Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 27, 1911, Page 1

(R PIONE:. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 204 BAGLEY MANPAINTS VIRTUES OF NORTH E. H. Reff Writing to Northwestern Agriculturist Tells What the Home Seeker May Expect. POINTS TO BEAUTY AND PROFIT Believes Clearwater Destined to Be- come Dairy and Potato Center of This Part of Minnesota. THREE CROPS OF HAY IN YEAR Tells of Towns, Timber, Fruits and Describes Bagley as Desirable Place With Best of Schools. Painting Clearwater county as one of the best in the heart of fertile Northern Minnesota, E. H. Reff, of Bagley, contributes an artjclé to the current issue of the Northwestern Agriculturist, published at Minne- apolis by P. V. Collins. While Mr. Reff refers specifically to Clearwater, the same general at- tractions for homeseekers apply to Beltrami. Mr. Reff says: Clearwater Has 1,080 Square Miles. “Clearwater county is situated in the west central part of Northern Minnesota, about 250 miles from the Iwin Cities, 200 miles west of Du- futh, and contains an area of 1,080 square miles. It is crossed by the treat Northern and Soo railways, is| the source of the Red Lake, Clear- wate1 and Mississippi rivers and the home of the beautiful Itasca State Park. “Phe elevation of this county above sea level is among the highest in the state and the climate is unsur- passed. It is here that consumptives and people with all other ailments come to get well and in most cases they are not disappointed. Its Scenery Picturesque. “The rural districts in this county are supplied with all modern con-j veniences, such as good schools, churches, roads, telephones and free delivery of mail. “Its many picturesque lakes and small creeks and rivers teem with nearly all kinds of fish common in Minnesota, including trout, bpike, bass and pickerel, and pure water is to be had everywhere. In Dairy and Potato Belt. “The man of limited means will find the best opportunities to make a home here, to say nothing about the chances that the man of means has. “It has been safely said that Clear- water county is destined to become the great dairy and potata center of Northern Minnesota and although its seven creameries have only recently started, they paid over $100,000.00 to the farmers this year. “The land here varies from a san- dy loam with clay sub-soil, to a rich black loam from two to four feet with clay sub-soil. There is also a great deal of natural meadow land, all of which is tillable and is fast be- ing turned into tame meadows. Three Grass Crops a Year, “The grasses, clover and alfalfa grow to give at least two, and most| seasons, three crops in a year. There is an abundance of native grasses. “Small grain crops and flax have never been a failure and corn is now grown successfully on nearly every farm, fifty bushels per acre being a common crop, fodder corn going fif- teen to twenty tons per acre. “Root crops make the most wonder- ful yields, potatoes going from 200 to 500 bushels per acre and stock carrots, rutabagas and mangels com- monly going from fifteen to twenty- five tons per acre. “The general surface of this coun- ty is in most part gently rolling and | the drainage good. The rainfall has always been sufficient and a crop failure has never happened. Hard Woods; Many Berries. “The timber consists of oak, ma- ple, birch, tamarack, poplar, spruce, pine and balsam and all-kinds of wild fruits such as plums, strawber- ries, raspberries, cranberries, blue- berries, and Juneberries are found here, in abundance. “During the past few years, farm- ers have experimented with some of the hardier varieties of ‘apples, in- cluding Wealthies, Duchess and Greenings and several varieties of erab apples, and tame plumg and . cherries, all of which have proved a success, and it will not be long be- fore Clearwater county will be in the front ranks in tame fruit. Holsteins and Guernseys. “There are two kinds of cattle which predominate here, viz: in the northern part, the Holsteins and in the central and southern parts, the Guernseys. The leading breeds of hogs are the Yorkshires and Poland-Chinas. Mar- kets are the best. “The principal towns are Clear- brook, Gully and Leonard, on the Soo, and Bagley and Shevlin, on the Great Northern railway. “Bagley, the county seat, has a population of over one thousand peo- ple, has four general stores, three hardware stores, three blacksmith shops, millinery store, photograph gallery, harness shop, feed store, two banks, two lumber yards, a co-op- erative creamery, farmer’s co-opera- tive elevator and cold storage house, lath mill, saw mill and five