Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 12, 1912, Page 1

TR - 7 'w MINNESOTA HISTORICAL OCIETY, VOLUME 10. NUMBER 90. ASSESSMENTS ON BUSINESS MEN | AVERAGE CLOSE T0 PROPOSED FIGURES | SING SING PRISON County Board of Equalization Upholds Decision of Supervisors in Many Cases, Making Small Reductions From Recommended Val- uations—General Tax Rate May Be Lowered. The following table shows the assessments that are to stand for the present year according to the decision of the Beltrami county board of equalization which adjourned last Friday night. general the assessments are close to tl The table shows that in hose fixed by the supervisors as while many are lowered, one or two were raised. County Auditor George says that ag soon as the amount of money which the increase in assess- ments will bring to the county has been figured, the board will reduce the rate of assessment so that no more money will be raised than is necessary. He says that he believes the actual amount to be paid under the new rate on the new assessments will not be materially larger than under the old rate on the old assessment. The county board will meet again August 19. Name From To Proposed F. E. Johnson, Baudette .§ 87 $ 1,300 § 1,300 E. Farder, Clementson . 500 750 750 O. A. Sime, Solway 800 900 900 A. D. Grignon, Pitt . 200 ¢ 500 500 Fink and Sons, Pinewood. 800 700 700, M. Larsori, Nymore.. 1,500 1,900 1,900 H. F, Schmitt, Nymore. 450 600 600 J. Hermanson, Kelliher . 700 800 800 Lundberg and Lindquist, Kelliher . 100 450 150 A. Gilmore & Co., Kelliher 300 400 100 G. W. Gunderson, Kelliher . 2,000 3,700 3,700 L. Latterel, Kelliher ..... 1,800 2,100 2,100 Mrs. M, Latterel, Kelliher 600 700 700 Kaye and Carter, Hines 700 200 800 V. M. Owens, Hines . 300 350 350 Fisher, estate, Funkley 750 800 800 Summit Merc. Co., Blac 4,000 4,600 4,900 James M. Reed, Blackduck . 4,000 5,000 5,300 Walters Bros., Blackduck 150 200 300 T. A. Cross, Blackduck . 2,500 3,000 3,100 E. N, French & Co., Black 400 500 600 Albert Martin, Wilton . 250 300 350 BEMIDJI MERCHANTS Armour & Co. . . 1,000 1,300 1,330 Baker & Co. .. 1,400 3,000 3,500 Berman Emporium 1,000 8,000 9,000 E. A. Barker .. 3,000 4,500 5,100 Schwandt and Marin . 3,000 4,000 1,000 Roe and Markusen 800 1,600 3,000 National Pole and Tie Co. Distriet 2 . 10,000 20,000 22,852 Hornet . . 2,818 5,000 5,664 Summit . 750 1,000 1,864 International Cedar Co., Baudette . 4,664 2,200 Larson Bros, Kelliher - 8,200 10,000 10,755 R. Pupore, Kelliher . 180 750 750 In distriet 2 ... 99 99 International Log Co., Kelliher 2,450 2,800 2,848 Naugle Pole & Tie Co. DISKEICE 2.0 i ocvss sissonsnmnpnnnse . 2,500 3,500 3,690 St. Croix Pine and Cedar Co. : ‘Hornet . 700 1,200 1,230 Clark Pole and Tie Co. District 2 .... 2,500 5,000 5,208 Dahlstuhl and Dudley 1,000 3,000 2,175 T. M. Partridge, Tenstrike . 1,500 2,500 2,626 Sam Ellis ....... . 175 300 317 Benson_and Potter . 90 200 210 C. W. Dudley, Blackduck 600 700 750 Page and Hill, Blackduck 1,150 1,350 1,350 Page and Hill, Nebish . 5187 8000 8447 Hayden Bros, Summit 1,500 1,650 1,694 Crookston Lumber Co., Hornet < 1,650 3,660 Partridge-Dyer Co., Baudette 200 1700 2,234 J. W. Russell, McDougald .. 1,260 2,400 2,400 Roberts and Marvin, Wabanica 1662 2,200 3545 Buzaar Store . 2,500 3,200 3,500 Gust Brown . . 800 1,100 1,400 Batlles . 2,000 3,000 4,000 Floyd Brown 200 100 500 C. 0. D. store .. 1,000. 1,500 & 3,500 T. J. Crane and Co. . 1’500 2/500 21900 P. M. Dicaire . 100 "200 "200 W. 4. Elliott . 200 200 100 R 1. Penton 150 250 400 Fitzsimmons-Bald " i;g}’,fi ;‘gga g'ggg Gill Brothers . -5 10,000 9,000 O, B. Grotte : s e Given Hard . 3,500 4,500 J. B. Hanson . : 4 ol J. P. Lanr : 2300 51 Wm, McCu: . 500 4700 Model Mfg. C . 1300 8,000 Henry Miller -1 100 800 R, H. Murphy 1,500 0o Chas. Nangle -~ odo 2000 2,000 O'Leary and Bowser . . 5000 4,000 5,500 A. B. Palmer ... : Sloio 8,00 10,000 Twin Port Meat Market . : e 8000 5500 Schmitt ... ;2 290 500 Sy ang Co, - 500 1,500 5,000 W. G. Schroeder * 5,000 7'500 2 Schneider Bros. Co. ;G T 5000 A. D. Grignon, Wabanica . o 1,608 2,300 N. W. Cedar and Tie Co. . # 2,000 4,070 Meloney Bros., McDougald . 