Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 4, 1912, Page 1

s HE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE solcfll NNESOTA { HiSTommeae | SOCIETY, . VOLUME 10. NUMBER 6. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1912 TEN CENTS PER WEEK. CAUCUSES TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY o i Republicans of Beltrami County to Name Delegates to Bemidji Convention, CITY CAN ELECT NINETEEN First Three Wards Get Five Eack But Fourth is Allowed Oniy Four. MUCH INTEREST THIS YEAR Men Chosen Will Have Material Voice In Nomination of Presidential Electors. Republican caucuses will be held in Beltrami county Tuesday after- neon from two to four p. m. in the usual polling places. These caucuses are the nearest approach to a prim- ary that the voters of Minnesota have at the present time. The men elected at the caucuses will represent their precinets in the county vonvention to be held here May 13. At the county convention, delegates will be elected to the district convention at Thief River Falls May 15, and from there to the national convention at Chica- go June 18. The national conven- tien will name the Republican candi- date for president. The polling place for the Fourth ward is at present occupied and the caucus will be held at a place to be announced later. Republican county committee men will be in charge of the caucuses as follows: First ward—E. E. McDonald; Mil- ler’s store; five-delegates. Second ward—R. F. Murphy; fire hail; five delegates. Third ward—P. M. Dicaire; Car- ter’s warehouse; five delegates. Fourth ward—F. S. Lycan; four ‘delegates. Interest in the caucuses this year appears to have been increased by the fight between leaders of the party for the presidential nomination. It is said that Taft men in the county are planning to elect stand-pat- ters to the county convention and have them in turn elected to the dis- trict convention in order that “safe” men will be sent to Chicago. Roose- velt and La Follette believers are out to prevent this and elect their own men. La Follette was to have made a five day tour through Minnesota be- fore the conventions but appears to be tied up in California where their primaries will be held May 14. La Follette men in Minneapolis are said to be nogotiating with North Dakota ‘speakers for a tour of the district before the Thief River convention but have not yet announced names or dates. HILL SENDS INVESTIGATORS. C_rgne and McDonald Here Today ) Looking Over Farms. James J. Hill appears to be taking steps to keep the promise made to Beltrami county farmers that he would take a limited number and pay them $40 for cultivating five of their own acres according to the directions of his experts. Prof. E. R. Crane, agricultural extension agent of the Great Northern, and T. L. McDonald, of the general immigration depart- ment of the Great Northern, are in the city today and are spending their time looking over the country near Bemidji. This morning the men were taken out to Schroeder’s farm and spent several hours there and in that vicin- ity. This afternoon, F. S. Lycan took them for a trip through the country in the town of Frohn. No farms will be selected at this time but they win make observations on which to bage future action. Both will go to Cass Lake tonight. Fire In Saloon. A small blaze in John Larson’s sa- loon on Third street called out the fire department about 6 o’clock’ last night. The damage was small and it was not necessary to turn on the water. 127:39; -~ NoTic Owing to a break In the water main at Fourth and Beltrami, all persons liv- ing north of Fourth street will not have water ser- vice after 12 o’clock to-|. night. Water will be shut off indefinitely until the maln Is repaired. POV OOO6OOOGS @ © SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES @ POOOPPOOROOOOO O Sunday School Lesson—May 12— Pastor C. W. Foley. Subject—“The Law of Love.” Luke 6:27-38; Rom. 13:8-10. Golden Text —Rom. 13:9. 1. The Disciples Conduct in a World of Opposition. ‘We must be sure to connect this lesson with the preceding one, in which we learned of the poverty and pain of the children of God in a world which hates them. This will be -es- pecially true in the kingdom age, but has its application now. John 15:19 is as true today as it ever was, or will be. But now what is to Le the dis- ciples’ conduct in the face of all this? Is he to retaliate? No, far from that, he is to remember that he is indwelt by the spirit of Jesus Christ, who in the spirit of love gave Himself for those who hated Him. 1le was re- viled, but He reviled not again. He was afflicted, but he did not open his mouth. Read Johnp %:28; Matt. Mark 15:32, with 1 Peter 2:18-25 and 1 Cor. 4:11-13. We must remember tiat to be in- dwelt by the spirit of God is one thing, and to-be contrciled by the spirit of God may be another thing. The presence of the spirit is- that which brings the respons:bt say it is impos§ible tg: ¢ mies, but God says, “where the spirit of the Lord is there is libeyty.”