Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 18, 1914, Page 1

« -~ VOLUME 12, NO. 69. 18, 1914, WIN LEGAL FIGHT FOR RICH IRON MINE St. Paul Men Are Given Title To $500,000 Property by Decision of Minnesota Supreme Court. TWO JUDGES FILE DISSENTS Fail to Agree With Majority Verdict —Sensational Charges of Fraud Were Made in the Proceedings, St. Paul, July 18.—The supreme court confirmed the title of Represen- tative Charles N. Orr of St. Paul and his law partners, Herman F. Stark and Charles E. Collett, in a St. Louls county iron mine estimated to be worth $500,000 or more. William Sut- ton and Lyman Sutton of Duluth are the losers. The case has been in the supreme court for months, The reason for the delay was a divided court. The opin- ion of the majority, Chief Justice C. L. Brown, Justice George L. Bunn and Justice Andrew Holt, is written by Justice Holt. Justices Phillip BE. Brown and Oscar Hallam filed vigor- ous dissents. Some months ago the defendant Sutton brothers, through their attor- neys, Butler & Mitchell of St. Paul and George H. Sullivan and J. N. Searls of Stillwater, asked the su- preme court to review a decision re- lating to the mortgage registry tax which they asserted was obtained through the filing of an improper test case to predetermine the rights of Orr, Stark & Collett when the ques- tions at issue in the instance case were brought up for trial. Sensational charges of fraud were made and it was alleged the supreme court had been imposed on. Others implicated were William G. White, a St. Paul attorney, and M. W. Fitz gerald, register of deeds for Ramsey county. The supreme court, however, refused to accept the petition and or- dered the clerk not to file it after it had been received. HKHEK KKK KKK KKK KKK * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES * KE KK KKK KKK KKK KK Salvation Army. Sunday school at 2:30. at 8 p. m. Services Swedish Lutheran. Services in the evening at 8 o’clock. Rev. J. H. Randahl, pastor. Episcopal, Communion services at 7:30 a. m. Sunday school at 9:30. Regular Sunday morning service at 10:30. Archdeacon Parshall. Congregational (Nymore.) Sunday school at 11 a. m. Preaci- ing in the evening at 7:30. All are cordially invited to attend. G. M. Peacock, pastor, z Catholic, Low mass at 7 a. m. High mass at 9 a. m. Vespers at 8 p. m. These hours will be maintained during the summer months. Father Philippe. Presbyterian, Sunday school at 10. worship and sermon at 11. Junior C. E. at 3. Evening praise and gos- pel service at 8. Mid-week service for prayer and Bible study on Thurs- day evening at 8. The public is cor- dially invited to all of these services. S. B. P. White, pastor. Morning Nymore Free Lutheran. Services in the morning at 11 o'clock. Young people’s meeting, Aardahl, 8 p. m. Prayer meeting, Thursday evening, Nymore 8 p. m. Sunday school picnic, Sunday, July 26, 11 a. m. at Diamond Point. A program will be given. Choir prac- tice’ every Wednesday evening in the church. Geo. Larson, pastor. Baptist. Sunday services at the usual hours to which a cordial invitation is ex- tended to all. Special music. Morn- ing, “The Heavenly Song,” by Ham- ilton Gray, Rev. Ira D. Alvord. Even- ing, anthem, “The Awakening Chor- us,” chorus choir. New screen doors are being made this week for the church so that worshippers will not be molested hereafter. pastor, 1. D. Alvord, Methodist. Morning worship at 10:45. Sun- day school at 12. Jr. league at 3:30. Epworth league at 7 p. m. Evening service at 8. Special music in the morning and evening. At the even- ing service Miss Hazel Southworth will sing, “But the Lord is Mindful of His Own.” Rev. A. H. McKee, pastor of the Methodist church at Two Harbors, Minnesota, will preach both morning and evening. Mr. Mc- Kee was district superintendent of the Fergus Falls district for six years. Prayer meeting Thursday ev- ening at 8. All are cordially invited to these servicep. C. W, Gilman,: pastor. Try a Ploneer want ad. lFIVE CLUBWOMEN INJURED | Aulo In: Which They ‘Are Riding Goe Over Embankment. 3 #t. Paul, July 18—Five Minneap- olis clubwomen fell over the 300-foot bluff at Indian Mounds park here when the automobile in which. they were tiding lost its headway on one of the turns in the road that skirts the top of the hills above the Burling- ton railway tracks. The 'car and its occupants rolled down the steep Incline for a distance of fifty feet; stopping on a ledge. Mae Wessberg, librarian at the summer branch of the Minneapolis = public library, was most seriously injured and may die. Her companions suf- fered serious internal injuries. All were given emergency treatment by R. A. Schnacke, police surgeon. EDITOR SAYS ROADS GOOD R. W. Hitchcock of Hibbing Tribune, Formerly of This City, Makes Record Trip to Bemidji. MME. CAii. Wife of Former French Pre- mier Faces Trial Monday. REPORTS BUT ONE BAD STRETCH Mme. Joseph Caillaux, wife of former Premier Caillaux, will go-on| mpat the roads b idi etween Bemidji trial Monday for the shooting of Gas- » 1 ton Calmette, editor of Le Figaro.