Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 1, 1913, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ ianl VOLUME 10. NUMBER 236. SAGENG PROPOSES CAMPAIGN PROBE Is Aimed at Members of Legislature Suspected of Having Received Brewery Aid. WANTS COMMITTEE OF SIX Three Each to Be Named by Burn- quist and Rines and “Standpat- ters” Will Be Few. 6,000,000 ACRES ARE RECLAIMED . Report of State Drainage Commission Shows That There Are Still 4,- 000,000 Left In Swamps. By United Pross. St. Paul, Minn, Feb. 1.—Some ex- citement is anticipated when the legislative campaign probe commit- tee gets under way, assuming that Sen. Ole Sageng's resolution, intro- duced yesterday, providing for the appointment of the committee, is adopted by the house and senate. In view of the attempts in both house and senate, to curb the powers of the presiding officers by having a committee on committees appointed, there is reason to believe that when the probe committee is named, there will be few, if any, so called “stand- patters” on the list. Of the six mem- bers, three are to be named by Lieu- tenant Governor Burnquist and three by Speaker Rines. It .is predicted that the personal of the committee will consist of the anti-brewery element. The resolu- tion is really aimed at those candi- dates who are supposed to have re- celved assistance from breweries. For this reason, it would be no sur- prise If some of the legislators were subpoenaed to testify. It will be interesting to note whether any of the senators or rep- resentatives, if subpoenaed, will plead immunity from the service of process, which is granted them in the < case of a court summons, Need Wider Taxing Power. & One of the bills to be introduced in the senate Monday, will be by Sen. Fossen, Minneapolis, who proposes to offer a measure in the nature of a constitutional amendment, which is intended to give the legislature the power to levy gross earnings or ad valorem taxes, withouc¢“$irst submitt- ing such matters in the form of a proposed constitutional amendment to the voters at a general election. Woman’s suffrage will again be brought into the limelight next Tues- day, when it will come up for consid- eration in the house. As the senate has already defeated the bill which % originated in that body, and, as it is generally conceded that the house will pass the bill and again put up the proposition up to the senate, it is not believed that there will be the interest taken in the measure in the house which was displayed in the -senate last Tuesday. Would Use More Papers. Representative G. B. Bjornson of Minneota introduced in the house a bill providing that proposed con- stitutional amendments = shall be printed in all legal newspapers of the state, instead of those designated by the secretary of state. Mr. Bjorn- son frankly admitted that his meas- ure is designed to prevent the secre- tary of state from building up a poli- tical machine by handing out favors to newspapers in the form of print- ing contracts. “T have no personal grievance against any one,” said Mr. Bjornson. “Secretary of State Schmahl always has treated me fairly and I always have got a contract for publishing the constitutional amendments in my newspaper. But I believe that to permit the secretary of state to dic- tate what newspapers shall get the state’s money for publishing the amendments is to place too much power in the hands of any one man.” Bjornson’s bill provides that the amendments shall be furnished in plate form to all legal newspapers. His bill cuts the rate for publication the first time from fifty cents per folio to twenty-five cents per folio and he believes that this reduction in the rate will make it possible to have the amendments printed in all newspapers without increasing the expense to the state. Daily newspa- pers having a bona fide circulation of more than 10,000 are to receive .seventy-five cents per folio for the ELDRIDGE E. JORDAN. | Washington Banker and Chairman { of Wilson - Inaugural Committ KKK KKK KKK KK KKK N. M. D. A. VISITORS. * The following visitors regis- ¥ tered at the rooms of the North- & ern Minnesota Development as- ¥ sociation in Minneapolis this % week: : E. A. Kremer. Grand Rapids. % H. D. Powers. Grand Rapids. % . 8. Fisk ......Grand Rapids % A. Zimbrick,. ...Deer River % . M. Stanton.Thief River Falls & H. H. Hulbert.......Stephens % Matt Barzen.Thief River Falls ¥ H. M. Clark . .Bemidji W. B. Jones. ..Sylvan % H. N. McKee. . .Bemidji % Rev. Roman Homar. . .Beaulieu % ... Walker & .Bemidji & * Miss Beatrice Mills * W. H. Frederick.......... x +evevevo...Thief River Falls KR KKK KK KK KKK KKK * * * * * * x x * * * x * * x * * * * * first publication and thirty-five cents per folia for subsequent publications. 