Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 31, 1911, Page 1

“out to’thef¥ ow ~whethep thepe g enything in -the VOLUME 9. NUMBER 79. BEMIDJI MEN FIND . WEALTHATLAPORTE Swedback and Baer, after Persomal -+ Investigation, Believe Village Rests on Mines. TO DEVELOPE NEW INDUSTRY Multimillionaire Expert to Come From Duluth and Make Prelim- inary Tests. TOWN EXCITED OVER DISCOVERY Home Paper Declares Present Move- ment Will Mean Quick Prosper- ity for that Vicinity. That the village of Laporte, 30 miles southeast of Bemidji on the Minnesota & International railroad rests on iron ore .mines of inesti- mable value is the belief of former Senator E. J. Swedback, president of the Security State bank and H. C. Baer, cashier of the same institu- tion. Mr. Swedback and Mr. Baer have made a personal investigation of the soil at Laporte and are enthusiastic over the possibilities of mining in that vlélnuy. Bemidji Men .Convinced. In telling of the lnve!t(gations of the Bemidji business'men, this week’s issue of the Laporte News has this to say: “President Swedback has been here before.and owns land in this vicinity, but Mr. Baer had never stopped off to investigate matters, and both gen- tlemen ‘came. here for the express K beh:‘, shown, and finding Fgatisfaction, at least, much talked of mineral indications or not. “They came prepared to stay two days, if necessary, to find out defi- nitely what there was in it, but af- ter going over the ground, observing the strong magnetic attraction and seeing samples of what had been found inside the village limits, they decided it was not necessary to stay longer as they were convinced the mineral was under our very door on- ly waiting to be- developed, and re- turned home on the evening train. Wanted to Begin at Once. “At first they were in favor of get- ting ready and going to work at once where the indications were the most encouraging and enlarging their operations if developments were satisfactory enough to warrant it, but after discussing the matter more in detail, it was thought best to have preliminary work done that would not be quite so expensive, so that Wwhen the work was commenced “in earnest, time and money might both be saved. Knows Mine Expert. “One important fact that led to this decision was that Mr. Swedback is personally acquainted with a Du- luth party who is 2 multi-millionaire and has made his fortune out of prospecting for and locating iron mines, and this party told him a short time ago that when he got ready to investigate conditions in and around Laporte to let him know, and he would come and do the necessnry experimental work.” As soon as this man can arrange to go to Laporte, actual work of devel- oping the newly discovered industry will begin. -“When iron mining is developed here, there will be nothing to hinder Laporte making a rapid, permanent and substantial progress. Continues the News. “It is surrounded by an agricul- tural country that can not be beat. Anything and everything adapted to a northern climate can be raised in abundance.” Germany to Have a Gibraltar. Berlin, July 31.—What is regard- ed as one of the most important steps yet taken toward strengthen- ing German sea powers will be ac- complished tomorrow. when the en- tire Island of Heligoland, which com- mands the entrances to the great ports of Hamburg and Bremen, will be taken over by.the military au- thorities and converted into an inde- pendent fortress rivaling Gibraltar in completeness of defense. Why is it that the long hairs a brunette wife finds on her husband’s coat are invariably blonde? Funkley Saloankeeper Bound Gives $300 Bail in Cash. George H. Newton, saloonkeeper at Funkley, was arraigned before Court Commissioner Simons this morning to answer to a charge of having had two slot machines, a 5 cent one and a 26 cent one running in his saloon on April 10. County Attorney Graham Torrance appeared for the prosecu- tion, while Mr. Newton had no de- fense to offer, and was bound over to the September term of the grand jury on a $300 bond which was fur- nished in cash. The 5 cent slot ma- chine was brought before Judge Si- mons and Sheriff Hazen dropped a nickle in the slot, receiving in re- turn 10 cents, showing the court that it was in working order. Newton is the man who was tried in Bemidji several months ago for having run his saloon without a license, when a jury comprised of six men found him not