Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 22, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 98. TWO TEETH KICKED FROM BEMIDJI BOY | Angered Because Shoars Smiled at| Wife, Red Wing Employe As- saults Ward of State. GIVEN 150 BLOWS ON BARE SKIN | | “Stung at First Until I Writhed, | Then Flesh Became Mass of Bruis- es and Numb to Pain-” i | | MAKES A SWORN STATEMENT Appears Before Notary Public in| Crookston and Tells Tale of Hor- rible Abuses. Frank Shoals of this city, formerly | of Cass Lake, who has been working| for the Great Northern railroad com- pany, and who was committed to the state training school for boys at Red Wing because he played “hookey’ from school, talks of that institution,: the alleged facts being sworn to be-| fore a Crookston notary public. With two of his front teeth miss- ing to bear out his statement that they had been kicked out while an inmate at the Red Wing training school, and a fund of information which was given in answer to ques- tioning, and the whole story told in a frank, straight-forward manner, Shoars, gives some chilling side-lights on life at Red Wing during a two years' stay there. during a two years' stay there. Sent From Cass Lake. Shoars was sent to Red Wing from Cass Lake Sept. 29, 1908, and his “badges” for good behavior entitled him to parole so that he was released Jan. 12 last, but he will still be un- der ‘parole for several years. Ihe I a clean looking and straight-forward talking lad, who looks you straight in the eye and tells his story without any vindictiveness. He said in part: | “The boys who enter the training school at Red Wing have to shift for themselves. No one greets you or seems to care a rap for you. My mother never knew what kind of an institution it was. She thought it was a sort of a farm where I would get good treatment and come out with some good training and useful experience. Abuse All the Time. 1t was a case of abuse to some of us all the time. I was there about nine months before I was given the root cellar, then better known as the ‘paintshop’ degree. Seven or eight of us had planned on making our es- cape. The managers or guards got wise to the plan and about 2 o'clock in the morning they came into Co. dormintory and started beating us all up. Whittier, Kinney, Crosby, Peterson, Ecklund and Meatzold were there and perhaps others, I cannot re- member all, and with slings they knocked us right and left. The guil- ty were punished with the innocent. William or Arthur Lind was pounded and stamped on, I saw it with my own eyes, till he yelled with torture and abuse, and he was not in the plan to escape at all and knew noth- ing about it. “We were then lined up and sent to the ‘paintshop,’ some of the boys being in line from 2 a. m. till after | 8 a. m. till all had received their beating separately. How it Feels to Get 150 Blows. “When my turn came I was asked if I had any objection to the punish- ment and replied ‘no.’ ‘Then pile on the table and take down your jeans,” said Kinney. “They used a sort of a dog chain to. tie my wrists together and then placing a wet towel over my bare skin two men held me while a third laid on the lashes with a leather thong set in a wooden handle. “I squirmed around and they fin- ally chained my hands behind my back and in that position, helpless, I was struck in the face and the lash- ing was resumed. I must have re- ceived about 150. The first fifteen or so stung terribly, but after that my body got sort of numb. The lashing stopped occasionally and Kinney would ask me if Lind was in the deal. “l1 kept denying it because it was the God's truth that he was not, !nd the beating would start again. When they stopped the towel was all cov- ered with blood. I don’t believe I yelled very much. It hurts so you ean’t yell. You can just writhe with the pain and groan. His Teeth Kicked Out. “The next morning.was when my fruits? HOW TO SAVE VEGETABLES Canning and Drying Processes Ex- plained to Pioneer Readers By Mary Bull, Expert. PROCESS IS SIMPLE AND SAFE How to preserve garden vegetables for use next winter is told in a con- tribution . to The Pioneer by Miss Mary L. Bull of the Extension Di- vision of the Minnesota College of Agriculture. PUPILS SELL TUBERS AT $120 ACRE RATE This Causes Professor Bergh to” De- clare That Soil of North Worth More Than Forests, PROFIT ON POTATOS PLACED-$72 About One-Fifth of Acre Yield Sald to Markham Hotel for $26.25; Miss Bull says: Use no canning powders! Now is the time to prepare vege- tables and fruits for winter use. Home-prepared foods are chenperl and better than those found on the| market. 