churches. Proud of Their School. “The high school at this place is one of the best in the state, where agriculture, domestic science and Normal work are taught and no boy or girl needs go to the large cities for a first-class education. “The inhabitants, over eight thou- sand, consist of Scandinavians, Ger- mans, Bohemians,: Danes, Irish and American ‘born. “Wild lands range frcm $10.00 to $20.00, and improved from $20.00 to $40.00 per acre, and are changing hands rapidly at these prices.” KNUTSON AND EDDY ON CAR To Have Charge of Minnesota’s Trav- | eling Exhibit; Leaves Jan. 15, | Minnesota's resources and advant- ages will be advertised by a railway exposition, similar to the famous governors’ special which is being ar- ranged in a railway car from the state’s display at the recent land show. The car which will leave Jan. 15, will be sent through Illinois, In- diana and Ohio. The exhibit will be grouped as compactly and effec- tively as possible, and the car will be plentifully supplied with litera- ture. There will be no meteoric flight across the continent, as the aim will be to give those who visit the car ample opportunity, not only to ex- amine the various products with care, but to obtain all the informa- tion necessary. Frank M. Eddy and Harold Knutson of St. Cloud will ag- company the car as chief advertisers for the state. Mr. Knutson is presi- dent of the Northern Minnesota De- velopment association. . CASHIER H. C. BAER T0 WED Claims Minneapolis Girl as Bride in That City Tomorrow Evening. The wedding of Homer C. Baer, cashier of the Security State Bank of this city, to Miss Isabelle Stene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Stene | of Minneapolis, will take place to-| morrow evening at 8 o’'clock, at the home of Miss Stene’s parents, in that city. Miss Lillian Stevens of Ender- by, B. C., will be the only attendant of the bride. Rev. G. H. Trabert of Minneapolis, will read the service. Following the ceremony, there will be a reception, for which 250 cards have been issued. After a short honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Baer will be at home in Bemid- ji after January 18, Mr. Baer hav- ing leased the W. L. Brooks residence on Bemidji avenue. RURAL TELEPHONE PROSPERS Company Organized in - Northern Has 18 Subscribers; Officers Named. The rural telephone company known as “The Northern Telephone Company,” organized last spring in the town of Northern, now is in full operation and has 18 subscribers, with something over 10 miles of line. The members had the telephones placed in their homes ready for ser- vice at a total expense per share of a few cents less than $25. The fol- lowing officers have been elected to serve one year: president, D. A. Whiting; secretary, G. G. Buell; treasurer, W. A. Worth; directors, 0. A. Whiting, W. A. Rice and 0. A. What Mr. Schwartzkokpf Said. As there have been several differ- ent reports as to what Mr. Hugo Sehwartzkokpf said in addressing; the council in support of his petition for the extension of a water main, Mr.. Schwartzkokpf requests us to state that the following were his ex- act words: “I came to-this country 29 years ago and expected that I was coming to a free country. I found that was true jjitil later years,énd all good thinking eitizens, if would go to South Africa amongst the Hindoos would not find it _worse than here in Brainerd, for the simple reason that this town is run by two men, Emperor Dunn and King Ry- |an;”’-—Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Glidden. | associations of the west. ‘| search - aurlng 1912, LR R R R R RO RN R R Rl ® Outside News Condensed. ¢ 0000000000600 06060 During the last year 840 crema- tions took place in England. * In private life Grace La Rue is known as Mrs. Byron Chandler. * Amsterdam ships large quantities of wooden shoes to this country. . As far back as 1550 it was custo- mary to make pencils that carried black lead. . A Chester (111.) man has succeed-, ed in eating a gallon of ice cream in 16 minutes. * Horse stock is increasing in this country despite the introduction of the automobile. * The government of Servia has just ordered 100 American typewriters or use in its public offices. * Up to date the motor vehicles that have been registered by the London county council number more than 57,000. ® A New York man was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary the other day for stealing a five-cent hand mirror, * Pinchers that lock when closed and which require considerable force to open have been patented by a California inventor. - By means of a double antenna, the direction from which