Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 2, 1913, Page 1

SHEEP INTEREST © GREAT NORTHERN J. 7. Opsahl’s Proposition to Have Montana Animals Grazed Here Received With Favor. RATE’ AGREEMENT IS. POSSIBLE 6F | e 3. H. Grifin, District Freight Agent, § “Instructed to Investigate Con: ditions Thoroughly. 5 ? THE COMMERCIAL CLUB. MEETS VN§T ... Is Sitting In Special Session This i, X Afternoon to Arrange for a I : Conference. JFollowing correspondence with W. P, Kinney, vice president of the Great trict frelght agent, those who have been advocating lands In the vieinity of Bemidji as summer pastures for - Montana sheep believe that _thpre 1s '/ a good opportunity for seeing the .,.# realization of what has been called IS “Opsahl’s sheep dream.” A meeting of the Commerclal club Is being held this afternoon to determine the time i "' at which a committee can meet with Mr. Griffin and discuss details. J. 3. Opsahl; of this city, -time ago wrote to officials of the Great Northern advocuting the mak- some ing of a stop-over rate on sheep in f transit ‘from Montana ranges to the eastern stockyards in order that thgy might be grazed during the summer months on the cut over lands in this vielnity. - He pointed out that 50,000 Aheep could be:cared for here easily next;summer; and that not only wilk] 5 sheép herders bénefit by the sum- mer pasturage but the farmers will be .benefitted by sheep will do. Mr. Opsahl’s letter was turned over to Mr. Kinney for reply and he stated that he had instructed Mr. Griffin, whose home is in Grand Forks, to -come to Bemidji to confer with Mr. Opsahl and others as to the advisabil- ity of making Bemidji a rate on sheep ln transit other than the rate in ef- fect today. Mr. Kinney at once wrote that he will come as soon as asked and: the meeting of the Commercial club this afternoon was called in order to make arrangements for that meeting. The Great Northern at present has a feeding-in-transit rate but it ap- plies mainly to the through lines. Yrovision is made for side lines, such as the one Bemlidji is on, but the extra rate charged is based on the mileage from the main line junction ‘and in this case would be prohibi- tive. Mr. Kinney intimated that Mr. Griffin’s judgment would be follow- ed in the matter and if he recom- menc¢- a rate for Bemidji it is more than possible that many sheep will: be pastured in this vicinity next silmmer. -, Mr, Opsahl has‘figured that within the fifty mile zone of Bemidji there are 2,600 square miles of land about twenty per cent of which ig covered with lakes or swamps. He says that there are 2,000 square miles of till- able land and that by using eighty acres to a farm, room for 16,000 farms. In his estimate he believes that there are about 3,000 farms on this iand now. . fwelve thousand farms within fifty miles of Bemidji would support 3. population of 120,000 people and 1,395,000 head of live stock "and X poultry. It is believed that the nat- 5 ural increase marketable would amount to close to 1,000,000 head each year. It is to get the land clear- ed of underbrush and ready for the farmer that the sheep are wanted. The plan as proposed - is for the Montana men to bring their sheep liere early in'the summer- when the Montana pasture is giving out and put them on the cut over lands for grazing. In the ‘fall they will: be: reloaded and ghipped to the killing| markets of South St..Paul and Chi- «wago. Such shipments would not * only give the farmers assistance in cloaring their 1and but would also en- able them to buy sheep for themsel- ves at ‘a reasonable price. FIRE AT DORAN BROTHERS. Sparks_from a chimney caused a 13 Northern road, and J. H. Grifin, dis- {5, the clearing thel VOLUME 10. NUMBER 210. Chippewas to Be Held in Cass . Lake February 4. Special to The Floneer. Cass Lake, Jan. 2.—At a general council of the Chippewa Indians held on the Fon Du Lac reservation ‘re- cently, resolut®ons were adopted con- stituting that council a working body for the purpose of promoting the wel- fare of the Chippewa Indians in Min- nesota.’ A resclution was adopted to the effect that all chiefs, leaders and head men on all the Chippewa reser- vations in Minnesota be invited to attend a convention, or a great coun- cil, to be held at Cass Lake, on Tues- day, February 4, 1913, for the pur- ‘pose of organizing the Chippewas of Minnesota into a corporate body, to enable them to act’in unison, and as one band; to concentrate their pow- ers, and to do all things and acts that will seem necessary to promote their interests, to'protect their. property and-obtain their just dues from the United States government. It has been suggested that mem- bers of each reservation call a coun- cil immediately and choose delegates of not less than three in number to attend the convention. Delegates will be given the power to represent the people upon the reservation from which they are chosen, so they will be able to exerclse. their best judg- ment and act upon all matters that may' come up for dlscusalon at the convention. It is proposed that at 1he conven- tion, a constitution and by-laws be adopted which shall ‘govern the body to be created and organized. This corporate body shall be given perm- anent headquarters, with officers, and the headquarters will be selected by the. convention assembled. sented by commissionérs: from ‘each of the several reservations in Minne- sota, who will be chosen for'a term of years:” chosen to take up the work intelli- gently now pending between the Chippewas and the government of the United States. The work in con- templation is the settlement and the closing up of all old treaties yet in dispute by the Chippewas upon any of the .several reservations in' Minnesota, and to ald the govern- ment in the proper conduct of the Rice treaty, so called, comsumated under the act of January 14, 1889, 80 as to literally carry out all of the promises of the Chippewa commission of which H. M. Rice was chairman. They also wish to suggest to the Indian office, modification of rules and regulations, not in harmony with the best interests of the Chippewas, and urge the enactment by congress of new laws wkich shall carry into effect the principles of citizenship. The committee in charge of hold- ing the coming convention, - believe that, thus organized, the Chippewas will he able to handle their affairs with the government under modern business methods. SCHOOL OPENS TUESDAY. Two Teachers Added to the Force— Short Course Starts Same Day. Small boys and girls who have been enjoying the Christmas school vacation will take their books and trudge to school again next Tuesday. Although Monday is the regular day for the opening session, the board allowed an extra day in order that the teachers might have an extra Sunday at home. ‘The short course for l’nrm boys and girls will also start on Tuesday. Reg- istrations are coming in slowly and Superintendent Dyer finds that places are needed for boys and girls who can work for their room and board for eight weeks. The short course covers subjects of special in- terest to the young people of the (Continued. on last page). General Council of -All' Mimmesota|Dig Not Score Knookout But Got De: REPRESENT ALL RESERVATIONS|=y United Fress. The corporate boqx will be repre- | Competent officers will ‘be |- cision in Eighteenth Round Via " - Sponge Route, Los Angeles, Jan. 2. —Luther. Mc- Carthy,- the “cow boy pugilist,”. feated Al Palzer, - the Iowa helvy- weight, in their- battle. here yester- day. The fight was sclieduled to go| - twenty rounds but was stopped in‘the| - eighteenth ‘' when Refereé' Eyton threw the sponge into the ring. Pal- zer was staggering and barely ‘able|" to-defend himself and the action ‘of the referee undoubtedly: saved him from a knock-out. Practically the entire arena was _sold out 'for the fight. : - McCarthy- has been proclaimed the; white heavyweight champion of the/ world. . McCarthy weighed in at) about 205-and:Palzer at 223 but the additional weight was of little use to the Towa man. McCarthy again stat-| ed that he would-never fight a negro; 1913 FAIR TO BE THE BEST Committee Instructed to Get Ont the New Premium List Within the Next Two Months, SCHOEDER ELECTED SECRETARY ~T-oCnIauhd!m8-tflm~ Be Delivered to-AllParts of Were Sutlryhh‘. M A Mlnnmoul. Jan. 2.