Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 23, 1912, Page 1

Historial Soclety ..o THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 10. NUMBER 203. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1912. TEN CENTS PER WEEK BEAVER SEASON [EXPLOSION IN T0 REMAIN CLOSED| PREST-0-LITE 1 PLANT LS Until Dec. 31, 1915, According » to Chief Game Warden. Plant of Auto Gas Company in Merriam Park Totally Destroyed Early Sunday Morning. MAY BE DOOMED TO EXTINCTION Watchman Found Dead in Boiler Room after Water in Basement Was Pumped Out. Have Multiplied Rapidly During Past Four Years But Are Making Their Last Stand. lExplosion Shattered Windows Within Radius of One Mile and Was i Felt in Both Cities. | . FUR STANDARD FOR ALL OTHERS Has Contributed Greatly to the Up- building of The American and By United. Press. Canadian Northwest. St. Paul, Dec. 23—Henry Kohn, | watchman, was instantly killed in' jan explosion which wrecked the’ {plant of the Prest-O-Lite company in} Special to The Pioneer. i T i | Rdmonton, Alta., Dec. 23.—Benja- | {he Midway at 5:35 o'clgck Sunday min Lawton, chief game warden for| Alberta, today issued instructions to | A trappers and hunters that the closed tcovered until 9:30 after much of the| season for beaver, protected since Water thrown on the fire had been | 1668, has been extended from Decem- | Pumped out of the basement. { morning. Hohn was caught in the| boiler room and the body was not re- | 1t wasj‘ (Copyright.) LAST APPEAL i 1k i her 31, 1912, to December 31, 1915. | charred almost beyond recognition. He reports also that the beaver which | - A. F. Oresky, manager of the com- GETS TWO had an important part in the ro- Pany, said that he believed the ex-; mance of the early history of North plosion came from the boiler in the’ America, has multiplied rapidly dur- basement as the gas the company;‘ ing the last four years, notwithstand- | made would not explode. The shock | Young Minneapolis Man Thought the ing raids by law-breakers. The regu-|broke windows for a radius of one! . A ; lar hunters and trappers in the north | mile and was felt five miles away in'! Second Married Him and Took 1 country, he adds, have not killed,St. Paul and Minneapolis. The ruins His “Wife” Home. | <ame out of season, but have assist-|took fire immediately after the ex-, ed in enforcing the laws. | plosion and the gas from 400 tanks | ere ny who believe that made a fierce blaze as they took fire; - s 'h:iez‘;efifih’:z[andgrd by which all lwhen the tanks melted or burst. fKAS REFUND OF $2:25 -COMING other furs was rated in western Can-! Windows in the Twin Citiy State . ! ada until a few years ago, is doomed : bank were broken and the bank wasg - | to extinction. E\'id_encgs of its fast protected by_ the police as it Wasg Minneapolis, Dec. 23.—Snrprised} approaching extermination are seen |feared the vault doors might have _ i | in the decaying stumps, the broken |been sprung. A conductor said that |0 learn from Marriage License Clerk dams and the deserted lodges along |his car has been raised from its|\William Hughes that although he the upper waters of the Fraser and trucks at Front and Rice streets, St. j'possessed two valid marriage licenses | Peace rivers, which may be CDDSid»;‘PEUI- by the force of the explosion.'to wed Miss Sigrud Anderson, twen- ered the last home of the patient The St. Paul police received calls ty-two years old, for which he had animal. which for more than two at all stations from people awakened ' paid the sum of $4.50, he was never-| centuries, contributed largely to by the shock and in each case the theless a single man, Edwald T. Mil-| Canada’s most substantial advance- person caling thought that the ex- ler, twenty-two years old, declared! ment and stimulated enterprises an losion was near his home. {Saturday nignt that he will have his| laid the foundation for strong com Pres-O-Lite is used for the lighting ' matrimonial entanglements straight- | mercial development. {of automobile. The loss is given as:ened before Christmas at any cost. He‘ The beaver, scientifically known as $75,000. | planned to lead his bride to a minis-| Castor Canadenis. is the largest of | ter of the gospel Sunday and have the the fur-bearing rodents. Perhaps no Which does not seem fitted for any|-“Comedy of Errors” revamped into animal in the world has been more 'apparent purpose, unless it might be -All’s Well That Ends Well.” widely utilized, for as a protection to facilitate the handling of mud in| Miller took out the first license from cold the use of its pelt dates the plastering of the lodges or dams. Thursday from Clerk William | o primitive man. The rarest peltage. The powerful hind feet, with the Hughes. Miss Anderson, on being is pure white, fawn and brown, development of web extending to the shown the license suggested, it being| sprinkled with silvery hair. Less tha xtreme points, afford the ideal model :leap year they go to the courthouse a score of such pelts have been found | for aquatie life. The large heel-pad |and be married. Together they visit- exportation of 100,000 skins.:rand strong nails enable the animal Ied the office of the clerk of the dis- Black beaver are more abundant. when on land to stand upright firmly. 'trict court again Friday, expecting to Generally the color ranges from pale a position generally assumed when at have the ceremony performed there. yellowish-brown to chestnut. The work. On the second toe there is a!