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THE BEMIDJI ELECTION LAWS MAY BE CHANGED Ole Sageng Proposes Third Tuesday In June as Primary Day.— . Farmers Need This. FEE SYSTEM IS ALL WRONG “Andrew Fritz, Public Examiner, Be- lives All Colelcted By Boards Should Go to State. VOLUME 10. NUMBER 234. DONALD B. MAC MILLAN. Member Peary’s Pelar Expeditien, Whe Goes Nerth in-July, 1913 “|feated Brainerd and several other PLAY WALKER NEXT Saturday night, the High school basket ball team will play the Walk- er team at the roller rink. The Walker team comes here with a repu- tation of being fast as it has de- teams that have shown up well. Tickets are being sold by students of the high school. By a misprint on the tickets the price was marked thirty-five cents but the correct charge i8 twenty-five. The Bemidji BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSD. NOT YET, BUT. SOON-—MAYBE Tfi{'CENTS PER wm(. - SEES A FUTLRE FOR THIS CITY 10 HATE TO HAVE HAD MY HAT RUINED) e 7 : Prominent Lumberman Believes Be- "~ midji is to be the Center of Net Work of Railroads. HE OUTLINES DEVELOPMENTS lineup will be chatiged somewhat and| - & better showing is expected than was made in the Fosston game. Ol- son will play center and Johnson will try out at guard. HHK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK Says Backus-Brooks Interests, M. & I and Great Northern Have Many Plans. THAT CeRr- : : T —_— Tmnl.v’ PID A : : 8 : s CLEAN -'-cU\' Jos > g SHOWS FAITH BY PURCHASES Mrs. Fred Petri is receiving trat- OF T, % ST, ANTHONY HOSPITAL. * LR R R R RS R WOMEN ARE NOT DISCOURAGED Say Defeat Will Awaken Interest and Sympathy as Nothing Else Would Do. By United Press. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 30—It is evi- dent that the election laws are in for |attract attention throughout the important changes, unless the other|State as nothing else could. bills affecting them are disposed of Wednesday in the Legislature. in the same manner that women’s| H. H. Dunn’s house bill reserving suffrage was disposed of in the sen-(to the state minera] rights in land ate Tuesday. granted to railroads passed the sen- ate under suspension of the rules by a vote of 47 to 2. Representative Dunn offered a bill In addition to referendum :md re- call, it is proposed to amend the manner and time of holding elec- providing that electric rallways pay ments. E. Fray of Blackduck was received here yesterday with a badly frozen foot.: Wm. F. McCaffrey is here for lreat- ments. Mr. McCaffrey under went an operation a short time ago from which he did not entirely recover. S. Anderson of this city is here with a severe attack of grippe. James Ryan of Bena is in a seri- ous condition with an attack of ty- phoid-pneumonia and is not expect- ed to recover. C. H. Lettuce, pfoprietor of the| Bena pool room at Bena, had another | : 18 the third stroke he has had in the stroke of paralysis yesterday. This last few weeks and it is feared that the last one will prove fatal. He was about to leave the hospital af- ter recovering from the second Has Bought Share of Big Farm and Has also Invested in Mercan- tile lines,—Optimistic. Bemidji as the distributing cen- ter of Northern Minesota is what is Seen by one of the most. prominent lumber men of the siate who was in this city recently. He further believes that Bemidji will be the trade center of a dairying and farm- ing community which will extend for miles from this city in every direc- tion. To prove that he has this con- fidence and is willing to back his opinion with his pocketbook, he has NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE Amount of Permanent Improvement warrants issued year 1912..$14,244.02| 3 = Divided as follow : - | Life of Boy Badly Burned in Heffner Streets— paving, . oo $10,265.67 bought a half interest in a large farm within fifteen miles of Bemidji tions; first by a bill offered by the|a Eross earnings tax of seven Der|giroke when he fell in the corridor. elections committee of the senate,|Cent in lieu of all other taxes. Henry Shepherd of Blackduck is paving rephirs. . = 2918 Fire Tuesday Morning Despair- |and has made other investments in in which filing by petition for non- Representative Wescott introduces |y, the hospital with pneumonia. material % 339.47 B & ed of by Dootors, the mercantile line. partisan offices is done away with; a bill increasing railway gross earn-|y. jyonson of Northome was taken . .grading and lmm'ovement cees 2,340.45 . The gentleman in question, who y i |ings tax from five to six per cent. to the hospital Tuesday with a bad- i ——— $12,964.67 does not care to have his name men- and second, by a bill by Ole Sageng,| Senator Wallace introduced a bill Iy frozen foot. Septic tank—R. R. 