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

BEMIDJI IS TO SEE A BUILDING BOOM FIGURES SHOW A GAIN OVER 1912 At Least $331,000 Will Be Spent! Here Before Year is Out and Sum May Reach Half a Million. i | ADDITION TO CROOKSTON MILL Of $10,000 and Second Will Take at -Least $100,000. | NEW POSTOFFICE TAKES $754000! i Two Hotels, Garage, Residences, etc., Will Run Up Total—Work Starts | When Frost Leaves. | | Bemidji Building. 1912, Great Northern depot $ 50,000! Gunsalus corner 40, oool Episcopal church, Samari- | tan hospital addition, res- | idences. etc 3150 000 istimate for year ... 1913 New Crookston mill. Addition old mill . $100,000 10,000 Postoffice ....... . 75,000 Markham hotel addition... 40,000 Rex hotel....... $40,000 to 50,000 Moberg garage .........s. 6,000 Residences Methodist chur Bte ...iciisnsianennies 50,000 Total for year ........$331,000 That Bemidji is to see a building boom the coming year is apparent from the above figures. As near as can be estimated, the new buildings constructed and additions built last year totaled about $150,000 in value. Before this year is over, the figures will be doubled. With the announcement that the Shevlin interests have taken over the Weyerhauser timber near Kellihey also comes the announcement that the Crookston Lumber company’s mill in Bemidji is to have its capacity for sawing practically doubled in order to take care of the additional timber. The addition will be started, it is expected some time the latter part of May or June and will cost about $100,000. This will probably be the most valuable building put up here this year. The building second in value to be erected during the year will be the postoffice, bids for the site being opened April 8. As soon as a site has been obtained, it is believed that construction work will start. The to- tal cost of the project will be at least $75,000 and if any or all of the site is donated, the value of the building alone will be that much. An ‘addition to the Crookston mill costing $10,000 has been completed and is now in use.’ The mill started sawing this morning.. Logs are now received at the mill double the old length and must pass through the ad- dition to be cut in half before going to the main saws. One of the most important opera- tions to be undertaken in the build- ing line will be the erection of an addition to the Markham hotel. The addition “will contain forty _rooms, will ‘cost about $40,000 and will be the third or east wing of the com- pleted three wing new hotel. The second wing will probably be built either the latter part of this-year or the first part of 1914, Mr. Lycan ex- pects to have the forty rooms avail- able by August 1, DR. F. F.- FRIEDMANN. Berlin Specialist, Who Is Dem- onstrating Tuberculosis Cure. < @ 1813, by American Pr PLAY BILLIARDS Play in the billiard tournament | started in the Commercial club rooms | {last night and four games were fin- ished. J. L. George won from H. W! Alsop 60 to 24; Harry Mayer from Fred Rhoda 100 to 38; Mayer won from George 100 to 31; and Al- sop won from Rhoda 60 to 34. The fololwing entries and handi- caps have been posted: Player Handicap W. L. Brooks . 70 H. C. Baer ..... ... 75 R. H. Schumaker . .. 60 W. C. Klein ... 80 E. A. Barker .. 80 Clyde Bacon 70 H. W. Alsop ... . 60 Fred Rhoda . 50 Harry Mayer .100 J. L. George ...... . 60 L. C. Crothers ............. 657 C.'R. Sanborn .. 60 KK H KKK KKK KKK KKK HK KKK KKK KK KK KKK * PINEWOOD. Tom Miller transacted business in Bemidji Saturday. - hammer and saw on Miller hotel. nah Jamtvold who are parents. day of this week. won | AR KKK K XK KK KK KKK KKK KKK Y Ousley of Aure is back again using Miss Elsie Klinger and Miss Han- attending school in Bemidji came home Friday. to spend a week’s vacation with their The Norwegian Ladies’ Aid society met with Mrs. Ben Iverson Wednes- s el 2 IMPORTANT er Tax Matter and Opening of Line to Itasca Park. ’ With the tax rate county fifteen mills higher than any other county of the state and going higher each year, the Commercial stract of taxes sent out by the state auditor to see if some remedy cannot be decided upon. The notice sent out by the government land offices today that residence 1s not required to ob- tain hoemstead land at the tax sale May 8 is believed to pave the way for a remedy. The Great Northern railroad has been approached on the proposition of putting a road through the Itasca State Park and connecting it with Park Rapids, Walker and Bemidji. It has been pointed out to the Great Northern that from the end of * the Walker logging road which runs from Akeley to the park to the end of the old line south from Shevlin is a stretch of seven miles. By building this seven miles and laying rails on the right of way to Shevlin, the Great i fifi’;fi"fllflwif’mer. %|Northern can have a line through the * day awarded $5,500 as its share %|PoTE: ; X of the state read and: brides Although there are no rails on the & fund for this year, The fund line south from Shevlin; thé gravel * amounted to $350,000. 