Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 2, 1912, Page 1

g | = =¥ " VOLUME 9. NUMBER 260. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. POPOOPOPOOROO®O®O ® QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED ¢ B R R RIS Minneapolis, March 2.—Minnesota WILLIAM TAFT IS 3 . March 2.—Fire destroyed a chool building here yesterday nlu&ll\k a loss estimated at $16,000. | The schiool was occupied by 350-pu- |pils of a lower grade who left the [ building without injury. i = Albany, N. Y., March 2.—Rt. Rev, William Croswell Doaue, bishop of any since 1869 and one of the best lknown prelates of the Protestant Episcopal church, celebrated his 80th {birthday anniversary today. ! | B Passes Roosevelt in Today's Count and Takes Place at Head of Column, LaFOLLETTE A CLOSE SECOND ——— AL Is But Eight Votes Behind in Spite of Adverse Reports on His Candidacy. ! St Paul, Mareh 2.—J. C. Fielding. {who was prominent in the Dumas |case at Bemidji, has been appointed {captain of detectives of the St. Paul POPULAR || it M orce. B 3. Catlin, police | | commissioner, is acting chief until a | successor to ex-Chief O‘Connor has Up From Last Place in Two Days!been appointed. —Gordon and Eberhart are DUNN PROVING . | Minneapolis, March 2.—Fire de- [stroyed the tanks of the Standard [ 0il company at Fourth and Oak streets S. . early yesterday. The 1o id to be about $35,000. Sev- secoudi 1 explosions shook the neighbor- hood and a heavier 1 Still Tied. is rolialls I'Phe ire was but a few blocks from | A ¢/ the University of Minensota and in e the midst of a manufacturing and | elevator district. The fire burned: Punn 2 gver four hours. Lee . 15 Gordon . 7 ) _ . Dherhast ;' Minneapalis, March 2.—Fire ves-| Stanton ¢ terday morning practically destroyed For the first time \\|I\-‘||\1‘ Pioneer ; Millard Hall at the University of I Minnesota. The loss is estimated at ;I\'\ 000. The building was erected the Republican presidential nomina- |in 1592 at a cost of $61,000 and has lion. The votes that have come in |Since been the subject of improve- since the last count have put him in | MeNts totaling $200, 000. There is the lead with a margin of eight votes | §37.000 insurance. The building over LaFollette, who is holding his| Was partially destroyed by fire two own at sncond place. The big spurt|¥ears ago. The loss to students is made by the Socialists for Debs has| eStimated at $36,500. put Roosevelt down to fourth place| k4 with Wilson last In the state contest, vote was started, William Taft is at; the head of the list as first choice for Temple, Texas, March 2. —J. F. 3ob Dunn has ! Wolters of Houston came to Temple Cone jsay that the condition this CORN SEED MUST BE WELL TESTED Farmers Advised to Try Out Their Grain Before Allowing it to Be Planted. LARGE PER CENT NOT FERTILE Recent Examinations Made by State Show Nearly Half of Samples Were Useless. {OTHERS CONFIRM STATEMENT | Wholesale Houses Report as Low as E One-Tenth Fit to Be Sown. - Many farmers who ave preparing was feared, | their corn seed for planting are find- ug that a large percentage is not tertile. This is a sericus matter as it sometimes means-the difference be- M {two stalks come up where four or | ive were expected. Prof. Otto I. Bergh, of the high school faculty, has hien conducting tests with seed corn for some time and expects to be able to furnish the farmers with his resnits in a few days. His students hove been tak- ing different grades of corn and test- ing each to see which made the bdt- ter seed. Following is a copy of a letter which has been sent fo ever the state calling their attention to the fact that a larse perceniage of the seed is not goo! and giving a way to test: “Farmers in all par are reporting that the results their tests of seed cori are very dis- conraging, if not alarming. In other of tl atate om j years reports concerning poor seed ear is put a wide margin befween himself | today to formally open his campaign | and William . Lee. Gordon and!as a candidate for the United States Rberhart are tied and Stantor has|senate to succeed. Joseph . Bailey. dropped to last place but Is only|The recent withdrawal of Congress- nine votes behind Gordon and Eber-|{man Sheppard leaves the senatorial hart The great majority of the contest a three-cornered race be- Dunn votes cast . have no second | tween Wolters. Congressman (uome'mm have gone forth, but exverts choice indicated. [ Randell of Sherman and The showing being made by La-|Johnson of Tyler. Follette is considered remarkable by | (he fact that state-wide prohibition | those in touch with the situation.