Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 25, 1912, Page 1

prawes e THE BEMIDJI ] i " PIONEE VOLUME 9. NUMBER 228, COMMERCIAL CLUB HAS DAY OF TALKS In Discussion by Outsiders Agricul- tural Department of State Univer- sity Comes in for Criticism. MAXFIELD UNABLE TO COME First Meeting Opens at 11 A, M.— President Burke Extends Wel- come to Visitors. | FINAL SESSIONS ON TONIGHT| Speakers Today Included D. M. Neill, Professor Willard, A. G. Wedge and Men From Brainerd. All sorts of information, advice] and encouragement is being offered | farmers heard these talks At 2 p. m. today another meeting was held and the following addresses were made: “Soil Resources and Opportunities in Minnesota,” by Professor D. E. Willard. " “The Settlement and Development of Northern Minnesota,” Hon. D. A. Wallace. “Constructive Work for Men in Northern Minnesota,” W. H. Gem- mell. “Monetary Legislation and the- Cit- izens’ League,” C. S. Mosher. Tonight at § o'clock round table discussions will be held and this is expected to be one of the most in- teresting and instructive features of the day. These gatherings will be held in the Commercial club rooms. The _liden of having a general meeting in | the City Hall had to be abandoned because it was learned that the hall had previously been leased. General Manager Gemmell of the| Minneapolis & International brought the visitors to" Béemidji in his private car. The visitors will leave tonight for the south. Many expressions of ad- miration for Bemidji were heard throughout the day. - Among those who came from out- side points to be presented at the meeting were A. Kaiser and Oscar at the Commercial club rooms here today —the last of the gatherings will be held at the club rooms to-| night--speakers from out of town! appearing in a program of diversified topies Immigration Commissioner Mar field was unable to come and this al- { so was true of others who had plan-| ned on being here toda: 1 Those who did come are: These are Here. D. M. Neill of Red Wing, president | of the Minnesota Federation of Com-| mercial clubs, under the auspices of | which the meetings were arranged; Daniel Willard, soil .expert of the Northern Pacific; Dan A. Wallace, of | Minneapolis, editor of “Wallace’s| Farmer;” Curtis L. Mosher, of Red| Wing, Minnesota Secretary of the Na- tional Citizens' league and the fol-| lowing officers and members of the | lrainerd Commercial club: Carl| Zapfte, president;. W. H. Gemmell,| vice-president; H. C. Cohen, Ezra R. Smith, secretary; R. R. Wise, leorge D. LaBar; Charles Sylvester, Little Falls and George F. Murphy, mayor | of Grand Forks. | First Session at 11 A. M. i The first meeting of the day was held at the Commercial club at 11 a. m. T. J. Burke, president of the Be- midji Commercial club, welcomed the visitors to Bemidji. President Zapffe of Brainerd re- plied and paid Bemidji a pretty com- pliment. “A welcome from Bemidji,” he| said, “is equal to any in the state and you all know what that means.” A. G. Wedge, Jr., the Bemidji banker, spoke briefly, urging co-op- eration with the immigration bu- reaus of the state and Northern Min- nesota Development association and suggested that aid Le given the movement which has for its purpose the doing away with the present cumbersome state boards. Suggests Board Reform. | “The governor is a member 30 of | these boards.” said Mr. Wedge, “and | he feels that it would be better if he were not compelled to serve on these | boards but that men who could give | more attention to the board duties.” D. M. Neill spoke of the work be- ing done by the Federation of Com-| mercial clubs and urged activity along organized lines. Explains Value of Organization, | Mr. Neill propounded the question: “Why am [ a member of the Commer- cial club?” and “Why is the Commer- eial club affiliated with the state fed- eration?” and then proceeded to an- swer both questions. The reason for Commercial club membership was explained_as a de- sire to be progressive in an effective manner while to harmonide with the state organization was, said the speaker, to get the best results for| Barness, the Bagley bankers. PIOOOOPOOOPCCOO D © TIPS FOR SOIL WORKERS. < R R R R R R RO R RCR RN ) Root-grafting may be done any time now, until about April first. The Colorado Blue Spruce is near- Iy as pretty at this time of year as during the summer. It is easy to | grow and care for. Cut and burn any oaks that were affected with the borer last year. This will help to prevent another visit from borers this year. + Pansy seed, for early nplants, should be sown now and transplant- ed when large enough, about the last of February or first of March. Has next summer's