Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 3, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 D. e — MINNESOTA VOLUME 10. NUMBER 83. COMMITTEE FINDS CONDITION GOOD Savings and Building Association Trial Balance July 31 Totals Close to $12,000. STOCKHOLDERS ARE SATISFIED Held Annual Meeting Thursday and Friday With Over 400 of 700 Shares Represented. COMPANY HAS STEADY GROWTH Totals of a Year Ago Were Close to $500 and the $25,000 Mark is Pre- dicted for Coming Year. With a balance sheet totaling close | to $12,000, the yearly statement of | the Beltrami County Savings and Building association was submitted to the stockholders at the annual meetings Thursday and Friday af-} terhoon. At the annual meeting in August 1911, the balance sheet to! taled slightly over $500. The Savings and Building associa- tion has had a rapid growth during the past year and present indications are that it will have a balance sheet of over $25,000 at this time in 1913, During this year, the secretary has been limited in the amount of loans that he can make in that the indebt- edness of the association was limited to $5.000. The limit has now been increased to $10,000 so that the! loans may be practically doubled. The Savings and Building associa- tion is designed to meet the needs of | two classes of people; first, those who 21, wish to save and can put away but visiting friends Sunday. Miss Donna Lycan and Dr. Mrs. Howard Ingersoll of Brainerd, were guests of Miss Clara Wolf at a luncheon Grand Forks Bay this noon. CARMI THOMPSON. Ohio Man Who Succeeds Hilles as Taft's Secretary. ADDITIONAL SOCIETY C.- W. Moss of Washburn, Wis,, is in Bemidji over Miss Josie Erickson of Crookston, has returned home after a pleasant two weeks’ visit at the home of Mrs. F. W. Langdon. By Russell, Carlton Dane and Wil- bur Lycan will entertain a group of young people this evening at their camp at Birchmont Beach. and in her summer home at HAZE IS DISAPPEARING. The hazy condition of the upper at- mosphere which has been apparent in the vicinity of Bemidji since June is beginning io disappear. The haze has been most noticeable in a small amount each month; second- 1y, those who wish to borow to build their own homes but who are able| to pay but a small amount a month on such loans. | The association acts as a savings| bank, taking small monthly deposits and then loaning them out to those of the second class. It handles busi- ness that is too small to be handled by the banks but which because of volume can be handled by such an association at a profit. It provides a means for a man on a small in- come to own his own home and to| have it clear at the end of eight or ten years on about what his inter- est would amount to if the money | had been loaned by a bank. | Of the 700 shares of stock which | have been issued to date, over 400} were represented, either in person or by proxy, at the stockholders meet- ings. J. P. Lahr is president of the| association; K. K. Roe, vice-presi- dent; W. C. Klein, secretary; and R. H. Schumaker, treasurer. These offi- | cers were re-elected for the coming| year. The following directors were | named: F. S. Lycan, F. S. Arnold, H. Schumaker. W. L. Brooks, W. Bowser, Dr. T. Tuomy, Dr. L. Ward, W. C. Klein, G. E. Carson | Iticed after the big .| back by officers. upper air currents at- morning and evening, when distant objects were almost obscured, and the sun looked as it did when the forests near here were burning two years ago. J. N. Ryker, weather forcaster at St. Paul. attributes the phenomenon to the eruption of Katmai and three other volcanoes in Alaska on June 10. The same effects, he says, were no- volcanic erup- tions in the Hawaiian islands in 1883. MRS. DAISY GRACE FREED. Atlanta, Ga., August 3.—Mrs. Dai- sie Opie Grace was late Friday af- ternoon found not guilty of shoot- ing her husband, Eugene Grace. When the verdict was announced she simply bowed her head. A few minutes after she had been freed, she was handed a telegram saying her blind son was seriously ill in Philadelphia and it is understood she will leave for his bedside late to- night. Immediately after the ver- dict was given women struggled frantically to reach the place where Mrs. Grace sat, only to be forced The jurymen re- mained in their places even after ] . K. Roe and J. P. Lahr . Following the election of the di- they had been discharged. minute elapsed, and then Mrs. Grace A full rectors, the stockholders adjourned} until Friday to give the directors an opportunity to name an auditing| committee and to give the commit- tee time to audit the books of the| association. The committee ap-| pointed was W .L. Brooks, R. H.