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

| | | 7 L VOLUME 9. NUMBER 129. RITCHIE CONTINUES ASFAIR SECRETARY All Other Officers Chosen to Succeed Themselves With Exception of Vice-President. CASH NOW ON HAND IS $537.00 Report Shows Gates Receipts This Year Were $555 Against $476 For 1910. TOTAL RECEIPTS WERE $1,266 Disbursements for Amusements, La- bor, Music, Material, Ete., Amounted to $778. At a meeting of the hoard of direc- tors of the Beltrami Agricultural as-| sociation at the Commercial rooms 1ast evening ail the old officers, with the exception of vice-president, | were re-elected, A. P. Ritchie being| named to succeed himself as secre- tary. Charles Trondson of Blackduck, was chosen to succeed L. G. send of Blackduck, owing to the ab- sence of Mr. Townsend from state. List of Officers. The present officers are: President—A. P. White, Bemidfi. |offers no explanation calculated to Vice-president—Charles Trondson, | throw light on his favorite pastime.! Blackduck. | Practically all the fires were in sheds | Treasurer Schumaker, Be-land barns and the money loss was midji. Secretary—A. chose of officers, place being filled with contest. Mr. Ritchie's selection as secretary is @ tribute paid him by the directors every for the work he did in handling the | | be confined to those who come from | |the Hardangerlog district of Nor-| The meeting will conclude to- | fair of 1911, Mr. Ritchie was named to succeed W. R. Mackenzie when Mr. Mackenzie resigned last fall. tered into the work with enthusiasm and the directors feel that to him, more than any other one man, credit for the success of the fair just held, is due, Ritchie Makes Report. Secretary Ritchie presented his re- port for the 1911 fair, which con- tained the following: Receipts. Donations $166.00 Gate . o 1451.05 Grandstand 53.50 Concessions . 45.50 GRS sanan s soonsins waterws 250.00 Total — $1,266.05 Dis Amusements $140.00 | Labor . Material . Miscellaneous Musie . Total . o oveoios oo ins Balance on hand from this fair $537.13. Included in expenditures is the sum of $50.20, rent of grounds for 19.10. $920 Paid in Premiums. The total premiums paid out amounted to $920.95. Premiums paid out $904 Races last year $704. this year $154.50. Gate receipts 1910 were $476; for All bills growing out of the ex- pense of the state fair exhibit as well as the fair here have been allowed and the work of the year well cleaned up, with a substantial working bal-| ance on hand. EBERHART COMES TO BRAINERD | To Attend Masonic Celebration; Gem- mell Master of Ceremonies. Governor Eberhart will attend the formal opening of the Brainerd Ma- sonic quarters on Friday evening, and | the evening promises to be the most | brilliant event of the season. trand| Master of the State E. A. Kling, of Little Falls, will also be present, W H. Gemmell, chairman of the recep: tion committee, will meet the gover- nor Friday afternoon at Little Falls and accompany him to Brainerd. In addition to being the chairman of the committee on reception of the gov- ernor, Mr. Gemmell will officiate as Master of Ceremonies. Somebody has said that a dog with no teeth has a soft snap. We'd rather think that he has no snap at all. club| Town- | He en-| B R R R R R R RCRCR Y © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © PP0PO0OOPPIOOOOSS The Weather: Friday. Fair and warmer A chase after a stolen engine on the tracks of a Norfolk, Va., ‘umber company wound up with a rear-end collision, in which Engineer . D. Latham, of Elizabeth City, N. C., was killed. While swatting a fly Miss Mabel Howard, stenographer in the sflice of the county treasurer, and an ardent supporter of the “swat the fly" pro- gram, fell off her chair and broke her wrist. Fifty thousand dollars sought of Congress by the health and marine hospital wiil be public service nual- |is said that it is increasing ly more than 100 per-cent. rounds of ammunition, Edward Fra- . a negro, who shot William Wor- sham and Harry Jackson, fortified himself on top of a hill at Cincinnati, |ana fa est him at their peril. The courts are to dete er deposits in postal savings bank: {are subject to attachments or other | legal processes. The courts in New | Mexico are to adjudicate the case of mine wheth- |a man who went into bankruptcy af-| ter having made deposits in the pos- ‘tal savings bank. i } A three-day program of fesiivities was ushered in at Madison, Minn., | today in celebration of the fortieth | anniversary of the organization of Lac qui Parle county.” The county claims the distinction of being the the | Place of birth of the first white ehild| gy, {born in Minnesota. | | Albert Smith. who admits that he {has fired twenty buildings in Min-} | neapolis within the last six weeks, small. Smith has been employed as P. Ritchie, Bemidji.