Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 15, 1912, Page 1

o . Geo. T. Baker THE BEMIDJI " VOLUME 9. NUMBER 219, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1912. - TEN CENTS PER WEEK. 430 PAY PERSONAL TAXES IN BEMIDJI Crookston Lumber Company Leads List With Amount Paid at $14,- 300; Competitor $7,000. ONE MAN DOWN FOR 22 CENTS Outside Corporations Contribute, Standard Oil Paying $131 While | Armuor Gives Up $71. | | | ALL MUST BE PAID BY MARCH} | | Ii Not Liguidated By Then County| Treasurer is Compelled to Add Penalty of 10 Per Cent. i There are more than al tax payers in Bemidj Notices that such taxes are due! have been sent out by County Treas-' urer George French. . In the amount of personal taxes,! company i 150 person the Crookston ' Lumber ads the list at $14+308 and the Be-| Lumber company is next at| Warninger has the distine-| tion of being at the opposite end of | tie list, his personal property tax amounting t 2 cents. Outside corporations pay thing toward Bemidji taxes i by the fact that the Standard OIl| company pays $131 and Armour & Co.. $71. Other companies also pay | substantial sums. Of the business firms some of the large personal property tax payers are Schneider Brothers, §310; Gill Brothers, $331, O'Leary-Bowser, Beltrami Flevator & Milling| company $329. - The following list will show others in this class, as well as all persons scheduled to pay pe sonal taxes here this year, the pay: ment for which must be made before March |1 ou which date a penalty of | ten per cent is added: = Arnold . 0. Anbolee A. A. Andrews .... . J. Andrews ..... . Abercrombie ......... O. E. Anderson ......... Gieo. Anderson L. P. Anderson A. F. Anderson BE. K. Anderson .... Louis Anderson Edward Anderson P. N. Anderson C. W. Anthony Armour & Co. John Angle P. W. Bodin .... R. Brownlee T. J. Burke Joseph Bisiar Ida R. Bailey F. Bursley ... J. E. Black . Bemidji Lbr. Co. Roy Blile . .... F. A. Blakeslee Beltrami Co. Abst Jemidji Sentinel W. W. Browne M. .J. Brown John L. Brown . N. W. Brown .. Floyd Brown John Breen lerman Empor H. W. Bailey S. C. Bailey . T. C. Bailey . Allen Benner Wm. Barnes .... Brown & Lankis W. N. Bowser .. 1. C. Baer .. John PO raan s J. B, Bunkle ... Nels Bergett M H. L. Bowe Henry Brakke W. L. Brooks D. R. Burgess . D. C. Brenneman H. P. Botting T. Baudette Beltrami Elw. & Mill Co.. 329.11 Louis Bennington Wm. Begsley Bemidji Brewing Co. Mrs. A. M. Bagley.. . C. M. Booth....oocessns 0. 1.96 Bemidji Transportation Co. 16.80 Baker & Co. M. E. Brinkman - Bemidji Decorators .. GIFTS FOR WOMEN WHO HEAR Four Presents Again to Be Given at Socialist Talk, Last of Series. At the City Hall tomorrow night Ralph Korngold, last of the lectur- ers in the Socialist course will speak RALPH KORNGOLD. i at that time four pr agaiu be given the women. are as follows: — Beautiful quadruple he pr p ! silver-plated baking dish, purchased from Geo. T. Baker & Co., which firm will engrave it free of charge. Second prize—Sanitax Sanitary .50 toilet brush, German silver ad- ustible back. Third prize—Ladies’ combination leather hand bag and purse. Fourth prize—One dollar box of fancy bonbons. ANl women will be admitted free. Men will be required to purchase 25 cents worth of Socialistic literature. Mr. Korngold is said to be one of the most eloquent and ins workers in the Socialist ran topic for tomorrow night i ists at Work."” His . L. Bridges .. W. A. Currie .. . Carte Cahill A. 1. Carson Crookston Lbr. G W, Campbell J. Cameron B. J. Cain J M. A. Clark e 2.24 Clark Pole & Tie Co. .... 46.63 A.®L. Collard 10.70 A. T. Calvin 16.86 Clavin & Tanner .. 43.12 I'T. J. Crane & Co. 126.84 C. L. Cummer 37.52 zeo0. Cochran .. 31.53 A. M. Crowell 3.36 J. E. Croon 16.24 J. C. Courtn 2.24 Gill Crone 7.87 J. J. Conger 31.76 ¢, 'C 12.94 C.F $ 15.85 8. G. Crothers . 7.84 M. F. Cunningham ...... 5.04 8. A Cubter iy anwi o 3.64 Chas. Cominsky 46.68 Ed. Curry .... 1.40 Chas. DeRushia 2.24 S. K. Deal Co. . 1.84 Howard Dea 3.92 J. A. Dalton .. 62.50 P. M. Dicaire 10.54 A. Dauneher 11.21 .- C. Daniels . 21.82 Andrew Dahl 29.40 Doran Bros. 25.94 Douglas Lbr. Co. ....... 157.64 E. H Denu 1.74 F. M. Dudley . 