“We want to be married,” said Millon j0dy measures from twelve inches to | most remarkable double claw, or nail, 'to Deputy Clerk Clarence J, Williams. tbree and a half feet in length and which apparently is only used 1he paddle-shaped tail, covered with combing the fur. is from nine to twelve inches in length. LICENCES | noal for | Williams. not knowing of the previ- jous paper, issued them another li- The gait of the beaver is waddling | cense, and the couple, supposing that {and slow, owing to the shortness of | williams had married them, left the The external features of the beav-|its limbs and to the outward direction office. Miller rented apartments at «r are among its chief characteristics, | which is given to its heels to enable | 1601 Thrid avenue S and there he in-| begining with its wonderful teeth its feet more efficiently to fulfill the'troguced “Mrs. Miller.” and ending with its perfectly unique tunction of paddles in swimming. The} In obtaining the first license Miller and jgave his adress as 2710 Tenth street scale 1ajl The incisor teeth are strongltoes alone of the anterior feet and well developed, and are set in a|the surface of the sole in the poster-|S and the second time he gave the rircular socket. The sharp teeth were |ior are applied to the ground in walk- |ocation of his new home on Third ased as cutting instruments by the ing. {avenue S. This caused some delay Indians, who also attach much value! The awkwardness of its appearance]when Clerk Hughes noticed the two *o white skins, converting them into in this action is, moreover, heighten- |licenses to the same persons, but medicine bags. !ed by the clumsiness of its figure and | Hughes found Miller last night and The beaver's head resembles that!by the difficulty which it seems to|informed him that one marriage li- of a rat, though the nose is flatter | experience in dragging after it its|cense was enough. jLaclan will put on Christmas and is making plans for!| and makes the head appear shorter and broader. The eyes are dark blue and small in proportion to the size of the animal. They are highly convexed, thus enabling the animal to use them under water. The ears are small, quite round, and concealed in the fur and hair. When the pel- 1age is prime, a shaggy, loose growth of long hair covers the head and body to the base of the tail, diminishing on the lips, eyelids, feet and legs. The anterior feet are so dexterous favor comparison with the nands of the monkey. The creature as to 1ses them in building the dam and(that of the mainland, as it affords the lodge and for excavating the bur- row. They are also used to convey food to the mouth in a truly aston- ishing manner. feet are not usually employed in swimming, there is a perceptible web joining the third and fourth digits, Though the frontlknown to build in situations where } cumbrous tail, generally trailing up- {on the ground, though sometimes is slightly curved upward, and is occas- ionally moved in a direction from | side to side. In the water, however, .v.his member becomes highly useful, useful, both as a paddle and a rudder, to urge it onward and te direct it in |its course. A mature beaver weighs ! from forty to sixty pounds and its life {is from fifteen to twenty years. The animal prefers the northern| side of the stream for the advantage of the sun, and, when possible, takes the bank of an island rather than greater security from attacks. In this selection, however, its instinct frequently misleads it, as it has been it has been unable to procure food, and where it has, consequently, per- ished from starvation. “That’s what they tell me,” said Miller, “but I am not married yet. I understand we have to see a minister. ‘We will get married’ tomorrow.” Miller will have a refund of $2.25 in the nature of a Christmas present to himself, if he calls at the clerk of court’s office before then. Clerk of Court Peter S. Nelson' said both li- censes are valid, but one can be can- celled unless Miller insists upon re- taining both.. The young couple were Christmas shopping last night. PRIZE FOR ATTENDANCE W. B. MacLachlan hag offered a season ticket to the person that at- tends the rink the most times be- tween now and New: Years. Besides this he will have several ladies and gents races each evening for a special attraction. BOOM!!! | Last Call of Santa Claus! Get Your Christmas Things. NOW OR NEVER noon was won by W. Ward. Mr. Mac- a ladies race a fast race on New Years, FORMER MAYOR HERE. J. C. Parker, former mayor of Be- midji, was in Bemidji today. Mr. Parker is logging west of Baudette landing on the Canadian Northern. Mr. Parker stated that the weather could not be better for logging opera- tions and that he was so busy he would have to eat Christmas dinner in July as he will leave for Baudette tomorrow morning. ORGANIZE BASKET BALL TEAM Several young men of Bemidji have organized a city basket ball team and have begun practice in the gymnasium at the High school. Some good material has been obtained and some fast games are anticipated. Practice is held on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. A game will be play- ed in the armory one week from Sat- urady. Some of the present candi- dates are Glen Peck, Barney Erick- son, Jacobson, Brandon, Al. Neuman, Ripple and Barrigan. WINS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP Henry V. Bruchholz, of Minneapo- lis, was awarded the Minnesota Rhodes scholarship to Oxford late Saturday by a committee composed of six college presidents of the state. The scholarship includes $1,500 a year for three years to cover the cost of travel to and from England, tui- tion and expenses at Oxford and cost of travel on the continent during vacations. Mr. Bruchholz graduated from the University in the class of 1911, being a classmate of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dane and Miss