—Ti Deapolis Joursal ,dg hlugl cels post by- undln{ | bricks addressed to all parts I country. Bricka: were mlN to the following addressess): ' Bemidjl—Rural, route, one. Mlnnslpolll—ufl Dupont Aw ' SERVICE STARTED IN BEMIDJI - WITH TWELVE PACKAGES OUT AND SIX IN No. long-Hne of| ,nm tood in So. San Francisch, Onlfl’.v New York City. 2 Wurmlnmn——run; Instructed, to “offer ‘prizes -which I will help make the ‘1913 county fair |front of the stamp windo t the the best ever held, the premium com- | postoffice yestes - walting “to buy mittee, consisting-of F. S. Arnold, arcels & it Sees th Charles Sehroeder and A. P. Ritchie,|" vost. stampehut Muthe the will publish a .new premium list day about one. do D‘“nm were /within the next two months. The|dropped in the padkage box. . Some instructions were given at a. meeting -were recelved ‘of the county fair association held last Saturday. The directors also| The first pc .voted not to expend money on the pn'ce]s post stamps. “The old fourth class has been abandoned,” said Al- bert Worth, “and all parcels must bear parcels post stamps no matter how much .they weigh. Parcels of four ounces or less in’ weight can go for one cent an ounce as under the old fourth class but they must bear Dparcels post stamps. In Cass. Lake yesterday, Archdea- con H. F. Parchall was" the first: to mail a parcel post nackue He, lesser zone instead of the greater. | The ‘archdeacon’s package was the first to arrive in Nebish. The Chicago Record-Herald on ‘Tuesday published a cartoon entitled “The Parcel Post is a Success Al- ready.” It showed Uncle Sam and an expressman each bidding-for a package from a man lsbsled “The Public.”. 'Uncle Sam “Cheap. Rates|- b; Paruqln Post.” ' The other saidf by Express.” Post- mtchcoek mailed the taiged ‘s brick and was addressed to Mrs. C. M.: Seville on_roural route ona i tgg_m_; (Grant Vqlley.‘ It:was taken out by Ralph . Grover* &hin’momi‘u “The package Wrapper:-was.’ llmfly torn |, but otherwise ' the brick came the rate for zone two instead of zone through in good shape,” said Albert{one. The archdeacon was not em- ‘Worth this morning. {thusiastic over the parcels post until One of the first to mail a parcel|he was told later that he had been president; L. O. Myhre, second vice-|PoSt DPackage was G. E| Carson. overcharged. When a zone line cuts president; R. H. Schumaker, treas- Clerks in the postoffice had: a good|a unit, as the Cass Lake line does urer, and F. S. Arnold, member of laugh as Mr. Cargon failed to use the | the Nebish unit, the ):;mrgg_ is for the ipresent fair grounds but.to be econo- mical.as new. grounds. cloger -to. thel® Lcity must be purchased ln the near future, © . Charles Sehroeder, of Grnnt Val- ley, was elected sercetary to replace Mr. Ritchie, who refused to be con-| sidered for the position. A.P. White, president; August Jarchow, first vice- packages--wer o seventeen cerits postage and cnmed early mumm.nmmufiu’-od to all a ten cent insurance stamp, It will parts of the country, be mailed back from New York, prop-|- Each package- contains muon erly engraved and placed in the na- for cooking the prunes. tional museum at Washington:as the first official xncuge to -be sent by parcels post ‘in the. United States. o3 | Spoous For Taft. . | —Fifty-elght | { , ‘Jan. the ' executive committee were re- " City. Zone| - OCity . Zone %h" States. - mm;::“:g:::g ::m' o to elected. Messrs. Arnold, Ritchie and| City Zone |Island Lake : 1(Pine River .. 1|Grand Forks, N. D 2 he forty-eight a of the un- Schroeder.are to go to 8t Paul Jan-| Altkin . e vie s 2l ToNO e s 2| Pinew, iiov. 1| Fargo, N. D..... 2|sent the forty-elght states ary 14 to attend the three day ses- | aiogn, o i 1| Ponemh .. -1 2 valley oliy, N. Dl 3 h’; :fld ";,Z-‘““‘“ D:"'W“- 2 agley ... Hehi - uposky ... @ iston, N. D.. 4 t from tmaster Wanamaker sion of the state agricultural asso- gfl‘cd:(;‘mk' 2|La Porte ; Quiring ... . “1| Milwaukee Wis. i glrelident 'l‘alt, Yere ined in the ciations. uc) 1[Lengby . Red Lake .. . 1|Chicago, 111 . 4 Treasurer Schumaker repofted|Cass Lake . 1| Little Fails . . 3|Redby .. 1| Tolede, ohio | 5| first package to be sont by parosl geets | that th Bout $1,200 In the|Cle rbrook 1| Little Fork-. 2|Roseau ... 2| Buffalo, N. Y. §|from Philadelphla. - s treasury. - Tne state. this. vear geve] GIC AUt .- 2| Melntosh 2|8t Clou 2| New 1 orik City 8] " An elaborate teseption itteatat bz 9 rookston ... 2| Mallard . 1|8t. Pau . .- 3|Boston, Mass. . 6| prominent state and city officials pre- the association $995.58 which was|Duluth 2| Maltby . 