Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 1, 1915, Page 1

.. { ) 5 e e R T VOLUME 13, NO. 209. BEMIDJ], MINRESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1915, GITY COUNCIL HAS - RIGHTTO FIX CLERK'S PAY, SAYS GCOURT &, Judge C. W. Stanton %o, ‘es in Favor of the City ina’&oo Salary Suit. W. N. WEBER, CLERK OF MUN- ICIPAL COURT TO RECEIVE $30 Wages Are Reduced From §$75 —City Attorney Russell Wins Case. The city council of the City of Be- midji has a good and perfect right to reduce the salary of W. N. Weber, clerk of the municipal court, accord- ing to a decision handed down today by Judge C. W. Stanton of the dis- trict court. As a result of the decision Clerk ‘Weber will receive a salary of only $35 a month instead of $75 from March 1, 1914, to Jan. 1, 1914. Salary Now $30. The council made a further re- duction of the clerk’s salary in Jan- uary of this year so that the clerk’s salary at the present time is $30 per month. Former Salary $75. Prior to February, 1914, the salary. of the clerk of the municipal court was $757 At a meeting of the city council held that month it was de- cided to reduce the salary to $35 per month. Clerk Weber brought action to de- termine what salary he was to re- ceive, claiming that the council had no right to reduce his salary during his term of office, which he claimed was for the same period as the muni- cipal judge. The court ruled that the appoint- ment of the office of clerk was sub- Jject not cnly to the right of the coun- cil but to its duty as well to fix the salary. Raussell Represents City. Attorney E. E. McDonald repre- sented Clerk Weber and City Attorney P. J. Russell represented the city in the suit. o G. BECKER, SOLWAY VISITS IN BEMIDJI Has Made Excellent Progress on Farm—Farmers’ Club to Meet Sept. 12.. George J. Becker, one of the busy farmers from the Solway district, was in Bemidji Tuesday. He owns a splendid farm about four miles south of Solway. Mr. Becker had taxes, school and legal matters to attend to which compelled him to spend an entire day here. Makes Good Progress. Although residing in this section hut two years, Mr. Becker has made good progress in the farming busi- ness. He came here from Dakota and located on a two hundred-acre tract of heavy clay land, which he is endeavoring to whip into tillable soil. His neighbors report that he now has one of the most attractive and productive garden tracts in that part of the county. Has 75 Chickens. He has four horses, five cows, three hogs and about seventy-five chickens, with a good sized tract of ground un- der cultivation. His oat crop this season will produce from forty-five to sixty bushels to the acre. Club to Meet on 12th. “On Sunday, September 12, we are going to have the next Solway Farm- ers’ club meeting at my place,” said Mr. Becker, “and 1 want to see a big delegation there from Bemidji. It will in all probability be the last out-door meeting this year and the farmers of that part of the county plan on turning out in large num- bers. We expect also to have a phot- ographer there to take a picture of the club.” The Solway Farmers’ club is one of the largest in the county and is doing much for the development and encouragement of bringing settlers into that section. GOV. HANNA'S SEC. VISITS IN BEMIDJI Hon. W. A. Carter and wife of Bis- e % BEMIDJI TO HAVE TOWN AND GOUNTRY CLUB AT BIRCHMONT Club House to Be Built; Will Buy Sixty Acres of Land at Head of Lake, NIn. °LE GOLF COURSE AN)L TENNIS COURTS PLANNED Expected to Attract Summer Visitors From All Parts of the Country. The present season has demon- strated that Bemidji is fast becoming recognized as Minnesota’s most popu- lar summer resort. Reports from railroads indicate that the erection of the new Birchmont Beach hotel and cottages has attracted wide at- tention, especially in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri. Best Hotel in State, To maintain the reputation and keep pace with the start made, Be- midji must furnish her guests and citizens more summer pastimes and place herself in a position to better entertain the hundreds of summer visitors. It is generally conceded that we have the best summer hotel in the state, located on one of its most beautiful lakes in the midst of natural scenery that cannot be sur- passed. This in itself attracts sum- mer visitors, but entertainment in one form or another, which will appeal, should be supplied. Nine-Hole Course. Plans are