a wireless mes- sage comes may be readily determin- ed by the receiver. - Mayor Jacobs of Rockport, Ind., took away the star of Policeman Hamilton because he arrested a small boy for shooting firecrackers. A cane fitted with lenses and mir- rors to enable a person to look over the heads of a crowd has been in- vented by a French optician. - The municipality of Berlin has seen to it that women do not wear bats in theaters. Managers of thea- ters are fined for every hat worn. : . | Former Governor Ashton C. Shallenberger of Alma, Neb., filed his application as a Democratic candidate for United States senator. . General Bernardo Reyes, the Mex- ican revolutionist, who surrendered to President Madero faces a death penaity on the charge of treason. The lightest penalty is 10 years in pris- on, . James Maney, who it is announced will become general passenger agent of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, succeeding Mart Adson, has been in the service of the company thirty, years. . In the presence of a distinguished gathering' of clergy and laity Rev. William E. Toll was consecrated Episcopal bishop suffragan of Chica- go today. The ceremony was per- formed in Grace Episcopal church. N Theodore Roosevelt is slated for election to the presidency of the American Historical association which began its annual meeting at Buffalo today in conjunction with that of the American Political Sci- ence association.- * Governor Woodrow Wilson arfd Dr. P. P. Claxton will speak at the Unit- ed States Commissioner of Education at the 27th annual-convention of the New Jersey State Teachers’ Associa- tion, which assembled in Atlantic City today for a three days’ session. - Attorney General Simpson today denied that he ever aspired to be- come a member of the Minnesota su- preme court. He admits his decis- ion to retire from office January 1 re- sulted from-his inability to obtain support of the Republican organiza- tion in his ambition to become gover- nor. i * President Nichols of Dartmouth _College left Hanover, N. H., today for his annual tour of the alumni His trip will take him as far as Omaha and will include meeetings to be held in Syracuse, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Washington, Phi- ladelphia, Hartford and several oth- er cities. . In the assembly hall of the new National Museum at <Washington President, Taft this morning deliv- ered an address of welcome to sev- eral thousand scientists, members of the American- Association for :the y | Advancement of Science, who have gathered there in annual session to makKe report on the scientific prog- ress of the past yedr, to read papers delcribing remarkable - experiments and to_indicate the direction of - ixe- (Copysight. 191L) ONLY 22 FIRES HERE IN 1911 And These Mostly Small Blazes; To- tal Expense for Department Drops to $495.00. NEW OFFICERS ARE NAMED ‘With the close of 1911, a new rec-, ord has been established for the Be- midji fire department in the small it was the preceding ydar. During the year there were but 22 fires, an average of less than two a month, and the cost to the city of the fire depart- ment was $495, in comparison to that of $1,185, for 1910. The department last evening elect- ed the following officers for the’en- suing year: Chief—Earl Geil. Assistant Chief—J. J. Doran. Secretary—Scott Stuart. Treasurer—Jehn Goodman. Relief association officers elected as follows: President—Herbert Doran. Vice-president—Charles Dailey. Secretary—John Falls. Treasurer—John Goodman. The fire officers account for the smaller number of fires, to an ex- tent, to the agitation against persons believed to be guilty of arson. Dur- ing the year no property of unusual value was, destroyed, the most seri- ous fire of the year being on July 4 when two homes were consumed in Nymore, the Bemidji firemen aiding residents of that village in fighting the flames. were FEEL MAXFIELD WILL DECLINE Salary of Immigration Commissioner ship Too Small, Friends Say. Wadena, Minn., Dec. 27.