39.40 Duluth Brewing Co. 154.84 Mrs. Jas. Doran 2.52 Fred Eberlein . . .84 Tughes & Ervin 5.60 A. F. Ellis 2.01 V. L. Ellis . 34 E. N. Ebert 3.36 Anton Erickson 8.06 L. P. Eckstrom 7.67 John Iissler .. 1.40 Ole Erickson 2.24 H. P. Erickson 2.04 First National Bank ..... 1,288,00 Bd: FOY, s 5ive donsasn 18.76 L. Freeman . 1.29 John Flatley . .84 Mrs. J. H. Fallon .. 22.18 Grand Forks Lbr. Co 9.24 M. E. Gillean .......... .84 B. Hazen ............ 13.32 . L. Hakkerup 4.76 W. Helmer . 1.91 . M. Hazen 7.56 Hanson st T7.60 Harry Haines 2.24 J. 0. Harris .. 7.99 Hamm Brewing Co. St. Paul 127.17 R. C. Hayner , 1.96 S. I Harvey 2.80 6| Geo. Hewett 5 4.20 A. B. Henderson ...... 18.26 {Mrs. A. P. Henrionette 15.34 W. BE. Hyatt C. M. Bacon ............ . Hoganson Bros. ~5.38 Bazaar Store 207.60 | Carl Heffron 10.49 Barker & Powell . 164.64|C. 0. Huffman Co. 5.60 \E. A. Barker . 101.20{M. E. Ibertson 73.39 C. E. Battles 116.9510. B. Jackson .-... 5.02 Joseph Blondo .......... 3.64 | Mrs. Carl Jaht.......... 1.12 W. S. Brannon ......... 3.36 (Continued on iast pags) nts will | iring | . f\\&t ¢ (Copyrigat, 1912.) — | i {WINTER BACK; 36 BELOW ’ —a Northwest Caught in Blast Which Moves Southward, Chicago Shak- ing in Sub-Zero Air. EDITOR TELLS OF REAL COLD Once again the Northwest is at 0la: Man Winter, - ivho -eame-. hack with alacrity and’the back of a bit- ing gale from the North, and sent the. thermometers ' of Bemidji down to 36 below last night. This latest imitation of an open refrigerator has swept on, south- ward, Chicago shaking as only Chi- cago can in a below atmosphere while Georgia, where snow fell 48 hours ago is, for the first time in her history, looking up the prices of cut- ters. The same distress and suffering which has marked the extremely low temperatures since Christmas con- tinue and in some instances are be- coming aggravated. Efforts to work in the woods meet with frozen fing- ers ang feet. The government weather bureau forecasts warmer weather the re- mainder of the week. Last week W. G. Schroeder of this | city caused some comment by assert- ing that back in 1890 the thermo- meter went below the 60 mark. In connection with previous low records this week's Cass Lake Times says: “We have a distinct recollection of the cold snap beginning January 2nd, 1879, when for twenty-four consecutive days merciry thermo- meters retired and spirit marked from zero to 56 below. The govern- ment instruraent at Pembina, N. D., at that time indicated 62 below and the whole country was enveloped in a frost fog.” RATTL'ESNAKE PETE LOSES LOVE If Anyone Knows Where His Sweet- Heart is He'd Like to Be Told. . A racetrack romance with “Rattle- snake Pete” as one of the leading. actors has received an unexpected and disheartening setback. = In short “Rattlesnake Pete,” cowpuncher and roughrider, has become separated from the girl he loves. . He drifted into Spokane, Wash., in October, about the time of the Spokane Inter- state fair, where he met Nellie Lane and fell deeply in love with her. His story follows: “I am a cowpuncher and have made quite a name for my- self in October, where I did rough- riding stunts. I wrote to Miss Lane at 725 Sherman street, Spokane, and she replied, telling me I could call on her, but I got hurt at the fair grounds and was laid up with a bum ankle. While I was laid up she went away. Now,'T don’t know where she went and I don’t know winere to find “Pete’” is staying at 713 1-2 Third -avenue, Spokane, and is hop- ing to learn to his lost sweetheart. 4% Ella Fl: Young 67. _ 4 Mrs. Ella F?Egg You%,g, superin- tendent of Chicago public: schools, ‘is 67 years old today. 3 the-mercy of the frigid fingers of| FROTTIES. & ' Three Out for Governor. : K ovviiiiinniaannaen £ St. Paul, Minn,, Jan. 15.— {:+ (Daily Pioneer Special Wire : : Service)—Three men made it : known today that they want to | : succeed Eberhart as governor of : : Minnesota. i : S They are: § & Sam Y. Gordon, lieutenant : governor, who lives at Brown’s : Valley.