| | has no direct bearing upon the sena- Since his speech made some time ago | torship, this question will be one of to the publishers banquet in Phila-!the chief issues of the campaign. Tt : delphia, he has been pointed out as! is the gemeral opinion that the anti-, a broken man and it has been ktdlml'mulnbxtmn vote will be divided be- repeatedly in the city papers that|tween Wolters and Randell. This he has withdrawn from the race and|may prove of benefit to Johnson, as Notwithstanding | the, worst it has been for over thir ty years. At the state agricultural n out of 400 samples tested the average was about 50 per cent of zood corn. This means that half of the corn pianted will not come up. Every farmer knows what it means to have two stalks of corn in a hill where is no longer a candidate. In view of|he is the only prohibitionist in the|he expected three or more. Represen- these statements, the number voting | race. . |tatives of seed houses of St. Paul for him is considered remarkable. | - after testing seventy-eight samples Several other papers in Minnesota Washington, D. C., March 2.—0f corn, found only 10 per cent that are taking straw votes of their read-|jfany messages of congratulation|Was fit to plant. This means that @ and while Roosevelt appears to|pave heen received at the home of be the popular choice, it is pointed| sjexander Graham Bell in anticipa- out that the Taft men are the "“litirm of the birthday auniversary of conservatives who would mot part in.a straw vote and that nwir; fessor Bell was born in Edinburgh, real strength does not appear in the|gcotland, and will be sixty-five years total figures. old tomorrow. e made his first ex- P % periments with the telephone while » ® & & & @ residing in Brantford, Ont. The in- ® WITH SHEARS AND PASTE. ¢ |vention was placed on exhibition at ©HH S S e b B DG &SSO S| the Philadelphia centennial exposi- City Editor—Here's a mighty g00d | tion and a short time later the first story about a young fellow who runs practical line was put in operation away with a chorus girl, between Boston and Salem. Profes- R % Night Editor-—What's that. A|sor Bell is one of the few great in- good story? \Why, it's been done to|yentors who have lived to see the death. fruition of his invention and also City Editor—This one hasn’t. 1Us|veap the financial benefit of it. For an absolute novelty. The young fel- |a number of years the inventor has low is neither a millionaire nor a|made Washington his winter resi- Pittshurger! dence. Tle has a summer home and {1aboratory in Nova Scotia, where he Nat Goodwin tells the 'olln\\mg\h'\s conducted experiments with a about a Turkish bath he had under- |\|r\\ to perfecting the flying ma- gone in Mexico: ]( hine. “My rubber.” he said, “was a very | = strong man. e kneaded and punch-| ed and hammered me in a most em-| phatic way. Finally when [ was up, | i Austin, Texas, March Z.-—The sev- -sixth anniversary of the decla 'mmn of Texas independence was he came along behind me and gave| .y qcrved as a public holiday through- me four resounding whacks on the |00 S0 Yogay T L824 Mexico bare back with ihe palm of his enor-| 1 icveq her independence from LM T n and established a republican ‘What on ecarth did you do that| rnment. Bustamenv, the usurp- for?” I panted, staggering. ing governor of Texos. prohibited “Only to let the office know |y iper immigration from the United was veady for the mext bather,' he iy ioq, tearing that the white setilers said. “You see, the bell's out of or-| ;3¢ not be dominatsd ais were the der in this room.” —National Food | y\(oonc™ “anta Anna, with whom Magazine. . take | the inventor of the telephone. Pro-| every farmer must test his seed corn. Whether he has ever done it before or not, he must do it this year, if he hopes to get a good stand of corn. “Corn can be tested very easily. Putting a few kernels from each ear on a moist cloth, cover with another cloth and put between two plates will answer as a tester. In three days or so-if kept in a warm place, the corn ought to begin to sprout. A Dbox three inches deep, filled with sawdust, wet with a cloth on top and kept in a warm place, is some- times used. Any of the agricultural high schools will test corn for farm- ers. The state agricultural school will test all sent to it. No matter how it is done, the seed must be tested.” PANSY SLOPE WINS. | Straight in Minneapolis. | George Cochrane’s “Pansy Slope,” Martin p, drew first in three suc- a six year old and this is said to be her second race. will go in the- 0 class. lakes, Vietor Hugo: {be ruined in fortune, but not in be colonists sided, overturned the " Cuovstitution of 1824, and declared| . ..., Frank Daniels, the comedian, is a ator. The Tewans contint ,“spmt. very enthusiastic motorist and re-|%, 5 0ptl 10 o obsersance of| Tennyson: “No rock is so hard but| t cently purchased a new car. He had ., . yrovioan Constituticn, but. gna Mason Peters with him for a spin' _, tyrannical opps 1, held a when something went wrong. Dan-| oo Chiion at Washinwion on the iels declared there was some trouble | oo, =0 o o 1836, this con- | underneath and crawled under the ..,ijon geclared the independence of car while Peters started to do a little o 0o a0 q hegan the drafting of her oiling. Constitution. Gen. Sam Houston was | Daniels suddenly crawled out from | o oo commander-in-chief of the | under the car with a yell. “What in blazes are you trying to | " he asked, glaring at Peters. { “Why, T have just given the cylin-| der a good dose of oil.” i “Cylinder!” yelled Daniels. “Cyl- inder nothing! was my ear you poured the oil into.” |ments in the world weigh less than —Metropolitan Magazine. a single lovely action.” was made president of the new re- publie. — o’ Lowell: “Every man feels instinc- Confound you, that|tively that all the beautiful seati-| {tween loss and gain if but one or| «ditors all George Cochrane’s Mare Takes Three | the Taft supporters “A stout heart mayl ANTICIPATION (Copyright.) REALIZATION POLPOOOOOOCOCOOS |e CASS LAKE BRIEFS. ® #2920 000000000000® ports the sale of seventeen immigrant tickets for Germans wio are coming direct from Antwerp, Belgium, to Cass Lake. ting them to come. £ John Brown who came here from LeSueur county, to take a homestead, after he selected his Lract near Boy River, walked across Leech Lake so as tq be sure of getting here on time for the opening of the land office next morning. - While on the way he shot a large wolf -on the lake, recelving enough bounty on-the hide to pay his filing fee at the land office. <¢FORECAST FOR COMING WEEK.® PPPPOPORPOOOOOGO S Washington, D. C.,, March 2.— President Taft, among the numerous entries in the presidential race prom- ises to be most in the public eye dur- ing the week, owing tc his western trip. The president is going to Chi- cago to speak Saturday night at a meeting to be held under the aus- :| pices of the Illinois Swedish-Ameri- can Republican League in celebra- tion of the semi-centennial anmiver- sary of the battle between John Eri- icsson’s Monitor and the Confederal ram Merrimac. On his way to Chi- cago the president will stop in Tole- -do, where, it is announced, he will make a speech that will be an answer to Mr. Roosevelt’s recent speech at Columbus. Several of the southern states-are to receive attention from Harmon and Wilson, the rival aspirants for the Democratic presidential nomina< tion. Governor Wilson has accepted an invitation to address the Mary- land legislature Thursday evening, while Governor Harmon is expected to speak before both the Maryland and Virginia lawmakers during the week. State conventions to choose dele- gates to the Republican national con- vention will be held during the week in Alabama and New Mexico. It is regarded as likely that fights between and Roosevelt supporters for control may develop in each of these conventions. President Taft, Cardinal Gibbons, and other men of national promi- nence will’take part in the twelfth cessive heats in Minneapolis races|annual meeting of the National Civ- yesterday and by so doing captured |jc Federation, which will. meet in the New England cup. The mare iS| Waghington Tuesday for a three days’ session. “Industrial Peace and This afternoon she|progress” will be the general theme The races|of consideration, with an exhaustive are being run over the ice on. the|discussion of the practical operation of trade agreements between employ- ers and employes. At a meeting called for Kansas | City next Monday plans are to be per- fected for the formation of a terri- [ torial federation of railroad shop employes that will include every rail- Ithat a little wave may beat admis-| road operating west of the Mississip- |sion in a thousand years.” A razor can be: sharpened more }qmcklv in cold weather if it be dip- iped in hot water for a- few =econd5| Ibefore it is stropped. | { Henry James: “Women Texas armies and David B. Burnet|faculty of imagination with regard to|2dopt the single tax. pi river. As soon as thé'organization is launched, demands are to be made for a general advance in wages on every road. As a result of the municipal elec- | tion Tuesday, Seattle may be the first have no|large city of the United States to On that dly 1a man's work beyond a vague idea the voters will pass on the Erickson j that it doesn’t matter.” ! Channing: | marked by simplicity, unostentatious- |uess. self-forgetfulness; a hearty in- teresting in others, a feeling of brotherhood with the human family.”