Wood of the Min- nesota National Guard. Gen. Wood has written to Major Wm. D. Bell of Winnipeg, who will be in com- mand of the Highlanders, asking for exact information as to what equip- ment will be necessary. CHILDREN TO GIVE PROGRAM Day Will Be Observed at Presbyter- ian Church—Other Services. Children’s Day will be observed in Bemidji tomorrow by a special pro- gram at the Presbyterian church, which will include the following numbers: Song,. . ..“Golden Summertime” Primary department, eight beginners Recitation,. ... “Workers for Christ” Four primary boys. Recitation,..........Hazel Holden Recitation,. .. . ..Marie Annette Recitation, ...... “Pansy”’ Louise Baumgartner Recitation, .“God Takes Care” "Thyee primary boys Song, ..Hear My Song” Junior department. Recitation, . .“Soldiers for the King" Six junior boys. Recitation .......... Maud Clark Recitation ..... ... May Clark Recitation, .......“Children’s Day” Beginners. Recitation, ....“Little Missionaries” Adella Canterbury BONE, Sowen e sae i “Fair Lilies” Mable Richardson Recitation, ..“The Heavenly Voice” Four juniors . Recitation, . .“God Is Love” Nine primary girls Song, ..............Three Juniors Sabbath School for all by nine juniors Children’s Day offering. The other usual services will be held, METHODIST. Services will be held in the Mason- ic Temple. Preaching at 10:45 and 8 o’'clock. Evening subject, “The Aristrocracy of Nobility,” the second of the series. All other services as usual. SWEDISH LUTHERAN. Sunday school at 10 a. m. There will be no other services during the day. GERMAN LUTHERAN. Services at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, sub- jeet, “The Triune God.” Carrie Nation Dead. Leavenworth, Kan.,, June 10.— Carrie Nation, the Kansas saloon smasher, is dead here of paresia. IN LAUNCH SEARCH Special Meeting of Boat Club Called for Tonight to Decide on Best Plan. UNITED - EFFORT ON SUNDAY Every Owner of Boat Requested to Join in Work of Finding $800 “Keemar.” NO TRACE OF CRAFT FOUND Three Power Vessels and Skiffs Spend Day in Uusuccessful Patrol of the Lake. Every boat owner of Bemidji is requested to join in a systematic search tomorrow of Lake Bemidji in an effort to locate Harry Masten’s lost launch, “Keemar,” which sank far out in deep water on Wednesday of this week. Official Notice Given. Secretary V. L. Ellis of the Be- midji boat club issues an official call to.all members to meet in his office at 8 o’clock tonight to perfect plans for the search. The “Keemar” is a 26 foot craft, was newly built, expensively equip- ped and was valued conservatively at $600. Efforts to Find Boat Fail. Efforts to locate the boat have continued but without success. To- day, three launches and many row boats were pressed into service and under-the personal direction of Mr. Masten anchors were dragged nea the spot. where Mr. Masten, who was the sole passenger of.the.“Keemar’" when she went down, belleved the boat to be. Anchors Being Dragged. At times the anchors would catch on objects at a dep... of from 45 to 50 feet but the location of the “Keemar” remains as profound =a mystery as when she first sank out of sight. Despite his unsuccessful efforts, Mr. Masten still believes that he will be able to locate the launch and drag it to the surface. All Urged to Join Search. The meeting tonight is open to all boat owners and although Secretary Ellis cannot be here tomorrow, as he leaves for Minenapolis in the inter- ests of the Bemidji real estate ex- change, he requests a full attendance 50 that the best possible method for attempting to find the lost craft may be adopted and the necessary equip- ment. be decided upon so that the work can be started early tomorrow morning. PEANUT SHELL KILLS BABY. Caught in Throat, It Chokes Eight Year Old Bagley Child tb Death. A peanut shell caused the death of the eight months old child of Hans Hanson and wife, living on the R. H. Reft farm north of Bagley, In some manner the infant got a piece of peanut shell and when he attempted to swallow it, it stuck in his throat. A severe chogcking fit followed and a physician was sum- moned who removed parts of the shell and it was thought that the child would recover. Later it be- came- worse and although every ef- fort was made to stop the choking the child died. The funeral was held on Wednesday from the Lanstad church, Rev. Grimsrud officiating. CITY ENGIfiEER WARNS PUBLIC Persons Caught Driving Across New Laid Walks Subject to Arrest. City Engineer W. M. Everts has issued the following warning to the public, and if ignored, arrests are expected to follow. “There is an ordinance in the City of Bemidji prohibiting the driving of teams across sidewalks and this ordinance appears to be disregarded by the teamsters, not only on old sidewalks but on the new. The walks have been damaged to a great extent in places. Any person caught driving across or any persons caught walk- in on new walks before it is open to the public are liable to arrest or a fine of $5.” trace 800 King George of Engldnd can his ancestry back more that years. CROWD OF NOTABLES[FOREISN SOLDIERS CONINGIALL, ASKED 10 AID VAP ON ENGINE FATALIFRIENDS OF DEAD Martin Burke Rolls in Front of Crookston Logging Train and is Killed, FUNERAL HELD HERE TODAY It cost Martin Burke, 46 years old, his life to take a nap on the front end of a Crookston Lumber company switch engine at Fowlds. Burke had been in the habit of dozing on the step in front of the locomotive and while doing this fell to sleep and rolled off on the track and“was run over by the engine. He was instantly killed by the en- gine which was dragging a logging train. Coroner Ibertson was noti- fied and at once went to Fowlds but death was so clearly an accident that no inquest will be held, The dead man was unmarried and had no relatives here although he had. three brothers, John, Calgary, Canada; Joe, Leconua, N, H. and Peter, Alma, Prince Edward Island. They were notified but none could come to Bemidji so the funeral was held at 9 a. m. today in the Cath- olic church, Rev. Father O'Dwyer officlating and interment was made in the