Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 8, 1912, Page 1

e THE BEMIDJI AlL ’ PIONEER. Histortal Socfoty -1 WINNFSOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 291. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1912, ° TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WILL HELP CHECK “RUSH TO CANADA Southern Minnesota Better Develop- ment Association Formed at Mankato. THIRD TO BE ORGANIZED All Modeled on the Plan Adopted By the Northern Counties Ten Years Ago. A DECREASE IN POPULATION Many Farmers Have Left for the Plains of the Northwest Dur- ing Past Ten Months. St. Paul, April 8.—(Special to the Pioneer).—Another effort to stop the rush of Americans to the Cana- dian northwest was taken at Manka- to last week when the Southern Min- nesota Better Development associa-| tion was formed by the represen!a-i tives of thirty-one counties in south- ern Minnesota. This is the third as- sociation formed by the union of Commercial clubs and Farmers clubs which has been projected in this state. . d A few weeks ago a similar organi- zation was formed of the counties in the west and central portions of Min- nesota. For the last two years an organization has been in existence in northern Minnesota which has a full fledged immigration bureau of its own in the Twin City. All these organizations have been formed with the specific purpose of changing the stream of migration from American farms to the Cana- dian northwest. Last year 200,000 American farmers took their fami- lies, their machinery and their pure blcod stock and left the fertile farms of the central west for the entranc- ing far away land of Canada of which they had heard many glitter- ing tales. Counties See Decrease. Many of the counties in southern Minnesota during the last ten years have seen an actual decrease in their population amountting in some instances on the average to 200 peo- ple a year. The business men as well as ‘the farmers of these parts are working so that in addition to better farming and the keeping of more live stock they may increase the number of highways of the state that life on the farm will be as at- tractive as possible. Minnesota is not alone in this ef- fort to stay the rush of American farmers to live under a foreign flag. In North Dakota there have been formed four organizations composed of the business men and thé Commer- cial club members of different dis- tricts of the state. It has been said that the government of Canada spends $5,000,000 a year to induce settlers. Business men of the north- west realize that organization must meet organization, and that the ad- vantages of life on American farms must be shown to combat the plan of the paid agents of the Dominion who work in practically every por- tion of the central west. SENSE OF HONOR IN TRAMPS Storekeeper Who Trusts “Gentiemen of the Road” Declares They . Pay Debts Promptly. In the north part of New York there 1s a postmaster, who is also owner of a small general store, who has ideas about the tram) that are different from the ideas entertained by the av- erage citizen. The owner of the store and the representative of Uncle Sam is stationed at a junction of three-or four railroads, and nearby is a wood, an ideal place for a tramps’ camp, which has been a rendexvous for years. . Several years ago the storekeeper began selling goods to the hoboes for cash. He observed that the same faces came in regularly, at intervals of a month or more. - Soon the tramps began to ask for credit, and the store- keeper extended it.” He found that n- variably the tramp came in and paid his bill on his next return to the ren- dezvous, or if he were out on a long trip, a money order would be sent for the amount. He has dealt with the shifting population for mnearly 20 Years, and declares he has never lost a cent from a bad account with one. He does not know the names ot his customers, except as they are ac- costed by their fellows by the road names they bear, and most of the ac- counts are kept in the storekeeper's pind, PHONE LINE TO KELLIHER. People of That City are Forming Company to Build New Line. That a new telephone line is to be built from Kelliher to Blackduck is now a certainty, and it is expected that work will be commenced with- in a few weeks. A company is being organized in that city including William Lennon and William Burce and the local bank and it is understood that some Bemidji people are interested. Stock is being sold in the new project and the company will be known as the Kelliher Telephone Company. Some of the big companies operating be- tween these two cities it is said are vitally interested in the movement. MURDER TRIAL IN PUEBLO. Fofiner Regular Army Soldier Ar- rested at Bowie, Arizona. Pueblo, Colo., April 8.—Tom K\‘r ko, a former soldier in the regular army, was arraigned in court for trial on a charge of murdering Tony Abamerich. The Kkilling, performed with a shot gun at close range, oc- curred last winter, and is said to have resulted from a quarrel between the two men over the affections of an Austrian girl. After the shoot-} ing Kvitko fled from the city and was captured at Bowie, Arizona, when he endeavored to enlist in the| army a second time. Royal Arcanum of Iowa. - Keokuk, Ia., April 8.