Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1912, Page 1

EXPERTS GIVE IN FINAL ESTIMATES Secretary of Agriculture Announces Figures of the Crop Reporting Board. Bureau of Statistics. GIVE THE TOTALS ON ELEVEN l’x;odnction and Values are Based on Prices Up To and Including December First, ANIMALS BRING IN $3,395,000,000 Soil Imcome is $6,137.000.000. Indi- cating That Farmers Have Had Prosperous Year. Washington, Dec. 17.—Final esti- mates of production and value H H i 1 i Historial Soclety mE X EIGHT DAYS T0 | CHRISTMAS Going ! Going!! Gone!!! All Your Chances Will Gone If You Don't — Shop at Once. Be MANKATO DEVELOPES SECOND MYSTERY WITH DISAPPEARANCE OF FRED MEYER, A FARMER By United Press. Mankato, Dec. 17.—The biggest mystery since the disappearance of H. J. Ledbetter and subsequent find- ing of his body in a potato patch of ! developed here today. Fred M. Meyer, <leven of the important crops which |well-to-do Pleasant Mound farmer, go to make up the enormous grandlhas been missing since Saturday eve- total of $9,532,000,000, the wealth|RiNg& When he left Lewisville accom- . L 2 | T = produced on farms through the soil |Panied by William Scramm, a well and farmers’ livestock during 1912 as | 4188€r, Who asked for a ride. Mrs. stated by the secretary of agriculture, | Me¥er found her husband’s team in were announced vesterday by the i the barn at two in the morning. crop reporting board, bureau of sta- | Searching parties have failed to find tistics, department The figures are the official govern ment estimates for the importan crops and indicate the acreage, pro- ction and value based on paid to farmers on Dec. 1. These eleven crops are only a portion of the vroduction of the soil which the sec- of agriculture. itrace of the sleigh. Scramm has been arrested on suspicion. prices | ENGINEER AND FIREMAN ARE KILLED IN MILWAUKEE ROAD WRECK EARLY THIS MORNING 1etary of agriculture estimates wm;ny United Press. amount this year to $6,137,000,000. The secretary estimates the 000.000. The estimates of yesterday, comparisons for 1911 and 1910, fol- low: Corn—Area harvested. acres in 1910. Production bushels, compared with 2. 000 bushels last year, and 260,000 bushels in 1910. value Dec. 1. per bushel, 48.7 31,488,- 2,886, cents total . Schemich, value of the animal produects of the Matthew Foley, Engineer, farm in 1912 to be about $3.395.- kee, were kileld this morning at Keil with road crashed head on into a freight. | | | 107.083,—}short1y after his rescue from beneath 100 acres, compared with 105.825,-!the burning cab. 000 acres last vear, and 104,035,000 'iously injured. 24,786 cident has not yet been determined. Farm POLICE SUSPECT FOUL PLAY compared with 61.8 cents last year,| and 48.0 cents in 1910. of the crop. $1.520.454,000, pared with $1,565,258,000 last year and $1,384.817,000 in 1910. Winter wheat—Area harvested, 16,571,000 acres, compared with 29,- 162,000 acres last year, and 239,000 acres in 1910. Production 399,919.000 bushels, compared with 430,656,000 bushles last year, and 434,142,000 bushels in 1910. Farm value, Dec. 1. per bushel, 80.9 cents, compared with S88.0 cents last year, and 88.1 cents in 1910. Total value of the crop, $325,572,000, compared Total value with $379.151,000 last year. and $382,318,000 in 1910. Spring wheat—Area harvested, 19.243.000 acres, compared with 20,- 162,000 acres last year and 18,352,- 000 acres in 1910. Production, 330,- 348,000 bushels, compared with 190,- £82,000 bushels last year, and 200,-| 979,000 bushels in 1910. Farm value Dec. 1. pared with 86.0 cents last year, and 88.9 cents in 1910. Total value of the ‘erop, $231,708,000, compared with $163,912,000 last year, $178,733,000 in 1910. All wheat—Area harvested, 45,- 815,000 acres, compared with 49,- 543.000 acres last year, and 45,681, 900 acres in 1910. 267,000 bushels, compared with 621,- 338,000 bushels last year, and 635,.- per bushel, 30.1 cents, com- | and | Production, 730,-| | COM- By United Press. | | ( i i 27.-| i ! 1 i i i { : ASSOCIATED CHARITIES WANTS Green Bay, Wis., Dec. 17.