Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 9, 1912, Page 1

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 114. COUNTY FAR TO “OPEN WEDNESDAY Beltrami Home Grown Produce to Be Exhibited in Bemidji For Three Days. G00D SCHOOL FARM CROPS A. E. Nelson Says That Land is Poor But Shows What Can Be Raised With Care. OPSATA WINS HONEY PRIZE Took Firsts in Both Comb and Strain- ed Classes—Won Three in 1911 Competitions. On Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, the fair grounds will Dbe thrown open to the public for the 1912 fair. their specimens in place by 2 o’clock All exhibitors must have ‘Wednesday afternoon as no entries will be accepted after that time. August Jarchow returned from the state fair yesterday morning and at once went to work preparing for the He brought back some and grass specimens but the root crops, fruit, etc., were left behind as county fair. of the grain from the state fair new specimens can be obtained here. One of the attraction spots at the county fair will be the school farm of the Bemidji high school which is lo- cated just back of the fair grounds. ‘While all of the crops are not in first class shape to be shown, Mr. Nelson says that the farmers can get a good idea of what can be done on the land. The school farm land is below the average of this vicinity in fertility, yet the crops raised are record- breakers. Mr. Nelson says that any farmer can do the same by proper selection and care and he will give short talks to the farmers during the fair days on how the crops were planted and cared for. The school farm has become a popular spot for men who have land to sell in the vi- cinity of Bemidji. R. H. Schumaker, treasurer of the fair board, says that the board has raised all of the money necessary for premiums and that every prize will be cared for. The Red Lake Indians have been given prize money to be divided among themselves for such characteristic exhibits as bead work, moccasins, etc., and will be given an- other $100 for division in sporting contests such as baseball and tepee raising. Farmers all over the county are taking an active interest in the fair and present prospects are that given fair weather, all attendance records will be broken. The clay roads to the north of Bemidji have dried suf- ficiently to allow of heavy travel and many farmers are planning to come in with their entire families. A. P. Ritchie returned from the fair this morning and says that Carl Opsata entered homey in the comb and strained classes and won first prize in each class. Last year Mr. Opsata entered four classes and took three firsts and one second. COLORADO PRIMARIES Denver, Colo., Sept. 9.—Colorado voters of all parties and factions will go to the polls tomorrow to cast their ballots in the first primary elec- tion under the new state law. Can- didates are to be selected for two United States senators, representa- tives in congress, governor and other state officers, judge of the supreme court and members of the legislature. Both Democrats and Republicans are divided into three factions and each faction has a more or less complete set of candidates on the primary bal- lot. Governor John F. Shafroth and former Governor Alvah Adams are the regular Democratic candidates for United States senator to succeed Senator Guggenheim, with Charles Thomas to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Hughes. The regular Republican candidates for the senate are C. C. Dawson for the long term and C. W. Waterman for the short term. Merkle D. Vincent is the choice of the Republican pro- gressives for United States senator, while one or two others are running independently. For governor there is an equal number of aspirants, VINTON L. ELLIS. ROGERS-WEBER On last Friday afternoon, Judg C. W. Stanton married Mrs. Gerrude Rogers to Walter N. Weber in St. Paul. Judge Stanton was in the cit- ies and was called upon in his hotel by the contracting parties and asked to perform the ceremony. After be- ing married; they left on a honey- moon trip to Parkers Prairie. Mrs. Rogers is the oldest daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Omich and has lived in Bemidji for sixteen or seventeen years. She is a member of the Socialist local and has been, ac- tive in local politics for some time. W. N. Weber has lived in Bemidji for some time and is at present a can- didate for district judge of the Fif- teenth judicial district in opposition to Judge McClenahan. BIGGEST FAIR IN YEARS Attendance Figures Show More Peo- ple Viewed Exhibits in 1912 Than Ever Before. PROFITS WILL COVER DEFICIT ATTENDANCE AT FOUR FAIRS. 