1If cans are not at hand when peas, corn and string beans are in their prime, why not use the good old-| fashioned method of preservation, | and “dry” vegetables as well as Drying String Beans. Select young, tender, stringless beans, wash them, cut off stem and blossom ends, cut in one inch lengths, and put them on plates or trays pre- pared for the purpose. Cover with a net to protect them from flies, and put to dry in a strong current of air. Stir occasionally while drying. When thoroughly dried, put into insect-| proof bags, tie securely, and keep in a dry, well-ventilated place for future use. Canning String Beans, For beans to can, select and pre- pare them as for drying. Fill steril- ized jars with the beans, then add water until it overflows, place the rubber, and set the cover loosely. Set the jars in a steamer over eold water, or in a boiler or kettle of cold water; bring the water to the boiling point and cook one hour. Screw the covers on as tightly as possible. Allow the jars to next day, when they put to cook in cold water and ished as before, - -Repeat the process the third day, boiling an hour each time. Do not loosen the covers after put- ting them on the first time. Be sure to put the jars into cool water each time when putting them over the fire. How to Dry Corn. Sweet corn may be dried in the same way as the beans. Prime sweet corn, when properly dried, properly stored and nicely cooked, is excellent, and is preferred by some to canned corn. Select corn just right for the table. Be certain it is not too old. Husk, and carefully remove all silks. Plunge the corn into boiling water, and allow it to cook four or five min- utes. Cut from the cob, and put on plates or trays to dry. Proceed as when drying beans. Canning Sweet Corn. Sweet corn may be canned by the same method as described for can- ning beans. - Green peas and asparagus may also be preserved in the same way. Couldn’t Hurt His Brain. Btrickland W. Gillilan says that S8am Jones and “Sunshine Hawks” of Bal- timore, the revivalists, were invited to the home of a good brother and sis- ter In the church. At the dinner table it transpired that the sister had had a sinister purpose In issuing the in- vitation, for she said: “Mr. Jones, 1 wish you'd tell my husband that smok- ing is injurious to him. 1 know it s, but he won’t believe it. I wish you'd tell him, and it might have some in- fluence over him.” “No, sister,”. said Jones, who was himself an inveterate smoker, “I can't tell him that Smoking injures only the human brain. And he hasn’t any brain to injure, or he wouldn't have married you. Now, sister, I came here to eat—that is what 1 was invited for— not to lecture. So if you'll carve that turkey, give me a piece of the white meat and Hawks.a leg we'll be all right” And that husband’s gratitude lives yet. Defining a Boundary Line. In 1847 Rufus Choate appeared In bebalf of partles whose rights were affected by the boundary line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, thus described in the agreement: “Beginning,” etc., “thence to an an- gle on the easterly side of Watuppa pond, thence across said pond to the two rocks on the westerly side of said pond and near thereto, thence wester- ly to the buttonwood tree in the vil- lage of Fall River.” In his argument, commenting on the boundary, Mr. Choate thus referred to part of the description: “A bound- line between two sovereign states described by a couple of stones near & pond aud-a buttonwood sapllog in a village! The commissioners might as well have defined it as starting from & blue jay, thence to a swarm of bees in hiving time and thence to 500 foxes with firebrands tied to their tafls.”— sfand until the Cost 30c to Raise. MARKET AND STORAGE URGED “Then €attle and Clover; Berries and Bees,” Says Enthusiastic Agri- cultural Instructor. Following the sale of 35 lmshels! of potatoes here:fo the Markham Ho- tel, at 75 cents a_bushel, raised on| about one-fifth of an acre by pupils of the Bemidji schools on the school farm gardens, realizing $26.25, or at the rate of $130 an acre, Professor Otto Bergh, agricultural instructor of the Bemidji High School presented figures to show that the soil wealth of the North is by far greater than the entire forest wealth of this dis- triet. Means $120 An Acre. The potato sale was taken as an il- lustration. The 35 bushels were raised on .22 of an acre, and this yield is therefore equal to 160 bush- els an acre and at 75 cents a bushel would mean a gross income of $120 i acre. E Professor Bergh explains that po- tatoes can be grown.at a cost.of about 30 cents a bushel; leaving a net