Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 18, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 197. BURNED TOWNS NOW | IN ZONE OF SAFETY ’Baudette and Spooner Protected By 25 Mile Fire Break Built With Red Cross Funds. INCLUDES ROADS AND DITCHES Work Done Under Forester Cox By 90 Men, Mostly Sufferers, Who Now Benefit By Clearings. 5 WATCH TOWERS CONSTRUCTED Highest Cost for Acre Found to Be| $75, But Land Thus Develops Now Earns $125. Baudette and Spooner, bigger, bct-l ter and busier than Defore flames| | from the forest laid them low in Oc-| tober of last year, can now go for-! ward with their improvements, se-; cure in the knowledge that never! again will their property be in peril| from lire springing out of the tim»‘ ber, for a fire break, constructed by 90 men—mostly fire sufferers—with | funds gathered by the Red Cmss.i has been completed, the safety line| extending 25 miles and for seven miles being four rods in width. The current issue of the Baudette! TRegion tells of the work as follows: Affords Welcome Protection. “The villages of Baudette and Spooner that were practically wiped off the map in the great forest fire of Oct. 7, 1910, and which have been rebuflt better than ever, are now protected from future disasters of that character by an immense fire break or wide clearing in the forest from which“all combustible material has been removed. The work was recently completed and it affords a welcome protection from fires hereaf- ter. “Last June, the forestry depart- ment of the state of which W. T. Cox is the head, took up the matter of building a fire break around. these two towns with a view of prevent- ing a repetition of the disaster. Get $3,000 Red Cross Funds. “There having been a surplus in the treasury of the Northern Minne- sota Red Cross society, they agreed to allow $3,000 to be expended in the construction of the break the work to be done under the direction of the state forestry department. “The money was granted in Aug- ust and instructions were issued to Forest Ranger William Kilby in the early part of September. Actual work was commenced on Sept. 4. The work was delayed owing to the ad- versity of the weather and to the scarcity of labor. The majority of laborers secured for the work were fire-sufferers so that the expenditures in a measure were a practical relief as well as an important addition to the roads which are badly needed. Roads and Ditches, Too. “On the main break which is sev- en miles long and four rods wide, all the debris and timber has been burned and is a demonstration of roag work as it should be. The diteh, al- though only a small one, is an excel- lent example of what can be done with small ditches in the way of drainage, it also shows the wonder- ful quality of the soil forming the Murkegs. Several small roads, one and one-half rods wide, and aggregat- ing eighteen miles in length were al- 80 constructed, their objective point being a watch tower of which there are five, the highest being 70 feet in height. . Highest Cost of Clearing is $75. “The cost of clearing the ground, ready for seeding even in the thick- est timber has been shown to be $75 per acre. This at first glance may seem to be high but this land will produce- 250 . bushels of potatoes which if sold at 50 cents would bring $125 and this cost does not include what revenue may be derived from the sale of merchantable timber there on which in itself will often more than cover the cost of clear- ing. “The total .length of lines, o which clearing has been done, in cluding the main break of seven miles, is 25 miles, This represents-a clearing of 17 acres so that apart from any benefits to be derived in the event of a fire occurring the clearing is alone well worth the money ex- pended. 3 Makes Settlers Boosters. “Opening up these lines gives the settlers an increased interest in their I holdings and encourages them in boosting for and making good roads, and ditches which are absolutely nec- essary to the development of North- ern Minnesota. ’ “All the money, $2,996.14, -has been expended on the actual labor and the necessary tools. Ninety-two men were employed. No small amount of credit of this good-work is due to the local Forest Ranger, Wil- liam® Kilby, under whose supervision it was so successfully carried out and who personally attended.to all the necessary surveying, time and book- keeping in connection with the prop- osition. The people of this locality are extremely well satisfied with the expenditures and the manner in which the work has been handled.” 