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

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 117. GOOD CROWDS AT THE COUNTY FAIR One Hundred and Three Tickets Sold From Redby and Many Families Drive In. BIG W. T. Blakely’s First Prize Guernsey Narrowly Escapes Starting Good Sized Stampede. EXHIBITS Quantity is Necessary in Places But Quality Shows an Uniform Excellence. PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY. BULL BREAKS LOOSE ARE HIGH CLASS ANDREW H. GREEN, JR Detroit Millionaire Who Fi- nanced Bribery Investigation. Sullivan, 2. EVENT NO. 1. A—3-5—W. T. Blakely. Matched Race, 2 out of 3 heats—2| A—3-6—Elmer Hardy, 1; W. T. _atiee. Blakely, 2 .| A—41—A P Ritehie, 1; W. T. Entrant DIIVer| plakely, 2; Charles Schroeder, 3. Buick No. 3 Cochran Cochran |, e onts, Ford No. 1 Jewett Tewett CATTLE. Parry No. 2 Dargel Holmes| Five three year old bulls were en- EVENT NO. 2. Ladies’ race, best 2 out of 3 heats— 2 miles. Ford No. 1 Jewett Miss Curtiss Buick No. 3 Cochran Miss Cochran EVENT NO. 3. Three mile race against time. Jew- ett will attempt to lower his track record. EVENT NO. 4. Austrialian Pursuit Race. Cars are placed equal distance about track and as soon as a car is passed it drops out. Judges will decide the win- ners. One hundred and three tickets were sold at the Redby station this morn- ing to Red Lake people who came to Bemidji for the county fair. Many are planning on spending the night here and will not return until tomor- row afternoon. The M. and I down from the north carried a coach load and the Great Northern at noon brought in many more. That all business places of Bemid- ji will close up shop Friday noon in order that their employes may at- tend the fair Bemidji Day, is about a certainty. Mayor F. M. Malzahn makes the following appeal to the citizens of this city: . “In ordsr to help make the county fair of 1912 a success, 1, as mayor of the City of Be- midji, respectfully request that all business places be closed on Friday afternoon to give all em- ployes an opportunity to at- tend. “F. M. Malzahn, Mayor."” The banks this morning notified the Pioneer that they would fall in line with the Friday closing idea and would not transact business after noon. Several of the clothing stores have also said that they will close at noon, and fair officials hope to see all of the business men take the same stand. ‘While not as strong as some coun- ties in quantity the Beltrami fair can more than make up in quality for the exhibits peing shown today and tomorrow are first class. The bulls and stallions shown in the live stock exhibits are of first grade and prove that the stock is being bred higher each year. W. T. Blakely, of Farley, entered a bull which took first in the three- year-old Guernsey class. While being led back to the stall after being judg- ed, the bull broke loose. It looked for a time as though he would cause a stampede among the horses tied to the trees but he was captured before any damage was done. The morning was spent by A. J. McGuire and A. E. Nelson judging the live stock. Following are the prizes which had been awarded at noon: HORSES. A—1-2—W. T. Farley. A—2—Special for draft animal, three years old or over; John Mo- berg, 1; Tom Smart, 2; L. O. Myhre, 3. A—2-1—A. P. Blom, 1; John Noll, A—2-2—W. T. Blakely. A—2-3—L. O. Myhre, 1; A. P. Blom, 2 ‘A—2-3—A. P. Blom, 1; L. O. Mpyhre, 2. A—3-1—@George Cochran. A—3-3—W. T. Blakely, 1; John p— tered in Class 1, but the judges stat- ed that they did not care to put a fifth prize on any animal. It was suggested that they be arranged in classes. This was done with the fol- lowing results: Holstein—W. T. Blakely, 1; A. Ritchie, 2. Guernsey—Ora Whiting, 1; Aug- ust Jarchow, 2. Jersey—L. A. Gould, 2. By baby buntin, Daddy's gone a huntin’; Get a little rabbit skin To wrap the baby buntin in. Only in the case of the Indian who got the rabbits to make the rabbit skin blanket being shown at the county fair daddy had to get three undred. The blanket is the hand work of an Indian woman on the Red Lake reservation and contains the skins of 100 rabbits. They were snared and shot in the winter when their coats were white. The blanket is an excellent sample of the kind of blankets which used to be quite common among the Indians. It is for sale at §8. The rabbit skin blanket is only one of the many articles being shown by the Indians. Among the other are bead work leggings, moccasins, pa- pose cradles, leather bead covered aprons and numerous articles of wearing apaprel. The