0 tioned but who may be called Mr. Jones, was in the city looking after some of his interests. Taking a map of Northern Minnesota, he traced out railroad movements which are being which proposes to change the time of | practically reorganizing the state la-| ~ Garl Hogland, of Funkley was tak- holding the primary election to the |bor department. en to the hospital last night having third Tuesday in June. “| Senator Fosseen of Hennepin|injured his foot in an accident in Apparently Senator Sageng in-|wants a state employment bureau |, camp near Funkley. s g 3 tends to monopolize the limelight,|for teachers. —_— e - storm sowers . e 3 Doctors - do. .ot ‘expect Howard BRONCHIAL TUBES BURNED bt sanitar: planned by the heads of the interest- when it comes to election bills. He| Prohibition of nopartisan nomina- 3 z 85.00 - Charback, the twelve year old bo¥|ed systems and showed that Bemidji bill. The latter prove moré popular ::ms byt petition was advanced in COHREMI- Cf;U: BDISll:fiN?ED %Lrfigtm:d alley ¢ }g§~gg who was_ buraed badly - Tuesday |will be the natural center for the was also the author of the suffrage |the senate. ‘or as: reache em! rom § Bui e . % g W - | net - work of lines. 7 with the cities than with the country| June primarles are asked. International Falls that the Commer- | Engineering expétise on. bircet: tmpravoments . /= 5480:86 aSeatia's e f¥e- Tl Rekk Tanty Among the: shanges which Be Tas and the latest bill ought to prove B clal club at that place has disbanded ot~ g T e s a E TS i¢ia,aui 03] T0UF bours he.was in the hospital hef o o ore: more popular with the country mem- because of lack of interest by the bers. That Active Germ. members. A business meeting was Senator Sageng in explaining the| A single germ in a forty-quart can |called January 7 and was attended bill to make the primary elections| of milk, if the conditions be favorable, | by eight men. No one would take held in June, said it was to enable| Will divide once every half hour, so|the offices. Funds of the club -will 53 3 the farmers to take more interest in| that at the end of 24 hours it will | be used for road building in the badly-burned, his- bedy. ia; scorched the primaries than is possible at| DAY® Increased to 381,474,976,210,858. | vicinity of the city. MAY BUY AN ELK HEAD. MAD OVER JAIL RELEASE and should he live he will probably: present, since September is a month At the end of the 34 hours one cuble “Bftorts are being made”, said An elk head worth about $150,| London, Jan. 30.— Thwarted in|feel the effects of the fire for many centimeter of the contaminated milk Py 1 ¥y face hest are burn- when they are all busy harvesting| would contain more than 7,438,000,000 | Secretary Watson, “to organize althe property of Frank: Keyes of Iu-|her design to lead the hunger strike Z:a:: m‘::sm’; ;:ddfg;;uni ‘,‘;r: of which a large part is virgin. ternational Falls, is being exhibited|of jailed suffragette, Mrs. Despard, their crops. germs. This is the report made by |ReW club, secure quarters and work 3 The country lies in Itasca and £ _ the 1 11 the Be- Heffner’s burns are not serious and 2 - - ) k- to ::::encit:x ;o Z?t‘:l;t:;e he?:'ci:e; ::'v:::;e:g:kwnflg bl health re. :?«;;f co;m:re;;loc;:;eg P 2 B¢ lin the rooms of the Bemiaji Elks.|the fist of the militants to be ar-sho has been able to bake Topeated | Koochiching counties and contains - £ o Bieiendlc ; *|The head was shipped to Charles|rested after Premier Asquith with-|visits to the hospital. thousands of cords. of puly Yoo as proposed in the bill, and that is| POrts. What's the use? . e . which the Backus-Brooks people that it would mean that a candidate Vandersluis and may be bought by|drew the franchise reform bill in|’ The lad was burned early Tuesday|© ' HO r mill at l;ntZr- morning when he attempted to start|0¢ed for their papei the lodge. The head was shown in|the house of commons, yesterday af- i G for nomination would be campaign- Tacoma «Figures of Speech. a kitchen fire with gasoline. The|Dational Falls. The saw timber will ing from about May 1 to the first| A Tacoma lawyer, arguing a divoree Bas a plece of the bell of St. Nicho.|the Given Brothers store for a few |ternoon was the angriest woman in vapor exploded, blowing the bottom|Pe Put in the rivers and floated to November, provded. he Is succs.