Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 29, 1913, Page 1

ithe water-power VOLUME 11, NO. 183, WATER POWER FIGHT CAUSES INTEREST Observers Think Conservation Meet- ing ‘Quarrell Merely Forerunner 0f What Will Happen WAIT FOR ACTION OF CONGRESS Tavenner Tells How Ten Groups Of | Power Have Advanced in Control During Last Two Years. By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. | 29—0b- | servers who think for the future see | Washington, November in the water-power fight in the re- cent National Conservation Congress merely the forerunner of a more in-} tense fight that will occur in the United States Congress. The contest in the Conservation Congress was severe enough, but that in the fed- will be a death grapple. eral Congres The former was over the wording of | report: the latter will be for the power itself. However one may feel on the ques- tion of state versus federal control of water-power, the minority report, submitted by Gifford Pinchot, Henry L. Stimson and Joseph N. Teal con- tained much food for thought. It emphasied the rapid concentration in control of water- the corporation power. It declared that ten groups of pow- | er in the United tSates. Two years ago the ten greatest power groups| controlled ,000 horsepower de- veloped and undeveloped; today ten | groups control 6,270,000, | It is commercially possible and practicable now to develop 30,000, 000 b epower of hydroelectric pow- er within the United States. As the| coal deposits are exhausted and the| price of stean power rises, this | ure may be greatly augmented. the 30,000,000 horsepower that can now compete with coal. the govera- ment, the people, still own 20,000,- 000 horsepower, a priceless poss sion, since it will never become ex hausted as long as rain falls and streams flow. It is commercially practicable now to develop enough electricity from water power to turn every wheol in the United States now turned by team and have a good margin left over. Waterpower will be posterity's | substitute for coal. Under what con-| ons are the people who still own most of the power, going to give franchises for power development? l: it better' to frust this treasure to the judgment of Congre: or the jndgment of the individual tes? The imagination of the scientists and the financiers engaged in power acquisition and development knows no bounds. Already a traveler can look about and see evidence of the civilization of the future. Through the South and West and in New Eng- land, run the great transmission lines held aloft on steel skeleton | towers. Here is a stream with a dam and turbine. It throws its 100, 500 or 1,000 horsepower into the heavy current on the transmission wires, as a brook runs into a stream. | Over hills, acrossh valley, throug' forests, runs the zizzag line of the wires, verging here to tap a “power,” turning there to run into a mill town while trolley cars flash between com- munities, mills hum, villages glow at night, all drawing the magic power from the transmission lines. In the future the country will be crisscrossed with these overhead trunk lines. Today this same power is being used to draw the very nitr gen from the air and sack it for fe tilizer. The power magnates foresee the day when the current will ope: ate farmers’ itrucks along model coungry roads. These are glimpses of the future. Another is the rapid for- mation of power companies to oper- ate public service functions of cities single companies controlling the light, power and transportation of scores of cities. Will the country awake some day to find its cities and dndustries in the control of a single giant cor- poration, with a new and great generation of Rockefellers and Mor- gans? It is the opinion of Louis D. Brandeis, of Boston, that there will be only two monopolies in the fu- ture to deal with—the monopoly of credit, which is the money trust, and the water power trust, which will be the mother of all other monopo- lies. As Congress deals with this wa- iter power problem it will deal with the destiny of comming generations. C. M. Peterson of Solway was in Bemidji yesterday on his way home from Bena where he rented the Clearwater farm from Sam Simpson. Dr. Robert Richardson of Bagley arrived in the city yesterday noon and will remain over Sunday in Be- midji as the guest of his parents. Mrs. L. P. Eckstrum went to Shev- lin today where she will be the guest of Mr. and O. E. Peterson. She will attend the S. B. C. dance while there, [today by W. H. GEORGE S. DOUGHERTY. — Chief of Detectives of New York Police Force. George S. Dougherty, chief of de- tectives of the New York police force and second deputy police commission- er, is deeply interested in the revela- tions of wire tapping brought out by District