Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 28, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 77. GRASSHOPPER YARN REPORTER'S ERROR State Entomologist Explains Fergus _: Falls Dispatch Involving Bel- trami Was Blunder. . MEANT VILLAGE OF THAT NAME Declares That These Insects Have Not and Probably Never Will Infest This County. - OFFERS APOLOGY TO THE NORTH Not On Own Account But Guilty Person and Says Nice Things of The Crops Here. It was all the mistake of a Fergus| Falls reporter. | State Entomologist F. L. Wash-| burn never said that grasshoppers . Were devastating the fields of Bel-! trami county. In fact, Beltrami county was the . farthest thing from his mind when Professor Washburn did tell the Fer- gus Falls newspaper man that some of the grain destroying insects were paying a visit to some parts of Min- nesota. But Not Beltrami County. It is true that he used the namei “Beltrami”. but he referred to the| town of Beltrami in the southwest- ern part of Polk county. In a communication to The Pio- neer, Professor Washburn not only‘ explains the unfortunate incident,| but improves the opportunity to say | some nice things about, and to ex- < tend greetings to, this part of Min- \ nesota. Professor Washburn, writing from Experiment Station, St. Anthony| Park, under date of July 26, says: | Entomologist Explains. “Editor Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn.: “l hasten to say that the guilty party was probably a man in the - employ of Elmer Adams of the Fer- = fus Falls Journal. - “I was on my way to Foxhome and Beltrami, both of them near Fergus, as you know, and while talking with Mr. Adams one of his reporters en- . tered the room, and he told me he wished an item for the Journal, so I gave him the name of my party, and told him grasshoppers were bad at Foxhome and Beltrami, meaning, of course, the town of Foxhome and the | town of Beltrami. No Excuse for Blunder. “There was no excuse for his mak- ing the blunder he did. And, by . the way, anyone reading the para- graph would be well aware that there was no such county as Fox- home, and must realize that the ‘whole thing was an error. “Bemidji has never suffered from grasshoppers, and probably never will, and I am very glad to have an opportunity to explain this, since I} noticed the same thing myself and ‘was annoyed by it. “I have just learned that you have some elegant clover in the vicinity of Bemidji, and wish to congratulate you upon general conditions there. Presents His Apologies. “Will you please present my apol- ogies to the people of your vicinity, not for myself, because I made no error, but for the reporter, who was certainly not very careful in his statements. ‘\ “Sincerely yours, “F. L. Washburn, “State Entomologist.” Item Out of Fergus. The troublesome item referred to was sent out of Fergus Falls to the Twin City, Duluth and other papers > one day last week and was to the effect that grasshoppers in large numbers were doing damage in the “counties of Foxhome and Beltrami.” It was asserted that the ravages of the insects were especially pro- nounced in eBltrami county. Loraine Kreatz Entertains. Miss Loraine Kreatz entertained a few of her little friends this after- noon in honor of the eighth anni- “ versary of her birth. The afternoon was pleasantly spent in playing of games after which refreshments . were served. The invited guests were Helen and Blanche McDonald, Verna Barker, Helen Ross, Elsie 22 Shannon, Margaret and Gretchen Kaiser, Martha, Katherine and Hel- degarde Gilmore, Robert Graham and PO ROPOVOCGOVGOISOOISGES © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, @ 2900000000000 0906 The steamer Starkad, which ar- rived at New York Thursday from Norway, brought 3,131 tons of wood pulp. This is the first cargo of pulp from Norway this year. Claiming that she is the widow of five husbands all of whom fought in the civil war, a woman of Walton county, Georgia, has filed-a petition for five pensions of $60. A jury at Shelbyville, Ky., yester- day declared Fred Tucker to be sane, although it was charged against him he refused to accept full pay for his work from his employers. Bobby Leach, 49 years old, of Nia- gara Falls, Ont., went over the Horse- shoe falls in a barrel Wednesday, and although badly bruised suffered no ill effects from his trip. More than a hundred persons are believed to have lost their lives on ‘Wednesday in a typhoon which swept over Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, during the night. Forty bodies were recovered this morning. Thirteen year old John MecCann, walking in his sleep in New York, stepped out of a window of his sixth floor apartment and fell a hundred feet. He was taken into a hospital with twenty broken bones, but may