Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 8, 1915, Page 1

" THE BEMIDJ VOLUME 13, NO. 294. ___—___-_ an, MINNESOTA, WEDII'ESDA! ‘EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 19185, 0%‘ "’ ‘er Inde- ~.and + County Commissione. pendent School Districy $10,000 for School Ho $45,000 TO BE EXPENDED FOR SCHOOL Present Building at County Seat is Owned by Village of Bagley; is Inadequate. Bagley, Minn., Dec. 8.—At a meet- ing of the board of county commis- sioners late yesterday afternoon it was decided to exchange with the In- dependent School District No. 2, the present court house block for the school house and to pay an additional consideration of $10,000. The coun- ty will use the school house as a court house. Votes $45,000 for School. The school district recently voted $45,000 in bonds to be used for the construction of a new school house as the district has outgrown its pres- ent location. Under the plan sub- Clearwater County To 'ly Courtflouse Building is to be ascertained for the county by a resident of Clearwater county and a resident of some other ¢ounty. The school building is constructed of brick and looks more like a court house ‘than it does a school building. Total Cost Small. It is estimated that the necessary changes would cost less than $4,000 and that when the changes are made the county would have a splendid court house adequate for all purposes and not to exceed the cost of $14,- 000. That the exchange to be made is wise from an economic standpoint is evident. To construct a building that would provide the same space and in way proper would cost more than twice as much as it would cost the county to make the exchange. By making the change the county will also avoid the usual long delay that would be had if a new building were to be constructed. The building that is used as the court house at present is owned by the village of Bagley. The school district will vote on the exchange in the near future. mitted to the school district by the || county commissioners the district will be able to expend $55,000 on. a new school building and will have a site. The county in turn will have an excellent building to be used as a court house. Has No Court House. When Clearwater county was set off from Beltrami county there were no funds available for the construc- tion of a court house. Mr. White, of the White & Streeter Townsite com- pany of Bagley, donated to the county a block in the village of Bagley to be used for a court house. The vil- lage of Bagley then donated the city hall building and the citizens by do- nations had the building moved to the court house block. The building has ever since 1903 been used as a court house. Is Two-story Structure. It is a two-story frame structure. On the first floor are located the county auditor, treasurer, register of deeds and clerk of court offices. On the second floor is the court room, a small room to be used as the judge's chamber and another small room for the jury. The sheriff, county attor- “mey, superintendent "of schools, sut- veyor and judge of probate have not been able to find room in the present building so officesihave been secured in several buildings away from the court house. The room on the see- ond floor of the present court house that is supposed to be the jury room is so constructed that there is no de- gree of secrecy and deputy sheriffs have had to be stationed to keep the public from getting too near the walls of the room to hear what was going on inside. Rooms have had to be rented down town to be used for both the grand and petit jury. No Vault Space. ‘When court is not in session the judge of probate has used the court rooms. But he has had no vault and many of the valuable records of his office have been exposed to loss by fire. The county surveyor has been using the jury room but as there has been no vault provided the records of his office are at the mercy of a fire. No Heating Plant. The present court house building has no heating plant, except stoves, which makes the danger of fire great. Only two vaults are in the present building, one constructed on the out- side. There is a great deal of county property and valuable papers that cannot be placed in these vaults and fire would destroy everything, caus- ing a large loss. It would be impos- sible to replace a large portion of the retords, | Only One Stairway. The present court house building has only one stairway leading to the court room and if a fire would burn the stairway it would endanged the lives of many, were the court in ses- sion. The people of the county have realized for some time the need of a new building to properly and ade- quately house the county officers and their records. Owing to the fact that Independent School District. No. 8 has outgrown its present