—Elaborate preparations have been completed for the reception and entertainment of the lowa grand council of the Royal Arcanum, which will convene in this city tomorrow for its twenty-first an- nual session. The meeting Wwill be attended by delegates from all parts of the state. UP IN ARMS AGAINST CRITICS London Theater Managers Resent “Roasts” and Newspaper Makes a Plain Talk. One cun casily sympathize with an actor manager, and not less, as in a recent instance, with an actress-man- ngress, who finds that personal esti- mates of the merits of a play are not Indorsed either by the critics or by that far more important section of the community, the playgoing public. But the growing practice on the part of those who control our theaters of showing something like petulance, or | worse, when they find they have made | a mistake is full of awkward possi- bilities. Gerald du Maurier’s outburst s the latest instance in point. Be- cause those whom he invited to ex- press opinions on his new venture, “The Dust of Egypt,” told the truth ebout it and failed to indulge ! paeans of praise he writes a porten- tous letter to ask “What is a critic? The best answer we have seen comes from A. C. Benson: “I suppose that Bn expert critic is a man with a natu- ral faculty of discrimination which has been trained by experience.” One is disposed to believe, after witnessing the sorry stuff so often put upon the stage, that a little more exercise of e faculty for discrimination trained by experience would be to the gen- eral advantage in the enterprise of the theater. It would spare the critics many dull hours, the managers much loss of money, and—where they can- not take their losses in a sporting epirit—of temper, while the public opinion of the stage and all its works would be immensely improved.—The Globe, London. QUICK WIT SAVED SOLDIER Ready Answer Pleased Napoleon and Disarmed Indignation of Man Whose Name He Assumed. In the French campaign in Italy, in which Napoleon I. first began to win the laurels which subsequently sa abundantly crowned his career,. a young Italian cavalry officer was taken prisoner. Having serious doubts about his safety, it occurred to him to pre- tend he was a great personage. So he promised rewards to his captors it they would insure his good treatment, adding confidentially that he was the duke of Modena. He was exceedingly well cared fer, and early next morn- ing was called before Napoleon, wha was somewhat puzzled at finding twa dukes of Modena among his prisoners, for the real duke was also a prisoner., The real duke angrily asked his couns terfeit by what authority he had as sumed the itle of duke of Modena, The young officer answered: “Your grace, the peril of my situa. tion yesterday was such that had 1 known a more illustrious title I would not have assumed yours.” The reply so pleased both the duke and General Napoleon that he was for- given his deceit. Would Hardly Go Around. ‘Willle—“Wonder what all the anf mals did during those forty days in the ark.” Tommy—*“Oh, they just las around and scratched theirselves, 1 Buess.” ‘Willile—“Scratched thein selves nothin’! What'd they scratch —Boston Transcript. for when there was only two fleas?” WILEY DIVIDES INDIANA CLASSES Calls Southern Portion of State “Genius” Region of Hoosiers. IT IS HIS HOME STATE Explains Type of Mountaineers Who Killed Court Officials and Jurymen. TRACES DESCENT OF PEOPLE Produces Map With' Dividing Line Indicating Intellectuality in the State. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington.—Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, who recently resigned as the govern- ment’s chief chemist, was born in In- diana. The doctor {8 very interested In all Hoosiers, but he is a little hard, perhaps, on native Indianans who Were born in the northern half of the state. He puts them in a ‘“genfus class” below that of the Hooslers who were born nearer the Ohlo river. The doctor thinks, apparently, that the northern Hoosiers are not dependable entirely, because many of them run | to Chicago to live. The genuine Hoos- fer, he thinks, is to be found in south- ern Indiana only. The great chemist not only has something to say about Indiana folk, but he has a kindly and Rdmiring word to say about the men of the mountain reglon of the South- ern Appalachians, men of the type of the mountaineers who recently raided B court house at Hillsville, Va., and killed the judge and other officials and two jurymen. The doctor doesn’t de- fend this sort of thing by any means, but he is able to explain it. Dr. Wiley has produced a map of In- diana_on_which-he. ilustrates sama.af. bis-views with respect to intellectual- ity in the state. About where the old national road crosses from east to west he has drawn a red line, and across the territory lying south of this line he has written in bold letters the word “Genius.” Across