Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 6, 1916, Page 1

=" * for personal property, THE BEMIDJI1 VOLUME XIV, NO. 7. % ‘Vl BEMIDJT, MI]TNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1916. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. LIST OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXESIN CITY OF BEMIDJI Complete List is Published; Every Taxpayer is Vitally Interested. CROOKSTON LUMBER CO. PAYS HIGHEST AMOUNT Each of Three Banks Pays a Good Amount; Taxes Increase and Decrease. Believing that the taxpayers of Be- midji are vitally interested in’ the personal property taxes in the City of Bemidji, publishes a complete list of the Daily Pioneer today these taxes. Lists of the taxes in the towns surrounding Bemidji have been published in the Pioneer several weeks ago. The list of taxpayers in Bemidji for 1915 is long and is a rather for- midable one for a city the size of Bemidji. The Crookston Lumber Co. heads the list in the largest amount taxed the amount being $18,289.86. The Northern National bank pays a tax of $1,580; “the First National bank, $1,201.90;" the Security State bank, $346.42. Several individuals and firms pay large taxes. The entire list of personal prop- erty taxes in the City of Bemidji for 1915 is as follows: Abercrombie & McCr Abercrombie J Abraham Akerberg ,\llor K. on n on son on son H. Anery John Andry Armour ‘Arnold Aubolee Auboles Auger John Bacor Clyde 15427 A - 3zis0 Bamnclt 1 . PR X1 hart Br . 14.85 Batchelder 110459 29228 Beltrami Co. Co. [‘Annvr r g Co. Be: m(d]l Weld Bemidji Mfg. Co. . Bemidji Box Co. Berman Ins. Agenc Blooston_L. Blondo Joe Black Bliler 7 Bourgeo! Brosvik Paul Brown Gust Bye John' Brooks W. Ca Charboneau, J. Clark Pole ‘& Clark, Bert . Clark M. A. Clavin A, T. Cobb, Cochral Collard, Cohen Commercial Cluh Tie Co. Croon John Cutter, S. A. Dahl Andrew Dailey, Dewey I'rank Decaire, P. M. . Doran Herbert Doran & M Prbs o PEOONROOEIBONONED, Dam, WO n Duluth Brewing Co. Dupont Powder Co. Dyer W. II)i . Ebert E. N. Eckstrum, Edwards ' Siste Edwards, J. Elliot, W. Erickson, Erickson, Ervin, T. o B e e }"qq]er, J. F. Trickson, A. R, Erickson, B. R. . Tenton, Archie . Fenton, R. J. Fallon, B8 he > Fleisch, William I, | Foley “William L ..‘ DofinboReoRans, Gapoacheor o ot 50 2 1k 50y 50 03 19 50 91 03 1 80 5 1 OB ki B N T B0 D WD D 0 D i B L0 TN D RO 0 o 4 et det b St b e St e e e LT 16 H. 1 V. 1 Fomicy Henry 15. Gagnon, Frank .. 17. Gamble' Robinson Tremidji” Co, 98! Gandee, 2.68 1452 : 15.32 Getcheil B. .. 10.28 Getchell, Bert 1 George, . L. 13.20 Gibbons, J. T 12.43 Geil _Tar 158 508:37 Gill David . 12,16 Gill Phillip 8.69 i 57.36 26819 5.17 466 X 24.40 Grinolds, .63 Grover, Ralph . 1135 (Contlpuefl on Page 4). 6 & must have machinery for Zlthem on a large scale. Q*i*f«*it*tkti*t*& “e;REMIDJI BOY RECEIVES & TIRST PRIZE ON STORY % o OF FARM SUCCESSES * XX TR KKK KK KK Note-—Don Shannon, 22, liv- ing three miles southwest of Be- midji, was awarded first prize by “The Farmer” magazine for an article on “Lessons Learned in the School of Experience.” Hundreds of readers of The Farmer analyzed their successes and failures of farming during 1915 and discussed the needs of drainage, diversification, and silos were emphasized. It is, indeed, an honor for a Beltrami boy to secure the first award. The following is the article. It is entitled, “Conquering a Sandy Farm.”—Editor. (By Don Shannon.) The first of April, 1915, I rented my father’s farm three miles from Bemidji, on the upper Mississippi river, in the cut-over country. It con- tained 126 acres of light sandy soil, 22 acres under cultivation, most of which had been well fertilized, and was in fairly good tilth, and 3 1-2 acres of river-bottom hay land. My father is a railroad man, living on the farm and driving to and from his work. There were three milk cows, one heifer and a team of horses. Since there was not enough stock to provide a living, I decided to do some market gardening. I had worked during February and March making hot-beds for a gardener near St. Paul; so I immediately made a hot-bed, in which I grew early cab- bages, tomatoes, radishes and let- tuce. This turned out a complete success. I got sale for my surplus cabbage and tomato plants, and got a small quantity of radishes and let- tuce on the Bemidji market before the gardens had commenced to pro- duce. Before the summer was over, I wished 1 had