Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 4, 1913, Page 1

1 I > - VOLUME 11. NUMBER 52 ‘COUNTY VALUATION RAISED $150,000 Such is Amount Estimated to Have Been Added to Resources of Bel- trami County by Recent Sale. ABOUT 60,000 ACRES DISPOSED OF Consisted of All Unentered Claims Be- longing to Government—Delin- quent Entered Lands Purchased. LOCATED ON DITCHES 5, 11 & 12 Probable That Land on Ditches 6, 7, and 13 Will Be Sold in the Same Manner Next Year in May. Few people ‘have given much thought to, or realized what a change has been given the status of the ditch problems of this county, by the recent Delinquent Tax Sale held on May 12, at the county auditor’s of- fice. At times when the judges of the district have been petitioned to estab- lish judicial ditches, prominent citi- zems, and Commercial clubs of this city and county have protested, us- ing the argument that the lands were worthless in a great degree, and that the expense entailed would have to be borne to a great extent by the county. For a time it did appear as though it might be years before sufficient in- come could be derived from the lands themselves to even pay the interest, as th 1911 interest levied against the lands bcame to a great extent, delin- quent. However, these delinquent interest charges, were placed in judgment, in the same manner as other taxes, and the lands were sold at the May sale according to the provisions of the Volsted Act of May 20, 1908, which allows persons having a homestead right, to purchase a certificate for 160 acres for the taxes and costs. This certificate is presented at the land of- fice of the district in which the land is located, within ninety days, and the purchaser can file on the land and obtain a patent without residence or improvement, by paying the govern- ment price and fees, and assuming the ditch lien. At the recent sale, nearly 60,000 acres were disposed of in this way, taking in fact, every unentered claim ocered, These lands™ will be filed on at once, and next year will be placed on the tax lists, guaranteeing the pay- ment of the interest, as well as add- ing probably $150,000 to the valua- tion of the county. The entered lands which are delin- quent, are also being sold or assigned by the State, but in this caes the proceedure is somewhat different, as the original entryman is entitled to redeem his lands, and has three years in which to do so, by paying the pur- chaser the amount paid by him, with interest and costs to date of redemp- tion. There are many claims however, in this swamp country, which have been filed on by homesteaders, who have quit the country, because of their.inability to get to, or cultivate their lands. The drainage difches will eliminate their difficulty, and render the lands fit for residence and cultivation. And should the original settlers fail to make good on their filings, the land is open for contest to any purchager of the delinquent taxes (or interest). And immediate possession can then be obtained. Should the original entryman make good, however, the purchaser will lose nothing, but will get his money returned with interest. The lands sold this year are located on Ditch 5, which is north and east of Red Lake, and Ditches 11 and 12 which are in the western part of the county. Government lands on Ditches 6, 7 and 13 in the northern part of the county, will be sold in the same way if delinquent, next year. If it were possible to advertise these tax sales to the extent that reservation land sales are advertised by the government, much more could be realized by the government, than the pricé which the land is held for at the present time. This was dem- onstrated by the fact that a bonus was paid for several tracts at this sale, this bonus being paid to the gov- ernment. Robbers Get $108. Late last night or early this morn- ing a thief broke into the saloon for- merly owned by Naish McKinnon but which is now operated by 'J. M. An- derson, on Minnesota avenue and stole $108. Entrance was gained by unscrewing the latch from the side door which leads into the saloon from the restaurant. The safe lock where the money was = stored was worked by the thief. The -money taken consisted of currency and sil- ver., The robber left no trace: Frank Doud and Charles McKinnon Plead Guilty and Receive Stillwater Sentenecs—Two Go to Jail HOLD ' SHORT “SPRING” SESSION Judge Stanton -held a “spring” session of criminal court this morning at the conclusion of which he had listened to the con- fessions of four men and had passed sentence upon them. G. M. Torrance, county attorney, represented the state in each case. Two will spent the next few years as the guests of the warden of the state prison at Stillwater, while the other two will continue. to partake of the board furnished by Andy Johnson, the sheriff. Frank Silverton, of Baudette, bound over to the grand-jury on a| charge of assault in the second de- gree, was permitted to plead guilty to assault in the third degree, and| was sentenced to 30 days in the coun- ty jail. Silverton struck W. H. Erskine, of Baudette, with a club on April 13th, and has been confined in jail since that time. short hearing as to his sanity within the Frank Dowd entered a plea June 4 of guilty of forgery in the second de- gree, committed at April 16th, 1913, Dowd raised a time check, issued | by the Thomas Kileén company, of International Falls. The check was issued for $1.30, and was raised to; $11.30. He was sentenced by the court to imprisonment at Stillwater. The sentence is an indeterminate one, ! not to exceed ten years, Charles McKinnon plead guilty to! grand larceny in the second degree.' McKinnon stole a five dollar bill| from Mrs. Alma Annette, the custo- dian of the city poor house, on May 12. The money was taken from Mrs. Annette’s pocketbook from a room in the poor house. He was arrested shortly afterwards, but the money could not be found. After making up his mind to plead guilty he admitted to the sheriff that he had secreted it in the lining of his coat, and that after being placed in jail a fellow prisoner secretly took it from him. McKinnon was sentenced to im- prisonment at Stillwater for an in- determinate term of not to exceed five years. Frank Collins, bound over for furn- ishing liquor to an Indian in Bemidji on May 5, entered a plea of guilty, and received a sentence of thirty days in the county jail. He had been in jail since May 6 and did not sell for profit but merely bought a 25 cent bottle for an Indian. Big Crowds Attend U. C. T. Show Crowded houses attended both per- formances at the U. C. T. show being held at the Brinkman theater last evening . The purpose of the show is to obtain more money to be used by the members of the Bemidji lodge of the U. C. T. in taking the band to the Crookston convention. This eve- ning will be the last of a series of three shows. Several Visit Display Rooms. During the week ending May 31, the following northern Minnesota persons visited the display rooms of the Northern Minnesota Development association located in Minneapolis: E. S. Eckland, Milaca, Dr. C. R. San- born, Bemidji, L. H. Slocum, L. H. Nord, F. Jevne and John Reed of In- ternational Falls and Miss Stella Lord of Carlton. Ryan Quits Forestry Service Maurice L. Ryan has resigned his position as forest ranger and has ac- cepted a position with Thomas Swin- son, city engineer as assistant. 0’Donnell Again Before. Court. Mike O’Donnell was ‘ha;‘led before Judge Crowell this morning, charged with maintaining a public drinking parlor without a license. A fine was imposed but sentence was suspended. SCOO REPORTER Today the sheriff filed an ! information as to his sanity with the! probate court, and he will have a!road and as the distance between the next few days. {through which there is no road good i for travel between Bemidji and Bau- school and office. % Blackduck on|{will mean much to the county at large ‘number 20. It will be about 20 miles lin length. :pose of protesting against the con- struction of it, but as proper notices Would Accept Tenstrike Postmaster- ;of Beltrami county aund iSo Refers Evangelist Honeywell to TWO GET PRISON TERMS|HEARING ON THREE [GET FIVE LIBRARY Book DITCHES YESTERDA Court Rules Favorably on Construc- tion of Numbers 20 and 21 While 19 Not Properly Advertised. WILL MEAN CONNECTING LINK Number 20 Will Run From Red Lake Country to Rapid River Furnish- ing Road to Baudette. APPOINT BOURGEOIS ENGINEER Will Start Work, Soon—No Surveyor Yet Appointed for Number 21— Mean Much Rich Land. By an action taken in district court yesterday the construction of a connecting link between Bemidji and the north end of the county is as- sured: 1 ‘This is because of the appointing of | a surveyor to work ont a line for the' construction of a ditch from the Red Lake