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

b VOLUME 9. NUMBER 75. LAUNCH PLAN FOR $2000000 ROADDEAL Conference By Development Associa- tion Decides First Step to be St. Vincent-Duluth. ACTUAL WORK BEGINS AT ONCE Routes of Other Trunk Lines to Be Decided at Meetings in Brain- erd and Hinckley. ELWELL TALKS, COX SENDS WIRE Father of Movement Tells Crowd of 200 @pportune Moment for Ac- tion is at Hand. One road direct from St. Vincent to East Grand Forks and on to Du- luth cutting through the towns of Crookston, Red Lake Falls, Erskine, Bagley, Bemidji and the Cass Lake reservation was decided upon as the crowning feature of the good roads meeting here last night, character- ized by Chairman C. M. King of Deer River, as one of the most important gatherings ever assembled in north- ern Minnesota. Advised by Senator James T. El- well, who came from Minneapolis that under the provisions of his bill, funds can be obtained, the spirit of “do it now” was so pronounced that the campaign launched anticipates the ultimate expenditure of $2,000,- 000 in the construction of a network of highways cutting through the for- ests and extending over all of the northern half of Minnesota. Begin Work at Once. It was decided that immediate work on the St. Vincent-Duluth high- way should be started as a judicial road, which means that instead of the cumbersome process of applying to all the counties involved, petitions for its construction may be secured from the district judges. Mr. King leét today for St. Paul to consult with the highway commis- sion as to the speediest steps which may be taken in pushing this road through. = Bemidji in Another Trunk Line- Other trunk roads considered and routes selected, although there was not information enough at hand to make definite conclusions were: International Falls to St. Paul, to follow Minnesota & International railway, to Bemidji, except slight de- tour at Big Falls, from Bemidji south by Becida to Itasca park and St. Cloud. Moorhead to Duluth, route yet to be named. The St. Paul-Duluth road will be considered at a meeting to be held in the near future at Hinckley. Representatives, which included several county attorneys and commis- sioners, were present at the Court House meeting last night, the total attendance approximating 200. At least three members of the legisla- ture were present, Senator Elwell and Representative L. H. Rice of Park Rapids and D. P. O'Neill of Thief River Falls. One Discordant Note. But one discordant note was heard and this came from E. M. Stanton of Thief River Falls, county attor- ney of Pennington, who frankly told Senator Elwell that he believed the supreme court must pass upon the constitutionality of that law before it ever could become fully effective, as the sale of bonds, under its pro- visions, must be endangered until all technicalities have been removed. Senator Elwell replied, with equal frankness, that a member of the su- preme bench had advised him that it is not only proper but advisable for the people to proceed as if there was no question about the legality of the law. These Men Did It The actual plans for_inaugurating the elaborate scheme of roadways was perfected by the permanent Good Roads committee of the Northern Minnesota Development Association which met first yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and then adjourned, re- convening at 10 o’clock last night after the close of the public meet- ing. This committee is made up of C. M. King, Deer River, chairman; F. A. Green, Stephens; Representative D. P. O'Neill, Thief River Falls; Chris-Burns, Cass Lake; and John S. Pardee, of Duluth, secretary. The committee was in session un- will carry an active campaign to causé the different counties to take up the work which is necessary to build the highways, especially the lateral lines. It was decided that a second good roads meeting would be 'held in Brainerd at some date in the near fu- ture. Cox Wires a Pledge. State Forester W. T. Cox, who had planned to be present, sent the fol- lowing telegram to W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Northern Minnesota Development Association, who con- vened the Good Roads committee here: “I regret that on acconnt of work incident to fires, I cannot atténd the Bemidji meéeting. 