|a laborer in a flouring mill. ‘There was no discussion as to the| Prominent Norwegians resident in all parts of South Dakota gathered at Sioux Falls today to perfect the organization of a MHardangerlog so- | clety, the membership of which will way. morrow night with a banquet at which typical Norwegian dishes will be served. Ten thousand troops from many states will march through the streets of Atlanta one week from next Tues- day in the great military parsde in connection with the unveiling of the {0ld Guard monument. The monu- ment is to commemorate the tour of the Northern States taken by vears after the close of the civil war to remove some of the ill teeling which prevailed during the recon- struction days. Approximately 2,000 clerks and | ployed south of the Ohio river, are on a strike, the number being augu- | mented by a walkout of 490 shop-| ment at New Orleans. This was in| addition to the 280 clerks who went out Monday. At Memphis, practical- ly all the clerks went out and later were followed by the shopmen, in all about 1,100 men striking. These together with the clerk in the smal- ler offices who answered the first strike call, bring the number to about 2,000. | President Taft arrived at Council | Blufts, lowa, this morning from | Kansas to begin a two days’ tour of | Towa, the home state of Senator Cum- mins and the originator of the “in- surgent” idea. Governor Carroll, Senator Kenyon and a number of | other Republican | president here and will accompany |him until he leaves the State tomor- row night. From the rear end of ‘his | car the president spoke a few words | of greeting to the crowd assembled | at the Illinois Central station to wit-| ness his departure shortly before 8| o'clock this morning. Ohio, of the Fifth National Euchar- istic Congress of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States was pre- | ceded by the celebration of high pon- | tifical mass in the cathedral. The “Mosf. Rev. Diomede Falconio, the apostolic delegate at Washington, of- | ficiated at the mass, assisted by Arch- bishop Farley of New York, Arch- | bishop. Moeller of Cincinnati and St. Paul and was an exposition of the divine institution of the holy eu- |charist. The business sessions of the congress began this afternoon, with Bishop Maes of Covington in the chair. The sessions will continue for three days and will be followed on Sunday by a solemn procession of the sacrament. for the suppression of pellagra. Tt | With a rifle and several hundred | 1ed a challenge to officials |u the | Gate City Guard of Atlanta a Iew! shopmen of the Illinois Central em-| leaders mat the| The opening today at Cincinnati, | | other high prelates. The sermon was| preached by Archbishop Ireland of | MINNEAPOLIS MAN AIDS MARKET DAY Rahn Offers $5 in Cash to Farmer Who Comes Longest Distance By Team. ;‘MORE GIFTS UP TFOR BRIDE Marriage is to Take Place on Plat- { form at Bemidji Avenue and | Fourth Street. MERCHANTS MAKE gWill Offer Unusual Inducements to : Visitors Wko Come and Trade— No Balloon Ascension. a\ | “Here’s u check for $5. Cive it to {the farmer who comes t ‘(lls[an(‘e on market day.” This came today from a Minne- | apolis man, | Crookston Lumber company, who is ‘x; here for a few days, one day being ‘sulfimem to him the } plans of the Commercial club to make October 12 the greatest trade day in enthuse over | the history of the city. Rahn's money was accepted land this with other cash offers make a money prize of §8.50 for the farm- |er who comes the longest distance ;IJ,\' team on market day. | Kitchenware for Bride. Gifts for the bride and groom at the public marr offered, the latest coming from the | Grotte Variety store, enameled kiteh- enware for the bride. The marriage is to take place on a platform erected at Bemidji avenue {and