school building, it has become necessary for it tp secure a new school building. The present build- ing was constructed when material was cheaper than it now is. The county commissioners have made. the suggestion of exchanging the present: school house building and grounds for the court house block and $10,- 000. The location of the school property and the court house square are such that there is no advantage to either by reason of location. Easy to Improve. The school house is so constructed’ .as will be easy to rearrange the rooms and provide adequate vault space and very convenient offices for all the county officers. The school building is practically new and ;he condition DEMAND FOR MONEY LIGHT, SAYS BANK Notwithstanding the revival of industry and trade which has been clearly under way for several months, there has been practically no increase in the commercial demand for money, according to the monthly letter issued today by the Security State bank of Bemidji. The letter in referring to money market is as follows: “Every part of the country seems to be not only well supplied with money for its own needs, but able to share some for employment out- side. This is noticeably the case with such cities as Kansas City, St. Paul and Minneapolis, where in other years when big crops were to be handled money from the East was wanted. The most plausible explan- ation seems to be that the crops of 1914 brought a large amount of money to the grain and live stock districts, that the check given by the war-to-new undertakings-has caused money to accumulate and that the trade revival has not been going long enough to exhaust the accumulations and send the industries to the money market. TWO NEW TOWNS BEING ORGANIZED Two new towns are being organ- ized in Beltrami county. They are the town of Birch Island, located in Township 155, Range 32 and the town of Angle, in townships 166, 167 and 168, Ranges 33 and 34. the FUNERAL OF FRANK DAVIS IS HELD The funeral of Frank Davis was held yesterday at Greenwood ceme- tery, after an autopsy had been held at which it was decided that his death had been caused by heart fail- ure. Davis is the man who was found dead in a logging camp near Kelliher. As no relatives have been located Garfield Akerberg, county coroner, has petitioned to the state for the administration of his estate, with M. E. Ibertson as administrator. STANDARD OIL STEAMER SUNK New York, Dec. 8.—The Standard 0Oil company steamer Communipaw has been reported sunk by a sub- marine, FOUR GET WOLF BOUNTIES. Wolf bounties were issued today in the county auditor’s office to Ole Hilblad of Saum, in the town of Battle, George Frantes of Red Lake, in the town of Alaska, Paul Peepa in the town of Minnie and Jesse Worne of Carmel, in the town of Benville. THE CUB SCOO REPORTER HUCK FINNS LIFE.WAS TH’ LIFE.-NQ WIFE TO f‘f,v DISCUSSION CONTEST [T0 ASK S’I‘fii FOR T0 ASK REDUCTION 10 BE IIElll HEHE BETTER WNSEHVIGE GFTELEI’HIINERATES Sixteen Elgh Schools in New State | Commercial Club to Appell to Rail- Debating League Formed by Macalester College. Bemidji has been ¢hosen as one of the three places in the state to hold an elimination contest which will decide on the delegates of this dis- trict to a state-wide discussion con- test given by and held at Macalester college, St. Paul. The two other elimination cities are Willmar and Mankato, and at these places the student who wins first or second hon- ors will be selected as a delegate to the finals at St. Paul. Medals to Be Given. Prizes will be offered both for the school which sends the winning rep- resentative and for the winner him- self. A silver loving cup will be awarded annually to the school that wins, thus making it an annual af- fair. Medals will be awarded to every student who takes part in the finals. Eight Minutes to Talk. Professor Glen Clark of Macalester, in organizing the contest, decided that in order to make it as easy for the contestants as possible, instead of having a debating contest which would make it necessary for the teams to change sides for the finals,, a discussion contest would be more satisfactory. Each speaker will be given eight minutes for a construc- tive speech and three minutes for re- buttal. The subject of this year's contest is, “Shall the United States materially increase her naval and military armament?” The speakers can take any phase of the question they care to. Contest in January. The Bemidji contest is already in the process of organization, although it will not be held until some time in January. Pamphlets and articles are being massed to provide good ma- terial for the local representative. It is undecided whether the contest here will be a senior-junior affair or whether the whole school will be per- mitted to choose'a speaker, one from each class. COUNTY POULTRY.