Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 3, 1913, Page 1

¥ . my quoting the entire article so I "HE VOLUME 11. SCARE HEAD LINES CAUSE RIDICULE Half Million Dollar Fire Loss Story in Twin City Papers Causes Much Disapproval MINNEAPOLIS MAN IS QUOTED Says Such News Has Bad Moral Ef- fect Upon Bemidji and Doubts Truth of Article. BAD ADVERTISING HIS OPINION Citizens Have Received Many Long Distance Phone Calls Inquiring As to Danger—Club May Act. Crys of disapproval have been heard from many citizens of Bemidji because of a big fire story published in the twin city papers Thursday,! which is supposed to have been sent| out from Bemidji. The article was dated Bemidji and stated that a fire doing a damage to cedar yards and other property was| burning in the vicinity of Remer, the! resulting loss being near the half| million dollar mark. The article al-' so added that Bemidji was in danger. As a result relatives of Bemidji| people living in the state have been caused much worry and many long distance calls have been received asking as to whether the danger was as great as represented in the news- papers. In a letter received by a Bemidji firm yesterday from a Minneapolis business man who has large interests; here, contained the following para-| graph: “I presume you have noticed the account of the big fire in Bemidji in this morning’s Minneapolis Tribune. It may be possible that there was a half million dollars loss in the cedar yard, but that looks like a tremen- dous loss to me. I presume there was one or possible two ciphers add- ed, and this was at Remer, not at Bemidji. “The point I wish to make is that articles of this kind form the very worst kind of advertising Bemidji | can send out. It seems to me that Bemidji is constantly being headlined as the center of a murder, saloon brawl or forest fire. “Perhaps some of your good friends on the papers would hesitate before sending in articles of this kind if they knew the moral effect they had. I really beleive it is a matter that your commercial club should take up.” It is quite likely that the matter may be taken up by the members of the Commercial club at their meet- ing Tuesday evening. “To tar and feather the fellow who! sent out the fire scare story would be the proper method for dealing with him,” state F. S. Lycan, this morn- ing. “The extent of the damage done Bemidji by the advertising is hard to estimate,” Mr. Lycan continued. “Praveling men who make Bemidji regularly have hesitated in coming here because of the supposed danger. Such stuff will not be of very great benefit to the city in its fight for the new normal school which was provid- ed for by the recent legislature. Thati the story was publishéd is certainly to be regretted.” The following communication was received by the Pioneer this morn- ing and deals with the fire scare story also. Bemidji Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn. Gentlemen: It has been sometime since I have jarred loose and attempted to get an expression of my thoughts in cold type and today I shall not request you to print my thoughts as they occur to me, for the simple reason that your paper enters many homes and is read by Christian people. To get down to brass tacks, I will say at the present moment I have be- NUMBER 5. Deposits to That Am_onnt Have Been Made Since Origin—Winter Cuts Business Some, BIDS ON NEW SITE SENT IN Since the establishment of the pos- tal savings bank here deposits to the amount of $10,000 have been ‘made. This amount is by no means the to- tal amount deposited, it merely repre- sents the average which depositors keep in the bank.’ “The winter months are usually aquiet so far as deposits are concern- ed,” sald Samuel Cutter; postal sav- ings clerk this morning,” but at this season of the year with the mills starting work the ' deposits grow daily. I expect that the savings de- partment will hang a new record for deposits this year.” As advertised, bids on the new of- fice site, have been sent to Washing- ton. As the bids were sent direct to ' | Washington, and not to the Bemidji postoffice, the number of sites which the authorities will Investigate are not known. It is not probable that the location of the new building will be named for some time. “The architect in charge of the plans of such buildings is reported as being about two years behind in his work, and if this is true we may not look for the office for several years,” was the way Postmaster Erickson put it. The results of the postal clerks examinations taken recently by five candidates for positions have not been received at the postoffice. PRGGRAM REPLACES PLAY Graduates of Eighth-Grade Could Not Find Muction to Suit—Try New Plan. - SEVERAL FEATURE T0 BE GIVEN Practice on an eighth grade pro- gram has been commenced by the students who will graduate from that grade this year. It has always been the custom to present a play at the close of the school team but after several plays had been discussed it was decided to give a program which would exceed in interest