—Anton fireman, Green Bay, Milwau- when train No. 2 on the Milwaukee The fireman was found dead in the wreckage. Engineer Foley died No passengers ser- The cause of the ac- WHEN BOYS DEAD BODY IS FOUND BY FATHER IN BARN St. Paul, Dec. 17.—Engrossed in what may be a murde;’ mystery, the police are unable to explain the death of Joseph Owalski, the farmer boy whose body was found today in the barn on the Owalski home, Lex- ! ington avenue, by the boy's father. Foul play is suspected. BLIZZARD PUTS FIVE FEET OF SNOW IN DULUTH STREETS By United Press. 1 Duluth, Dec. 17.—The worst bliz- ! zard in ten years has covered this vicinity under a blanket of five feet of snow. Train schedules are mud- dled. At noon the snow and wind| showed no signs of abatement. { TOYS AND MAGAZINES AT ONCE A call has come from the Associats ed Charities for toys, linen for band- ages and old magazines for Christ- mas distribution among the poor of Bemidji. The members ask that those families whose children have ,out- growm their toys and who wish to make gifts of new toys take them to 121,000 bushels in 1910. Farm value, | the Salvation Army barracks at 2131 Dec. 1, per bushel, 76.0 cents, com- pared with 87.4 cents last year, and 8.3 cents in 1910. Total value of the crop, $8,555,280, as compared with $543,063,000 last year, and $561,051,000 in 1910. Qats—Area harvested, 000,000 acres, compared with 37,- 763,000 acres last year, and 37,548,- 000 acres in 1910. Production, 1,418,337,000 bushels, compared with 922,298,000 bushels last year, and 1,186 341,000 bushels in 1910. Farm value, Dec. 1, per bushel, 31.9 cents. compared with 45,0 cents last year, and 34.4 cents in 1910. Total value (Continued on last page). 37,917,-; i Minnesota avenue where they will be stored until properly distributed. Linen for bandages, old magazines, etc., can also be used to advantage, they say. NO SEATING RINK HEEE. Not a person appeared before the council last night to ask that a skat- ing rink be made on Lake Bemidji this winter. There was some talk between members but it was decided that no action would be taken until greater interest ‘was shown. The' council was occupied with routine matters. jcarload is in the neighborhood (Copyright) BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1912. WHATS The TROUBLE His Firgt Affair of the Heart. T0 LOWER EGG PRICES Minneapolis Women Buy a Car Load to Sell at' Twenty-four Cents a Dozen. | HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD STATIONS Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 17,— ‘Women of Minneapolis may go into the egg business in an effort to re- duce egg priees. At noon yesterday\' the executive board of the Fifth dis-| trict federation of Women’s clubs ap- pointed a committee to investigate the feasibility of opening twenty-five temporary stations in different sec- tions of Minneapolis, buying a car- load of eggs and offering the eggs to the public at a price near twenty- four cents per dozen. The commit-! tee will report to the executive board§ on Wednesday. | Arrangements have already been made for buying a carload of first- class storage eggs. The price of a of $2,500, and the women at the meet- ing yesterday decided that if the itwenty-five stores or stations for dis- posing of eggs could be obtained, and if the women could get the support of some other organizatin which would assist in the disposal of the goods at little cost to the backers of the plan, the eggs would be placed on the market at once. “QOur idea is to reduce the price of | eggs in Minneapolis,” said Mrs. C. C. Neale. *“We are following in the footsteps of the women in Philadel- phia and Chieago. We believe we can sell these eggs at twenty-four| cents a dozen or thereabouts. We should of course not take the carload which has been offered to us. _unleu_. a guarantee were made that the eggs were wholesome under the ‘provlgipnii of the state law.” In Minneapolis yes- 'terday fresh eggs were quoted at about thirty-eight cents and stor- age eggs at thirty-five cents. KILLS DUCK WITH A WHIP A Nebish teamster is telling his friends how