| e s 4 Tollower iy Slem 1 a| e, SHUICH I8, Sbastopct. It was|days betoro being taken o the lodse| S LoRn VL S0 WAS st outof thecan aid seting fe to bis|the Ralny whero £ wil e progec full in the primaries. beautiful woman, so beautiful that the :;::;:h :’g"g:’;}g:r;:h l;;;v:d&ll rooms. Mr. Keyes is a hardware|y ot Br i O e which | clothes and the kitchen. It also ex- l::; 1ee in mills o y That would mean an almost pro-| %UB seems to stand atill while the| ) o, t of o ¥ the|merchant in International Falls and|Mrs Despard had scornfully refused|Ploded: in the .stove and blew the e -] v stars gaze at her. Truthtul! Falsity ardment. ‘of Sebastopol all -the p OERY lids and pipe out. Mr. Heffner’s in-| 2- The Backus-Brooks people will hibitive expense to a candidate Who | aee "oror®ye O th X rabbit| "Pires of the churck were demolished. | shot the Elk on a hunting trip some|to pay to a “man-made government” . extend the Minnesota, Dakota and spends his own money, the corrupt Ill:: m‘:n 1 bt .d’“ s" 1 ‘When the allied armies took the city time ago. and she was enraged when she“heard sufance:‘on;hishousshold: furniture Western - into Beltrami county and practices act notwithstanding. Most| Gentlemen, hz;,y‘:fi:“:.'," 1:‘;; some of the soldiers cut up the bell B 's i i hirty|of it B ran; out: Monday noon.: run it north into Baudette. This , of the candidates recognize the act| mouth. 'l.‘endar and slender! My ::: r;nn OTRITE Jather. Sux one of g Srwosh [ YesRLT N a0 (A “I'll destroy more property and line now -uses the M. & I. for about “ to the extent of not spending their cll;xntlcnuld Dbathe in & fountain pen.* Bleces.; "‘"‘: fl"";’“,l‘l‘it""“““’;"bl"“'l" ‘:1 "’t" lead another band of the faithful”; [NJURED BOYS RECOVERING |elght miles out of International money openly, but they get rid of it| = atlonal Corporation Reporter. pected in Bemidji February ©|ghe declared. “I wil get back in pri-| (jar Quammer, who was injured at | Falls. ; just the same, by having some friend 2 i Need :f Gl;.l!fll‘ Produoction. :}join the Elks, son and serve my sentence. I had the|¢he Crookston mill a few days ago,| The extension will go through vir- ;7; theirs ;l:\;yt;h;a drinks or cigars for e About 'fu.a‘ ; Ay ;;::.7 ol:lfltlhil‘l‘l;:’t::t 5::::::':; . 3:0] to :ay t;n;; inet,;:f I deliber-|ig gajd to be recovering. It was |gin country and will also furnish em-—Ww: eir money. good tea may be made a bad tea, b- ately chose jail Insf . thought at first “that his . injuries|an outlet. for the settlers who have _ -A change in the statutes so as to :mt a bad tea cannot be made a good S::::: ?:1:‘;&3:;::‘3'3;?:;;“&: “ SEARCHLIGHT ON ARMORY T would prove to be fatal but he may|already taken homesteads there. The require the State Board of Medical ben. says tflt;‘l‘al‘!:“vd '“‘”pemxwh‘“ production resulting would be none too| / W- B. MacLachlan has placed a NEED BRAINS ON FARM be able to leave the hospital in a|company plans to haul pulp wood to Examiners and other board to turn s :m:::: ;m ': "": ::od u:”’b:: great for the reasonable needs of the | Searchlight on-top of. the roller rink few days. International Falls and to haul saw all fees collected into the state treas- even ‘& ‘Bhort il:tmlon of ‘s bad tea | PeOPIe Who have to be supplied.—New fand it caused much query on the| Madison, Wis, Jan., 30—“Brains,| ' Oryille Titus expects to be able to|logs on trains running west to put e ury is urged by Public Examiner| p..yo 59 ghjectionable as an exces.| YOk SUB- part of those who have noticed it.\more brains,’ is what is needed on|geg nis friends some time this week. |into rivers emptying into the Rainy. Andrew Fritz in a report to the house | give 1nfugion of a good tea. On physi- The light shines directly on the cor-|the farm,” declared Prof. O. D. Otis,|mitys was injured at the Crookston |These will also be cut at the mills committee on public accounts and| ological grounds, therefore, the con- - Cleaning Glass Bottles. ner ‘of Beltrami and Fourth. street.|yesterday before the Farmers School|mq)) jast week by falling from a log{owned by the same interests: expenditures, sumer of high quality teas-runs less| A glass water bottle, when constant. 3 of Asflclflt\lrexauemhled in the audi-|¢rain and striking his head on a 3. Either the M. & I. will build Thirteen state boards have col-| risk of digestive disturbance, provided | Iy used, soon becomes discolored. This 2 toriym of agricultural hall. north from Kelliher or the Backus- lected during the last year fees ag-| the tea is made properly. may easily be cleaned by pouring a| ‘ MANY ATTEND PARTY. Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee, Brooks people will build south from - gregating $22,604.24, declares Mr. little vinegar into the bottle and add-| ' The card party that was given by |spoke on the “Moral Aspects of Rural Baudette and to connect ‘Bemidji Fritz, and while he is not convinced Advantage of Electriolty, mg a pinch of salt. Allow this 0| ine young ladies - of the Catholic|Lite,” today at 2 o'clock in agricul-| PUBLIC" SPEAKING NOT PUBLIC|yith the north end of the- county. the state would gain financially if| Electricity can not be frozen, nefth. :vtl!t:dclt::r ':::::l h,r?"‘; t:{“':mr:““ church was a decided Buccess. “Every | tural hall. 5 The ' oratorical ~ demonstration | This line will furnish an ‘outlet for it received these fees and paid the| er can it be adulterated. It works perfectly clear and M:M“ o be table was filled at eight o’clock and —_— which will be given by the class In|the people living in the Battle River, 5 board members a regular salary and | equally well on hot or cold days, B -Ymany were unable to play. A lunch public speaking in the High school|3gaum, Domaas and Shotley country ARE FIGHTING ASSESSMENTS |yl not be a public affair as form-|and will open up the center of the . expenses, he insists that is the right ‘was served about ten o’clock. 0 system. 8imiles Useless. H <4, International Falls, Jan. 30—The/|erely stated. Only meqlbers of the county for settlement. “The principle of the fee system is| ~ In argument similes are ltke songs : { fight of the Backus-Brooks interestsclass will be present and it will take|. 4 The Great Northern is umkmg entirely wrong,” declared Mr. Fritz| in love; they must describe; they MRS. BRINKMAN CARTOONED |, their tax assessments is causing | place at the regular period in the|ioward a line around the west end today. “It is not a question whether | Prove nothing.—Prior. ten the ring. At the suggestion of| Mrs. ‘Fred :Brinkman, who is at-[some excitement here. The inter-|class room. Later in the school year|of the Red Lakes to run morth and % : ‘tending a moving picture operators }ests are holding back their payments|the class will give a demonstration | connect with the Great Northern at the state would make money if a the clergyman the key of the chureh change were made, it is a question Unfortunate Position. door, which had a ring at the end, was | conventfon in: St. Paul, was cartoon- | because they believe they are being|to which the public will be invited b assessed too high. = The matter may|but as yet no definite plans have been merely of having the state‘s business| Always in debt when there is ne |*0MmmMandeered, and the ceremony - was | ed in the St. Paul Dispatch ‘Wednes- reach the courts. ) made. g By "HOP" showed- some improvement but he lr;ermaneut improv‘unent warrants- issued year 1911 ...... 516,864.83 had a relapse last night -and has | Permanent, imprvv/ement warrants iesued 1912 ..... ves 14,244.0 been delirious for much of the time. Decreage this year ...ee.eieviiieeevanns i s $ 2,620.87 Charback's bronchial tubes are 1. The Backus-Brooks interests have bought the Minneapolis and Rainy River line, which runs mnorth : from International Falls to connect — with the present line at Effie. This 3] will give a railroad through a coun- try which has had some timber cut and floated down the Big Fork but Rello of Sebastopol. A Mr. Ormond of Portland, Me, log twelve feet below. Key Ring for a Bride. 5 At a marriage service at Cheiten- ham perish church recently, it was found that the bridegroom had forget- Roseau or Warroad. "To this end, - 2 the Great Northern has an 4nterest in the Wilton and Northern line. It — |is said, however, that the Red Lake " -|line is under consideration. . “| Should the Red Lake extension go .| through, it is probable that Bemidji will be made a‘'Great Northern -di- vision point with.the Sauk. Center, run in a business way.” 5 veal necessity for it.—The letter M ! cO™Pleted.—Pall Mall Gazette, day ‘night. The public examiner also recom- C e i SCOOP itorien Scoop Is The “Answers To Quiries” Editor members should be enough for any [ acooe, 7tr rumie & auenies e QUERIES @o Aowers) ; 'u.lamu board, he says, while in some in- stances one member could do the work satisfactorily.. The women who led in the cam- Daign for suffrage are not in the least discouraged at Tuesday’s de- feat in the senat. The anti-suffra- gists are jubilant. The latter think this - settles the " question in - this state for some time, and they will take no steps to organize an anti- suffrage association. Mrs. C. H. Higbee, chairman of the legislative committee for the Minne- sota. Woman Suffrage association, said: “It is just another step on the road to progress. The defeat will awaken interest and sympathy and Red Lake, Grand Forks and Swan River divisions centering here. Mr. Jones pointed to the fact that-the Great Northerm had put $40,000 into a depot here and had plenty of room for yards.. He sald that the:Great Northern was not a road to spend money unless returns were in sight. Mr. Jones. pointed to the fact Be- midji s practically on two main - | Tines, the Soo and the Great Northern ‘fto eastern markets and that the M. - | & 1—Northern Pacific line furnish- “led ‘a third indirect route. He be- ileves that as this country'is best