Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 1, 1912, Page 1

V].V MINNESOTA, | HISTORICAL I : VOLUME 9. NUMBER 285! COOK CASE GIVEN OVER TO THE JURY Charged by Judge Stanton During the Afternoon Session of the Dis- trict Court. LOUIS ANDERSON ON TRIAL Is Under Two Indictments and Is Up First for Selling Liquor on Sunday. i CYR IS TO BE EXAMINED Will Be Taken Before Crowell Tues- day for Preliminary Hearing For Murder. Judge Stanton this afternoon de- livered his charge to the jury in the Cook case and a verdict is expected before County Attorney ‘Torrance started his argument at 9 a. m. and Mr. Funkley addressed the jury for the defense from 10:30 un- til noon. The case for the state appeared to rest principally on the testimony «of Alice Wilcox, the girl said to have been ravished, and Messrs. Stokke and Windness who testified that they saw the attempt. The defense en- deavored to impeach the state’s wit- nesses and to show evening. that some mo- tive other than justice led to the ar- rest and indictment of Cook. Following the Cook case, Louis An- -derson was called, being under in- dictment for selling liquor on Sunday and for selling liquor to a prostitute. He will be tried on the Sunday sel- ling indictment first. The afterncon was spent in selecting a jury and getting the case under way. The trial on the other indictment will be taken up at the close of the pres- ent one. Following the Anderson trial, the state will probably call Edwin Gearlds, who is under indictment on similar charges, and then John Flate- ly. The case of George Cyr, who killed Paul Fournier two weeks ago, will come before Court Commissioner This will be the hearing, and he Crowell tomorrow. preliminary will probably be freed or bound over to the grand jury. Anderson has also been called before the mayor to show cause as to why his license should not be revoked. Louis The case was set for 2 p. m. this afternoon, but hecause of the District court trial was set over. MANY PAY ON LAST DAY Daily Pioneer Subscribers Take Steps to See That Their Papers Are Not Stopped. COLLECTOR USED THIS WEEK Tt was almost a case of “get in line” at the Pioneer office Saturday and today, when the loikz list of sub- scribers filed in to paj their ad- vance payments on the ‘Yaily Pio- neer. The office 1orce was taxed to the limit in properly crediting these accounts, and at press time the rush still continued, for which reason the publishers are compelled to extend several days of “Grace” to those who ‘were unable to get their payments to the office in time. The publishers have decided to send a collector to all unpaid sub- scribers during the present week, who will make arrangements with them for continuing the paper. It has| been found that in some instances subscribers are not able at this time to make payments in advance and clean up their back payment and to those satisfactory arrangements will be made. Subscribers who wish -to receive prompt attention will assist the Pio- neer materially by telephoning No. 31. We always knew that our good friend Halvor Steenerson was an In- dian, but we didn’t know that he had taken a claim on the reservation. R R A R R R R AR R R R ® CURRENT EVENTS. @ R R R R IR RN Y Bitter Saloon Contest in Illinois. Chicago, Ill., April 1.—A bitter contest between the liquor interests and the anti-saloon forces will reach its climax in the elections about to be held in more than 100 cities and towns in Illinois. The town elections will be held tomorrow and the city elections one week later. Reports] from all over the state indicate in- tense interest in the struggle. Among the larger places which will vote on the “wet” and “dry” ques- tion are Monmouth, Freeport, Rock- ford, Waukegan, Mattoon, Belvidere,q Champaign, Centralia and Dixon. Interest in Wisconsin Primaries. Milwaukee, Wis., April 1.