| Schumaker and J. L. George. Fol- lowing is the financial statement pre-! pared by the committee: | Trial Balance July 31, 1912. ASSETS. Loans . 4 Due from loans Expense . Prepayments . Cash in bank Interest paid . Withdrawals . $11,704.88 LIABILITIES. | Loans repaid . ........ $ 1,000.00 Due to loans . 25.00 Due Installment stock 4,630.75 Interest earned . ..... 304.87 Premiums earned . 363.90 Fees and Fineg .. 110.36 Advance dues .. 370.00 Bills payable . 4,900.00 $11,704.88 “We, the undersigned, being the auditing comimttee appointed by the directors beg to report that we have made a careful examination of the books and:accounts of the secretary, checking same with above statement and they are correct in every detail. (Signed) W. L. Brooks, R. H. Schu- maker and J. L. George. arose and was assisted to the jury box. For the first time she showed a sign of animation, as she silently grasped the hand of each of the twelve men. Mrs. Grace was escort- ed from the court room immediately afterwards. Arguments in the case were con- cluded early this afternoon. “Guilty,” Says Husband. Newman, Ga.. August 3.—*In her heart she knows she is guilty,” de- clared Eugene H. Grace at his home here this afternoon, when informed his wife had been acquitted of the charge of shooting him. <It’s pretty rotten. 1 don’t see how they could have even had a mistrial. She may be innocent in the eyes of men, but she is guilty in the eyes of God.” ‘WASHBURN WILL FILED. Minneapolis, August 3.—Accord: of the late W .D. Washburn, now in the hands of John Crosby, executor, leaves the entire estate to Mrs. W. D. Washburn. The document, according to Mr. of foolscap paper ,and is very brief. It leaves everything to Mrs. Wash- burn. Fair Oaks is to be retained by Mrs. death will revert to the city of Min- neapolis. Fair Oaks, leaving it as a life estate to Mr. and Mrs. Washburn. Accord- ing to W .D. Washburn, Jr., the value The association earned over ten (Continued on Iast page.) of the property left by his father has pot yet been estimated. ing to W. D. Washburn, Jr., the will ] Washburn, is written on one sheet|- ‘Washburn during her life ,ahd at her} The city recently bought| !.homv{;:fign;;ost p.c.|at 4 o'clock. The young people will New York . 24 745 | hold union services with the Epworth Chicago . . 34 .634 |League of the Methodist church at Pittsburgh . 37 ‘593 | the Methodist chureh in the evening. Philadelphia 43 522 | Union preaching services will be held Cincinnati . 52 .464|in the evening at 8 o'clock at the St. Louis . . 57 .418 | Methodist church. The public is cor- Brooklyn . 61 .365 | dially invited. S. E. P. White, past- Boston . .. 68 .269 | OT BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1912 SUNDAY IN THE CEURCHES. St. Barthlomew’s Episcopal. Sunday school and confirmation class at 10 o’clock; morning prayer and sermon at 11 o’clock. = ¥ Swedish Lutheran. 2 Services will be held in the morn-| ing at 10:30. No other services will be held as the pastor will go to Farris| - |in the afternoon. Minneapolis . ok Columbus . 2 s 7 Toledo - .. .67 43 o9 |Zion Lutheran. i Kansas City . .54 56 491 Services will be held tomorrow |i st. Paul 62 .451 | evening at 8 p. m. at the Swedish | - Niniee 2 64 .44 |Lutheran church by g%‘! L. Lasse- Louisville . . 67 .391|s0n %om Thief River Falls. Hvery- Indianapolis . ....40 75 body, sordisily "’_““i T ~ Baptist. =7 - e Rev. Mr. Scott will preach at the 11 o’clock services. Susiday school will be held at 12:1§, B. Y. P. U. will be held at 7 o’clock:f the even- Games Yesterday. Columbus 1, Milwaukee 7. Indianapolig 0, St. Paul 7. Toledo 0, Minneapolis 4. Louisville 2, Kansas City 9. ing. No evening servicas will be American League held. ¥ Won Lost P.C. . { ...... ..68 31 .687|.. S i3 g/o:::;]ngton Jllle2 31 gz |Tirst Methodist Episcopal. Philadelphia . ...55 41 573 Communion at 10:45. Sunday Chicago . ~"'%0 46 .g2q|school at 12 o'clock. The Christian Detraft. 48 53 .4g0|Endeavor and Epworth-League will Cleveland 5 52 "4g4 | Bold union services at 7 o’clock, both New Ton 31 g3 330 |umion services to be held in the St. Louis . 20 67 309 Methodist church. Rev. S. E. P. White will preach.” Everybody wel- come. Chas. H. Flesher, pastor. Games Yesterday. = Chicago 5, New York 3. - . o= Detroit 0, Washington 4. Presbyterian. = St. Louis 0, Boston 9 . Sunday school willibe held at 10 ’ a. m.; preaching serviee at 11 o’clock. Junior Christian Endeavor will meet Union Meeting of Young People. Sunday evening, August 4, 1912, 7 p. m. at the Methodist church, Ninth and Beltrami. Topic: The growth and cultiva- tion of decision—Jesus assumes His life-work. Mark 1: Games Yesterday. Photo by American Press Assoclation, New York 4, Cincinnati 0. Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 5. Boston 0, Pittsburgh 3. Brooklyn 2, Chicago 3. Harry Vallon has been named as o automobile in which the murderers of of the men supposed to have done the gave himself up several days after the Harry Vallon, One of the Men Held As Slayer of Gambler Rosenthal. bler, escaped after they had “got” their man. “brace” games, gun carrier and all around tough east sider. He was the first “LAKE LEVEL FALLING.- - - “[s; The level of Lake Bemidji has been gradually dropping for the past week until the water is again about where it was in June. Captain MacLachlan says that if the level goes much low-| hi; er, it will make trips to the dam in- convenient. Are Taking Views. Fred Sherman, accompanied by a photographer, is in Bemidji today to take pictures of city and country scenes which are to be exhibited at the state fair. Mr. Sherman was taken out into the country this after- noon by J .J. Opsahl and will take panoramic farm scenmes. SCOTTY’S MINE A FAKE. Los Angeles, Cal, August 3.— “Death Valley Scotty” told the coun- ty grand jury that a mining engineer of New York put up the $10,000 which “Scotty” paid for a special train in which the Death valley man made his spectacular trip across the continent several years ago. Scotty told the grand jury that Lis “hole in the ground down in Death playing. Some questions that=will be sidered: ‘Why should every youg person have some definite life work before m? In what way are young people apt to dissipate their powers for work? ‘Why is service the highest stand- ard of life? ‘Why should the Christian young person prepare himself for life? Decide to come. Decide to help. Decide to bring a friend. There will be special service. A cordial welcome for everybody. there. TENNIS REVIVED. Through the efforts of M. J. Brown and W. L. Brooks, the tennis courts at the north end of the city on the lake shore have been remodeled,rolled and properly staked out for active It is the plan of the Tennis club to move the net femce back about ten feet, giving ample room for returning swiftly served balls. Playing was resumed yesterday and those who wish to continue -11; Isaiah 6:5-8. E. Hurlocker ,leader. A IMPROVEMENTS AT CEMETERY. Greenwood cemetery is undergoing considerable improvements. A new fence is being erected on Irvine ave- nue, the graves are being put into | better condition and the weeds and | dead trees removed. A fine iron gate has been erected for to take the! place of the old wooden one. con- 0DD FELLOWS SESSION. The local lodge of the Independent Order of 0dd Fellows held a regular session at their hall last evening, and installed their Noble Grand for the next term. The newly elected offi- cers are: E. H. Denu, N. G.; C. J. Larson, V. G.; H. J. Unrue, Sec.; Earl Geil, Treas.; R. L. Given, trus- tee. Be CREAMERY PASSES 5,000 MABK{ The Beltrami County Farmers', Creamery association of Bemidji| churned nearly 6,000 pounds of pre- mium butter during the month of July. The buttermaker, Oscar Pe- their | tution now has more than one hun- valley” is a myth, which has been used for years to fill the pockets of membership during the present year are requested to pay the fee of $3.00 to M. J. Brown at once. dred cream shippers and that all stores in Bemidji with but one ex- |ception are retailing Bemidji butter. the promoters. | WAS NOTHING LIKE THIS SO LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ne of the five men who were In the gray Herman Rosenthal. the New York gam- Vallon is known as a dealer of killing to he raken into custody. He murder. FOSSTON VS, BEMIDJI Two Teams, Each Strengthened By Outside Players, to Meet at Fair Grounds Sunday. GAME TO BE CALLED AT 3:30 P.M. ‘What promises to be the best base- ball game of the season will be played at the fair grounds in Bemidji Sun- day afternoon, when the Bemidji team will have for opponents the Fosston nine. Local fans are looking for a close contest. < Fosston has had a strong team all summer, but having heard of the shut-out which Bemidji recently gave the Bagley team, the Fosston mana- ger has strengthened his aggregation by the addition of four players from Crookston, who are said to be top- terson, reports that the local insti- |Rotchers. The Bemidji team will be the same that has played here during the last three games, and will line up for the battle with Fosston, as follows: Bailey, rf; Oman, c¢; Hermanson, ci 1. Miller, ss; Taylor, 2b; Riddell, 1b; LaFountaine, 3b; Roy and Smiley, p; McClernan, If; J. Miller ,extra. This makeg a formidable showing for Be- midji and is believed to be the strongest team of players in this sec- tion of the state. The game will be called promptly at 3:30 p. m., just after the G. N. train comes from Cass Lake, which | gives Cass Lake “fans” an opportunity to witness the game. The Cass Lak- ers are interested in the Bemidji team, for the reason that Roy, Oman, LaFountaine and Taylor live there. TAGLEY FILES FOR TREASURER. 