1,050 g 1,731 M. E. Smith Lumber Co. . . 's00 1’300 i.fig Crookston Lumber Co. . .248,800 387,200 523,250 FORECAST FOR COMING WEEK. | Among the conventions of the Washington, D. C., Aug. 10.—In| the interval between the Progressive convention and the Wilson ratifica- tion of last week and the notifica- tion of the two leading vice presiden- tial candidates fixed for a week hence, the national campaign prom- ises to experience a mid-summer lull during the ensuing-seven days. The most important of the fixed events on the political calendar of the week will be the Populist Na- tional convention, which has been called to meet in St. Louis next Mon- | day to name a presidential ticket and | adopt a platform. ‘! Col. Cecil A. Lyon, chairman of the Republican state committee of Texas and an active Roosevelt sup- porter, has issued a call for a state convention of the party to meet in Dallag Monday to put a full ticket in the field. A monument in honor of the mem- ory of Sir Isaac Brook, who com- manded the British forces in Canada in the early part of the War of 1812 and who was killed at the battle of Queenstown Heights, is to be un- veiled Thursday at Brockville, Ont. Col. Samuel Hughes, the Dominion minister of militia and defence, is to officiate at the unveiling ceremony. Another interesting event of the week in Canada will be the visit of the Duke of Connaught and his par- ty in Halifax. The chief feature of the visit will be the dedication by His Royal Highness of the memorial tower erected at Halifax to commem- orate the 150th anniversary of the week will be the annual meetings of the International Typographical Un- ion, in Cleveland, the National So- ciety of the Army of the Philippines, in Lincoln, Neb., and the Canadian Medical association, in Edmonton, |Alta. CHIPPEWA STAFF MEETING. A special meeting has been called of the old Chippewa staff of the high school and others who are interested in the welfare of this organization to be held at the Library building this evening at 7:30 o’'clock. The staff is planning a dancing party which will be given Friday, August 16, the pro- ceeds to go toward defraying ex- penses incurred in the publication of the annual. -~ ISEVEN KILLED- IN By United Press. Sing Sing, N. Y., Aug. 12.—Seven men were electrocuted in Sing Sing] prison here today. Five of the men were members of the band ef-Italianj’ highwaymen and murderers who ter- rorized the Croton lake district in Weschester county a year ago. One man, John W. Collins, is a negro who killed a policeman while insanely drunk. The seventh man is Joseph Ferrone who cut his wife’s throat because she refused to live a life of shame and give him her earnings. This is the largest number of per- sons ever electrocuted in one place at one time. - The stench from scorch- ing hair proved a terrible strain on the prison officials. Scientists were given the brains of the dead men for research purposes. The crime for which the Italians are to pay the death penalty wag the murder of Mrs. Henry Hall, the young wife of a superintendeat of the aqueduct near Croton Lake. On November 9 of last year Mrs..Hall was attacked and robbed by half a dozen Italians who entered her cot- tage while her husband was at work a mile away. She was stabbed twice, one wound being near the heart. The young woman, a bride of a few months, was in delicate health and Wwas in care'of a young woman nurse, who was also beaten and ‘kicked, but who recovered sufficiently to run to the construction camp and spread the alarm. 5 A posse of sheriffs, farmers and la- borers took up the chase and succeed- ed in_capturing five of the Italians Wwho had participated in the diaboli- cal crime A sixth member, Loren- 20 Colli, said to have been the leader of the gang, was arrested in Brook- lyn a few days later. Colli confessed to having been the actually murder- er of Mrs. Hall. He was given a separate trial and was convicted and executed several weeks ago. HEIR TO- ASTOR - By United Press. New York, Aug. 12.