Marjorie Knappen, and is at the present time studying law at Harvard University. Two men from Minnesota are sent to Oxford on Rhodes’ scholarships every The race Sunday after-|three years. i J. L. GEORGE WINS PRIZE Guessed Within Seventeen of the Number of People Who Entered Barker’s Store. A MALCOLM GIRL TOOK SECOND James L. George, county auditor, won the guessing contest conducted ,|by E. A, Barker from Dec. 5 to 21 and was awarded a prize of $15 in mer- chandise. Mr. George guessed that 7,842 people would enter Barker’s store during the sixteen day period and the kept showed 7,825 which made Mr. George’s count seventeen high. The count was kept by P, A. Nel- son who used a hand checker and so did nothing else for sixteen days than count the people who came through the front door of the store. Each person who made a purchase of $1 or over was entitled to a guess and Mr. Barker said this morning that 2,500 guesses had been regis- tered. Miss Ida Saterlie, of Malcolm, won tally count as rhe guessed 7,845 which was twenty high. Adolph Billedeaux won the third prize of $5 with a {guess of 7,848 which was twenty- three high. The following persons each won a prize of $2 as their guesses were from 30 to 52 out of the way: Mrs. Ed. Currey, Ed Millet, W. Z. Robinson, Adolph Billedeaux, Gladys Hazen, R. A. Hannah, Frank Lane, J. E. Gillette, Fred Scarrett, ;and C. M. King, of Melrose, Minne- sota. PETITION FOR ICE RINK IS NOW BEING CIRCULATED Several Bemidji young men have started a movement to obtain a pub- lic ice rink and are passing around a petition to find out how many Be- midji people are interested. They will probably appear before the coun- cil with the list. More interest is shown than was expected, especially by the business men, who believe Be- midji should have a skating rink which would be free to everybody. They believe that such an attrac- tion will keep the younger boys away from the pool rooms where lately the boys who are not many months over sixteen years of age have been con- gregating. They believe action should be taken to furnish the boys with a more attractive amusement than that offered by the pool rooms and bowling alleys. second prize of $10 in merchandise! ISTATE SENATORS FORM A COMBINE Sullivan and Duxbury Declare They Are Heads of Movement Which Hits Burnquist. |ANXIOUS TO OBLITERATE SMITH Deny That the State Chairman is the Managing Director of the Enterprise. NAME COMMITTEES ON FLOOR Would Not Allow Lieutenant Govern- or To Select Them—TUse Demo- crats for Majority. Minneapolis, Dec. 23.—The good |ship “Senate Combine,” is on the iways. The launching will take place soon, according to Senators George H. Sullivan of Stillwater, and F. A. Duxbury of Caledonia, who have modestly assumed responsibility for the movement to take from Lieuten- ant Governor J. A. A. Burnquist the right to name committees of the state senate. In a statement issued at the Saint Paul hotel Saturday night they admitted the general plan of the com- bine, The two senators are frank to say that there is a combine, that it in- cludes Republicans and Democrats, and that it has enlisted a majority of the sénators already. They were anxious last evening to push them- selves to tne front, and obliterate all evidence that E. E. Smith, head of the state machine, has been directing operations. They deny that he is managing director of the enterprise. The crew of the “Combine,” they de- | clare, has no captain and will have no Ismay on the board. The crew will run things. Senators Duxbury and Sullivan deny also that patronage figures in this bi-partizan combine, or that it will attempt to control legislation. Passionately and earnestly in their devotion to their new-found prineciple ithey explain the reasons for forming the combine and allege that it is +based on a progressive principle— (what Senator Clapp would call a ; “fundamental.” | “We believe in the responsibility [of legislative bodies to the public and to their constituents,” says the Sulli~ | van-Duxbury statement, “and we de not believe that they have any right {to abdicate their functions or duties |as legislators. We believe that the 'making up or appointment of com- mittees of a legislative body is as much a legislative function as the voting upon bills or any other act which a member of the legislature ;is called upon to perform. “In our judgment a member of the legislature has no right to delegate ihis power to the presiding officer or to anyone else. Feeling this respon~ sibility and feeling that there is but one way to discharge it, we are im {favor of the senate selecting its own committees in such manner as it may determine, election preferred, and also in favor of the committees electing their own chairmen. “So far as the present movement is concerned. it originated during the {last regular session. Nothing defin- ite was done at that time, but the matter was discussed pro and com, and again during the special session. {But one senator that we have talked with has dissented from our view, though it is fair to say that some who have admitted the correctness of the principle have been unwilling to. apply it at this time, because an in~ dividual of their political belief hap~ pens to have the appointing power. “No outsider has ever made any suggestion to us or to any other sen-~ ator that we know of, either for or against this proposition. The sugges- tion that Governor A. O. Eberhart or Mr. Smith, the chairman of the state committee, have had anything ‘to do with it has no foundation. They hava not known anything of it. “No senator has asked for any committee. No committee has beem (Continued on last page) e e ———— ? f ; 1 T ——