| |single tax amendment charter. to the city Broadly stated, the amend- “Genuine greatness Is|ment proposes to exempt all buildings and personal property from ecity tax- es and confine the taxes wholly to land values and the franchises of public service corporations, The First National bank today re- | They have friends here | twho have been instrumental in get-| R R R R R R AR A ] CASH FUND SUBSCRIBED | Business Men Come.to Rescue of the Local Creamery by Adding i " Capital. IS IN NATURE OF A LOAN A fund of $1,000 was subscribed this morning among twenty business men of Bemidji to provide additional cash capital for the Bemidji cream- ery. This..money was- . secured by stock, each of the twenty men tak- ing one share. If the creamery is | able to stand on its feet financially jafter a few months, the stock is to be rebought by the farmers. At the Commercial club this after- noon, several of the business men met with the farmers and the matter was thoroughly discussed. A. G. Wedge and A. A. Warfield appeared for the business men. The tone of the meeting seemed to be that a creamery could be made a paying project provided that it was operated in a business like manner. The following are taken from a re- e | cent issue of the Northwestern Farm- stead and may prove of interest: Carver Co.—Creameries in this lo- cality doing a good business and pay- ing high prices for cmy products. Most farmers separate their milk and feed the by-products to hogs. All live stock in fair condition. Prices of farm products holding up nicely. Wheat $1 p bu, corn 50¢ p bu, hogs $3.50 to $5.756 p 100 Ibs, steers 3 to 4c p 1b, butter fat 37¢ p 1b. Chisago Co.—The local creamery last year did a business amounting to $75,000, manufacturing 276,263 1bs butter. Farmers cheerful over the prospects of a good crop this season. Weather cold of late, with lots of snow but stock pulled through in good shape. Marketing of grain and potatoes the principal activity. ‘Wheat 90c p bu, oats 45¢ p bu, corn 50c p bu, potatoes 85¢ p bu, eggs 25¢ p doz, butter fat 42¢ p Ib. Clearwater Co.—Creamery output gradually increasing. Last year's product netted $125,000 to farmers of the county. The coming season has prospects of gaining at least 25 per cent over 1911. Plenty of snow indicates sufficient moisture to put fields in good condition for spring’s work. ~ Partly improved lands selling at $20 to $35 p acre. A splendid de- mand for horses and at present the market is paying $300 to $500 p team for animals 1100 to 1500. Dairy cows always command a good price. Every woman has a garret in her memory in which she stores all her ideals. The Bible: “He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful in that which is much.” Franklin: “If you want to have a faithful servant and one that you like serve yourself.” Bacon: “Whosoever in the frame and nature of his affections is unfit for friendship taketh of the beast and not from humanity.” Electric smelting and refning pro- cesses are said to produce steel that fon; is denser and more homegeneous than (] open-hearth steel of the nme gener- |1 PPOOOOVOOCOOOOGO © COURT HOUSE BRIEFS. ¢ | Peter Maul, of Tenstrike, is attend- ing court. . J. Alfred Carlson, of Solway, called on Mr. Stewart today. ’ C o i here for a day on a matter growing out of the Puposky case. - Arthur Ferrier, of Spooner, had his case considered by the grand jury and it is said they failed to make an indictment. . The trouble grew out. of a boxing match after {which one of the men dfed. * The case’ of Lars Christenson against Sheriff Hazen was tried yes- terday afternoon and a verdict for plaintiff was returned. The defend- ent then moved for a stay of execu- tion for thirty days in order, it is said, to take an appeal. . J. O. Harris, register of deeds, calls attention to the fact that under a recent ruling of the state Supreme Court the fee on filing mortgages is now one-half of one percent on the consideration’ named. fee was fifty cents on every $100 or major portion thereof. Under the present ruling, mortgages for $60 or less which were formerly .filed free now have a charge of one-half of one percent attached. * The court was occupied today with the case of Oscar Olson against Hay- den Brothers. The parties are Black- duck people and most of the witness- es came from that point. It is said the action is the outcome of attach- ment proceedings brought by Mr. Hayden several weeks ago, in an en- deavor to collect rental for some log- ging outfit. Judgment in the case was rendered in favor of Hayden but owing to alleged faulty papers, the attachment proceedings were dis- missed. Olson thereupon is said to have brought suit for $1,000 dam- ages. FIRE AT BLACKDUCK. Causes $2,000 Loss to Plant of Coop- erage Company. Fire damaged the plant of the Blackduck Cooperage company at Blackduck yesterday morning, the loss to the property being estimated at about $2,000. The damage is said to have been caused principally by water as the motors used in driving the machinery were soaked and will have to be dried out and possibly re- wound before the plant can resume business. 