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

i ! VOLUME XIV, NO. 112. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY_EVENING, MAY 6, 1016, MANY LAND BUYERS \ mistorical IN GITY T0 AT\cowws TAX JUDGMENT SALE To Begin Monday Morning at Ten 0’Clock at the Court House. MANY EXPECTED TO BUY UNDER VOLSTEAD ACT County Auditor George to Be in Charge of Sale; Competition Keen. Many land buyers arrived in Be- midji today to attend the tax judg- ment sale which will be held at the The sale will begin at ten o’clock in the morning and J. L. George, county additor, will be in charge. It is expected that the sale will last for several days as was the case last year. Under Volstead Act. The sale will be held under the Volstead act. The act provides that lands in the drainage district which have been unentered or unpatented, may be sold at $1.25 per acre, plus the usual filing fees, to pay for the ditching charges. The land is usual- ly sold in 40-acre tracts and the sale is restricted to 160-acre allotments. Bidding Keen. As several parties are known to be after the same tracts of land it is believed that the bidding will be keen. All funds received in excess of the assessment are at present turn- ed over to the government. County Auditor George recently went to Washington to secure an amendment to the Volstead act so that all funds in excess should be turned over to the county for the maintenance of ditches. court house -Monday. Lands Assessed. In 1908, the government possessed millions of acres of swamp lands in Northern Minnesota which were prac- tically worthless. In that year con- gress enacted the law.providing that these lands should become subject to the laws of the state relating to the drainage of the lands for agricultural purposes and that the cost of such drainage should be assessed to the lands benefited, and the collection of such benefits should be made in the same as was the collection of other taxes, but no obligating the govern- ment in any way. The following information is given as to the conducting of the sale: After a ditch has been established by the court, the contract for con- struction is let, and a lien is filed against all the lands benefited by the diteh, whether owned privately or by the government. Lien Twenty Years. This lien extends for twenty years, the principle payable in fifteen an- nual installments after the first five years, the interest payable on all un- paid balance every year. If the first year’s interest is not paid, it becomes delinquent with other taxes of that year, and is ad- vertised with other taxes, and sold at the annual tax sale. Under the terms of the ‘“Volstead Act” of May 20, 1908, purchasers at this tax sale, may bid on these government lands, and are entitled to file on the unentered lands for homesteads, provided they possess the required homestead qualifications |y and pay to the government the mini- mum price of $1.25 per acre, and the government fees, on presentation of the tax certificate at the land office. Money to Government. The act also provided that any ex- cess of money received by the county auditor over and above the total drainage assessment shall be paid to the government as a bonus for the land, before a patent shall be issued. In accordance with this provision, bids for any amount will be consider- ed by the auditor in making the sale. This amount up to the amount of the total drainage assessment will be credited to the ditch lien on the land, and a satisfaction filed with the register of deeds to that effect. Bonus is Paid. For an example, the SW of the NE of Section 23, Town 153, Range 30 may be placed on the delinquent tax list for $4.98, being the amount of delinquent interest for 1912 against that tract, account of ditch No. 10 lien. The total assessment against this forty may be $116.80 from benefits derived from that ditch, which with the interest for 1914, being to June 1, 1915, and which may be said to amount to $7.01, would make a total of $123.81. Now if several parties interested in this particular tract should bid it up to $4.00 an acre over and above the delinquent tax, the lien would be satisfied entirely, and the balance, $36.19, would be paid to the govern- ment as a bonus. Should the bids only reach $2.00 an acre on this tract, the lien would be satisfied to the- 1xtent of $80.00, an? X ) $43.81 to be 1 Soctety ears of the lien ~uu on which Interest would have to be paid every year. CANOEIST DROWNS s IN RAINY RIVER Spooner, Minn.,, May 6.—Anton Asp, aged 22 years, was drowned in the Rainy river while he and his brother Edwin were canoeing down the river. Edwin hung on for a cou- ple of hours and was picked up un- conscious on s¢éme drift wood. ~The body of Anton has not been found. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEET AGAIN POSTPONED Owing to the absence of the ban- quet committee, the members of the Bemidji High School Alumni associa- tion; who met at the library last eve- ning, postpored the meeting until next Tuesday. Plans for the banquet and complete arrangements for a per- manent, organization will be made at the Tuesday meeting. STATE NORMAL BOARD T0 HOLD MEET TUESDAY Election of a new president of the St. Cloud normal school may take place at a meeting of the normal school board at Moorhead Tuesday. The position has been made vacant through the death of Waite A. Shoe- maker. A. P. White of Bemidji, a member of the board, will attend the Moor- head meeting. BEMIDJI BANKS ARE NOTIFIED OF CALL Bemidji national and state banks were today notified that a call re- port has been requested for the close of business May one by the comp- troller of currency at Washington | and the superintendent of banks at St. Paul, respectively. i Although figures were not avail- able this afternoon, it is believed that the banks will show a large in- crease in deposits over last year. Call | reports are requested by the state, and national officials five times year. SPAWNING WORK AT HATGHERY FILMED Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner, is at the Bemidji fish hatchery today, supervising the tak- ing of moving pictures of the work there. The pictures are being taken so that residents of the state may be given an opportunity to see the work that is being done by the game and fish commission. The films will show the methods of stripping spawn, ete. Many Bemidji people -went to the hatchery today to witness the filming. cal Five thousand persons today par- ticipated in the street pageant that ushered in an eight-day celebration of the Shakespeare tercentenary. KEKKKE KK KKK KKK KKK * Ed * TODAY’S NOR’.I.‘HWEST O0DDITY * * Ashland, WIS., May 6.—A concerted organized effort is being made to make Shana- golden, in Ashland county the the land of Bohemia. This country, abandoned after lumbermen had ‘“cut over” 38,000 acres in this vicinity, became waste, held by the county at 50 cents an acre, until some one discovered it adapted to alfalfa. Then came the land rush, in which Bohemian interests gained the majority of the land. Now an effort is being made to get Bohemians from cen- tral states to settle here. ICLEAN UP LEADERS MAKE APPEAL FOR A GITY BEAUTIFIED]; Neighborly Aid is Urged; School Children Help to Banish Dirt in Bemidji. MOVIE SHOW MANAGER OFFERS PRIZE FOR WORK City Officials Call Attention to Or- dinances and Statutes " of Bemidji. The clean-up campaign in Bemidji which was inaugurated yesterday, continued today and much progress is being made. ° . Boys of the high school were ex- cused yesterday afternoon and super- vised the cleaning of vacant lots. Many lawns were beautified and there is noticed a general brightening of front yards throughout the ecity. Heads of families and boys and girls have evidently found pleasure in cleaning up. Prizes Are Ofl‘ered As an incentive to the children of the city to aid in the clean-up cam- paign, Manager Oliver Whaley of the Rex theater has offered as free prizes free tickets to his theater. The boy or girl who has cleaned up his or her home .yard this spring, will be ad- mitted to the Rex on presentation of a letter from their father or mother stating that the work has been done. City Engineer Swinson today had a crew of men at work at the lake shore park, burning the grass and cleaning up. Laws May Be Invoked. City -officials today called atten- tion to ordinances and statufes mak- ing punishable the maintenance of lunclean and unsanitary places. These laws, it was said, would be invoked in the event of flagrant infraction. Heads of the Junior Commerecial club, which is in charge of the cam- paign, today appealed not only to the civic but the personal pride of cit- ‘izens. The leaders of the campaign urged that every citizen make an effort to clean up his house and property so ias to avoid fire risk, to clean up his |front yard and back yard, to paint his premises if necessary, to abolish “fall. places that might breed fiies and mosquitoes, to eliminate wéeds and to help clean vacant lots. Lots Not Dumps. Citizens should see that rubbish is carried away to the city dump and aid as far as they can in cleaning up vacant lots and places where tin cans and other refuse have been placed. Vacant lots should never be used as a dumping ground. No city is attractive if it is dirty. Every person should be willing to co-operate in cleaning Bemidji so that it can rightfully be called the ‘“Spot- less Town.” The result will be a cleaner, healthier, happier and more attractive city. SOGIALIST GANDIDATE FOR VIGE PRESIDENT HERE George R. Kirkpatrick, candidate for vice president on the Socialistic ticket, arrived in Bemidji this noon * |and will deliver a leeture at the city hall tonight under the auspices of the American Socialist Lecture bureau. Mr. Kirkpatrick is the author of “War—What For?” NATIONAL GUARD TO - ENCAMPMENT IN JUNE St. Paul, Minn., May 6.