Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 6, 1917, Page 2

signs, as & condition to tz#e fi‘}“"’“flf of gas to any .comsumer thereof requi the use of a’Certainikind or make of stove fixture or appliance. Gas Sttings and house connections shall be done and made by the said Public -Improve- ment Company or its assigns, or any li- censed plumber of the city of Bemidji but charge or ° Tental shall be or-~ required> by. . said Public Improvement; ,Company for the use or'rent of meterg in measur- ing gas consumed by any of the con- sumers of said gas. Sec. 14: Within one month after the installation of any mains or pipe lines in or upon any part of the streets, av- enues, alleys or other public highways of the said city of Bemidji, said Pup- Nc Improvement Company shall file in the office of the city engineer of said city of Bemidji a plat showing the exact Third reading December 11th, 1916, when it was.declared passed and car ried on the uwiqsye,,-nd nay vote: . “Ayes,” .Aldermen-Lahr,~Smart, Bailey, 'ou _Phillippi, ~ Miller, Lycan.. “Nays,” none. ‘Absent, Moberg, Ervin. Approved, Dec. 16th, 1916. CHAS. W. VANDERSLUIS, P Mayor.. | Y BECMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ‘BVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- THE BEMIDJI. PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. - E} REPORT OF CONDITION OF TEE NORTEERN | WATIONAL BANK AT BEMIDII IN THE.§TATS OF MINNESOTA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, ON DECEMBER 27, 1916.., . ¥ . § (No s241) | [ 4 RESOURCES. /2 Lgans and discounts. U. 8. bonds: ¢ % a U. 'S. bonds deposited to secure . circulation (par value) Bonds, securities, etc.: ‘ a Bonds other than U. S. bonds ‘ pledged to secure -postal sav- 10,000.00 E. H. DENU TELEPHONE 922 A58 sTEIN, — — — - City Clerk. G Entered at_the, postoffice ‘at ‘Bemidji, Minn., as! sécond-class® matter Fybliatieg Jan. {6, 1917} lJanf 1. AsfT under act of Comgress of _Mi"rcl 3, 1879, i 4 g i ' $312,415.08 ORDER LIMITING TIME TO o REON. ] State of Minnesota, County of Beltrami. In Probate Court. Klmatter of the Estate of Lydia No attention 'i)aid to l..;_loflymous o&htrlbutlona. ‘Writer’s name hhst_ be known to the, editor, but not necessarily for publication. .- . .Communications for.the Weekly. Pioneer should reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. 50,000.00 One Month, by Carrier. Three Months, Postage Paid.......... Six Months, Postage Paid. One Year, Postage Paid..... v :SUBSCRIPTION RATES S THE WEEKLY PIONEER .. Eightmwnhinhglmmmlryotthenewnoithemh' Pul lished every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for, in ad- OFFICIAL PAPER —_—————————— OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA The Daily Pioneer is a member of the United Press Association, and 1s represented for foreign advertising by the— ings deposits d Bonds loaned (other than U. S. bonds) 4. 6,000.00 e Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged .\ Total bonds, securities, etc... Stock of Federal Reserve Bank .(50 per cent of subscription) Furniture and fixtures a Net amount due from approved reserve agents in -New Chicago, and St. Louis b Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than included in 12 or 20) Other checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank a Outside checks and other cash items . oo . b Fractional cents 16,582.83 62,582.88 1,800.00- 10,000.00 55,605.2x "37,01217 1,715.10 389.76 879.42 L.two inches location of said pipes and mains and also the valves and accessories. Sec. 15: The gas supplied by said Public Improvement Company _ under this ordinance shall have a heating value of six hundred British Thermal Units per cubic foot, a candle power of at least sixteen, and shall be delivered at such pressure as will at all times bal- ance a column of water not less than in height and not more than six inches in height, at the level of the gas works holder. Should the said Public Improvement Company fail at any time to_supply gas for use by the said City and its inhab- ftants, of the quality and pressure re- quired in this ordinance the said city .council shall notify and require of, said Public Improvement Company, to forth- with comply with the requirementsof this ordinance in such respect, and. in event of the failure or neglect of the said Public Improvement Company to comply with the requirements of this ordinance as to quality of gas and pressure there- having been granted to Abnmer E. of Bemidji, Minn. E IT IS ORDERED, That the time with- in which all -creditorsof the above named decedent may present claims. against her estate in this court, be, and the same hereby is, limited to six months- from and after the date hereof; and that Thursday, the 21st day of June, 