Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 22, 1912, Page 1

"THE BEMIDJI D VOLUME 9. NUMBER 223. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1912. tifstorial Soclety AILY PIONEERE" TEN CENTS PER WEEK. MORE DITCH BONDS T0 BE AUTHORIZED Board of Commisisoners Are to Meet Saturday and Prepare Issue for Ditch 11. INDEBTEDNESS MAY BE HEAVY Expected to be Close to Half a Mil- lion When Total Amount is Subscribed THOSE BENEFITED ARE TO PAY But in Case of Default, Must be As- sumed And Carried by The County ’ Judicial ditch number 11 will come before the board of county commissioners for final hearing at their meeting Saturday. A portion of the bonds for this ditch have al- ready been authorized but it is un- derstood that an additional amount must be floated before the ditch can be completed. The commisisoners have voted the bonds repeatedly but it appears that the form has never been acceptable to the bond buyers. 1t is hoped that the matter may be cleaned up at the Saturday meeting. According to the books of the county auditor, the county has the: following bond issues for ditches al- ready in the hands of bond buyers: DR 2+ sy sowas s s $3,150 Ditch 3 .17,000 Ditch 4 .15,000 Diteh 11 .30,000 . 777 PR $65.150 Work has been started; however, on other ditches and other bonds will have to be scld to pay for this work. Ditches ten, thirteen and -fdurteen are yet in a precess of ad- justment and Mr. George could give no figures on them but states that the bond issues on the others will be about as follows: Ditch 5 e......$18,000 Ditch 6 . 20,000 Ditch 7 . 6,500 Ditech 8 . 21,000 Ditch 11 ..........cc00ve 270,000 Ditch 12 .......cocoveenen 69,000 Total ...... .coecuvcnn $404,500 According to the above figures, the total bonded debt of the county for ditches only will soon be $469,- 650. This estimate does not include the bond issues which will be nec- essary for the bulding of ditches ten, thirteen and fourteen and which are expected to bring the total to be- tween $500,000 and $600,000. As the assessed valuation of Beltrami county is about $6,500,000, the ditch bonds represent a sum slightly less in value than one per cent. of the total assessed valuation. It has been pointed out that one feature of ditch building appears generally to be overlooked by the public. Mr. George explains that wherever a ditch is built, & road is built on its banks so that the coun- try covered by the ditches is also given good roads. HBach of the main ditches had laterals about every mile so that after the ditch is com- pleted, no farmer need be more than half a mile or so from a level well constructed road. The ditch bonds are extended over a period of twenty years so that the annual payments may be made small. The total expense is levied against the parties benefitted and according to the amount of their benefit. For the first five years, these parties have to pay the interest only, the pay- ments on the principal starting with the sixth year and running for fif- teen payments. . In some quarters it is feared that the bonded debt of the county for this one item is too heavy. It is pointed out that in case any interest or principal is defaulted the county must assume payments and carry that load until the land is sold, at which time the county’s indebted- ness would probably have to be paid in order to validate the title. At the present time, it is pointed out, (Continued-on Page 4) ROOSEVELT PROGRESSIY] Expresses Belief in Initiative, Refer- endum and Recall, Excepting Only Judges. MINNESOTA CAMPAIGN STARTED “A Charter of Democracy” was the subject of the address delivered by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt before the Ohio conmstitutional convention at Columbus yesterday. K Mr. Roose- velt came out strong on a progressive platform in the president’s own state. He praised the progressive legisla- tion in Wisconsin instituted and furthered by Senator La Follette ‘when he was governor and expresesd his belief in the initiative, referen- dum and recall, but stated that he did not believe in