guilty. ° BEMIDJI HAS U. C. T. COUNCIL Organized Saturday Evening as No. 35 of Minnesota Jurisdiction. Council number 513, United Com- mercial Travelers, was organized in Bemidji Saturday evening, officers being elected and candidates initiat- ed. . The initiating team was-tomprised of Frank Gravelle, Duluth; W. Lind- berg, St. Paul; Secretary Dresser of the Minnesota and North Dakota jurisdiction, and William Grasse of Fargo. Following the routine of the evening a social and smoker was held. The officers are: J. H. Koors, senior counselor. N. A. Ebert, junior counselor. Harry Mayer, past counselor. George Noll, secretary and treas- urer. M. F. Willson, conductor, E. H. Denu, page. Edward Taper, sentinel. F. S. Lycan, Charles Vandersluis, A. L. Harris and Thomas Symons, ex- ecutive committee. Meetings will be held the second Saturday in every month in the Odd Fellows hall. ELECTRIC TANDEM FOR FAIi Texas Horseman to Bring Spectacu- lar Feature to Minnesota. Hamline, Minn., July 31.—One of the greatest attractions of the state fair night show will be furnished by Milt S. Mooney of San Antonio, Tex- as, who will show his famous illum- inated tandem team and cart. Mr. Mooney is the designer and builder and uses a battery unlike any other in existence. This battery is con- trolled by sixteen different switches which are used to give different light- ing effects. The spirited tandem team is driv- en into the arena in absolute dark- ness. First the spotlights on the browbands of the horses are turned on. Then in turn are lighted the harnesses, the wheels of the cart, the whip of the driver, the American flag, and lastly the Lone Star, the emblem of Mr. Mooney’s state. Al] of this is timed to the music of “San Antonio,” “Star Spangled Banner,” “America” and “Dixie,” which make up the program in regular order. The narness and regular equipment are done in burnished silver. Miller Company Quits Insurance. The T. J. Miller Company of this city has sold its insurance business to J. O. Harris, register of deeds, and Charles A. Huffman, the abstract man, Missouri to Vote on New Capitol. St. Louis, Mo., July 31.—A special election is to be held in Missouri tomorrow to decide on a $3,500,000 bond issue for the erection of a new State Capitol to replace the structure destroyed by fire last winter. Nat Goodwin in Stock. Los Angeles, Cal., July 31.—Nat Goodwin appeared in a stock com- pany for the first time in his career on the stage of the Auditorium here this afternoon, playing his old part in Augustus Thomas’s play, “In Miz- zoura.” City Air Destructive to Wire. A telegraph wire strung through the country will last about four times as long as one passing through the city. Mms. Tetrazzini will fill an oper- atic engagement in this country and then will anake a concert tour. The union machinists of New York are winning their fight for the eight- hour day. Up to the present: time more than sixty New York firms have signed agreements with the unions on the eight-hour basis. A Tenstrike Farmer ‘Also Brings i;x Samples, 30 Bushels. Wheat, 40 Bushel Oats and Barley. H. WOODWARD PRAISES CROPS Declares Beltrami. Looked Best of Any Part of Country From Coast Here. FORMER INSTRUCTOR ENTHUSES Professor Sathre, Now Agriculturist in Liberty, Says Grain Here Extraordinary. timothy 6 feet 2 inches long, blue joint grass 5 feet, 6 inches; stems stem wheat that will go 30 bushels to the acre and 40-bushel-barley were all represented in samples brought -td Bemidji today by August Luéfise gathered on his farm four and half miles southeast of Tenstri] To Go to Big Land Sho Mr. Luense presented the \mn& of grains and grasses to W. R. M% enzie to be used at the Northwest States Land Show at St. Paul ‘next winter. Mr. Luense has been’on ¥ Tenstrike farm for three years ¢om=’ ing to Beltrami from lowa. = ° “I have never seen’ such crops as are growing in Northerm:Minne- sota this year,” was Mr. e comment. 