Indian exhi- bit also includes samples of garden produce raised both in the individual gardens of the school children and in the general schol farm. The largest pumpkin was raised by a boy in the first grade. Live stock began to arrive at the fair grounds about noon of Thursday and by evening, all of the entries had been made. The exhibits of cat- tle show that the stock of the farmers in this county is being bred up ev- ery year through the use of high bred sires. Some of the young stock should would compare favorably with that shown at the state fair. The agricultural building was a busy place yesterday afternoon While the exhibits were being ar- ranged. George Kirk was on the grounds for fourteen hours super- vising the work. W. B. Stewart, county superintendent placed in position the work done in the rural schools. Mrs. A. C. Goddard was ome of those in charge of the Red Lake exhibit. This afternoon, a lacrosse game, tertainment. The about 2:30 and will continue until all have been run off. « | strikers. DULUTH STRIKERS (By United Press). Duluth, Sept. 12.—Insulted and jeered at every block, about 100 strike breakers are attempting to run. Duluth’s cars today. All men were laid off at 7 p. m. last night through fear of possible violence. The strike is on in full force and patrons who use the cars are in con- stant danger. There are no indica- tions of a settlement. Manager Her- bert Warren, when interviewed this morning, stated that attempts would be made to operate cars tonight, but such a course is sure to result in more violence. Mr. Warren today reiterated his re- fusal to meet representatives of the The strikers say they mean business and will not give in. Duluth, Sept. 12.—The state mili- tia may be called out to protect the property of the street railway com- pany and lives and limbs of the pas- sengers who have temerity enough to venture to use the street cars during the strike which is now in progress here. So serious a stage did the riot- ing at the West End became last p.|evening that C. H. Troyer, chief of police, admitted himself unable to cope with the situation and asked the sherifi’s office for help. Sheriff Mining was on the range, but hurried back today to look over the situation, and it is considered likely that he will swear in as many deputies as possible to go on duty this evening. It may also be that he is convinced that even with deputies he will be unable to handle the sit- uation, and will ask the governor for the assistance of the state troops. Herbert Warren, manager of the street railway company, this morn- ing intimated that if some of the proper officials do not ask the gover- nor for assistance, he will, and he will explain the situation fully to the state executive. MARSHALL KILLS A CRAZY BREED Grand Forks, Sept. 12.—George Grumbo was shot and killed about a mile from Drayton, Pembina county, at 7 o’clock last evening, supposedly by Marshal Slater of Drayton, the shooting of Grumbo being the culmi- nation of a series of exciting depra- dations by the victim. The man, a half breed, was brought down in his tracks after he had giv- en a posse of Drayton citizens a chase of about a mile, and just after he had turned on his pursuers, his revolver in his hand, evidently pre- pared to fight. Three times Grumbo shot at Mar- shal Slater, each time missing him. The third time, when the officer or- dered him to hold up his hands and surrender, Grumbo declared that he wouldn’t be taken alive. That the breed meant to carry out this threat, and that he was just about to open a new fight on his pur- of schools, | suers, was his evident intention when samples of |the bullet downed him. Grumbo, crazed with liquor, had beaten his wife, driving her from their home. She sought protection at the home of her mother, Mrs. baseball game, auto races, and field |Louis Grumbo, and was followed by sports are scheduled as additional en- | her drunken husband, flourishing a sports will start|revolver and threatening to take the on the premises. SERIOUS life of his mother-in-law and others | LEE LEADS ON VOTE Straw Ballot By Sauk Centre Herald Shows Eberhart to Be Far Behind. YOUNG BEST SECOND - CHOICE WHO IS WHO WILLIAM E. LEE. Educated in the “school of hard knocks,” Mr. Lee has been succes- sively and successfully, lumberjack millwright, farmer, merchant, manu- facturer and banker. A citizen of the first rank, he has always been active in public affairs, and has always been “right,” as his For record in twenty-seven years of pub- Roosevelt 122 |lic service shows. Wilson 5 [3% He was: Taft 13 Register of deeds, Todd county, Debts o 1 ffour years. For Governor, ember of normal school board, six 1st choice 2nd choice ; years. Lee 116 42 Superintendent of state reforma- Eberhart 46 47 |tory, St. Cloud, two years. Young 25 61 Member of state fair board, seven Gordon 16 26 |vears. Spooner [3 1 Member of state board of control, Ringdahl 1 1 |two years. . —_ Member of legislature, six years. 