prof- it with ‘the yield and prices at the above figures, of $72 an acre. Bergh Offers Suggestion. This causes Professor Bergh to en- thuse as follows: “If the farmers in this section will insure a market for their potatoes by forming an association and build- ing warehouses on the railroads, the potato culture in the near future will without doubt be one of the most extensive and at the same time prof- itable industries in this part of the state. “Our soils and- climate are well adapted to the raising of potatoes, yet this crop should be supplemented on every farm by a dairy herd,-which can consume the clovers.in the farm rotation, and- supply -the - necessary fertilizer.” Timber Wealth Insignificant. And then Mr. Bergh makes this definite statement: “The wealth in the past from the forest in lumber will seem insignifi- cant in contrast to the wealth that awaits us in the agricultural resourc- es of Northern Minnesota. “Together with potatoes, the fu- ture of this region is linked with clover and cattle, berries and bees.” Much Produce-to Be Picked. There still remain much produce to be gathered by the pupils from the farm gardens and many families are receiving consignments of vegetables as a result of the interest and care- ful attention of the boys,and girls, several of whom received prizes for their good work on Friday of last week. In the announcement - of these prizes the Pioneer omitted to say that the gold and silver pins attached to the pennants given the prize winners were donated by the O'Leary-Bowser company. is GIVES 10,000 GALLONS OF WINE San Francisco Also Showers Eagles . With Oranges npd Other Fruits. San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 22.—Af- ter the notable demonstration of hos- pitality given today no Eagle in at- tendance on the national convention of the order now in session here is likely to return home with anything but praise for the cityiof San'Francis- co and ‘the State of California. It was “open house” day .on the com- vention calendar and practically ev- erything:in the way of sclid and lig- BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, {7 anwet® ' (Copyright, L) —_—— ATION Ubl_fAS PLAYS SHORTSTOP Does_ Brilliant Work for “Pats” in Laughable Cass Lake Game, Um- pired by Father Kornbrust. 'KOLL'S FEET TANGLED IN GRASS Cass Lake, Aug;:22.—The most in- teresting and: laughalle game of ball -ever played- in- Caaw-lake took-plates. yesterday afterhoon between the fats and leans of the village under the auspices of the Commercial club. The leans won by a score of 6 to 1, after nine innings of strenuous playing. Rev. Fr. Kornbrust umpired the game and was determrined to ‘keep order at all times, as he was armed with a regulation Indian tomahawk discovered under ground a year ago was making a clearing on his claim. Teh “stunts’ pulled off during the game were laughable in the extreme. the “Fats” performed an acrobatic “stunt” that was not on the program by going after a high foul, and just as he was going to catch the ball, turped two summersaults and landed in'a heap. He missed the ball, and the erowd roared. An ambulance was on the ground and a hurry call was answered when M. K. Koll, another “Fat,” playing right field, got his feet tangled in the grass and fell. He was brought before the grandstand on a stretcher and cared for by Dr. Christenson who applied restoratives and the injured man was resuscitated just as the band struck up “How Dry I Am.” Dr. D. F. Dumas, of Puposky-Pin- kerton fame, played shortstop for the “Fats” in brilliant style, and picked up everything that came his way. Taken altogether the game was a complete success both in a social and financial way, the Commercial club cleared about $65 from the day’s pleasure. $20,000 OFFERED FOR APPLES Additional Prices of Gold and Silver Will Be Given at Spokane. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 22.—Twenty thousand dollars in cash premiums, in addition to gold and silver: tro- phies, will be awarded in competi- tions, free_and open to al, at the fourth National apple show and har- vest festival in Spokane the last week in November. Plans have been-com- pleted to exhibit more than 2,000,000 of the highest grade commercial ap- ples. grown in the United States and Canada in a temporary structure cov- ering. four and a half acres of ground, the features being 15 or more full carload displays: . = Made N: Wait. On the day when tp courter brought news of the signature of the peace of Amiens, Talleyrand thrust the-impa- tlently awalted document in-his pocket, went:to the emperor and engaged him in current affairs. When. these