live. Lillian Graham, who, with Ethel Conrad, shot W. E. D. Stokes June 10, was arrested at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., bringing to an end the search which had been prosecuted since her disappearance from New York Sat- urday night. Bellefontaine (0.) banks closed and business generally was suspend- ed so that everybody could hear Dr. F. A. Cook defend his title as discov- erer of the north pole. He declared ‘he was ready to meet Peary with his fists in a battle for his honor. ‘When 11 year old Ferdinand Bay- ard of New York awoke early with a severe headache he went to the kitchen chest and rubbed liniment generously over his head. On his way back to bed he brushed by a lighted gas jet and was fatally burned. Twenty New Yorkers at a summer boarding house at Monticello, N. ¥., iwere injured yesterday when the house was struck by lightning. One woman, Sarah Grabner, is unconsci- ous and probably will die. Every one of the twenty was burned on top of the head. Charles Melodrowski, the “boy bandit,” who shot and killed Police- man Harry A. Chesmore, Jan. 6 of this year in a Superior street car at Duluth, died Wednesday night at the Minnesota state penitentiary at Still- posed by Judge Cant after the boy water. Tuberculosis cut to less than six months the life sentence im- had been convicted of murder in the second degree. AUTOMOBILES ‘ON THE FARM It Is a Common Practice to Use Back Wheels for Power to Run Saw. A new use for the automobile has been found by western farmers. It is that of utilizing the back wheels for motive power to run wood saws. “In traveling in the west I came across a farmer who was cutting wood by means of his automobile,” said J. E. Sheldon, representative of a western automobile company, at the Riggs house. “The farmer had jacked up the rear axle of his ma- chine and attached a belt to one of the wheels, which was connected with a saw. In this manner he was sawing wood. I asked him how he had come to thing of the scheme, and he told me that it was common prac- tice among farmers in the west. “It is astonishing how many farm- ers all through the west own auto- mobiles. Nearly every farmer who is moderately well fixed has a ma- chine. It is an ordinary sight to see automobiles skimming through the harvest fields, and it is remarkable how much time they save. The in- creased use of autos by farmers has in a great measure, removed the pre- judice against machines, and it is seldom now that one has a complaint from a farmer on the score of fast driving. The farmers, when they see a machine speeding along the road, get out ‘of the way and do not at- tempt to hold up the occupants, as they formerly did. They have learn- ed teh value of the automobile in their own business. “One of the most striking results of the use of automobiles among farmers is that of keeping the boys on the farm. The young fellows are no longer so anxious to leave the old homestead lor.the city, for they can jump in a machine, go to town, and ington Post. Usually a man who would rather be right than be president soon ac- quires a reputation !or being poor Celia Taylor. | but honest. get back in time for dinner.”—Wash-| ANIMALS WIN TWO Wisconsin Men, Entranced With Northern Minnesota, Decide to Farm Here. FIND PEA VINES BLOCK FOREST Also Marvel at Five Foot Clover and Timothy Four Feet in Height. DISCOVER MANY DEER RUNS Otherwise So Impressed With Maple Ridge That Colony May Come in the Spring. Astonished, and at the same time entranced, at the natural wealth and agricultural possibilities of Beltra- mi county, F. L. Williams, and L. D. Cutsforth, of Spring Valley, Wis., ‘| have, after a personal trip of inspec- - { tion, purchased land in Maple Ridge township, 15 miles northwest of Be- midji. Bubbling over with enthusiasm, they left for Wisconsin today to spread the glad tidings that North- ern Minnesota can’t be beat. Wisconsin Colony Coming- “We will be back in the spring,” said Mr. Williams, “to clear our land and get it under cultivation, and it is pretty safe to say that there will be a Wisconsin colony at Maple Ridge which will make the natives sit up and take notice.” Each man bought an eighty acre tract, R. C. Hayner closing the deal for the Crookston Lumber company. The two men came up from Wiscon- | 8in Tuesday and have made a care- | ful investigation. -~— Wild Clover 5 Feet High. _ “We found clover growing wild in the forest which was more than 5 feet in height,” said Mr. Williams. “Don’t forget to say something about that 4 foot timothy,” broke in Mr. Cutsforth. The men had some difficulty in getting through the forest because of the mass of wild pea vines which spring up in that district in luxuri- ous profusion. Pleased With Pea Vines. “And where pea vines will grow, other