Fourth street. The public auc- tion of farm produce also will be held at the same location. Schroeder Wants Potatoes. Wellington G. Schroeder this af- ternoon announced that he would make a special effort on market day | to ship several carloads of potatoes. “You can say for me," he said, will handle all the potatoes brought to town on that day, providing the potatoes are good, clean stock. pay the highest market prices.” Practically every mercantile estab- lishment in the city has announced some sort of trade favors in honor of the visitors from out of town, some of them nearly cutting their regular “m'ices in two. | 5,000 Posters to Be Scattered. It had been planned to begin the distribution of 5,000 flaming posters throughout the surrounding country and nearby villages, but because of | the rain this work was postponed un- Itil tomorrow ‘when E. A. Barker, | chairman of the poster distribution committee will lead an expedition which will make Paul Revere’s jaunt through “every middlesex village and farm” look like the staggering foot- steps of a lumberjack after pay day. Assisting Mr. Parker with their au- tomobiles will be Frank S. Lycan, W. L. Brooks and G. H. French. Visitors to Be Cared For. | Merchants are making special pro- [ vision for the comfort of visitors and the hotels extend a general invita- tion to the farmers to make their lob- bies their headquarters during the day. It is also likely that the Commer- {cial elub rooms will be thrown open to the visitors. That the fame of the market day is spreading is shown by the fact that the manager of a woman aeronaut has written to know if any induce- |sion on that day. He will not be | encouraged as it is the aim to make {the occasion a trading event, and as | pleasant for the visitors as possible, without turning it into a holiday. i William J. Bryan returned to his sme at Lincoln, Neb., today to celebrate with Mrs. Bryan next Sun- the anniversary of their wed- Jing. One week from today Mr. Bry- an will start out on a three wWeeks 'cakmg tour through Nebraska.| B tour, undertaken, in the inter- ests of the Democratic State ticket is already beginning to atiract at- | tention in politieal circles. Prosident | Taft is scheduled to speak in Or Lincoln, | Nebraska cities the first of the week. Mr. Bryan will begin his tour a few days later and it is generally un- | derstood that his speeches will be in the nature of replies to the presi- dent’s utterances on national iscues. ¢ farthest ! A. A. D. Rahn, of thej age continne to be| I will | ments would be offered for an ascen- | Hastings and several olher‘ | B b | Photo of Austrian emperor by American and hundreds ul' arrests were made. Press Associatlon. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. Living In Vienna. For the first time since the.revolution of 1849 martial law was proclaimed in Austria's capital following riots resulting from agitation over the unusually high cost of food. Troops of cavalry were ordered to disperse all groups, |Found By Men in Forestry Service, According to Reports to Cox, Who is Here. PLANS FOR FEDERAL AID Co-operation between the state and federal forestry departments in the prevention of forest fires this fall is now being worked out by W. T. Cox, | Washington, a representative of the | federal forestry department, who are in Bemidji today. The United States government has made provision for the expenditure of 1$10,000 for the fighting of fires in the state of Minnesota, to be paid to | fire-fighters. This money will be used exclusively for timber protec- tion at the head waters of the nav igable streams. Came From Two Harbors. The two foresters came to Bemidji from Two Harbors, after a long trip through the timbered sections of the| northeastern part of the state. Under the management of Mr. Cox the fire ranger system which he in-| augurated during the past year, has| proved to be successful, and accord-| means of preventing many fires| which might have proved disastrous. There are 20 district rangers assist- ed by 75 patrolmen in the employ of the state, who work in perfect| harmony with rangers employed by' | the lumbering and railroad compa-| |nies. These men are constantly watch-| ing for fires, and it is reported that| they have detected nearly 400 fires. | Various means