- ASSN. IS FORMED Meeting Held at High School; John Harris is President; B, M. Gile, Secretary. The Beltrami County Poultry asso- ciation was organized last evening at a meeting at the high school building of men interested in poultry. John Harris was elected president and treasurer of the association. The other officers elected were Earl Black, first vice president; Gordon Smith, second vice president, and B. M. Gile, secretary. The board of di- rectors are Dr. J. Warninger, chair- man, Herbert Woods, F. S. Lycan, W. P. Dyer, A. P. Ritchie and Edwin J. Simons. An effort will be made to secure a membership of 50 for the organiza- tion and a campaign will be launched to secure statistivs in regard to poul- try raising in this county. The annual meeting of the organi- zation will be held the second Tues- day of December ‘and 25 cents’ an- nual dues will be charged. PI KAPPA DELTA AT DAKOTA UNIVERSITY Mitchell, 8. D., Dec. 8.—Dakota Wesleyan university has organized a chapter- of the Pi Kappa Delta frat- ernity, through the help of National Historian J. H. Krennyre of Iowa City, Ia., who presented the chapter with its charter. The officers were elected as follows: Frank Leffert, Canton, president; M. M. Brumbaugh, vice president; L. G. Druschel, secre- tary-treasurer, and Ray Spear, his- torian. A wedding license was issued to- day in the clerk of court’s office to Swan Ackerblade and Mlus Minnie Hoffman, both of this wunty road and Warehouse commqnon, To Solicit Aid From Twin Cities. At a meeting of the Commercial club last evening it ‘was decided to appeal to the state railroad and ware- house commission for better railway service. Petitions will also be sent to the St. Paul and Minneapolis Civic. and Commerce associations, asking for their assistance in this matter. W. Z. Robinson, chairman of the special committeg -on better train service, reported that nothing -had been able to be accomplished and he read a letter from W. H. Gemmell, general manager of the M. & I rail- road, in which it was stated that no promises could he,mnde in improving the service. BEMIDJI 0. E, 8. ELEGTS OFFICERS The Bemidji Chapter, No. 171, of the O. E. S. at a meeting held last evening elected officers: They are: Mrs. Herbert Rasmussen, W. M:, W. P. Dyer, W. P., 'Mrs. -Thayer "C. Bailey, A. M., Mrs. Wilcox, treasurer, Mrs. George Kreatz, secretary, Mrs. Walter Marcum, C., and Mrs. W. Z. Robinson, A. C. MODERN WOODMEN ELECT OFFIGERS The Bemidji lodge of the Modern ‘Woodmen of America has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Earl McMahon, V. C., George Sterling, W. A., H. N. McKee, clerk, P. M. Peterson, banker, and J. P. Lahr, manager. OFFIGERS ELEGTED BY A, 0.0, W, The A 0. U.W. of Bemidji hns elected the following officers: P. Barnell, M. W,, C. J. Winter, fore- man, Gust Larson, overseer, Paul Winklesky, recorder, S. A. Cutter, financier, A. Larson, receiver, F. B. Lamson, guide, A. E. Webster, I. W., D. Backlund, O. W., and Dr. E. A, Shannon, M. E. GOUNTRY'S RESOURSES GREATEST IN HISTORY Washington, Dec. 8.—A sweeping declaration of American financial stability was made by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in his annual report to congress yesterday. “Our financial resources are the greatest in our history and our bank- ing system, through the operation of the Federal reserve, is the strongest in the world,” he said. FAIR ASSOGIATION * T0 MEET SATURDAY The annual meeting of the Beltrami County Fair association will be held at the Commercial club rooms Satur- day afternoon at two o’clock. Offi- cers will be elected and plans for the coming year made. All members of the association are urged to be pres- ent. ANOTHER TUG TO AID OF mmmsom San Diego, Cal., Dec. 8.—A: third tug is enroute to the aid of the steamer Minnesota which is reported southwest of here. Uneasiness is felt as a result of the persistent re- fusal to wireless details of the al- leged plot to destroy 16,000 tons of food supplies the vessel was oarrying to London. No Place For A Nervous Huqklebem Business Men by Merchants’ Association, . The Bemidji - Merchants’ associa- tion will circulate a petition among the business men asking the North- western Telephone company to make a reduction in telephone rates in the clty, as follows: Fifty cents on all business phones and private resident lines and twenty-five cents on all party lines. This was decided at a meeting of the association held yesterday. The merchants discussed the feasi- bility of having a-“Pay-Up” week in the city. REPUBLICANS FAVOR PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM ‘Washington, Dec. 8.