Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 16, 1913, Page 1

-mines belonging to Class A, together ¢ VOLUME 10. NUMBER 222. NEW TONNAGE TAX BILL HAS APPEARED 01d Friend of Range Country Legisla- : 2 lators Was Brought Up in the : : House Wednesday Morning. o : think that you- THE EXPENSES ARE BEING CUT M i Only $100000 Appropristed, Which | — = "~ b is $656,000 Less Than Was Used x In the 1907 Session. FIRST TBAIN INTO NEW GREAT NORTHERN DEPOT - : WHEAT EXPENSIVE CROP|CROOKSTON HAS A FIRE[S ;f.“i‘;;"“ s KNAPP WANTS MINERAL OFFICE * * * * *. Cost North Dakota Farmer $1.045 a |Store of Laliberte and Scully Burned Asks for $50,000 to Construct and| Bushel Unless Soil Fertility is Out Early Wednesday With Maintain One in Hibbing—Ini- Kept Up Each Year. Loss of About $6,500. tiative and Referendum, { Torkel T. Hagen, ‘a lumberjack 4 FLAMES SEEN BY HOTEL GUEST employed in one of ‘tHe . Crookston St. Paul, Minn;, Jan. 16.—Doubt- : : | camps at 1aland Lake, was matantly less With the kindly intent to make ‘ : Killed: yesterday by belng hit by s the Northeastern Minnesota members |my unitea Press. Crookston, Jan, 16.—Fire, discov- falliug, trogli Hlknen "" ome ot - a % feel at home in the ieglslature, Rep-| Fargo, N. D., Jan. 16. —~The an- ered at 12:10 Wednesday imorning, fn | 5o 8 that was swamping u:l b“"m’: 5 Thoto, Copyz "7“ By Tack Bros. 3 resentatives Thomas Frankson of|nual address of J. E. Worst, the the basement of Laliberte & Scully’s ing. excited at -ery. of “Ilimber 33 Spring Valley and H. O. Bjorge of]|president, was one of the features of ran directly under:thi 4ree. . His nknll FoSSToN IS STRo G NEw JURoRfifiNAMED WORST’S FIGURES suni'r.me Lake Park Wednesday morning in-|the big Tri-State convention, in ses-|fUrniture store in the Marin Block on | o o 0 o o0 g one leg broken. troduced their tonnage tax bill in|sion here today. the North Broadway, just north of|,anraw- worked in 'the ‘same camp the house. It was referred to the| President Worst has been counect-fthe Crookston State bank, resulted|y.; otner relatives in this country committee on taxes and tax laws. [ed with the organization either as|in a total'loss of -everything in the| ;g 1o’ knowa, ~He -will be burled The bill is practically the same as|secretary or president since the first | Pasement where most of tae 8t0CK|4omorrow from Coroner m.mu, A T : Servi that introduced in the house in 1907 | meeting was held a dozen years ago. |Was stored. rooms, M“M Bagley & Week By Who Must Beport, {or o by Mr. Bjorge and defeated, that in-| His annual address attracted a| The fire was confined to the base- st “Boore of 71 to 55 and Are Tout- at Next Term of Court Selected” troduced in the house by Mr. Bjorge|great deal of attentioan. His subject |ment by the department, the fire be- edas H =y s 4 in 1909 and vetoed by Governor|was, “More Farmers and Fewer Ho- |ing very hard to combat because of SMELL % Coming Champions, This Morning. Johnson and that introduced in the house by Mr. Frankson in 1911 and defeated. As before, the bill proposes a grad- uated output tax of two to five cents per ton on all ore produced in the state, the tax to be for state purposes only, and the localities in which the mines are situated to get their reve- nues—-if they can—~from the advalor- eum system of taxation. The grad- bos; Less Waste and More Prosper- |the dense smoke from the mattresses. ity.” ‘What furniture was not burned in President Worst called atention to |the basement was totally ruined by| pecatur, I, Jan. 16,—=Somebody|WILEL PI.AY BEMIDJT SATURDAY |FROM comflssloms LISTS the necessity of more farmers in the[the four feet of water in which dt|¢hrow a wrench- inte the smoothly, three states of Minnesota and the Da- [8tood the balance.of the might and|rynning parcel post: machinery at kotas, represented in the convention. | Wednesday morning, as the