'Itasca bed still remains and it is said that * county was lven $6,600 SRAA the road has but a one per cent grade. X Koochiching $5,500. ¥ 1t is proposed, if the Great Northern x will make the change, to have the night train turn at Akeley and run through the park into Bemidji via Shevlin. In the morning it would leave as it does now via Cass Lake. Such a service will give one train a day through the. park and will get visitors to Bemidji in time for night trains in all directions. MAIL CARRIER WANTED Examinations under the civil serv- ice for a clerk and a mail carrier will be held in the postoffice Saturday, April 12, at 9 a. m. . The examina: tions will be conducted by Sam Cut- ter. MATTERS | Commercial Club Tonight to Consid- IS-REGULAR MONTHLY-MEETING | in Beltrami| club tonight will look over the. ab-| WILSON’S AID. Major ‘Thomas ‘L. Rhoads, Retained by New. Président. I0E _HERMAN. ] ‘.ufimemmm strike Monday evening whereby A, ! P. White and W. L. Brooks, president :and cashier of the Northern National Bank of this city, hecame owners of Tenstrike. The new ' owners A. L. Morris, former owner and farm near Gull Lake. The bank was first organized as a private bank in 1902 and became a state bank in" 1906. prietors purchased the bank because they believe in the future devélop- ment of this territory and consider it a splendid field for farm loans. In speaking of the transaction Mr. White said, “The bank is now pre- | cations for good farm and real estate loans and to'be of material assistance to hew settlers.” l*k*ifii#fiiii#i!i x MALCOLM, HEEKEKKKK KKK KKK KKK A new arrival in the shape of a ten pounid boy came to the John Stanley home on'Friday morning. Dr. Adkins of Grygla was in attendance. Henry Johnson is logging at Rapid River.. lumber from the Stanley saw mill the past couple-of weeks. . Nels Torness and Will Hemerick were hauling hay from Rapid River Friday. The last of the three new, steel floating dredges-has arrived at Cedar Point and a crew of men- are busy putting. them together. John Stangl and Gilbert madée a call on Ben Howland of Hamre on Thursday. SCOOP 8055 T TUST SAW AN AWFULLY [COMICAL SIGHT- 4 LITTLE. MEXICAN RoacH HouNe KA Although' no definite announce- T (Continued on Isst page). THE CUB REPORTER WITH HIS MUDDY Fe i [\ee> SHE ~ELLe w Anyway, They Don't Celebrate April Fool's Day ln Mexlco A deal was put through at Ten-| the Beltrami County State bank of; took! | possession this morning, J. H. Her-| man havmg been installed as cashier. i cashier of the bank, has resigned and | will devote his entire attention to his ; The new: pro- | pared to favorably consider all appli-| G(lbert Benson has been hauling‘ mission to-Hold Public Session ° in-the City Hall. JADIES . WILL Dr. William A. Schaper, head of the department of ¢ivil government at the-University of Minnesota, will meet with the new: charter commis- sion in the city hall at 8:15 Wednes- day night. Dr. Schaper has been in- vited to present the advantages of the commission plan ‘of government to the Bemidji commission and to the public. As head of the University depart- | ment, Dr. Schaper has made the com- mission_plan a special study since it was first tried. Last summer he took a special trip through JIowa, Texas, California and several other states in which cities had adopted the plan, in order to become thoroughly familiar | with the latest phases. He is a member of the Minneapolis charter commission and will tell of some of its experiences in framing a commis- sign charter for Minneapolis. - Dr. Schaper is in: Thief River Fallg tonight -lecturing on”the same sub- ject and will arrive in Bemidji to- morrow- morning over the Soo. He will leave at 11:30 for Minneapolis. Several ladies have asked if _ they would be allowed to attend the meet- ing. It is open to the public and *!ladies as well as men will be wel- | come, KKK KK KKK KKK - PINEWOOD * EEKKKKKKKKKKKKK KX The Ladies” Aid society will meet with Mrs. Surma Thursday, April-10. Mrs. T. J. Burke and son, Thomas of Bemidji, were the guests of: Mrs: | Sthol a few days of last week. After spending the past week with the ‘Fink family, Ed Fink, wife and son_returned to their home in Foss- ton