Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 9, 1915, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI D VOLUME 13, NO. 59. ! on. % " BEMIDJI, mmmson, msm'l EVENING, ~ 1L , MARCH 9, 1915. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. — TELLS OF BELTRAN™ " COUNTY CONDITIONS Minnesota Geological Survey De- scribes Soils, Clays and Agricul- tural Features of This Section. LAND AREA 3,822 SQUARE MILES Refers to Prosperous Farming Settle- ments—Speaks of Fertility and Certain Development. In the report which has just been issued by the Minnesota geological survey concerning the surface for- mations and agricultural conditions of northwestern Minnesota an inter- esting story of Beltrami county is told as follows: Beltrami county extends from the Lake of the Woods southward past Red Lake to the line of Hubbard county. The south boundary is about 100 miles from the southernmost point on Lake of the Woods. There is also a small detached area known as the Northwest Angle lying west of Lake of the Woods whose north- ernmost point is about 135 miles from the Hubbard county line. In its widest part the county embraces nine ranges of townships or 54 miles. The census of 1910 gives the county an area of 3,822 square miles. This evi- dently does not include Red Lake and probably does not include the small lakes inside the county. The total area of Red Lake is 440 square miles, of which 408 square miles fall with- in the townships and ranges embraced in Beltrami county. The small lakes embrace about 100 square miles. The sum of the sections and parts of sections outside of Red Lake is 3,- 924 square miles. If 102 square miles are allowed for the small lakes, the land area is reduced to what is given by the census report, or 3,822 square miles. In the estimates of percent- ages given below it has been found necessary to include the small lakes as has been done in other counties, not only for the sake of uniformity, but also because it is not possible in some cases to draw the line between lake and swamp. The lakes and swamps are according grouped to- gether, and the percentages are esti- 2sota I.egnl Department Prepar- . < »Bring Suits for $1,000,000. ——— Since the Minnesota rate decision was handed down by the supreme court of the United States, $2,509,- 178 has been paid out in refunds by railroads operating in the state. Of this amount $265,000 was for excess passenger fares. The remainder cov- ered freight charges. The State Rail- road and Warehouse commission is now preparing a compilation covering refunds made since the decision was handed down. The state legal de- partment at the same time is prepar- ing to bring suit covering disputed claims under the same decisions ag- gregating nearly $1,000,000. PUPILS LEAVE BUILDING IN QUICK TIME AT FIRE DRILL Without any announcement that fire drill was to be had the alarm was sounded in the Central and North' side school buildings yesterday morn- ing and the pupils made quick time in leaving the structures. The Cen- tral building was cleared in one min- ute and 20 seconds and the. North building in 27 seconds. Trifle better time has been made in both build- ings at the regular drills. Dr. G. M. Palmer, a member of the school board, anxious to ascertain the length of time needed to clear the buildings in }case of fire, was responsible for the alarm. Although the teachers or stu- dents, some of them of the kindergar- ten and lower grades, knew nothing of the alarm, perfect order was kept in marching from the buildings. DALLAS LAYS CORNERSTONE OF NEW UNION STATION Dallas, Tex., March 9.—The corner- stone of the new local $5,000,000 sta- tion was laid here today with elab- orate ceremonies. Governor James E. Ferguson, the Texas Railroad com- mission and many prominent state, city and railroad officials were pres- ent. The new station grounds and filling in to escape the flood waters from the Trinity will cost $2,000,- 000. The station, roundhouses, freight houses, tracks and equipment will cost $3,000,000. The site 1s several acres, including a part of the old “reservation” and extending back into lowlands which, now re- claimed, might otherwise have re- mated on the basis.of an area of u..