—President ‘Wilson was today informed by senate Republicans that they would noét fight his preparedness program if it was kept out of caucus. Senator Gallinger told the president that the Republicans were strongly in favor of preparedness but if it was permit- ted to go to a caucus, the Republi- cans were against it. FORD TO ALSO END INDUSTRIAL WARFARE On board Oscar IL.— (via wireless.) Dec. 8.—President Wilson’s message has been generally discussed by the peace advocates aboard the Ford peace ship and is considered reac- tionary. Ford, in a statement, said that. Lt. would probably win over a few ske_p tics, according to his frame of mind’ Ford is broadening his scope of ac- tivities and declares that he will not only end the war, but that he will al- so end the industrial warfare, No answer has been received to the wireless sent by Governor Hanna of North Dakota to the president, ask- ing that passports be issued ‘to bel- ligerent countries for the Ford. voy: agers’ 2 E JAPS SEND BATTLESHIPS TO # AID SHANGHAI CITIZENS Tokio, Dec. 8.—Jdpan has taken steps to insure the safety of its cit- izens in Shanghai from'the disaster which the seem to forecast by sending several battleships and a cruiser to the scene of probable disturbance, Shanghai. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF : TAX COMMISSION QUESTIONED Mandan, N. D., Dec. 8.—The con- stitutionality of the state tax com- mission is again being questioned in a suit begun in Morton county in which the Mandan Electric company is attempting to have the $18,000 tax levied against its property in ' this city set aside on the grounds of be- ing unconstitutional. OWATONNA BUSINESS MEN FORM AD CLUB Owatonna, Minn.,, Dec. 8.—The business men of this city are plan- ning on organizing an “ad” club, like the Minneapolis Advertising Forum, and actual work has already com- menced with the appointing of a committee to draft the constitution. Over 100 business men have sanction- ed the plan. ENGLAND PREPARES FOR GERMAN MOVE IN CHINA London, Dec. 8.—It was announced in the house of commons yesterday by Sir Edward Grey, secretary of for- eign affairs, that England is plan- >fning on blocking ‘“German intrigue” in China generally, in the British col- onies in the far east and in the for- eign concessions in China, There will be a regular meeting of the M. B. A. in the Odd Fellows’ hall Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. There will be election of officers. All members are requeste dto be.present. threatening conditions | ’Bemid]i To Be Mecca"l“;)r Development Delegates sutton o 30 vt ameg|BOYS! GONFERENCE TD. [ Bt s i BE HELD AT DETROIT Third Annual Convention of Northern Minnesota to Meet Dec. 11 and 12; Bemidji to Have Delegates. The third annual Older Boys' Con- ference of Northern Minnesota will be held at Detroit, Dec. 11 and 12. Bemidji: churches will send dele- gates. The conference theme will be: “Nobody else can do the job that God has marked out for you,” and many Sunday school workers of wide repute will appear on” the program to give their views. Mark G. Holtz- man, general secretary of the Henne- pin County Sunday School associa- tion and W. D. Stem, state secretary of Iowa will be the principal speakers of the convention. The conference saw its birth in Bemidji three years ago when repre- sentatives of all the towns, villages and cities of this section of the state met to choose several delegates to the International Older Boys‘ Conference at Lake Geneva, Wis. CHIPPEWAS WIN GASE; GET 712,000 St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 8.—Accord- ing to a decision of the United States supreme court the tribal fund of the Minnesota Chippewas will be in- creased by $712,000. This sum, it was decided, was due them by the removal of the Mille Lacs band of ‘Chippewas from their reservation of 61,000 acres on the south shore of Mille Laes lake. The land was open- ed, but the court upheld the Indian point that under the Nelson act they only relinquished half, the other half to be sold for the benefit of the tribal fund. The decision provides for in- terest from 1889 when the act went “The money 1 80 1ot only : to th Mille ‘Laes baild~but to" the whole| The interest will be. paid an- uually till the 50-year period has ex- pired when the prineipal will be paid to the tribal Indians then remaining. S. G. IVERSON ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY {FOR GOVERNOR Duluth, Minn., Dec. 8.—The can- didacy of S. G. Iverson for governor was insured while Mr. Iverson was diseussing politics here today. As Tong as there have been other filings Mr. Iverson will undoubtedly file soon as he said he had delayed this action till others were in the field. RAILWAY EMPLOYE GETS $20,000 FOR INJURIES Mankato, Minn., Dec. 8.—In the case of John Manning versus the Chi- cago Great Western Railway company for $30,000 for injuries sustained in a wreck on Oct. 13, 1914, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $20,000. Manning had one leg broken and was permanently injured. SCHMAHL GETS BLANKS FOR PRESIDENTIAL FILINGS St. Paul, Minn.,, Dec. 8.