—County Attorney H. J. Maxfield, former pres- ident of the Northern Minnesota De- velopment association, who was ten- dered the appointment of immigra- tion commissioner by Governor Eb- erhart; still withholds his decision regarding whether he will accept. Mr. Maxfield received word yesterday of the death of his sister, Mrs. John A. Hopkins at Kenmare, N, D., and has gone to that city to attend the funeral. Upon his return here, he will communicate to the governor his decision. Close friends of Mr. Max- fleld do not believe that he can af- ford to give up his law practice here to accept the commissionership, which pays -only $3,000 a year. COUNCIL ACTS ON POOR FUND Passes Ordinance Providing' for Sale of Certificates of Indebtedness. At the .adjourned meeting of the jeity council last evening, the ordi- nance for the issuance of certificates of indebtedness concerning the .poor fund, proposed at: the meeting of Dec. 11, was passed by & two-thirds majority. The nrdlnagce will be- come effective after the approval of Mayor Parker, and the publication of the ordinance. = The next regular ‘meeting of the council which falls on Monday, New Yea number o ffires gnd.in the expense to | . the city, which-is one-halt of what . total approximate | ; flay. probably | a ok | \ CANT SEE WHAT SHE WS TUNKING oF- ‘Washington, Dec. 27— : al)—A new mark for lavishness : : and splendor is expected to be : : set for society by the entertain- : : ment to be givéen by Mrs, Wil- : : liam F. Draper tonight to intro- : : duce formally her daughter, : ‘Miss Marguerite Draper, who is : i a close friend of Miss Helen :"Taft. The function will take : the form of a fancy dress cotil- : : lon. £ : Tt is estimated that the cost of : : the function will exceed $25,- : 000. The walls and ceiling of : : the large ball room will be hid- : : den from view - entirely by the : floral _decorations. - Live humming birds brought : : from Florida and butterflies : : from California will fly around : : the miniature garden of daisies : and rare exotics that is to be the : : central-feature of the decorative : ¢ scheme. H : The favors have been care- : : fully kept from view and much : : mystery surrounds them. They : : are said to be the most numer- : : ous and valuable ever given at a : ‘Washington cotillon. Miss Marguerite Draper, who : : is to make her formal bow -to : society, is popularly known as : the richest unmarried woman in ‘Washington. She inherited from her father, the late Gen- : eral William F. Draper, repre- : sentative - from Massachusetts : and later, ambassador to Italy, a : : fortune of $5,000,000. GOVERNOR'S WIFE IS ILL Mrs. Eberhart Operated on Today for Appendicitis; Follows Sudden Attack Last Night. CONDITION IS REPORTED SAFE Minneapolis, Minn., Deec. 27.— (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service) —Mrs. Adolp O. Eberhart, wife, of Governor Eberhart, was this morn- ing operated upon in the Swedish hospital here for acute appendicitis. Dr. N. H. Scheldrup performed the operation and he announces this af- ternoon that the condition of the governor’s wife is satisfdetory. While visited at the ‘home of friends here last evening Mrs. Eber- hart became seriously ill and suf- fered such pain that an operation was quickly decided upon. This is the second time Mrs. Eb- erhart has suffered from an attack of appendicitis. Governor Eberhart is spendlng the day at the hospital. Rev. White Gets $35 Christmas Gift. At the Christmas excrcises of the Presbyterian church on Sunday morning, Rev. S. E. P. White, pas- tor of the church, was given a purse| of $35. The gift was made by friends in the congregation as a token of ap- preciation. It is predicted that in the near future. ships without funnels or boil- ers will be making regular trips tip, ‘using oll englnel 13, P. Riddell, W. M. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. My g (AN | EX(HANGE Tty Box aF 100 FOR 10 ReALY CGOOD CIGARS *IT0 NAME FAIR OFFICERS Error in Chosing Men for Beltrami Agricultural Association to Be Cor- rected at Saturday Meeting. TO ALSO DISCUSS NEW GROUNDS At the recent meeting of the Bel- trami Agricultural association when officers were elected for the ensuing year, they were not elected at all, It has been discovered that the constitution on file with the county auditor provides that the election of officers must be made at a meeting to be held on the last Saturday in December, “As a result,” announced Secre- tary A. P. Ritchie this morning, “I have issued a call for a meeting to be held Saturday at 1 p. m. in the Com- mercial club rooms and I wish the . 