}mained.an eye -sore for: many years: 924 square miles. Glacial Lake Agassiz, The greater part of Beltrami coun- ty lies within the limits of the glacial Lake Agassiz, whose southern shore passes along the south side of Red Lake. As already noted, it was once supposed that a part of Beltrami county north of Red Lake stood above the level of Lake Agassiz and was called Beltrami Island. The highest points in that district, however, have bars of sandy gravel on them formed by Lake Agassiz. A considerable part of the bed of Lake Agassiz with- in the limits of Beltrami county is still a muskeg swamp which can be traveled only with great difficulty ex- cept when frozen. Through the heroic efforts of Mr. Meade and his party of surveyors it was traversed sufficient- ly to obtain data necessary to con- struct the topographic and drainage map which accompanies House Docu- ment 27 of the Sixty-first congress, first session. Mr. Meade has also kindly furnished such information as; he had' gained concerning the char- acter of the soil of the small islands that rise here and there above the level of the muskeg. Information con- cerning the soil on some of the isl- ands has been obtained from A. R. McDonnell, of Baudette, who had made timber estimates on them for lumber companies and who was the present writer’s guide over parts -f the district. The data are thus such as were mnoted incidentally in the course of other investigations and should be read with this understand- ing. As far out as settlements have reached, the present writer gave the soil personal examination. Northwest Angle. Data concerning soils on . the Northwest Angle were obtained from E. C. Barnard of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, who was in charge of the survey along the boundary between Minnesota and Manitoba in 1912 and 1913. Data on islands in Lake of the Woods were kindly supplied by A. W. John-| _ ston of the Geological Survey of Can- ada who cruised among them and studied their geology in the summer of 1913. Mr. Johnston also supplied notes concerning the occurence of lake clay over glacial deposits along the shore of Lake of the Woods and in the bluffs of Rainy river in this county. The district south of Red Lake stands above the level of Lake Agas- siz, and here roads are*few and much of the land is still in forest. It was not possible, therefore, to obtain such full knowledge of the soil conditions as in the districts to the west where forests have been cleared and farms opened. Diligent inquiry was made, however, through this part of the county, of residents who.had some (Continued on last page). REPORT SHOWS PROSPERITY. San Antonio, Tex., March 9.— Prosperous conditions in the stock raising business were reported today at the opening of the Texas State Cattle Raisers’ annual convention. The diverting of much cotton acre- age to the livestock industry was a feature of the statistics showing a considerable increase in the number of beef cattle and hogs on Texas farms and ranches. . Experts advoca- ted the wider use of silos for feeding purposes. BATTLE OVER RAILROAD. St. Paul, Minn., March 9.—A rail- road is today the bone of some con- tention between the cities of Mil- waukee and St. Paul. It is the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. A few days after Milwaukee declared that the road could be henceforth known as the “Milwaukee road,” St. Paul newspapers announced that the road would still be known as the ““St. Paul road.” The railroad itself is non- committal. Farmers’ Club to Meet. Members of the Bemidji Farmers’ yclub are taking much interest in their next regular meeting which is to be held at the ‘Carr Lake school house next Saturday, March 13. Feat- ures of a special nature have been arranged and one of the outside speakers will be A. M. Duntin, the Bagley agriculturist, who. will talk m “Co-operation.” Earl Himes, of the north side school, is confined to his home be- cause of an attack of catarrhal bron- chitis. Charcoai made of peat and formed into briquettes has been used suc- cessfully for melting iron ore in Eng- land. Farm Lands Association Gets Import- ant Agreement From Soo Line —To Spend $50,000. [— BOOKLET TO DESCRIBE LANDS Thousands of new settlers for the sure-crop lands of fiorthern Minne- sota may result from a plan which has just been announced by the Soo Line. To promote it more than $50,000 a year will be spent by the road in an advertising campaign. The above intimation was given out after a conference held last Sat- urday between Soo Line officials and representatives of the Minnesota Farm Lands association. A commit- tee of the association showed that there is fertile