3 “I am keenly interésted in the good roads movemert. Good roads will hasten settlement of northern Min- nesota’and settlement on good I will make possible better protection- of forests on poor lands. Brugh on all roadways showd®" be cleared up and burned so roads will serve as fire lines. “I strongly favor trunk roads built. by the state, especially-worth through the valleys, Big Fork and Little Fork and from the Iron Range northwest to the Red River valley. These roads would be of immense value in our fire protection plan and would enable set- tlers to drive into the country. “I am willing to assist you in building roads in suitable localities so far as forest service funds per- mit.” Says Minnesota Will Lead. At the public meeting in the Court House last night Chairman C. M. King of Deer River said: “There never was a gathering of men in northern Minnesota that has done more than we will have done when we have concluded our labors here, if we continue to push the pro- position along the lines laid down by the gentlemen of this committee. I carried out to the letter, it will have been done in such a good and such an effective way as no other state in the union has ever built her roads.” Senator Elwell was introduced as the father of good roads in Minneso- ta. Senator Elwell said in part: Elwell Compliments North. “I can assure you that I am &8 glad. t0 be here as you are to have me and 1 want to say that T have never seen such an enterprising lot of people as I find here in northern Minnesota. This has been shown us time and again in the legislature and as I said to them, on the iron question, I could not vote against such an enterpris- ing lot of men. I have studied the good roads movement for the last 25 years. Smith Law is Legal. “Assistant Attorney General L. A. Smith has taken the Elwell good roads bill home with him and stud- ied nights over it and he thinks it is now in pretty good shape and likely to hold water. It has also been taken to the supreme court. I do not like to give out the name of the member of the supreme court who passed up- on it as he said he would not like to put his opinion against that of the legislature, although he is some- times forced to do so. He says it is a just law as it stands. Law Made Especially For Us. “This good roads law was made especially for northern Minnesota. We have always felt that about all you need up here is first class roads and first class farmers. If you have one you will get the other. If you have first class farmers, they will build silos that will last over in case of a dry year and they will not be selling off their stock for lack of feed as they are now doing in South' Da- kota. - University Finances Good. “There has been a great deal of talk recently about our university finances but they are not such as you might think from the many conflict- ing reports in the newspapers. The University had on hand, a few days ago, $111,000. If Mr. Brens has gone wrong, the university will not lose anything because they have a bond to amply protect them. $9,000 For Any County. “But I am getting away from my subject, the state highway commis- sion was formed . for the purpose of giving state aid. It grew out of an apparent necessity of having some state aid. At that time, we thought that one twentieth of a mill was probably all the state would stand for. Under this bill, any county is entitled to 3 per cent of the total fund, or $9,000. That is, a county can get that amount as an ultimate. You can assess your land for the oth- er $9,000. Active Counties to Win. - “The highway commission may not feel that you are entitled to that much but the most active counties are likely to get pretty nearly the maximum sum. At least the high- til nearly midnight, working out the routes of the proposed roflh.,‘u‘nl ‘way commission talks that The (Continued on last page). SEES DAWN OFNEW RELIGIOLS UPRISING Marked Beginning of World . wide Peace. ALSO SEES HOPE FOR HEATHEN Believes Christianity Will Now Be Carried More Rapidly Into Un- converted Regions: VELS AT GREAT MEETING Scotland Gatfiering Attended by 1,- 200 Accredited Delegates From < All Corners of Globe. An audience which overflowed the Presbyterian church last night list- ened to a stirring description of the World’s Religious conference held in Edinbugh, Scotland, last year, which is said to have done more to bring about religious harmony and worlq wide peace than any meeting ever before held. This message came from the lips of one who was present at all the Edinburgh conference ses- sions, Dr. G. N. Luccock, of Chicago, one of the speakers at the Bible con- ference being held here this week. Dr. Luceock said in part: “Every great privilege involves sacrifice. One of the trials involved in the privileges of being a delegate to Edinburgh last year was that go- ing there made it impossible to come there. But one of the compensations for that sacrifice is that I now have the pleasure of telling you of the] ‘World’s Conference. 