1912 ... 413,936 1911 .. 242,145 1910 .. .318,264 1909 . .328,678 1912 FAm GROWDS BY DAYS. Monday . ...... .119,000 Tuesday . ...... c.e. 40,938 Wednesday . 54,320 Thursday . 71,173 Friday . 5 51,903 Saturday . .. 76,602 Total . ... .413,936 Hamline, Sept. 9—The largest and best state fair in the history of Min- nesota closed Saturday night after a run of six days and nights. The es- timated attendance amounted to more than the population of the larg- est city of the state, a total of 413,- 936. It was a remarkable fair in that, notwithstanding the remark- able throngs on the ground at all hours of the day and evening, with horse races, automobile races and balloon and aviation flights, there were no serious accidents. Another remarkable circumstance was that the arrests were a negligible quan- tity. A third feature was the almost perfect weather all week. Comparative figures for the last four years show that the 1912 fair was by far the largest. Secretary J. C. Simpson said last night that he expected the fair to show profits large enough to cover the deficit of $77,000 carried over. It will be sev- While not a graduate of any law school, Mr. Clark has read law in several offices, hds taken a home study course in law, and his many years of experience both as a clerk in the office and later as judge give him a wide knowledge of probate law. At present, there are about 650 cases on the probate docket. They average over 300 a year, excluding (Continued on lsst page.) SCOOP REPORTER AND TURN N 4 LoT OF PRES\DENTIAL PROPERTY | LOSS IS $100,000 (By United Press). International Falls, Sept. 9.—A disastrous ‘storm here early this morning caused a property loss esti- mated at $100,000. No lives have been reported lost. The storm struck International Falls and Fort Frances. The planing mill of the Interna- tional Lumber company, a Backus- Brooks concern, was leveled to the ground and destroyed. The water tank on the top of the paper plant ‘was ripped off, causing considerable damage to the building and machine- ry of the plant. Stands and fences in the baseball park were leveled to the ground. In Fort Frances, the damage was principally confined to the office and the plant of the Fort Frances Times. The building was struck by light- ning and entirely destroyed by fire. The storm did not strike Bemidji to any extent, the only manifestation being a light rainfall early this morn- ing. PAYS §1,000,000 T0 SETTLE CASE (By United Press). St. Paul, Sept. 9.—James J. Hill, empire builder, and the Great North- ern railroad, are said to have paid more than $1,000,000 fo Clarence Venner, a New York financier, in the settlement of suits brought by Venner in St. Paul for the dissolution of the Lake Superior Holding company, one of the Hill ore properties in Minne- sota. Venner had been victorious.in settling certain legal points in court and was preparing through his at- torney, W. G. Graves, of St. Paul, to apply for an injunction which ‘would have tied up properties involv- ing more than $150,000,000. Ven- ner had already spent more than $150,000 in fighting Hill. The mas- ter stroke of the injunction brought on the climax and the matter was settled direct between high officials of the Great Northern and Venner himself. DULUTH CAR MEN STRIKE (By United Press). Duluth, Sept. 9.—Street car ser- vice here and in Superior is tied up today by a strike of the union motor- men and conductors this morning. The men demand an increase in wag- es and the reinstatement of twelve union men recently discharged. Few cars are moving and many people were forced to walk to work this morning. Officials of the company state that they will have the men back at work or new ones in their places within a short time. CITY GIRLS ARE BEAUTIES, Lendon, Sept. 9.