5 Harvey Woodward Joi Another tribute to the crops inthis part:of the country was paid by Har- vey Woodward, who hag. just.ceturn ‘ed from & two months visit With-&is cific coast points. “You have got to hand it to Nor- thern Minnesota,” said Mr. Wood- ward today. “The nearer I got to Bemidji the better the crops looked and the greener all vegetation ap- peared. ) Dakota Farmers Hard Hit. “In all but a small part of North Dakota they are burned up and as this is the second season of drought, the farmers there are in bad shape. “From Larimore to Grand Forks in the Red River Valley the crops looked pretty good, but in the Devils Lake district they are all burned out.” Former Educator Now Farmer. The third person to join today in spreading the glad tidings that Bel- trami can’t be beat was E. M. Sathre, formerly an instructor in the business college at Crookston, but who is now engaged in farmig in the township of Liberty, north of Wilton. “Never have I seen such “grain,” said Professor Sathre. good for Northern Minnesota but it would be prize winning for any part of the country.” ONE MILLION PATENTS GRANTED First Was for Steam Engine; Latest Rubber Tire Invention- ‘Washington, D. C., July 31.—One hundred and twenty-one years ago today the United States granted its first patent. One week from tomor- row the Patent Office expects to is- sue Patent No. 1,000,000. The one millionth patent will be granted to a Mr. Hilton of Cleveland, O., and will cover a new rubber tire with special features designed primarily for use on motor cars. To Samuel Hopkins, of Vermont, belongs the honor of having received the first patent. This was granted July 31, 1790, and was for a device for mak- ing pot and pearl ashes, which are the matter remaining after evapora- tion when vegetable matter is re- fined in a. crucible, the extractive substance being burned off and dis- sipated. The patent issued to Mr. Hopkins, however, was not Patent No. 1 8o far as the records go, for several thousands of patents were is- sued by the government before it be- gan numbering them: John Ruggles took out Patent No. 1 for.a steam en- gine designed to run on an inclined plane. The date of this patent was July 28, 1836. This was forty-six years-after the first patent issued to Mr. Hopkins and in the meantime nearly 10,000 other patents had been granted by the young government. If a girl doesn’t know how to flirt skin deep. Cane tame grass 8 feet in height;| of 40 bushels-to-the-acre oats; blue| ' ense’s | father at Portland, and to other-Pa-|-* “It is not only [ it’s because her beauty lsn’t even REALIZATION Eoulhl ‘Walks 80 l!lu to Get Firlst Hand Information as'to the Need of Fire Break. ly of Baudette through “the astertain Just what should be done in the way of & fire break. This dction on :the part of the state forester has restored him to the good graces of those two towns, which were inclined to ad- versely criticize him for the pub- lished assertion that another fire is possible. This week’s Baudette Rainy River Region has this to say: g “That State Forester W. T. Cox has no intention of staying in the cities to superintend the protection of the forests from fire is being amp- ly demonstrated this week. Mr. Cox arrived in Baudette this week and immediately donned his overalls and started for the woods in company with Fire Ranger Wm. Kilby. “They have kept steadily at it and have walked between 75 and %0 miles getting a first hand view of actua! conditions. Mr. Cox has covered practically the entire burned district during the last few days and will be in an excellent position to know what measures will be necessary to give the best protection. Those who have seen him hiking through the woods say he is some walker and Mr. Kilby has had the busiest time of his life keeping up with him. “Items in the daily papers during the last week claim that an immense fire break fifty or seventy five miles in length will be constructed through this district, but it is hardly likely that any definite information will be given out until Mr. Cox’s examination is completed. “One thing is certain, no one can accuse him of not having made a thorough investigation of actual con- ditions.” Iquiry into Beer Industry. ‘Washington, D. C.; July 31.—With a view to ascertainimg just what in- gredients the brewers of the United States use in the manufacture of beer, .ale, porter and stout, a series of important hearings “was com- menced in this city today by the board. of food and drug inspection of the Department of Agriculture. Extra Session in Texas. Austin, Texas, July 31.—Convened in special session by Governor Col- -quitt to deal with appropriation measures-and the subject of legisla- tive reapportionment the members of the Texas legislature assembled here today. S - Details of the rescue of twelve fish- ermen of the fishing schooner Vega, | oft Cape Hancack, Alaska, were brought ‘ to. San_ !