now under way for the conitruction of a nine-hole golf course to be established under the auspices of the Bemidji “Town and Country Club.” A suitable club house is to be built with spacious parlors and screened porches for the convenience of the club members and their families. Shower baths, clothes lockers, etc., are also among the con- veniences mentioned. Golf is Popular. The game of golf is recognized as one of the most popular pastimes. in the world for men and women. It originated in Scotland where some of the finest golf links in the world are found, some of which™ are more than one hundred years old. The people of the United States have taken hold of this sport in a vigorous manner and today all large cities and most of the smaller ones have beauti- fully kept golf grounds and well ap- pointed club houses. Grand Forks and Fargo both have splendid grounds laid out and maintained by clubs who have combined golf and tennis. This has also been suggested for Bemidji and local business men are enthusias- tic over the idea. Plans Not Completed. A definite plan of organization has not yet been completed, but sugges- tions along the following lines have been advanced. A suitable piece of land of from 50 to60 acres will be purchased, preferably lake shore property in the vicinity of the Birch- mont Beach hetel. A nine-hole golf course will be laid out by a golf ex- pert. This land will be cleared and seeded this fall so as to have a good turf next summer. Two or three tennis courts will be erected near the club house, which should be built on the lake front. These will be on the Town and Country club grounds and maintained by that club. Membership Limited. The club membership will be lim- ited and the payment of membership fees to the original organizers will probably be permitted in installments, thus working no hardships on any one wishing to join. Local enthusiasts state that the organization of such a club will bring the best of summer visitors to this city and that if prop- erly conducted will result in bring- ing hundreds here who would other- wise go elsewhere. MINERS RETURN TO WORK Cardiff, Sept. 1.—The peace agree- ‘ment was ratified today at a confer- All men have been ordered to return to work. SCOO! ence of miners. THE CUB REPORTER e marck, N. D, arrived yesterday after- noon to visit for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Whaley and Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Bowers. Mr. Carter is secretary to Governor L. B. Hanna of North Dakota and is a brether of Mrs. Whaley. FEED WITH e AMERIGA IN WAR NATIONS OF EUROPE SHEPHERD FINDS EWS BUSINESS 1S 600D IN NYMORE; BANK Village Now Boasts of 1,500 People —-Population is Growing Steadily. MERCHANTS MORE PROSPEROUS SINCE CLOSING OF SALOONS Many Substantial and Attractive Homes Have Been Built During Past Year. In 1914 Nymore’s population, ac- cording to the directory published at that time, totaled 1,200, showing a gain of more than 200. Today this thriving little village boasts of about 1,500 residents, show- ing that the population is being ad- ded to steadily. Many Homes Built. During the past summer many sub- stantial and attractive homes have been constructed and numerous prop- erty exchanges have been listed, the new owners planning to erect resi- Jences next spring. A representative of the = Pioneer visited many of Nymore’s mercan- tile establishments this morning and in every instance the owners were optimistic concerning the future and satisfied with the present business. Without one exception they expect that the next year will be the most important in Nymore’s history and are confident that it will bring sev- eral hundred additional residents and added prosperity. New Bank Soon. Today Nymore is supporting several first class general mercantile houses, two meat markets, several grocery stores and other business houses. A new bank is to be placed in opera- tion soon, so encouraging are the prospects. ‘When the government decided that | the provisions of the Indian treaty of 1855 should be enforced, three liquor emporiums of Nymore were ordered closed. They are now operating as soft drink places. The closing order is being followed to the leiter and of- ficers of the government have been unable to find even ome instance where violations have occurred. Being Dry Helps. “Nymore is a different place since the saloons went out of business,” said O. J. Tagley, one of Nymore's most