the north half of the state appears the words “Near Geniuses.” As a concession to two of bis friends he has Indicated what might be called a lane extending northward from the genius belt so as to include Kin Hubbard, better known as “Abe Martin,” and George Ade. Of Fine Mountaln Stock. Dr. Wiley exhibited this map of his own making the first time at a meet- Ing of the Indiana Soclety of Wash- Ington this week. He used it as a ba- sis for a most interesting talk which he gave on the people of southern In- diana as he knew them thirty, forty and fifty years ago. He pointed out the southern half of the state was set- tled almost exclusively by mountain- eers from the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee. The men and women, he sald, were perfect specimens of phy- slcal development. He traced to this stock many of the great men Indiana has turned out. The Indiana genius began to appear, he saild, when this fine mountain stock began to mix with the people from the east and north. Doctor Wiley went over a list of more than one hundred Indianans who have distinguished themselves in varlous flelds of endeavor and pointed out that each one of them descended from this mountaineer stock. He sald It was undoubtedly true that southern Indiana had produced the best type of man and woman that has yet appeared In the United States. Abraham Lin- coln, he sald, was of this type. The original southern Indiana man had & dialect peculiarly his own. Many per- sons, he sald, had attempted to imi- tate this dialect, but only one, Edward Eggleston, had really succeeded. This was because Eggleston was a native of that part of the state. Good Words for Mountaineers. The mountain regions of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, Doctor Wiley said, are still the homes of the rugged people of the type that settled southern Indiana and from which Indiana geniuses have sprung. He asserted that these moun- taineers of the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee are misunderstood by most persons. “They are not degenerates,” he said. “On the contrary. they are the best human specimens to be found In this country today, and probably in the world. They have their pecullari- ties, due to their environment. De- fense of thelr own family and of the clan to which they belong is the first thing that is taught them. They are thoroughly honest, and all deeply re- ligious.” According to Doctor Wiley there are great possibilities in this race of moun- taineers. .He referred to it as the “last remnant of the undefiled” in this country, and pointed out that if in some way education and culture could be brought to these people, resuits that would almost startle the world would be produced. That such an out- kome was possible, be said, was shown by what had come out of southern In- -diana after the education and culture of the east and north had touched the | perfect specimen of humanity from the == WELLO'GERTIE, @ MY BUT YOU K N B 2 LOOKED SWELL' IN YOUR . EASTER DRESS vcst:n_v,tw ¢ THANK YOU, SAY GERTIE DID YoU HOTICE MR.':.JM! AN DRESS WASAT THAT X HEROLD PINWK DRESS DYED BLVE ? DO YOU THINK SO | NA'MM MRS, WAS THAT HER| SISTER,THE ONE | DETEST THAT COLOR (Copyright.) WIRES ARE ALL BUSY TODAY HELLO! ALICE YOU JUST LOOKED 7O SWEET FOR ANY THING YESTERDAY OH! THANK You { DIDAY SEE MR JONESBUT | AM WAS, | RECOGNZED THe OLD BUTTON, YES, BUT 010 You | DONT THINK IT WAS A BIT BECOMING ON HER SHES' SO PREAD-| FOLLY THIN e BIG FARMERS' MEETIN | Meet at Blackduck to Promote the Telephone Line to Quiring and Kelliher. WIHTTING CHOSEN PRESIDENT Blackduck, Minn., April 8— (Spec- ial to Pioneer).—In spite of the un-| favarahla noathars number of farmers and citizens gath- ered at the city hall Saturday after- noon for the purpose of promoting a telephone line from Blackduck to Battle River via Quiring and also a line from Blackduck to Kelliher via Shooks. A. E. Witting was chosen chairman and J. E. Dade secretary. All were very enthusiastic over the project and it was decided to organ- ize a stock company with 150 shares at $5.00 each. Nearly one half of the stock was at once subscribed and temporary officers were elected as follows, A. E. Witting, presid-nt; Chas.. Hayden, vice-president; J. E. Dade, secretary; C. J. Carlson of Quiring, treasurer. Several committees were appoint- ed to solicit the balance of the stock and a committee was also appointed to draft by-laws and constitution. The next meeting was called for Tuesday, April 22, at which time they expect to complete the organi- zation. Among those from out of town ‘was a committee from Quiring and Cormant Valley,* consisting of C. J. Carlson, J. P. Rust, George Temfke, and Fred Messerschmidt. Hornet town was represented by Mr. Bogart, Jacob Miller and John Thul- len. H. H. Winslow the state fire ranger from Northome attended the meeting in the interest of the For- estry board and material assistance is expected from the state in consid- eration of the free use of the line for the forestry service. . The outlook is exceptionally promising and can reasonably expect to see the line built during the early summer. iJuns s tanaa | BLACKDUCK ITEMS. A. E. Witting spent Sunday with his family at Bemidji. Dr. and Mrs. Woch left last night for a few days in the Twin Citles. ‘W. F. Nobles, deputy for the ‘Woodmen, held a meeting at the K. of P. Hall to explain the new rates of that society. Mr. Henderson of Minneapolis, preached two very interesting ser- mons at the Presbyterian church yes- |terday, leaving for home on the morning train. 