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

E BE VOLUME 9. NUMBER 87. SHERIFF TRIES TO MAKE COUNTY PAY Files Mandamus Proceedings Ags{nxt Viggo Peterson and County Au- ditor J. L. George. SEEKS TO COLLECT BILL OF $752 Has Been Held Up for Many Weeks On the Ground That it is Im- proper Demand. STANTON SETS HEARING AUG. 18 At That Time it Will Be Decided Whether Money Must Be Paid Haz- en as Demanded- Once again Sheriff Hazen and Vig- go Peterson are in the limelight, and this time the sheriff takes the initia- tive in an attempt to force the chair-| man of the board of county commis-| sioners and County Auditor James'L. George to pay him $752.40 which| amount has been held up for several weeks. Mandamus proceedings were served on Mr. Peterson and Mr. George yes- terday by Deputy Sheriff Norman Helmer and Judge Stanton ordered| those two officials to show cause why the bill should not be allowed at 10‘ a. m. on August 18. | Some Interesting Items. To the writ of mandamus was at- tached the itemized bill of Sheriff Hazen's and some of these items promise to make the case interesting when it comes up before Judge Stan- ton. This is the bill which was held up both by Mr. Peterson and Mr. George because they-bettered 1t to be an tm= proper bill. Henry Funkley, attorney for Mr. Hazen, presented the official papers in the case, which read as follows: | The Legal Documents, State of Minnesota, County of Beltrami. District Court. The State of Minnesota, el rel., Alvin B. Hazen, relator. James L. George, as county auditor, and Viggo Peterson as chairman of the board of county commissioners, in and for Beltrami county, Min- nesota, Respondents. To the Honorable District Court in and for the said county of Bel- trami: Your petitioner, Alvin B. Hazen, respectfully states to the Court 1. That your petitioner is now and at all time hereinafter mentioned | and for more than two years last past has been the duly elected, quali- fied and acting sheriff in and for said county of Beltrami. 2. That the county of Beltrami is and for more than the ten years past has been a political sub- ion of the state of Minnesota, and is and during all such time has been a municipal corporation and body corporate duly organized, creat- ed and existing as such under the laws of the state of Minnesota, and especially those portions thereof re- lating to counties and county offi- cers, That James L. George mention- ed in the title herein is now and ever since the 3rd day of Jan., 1911, has been the duly elected, qualified and afting county auditor of said Bel- trami county. 4. That Viggo Peterson, men- tioned in the title herein is now and for more than the two years last past has been the duly elected, ap-| pointed and qualified and acting chairman of the board of county commissioners of said Beltrami coun- ty. Asserts Services Were Rendered. 5. That between the dates, viz: Feb., 6th, 1911 and April 1st, 1911, the relator, as sheriff of said county, rendered services for said county, which said services are itemized and set forth in the copy of statement of claim hereto attached, marked Ex. A, and ‘which is hereby made a part thereof. 6. That on the 12th day of June, 1911, the relator filed with the said county auditor a typewritten state- ment of claim by him against seaid county for said services so rendered, and which said statement was by him duly verified and is the original from which said Ex. A is a true and correct copy. ‘And that said Ex A hereto attacedh is a true and corerct copy of said statement of claim so filed by said relator with said county auditor, and of each and every part and portion there, and which, said EX. A is hereby made a part hereof in its entirety as to every word and figure it containg including verifica- tion. 7. That on the 14th day of June, 1911, the board of eounty commis- sioners of said Beltrami county, in session duly assembled, considered said claim, of which said Ex A is a copy, and audited the same and al- lowed it in the sum of $752.40, the chairman of the board of said county commissioners indorsed such allow- ance thereon and no apepal has been (Continued on iast page: BOY SCOUTS SACRIFICE Give Up Bed to Small Comrade Who Had Been Crowded Out of Lake Camp. 18 LADS BEING TAUGHT STUNTS Eighteen Bemidji Boy Scouts, un- |der Scoutmaster S. E. P. White, ar- rived at their camp grounds, located at the head of Lake Bemidji, near Rocky Point, early Monday after- noon. The rain of the morning did not disturb their plans in the least, and had entirely ceased when they began to hoist their tents. . “Breakfast at 7, dinner at 12, sup- per at 7 and visitors always wel- come,” is the motto with which the Scouts greet all