15 SEEK ORATORICAL PRIZE putenpaio <z i Bemidji High School Pupils to Enter Contest Thursday Evening. Thursday evening in the high| school assembly room the declama- tory contest to select two students— one with a humorous and the other with a serious selection—to repre- sent Bemidji in the interscholastic contest which will be held in Park Rapids sometime next February or March, will be held. Last year Alfred Neumann and Mona Flesher won for Bemidji the championship banner. This banner will be the permanent possession of the school whose team wins it for three consecutive seasons. No school{ has succeeded in doing this. The program as arranged is given below: Song—Selected—Girls Glee Club. Oration—Supposed Speech of John Adams—Melvin Calchutt. Recitation—A Piece of Cake— Cathryn MacGregor. Declamation—Spartacus to Gladiators—Alec Ripple. Recitation—A Railway Matinee— Walter Jones. . Monologue—Jimmy Brown’s Steam Chair—John Gainey. Recitation—The Death-Bridge o’ the Tay—Florence Freeze. Monologue—Keeping a Seat at the Benefit—Helen Minnick. Violin Solo—Slavonic Cradle Song —Ralph Johnson. & Reading—-Geéntlemen, the King!— Merle Speficer. Recitation—Miles Standish, lect version—Julia Watney. . Reading—The Guillotine—Orin Rudolph. : Recitation—A Critical Situation— James Malone. Recitation—The Besetting Sin— Hazel Hulett. Monologue—Her Visit to Butcher’s—Izetta Fischer. Oration—Speech of March 23, 1775 —Hiram Simons, Jr. Miss Marjory Knappen of the Eng- lish department is this year train- ing the speakers. Prizeg will be of- fered to the winners, and those who come second on the list. In order to defray these expenses an admittance fee will be charged. the dia- | the The Light of Crystals, All diamonds do not shine in the dark after exposure to sunlight or elec- tric light, but some do to a remarkable degree. A diamond rubbed with a woolen cloth or against a hard sur- face will sometimes shine brilliantly. The emission of light is a property be- longing to many if not all kinds of crystals. A varlety of white marble found at Hastings-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., gives out a flame colored-glow when pound- ed and bright flashes when scratched with steel. In northern New York is found a kind of stone known locally as “‘hell fire rock, which exhibits bright sulphur colored streaks when scratched in the dark. Pleces of rose quartz rubbed together exhibit bril- liant flashes, sometimes bright _enough to illuminate the hands of the person holding them. Smoked quartz and other varieties sometimes show a sim- flar phenomenon. — Chicago Record- Herald. Not Lively. Anna Maria Wilbelmina Plckering, in her memoirs, edited by ber son. tells a Yorkshire incident which con- tains a great deal of human nature. Variety spices life. The plan is monot- onous until its extent entitles it to the name of prairie or desert and it gains interest through vastness. There was an old couple in the vil- lage whom 1 used often to go to see. One day when I found them sitting, .one on each side of the fire. the old man said to me: “Well, t'missis and me. we've been married nigh on fifty years, and we've never had one quarrel.” The old woman looked at me with a twinkle in ber eye and said: “Tt war varie conscientious. but vatie | dool.” Lake In a Volcanic Ring. On the island of Ninafow, halfway between Fiji and Samoa, is a volcanic ring inclosing a crater containing a lake two miles in dlameter. Toward the sea the ring is bordered with walls of black cliffs 200 to 300 feet in height. An eruption in 1888 formed a penin- sula on the eastern side of the lake. While the ocean outside is trembling and thundering under a heavy wind the lake remains smooth or is simply wrinkled with ripples or wayelets. - 09000000000 00000 property. damage. R . i 4 Alfred- Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs. Smith Hollins McKim, formerly were married at*Rolgate ‘near Lon- don, Saturday afternoon. % 2 Dr. Lyman. Abbott, the noted clergyman, author .and editor,:: -re- York today on his 76 birthday anni- versary. 'Dr. Abbott was born in Poxbury, Mass, December 18, 1835. = } of the staff of the army favors the restoration of the canteen to the ar- my posts. He declared in the annual in the army is that the canteen should be re-established. : » OUSTSIDEG. .G G.... .... ..v.in This week, the one before.Christ- mas, is hangman’s week in Chicago. On Friday four men, Ewald Shiblaws- ki, 24, his brother Frank, 21, Phillip Sommerling 34, and Thomas Schultz, 19, will be hanged for killing Fred W. Guelzow, Jr, a truck farmer on October 20. = The will of John P. Walsh, the former Chicago banker who died early in November following his re- lease from the Leavenworth peni- tentiary, was admitted to probate in Chicago today. Mr. Walsh left an estate of $808,000. The will named his widow, Mrs. Mary L. Walsh, as the sole heir. . The Young Republican Club of New York City, which was organized recently to gather into its member- ship as many of the younger Re- publicans of the city as possible for active work for the party along non- factional lines,~has completed ar- rangements for its initial dinner, as the guest of honor and principal |speaker. < . . The feit of stealing.a.milllon feet of lumber and conveying it safely through the treacherous currents of Hell Gate at New York was success- fully accomplished by river pirates on the night of November 14, according to a police report just made public. The theft has no parallel in the an- nals of the New York police. The lumber was worth $50,000. Later most of the lumber was recovered by the harbor police. 