—The belief that the country girl is more beautiful than her town sister has been ruth- lessly shattered. At a beauty compe- tition held at the seaside resort of Folkestone the first five out of the six winners were all London girls. Competitors from rural England were hopelessly outdistanced. A famous London beauty special- ist says that the explanation is easy. “Country children,” she says, “are in- variably prettier than those bred in the towns. But about sixteen they begin to go off in looks just when the city girl begins to show style apd development and figure. The country girl has no stimulus from the outside to make the most of her looks.” SEE of_the number possible. The following table shows the score of the counties Minnesota which exhibited at the state fair last week. The figures at the head of each column show the total numbtr of possible points. The fig- ures given opposite the name of each county show the number scored out The figures in the last column show the total number of points scored out of a possible 1200. Beltrami has the highest score in potatoes, tied with Cass for first in stockYegetablesiand won second in grains. highest given any county in the state. Arnold, one of the men in charge of the Beltrami county booth. OW BELTRAMI COUNTY STANDS Table Showing -Comparative Scores Made By Counties of Northern Min- nesota. In State Fair Exhibits Last Week. of Northern It will be noticed that The potato, score was the The table is furnished by F. S. T 2 County Exhibits & - ® . g E ] . 1912 31y (a8 ) & H alelg |8 o fw |y (8¢ 5 =g |@|® |0 W2~ - Agri. Dept. 2l |8 al8|®(2|&|a 3 E18lTelel2|E |17 .| 8 EIEIE|S(8|5|181413151818|7 Northern Section % |& |8 |% |3 |& & w8812 |5 | ] ——=! 2|8 |8|s|8|2|S|2|S|g2l2|’ 213 SISIS IS I8 |8 1838 Roseau .....145] 96| 85| 48] 86| 96]162]140| 83| 35| 45] 501,071 Caow = ionsaid 126] 90] 92 48] 93] 93[174[160] 79] 28] 35] 50]1,058 Becker 97] 72| 50] 83| 90[174]136] 71| 45| 45| 50[1,047 Beltrami . 140] 81| 78] 46] 65| 90[190]150] 84| 28] 32| 46]1,080 Clearwater .125] 84| 70] 50| 88] 79]178|145| 86] 35] 14] 45| 999 Red Lake . .....137| 82] 90] 47| 81| 82|162]143| 84| 25 15] 49] 997 Polk 135] 95| 96| 46| 88] 91|164(101] 77] 35] 11] 43] 982 Fubbard 114] 83| 65] 47| 96] 93]170]140] 78] 37| 12] 47| 982 Marshall - 128] 92] 55] 43] 93] 92[168]130] 75| 28] 14] 47] 955 Ry & soviiies 98 91] 61| 38 93] 75[176]139] 80| 40| 0] 80] 921 Ttasca . ........117] 74] 62| 43| 84] 83|184|127] 78] 25] 15] 26] 918 Koochiching . ...105] 70| 47] 46] 95] 70[164|141] 85] 20| 18] 45| 906 Crow Wwing ..... T38] 50] 45] 45| 70] 59]164] 76] 78] 26] 0| 27| 761 Carlton . ....... 113] 71] 0] 42| 71| 40]176] 62| 72| 37| 18] 40] 742 Cook . ......... 96] 80] 0] 29| 73] 40]172] 87] 70| 10] 22| 50| 728 NEW ITASCA ROAD OPENED. J. J. Opsahl writes to the Pioneer that the new auto road to the state park is now ready for service. The road was described in the Pioneer some two weeks ago. It is a graded graveled road which runs south from ‘Wheelock to the northwest corner of the state park. The road was form- erly used as a logging road, but W. R. Mackenzie some time ago secured the use of it for a period of fifteen years. The farmers along the line took up the ties and graded in the holes so that at present there are twenty-eight miles of level highway. The road has a one per cent grade, ‘Wheelock is between Solway and Shevlin. The road runs through the villages of Wheelock, Regina,. Alida, “G. A. R. CONVENTION Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 9.—The innumerable activities of the 46th annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the. Republic began today, when the national headquar- ters were formally opened at the Al- exandria hotel. Many blue-clad vet- erans have already reached the city, but the big: influx of visitors is not expected until tomorrow. The big paradc is fixed for Wednesday. The encampment sessions will begin on Thursday, when thie Woman’s Relief Corps, Ladies of the G. A. R., and other affiliated organizations also wili assemble for their annual meet- ,and Mallard. ings. Scoop Is Now A Political Scout TJUST WHAT ©) aPoLITICAL SCOUT, 8557 a PoLiTical ScouT, my 8oy 1S & MaN HaT TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WHO IS WHO Being one of a series of short biogra- phies of some of the men who are coming before the public at the JUDGE M. A. CLARK. M. A. Clark, present judge of pro- bate in Beltrami county and a candi- date fcr the nomination at the pri- maries, was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, in 1869. His parents were of English-Scotch blood and liv- ed on a-farm: Jvdge Clark stayed with them on the farm until he was twenty-five years of age. JUDGE M. A. CLARK. In 1854 Mr. Clark moved to the Red River valley in Minnesota and settled in the village of Ada where he was employed