visitors. Scoutmaster White is paying spe- cial attention to the swimming of the boys, and many of them are already qualified to take the Boy Scout etsts. | The boys sleep in tents, and Rev. White attempts to put them through enough work during the mornings and afternoons to keep them from| raising “cane” during the evenings. | When asked as to whether the boys, who average from 11 to 14 years of age, caused him much trou- ble, Rev. White said: { “I do not have any trouble with the boys. There is not an unruly one in the lot, everyone is ambitious and tries to do his best in the work laid out for him. Last night one little fellow came up to me and said that a few of the other boys did not have | enough room for him to sleep, 8o I fixed a bed in a shack and put him to sléep. 1 then made a short visit to the tent with the small amount of room, and gave them a little talk as to the duties of a Boy Scout toward a fellow Scout. Soon after the boys came to my cottage and without giv- ing the boy in the shack time to dress carried him to the tent where they gave him their best bed.” . The beds of the boys are huilt of pine bows over which is spread a cer- tions have been given the boys in| the way of food and other articles including two bales of hay from Thomas Hughes of the Beltrami Mil- ling company and various kinds of food from A. P. White and T. J. Burke. INDIAN WOMAN MAKES CHARGES | Causes Arrest of Man Who Accused Husband of Robbery. “As a climax to the hearing of yes- terday afternoon in which Pete Brett of Maple Ridge accused Alex Jour- dan, a Red Lake Indian, of robbing him of $58, which resulted in Jour- dan being held to the grand jury, the plaintiff, Brett, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Jennie Jour- dan, the defendant’s wife, on a crimi- nal charge. The last witness put on the stand Yesterday afternoon in connection Wwith the robbery case was Mrs. Jour- dan, the defendant’s wife, who testi- fied that the bloody shirt displayed as a state's exhibit to show to what extent the plaintiff had bled when hit over the head with a hammer by her husband was the exact shirt that he, the plaintiff, had on the day be- fore the robbery is supposed to have occurred been covered with blood When she hit him on the head with a stove poker, after he had criminally assaulted her. The warrant for the arrest of Brett was issued this morning by Court Commissioner Simons, but whether the case will go to the grand jury, without a preliminary hearing is not known. ELKS GET OPTION ON McIVER LOT Special Meeting Called to Decide Plans for Future Home. It is possible that Bemidji Elks will chodSe as the site for their new home, which long has been contem- plated, the Mclver lot on Beltrami avenue between Third and Fourth street, now occupied by Mclver's liv- ery. The building committee of the Elks, of which Ray Murphy is chair- man ltas secured an option on these lots and a special meeting of the | Elks lodge has been called to decide upon definite action. The building committee is composed of Ray Mur- phy, George Kreatz, Eugene Berman, Joe Harrington, and John Graham. It is understood that the committee succeeded in getting a good offer from Mr. Mclver for a specially desir- able site, adjoining property held by the Bemidji Townsite company being held at $8,000. On August 7th, at Niagara Falls, the United Powder and High Ex- plosive Workers of America will bold their annual convention. DID DEAD MAN FIGHT FOREST RIFLE DUEL? Harold Dane, Member of Posse Look- ing for Rahiers Assailant, Ex- plains Tragedy. - VICTIM FATHER FOUR CHILDREN Oldest, Month Old, Born Day Big Forks Man Proved Up on His Homestead. MISSING TRAPPER SUSPECTED Believed He May Have Quarreled With Homesteader, Wounds In- ! dicating Desperate Fight. That George Rahier met his death in a rifle duel in the depths of the woods near BigFork in Koochiching caqunty, is the conclusion of a sheriff’s| posse, of which Harold Dane, nephew of Frank Lycan of this city and form- er city editor of the Daily Pioneer, was a member. Mr. Dane came to Bemidji from BigFork last night. er of four children, the youngest of which is one month old, was shot 15 miles northeast of BigFork on a lone- ly road on July 17. The body was found 3 days later badly decomposing and with a bullet wound in the arm and another one in the nose. Death was instantaneous. Dragged Into Bushes. The body had been dragged into the bushes. One bulled had been fired from his rifle. The bullet wound in previously quarreled with Rahier. Bore Evidence of Hard Fight. battered and one eye gouged out. In telling of the crime and search, Mr. Dane said: Evidence of Foul Play. nearest neighbor, Ole Paulson. The Deer River