were uid refreshment; was dispensed:free to the visitors. Ten thousand gallons of choice wine and carloadd of Califor- nia oranges, figs, plums, ‘olives, cher- (Continued on last paga Minneapolis Journal. ries, grapes, raisins_and - almonds were distributed with P lavish hand. all disposed of be said: “Now 1 have good news for you. tad “And you cculd not tell me this-im- ediately?” excinimed the-astomnished Napoleon. = . «_ “Certainly not. for then-you woul Msten to mothingielse” - = and an old rusty shotgun which was | : on the claim of E. K. Miskella, near|: Little Fork while that homesteader|: Frank Merrill playing third base for|: B L LD Do T T * : Duluth Visitors Here Tonight; ° Meet Them at Commercial Club : Accompanied by a brass band : : and coming on their own spegial : : train, a crowd of Duluth “tréde : ¢ trip” visitors will arrive in' Be- : | : midji at 7:40 tonight. : The party will leave Bemidji : : at 7 a. m. tomorrow, the invita- : : tion of Thomas J. Burkes for the : : Bemidji Commercial club to re- : : main here tomorrow forenoon : : having been refused today by : : Secretary Eva of the Duluth club : :.on the ground that it would 2 -impoasible. o -alter -the, original : schedule: 5 = oy “Mr.-Eva said that members of : : his party would be glad to get : : up at 5:30 in the morning to go : : for automobile rides about the : : city,” said Mr. Burke who was : : mnot enthusiastic over this propo- : : sition. “Don’t kmow any joy : : wagon owners in Bemidji that : would get up at that hour,” com- : : mented Mr. Burke. However, President Burke urg- : es that there be a good crowd at : : the new Commercial club rooms -: : tonight to welcome the Duluth : : visitors who are to spend the ev- : ening there. | CHABOILLEX HELD FOR ASSAULT Man, Said to Have Tried Murder and Suicide, Bound Over Here. Charles Chaboillez, grandson of the famous Hudson bay trader of that name, and for a long time a trusted employe of the Chippewa store at Red Lake, who is accused of having at- tempted to kill his wife and commit suicide several days ago, was brought to Bemidji yetserday by Deputy Unit- ed State Marshal Frank Tuffs and ar- raigned before Court Commissioner H. A. Simons, on a charge of assault in the first degree. He was bound over to await the action of the fed- eral grand jury at Fergus Falls which meets on November 13 next. His bail bond was fixed at $1,000 and was signed by Johm G. Morrison, Jr., of Red Lake and R. C. Hayner, former county auditor of Bemidji. it e DULUTH HAS FOOD LAW MEETING Secretary Wilson Delivers Address, Explaining Existing Conditions. Duluth, Minn.,, August 22.—The| problem of how best to bring about the much needed uniformity of the food laws of the various states of the Union was the main topic of discus- sion at the meeting of the Association of state and national food and dairy departments, which was held here to- day. - Secretary of Agriculture Wil- son, who is one of the strongest sup- porters of the uniformity movement, was present at the meeting and deliv- ered an address, in which he ex- plained the existing conditions and pledged himself to de everything in his power to bring about uniformity of food legislation. | Proved Himself Great. ‘With a sigh sbe laid down the maga- zine article upon Daniel O’Connell. “The day of great mep,” she sald, *is “But the day of beautiful women is: not,” he responded. / : Bhe smiled and blusted: *I was only foking.” she - explained - htirriedly.— Western Christlan Advocate. . NEW COLLEGE LOCATED Brown's Business School to Open on Monday in Quarters at 0dd ’ . Fellows Hall. EQUIPMENT BEING RUSHED IN Bemidji's new business college, hichuigith-open.next Monday, Ang= st~ 23, “will b located i1 the 0ad. Fellows hall, Beltrami and Fourth, A. E. Brown, proprietor of the col- lege, having today consummated ar- rangements for use of the hall. Brown Pleased With Gutlook. “Everything is now in readiness,” said Mr. Brown, “and we shall begin the school with an exceptionally good class; Beginning today I shall be at theyOdd Fellows hall between 10 and 12 and 2 and 5, and should be pleased to meet all persons interested in the college.” Mr. Brown, who will have personal charge of the instructions for a time at least, has associated with him as an instructor F. J. McNally, an ex- perienced public school teacher: Typewriters and other school equip- ment have been sent for and will be rushed to Bemidji in time for the opening on Monday. Positions Guaranteed Graduates. The hours of study will be the same as those in the public schools. Three times a week evening classes will be held. Typewriting, bookkeeping