—Lead- ers of national politics are looking ahead with acute interest to the pres- idential preference primaries in Wis- consin tomorrow, the first to be held under the new state law. Delegates- at-large and district delegates to the national conventions of both parties are to be selected. Wisconsin is the home of Senator La Follette and is generally supposed to have strong progressive leanings. Impartial judges of the situation pre- dict that La Follette will carry the majority of the Republican delegas tion, with delegates reported in some cases to favor Roosevelt for second choice. The Taft men, including many of the older leaders of the par- ty, have waged an dctive campaign, but their hope is not to get a major-| ity of the delegation, but to prevent La Follette from having a unanimous vote from the state. On the Demo- cratic side, confident claims are be- ing made in behalf of Clark, Wilson and Harmon, and it is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty which of the three candidates will secure the largest number of dele- gates from Wisconsin to the Balti- more convention. SAW Have Been MILLS BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MON i £ READY | —_— DAY EVENING, APRIL 1, FOR NEW SEASO 1912 Completely Overhauled During the Winter—Total Payroll to Approximate $40,000 per month, which will be paid every two weeks—Bothito Operate with Day and Night Shifts, “THIS IS THE FOREST PRIMEVAL” Where Timber Is Cut for the Bemidj i Lumber Company Bemidji’s two large lumber mills|{the lake,” said B. W. Lakin Satur- are ready to commence the season’s sawing. The Bemidji mill will start operations Wednesday and the Crook- ston mill on Monday of néxt week. Both mills intend to run day and night shifts. The Bemidji mill ex- pects to employ 250 men and the Crookston mill about 500 men. At the Bemidji mill, steam has been turned on the ice for the past ten days and it is pretty well thawed so that little cutting will be neces- sary. W. A. Gould nas stated. that when the mill was first ready to run, it was planned to operate only dur- ing the days, but that the company is putting in 10,000,000 feet at Bena and this will necessitate running day day. “We will-cut a channel about 100 feet wide and-400 feet long along the dock. The legs that are now coming in will be dumped in that channel. Another channel, fitty feet wide and 100 /feet long, will float the logs to the mill. The logs that are now on the ice are ‘frozen in and will not be sawed until the ice goes out. “The machinery in ‘the mill has been completely overhauled this win- ter and the plant is\ ready for busi- ness. The machine shop has been en- larged and among the equipment ad- ded are an electrical air drill and hammers, a new automatlc steel saw, eighth inch chains and the end booms are fastened to the piers by inch and one-eighth chains. The company is taking every' precaution to keep the logs from scattering intothe lake and has already spent $3,000 in boom work. BEMIDJI 0 HAVE FEDERAL BUILDING NOT GUILTY! : 3:45 p. m—The jury in the Fred |Bill ‘Infroduced By Steenerson Calls Cook case returned a verdict of not| For Structure to House Local guilty. He was charged with oarnal : Post Office. Imowledge of a girl under the age of| consent. . TOTAL RECEIPTS OVER $20,000 1 At 3:30 the jury in the Cook case had not yet reported a verdict to Judge Stanton. 5 Figures Prepared By Erickson Show 3 That Mark Was Barely Reached. A special venire of six men was called this afternoon for.the ‘Ander- son case. Hits Taft Hard The Pioneer is in receipt of a letter said to have been writi>n by a West Virginia staté senator tof MASTER'S SALARY NOW $3,600 o William ‘McKinley, president Taft’s 1 on Income for Each Fisoal campaign manager in reply to a Year and Was Raised in letter asking him to assist in the 1911, state campaign. The letter follows: Dear Sir: Your letter of March 12th re- ceived. 1 regret very much thatI), must disagree with you as to what you state therein as facts. You say it is the general belief that the administration of President Taft has met with the hearty ap- provel of the American people. Such Congressman Steenerson has intro- duced a bill in the House which it passed will give Bemidji a Federal huil@ing for the housing of the post office. The bill was introduced be- cause the postal receipts of this city s A may be the belief of the politicans, ten:‘;ie 8“0!:)10; Z’:i:‘ ch;olsl:so :e;:’:o:z’ or statesman, ‘if you prefer, who only making the total length at present|°°™e iR DORtaL - yith certain’ ele- 3,8000 feet. A new dock Is being|™moN!: Dut permit me as one’ who built in Lake Irvine, in conjunction “““5:“ With all classes of people. in with the Bemidji Lumber company, | e oIt in the town and the village; which will cost $1,000 and run out|"ih business men, in the mills, in about 500 feet. It leaves the main |th® ditch, in the shops, on the farm track of the Red Lake railroad east|20d at the cross roads to advise you of the depot and extends toward the that you have been mis-inforied. mark. have exceeded $20,000 a year for the past two fiscal years. March 30 is the end of the fiscal year for the Bemidji post