7 * Girl babies are now born taller and with much more vitality than used to be the case, according to Miss Char- lotte W. Dunn, assistant superintend- ent of a Boston hospital-patronized by the stork to the extent -of 3,000 babies a year, says: “We have no- ticed that girl babies are getting tal- ler and they are appearing in this world lately with more real vitality, than formerly. Boy babies, continue on an average both in weight and height.” ® A $10,000, silver service, a bronze historjeal tablet and stand of colors were presented to the battleship Florida, the “queen of the navy,” at anchor in Pensacola harbor, today by a committee of eminent representa- tives of the State of Florida, headed by Governor Gilchrist. Rear Admiral Lucien Young received the gifts in behalf of the Navy Department and Captain S. H. Knapp for the battle- ship. The silver service is a gift to the battleship from the people of Florida. Funds for its purchase were raised by popluar subscription, aided by a’ generous appropriation from the legislature. —= Stockholders of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad met in Min- neapolis today to approve the new financial plan by which the Minne- apolis and St. Louis and the Iowa Central roads are to be combined. The Iowa Central called to meet in Chicago tomorrow for the same purpose. of the plans of the Hawley interests which aim to have a through system Gulf of Mexico to be in operation by the time the Panama cannal is com- pleted. At present the northern terminus; of { Albert Lea, Minn., and the southern terminus Albia, Towa. { - Dorothy Russell called “A Tragedy Deferred.” ress” in' Chicago. in Paterson, N. J. 2 ———— 0000000000 C 06O © Outside News Condensed. = ¢ Earthquake shocks in Mexico Sat-|* urday killed 36 persons and did much |- Miss Margaret Emerson.of -Baltimore, | ceived many congratulations in New | Major General Leonard Wood, chibf | report that the consensus of opinion} - stockholders are ‘The combin- ing of the Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Iowa Central lines is a part {from the Canadian border to the the Iowa Central is has a new act Adéline Genee is coming to this | country to appear in “The Egchant-i Eva Fay started her tour the other week in' “Old Hallowell’s Millions,” = Henry W. Savage has promised to make another production next Feb-. OFFER CHRISTMAS PRIZES Women’s Club to Give Children Sel- ling Largest Nuniber of Red Cfbss Seals $3 in Cash. S e o = of Bemidji:had's e cash-prizes t0; the-¢hfl G ano. between now and Christmas. The first prize wil lbe $3 in cash for the pupil who sells the largest number of seals over 300. The sec- ond prize is $2 and will go to the one who -sells the largest number over 200. it Full supplies of the stamps are to be had at several different places. of grow in volume daily. day says: over 22,000,000 seals have been sold to date, Dec. 15, and that the outlook is for the sale of 45,000,000 before the close of the holiday season. - “New York State leads in the sale. Ohio second, Wisconsin third, Illinois fourth. seals have been distributed from the Minnesota State headquarters and un- doubtedly over oen million of these will be sold. : “The last week of the sale will be the busiest one. The work is well organized in the various localities of the state, practically every center of population having an agent. Then in addition over 1,000 teachers in rural schools are acting as agents for country districts.” An Eskimo's-Dwelling. ‘We donot look for any great amount of inventive genius among the Eski- mos, but for years they have employed a rather complete respirator. used in the preparation and taking of a vapor bath, as a means 6f protection from the dense smoke. This Eskimo respi- rator is a little basket woven of twist- ed strands of fine grass, It is placed with its shallow side sgainst the mouth, and a wooden peg, which arises from the center of the basket, is held between the-teeth. =For. this purpose water is-evaporated over a big fire in a very low hut, which is tightly closed to keep in the heat. In this stifiing .atmosphere. the employ- ment of a respirator {3 absolutely nec- essary.