Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 19, 1913, Page 1

RITCHIE SAYS T0 | BREED UP HERDS Former Superintendent of Schools is Now a Dairy Farmer Owning 186 Acres on Mississippi. HE CAN'T BUY GOOD COWS Believes It Best to Secure Fair Grades, -a First Class Bull and Build Up Through' Offspring BOOSTS FOR “GET-TO-GETHERS” Enthusiasm and Inspiration Which Come From These Meetings are The Important Things. A. P. Ritchie, of this city, is an exponent of the fact that a profes- sional man can go back to the farm and make good. Up to two years ago, Mr. Ritchie was a teacher by profession and at the time he started his farm, had just finished a long term as .superintendent of the Be- midji schools. In the fall of 1910 Mr. Ritchie purchaesd 186 acres of jack pine land about three miles out from the center of the city and located on the bank of the Mississippi river. of this 186 acres, eight were cleared. Today the farm has sixty-five acres under cultivation and forty acres more cut over and used for pasture. He is milking twenty head of cattle and supplies a large proportion of the Bemidji retail trade. When Mr. Ritchie moved onto the farm, a small house was the onmly building on it. Having the neces- sary capital but proceeding with caution, Mr. Ritchie enlarged the house, built a ~horse barn, " milk house, and other outbuildings and finally conitructéd on of the-largest barns in this part of the county and erected a silo to one side of it. He had decided that dairying was the best way in which to get his money out of his land so he began to look for cows. At Carlton he lo- cated the farm of E. Barnard and from her he bought eleven head of grade Holsteins. From her he also bought a registered Holstein bull calf that had been dropped on”the Stev- ens’ dairy farm in Wisconsin. The bull, which will be four years old March 21, is a grandson of Hen- gerveld de Kol, the record bull of the world. Ritchie’s bull is called Belle Natsey Sir Hengerveld, and has been the head of the herd since coming into his powers. Sir Hengerveld's first heifer calf will come fresh this spring and by her it will be known if he has inherited any of the power of his grand sire. Mr. Ritchie bought other grade Holsteins until he is now milking a herd of twenty head. The produc- tion of the herd averages forty gal- lons a day for the year around. His net investment is about $13,000 and with the increase in the value of the land mainly due to the clearing, he believes his farm is now worth about $15,000. “I realize that forty gallons a day is not good for twenty cows,” said Mr. Ritchie yesterday. “But the point is here—it is impossible to buy first class cows at a reasonable price. They are simply not on the market. Even pure bred calves are worth more when they are born than the average farmer can afford to pay. “The only way, then, that I, or any other farmer, can get a dary herd is by buying fair females, get- ting a first class bull and breeding up. My bull’s first heifer. will come fresh this spring and I will then be able to make an estimate of his value as a dairy sire. I have sold several bull calves which he has sired from grade cows and -they have brought good prices. “As soon as I am able, I am going to buy one or two registered heifers and as soon as théy reach breeding age, I will have a foundation for a therd of registered Holsteins. A far- mer can breed his herd up, but never can register his animals if they have any grade blood on either side. take a big jump_every year.” Mr. Ritchie said that he believed the farmers’ meetings which have been held in Bemidji, at the district school houses and farmers homes this winter, are largely valuable in the enthusiasm and inspiration which they give the individual. Mr. Richie was secretary of the Beltrami County Fair association up'to this year. His work team of grays took first prize in their class at the .1912 county 1 expect to see my milk production beaten. by A. M. Crowell for Muni- cipal judgeship at yesterday’s elec- tion by one vote. He may ask for recount. 9 DAYS F6RE T0 PAY UP Personal Property Taxes Will Be Due March First—After That Penalty Will Be Added. TREASURER ISSUES A WARNING March 1 is the day fixed by law to add a penalty on all personal property taxes in Beltrami county. The penal- ty added to the regular taxes will be ten per cent. days in which to pay up and miss the penalty. 