office and Postmaster Erickson at once had the figures for the year computed to see if ‘the office had reached the $20,000 It was found that the total Mississippi river. known as the “scuff”, and a 600/ “In the early fall, the company will |/1¥e that President Taft's admini POOORLOOPOOOOOD O © AT THE FORESTRY MEETING ¢ @ @ ® Notice—The articles on the @ forestry meeting will be: re- © © printed in the Weekly Pioneer ¢ ® of April 4. If interested, order-< © a copy now. @ COOLPOIOOOROOGO®O® S Law Is Discussed. Mr. Pray: “I do not think we are called on to discuss what law we should have or should not have. The law in operation under the old law, under General Andrews’ regime was so rigid that it was not complied with and it was rather a farce but I think, that some of the bad features of that law have been corrected. In the present one, one of the principal things is in leaving it with the state forester. If I understand the law correctly, it reads, ‘Whenever in the judgment of the state forester it is necessary to burn.’ “Now, he has, so far as I have been abe to learn, very competent rang- ers. Most of them have worked for lumber companies operating in the vicinity in which they are now in- spectors. It is these men that the law is left with. To indicate any certain day when this burning should be done would be ridiculous. The old law was so rigid that if you set a fire you were arrested and if you did not, Yyou were arrested. Mr. Cary has re- ferred to the cost of burning brush as, I think, at sixteen to twenty cents. Now, I don’t think, there are lands with over five thousand feet to the acre and I doubt if we could burn it for five times the amount he. has placed on it. He has been over that territory and I think he will agree with me. If our land should run five thousand feet to the acre, it would cost $1.50 a thousand. That would be more than the cost of the land. The lumberman is interested in getting his timber off and if it were to cost him all of $4 an acre to burn the brush or take care of the debris, it would be more than the| price of the land. I don’t think that would be the intention of the law. The enforcement of the law is left to the forester and his rangers.” | Many. Varieties. Mr. Marshall, supervisor of the na- tional forest at Cass Lake: “Mr. Chairman: The conditions of brush burning are a good deal like ‘Heinz’ pickles. There are five hundred and fitty varieties. As " to how brush should be burned. You can go at it in two ways. Brush is burned for two reasons, to clear the land for re- forestry and for fire protection. Qur rules are rigid and the cost would be from fifty to seventy-five cents and up to one dollar, on such rigid rules. We are simply burning for fire pro- tection and I don’t consider that the cost {8 going to run so high. (Continued Tuesday), THE CROOKSTON MILL In Which Saw Logs Become Lumber and night shifts. The pay roll will be about $14,000 per month. At the Crookston mill, the planing mill has been running all winter with the exception of two weeks at Christmas and is operating on full time at present. The monthly pay- roll after the saw mill starts will be about $28,000 or $1,000 per day, which will be paid every two weeks. Will Cut Ice Channel. “People are wondering how the mill will.run before the ice is out of pound steam trip hammer. For fire protection, a 750 gallon per minute pump has been installed in the saw mill and ‘a_400- gallon per minute pump in the: planing mill. Water mains and hydrants. have been placed all through the yards. A fire whistle that can be heard for fourteen: miles will sound alarms. # Booms Are Ready. & “Wor}: on the booms out im the lake.was - completed on Saturday. ' Boom Tugg -are. connected by seven- open a camp near Kelliher to com- plete the season’s cutting: - At pres- ent there are about 500,000 logs in the lake and it is planned to-haul in as many more this summer, making about 1,000,000 piecés to be handled. They will come in on‘ the M. and E from up the line as f4r as Margie and on the Red Lake road from Puposky and White Fish lakes. “Two shifts will run'the mill. Day shift work from -7 a;'m. to 6 p. m. and the night shift from 7 p. m. to 6 a m.” YARDS OF THE C_!iOOKSTON LUMBER COMPANY Showing Stock Piles of Rough Lumber sary to hold conventions so early in recefpts were $20,008.22. Revenue re Wwere approximately $800 “box rent; news papers, $150; and postage $19,508. By reaching the $20,000 mark two Buccessive years, Bemidji is assured of a postoffice. Postmaster