as clerk in the of- fice of the probaté judge of Norman county. -He held this position for five years and then came to Bemidji in the fall of 1899 to accept a simi- lar position in the office of judge of, probate of Beltrami county, the judge at that time being “Pap” Carson. Early in 1895, Mr. Clark took a trip to Bemidji to look over the coun- try. He says that at that time there was nothing here but the lake, the Carson trzding post and a few In- dians. He stayed with the judge of probate until the winter of 1901 when he moved to Blackduck and op- ened an office as a land attorney. This was in the early days before the railroads came through and the trip was made on bobs. Mr. Clark was married in the fall of 1900 to Miss Florence Brannon. He and his wife lived in Blackduck until he was elected judge of pro- bate in 1902, and moved his family here in January, 1903. They have since been residents of Bemidji. [ALLRIGHT Boss) {(Continued on last paga.) Bv "HOP” VINTON L. ELLIS BELIEVED DEAD Clothes and Gun Found on Shore of Little Turtle Lake Where He Had Gone to Hunt Ducks. LEFT WIFE AND CHILDREN Told Them to Stay in Auto Until He Returned But at 4 P. M. Had Not Come Back, \ SEARCHING PARTIES SENT OUT One Under Chief Geil Hunted Until 3 A. M. This Morning, While Sec- ond Left at 10 A, M, UNCONFIRMED RUMOR. A rumor was afloat at 2:30 p. m. to the effect that the body had been found and was being brought back to Bemidji but no one can be found to confirm it. Farmers living near the lake state that the body has not yet been found as far as they know. It is learned this afternoon that the shore of Little Turtle lake is quicksand in many plac- ¢s. Several hunters have had dogs caught in the sand in past years and some were rescued with difficulty. It is feared that - Vint Ellis was caught in the quicksand and that his body will never be recovered. Friends of Vinton L. Ellis, promi- nent Bemidji real estate and insur- ance man, fear that he lost his life in Little Turtle Lake yesterday morn- ing while on a duck hunting trip. A searching party of M. E. Ibertson, George T. Baker, William McCuaig and A. B. Palmer left the city at 10 a. m. to search for Mr. Ellis or find his body. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis and the two children left the city in their auto- mobile Sunday morning planning to shoot ducks somewhere on the chain of Turtle Lakes. Arriving at Little Turtle, Mr. Ellis left his family in the machine and told them to wait while he went in to see if he could get a shot. After taking a few steps off the road, he was lost from sight in the brush. Mrs. Ellis says that about 10 o’clock, she heard two shots. The family waited until about 4 p. m. when they were seen by Claude Mec- Iver and Earl Bailey who had also gone north to shoot. Mrs, Ellis told the boys of her fears and they went down to the lake to search. In a short time they found all of Mr. El- lis’ clothes and his gun. Returning to the auto, they told Mrs. Ellis that her husband had prob- ably become lost in the woods and persuaded her to return to the city but to leave the auto for him in case that he should find his way out. They reached Bemidji about 9 p. m. The police and Mr. Ellis’ friends were notified and a searching party headed by Chief Geil left at once. They searched until 3 a. m. but found nothing. The second party went out this morning but at press time had not returned. It is believed that Mr. Ellis shot one or more ducks when his wife heard him fire but that the birds fell into the lake instead of on shore. Wishing to retrieve them, he remv- ed all of his clothing to swim out to them. Chief Geil says that the beach at the point where the clothes were found slopes gently for several feet and then drops off. The lights used by the searching party last night would not reflect in more than three feet of water and no trace of Mr. El- lis was found. Mr. Ellis has made his home in Bemidji for many years. At one time he was advertising manager of the Pioneer and later left the paper to go into business for himself in real estate, lands and insurance. He as- sociated Himself first with T. J. Mil- ler and later with J. J. Conger. Re- cently, however, he bought out Mr. Couger's interest in the firm and has been operating alone. He has been a member of the Bemidji band for several years and for the past year or so has acted as its business man- -|ager. - i i i