—Adjutant General Wood today announced that the annual encampment of the Min- nesota National guard would be held at Lake City, beginning June 20. Any other nationality of set- tler is barred. * * IR RS RS R R RS R RS REPORTER % % %k Kk ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok Kk ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok FOREST FIRE IS REPORTED NEAR PARK St.. Paul, Minn.,, May. 6.—Forest fires were today reported to the state \fire marshal in the vieinity of Leech Lake The fires are dangerously near Itasca Park. %ok Kk Kk ok kk ok ok ok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok KRR KRS ; 8 S0L0; * ' MINNEAPOLIS 0@ DEAD * The following itém appear- in a “box” article ih the Min- neapolis ~ Tribune, . several days ago. : “Knucks,” Scotch collie, belonging to Ray Vy Boyd, clerk at the Vendome hotel, 15 Thirty-sixth stfeet . west, is dead—unexpectedly, but - completely dead. He was a sturdy little animal, but he, possessed xenllblllfiu. George Kinney Bemidji, Minn., who is a guest at the Boyd home, undertook to en- tertain his host yesterday by - getting musical. He essayed a solo on a slide trambone; In the midst of it !*Knucks” came into the room:; The dog is dead:* Friends of Mr.~ Kinney stoutly maintain that “Knucks” would have died anyway. 2 * & * k k ® Th A AKX KA A AR A Ik A kA Kk Xk kkkk ok ok ok e TT et BOOTLEGGER IS SLAIN IN BATTLE ON LONELY AOAD Three Pals Are Missing; Shot at by Federal Indian, . Officers.. OFFICER J. C. LEMARR TESTIFIES AT HEARING Liquor is Destmyed;iVictim’s Com- panions Are Accused. Buhl, Minn., May 6.—“I am confi- dent that the rifie shot we heard deep in the woods after out battle with bootleggers wag the shot that killed Steve Dawson,” said J. C. Le- marr, special Indian officer, at the inquest yesterday afternoon over the body of the miner killed Thursday night in a fight between Federal offi- cers and liquor smugglers. - --Loaded With Liquor. = Dawson and Mike Burovich, em- ployed at the Mortin mine, near Hib- bing, left Buhl late Thursdny, driving two single horse ;;55 loaded wlt,h barrels of beer and whisky. Two guards trailed afoot in the rear. Soon after the men’s departure Lemarr and L. W. Oldham, deputy officers, followed in an automobile. Just as the bootleggers crossed the Indian border, six miles south of Buhl on the Hibbing road, the officers came up with them and ordered the driv- ers to stop. Without warning Dawson opened fire with a carbine. The officers sought shelter behind their automo- bile and the bottleggers behind horses and stumps, and exchanged shots. Blood Pool Found. Witnesses at the inquest testified that blood was found at the roadside, indicating some of the officers’ bul- lets took effect. Lemar and Oldham testified they saw the four bootleggers disappear in the woods, that after destroying the liquor they continued on to Hibbing, and did not receive information of Dawson’s death until several hours later. No trace of the other three boot- leggers has been found. - BRINGS SUIT AGAINST FORD ALLEGING LIBEL ‘Washington, May 6.—The Navy league today filed suit in the district supreme court against Henry Ford for $100,000, alleging that Ford pub- lished newspaper advertisements that were libelous and defamatory in char- acter. J'UDGE SCHALLER -FILES FOR SUPREME COURT St. Paul, Minn.,, May 6.—Judge ,Schaller today filed for renominatijon "for the supreme court. CHARTER COMMISSION DISGUSSES PROPOSED LIGHTING AMENDMENT = Meeting is Held at Commercial Club Rooms; Action to Be Taken at Once. PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY mSTEUCTED TO FRAME MEASURE City Council at a. Special Meeting Monday Night Will Discuss Project. At a meeting of the Bemidji char- ter commission last evening at the Commercial club rooms, A. P. White and Fred W. Rhoda, president and secretary of the commission,. respec- tively, were appolnted.to frame an amendment to tlie present charter to provide for the installation of a “white way.” Meet With Attorney. Mr. White and Mr. Rhoda met with an attorney today and it is expected that the proposed amendment will be in shape to present to the charter commission Monday afternoon and to the city council Monday evening. The city council will meet in special ses- sion Monday evening to consider the Nymore-Lake Shore highway project. To Vote in June. Efforts will be made, if the amend- ment is satisfactory to the commis- sion, to prepare the amendment for the primary election which will be held June 19, thus saving the ex- pense of calling a special election. It was pointed out at