everything under glass. Every small farm should have a hot-bed. I cropped the farm as follows: Spriug rye, 4 acres; corn, 11 acres (including 1 1-2 acres sweet corn); beans, 3 acres; one-half acre pota- toes; cne-half acre rutabages, and one-half acre garden truck. You will notice a comparatively large acreage of corn, but on our sandy 54.25 [soil that is well fertilized we raise excellent corn, Minnesota No. 13, No. 23 and various flint varieties. The first thing I found out when I started was that 2 1-2 acres clover of last year’s seeding had winter- killed. Next time I will seed timo- thy in it. Some of my neighbors would rather have all clover, and plow it under if it winter-kills; but that is not always convenient when you have your work planned ahead. ‘We have learned to study our soil more each year. In the four years we have been here, we have seen a majority of failures of oats on light sandy soil, last year being an excep- tion. Even on well manured ground the hot weather in July dries out the soil. One year, we all seeded our oats late, when the wet weather of the spring was over, the roots would grow downward for moisture and so be in good position to get moisture in July, but as is usual with late- sown oats, they rusted. So we have come to regard winter rye as the best substitute, for no case is on record of the failure of winter rye. It even withstood the winter of 1914-15. Another crop we are boosting for our sandy soil is white navy beans. I planted mine in rows, 30 inches apart and three to a hill, six inches apart in the row. In spite of nu- merous frosts, they made a fair yield. We have learned, however, that we growing The grain drill does for planting, and we have a harvester and picker, but no bean puller. It is heart-breaking work to thresh them with a flail, and about one month of such' work would rob a person of all ambition. ‘We have a pasture problem. The ground under the jack pines is cov- ered with needles, and there no grass grows. However, we are seeding bluegrass and timothy in our clear- ings. A forest fire ran through our woods early in the season, and there grass sprung up, which furnished excellent pasture, so in the future we will burn all our slashings. Win- ter rye comes in handy for pasture. Our cows were dry during the late fall, and we fed very little feed up SCOO REPORTER GEE WHIZ -ANOUNG- BLONDE. SMILED ATME LAST MONDAY - G TH'WIEE - AND DARNED \F SHE HASNT REPT ME SHUT UP THE CUB- to November 1, when they calved, and they were in -excellent condi- tion. This is a great help, for the feeding season is lang. In this con- nection I find the winter dairy best. The cows are dry on pasture, and oalves make good growth on dry feed. Then, too, we have a hay prob- lem. Cutting wild hay with a scythe scarcely pays, and the bottoms are very wet until late summer. We have la judicial ditch under way which will drain a wiregrass slough of ours. This will give us some good alsike and redtop meadow. With the help of more rented land and new breaking, I expect to seed in more clover. This will make pos- sible a good rotation, which we surely need to keep a light soil in shape. I had some experience with frost this year. I put brush piles along one side of the beans and kept watch for early frosts. On the night of August 26, I got up at twelve; the sky*was cloudy and a breeze was blowing. I got up again at 3:45 a. m. and it was 36 degrees. I thought it must be as cold as it could get, so close to morning, or else that it had already frosted between 12:00 and 3:45, so I went back to bed. When I got up in the morning, it had frosted. It was the most disap- (Continued on Page 4) OPSAHL HEADS POTATO GROWERS Bemidji Man is Re-elected President of State Organization at Annual Meet. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 6.