—Dr. Edward B. Cragin, specialist at the Astor household to await the $3,000,000 baby, posthumous heir to John Jacob Astor, Titanic victim, says that the stork will be expected early this week, Hundreds of curious persons line up in front of the Astor house each day to see Mrs. Madeline Force As- tor as she takes her place in the fam- ily limousine for a drive through the parks. Yesterday she escaped the crowds by leaving through a rear en- trance. MANY GO TO CASS LAKE. Cass Lake, Aug. 12.—(Special)— Cass Lake entertained over 200 ex- cursionists Sunday, who came on the special train run on the Soo line from Thief River Falls. The Thief River Falls band and baseball team accom- panied the excursionists who arrived here at 10:30. Shortly after dinner several hundred people boarded the steamer Zelah May for a ride to Star Island and the Indian Mission. Nu- merous other parties chartered pri- vate launches -for tripg around the lake. The éxcursionists returned at four o’clock to see the ball game be- tween Thief River Falls and Cass Lake. The game proved a long drawn out affair with Cass Lake leading by a score of 5 to 2 until the eighth in- ning, when Thief River brought in five scores and two more in the ninth, making the final score 9 to 5 in the visitors’ favor. Clinton McCullough' of Chicago, spent Sunday in the city as the guest of his mother, Mrs. J. P. McCollough. He returned home last night. SHERMAN'S BODY FOUND Remains of Missing Whitefish Man Discovered on Road Near Hay Creek School. House, HAD BEEN A CAMP COOK Whitefish Junction, Aug. 12.— (Special to the Pioneer)—The body of “Billy” Sherman, who had been missing since he left here Aug. 5, was found Saturday near the Hay Creek| school house a short distance from here. Sherman had::evidently been BICYCLE RIDER ARRESTED. A. Ongstad was arrested Sunday af- terncon for riding his bicycle on Bel- trami avenue between 4 and 5 p. m. It was his first offense. ROB GOULD GARDEN. Vandals broke into the garden of Mrs. E. J. Gould Saturday night and helped themselves to about - three bushels of new potatoes. The pota- toeg were dug from the center of the garden and Mrs. Gould considers that the thieves got the best of the lot: REGISTER TOMORROW. dead for some time asthe body wasf -Newcomers in Bemidji who have badly discolored. = Coroner Ibertson was at once noti- fied and came here yesterday to hold an inquest. The jury, which consist- ed of S. J. Dietl, C. H. Williams, Ar- thur Glidden, Andrew Edmunds, C. R. Dietl, and Daniel Glidden, decided that Sherman came to his death as a result of receiving a rifle ball in the head. The body was buried at once. Those who saw the body when found say that it was near tHe road and that a ,25-.30 rifle lay across his left arm with the barrel pointing to- ward his head. As Sherman was left- handed, this was thought by some to indicate that he committed suicide al- though the jury did not so decide. The'head was badly torn by the ball. Sherman was a camp cook and had been working at the road camp of A. P. Reeves. He left here a week ago Saturday and when he did net appear at camp, a search was started. His money and wateh were found on the body but a quart of whiskey which he had when leaving here was' gane. “HOBO” IS BURIED. Interment Made in Potters Field this Afternoon by Coroner. The unknown man who killed Dep- uty Sheriff Norman Helmer last Thursday, was buried in the potters field this afternoon by Coroner M. E. Ibertson. Up to the time of his bur- ial his identity had not become known, although a large number of people visited the Ibertson morgue to view the remains. He was buried without ceremony of any sort. Threatened to Shoot on Train. Sheriff Hazen on Saturday after- noon arrested a man on the west bound Great Northern who was mak- ing threats with & gun. He is thought to have been affected by the Helmer case. The sheriff’s office and