Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 5, 1913, Page 1

E BEMIDJI D. VOLUME 10.” NUMBER 262. PROPRIETORS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE McCuaig Told Council There Are Too Many Saloons and Will Revoke Licenses if Necessary. SAYS THE CITY MUST ECONOMIZE Interest on Bonds is About One-Fifth of the Tax and Total Needs to Be Cut If Possible. EFFICIENT POLICE NAMED Mayor Promised That Men Would Be Working All the Time—Bursley Only Re-appoirited. Mayor McCuaig, in his written mes- sage to the council Monday night, sounded the key note of his admin- istration. He declared for less fac-| tional strife, economy in the conduct | x of city affairs in order to reduce taxes to the minimum, and that saloons must be run according to law. His message in full follows: “This day, pursuant to our city charter, the city officials chosen at the last election enter upon the per- formance of their respective duties and your honorable body is to dis- charge the important task of appoint- ing officers for the ensuing year, whose work is to be conducted under your direction. “Following the wusual custom, I have the honor to address you brief- 1y, commenting upon the work before us as seems at this time to merit |4 special mention. “Our city government * ok okk ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok kK is largely THOMAS STERLING. — Ropublican Elected United States Senator In South Dakota. EREKH KK KKK KKK KK FIRED ON AMERICANS. Douglas, Arizona, March 5.— Mexican soldiers at Auga Priesta yesterday deliberately fired on United States troops patroling the border here, The shooting was done in a most deliberate “manner. The Mexicans marched up to the boundary -and fired a volley at ‘the American patrol. The Americans replied with machine guns and the Mexicans retreat- ed. None were Kkilled but the Americans believe two of the Mexicans were hit. KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KAk Ak khkkhkhkhkhhkkkhk ki under the direction of the city coun- m]w ARD ’I‘O S]‘. CLOUD cil. That body has both legislative and administrative functions and the power of the mayor is limifed to ap- CABIN BY Uaited Press. ‘Washington, March 6.—President ‘Wilson sent in the names of the fol- lowing men this noon-as nominations fof his cabinet: Secretary of state—William Jen- nings Bryan, Nebraska. Secretary of the treasury—William G. McAdoo, New York. Secretary of war—Lindley M. Gar- rison, New York. g Attorney general—James McRey- nolds, Tennessee. Postmaster general — Albert 8. Burleson, Texas. ' < Secretary . of the navy—Josephus Daniels, North Carolina. Secretary of the interior—Frank- lin K. Lane, California. b Houston, Missouri. Secretary of commerce—William C. Redfield, New York. Secretary of labor—William B. Wilson, Pennsylvania. TWO BOYS BURNED Left Alone in House Which Caunght Fire From Over Heated Stove— Dray Upset Injuring One Left alone in the house while the mother went to a grocery store and the father was at work, the two small children of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Luce, were severely burned in a fire which broke out at 8 a .m. today. It was started by an overheated stove. Smoke was discovered pouring from the windows and doors by John Cline, a fireman, and he at once broke in the door and rescued five year old Leonard who was vainly trying to get out of the house. He went back for three year old Earl but did not find him until he had thrown a blazing mattress out of the window. The boy The Duluth Herald Monday safd: — had been under-the-bed: =t “Evans D. Howard, aged 25, did not proval or disapproval of council acts |keep out of trouble when he was pa- and to the priviledge of offering ad-|rolled on a sentence from the district vice and suggestions. Responsibility [ court about a year ago, and this for the results, however, rests'upon |merning was brought before Judge all, and I am certain we are entering Cant and ordered to serve his time in upon the discharge of our duties with | the St. Cloud reformatory. a full ‘determination to give our best “Howard was sentenced to the re- service to those who have elcted us|formatory on March 30 last, after he and given us an opportunity to serve. |had pleaded guilty to passing a forg- No More Factional Strife. «Although factional strife has in |hotel. ed check on a clerk at the Astoria Judge Cant stayed the execu- the past entered to some extent in |tlon of sentence in order to give the our city government, we can, I hope, | young man another chance. congratulate ourselves today that fac- This morning, Howard was brought tional strife will be a thing of the|before the court to answer to charges past and that our obligation now is|of misconduct which had been direct to the people, Consideration of | brought to Judge Cant’s attention. measures as to how it