water|in, pecatur postofice yesterday. It 3 ‘ i - ) He wanted not only that the uncul- [had to be pumped out, there being|ywas o package of fresh;skunk hides, <The following clipping frem :the| Twenty-three grand jurors and tivated sections should be put into|Do trap conxection With the sewer: |majled by a trapper on s rural route,| Crookston Times will give the Be-|twenty-four petit jurors were picked cropa but also that the-large farm (. The fire originated, as near as cal|Bocause fresh breezas’ wore blowing [idil people an idea of what the HIgh | v io- morming from the list of men should be reduced to smaller hold- |be determined, in the frofitportion of: in the country fl‘? al: route: car- school ‘team will meet when they umed by each 6mmhsmner fromite ings. He claimed that.with~an in-|the basement in-a pile of mattresses.| jor was abi play Fosston next Friday: % uation Is 5o arranged that most mines | telligent farmer on every quarter or|A traveling man sitting 'in the Win-|pecatur; Butish carrle © “Last Saturday the- Fosston High |4 would pay the minimum. -| half section .that crop f:ilures could}dow. of lh& Hotel Crookston;. saw nto the bullding > Non-producing mines are also to be|be practically safeguarded by proper | W¢ : ming ‘down’ | the Btre went . out. b; 0 The par- D taxed: for state purposes on the ad|methods of crop rotation, crop diver- |peered out, saw smoke and after run-|.e] will be réturned to the sender, |88Mme Was & clean, clever, snappy ex- valorem or valuation system. sification and modern methods of till-|ning to investigate, phoned in the hubition of basket ball. The Fosston Al mines are divided into two|ing the soil. alarm from the Hotel Crookston, the : boys are out this year for. the cham- classes, “A” and “B.” Mines produc-{ He deprecated the present machine | department. responding very quickly. lBYSlKo woN AGAIN plonship ot Northwestern +»Minne- ing 2,000 tons or more a year are|ethods of farming on a large scale| Mr. Scully had been at the Opera (ki - sota.” Class A mines, and are to pay a ton-|and charged it with being soil rob- |House and had just gone to bed when Fosston has always brought a fast nage tax. All other mines are Class|bery that future generations must re-|he was: telephoned. He states that| Duluth; Jan. 16.—Zbyszko, chal-|team-to Bemidji and last year de- B mines, and are to be taxed as at|store. the loss is between $4,000 and $5,000 |1enger of Gotch, defeated Jess West-|féated the local team after a hard present. Practically the only change| He urged that the commercial|With $4,500 insurance. ergaard last night. game. Many of last year's players The first fall was in thirty min- utes and: forty seconds; ‘the laeond fall was won on a foul. Iiams; Ole Eenpvold. Bante; . Geo. McTaggart, Turtle River; A. Atwat- er, Myhre; W. G. Schroeder, Bemidji; Chas. Warfield, Bemidji; J. P. Rock, Larmnero; Chas. Johnson, Hines; C. W. Collins, Williams; John Eick- stadt, Bemidji; Hans Tmsdahl, Pitt; T. W. Bell, Bemidji; Jacob Defling, Langor; John Moberg, Bemidji, Wm. McCualg, Bemidji; Charles Krahn, Northome; ank ‘Tagner, Buzzle; Rube Miller, Bemidii; R. H. Dicken- son, Puposky; Thos. Williams, Bau- dette; J. P. Duncalf, Bemidji; Swan Tell, Buch; and: Olof Bratvold, Buz- zle. 3 Petit jury: Henry Falk, Battle; Erick Johnson, Quiring; J. A. Wag- ner, Kelliher; Louis norquist, Lioose Lake; Beny Hovland, Hamre; Anton Zilbert, Port Hope; Tom . Moore, Eland; Geo. Newton, Hornet; Mike Kelly, Pitt; Henry Berg, Summit; Math Myrhold, Spruce Grove; J. Ky- ler, Spooner;. R.. C. Cook, Kitichi; Harry Smith, Eland; Cris Beck, Shot- ley; Crist Olson, Maple Ridge; John Benson, Liberty; Ole Gunderson, Be- midji; J. L. Willlams, Baudette; L. RIVERS OUTPOINTS CROSS. | Larson, Bemidji; Math Berg, Alas- New York, Jan. 16...