1917,. at ten o'clock A. M. in _the Probate Court Rooms at the Court House at Be- midji in said County, be, and the same- hereby is fixed and appointed as the time and place for hearing upon and the examination, adjustment and allowance of such claims as shall be presented within the time aforesaid. Let notice hereof be given by the pub- lication of this order in the Bemidii ‘Pioneer, as provided by law. Dated December 20th, 1916. M. A. C A LARK, (Court Seal) Judge of Probate: SWANSON & SWANSON, Attorneys for Adm'r., Brainerd, Minn. 4td 16-127 of within a period of twenty days from the receipt of such notice by the local manager of said gas plant; then and in that event all rights, authority and priv- ileges by this ordinance granted shall cease and determine, unless compliance with the requirements of this ordinance as to quality and pressure of such gas is prevented by strikes, malicious inter- ference or unavoidable accident.’ Sec. 16: Said Public Improvement Company shall extend said gas mains to that part of the fifth ward platted as the townsite of Nymore, when residents of said fifth ward shall agree in writing 3 to use sixty thousand cubic feet of gas w G. W. LaMoure Co. per month for a period of one year or 800, Line Building more. 17: The said Public Improve- —— g Sec. Birch S ment Company shall signify the accept- Jack Pine ance of this ordinance in writing; such Tamarack 5,000.00 Notes of other national banl b 1,240.00 Federal Reserve notes Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due from Federal Re- serve Bank Redemption fund with U. S. Treas- urer and due from U. S. Treasurer HEE KK HEH KKK KKK e The Bemidji Business College Winter Term Begins Monday, January 8 Prepare to emroll then. HKE KK KKK KK KKK QGeneral offices in New York and Chicago, branches in all principal Citles. £4.611.07 .—.——-———_—fl_‘———__—_—— 3 ! QUIT “FIGGERIN’ ”—GRAB IT. The trouble with some communities, in the matter of their progress, 18 that there is too blamed much “figgerin.’” The citizens well know what the matter with the community is, or rather what its needs are in the line of improvements or movements for s step forward, and they sometimes reach the point of getting together and discussing whatever they may have in mind. They will appoint a chairman and a secretary of the meeting and then the chair announces what it is all about as he “has been informed” and the meeting is then open for discussion of the proposition. . There will be remarks by some of the “leading citizens” of the com- munity and they gravely and learnedly elucidate on what ails the city, and after diagnosing the case thoroughly they will reach the remarkable conclusion that “something ought to be done.” And s0 it goes throughout the evening, until the meeting place is well filled with various brands of smoke and until everyone commences to yawn and look at their watches and twist in their chairs and wish to goodness some one would ‘“ocut it out.” The finale is the appointing of a committee to investigate and report sometime or another and then every- body grabs his hat and hikes for home, because he had told the missus he wouldn’t be out late. Next time they meet, as they also sometimes do, there are far fewer present than before and the committee appointed is no more enlightened 2,500.00 $585,160.88 Kk hkhkhk kA k AKERKRNK LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in .. . Surplus fund . a Undivided profits ..$ 15,216.21 b Less’ current expenses, interest, and taxes paid .. 10,103.18 Circulating notes outstanding. Net amount due to banks and bank ers (other than included in 29 $ 50,000.00 10,000.00 5,113.03 5 50,000.00 acceptance to be filed with the City Clerk of said City within thirty days after the passage and approval of this ordinance. In default of such accept- ance this ordinance and the provisions thereof shall become and be inopera- tive and void at the option of the city council. Sec. 18: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in so much and to such ex- tent as they may be inconsistent or conflict with the provisions of this or- dinance ‘are hereby repealed. - Sec. 19: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval, publication and record. ~ o First reading November 13th, 1916. Second reading November 27th, 1916.| Prompt Dellvery 9,151.53 Demand deposits Individual = deposits subject to check Certificates of Geposit due in les than 30 days Certified checks Cashier’s’ checks outstanding Postal savings deposits .. Total demand deposits, Item: 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, and 40.... and 40 eposits (paya days, or subject to 30 more notice): Certificates of deposit . 83,897.77 Other time deposits .. . . T 32,411.51 Total time de s . 