2 “In making an address I always feel batter grounded to have related to the word of God, take then, this (doublé text, 2 Samuel 1012, Let us Play the Man, and 1 Corinthians 16:13, Quit you like men, Joab’s pro- gram was military, Paul’s program was missionary. - Let us be thankful that we are privileged to derive a vocabulary of life from Paul’s dic- tionary of grace rather than from Joab’s lexicon of war. Message From the King: “The first night of the Conference, Lord Balfour, presiding, said: ‘A message from the king.’ The great audience rose and listened respectful- ly, and that respect grew into spir- itual ' quickening; as the message closed with the earnest hope that this World Conference might promote international friendship, world peace and the well-being of man. “Such a message from such an earthly throne was an auspicious be- ginning for a conference in the in- terests of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. “For nearly two years, hard work, painstaking and far-reaching, had been going on in getting ready for this conference. Eight' commissions had been charged with special tasks, the results of whose careful and sys- tematic toil were to be the basis of the deliberations in Edinburgh. Of- ficial delegates, on a definite prin- ciple of reprefentation, coming from the whole christian world, were for- mally chosen and accredited. These numbered ‘about 1200.- There were also about 200 missionaries assem- bled from the wide-world field. “First of all, the spirit of the con- ference was scientific. Its work was comprehensive, thorough, open- minded. Try to grasp the signifi- cance of eight commissions engaged for nearly two years in gathering the facts, weighing them and setting them out in their significance for the deliberations of the Conference, in the following general studies: Eight General Studies. “L. Carrying the Gospel to all the world. “II. The Native Church and its ‘Workers. “II. Education in regard to the Christianization of the National Life. “IV. The Missionary Message in relation to the non-Christian Relig- ions. “V. The Preparation of Mission- aries. “VI. The Home Base of Missions. “VII. The Relation of Missionar- ies to_Governments. % - “VIIL. Co-operation and the Pro- motion of Unity. z “From some meetings one - takes away impressions. I have some very distinct impressions of - the Passion Play at Oberammorgau,—favorable [ farm. ones, too. But one brings from the conference something deeper thanim- pressions. . He brings convictions —_— WHY KEEP CROPS SECRET? State Immigration Man Wants . to Know Why Beltrami Doesn’t - Send Farm Samples. PRAISES REYNOLD'S SAMPLES Harry Reynolds, secretary. of the Droducts tp S8t Panl, has Tre- turned: after an. interesting confer- ence with State Immigration Com- missioner George Welsh who sends word that if Beltrami is raising, or hag raised anything to be proud of, his office had no conclusive proof in the form of products until Mr. Rey- nolds made his contribution. “What your people should do,” said Mr. Welsh, “is to awaken to the fact that we frequently have in- quiries regarding just what can be raised in the north and are request- ed to show the goods. We haven’t the samples and the folks are thus made skeptical about the North.” It has been suggested that dis- plays now being collected by A. P. Ritchie for the state fair exhibition be placed on display at the land show with the samples being col- lected by W. R. Mackenzie. It is asserted that it would be worth more to the county to have the display at the land show than to bring it back to exhibit at the county fair. The railroads also are clamoring for dis- plays from here. At present they have none. In telling of Mr. Repnolds’ visit to the city the Minneapolis Journal said: “H. E. Reynolds, secretary of the Bemidji Commercial club, was at the state capitol yesterday, supplied With samples of grain and grasses grown this year in the vicinity of Bemidii, which indicate bumper crops. sists that the outlook there is no bet- ier than it is in ordinary