Brickson says that it is crmpulsory on the gov- ernment to supply a Federal bufld- I can’t understand why, if you be- tratlonmeets “with the approval of the American -people, you are not willing to leave the matter up to the American people in presidential pref- erential primaries. Why is it neces- F southern states? If you are so sure of Presiient Taft's popularity, why 18 - necesaazy-to-depend upon -Federal| Blackduck Farmers Will Plant the Early Ohios and Carmen Number Two. TO PUT TELEPHONE IN QUIRING e holers o mAntemgls: siusst 1ifg “When ™ the' postal ‘récelpts™ reacis ~ ~ tions, and selectthe delegates to the|this mark. This being the case; it is— state and national conventions? highly probable ‘that Congressman Steenerson’s bill will pass and this £ President Taft’s renomination means his defeat, and the worst defeat of 8-short time. The matter has not any presidential candidate, who got yet reached the stage of selecting a < si Clellan. 1 know' a dozen men in and about the small town where I live|ond class since it reached the $10,000 Wwhoisay emphatically they will not|mark.. Salaries for postmasters are based on -postal receipts as follows: These . men include professional | men, business men and farmers. Never{000; $16,000 per year, salary $2,500; since I have been old enough to ob- $20,000 per year, salary $2,600. ment against the president, especial- 2 i mons s avs SELECTSTANDARD POTATO I believe that those who are ad-{. - popularity,-are doing him a great in- justice: I belleve that if he knew the real sentiment, he would much rath- nomination, and be shamefully de- feated. E I.am willing to admit that Presi- have a majority of the delegates, but beware how you get them. The man. ner of their selection may become election. -+ Blackduck, April 1.—(Special)— That you may know that I am [E8rly Ohio and Carmen No. 2, with speaking the truth, I boldly make|BUFrbank and Rural New York as sec- not carry a single primary outside} 2rmers near Blwkid':: i s‘;‘“d:.’ o of some of our large cities where the ,fi,'e Standard; " varietioe of 1o Dpeople have a chance to express them=-{Which they would raise the coming from 300 to 500 acres, choice for a presidential candidate;thst time, - and have theh? votes counted as cut' né;'f Blackduck, ; will bé planted to If this be true, you a an intelligent|Potatoes this year. E i tomorrow at which time 1 have spoken-truthfully of the cop- in Quiring ditlons _¢hat ‘grovail " or. coul: wipyfSIEpA ill b taken award the organ- truthfully make such a prediction. * [12ation of a farmers telephone com- , ct at Bladuck. At the tried to convince myself that sto; conmed! the ‘renomination of President Tafy|Meeling here ‘Saturday, 250 people would be the proper thing, but after|¥ore dined by the Commercial club. methods of ‘his supporters to secure from Washington that the Blackduck delegates and of the strong feeling|2ficé has been designated as a post- xisting against him, I e o e e goiny o raslss s _ I love the Republican party, andI "““ o andatier, ApriliDs want to see her remain ‘true to the| . I believe with all my heart that city will have a Federal building in any electoral votes at all, since Me- z _ The post office here has been sec- vote ‘for ‘Taft"if he is renomipated. $10,000 a year receipts, salary $2,- serve has there been such a senti- vertising President Taft of his great|. § er gracefully retire than to force his dent Taft, in all probability, will another boomerang in the general this assertion: President Taft will|oRd choice, were adopted by the selves fairly and squarely on -their{iesson. From investigations Al and observant man, must know that]| AD institute meeting will be held I .lle,epfi‘ ‘fegret the present situa-|Pany Which will build a line in that consideration of his record, of the|.«Fostmaster Dade has received word al-gayings bank and that the branch vinced to the contrary. principles that gave her birth—fres- dom: And human rlshtg: rever su preme. = : I know. that you will join me, least, in wishing continued success to the Republican party, and that may be true to the principl, DOGS: MUST BE TAGGED. 'Catcher * Starts . Work: Tomorrow " ‘Morning on Unclaimed ‘Canines. ' “Seventy-two dog licenses had been [is&iiéd by the city clerk at noon to- [4ay. SChief Gell states that a man il ba looking. for all untagged dogs tomorrow . morning and that the _ streets will' be cleaned .up of all ; (strays. ‘Tags may be had of the city A Felérk’ for ten certs: after the licenses