are used to make cb- servations, especially that of con-| structing high towers from which | expansive views can be had. | Hopes to Buy Park Timber. | | . The state department has an an- nual fund of $6,000 to be used for the purpose of purchasing timber standing on various state parks and {owned by private concerns for log- ing purposes. The companies are| holding this timber until the state is| in position to take it all up, states Mr. Cox. Besides this there is- $14,-| 000 to $15,000 now available fer the same purpose. Mr. Cox states that the state cannot hope to purchese all the standing timber in the parks, but it can secure most of it, and that | it has ten years in which to acquire possession of it. 2 Mr. Cox is especially enthusiaistic (Continued on last pag: | 400 FIRES DISCOVERED state forester, and J. G. Peters of |: ing to his statement, has been the [tax levy in 1910 was 2.70 mills. L R s N A * Mike Davis is Coming Back? Mike Davis, at one time a no- torious, if not altogetber promi- nent resident of Bemidji, who la- : : has been traveling for his health, has addressed the following com- : munication to Thomas J. Burke, president of the Bemidji Com- mereial club: s North Dakota, Sept. 20, 1911. President Bemidji Commercial : club: I will be in your town ‘Market Day.” Have Company k : meet me at the train and escort : me to the courthouse. Have the band play, ‘Bird in N2lly’s Hat,” : so that I may be identified by the : X game warden, “Kurley Davis.” (Then follows a spear with the words “His foot mark.”) Another letter has Dbeen re- ceived by County Attorney Tor- rance and this one is from a man who wants to know: “How much money 1s there in it for the capture of Mike Davis, and is it for him dead or alive or must he be brought in alive? : 1 have done some work like this : before and if there is enough in it T may go after him." STATE NEEDS $1, 360,000 MORE This Increase in Taxes Necessary Ac- cording Report By Auditor. money must be raised by taxation for conducting affairs of the state during the present fiscal year, than was raised for the year 1910, accord- ing to instructions sent out bs S. G. |Iverson, state auditor. The total The total levy for 1911 will be 3.33 mills, an increase of 1.18. This 1s ‘the | highest levy by the state since 1873. | The following table shows whers the | increases come: 1910 1911 Miils Mills Revenue fund........ 90 1.90 Soldiers” relief fund. ... .10 |Road and bridge fund. .. 25| University campus fund. .15 Prison building fund... .25 School tax.. 1.23 TOLBEEE o v eizingeis s 2.70 3.88 The general revenue fund grows from nine-tenths of a mill in 1910, to one and nine-tenths mills in 1911, an increase of exactly one mill. The road and bridge. fund grows from five-hundredths of a mill to twenty- five hundredths, an increase of two- tenths of a mill. The university campus shows a slight decrease. The soldiers’ relief, prison building and school tax fund levies, will be the same as in 1910. ter went to Puposky and since : | Approximately $1,360,000 more | FARMERS WELCOME RAIN Puts Ground in Splendid Condition and Prevents Any Damage From Fire in Forests. STORM GENERAL IN NORTHWEST Couldn't be better, is the decision of farmers relative to the rain of last night and today, which appears to have been general through the north- west. The moisture coming at this time does with the farm work to any great extent, the farm- not interfere ers say, and then they add that it puts the soil' in the best possible shape for next year. At the same time the rain relieves any possible apprehension concern- ing the damage of timber by un- checked fires, such as might be ex- pected in an extremely dry fall, al- : |though the perfected forestry system | has reduced the fear from a general Icnnflag‘ration such as was suffered at Baudette and Spooner 2 year ago, to |a minimum. The precipitation at this time also fills the lakes and rivers and is said to be of much value. The weather forecast from Wash- ington for this part of the country is that clear skies will prevail tomor- row and that there will a sligit rise in the temperature. Rzports of rain were received from all over Minneso- ta, the Dakotas and southern Canada. |CREDIT SYSTEM IS DISCUSSED | Bemidji Association Also Listens to | Speakers From Out of