would affect|Howard admitted that he had been some faction is no longer necessary or | arrested and sent to jail at Bemidji right, and this fact, it seems, should|on 2 larceny charge recently. lead to closer union of efforts on our part for the public good. Howard, from all appearances, is strongly addicted to the drink habit. «“Combination or trades to secure|He told the court that he was a form- advantages for our friends or our-|er newspaper and magazine advertis- selves should also disappear and the|Ing solicitor and that he had worked most available opportunity for effect- ive work at this time, in my opinion, lies in the direction of securing great- er efficiency in our officers, thereby lessening overhead expenses of our city government. The plan for econo- my and lessened tax burdens is prompted: by hundreds of our home owners to whom- taxes are quite a burden. “Closely connected with the ques- tion of taxation is our bonded indebt- edness. This is now $150,000 with an offset of about $30,000 in sinking fund investments and an additional offset of about $26,000 in taxes levied and to be leived, leaving a net bonded indebtedness of $95,000. The interest on this debt alone makes a tax of about three mills, or one- fifth of our total city tax. “No question meed be raised with on papers at Superior and Bemidji. “When the court vacated the stay of execution of the sentence and ord- eerd him to St. Cloud, Howard asked how long he would have to serve. “‘Your sentence is indeterminate, but the limit is ten years,’ said the court. him that it was improbable that he would be confined for that length of time. Judge Cant then ‘informed “The prisoner asked the court to allow him a few days to get into com- munication with his father and as- | sign some of his property over to him. Judge Cant told him that he would not be committed at once and that his father could visit him here at the couny jail. THIRD DEGREE WORK TONIGHT The Masons meet. in regular ses- regard to the proper distribution of |sion at the Masonic Hall this evening the money received from the sale of [and will conduct work in the third those bonds in improvements for Be-|degree, F. & A. M. The officers are midji. I cannot repress the feeling|making special requests that .the that is is wise for us to hessitate in|members attend tonight’s session, as undertaking any improvements re-|other matters of importance to the quiring an increase in our indebted-|lodge will come up for discussion. ness until we are thoroughly convinc- ed that it is of real necessity at this time. All are Responsible. “Responsibility for various condi- tions which exist from time to time in our city, to the annoyance of its citizens, i8 so divided that an individ- ual hesitates to give notice of .the condition which ought to receive at- tention. Every city official should not only be willing to receive complaints regarding conditions under his charge, but ought ta give them prompt attention. Police officers, every city official and citizens generally, will be invited to call attention to improper conditions coming under their obser- vation, and I feel certain that this ser- vige which can be performed without page) i THE CUB SCOOP REPORTER Boss wirep 1B ~"The older boy is badly burned but is expected to recover. The younger was protected by the mattress and while painfully burned is not in such bad shape as his older brother. The house was -completely gutted and there was no insurance on the furni- ture. The building was owned by John Martin of Big Falls. By a hard fight, the department kept the blaze from spreading to the Beaumont home. ‘While on the way to the fire load- ed with extra men, a dray belonging to Tom Smart turned over and threw its load into the ditch. Fred Baum- gardner suffered a sprained ankle and the others were severely shaken up. The Battles’ coal rig was following close behind the dray and narrowly escaped a collision. FENTON CORNER AHEAD At noon today the Pioneer vote on the site for the new federal building closed and it was found by the count that the Fenton cormer was in the lead. A totalof 1,074 votes were cast indicating that about one-fifth of all the people in the city voted. As far as possible, all votes of children and floaters were thrown out. The bal- lots will be saved and turned over to the government if asked for. The final count was as follows: Number Percent. Fenton corner ..... 459 Hakkerup ......... 323 0dd Fellows’ ... .088 Second street ...... 89 .083 Third and America . Opposite Cochran’s . Opposite court house ... 11 021 015 .011 GETS VERDICT FOR $155 In .district court yesterday, Dr. E. H. Smith was given a verdict for $156 against Dr. C. J. Larson for pro- fessional services. The case was tak- en from the jury by Judge Stanton and a verdict ordered for the plain- tiff. The bill was for an operation performed three years ago. Secretary of agriculture—David A. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 5 E)l& i '\FROHN MAY NOT GET NEW BRIDGE County Commissioners Find That Funds are Low and Needs are Many. NEXT MEETING ON APRIL 8 Hearings are Scheduled For Two Roads and Changes in Two NEW TOWN IS8 ORGANIZED “Prosper” Now Located to East of - Lakewood in 163-33—Assessors (Copyright.) Are Named. Although congress has granted the right to bridge the Mississippi in the town of Frohn about two miles below the Warfield dam, it appears now as though the bridge could not be built because of a lack of money. The farmers in the neighborhood of the MANY DIFFERENT PLANS (3™ formcs o s aoemamn & % After March 5 the Ploneer % % 7* will refuse_to send the paper to % o H % any address that subscribes & Senate Committee On Bunpprhon- +« through the carrier boys and for ment Had Stormy Session on % less than one month at a % Tuesday Afternoon. *-time. If you wish to subscribe % % for the paper, phone or call at % +* the Pioneer office and we will see ¥ , e * to it that you will get the paper. % ANOTHER SCHEDULED THURSDAY | ¥ If there is any delay in getting % & your paper each evening phone ¥ * us and we will investigate. The % paper should reach your door be- & BY United Press. : & fore five o’clock as we'go to'press ¥ St. Paul, Minn,, March 5.—§en. V.| % shorgly before three. x L. Jounson's . respporfionmengsome X ¥ KKK XXX ERKX KR KK KK mitted held a busy session Tuesday Z afternoon without coming to a decis- BE “) l ion as to the ‘exact number of sena- M ll lS SAFE tors: and representatives which the senate bill will provide for when it is offered to that body. As was expected, there were bick- Washington, March 5.—The public building bill, which was finally agreed to by both houses at an early hour erings, threats and suggestions ga-|Tuesday morning, carries the follow- lore and the result was that another | ing appropriations for Minnesota and hearing will be held next Thursday|the Northwest: afternoon. In.the meantime the Minnesota—Little Falls, members of the First and Second dis-| Montevideo, $50,000; Anoka, $50,- tricts will get together and decide on|j00; Bemidji, $75,000; Fairmont, what to do with the additional sena- | $65.000; St. Peter, $65,000. For tor which they were allowed by the | Moorhead the appropriation” was in- committee, and the members of the ""‘“d ""’“‘1‘5:&?00 to 31§5>“t‘";'1 ‘7’:“ an increase for Minneapolis of ). Se\venlh district. will try and patch 000 was agreed to. up their differences with reference t0| North Dakota—Dickinson, what disposition should be made of |000; Jamestown, $75,000; one of the counties of the district. City, -$75,000. 3 Some of the senators who repre-| South Dakota—Redfleld, $65,000; sented three counties thought each|Madison, $65,000; Belle Fourche, county should have at least one rep-|$75,000, and Chamberlain, $60,000. resentative, as it might happen, where the representative who ran at ¢ f large would all be from one of the E three, or two of the three counties. CRGWELL “ INS REC0UNT The Beven-senator suggestion for counties was also broached, but pass-| On the recount of the ballots cast ed over. If adopted, it-‘would affect|in the city election for judge of mun- only Ramsey and Hennepin counties, |icipal court, the tellers today re- although Ramsey county is given only | ported that A. M. Crowell had been seven senators under the bill as at|elected by a plurality of two. The present drafted while Hennepin is|tellers found an error of one vote, in given eight. The former county (Judge Crowell’s favor, in the Third wants eight senators however and the |ward. The contest was brought by latter ten senators, in support of |Johin Gibbons who had 180 votes to which they cite their populations. Crowell’s 182. g Senator Rustad threatened to op- —— pose the bill if his district was| . L kkk changed from the manner in which at present constituted and he further ¥ CITY POLICE REPORT. ok KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KK KK said that the house members of his 5 5 district would: do llkewlle.‘ One of Charles Hoyt, former chief of po- the Hennepin senators suggested that | lice, turned in the following report they be allowed ‘two additional sena- |to the council Monday. -It covers the tors to run at large. year to March 1. $65,000; $90,- Valley The Dill passed by the house pro-|Arrests made ........ 514 vides for 125 representatives and six- | Number committed .....: 80 - ty-five senators, but it is apparent |Days committed ... . 1,308 that several of each will be added by | Sleepers cared for . . 