Attorney Whitman of New York county. The wire tappers, in- cluding such characters as the Gon- dorf brothers, “Curley” Carter and “Big Bill” Larsen, have paid 15 per cent of each theft for protection to the police. ¢ gave up a stated sum ,500 each month. The wire tappers have stolen more money than all other ‘kinds of organ- ized thiev They looked for the wealthiest men only and there have been ma ses where they took as high as $50,000 from a single victim. ISSUE POCKET TIME TABLE Unique Booklet Telling of Northern Minnesota Being Distributed By W. H. Gemmell of M. and L ARRANGING FOR CONVENTION One of the most unique time tables ever gotten out by the officials of the Minnesota and Internatioral rail- way is being’ distributed in Bemidji Gemmell, of Brain- erd, general manager. The booklet, the time table being put up in book- let form, has both the front and back pages artistically colored, the front showing two hunters cooking their evening meal, and the back a pretty landscape scene. The booklet contains a time table of the Minesota and International train service, a map of the territory covered by it, and articles telling of the hunting grounds, resources and markets of this country. The booklet also contains a story on the climate and crops. Mr. Gemmell was in Bemidji today for the purpose of arranging plans for the accommodation of delegates who will attend the convention here next week. He says that special cars will be provided and that the Bau- dette delegation will come in private car. It is the opinion of Mr. Gemmell that the hotels will be so crowded that sleepers will have to be provid- ed for many. Accompanied by G. H. Warner, train master, and R. R. Wise of Brainerd, Mr. Gemmell will go to In- ternational Falls tomorrow morn- ing. Captain Adam Otto Here Adam E. Otto is spending a few days in semidji visiting with his friends and relatives here. Mr. Otto is now a United States postal in- spector and has figured prominently in many cases during the past few months, He was formerly assistant postmaster in Bemidji. Both Engincs Cemolished. Galesburg, 111, Nov. Dashing through the country toward Chicago in a dense log mail train No. 8 on the Burlington road crashed into a freight tra’s at Wataga, six miles east of here, reducing both engines to scrap irom. The enginemen es- caped by jumping: MAKES TRIP AROUND LAKE. W. B. MacLachlan Runs City of Be: ‘midji" to All Summer Resorts Making a trip around the lake the last of November was a feat per- formed by Captain W..B. MacLachlan in his large pagsenger boat “The City of Bemidji” yesterday. This is the first time since Mr. LacLachlan has been in Bemidji that he has been able to run his big boats around the lake at this late date without fear of ice. There is no ice on the lake as vet and no trouble was experienced is visiting all of the points where summer excursionists spend their va- cations. Mr. MacLachlan was ac- companied by Alvin Olson, Schmidt and Marcus Dicaire. A stop of one hour and thirty minutes was ‘made at Birchmont Beach, where the party hunted rabbits. Fifty rabbits were killed in this time and many more could easily have been slaught- ered had the party supplied more ammunition. As soon as the weather commences to get cold Mr. MacLach- lan will make one more trip to all points on the lake in an effort to establish a record for making a trip |’ in entirely open water, CONTESTANTS LOOK OUT! The Golden Opportunity Is Near At Hand, Whereby Each and Every One May Be A Leader KEEP YOUR EYE ON PIONEER A surprise for every contestant in the The Free Piano contest is in sight. It will be the opportunity of the big prize con- test. No one will be tipped off to ‘Schroeder-Pioneer =|this in advance. The only way you will learn of the new feature is through the columns of the Pioneer. A million votes will be as easy to {get as falling off a log. In today’s standing number 151 is lin the lead with numbers 21 and 70 a close second and third. With -the “|surprise in store for -all it is ‘hard to tell who.will lead by Christmas time., The following is the present stand- ing of the contestants. 1—104,560 4—211,470 . 9—206,955 19--129,375 211,578,240 24—63,220 27—130,505 28-114,200 - 30—121,324 31--567,438 32--93,700 37—93,400 36—-316,987 42—109,075 49—51,230 54—101,305 61—132,091 63—270,531 65—394,774 68—130,505 70—1,516,495 82—417,780 83—672,5673 84—182,291 101—112,100. 