land along the Svo Line branches in Minneosta sufficieat to give 100-acre farms to 110,000 families and the co-operation of the rajlroad was asked in settling it. F. F. Murphy, Soo Line immigra- tion agent, told the association dele- gates that the road was enthusiastic over the plan and would give all the help possible if the organizations along the line would do their share. A booklet describing the lands will be printed at once, an advertising campaign mapped out and every, land association and commercial agent will be asked to join the campaign, which is to begin at once. After the conference the delegates called on Edmund Pennington, pres- ident of the road, who assured them of his co-operation. W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Minnesota Farm Lands association, said that all the railroads are going to be asked to make special arrange- ments to boost this state. The following committee appointed at the general meeting of the land| men attended the Soo Line confer- ence:~ J. H. McGilvra, Milaca, Minn.; E. F. Farmer, Minneapolis; R. J. Bolen, Palisade, Aitkin county; R. C. Mathwig, Warren, Marshall county; Joseph H. Grell, Pierz, Mor- rison county; C. F. Serline, Mora, | Kanabec county; Fred Sanders, De- troit, Becker county; D. M. Cole, Du- luth, and W. R. Mackenzie, Bemidji. SERVE NO MORE SOUP. Service Will. Be. Renewed. .by Asso- ciated Charities Next Winter. Penny soup was. served at the Cen- tral school today by the Associated Charities for the last time this year, but so successful has been the plan that it will be renewed when cold weather sets in next winter. - Mes- dames Graham M. Torrance and George Kreatz have had charge of the soup this week and other women who have assisted since the plan was in- augurated last January follow: First week, Mesdames A. P. White and E. H. Smith; second week, Mesdames Walter L. Brooks and E. H. Marcum; third week, Mesdames C. E. Battles and C. M. Bacon; fourth week, Mes- dames L. H. Bailey, Hugo A. Scharf and George Baker; fifth week, Mes- dames E. E. Kenfield and George Cochran. During the past few days the largest number to purchase the soup has been 55, although during the cold weather between 75 and 100 children took advantage of the plan. Five gallons of soup have been con- sumed each day this week. 'WOULD RAISE COURT’S STANDARD Philadelphia, March 9.—With a -view of raising the domestic rélations and juvenile branches of the muni:- ipal court to the highest point of ef- ficiency, an investigation of the court has been begun by the Bureau of Mu- nicipal Court Judges. The aid of the Research bureau was enlisted through the efforts of Judge Brown, president of the municipal court, who believes that a scientific study of the court’s records at the present period of its development is highly desirable. Di- rector Ralph Bowman; of the Re- search bureau, stated the investiga- tion is to analyze the accumulated facts in the court records and to pro- vide for such continuous analysis in the future view of interpreting causes and-effects so as to make for constructive and preventive social work. RATLROAD REFUNDS LARGE. [T BRING smmns HERE SMYRNA IABOUT 10 |- COMMERCIAL CLUB ANN! FALLBEFOREALLIES; ™ 558 i x * x Every member of the Be- % % * midji Commercial club is. ¥ Shell Every Mmlfie Being Poured Up-{« urged to be present at the an- % on Forts of D’l’dl.lellel—l‘urku *x nual meeting which will be * +* held in the club rooms this * Put Up Temfio Defense. * evening. There will be an % * election of officers and nine ¥ Ehm ¥ members of the board of di- % FIGHT.JUST.B —ADMIRALTY |, octors will be named. “It * b % might be well to remind a féw % Russian Fleet Stnkel Several Black |¥ ©of our members that only * ¥ those who are paid up to date Sea Towns I“‘}?“““‘g Delay in |y i their dues will be entitled Constantinople Attack. ¥ to a vote,” said Harry H. % ) i ¥ Mayer, secretary, this morn- % (United Pross) : 1ng: : London, March = 9.