Saturday. Hjalmer Baken wasa Séribner visiz tor:Monday. Mrs. B. Roen and son; - Charley, spent Monday in Bemidji the guests of Miss Annie Roen who is employed 'at the Markham, Bl(»i,MEET ING WEDNESDAY Dr. Win. A. Schaper and Charter Com- _BE__WELGOME| e NO" RESIDENCE “REQUIRED -lofficials here today.: Photo by. Amarican Press Assoclation. The following notice has been sent out from. the Cass Lake and Crook- ston land offices: “Barly in May-there: will be oflered for saleat the court house in-Bemidji, county seat of Beltrami county, a number of tracts of vacant govern- ment land made subject to the drain- age laws of the state of Minnesota by act of congress approved May 20th, 1908 (Public No. 125). “These tracts have become subject against them in accordance with such act of congress. Purchasers at the delinquent tax sale, who are qualified entrymen, can obtain title to such tracts up to 160 acres, upon payment of the delinquent taxes, the usual land office fees and commissions and {$1.25 per acre. Residence is not re- quired.” EREKEHKEEXK KK KKK K * TWO LEVEES HAVE BROKEN ¥ x Cairo, April 1.—One of the * levees broke hereat 2a. m. Ex- tent of thie damage has not been learned. Frankfort, Ky., April 1.—The levee ‘at Columbus, Kentucky, broke last night. Wire com- munications failed and details i% could not be learned. KKK KKK KR KKK KR * * * * * x * ok ok ok Kk kkk ok MANY COMING INTO NORTHWEST By United Press. < St. Paul, Minn:, April 1.—More than 300,000 persbns passed through St. Pal terminals for the northwest during the_ month of March, accord- ing to figures given out by railroad This breaks all records, with an average of 275 trains per day. The number of cars carry- ing settlers’ effects was more- than double last year’s figures. 3l ) S fi e to sale for delinquent taxes assessed | jof International Falls the mill DOUBLE CAPACITY ~ OF THE MILL HERE 1 1 § KELLIHER BRANCH MAY BE EXTENDED Backus-Brooks People ' Own Two- Thirds of the M. & I. and May | Put the Line Through. | , | /MORE MEN TO BE TUSED En)prgement of Business in Bemidji Means Hiring of at Least 200 Additional Employees 300,000,000 FEET TRANSFERED Logging Operations to Be Carried On the Year Around with the Steam Skidders. _ which involved the-handling of near- 1y $5,000,000 the Shevlin lumber in- | terests are placed in a position where | they can continue operating the pres- lent saw mill in Bemidji for eighteen years or can double the output of the plant and remain twelve. The latter course has been decided upon. The first deal went through last week when T. L. Shevlin signed the papers by which the Shevlin-Mathieu Lumber company of Spooner deeded over to the Backus-Brooks interests at Spooner and all of the lumber, saw logs, standing timber and land which the Shevlin-Mathieu interests owned in Northern Minnesota. "It is said that the deal involved over- $2,000,- 000. The second was closed yesterday when the Crookston Lumber company bought all of the Weyerhauser timber in this part of Minnesota. The pur- chase price is said to have been about $2,5600,000. By the two deals, the Shevlin people have closed out-their property on the border, with the ex- ception of a mill at Fort Frances for the manuis:ure of Cansdian l.c.per, and are now concertrated in Bemidji with a small mill in Crookston. The Weyerhauser timber which is now- the property of the Crookston Lumber company lies on the four townships surrounding Kelliher. 90,000 acres of land. For the past two months, cruisers of the Crooks- ton company have beén going over the land estimating the timber and its value. Removal of Weyerhausers. The deal closed yesterday marks the removal of the Weyerhauser in- terests from this part of Northern Minnesota. But one of two arrange- ments were ‘possible under = present market conditions, Either the Crooks- ton had to buy the Weyerhauser tim- ber and continue the mill in Bemidji or the Weyerhauser people had to buy the Crookston mill or erect one of their own. 'The rate from Kelliher to the Weyerhauser mill in Little Falls is prohibitive and ‘the first ar- rangement was the one which mater- falized. Both deals were consumated in the Minneapolis offices of the con- cerns. The Weyerhauser deal was about cloged last spring when the tax as- - sessments. were made. The Crookston Lumber company believed that it had been assessed out of its proportion and called off the Weyerhauser. deal intending to cut its ‘merchantable timber here. as eoon ‘as possible and” leave the country. The tax matter was straightened out. to the satisfac- tion' of the company and cmlneru . were: astin pnf to work: