Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 18, 1916, Page 1

? THE BEMIDJI VOLUME XIV, "'0 18. _ BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, TUESDA' G, JANUARY 18, 916, GOIINfill 1 ;;RS ROUTE OF .* HIGHWAY THROVL. BELTRAMI COUNT Resolution by Alderman Ervin Passed for Jefferson Highway Route. ELECTION JUDGES AND POLLING PLACES NAMED City to Collect Refund From County for Bridge Approaches Under Dunn Act. KHHH KKK KKK KKK KKK WHAT THE COUNCIL DID Passed resolution approv- ing route of Jefferson high- way in Beltrami county. Named election judges for city election. Named polling places city election. Discussed bridge . refund from county. B Allowed regular bills. " for Yok Kk ok k ok okk ok ok ok ok ko Frhk ko k ok kK h ok ok ok k KEKEKKKKKKKK KKK KKK The Bemidji city council last eve- ning at a regular meeting at the city hall went on record as approving the route recommended by the county board through Beltrami county for the Jefferson highway. The council passed a resolution stating that they believed that the route offered the most beautiful and varied scenery, was the most avail- able and least expensive route to be obtained and urged the serious.con- sideration of the state highway com- mission before making any choice. Alderman Ervin presented the reso- lution. County Route Named. The county board of Beltrami county has passed a resolution recom- mending the route of the Jefferson highway, as follows: “From Bemidji north along the west and north shore of Lake Be- midji, following.the route of the State Rural Highway No. 9 “B,” which has recently been constructed and gravel- ed at a cost of $21,849 in a north- easterly course and continuing in a northeasterly course along the line of the Minnesota & International rail- road, passing numerous lakes, includ- ing Blackduck lake, over the route of the State Rural Highway No. 12 to the village of Blackduck; thence north and east through the ‘village of Kelliher, and the Red Lake Basin to the county line between the coun- ties of Beltrami and Koochiching, thence north along said county line, following the route of the aforesaid State Rural Highway No. 12 (which has recently been constructed, includ- ed graveling at a cost of $129,328.54) to Big Tamarack river; thence con- tinuing north along said county line, following the route of a road gow un- der construction as a ditch road, to Rainy river; thence west along the Rainy river through the villages of Baudette and Spooner following the route of State Rural Highway No. 32, now under construction at a cost of $121,275, to the west line of Bel- trami county.” From New Orleans. The Jefferson highway is to be con- structed from New Orleans to Win- nipeg. The state highway commia- sion of Minnesota has designated a route for same as far north as the city of Bemidji. A copy of the reso- lution passed at the council last eve- ning will be sent to the state high- way commission. City Engineer Swinson told mem- bers of the council at the meeting last evening that under the Dunn law the city could make application from the county for a return of tax levy to be used only for bridge construc- tion, retaining walls or approaches. The amount that could be collected, according _to Mr. Swinson, if three mills weré made, would be about $5,- 500. Last year the city received about $3,500. On the motion of Al- derman Smart the city attorney was authorized to draw up a resolution to be presented to-the county board for this money to be used on the Mississippi river bridge on the street to Nymore. Judges Appointed. The council made the following ap- pointments for judges at the city election to be held Feb. 15 and named the following polling places: First Ward. Judges—George Kirk, R. C. Hay- ner and Bert Getchell. Polling place—Miller’s store. Second Ward.