6,000,000 Acres Reclaimed. Since 1907 6,000,000 .acres of swamp land in Minnesota have: been reclaimed at a cost of $1.50 an acre, according to the report-of the Min- nesota drainage commission, just out. The report says reclaimed land now is worth from $15 to $60 an acre. The statistics of the' commision show that there are yet 4,000,000 acres of swamp land in the state which the commissioners state, should be drained as soon as possible and rendered available for agriculture. According to the report, when all of the drainage ditches are completed there will be 575 miles of graded roads built along them. The financial statement of the commission shows that the original appropriation of $50,000 for the con- struction of drainage ditches has been doubled by private subscription, and a balance of $204,000 stands to the credit of the drainage fund. In the report the commission strongly recommends that the drainage of swamp lands in the state be contin- ued until all land now useless has been reclaimed. Country members in the house ob- tained an amendment exempting, far- mers from compliance with the pro- visions of a bill introduced by the labor committee requiring detailed reports of accidents of a serious na- ture, ADDITIONAL LOCALS. Mrs. M. Malone left this afternoon for Crookston where she will spend the next few days as the guests of her daughters, Mrs. H. J. Welte and Mrs. J. F. Norman. Nine young men are taking the civil service examinations for first grade clerks in the Crookston Lum- ber company reading room. S. A. Cutter has charge of the class. Carter Cutter, who recently re- turned from Austin, Minn,, to accept a position in the Security Bank took suddenly ill a short time after his arrival with a severe attack of days. REPORTER oo TOMORROW 15 Hog Dav an' [T WaNT You To Go T ME A GROUND MO AND BRING- T ACK Y0 YHE OFFf 0 BE PHOTOGRAPHED, 2| National guards of St. Paul were re- ¥/ as their reason that he discriminated grippe and will be unable to take fap his duties at the bank for several THE CUB BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURD/ ST. PAUL OFFICERS T0 BE PUNISHED Are Releaved From Duty By Colonel 3 Luce and Ordered Court Martialed. HOLD TRIAL NEXT MONDAY Five Officers are to Be Tried and Action on Others Will Be Determined Later. St. Paul, Minn. ,Feb. 1—(By Spec- ial wire service)——Because they re- fused to obey nrders to assembly for ficers of the battalion of Minnesota leased from duty by Col. Luce, com- mander of the First regiment with headquarters at Minneapolis. A tourney was scheduled for Fri- day night and Luce’s orders were ig- nored by the St. Paul boys, who gave against them in favor of Minneapolis commands. They claim also that Luce got his job as a result of their votes. Five officers are to be court mar- tialed and punished. Action against other officers will be determined later. The officers who have béen| ordered for court martial are, Major Sheppard and Captains Tiffany, An- derson, Barnacle and Thompson. The date set for the court martial is Feb- ruary 3 at Minneapolis. ONE MORE SPEAKER J. J. Opsahl, who is in Minneapo- lis, sent the following telegram to the Pioneer this morning: "'H. H. Hughes, editor - of Farm, Stock and Home, will give a talk on ‘Getting Together and Farm Credits’, at the farmer’s meeting in Bemidji Thursday.” "Mr. Hughes is known as a “live” one and the addition of his name to the list of speakers for the meeting insures added interest. HAD SPEARED PIKE Charles Studley, who lives near Turtle River, was arrested by Game Warden Bailey this morning and charged with selling speared pike. Studley pleaded guilty and was giv- en a fine of $10 and costs. This is open season for pike when caught through the ice with a hook and line, one line to a person. Pike taken from a stocked lake cannot be drill work Friday night, fifteen of-| | (Copyright.) Divided as follows: Lighting Fuel . Books and perio Supplies and miscellany Furniture }- { Telephone ..... Salary, Librarian . Salary, Janitor Increase this yea Special to The Pioneer. New York, Feb. 1—The greatest problem confronting base ball man- agers the coming season is the ques- tion of pitching material. Hardly a team in either of the two big leagues that would not welcome the addition of one or more reliable twirlers to its staff. With the exception of the Giants and Pittsburgs in the Na- tional and the Red Sox in the Ameri- can there isn’'t a club strongly forti- fied in the box. With Mathewson, Marquard, Tes- reau, and possibly Demaree, compris- ing the first string, and ~Wiltse; Crandall, Ames and ten promising sold however caught. Mr. Bailey says that is unlawful to speak pike from. fish houses. THORPE SIGNED New York, Feb. 1.