7 This leaves nine more Earl Gell, treasurer, —stated this morning thatethe payments were com- ing in rather slow and that tax pay- ers will have to get a hustle on them- selves if they wish to dodge the added fines. As a usual thing the tax payers wait until the last few days to pay up and it is predicted that the rush this year will outdo past years, most of them waiting the limit time. AIRS STREET FIGHT IN. COURT Choice of Fines or Sentences Given Two of the Participants. As a result of a fistic encounter on the cornet of Minnesota avenue and Fourth street, Monday, Andrew Heff- iven an opiion “of ‘thirty ddys in the county jall or a fine of $20 and costs. The case wasg tried in Municipal court yesterday after- noon but was postponed until this morning so that eye witnesses could be secured. Wm. Southerlan, colored, the vic- tim of the assault was unable to tell much about the fray. He was given the option of twenty days in jail, or ten dollar fine suspended until 4:30 tomorrow, M. A. Clark was an eye Wwitness of the fray and told ‘the story of what had happened. and Chief Hoyt were the other wit- but sentence was T. Wilson, Fred Heffner nesses. TAKES SHOT AT THIEF Henry Marin Gives Chase After Man Who Attempts Barn Robbery. About eleven o’clock last night a man was discovered entering the barn of Henry Marin, 5608 Mississippi avenue, who it is supposed was there for the purpose of relieving the prem- ises of feed. Mr. Marin discovered the man as he was about to enter the barn an dgave chase. He shot once to scare the thief, who made his get- a-way by running through the Woed- mansee yard and around the house on Irvine avenue. No clue as to the identity of the would-be robber has as yet been found. MILLINERY MANAGER ARRIVES Miss Eleanor Brown to Take Charge of Hetland & Fallon Parlors. Miss Eleanor Brown, of Milwaukee, ‘Wisconsin, arrived in Bemidji last evening and will assume her duties as manager of the Hetland and Fal- lon Millinery parlors at once. Miss Brown has had much experience in the larger eastern millinery estab- lishments and the proprietors of the millinery store consider themselves fortunate in securing her servicse.. SCOCE ~ (Continued on 1ast page) =) ATTY. JOHN GIBBONS, who was MADERO TO BE BANISHED FROM REPUBLIC—DIAZ TO BE ELECT- ED PROVINCIAL PRESIDENT - Mexico- City, Feb. 19,—It is auth- enticaly reported that the resignation |- of President Madero will be formally accepted by congress this afternoon. General Felix Diaz will be elected|: provisional . president, = immediately- afterwards. The dispatch says that Madero will be examined by physic- ians, declared insane, if plans Dby leaders of congress carry. - Deposed president will then be sent to an asy- lum for insane until peace is finally declared. He will then be pronounc- ed sane and banished from the repub- lic of Mexico- foreevr. - Meanwhile General Huerta is-acting as military dictator of the republic. General Blanquet is, military gov- ernor of federal districts, which in- cludes the capitol. Gustav- Madero, the president’s brother and minister of finance in his cabinet, who will likely be executed. He is held in] prison by orders of Huerta. The streets of Mexico . City. have been thronged since daylight with thousands awaiting the arrival of the victorious rebel leader. The fighting in which three thousand soldiers were killed and six thousand. wounded, has apparently been- forgotten. The people are gay and enthusiastic, and are-rejoicing over the fact that the By United Fress. St. Paul, Minn., F 19.—Tonnage tax was beaten in ouse this aft- ernoon, after a lengthy’ argument. . 'To Cleon Knapp, the youthful rep- resentative from (;l‘lldmlm, belongs most of the credit Ior the defeat of the bill. All duringithe segsion he had laid his wires, ba)x.n: careful not to ‘incur the dinpleuufn of any fac- tion. Yesterday he \apda the prin- cipal argument aglinst% he bill, be- war is at an end. PASSED OVER TAFTS VETO ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—President Taft!s veto of the Burnett-Dillingham immigration bill was overturned..in the senate yesterday when the Dill was repassed, 72 to 18, greatly fn ex- cess ‘of the two-thirds -vote neces- sary. An attempt will be made to repass the bill in the house. BEMIDJI VS.F FOSSTON Friday afternoon the high gchool basket ball team will leave for, Foss- ton where_they will clash with the high school team of that city. Foss- ton has defeated every team contes- ting for the championship of northern Minnesota and at present claim that honor. Bemidji has defeated every other team of any strength and will ‘be entitled to the championship if they are victorious over the Foss- ton bunch. Saturday night the local boys will play the Brainerd team in this city. Brainerd has made an ex- cellent showing this year and- are capable of playing a fast game. The line up for the two games will be practically the same as in former games with Olson and Graham as subs. - These two candidates have been working hard for a place on the team and will probably be given a chance to play part of the coming games. McCUAIG FIRST, RHEA SECCRD Runs Away With Banner at- €ard Party Given at Mclver Home Last Night, Mr. and Mrs. K. Mclver entertain- ed Mr. and