any given this year. Al- though it will not be given for three weeks the students have been work- ing hard on their parts and are de- ‘termined to make it a big success. During the evening the girls phy- sical culture class will swing the in- dian clubs and do other feats per: formed by that class each day. This is the first year this work has been taken up in the local schools and much interest will probably be taken in these features. The exercises will take place in the City Hall. The Misses Hal, Lyons, Backus, McGillian and Eddy, teachers, have charge of ‘the rehearsals. PINEWOOD HAS NEW SERVICE Farmers Are Today Organizing a Telephone Company. W. J. Nelson, local manager of the Northwestern Telephone company, left early this morning for Pinewood where he will assist in the organiza- tion of a farmers line. The line which will furnish direct communication with the outside world for the first time in the history of the village, will be built as soon as arrangements can be completed. Pinewood has never had telephone service, although the Soo rums through there. DECORATION DAY PROGRAM This afternoon the G. A. R. Circle met and planned the program which ! be given on Memorial day. The full program and the time for each ‘event and the list of speakers will be printed in the Pioneer Monday. TOLD TO “GIT”: SAYS HE WILL John Anderson of Kelliher was fore me the Minneapolis Tribune of May 1, and under a scarehead ap- pears. an article, FOREST FIRES CURBED IN NORTHERN WOODS. and dated at Bemidji. Space forbids will take the liberty of quoting cer- tried in Municipal court this morn- ing on a charge of being drunk. He was ordered to leave the city before six-thirty this evening or to pay a fine of $5 or five days in the county jail. He says he will leave. NO MORNING SERVICE SUNDAY tain sections. /No. 1.—Rangers do valiant work. | Fire fighters headed by Ranger the Presbyterian church. Union serve Thornton of Deer River are entitled |ice in the - evening ~at the Baptist [. —(Cotnyea on At page). Owing to the absence of the pastor there will be no morning services in church. ‘8. B BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA HIS LEGS TORN OFF Details of the Kocident Which Killed Chester Gracie, Bemidji- Young Man Reach City. ¢ LIVED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR , SATURD EIBIG PARK POSSIBLE el BY USING NEW LAW ~* | Fires Reimala, Measure Granting Town Privilege of —_—— o Purchasing Land for Such: Pur- |RYAR TELIs OF coNDiTiows| . Pose Appliokble Here } “While the loss dtsed by the fire AFFECTS NORTH SHORE r‘Al“D near Remer Thursday is not near as } great as was at fin)i;frmrteak it will & Rushed to Hospital But Was Beynnd}..o doubt reach the$100,000"mark,” |This Would Be Bought by Town of All Medical Aid—Body Reached Here This Morning. < FUNERAL TO BE HELD SUNDAY Was a Member of Elks, Order of Rail- road Conductors and Railway - ’ ‘Trainmen Lodges. Thrown across the rails in such a manner that he could not gain his feet before wheels of the car which he was coupling tore his legs from his body, tells the story of how Chester man, met death at Virginia Thursday Gracie, “the popular Bemidji 'ymmg“ afternoon. His left leg was torn off at the (ginia. or telegraph, knee and the right just hip. He was otherwisé badly crushed. Gracie was injured at 12 p. m. in| the Virginia & Rainy Lake railroad yards at West Virginia which result- his death an nour later at the Lenont hospital. The violent death of Mr. Gracie brings sorrow, not only to his father and mother, who live in Bemidji, and other relatives, but to a wide circle of friends. He was well and favor- ably known in several northern Min~ nesota towns. Mr. Gracie went to Virginia from International Falls a little more than a year ago. He was a member of the Bemidji lodge of Elks, of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Bro- therhood of Railway Trainmen. He was 31 years of age. He was unmarried.. He is survived by his parents, a brother, Ralph, and a sister, Mrs. Frank Pgue, all of Be- midji; another brother, Arden,. - of Virginia, and Walter Gracie of Rainy River, Ont. A. L. Warner of the Bemidji lodge of Elks, M. A. Downs and A. W. Dit- ty of the Bemidji organization of the order of Railroad Trainmen; went to Virginia and brought the body to Be- midji today. The body was also ac- companied from that city by J. W. Lusk and L. F. Burns, members of the Elks, William Hainstock and J. R. McCallum of the' Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and 'R. C. Me- Lean of the Order of Railway Conduc- tors, all of Virginia. . The funeral will be held from the Presbyterian church Sunday after- noon at two-thirty o’clock. ‘The pall-bearers will be A. L. War- ner, M. A. Downs and A. W. Ditty. of ‘Bemidji and William Hainstock, J. R. McCallam and R. C. McLean of Vir- below the! Northern and Bemidji Purchase said M. L. Ryap; of:this clty, forest 4 By Using 0ld Law. patrolman stationed at Deer River today. % Deer River is lochted in the.same district ‘as Remer; mél being in the