—Z Cor. 3:17. Now, how can we argue liberty while in the bondage of hat-] red, which is the spirit of our ene- mies? Read the whole of the third chap- ter of First Corinthians and note the wondrous privilege, and therefore the terrible responsibility of a per- son under grace. The ministration of death (the Mosaic law) had glory, what then shall we say of the minis- tration of righteousness! The law made nothing perfect. Was it use- less then? No, indeed, it brought in a better hope—Hebrews 7:19. God blesses those that curse Him, does good to those that hate Him. He gives health and strength, rain and sunshine, fruitful seasons, food and gladness. Read Matt. 5:45 with Acts 14:16, 17. Something more than all this, though this were enough, He tarries, He holds jack judgment so richly deserved; and why? Is He slack concerning His promise? No, indeed, but it is that all may have a chance, yes, chances,. to repent. Infinite love will be an awful thing to face in sin, since Jesus poured out His blood for His enemies—Rom. 5:6 with 2Peter 3:8- 18. 2. The Way of the World in Contrast. The contrast which appears here is that the world will love those who favor it, but the children of God who is love, will, even as God’s own Son Jesus—who upon the cross prayed for His enemies—love those who not only do not favor them, but presecute them. We see now what is being done here in this teaching; God is setting up a standard of living for His own, and that standard must transcend that of the tax-gatherers and sinners. Even the sinners were capable of loving ‘those who loved them. The high standard is expressed in words of no uncertain sound. Read Luke 6:36 and Matt 5:48, and do not at- tempt to alter the reading even one iota; paraphrasing this will destroy it. It means just what it says. Truly, wisdom inspired by divine love is necessary to enable us to make the application, but since we habe been promised just this (Jas. 1:5) we can not escape the responsibility. Now, the statement we have made, if regarded, will keep us free from fanaticism—God s here setting up a standard for His own. We must P e e b -k (Continued on last page.) | | ACCCEATI\/ICE BDAAE Memorial Suggested For Mrs. Isidor - o A movement bas been started for the erection of when she went to her death by her husband' of love. not to leave thee or to return from following I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, buried.” This Year in the American g ¥ e hox score of Ameri- Nortl(xwest. can Assoclation games will be posted on the Piloneer bulletin board, corner Fourth and Beltramli, each day as fast as they come in by telegraph. A A PP NN PPN AP National League. ALL FARMERS MAY COMPETE. Five thousand dollars for the best five bushels of wheat grown in the American northwest is the prize an- nounced as the grand _champion : Philadelphia . .......... 8 70 sweepstakes to be awarded by the = At New York ...........16 14 3 Northwest Development league this year. R. H. E. This is the world’s greatest prize Brooklyn . ........... - 14 16° 3 for ‘wheat—twice as large as-.any AtBoston . ............. 3 6 4 prize ever offered in Canada, five R. H. E. times as much as has'cver been of-|Chicago . .............. 915 1 fered before for any class of grain in|At Pittsburgh . ......... 8 i1 0 the United States. — The wheat Is to be displayed at American League the Northwestern Products Exposi- tion which will be held in Minne-|p . Rl' Ha. Ei- apolis Nov. 12 to 23. No entry fees Kt Washtnston o0 f frof g will be charged. The samples must contain five bushels and along with H. R. 7. the threshed grain ten bundles or|NeW York .....;........15 14 6 sheaves from six to ten fnches n dia.|At Philadelphia .........18 16 1 meter must be sent. H. R. E. States which compete are Minne- Cleveland . ......ccc.... 4 5 4 sota, North Dakota, South Dakota,|At Chicago . ........... 7 9 2 Montana , Idaho, Washington and : R. H. E. Oregon. ! Fy St. Louls ... .l sl o lvaan B 1908 The prize consists of & Big Four|At Detroit . ............16 17 3 “30” farm tractor manufsctured by the Gas Traction company, of Min- neapolis, and a set of plows made by the Emerson-Brantingham company Columbus . ...... of ‘Rockford, Ill. The tractor and|At Milwaukee . . plows will be delivered to the win- ner free of cost. by the Development Indianapolis . ....... league. This machinery Wan select-| At St. Paul ... ...... ed by the officers of the league after much consideration of what the prize|youisville . . s should be, and it was decided the (At Minneapoli: most practical prize would be a farm tractor and plows. The tractor se- lected” will ‘do plowing, harvesting, drilling, harrowing, threshing or freighting. - . . s Arerican Association. HaowFeoqHl wroPocwilan® - oo Build a Hospital. Thief River Falls 18 preparing to build a hospital. 