the recall of ’iudg'es. His speech is printed in full and may be read on other pages of this issue of the Pioneer. Upon entering the state house, the former president was greeted by cheers and applause from the crowd that filled the rotunda of the capital. As he entered the convention hall and took his place in the speaker’s chair, there was more applause. He was introduced as the man “whose face is more familiar than that of the man in the moon.” After mak- ing his speech in the convention, he addressed an overflow crowd on the steps of the state building. It is believed that the speech made to the Ohio convention will be tak- en by the Colonel as his'éxpression of his platform should he definitely announce himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination. As to progressive principles, he says: “I hold th‘_qt he is the real Progres- sive, that he is the genuine cham- pion of the people, who endeavors to shape the policy alike of the nation and of the several states so as to en- courage legitimate and honest busi- ness at the same time that he wars against-4ll crookedness and injustice and unfairness and dishonesty in the business worid.” On Friday evening, March 1, the velt campaign will be fired in Ram- sey county when the Fourth con- gressional district will hold a meet- ing at the Ryan hotel in St. Paul to organize. This meeting is expected to be followed by others in outside districts and a state meeting is be- ling planned with March 5 as the tentative date. CLASH WITH FOSSTON Local Basketball Team Scheduled to Play 0id Athletic Rivals DANCING TO FOLLOW GAME Fosstan and Bemidji, long rivals in athletics, will clash on the floor of the city hall this evening in a basketball game. Bemidji played her first game with Akeley and won 30 to 7. The second game was with Walker and again the local boys won, the score being 58 to 14. Foss- ton is said to have a strong team and to be having designs on the championship of northern Minneso- ta. The local boys do not appear over confident but a close game is predicted. The teams will line up as follows: Bemidji Fosston. R. F.—Bailey, i Movold L. F.—Ripple, Capt., Oberby C.—Peck, Hanson. R. G.—Ryan, Rue L. G.—Achenbach. Peterson, Capt. Referee, Waldemar, Johnson Bag- ley; umpire Mayne Stanton, Bemid- Ji. Admission to game twenty-five cents; to dance thirty-five cents. So much has been published in re- gard to women voters being unwill- ing to reveal their ages, it is quite startling to learn that it is the men who desire to conceal theirs. Word comes from California that owing to the refusal of large corporations to employ men over a given age it is to their advantage not to tell their age at;the polls.. . W e opening gun of ‘the Minmesota Roose- | POCOOCOOOOPOOPBR®PO®OS® © QOUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED ¢ P00 eVvPPOOPOOPOO O Crookston, Feb. 22.—W. E. Black has just received official notice of his appointment as Canadian government agent with headquarters at Crook- ston at a lucrative salary. - St. Paul, Feb. 22.—Mayor Keller yesterday paid over $10 and filed for re-nomination for mayor. He declares he will stand on his record and go be- fore the people with that as a plat- form. - Minneapolis, Feb. 22.—The Univer- sity of Minnesota basketball team and one from the University of Chi- cago will clash on the floor of the Gopher Armory tonight. This is the fourth game for Minhesota. . Brainerd, Feb. 22.—The funeral of George Forsythe will take place this ofternoon. He was foreman of the Northern Pacific machine shops, former alderman and long prominent in Minnesota Masonry. He died last Monday at the age of 70. . Seattle, Feb. 22.—Former Mayor Hiram Gill, removed from office a year ago by a recall election, was given an overwhelming plurality for nomination for office at the prlmafles yesterday. He received nearly 10,000 more votes than his nearest competi- tor. . Mankato, Feb. 22.— L. B. Lincoln, engineer for the American Peat and Fertilizer company, is in Mankato for the purpose of ascertaining the. ad- visibility of establishing a peat fac- tory here. It is said that ‘Blue Earth county is rich in peat deposits. . 