106—184,596 108-—384,820 109—301,321 114—107,300 115—135,325 117—140,305 120—116,290 121—146,850 132—42,740 133—126,014 137—113,446 143—212,363 151—2,713,960 154—230,417 159—85,866 165—142,252 166—119,965 KK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES * KR KHK KK KKK KK KKK KK Episcopal Sunday school at 9:30. Holy Communion and sermon at 10:30. Archdeacon Parshall. First Methodist, Preaching service, 10:45. Sunday school at 12:00. Epworth League, 6:30. Preaching service 7:30. Chas. Gilman, pastor. Presbyterian Bible class and Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. Morning worship and sermon at 11, Jr. C. E. at 4 p. m. Young peoples meeting at ‘7. Even- ing gospel service at 8. Mid-week ser- vice for bible study and prayer on Thursday eve at 8. The public is cor- dially invited to all these services. 8. E. P. White pastor. 8,763 HORSES 'ARE EATEN This Number Consumed in Berlin in Eight Months. Berlin, Nov. 29.—In the first eight months of this year 8,763 horses were “eaten” in Berlin, according to the government meat inspection report. This is a reduction of 500 horses 5 against the same period last year. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO Harold | Applications Will Be Hummer. LETTERS SENT EACH MEMBER Method Adopted by Thief River Falls Not Applicable in Bemidji—Want + * Permanent Me))}iwnhip The campaign which for several ‘weeks has been plannéd by Homer C: Baer, secretary of tile Commercial club for the purpose of gaining new members for the organization, is to start in real earnest n?xt week, when letters will be sent t6 each member of the club with an gppeal to cause at least one resident:of the city to make application. At the last meeting of the Com- ‘mercial club Secretary Baer told the ‘members of the condifion of the roll and advised that a campaign be insti- tuted for new -m He ex- plained how the resoufces of the club at the present was me‘;vly enough to care for the current eznenses Want 75 New Members. : The membership <¢ommittee, to- gether with the secretary, will send the letters next week &nd it is hoped that at the January Mfing at least seventy-five new appligations will be presented for:considergtion. When Mr. Baer’s attintion was cal- led tothe method used'by Thief River Falls in gaining > IEw. members, whereby the fire bel ever ten new names ) the list, he said.——- | Want Permanent List. “We are about to izstitute a cam- paign which will result in adding to our club a permaneit membership NOTHING HEARD FROM comns Gas Proposition Nearly Forgotten By Local Interested Parties No word has been received from| E. E. Collins who presented a gas franchise to the city of Bemidji sev- eral months ago. Mr. Collins was to ‘have returned to'Bemidji shortly af- ter the council had considered the proposition of Mr. Anderson wha re- presented an Eastern gas firm but as this company did not believe it would be a paying proposition to install a list. This campaign Will be made through the members of the member- ship committee, of waich James L. George, county auditot s the chair- man. Bemidji is a citiy too much on the conservative crdes to carry out a plan such as that useu at Thief Riv- er Falls. What we Want is a per- manent membership. ‘Each member of the club is loyal enanigh to not on- ly carry out the requést of the com- mittee but will see h¢w_much more he can doy’ - 3 FIRST GAME FRIDAY: Athletic Club Basket Ball Team To Play First Match of Season Next Friday evening the first bas- ket ball game of the season will be played in Bemidji by the Bemidji Athletic Club . Basketball team. The Bemidji team has been practicing every evening for the past week and is now prepared to meet any team in the state. Letters have been writ- ten to managers of every team in.the north part of the state asking for games and it is probable that the sea- son’s schedule will be completed dur- ing the next two weeks. Many of the teams from the smaller cities in this section of the state have not organiz- ed as yet and will mot be ready for games until after Christmas. The game which will undoubtedly be the biggest attraction of the sea- son will be the contest between the Bemidji five and the -Superior Y. M. E. A team to be played here on December 26 and 27. This team met defeat at thé hands of the Bemidji boys last season but will come here strengthened by the Bradley brothers who were stars on the Shamrock team of Duluth last season. Walker-Flesch Andrew Walker and M. Flesch were married at the Markham hotel ‘Wednesday by Judge Crowell, of the municipal court. Both are residents of this county and will make their home at Funkley after December 1. The groom s assistant superinten- dent of the - logging operations of Coolidge and Schussler company of Minneapolis. Blanchard-Seamans. Faith Seamons of Bemidji and Hurley Blanchard of Boy River were united in marriage by Judge Clark yesterday. plant in a city the size of Bemidji they refused.to offer a franchise for consideration. Mr. Collins differed in his belief and appeared anxious to commence active work installiqg the plant. City Clerk George Stein has not received any ,communications from Collins and the matter of in- stalling a gas plant in Bemidji has almost been forgotten. Owing to.the agreement made by the council in which they offered to reconsider the Collins franchise providing the An- derson proposition did not appear to be a better deal, the tormer franchise would now be open for consideration. BAILEY GIVES ESTIMATE Game Warden Inspector Says Record Shows About 7,500 Deer Killed in Minnesota This Year QUOTES FROM RIDERS FIGURES Working on figures which have been recently issued by H. A. Rider, executive agent of the state game and fish commission, Sherm Bailey, of “Bemidji -inspector of game war- dens, this morning ~estimated that 7,500 ‘deer now have fallen before the onslaught of the nimrods in nor- thern Minesota during the season which ends tomorrow. “Hunters have been more success- ful,” said Inspector Bailey, “in hunt- ing these animals than for a decads, despite the absence of snow in the woods. “1 agree with Mr. Rider when he says that there have been more deer this year than for some time and the reports show that huntsmen haye met with unusual success. 1 do not believe ithat -the large number killed will appreciably lessen the supply next year, although I would suggest that some legislator interest- ed in the state’s big game would push a bill through the next legisla- ture which would prohibit ithe kill- ing of does. Such a law would serve to increase the deer population of the state considerably during the next few years.” NOVEMBER OUTCLASSES JUNE.. Six More Licenses Issued This Month Than Any Previous. Since November first Clerk of Court Rhoda has issued 34 marriage licenses, which is the largest number issued in one month . for several years. June is usually the month in which the most licenses are is- sued, but November has proven equally as popular by breaking all records. The last marriage license was issued to H. Blanchard of Cass Lake to wed Miss Faith Seamens of this city. Clarence Wintersteen ob- tained a license yesterday to wed Miss Blanche Marin. Both young people are of this city. Three Acts at Brinkman Three acts are on the Brinkman bill for tonight and tomorrow even- ing. "The acts are all good and are in keeping with the high class of “vodvil” which is being secured for this theatre. The Musicial Walters in an’ electrical music act are above the average. The Elliotts in a novelty act cause much amusement and Juggling Mahiew is cle ‘er. Notice to Water Consumers While we are repairing hydrant, water will be shut off “on 4th st. from America to eBltrami ave and from 3rd to 5th St. on Beltrami ave at 9:00 a. m. Sunday morning for about one hour. GEORGE KIRK. Teaching The Young Idea Ilow To Shoot--With His Right WOW-00- FATTIE. PORK CHOPS HITTEDME | H\TCHA DIDDEE ? —WELL) USTEN SOM-THA BGGER THEY QRE THA HARDER THEN FALL- Y06 Go ‘Defective 7 Page JAMES K. WGUIRE. Former Syracuse Mayor Indict- ed on Charge of “Sandbagging.” James K. McGuire, former mayor of Syracuse, was indicted by the grand jury in New York on a charge of hav- ing unlawfully solicited a .campaign contribution of $5,000 from a corpora- tion, the United Oi! company, for the Democratic state committee. Aside from the indictment of McGuire, the district attorney's political graft in- Yestigation ~ developed other revela- tions of a startling character. Nine up state highway contractors as wit- nesses in the John Doe hearing testi- fied they had heen brazenly “sand| bagged” by Everett P. Fowler, the in- dicted Kingston politician, for Demo- cratic state contributions in -1911 and 1912, LOGGERS HANDICAPPED Lack Of Cold Weather And Snow Hinders Operations—Many Men in " Bemidji Cannot Obtain Work AGENCIES NOW AT STANDSTILL Loging operators of Bemidji and Beltrami county claim to have been more greatly handicapped from the mild weather during November this year than during the same period in |any Gthéreyearsin the history of the ‘business. Orders for men have practi- cally ‘ceased in Bemidji, and many men are now about town who claim they cannot obtain work. “The congestion of men is not due to business conditions,” said Peter Edd, of the National Employment Agency, “but to weather conditions, Employment agencies are now prac- tically at a standstill, and will be un- til cold weather comes. 3 “Very few orders for men are com- ding in Railroad work is practically |, over for this year except for crews that are maintained all winter. It is probable, however, that a freeze-up will occure shortly, and then the axes will ring afl-through the big woods. Part of the timber is on swampy land, and with the weather as it is, the ground is so soft that teams can’t haul loads over the roads. “Cutting timber is a hard job at present. A tree to cut well must be full of frost. Then it works up easily. 