garden been well planned yet? Now is a good time to plan it out, and to order the seeds, plants and trees fo be used. Twin City gardeners have been selling Golden Self-Blanching celery that was stored in trenches out doors up to about tie middle of December. Preparation for spraying the or- chard next spring should be made now. Sprayers and material may be bought, and a study of methods of application made. Examine the young apple trees for injuries by mice or rabbits. Tramp the snow well about the trees to pro- tect from mice injuries, and poison or shoot the rabbits. Protect apple trees with boards, corn fodder or paper, cn the south- west side, to prevent sun-scalding. This is caused by freezing and thaw- ing of the bark during the winter. The Park Commissioners of Syra- cuse, N. Y., have given instructions to cut down every poplar tree in the| city, on account of the damage to drain-pipes, sewers, ote., caused by tire roots of the trees. J. H. Hale, the great Peach King, said in a recent speech that his la- bels cost him 40 cents per 1000 and he sells them for 50 cents a piece; that is, he gets 50 cents more per package on account of the neat, at- tractive label and well-packed box. Rhubarb, which was dug and al- lowed to freeze last fall, may now be put in a box and covered with two or three inches of soil, watered and set in a warm place in the dark. Edible shoots will soon spring from these roots. By growing it in the dark, the leaves are kept small. . Do not buy cheap seeds or plants, just because they are cheap. Often the cheapest seed is the most expens- yive. This is especially true of on- s and cabbage. Be sure the seed is true to name and will germinate well. It pays to purchase seeds quite a while before they are to be used, and then either give them a test at home or send a sample to the Exper- iment Station, where It will be tested free of .charge and a report given. ERROR IN TELEGRAM COSTLY commercial activity throughout the|Jury Awards Sender of Wire $1,735 state. Criticises Agricultural Department. Editor Wallace said some plain things about the agricultural depart- ment of the state university and was “definite in his criticism. “Out of a total appropriation by the last legislature of $2,000,000 the agricultural department got about $200,000,” said Mr. Wallace.. “The agricultural department is the tail end of the cat. 5 “There is no reason why, with our opportunities, the Minnesota agri- cultural department can not lead the| country. “Some changes are necessary and with a proper public sentiment are bound to he brought about.”. Meet This Afternoon. More than 30 business men and Verdict Against Western Union. Milwaukee, Jan. 25.—That the | Western Union Telegraph company is | responsble for an error in the trans- mission of a telegram is the sub- stance of a verdict returned by a jury in Judge Turner’'s branch of the Circuit Court. William R. Sherred, a civil engineer of Newark, N. J., was awarded $1,735 damages against the | company for loss suffered through a mistake made by a telegraph opera- tor. In 1909 Mr. Sherred attended Ithe convention of the American Wa- { terworks association in Milwaukee. | He sent to brokers in New York a telegram ordering 100 shares of stock. As delivered the telegram fn- |structed the brokers to. buy 1,000 Shares. The price went down before he could dispose of the shares he. did not wish to carry. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TH[_]RSD{{AY EVENING, JANUARY 25 1912. 0000969090000 000600 ¢ QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, © 0000000000000 00 Although valued at thousands -of dollars, curios stolen from the Kan- sas City Fine Arts Institute were found abandoned by the thief in a vacant storeroom. . The World’s Christian Endeavor: Union has been proposed by Repre- sentative McCall of Boston for the Nobel peace prize in recognition of its services in the interest of world Dpeace. = That scores of Toledo, Ohio, high school boys had become addicted to the use of heroin was revealed by a 16-year-old junior who was arrested. The boy had a watch case filled with heroin. ~ % Cornell's trustees at Ithaca, N. Y., have elected Professor Alvin Saun- ders Johnson of Leland Stanford Uni- versity to . the chair of economies made vacant by the resignation of Professor Frank A. Fetter. . year. at the Pueblo village of San 11- defonso, New Mexico, began at sun- rise and continued until sundqwn. In the dance the Indiauna beseech the sun god for a year of plenty. - The Standard Oil company of New York was fineq $50,000 at Buffalo, in the United States District Court for 143 violations of the Interstate com- merce law in accepting rate conces- sions