1t is daid that the fire started from a spark on the roof. The Blackduck Cooperage company has been operating but a short time as the plant was not completed until about two months ago. M. D. Stoner, formerly city engineer of Bemidji, is interested in the company in part- nership with Woods and Sons. The company makes barrels, boxes; etc., and has contracted for several mil- lion feet of timber this winter to be used during the coming season. 3 i Niz eniemy i8 a person who ap- ou when you fail, ‘Ward Beecher' “There are COOOPPPOOOOOOOS Kay Todd, a St. Paul attorney, is The former’ STEWART TELLS OF HIS RED LAKE TRIP Visited Seven Towns on Recent Tour, G?ing Via Thief River Falls, FARMER COMES FROM ARIZONA Read of Rich Beltrami Lands and Immediately Made An In- vestment. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BETTER Country Being Settled Rapidly and Enrollment Is Constantly Increasing, W. B. Stewart, county superintend- ent of schools, has returned from a several days' trip to the country northwest of the Red lakes. Al- though but about fifty or sixty miles from Bemidji, Mr., Stewart had to make the trip via Thief River Falls because of the lack of railroad ser- vice in that vicinity. “While on the trip,” said Mr. Stew- iart today, “I met a farmer who had recently settled in that country, com- |ing from Phoenix, Arizona. He said | that he had seen the country adver- tised in the Bemidji Pioneer and.that upon investigating, it had proved to be the land for which he was look- ing. He said that there are many people in that section of the country who would probably move if their attention was directed to Beltrami county, Minnesota.” Speaking of the ditches, Mr. Stew- art said that they were a great boon to that country. The people are al- ready making plans to keep-the roads in good shape during the summer months when “thé wear is thé heav- iest. The roads are being well built and should last. “I visited the towns of Benville, Spruce, Grove, Minnie, Lee, Nor- wood and Hamre during the trip and was impressed by the progress they are making. Two new school houses {have been erected each costing from $1,000 to $1,200 when completed and equipped. The country is rap- idly settling up and the attendance at the schools is steadily increasing.” TWO SMALL FIRES. Chimney Blazes Give Department " Two Runs This Morning. Cold weather was the cause of two chimney fires this morning. The in- creased heat necessary to warm the houses was more than the stacks could stand. The first alarm called the department to the home of Har- ry Trask, 1203 America avenue, where the second story is said to have been badly damaged. The loss was { estimated at $500 with $l 500 insur- ance. An alarm was also turned in from 901 America avenue where the home of Ralph Grover was slightly dam- aged by smoke. No water was turned on the blaze and it was ex- tinguished in a short time. General Review of Trade. With the advance of milder weather there has been renewed activity among the retailers which has been reflected in a better trade to the wholesalers along certain lines. Prospects are for a bright March business. In dry goods the staples continue to advance. White sheeting has been advanced by mills, but not by local jobbers thus far. The increasing de- mand for merchandise has' put the mills in a position that deliveries are six to eight weeks off. Raw cotton has advanced. All this goes to show that we may expect to get higher | prices on cotton goods. In groceries, sugar shows very {firm with last advance. Refiners are all behind in their shipments. Federal Refining Co. advanced their price ten points, while- Arbuckles content themselyves - with no quot- ing. The American, Howell and Warner are extremely limited sellers and have withdrawn absolutely from the territory west of the Miss- issippi. Michigan refiners are the only ones offering domestic sugar, and they are holding the same price as eastern cane. The situation is strong. The market continues strong on canned fruits. There i8 no ques- tion that there will be an advance in canned goods. The coffee sltunflon is ‘unchanged. ~ Hardware conthmks good selling a