—Smyrna is|, * about to fall before Rear Admiral Pierce’s fleet. Three Turkish :land batteries are replylng to the nre of the allied ships. /A shell every min- ute is being poured upon the Dardan- elles forts. The;16,500-ton battle- ships, Lord Nelson and Agememmon, are battering the Turkish forts in- side the strait, while the Queen Eliza- beth, another dreadnaught, is throw- ing shells across the Gallopelli Pen- insula by an' indirect attack. The British admiralty “again this after- noon emphasized that fighting in the Dardanelles has just begun. Turkish guns at the entrance of the narrows are keeping ships of the allies several miles distant, but op- timistic officials set the midde of Ap- ril or the first of Ma.y as the date for starting the attack against Con- stantinople. Thus far 10,000;tons of shells have been hurled againit forts in the Dar- daneiles. here say that the Russian fleet has| attacked several Black sea towns, which indicates that it does not in- tend to enter Bo.;pl'mrus immediately Official dispatches received | jand begin an att&mk on ‘Constanti- inople. - Germans are: Repulsed. Paris, March 9.—Dispatches given out by the French”war department this afternoon, say.that energetic as- saults by the Germans near the sea | coast have been ‘repulsed. During the night allied positions near Steen- schrappe were hotpparded by the Germans, but were halted before they | reached the- barbed wire entangle- ments, and where they were mowed by the firing of the allies. < 5;500 Russht¥ Captured:™ >~ Berlin, March 9.—According to official dispatches from the war office 5,500 Russians were taken prisoners during a new battle in Poland. In this region, near Lomza, where the Russians took the offensive, they were repulsed with a loss of 800 and 4,700 taken prisoners. SHERIFF RETURNS FROM NORTHWEST ANGLE TRIP Andrew Johnson, sheriff of = Bel- trami county, returned to Bemidji this morning from a trip to the northwest angle of the county where he was called last week. In order to reach the angle it was necessary for the sheriff to drive fifty miles over the Lake of the Woods from Warroad, and his business took him to the northeast corner of the angle, which is in town 168-34. Sheriff Johnson was called to the angle last Thursday, a eompinlnt hav- ing been filed with the county attor- ney of a statutory. crime which was alleged to have taken place there. The sheriff, after a careful investiga- tion, found that the trouble was cans- ed through nothing more than a com- munity feud. The residents of the angle, there being about fifty, have no voting pre- cinct, are not organized, and there- fore have no local police protection. Sheriff Johnson advised immediate steps be taken in organizing. Jenson-Anderson. Miss Martha Anderson of Park Rapids, and Morris Jenson of Little Falls, Minnesota, were united in mar- riage yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock, at the Methodist parsonage, Rev. C. ‘W. Gilman officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Jenson will make their home in Owa- tonna, Minnesota. Twins are Born. Twins, a boy and a girl, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Campbell, of Fourteenth street, yesterday. {the state high {average of 51 to 9 per game. KRKEKKKKK KK KK KK PLAY FOR DISTRICT TITLE Bemidji to Meet Little Falls in That City Next Thursday Evening— Locals Are Picked To Win, ROYALTON COMING SATURDAY With the, championship of the sixth congressional district at stake, the Bemidji and Little Falls high school basketball teams will play in that city Thursday evening of this week. Should Bemidji win the con- |test it will give the team of this city a right to represent the district at school tournament 1 which is to be played on the Carleton college floor at Northfield on March 18, 19 and 20. In case Bemidji should loose at Little Falls a return game will be played here Saturday night, the five having the highest total score in the {two games to be declared the district champion. Bemidji’s record is much better ithan that of Little Falls, nine games having been won and none lost. The Bemidji teamn has scored a total of 455 points to their opponents 78, an Little Falls has lost three contests, having |been defeated by Wadena, Royalton and Aitkin. Next to Bemidji, Little Falls has established a better record than any other quint in the district and as the two teams have not met the ‘deciding game 1S Tiecesasry. - - These are the Bemidji scores to date: At At At At At Al McIntosh 14, Bemidji 31. Bemidji 73, Park Rapids 3. Akeley 10, Bemidji 35. Bemidji 81, Ada 5. 