from railroads on shipments of oil from Olean, N. Y., to Burlington, Vt. . An official communication at The Hague confirms the report that hope for the birth of an heir to the throne has been shattered. Queen Wilhel- mina’s health is reported 'satisfac- tory. . General G. B. Villjoen, Boer war hero, has remounced his American citizenship and received Mexiean na- turalization papers. Ife is now in Sonora. * The bodies of Fred Anderson and Stanley Hainsworth were found in their homesteaders cabin near Noko- mis, Sask. It is believed death was causéd ‘by coal gas asphyxiation. * Earl Grey, former governor gener- al of Canada, was presented with the freedom of the City of London. He told Londoners the day was ap- proaching when Canadians would be ready to assume the full status of partners in the empire.. . The existence of a secret society known as the “Black Hands” has been discovered among the younger officers of the Servian army. The ob- ject is supposed to be anti-dynastic. In consequence the crown prince has resigned his post as inspector general of the army. OLE SAGENG SUBDUES SCHMAHL Convinces Secretary of State That He Doesn’t Hold Two Offices. The Populist party in Minnesota, or rather the former Populist party, is vindicated. £ Julius A. Schmahl, secretary of state, is confuted and confounded. Mr. Schmahl Tuesday declined to file some incorporation papers be- cause oath had been made to them before Ole O. Sageng as justice of the peace. As Mr. Sageng, formerly pop- ulst, now progressive republican, is senatoi from Otfer Tail county, and as it is illegal for a man to hold that job and any other public office except postmaster, Mr. Schmahl held that the papers were illegal. At Fergus Falls yesterday Senator Sageng explained that the articles of incorporation in question were sworn to before him in 1906 when heiwas not senator. His term as justice long: since expired. Hence he holds but one job—state senator. Hence the papers were legal after all. Hence the total discomfiture of Mr. Schmahl. The farmers of Minnesota are to have spread before them, in the “Short Course” which covers the four weeks from January 22 to February 17, inclusive, at the School of Agri- culture, St. Paul, a -program of at- tractiveness to all who desire to be “up to date” in their calling. In ad- dition to class instructicn in all the | principal topics of the farm, a num- ber of Speakers from other states will speak, including Professor M. L. i Bowman, of Waterloo, lowa. an ex- i pert and enthusiastic corn grower of head of the Farm Crops section of the lowa Experiment Station; Cyril G. Hopkins, soil expert, and now head of the Agronomy division of the Il- linois College of - Agriculture; and educational . features: of.the: ‘course will be supplemented by excursions The buffalo dance, greatest of the| ;the “Holden-School,” and Iol‘merl Joseph E. Wing, of Ohio, associate| editor of the Breeders’ Gazette. Thef. jto Twin City institutions, and by en- Joyable entertainments. - . - & 5 (Copyright, 1912.) s 4 TRUNK ROADS FAVORED State Highway Commission Decides to Survey Brainerd-Moose Lake, St. Vincent-Duluth nghwayl. WORK UNDER THE ELWELL LAW St. Paul, Jan. 25.—Declsions to survey the proposed routes of the Brainerd and Moose Lake, Duluth and- Moorhead; Deer*Kfvér and Nor- as the eastern boundary of Clearwa- ter county, were taken by the state highway commission Tvesday after- noon as the result of rearly a whole day’s conference with representatives of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment league and county officials of northern Minnesota. The survey will not be ‘detailed, but will be made to determine the feasibility of the routes proposed by the league and an estimate of the cost of each. In the construction of these roads under the Elwell bill, as well as any others, the commission reserves the right to fix the routes it deems most satisfactory, irrespec- tive of those suggested. Wherever practicable, however, tl:e routes pro- posed for comsideration will be fol- lowed., The four routes the commission decided to survey were the only ones of the league's scheme of a network to cover northern Minnesota for which both petitions and official ap- provals of the commissioners of the counties .through which the high- ways are to pass have been received. The commission laid dewn the rule that before it makes a survey or takes any action on the roads that may be proposed to it, the roads must be of- ficially approved by the commission- ers of each county. This rule was adopted because the promoters of several highways presented to -the commission verbal or informal ap- provals. The meeting was one of the larg- est in the