116,309.28 41 and 43 . $585,160.88 STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF BELTRAMI—ss: I, W. L. Brooks, Cashier of the above-named bank, do sol- emnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of 311,109.6¢ 14,361.65 122.01 14,741.52 4,252.22 344,587.04 344,587.04 days or my knowledge and belief. than it was at the outset, owing to a varied line of excuses, and not ready to report, and the getaway for home is even earlier and with more alacrity than before. And to make a long story short that’s just about the ’steenth time such a proceeding has been gone through and the community stands just about as much chance of getting an ywhere as a toothless dog in a bone gnawing match. That’s all a lot of good propositions amount to—as far as they ever get—as far as the city gets. Too much “figgerin.’”" The thing to ‘do is mot to try to figure out why a black hen lays a white egg—grab the egg. THE ONLY THING TO DO And thert there is the brand of citizenship that is always waiting when “things will be all right” with their public business affairs. They realize fully that progress of their city in civic improvements is being hampered, perhaps, by a lot of incompetents as executives in public af- fairs, yet they wouldn’'t make a move for the world, fearing they might ‘wake up. The trouble with this brand of a citizen is that his alarm clock hasn’t gone off and he is sleeping overtime. No city or county can get anywhere if there are persons administer- ing the public’s business who haven’t intelligence and enough to bait a mouse trap. common sense But, unfortunately, this state of affairs frequently happens and when the fact is discovered there's only one thing for the taxpayers to do and that is put the derrick into action and lift the incompetents from their official seats. Any one ought to know that you can’t take a pail and go out in the pasture, sit down have the cow back up to be milked. . after her. You’ve got to go While we hold no brief for the I. W. W., we happened to notice in their headquarters in Bemidji a sign prominently displayed on the wall . Which reads: ©“YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE BOSS AND BOOZE AT THE SAME TIME.” That can be applied in many other ways, also. No man can do good work for his employer nor himself, either, and fight booze. It used to be that one could easily distinguish when mother daughter were out together, but nowadays it sort of has us and guessing, when mother gets on her short skirt, high shoes, and all the rest of the scenery. We were up in E. E. McDonald’s law office yesterday and happened to notice a handsome Persian cat snoozing on the attorney’s desk. Pe- culiar thing about that cat. There If you don’t believe it, count 'em. are just 5,495,768 hairs in its tail. We notice in dispatcines where Virginia is to have a big revival a la Billy Sunday and all the trimmings. What we think Virginia really needs is a thorough fumigating. Not meaning anything derogatory to Virginia, either. P ——— _——————————————— ORDINANCE NUMBER 86. AN ORDINANCE authorizing the PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, of Minneapolis, and its assigns, to ac- quire and construct, and to maintain and operate gas works in the City of Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota. Sec. 1: Whenever the PUBLIC IM- PROVEMENT COMPANY is named or understood in this ordinance, the same shall be taken to mean and include said Public Improvement Company of Min- neapolis, Minnesota, its successors ang assigns. The term gas plant, whenever herein. shall taken mean and_include the gas plant of said Public Improve- ment Company of Minneapolis, Minne- sota, its successors and assigns, to- gether with all the property and appur- tenances connected therewith or in any way pertaining thereto. The Common Council of the City of Bemidji_do ordain: Sec. 2: That Public Improvement Company and its assigns be and it is hereby authorized to acquire or to con- struct and maintain and operate for a period of twenty-five (25) years from and after the passage of this ordinance, works for the purpose of manufactur- ing and distributing gas for light, heat and power purposes, and for that purpose to lay pipes and mains in and under each and every one of the streets, avenues, alleys, parks and public places of the City of Bemidji, and over, un- der and upon all of the bridges and cul- verts connecting with any street; for the purpose of laying and relaying and repairing pipes, to enter upon and to excavate said streets, avenues, alleys, public parks and public places, but in so doing shall restore the surface there- of to as good a condition as before said excavation was made, as nearly as prac- ticable and as speedily