|and Cohasset are traversable, is the 43 the day approaches widely con-|news brought to Bemidji by R. W. f:lcting reports as to the condiiion of Hitcheock, at one time editor of the the beautiful wife of the former pre- nifer and minister of finance are be-|Daily Pioneer, but now owner and ing circulated. publisher of the Hibbing Daily Trib- une, who arrived here by auto this FIFTEEN ATTEND SHUO [ |mormine. Mr. Hitehcock left his home city at noon yesterday and made the trip of D:. E. H, Marcum Takes Honors for 112 miles to Cass Lake, through Col- the Day With L. G. Crothers in |craine, Grand Rapids, Cohasset and Second Place—Interest Shown. ‘| Deer River, in the record time of nine hours. “I have never taken a better trip,” EEW SHOOTERS TAKE PART |said the former Bemidji newspaper man. “It’is one of the most inter- asting trips in the northern part of the state. The roads are fine, with bocoming more popular was shown |one exception. There is a five-mile at the shoot of the Bemidji Gun club |stretch between Deer River and Co- Lcld yesterday afternoon, at which |hasset which is bad and we lost two bours in making that part of the :rip They tell me that this strip 3 to be repaired during the summer trap and by next fall the road will be shooting, and who Las shot at the|ideal. A person is now able to leave “b1:ds” but little, took high honors |Bemidji in the morning and reach the range and Duluth the same day.” Mr. Hitchcock was accompanied by his wife and two children. They arrived in Bemidji shortly before noon and left early this afternoon for Fosston where Mr. and Mrs. TTiteltock Wil leave the machins, | 2 Reo, and the.children with rela- tives, and go west. They intend to be gone several weeks and while away will visit Denver, Portland and other western points, returning by Yesterday’s scores as announced | ¢ Candian Pacific route. liy Secretary Bailey follow: The information of Editor Hitch- Shot at Broke cock is joyful news to the auto own- 20T it having been the opinion here that to reach Grand Rapids by ma- chine was next to impossible. It is That trap shooting in Bemidj is fiiteen shooters took part. Dr. E. H. Marcum, one of the new men to.show an interest in yusterday, being successiul in twen- ty of his twenty-five attmepts,. while L. G. Crothers, an old-timer, had the tisfaction of hearing ‘‘dead” ring oiat nineteen times. Halgren and Bailey also shot well. bE S S There were several new shooters at the traps yesterday, which-goes to}’ prove that the sport is gaining in popularity here. In the future the shoots will be held on Friday after- noons. Dr. B. H. Marcum. “rothers Halgr T‘ g e“]‘mey probable that the trip will now be- D.unc.a‘lf 13 | come one of the most popular for Be- o Hazer; midji autoists, the range roads be- \\; e 10 ing among the best in the state. Hib- i ‘bing is a distance of 130 miles from D. Donald 10 Bemidji. Symons 10 B. R. Erickson 9 i R. L. Given 9 > +|25 TAKE EXAMINATIONS Randall 7 Mayer o - ¢ |Many Desire Postmaster. Appoint- ments in Offices of Fourth Class— Fifteen Towns are Represented. T, A MeCanu .. TWO KILLED FEOM AMBUSH Member of Moundsville (W. Va.) Council and a Merchant Siain. Moundsville, W. Va., July 18.—Har- ry Purdy, a member of the Mounds- ville village council, and William | Civil service examinations conduct- Aron, a leading business man, were |ed in the Crookston Lumber company shot and killed as they were rowing In the Ohls, tiver. reading room this morning for the The assassin fired from ambush, |purpose of providing postmasters in i':,f:'fi;,‘:‘:;:fi mzfio;l;sns 1:?19 2 | fourth class offices of this. district, were attended by twenty-five candi- Misses Grace and Anna Ganslee of |dates for - positions. Minneapolis, who spend their, sum- | were represented. mers at Turtle Lake, were in Bemidji| The examinations wete conducted yesterday, having just returned from |by Sam Cutter and J. C. Cobb, clerks a trip on the Great Lakes. While in (of the Bemidji postoffice, who have. Bemidji they were the guests of Joe |been appointed to represent the gov- Christie. ernment in instances of, the kind. The towns in which fourth class J. P. Jennings of Minneapolis, who | postmasters are to be named and the is connected with Both Sides, a pub- |number of candidates taking the ex- lication of that city, was in Bemidji |aminations ‘follow: Gully 2; Tur- today on business, tle River 1; Nymore 2; LaPorte 2; Kelliher 4; Solway 3; Remer 2; Hines 2; Lengby -1; Shevlin 1; Little Northome 1; Swotara 1; Gonvick 1; Boy River 1; Gemmell 1. CUTTER AND COBB IN CHARGE Fifteen towns Mrs. Charles Hammond and chil dren left this morning for Falls, STTHIS SECTION BEST | FORBIG GANEHUNTS H. A Rider,- Exemflve Agent of State: Game and M eommunon, Tells of Depnrh_neh!