Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 13, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11. LAND CLEARING - MEETING FAYORED: New-pnper Comment l‘mn_l Northern Portion of State Shows What General Opinion Seems. —— LARGE NUMBER WILL ATTEND In Principally for Lands of the Cut Over Class Although Others Will Be Affected By Action Taken NEW AMENDMENT WILL APPLY If Passed By Voters of State at Next General Election State Land Will Be Improved As Well as Private. Action taken by the delegates at the morthern Minnesota development association at the Hinckley conven- tion last week in regard to the call- ing of a convention to be held in Duluth hte first of July, for the pur- pose of discussing a way in which to secure proper and financial aid for the clearing of cut over sectioms, is meeting with enthusiasm. Newspapers over the entire north- ern portion of the state are admit- ting freely that the convention will be of great consequence to this sec- tion and are urging that the meeting be well attended. The committee appointed for theé purpose of giving the meeting pub- licity and advocating its chief bene- fits are working constantly on the proposition and are confident that it will be successful. tee consists of: F. R. Duxbury, chairman, president F. R. Duxbury Land Co., St. Paul; W. E. Willard, development agent, Northern Pacific Railway ,St. Paul; Geo. W. Empey, cashier Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Hinckley; Chas. S. Mitchell, Bditor “News-Trib- une,” Duluth; W. R. Mackenzie, sec- retary, Secretary Northern Minnesota Development.‘Association; Bemidji. it is estimated that about twelve million acres of land would come un- der the head of cut-over lands, and it is belleved that the demand for these lands which is now assuming large proportions will grow as the years go by. Several hundred thousand acres are now held by people who would like to have the same cleared of stumps, but . who have not the pro- per machinery or are unable to hire labor to clear up any part of their tract, and would be only too glad to make the necessary improvements to shqw its productiveness. The possi- bilities of this cut-over land, how-' ever, are so well known that it will not be necessary at this time to en- ter into discussion of the same. It is hoped that at the Duluth meet- ing there will be a representative at- tendance of the railways, land own- ers, newspapers, merchants, lumber- men, banks and manufacturers of land clearing machinery, besides oth- ers who would be naturally interest- ed in this work. At the next general election a con- stitutional amendment will be voted on by the people of Minnesota, au- thorizing the land department of the state to form a revolving fund of $260,000 which can be used for the improving of state land so that if the private land owners and the state will both start on this work, the prob- lem of settling up the cut-over counties will have been accom- plished. The “Self-Interest League” of America The most natural, the most hu- man, if not the most altruistie, bond is that of self-interest. There are thousands of asso- ciations, leagues, and societies all over the country that bear wit- ness to the uniting force of a com- mon, personal cause. The biggest society in the coun- try is one that has no president, no by-laws, nor, in fact,-any spec- ified organization. Yet practically every man and woman belongs to it. It is the Society of Newspaper Readers. Their only bond is that of self-interest. All men and women know that in order to be able to hold their own with their neighbors they must learn what the newspapers have to tell them, not only in re- gard to general events of the day, but algo in regard.to the specific activities of the;locality in which they live: The advertisements in the re- liable newspapers are no less im- portant and are very apt'to be of Jmore:lasting value in this matter of nlt inte) | Being a member of the league means that you are up-and-doing, wga“-ln, wndalive to your own welfare, . : NUMBER 40. This commit- KX KKK KKK KKK KKK % The University Glee club will % ¥ appear at the Armory this eve- ¥ ning. The performance will be- & *-gin at 8:30 o’clock.. The pro- & grams of tomorrow will all'be in % * * x * school and will begin at the us- ual hours, 2:30 and 8:30, PR R KKK KKK KKK WO00D HANDS OVER STAR Discharged Iron Range Official Read- ily Agrees to Demand of Game and Fish Commission. OFFICIAL DID SO THIS MORNING * ¥ the auditorium of the high * * Without resistance of “any kind George Wood, the deposed Iron Range game warden today handed over his star and commission of office to Sherm Bailey of Bemidji. The discharged official who has been confined in a hospital for the past few days following an operation, had been informed of hig~dismissal’ and readily agreed to accept the de- mand of thelitate game and fish com- mission,-when he was visited by Mr. Bailey this morning. He gave Mr. Bailey a written order to his wife to turn over the star and commission. Friends of Wood may take the matter up with the commission. The