- % W. E. Lee, banker, Long Prai- : ¢ rie. : : N. J. Holmberg, ~member of : {: the Minnesota House of Repre- : : sentatives, and a farmer at Ren- | rhille; =viws i ittt S Each ask support of Minne- : sota republicans, alleging that : : at present the state is in the : : control of the brewery interest. : HURT BY FALL FROM LOGS James Lappin Eo Severely Injured at Gemmell That He is Brought Hoie. ‘While scaling logs for the,State Lumber company at Gemmell, Jas. Lappin, of Bemidji, fell off a roll- way of logs, injuring himself so that he was forced to return to Bemidji fof medical treatment. Although not seriously injured, Mr. Lappin will be incapacitated for some time. Idaho’s First Extra Session. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 15.—The first extra session ever held by the legis- lature of Idaho convened today in response . to the call of Governor Hawley. The work of the session will be confined to the consideration and action upon the proposed revis- ion of the revenue laws of the-state. The Horrors of Thirst. There is no horror like the horror o’ thirst—no physical suffering' compara- ble to it. A traveler over the deser: In Egypt describes a man who had lost his way, wandered about for daye without water and finally came’stag- gering into his camp. The man’s eyes were bloodshot, his lips swollen to twice their natural size; his tongue, blue, parched and swollen, hung out of his mouth. To allow such a man to drink water at will would be like pumping ‘cold water into a redhot steam boiler. It would kill him. This man required to be held forcibly by four men in his eagerness to get at drinking water, while a fifth man al- lowed a few drops to trickle down the throat. of the sufferer at long inter- vals. He had to be cooled off little by littie, like an nverheated boiler. Thought of the Kitty. “John." said Mrs. Gayman, with a knowing twinkle iu ber eye, “you seem to be exceedingly kind to_animals.” S| *Why—er—how do you mean?" asked ber husband. “In your sleep last pnight you said. “Take out something for the kitty."”- | Exchange. 5 His Ways. “My husband.” sobbed Mrs. Frivol “is the most contrary kind of a man." “How so0? asked her sympathetic friend. < *“\Why. every time." responded the nggrieved wife. “that | begin dressing up he is sure to givé me a dressing something pertaining|down.”—=Baltimore American; , Hidden Danger. _ Owner—How did you come to punc- tore the tire? Chanffeur—Ran over a wilk bottle: Owner—Didn't ;von see it in. time? - Chauffeur—No;: the kid ‘had it under his cout:—Town Topics: - THOMAS SHEVLIN IS DEAD Passes Away Unexpectedly at His Winter Home in Pasedena, Califor- nia, at Age of 60. UNCLE OF BEMIDJI RESIDENT Thomas H. Shevlin,- multi-million- aire lumberman and owner of the this city, dled| yesterday at his winter home in Pas- edena, California. Mr. Shevlin was 60 years old. His death wag unexpected. The funeral will be held in Minneapolis on Fri- day of this week. At the time of his death Mr. and Mrs. George Beckwith were with Mr, Shev[in. Mrs. Beckwith is his daugh- ter. The only other child is Thomas Shevlin, Jr. ‘Mr. Shevlin’s mother, Mrs. D. D. Tenney, 90 years old, lives at Albany, N. Y. Mr. Shevlin was at the head of the Crookston Lumber company, Shev- lin-Mathieu; Shevlin-Clarke of Fort Francis and the Rainy River Lum- ber company of Rainy River, Ontario. Mr. Shevlin was raised at Muske- gan, Michigan, and came to Minne- apolis, when 29 years old. THOUSANDS CHEER CARDINAL Special Tug for Farley Who Will Be Led Through Flag Wrapped Streets. New York, Jan. 15.—Extensive preparations for the welcome to Car- dinal Farley have been completed, and when the Cardinal steps from the liner Berlin at the Hoboken docks tomorrow the machinery will be set in motion for what is expeeted to be one of the most remarkable demon- strations of the kind ever held in America. According to present plans the eminent prelate will be conveyed in a special tug from Hoboken to the Battery, from which point he will be escorted by a monster proces- sion to the archiepscopal residence. The entire route of the procession up Broadway to Madison Square and thence up Fifth avenue to Fiftieth street will be decorated with the na- tional colors of red, white and blue, mingled with cardinal scarlet and the yellow of the papal flag. The wel- come demonstration: will continue over a period of nine days. The chief features will be the celebration of a special mass in the cathedral and a great laymen’s meeting in the Hip- podrome. 