‘; Doings. LAKES GREAT FISHING GROUNDS Special Effort Made to Conserve Moose and Deer—106§090,000 Pike Fry Planted Last “Year. Even with its lack funds the state game and fish commission is do- [ing its utmost to DProtect the large and small game and fisK of Minne- sota, thereby. following out as muc as possible the policy cntried on dur- ing-the past -three years, during which time partridge, prairie chick- en, moose and deer have been permit- ted to grow in number ifistead of de- crease. T Bailey One of Four. Only four wardens aré now on the commission’s pay :roll,!: one being Sherm (Bailey of this ¢ity, who is in- spector of game wardj in this dis- trict. Mr. Bailey h 3 ing to the entire d‘l’ rict and re- ports that violations The inspector also sayh that farmers daily bring information to the effect that game of all kinds is plentiful this year. Rider Tells of Game. H. A, Rider, exeutive agent of the commission, in speaking:of the state’s game, says: 4 “Not. every one in ithe state of Minnesota is ware of: ';he fact that northern Minnesota - is ¢onsidered. by non-resident Hunters as'being one of the finest big game-districts in the United States, and the thousands of lakes and streams afford unlimited pleagure to the anglersiwho come to Minnesota every year from almost every state in the Union. Protection Nweissry. necessity of protectiofn of both the large and small game and fish. Five or six years ago, ~partridges and prarie chickens in the southern and southwestern parts of the state had become almost extinei; but through the efforts of the present efficient three years the Dbirds have increasefl rapidly; and that 10Tty s mow con- sidered an excellent field for small game hunters. The western and central parts of the state also abound in small game of every variety. Conserve Big:Game. “A special effort is being made to conserve the big game. Small re- fuges, consisting perhaps of not more than one township each, have been proposed ‘to set asaid throughout the state, and the Superior game preserve in the extreme northeastern part of the state, consisting of approximately 2,000,000 acres of pine covered wilderness, is an ideal home for deer and moose. One herd of cari- bou was reported by a warden in that territory and all the reports on game conditions last fall were extremely favorable. Attracts Vacationist. “One of the greatest attractions to the vacationist is the excellent fishing in almost every county. The clear, cold waters of innumerable lakes yield the finest specimens of bass, crappie and pike, In 1913 the game and fish commission of Minn- esota planted 166,000,000 pike fry in the various lakes in the state, be- sides bass and crapple. Thousands of cans of trout fry have been plant- ed in the various streams and appar- ently thrive as w‘ell as in mountain streams. Natural Resources. The natural resources of the state and especially the game and fish, do not fail in their part of the at- tempt to entertain those who seek rest and pleasure ‘in the fields or forests of Minnesota. v To Visit Norway. ¥ John Loistad will leave next Tues- day for Norway, having purchased transportation of the American Line through R. E. Fisher, union depot agent here. | Read Pioneer want aas THE CUB PEPORTER SCOO Bt R S T R R T ‘00 much cannot be said of the| oo ol e b o ol b o KINDNESS BR Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 18— Maxwell Ward, ‘a telephone lineman living at Columbia Cross Roads, Bradford county, has ‘fallen heir to.