31, Grank Forks 6. Bemidji 37, Brainerd 4. At Brainerd 20, Bemidji 32. At Bemidji 63, Akeley 10. At Bemidji 62, Aitkin 6. If Little Falls is defeated by Be- midji Thursday the last game of the season for the high school boys will be played here Saturday evening with Royalton as their opponents. Those who have witnessed games in which Bemidji and Little Falls teams have participated claim that the local quint will win in the game between the two. S THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE IN GRAND RAPIDS JAIL DELIVERY According to information received by George Denley, deputy sheriff of Beltrami county, three prisoners es- caped from the Itasca county jail at Grand Rapids last night. The men had been given the privilege of the jail hall and when left without a guard escaped through an open win- dow. Officials of northern Minne- sota have been notified to be on the lookout for the men.” The prisoners who escaped are Jack Aho, Charles Mackey and a man giving his name as Murphy. The latter is the same man who arrested a man at Deer River several months ago, claiming himself to be a deputy sheriff of Bel- trami county. arrested and served a ninety-day sen- tence for the crime. He was being held on a charge of forgery. Lee LaBaw. returned to Bemidji this morning from Brainerd where he spent yesterday on official busi- ness. While in Brainerd he reported a case which was on trial before ' Judge W. S. McClenahan. He was afterwards| g reeeeeneeee BT RQHIPS SENT T0 VERA CRUZ POLICY OF UNITED STATES ENTIRELY CIIANGED COURT TERM ADJOURNED Balance of Calendar Will Be Dispoud} of at Session to Begin April 18— Important Cases Hold Over. JURY JOHNSRUD DISAGREES Judge B. F. Wright, who has been presiding at the term of court which has been in progress here since Feb- ruary 9, this morning adjourned the term until April 13, at which time the balance of the calendar will be dig- posed of. i The adjournment was made neces- sary because of the term which be- gins at Aitkin next week and ot which Judge Wright-will preside. After a session lasting until nearly 8 o’clock last evening, the Johnsrud false arrest case went to the jury. At five o’clock this morning -there was no indication that the jury ' could agree and Judge anht discharged its members. The case was brought by Mrs. Johnsrud, who sued to recover $3,000 damages*because of false arrest. She was arretsed last August on a war- rant drawn by a justice of the peace on a charge of insanity. She was adjudged as sane and the deputy sher- iff who arrested her, the justice who drew the complaint and several wit- nesses were named as defendants in the damage suit. Judge Wright and Willis Wyman, his court reporter, ‘left this morning for- their homes in Park Rapids. ki PRINCETON PLAYERS COMING. Excellent Company of Redpath Ly- ceum Here Next Monday. The Princeton Players, who come to give the next number of the Study Club Lyceum course, are made up of Miss Dollie- McDonnell, reader and pianist; Miss Lela Lowe, violinist; Miss Adele Lawson, flutist and violin- ist, and Howard Hanson, ’cellist. These four musical artists combine to '‘make up.a_quartette of rich merit, presenting programs. of -fine. variety. calculated to please the-people. Miss McDonnell is a talented reader and arouses a great deal of enthusiasm with her selections. She is capable of putting-on a full entertainment un- assisted, and the complete compary fills the cup-.of entertainment to the brim. The people of this community should take advantage of this splen- did opportunity and turn out in num- bers to get the benefit of such an en- tertainment. MEETINGS START TONIGHT. Chapman, Evangelist, to Open Three Weeks’ Campaign. Evangelist K. Chapman, and son and wife, will conduct a series of ev- angelistic meetings in the Baptist church, beginning this evening. Rev. Chapman comes to Bemidji highly re- commended as an evangelist who is not’ of the sensational class, but an earnest preacher of.the gospel of Christ. The' meetings will be un- denominational and the public will receive a cordial welcome to each ser- vice. Walter Chapman is the evan- gelistic singer and will have charge of the music during the campaign. The evening services will start at 8 o’clock. AVERY RULES SETTLERS CANNOT BUY MOOSE MEAT Carlos Avery, executive agent of the state game and fish commission, in answer to a query of Sherm Bailey, of this city, game warden, rules that settlers of Beltrami county, residing in the Rainy River territory cannot purchase deer and moose meat from Canadians who have lawfully slain the animals as a result of the game laws having been suspended on ac- count of the European war. The set- tlers were anxious to know the law governing the purchase of the meat as it may be secured at low prices. 