things will grow,” was the de- cision of both the men, who called attention to the fact that if the pea vines could be had down in Wiscon- sin for feed it would be a great boon to the drought stricken regions. “Another thing that interested us,” said Mr. Cutsforth, “was the numer- ous signs of all kinds of wild game. We found several deer runways. Fresh tracks were numerous and we probably passed close to some- of these animals, but the pea vine and other growths were so' thick that it is impossible to see a distance of more than a few feet.” Are Finding Us Out. Commenting upon the prospects and possibilities of Northern Min- nesota, Mr. Williams said: “It is a revelation to outsiders to find such soil here. Not many have found you out as yet, but they will.” Both Mr. Williams and Mr. Cuts- forth marvelled at the crops which they saw on the way to Maple Ridge. They saw farmers cutting oats and took samples of the grain south with them. Mr. Hayner has recently closed deals for the sale of Maple Ridge land to twelve different persons who have announced their intention of taking up their residence here in the spring. ROAST OXEN CAMPAIGN STUNT Vardaman’s Opponent to Ontda' Ri- val’s July 4 Demonstration. Meridian, Miss.,, July 28.—Missis-. sippi’s strenuous and picturesque senatorial campagn, which will cul- Tuesday, was further enlivened ‘here today by -a monster barbecue ‘at which many head of oxen were roast- ed and eaten. The affair was ar- ranged by the opposition to ex-Gov- ernor Vardaman, who is one of the leading senatorial ecandidates, and was intended to off-set the big dem- head of oxen, drawing a wagon in which was seated ex-Governor Var- daman, was a feature. Perhaps Ananias was only a meter minate in the State primary next onstration of July 4, when eighty| While walking along Irvine “av- enue, P. M. Decaire; grocer, was run into by a bicycle rider; rendered un- conscious, had one £0oth. broken out and was severely bnihed The accident took place Wednee— day evening and Mr. Decaire was confined to his bed yesterday from the injuries received but is now able to be up again. 2 collision. Mr. Decaire saw some men on bicycles approaching. He got out of the way of two of them, but in doing this he got direetly in the path of a third.wheel which was spinning along at & rapid rate. He pasged over Mr. Decaire and as it did so Mr. Decaire says the rider swore at him. The rider, however, dismounted when. victim was badly hifst and Mrs. Slough i insensible man, wha “I know who th taken home. ler was who ran me down,” sais - Decaire to- day, “and I understl mt such an offense deserves. pu nent but this man is the father it will be the childre fer. The man is en$l sideration, but for children I will not the rider.” City Treasurer Ea ceived $1,055.55 fron urer Walter J. Smith, to John Goodman, i Bemidji Firemens’ Rel The money. is deriy per-cent tax of ali insurance-collect ed by the insurance companies that do business “in Minnesota. Every village and town: in the state re- ceives a part of the total tax re- ceived, according to the work done by the fire department. The money is for the relief of sick or disabled firemen, or their widows and orphans and maintenance of the department. In Bemidji there is a relief associa- tion comprised of firemen who have passed a physical examination, which for the purpose of aiding all injured and sick firemen and the state law provides that this tax shall be put into the association treasury, in towns where such an organization is in operation. MUST STOP WEARING RATS Barker Makes Claim that the Law Will Some Day Prohibit This Evil. SAYS THAT IT IS UNNECESSARY “What would a woman do if it were not for rats,” was asked Mr. A. Barker the other day. Just as quick as you please, “buy our hair tonic,” was the reply. “Do you know that if women would use some of the preparations that we recommend for the careof their hair, there would be fewer rats sold in Northern Minnesota than there is at the present time?” continued Mr. Barker. : A special cartoon has been drawn for the Barker Drug and Jewelry Store by the C. E. Zimmerman Com- pany of Chicago for the purpose of advertising some of the remedies recommended by this growing insti- tution. On' page two of this issue will be found a reproduction of this draw- ing over the name of the Barker Drug and Jewelry Store. He de- clares that the law' will some day prohibit the wearing of wigs and rats. To Discuss Reciprocity- Chatham, Ont., July 28—Arrange- ments have been concluded for a big | Liberal” Conservative meeting here tomorrow, when prominent speakers ‘will be present to address the farm- ers and other residents of this sec- tion on the proposed reciprocity | agreement with the United States. It was dark at the time