and with him came Sher- to hold the body and that afternoon they took body to Big Fork and took photos with sticks through wounds. Unable to Find Erway. August 4. scattered in twos and covered the Big Fork. that Rahier had been killed at the hands of an unknown party. = The sheriff hag offered a reward. Man From Here Tells Duluth Re-|. tnree prizes. porters About Days When Town Was Wide Open. his arm indicated that he had his own| The Duluth News Tribune weapon to his shoulder at the time, |“Caught on the Run” springs thiS!: Clark Tie & Pole contpany. apparently firing-on his opponent. one: s tain amount of hay. Several dona:| . Tha only mative advenced-is—thet| . “Thare haa heen a great change in of jefinusy existing between-trappers | Bemidji during the past ‘few years,’” -y of that district, and in this connec-|52id 2 well-known Bemidji man, who —rl s Ty tion an effort is being made to locate | Was in Duluth yesterday. Edwin Erway, a trapper of the long|When the newspaper correspondents hair, Buffalo Bill style, who had|used to locate all the murder, riot, arson and kindred disorders at ‘Big Bemidge'—that’s what the woodsmen used to call it. Lately we have been | Erway disappeared about the time|able to shift some of the lessor re- of the shooting. He is known to be sponsibilities, like arson for instance, a bad fighter and that the two men|to our neighbors at Cass Lake. went at it hard is shown by the fact|day Bemidji is one of the cleanest, that Rahier was disfigured, his jaw (most desirable home cities having been dislocated, his face|northern Minnesota. Always a Good Town. “It will always be a good town and “Rahiers body was found by Nel-|none in the northern section of the son Philips, homesteader, living near |State can show a more substantial the Rahier claim. Rahier started out | STOWth or a better prospective future after berries toward Camp No. 5.and | than can Bemidji. was shot a mile from his home. When | the saloon element and the gamblers he didn’t come back Friday his wife | Were largely in control but that in- told neighbors, and 22 starter to hunt | fluence has been waning for some for him and found him Monday noon. | time. 5 “But some of the old timers still like:to hark back to the strenuous “The body was 24 feet back from |days of hurly-burly, when the town the road and the right arm -was|was the rendezvous every winter of crooked up over the head, as if|between 8,000 and 10,000 woodsmen, dragged into the bushes. His gun|when the saloons ran every hour of and hat was found between him and |the day for 365 days in the year, and the road. His rifle was a 30-30 car-| the palaces of cheap and gaudy sin bine and was found 3 feet below and|occupied a prominent place in the 2 feet to one side with one empty | center of the city. shell. the west - outside of the early-day “The bullet wound through his arm | mining camps in the west had any- was away from him. The bullet in|thing on Bemidji then. head was from a 38 calibre revolver. | ministration was more or less of a “The posse took the body to the|limekiln club and everything went “I remember once a negro was coroner of Itasca county was notified | found dead in a saloon over on the and he sent Undertaker Herried of street we used to call ‘Whiskey Row.’ “There was a lot of talk about his . T iff Riley of Grand Rapids and assist- | death. being the result of an over-| LAND SALE TODAY; 2 TRACTS GO ant county attorney Phiney of Deer|dose of knockout drops, administered T River. After a preliminary inquest|to put him-in such a condition that|{Bert Getchell and Superintendent at the Paulson home it was decided |his bank roll could be easily secured. “Inquest?” What For? “When he came to town he was| held at the court house here today supposed to have had & considerable|by Theodore Nelson of the state au- sum of money and when discovered | ditor’s office, two 40 acre tracts were “The body was then buried at Big|dead in a chair in the saloon his|sold, one in Northern going to Bert Fork. The final inquest was held | pPockets were empty. “Time was To- in all In the old days Few towns in The city ad- “In the meantime efforts to locate | inquest. Rahier and a cousin and Zade Coch- |interment. “‘Inquest, Horse Bites Finger for a Fly. " Kewanee, ered from the hand fell : N * Rahier, 35 years old, and the fath- BEMID'" flAS CHANGED : Dog Race for Bemidji Fair. : At the Bemidji county fair to : be held next month one of the : features will be a dog race for : The dogs must be attached to : : either two or four wheeled ve- : : hicles and must finish the race in : : their harness. H The distance will be one- : NE(-}RO DEAD BUT NO INQUEST fourth of a mile and it will be : a