3 Topeka, Kans., Feb. 22.—Woodrow ‘Wilson, Governor of New Jersey and candidate for the Democratic presi- dential nomination, came to Topeka today as the guest of honor and prin- cipal speaker at the Washington day dinner under the auspices of the Kansas State Democratic club. Hibbing, Feb. 22.7-An official of the ;Oliyér Iron . Mining .company, speaking at Duluth yesterday, stated that the company will not encroach on the improved district of Hibbbing for the next fifteen years and possib- 1y longer. It has been rumored of late that the company intended mov- ing the village to another location. . Minneapolis, Feb. 22.—Late yester- day, Judge Jelley denied the motion of the defense in the trial of J. D. Bren to instruct the jury to bring in PROGRESSIVES IN LEAD 'WATERMETERS SAID IN NEED OF REPAIR Returns Coming on Every Mail In- ‘dicates 0ld Party Lines are 3 Breaking. i Council Receives Report of a Special Committee Showing a Large . LEE LEADS FOR GOVERNOR Number Useless e Armory by Coach Williams, The { McAlmon; Pogverq Frank; Elder and Ballots for the Pioneer’s straw OWNERS STAND REPAIR COST vote on candidates for the nomina- tions. for presiderit ' and governor| started coming in with the first mail thi morning and indications are that the total number cast will far exceerl expectations. the Progressives are early e ground is shown by the fact that of the first three votes cast, LaFollette received two firsts and one second;” Wilson one first and one sec- ond;‘and Roosevelt one second. For governor, Lee received three firsts; Gordpn two seconds and Eberhart one second. : i Ing order to aid in the distribu- tion ?ot ballot blanks, the Pioneer will print some on extra sheets and diltr_fimte them in places where they will be easily accessible. On another 3 Over fifteen per cent of the water /in this issue a regular ballot is :::;i;ced which may be cut out and MARY BOWE SECOND IN RACE ‘meters in Bemidji are out of com- matled to the editor. A list of the judges and the results of the first ddy: will be published in the Plo- neer tomorrow evening. ' Work To Be Done by City and Cost Charged Back ‘to Property ANNA TOUTANT Winner of Prize Plano Contest. ANNA TOUTANT ~ WINS|S™™:¥ svmnTs TRIAL Baraxce Statement Made To Show Condition Of City Affairs at Close of Last Year. Takes Prize of $400 Elliott Piona From Other Contestants by 140,000 Votes. 5 mission according to a report sub- mitted to the city councii iast night At the final count of the votes cast |py Scott Stewart and George Stein In the piano contest held by the City [ appointed by the council to make an Drug store ‘and which was brought | investigation. Some meters were re- to a close last evening at 8 o’clock, | ported as being buried beneath two Anna Toutant was awarded the $400 | feet of snow and ice while others Elliott piano she haying to her cred- | were said to be merely out of repair. it 106,790 votes, more than 40,000 | The council voted that meters not over her nearest competitor. repaired by the owners would be re- Miss Toutant is the daughter of paired by the city and the cost Mr. and Mrs. B. Toutant of Nymore, charged back. Fifty-six out of 367 Mlnnesom.‘ is twenty years old and ‘meters wepe found out of .repair and is employed as.bookkeeper in the|nipety out-of 367 were found giving, William McCuaig department store |inaceurate readings. on Third street of this city. - Misa| 7qpe council also voted that the Mary Bowe cames second With 64,-f;jerk be instructed to ask the city 440 and will be awarded ‘the $300] engineer for an inventory of raw 10Ty : ; bond credit certificate, with Miss| materials now on hand. It also ap- talk, was followed by a light signal|Bertha Larson ‘third, she ecuring ® |nointed a committee of Crippen; practice. - Among the-old mon in theigol@hond. sertificate valuedat-$275. | Kiein and Smart to confer with the line-up ‘were Captain Morrell; Bob| The following is the order™of-the &y, “qepartment commissioners:and: Stevenson, star on the 1911 freshman | prize winners with their votes and take a complete inventory of the fire team; Ralph Capron; Paul Tobin; |prizes. depdrtment equipment. r _ Anna Toutant, 106,790, Clerk-Stein “pead ‘the ‘feport -of the P over- [Hiffho. elections committee and it was voted Mary Bowe, 64,440, $300 Bond|gccepted. A quarterly report from Credit Certificate. the city treasurer was also read and Bertha Larson, 50,5645, $275 Gold|aecepted and ordered filed. Mr. Stein Bond Credit Certificate. submitted a trial balance from his Jennie Kittleson, 29,370, $250|pooks on January first 1912 for the Gold Bond Credit Certificate. year ending December 31, 1911. The Dorothy Nangle, 19,765, $225|condensed report is as follows: Gold Bond Credit Certificate. his intention of attending the ban- quet in homor of President Taft in Chicago March 9. The president will address the Swedish-American Repub- lcan clubs and the event is to be used to bring abut a “ governor’s roundup” similar to the conference two weeks ago of the governors who are. for Roosevelt. . St. Paul, Feb. 22.—Spring football practice opened at the University of Minnesota yesterday with a lecture in $400.00 Hanson. Theé coath’ ed the new rules. - ‘Washington, D. C., Feb. 22.— The seventh annual ‘convention of the Navy League of the United States be- ban today with a pilgrimage of the delgates to the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon. Later in the day ...$107,455.30 a verdict favorable to the defendant. |the gelegates returned to the city for| Alice Minnick, 16,545, $200 Gold g:’ve;trr;:y; acet taxes. . .3 51,004.10 The trial, consequently, will proceed. | tne annual dinner, which had Secre-|Bond Credit Certificate. County acet fee ....... 382.36 St. Paul, Feb. 22.—Hamline Uni-|{ary of Navy Meyer, Maj. Gen. Leon-| Martha Schwartze, 14,265, $175 DISBURSEMENTS. versity trustees are looking for a suc-| 3rq Wood, Rear Admiral Wainwright|Gold Boud Credit Certificate. AFHEEY ot 579.11 cessor to Dr. George H. Bridgman,|former Speaker Cannon and a num-| Mabel Wheeler, 12,315, $150 Gold Buildings 488.01 the president, who is to retire at the per' of other notables scheduled |Bond Credit Certificate. Cemetery Ass'n ....... 609.35 end of the present year. among the speakers and guests. Pres-| Total, $1,975.00. Cemstery 224.22 * ident Taft has accepted an invitation —_— Pay roll 13,022.62 Chicago, Feb. 22.—Governor Eber- |to address the convention at a pub-| The novelty business of China is Contingent 200.00 hart, of Minnesota, is the first out-|lic meeting tomorrow in Memorial| drifting into the hands of the Japan- City Engineer .... .... 1,788.74 side state executive who has signified | Continental Hall. ese. County 10 per cent ... . 3,100.00 = | Blection expense. .. X 348.20 Furniture & Equip... .. 243.40 IT'S DIFFERENT NOW Fire Dept. & Hydr. ... 3,672.55 City hall main .. ...... 441.15 Interest .. .. ........ 4,912.96 , AND GEORGE 5A1D Insurance .. .. .. .... 392.90 “PAPA | WL NOT Library .... .. ...... 1,536.57 TELL A LIE 1PD Livestock .. .. .. .... 45.00 [\ ¢ W(TH @Y Lighting .... .. 5,5649.87 I Miscellaneous .. ...... 484.20 N Prison and jail .. .... 828.16 His FATHER State Hospital .. .. .. 340.00 D10 NOT Scavenger .. .. .. .. 702.08 CHASTISE Sprinkling .. .. .. .... 409.50 i Street and bridge ..... 24,997.67 Walks and crossings .. 7,491.94 Stationary and printing 513.97 Sewer and tank ...... 5,265.63 Town Northern .. .. .. 60.00 Town Port Hope .. .... 20.00 Tools and Equipment. . 242.17 Municipal court .. .... 137.22 Water Dept. ...... = 4,421.14 Poor Dept. .. .. .. ... 3,600.14 = l FUNDS. % Sinking funds invest. .. 27,314.65 Sinking fund cash .. .. 14,477.95 Interest fund cash . 2,663.63 ‘Water fund cash .. 5,279.65 Library fund cash 1,059.96 Inebriate fund cash .... 70.00 Revolving fund cash .. 1,425.40 Paving fund cash .... 4,819.22 Count 10 per cent fund ..... 350.00 . $303,040.59 BONDS AND LOANS. Water bonds .... .... 60,000.00 General bonds .. 17,000.00 Perment Imp. bon 30,000.00 (Continued on 1ast page) s —