of the. Will Chose Enumerator and Name Salary. Involve ATohl, Expenditure of ible to go to school will be counted. Bemidji board of education, New Board Meets August 5. the school census will be taken up. Knute Roe and - A. G. Wedge, Jr. duties. at the coming meeting. “To Decide on Salary. “the’ work. Paul not later than September 1. amounting to $50. To Kalsomine High School: ings. the schools on September 1. Superintendent W. of Pipestone. Take Place in City Hall. ference, Dr. ing. Hell,” morning, instead of this morning. program tomorrow afternoon, in the city hall tomorrow evening. city -hall, when Dr. aphysical Quackery.” expositor, lecturer and preacher. er and Answer.” evening: DEFINITE PLANS ON AUGUST 5 At this Time Newly Elected Board BUILDINGS BEING IMPROVED Summer RBepairs Under Way Which Between August 5 and September 1 every child in Bemidji who is elig- *Dr. E. H. Smith; president of the an- nounced this morning that the school census as provided for by the new state law would be taken during that f four chflllun time. - The newly elected board of educa- tion will meet for the first time.on the first Saturday in August, which h one week from tomorrow, August ‘»A,t _this meeting plans for taking ‘The new members, J. P. Lahr, who succeeds himself as a member of the have taken the oath of office and will be qualified to take up their new The salary to be'pudtn enumera- tor will ba del:ldcd a8 well as whom THe niew law demands that this count | be completed for submission to St. During the summer vacation all the public school buildings are be- ing given a general overhauling and renovation, the total cost of the work The High School building, which never has been kalsomined, will be kalsomined throughout as will also the Central and North Slde build- All the structures will be placed in first class shape for the opening of P. Dyer will not meet with the new board at its first meeting as he is conducting a summer school at his old home town HILSCHER TO LECTURE TONIGHT Main Event of Bible Conference to One change was made in today’s program of the Bemidji Bible Con- Luccock’s farewell ad- dress which was to have been deliv- ered tomorrow morning having been transferred to this morning in order to allow the doctor to leave Bemidji E.|for his home in Chicago this even- The change will bring Dr. Hilsch- er’s lecture on “The Unseen World, at 10:30 o’clock tomorrow There will be no other change in the conference program, and it should be remembered that there will be no and that there will be a Sacred Concert The feature of the entire confer- erice will’ be held this evening in the Hilscher will give a chautauqua lecture on “Met- Dr. Hilscher is one of the most talked of lecturers of today, and he has gained a high place for himself as a bible student, The Sacred Concert tomorrow ev- ening will not close the conference e T ‘as services:will be held in the Presby- terian, Methodist and Baptist church- es Sunday, and Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock Dr. Gaebelein will give his last lecture, “Daniel’s Great Pray- ‘The conference will come to a close with- the farewell address- Sunday Turtle Lake to Build School House. Turtle Lake school district number {131, is advertising for bids for a +{school building which is to be erect- ed in th:.t township before r.he Sep- Dan Robinson, 60 years old, shot and instantly killed himself while alone in his shack, three miles east of Hines, about 9:30 last night. ' The cause of the suicide is believed to have been i1l health. He had been in a state of melancholy for some time. - The body was found this morning by William Sharrott, a veteran of the Civil War, who lives near the Robinson place and with whom Rob- inson had been taking his meals. When the aged border did not show up this morning, Sharrott began an investigation. Coroner Ibertson of this city was notified and he went at once to Hines and will bring the body to Bemidji this evening. The dead man, so far as known, has no relatives. The burial will be at public ex- pense. The death was so apparent- ly a suicide that no inquest is prob- able. The shot was fired from a 30-30 rifle, fired with the foot. The bullet hit a vital spot and the man dropped dead. - DRIVE INTO STREET HOLE Lind and Gennes Thrown From a Pogue Livery Outfit at 7th St. During Rainstorm. HORSE HURT; SURREY SMASHED at 10:30 last night during a heavy downfall of rain, Lars Lind and Ole Gennes, liquor dealers, drove into an excavation at Seventh street made for the purpose of laying a cement crossing. Both men were hurled from the vehicle, which had been rented from J. L. Pogue. Lind was thrown com- pletely over the dashboard and was bruised, although neither man re- ceived gerious injury. One of the horses