discharge of Wood follows an investigation of his officlal actions| made by Warden Bailey several weeks ago at the request of the commis- sion. In speaking of the Wood matter the Daily Virginian says: “The -action of the game and flsh commission in ousting Mr. Wood comes as a great surprise to Mr. | Wood’s many friendse on the range. He has been one of the most efficient game protectors this section has ever | had and has been on the job day and night for months. He has made hun- dreds of arrests and in most.cases se- cured convictions. The charge that Mr. Wood has been active in politics is without foundation as he hag been too busy looking after his dutfes as an officey to dabble in that ‘game ‘Mr. Wood-is now-confined in the I Intyre hospital In this city where he recently underwent an operation for hernia.” TO OPERATE ON J. C. R.§00N Rochester Physioians Will Try to Dis- cover His Identity. “J. C. R.” the mysterious stranger who has been a patient at the Rochester hospital for five years, will submit to an operation on his skull this week by the hospital physicians in the hope that it may enable him to remember his identity. This has been decided on by the physicians in charge. “J. C..R.” was taken to the hospi- tal in 1908 from Waseca where he was picked up the year before near the railroad tracks in an unconscious condition, He can not speak and seems unable to reveal his identity, although apparently intelligent. From what he has been able to tell in the sign language it is believed he was at one time in the navy. His case has attracted nation-wide atten- tion and the decision of the .doctors to endeavor by surgical means to re- store his memory was made only aft- er every effort had been made to as- certain something of his previous life. Inspects Bemidji Water. - R. B. Whitaker of St. Paul, was in the city yesterday inspecting Bem- idji’s water supply. Mr. Whittaker inspects the water supply the rail roads are offering their passengers las the depots here use city water. He gave George Kirk clerk of the water hoard, a record of his test. Gets Fosston Contract. Edward Jackson, the Bemidji con- tractor who recently completed the building of the Ongstad garage here, was yesterday awarded the contract for the comstruction of the new school at Fosston. The Fosston school .was destroyed by fire in Jan- uary. SCOO THE CUB A RBIYN de SCRIBES WITNESS |2 ****omaa i - WILD WEST SHOW| As Guests of-the Pioneer Visiting Edic tors Attended Big . Circus ‘This Afternoon at Fair Grounds. ANOTHER PERNMGE 8P M Incille Mulhall' With Her High School-Horse One of Chief Fea- * turei—Play Auto Polo. INDIANS'IN GAME OF- PUSH BALL Played on -Horseback Witk Cowboys and Contest Results in Tie—Is Finished on Foot. With the unloading of the circus cars this morning began circus day. Then came the pitching of the seven big tents, and last but mot least the parade-one mile in length. The afternoon performance began sharply at 2:15 o’clock, with the grand entree, which was followed by roping contests both by cow boys and cowgirls. ’ Miss Lucille Mulhal, the girl with| § the high school horse, caused consid- i‘ erable of a sensation with some of the stunts she put the horse through, one of which was walking on hls. knees. z Some of the other features of the afternoon were the Karney’s, expert rifle shots; Otto Klien, the champion rider of the world; a game of push ball on horse back between the cow MISS LUCILLE MULHALL, The Girl With High School Horse. a tie and had to be decided on foot. The game of auto polo created no little amount of excitement. A dem- onstration was given, as with every L] Corporation, New York: McLaughlin, Califomis: Plager, Who is Setting Fast Pace for His Interna- tional Rivels. Maurice E. McLaughlin, Nation-al Lawn Tennis Champion of ‘Amer- former in the"international -elimination contests now being fought gut hetween America and Australia on thé-West: Side Y. The team capturing the series will’take part in the matches for the Davis cup, emblematic of the Warld’n chzmplon— | ship, which are to-be held in July in England. Although McLaughlin, who, with Harold Hackett as‘a partnér, 1ost to Rice and Drust of'the Australian team in the doubles, American enthus- iasts are not a bit: worried over the outcome of thé finals, won his game from’ capt Rice in the singles without the slightest trouble and the only reason ldr osing the doubles was the unfortunate playing of Hackett, who surprlm everyhdoy by the utter loss of his control. When the Australians saw-they had an easy subject in Hackett thelr play was entirely to him.. ; The terrific serve which McLaughlin controls: is the wonder-of all. There is so much !arse behind /it that if his opponent is not set to re- ceive it he is thrown. on his balance.’ ica, who is the ‘ata) Tennis Club -courts,- ] CLUB THIS EVENING Is Comprised of Twelve Best Trained Voices of Big: Chorus—Is Making Hit in All Cities. ARE ASSISTED BY MRS. POEHLER boys and Indians, which resulted in Were One of Features of Week Last Year and Are Reported Better Than Ever. wild west show, of the way in which | TOMORROW LAST DAY OF “WEEK” a horse thief is treated in the west. Bucking bronchos action, The afternoon was brought to a close by an attack of a band of In- dians upon a stage coach and a thril: ling rescue by the cow boys. The same performance will be giv- en this evening at 8:16 o’clock. Guests of the Pioneer. As the guests of the Pioneer the visiting editors attended the show. were seen in Dr. Newkirk Tells of “Art of Flying” —Says We Will All Be Fly- ing Some Day. Better than ever the University Glee club will appear at the Armory theater this evening. The portion of the college club which will sing here tonight is comprised of twelve of the best train- ed voices of that widely lmowx; or- glee BEMIDJIBAND WINS PRIZE| **7'sors cats vear nave been meet- Upon its arrival in Crookston yes- ing with -even better success than a terday morning where it had gone|year ago, when they were considered to take part in the big U. C. T. con-|as head liners for the “week.” vention there, the Bemidji band was They are assisted this year by Mrs. awarded $26 for being the first out- | Eleanor Poehler, mezzo-soprano. - side band to arrive. Lumber Boys Out to Win. Saturday afternoon the Crookston Lumber company baseball team will Another ‘feature of ‘the glee club entertainment is the work of the quartet. Tomorrow Last Day. The programs -of tomorrow Wwill be clash with the Bankers for the third [the last of what has been a success- time this year. These teams have di-|ful University week, but - the fact vided the games between them and|that they are last: by no manner of will not meet to decide the tie. Be-|means is because they are least. cause of their easy victory two weeks ago the Bankers ' believe that they|given “Infant Welfare,” ‘which will be tomorrow by the - Visit- will have a soft snap tomorrow but|ing Nurse Miss Augusta Mettle, is re- the Lumbermen claim their defeat | ceiving good attendances, in. all was_due to ‘poor pitching and hard|places where Miss Mettle has talked. luck and that they will do a gredt deal tomorrow ‘in”putting the Finan- ciers -off the baseball map. our)| EDITORS =& Common ‘REPORTER'S 300 auwm BoNENEAD S ‘RIGHT NSIDE. THAT (Continued: There are several other real features last page). =S, DB xx+ XIPHELAN Anmsses MEN EI)ITORS TAKE 0VER #!0 McLaughlin of -Minneapolis - Need Northern Minnesota. -|'men’s luncheon” givi ‘|'the circus and as many more to hear mhmxemfipxuudmmnut , wamnhmmth 2 Ei.hldnols F‘med to ‘ever -~ Beat, least 26 Were unable to't was the condition ‘at iat ‘eared for, ‘business the high Jchool bluldlng this’ poon. + “More than 80 wers seated at the big table at the first' sound of the ‘|'dinner bell, and’ when“all had quieted down, even 'the women' who were peeved because of thé-fact’ that the cream-for coffee was sour, the repast began. About half of ‘those at‘the table were editors who were the guests of the business men. They were taken to the high school biuflding from the Markham hotel in automobiles. Shortly’ before:the luncheon was coricluded Dr. Raymond V. Phe]nn ‘addressed the diners. | The luncheon; the principal part of which was bakeéd.Lake Bemidji fish, was prepared as was the one of Wed- nesday, by the women of the Study cTub. 1t was served under the direc- tion of Mrs. E. E. McDonald, assisted by. Mesdames Wilcox, Dyer, Lakin, Upham, Jewett, Arnold, Sharff, Bat- tles, Bailey and Dodge. PARAI)E ATIRACTS CROWD Many anm and * Visitors From = Neighboring Towns: Brought Here By the Wild West Show. WAS ABOUT A MILE IN LENGTH -About a mfile in length, the par- ade, one of° the- prelminary events of*the Oklahoma Wild West show, performance - this ‘It ‘is noticeable'that many outsid- ers are in town today. Some to see 'the €lee club tonight. midji early this morning, and at WHO WILL ENTERTAIN THEM? With the closing of the Minneap- olis schools several hundied little children will be left, wanting home either for a few weeks or until the schools open again in the:fall. These little folks are ‘taken care|- .| of by the Outing association of Min- neapolis, and are placed in homes ‘wlhiere they are made welcome. Bemidji and Beltrami dounty have been liberal in assisting the associa- tion in this work and no doubt will again do so this year, There are children of n’ll agés who need attention. Any one who wishes to'aid in this once began unloading its train. ‘Tents were pitched at the fair grounds and the teamsters were com- pelled to make a rather round abdut trip in getting to them, beimg forced to go by way of Bsmdji avenue be- cause of the_ grading beilig done on Beltrami for the paving. '} Four bands took part in the par- ade, two cowboy bands one Planta- tion and one Oriental. There were floats displaying - scenes of .early western life, and many other fenures in the parade. With the show are 325 people and 120 horses and mules. A large number of children were on- hand as early as five o’clock to witness the unloading of the big work may do so by addressing Outing Association, 122 West Thirty-second street, Minneapolis. Tomorrow is Flag Day. New. York, June ~13.