years, but that the success of the crop stands out by conmtrast with failures from drouth farther south. = “Mr. Reynolds had alfalfa four feet high, cut June 15, near Bemidji. It was grown, he points out, on jack- pine soll, which is sandy and claimed to be inferior. There is plenty of heavy soil in that region, but even the jack-pine land produces heavy crops of grass. There will be four crops of alfalfa cut from the field from which the sample was taken. He had also samples of alsike clover over four four feet long, rye over four feet long and well headed, cut June 1 and wild “blue-joint” grass five feet long, which is furnishing a heavy crop of hay in a season when it is worth big money. ‘“The samples shows what alfalfa can do in northern Minnesota,” said: George Welsh of the state immigra- tion board, “and it should not be for- gotten that Minnesota took the first prize for alfaifa seed at the national corn exposition last year.’ ” ¢ = St. Paul, Minn., July 26.—Repre- sentatives of the State railroad com-{: 34 NING, JULY 26, 1911. ; EX‘éEPTF IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA 25 ARE IN LINE AT CASS LAKE Fifteen From Spooner and Bandette ; in the Landseeker List. Cass Lake, Minn., July 26.—Twen- iy five men and women have taken pesitions in front of the United States land office to await the date for the £ling on large tracts of land which will be ready for entry on August 24. Nels Erickson, a resident of Cass eounty, holds position No. 1, and the other numbers are held by residents of different sections of the district. A party of fifteen or twenty from ‘the. Canadian border towns of Beau- erly “watching the. opening. When they arrived they stated that several hundred would be in line shortly from that district, and they wanted to get the lead. A number of waiters have built tents near the land office and will occupy them at night and during the day will hold places on chairs outside the office door, as they have done heretofore. ‘While the sudden appearance of seekers was not unexpected, it ‘was not expected so soon. As it is, these landseekers will be obliged to wait for almost ‘a month before they will be able to get a filing on the partic- ular piece of land they have in view. “NO EXTRA,” SAYS O'NEILL Thief River Representative Believes People Wonld Be Stung By Re- convening Lawmakers. COUNTRY-SURE TO PAY FREIGHT “The big cities pay the taxes and people pay the freight, and that is why I am not in favor of an extra session of the -Minnesota legisla- ture,” said Representative D. P. O'Neill, here to attend the Gobd Roads meeting last night, to the Pio- neer. “I.have a lefter from the Duluth Evening: Herald asking me what I think about an extra session. I-am going to write them I don’t. The] cities do pay a large part of the taxes and would be hit hardest by the cost of reconvening the legisia- ture for no real purpose, but the cities can pay taxes simply because the fellows in the country pay the freight, and if we hurt the railroads they will shoot the freight rates up all right.”” : Mr. O'Neill, who returned to his home at Thief River Falls on the late train, explained that he did not. be- lieve that in any event could there be any valuable legislation enacted at a special session. E Senator Elwell, here from Minne- apolis, likewise doubted the advisa- bility of reassembling the legisla- ture, the strongest call for such an action coming from the Duluth pa- Pper which urges railroad legislation to counteract the three cent passen- “are in line; eag-|- 30 RESERVE FAIR SPACE Beltrami in List of Counties to Re- serve Space at Hamline for Farm .. Exhibits, THE TOTAL LAST YEAR WAS 24 Hamline, Minn., July 26.—Last Yéak: twenty-aii ounties were rep- and exposition and this was thought to be a large number. This year, six weeks before the opening date, thir- ty counties have engaged space and made arrangements for larger and more representative exhibits than ever before. 