two out ef three heats contest. : The first prize will be $5, the : second $2 and the third $1. : in|: These prizes are offered by the : : The race is to be run on Fri- : day afternoon, September 15. NEW ROAD CONTRACT IS LET Commissioners Forward Lake Shore Driveway Petition to St. Paul. James Rogers was the successful bidder for the contract for the con- struction of the half mile of road on the county line between Hubbard and Beltrami counties at the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners which convened for the August ses- sion yesterday afternoon. For a time at least the south side of Seventh street, between Beltrami and Minnesota avenues will not have a cement sidewalk, all bids for the building of it having been rejected by the commissioners. The bids for the construction of the road between Funkley and Kelliher were also re- Jected. The petitiom which was presented to the-board at the previous meeting for the construction of a road around Lake Bemidji under the Elwell law, ‘was not acted upon by the board be- cause it was not first sent to the state highway commission, but will do so as soon as it is returned from the cap- itol. A petition from the residents of Quiring, in school district 93, re- questing that the district be divided, was granted. The application of Ole P. Olson for a liquor license in the town of Clem- entson was granted. The commissioners meet tomorrow as the board of equalization. Stewart Each Buy Forty Acres: - At the regular monthly land sale Getchell and the other in the town- “There was talk about holding an|ship of Eckles to County Superinten- The body was to have been |dent of Schools W. B. Stewart. The Erway failed and Sheriff Riley and|buried in the potter’s field and the|former sold at $6 an acre and the Attorney Phiney and a brother of |Door commissioner had charge of the |latter at $5. In November a big land Somebody asked him if |sale will be held here by Mr. Nelson, ran, myself and a driver, with others, | he wasn’t going to order an inquest. | the recently appraised Beltrami coun- he returned. |ty lands being offered for sale at that country in every direction, but the|‘What’s the use of haldingian in-|time for the first time. last that was seen of Erway was the|Ouest. The man is dead, ain’t he?’ : - day before the murder when he had |l never Quite understood what he pajy CONCERT ON Tm.SIiAY gone to Evergreen for mail and sup-|Meant, but I supposé he was-under plies, which is four miles. out from|the impression that inquests Were| Girong Friday Causes Director Mas- ot necessary unless one were living “At the final inquest the jury found ' 8nd had money.” ten to Change Usual Program. Because Bemidji is to have a cir- cus here Friday evening, Director ig. 9.—While| Masten has decided to hold the regu- “Rahier proved up on fis claim a snapping at a fly, a horse which he|lar weekly open air band concert a | month ago—the day his last’ baby | was riding bit off a finger of Theo- was born. His- widow may get|dore Mack, aged 15. The digit was will be held at the lake dock, there- $3,500 for the claim. Who shot him | com) is an open question, anyone of 50 and the boy, l113en might have done it.” 3 1 day earlier this week. The concert PLAN FIFTY MILE ROAD At Meeting in Blackduck, Decided to Build Highway to Open New District North of Kelliher. SEVEN TO PREPARE PETITION At a meeting in Blackduck last evening, called by the Commercial club of that place, it was decided to build at the earliest possible mo- ent a road, 50 miles in length from Farley; through Blackdiiek and Kell- iher to a point 12 miles north of Kell- iher on the Tamarack river. The meeting was attended by Wil- liam Lennon, the land man of Kelli- her, A. A.-Magill, mayor of Kelliher, Attorney C. R. Middleton of Bau- d tte, J. J. Opsahl and A. G. Rut- ledge of Bemidji. Senator A. L. Han- son of Ada, in Blackduck on other business, was ‘at the meeting for a few minytes. Two;routes:for the new road were proposed, one along the Minnesota & International and the other southeast from Farley to the township line then east to Moose, then north through Kelliher. The Blackduck Commercial club appointed the following committee under the Elwell law and to report to the club at a special meeting to be held probably on Saturday of this week. This committee is made up of: ‘W. T. Blakeley, Farley; Wm. Len- non, Kelliher; Geo. Pretts, Norden, Koochiching county; H. W. Alsop, Birch; Charles Carter, Hines; Chas. Trondson and J. C. Thompson, Black- duck. DYER BACK; PRAISES NORTH Superintendent Bemidji Schools Says Crops Poor in Pipestone County. Professor William. P. Dyer and family have returned from Professor Dyer’s old hom town of