‘nncnco by " the 0000000000000 © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © 2000000000006 060 The first heavy rain since last April fell in central Missouri Friday and Saturday. The Massachusetts Supreme court has advised the legislature that the workingmen’s compensation bill is constitutional under the lnws of Mas- sachusetts. The Canadian parliament has dis- solved. Nominations were fixed for Sept. 14 and election for Sept. 21. Reciprocity with-the United States will be the principal issue in the election. ~Notice has _been !ervefl n._ P dent Taft by, a.man in ‘thi west whose name.was not divulged that he had lost the support and vote of at least one citizen. The man re- cently “was refused a postoffice ap- pointment . Charles Hoffman walked into ‘a New York court with two wives and left with none. No. 1 secured'a di- vorce because he had since been mar- ried to another, thinking she was dead, and No. 2 secured an annul- ment because of the previous mar- riage. As a hay rig bearing a party of merrymakers crossed the tracks of the Albany Southern railway near Nas- sau, N. Y., a speeding trolley crashed into it, killing Mrs. Isador Finkel- stein of New York and Samuel and Max Hoffman of East Schodack.and injuring sixteen others. The cruiser, Niobe, a flagship of the Canadian navy, was saved for the dominion'after being impaled for five hours on the southwest ledges of Cape Sable, early Sunday. Her hull ‘was plerced in several places, the starboard engine room filled with wa- ter, and other compartments flooded. No lives were lost. George H. Miggs, S. I. Shafer and A. B. Walton pleaded guilty to plot- ting to loot the Tooele (Utah) Com- mercial bank and were sentenced to a year each in state prison. Jume 7 Shafer told a story of having. been attacked by a “tall and short man” and a check up of the bank’s funds showed that nearly $10,000 had been taken. After sleeping continuousiy for 105 days, Miss Hazel Schmidt, the 18-year-old girl whose strange case has puzzled physicians for weeks at Vaudalia, Ill., was awake for five hours Sunday and ate three meals. She said she felt no illness from her slumber. Attending physicians say the girl’s trance is broken:and she soon will be herself again. A new legal tender has appeared in Milliken, Colo:, caused by the scar- city and high prlce of potatoes P. A. Murphy stepped into a saloon at Mil- liken, ordered a glass of beer, and when that was gone a second, and then laid on the bar a mice; clean po- tato. Murphy “called for his change and the barkeep gl!&vely returned him§. a nickel and put the potam in the| cash drawer, Encouraged by '.he mwcens of the| 32 WANT 10°BE TEACHERS Examinations to Last for Three Days Begun at High School-Here 2 This Morning. ONLY FOUR MALE ASPIRANTS Thirty-two, 28 young women and four young men, enrolled for the ex- lamination to_entitle them to second ade: sty “certificates -at -the igh; school” buildfiig “this morning. The teaclers’ examination last [three days, today, Tuesday and We- nesday. Today’s program was de- voted to the second grade examina- tions and they will continue tomor- row. The first grade certificates come on Wednesday. “This morning’s enrollment does not include all who will take the ex- aminations,” . said Superintendent Steward, who is’conducting the ex- aminations. “There will be some here tomorrow who ‘did not have to be heré today and Wednesday still others will come. The number is not as large as usual, but the June ex- amination of course, played a large part in cutting down the _n\lmber." Spelling, - arithmetic, geography, composition,” reading and penman~ ship were the subjects on which ex- aminations-were given today, and to- morrow United States history, Eng- lish grammar, music, physiology-hy- giene,-civies and agriculture will be the subjects. The names of those who enrolled this morning.are: Hattie M. Hayes, Blackduck; Es- tella’ Gracie, Bemidji; Arla Dobbdal, Guthrie; Ida' Youngman, Quiring; Frances Bowers, Bemidji; Rose Ol- son, Nymore; Dorothy Moody, Ake- ley; Stanley Knott, Bemidji; Nellie Knott, Bemidji; Lucille Clark, Be- midji; Vera Backus, Bemidji; Alma Barlund, Erskine;. Tillie Barlund, Erskine; F. J. Dunwoody, Turtle Riv- er; Charles Gerlinger, Spur; Mae O. MacGregor, Bemidji; - Olive Hines, Hines; May L. Fauhl, Island Lake; Rose Zimmerman, Blackduck; G. G. Buell, Bemidji; Nellie Erickson, Be- midji; Helen M. South, Blackduck; Nora F. Hannah, Wilton, Fern I. Smith, Becida; Martha - Galchutt, Bemidji; Petrine Ruskjer, Solway; Anna Peterson, Aura; Agnes Back, Bemidji; Martha Senske, Beaudette. HITCHES HIS WIFE TO: HARROW Missouri Fn.mer Beats Woman for Faltering in Harness. Kansas City, July 31.