5 Refused to Part From Her Husband on the Titanic. a memorial to Mrs. Isidor Straus. whose noble sense of duty s side on the Titanic so splendidly illustrated the fidelity and tenderness This quetation from the book of Ruth has been suggested for the wemorial: after thee: for whither thou goest. I will 803 and where thou lodgest, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will 1 die. and there will 1 be WHEAT $1,000 A BUSHEL B ASEB ALL Valuable Prize Offered for Best Grain - BELIEVES IN A CAR LINE FOR BEMIDJ = Straus, Who lMaypr Malzahn Returns From Trip of Inspection in Grand Forks and Wahpeton. “Whither thou goest, I will go; where thou diest, will T die, and there will I be buried.” lBOTH SYSTEMS MADE DIVIDENDS One Paid Six Per Cent and Other Over Twenty-five During the First Year. NATURAL ADVANTAGES GOOD Large Part of Local Population Has To Come Here For Trains and Amusements. During the middle of the week, Mayor Malzahn spent several days investigating the street car situation in Grand Forks and in Wahpeton and Breckenridge. He returned from his trip more enthusiastic than ever over the plan of building a car line around the south shore of the lake to accom- modate the traffic from Nymore, East Bemidji, Mill Park and the mills., In telling of his trip, Mr. Malzahn ‘| wrote the following letter to the Pio- neer: “Having been asked to make pub- lic the information that I have re- ceived while on my trip to some of our neighboring towns, I have pre- pared the foilowing which may give _{you an idea of what other towns are doing. 5 “I first visited Grand Forks, N. D., not that their city comes in the same class with Bemidji, but to get what general information could be ob- tained. “I find that in Grand Forks, a city of 14,000, they were maintaining eight miles of - trackage, mostly through the residence-portions of the city. ‘They also connect with East Grand Forks, but the “distance be- tween the two towns is so short that that branch of their line does not pay any dividends.. The’ chief source of revenue for their carline is the Uni- versity, which is two and one-half miles distant and has some 7,000 students enrolled. Their line has paid them a dividend of six per cent which -is thought very geod, consid- ering their natural advantages. But their conditions are so wuch differ- “And Ruth said, entreat me FIRST GARDEN PRODUCE IN Tony Bahr Brought Wagon Load of Spring Vegetables to Bemidji This Morning. « ~ lent from the conditions in Bemidji —gT .|that we can not take their figures as a fair comparison. - ARE ALL HOME GROWN “I next visited Wahpeton and ‘Breckenridge. I found the conditions in these cities relative to maintain- ing a street car line are very much the same as they are in Bemidji. They are operating one mile of track between the two cities--Wahpeton with a population of 2,467 and Breck- enridge with a population of 1,840. I find their operating statement of the’ Wahpeton-Breckenridge Street Railway company for one year, end- ing August 31st, 1911, is as follows: Cost of road and equipment. .$22,500 Onions and kale composed the first load of spring vegetables brought to Bemidji this morning by Tony Bahr. Mr. Bahr has a residence 2t Fifth and Mississippi, but owns a farm about one-half a mile northeast of Nymore on which he raises his garden crops. “There is not a plece of glass on my place,” said Mr. Bahr this morn- ing, “and everything was grown out of doors. I would have had radishes | Gross earnings..$13,537.18 and lettuce today but there has not |OPerating exp.... 5,490.84 been sun enough the past two or A, three days. If we get some sun over |Net income .... 8,046,34 . Sunday, then T’ll be able to bring in [Dividends, 1911— : radishes, lettuce and parsley the first| 27% - ...... 6,2560.00 of next week.” RS Surplus . .......$1,79%.34 Mr. Bahr said that the rains this week have proved of material benefit | Number of passengers car- to the farmers and that prospects rled 56 il iR 260,275 look bright for a record-breaking|Car miles run ....... i 38,772 crop. He believés that the land close | Passenger income, per ‘car to Bemidji s excellent for small| mile .o.... ......... PR 1 gardens and truck farms and says|ODerating expense per car that many people could materfally re-| mife . ................ .15 “The 'above figures as you will see are giving them a dividend of 25% for the year ending August. 31, 1911. “In comparing Bemidji and its ad- vantages with these cities, the con- ditions dre very much the same and by following out their methods and’ holding to the principle of connect- ing two dist#nt points with only one mile of track and thereby getting a maximum income at a minimum of expense, we should at least pay to the ter. : 3 iinvestors a reasonable dividend on The stork stopped at Mamaroneck, [their investment. - . : N. Y., Iast Tuesday night and left @] “To state the conditions in as few little girl at the home of Mr. and|words as possible we might-ssy. that Mrs. Colt. : 1~ (Continued on last page. duce the. cost of living by raising some of their own food stuffs. The level .of = Lake Bemidji has raised several inchés durlng the week but is still close to the low mark es- tablished two years ago. Stork Hangs May Basket. New York, May. 4—Sammy Colt, son of Mr. and Mrs, Russell G. Colt (Ethel Barrymore), has a little sis- ! % %