cemetery here. BANK MADE ROBBER PROOF Northern National Now Protected By Electric Gongs; Steel Lining. One of the latest and most modern electrical protection arrangements is being installed by the Northern Na- tional bank at Third street and Bel- trami avenue. Although the bank has been and Will continue to be covered by burg- ular insuvance, the directors decided to install the added protection,—an American Bank Protection company gong alarm. ~ With the gong is a complete steel Hining for theifnterior of. the vault, as well a3 a. steel back ground for the doors, and the steel has-an eleetric current connected with it, and will when slightly touched, make a con- nection which rings two gongs on the inside and one on the outside. If an effort is made to gain en- trance to the vault through the brick or the doors, the instant the steel is touched all three gongs will ring until the electricity is shut off on the inside of the vault. When closing'ithe vault in the evening, a timeiclock is set for the hour the'vault is to be next opened, and it canont be opened before the time set.” Comes to Write Up Farm. M. C. Cutting of the editorial de- partment of The Farmer, published at St. Paul, has made a special trip to Bemidji to secure photographs and data of the W. G. Schroeder farm west of Bemidji to be used in an ar- ticle in the near future. Mr.Cutting has proceeded to Thief River Falls. NAME BLACKDUCK ~SITE Reclamation Board Decides Thompson Place and Then Pro- ceeds to Middle River. on COMPLETE WORK NEXT WEEK Six of the ten tracts of ten acres each to be selected for demonstra- tion purposes by the state reclama- tion board of which W. R. Mackenzie of this city is a member, have been selected and the others will be pick- ed within the next few days. Mr. Mackenzie, while in Bemidji for a few hours yesterday, told -of the work. “At Blackduck,” he said, “the only site to be chosen in Beltrami, we de- cided upon the Thompson tract two miles north of Blackduck on the main road to Kelliher.” W. J. Brown of Warren, a member of the board, was with Mr. Macken- zie and these two left for Thief River Falls where they proceeded to desig- nate sites near Middle River in Mar- shall county and Roseau in Rosean county. A. J. McGuire, of Grand Rapids, third member of the board, did not go on this trip as he wished to address the editors at Park Rapids. From Roseau the entire board will proceed to St. Louis and Lake coun- ties where the last two sites will be selected, after which Mr. Mackenzie will return to Bemidji. “We are anxious to get the differ- TEN CENTS PER WEEK BOY MAY STORM JALL AT BRAINERD Contend _ Life Imprisonment Not Severe Enough for Man Held for Choking 9-Year-01d. OFFICERS ARE APPREHENSIVE Precautions Taken to Guard Prisoner Who Sits Silently in Cell and " Smokes His Pipe, STANTON TO CONVENE COURT Will Tnstruct Special Grand Jury Which Will Take Up Charges Against Accused. Judge C. W. Stanton - will leave Monday for Brainerd where he will convene the adjourned term of court and will have charge of the special grand jury which has been called to report on Tuesday to investigate the atrocious murder of Earl Bakkila nine years old. Erick Maki is in Jail at Brainerd, charged with hav- .ing choked the lad to death. It is said that Maki was infuriated be- cause he believed Earl had his pocket knife. The knife was later found where Maki had left it. . In Danger From Mob. Maki was captured by the Brain- erd police just as a mob, carrying ropes and shouting threats of lyach- ing, was closing in on him. Maki, who is in the. Braluerd fyil, will be charged with murder in the firat degree, and as the extreme pun- shment § Minneosts now _is _life tmprisonment, the officers are appre- hensive lest the enraged relatives and friends of the boy storm the jail in an effort to administer summary punishment by stringing up the prieoner. : Prisoner Smokes in Silence. Maki himself does not appear alarmed and refuses to talk regarding the death of the little boy. He sits in his sell and smokes his pipe in silence. B Maki was arfaigned in municipal court but the examination' was con- tinued, pending the action of the grand jury. Incensed at Crime. The following from the Brainerd Daily Dispatch indicates the feeling in that city as a result of the crime: “Feeling runs kigh against, the perpetrator of the awful outrage, whoever he may be, and people who saw the crushed and torn body of Earl Bakkila at the morgue and heard his mother’s and grandmoth- er's cries of anguish at the inquest are incensed at the crime committed.” SHOT BY STRIKE PICKET Stranger Gets Bullet When Cleveland Policeman is Put to Route. Cléveland, Ohio, June 10.—(Dally Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—A quarrel between the pickets stationed by the 5,000 garment workers - in front of the H. Black Company’s plant and the police resulted in the wounding of an entire stranger to the dispute today. George Bieman, a teamster, was probably fatally wounded. One of the pickets drew 2 revolver on the policeman who fled without firing. The picket' turned and fired two shots and the teamsaté fell, wounded. 3 ONE ISSUE COSTS SUTOR - $3,000 Widow of Cass Lake Attorney Gets Money in Libel Suit. The$3,000 which it costSam Sutor to edit a newspaper for one day in Cass Lake has been paid to the widow of Charles Argal who sued Mr. Sutor for damages because he was referred to in print as a “shyster lawyer” and other derogatory terms. The case against Mr. Sutor washand- led by Spooner - & Brown of this city, Judge Spooner taking the case through the district court and "At- torney Brown making the plea on an appeal by the defendent before the supreme court. Judge Spooner, before leaving for St. Paul where he will be gone for several days, went to Cass Lake and personally saw that the money was placed in Mrs, ent places selected,” said Mr. Mac- kenzie, “for then the work can go ahead without our. personal .super- vision.” 3 Argall's hands, The offensive -ar- ticle-appeared in the only issue of the Cass Lake papes published usider the personal direction of Mr. Sutor.