was badly crip- pled and the carriage, a new two seated surrey, was badly damaged. “The men were driving along in the rain and dark,” said Mr. Pogue today, “and they say there were no red lights there to warn them. It is also said that an automobile short- 1y before had come along the same street and saw the excavation just in time to put on the brakes, skid- ding for more than ten feet.” WEATHER MAN SPOILS PARTY Butts in on Marshmellow Roast and There is Some Fast Sprinting. Because the Weather Man, who hadn’t even been invited, butted in, a merry party which had gathered at Lavinia on the shores of Lake Be- midji for a marshmellow roast and other exciting stunts, made seme new 100 yard dash records, and at that the rain beat some of them to it. The roast was on at full blast when the Weather Man turned loose the rain clouds. The race for the Wil- liams cottage half a mile away was good. It is said that one of the young men in haste pushed over sev- eral pine trees and stepped on a toad. Anyhow, everyone who was there says it was a “delightful” .occasion. The party was made up of the Misses Florence Finnigan, Martha Williams, Francis Titus, Donna Lycan, Alice Allen, Clara and -Elsie Wolfe, Ger- trude Squires, Florence Blake and Caroline Scheigler. Messrs. E. J. Ir- vine, John Burke, Wm. Finnigan, L. Morier, Earl Williams, Wilbur Ly- can, Walter Schlosser. The party was chaperoned by Mrs. Nat Field. To Wed on Pikes Peak at Sunrise. Colorado Springs, Colo., July 28.— Miss Nona Sloan of Los Angeles and Mr. Meyer Lewis of Omaha have completed arrangements for their wedding ceremony, which will be at sunrise tomorrow morning. To Build White Brick Cottage. M. L. Morris is moving his cottage on Dewey Avenue and in its place will erect a fine white brick cottage. The cottage is to be built on the plan. ILL HEALTH GIVEN AS CAUSE While driving on Beltrami avenue | DY & Bemidii police officer-who knows - both McKinstry and the McKay_gi~l performed at the top of Pikes Peak| ' Man, Placed Under Arrest st - Winnipeg. GIRL FOUND IN CITY RESORT Asserted That She Has Been Held There During the Past Three Weeks. HUSBAND IN TROUBLE HERE Found Guilty and Fined on Assault Charge While Painting Mark- I ham Hotel. Winnipeg, Man., July 28.—Joseph L. McKinstry, who came here recent- ly from Bemidji, Minn., was arrested last night on a charge of white slav- ery, it being alleged that he sold his ‘own' child wife to a place here, in which house she was arrested. Places Girl in Winnipeg. Winnipeg officers have established the fact that McKinstry was married to Edith McKay, 18 years old, at Be- midji, and after two months brought her to Winnipeg where he put her in a house of questionable reputation, receiving, it is alleged $100 in cash for the three weeks she has been there. The police have watched McKins- try during all the time that he has been here. Well Known Here. McKinstry is weil known in Be- midji, although there is no records to show that he ever was married to the McKay girl. In fact it is said that McKinstry was here with an- other woman, whom he alleged was his wife. Arrested Here May 16. On May 16 last, McKinstry was arrested here while employed in painting the Markham hotel on a charge of having assaulted a fellow workman. Subsequent charges al- leged that he had stolen some paint brushes. At the trial, which was held before Municipal Judge Pendergast, Mc- that he did have his fist closed ready to strike, but that the blow never was delivered. He was found guilty, however, and a fine of $1 and costs was imposed. There was no evidence to show that he hagd taken the brushes. He was arrested at that time by Patrolman Denley- Aside from this, the Bemidji police know nothing against the man. The McKay girl has been in Bemidji fre- quently, but not within the last year so0 far as known. Worth Cultivating. The man who cultivates a cheerful disposition is likely to be rewarded with a pleasing crop.™ The Exact Spot. Teacher—“Robert, where are the Rocky mountains?” Robert—“In the geography, teacher; page four!”— Puck. Fitting Gift. Literary Mistress—“Bridget, I want to make you a present. Er— which is your favorite poet?”’—Har- per’s Bazaar. 2 Our Expressive I.ng'uge When you have to depend on the telephone you generally-have to call a fellow up when you really want to call him down. : Not the Worst. “John, the janitor's son whipped Jimmy today.” Well, that’s no great calamity. Suppose Jimmy had whipped the janitor’s son?” Ends the Discussion. And then shrieks one, “Who wants a husband who marries to escape pay- ing a bachelor tax?” Peace, woman, peace. ,They have decided to pay.— New York Telegram. - 5 : ® CHILD WIFE msm | Joseph McKinstry, former Bemidji - Kinstry went on the stand and swore Pays Fine of $1. 3