—James Thorpe, “greatest living athlete,” recently declared professional, signed a con- tract late last night to play baseball with the New York Nationals. He will report to Manager McGraw February 16. second, the National league cham- pions appear to be better fixed in this respect than their rivals. And for this happy condition of affiairs Me- Graw alone deserves praise. McGraw .18 one of the very few major league managers who plan several years ahead, and therein lies the secret of his success. It is not his custom to sit back and wait for the minor leagues to develop his pitching stars. He believes in grab- bing a youngster of promise, no mat- ter how green, whenever opportun- ity offers. In this he is guided by the advise of scouts and agents. If, after a few weeka'at the.spring train- REUSSWIG T0 PEN Grand Rapids, Feb. 1—F. E. Reus- swig, the former school director re- cently sentenced to the penitntiary for forgery, was taken to Stillwater today. Mr. Reusswig has for years been a prominent business man in Grand Rapids and his arrest on a -charge of grafting school funds caused a sensation. He pleaded guil- ty to the charge and was given an in- determinate sentence of from three to five years. ing camp, a recruit shows “anything” that suggests he may eventually make good, McGraw farmse him out to some club where he can keep an eye on the rookie’s progress. . e . MAINTENANCE OF LIBRARY DURING 1912 Amount of Ll‘hra.ry F,‘lmd warrants issued during 1912 MACK’S" 'WEEKLY SPORT LETTER youngsters from which to recruit the| _ READY FOR THE GROUND H0G FP NP $1,644.64 Library Fund warsants issued during year 1912 Library Fund warrants issued during year 1911.... $1,644.64 1,636.67 $ 108.07 tract calling for a handsome raise in salary and thus publicly absolved the center field from.all blame for the loss of the series. As the Giants’ leader says, “Any ball player is liable to make an error.” ¥ In 1911 “Red” Murray went through the entire series with the Athletics and failed to connect for one single solitary safé bingle. The winter league sports . were betting even money that McGraw would tie the can to Red John, but he didn’t. Murray not only played a brilliant game throughout the National league season of 1912, but was one of the bright particular stars of last fall’s big games. A And when Merkle pulled that fam- ous “bone” in not touching second, a play that cost the team a pennant, what happened? Instead of firing the first baseman, - McGraw raised his| wages, and Merkle’s record of the last few years has more than justi- fied the manager’s faith in his abil- ity: Is it any wonder the rank and file of ball players swear by the Giants’ leader? McGraw has the nerve to manage-the team on his “own” and does not ask the assistance of press or publie. . Here we are with only a few weeks between us and the beginning of the training season and not one young pitcher exploited as the discoverer of a new and mystifying curve. Must be a poor crop of press agents this year. . * s John McGraw i8 one manages who stands up for his players and is not influenced by public clamor. This was again emphasized in the case of Snodgrass whose head the fans de- manded after the disastrons muff-in tie world’s serles las™ fall which cost ~ the ~Giants the - champion and the players/something like $30,- Luther McCarty ienced a sudden change the color question. there is a public match,” It was only a language that he would Scoop May Never Live To See His Shadow 000 in cash. Mac sent Fred 'a con- MEA I Bovawr = SRl 9 \EW (wERT TSEe - ¢ wannee, MAl ‘F’:fiwm ; 2 HE MeaNs) 1\ Sl B . | = i & ) s 0 ./ o 3 < e T Y = oy / - 7 - il / i a_ willingness to box_ Johnson demand - for the recently exper- of mind on He now declares “if few weeks ago he announced in no uncertain not consider {(Continued on last vage) WALKER HERE TONIGHT Wining and a Close Contest Is Expected By Coaches. INFORMAL DANCE AFTER GAME Tonight the High school team will play its second game of the season with the Walker team. The local Doys are prepared for a hard gamie and-expect to be victorious. Although they made a poor showing against the Fosston team they have not lost their courage and are prepare to play a game tonight that will be a surprise to many who saw the last game. The Walker team has a reputation of being fast and will come here confident of winning. If Bemidji wins todight it will mean much for the bu‘yq'; 8 the Walker team lsv con- sidered;by many to be as fast as the Fosston team that defeated Bemidjl here two weeks ago. Coach Carson refuses to discuss the line up as he has a plan which he believes will work successfully. A dance will probably be given ‘a Only'a small charge will be made to those attending the dance as the team only wishes to mrake expenses. WILL CHANGE CURRENCY. Washington, D. C., Feb. 1..