Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 27, 1912, Page 1

Al HIINO0IY YIIAQ IAIMAL IHT “TAM zeAID aHistenia 7 -38 TA @DIT40T209 AHT 40 TOA JHT AdAAT V/IM JLAIM 7 vord M 1ovat 13 393 jonm ob BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESPAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1912, VOLUME 10. NUMBER 103. ' SOCIETY, | TEN CENTS PER JUDGE GEORGE GRAY. He May Be Democratic Nomi- nee For Governor of Delaware. LEASE MAKES NEW ROAD AVAILABLE W. R. Mackenzie Assists Clearwater Commissioners in Securing 0ld Logging Bed. TO MAKE GRAVELED HIGHWAY Is Built on Clay Foundation and Has One Per Cent Grade For Its Twenty-eight Miles. PART OF NEW STATE SYSTEM Will Connect with Duluth-St. Vin- cent Trunk Line at Wheelock— Farmers Working Grades. After several months work, W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Northern Minnesota Development association, acting for the Clearwater county commissioners, has succeeded in get- ting a fifteen year lease from T. B.|{ Walker interests for the road bed of an old logging road running south from Wheelock to the Itasca state park. The lease provides that should | the Great Northern at any time wish to relay steel, that the road shall| be vacated. 1 The road is twenty-eight miles long and connects with the Duluth- St. Vincent road, to be built under the Elwell law, at Wheelock. The Walker interests several years ago built a logging line north from the state park but when the timber was exhausted, the line was sold to the Great Northern. The Great North- ern took up the steel but left the ties. Farmers have been busy for some time removing the ties and at this time, the road is being used with the exception of a few stretches. As soon as the farmers are through with their harvesting, they intend to re- move the rest of the rails and put the road in first class condition. The bed is made of gravel and has a one per cent grade for the twenty- eight miles. It cost $160,000 for| the lumber company to build it and it will be the only piece of entirely graveled road in this part of the state. The highway has a clay bed with a four to six inch gravel sur- face. The county is granted the use of bridges and the present railroad bridges will be repaired to stand wagon traffic. Wheelock is about three miles south of Solway and the road rums through the villages of Mallard, Eli-| da, Long Lake and Squaw Lake. The| run from Bemidji to Solway can now be made over fairly good roads and with this stretch in use, it will be possible for automobiles to make the trip from Bemidji to the state park in about half the time it takes now. Boosters for good roads are point- ing out the fact that when the Du- luth-St. Vincent road is completed, | travelers over that road will be able to make a run down to the state park and get back on their trip in three hours. They say that a one per cent| grade on a level roadway for twen-| ty-eight miles will make it perfect for autos. At present the road from | Bemidji to the park is made of clay and after rain is impassible. The commissioners of Clearwater | GOOD WATCHES FOR GIRLS One Will Be Given at County Fair For Best Loaf of Bread From Minnesota Flour. CONTESTANTS UNDER SIXTEEN St. Paul, Aug. 27.—The state fair committee of the Minnesota Federa- tion of Women's clubs, has received from “The Farmer,” issued by the Webb Publishing company of St. Paul, beautiful chatelaine watches to be awarded at everyone of our seven- ty-six county fairs as a prize to the girl, sixteen years old and under, who exhibits the best loaf of bread made of Minnesota flour at her county fair. The prize winners of 1912 will be eligible to compete at the state fair of 1913 for a diamond ring to be giv- en by the same paper. This year the state fair is enter- taining a boy from every county in the state. way develop as is expected, next year a prize of equal value will be awarded girls. The state fair committee has an if the plans now under unusual program at this year’s fair. Governor Eberhart, Mrs. Loyhed, State Auditor S. G. Iversom, State Treasurer Walter Smith, Professor Schultz of the board of education, Dr. Westbrook and Dr. the board of health, President Emeri- tus Northrop, President Vincent of the University, Prof. Wilson of the state agricultural school, and others will speak. Mrs. Fannie French Morse of the state training school for girls, Mrs. Backus of the Women's club and many ladies interested in club work will be heard. Each day of the fair the club wom- en of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Du- luth will tender a reception to the visiting women. The Daughters of the American Revolution will have a reception, and social intercourse will be added to the pleasures .of sight- seeing. Bracken of county, together with Mr. Mackenzie | New Orleans to Vote on Commission. have been working with the commis- sioners of Hubbard county to get a good road into the park from the osouth. If this is dome, the entire stretch of close to fifty miles will