enterprising and successful busi- BEING ORGANIZED ; KKK R KKK R KR RKKF * : * * A DAILY FEATURE 5} * Beginning with this issue ¥ the Nymore Department will ¥ be a daily feature of the Pioneer. - 84 We are very anxious to X get all the news of the vil- % lage and would appreciate it * if the citizens would * phone us the news. x KRR KRR KRR RN KKK palhalion i ol 1o sl b ool ciRaliatid tele- T Kok ok ok ok ok ok ok kk ness men and former mayor, this morning. “We find that certain men are more capable to care for their families than before and that condi- tions as a whole are much more satis- factory. Nymore people are glad that the saloons have been closed and hope that the government will insist on the enforcement -of the treaty.” W. S. Ridgway expressed the same opinion, adding that he believed that any town was better off without the salodn. Farmers Visit Nymore. v Many farmers do almost all of their trading in Nymore and they find the merchants always accommodating and their business relations pleasant. In Nymore today are the ‘follow- ing business concerns: Tagley & Wold and A: O. Akre, general mer- chants; Louis Saeks, tailor; -William Christianson, grocery, confectionery and pool room; Emery Jarvis, gro- cery and confectionery; Al Brabetz, barber; Jack Larson, Iver Wold and Tim Quinn, soft drink parlors; Au- gust Elmquist and Emery Jarvis, ho- tels; John Buldoue, E. P. Lane and William Dorothy, grocers; O. B. Ol- son, pool; H. F. Smith and John Har- mon, butchers; 0. J. Tagley, William Nye and W. S. Ridgway, real estate, and the Buck cafe. There are also several small groceries on the out- skirts of the village. JOHN PASS, GROSBY N. D., NAMED BANK CASHIER So encouraging are the future prospects. of Ny.fim;e‘ that several Minneapolis ‘and . *Fajstead; - Minn.; Pioneer curmpon_dent Through the United Press Writes of Un- usual Experiences. BASEBALL TEAM TO BORDER CITY SUNDAY Nymore’s baseball team is to play at' International Falls next Sunday |[BOOKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN and a large number of fans are to GREAT DEMAND IN LONDON accompany the players. —_— The team, known as the Round- house nine, has established a good record this season and the players and” enthusiasts expect that another victory will be recorded Sunday. The Trade and Labor team of Internation- al Falls is to be encountered. This team is regarded as being equally as fast as the first nine of the border city, which contested with Hibbing Children Love Story About Six- penny Pieces He Had In 0l1d Sock. By William G. Shepherd. / Washington, Sept. 1.—In wine it sometimes is for the irdependent championship of ‘said, - there is the state. truth. War is in- toxicating, and, in the wine of PUBLIG SCHOOLS TO war there. 1s truth, The na- ions of Europe are drunk with ‘war; their masks are off; you can see them as they OPEN NEXT TUESDAY The public schools of Nymore will open for the fall semester next Tues- really are. Just day morning, Sept. 7, the day after as a drunken Labor Day. Miss Alice Thompson man shows his is superintendent of the institution W 5 inner self so do .G.Sheoherd. and the board of education antici- the war - drunk nations of Europe reveal, to the care- tul observer, their inner thoughts and motives. o 3 pates one of the most successful terms in the history of the institution. Five tcachers are employed and in- struction is given in work from the Revelations Extend to U. S. first to eighth grades, graduates of The revelations of the war in Eur- the grammar school attending the|oPe are not confined to the nations Bemidji high school. It is expected | of Europe, but extend to the United that at least 300 pupils will be en-|States. A man who has been in Eur- rolled in the schools of Nymore dur- |ope, knee deep in war, for the past ing the term. year, and then returns to the United States sees the land of the stars and w. s‘ RIDGEWAY 'm Gu stripes in a new light. I have dis- T0 SASKATGHEWA covered America. The first discovery was in Europe. In all the truthfulness of their war W. S. Ridgway, one of Nymore's pioneer residents, for seventeen years having his home there, will leave intoxication, the Europeans have showed me the United States as they next Tuesday for Strongfield, Sask., where he will spend several days op saw it, and I was not ashamed, but business. While in the Canadian city | he“expects to inspect “several” tracts (Continued on last page). financiers have decided