he killed a wild duck with his driving whip last week. He says that he was driving along a tote road and noticed the duck ahead going in the same direction, which was south. He drove fast, caught up with the duck and killed it with his whip. He says that the duck was wounded in hunting season so that it could not fly but was evidently doing its best to walk south before it froze to death up here. ICE HARVEST HAS STARTED Ice nearly a foot thick is being cut from Lake Irving and delivered to customerd in Bemidji. The cutting started-last Saturday and several drays are kept busy hauling away the chunks as fast as they @are pulled TR K I KKK KK KKK * * * SHOP IN THE * * PIONEER BEFORE * * YOU * It make up your Christmas list from The Pioneer is so convenient to advertisements you leave home. before It saves time. You will find nearly ev- erything advertised from candy and toys to jewelry and automaqbiles. w @ 2 A the Advertisements before you go down town. Ak hkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhAhhkhkhA A kA hdhkhkhkkhkh ki dhk kA ok ok kok ok ok okokkokokk ok ok ok ok ok K EREHHH K E KKK KKK K HEARING THURSDAY Judge Stanton has set Thursday as the day for the Moon-Harris elec- tion contest hearing. JURY IN ZIPPLE CASE REPORTED TO JUDGE SUNDAY THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO AGREE -Judge Stanton discharged the jury in the Wilhelm Zipple vs. Canadian Northern case Sundey after the.jury reported for the second time that it was unable to agree. The jury first asked 'for a discharge Saturday but the judge said it took a week to try the case and a quick decision was not expected. i The Zipple case was the first of twenty-eight that were to have been tried in this county but attorneys for the plaintiffs stated before leav- ing that such other brought to trial will be taken some other county. to BIG MEETING HELD BY BEMIDJI WORKERS AT RED LAKE One hundred and forty-three per- sons heard the Bemidji extension workers at the Red Lake agency meeting Monday night. It was the largest audience the speakers had faced since staring the trip and the three agreed that eevry one present was interested. In the morning, the three addressed a meeting of twenty farmrs at Pupesky. They left today over the Soo line and are scheduled for a meeting at from the lake. i Clearbrook tomight. MANY FARES ARE PAID First Day of Big Refund Week Brings in People From Ten Surround- ing Towns. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ° VOLUME 10. NUMBER 198. U s sl gt WinmruoTa SOCic Ty TEN CENTS PER WEEK MARSHALL IS HELD FORMANSLAUGHTER H. A. Ryberg, of Spooner Bound Over to the Grand Jury on First Degree Charge KILLED JOHN HARVEY OF PITT Pulled Gun to Emphasize Authority and the Automatic Was Dis- charged Twice. SHOOTING OCCURED THURSDAY Victim Died in the Hospital Friday and Action was taken in the Case Monday. H. A. Ryberg, the marshall of Spooner, has been bound over to the grand jury on a charge of man- siaughter in the first degree. Ry~ berg shot John Harvey, a homestead- er mnear Pitt, last Wednesday and Harvey died in the hospital fifteen hours later. Manslaughter is killing without malice or premeditation. The following account of the shoot- ing is taken from the Northern News published in Spooner: “The accident was due to a series of circumstances perhaps due to am order given to the marshall by a member of the board to arrest a cer- taln notorious character, Frank Kylie, who that day struck the city, GENERAL NOTICE TO MERCHANTS after just completing a ninety day LA R R SR RS R P R E Notice to Merchants. Several out-of-town people have complained to The Pioneer that they have not been given refund sheets when making their purchases. It is to the interest of every merchant giving the fare re- fund to see that his out-of- town customers take advan- take of his offer. Instruct your clerks to see that every out-of-town customer has a refund sheet. If they have one already, be sure your sale is properly credited. R * * * * * * * * * x * x * * * EERE KKK KK KKK KK KK KK ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok Ten towns were represented, fifty- five sales made and $217.74 spent in Bemidji yesterday during the first day of the fare refund week which is being fathered by several Bemidji merchants. The figures are taken {from the refund sheets turned in to the Pioneer office yesterday after- noon and do not include the persons who remained over and have not yet turned in their sheets. The fare refund is attracting so many out-of-town buyers that every railroad line entering Bemidji report-! ed increased business yesterday and this morning. Prospects for a con- tinued increase in trade-are good and it is believed that this will be a ree- ord breaking shopping week. When an out-df-town customer makes his first purchase, he is given a refund sheet and the amount of the purchase and from whom made is credited thereon. When ready to go home, he brings the sheet to the Pioneer oftice where the amount of the purchases are totaled and he re- ceives a refund of his railroad fare cases as are(t0 and from home up to five per cent of his purchases. If he brings in other members of the family, their fares are paid also. In this way, out-of-town buyers can trade in Be- midji as cheaply as can the people who live here. Snow today has blocked the coun- try roads somewhat but as soon as they are broken out for sleighs, mer- | chants are looking for a big business from the farmers near Bemidji. Far- mers receive three cents a mile each way for as many miles as they drive into the city. RED LAKE IS FROZEN OVER Red Lake is frozen over with five or six inches of ice and the first team to cross this year went from Red Lake to Ponemah on Saturday. sentence at Bemidji. When sentenced from here Kylie made the threat “to get even with some of the officials here,” and knowing the character of the fellow the marshall was instruet- ed to take no chances with him but to prepare himself for emergency. “Ryberg in consequence put an au- tomatic revolver into his pocket and coming out of his office from the Au- ditorium he saw two men, who later proved to be John Harvey and J. Sischo, Jr., of Pitt, on the sidewalk, apparently in a questionable act. Remonstrations of the marshall star- ted a controversy which resulted in the officer drawing his gun to em- phasize his authority. In pulling the weapon out of his pocket it in some unintentional manner discharged groundward. “The rebound of the gun evidently threw tne officer’s hand upwards and in his attempt to prevent such he gripped the weapon more firmly only to discharge it again. Unknown to the marshal the gun was at this time pointed directly at Harvey and the ball entered the upper part of the abdomen and came out above the hip. “Realizing his error Ryberg rush- ed Harvey to the Spooner hospital for attention and treatment and word was at once sent to his relatives, the Paton family at Baudette and to his own family at Pitt. An attempt was made to probe the wound but was not successful in determining the extemt of the injury. The patient was giv- en optiates to ease his sufferings while at the same time the outwar& flow of blood was stanched and de- velopments awaited. “The patient was admitted to the hospital at about 6 p. m. and from then on until the following morning he steadily sank, expiring at about 9 o'clock. At the bed side, during the night was his wife, word of the sad occurence having reached her in time to arrive on- the night east bound limited. Following the death, Coroner Johnson took charge of the remains and called dn inquest at which C. R. Middleton and S. M. Koe=- fod, attorneys, represented Marshalt Ryberg and George E. Ericson rep- resented the state. “Harvey came here from Michigan last July and was followed the early part of August by the family. The wife and three younger children have until recently been making their home in Baudete. About a month ago Mr. Harvey and family moved on to a quarter section of land southwest of Pitt and the day he was killed ,he had come into the city relative to some land matters. He is survived by (Continued on last page). R —r