make an easy two hour run for the average machine. Farmers are so well pleased over the prospect that they are putting their time on the road gratis and say that it will be| ready for travel by this time in Sep- tember. MORE MONEY FOR FAIR. The Crookston Lumber company has donated $50 to be used by the fair committee in preparing exhibits for the state fair and has promised to take care of the county fair po- tato exhibit up to $50. The two do- nations make $100 given for fair work this year by the Crookston com- ol pany. Although the council failed to make an appropriation at its last meeting, it is expected that it will at the next as several of the mem- bers have expressed themselves as in favor of such an appropriation. Meets in Scranton. Scranton, Pa., Aug. 27.—The an- nual State convention of the Patriot- ic Order Sons of America was open- ed in this city today with an attend- ance of delegates from local branch- es of the organization throughout Pennsylvania. New Orleans, La., Aug. 27.—Sup- porters and opponents of the pro- posed adopticn of the commission plan of government for the city of New Orleans closed their campaign today. The question will be decided at a special election tomorrow. The measure to be voted upon provides for the administration of city affiars by five commissioners, one the mayor, all elective. The recall feature is cared for in a state measure, the ref- erendum and initiative features be- ing subject to a petition of thirty per cent of the registered voters. SCOOP THE CUB REPORTER CONGRESS ADJOURNS By United Press. ‘Washington, Aug. 27.—At the end of the three day’s fight in which Sen- ator LaFollette’s threat of a contin- ued filibuster hung over the senate to force consideration, that body yes- terday passed the Penrose resolution calling for a complete investigation of the campaign contributions of John D. Archbold and Geo. W. Perkins, |and of all the financial transactions and correspondence reiating thereto, between the two financiers and Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Senator Clapp; chairman of sub- committee, which will conduct the investigations, said today that his committee probably would not con- vene before September 30. ‘Washington, Aug. 27.—President Taft left here at 5:35 yesterday af- ternoon for Beverly upon his vacation following congress’ adjournment. Promptly at 4:30, Speaker Clark banged his gavel for the last time and declared the session closed amid a wild outburst of applause. Two minutes before the closing hour, the speaker thanked the members for their co-operation, saying: “This congress has been the long- est and most laborious, actually in session more days than any congress that ever met. “The speaker desires to thank all members on both sides of the aisle which separates us politically, but not as friends or patriots, for the uniform courtesy, with which they have treated the speaker.” The house closed with the members surging around Speaker Clark, Ma- jority Leader Underwood and Minor- ity Leader Mann in a non-partisan demonstration of friendship. ‘Washington, Aug. 27.—The head- quarters of President Taft’s tariff board “in the Treasury building was dismantled today and the members of the board returned to their occupa- tions as private citizens. Their jobs were abolished in the sundry civil appropriation bill. CASWELL HAS RESIGNED St. Pul, Aug. 27.—I. A. Caswell, clerk of the _supreme court, and Roosevelt leader in Minnesota, on Monday resigned as a member of the Republican national committee. His letter of resignation was very brief, less than four typewritten lines. Mr. Caswell made no comment be- yond saying that this letter is the only correspondence that has ever passed between himself and the na- tional committee. The resignation was sent to Chairman Charles D. Hilles. Mr. Caswell, as a Roosevelt sup- porter, was not welcome on the Taft committee, and it was generany\ un- derstood that unless he resigned he would be forcibly thrown off the na- tional committee. His resignation solves the difficulty. It is likely that Governor Eberhart, J. A. O. Preus, Ralph W. Wheelock, Dan Schell, Dan Gunn of Grand Rap- ids, Odin Halden of Duluth, Cal Stone and other close advisers of Governor Eberhart, will be consulted before an appointment is made. Thomas Collins, Windom, one of Gov- ernor Eberhart’s closest friends, and a member of the Republican state central committee, might be prevail- éd on to take the place. He took an active part in the Taft campaign. RITCHIE HAS FILED. A. P. Ritchie, formerly superinten- dent of schools of Bemidji, and now a genuine farmer, has filed for the Democratic nominatién for represen- tative of the Sixty-first district to the state legislature. (Copyright) BOND QUESTION IS UP Brusegaard and P. H. McGarry to Demand Special Investigation if Elected to Legislature. SALE DEMANDED BY N. M. D. A. Cass Lake, Aug. 27.