5 mountains of the south, Dr. Wiley said that while no one would attempt to defend the shooting down of a judge and other court offi- cials by a gang of these mountaineers In southern Virginia near. the North Carolina line, it was only fair to the men who participated in that crime-, to say that they are not degenerates, and are not bad citizens in the com- ‘mon sense of the term. “We of south- ern Indiana birth may not like to ad- mit it,” he said, “but.the men who HAY LAND SALE- TOMORROW County Auditor George Will Conduct Sale of Leases at 10 o’clock. Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock is the time set for the renewal and sale of leases on the state hay lands in Beltrami county. Mr. George stat- ed today that nearly fifty per cent of the lands had already been leased on renewals. The leases are drawn for a five year prividlege and at the end of each year the renewal privilege is granted. If the person so wishing to sale or does not notify the county auditor before the day of “sale -the land goes to any other bidder. Crookston Mill Began This Morning. With the sound of the big whistle at seven o’clock this morning the wheels of the big saw mill began to move and nearly 500 hands began the day’s labor on this year’s cutting of logs. The night shift will begin work at seven o’clock and the mill will continue its operation until the ice forms on the lake next fall. LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS SPLIT Two Conventions to Be Held—One Today and One in May. Alexandria, La., April 8.—In re- sponse to the call of the state central committee a state convention of Re- publicans of Louisiana assembled here today to name delegates to the national convention at Chicago. The convention includes a large propor- tion of the old so-called “black-and- tan’ delegates and most of the Fed- eral officeholders and ig expected to declare unanimously for the renomi- nation of President Taft. The anti- administrathn faction is arranging to hold a convention here early in May to name a contesting delegation to the Chicago convention. Egg-Rolling on White House Grounds ‘Washington, D. C., April 8—1In ac- cordance with time-honored custom 'the grounds .south of the White House were thrown open today to children for the traditional Easter- Monday egg-rolling. Children of the rich and poor, white and colored, all were admitted and were allowed to play and make merry on the beauti- ful lawns, hunting for Easter eggs and miniature rabbits, while the fountains sparkled in the sunlight and the United States Engineers’ band played lively music. Adults were admitted to the grounds only if they accompanied children. Ontario Library Association. Toronto, Ont., April 8.—Libraries and the work of librarians will ‘be exhaustively discussed at the twelfth annual convention of the Ontario Library association, which will meet in this city tomorrow. The session will continue two days and will be participated in by a number of well- known library experts. Again the G. P. did that shooting in southern Virginia “are of the stock from.which We sprung. In taking the law into their own hands in defense of their clan, ‘they were only living up to a principle that had l’mn instilled into them and thelr “My gweatest . profanity provoca- tion,” writes J. 8. L., “Is to be taken to a church entertafiment by imy. wife and have to remain calm while a ¥ = S S 5 gawky, sixfooted thing which cally|Smaller special meetings in the af- FLATLEY JURY DISAGREES | After 28 Hours of Discussion and Balloting the Jury is Called in By Judge. TRIAL AFTER GEARLDS CASE The Flatley case which went to the AID COUNTIES IN BUILDING ROADS State Highway Commission Now In Position To Furnish Expert Engineers TO FOLLOW THE OLD COUNTRIES System of One Man Overseers Ad- vised As Being The Best Method MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WASTED Have Been Spent In Tinkering Each Year and Not In Careful Construction. Charles A. Forbes, assistant en- gineer to the state highway commis- sion, was in Bemidji last week and While here looked over some of the roads in Beltrami county adjacent to the city. Mr. Forbes is the en- gineer who laid out the original townsite of Bemidji sixteen years ago and has never lost interest in what he calls “my town.” At present, Mr. Forbes is engaged at present in building good roads in the state of Minnesota. He says that the highway commission is in a Position to assist the counties materially and hopes to gee the day When the roads of this state will be equal to those of the Scandinavian