commission’s history, and, while in some cases there was con- sidereble difference of cpinion among local or county officials present as to the routes that should he followed in their territory, it was characterized by harmony. In several instances conflicting routes were presented, arising largely from local disputes, which: the commission will leave to the league and county officials to de- termine. Off to Court at Duluth. Attorney E. - E. McDonald, Tom jSmart, W. Mclver, Wes Wright, Tom Johnson,. John Goodman, Roy Bliter and George Kirk has gone to Duluth to appear in court as.the: result of {action brought by the Ruggles inter- ests against persons alleged to have taken sand. | Eills S:f" While ‘Hunting, | Keokuk, Towa, Jan. $25—Baughm | Wardlow, 14 yéars old, of Stilesville, !‘Iowa,_ west of Keokuk, is believed to {have accidentally killed himself while hi Beside ‘his dead body [ shotgun: fthoma ang the Duiuih;*Gemidji, and; St. Vincent highways, the last as far! COUNTY OPTION AGAIN AN ISSUE |Minnesota Anti-Saloon League An- nounces Plans and Name Officers. County - option again will be the principal issue of the Minnesota An- ti-Saloon league, and resolutions |passed at the annual meeeting in | Minneapolis Tuesday of the board of trustees indicated that the issue was never in better favor with the trus- tees than at present; in fact, a nail or two was probably added to strengthen it in' the platform of the league. At no time was there any sign of doubt but what the county option plank- would remain. While action” on-any~of -the-candidates for governor w: stood that the lesgue officers pro- and W. E. Lee, where they stand on this issue. These two men men have been acknowledged county optionists in the past, but in their platforms an- nouncing their candidacies last week both were silent on this subject. The league will try to get them on record in favor of its issue, and, failing to do so, may oppose or at least not fav- or their candidacies. W. S. Wingate of Minneapolis was re-elected presi- dent of the league. Other officers elected were: vice-president, A. F. Elmquist; secretary, G. A. Gruman; treasurer, Dr. B. T. Allen, and audi- tor, A. P. Peterson, all of Minneapo- lis. MANY AT DISPLAY ROOM Number of Visitors to Development Exhibit in Minneapolis Continues to Daily Increase. EASILY REACHED FROM DEPOT Persons from Bemidji who have been to Minneapolis report that the number of persons who daily inspect the display room of the Northern Minnesota Development association, at 39 South Third street, Minneapo- lis ig increasing. . . Additional exhibits from Northern counties are being sent in”and while the Beltrami display 1s not complete, the booth for this county, favorably located near the end of the room on the right hand side, is attracting at- tention. % In the center of the room a long table is covered with copies of near- 1y all the Northern Minnesota news- papers. 7 ‘At the extreme end of the room:is located the St. Louis county display. The displays are arranged in arch effects while the show windows ‘are attractively decorated. Newspapers of the cities and the North are being requested to explain to visitors' to Minneapolis how to reach; the display, = The directions are simple. : On leaving the union depot tgrn to the left and continue up Nicollet to Thigd street, Crossing:that thor- oughfare, turn to the left and pre ceed half a block, toward the post- office. 2 (o T From the Milwaukes depot, turn'to Jeft and: go one block to Third : Dge pose to find out from S. Y. Gordon ! H /Ithe Jeft on. Washington nvexinq nd | continte to First avenue, turn to th MELGES PRAISES WEST Says Los Angeles Now Has Half Mil- lion and Continues to Grow at Rate of “Mile a Week.” BUT STILL ADMIRES THE NORTH A. A Melges, formerly in business here but who has been in Los Angeles since last summer and who left there -not_taken, it is “M(‘r_Juu_Ja,nnary/G is in Bemidji. for 3. few | days: g “Los Angeles is the New York of the Pacific,” said Mr. Melges today. “Even‘now it is much larger than San Francisco. Although the feder- al census gave Los Angeles 330,000 she is growing so fast that now she has half a million. “Growing a mile a week is the way they speak of it on the coast and it is about the truth. The city is 40 miles in length and additions con- tinually are being made. Millions upon millions of dollars are being spent in bringing in new industries and manufacturing has become a big thing, g “At a cost of only about $24,000,- 000 pure water from the mountains is to be siphoned a distance of 240 miles. That is the way they do it there. Minneapolis-could pipe pure water from Lake Superior cheaper but after 14 years agitation