—Joe Rivers, (ka; F. §. Arnold, Bemidji; E. H, Win- the Mexican lightweight, outpointed|ter, Bemidji, and Axel Sandberg, of Leach- Cross of this city in a ten-|cormant. since the last-bill is the reduction cf | bodies of the cities and towns should - It is'a hard blow. The firm has ere on the Fosston team this year the minimum required to put a mine|take up the problems of increasing|been in business about a year, but as while on the Bemidji team, Captain in Class from 20,000 tons to 2,000 |the rural population and pointed out|soon as ‘the insurance is adjusted Bailey is the only last year’s' player. tons. . the great difficulties experienced un-|they expect to make a new start and The. local boys practice g’ery after- The tax commission is authorized |der the present sysem in depending|g0 after business harder than ever. noon and are developing team work. to employ a mineral expert to enable|upon the inefficient-and unreiiable|The building is owned by Mrs. Poeh- Coach Carson is- “watching the it to obtain each year a list of all|transient labor. ler of Minneapolis, and handled by team closely and expects to turn out Some startling figures were shown | W. A. Marin. » The force of the heat a winner. The last few. nights he in the present method of robbing the | wrecked the plate glass windows in has been picking fast players from state of soil fertility. President Worst | front ‘and broke the partitions in the the candidates for the first team and claimed that one acre of land pro-|front and rear. . The loss on . the playing them against the first team. ducing twenty bushels of wheat,|building is $1,000 or $1,500,. and Some of hese games are too close for mined from the soil forty-four poungs |tully covered by insurance. the peece of mind of first team men. of potash worth five cents per pound; and it is only by hard work that they twenty pounds of phosphoric acid can win. Some of the members of the worth four cents per pound;- and second ceam‘ara George Graham, Fred forty-two pounds of nitrogen ‘worth TENSTRIKE, Graham, Earle Riley, O. Grisback, fifteen ‘cents per pound; or-a total of| ¥ ¥ ¥ KK KE KKK KK KK xxr Claude Bailey, Leslie Slater and W. $9.30 of soil fertility. Mrs. S. E. Barton of Bererdon, Ills., Olson, This makes each bushel of wheat|is visiting her brother-in-law, George raised on that acre of land cost.the|Deushane and family. She is much soil $.465. Where the wheat was|impressed with this country. shipped out and the straw = burned Jesse Smith of Rabideau, was trad- there was just that much soil rob-|ing in the village this week. bery. John McDougal of Blackduck, was With the cost of fifty-eight cents|looking after his land interests near per bushel for raising the wheat, the|Tenstrike this week. federal estimate, each ~bushel' - of| S. E. Thompson was “in- Hagi]l wheat was costing the North Dakota |township this week looking after his farmer $1.045. timber interests. ' -President Worst pointed out that vack Drewy went - to the . north if the straw was converted into man- |country this week to look over some ure and returned to the soil it would|timb-r. ONE MOBTALLY HURT AND FOUR INJURED IN MILL CITY WRECK ‘Minneapolis, Jan. 16.—Mark Tom- ilson, driver ~of .a hose wagon, was mortally hurt, four firemen severely injured, and two women severely burned, as the resuit of a fire about norn ‘Wednesday in a rooming house t 109 East Thirteenth street. Three firemen and the driver were injured when the hose wagon over- turned: at = Hennepin avenue -.and Twelfth street. A collision ‘with a fire ¢ngine ‘that was ~coming full speed behind: was narrowly averted. The damage was $2,000. Tne firemen injured in the hose tcart spill are. Lieutenant Edward Gammons, -cut on head and arms;|round bout here Tuesday night. Davis Nuzlille, cut and bruised; Jos-| Cross had the better of the first eph Kline, back injured and face cut.