countries, Mr. Forbes has written to the Pioneer explaining somewhat the work of the commission. “The Highway commissions are well pleased with road conditions in Beltrami county. Mr. Bliler who renew his lease is not present at the|jury Saturday afternoon at about five_a'cloek “was not._denided.: owine [to the inability of the jury to agree, after a deliberation of just 28 hours. At the first ballot the jury stood six to six. It is understood that nearly 50 ballots were taken and that at the close of the session the Jury stood 7 to 5. The jury was dis- charged by Judge Stanton Sunday evening after he called them to as- certain what, if amy conclusion had been reached; A new trial- will probably take place immediately after the Gearlds cage for which a jury is now being selected. It took all-morning to se- lect three jurymen. Juror number one is James Taylor, Number two Wm. Gaines and number three, J. Lindahl. GOPHER NURSES -GRADUATE Are First-Class to Finish University Training School Course. Three years ago the University of Minnesota organized the first school for nurses under direct University control in this country or, indeed, in any other country. The first class has just completed the three years’ course of instruction; and a recep- tion was given to the graduates at Shevlin Hall early in March. Mem- bers of the faculty of the College of Medicine and Surgery were present and friends of the graduating class were invited. ‘The class pins, which serve as the symbol of graduation from the University School for Nurs- es, were conferred Dean Wesbrook. Although the period of graduation does not correspond with the Uni- versity .Commencement, it has been arranged that diplomas will be con- ferred upon graduates of the school when other degrees are given at the commencement occasion in June. RELIGIOUS . CAMPAIGN IS Oi Eight Day Meeting Conducted By Men and Religious Forward Move- ment. Chicago, April 8.—The eight-day campaign under the auspices of the Men and Religious Forward Moye- ment for. the evangelization of this city began today with a series of meetings in various parts of the city, at which many noted ministers and laymen addreesed large gatherings of men and boys. According to the plan of the campaign there will be daily masd meetings at central points.and itself a tenor and has a face like & carp, warbles, “I Wish: I W Rol has charge of this district, is a capable man, enjoying the confidence of the countv commissioners. From Teports gathered they seem In earn- est in the desire to put the road work and its improvements on a systematic basis. “From reliable sources from town- ships and counties, not including the State appropriations, the amounts expended since this state began its existence as a common wealth is something over one hundred and twenty-five millions of dollars and with exception of a few macadam roads in the three counties of St. Louis, Hennepin and Ramsey, there is scarcely a good road of any con- siderable length in the whole state to show for the expenditures. And even now the annual county and township appropriation is something over four and one-half millions, and until the formation of the highway commission this amount was too of- ten dissipated each season over an entire county without obtaining any permanent results. Now, however, the state appropriation for engineer- ing services enables each county to have the services of a competent en- gineer and trained road builder al- together at the command of the county and township authorities. “The counties appropriations aug- mented with an equal amount from the state, and the fact that county commissioners realize the benefits of doing permanent work, have result- ed in obtaining a system tnat in a very short time will see and create all your roads, thoroughfares, that may be traveled without difficulty at any season of the year. You know as a rule Geretofore all the road work was done usually in about two or three weeks in the .spring time and that constituted the whole work for ‘the year. Farmers and others, upon them by!pno matter how much they were in- terested on the work, could give any more time to it, the farm work de- manding all their attention. “It is a fact that on all the great road thoroughfares extending from Norway and Sweden down through Germany and France, across the alps and down the valleys of Italy into Rome, the roads are kept in the finest shape by a system of patrol. This consists of one man who has charge of six or eight miles or as much as he can conveniently cover with a rake and hae and shovel He keeps the road rounded up with a crown, causing the drainage toward the edg- es and finding means of getting all water entirely off the roadway, and that is one of the plans suggested by the highway commission to apply on our roads in this state. A man could be obtained for about $50 per month, equipped with a log drag or drag constructed of plank, a rake and shovel, and could easily be- gin on six miles of road and extend his district as he got the road in condition. After each rain he would