* Judges—A. A. Carter, E. J. Gould and Jack Williams. Polling place=—€ity. hall. Third Ward. Judges—P. M. D_lenire, John Ripple (Continued on P PETITIONS FILED FOR TWO DITCHES Hearing to Be Held March 1 on No. 40 and No. 41; May Be Last Big Ditching. —_— Two petitions have been filed at the office of the clerk of court for the establishing of two judicial ditches. Proposed ditch No. 40 is a cross drain to No. 11 which is near Mar- shall county. It is located in 156- 37. The attorneys are Stanton and Roberg of Thief River Falls. Proposed ditch No. 41 is 217 miles in length. It is to be north of Ju- dicial Ditech No. 25 and will drain between No. 25 and the Rapid river. The attorneys are Middleton & Mid- dleton of Baudette and Albert Chil- gren of Williams. It is reported that Ditch No. 41 will probably be the last big ditch to be done in Beltrami county as the drainage in this county is almost completed. Judge Stanton of the district court will hold the first hearing on these proposed ditches, March 1. NEW POSTMASTER NAMED AT NEBISH P. M. Leonard of Nebish has re- ceived his commission as postmaster of that town. He will assume the duties of his office in a few days. SCRUTGHIN TO TAKE UP FIRE CLAIM GASES Attorney C. W. Scrutchin of this city will take up about 20 cases against the Canadian Northern as a result of the big fire in the north part of the county in 1910. Most of the cases are in Baudette, Spooner and Pitt. LINDBERGH WILL : SUPPORT TAX BILL ‘Word was received by the Pioneer today from Congressman C. A. Lind- bergh stating that he would support the petitions that have been circu- lated in Bemidji for the bill to com- pel houses doing business in sections of the country where they now pay no taxes to be required to contribute their share toward maintaining schools. The bill is aimed at mail order houses. BEMIDJI B. P. 0. E. T0 HOLD INITIATION Bemidji Lodge B. P. 0. E. No. 1052 has gone on the war path and will hold an initiation Thursday evening. The invitation to the exercises says that there are “ten impudent and in- quisitive fawn who have the nerve to break into the pasture.” Neil Morrison, district deputy, Grand Ex- alted Ruler of Duluth, will be pres- ent. John Morrison of Red Lake, Al H. Jester and J. J. Doran of In- ternational Falls will give talks. BAUDETTE NATIONAL BANK ELECTS OFFICERS Baudette, Minn., Jan. 18.—At a meeting of the First National bank of Baudette, E. A. Engler was elected president, H. C. Hanson was elected vice-president, R. M. Skinner was elected cashier. 4 KRKHKK KKK KKK KKK KK * * * TODAY’S NORTHWEST ODDITY * |ERICKSON AND KLEIN WILL NOT RUN FOR MAYOR Statements Made to Pioneer Repre- sentative on Rumored Candidacy. BOTH URGED BY MANY FRIENDS Petition to Be Circulated This Week; MecCuaig and Plummer for Mayor, Two men who have been mentioned as possible candidates for mayor at the city election to be held Feb.. 165, today announced that they would not be candidates for that office. They are A. R. Erickson, former postmaster and Adolph Kleid. Out of Politics. “I absolutely refuse to be a can- didate for mayor,” said Mr. Erickson to a Pioneer representative today. “About 50 or 100 people have come to me during the past few days ask- ing me to become a candidate for that office, but I have refused all. I have been in politics for so long that I want to rest for a few years at least.” Not a Candidate. . ‘““Several people came to me this morning and asked me to become a candidate for mayor,” said Mr. Klein today to a Pioneer representative. I will not be a candidate for that of- fice. That is final.” Petitions for candidates wlll be cir- culated this week. GAS-FILLED ARG LIGHTS REGEIVED HERE To Replace 0ld Arc Lamps; Give Brighter Light; to Be Installed in a Few Days. The first shipment of the gas-filled are lights which will replace the pres- =lent arc lights was recéived yestérday by the Minnesota Electric Light and Power company. The shipment con- sists of ten globes. As soon as the minor fixtures arrive the lights will be installed throughout the business distriet, leaving future shipments for the residence district. The new lights are latest fixtures for the type “C’” electric lights such as the one already installed in front of the city hall. The globes are gas- filled and throw a much brighter light than do the common ones in use now. Forty lights have been ordered for the city. The shipment arrived from Chicago, having . been purchased through the St. Paul Electrical Sup- ply company. T0 BE SENTENGED T0 PRISON TOMORROW Minneapolis, Minn.,, Jan. 18.