and business practice, business arithmet- ic, higher spelling and business cor- respondence will be taught. Stud- ents may enroll at any time and if they complete the course are guar- anteed positions. A permanent office is maintained in the American Na- tional bank building in St. Paul and many students are given Twin City positions through this central office. Former Student Writes of Success. Mr. Brown has two other business colleges in Minnesota, one at New Ulm and the other at Northfield. Frequently he received letters from former students telling him of their success in the business world, an ex- ample of which is shown by the following received by Mr. Brown sincé he came to Bemidji and mailed at Siayton, Minn., by Frank -C. Schultz, a former student: “Thought perhaps you would be in- terested to know that your humble| servant has been given the position of general and special salesman for the Northwest district of Armour & “DRY” WORKERS AT FARIBAULT 200 Delegates to Temperance Gather- ing on Hand for Convention. Fnribault,' Minn., " August 22— Temperdnee workers from every sec- tion of the State, among them many Union, which-opened here today for a session of four da; “Nearly 200 delegates are presen S 163 IN CASS LAKE " LAND OPENINGLINE Weeks Loses Out to Old Soldier From Beltrami Co. - Much of This Lies in Northern Part of This and Koochiching Counties. NO DISORDER MARKS FILING {Several Women Take Their Position in Effort to Get Choice Lots— | Places Held by Agreement. { Cass Lake, Minn., Aug. 22.—3 p. m.—(By Long Distance Telephone) —With 168 men and women in line, filing began at 9 a. m. today on the recently opened 82,000 acres of gov- {ernment land, much of it lying in the northern part of Beltrami and Kooch- iching counties. Nels J. Erickson, living five miles west of Cass Lake, who has held place No. 1 in the line of waiters for the past six weeks, was not the first to file after all, Harry Beer, an old sol- dier, 4 miles from Clementson, Bel- trami county, taking advantage of his soldier’s rights. Beer Delegates Policeman. Beer was not present himiself but delegated one of the special police- ment, Matt Kennedy, to act _(ql- him, and when the doors opened for the filing this morning, Kennedy entered and filed for the veteran. © Roberts-of Illinois third. There was no increaSe in the land office force, Register Bartlett and Re- ceiver E. B. Wood taking care of the crowd. More than 100 filings have been made up to this time. Settlers on land are now filing. There has been no disorder of any kind. May Early Was Early. . George Leeson, Payl Early and Miss May Early, all of Koochiching county, were early filers. Threé other women were in line. The tedious waiting that has been indulged in the past several weeks by most of those in line was les- sened somewhat by an agreement be- tween them to stand by each other and hold their places when some of {them are away for a few hours. Three tents have been pitched just east of the land office where some of these in line spend their time. Oth- ers are staying at local hotels for their meals and rooms. Makes 500 160-Acre Tracts. Nearly all who filed are strangers. There are also more than 209,000 acres in Koochiching and northern Beltrami counties which is swamp land which will be drained within the coming year. This land is also now open for en- try and will be available for home- stead settlement as soon as the drain- age projects now under way will -be completed. The land to be opened today makes about 500 160-acre tracts, a consider- able portion of which is swampy and will not be taken up at this opening. BOTTING THOUGHT GUN EMPTY Bemidji Man Was Cleaning -Rifle on Rainy River When Fatally Shot. George Botting of Bemidji who died at Fort Francis yesterday re- ceived his fatal wound while clean- ing a Mauser 30-30 rifle last Friday. He had been shooting with other members of the crew which were picking up logs in the Rainy . River and had started to take the gun apart " to clean it. The muzzle was pressed against the pit of his stomach when it exploded, the bullet tearing its way through the body. Mr. Botting was taken to the Fort Francis hospital but at no time had any-chance to recover. His body was brought to Bemidji - last night and taken in charge by members of the Modern Brotherhood of America of which Mr.- Botting was a member. The funeral will be held in the Baptist church to-_ morrow, Rev. Flesher officiating. & 3 > 5= According to Grade: Vessels - large mily® Venture 'more, but little bats’ should keep” neai shore.Franklin, 2 82000 ACRES ARE INVOLVED - _Erickson. was second and_Arthur 4