the commis- sion meeting last evening that the; present charter practically omitted providing for a “white way” or for the lighting of the city. If a “white way” were to be installed inder the present charter, the entire city would be assessed for the installation ex- pense. This, it was pointed out, would be an injustice to the outly- ing resident who would not directly benefit by the “white way.” To Cost About $80. The installation of a “white way" cluster light would cost about $90.4* ‘|1t is proposed to place four in a block and to install, at present, about 13 blocks of the “white way.” The pro- ject is to install a “white way” on ‘both Minnesota and Beltrami avenues from the depots to the court housg. i and cross streefs to the luke shore. The plan of the members of the commissioners present at the meeting last evening was to assess the instal- lation of a “white way” two-thirds against the abutting proper owner and one-third against the entire city. By this plan the adjoining prop- erty owner would pay about seventy per cent of the installation cost, two- thirds of the expense and his share one-third of the expenses assessed against the entire city. The commission at the meeting left the working out of how a “white way” was to be installed to the presi- dent and secretary. It appeared to be the sense of the meeting that the installation of a system should be granted on a petition of property owners. Richards Out of City. The charter commission is com- posed of F. 8. Arnold, W. N. Bowser, K. K. Roe, G. E. Carson, A. P. White, J. J. Opsahl, F. 8. Lycan, J. M. Rich- ards, F. W. Rhoda, Dr. B. A. Shan- non, R. H. Schumaker, Attorney B. B. McDonald, F. M. Malzahn, M. E. Ibertson and E. R. Getchell. This commission was appointed March 21, 1913, by Judge W. S. McClenahan, Judge B. F. Wright and Judge C. W. Stanton of the district court. M. Richards is the only member of the commission who is not in the city. Application may be made next week to have the vacancay caused by his absence filled. BORDER CITY Al CLUB HAS ELECTION International Falls, Minn., May 6. —The Automobile club held its an- nual election Wednesday and elected the following officers: President, N. L. Olson; vice president, J. J. Doran; secretary and treasurer, O. A. Jahnke, UNENOWN BABY LEFT AT MARCUM KOME When Walter F. Marcum and his | wite returned to their home'last. ning-at eight-thirty o’clock from a ‘motor trip they found a'five' months’ d baby awaiting them. The baby has not been identified. He was well dressed and was slepping in the bed. A bottle of milk and a can of con- densed milk was by his side. Mr. and Mrs. Marcum have not decided whether or not they will keep the baby. No one was seen entering the house with the baby. 4-YEAR TERM LAW.. HEARING ON MAY 10 Arguments on the constitution- ality of the four-year term for all county officers in Minnesota will be submitted to the supreme court May 10. v F. J. Fischer, Buffalo, has asked the court to direct J. A. Berg, county auditor, Wright county, to accept his affidavit as a candidate for county treasurer this-year. Mr. Berg refused to accept the affi- davit on the ground that the 1913 legislature passed a law extending the terms of county officers, who were elected in 1914, to the end of 1918. GHARLES PEDERSON OF BIG FALLS DIES HERE Charles Pederson, who was injured in the lath mill at Pinewood several days ago, died this morning at St. Anthony’s hospital as a result of the injuries. His home is at Big Falls. No arrangements have yet been made in regard to the funeral services. Mrs. Pederson, his mother, is ex- pected to arrive in the city this eve- ning. U. 8. TROOPERS KILL VILLISTAS IN BATTLE San Antonio, May 6.—Members of the 11th cavalry killed 42 Villistas fighting at Ojoahules. There were no American casualties. El Paso, May 6.—Scott and Obre- gon are expected to sign the El Paso peace pact today. ‘gre:current here that Villa “{hag_been located, The ranorts have not been confirmed. - i CASES ARE TRANSFERRED T0 THE DULUTH TERM The cases against John Thompson and Edward Nelson on charges of in- troducing liquor into Bemidji, have been transferred from the Fergus Falls term of court to the Duluth term of court. Nelson and Thomp- son have been indicted on the charge. UNCLE JOE CANNON I8 80 TOMORROW Washington, May 6.—Tomorrow will be Uncle Joe Cannon’s eightieth birthday. His political friends and foes in the house of representatives today celebrated the event with an hour of speech making filled with bouquets and no brickbats. “Confidentially, I wish they, wouldn’t have this celebration,” the ex-speaker admitted today. “It’s too much like bringing flowers to a corpse.” “Uncle Joe” is not the extreme par- tisan he was of old. That’s why men of all parties in the house feel so friendly toward him. Since his “come-back” he has kept out of the limelight. Duluth, Minn,, May 6.