5 The counties that have already en- gaged space and the men in charge of each are as follows: Houston :county, C. M. Murphy, Caled’o‘n';. - Redwood coupty, C. O. Eaton, Red- wood Fails. Olmsted county, C. C. Gray, Roch- ester. Renville county, Joe. Bird Island. Lyon county, H. M. Clark, Mar- shall. Waseca county, H. A. Perham, Wa- seca. Faribault county., H. C. worth, Wells. Nobles county, Worthington. McLeod county, Hutchinson. - Mower county, Lyman D. Baird, Austin. Wright county, J. W. Beckman, Cokato. Meeker county, Litchfield. ‘Wilkin county, D. Cole, Brecken- ridge. Las qui Parle -county, E. Scholt, Madison. Douglas county, Geo. L. Cortisch, Alexandria: Kandiyohi county, John Ahlstrom; Spicer. . Pope county, 0: K. 0. Nelio, Alex- andria and Dana Hoyt, Glenwood. Ottertail county, Chas. R. Wright, Fergus Falls. Aitkin county, C. N. Howe, Ait- kin. Roseau county, C. M. Stebbins, Ro- seau. Beltrami county, A. P. Ritchie, Be- midji. - Kittson county, C. J. Betlund, Ken- nedy. : Cass county, Geo. J. Silk, Pine River. - : Itasca county, A. M. Sissler, Grand Rapids. > Red Lake county, H. C. McAnulty, Red Lake Falls. £ " Clearwater county, E. H. Reff, Bagley. . Hubbard county, Park Rapids. Carlton ’ county, R. C. Chillett, Cloques. = Marshall county, A. D. ‘Warren. - Haggart, Wood- W. P. Oliver, H. E. Butler, T. J. Sampson, J._H. O'Neil, Listing, _ The Piano, Organ and Musical In- strument Workers® International Un- 15 Hours, Despite Heroic Efforts in Dark at Repair. strom to Acecount for Loss of 5,000,000 Gallons. Horse Held in Readiness to Hasten to Point Where Full Pressure Could Be Turned On. From 5:30 p. m. yesterday until 10 a. m. this morning Bemidji was without water in the entire district North of Fourth street. The sudden famine was caused by the discovery of a leak in the mains at Fourth street’and Beltrami ave- nue, which flooded the street and sent a miniature river rolling down toward Third street. It required the efforts of Louis Eckstrom, superintendent of the water board, working heroically all night with two assistants to repair the damage. “The leak was caused by an appar- ent defect in the_construction of a connection,” said Mr. Eckstrom. The leak has apparently been working itself*larger for some time. Sand and other reffuge had worked its way into the connection starting a leak which has continually grown larger until the water forced: itself to the surface yesterday afternoon. May Explain Water Loss. In' the Tust report of the clerk of Temented st the Minneots ‘state falr| the water board; the-office-aiso hetd™— by Mr. Eckstrom, it was shown that 9,000,000 gallons of water pumped at the station was unrecorded. Of this 4,000,000 of the loss was accounted for by the fact that the meter at the pumping station was not correct but the loss of the other 5,000,000 gal- lons was a mystery. In the opinion of Mr. Eckstrom the leak discovered yesterday has had a large part to play in this loss. After the discovery that a leak had been made in the water main, the water effecting the place near which. the broken main was located was turned off, which left the entire resi- dence part of the city without water- The situation remained this way until 10 o’clock this morning, when the water was again turned on, the leak having been rejaired. Leak Hard to Fix. Considerable difficulty was en- countered in reaching the water main, which was finally located eight feet below the surface, caused by the continual flow of water into the pit. The ground was completely soaked with ‘water from the leak, and it poured into the hole as fast as the men could pump it out, it being early morning before the main could be reached. It was found that the leak in the 10 inch pipe was 2 inches long. No Danger From Fire. An jron band was ordered and where the connection should have been filled with lead, wool lead was placed, around which was bound sev- eral gaskets and the iron band tight- ened, thus effecting a repair of per- manent safety. Had there been a fire duringethe night no delay would have been caused through the lack of water, as Mr. Eckstrom had a horse in readi- ness and in a moment could have rushed to Irvine and Fourth street ‘where he conld have turned on the ‘water, the water main at no time being in a condition that it could not have held the usual pressure of water. KISS BONE; HOPE FOR MIRACLES New York, July 26.—Many people knelt before the shrine of “Good Saint Anne” in the little Church of St. Jean Baptiste in East Seventy-sixth street today, and kissed the reliquary containing one of the bones from the wrist of the Mother of Virgin. It was the close of the annual novena of Ste. Anne, the period during which the faithfal look f ion is conducting an enérgetic cam- tions through the intercession of LEAK CAUSES WATER FAMINE OVER NIGHT Bad Bresk in Main Ties Up Servie MAY EXPLAIN STRANGE WASTE Believed By Superintendent FEck- FIRE PRECAUTION IS -TAKEN