to place a bank here. At a recent meeting of the Nymore business men the proposition was thoroughly discussed and sufficient support was promised the institution to warrant its establishment. The backers operate a chain of banks throughout Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and they plan to place the Nymore bank in opera- tion during the next few months. John Pass, of Crosby, N. D,, is to be cashier of the new bank. CHIPPEWASTOPRESS of valuable land, and if he finds them - iancT|0N> s“|T Ridgway will be accompanied by his|@eneral Council Decides to Send wife. . Mr. Ridgway is in the real estate Committee of Seven to Congres: business in Nymore but devotes con- siderable of his time to farming and he is the owner of one of the most The Chippewa Indians will pres: valuable and most productive farms Chipp: 8 press in the county. He is enthusiastic their injunction suit against the gov- over the progress Nymore has made | ernment in which they claim that the during the past few years and pre-|government is not using $166,000 of dicts that its population will increase | ¢yoir trust fund in accordance to the to 2,500 during the next three years. Rice treaty. AUTO TRIP WILL BOOST COUNTY FAIR Big Event to Be Advertised in Neighboring Towns—Vegetable Exhibits Wanted. An automobile booster trip for the purpose of boosting and advertising the county fair has been suggested by C. F. Schroeder, secretary of the county fair association. This trip will be taken into neighboring towns. Beltrami county fair banners have been received by Mr. Schroeder and he urges that all autos be decorated between now and fair time, thus ad- vertising the big event continually. Banners may be had at the Pioneer office. Products Are Needed. Farmers or town folk who have good looking produce can find a ready market with Mr. Schroeder, who will pay for all products used at the state fair exhibit. Vegetables Grown Here. “We are short on stock vegetables such as mangles, rutabagas, stock car- rots, squash, ete.,” said Mr. Schroed- er, “and will need assistance from Missus Scoop Never Did Care For The Boss' Line Of Talk WHY BAKE ME AN ELECTRL PE WITH CURRENTS \N (T AN'STOP TH' SHIP AT TH' NEXT LWERY STABLE -IM ‘WOULDIUH LIKE. 0 EAT 7 FoLxs SMALL Some of the best thoughts pass so quickly that memory fails to hold them.—Albany Journal. KKK KKK KKK KKK KK x * *x The Daily Pioneer receives % * wire service of the United * ¥ Press Association. p * * * KRR KKK KKK £ e ] auto owners the last of the week in gathering in some of these crops. T am told that right here in Bemidji our citizens are growing some fine vegetables. If they will but notify me at once I will send some- one for them. They don’t have to be prize winners, but merely used to fill in some lines of which we are short.” RETURN FROM 700 MILE AUTO TRIP A. M. Bagley, president.of the Be- midji Auto club, and family returned Monday night from a 700-mile auto trip. Mr. Bagley went from here to ‘Winnipeg, passing through Crook- ston, Argyle, Warren, Stephen and Emerson and into Canada, coming back by the way of Pembina, Graf- ton and Crookston. ; Mr. Bagley reports the crops were excellent all along the way and were especially heavy in Canada. The roads were in good condition. ’l‘hlsm ::?ndgeg:i: t:‘?rx:‘g.ung .of MEXICAN GE KlLLED |N RAID in Bemidji yesterday. The Indians the General Council of the Chippewas have a trust fund of $250,000 and the protest is lodged against the ex- 5 Kill B ttack penditure of part of this fund on ac- Oroec, 1 .ed i An A count of not being directly for the on the “Big Love” Texas interest of the Indian. Congress will be asked at the next session to speci- fy how this money should be spent. Ten at Session, o1 Paso-Tex, Set 1 Oon: Fens Ten delegates attended the meet- cual Orozco, prominent military lead- ing in Bemidji yesterday. John Mor- er in Mexico’s many revolutions of rison, Red Lake, chief, presided at the last five years, was killed late yes- | the meeting. o terday in a fight with a posse of Am-| A committee will be sent to Wash- erican civilians, customs officers and |ington at the next session of Congress troopers of the Thirteenth United |t ask for laws for the bettering of States cavalry, according to govern- Indian conditions. The committee ments reports received here today. SEnl-two geRts ago was compc‘lsed ot The ‘battle took place between the|but five members, this years' com- river and the, canyon