|two rounds. "While the New Yorker| WISCONSIN SCHEDULE OUT. Arthur. MeGregor, another fireman, | was showering rights and lefts to the |' Madison, Wis., Jan, 16.—Six con- wae knocked down the steps of the|head in the first the Mexican slipped |ference games and a preliminary rooming house by a Btream of water, |to one knee at the ropes, but was up |clash with Lawrence makes up, the suffering injuries -that necessitated|in an instant. Cross’ superior at in-|Wisconsin football schedule for 1913 his removal-to a hospital. fighting. ¥ as adopted by the faculty Tuesday Hose Wagon:-No. 4 was being driv-| In the second round Cross. scored |after recelving the sanction of the restore the equivalent of §.235 worth| There will' be a social- hop at|en at top .speed ' when it swerved | the only real knockdown of the bout |athletic council. Ohio State will be of soil fertility per bushel. If the| inild hall Saturday evening, 8 to 12.|around a-corner into the car tracks.| with a left hook under the jaw. ~ & new rival of the Badgers for con- bran and shorts of the grain were| There will be an old time speling|It ‘turned turtle completely, precipi- ” - terence honors. - The schedule: kept at home and fed to the live stock | match at the village school house on |tating all aboard: to the:middle of the The funeral of Mrs, Sam Paquin| Oct. 4'—l.lvirence at Madison. and that manure returned to the land | Friday evening at 8 p. m. street. Tomilson was rendered un-|was held this afterncon in the First| Oct. 11—Indiana at Madison:’ the cost per bushel of raising the| Paul Robinson has been numbered|conscious, being thrown beyond the Scandinavian Lutheran chlxrbfi, 18V, Oct. 18—Purdue at La Fayette. wheat and in soil fertility might be|with the sick this week. 2 horses; = He was still - unconscious; T, 8. Kolste officiating. i The pall| - Oct. 25—Northwestern at Evans- still further reduced - about fifteen L. J. Duer was. trading in the vil-|when he was removed to the city hos-| bearers were Ray Schumaker, Tony |ton of metallic iron of their production, |cents. Under the crude old-time meth:|lage yesterday. pital. ~He suffered a wrenched back|Sc.usser, Frank Schroeder, Garfield| Nov. 1—Minnesota at Madison. and to make semi-annual reports in|ods present prosperity ' was being} Charlie Fleischman was in the vil-|and internal lnj\mes lrom which he| Akerberg, George E. Donaldson and Nov. -8—0hio State at Madison. November and May, the tax to be (Continued on Iast page). ‘lage yesterday. may die. i - | Robert: Given. _| Nov. 22—Chicago at Chicago. payable Dec. 1 and June 1. The tax e SCOOP BESE. -~ . Scoupls Idea Didn't Meet The City Eds Approval =~ By "HOP“ with the owners and operators there- of. The tax is upon the “long ton of the output of such mine or mines based upon the percentage in metal- lic iron, when dried at 212 deg. Fah- renheit, as follows: “Ore yielding less than forty-nine per cent, two cents per ton' “Ore yielding forty-nine per cent or over, and less than fifty-four per cent, three cents per ton. “Ore yielding fifty-four per cent or over and less than fifty-nine per cent four cents per ton. “Ore ylelding fifty-nine per cent or over, five cents per ton.” Contents of phosphorus or other deleterious mater are not considered in fixing the basis for applying the tax, The proceeds of the tax are to be distributed as follows: “An amount thereof equal to what would acerue to the state school and university fund on the valuation of mineral lands of Class A, under the state school and university tax shall be credited to the state school and university fund; and the remainder thereof shall be credit- «d to the general revenue fund.” Persons engaged in mining are re- quired to keep account of the guan- tity and average yield in percentage XK KKK KKK KK * Failure to make returns, involves a (SCUP - T WANT ~0U T5 PRACTICE IRAWING penal'ty of ten per cent. The books 20D LEARN To B8 A