3 Bonspiel Opens in Duluth. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 15—The week of the big bonspiel given annually under the -auspices of the = North- western Curling association is at hand and for five or six days the rinks of the Duluth club will be the magnet of attraction for Knights of| the Stane from far and. near. The entry of all the well known clubs of Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Daki upper Michigan and various polnts in Canada essures some Kkeen n mill here and an uncle of | jf IRE WIPES OUT 5 BUSINESS HOUSES : WHAT THE FIRE DID. : 5 Buildings burned, five. g : Lars Lind, saloon and restaurant; loss $1,800; insurance, : ¢ $600. H & Charles Comingky, Palace Clothing store; loss $6,000; in- : : surance $4,500. : 3 Ray Dennis, barber shop; loss, $500; insurance, $300. s Harry Gunsalus, saloon; loss, $1,800; insured. E. K. Anderson saloon, loss, $1,600; inusred. Robert Nelson, l’urnlg’pings at Lind’s; loss, $3,000; insur- ance, $700. William McKerry, lodgings Brinkman, damage by heat, 3 In nearly every instance substantial insurance was carried. Fire originating from unkoown causes wiped frame structures con- talnfng three saloons, a store, barber shop, restaurant and two lodging houses and did serious damage to the three story Brinkman hotel, buffet and theater, the total losg approximating $30,500. Starting in the two-story frame building on .Minnesota avenue long known as the “Blue Front” and oc- cupied by Lars Lind as a saloon res- taurant, the flames ate their way through the Palace Clothing store, the Ray Dennis Barber shop and greedily attacked the Harry Gunsa- lus ‘saloon at Minnesota and Third street, one of the busiest corners in the city and directly opposite the Nangle store and Commercial club. Adjoining the Gunsalus saloon on the east was the E. K. Anderson sa- loon and thig fell a ready prey to the onrushing billows of flames which swept over the two story Anderson building breathing perilous blasts on the Brinkman structure, the ignition of which meant destruction for every n:the south side of Bemid- s “Btreet. g Five stremm# * of water under a steady " pressuré coursing through every foot of hose at the command of the department togethler with the splendid resistance of the Brinkman brick wall, succeeding in blocking the flames, and at 4 a. m. Sunday morning danger of a further spread of the flames was over. The firemen were on duty from 11:30 Saturday night until 7 a. m. Sunday. During the excitement of the fire thie; got busy and at the Brink- man i hotel .a dress case containing several huddred dollars and other valuables was stolen after all per- sons living there had been driven from the heat reddening and smoke filled structure, while at the ‘Lind building Amelia Nyhus, a domestic gave a basket containing $20 of her wages and other valuables to a man in the hallway who posed as.a fire fighter and neither man nor money has since been seen. From the saloons large quantities of liquors were carried out into the street only to be stolen and con- sumed by men who afterward stag- gered about intoxicated. The fire is believed to have started in the restaurant of the Blue Front building occupied by Larsg Lind but Mr. Lind does not believe this to be true. “There had been no fire in the kitchen since 8 o’clock,” said Mr. Lind today, “and it looked to me as if the flames broke out in the next building. It was a blessing that the fire when it did or some persons might have perished. My two chil- dren, 9 and 11, scampered out of bed and ran almost naked to the barber shop where they were saved. No one else was in danger.” All the burned buildings adjoined each other and were old structures, the Gunsalus saloon building being one of the city’s landmarks. From the Lind building the flames crept with rapidity to the upper part of the clothing store and’ barber shop but for a time appeared to be check- ed and it was fully an hour before tongues of fire ‘shot up from the building toward Third street and caused all who saw them to shudder for the safety of at least half of Be- midji’s business section. Chief Harry = Gell and Assistant Chief J. J. Doran directed the work of the firemen. An effort was made to utilize the fire engine which was quickly steameq up and run into po- sition but there was not sufficient hose to use it. % Two lines of hose were under the direction of Foreman Ray Dennis of company No. 1, two more lines un- der the direction of Foreman Scott tewart of company No. 2 and the line under Floyd Brown. Three ams of water were poured into interesting competition for -the rich prizes hung up by the associatio: o are v om0 - clothing | over Gonsalus; no estimate. Schneider Brothers, three buildings, $12,000. 