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—Jens J. Opsalil of Bemidji was yesterday re-elected president of the Minnesota Polato Growers’ association which held first annual meeting here. its The convention was closed last cve- ning after the association went on record urging federal inspection and standardization of potatoes, and ap- pointed a committee to join in dis- cussion with the national committee at a meeting to be held in Chicago this month. Othier officers 6f the elected yesterday are G. Giddens, Anoka, vice-president; C. E. Brown, Elk River, secretary; D. A. Nourse, St. Frances, treasurer. J. O. James of North Branch and the officers will act as the executive committee. “MOVIES” OF KELLIHER LOGGING CAMPS TAKEN Representatives of the Mutual ‘“Movies” are at Kelliher today with the Mutual Mystery girl taking pic- tures of the Kelliher logging camps and operations. The pictures will be shown in the films, entitled *“‘See- ing America First.” Pictures from several parts of the country have been taken. NAVAL MILITIA PLANS GITY BASKETBALL TEAM The Bemidji Naval Militia will or- ganize a city basketball team. Plans have been made for securing the city hall for the boys to practice in and games will be played at the Armory. A number of the best players in the city are members of the naval militia and it is expected that a fast team will be organized. Although late in the season many good games can be secured. “association | CHICKENS OF MANY COLORS AT BIG SHOW Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6.--Chick- ens of many colors were on exhibition here today when the annual poultry show opened at the armory. The show, under the auspices of the Min- nesota Stata Poultry association, will continue until Jan. 11. Red Or- phingtons were the novelty sprung. They are so new that the poultry judges had no basis of judging them and no prizes were given for them. LOOKED LIKE LEAP YEAR STUFF | \ BREAK TH' MONOTONY ENGINEER URGES CLUBS 0. WORK FOR NEW HIGHWAY Concerted Action for Jefferson Road is Asked of Commercial Organizations. NEW ORLEANS-WINNIPEG ROAD TO BE READY IN 1917 Road From Bemidji Will Connect at St. Vincent With Canadian Division. St. Paul, Minn., Jar. 6.—Concerted action by all commercial clubs along the route of the Jefferson highway through Minnesota > is asked by George W. Cooley, state engineer of the Minnesota highway commission, in a letter sent today. Mr. Cooley’s letter:follows designa- tion of the route. through the state by the commission.: He asks the clubs to appoint committees to carry on the work of creating favorable sentiment for the Jefferson highway and assist in the improvement of the route and suggests the banding to- gether of the committees in a large state organization later. Road Ready in 1917, The engineer sets the end of 1917 as the time when the route probably will be marked out through the state and put in good shape. Power was given the Minnesota highway commission ‘at the meeting in New Orleans, at which the Jef- ferson highway association was formed, to select the route of the new road from the /Twin Cities to Winnipeg. Of the 1,800 miles be- tween New Orleans and the Cana- dian city, 500 miles of the highway will be in Minnesota. Enters State at Albert Lea. The road will enter the state at Albert Lea, over what is known as the Capital National highway, and travelers will proceed to the Twin Cities through Awatonna, Faribault, Northfield and Farmington. The commission picked on the following TOUtE to Winnipeg: “*THrough Osseo to Anoka; to Elk River; thence north on the east side of the Mississippi river to Little Falls; northwest to Staples in Todd county; west and north through Wadena and Park Rapids to the source of the Missis- sippi in Itasca state park; thence northeast to Bemidji. Engineers to Make Examinations. At this point matters will be held in abeyance until engineers have an opportunity to pick advantageous route to St. Vincent, where the highway will connect with the Cana- dian division. From Bemidji to St. Vincent there is 150 miles of old lake bottom road. FIVE WOLF BOUNTIES ISSUED IN THREE DAYS mvem—— Five wolf bounties have been grant- ed in the last three days by the county auditor. On January 3, a beunty was issued to C. R. Young of Jones; January 4, ome to Carl A. Peterson of Cedar Spur; January b5, one to Elmer Olson of Carp, in the town of Swiftwater, one to Martin Sandsmark of Grygla, in the town of Benville, and one to Ole Wil- liams of Grygla in the town of Ben- ville. EXPECT STATE SGHOOL LIBRARY AID SOON ‘Word has been received in this city by County Superintendent of Schools W. B. Stewart that the state aid for public .school library fund will be here for distribution soon. Misses Emma and Ella Allers of Leonard were business visitors in Be- midji yesterday, having stopped here Defective Page on their way to Kelliher where they 'will spend a few days as the guests of relatives. COUNTY OPTION . MAY BEVOTEDON IN THIS COUNTY Sentiment Growing