country to Rapid River. With every ditch there is built a |places named above is the only one dette, the completion of the ditch| bringing both ends nearer together. ed engineer by Judge Stanton to make; the survey and to draw an estimate, on the ditch which will be known as The hearing on ditch 19, to be lo- the Red Lake railroad, was also set for yesterday. Several persons ap- peared before the court for the pur- had not been made, it was dismissed. Quite a large number of Marshall county farmers and others, appeared for the purpose of showing the nec- essity of the building of ditch 21. This ditch will, when contpleted, “be’ through part of the northwest portion some of Marshall. The building of this ditch will open to settlers many thousands of acres of land, which heretofore have been worthless. The land has in the past been so wet that living on it has been an impossibility, but with drainage}. will comprise some of the richest ag- ricultural land in the state. Several applications have been made to Judge Stanton requesting the appointment as engineer on the ditch, but as yet no one has been named. A. A. Andrews appeared for the pe- titioners of ditches 20 and 21. “CESS POOL OF INPURITY” Rome In the Days of Its Highest Refinement. TO.GIVE ANOTHER MEN’S LUNCH Piths from the Sermon. “Christianity is a system thought, it challenges thought.” “Christianity is addressed to our minds. It calls into play all the fac- ulties which God has given us.” “It is unlike other systems which command to worship, they know not what.” “Not only is Christianity a system of thought, but it excites in our minds the highest class of thought.” “There are some who, because Christianity directs: them to the un- seen and eternal, scarcely consider it to be worthy of their consideration.” “If you wish to erect a structure of civilization, the corner stone must be Jesus Christ.” “Christianity raised woman from |the abyss of shame and enthroned her as queen amid the sanctities of a well ordered home.” (Continued on last page). E. J. Bourgeois has been appoint-!CYClODBflia coupon appearing daily on about 400 m|les long and will run! nwlmotl‘hehmlhnn Chenos This Week it “Bargain” €yolop whemling success that!The Ploneer will ofter its readers ther chance this week. 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It stands alone 84 the best ref- ! erence work for bisy pepple—a set of books' that should be in_every home, This useful five-volume set regular- ly sells for $12, but for this week you get the complete set for$1.98 and the another page. The seta.are too bulky to be sent by mail, hpt out-of-tpwn readers can have themfor the $1.98, thie set to be sent by exfiress, shipping {charges to be paid by tfih receiver. Read the display anmouncement in {cated in the town of Northern, along this issue and clip the Cyelopedia cou- pon without further delay. SEVERAL TO TAKE EXAMINATION ship If They Pass Successfully It is understood that there are sev- eral men living in or in the vicinity &ivil service examination: when- it 18 ‘held here June 28. The examination is in order with the new government law which requires all fourth class postoffices to be in the care of men who have passed the test.” The exam- ination will be given here with Sam| Cutter, postal savings clerk at Bemidji postoffice, as supervisor. the BAND TO PLAY THIS EVENING. Will March Through Streets of City Practicing for Crookston Trip. Bemidji’s entire band, led = by Drummajor Jack Hilliby, will parade the streets of the city this evening. The purpose being to practice marches to be used when the musical organization visits - Crookston next ‘Wednesday for ‘the U. C. T, conven- tion, Twenty-four pieces will be tak- en to Crookston and the band will present its strongest appearance -in some time. Work on Fire Dock Progressing. Ten men are at work under the su- pervision of Street Commissioner Car- ter building the fire dock at the foot of Third street and have already com- pleted driving the piles and are now working on the main supports. If weather conditions permit they will probably complete it in’ the course of the coming week. Issue Three Marriage Licenses, Marriage licenses have been issued by Clerk of - Court Rhoda to Mike Listjak and Susie Justiak; Fred Mil- ton Lindholm and Janet Matilda Berthaume, Fred Morrell and Anna McCue and Emil Gustavson and Louise Durand. Adds Auto to Delivery Service Joe Anderson, proprietor of the Mill Park_grocery, has completed a. deal whereby he becomes the owner of a Ford roadster, which he will use for delivering. The car was bought through the Jewett agency. Yes Indeed These Two Should Be Great Friends of Tenstrike who intesg taking - the TEN CENTS PER WEEK ;fii;*iii{*!