Pipestone where his parents live and where he has been in charge of a summer school. He will be in Bemidji the re- mainder of his vacation preparing for the opening of the city schools, of which . he is superintendent. = Mr. Dyer declares that nowhere between Beltrami and the southern tier of counties do the crops look as fine as they do here. “In Pipestone coun- ty,” said Professor Dyer, “the crops are all burned dut. One farmer’s en- tire crop was a few bushels of oats and his_total threshing bill amount- ed to 87 cents.” camvn ON; ATTRACTS MANY Patten Shows With Free Attractions are Proving Magnet, At the first p:!finsmlnm here last evening of the Patten Carnival com- pany, several hundred persons at- tended. Free exhibitions are given in the afternoon and at 8 p. m. A German comedian and other perform- ers entertain the crowd. The Patten shows are made up of four entertain- ments: the merry-go-round, the side show, moving picture show and the dog and pony show, the latter con- taining some acts not to be seen in any similar organization, such as goats walking a tight wire. A trick donkey makes a hit with the chil- to prepare the necessary petition | WOMAN ATTACKED * FIGHTS; FOUND IN ROAD SENSELESS Berry Picker Near Bagley Resists Assailant and Has Four Teeth g Knocked Out. HIT OVER HEAD WITH A CLUB Falls Unconscious and Dark Colored . Man Who Made Assault Makes His Escape. SHERIFF'S POSSE IS IN PURSUIT Believed to Be Sioux Half Breed, Wanted at Reservation for Sim- ilar Crimes. Bagley, Minn., Aug. 9—(By Long Distance Telephone).—Mrs. Gilbert Olson, wife of the owner of the Bag- ley Meat Market, while returning from picking berries on the Higten farm, one mile west of Bagley, yes- terday afternoon, met two men of dark complexion who looked like mixed bloods. One of the men stepped in front of her and asked her to accompany him into the timber. On her refusal and outery, he grappled her with one hand and tried to put the other over her mouth. The woman fought desperately for her life and honor. Failing in his attempt to keep her from screaming, the woman’s assail- ant dropped the hand that was over her mouth and struck her a blow in the face, dislodging four teeth. As she still continued to struggle and he was unable to get her out of the road, he picked up a club and struck her across the forehead, mak-" ing a gash which took four stitches to close, and left her lying uncon- scious by the roadside where she was found about 6:30 last evening, and about two hours and a half, as near as she could judge, from the time she was attacked. Owing to her nervous condition at this time and the suddenness of the attack, she was unable to give a lucid description of the parties. Sheriff Anderson and a posse of 30 left this morning to scour the woods. The officers in search this after- noon believe they have finally struck a clue. Jack Burns, a mixed blood (Sioux) who is wanted for several crimes on the White Earth reserva- tion of a similar nature, was seen skulking around the Bakke farm that adjoins the place where Mrs. Olson ‘was picking berries at 3 o’clock, an hour or so before the crime was com- mitted. TRAMP ATTACKS AITKIN GIRL. Negro Pleads on Knee for Mercy When Captured By Armed Man. Aitkin, Minn., Aug. 9.—A negro tramp giving his name as Howard Woocester, yesterday assaulted the young daughter of Andrew Gould, a farmer living south of town. The negro called at the Gould farm house, and, finding only the 14-year- old girl at home, immediately at- tacked her, choking her and stuffing a handkerchief into her mouth to prevent an outery. Mr. Gould and a hired man were haying in a field a mile from the house, and when they came home to dinner they found the girl upon the floor in a serious condition. Martin Juylin, the hired man, se- curing a rifle from Mr. Gould, mount- ed a work horse and started in pur- suit of the negro. He caught up with the tramp at the farm of Judge Burham, and in jumping from the horse accidentally discharged the rifle. The pursued man, it is said, fell upon his knees, praying Juylin not to shoot. Juylin marched the negro back to the Gould home, ten miles, where the girl identified him. The sheriff brought the prisaner to Aitkin, where he pleaded guilty to the crime, and is now in jail await- ing the fall term of court. . The girl is 14 years old. Her mother is dead, and she has been keeping the home for her father. She is in a critical condition. E . New Congressman for Minnesota, ‘Washington, Aug. 9.—President Taft yesterday signed the reappor- tionment bill under which the house ©of representatives is increased from Arizona and New Mexico are admit- ted to the union. 2R Ly 391 to 433 members, with more if