in Favor of Put- ting Liquor Issue to Voter. —— SOUTHERN PART NOW “DRY” UNDER TREATY Baudette and Spooner Are Only Big “Wet” Points in the County. As a result of the granting of a saloon license at Kelliher by the vil- lage council, sentiment favoring- an election under the county option law in Beltrami county appears to -be growing stronger. Unless all signs fail the question will probably be submitted to the people before the close of 1916. People in all parts of the county are becoming more and more in fa- vor of settling the liquor question in this county by the option law. The Blackduck American in an ar- ticle says that the sentiment in the north against option is not nearly so strong as the people in the south end of the county have been led to believe. Men of prominence not only in the border villages of Baudette and Spooner but throughout the en- tire county, who for various reasons do not care to take the initiative, are eagerly hoping to have the ques- tion brought before the voters in the belief that then this county will be placed in the dry column. The only places of importance in the county outside of the treaty dis- trict, where liquor is being legally sold are at Baudette and Spooner. Objection has been raisel by the li- quor interests in these villages on the ground that it would be unfair to them to allow the southern end of the county which is closed by the Indian treaty to vote on the question affecting those towns. BEMIDJ- SHIVERS; - 23 BELOW ZERO Coldest Weather of Winter is Re- corded at Six 0’Clock This Morning. Bemidji shivered this morning un- der the coldest weather of the win- ter. the mercury dropped to 23 degress below zero. At seven o’clock it was 22 degrees below zero and at one o’clock this after- noon the mercury was one below zero. At six o’clock Chicago Coldest of Season. Chicago, Jan. 6.—The temperature in Chicago today was six above zero, dropping to the coldest had so far this season. St. Paul 12 Below. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 6.—Twelve below zero in St. Paul this morning. Reports are that the temperature will drop. UNCLAIMED LETTERS. List of advertised letters “Un- claimed” at Bemidji, Minn., post- office for week ending Jan. 3, 1916: Men—Mr. Carl O. Boe, J. Breskie, Mr. John Cholberg, M. J. Collins, Mr. Albert Ekdahl, Mr. Fayette Know- land, Mr. Henry W. Lange, Edmond Lemson, Sam Lee, Mr. Harry Owns, Rust Owen S. Company, Robert Sor- enson, Mr. Joseph Whiteley. Women —Mrs. Nettie Arnold, Miss Josephine Breen, Miss Ada Button, Mrs. J. E. Cowson, Miss Florence Hayes, Mrs. Kleav King, Mrs. Grace Miller, Miss Bertha Miller. H. W. Alsop, deputy county audi- tor, returned to Bemidji this morn- ing after spending the night with friends and relatives at Blackduck. | Pioneer want ads bring results. Scoop Will Be Looking For A New Home If That Blonde I]nn’t th HELLO ~YES “THS 15 S000P5 HOUSE-WLL I TELLHIMHIS LEAP £ KKKKRRKRKK KK KKK KKK CITY BOWLING LEAGUE * KRR KR KRR RN KKK Standing of the Teams. Won Lost Pet. * Barbers ............ 8 0 1.000 Crookston Lbr. Co. .. 5 2 714 Schneider .......... 5 2 .714 Barker’s . 5 3 .625 Quality Grocers . B 3 .625 Pioneer . Cene .4 4 500 Beltrami County .3 -4 428 B. Popp ........... 3 5 .376 Koors Bros. ..... 18 /.11 Sentinel ........ 0 7 000 The Quality Grocers smashed 2,- 315 maples last evening and defeated the B. Popp team, which secured 2,- 194 pins. The Grocers in the city league are now tied with the Barker quint for fourth place. The B. Popp team is now in third place of the second division of the league. The summary of the game last evening is as follows: 'Quality Grocers— B. Erickson .... 163 198 126 C. King .... 129 135 127 A. Doran . 130 127 E. Ebert .. 182 148 F. Hubert . 203 177 Totals ........ 764 848 703 Total pins—2,315. B. Popp— C. Gould .. 133 169 160 H. Paquin . 180 151 172 F. Breen ...... 135 151 171 A. R. Erickson .. 135 131 120 B. Popp ....... 110 127 149 Totals ....... 693 729 112 Total pins—2,194. HOMELESS LAD IS SENT TO RED WING At a hearing before Judge M. A. Clark this morning in probate court, Lester Blake of Williams was found incorrigible and committed to the state school for boys at Red Wing. The boy is only 14 years old and was left ‘by his mother and the where- about of his father are not known. There are no means of support for the boy and no guardian has been appointed. The complaint was sworn out by John K. Norris of Williams when he \d the child unable to care for himself. Sheriff Johnson will leave tonight for Red Wing with the boy in his custody. 