Town. | At a meeting of the Bemidji Busi- |ness Men’s Credit association held lin the Commercial club rooms last evening, plans for perfecting the sys- |tem now in use were discussed and advice from outsiders, including a timely talk by J. H. Ryan, secretary | of the State Credit Men’s association. Mr. Ryan told of the progress being made, and improved the opportunity to pay a pretty compliment to Gov- ernor Eberhart. Another meeting of the Credit association will be held on the evening of Wednesday, October 4, at the Commercial club rooms .at which time efforts will-be .nade to enlarge the association. The whole- salers of the city also will be repre- sented at this meetings. An invita- tion to the business men of the city to attend. | present themselves CORONER, IN RAIN, SEEKS MORE JURORS Will Have 20 Men in Court Tomor- row to Be Examined for Dumas Case Service. EXPENSE TO COUNTY HEAVY Estimated Each Venire Costs in the Neighborhood of $100, and Total is in Thousands. MAY BEGIN TESTIMONY SOON Both Sides Hope for Quick Action From Now On—Ferguson Eaters Plea. Out in the rain, securrying through the woods as far away from Bemidji |as he could go. Coroner M. E. lbert- ison is today rounding up 20 men to report at the courthouse here to- morrow morning, and from this num- ber it is hoped that the three men necessary to complete the Dumas jury will be secured. This will make 40 men summoned on special venires while 19 more on the regular petit jury list were ex- amined. i They Get $3 a Day. Men summoned for jury work are 'allo\ved mileage at the rate of 10 cents a mile and are paid $3 a day. Men who are accepted as jurors con- tinue to receive $3 a day during the trial. : The first venire of 20 which was exhausted yesterday and from which list but two jurors were accepted came from the Battle, Quiring and Cormant country, most of them av- eraging a distance of 40 miles, the average amount paid these men to in court being about §11. It is estimated that a special ven- lire of 20 men costs the county about $100. Court Expenses Heavy. Other expenses to the county inci- dental to the Dumas trial are said to make it certain that the grand total will be well up into the thousands. It is possible that the taxpayers of Beltrami will not be required to stand all of the expense, as it has been the practice in criminal cases of un- usual note to have the legislature pass a bill reimbursing the county where the trial was held. Ole Ferguson, arrested on a charge of perjury, was arraigned before McClenahan late yesterday. He en- tered a plea of not guilty and waiv- ed the reading of the indictment, and the case will come up against him la- ter. Fullerton is Here. Assistant Fire Marshal Sam Ful- lerton, who yesterday was in court for the first time during the Dumas trial, will be here during the remain- der of the case and will be a witness for the state. Fire Marshall Keller also is expected to be present. Both sides hope to see the jury completed out of the special venire returnable at 9 a. m. tomorrow and if this is done the taking of testimony will begin in earnest on Saturday, and if this is done a final disposition of the case is not unlikely by the middle of next week. Jurors Being Guarded. The nine men who have been sworn in as jurors are -constantly guarded by Bailiffs John Morrison and E. C. Gregg. They sleep in the grand jury room, at the court house, and are brought down town to the various hotels for their meals. They are not permitted to read the news- papers or to talk with outsiders. Many Other Cases. X Following the Dumas case, County Attorney Torrance will bring prose- cution on several indictments brought by the grand jury, the criminal cal- endar at the present term being an unusually long one. The grand jury, now in recess, will reconvene next Tuesday when the usual annual in- spection of the county jail will be made and such other business trans- acted as may come before it at that time. James Rolph, Jr., was elected may- or of San Francisco Tuesday. at the first direct primary election to deter- mine the personnel of municipal offi- cers of the city and county. The vote will closely approximate 80,- 000, the biggest vote ever cast here. P. H. McCarthy, trade union candi- date, was defeated by a plurality of about 27.000.