Mrs. William McCuaig, Mr. and Mrs. George Rhea and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Opsahl at “500” last night while awaiting election re- turns. Mr. McCuaig won first prize and Mr. Rhea second prize. . Supper ‘was served at one o’clock. The outcome of this social enter- tainment gives McCuaig two firsts and George Rhea a first and a second ing opposed by ruennnvel Bjorge and Frankso! bill, and being: assisted by Represen- tative C. H. ‘Warner of Aitkin. Rep. Knapp devhudilrom the ar- guments made against the bill in the past. Instead of quoting an array of figures which would stagger a statis- ticlan, he confined lifs discourse to the unrmonabunew of zu meas- nre “He showed -why “St. I.aull ‘county ought to derive the prin¢ipal revenue from “the mines, inasmuch as they were located in that county and that to tax the mines on a tonnage basis and have the money g’o into the state cofters, then to be divided among all the counties, regardless of the loca- tion of the mines, was unfair, inas- much-as St. Louis county did not ex- Dect to share in the revenue obtain ed from grain in, the wutlurn part of the state. B : “It would be just as reasonable to tax wheat by the bushel, and have the money go into the state treas- ury,” he said, “as it-is to impose a tonnage tax on our principal output.” Mr. Knapp also took the position that if the state tax commission be- leved the mines were not. paying enough. tax at present, under the ad valorem system, that all that was neecssary was to~increase their as- sessed - valuation. - That had been done several times, he said, and the same remedy could again be applied: The authors of the bill argued.that it was impossible to accurately deter- mine the approximate value of the ore while it was still in the ground, as it was not visible, except on -the surface, and no one knew the extent of some of the veins of the ore. For that reason they believe the tonnage tax was the only ‘solution. Now that the bill has been killed in the house, the senate is much re- lieved. Representative J. P. Boyle, of Duluth, and other St. Louis coun- ty senators, especially, are joyful. It is ‘not ‘expected that the senate will follow the recent action of the house and pass the tonnage tax-and again put it up to the.house, as the latter body did with woman’s suff- rage. The issue is not regarded as a -THE . CUB REPORTER in a single day. particularly progressive ome. Scoop Was .lust Followmg lnstructlons WILLIAM MclNTosfl HERE "FEB. 28 “Big Bemidjg” Team Again in the Bunning and Looking for Good Bagket- Ball Teams. SUPERIOR = WISHES TO COME The "Bl‘ Bemldl” basket ball team have begun’ work getting hack. Into. condition to play the McIntosk team in' this city one week. from Friday. The boys are practising every night and the game with the heavy MecIn- tosh team will * probably be one of the fastest played on the local floor this year. “The manager has written to several cities in this vicinity and more games may be schéduled in the cource of a few days. The Superior team has heard of the “Big Bemidg' record and is anxious for » game. If £00d crowds turn out for the tamcs Juring the nest three weeks the Su- perfor team will ‘be booked for a game. The “Big Bemidg” team have had a clean record so far this year and will undoubtedly give the Superior boys a hard game. The game if scheduled will. probably be shortly after Lent so a good attendance will be had at ‘a dance' which the boys are planning. Superior has defeat- ed some strong teams and have won from all the teams in Northern Min- nesota, that have made good show- ings except Bemidji If the local boys should win this game it would mean the champion- ship of Northern Minnesota. - The boys are willing to play: any team that think they are a match for them. Al Neuman has recovered sufficiently from an injured foot to’ be back in the.game and the line up will be ag follows: Brandon and Jacobson, for- wards; Peck and Bell, guards, Neu- McCUAIG Mayor Elect of Betmd" HEFFRON PLAT ACCEPTED At Monday Night's Session Council Puts 0. K, on Second Addition of 'l.'hn Property. 