3 TAX NOTIGES T0 BE ISSUED SOON The county treasurer’s force of assistants are busy with the per- sonal property tax notices and ex- pect to ‘have them finished and the notifications in the mails by the end of this week. SEGURES INDIAN MOTOR- GYGLEAGENGY FOR GOUNTY E. A. Curry has secured the Indian motorcycle agency for Beltrami county. As soon as the season opens Mr. Curry will visit all points in the county and exhibit the new machine. Mr. Curry was formerly the repre- sentative of the Harley-Davidson ma- chine here. BROKEN STEAM COIL GALLS OUT FIREMEN A broken steam coil in the base- ment of the new residence of Dr. Sanborn, this morning, called out the Bemidji fire department. No dam- age was dome. DENIES CAPTURE OF CZERHOWITZ Berlin, Jan. 6.—Vienna today made an official denial that Czerho- witz had been captured. Robert Dahl arrived in the city last night from Minneapolis to spend a few days in Bemidji as the guest ENGLISH LABOR UNIONS AGAINST CONSCRIPTION Resolutions Are Presented Protesting Against Drafting Unmarried Men. COLONEL HOUSE, WILSON’S MESSENGER, IN LONDON Many Reports Received That Attack On Greece Will Begin in Near Future. London, Jan, 6.—A resolution pro- the name of 3 000,000 trade unionists against com- pulsory enlistment was introduced by the executive committee when the National Labor congress met at West Minister hall this morning. It se- cured the approval of the majority of the delegates who were outspoken in opposition to any torm of conserip- tion. One group of the congress drafted a resolution for presentation calling upon Arthur Henderson, labor mem- ber of the Asquith ministry, to re- sign immediately. A compulsary military service bill was introduced in the house of commons yesterday. Under its terms all males between the ages of 18 and 41 who are bachelors or widowers, without children dependent upon them are liable for service. Ireland is excluded from the terms of the measure. INVASION OF GREECE ABOUT TO BEGIN Invasion of Greece by the central testing in patches from widely scattered sour- ces today. A dispatch from Salonika says that the Bulgarians have re- sumed concentration along the Greek border. The Allies are moving am- munition to the border in a plan to meet an expected attack. Newspa- pers here claim that Field Marshal Mackensen has been ordered to move against Salonika. COLONEL HOUSE ARRIVES; CONFERS WITH PAGE Colonel House arrived here today and took breakfast with Ambassador Page. He expects to remain here for a fortnight and will then go to Paris. OFFICER’S SALARY RAISED T0 $2,000 Board of County Commissioners Raises Salary of County Super- intendent of Schools. The board of county commission- ers in session yesterday afternoon set aside for further hearing the mat- ter of dividing the consolidated schol distriet No. 83 into three sep- arate distriets. County Auditor George was ad- vised to advertise for bids for the construction of two bridges in the towns of Shotley and Quiring. Final and partial estimates were heard on the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi river in the town of Grant Valley. An estimate was accepted. The salary of the county superin- tendent of schools was raised to $2,- 000. The salary of the school superin- tendent up to this time has been $1,700 a year. W. B. Stewart is the . |present superintendent. The financial statement of the county was examined and accepted. ISSUES CALL FOR BANK STATEMENTS Bemidji national banks today re- ceived word that the comptroller of currency at Washington had issued a call for bank statements on the of friends. By “"HOP’ condition at the close of business Dec. 31. The state superintendent of banks has also sent out a request for a sim- ilar statement of state banks. Bemidji bankers report that they believe that the statements will show a good increase over the statements of a year ago. The statements will show many new savings accounts. EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED Parkersburg, W. Va.,, Jan. 6.— Eight persons were drowned when the steamer Kanawha was sunk near here last night. Two women and a baby are among the victims. Mr. and Mrs. C. Estby of Kelliher were between train shoppers in this empires is about to begin, say dis- - WHEN STEAMER SINKS