7 THE CUB . . ) " SCOOP geporrer The Medical Editor Is A Regular Guy By "HO I CALLED O SEE THE. T WILL NEVER DO FORTH MEDICAL S %‘fié“?fi%fi‘,’m&*‘w"&“éfié’ \\\vu E EDITOR T BE AYOUN( s 5 45 “OUR PAPER - SOME ONE. 200 : SIMP LIKE MKELE, =1 0 SAID HEWAS & NOUNG— /- , aylepaty » ! AN SoT s F o\ eea & nEe i e [ g anrine. — s : Ay 0see(® 4§ Y/ BOTANONGC 4 2 = &Y DE?.:\‘? m- el 37 o - S A4 TM TH MEDICAL | X = c&lfiflm = il : 'Eoi‘ro%bm\(ou . % M Z SRR L WISHTO SEE. : Z) = 4 ,Efé 7~ N e == oy, Lo, Z / 5 Z. Y zZ_— e 3 S LS o (3] © Gisz Mre-¢¥eid ~ RALTS- 1o Admiral Fletcher Directed h Select Vessels—Strong Note Sent to General Carranza. TO FORCE DESIRED PROTECTION President Wilson in Statement Says Foreigners Must Be Protected— Intgrvenh’nn Not Planned. (United Press) ‘Washington, March 9.—In a state- ment issued today, President Wilson /|says that the foreigners in Mexico must be given protection and he is confident that the sending of two more battleships to Vera Cruz will have a salutary effect upon Car- ranza, who is not defiant like Huerta. The president is not considering armed {ntervention and has no plan for the sending of armed forces into Mexico City. He merely demands pro- tection for foreigners and will back up the demand with battleships. Admiral Fletcher has been given the power to name the battleships to go and the admiral in charge will have command over the entire force. Carranza has been informed, in a note from the United States govern- ment, that unless there was an im- provement in conditions with re- spect to foreigners and their inter- ests in the Mexican territory con- trolled by him, such steps as were considered necessary would be taken by the American government to ob- tain the desired protection. Strongest Note. The note was the strongest and most emphatic document that has been sent by Washington to Mexico since correspondence with Huerta a year ago. Carranza is warned that the United States is deeply concern- ed in the growing complaints by. for- eigners generally against his admin- istration of affairs and now demands an early change. The ambassadors and ministers here were satisfied at the urgent lan- guage of the note. It is regarded as an entire change in the policy t- ward Mexico on the part of the Unit- ed States. . -“Movement-Ordered.- The movement“of American war- ships has been ordered, the effect of which will be a naval demonstration that is hoped by the officials will con- vince Carranza of the determination of the American government to ob- tain a change in the conditions in Mexico City. Secretary Daniels conferred with Wilson last night over sending addi- tional warships to Vera Cruz. That conditions have again reached an acute crisis is admitted at the gov- ernment departments. LA TOURAINE FIRE T0 BE INVESTIGATED (United Press) Havre, March 9.—A rigid investi- gation of the fire that imperilled the lives of 256 passengers and crew of the French liner, La Touraine, was ordered when Captain Cassin arrived here this morning. Owners scout the idea that a German spy started the blaze. It has been admitted that the La Touraine carried eighty tons of cartridges, which possibly was known before the vessel sailed from New York, but agents of the company knew all the passengers. Captain Cassin praised the American doctors and nurses for their bravery, saying that they were the coolest lot he ever saw and stood around calmly cheering the crew, preventing a possible panic. The captain said the blaze was dis- covered Saturday morning, but did not arouse the sleeping passengers, fearing a panic. ‘HOTEL INSPECTOR NAMED. W. G. Mee, Traveling Man, to Succeed Alex. Crozier. William G. Mee of Faribault was appointed state hotel inspector Mon- day by Governor W. S. Hammond, succeeding Alex. Crozier of Minnea- polis, who has held the place since the present law went in force. Mr. Mee is a traveling man and was wide- 1y indorsed by the U. C. T. organiza- tion. C. E. Keller will remain as state fire marshal for a few days. Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith ruled that his successor cannot take office until he has been confirmed by the senate, which will not be before Thursday. Appointment of a succes- sor to Ernest A. Simpson, first assist- ant fire marshal, also rests with the governor but has not been disposed of. Miss Christine Berggren went to Hackensack today, where she will visit relntlves and friends for a few days.