'WELL DEAINED--G0OD HOME SITE counsll 1ast Monday evening.the. sec- ond addition of Heffron’s replat' was accepted and is now a Dlatied lots of this city. The land lies in the wester part of the city joining the Warfield Electric It has been drained light property. and grubbed and offers ti ers some splendid opportunities in the weay of moderate priced soil i, partly undy and’other parts good léam and will mnke good build- ing lots. Mr. Heffron: has spent time and labor in putting this prop- erty into condition and seven blocks from'the postoffice will no doubt be desirable, especial- ly among the medium classes, with the object in view of ma home. FIGHT AT NYMORE YESTERDAY Newspaper -Man Receives Black. Eye and Bloody Nose as A display of fistic talent in which the publisher of the Nymore Inde- pendent was . the receiver and the proprietor of the hotel was noon. did the punching paid and the man who received the punch- man,_center; Ripple, sub. 25 MILES OF NEW STEEL. As soon as the weather permits in the spring;the Minnesota & Interna- tional railway will relay with new steel 25 miles of the road at various points between Brainerd and Bemidji. Seventy-two pound steel will replace. the former 56-pound rails. Last year es is adorned with a black eye and a swollen, -bloody nose. of the encounter, it is reported, arose over a board bill, which not have been paid. MASONS ATTENTION. There will be a regular meeting of the F. & A. M. at the ten miles of the rlflwty were relaid. This ‘work will giye employment to many men" and will serve to.increase the payrolls of the road. ' Jot tonight. quested to be present. the- chief attraction "at our neighboring village yesterday- after- All this took place at our quiet suberb, while the local election fight raged fircely here at home. - The result was that the man who Work in the first degree will be conferred. All masons are re- D. L. STANTON, W. M. By uHo u( McCUAIG ELECTED MAYOR OF BEMIDJI R. F. Murphy Beats Bagley and Re- Places Johnson as President of the Counil. - JUDGE FIGHT WON BY ONE VOTE A. M. Crowell, Socialist, Only Man of Party -Elected to Fill an Office. GIBBONS MAY ASK FOR RECOUNT Fight in the Different Wards Was Not Close Enough to Be Interesting, According to the official figures by City Clerk George Stein, the follow- ing officers were elected, and by these | plurality: Mayor—William McCuaig, plural- ity, 66. Municipal judge—A. M. Crowell, plurality, 1 City Clerk—George Stein, no op- position. 7 City Treasurer—Geo. W. Rhea, plurality, 368. Alderman-at-large—R. F. Murphy, plurality, 80. City Assessor—T. E. Lloyd, plural- ity, 168. Alderman, First Ward—John Mo~ berg, majority, 117. Alderman, Second Wnrd—s. C. Balley, majority, 32. Alderman, Third Ward—J. Bisiar, majority 16. 3 Alderman, Fourth Ward—C. C. Crippen, majority, 46. ‘Wm. McCuaig, mayor-elect-was giv- en a handsome, endorsement by the voters of Bemidji; his home ward giy- ing him & plurality of 66 votes. Mr. McCuaig is fortr-eight years of age and has resided in Bemidji for the past fourteen years. He conducts a department store on Third street. He ‘was a member of the city council for two years, representing. the First ward on that body. ’ “Who is going to be Chief of Po- lice?” When asked this question, Mr. McCuaig had this to say, “I have giv- en this subject little, if any study, I have “made no promises to anyone, and at this time have really no idea who will head the police force. As to my plans in conducting the office to which I have been elected, will say that nothing definite has been arranged. I am, however, contem- plating laying plans and outlining a course to pursue. The people of Be- midji, I trust, will have no cause to regret having honored me by elect- ing me chief executive of this city. I shall do everything ta give this city an administration and a police force that will be a credit to the town.” Gibbons May Contest. Attorney John Gibbons, who missed being elected judge of the munici- pal court by one vote, it is rumored, may ask for a recount. When asked toda what he would do in *the matter, he said, “Really, I have given this' matter no serious thought. "I cannot say at this time whether I will take steps to effect a recount. It is a matter that I should prefer to glve some consideration.” Friends of Mr. Gibbons’ are'of the opinion that before the election -of municipal ‘judge I8 entirely settled, that a recount will have been effect- ed. They believe that one-vote is not enough difference to let the matter stand as found by the count of the election judges. Crowell is htmled. A. M. Crowell, on his way to his office this morning, received congrat- ulations from friends and‘apparent- 1y seemed satisfled with the results as to the outcome of the judge fight. ‘When asked if he thought that a re- count. would be made with regard to his-election he said, “T am satisefid with the outcome. I believe, that should a recount be made it would be found that no mistakes were made in my favor. ~Should any have occured, 1 am of the opinion that my flnn!uy would be increased hutud de- creased.” . Mr. Crowell was of a jovial mood this morning, 'and greeted his friends with & cheery smile. and warm handshake. At almost every step he took, going down Beltrami avenue, he was_ leeolud Dby the re- mark, “Good murnlnx judge.”’ Among those who eonzrltnhtod :the judge- of the cuy part of the 0 home seek- ;lots. ~ The considerable as it is only it king it their Result. the donator, a small fine, The cause may or may Masonic hall By the order