210 178 Speaker of the house, one term. The following letter has been re- ceived from the Sauk Centre Herald. It is self explanatory: “Some three weeks ago The Herald mailed 400 letters into all parts of the state asking for careful estimates on the political sentiment. Five let- ters were sent into each county, to men who are well known for their standing in the different communi- ties in which they reside. “In each county one letter was sent to a mewspaper publisher, a lawyer, and two farmers. The recipients were asked give esti- mates on the presidency, and on first and second choice for governor. Re- plies have been received from 225 and the returns tabulated above. Of the replies received many were in- complete and quite a number made no estimates either on president or on governor. The figures show Roos- evelt ahead of Wilson over two to one with Taft a negligible quantity. “The vote on governor was badly mixed up but the tabulated returns show Lee for first choice, nearly three times as strong as Eberhart, his near- est competitor. Spooner is a neg- ligible quantity. Young is weak on first choice votes but the strongest of the field on second choice. Eber- hart leads Lee five on second choice. “While all ‘straw votes’ are more or less unreliable, yet this particular one is more extensive than any yet | taken, and should give Herald read- ers something like a line on the sit- uation. a business man THE CUB REPORTER SCOO [ soss senT mes OLT TOTAKE. A STRAW VOTE FOR. Presidential elector, 1900. Always a deep student of men and questions, with opportunity for inves- tigation augmented by extensive travel in America and many foreign countries, Mr. Lee has met the wide- ly diversified and intricate problems that have arisen during these years of business and public activity with an intellectual force and depth and vigor which show the breadth and maturity of his understanding of so- cial and economic affairs. Mr. Lee is held in high esteem by his neighbors, and has their enthu- siastic support. He has the confi- dence of thousands of men through- out the state, and all testify to his honesty, integrity and fair dealing. From conviction, he has been a lifelong Republican, and for nearly forty years has regularly contributed of his time and means to advance the interests and principles of the Re- publican party. He has never dodged an issue, and has always stood, and always will stand, regardless of personal conse- quences, squarely and openly for what he believes to be the right. Mr. Lee submits himself to the “acid test,” and invites the keenest scrutiny of his life, his career, his past record and his present position upon issues, and the evidences of his future actioms. GENERAL NOTICE! All Bemidji banks will close at noon Friday in honor of Bemidji day at the county fair. % Security State Bank, Northern National Bank, First National Bank. Reginald Bloops Hears Only Polities Wherever He Goes DUMAS IS NUMBER 3796 Arrived at State Prison Wednesday Morning at 11:35—Wears Suit of Khaki. REFUSES COMMENTS ON CASE St. Paul, Sept. 12.—Surrounded by four officers of the law, shorn of all jewels—yet immaculately dressed— Dr. D. F. Dumas, forinér mayor of| Cass Lake, Minn., and head of a band of yeggmen, covered the last lap of the trip to state’s prison, where he will serve sentence for attempted ar- son. Silent and defiant, his head erect, the leader of one of the most spec- tacular incendiary gangs that ever operated in the Northwest, went to his prison suit bitter against those who brought about his conviction. 