1 do not think there is anything alarming in the situation. The pre- sent weather conditions are unsea- sonable, and will probably mot last many more days. When a freeze-up comes, operations will be started more strenuously than ever, and men will be in good demand.” Mr. Edd says that the lull in busi- ness has caught many laboring men off their guard, and most of them are now ‘“broke”, and waiting to be shipped out. = Had Prepared Big Dinner Mrs. "Mary C. Martin, wiie of Al- bert Martin of Wilton, died very sud- denly Wednesday morning from ap- loplexy. Mrs. Martin had been pre- paring for a big Thanksgiving din- ner, as all the children were expect- &d to be home on that day. She asked her husband to build the fire so she might get up and go on with her pre- parations. When he returned to the bedroom she was dead. Rev. S, E. P. ‘White went to Wilton today and will conduct the funeral services. By "HOP" I* A. P. White, Bemidji. |cate. The building has not NAME DELEGATES A. P. White and J. C. Dade Select Beltrami County Boosters To. Attend Development Meeting C. A. ALLBRIGHT FOR PRESIDENT .|Indications Point To Enthusiastic Meefifig—-mmy Counties Have Named Representatives. With the Selecting of the dele- gates who will represent Beltrami county at the convention of the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation which is to be held in Bemidji next Thursday and Fri- day, by A. P. White, presi- dent of the commercial club, and J. C. Dade, head of the Beltrami County Development association, in- iterest in the meeting is now at its height, and indications point to a record breaker for attendance and acdcomplishments. The Delegates. Those who will represent Beltrami county at the meeting are the fol- lowing: J. U. Williams, Baudette. G. E. Erickson, Spooner. William Lennon, Kelliher. William Burce, Kelliher. J. C. Thompson, Blackduck, J. C. Dade, Blackduck. E. L. Oberg, Blackduck. J. M. Reed, Blackduck. Charles Hayden, Blackduck. Charles Trondson, Blackduck. Judge C. W. Stanton, Bemidji. F. S. Lycan, Bemidii. E. H. Denu, Bemidji. X A. P. Ritchie, Bemidji. W. B. Stewart, Bemidji. F. A. Wilson, Bemidji. T. J. Burke, Bemidji. T. A. McCann, Bemidji. H. C. Baer, Bemidji. The list includes twenty boosters of the county and represents every town of importance in the county. Allbright for President. That which is causing a large amount of attention is the election of officers which will take place dur- ing the convention. It is probable that C. A. Allbright, an attorney of Brainerd, and now vice president of ‘the association, will. be nominated for president, and the opinion seems to be general that he will not be op~ posed. It is believed that he will make an.ideal president. Recommends Koll. M. N. Koll, of Cass Lake, who is now in the real estate business, for- merly receiver in the Cass Lake land office, is being talked of as a candi- date for secretary, and his election is now being advocated by Editor Dare of the Walker Pilot. While for time it was believed that Secretary Mackenzie would be reelected, his announcement that he would retire year has given many members of the organization the impression that it would be foolishness to name him for s0 short a length of time. Brainerd After Next Meet. It has become known that Brain- erd will endeavor to land the 1914 winter - convention and the idea seems to be meeting with approval. ROB TAILOR SHOP Thieves Broke Into Thompson Build- ing Late Last Night Shortly after eleven last evening thieves gained entrance to the Thompson Tailor shop by breaking the lock on the rear door. The safe ‘was unlocked and the thieves broke into the cash drawer but only obtain- ed about 20 cents and several old coins. Mr. Thompson entered the shop about 11:30° to turn on the front light which he had noticed was not burning. He was accompani- ed by another business man . who claims that he heard a noise at the rear of the building as they opened the front door. Chief of Police George Lane was immediately called but was unable to trace the guilty parties. MYERS LEAVES CITY. Saloon Keeper CloSes and Visits Points Along North Line. Failing to do business enough to pay his rent “Billy”” Meyers was forced to vacate the Stechman Building on Third Street yesterday, where he has been conducting.a sa- loon. The building is owned by John_ Stechman. The fixtures . are the property of the Duluth Brewing Company and are being shipped to that firm today. Mr. Meyers left last evening for points along the north line where he will probably lo- -been leased as yet but will probably be ia the course of a few days, as several Dparties are now interested. Just T0 CONVENTION from that position the first of the . what will he done ‘by the eou,nefl in.