—(Special)— Thos. Brusegaard, village president of Hill City, Aitkin county, since the srganization of that Town, has been prevailed upon by vofers of the dis- trict to file as a candidate for the Republican nomination for represen- tative to the legislature in the Fifty- second legislative district, which is the largest in the state, comprising Koochiching, Itasca, Cass, Carlton and Aitkin counties. Mr. Brusegaard has filed in Class 1 which will make him an opponent of Chas. H. Warner of Aitkin. P. H. McGarry of Walker and Chas. F. Mahnke of Moose Lake have filed in Class 2 for the same district. It is understood that the platform of McGarry and Brusegaard includes a plank to the effect that unless pro- vision is made to sell some of the for- eign bonds of the state as urged by the Northern Minnesota Development association since its organization, a legislative investigation looking into the entire matter of the purchase of all these foreign bonds both at the purchasing and selling end will be demanded. The &ifficulty experienced by the N. M. D. A. in getting action on this bond matter is common knowledge in Northern Minnesota, and it is felt that Northern Minnesota is entitled to know definitely whether it would be detrimental to the pocketbooks of certain people if the bonds were sold and if that has anything to do with the difficulty in getting desired ac- tion. It may be stated that the can- didacy of McGarry and Brusegaard was’ largely brought about for this specific reason. It is urged that in the investigation in the matter neith~ er is hampered by friendship likely to be adversely affected by the start- ing and carrying to a conclusion such a proposed investigation. FRENCH HAS FILED. George H. French, present county treasurer of this county, yesterday filed for renomination on the Repub- lican ticket. Mr. French will be op- posed for the nomination by E. J. Gould and O. J. Tagley. W. S. LYCAN IN THE DITCH. Crookston Times: Yesterday eve- ning about 7 o’clock the Lycan-Boles Comedy Co., put on a vaudeville sketch north of the fair grounds, which, if repeated during fair time, will win the plaudits of the assembled thousands. Coming in from a trip to the country in a light wagon, after running their bird dogs a few hours, an application of long oats to one of the nags, which was startled by three hobos sitting by the ditch, woke the animal up with a start and his plunge ahead was sufficient to slip the neck- yoke from the pole of the wagon. Dr. Boles thought it time to at- tempt flying across the ditch, while he was still on’ top—of—the wagon, and flapping his arms like a cockerel which thought he was rule of the roost, he jumped, and lit with a ker- flollop in the bottom of the ditch. Mr. Lycan held to the reins till the broken pole stuck in the ground, and as he saw the wagon heading for the ditch, he jumped also, and after a summersault in the air came down on one hip badly bent but not broken. Sailing through the air, he was a dead ringer for Uncle Si after an in- terview with his mule, Maude, in F. Opper’s comic section of the Sunday Dpapers. The team ran a few hundred feet ahead and stopped, looked back at the passenger list, and started again on the run for Couvrette & Cardin’s livery stable, leaving the two men re- peating an old.Sunday school lesson slightly transposed, with the buggy in the ditch, the four wheels point- ing skyward. Attention has been called repeated- 1y to the fact that the big ditch near Magnus Lundberg’s was a constant menace, and in this instance had the wagon been loaded with men, the chances are that friends would have been buying flowers for some of them today. THOUGHT OF HIS TROUSERS. Smothered cries of “Wow! My trousers!” were heard by people near Second Point yesterday. Investiga- tion showed that a canoce in which H. A. Plate, Robert Berger and E. Humphrey had been riding was ov- erturned and the occupants were standing in water up to their necks. They had paddled to the point for a swim but the cance went over while they were coming back and the added bath was too much. In explaining the cries, Mr. Humphrey said that he had on a new pair of trousers. WILL SERVE A LUNCH. The ladies of St. Philip’s church will serve a lunch in the basement tomorrow from 2 to 6 o’clock. All are cordially invited. a—yr0val- 1 il PLAY “TITANIC” TONIGHT Bemidji Band Has Arranged an Ex- tra Long Program in Honor of Auto Tourists. TWO NUMBERS BY REMFREY Alden Remfrey, director of the Bemidji band, has announced an ex- tra long program for the concert to be played under the windows of the Commercial club this evening. The concert will be started about 7:30 p. m. Included in the program are three numbers written by members of the band. Oscar Nelson’s descriptive overture “Titanic” will be played for the first time before the public. Mr. Nelson plays solo trombone in the band and the overture is entirely his own pro- duction. It was started shortly after the wreck of the Titanic and took several weeks to write. The over- ture starts with a description of the Titanic as it left the dock at Liver- pool and ends with the strains of “Nearer My God to Thee” by the ship’s orchestra as the giant vessel went down. Director Remfrey’s “Pride of Be- midji” is also on the program. This march was written shortly after he came to this city and took charge of the band. His “Jungle King” was played by the band for the first time at the concert last Friday night and will be repeated this evening. The extrd numbers were added to the pro- gram in honor of the visitors who will be in the city from Crookston and intermediate points. Following is the program: 1. March—L. B. B. 2. Overture—N. W. Band Car- nival . ...00nnen Geo. Southwell 3. Selection—All Alone .......... Harry von Tilzer 4. Waltz—Spanish Silhouettes ...... «vvee...C. E. Pomeroy 5. March—Pride of Bemidji o cees .A. Remfrey 6. Overture—Lustspiel ..Keler-Bela 7. Characteristic—Pazzazza Promenade ......... F. K. Huffer 8. Descriptive Overture—Titanic . «+.....0Oscar Nelson 9. Selection—Barry of Ballymore ceeeediaia Chauncey Olcott 10. Overture—The Enchantress ....... «ee.....C. W. Dalbey 11. March—The Jungle King 5 SR SR e A. Remfrey By “HOP" CROOKSTON CARS DUE IN AT 5 P. M. Fifteen Machines Had Left Control at 8 A. M. and Others Intend- ed to Start. INFORMAL RECEPTION TONIGHT Will Be Held in Commercial Club Rooms at 8 P. M. While Band Plays in Streets Below. PARK AUTOS ON SECOND STREET Special Police Provided to Guard Them Over Night—Lake Trip in the Morning. SPECIAL NOTICE. Visitor’s cars are to be parked on Second street between the Markham and Rex hotels.. Special police, pro- vided by the city, will be on watch to see that the cars are not damaged. At 8 a. m. this morning, fifteen cars had left Crookston on the annu- al tour of the Crookston Automobile club which is being run to Bemidji this year. Others continued to leave for some time and with the cars ad- ded en route, it is believed that fully twenty-five cars will drive into Be- midji this afternoon. The Bemidji Automobile club has been joined by the Commercial club and both bodies will endeavor to make the visitors feel at home in the Commercial club rooms this evening. The committees in charge wish it understood that since the visitors will be in road costume, that the re- ception will be informal. The men will smoke in the side rooms. Mrs. Sanborn will preside at the punch bowl. Further entertainment will be pro- vided for the guests by a band con- cert of eleven numbers which will be played on the street under the win- dows of the Commercial club. To- morrow morning at 9:30 all who wish to go will be taken for a trip around Lake Bemidji in launches which have been chartered for the occasion. The start on the return trip will be made immediately after dinner. Three cars left Bemidji for Fosston this morning where they planned to meet the tourists and have dinner with them as the guests of the Foss- ton Commercial club. Dr. E. H. Mar- cum, W. L. Brooks and E. A. Barker made the trip. Other cars left the city late this afternoon and accom- panied the tour in from Wilton. At 8 a. m. cars were still leaving Crookston, but the others were too late for the mail. Following is a list of the first fifteen cars and their occupants: Pilot car—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loring and daughters, Helen and Genevieve, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lewe and daughter, Mary, started at 6 a. m. Pacemaker—Dr. G. A. Morley and wife and daughter, Donna, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wilder of Grand Forks, and Blanch .Heath representing the Crookston Daily Times. J. P. Dotson and wife and soms, Perry and Allan, and Mrs. F. C. Bracelin of Fargo. Checker—E. W. Robbins (secre- tary), and wife and children, Kath- erine, Harold and Kennith, and Miss Phrona Kirsch. Repair car (Fournet car)—Chas. Ebbinghausen and William Espe. Car No. 1—Will Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Thayer Bailey of Bemidji, and Miss Ida Stone. Car No. 2—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W.. Misner, Mrs. H. C. Misner, Miss Helen Misner and David Falk Rosen- thal. Car No. 3—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Glidder- sleeve and Miss Diette Breed. Car No. 4—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mc- Caffrey, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wol- lery. Car No. 5—W. T. Carlisle, Lu- verne, Edith and Lloyd Carlisle and Miss Lucille Montague. Car No. 6—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hovet and son Harold, and Miss An- na Brustad. Car No. 7—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Northrop and Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Foskett. Car No. 8—(Thompson car)—Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Nault, Miss Ilah Thompson and Don McDonald. Car No. 9—Mr. and Mrs. Bert D. Keck, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Chesterman. Car No. 10—Mr. and Mrs. O. I. Bertelson and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chesterman. Mr. Chesterman is the official photographer for the trip.