city police force have started a search for persons earrying concealed weap- ons. lived in the city thirty days or over and in the state six ‘months or over will have an opportunity to register tomorrow in order that they may vote on the special bond election to be held Tuesday, August 20. The election will determine whether or not the city council shall sell bonds to raise money for the paving of the road around the south end of- th lake which leads to Nymore. : PEMBINA EDITOR HERE. F. A. Wardell, of Pembina, N. D., is spending a week in Bemidji. Mr. Wardell, who is one of the owners of the Pembina Pioneer Express, last visited Bemidji ten years ago when the North Dakota State Editorial as- sociation, of which he was then pres- ident, came to Bemidji for its annu- al outing. Mr. Wardell says that the city has grown wonderfully in the past ten years but that he is still able to recognize the old lay of the land. BIG SOCIALIST PICNIC. It is estimated that fully 600 per- sons attended the annual Socialist picnic on Diamond Point yesterday afternoon. Emil Pladson, of Thief River Falls, was added to the list of speakers. Mr. Pladson is a candidate for the state legislature from the Sixty-first Minnesota district. The committee in charge of refreshments reported that everything was sold ex- cept a few beans. Among the pro- visions laid in were forty gallons of tHee cream and 480 bottles of pop. A full list of the prize winners in the contests will be printed in the Tues- day Pioneer. In Massachusetts there are now 379,775 women wagerearners, one- quarter of the entire female popu- lation of the commonwealth. Of this number 91,000 are ‘maried women, three-quarters of whom are mothers, with families averaging four chil- dren. SCOOP itrorisr lative assembly of Nova Scotia. first meeting of the provincial legis- } ~ You're a Game Fish, 'Scoop‘; But You Swim Funny MANY ATTEND FUNERAL Services for Norman Helmer Held Be- fore Audience Which Taxed Ca- pacity of City Hall. LAID IN VAULT AT GREENWO0OD Saying that Norman Helmer died doing his duty and that he was a fearless officer, E. E. McDonald eulo- gized Helmer Sunday afternoon to a crowd that filled the city hall to its utmost capacity. Hundreds of peo- | ple_gathered at 2 o’clock to pay their last respeets to the dead man, many coming from surrounding towns. ~ The funeral was unique in Bemidji history. The hall could not accom- modate the people who wished to hear the ceremonies. The procession.to Greenwood cemetery was more than three blocks in length and the auto- mobiles which went to the cemetery made a procession of their own. Hel- mer was looked upon as a public ser- vant and the public attended the fun- eral. The'services were opened with the singing of “Asleep in Jesus” by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. H. P. Dunning, Mrs. Charleg Borchardt, P. A. Young and W. Z. Robinson. Rev- erend Flesher read a prayer and then a male quartet composed of Joe An- derson, W. Z. Robinson, S. J. Harvey, and P. A. Young sang “Home at last.” After the singing, Reverend Flesh- er said that Mr. McDonald would de- liver the eulogy but that he knew Norman Helmer had a host of friends in the community as it was proved by the large number present. Rev- erend Flesher spoke of the position Helmer occupied in the community and praised him for his fearlessness. He then intrdouced Mr. McDonald. Mr. McDonald recounted Helmer’s life history from his early days until the time of his death. He said that few people realize the part played by minor officials in public life. Busi- ness goes on peacefully day after day without a thought of the officers con- stantly on guard to see that the best interests of the commonwealth are protected. - He said that no matter how small the office held, the holder is always in danger of his life. As soon as Mr. McDonald had com- Dleted his address, the casket was moved to the rear of the hall and each person present had an opportunity to glance for the last time at Helmer’'s face. While