%;!‘k*i;fii*iii#ii I”iilili]_—*_ 2 +(ROAD AROUND LAKE * WIFE WHO ’UDED SIGN LANG AGE COACHING HER HUSBAND AT MURDER TRIAL -K#C’ri4(4(i«ll-l!l%#k’#*fii!ifi#iiliiiily& IRVING OPPOSED Commercial Club Passes Resolution Requesting That No Money Be ‘Expended . on Highway VOTE TO AID BLAZING TRAIL Allow $50 to Be Used in Placing Road Signs Between Bemidji and Other- Places—Now at Work. : COLORS TO REPRESENT ROUTES Each Member Guarantees to Sell Six University Week Tickets—Glee Club Issues Challenge Copyright by International News Service; supplied by New rPocess E‘ec'ipoim& tro Corporation, New York. At a meeting of the C ommercial Club Tuesday a resolution was un- janimously passed opposing the ex- penditure of money on the new pro- posed road around the west side of Lake Irving, a copy of which is to be presented to -the city council at its next meeting and also to-the meeting "ot the county.commissioners June 10. Fifty dollars was guaranteed by the club which is.to be raised by - a rcommittee, as the city’s share-toward the expense incurred- in- blazing .a trail into Bemidji from Crookston, Park Rapids Cass ' Lake and other A. L. Meigs of Minneapolis appeared - before the. club and- out- Mrs. Burton W. Gibson, The Heroic Wife of the New York Lawyer Who [lined the plan of trail blazing, which Was On Trial For His Life at Newburg, N. Y., on the Charge of Murdering Rose Szabo, at Greenwood Lake, N. Y., in July, 1911. Mrs. Gibson has stood by her husband faithfully ever since his arrest and has advised both him and his lawyers as to the conduct of the case: The first trial of Gibson resulted in a-disagreement . and the prosecuting attorney is firmly of the belief that the presence of Mrs. Gibson during the trial and the influence she exerted over the jury brought about this verdict. With this in mind he reguested the court not to allow the prison- er’s wife to sit beside her hushand, which place she occupied during the former trial. For several days Msr. Gibson was compelled to watch -the case from the back part of -the court room, but she communicated with her husband and advised him by means of telegraphic signals with her hands. Gibson was acquitted. KRR KRR K KK KKK x CUPID’S COURT. * !tfi*#iil*li*«lif AEmll Gustafson and Miss bouiae- Durand, both of Puposky, were mar- ried at St. Philip’s rectory Monday a. m. by Rev. Father Philippe. - Henry ‘Durand and Grace Dprand, brother and sister of the bride were present. Lindholm-Berthiaume. Fred M. Lindholm of this city and Miss Janet M. Berthiaume of Black- ‘duck, were married Tuesday after- noon at the Catholic rectory by Rev. Father Philippe. Mrs. M. J. Lind- holm, sister of the bride, and M. J. Lindholm, brother of the groom were present. i AKELEY TO SEND TWENTY CARS Many to Witness Ball Game Sched- uled for June 15. Arrangements were made last night between the manager of the “Big Bemidg” baseball team and C. F. Scheers of Akeley for a game to be played at Akeley next Sunday aft- ernoon and the same teams to play in Bemidji the following Sunday. The local team had planned to bring Akeley here next Sunday but as the Northern Minnesota Editor’s associa- tion meets herée on the fifteenth and the Akeley Auto club are planning to make a trip here for that™ date. Mr. Scheers stated last night that if everything was carried out as Had been planned there would be -over twenty cars in line and possibly the ball players could be.brought here in the cars and cut down a great deal of the expense, Rex Warner in Mix-up. Rex Warner was the defendant in a case brought before Judge Crowell yesterday afternoon but was postpon- ed until the ninth . John Demming is the plaintiff in the trouble which started when Warner is alleged to have struck Demming. The latter GILL BROTHERS ‘70 BULD rohage - Present _Store Building Facing Minnesota. HAVE CONFIDENCE IN BEMIDJI Gill Brothers who have been oper- atng two clothing stores in the city for the past ten years are about to close the Hub store and have pur- chased the building which they now occupy next to the First National Dank from C. F. Schroeder and con- templa hulldlng an addition on the rear lot facing Minnesota avenue, thus giving the:store two entrances. The deal was closed this morning ard it is probable that the addition wiil be built in conjunction with the new proposed addition to the First National bank.. In-speaking of the transaction David Gill said. “We expect to remodel our present quarters, which will include the con- struction of a new front of brick at our Fourth ‘street entrance and pos- sibly a two story addition in the rear giving the building an L shape. We expect to make of the new addition an exclusive boy’s department. “We bave always had great confi- dence in the future of this city and to assure our faith in its possibilities have invested in the above mentioned site.” Brose Goes to Minneapolis Hospital Arthur Brose the Bemidji ~mail carrier who was injured about a year ago when he fell down the stairs at the postoffice, and who ever since has been unable to ‘walk, has been taken to the University hospital where he will receive treatment and possibly undergo an operation. Z Sees Base Ball Contest; Dies. Harry Shaefer died suddenly at In- ternationla Falls last Sunday. He had attended the baseball game be- tween International Falls and Bem- idji, and immediately following the contest went to the hospital to have immediately swore out a warrant for assault and battery. a carbuncle lanced. - He leaves a wife and nine children. By "HOP” |is done by painting ~From C; F-Schroeder-Including Lot the telephone posts at every corner and turn in the {road. The trail from Bemidn to Akeley, Brainerd, Little Falls and St. Cloud will be blue. From here to ark Rap- ids, Wadena, Long Prairie and Sauk Center, green and to.Cass Lake yel- low. The signs used will be the let- ter R for right, the letter L for left and X for danger. A circle is used for the garage.. .These trails will be blaz- ed caross the entire continent and anyone wishing to go to a distant point can consult his guide. learn the color of the trail he wishes to follow and it will carry him to his destina- tion. My, Meigs. and his: assistants are busy today blazing the trail to.Cass Lake and Park Rapids. They will |complete: the work of three trails in Bemidji at once. The University week committee discussed plans of proceedure Wwith the club members and the matter of looking after the entertainers was left in the hands of the reception committee with E. A. Barker as chairman in the absence of F. S. Ly- can. Auto rides and boat rides will be given the university people each morning while the entertainment committee will have charge of the editors when they arrive. Tickets were distributed among the members at the club last evening, each member guaranteeing to sell 6. This practically assures the sale of tickets required to make up the $300 guarantee. The decorations of the city were left to the university week committee and the matter of the business men’s luncheons was left fo Mr. Barker. The. University Glee club, which comes to Bemidji Friday has issued a challenge to the alumni of that school to a baseball game, which will be played at the fair grounds Friday aft- ernoon. M. J. Brown will probably have charge of the alumni team. A game was played last’ year and the Bemidji boys deféated the Glee club boys by a score of 6 to 4. 300 VISIT REST ROOM Many Took Advantage of Bemidji’s “Public Home” During Last Month, "HIT WITH FARMERS MAKES Three hundred and forty ‘guests visited the rest room during the month of May. The following have registered since the last list publish- ed: Mrs. Miller, Grant Valley; M. Lattimer, Turtle River; Mrs. L. Bur- trum, Fairview, Illinois; Mrs. A. An- derson, Puposky; J. Morrison, Pupos- ky; Miss Robideau, Puposky; G. An- derson, Puposky; Mrs. Hoffman, Ny- more; Mrs. William Gerlinger, Spur; Nettie Gerlinger, Spur; Rachel Ger- linger, Spur; Lucile Steidl, North- ern; Mrs. Gray, North Park; Mrs. Dodge, Tenstrike; Jessie Dodge, Ten- strike; Jessie Pendergast, Grant Val- ley; Mrs. C. R. Severans, Grant Val- lay; Mrs. Lindahl, Mill Park;" Mrs. Lowe, Mill Park; Mrs. Martinson, Be- midji; William P. Roberts ,Minneap- olis; E. B. Wood, Cass Lake; George Smith, Cass Lake; Mrs. Grey Simp- kins, Turtle River; Mrs, Leslie Work- man ,Redby; Mrs. W. P. Gray, Plan- taganet; Juanita Gray, Plantaganet; 1da Moen, Bemidji; F. Bucksen, Plantaganet; E. Sheets, Plnntulnat' {[Pauline Raumbuehl, Pflpfllk! Emma