1|Shooks ... +. 1| Baltimore, Md.: 6 eighty-nine per cent of the amount | Erskine 2| Margie . 2(Shevlin .. 1| New Orleans, La. gjooded the dhpnehlngotl.h;':lcllll- of the premiums offered last year. g:flev ; Mln::;.pols 3 |'Shotley. 218t. I..ouia.‘ Mo. f lfr- anmh: ;;l:tmh ““-hw“ i rgus: Fall Miz; T i . 1| Kansas City, Mo. tion of a parcel Faribault 8iNary .. 1| Spoone; +++... 2|8San Francisco, Cal 7| first annual report as gen- CROOKSTON SHORT COURSE. Funkley 1 gobi;h . i ’l‘gieifivter Falls | fi Sentktle, thlsh.h 2 eral to Preslde:‘: 'H.mwmh.j. Gonvick 1 Northome . Thor] ealie Spokane, Wash. Wil be Gi“’; at School :of Aléfl"“l' Hibbing .. 3| Ormatm IR 2 ggr%:‘;?és?fgahb‘ § Baston Had :h.,' Dey. ture February 10 to 21. Hines 1fOrth .. .t . ... 2|Lewiston, Mont. 5 Houpt . 14{Park Rapids 1 i ... 1|Helena, Mont. 5 Boston, Jan. z—A brisk business Special to The Ploneer. Internatie 2| Pennington . 1 o : 1| Butte, Mont. 5| marked the openlng of the parcel post nual farmers’ ° short course at the E i B ES g EEF g s e g P 1 agricultural school, Crookston, will : Zome rate,| o3 | Re2f | Re2f Ngos S22 | S28% | S53%|surating the system at midnight. One be held February 10-21, 1913. Lead- Welmne Local vate. TN mtER | pOEM o ER S_ER EQEE 59512 esfia of the first packages was & small pot ing experts on farm topics will be fiee |0 b *3 i °3 -3 5 |of Boston baked beans sent to Mayor present. Professors Boss, Smith, Bull, 1 nd $0.05 2 I Fitzgerald. . 2 . Freeman and others will talk and| , p’:::l‘:ldl R 06 - .08 < ARSI sive practical demonstrations during| 3 pounds 12 Minneapolis Had 100 in Line. the ten days’ course. ' Pure seed| ‘4 pounds... Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 2.—The - work, dairy and stock farming, flax,| 6 pounds parcels post was inaugurated in Min- clover, and corn raising will-be dfs- g’:z:g: neapolls yesterday with a rush that cussed. Rooms and board will be 3 goumls ¢ | demanded the attention of the M provided at thie school for a large pounds number. A 'strong program has been 10 W\md arranged for farmers’ .wives. and|}1 pounds daughters also. f this Aspecial program of work and ad:|WHITE -EARTH . PIONEER DEAD i eatly ploneers and fur _traders of NEW. AMBULANCE ARRIVES. dresses has been provided for the| - state, died here Wed: y WOTNIDE | The new ambulance for the Samar- women who attend the short course. | Daughter of the Late Basil Beaulien |at the age of sixty- itan hospital arrived yesterday and Several noted instructors’ will ‘bs| - Died Wednésday at the Age of ~|Surviving liera husband.and a large | will be put in use at once. The body Dresent to give the best ideas relating Sixty-five Years, - family.of children, all grown to man-|of the carrlage is a dark grey ..in to home cooking and sewing, the ar- - hood. © color and the outfit is valued at. $750. tistic decoration of the home at the|By Uaited Fress. - R lowest expense, as well as other im-| White Earth, Jan. 2.- Mrn Sophu. . E. W. Hannah, alderman from the portant subjects. ‘Board and room {Louison, an old and respected resi- Tlflird ward, has restgned his posi- may be secured at the school dormi- dent of this village and. daughter of |tion with J. P. Lahr and has taken of departments as- well. as all avatl- able.clerks, OWIng. to'the fact that January 1 was the date prescribed for the beginning of the parcels post service, Postmaster ‘Hale, ‘Who had - announced that the..business not become operative until Thursday, changed his plans and:put the lay into operation during the hour and & half the office was open yesterday. 3 Although the office was open © from 9:30 to 11.a. m. there was-a lins awaiting the opening «of. the window, Fully 100 packages 1.32 A JOINT INSTALLATION.- The 1. 0. O. F. and Rebeccas will have a joint installation in the Odd: tories. ‘the late Bazil H. Beaulieu, one of the |to the road selling a force pump. Fellows’ hall tomorrow evening. mailed. The first package, & bex . cigars weighing eight ounces, sent by Harry Bmith to his bro at Merriam Park. The m | within the first zone and : 3 g ltlmp carried it. - - 1ally prepared health M make, will .gladden -his re day. Mr. Heisser wrapped the in paper and they were ? for five cents each. . i“ “ -t vegetarian plum m declared had been etable fats ouly. It was Dafqive Paae