0. J. Tagley of Nymore, filed for the nomination for county treasurer on Friday afternoon. FISHING STILL GOOD. Men, women and children are still bringing in strings of fish from Lake Bemidji daily. Yesterday several large catches were brought in con- sisting of pike and perch. Pickerel are also biting good, but few people eat this species, killing the fish as soon as caught. BAKER DISPLAYS LARGE PEARL. In the George T. Baker and com- pany display window may be seen a large pearl valued at $200, which ‘was found near Bemidji in the Missis- sippi river. The weight of the stone is ‘twenty-one grains and would be PILE DRIVING FOR ‘NEW DEPOT STARTED Machine Was Put in Place This Morning and Began Work at Once. BOX FACTORY BUILDING UP Roof Is Being Completed and Ma- chinery Will Be Installed Before, End of Month. CITY PAVING HALF FINISHED Blocks on Fourth and Fifth Streets Being Used—Nymore Road Elec- tion August 20. ‘Workmen started driving piling for the new Great Northern depot this morning. A special work track was laid to the depot some time ago and during this week, the road hauled in several cars of piles to be driven for foundation purposes. Since the visit of J. J. Hill to Be- midji in the spring, it has been an assured fact that the Great Northern would build a new depot. The real point of interest has been as to how good a depot he would have built. ‘When Mr. Hill was here he was strug- gling into his overcoat as his special pulled into the city. The first build- ing he saw when he stepped from the coach was the Union depot. “What depot is that,” he asked of T. J. Burke. “That is the Union depot of the Soo and M. and I. roads,” replied Mr. Burke. Mr. Hill looked for a moment longer and then looked at the Great Northern depot. He turned to Mr. Burke and said, “We will build a de- pot and a good one” Later in the evening he repeated his promise. Those who have seen the Great Northern plans say that they call for a first class stucture and one which will be large enough to care for traffic for some time. It is to be built at the foot of Minnesota ave- nue and the curve triangle platted for a flower garden. The approach to the depot has been filled in but the grading is not complete. Box Factory Work Rushing. Officials of the box factory being built between the Crookston and Be- midji mills state that the plant will be turning out boxes by the first of September. The walls of the build- ing have been completed, the struc- tural steel for the roof is in place and it is expected that the plant will be roofed over in a few weeks. Ma- chinery will be installed as soon as the roof is completed. A narorw gauge railroad has been built from the yards of the Crooks- ton Lumber company to the storage sheds of the box factory. The line tunnels the M. and I. tracks and workmen have been kept busy for several weeks hauling and piling slabs in readiness for the box fac- tory workmen. A spur track from the M. and 1. will also be built to the factory. The factory and grounds will occupy twenty acres. Pavement Being Completed. Goodman & Loitved have complet- ed a block of cement paving between Beltrami and Minnesota avenues on Fifth street and are at present fin- ishing the block on Fourth street between Minnesota and America ave- nues. The blocks on Third and Sec- ond streets have had the surplus dirt removed and will be paved next. The bond election on the question of paving the Nymore road will come before the people August 20. Be- midji will have sixteen blocks of ce- ment pavement when the present work ig completed. The only other Minnesota city to use cement pavements is East Grand Forks. Some cement road work has been done by the county commis- sioners of Ramsey county but that work is outside of the city limits of St. Paul. FEW MEN TEACHERS. Out of seventy-two persons who took the teachers examinations at the high school this week, but five were men, indicating that there will be few men teachers this fall. W. B. JStewart, county superintendent of schools, stated this morning that he ‘was well pleased with the results of the examinations and that the papers were all ready to be forwarded to the state board for reading and grading. ‘worth at least $800 if it wag perfect |He said that the summer school as- in every detail.- e ted the teachers materially. 1 1