— Frederick T. Price is to be sentenced to life imprisonment at 10 a. m., to- morrow. He will then have an op- portunity to tell Judge Daniel Fish whether he told the true version of the death of his third wife. After sentence is imposed his attorneys will ask for a new trial. If overruled, they will plan to appeal to the su- preme court. “I will tell the same story I told et the trial,” said Price today. “If call- ed as a witness against Charles D. Etchison, indicted with me, I'll tell the same story. Mrs. Price fell to her death through no fault of mine; through no fault of Etchison, so far as I know.” STORK VISITS BAUDETTE MORE THAN GRIM REAPER Baudette, Minn., Jan. 18.—The stork almost paid twice as many visits as the grim reaper to Baudette during 1915. There were 46 births x * * Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 18. % * —Four hundred interned Gér- * * mans will be placed behind ¥ ¥* huge wire entanglements and ¥ ¥ used to build fine automobile * ¥ roads in Northern Alberta, ac- % ¥ cording to military plans re- % % vealed today. * * x Xx KX HXXEKKKEKXKKKKKK¥ and only 25 deaths. SCOOP ierorren REPORTER © 1 BOsS SENT ME- -~ | QUT TO GET SOME- © | LEAP YEAR \NTERVIEWS MADAM- I CALLED YO GET NOURVEWS 0N TH' BEST WAY FOR- A @IRLTO CONDUCT A SUCCESSFUL- LEAPNEAR. Defactive [BEMIDI MAY. NOT GET SCHODL NURSE| REPORT ON MEXIGAN rat o 1 . s o| STTUNTIONTOMORROW $170.85; Required That $203 Seals Be Sold. . —_— Bemidji may not get a visiting nurse as the result of the sale of Red Cross seals in this vieinity. The proceeds of the sale this year amount- ed to $170.85. ki iy The required amount of the- sale was $208. ‘This amount is based up- on per capita sale. :Last year it was necessary to sell only $114 to secure a nurse. Mrs, C. M. Jacobsof” has written to the Public Health board asking whether or not a nurse can be secured from the sale of stamps here. If there is net a big demand. for nurses it is believed that ome may be se- cured here. Mrs. Jacobson was chair- man of the committee of the Woman’s Study club who had ‘charge of the campaign. ¥ ERICKSON SELLS INTEREST IN LEADER Resigns Position With 0’Leary-Bow- ser Clothing Company; May Be Leased. B. R. Erickson, who for the past six years has beem connected with the O’Leary-Bowser Clothing Co., and the Leader store, has sold his interest in the Leader and resigned his posi- tion as manager. The Leader will be operated under the management of O’Leary-Bowser until it is leased. Mr. Erickson has made no definite plans.. He may enter into partner- ship with his father, A. R. Erickson. LOS ANGELES IS _VISITED BY FLOOD Three Dend Mflhon Dnllu Property Damage; Southern California Crippled. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 18.—Three are dead, and there has been a mil- lion dollars property damage to this city as a result of uninterrupted rains since Saturday resulting in floods and rendering many people homeless. Intermittent gales accompanied the cloudburst. Railroads in Southern California have been crippled. Dry creeks have become raging tor- rents. Telegraph and telephone lines are demoralized. Trains filled with tourists are stalled. Two hundred passengers spent the night at Hamona. ‘WARROAD BOY HEADS “U” HOCKEY TEAM Minneapolis, Mina., Jan. 18.—John Mergens of Warroad has been elected captain of the University of Minne- sota hockey team, succeeding Everett Butchart of Duluth, temporary lead- er. Mergens plays right wing. »*Wiifi!iik#iifi!ii MAY RACE ON ICE x x x * ¢+ Mandan, N. D., Jan. 18.— & Members of the Mandan Auto- X mobile club are today back of * @ move to conduct automobile & races under the sanction of % * * * x * * x * * *‘k****i the A. A. A. .Local dealers expect to try out stock cars and believe they can make records. The track to be used ‘is the Heart river which for 65 miles west and south of Mandan is frozen solidly. Farmers have been using it as a highway and a perfect road is broken as level asa floor.. 4& *******t*‘kk &l**«ifl«i‘k*ilfiiii LUMBER BOOM HEL SPOONER DISTRICT Mills Receiving Large Orders—In- ternational Plant to Resume MAY GIVE SENATE Senator Stone in sueemipnt Says That Operations, 3 Spooner, Minn., Jan. 18.