73 Fitger Brewing company, two buildings, $6,000. smoke and water, $5,000. al hotel across the alley, which came through without damage. Frank Ripple was the fireman ov- ercome by smoke. He fell while on the roof of the Brinkman and was taken down the ladder by two com- rades and later revived and went back to work. About 30 firemen aid- ed in the work of fighting the fire.. During the fire Fred Dudley served hot coffee to the men, even taking a piping hot pot to the roof. “For this and because he served us lunch in his hotel afterwards the thanks of the entire company are.due him,” said Chief Geil this afternoon. The Brinkman places its loss from smoke and water and heat at not less than $5,000. The furnishings in the Lind place were owned by Robert Nelson who at one time carried $3,000 insurance which he had reduced to $700. Mr. Lind will continue his business if he can find a suitable location. Mr. Gunsalus will occupy the quarters formerly held by Ted Maloy. Mr. Anderson will not reopen. The clothing store building, the barber shop and Gunsalus buildings ‘were owned by Schuelder brothers and the other two buildings by the Fitger Brewing company. Emil Schneider is not in.the city. His brother will arrive tomorrow. It is understood that insurance ap- proximating $8,000 was carried and that probably a modern brick block will replace the burned-structures, but there is nothing authentic on this point today. Notes of the Fire. Every plate glass window on the south side in the Commercial club rooms was cracked by the heat. Many persons, including several women gathered here to watch the flames across the street and at one time the heat was so intense that the spectators were crowded to the far side of the club rooms and men with water were ready to extinguish the window sills if they ignited. On the lower floor all the windows in the Nangle block were cracked. The big plate glass in the Brink- man buffet was not cracked. Last night the regular Brinkman show was given. Mr. Brinkman has infor- mation regarding the thief who stole the money from the Brinkman Hotel and says that unless it is returned there will be an arrest. The telephone company’s main Minnesota avenue cable was burned out, putting about 150 telephones out of commission. Manager Harris sent a call out for extra help and today men came from Brainerd and other places and repairs will be in place by tomorrow night. The cables contained 400 and 200 pairs of wires. 3 The electric light wires went down and for a time the Markham, Brink- man and Rex hotels as well as many other places were in darkness. Re- pairs were made and all lights will burn as usual tonight. The loss to the electric company is given ' at about $100. A freak of the fire was that al- though the flames began in the Lind building, the walls of that structure were the last to topple. A big.stuffed bear standing proud- 1y over the clothing store maintained its position until nearly all the build- ings have given way to the flames. Finally its hair caught and it fell headlong dive to the street below. At the ‘Anderson place, a woman begged the firemen to carry out her piano. “Too busy,” said the fireman and the last thing the woman did before making for safety was to play “Home, Sweet Home."” Much damage - was done to the firemen’s clothing. * One man had a new $40 suit ruined. Of the depart- ment’s equipment six lengths of hose and two nozzles were ruined. - Bight firemen held the hose on top ©of the Brinkman where the heat was B0 intense nozzlemen had to change HINNESOTA HISTORIGA SOCIETY, ~- | S