woux.b MEAN MUCH TO. CITY sixth, = o 3 ; The patrolman. ‘also states that while many fires have-been burning i in the district durin the past, few |Ruggles Property Across Lake Would days mone of them have beei i £ ;. serious, with the Remer exceé%t&m. v BeMbtamed For Cu'rymg Out He was also informed before ' leaving of Plan. Deer River yesterday thnt a fira was i burning near Marble, sixteen miles :h-om Grand Rapids, which was doing isome damage. - Mr. Ryan is now om »hig&sglay to state can purchase property by the Because of ‘the fact that a ' new |stationed for the tjme ‘being. He will| poses, several Bemidji business men “leave for his new post Mondny. . have been discussing possible results. men believe could be accomplishe {have, to a certain extent, been under | consideration. before. g "During High Water Large Fish vig.! By’a law passed by the legislature ited Pool and Wgs Unable to or by condemning, purchase by bond- Leqve, |ing if necessary, any Jand within two | : 3 imnes of the city for- park purposes. :cnnsiderntion, and concerned the Rugegles property across the lake, near Nymore. The new plan-is to carry out the Imprisoned in a small pool just a|above. possibility, only to add to- it short -distance from!Lake Plantagen-|by the application of the new law, et, where it had m#de its hom thereby giving Bemidji one of = the [thirty-five: pound - nlinkellung most_beautiful parks -in the:United reached the pool-by way -of States. - —— creek during the high water, and-is|. :. By so doing the town of Northern unable to return to the lake. would be asked to purchase forty The large -fish - was discovered by |acres of the Ruggles property at the Henry Rockensocker, a farmer living|head of the lake where Lavinia is WEIGHT IS ABOUT 35 POUNDS nearby. He recently took a twenty- |located. twp pound -pickerel from the . same Of course the establishment of such pool. a park would be a big proposition Mr. Rockensocker came to Bemidji|and would take some time to put it yestrday to interview Sherm Bailey, [through, but as Bemidji is a city game warden, as to whether the state | kmown for its ability in putting big game and fish commission would pur-|propositions through it is not im- chase the fish. He was informed that [ Probable. thiis could not be done. In speaking of the proposed plan to a Pioneer reporter, E. E. McDon- ald, who is much interested in it, CASE AGAIN POSTPONED. this morning said;*“It surely would Archie Wintersteen, who was re- |mean a lot to the city of Bemidji to cently .caught with two revolvers in[have a park the size of the one pro- his possession that had been stolen |posed established. The interest on the from the John Zeigler second hand|money loaned on the deal could be store and whose case was postponed |easily be paid by the taxes recelved was tried before Judge Crowell this|by cottage owners at the head of the morning but a decision was not|lake, and by the sale of logs. Al- reached and the case was continued | though I have not stuided the pro- over until next Saturday morning at]|position I believe that you.have the 10 o’clock. s 5 law in the matter substantially cor- -Judge Crowell lectured Winter-|rect.” : steen and endéavored-to impress up- Mr. ‘McDonald was only one of on him the seriousness of the crime|several business men who have been committed. . Just what will be done|interviewed on the proposition, and with the case cannot be determined |are enthusiastic over it. Opinions of at present. It seems that this is not|other men on the matter will be pub- the first trouble the boy has been in.| lished in the Pioneer later. THE MAYPOLE \ Company, N. Y. ability. was the greatest.of ease. To Be Made. every evening at the will get together .and weeks. o’clock. team practice. ing the game. Opened Offices in a big business. estate and bonds. Roberts and D. J. Moore. they believe they will cess. musical 1 future. KRR KRR KKK * SHARPSHOOTERS AT WORK * EERERKX KA XK KR KKK KD Photograph “by. Interational Service; suppliéd by New Process MONTENEGRINS -PICKING - OFF THEIR ENEMIES, One of the revelations of the strife between the Balkan allies and Tur- key has been the wonderful marks- The | : 2 A _|state law provids that towns in the Manship of the Montenegrins. ‘great victories of-the sturdy nation | Effie, Ttasca county, where hecwill be bonding of the town, for park pur- 'S ¢redited mosily to their shooting Another item.in their favor mountainous | In brief the results which these through which they fought their way. g The accompanying picture {of 1905, any city could by purchase, pLAY BA{‘L ’mflQRR{}W This was the plan originally up ‘°"Nymore and Lifi:ie Bemidg Nines to, i Clash—No Admission Charge FIRST TEAM TO PRACTICE DAILY _ | optional with him to accegt his own Commencing tomorrow fhe Bemidg” baseball team will praciice] fair grounds. The team will hold regular practice tomorrow afternoon but ,commence training in real earnest and. will have | it’s regular players selected from the candidates in the course of a few. The “Little Bemidg’ team will play the Nymore first. team at the’fair grounds tomorrow afternoomn: 3 As there will be very. few games this summer a large crowd is ex- ipected to witness the game and first No admission charge will be made as no expense is incurred in schedul- FORM BROKERAGE COMPANY Three Young Men of Bemidji Have City Three enterprising young men of Bemidji have formed a brokerage company which will be known as the Beltrami Brokerage company. offices are located above the Palace Meat Market and as all three are well known in Bemidji they should ex- perience little trouble in building up They will handle all ' |lines of insurance, which. will be their specialty. They will also handle real The members of the firm are Orville Titus, Horace The young men have .obtained a good start and little trouble in making their firm a sic- have ADDS = MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS _Geo. T. Baker and company have added to their line of jewelry and watches a ‘complete stock of string instruments and musical sundries. They will also do all kinds of repairing along this line. A com- plete line of this kind has been need- ed for some time in Bemidji, and"al- _|though Mr. Baker hesitated at carry- ing 80 heavy a stock of these instru- ‘ments as he did not ~believe there Would be a big demand but on sec- ond thought purchased a heavy line, which he believes his local patrons _|will appreciate. He expects to pur- chase 2 larger number and many more varieties of instruments in the News country shows t four Their PENDING FRANCHISE - GIVEN HARD RAP Russell, City Attorney, States Com- mittee Finds Rather Vicious Clauses in Proposition. REFERS TO METER RENTAL Nothing in Document in Connection With Specifications as to Amount of Gas Per Candle Power. DISCUSSED MONDAY EVENING Next Meeting of Council to Be At- tended by Company Representa- tive and Warm Time Expected Sparks will be flylng when the council meets next Monday evening at which time the gas proposition will be taken up for consideration. That the session will be a warm one is assured, ‘because of the fact that the gas company will be repre- : e : sented by E. E. Collins , who will MbSKfLLUNfiE iSm’"‘E are by no.manner of means really how;24 . pand(ul .Of #harpehooters come up from Brainerd for the meet- = |new to the citizens of Bemidji. ‘They would gather behind .the rocks and ing, and the-fact that pick off ‘their ~enemles with the| 5" e "act.that mueh, oppost- tion to the franchise is being made by the committee, consisting of three members of the councll, who have been investigating the document. P. J. Russell, city attorney, who has devoted much time to the study [of the franchise during the last two weeks, said this morning: “The proposed gas franchise is meeting with a great deal of criticism as its terms and conditions are in- vestigated and considered. “As the proposed franchise now stands, the promoter has everything to gain and nothing to lose. It is propesition; and-he-has Tty ¢ to do it in, after that he has nine onths (twelve months under cer- tain conditions) to complete and get the plant in operation. If he does hereafter [not, no penalty attaches, the city is out the cost of publishing the ordin- ance, and during all that time the field has been occupied to the exclus- ion of a home corporation, or other known and reliable companies. “A 1liquidated bond in the sum of - at least $25,000 as an evidence of good faith to be forfeited in case the grantee failed or neglected to put in the plant should be exacted. " “Section :17 of the franchise is par- ticularly vicious. It allows the grantee to charge a monthly meter rental of 50 cents. “There are no specifications as to the amount of gas required to pro- duce a candle power nor to produce a certain degree of heat. “The rates proposed to be charged for street lights, supposing the gas to be of the best quality, are much higher than those now paid for elec¢tric lighting. We pay $90.00 per year for a 2000 candle power arc light, and under the franchise as pro- posed a 160 candle gas lamp would cost $60.00 per year. “The foregoing are only a few of the provisions of the franchise open to criticism, and this franchise, as well as every other offered to the same end must be subjected to: the most rigid scrutiny.” SIMONS GOES TO-NEWS TRIBUNE Bemidji Youth Makes Good in News- paper Work—Gets Duluth Offer. Hiram A. Simons, Jr., who for the past several years has been connected with the news end on the Bemidji Pioneer and Bemidji Sentinel, having edited the latter during the last few months, left this noon for Duluth, where he has accepted a reportorial position with the Duluth. News Trib- une. -Because of his work on the Sentinel and endeayors as the Bem- 1d§i news correspondent of the Trib- une, this position was offered Mm several weeks ago, but only recently did not see his way clear. to ‘accept. He begins his iew work Sunday after- noon. > TELEPHONES AGAIN IN SHAPE More Than One Hundred Were Put Out of Order By Wind, Linemen of the Northwestern Tele-