Minne- apolis still is without water.” “Yes, but you were frozen up tighter than a drum this year, weren’t you?’” Mr. Melges was asked. “We were not. They were picking oranges when 1 left and there is a bountiful crop. A few were frozen, there was some smudging to protect the trees and many blossoms were injured, but that was all. “Its the most delightful climate in the world. Sunshine and breezes, and such flowers. The country is so attractive that thousands are pour- ing in, many going into the fruit buisiness.” Mr. Melges ‘said fogs were infre- quent and explained this by the fact that Los Angeles is 30 miles from the coast. He continued: - “You can’t beat it—that’s all—it has the climate, the soil, the capital, the—» #“What company do you ‘repre- Sent?” he was asked. . “None at all, and I am not. located there permanently and am coming back here in the spring. There are some things in which the north ex- cels, but Los Angeles is a great town just the same.” g ~Tomorrow evening the first regu- lar basketball game of the season will be played in the high school gyimnasium by teamg selected from the Senior and Sophomore classes, and by a Freshman-Junior team. An #tinission'of ten cents will be charg- ed” The game will be played most- 1y as ‘an experiment to see if it is practicable to play outside teams in the local gymnasium. If a crowd of) over 100 can be accommodated onf the sidelines, a schedule will < De| g, the Joins With Four Others in Effort to Become City’s Chief Executive At Coming Election. PETITION CIRCULATED TODAY Entrance Into the Fight Causes Sur- prise as It Was Presumed He Would Keep Out. BRINKMAN REFUSES TO RUN Sure He Could Be Elected in First Ward But Positively Declines to Enter the Race, Entry No. § today was made in the race for mayor. A petition is now being circulated in behalf of L. F. Johnson, who at present holds the office of alderman at large. As alderman at large, Mr. Johnson olso is president of the council. Causes Some Surprise. The entrance of Mr. Johnson is one of the surprises of the campaign, now on. It had been understood that he Wwas not to get in the race. "Mr. Johnson has made no official announcement but his petition today was circulated by Thomas Maloy, former city clerk. The election takes place February 20. These Seek Office. In addition to Mr. Johnson these men seek the office of mayor: William McQuaig, George Kreatz, F. M. Malzabn, - 2 John Gibbons. : That there will be, other candi- dates for the office of aldermen than these already announced is practi- cally certain. Brinkman No Candidate. The report, however, that Fred | Brinkman was to enter the race in the first ward, mas been nailed by Mr. Brinkman himself. “Of course, I could be elected,” said Mr. Brinkman, “but I would not think of getting into the game. The report that I was to run, or might run, is all wrong. I will not be a candidate and I wish you would say so for me.” Nine dollars worth of groceries, which will be distributed among the needy by the Epworth League Mercy and Help department, were brought in last night as a result of the social given by that department in the | basement of the Methodist church last night. The evening was spent in playing games, about 40 persons being present. A short cabinet meet- ing was held, and cake and coffee were served as refreshments. The larger share of the groceries collect- ed were sent to the home of R. 8. Hurd, a member of the church. The remainder are being held under the care of Miss Dunavan, chairman of the department, and will be distrib- uted as soon as calls for supplies are made. People knowing of needy fam- ilies are requested to send their names to Mrs. Higgins, the president of the league or Rev. Flesher, the Methodist pastor. County Attorney McPartlin is home after attending a convention of county attorneys-at St. Paul. The meeting decided to recommend con- siderable legislation to the next ses- sion of the staté legislature and Mr. McPartlin was appointed on the com- mittee to draft the same. In talking with people whom he met on the trip, Mr. McPartlin arrived at the conclusion that the session of the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation which is to e held here in June -is to be largely attended and he believes that it will be wise to ‘prepare to entertain at least five hundred delegates. Everybody is in- terested in-the work of the associa- tion and . likewise in International Falls, so the combination seems to assure an attendance that will be the largest in-the history of the as- | sociation, Preparations ‘for the en- tertainment . of this representative body: of men should be started early, 88 we must se FOR MAYOR'SOFFICE _