the hall was being emp- tied, Miss Ruth Wightman played Bethoven’s funeral march. ‘The body was taken directly from the city hall to Greenwood where it was laid in the vault. By "HOP” NEED MONEY TO CARRY ON WORK Northern Minnesota Association to Raise $16,000 With Which to Ex- ecute Outlined Plans. MACKENZIE NOW IN THE FIELD Has Been Pledged Twenty Cents Per Capita in Polk, Red Lake and Pennington Counties. TO EXHIBIT IN OTHER STATES Commission Hopes to Open Rooms in Towa, Illinois and Indiana for Gopher Specimens, Plans for a campaign for raising of a fund with which to continue the work of the Northern Minnesota De- velopment association Immigration Commission have been completed and according to reports the campaign is meeting with enthusiasm and favor in the northwest counties of . the states. Secretary W. R. Mackengie is personally engaged in presenting the program for 1913, For the present year, 1912, the ma- Jor portion of the $12,000 appropri- ated was subscribed as follows: Du- luth $2,500; Minneapolis, $2,000; two of the railroads, $1,500; $100 by the Minneapolis, Red Lake and Man- itoba railway company of Bemidji. and the balance by the thirty-three counties of Northern Minnesota. According to treasurer A. G. Wedge, Jr., the present appropriation will practically cover the cost of the work laid out up to the end of the year, January 1, 1913. To Raise $16,000. It is the intention of the Immigra- tion Commission to raise approxi- mately $16,000 by securing a pledge of each county in the association of twenty cents per capita of popula- tion. Reports from Mr. Mackenzie advise that Polk county subsecribed its proportion, $800, at a mass meet- ing, and that both Red Lake and Pen- nington have done likewise. Beltra- mi county’s appropriation will total approximately $400, and as this is the birthplace of the association it is believed that the boosters here will fall right in line toward furthering a cause that is of vital interest to Northern Minnesota. Since the opening of the display rooms and the organization of the Im- migration Commission of this associa- tion the tide of western and Cana- dian land seekers has received a de-. cided check. The exhibit rooms, ‘which are located at 39 Third street south, Minneapolis, and under the su- pervision of Secretary W. R. Macken- zie have been visited daily by up- wards of 200 persons. The work that is being accomplished is of a practi- ‘cal nature and appears to be the ear- nest desire of all live boosters, of not only Northern Minnesota, but the en- tire state, that the work so success- fully begun, should be continued and elaborated upon if possible. Exhibits in Other States. If the Commission’s plans mater- ialize as outlined, exhibit rooms will probably be established in central cit- ies in Towa, Illinois, and Indiana and a responsible person placed in charge of each exhibit. This will give the state of Minnesota a wider range of advertising than it has heretofore had. These sub stations or exhibits will likely be similar to the Minne- apolis plan and will be placed under the supervision of this office. The cities that are to display these North- ern Minnesota exhibits have as yet not been selected, but it is probable that Des Moines will be chosen for Iowa, Rockford, Freeport or Aurora for Illinois, and Elkhart, South Bend or Logansport for Indiana. The exhibit rooms in Minneapolis have become headquarters for both landseekers and land men and are considered one of the most popular places for visitors in the uptown dis- trict. - This is evident from the fact that nearly 40,000 visited the rooms during the first six months. The present board of commissioners are Daniel Shaw, Thief River Falls, Chairman; John Runquist, Grasston, vice-chairman; A. G. Wedge, Bemidji, treasurer; W. R. Mackenzie, Bemidji, secretary; and L. B. Arnold, Duluth, J. P. Foote, Crookston, P. H. Konzen, Hallock, and A. H. Turrittin, Sauk Rapids, directors. 3 Baseball teams”of the Typographi- |l Union will hold their anmual