—London Globe. A Stirring Appeal. The following epistle was sent by an angry tenunt toshis-landlord: Dear Sir—I want them sellar steps fixed right off. My wife fel down last nite and like to:broke her blame neck. Please send blumbber and figs our bath fub it will =oon be time now for us'to use him agen and oblige. Yours trule, i —Evervhody's. | Meals and.Medicins. ! one of these pillsthrec' times a day: be- fore -mealx: 1 Poet—If 1 could-get: the meals 1 wonldn't need the pills,—Town Topies. o 2 SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE|' which will be given in Brooklyn to- 2% morrow - night’ with President Taft 7 A E3 3 It was nnnouncet_l' in the public|: schools today that the 'Weman’s club | : largest number of Red Cross seals | business in Bemidji and the sales|: A Red Cross bulletin received to-|: “Telegraphic advices from the Na-|: tional Headquarters for the Red Cross| : Seals, Dec. 16, are to the effect that|: “One and three-quarter million Doctor—You dre ‘debilitated. | Take 13 Die; 20 Hurt in Wreck Today. : Milwaukee Crack Train at Odessa : : Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 18.— : (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Ser- i -vice)—In a wreck today at Odes- \:.sa, Minn.,, on the Milwaukee road 13 persons were killed and 20 in- jured. Among the dead are: Dr. Whitestone, Minneapolis. Mrs. B. F. Richards and Miss T Richards, Mabridge. e : C. W. Barber, Ferry, Mont. Mrs, R.'S. Whetston, Minne- apolis. K Miss Peterson, Green Bay, Wis, “Fred Alexander, second cook : on diner. Among the injured are: H F. B. Mather, Ralph Amy and : Mrs. V. A. Williams. < : The wreck took place at §;a. : m. today, when a fast east bound : silk train crashed into the rear : of the Columbian, the Milwaukee : road’s crack coast train, which : also was headed east. Two of the sleeping cars were telescoped and some of the vic- tims were crushed in- their berths. Four cars were pushed from : the tracks. The passenger train had stop- : ped upon a signal that there was : a freight train ahead. The signal : : man -forgot to signal the silk : train to stop. Dr. Johnson and Fruit. The return of the strawberry season ‘was always beartily welcomed by Dr. Johnson, for, as he once declared, of strawberrles and cream be never could have too much. Fortunately he some- times had opportunity to indulge his taste to the full, for his friend, Dr. Taylor of Lichfield, whom he con- trived when possible to visit at straw- berry time, was rather a noted fruit grower, and when at his house it was, as Johnson said, with gusto, “Straw- berrles and cream, toujours strawber- ries and cream!” A voracious eater at any time, Johnson's appetite for fruit was almost limitless. Mrs, Thrale fells us that he used often to eat half 8 dozen peaches before breakfast, and then frequently she had heard him complain that nevar in all his life had he quite as much wall fruit as he de- sired, save once. The exceptional oc- casion was during a visit to Lord San- dys’ seat at Ombersley. The exact quantity he then devoured has not been recorded, but he was accused of clearing a whole wall side.—Pall Mall Gazette. AR 5 The Bloody Hand. © The noted English family aof the Holtes has for its badge a bloodyjhand, and this sinister badge commemorates a wager that ended in a crime. Sir Thomas Holte one day in 1612 was bunting. He invited his comrades home- with him to dinper, and as he rode along he made a heavy bet-on his cook’s punctuality. But the c fail- ed him for once. When he goti home dinner was not ready. The jéers of his companions at this failure, together with his huge loss fo the matterof the wager, enraged him so that he ran into the kitchen, seized a cleaver and split the cook's head open with it. “After- ward his family, to, keep -thil alive, ‘adopted for its crest the bloody hand of the cook killer. b 5 - self Educated: “But don’t you think you could learn to love me?’ he inquired of the beau- tiful heiress. = A ' “Pa always said 1 was h learn,” she replied tantalizingly.f “But 1 am not-a book,” he pi MACKENZIE HAS CHANCE Believed to Still Be in Line to Suc- ceed Late George Welsh as Im- migration Commissioner. APPOINTMENT SOON TO BE MADE St. Paul, Minn., December 18— “Bpacial) —Erfends of W. R. Macken- zle of _Bemidii, secretary of the .| Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation, continue optimistic regard- ing his possible appointment -as im- migration commissioner to succeed the late George Welsh . This appointment is made by the immigration board made up of the governor, Julius Schmahl, secretary of state and the-state auditor, 8am Iverson. The board is expected to meet soon, although the meeting probably will bé' delayed until after COLLECTING CONES NEW INDUSTRY HERE | State Aids in Plan to Build Up Old World Forests By Arranging for Purchase of Seeds. BEMIDJT DISTRIBUTING POINT Effort on to Secure Two Carloads for Shipments From Here Not Later Than February 1. HOW THEY ARE TO BE HANDLED Sent to New Haven, Popped Open By llen‘t and Contents Go Abroad to Become Trees, . If you are shy on sfiending money, g0 out into the forest and scoop up jack pine cones. They are worth 50 cents a bushel and persons who have tried it say you can gather several bushels a day. It is like this: Russia and other European coun- tries have awakened to the fact that hardy forests can quickly be grown from jack pine cones. Experts say a forest can be grown in from 25 to '} 40 years. To Go to Russia. The Northeastern Forestry Co. of New Haven, Conn., has several large orders from abroad to be filled snd has appealed tq Northern Minnesota to. asist in farnishing the comes and the forestry department of Minneso- ta has taken hold of the matter. As a result, L. F. Johnson, forest ranger for this district, has arranged with W. G. Schroeder to handle the cones. It is hoped that not less than two carloads, or 600,000 pounds, of cones can be gathered for shipment not later than February 1. Other Towns to Aid. the close this' week of the Northwest states land show. Mr. Mackenzie has substantial backing for the place and is close to Governor Eberhart, although it is ad- mitted that at least one of the other members of the board has a first choice over Mr. Mackenzie. The Minneapolis Journal of Satur- day had a caricature of Mr. Macken- zie and he has been closely linked by al] Twin City newspapers with big men attending the land show. He has been frequently referred to by the city press as one of the leading candidates for the immigration posi- tion, although it is by no means a conceded fact that the place is his. Tt is pointed out by those behind Mackenzie that he has had valuable training for the place and that he is in a position to give the state good service, So far as the public knows the sfrongest opponent against Mr. Mack- enzie is former Congressman Frank M. Eddy. Mr.. Mackenzie is in Minneapolis where he has leased a building on Third street between Nicollet and Hennepin to be used as a display room for the immigration commission of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association which is to be op- ened on January 1. 58,000 SEE ST. PAUL LAND SHOW St. Paul Agricultural Exposition To Continue Throughout Week. St. Paul, Dec. 18.—Successful be- yond all expectations, and with ‘an attendance record that has been mounting higher with every passing day, the Northwestern Land Products. show: today begins its closing week. The total of paid admissions for the five days’ stand at 36,290, while more than 58,000 persons, men, women and: children, actually have seen ‘the show. The show has six more days to run, and with a record so far made on an ascending scale, indicative of cumulative interest on Ranger Johnson is to start the cone gathering crusade in-other towns and has already launched the plan in Cass Lake and Menagha, but Bemidji is to be the headquarters and ship- ments east will be-made from here. At New Haven, the cones are put through a heating process at 145 de- grees Fahrenheit for the purpose of popping open the cones and releas- ing the seeds. Seeds Sent Abroad. The goods are then shipped to coun- tries of Europe, of any favorable cli- mate, Switzerland, France, England, Holland, Germany, Japan, and many other countries, where the forestry departments are preserving and im- proving the country’s trees. The jack pine of this country, has been found to be one of the hardiest of trees, growing in warm and cold climatés, luxuriantly, and can be used for many purposes. Schroeder to Handle Cones. ‘W. G. Schroeder is collecting the cones in this city. L. R. Jones of the University of Wisconsin, is the west- ern agent for the Northeastern For- estry company at New Haven, and the collection here is being made un- der his direction. - % These cones are being gathered from the towns of Ferris, Shevlin, Bagley, Ebro, Bevis, Lake Port, Hack- enaack_, Mildred, Pine River, Jenkins, Pequot, Brainerd and other points in Northern Minnesota. Not Hard to Gather. = “While in Bemidji arranging with Ranger Johnson regarding the cones, Mr. Jones of Madison, explained that = often more than'a bushel of cones may be secured from one tree. He said he himself had gathered a large the part of the people. The show had 3,350 paid admissions Tuesday, the opening day; 6,100 Wednesday, ‘which was farm school and agricul- ural day; 8,450 Thuraday, St. Paul day; 8,740 Friday, Minneapolis ‘day, number. The cones are readily g;thered from newly felled trees and the new industry is expected. to eagerly be seized upon as the winter ocoupation e