1 Pioneer would make it plain' that it is important that all members of the association and all friends of the fair should be present.” The constitution also provides that there shall be vice-presidents ‘elected for each commissioner’s dis- trict and one vice-president at large. These will be named at the Saturday meeting. Also the question of making a purchase of new grounds for the fair association will come up for discus- sion at the Saturday meeting and definite action may be taken on this important point at that time. The men named - improperly re- cently as officers for. the ensuing year were A. P. White, president; Ray Schumaker, treasurer, and A. P. Ritchie to succeed himself as secre- tary, and it is presumed that these selections will be made again, mere- ly conforming to the constitutional provisions. “If we are to make a purchase of property we want to have everything strictly legal,” was Mr. Ritchie’s comment. MAYOR McGILL’S FUNERAL HELD Kelliher and Bemidji Friends Pay Last Respects to Honored Citizen. At the Presbyterian church at 1:30 p. m. yesterday the funeral ser- vices of A. A. McGill, mayor of Kel- liehr, were held, Rev. S. E. P. White having charge of the services. Af- ter a short prayer by Rev. White, a quartet composed of Misses Mabel Wheeler, Lizzie Erickson and Messrs. L. E. Rood and Floyd Brown sang “Abide With Me,” and “Nearer My God to Thee.” The pallbearers were W. M. Len- non, A. Plund, George Gunderson, Robert Foy, Charles Hartman, and ‘W. McKennon, all of Kelliher. The funeral was largely attended, Mr. McGill being well known in Be- midji, and a number of relatives and.| friends from Kelliher came down for the services. Masons and Eastern Star Tonight. There will be a joint installation of ‘the Masonic - and Eastern Star lodges at Masonic hall tonight at 8 o’clock, ‘after which there will be a musical program and.supper. Ma- sons and their families are invited. BEMIDJI BENEFITS BY SUB ZERO SNAP Although 12 Below Temperature Causes Some Suffering, Logging Operations Are Aided. TONIGHT TO BEAT RECORD Indieations Point to Lowest Mark of Month With Wind Blowing From the North. MANITOBA REPORTS 28 BELOW At Grand Forks Mercury Curls Up to 17 Notch and At Bismarck It Is 22 According to the Weather Man, and prevailing atmospheric -condi- tions in the Northwest, tonight will be the coldest of the present month. Twelve degrees below was report- ed last night and it is expected that the 15 mark will be touched tonight. Began to Sink Christmas, Christmas day saw the doom of three weeks of mild weather. On that day the mercury curled up to the zero mark and that night sank to 10 below, but expanded yesterday to several degrees above. Yesterday a gale from the north sent the south breeze which had been blowing scampering to parts un- known and by 10 p. m. last night the temperature was well below the zero mark. Hovers Around Zero Today. It was noon today before a zero temperature was reached and it has remained in_that vieinity through- out the day, a cutting gale from the north making the day one of the chilliest of a month most notable for its imitation of spring. The cold snap, although causing some suffering among the poor in the city, comes as a benefit for it makes safe the crusts of ice on lake, river and swamp which have been none too solid for the winter work now on in the woods. Loggers Get Busy. The lumber companies have been in in with orders for extra crews of men and with the present favorable condition for sleighing together with the desired cold, the timbering op- erations will go ahead, say the log- gers, with a rush. The present cold wave takes in a large territory. In Sunny Canada. In Manitoba a temperature of 28 below is reported while at Grand Forks last night it was 17 below. At Bismarck it was 22 below. Below zero temperatures are re- ported from as far south as Iowa and Nebraska while in Chicago there was a sudden change from warm weather to freezing and much suffering is re- ported. Nebraska Gets Some Snow. Snow has fallen in some places to the south, notable in Nebraska and southern Missouri, the fall in the for- mer state being three inches and cov- ering what has up to this time has been bare ground. The Twin Cities report a tempera- ture last night of ten degrees below zero. Cold May Continue. The weather forecast for Northern Minnesota. tomorrow calls for a slight rise in the temperature but contin- ued cold for the northwestern states is predicted in a weather bulletin is- sued in Washington. ‘traffic due to the holiday travel all Despite the increased passenger trains, with slight exceptions, have maintained their usual schedules. WINS $55,000 ON NEW TRIAL Itasca Cedar Company Gets Reversal at Brainerd of Former Verdict. Brainerd, Minn., Dec. 27.—The jury in the case of the Itasca Cedar and Tie company _vs. George A Mec- Kinley et al, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff which gives the company all the timber amounting to $55,000. On the first trial of the case before Judge W. S. McClenahan, the verdict was returned in favor of the edfendant, which virtually meant $23,000 for McKinley. On the new trial, ordered before Judge C. W. Stanton, the jury has practically re- versed the verdict of the first jury. %