—Blanks needed under the new presidential preference law were received yester- day by Secretary of State Julius A. Schmahl, and filings' are now open for those who care to seek the nom- ination of president or vice president or convention delegate choice. TWO ARE ARRESTED ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE Fargo,- N. D, Dec. 8.—United States Marshal Doyle arrested R. C. Kettle and William Kettle, president and cashier, respectively, of the First National bank of Casselton, N. D., on a charge of making false entries to cover an embezzlement of $100,- 000. Both waived preliminary ex- amination which means that their case will go direct to the grand jury. ill Open at Ten 0’clock at City Hall. BEMIDJI DELEGATES ARE NAMED BY COMMERCIAL CLUB 250 Exhibits of Potatoes and 85 Chicken Exhibits for Show to Be Held in Connection With Meet. Over 300 delegates to the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion will invade Bemidji tomorrow for the sixth annual meeting of that association.” A number of delegates will arrive in the city this afternoon and tonight. Plans Completed. The plans for the entertaining of the visitors were completed last eve- ning at a meeting of the Commercial club. The entertainment committee of the club, of which E: A. Barker is chairman, will have charge of the en- tertainment. Bemidji delegates to the convention were elected last evening at-the meet- ing of the Commercial club. The following are delegates: ~E.-A. Bar- ker, E. H. Winter, M. J. Brown, Hon. L. G. Pendergast and A. P. White. and the alternates are H. E. Reyiiolds, H. C. Baer, E. H. Denu, W. 2. Robin- son and Charles Cominsky. Meet at Ten 0’clock. The first meeting of the association will be called at ten o’clock tomorrow morning at the city hall. Every cit- izen and all delegates are urged . to be present at the opening meeting. "The program for tomorrow is as follows: 10:00 A. M.—Call to order, Presi- dent Charles T. Kelley, Menahga; in- Yocation, Rev. Ira D. Alvord, Bemidji; address of welcome, Mayor. William McCuaig, Bemidji; response—presi- dent’s annual address, Charles T. Kelley, Menahga; annual report of secretary, George D. McCarthy, Du- uth; report of agricultural commit- tee, Otto I Bergh, Grand Rapids, chairman; appointment of auditing, credentials and resolutions commit- djournment. M.—Address; "Advertfsing as a Force in Development,” Charles H. Mackintosh, Duluth; report of committee on rural credits, C. R. Middleton, Baudette, chairman; re- port of committee on Amendment No. 1, Hon. P. H. McGarry, Walker, chairman; “The Task Before Us”— the Campaign for Amendment No. 1,” Hon. L. N. Nord, International Falls; address, “The Health of the Pioneer,” L J. Murphy, M. D., executive secre- tary, Minnesota Public Health asso- ciation. 8:00 P. M.—The delegates to the meeting and other visitors will_ be entertained by the Bemidji Commer- cial club. Executive Committee to Meet. The-executive committee will hold a meeting at the Hotel Markham at eight o’clock. _ The discussion of Amendment No. 1 and the lowering of lake levels in the reservoir district will probably take up the greater part of the time at tomorrow’s session. 250 Potato Exhibits. “There are already 250 specimens of the finest potatoes ever grown, entered, without the local exhibits and considering that this has been a very poor year the number and qual- ity are far beyond expectations,” ac- cording to a statement by Professor B. M. Gile, secretary of the Potato and Poultry association. The show will be the first annual affair. Over 85 coops'have been built and arranged to accommodate the large number of chickens that are expected to be exhibited at the show. The show room will be over Bat- tles’ hardware store. ‘Today is the last day of entry for both potato and poultry exhibits and the place of exposition and entry will be open until 6 o’clock this af- ternoon. No entry charges are made and no admittance fee will be charged to the show. The show room will be open Thursday until 9 p. m., and will be open until 6 p. m. Friday. =3 DAKOTA UNIVERSITY TO GET ROCKEFELLER AID Mitchell, S. D., Dec. 8.—The last cent of the $100,000 which, after every claim from debt on the Wes- leyan Dakota university was satis- fied, would entitle the institution to $60,000 from the Rockefeller Educa- tional Foundation, was collected No- vember 30. - This is but a milestone in the improvement and development of the institute. MILTON RETURNS. Albert Milton of Bemidijl, who was reported missing to the:Bemidji po- :to his home. He had been at Inter- national Falls, g TR : lice several days ago, has’ returned. | E—