—Mrs. Laf- ayette Choat bared her arms to show hbruises in court and recited to Judge Porterfield how her husband drove fher beside his mules to-a harrow and beat her with a club when she fa'- "{tered ‘and did not keep up with them. The Choats live on a Jackson coun- ty farm. - Mrs. Choat said her hus- postal savings uystems in 100 cmes band became enraged and declded 0 where it is nlreldy -in - operation, hitch her at the side of one of the Postmaster -General Hitchcm:k has|mules. She was not compelled: )| signed a' new order axtemflng the M ™ &A™ Phil; lelphia rooklyn, lflnnemlu_ Milwaukee, % Loutsville, Jerse ‘Cleveland, help draw the harrow. Her hands system to 10 larsp cities of the first|{were tied Dehind her. By the terms of the order| ‘When she stumbled over the brok» en ground and lell behind: the strides ‘| CASS LAKE MEN ARE INVOLVED TWO NEW THRILLS ~ Made and Confession is Expected: uled for Last Saturday But De- lay Occurs. 1FULEERTON CONFIRMS RUMORS - Says Mayor is T Bad But That There Are Others Who Are Deeper in Mire, - According to present plans, there is to be some interesting develop- ments in the Dr. Dumas case this week, which will include an arrest or two, These arrests may include some of the loyg talked about, but still free, prominent citizens, Whether it does or not, it now seems that nothing was ever more certain than that some day before long the public will give another gasp as the result of charges to be made against persons implicated in the alleged band of in- cendiaries, ‘New Confession Abont Ripe. Nor is that all the sensational de- velopments, which, after a period of quiet, are about to break. It is known-that a certain man implicat- ed in the Puposky and many other deals is on the verge of making a confession that will be of a more startling character than even that of Behan, the wounded robber who went on the stand at the preliminary. hiéur- ing ‘here and gave evidence against the Cass Lake mayor. Warrants Have Been Issued. So far as the arrests are concerned, it has been expected that one would be made in Bemidji, or by officers working out of Bemidji last Satur- day. For some reason there was a slight delay. The warrants are in the hands of the officers and are like- ly to be served at any time. Sam Fullerton, assistant state fire marshal, who came to Bemidji last week, left Saturday evening for St. Paul, and from there he proceeded to Hibbing where he is to prosecute four men on the charge of incendiar- ism as the result of the burning of a theater there. Fullerton Confirms Rumors. Mr. Fullerton was extremely guarded in what he had to say of the Dumas case, but he confirmed the as- sertion that arrests are to be made. “When we said that there were per- sons higher up involved in.this deal,” said Mr. Fullerton, “we meant just what we said. Dr. Dumas was bad enough and he is hedged in, as he’ knows himself, by a mass of evidence from which he cannot extricate him- self, but that doesn’t say that there are not other persons involved as deeply; yes, even more deeply than he is himself. As a matter of fact, there are, as will be shown before this crusade ends. The real mask hasn’t been pulled off- by any means.” Cass Lake Men Involved. Mr. Fullerton would not designate for publication just who he meant but he did use the name of Cass Lake residents and said their case time. - In the meantime it is known that Pinkerton detectives are still on the job, not less than four constantly shadowing suspected persons in Bo- midji and Cass Lake. Fullerton to Come Back. Mr. Fullerton will return to Be- midji following the trial at Hibbing, but does not expect to remain hers for any length of time. He may be ordered to- -investigate the fire “at Crookston which-destroyed the audi- torium and five other buildings last Friday night. = POLICE NAB A SWARM OF BEES Many Stung by Tnvaders of Main -~ Street in Evansville, Ind. ~ Evansville, Ind,, July 31.-The, lo- cal police force was called out Sat- urday to arrest ‘a swarm of bees; DUEINDUNAS CASE Added Arrests Now About to Be Move on Part of Officers Was Sched- would be attended to at the proper -