CARTOORGT { w‘\;;“m«-n;:uu&z of mining companies are to be open METANCE. Y0 DaY THINK OF THE. FUNNERT e L YHATS ‘x:'nwmrromed' Bemidji & New GUEST TONIGIIT — Great Northern Depot Here to See Completed Structure. - BANQUET AT HOTEL MARKHAM ——— Dinner to Be Served at 8 p, m. to Over 100 Men—Program of = Varied Toasts, CHAMBERIAIN IS NOT HERE Wired Secretary Baer This Morning That Hé Would Be Unable to Arrive on Time. The Addresses, “Our Honored Guest”..... feee 5 Judge C. W. Stanton «....Hon. J. J. Hill_ “City Development”. ...P. J. Russell “Empire of the' West”. W. H. Gemmel “Tonnage”..........T. A. McCann “Farm Development. ...A: E. Nelson “Short Shoots”. ....Hon. Wm. O’'Neil “Why We Are Here”..M. J. Brown “Northern Minnesota’ seee .E. B. McDonald .T. J. Burke A. H. Jester J. J. Opsahl “History”” “Onions “Sheep”. James J. Hill, for many years the executive head of the Great North- ern, and-who until a few months ago was chalrman of .its board of direc- tors, is in Bemidji today and this afternoon is holding an informal re- ception in the mew Great Northern station, Mr. Hill will be the guest of honor at a banquet to be given in the Markham hotel this evening at which the business: men of Bemidj will-entertain officials-of the Great .| Northern -and.several other invited guests, Mr. Hill’s last.-visit “to Bemldjl was on August 24, 1912,.<That eve- ning he addressed several hundred people in the armory and promised them a new depot-for which neither they nor the Great Northern would have to apologize. The banquet this evening. is to mark the completion of the building and as Mr, Hill more than kept his promise, he is the guest of honor. Professor Chamberlain, agricultur- al man of the Great Northern, tele- graphed this morning that he would be unable to arrive in Bemidji in He was to have met the farmers at the depot and talked with them al- though the big meeting is set for Feb- ruary 6. - President Carl R. Gray is also. unable to, be present tonight as he is in the west looking after a sup- erintendent who: was taken seriously ill. Louis W. Hill also sent his re- grets. The banquet this evening will be served in the dining room of the Margham hotel and the guests will be geated at eight o'clock. While . the dinner ie being served, Remfrey’s seven piece orchestra will play a program of ten selections. Following is the guest list as compiled at noon today: The Guests of Honor. James J. Hill, M. R. Brown, Mr. Hill’s secretary. W. B. Dean, director of the Great Nortaern, St. Paul. Professor Crane, Great Northern agricultural expert. J. H.-Griffin, dlvillnn freight agent, Grand Forks. E. A. Mills, master camnter. Crookston. § R. L. Knebel, superintendent, Crookston. % agent, St. Paul. g E. H. Wilde, A. G. P. A. St. Paul. W. H, Gemmel, goneral manager of the M. & I, Brainerd. Hon, William O’Nell, Cass Lake. Others at the Tables. Sam Simpson, Bena; W. T. Blakel- ey, Farley; Charles Carter, Hines; ] George Anderson, Dr. Sanborn, B. F. to the inspection of the tax commis— T‘,‘:f;t‘“':‘:‘:::“ AND THEN TAKE @ sion on demand. b It is proposed that the bill; if passel shall be effective Jan. 1, 1914: The house voted to appropriate only $100,000 for the ' current| expenses of ‘the session. = This is $25,000 less than was appropriated at the beginning of the 1907 session, although the session cost $165,000. | An appropriation of $50,000 ‘is{ carried in a bill.introduced by Repre- seontatives Healey and Knapp to con- struct and maintain a state mineral office and assayers’ department at | Netzer, A. R. Erickson, 8. A. Cutter, “|G. M. Torrance, H. A. Simons, Jr., C. W. Jewett, Thayer Bailey, Dr. - Marcum, John Zeigler, H. M. Clark, C. W. Clark, ‘Wm. McCuaig, Sherm Balley, Dr. Johnson, Dr..Smith, Dr. Stanton; K. K. Roe, G. W. Campbell, 'Defewctive Page time for the reception this afternoon. . L. L. La Rue, trnvallnx passenger