at the High mittee is composed of seven members. Lonesome mountains in Culbertson | They are B. L. Fairbanks, Henry W. county, Tex., following a raid on the | Warreu, N. J. Head, Gus H. Beau- Big Love ranch yesterday. Orozeo|bein and Edward L. Rogers. Chief and four companions were pursued |Morrison will go to Washington with from the Sierra Blanca country into|the committee. the foothills. - The last of the band Will Submit By-Laws. died at dusk. = ‘Warren, Rogers and Braubein were How desperately they fought was|appointed a committee to draw up shown by four bullet wounds in the [ by-laws for the council. As action body, positively identified, according |is necessary by all the Indians a spe- to a report, as that of the Huerta |cial congress of the tribe will be held general. At the home of = General | at Cass Lake, Oct. 5. A special meet- Orozco’s family here the report of!ing of the council will be held at death could not be confirmed. !Detmn Oct. 4. Ranch. OH PRUNELLA-TH' 80% 15 BALMYINTH, BEAN- NUTTY AS fi 1 THAT DONT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT HES S(CK - He Awwals DID TaLk GEE W 805 | S\CK-THERE'S NOBODY HOME - HE TALKS LIKE. GERMANY ACCEPTS SUBMARINE DEMANDS OF UNITED STATES Ambassador von Bernstorff Submits Government’s Action to Secretary Lansing. NO REFERENCE MADE T0 STARVATION BLOCKADE Communication Refers to Fature Acts; Nothing is Said of ~ the Past. Washington, Sept. 1.—Germany has accepted the submarine demands of the United States. A'mbnsndor Bernstorff today sub- mitted to Secretary of State Lansing, the substance of the German govern- ment’s answer to President Wilson’s last ‘submarine note. The German ambassador received the acceptance direct from the Berlin toreign office. It was submitted orally and a writ- ten confirmation was received later. Nothing About Blockade. The communication referred only to future submarine activities and did not mention past occurrences. Nothing was mentioned in regard to the British starvation blockade, al- though it is believed that the German government will later ask the United States to have the British modify their order. The state department is withhold- ing all action. CRUISER MOLTKE . DECLARED NOT SUNK Berlin, Sept. 1.—Dispatches from Copenhagen say that the German cruiser Meltke, reported by the Rus- sian admiralty as having been sunk, is under its own steam cruising off Kaiser Wilhem. ACCEPTANCE BRINGS STRENGTH TO MARKET New York, Sept. 1.—Germany’s ac- ceptance of the American demands of submarines brought much strength to the market today. Berlin, Sept. 1.—The. National Zei- * tung paid a great tribute to President Wilson today, editorially. The ar- ticle said that although the Germans ‘Wwere not in entire sympathy with the handling of the German-American situation that there would be an en- tirely different view of the matter Wwhen the war is ended. The editor commented upon the peculiar situa- tion of Bryan being for peace and Roosevelt for war. SIMONS REAPPOINTED U. S, GOMMISSIONER H. A. Simons, attorney, was today reappointed United States commis- sioner of the Sixth district. He has held that position for the past twelve years. < BEMIDJI CITIZENS TO ATTENDHOTELOPENING Merchants Association to Send Dele- gation of Four to La Porte Saturday. The Bemidji Merchants association will be represented at the opening of the new hotel at La Porte Saturday evening. At a meeting of the association held yesterday afternoon a commit- tee of four was appointed to attend the exercises. The members of the committee are H. B. Brookins, E. H. Denu, G. D. Backus and W. Z. Rob- -inson. Special Invitation Issued. The Laporte Commercial club {is- sued a special invitation to the local association to attend the banquet and opening. An excellent program has been arranged to take place after the banquet. The program is as follows: Piano solo, Miss Lois Dally; vocal solo, J. M. Sensrud; toast, “The Relation of the Hotel to the Community,” a Delegate from the Merchants’ asso- ciation, Bemidji; piano duet, Mrs. Earl Dow and Miss Genevieve Cater; toast, “The Relation of the Commu- nity to the Hotel,” Daniel De Lury; “Kentucky Babe,” glee club; toast, “The Hotel and Its Occupanis,” Hon. Farley A. Dare; cornet duet, Roy Thorpe and Guy Fenley; toast, “Na- ming the Infant,” D. E. Willard, St. Paul, development agent, Northern - Pacific railway; - national “America,” by all present. Peterson toastmaster. anthem, 0. B.