—Bau- dette, Spooner and vicinity will shortly receive great benefits from the boom now on in lumber mar- kets. The International mill at Spooner, which has not been ship- ping much lumber for a year will in a few days have a force of 150 men at work in the planing mill and in the yards shipping out lumber for REVOLUTION IN RIO DE JANERIO PLANNED 20,000 Indians Sent to Morelos and Oaxaca to Begin Guerilla FORTY CENTS PER MONTH ENGLAND AND FRANGE PRESENT ULTIMATUM TO GREEK KING Demands That Greece Hand Diplo- mats of Central Empires Their Passports. MAY MEAN BREAK 3 BETWEEN ALLIES w“fm';, orders that are coming in. Cup tal Bfmg Mtwed.to .od 2 Orders for more than 100 cars ing Violation of Washington, Jan. . 18.—Senator | Were received in two days and the Neatrality. Stone, chairman of the foreign rela- | °F '}:}‘;5 ”ge iml:"m:)"g in. . i y e Engler Lumber company o tions -committee, sald fodayzthat the Baudette is also receiving big orders.| Berlin, Jan. 18.—England and state department’s report on the en- tire Mexican situation’may. be pre- sented to the senate tomorrow." Sena- tor Stone had just conferred with Secretary Lansing. £ Senator Lippitt of Rhode Island this afternoon introduced a resolution in the senate calling for immediate intervention. A debate resulted. Unconfirmed reports says that two Americans, Victor Hamilton of Chi- cago and Albert Simmons of Los An- geles, have been murdered by Villa bandits. Revolution Frustrated. Rio de Janerio, Jan. 18.—The plan to attempt to start a revolution and overthrow the government was frus- trated here by the arrest of 100 petty officers stationed at Rio de Janerio. Indians Conduct War. Galveston, Tex., Jan. 18.—Twenty thousand Obregon Yaqui Indians have been sent into the states of Morelos and Oaxaca to conduct a guerilla war- fare against the Zapatistasts, say ad- vices reaching the Mexican consulate here. & This company has been shipping steadily but many new orders are coming in. The new business will mean in- creased activity in shipping and will also assure a big crew of men for cutting more lumber next summer. PETITION ADMINISTRATOR FOR 0. B. GROTTE ESTATE A hearing on petition for an admin- istrator in the estate of O. B. Grotte was held today in the probate court before Judge M. A. Clark. GOUPLE FROM INDIAN MISSION TO WED A wedding license was granted this morning in the office of the clerk of court to Antoine Kiplin and Miss An- nie Jones, both of the Indian Mission near Cass Lake. SAYS THERMOMETER WENT 52 BELOW ZERO A. D. Perry who lives in Sec. 18, T. 147, R. 33, says that it registered 527degrees below zeré Jan. 13 at his| farm. The temperature since the first of the month by his thermom- eter was as follows: Jan. 1, 14 degrees below; Jan. 2, eight degrees below; Jan. 3, two de- grees below; Jan. 4, four degrees above; Jan. 5, 23 degrees below; Jan. 6, 36 degrees below; Jan. 7, 25 degrees below; Jan. 8, eight degrees below; Jan. 9, 25 degrees above; Jan. 10, ten degrees below; Jan. 11, 83:i+degrees below; Jan. 12, 27 de- grees below; Jan. 13, 52 degrees be- low; Jan. 14, 50 degrees below; Jan. 15, 24 degrees below; Jan. 16, 31 de- grees below. The readings were taken at seven o’clock in the morn- ing. FUNERAL OF W. §. GHAPMAN 1S HELD FORGES TWO GHECKS ON' LOGAL MERGHANTS Frank Nelson Forges Name of Wes Wright and -Secures Twenty Dollars. - Frank Wilson, aged 30 years, who has been working in Bemidji during the past three weeks for Wes Wright late Saturday afternoon forged two checks on Mr. Wright for ten dollars each. § One check was cashed at the Schneider Bros. store and the other check was cashed by Andrew Dahl. The forgeries were not disclosed until the checks-were returned late yesterday afternoon. The police were notified and it was found that Wilson had left the city late Sunday night. Police have been notified in other cities. GOMMERGIAL GLUB TO MEET TONIGHT The Bemidji Commercial club will hold an important meeting tonight at the club rooms and every member is urged to be present. Plans will be discussed relative to the taking care of the rest room as the ~Woman's Study club wishes to be relieved from the responsibilities. Pay-Up week plans will be considered. HIGH SCHOOL QUINT TO PLAY AKELEY HERE The Bemidji high school basket ball team will play the Akeley high school team here next Friday eve- ning. This will be the first game in the race for the title in this district and position at the state tournament at Carleton. The funeral of W. S. Chapman, one of Bemidji’s pioneers who died Sat- urday, was held this afternoon from the Methodist church. Interment was made at Greenwood cemetery. CLARENCE M. ANDERSON NEW BAUDETTE POSTMASTER Baudette, Minn., Jan. 18.