—Should the “dry” ordinance carry on June 19, it will mean, according to sec- tion 2 of the measure, that the city council will refuse to renew all sa- loon licenses that expire after July 1 of this year, causing a loss of $47,- 000 for 1916 alone, although provi- sion is made that Duluth should not go “dry” until July 1, 1917, Why Monkey With Your Destiny? DIDIVH EVER. STOP TO THINK WHUTA LOVELY SPILLNoUD TAKE. \F AWHEEL. CAME OFF? OF COURSETH LIL OLE__ BUS WOULD TURN A FLIP- FLOP (N TH' DITCH —AND TH' MAN AT TH' WHEEL, 1S ALWAYS PINNED IDER—ALWANS~ (MOLE ONNOUR AND \T WOULD PROBABLY BEA COUPLE DAYS BEFORE. YOU WERE \hEN‘;;‘FIED AT TH'MORGUE BY ELBOW AND— — BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY- T 0UGTAH ACEEP AWA( FRIM AUTDS - S BIECAVSE \TS 00 TH'CARDS By “HOP" GERMAN REPLY _AVERTS BREAK WITH THE U, S. German-Amerioan Submarine Contro- _versy is a Closed Incident. TIME BELIEVED RIPE.TO Colonel House May Revisit European Capitols; Irish Leader Shot. Washington, May 7.—Germany’s note has averted a break with the United States. President Wilson’s advisors today stated that the Ger- man-American submarine issue was closed. The United States will not answer the German reply, indicating that the issue is closed. = Will Issue Statement. President Wilson studied the offi- cial text very closely this morning. It is believed here that Secretary Lansing will issue a short statement this afternoon, calling public atten- tion to Germany’s statement that only warships will be torpedoed hereafter, It is believed that the matter will then remained closed and that Ger- many will not open it by the resump- ion of submarine warfare. Prepare for Peace. American circles are studying the important peace features of the Ger- man reply. It is thought that Presi- dent Wilson now has a great. oppor- itunity to speedily end the war. Some even suggested that the time is now ripe for Colonel House to revisit the European capitols. Washington, May 6.—The follow- ing editorial comment on the note is culled from representative papers throughout “the United Sfates: Averts Present Trouble, Baltimore Sun: Knowing the dif- ficulties with which the German gov- ernment is contending, we can well afford to overlook what in other cir- cumstances would be presumption and impudence. The note leaves this country in more or less suspense. But it does apparently, avert immediate trouble. “Break Off Relations.” New York Tribune: Mr. Wilson can do but one thing. He must break off relations with the imperial German government, without delay and without hesitation. The recall [of Gerard, ‘and: the dispatch of Bern-. storff to his own country. These are the things that we can no longer postpone. They are the least that can be done; they may well be but the beginning, but they must be done. Chicago Herald: The German gov- ernment demands that we compel Great Britain to raise her starvation blockade, though incessantly and vociferously denying that Germany is or can be starved by it. It calls up- on us, in fact, to fight the British navy if necessary, lest “women and children be starved.” Of course that is precisely what Germany did at the siege of Paris, but the women and children were not Germans. Delays Must Intervene. San Francisco Chronicle: The vast majority of the American people, more desirous of preserving peace than concerned with the techmicali- ties of international law, quietly pleased to note that other days and other messages must inter- vene before there can be any rupture with any European belligerent. Proposal “Unthinkable.” New York World: All that part of the Germany reply which contem- plates an alliance between Germany’ and the United States to break a British blockade that Germany her- self cannot break, is impossible. . It's unthinkable. To grant it would put a stain on the honmor of the United States that could never be erased. What Germany has yielded, she must yield in obedience to law, and for the lexpress benefits of barter. Official Executed. Dublin, May 6.—Official)—John McBride, San Feiner leader, was shot to death this morning. He is the eighth rebel executed. Two others sentenced to die have had their sen- tences commuted to life imprison- ment. Protest to Mark Anniversary. New York, May 6.—One year ago tomorrow the Lusitania was torpe- -|doed and sunk by a German submar- ine, with the loss of 150 American citizens. New York and other cities in. the East and Middle West tomor- row will conduct services “of an im- pressive and dignified nature, some- what in the nature of a protest,” ac- cording to a statement issued by the American Rights committee. J'UDGE OF PROBATE GOES T0 DULUTH Judge M. A, Chrk of the probate court has gone to Duluth on busi- SPEEDILY END WAR will be-