690, | the senate. : 3 Fines paid in court $1,734.87 A Little Mistake In Tense % Msmu«c NOU MGHT BE A mmr_w— —— Neighbors March 20 in Interests of Navigation, Deer River, Grand Rapids, Alitkin, ern part of the state. certed action. meeting. evening March 20, 1913, delegates. small launches than there are now. shape early for business. Bemidji Commercial Bemidji. Lake. i from the defeat which they received CLUB TO CASS LAKE Bemidji Business Men to Meet With Cass. Lake, March .5.—At a’meet- ing .of the Cass Lake- Commercfal club Monday night a call was issued to the Commercial clubs of Walker, ‘Bena, Federal Dam, Bemidji, Palisade, and Aitkin to send delegates to a conven- tion having for its object the furth- ering of improvements near the head- waters of the Mississippi beginning at Lake Itasca and going down to The plan is to form the organiza- tion permanently and havamoncerted action behind all movements for im- proving the Mississippl In the north- Much legiska- tion affecting this section was rec- ommended by the engineers but fail- ed of passage by congress, it is be- Heved, because there was not con- All persons who re- side along the Mississippi as far south ag Altken are welcome to come to this It will be held Thursday at eight o’clock in order to give the best train | W. corner of section 36-154-30 at connections for the majority of the The Commercial club has instruct- ed its dock committee to secure the services of a good man for a term of years or to lease its dock for a term of years to a practical boatman who will be able and willing to add to the equipment by putting in several and more rowboats The inquiries for accommodations for tourists are beginning to come already and the dock committee announced that two additions to the club’s boathouse during-the spring are already assured. Mayor A. W. Johnson is chairman of the dock committee ‘and is already getting busy to have the dock in By a unanimous vote last night, the club accepted the invitation of the Cass Lake club and appointed a “whip” committee to ‘{see that a good delegation goes from An effort will be made to secure a special train if enough go. It is proposed to turn the train due in here at 7:45 and run it back to Cass “|but the local team does mot see the Swenson Lake school house have ask- ed the county com'mlu'ionera for §3,- 600 with which to build the bridge but the matter had to go on the table for an indefinite time. The commis- sloners are hard pressed for road and bridge funds and as the town of Frohn lies in the Fifth district, other parts have an equal claim on the WOULD IMPROVE MISSISSIPPY | Unds- The county commissioners met Tuesday morning for the second time this year and were confronted by a mass of work. It was at once decid- ed. that the next meeting would, be held April § and several lmportant hearings have been set for that date. A hearing will be held at that time upon the proposed enlargement of school district No. 83, which lies in Shotley, to include a part of the un- organized town which lies to the east of Shotley. There will also be a hearing April 8 on the proposition to make a new district out of districts 120 and 103 which lie in the towns of Spruce Grove and Minnie. Hearings will be hl?ld at this time on the two proposed county roads in 154-30 and 153-30. These roads are to be inspected by a , committee of Lennon and Thompson April 1, The commissioners will be at the S. W. corner of Sections 16 and 17 at noon April 1 and at the S. noon April 2. Chris Hagen of Bemidji; D. D. Rolfe of Blackduck, and E. E. Schulke of Tenstirke, were appointed viewers to look over the proposed ditch in 148-31 town of Taylor, The ditch is to be one and one-half miles long and has been ordered surveyed. In order to save the county two per cent a year on $30,000, the board of audit has been instructed to take up county bonds of $30,000 with money which is In the sinking fund. The county bonds draw four and one- half per cent while the county - de- posits do not bring over two and one- half per cent. The board appointed James Per- kins assessor for the fourth assess- ment district in place of Thor Harde- land and appointed W. A, Newman assessor for Redby. T. N. Rode of Frohn was the successful bidder for wood and will furnish the county with 100 cords of poplar and Rfty cords of birch and maple. Gust Berg was given a contract for fifty cords of tamarack. A new town to be called “Prosper’” was organized in 163-33 which lies on Lake of the Woods to the east of Lakewood. WALKER TEAM POOR LOSERS The High school basket ball team has begun practice for the Grand Rapids game which will be played at Grand Rapids next Friday night. The ‘boys have not lost their courage after the defeat they received at the hands . of the Fosston team and expect to win from the Grand Rapids quint. Wal- ~ ker appears to be anxious for a game Tnecessity of defeating the same team ., twice.<. The Walker team proved to . be poor losers and have not recov n.Bemidjl a.£¢ 880, e —