—Pre- parations for completely changing the designs of all American currency and reducing the size of paper money by one-third, were practically finish- ed yesterday-by the treasury depart- ment. The design for the back of the notes, created by Kenyon Cox of New York, was submitted -to Secretary MacVeagh, who accepted it upon the condition that it is approved by the fine arts committee, “Simple and artistic,” is the treas- ury department’s characterization of the design, which consists of allegor- ical figures representing “America,”” “Peace,” “Plenty,” ‘“Labor,” and “Commerce.” = The treasury practically has finish- ed the design for the face of the notes. A vignette 'of Washington will adorn the face of the one dollar notes, The portraits for the other notes have not been decided upon. Both Teams Appear Confident - of | ter the game in honor of the visitors. | "1 pounds. .| the feed lot, the cheaper will be th TEN CENTS PER WEEK. JUDGE A SHEEP BEFORE BUYING A. E. Nelson Writes on the Best Methods to Use in Estimating Value of Animals. THE WOOL SHOULD BE SOFT Even Spread and Lustre Adds to the Value of the Fleece—All Need Short Legs. TEETH INDICATE THEIR AGE .| Central Incisors Appear After First @ Year and One More Pair are g ] Added Each Season. 3 A. E. Nelson, instructor in agricul- ture in the Bemidji school, has writ- ten the following" paragraphs “How to Judge Sheep.” "“Sheep are the hardest of all classes of farm animals to judge and when one must pass on a number of sheep in a limited time it is neces- sary that he work quickly and ac- curately. “When possible, one should always ‘handle’ a sheep as it is only after examination: with the hands that one can pass his best judgment. - After the sheep has been caught, press down the lower lip with the thumb so that the.age can be estimated from the teeth. As the sheep has eight permanent incisors which ap- | peared in regular orders in supplant- w on ing the milk teeth, it is an easy mat- ter to estimate the age up to five | Years. PR : “The milk teeth are always smaller and narrower -than the permanent A | incisors. The permanent incisors are 1 somewhat wedge shaped, being wider | at the top than at the bottom. “A lamb has only milk teeth but the first and central pair of incisors ° appear when the sheep is slightly : more than one year old. TPhe next s pair sof incisors will appear one on each side of the central pair when the sheep is two years old . The third pair appear when the sheep is slight- 1y over three years old and the fourth pair when the sheep is between four and five years old. Grain feeding will hasten the age indications. “After the age has been ascertain- ed, examine the head to see if it is of the desired shape. The head should be rather short throughout, wide be- tween the eyes and ears, although this conformation will vary some with the breed. The eye should be clear, large, alert and free from dis- ease . The ears should be of medium . gize, soft, and pliable. The neck should be full, short and blend smoothly into the shoulder . “A ewe necked sheep 1is usually thinly fleshed over the shoulder# and is never desirable. - The shoulders should be well laid together at the top and. well covered 'with mnatural flesh., The ribs should be widely sprung, giving the animal a round appearance. “The back should be level and, es- pecially in breeding sheep, should not have a tendency to ‘dip’ in this reg- ion-. The loin should be wide, with a thick natural covering of flesh. The hoofs should be well laid in and the hind quarters should be long and wide . In as much as the loin and hind quarters are the high priced portions of the animal at present, it is essential that these parts be care-" . fully examined. : “Sheep should always be set low down. That is, the legs should always be short, but the length of the legs will depend somewhat on the breed. The feet should point straight ahead and should be well supported in the postern or ankle joint. This is one place where breeding sheep are often at fault: 5 “The_best feeding lamb is _the ‘thick, low set, heavily . muscled type. The feeding lamb does not need much bone as he goes onto!the market at an'early age. He should be sold when he weighs about 100 n The younger he is put into cost of the meat. ¥ “Much might be said of the wool of