—Clar- ence M. Anderson is Baudette’s new postmaster. C. S. Dahlquist is the retiring official. The position pays $1,700 a year and $400 clerk hire. [T SRR SRS S S E RS ) * $1 IN POSTAL BANK IN FOUR YEARS Austin, Minn., Jan. lh.f The postal savings department at La Roy, Mower county, a * * * x x x ¥ village of 1,000 persons, re- x * x x * X Ak hkhkkhkhkkkk¥khid ports that since the service was established four years ago _ there has been $1 deposited Pay-Up Week, Feb. 21-26, will in- and $1 withdrawn. +*laugurate a better feeling in Bemidiji Iamd surrounding community. AKX K KKK KKK KKK KK Fur Her Style Of Beauty By "HOP’ AN THAT L5 USE FORCE - TUE LET FOUR LEAP EARS G0 BY - BUT RIS YEAR AN’ GRAB ME A MAN-, Paae France have presented a virtual ul- timatum to the Greek king demand- ing that Greece hand the diplomats of the Central Empires their pass- ports within the next 48 hours. ~ Allies Land Troops. London, Jan. 18.—Large bodies of allied troops are being landed on the Greek coast to reinforce General Sar- rail and to meet the Teutonic-Bul- garian offensive which is expected to commence soon. Officials here are scoffing at the report from Berlin that the Greeks are moving their capitol to Larissa fearing thtd_the Allies will violate the Greek neut- rality. Officials say it is as easy to enter Larissa as it is to enter Athens. Denies Papen Report. cially denied here today that Von Papen paid money to persons respon- sible for munition factory or other plots in the United States. Swedish Steamer Sinking. Copenhagen, Jan. 18.—The Swed- ish steamer Kepler, 5,100 tons, has been abandoned and is in a sinking condition. cued. Bulgars Withdraw Troops. London, Jan. 18.—Dispatches from Rome report that the Bulgarians are withdrawing troops from Albania on account of dissentions with Austro- Germans. Peace is Granted. London, Jan. 18.—Beset on :the north, east and west by Anstro-Hun- garian armies and with all lines of re- treat cut off except into Albania, where hostile tribesmen must be faced, Montenegro has asked Austria- Hungary for peace and her request has been granted. The uncondition- al laying down of arms by Monten- egro was made the basis of the open- ing of peace negotiations, and Mon- tenegro accepted these terms imposed by the dual monarchy. KEKKKKK KK KKK KK KK KK * TODAY’S MARKET REPORT * KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK South St. Paul Markets. 521 .....3$8.00@8.76 Hogs ....... ...$7.10@7.10 Sheep ..... +...$8.00@10.00 (The following markets are fur- nished the Daily Pioneer by William L. Henderson & Co., Germania Life Building, St. Paul, Minn.) Minneapolis Markets. Wheat ..........c00000...31.30% 00 e 96@97c e T6%@177c Cln Markets. di cie.. 813185 .$1.00% i 6% @76%c Duluth Mukeu .$1.30% . 94c Bemidji Markets. Turkey, live, per 1b. .........$ .20 Turkey, dressed, per Ib....... .24 Geese, live, per Ib... a4 Geese, dressed, per 1b. 18 Ducks, live, per 1b... .16 Ducks, dressed, per lb........ .20 Hens, large and fat, live, per 1b. .13 Hens, large and fat, dressed, per b, seseee tesssisisssecsens A8 Veal, fancy, dressed, per 1b.. 14 Veal, fancy, oversize, per 1b. 12 Veal, poor, oversize, per 1b. 10 Fall lambs, per Ib........qes 316 Spring lambs, per 1b. 18 Mutton, fancy, dressed, per lb‘ a4 Large hogs, dressed, per 1b..... .9% Medium hogs, dressed, per 1b... - .10 Small hogs, dressed, per Ib..... .10 Beans, per lb. .. 08 Butter— Dairy, per’lb. .......... .35 Creamery, per 1b. . 40 Carrots, per bu. .. .60 Bggs— Storage, per doz: ...... oot .80 Strictly fresh, per: doz. .35 Potatoes; fancy, clean and free from rot-and frost, per bu... 1.00 Cracked corn, per bu......... 1.12 Cracked corn, per sack, 75 Ibs... 1.40 Corn and oats, per sack, 75 1bs. 1.35 Bran; per sack,; 100 lbs....... 1.26 Shorts, per sack, 100 1bs....... 140 0il meal, per sack, 100 Ibs..... 2.76 Sheriff Andrew Johnson has gene to Baudette, Spooner'and the Nefl.h-_ west Angle on business, - Berlin, Jan. 18.—It was semi-offi-:: The crew has been res- ' ey