'm going to-take my medicine,” he said to Sheriff A. B. Hazen. “And then—well, I don’t know what. On- 1y time can tell.” Dr. Dumas arrived in St. Paul at 9 Wednesday morning. On one side of him walked the sheriff. On the other strode Deputy Cassler, one of the last of the old frontiersmen. Be- hind walked Assistant State Fire Marshal Fullerton and Assistant At- torney General Alexander Janes—the men who had convicted him. Dr. Dumas alighted from a North- ern Pacific train pufing a cigarette, He wore a brown suit. In one hand he carried a tan grip. “This way,” said the sheriff and the party moved off. To avoid the gaze of the curious, the party walk- ed around the depot instead of pass- ing through it, and headed for the Merchants Hotel for breakfast. There Dr. Dumas ate heartily and followed the meal with his ever-ready Turkish cigarette. Would Tell Nothing. _ “Your attorney said yesterday that you have not been given opportunity to tell your side of the story,” a re- porter said. “Do you want to tell it Bow?” “Nothing,” Dr. Dumas replied. waving his interviewer away. The sheriff added that Dr. Dumas has rented his home for a year. His wife and child have gone to Minne- apolis to await his release from pris- on. Dr. Dumas reached Stillwater at the car. He was perspiring, and seem- (Continued on last page.) By "HOP" THERE AINT A GOING-YD BE Mo PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TLL AFTER, 11:35 a. m., and walked briskly from, TEN CENTS PER WEEK. EBERHART COMING Farmers’ Picnic In Bemidji at. That Time. TO BE HELD ON SCHOOL FARM A. E. Nelson is in Charge and Prom- ises Plenty of Entertainment for the Visitors. HAD A BIG CROP THIS YEAR Will Harvest Enough From Ten Acres to Support a Fair Sized Family. Governor Eberhart will be one of the speakers who will address the tarmers who attend the farmers’ pie- nic to be held in Bemidji Saturday, September 28. The governor was reached by long distance phone yes- terday and said that he would plan to spend that day in Bemidji and would be pleased to have dinnmer with the ~ farmers. The picnic is being planned by A. E. Nelson, the new instructor in ag- riculture in the Bemidji schools, and will be held at the school farm. En- tertainment is to be provided by hav- ing several speakers, a basket lunch at noon and the customary picnic athletic events. Mr. Nelson is busy today talking with the farmers who are attending the county fair. Money has been provided by the board of aducatiomwfer the erection of a platform and small grandstand so that those who attend the picnic will be able to sit down while they are listening to the speeches and watching the races. Some of the races will be pulled off between the |garden plots and a drag will be put on to make the going easy. The high school quartet will sing. Few of the farmers near Bemidji have ever called at the school farm although many were doing so today. The farm comprises ten acres and lies directly mnorth of the fair grounds. It is divided into half acre plots and these plots are sown to certain crops which are arranged in regular series of rotation. One cor- ner has been reserved for the gar- den plots of the school children and another for the farm buildings. The land is said to be poorer than the average in this vicinity yet the farm has raised uniformly betier crops than the average farmer. Mr. Nelson says that this is due to the fact that the seed at the school farm was carefully tested and selected so that only the best was used. More care was exercised in preparing the seed bed than the average farmer us- ually uses. The results clearly show that it pays to use headwork as well as physical labor for the tem acre farm has raised enough to keep a good sized family, with the usual stock animals, for one year. Ong of the experiments being tried at the school farm is to see whether shavings or manure is best for fer- tilizer. Eighteen foot strips have been covered with each kind and a third strip left bare. This year, the crop from the strips covered with shavings or manure are far ahead of those on the land unfertilized. The question to be decided is—which fer- tilizer is the better. Only applica- tion for a period of years will tell but the school is working out the problem. Mr. Nelson is hoping that the amount of stock carried on the farm can be increased soon as he says there is more profit in putting the crops into stock than in selling. Plans have already been made for putting in larger chicken yards. The manu- al training department of the high school is to make the buildings and each set of fowls will be given a long runway. It is proposed to keep several breeds and find out which ones are best suited to local condi- tions. Eggs from the pens will be given farmers at cost with the un- derstanding that they do not allow the chickens to become crossed with other strains. On farmers’ day, Mr. Nelson pro- poses to show the visitors over the school farm and explain detail the work being done aud that proposed, ON SEPTEMBER 28 Said Yesterday that He Will Attend ¢