-—Toniorrow. will be Flag Day throughout the United States and those who. have been in charge of a great program planned for the schools . and other private and public institutions here declared today that there will be no. city. or hamlet, however large or small, throughout the Natiom, that will not in some formal manner pay. trbiute to the Stars and Stripes. Of- ficials of Flag Day ceremonies here say that they have received word from practically every -American em- bassy and legation’ in foreign lands to the effect that th eday will be ob-|- served im some formal way. Public school children will spent at least one half the day singing ' patriotic songs and listening to addresses. The local committee claimed today that a million ags would be swung from that many residences throughout ‘wagons. The south bound M. & T this morn- ing was crowded and over one hun- dred people from along the north line got off and headed. for the fair grounds to watch the raising of the big tents, Parade Wagons Ruin Diamond. Local ball players will be much troubled when they find that the big circus wagons driven across the ball diamond at the fair grounds have torn up the ground;so that it will be almost impossible to play ball upon it. The ground was recently repaired by the Crookston Lumber company team but they are mow in more need of repnin than before. : To Much Money Says Crowley. Tim crowley was tried in muniei- pal court'this morning on a charge of ‘being intoxicated. He plead guilty and: was sentenced to three days in ‘the city lock up at hard labor. Tim has been working on the state road gang near Fertile and came to Bem- 1dji to blow his months salary. Pushers of the Pen Gather mn for The wild west show arrived in! Be-] REINS OF BEMIDJI DOC RUTLEDGE. ON THE JOB semui-y, of Asociation Has Plans Completed for Three Day Period . of Good Time for Scribes. BIG SMOKER TOMORROW NIGHT Visitors Will be the Guests of Mem- bers of Commercial Club—Prom- inent Men - Coming, Bemidji is in seribes. Since yesterday afternoon every train has been bringing newspaper men who are here to attend the regu- lar summer outing of the Northern Minnesota editorial ' -association, which is°to_be in progress during the next several days, One of the first: to. arrive - was “Granny” Pease of Anoka.-As full of life. as ever. the daddy of the asso- ciation spent last evening. looking over Bemidji which he says next to Anoka .is:the best place in the state. From the outlook it.is evident that the attendance of the meeting will be a record breaker. At an early hour this morning no " less than twenty pushers of the pen were on hand. They were taken for'a trip around +the . hands:.of the enjoyed” automobile rides about - the city and country. 3 Among the first to reach the city were the following: Pease, of Anoka; Wells o Sauk “Center; Kinney of | Alexendria, Phillips of* Mahnomen, Warfen of Hinekley, the editor who the success of ”!h’e development meet- Falls, Oberg of Blackduck. ‘- “Among the paper dealers were Frank Meyst of ‘the Western = Newspaper _union, who has with C. C. Whitney been a member of the executive committee of the state editorial organization for so long that it is feared it would be useless for it to attempt. to carry on an excursion without him, N. D. Bar- ker of the Ainerican Type Foundry company, H. R. DeFoe of the McClel- lan paper company and Straight of the Leslie le company. H. M. Lewis, assistant xeneral pas- senger agent of . the Soo line and Harry Noble, general passenger agent of the Great Northern are expected to arrive tomorrow morning, as is James Larson, assistant secretary of state. George Authier, private secretary of the governor arrived this noon from Crookston where he has been at- tending the U. C. T. convention. . That C. B. Elmquist, of the rail- road and warehouse commission, will be here for. the remainder of the outing is practically assured. He has notified Doc Rutledge, secretary of the association that he would be here and that possibly he would be accom- panied by Charles Staples. Attorney General Smith will arrive tomorrow, as will Charles Keller, state fire marshal. Rutledge arrived this morning and at once began completing arrange- metns for: the outing. Doc says that he has been the most busy man in the state getting ready = to show the scribes a good time. This evening. the editors will be entertained by visiting the plant of the Crookston Lumber company. Tomorrow they will be taken down the Missinsippi where they Wwill see the power ‘dam. They will also be taken' on-automobile trips and will visit the Schroeder Dairy farm. | One .of the big events of the en- tire outing will be the smoker to be ‘|held in the Commercial club rooms. The wives of the editors will at that 0f_the Study club. F Th oker_will be helll wmnrrow eve!flngy Remor¢ Changes “Hands. - H. C. McConnell-of ‘Brainerd, re- eently: arrived in ‘Bemidji, and has taken oyer fll mlmomnt.u the Lake Bemidji this morning and'many was in a large ‘part responsible for. time be taken care of by the women -