$40,000 be- cause he gave ald to Oscar J, Wanderlau of 'Montana, when Wanderlau was sick and. pen- niless in Sioux City -several years ago. 3 = e sbe o o Bk b oo el ole b b ol o CHANGE NEW HOME PLANS Elks Decide That Three-Story Build- ing is Preferable to Two—To Place Lodge Room on Top Floor. HOXIE GIVES ENTERTAINMENT Because it can be erected at a much lower cost, the Bemidji Elks lodge, 1052, will build a three-story new home, instead of a two-story af- fair as had been the first intention. It is believed that the new plans can be carried out with a saving of near- 1y $10,000 to the lodge. R. C. Buckley, the St. Cloud archi- tect, who is to draw the plans, was in attendance at the meeting last evening and presented the plans for the two-story building. After a dis- cussion it was decided that the three- story structure would be more de- sirable and Mr. Buckley was instruct- ed to have just a sketch ready for next Friday. The new plans will provide for a building 80 feet in flength which will be 60 feet shorter than the original intention, The third floor of the new plans will be used for the lodge room. It will have a stage and an orchestra balcony and will be used for parties, dances and entertainments of = ‘all kinds. The club rooms will comprise the second floor. A Women’s Tecep- tion room, kitchen and dining room also being provided for. " The main floor will be used for stores, two being provided for. The frontage will be fifty feet on Beltra- mi avenue. Those in attendance at the meeting last evening were entertained by F. L. Hoxie, “The King of Four Bits,” who by his clever and mysterious manipulations with a haif dollar, demonstrated - that- he -a-—-sleight-of- hand artist of great ability. Some of the performer’s stunts were amazing. Hoxie is a representative of the Ger-: mo Manufacturing company, of St. Louis. CARNIVAL MAN SWIMS LAKE Roy Hardy Made Trip in One Hour and a Half Yesterday. Swimming for- the most part against a strong head wind, Roy Hardy, of the Corey carnival which is now showing at Nymore, yesterday afternoon. was successful in his at- tempt 1o swim Lake Bemidji. Hardy started from the city dock, his inten- tion being to swim to the Crookston | Lumber company plant No. 2, a dis- tance of just a trifie more than two miles. In order that he might have some advantage of the wind, Hardy swam more than a half mile out of his way, but nevertheless made the distance of nearly three miles in one hour and twenty-seven minutes. He was followed by several men in a launch and so high were the waves that at times the swimmer was en- tirely out of sight, only to bob up again at a distant point. Easy, slow strokes were taken by the swimmer, Hardy not wishing to exert himself by the exhibition, not having been in the water for three years, it be- ing in 1911 that he was one the star high dive artists of the great Ring- ling brothers circus.. Hardy ' is a swimmer of much note and besides Possessing a record for a fifteen-mile swim, he was the holder of the New York state championship for many years. He is a heavy man, weighing more than.230 pounds. Hardy claims that he can easily swim to the outlet in two hours, a distance of about four miles, Notice to Water Consumers, ‘Will flush hydrants Sunday morn- ing, July 19, 1914. GEORGE -KIRK. Leave lt To Scoop To Hang On HUERTA'S DAUGHTERS. Pretty Girls With Thelr Mother Flee to Vera Cruz. Photos by American Press Assoclation. ,The family of Dictator Huerta has lefl: Mexico City and will sail to some foreign port. These are the dicta- tor's two pretty daughters, who, with their mother and others, left in a closely guarded speciel train. These | girls are (top) Luz, ago eightéen, who recently married a colonel in the Mex- fecan army, and (below) Sexora, age) sixteen. . SCHWANDT OPPOSES LAKR | School Board Clerk Meets Opposition | in Candidacy for Re-election— Polls Open at 7 o’Clock. NO FIGHT FOR OTHER PLACES J. P. Lahr, clerk of the board of} Independent School District of Be- midji, is to meet opposition at the polls this evening in his candidacy for re-election, friends of Otto! Schwandt, the Minnesota avenue gro- ce‘v,mm c}“gpfl -him to muke the. race.. . Mr. Lahr “is' the only one of the three present members of the board who. is to be opposed for election. He has served on the board for many years, and always with satsifaction. Not a word of opposition to his can- didacy for re-election was heard un- til today when the announcement was made that Mr. Schwandt intended to enter the race. Attorney M. J. Brown and Dr. G M. Palmer, the other members of the board, have no opposition. Dr. Pal- mer is the newest member of the ‘board, having been appointed several months ago to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Jack- son. The polls will be open this evening at 7 o’clock and will not be closed until everyone has voted. The offi- cers of election will be named at the meeting. Twenty Years Ago. Many interesting items of.twenty years ago are each day printed in the Duluth Herald, and one which has caused much interest in Bemidji is the following: “Cards have re- ceived. announcing the marriage of Miss Ella Crowley and- William Bow- ser, at Wauseau, Wisconsin, July 9. Mr. Bowser is of the dry goods firm of O’Leary & Bowser at New Duluth, and Mrs. Bowser taught school at that suburb for three terms.” : J. M. Guthrie Dead. John N. Guthrie, of Turtle River township, died Thursday night at the age of fifty-one. The cause of his death, was pulmonary tuberculosis, from which he had been suffering for a number of years. He leaves a wife and several children t¢ mourn his death. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon frum the home, M. E. Ibertson being in charge. Frank C. Warren has goné to Rush- jVille, Nebraska, leaving Bemidji yes- day afternoon. | tools, ASSESSOR PLACES CITY’S VALUE AT $4.345,622.00 Thomm Lloyd Completes Task of Assessing After Six Month of Work Under New State Taxation Law. ASSESSED VALUE IS '$1,664,229 Figures Show Real Estate to be Worth $2,877, 600 While Personal Pro- perty Amounts to $1,467,962. Bemidji’s full and true value amounts to $4,345,622, according to figures of Thomas Lioyd, city as- sessor, who after six months of difficult work has completed the task of assessing under the new state law of taxation. After taking the per cent of assessment on the valuation teh assessed value of the city is found to be $1,664,229. Less Than in 1912. This amount covers both real eslate and personal property and shows the assessed value of the city, under the new rules of taxation, to be less than in 1912, when it was 1$1,876,854. Real Estate Value Greatcr. According to the figures of Asses- svi Lloyd, the assessed value of the real estate, within the city limits, amounts to $1,180,156, its full value {awounting to $2,877,600 The acsessed value of real estate in 1912 was $1,165,158, a difference of $14,998, in the assessed value. Difference in Personal Property. The big difference in the assessed value of the city this year and in 1912 is caused in figuring the per- scnal property. The full value of e perscnal property this year is aced at $1,467,926, which is given an assessed value of $484,073. In 1912 the assessed value of personal |roperty was $757,816. Moneys and Credits. Mr. . Lloyd’s figures concerning moneys and credits amount to $386,233. This is taken from the amount of money subject to check in the banks; money which.is rep- -sented by certificate of deposit or cashier’s check; promissory notes; bonds; realestate mortgages; chattle rortgages; judgments; ~ book ' ac- counts; contracts for sale of real ectate, in this other states and an- niities, royalties and sums of money r-ceivable at stated periods. Personal Property. While under the new law personal property is divided into four classes, cnly three are considered in Bemidji, the first being assessments on ore ‘|and mine land, of which there is none here. In cases whehe there is iron ore land the property is assess- ed at 50 per cent of its full value. The second class, assessed at 25 per cent of its true and full value, in- cludes household furniture, books, sewing machines, diamonds, silver tlate and plated wear, pianos and all other personal property. This class has an assessed value of $32,373, and and a true and full value of $129,- 442, Assessed at One-Third. Property placed in the third class is assessed at one-third per cent of its value and includes horses, mules, cattle, animals of all kinds, farm implements and machinery, wagons and harnesses, automobiles, lumber, merchandise stocks, . office and store furniture, printing office equipments; machinery in various enterprises. True and full value, $1,214, 172, which is given an as- sessed valuation of $402,675. Pianos and Autos. One hundred and thirty-eight pia- nos are listed with the assessor, be- ing assessed at $4,360. The record does not give the number of diamonds, but places the assessments on jewel- ry at $2,264. It also shows that at ing into the city after the first of May not being included, there were 108 automobiles in Bemidji, the as- sessed value being placed at $22,470. There are 208 horses and mules over three years of age, as- sessed at $6,763. There are 652 cows, 196 wagons and the lumber, HARE ON SCH0e= W GUIDE WALL ROW Vs aR0UM’ t,m n_ lath and shingles is assessed at $107,- 066, and the logs and poles at $121,- 436. Bank Stock Included. The fourth class, the property of which is assessed at 40 per cent, in- cludes elevators and warehouses along railroad lines, bank stock, shares of stock in companies not in the state, and property assessed and valued as bonds and stocks. This class is placed at an assessed vélue of $49,740, its true and full value be- makes it last longer. ing $124,348. The addition of a few drops of paraffin to the powder used in clean- sing silver improves the polish and " {from Smith college this year. Nearly- 350 girls were graduated the close of last April, machines com- -