as can reason- ably be done, and all such work of con- struction and improvements shall al- ways be done under reasonable direction, supervision and control of the City of Bemidji. Sec. 3: The said Public Improvement Company and their assigns shall lay the gas mains provided for herein, on the side of the streets, avenues, alleys and public highways, opposite that used or occupied by the water mains in said streets, avenues, alleys and public high- ways, and shall at all times, in laying said gas mains and gas service pipes, use care and diligence in the removal of earth, pavement or sidewalk, and shall restore said earth, pavement or sidewalk to the original condition or to a condition sausfactory to the City Council. Sec. 4: Said Public Improvement Company_ shall not in any manner un- necessarily obstruct, impede or inter- fere with the free, safe and convenient use of said streets, avenues, alleys, pub- lic park and public places for public pas- sage or other legitimate public pur- W. L. BROOKS, Cashier. Correct—Attest: Directors. lgfllbscnbed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January, (Notarial Seal) 1td 16 OSCAR NELSO{‘X, Notary Public, Beltrami County, Minn. My ¢ommission expires san. 11, 1922. = poses, and said Company shall always, whenever any excavation is made for laying, relaying, repairing or extending pipes and mains, keep the same duly barricaded and lighted at night. It shall be Hable for such damages as may be suffered by any person or corpora- tion by reason of any negligence in its use of said streets, avemues, alleys, pub- lic parks and public places, under this ordinance, and shall hold said City harmless on account of any damage oc- casioned by such negligence. Sec. 5: Said Public Improvement Company, its successors and assigns shall_manufacture and supply gas or light equal in quality to what is known as sixteen (16) candle power. The gas manufactured and sold by said Public Improvement Company may be either the kind known as Water Gas or the kind known as Coal Gas; pro- vided that the construction of the gas plant shall begin within a period of two months from the passage of this or- dinance and that the work of construc- tion shall continue without unnecessary delay until completed. sec. 6: That if the City of Bemidji or its contractors shall find when extend- ing, repairing or installing any water, sewer or other pipes belonging to said City, that such water, sewer or any other pipes will be intersected or interfered with by Public Improvement Company’s gas pipes or mains, and such water, sewer or other pipes cannot be reason- ably laid in any other part of said street, then and in such case, said Pub- lic Improvement Company shall on be- ing notified by the Common Council of said City, at its own cost and expense, immediately remove or relay the same so as to avoid such interference. Sec. 7: That said Public Improve- ment Company is hereby authorized to vend gas for light, heat and power pur- poses, to all inhabitants of the City of Bemidji, and_hereby authorized to col- lect and receive for gas during the first five (5) years after the passage of this ordinance, and until a revision of rates as hereinafter provided as follows: Gas used for illuminating and heat- ing purposes, the sum of $1.60 per thousand cubic feet, and consumers shall be entitled to a discount of ten cents (.10¢) per thousand cubic feet from the foregoing price, provided payment therefor is made on or before the tenth day of each month, at the office of the Company, for gas consumed during the previous month. The price to be charged for gas used by said City in Street Lamps or for lighting and heating purposes in Muni- cipal buildings or offices, shall be twenty per cent (209 ) lower than the net cash price char; private consumers. Sec. 8: That the rates to be charged for gas manufactured by said Public Improvement Company, its successors or assigns, within the City of Bemidji, may be fixed and adjusted at_the end of each period of five years, during the con- tinuation of this ordinance, as follows: First: By and between the Common Council of the City of Bemidji and the said Public Improvement Company, its successors or assigns, if they can agree. If they cannot agree upon rates, then said rates shall be fixed and adjusted by three disinterested per- sons, not_more than one of whom shall be a resident of said City; one of whom shall be appointed by said City, and one by the Public Improvement Com- pany, and these two shall select a third person. In case the two persons thus selected cannot agree upon the third such third person' shall be ap- pointed by the Judge of the District Court in which said City of Bemidji may then be situated. Their decision after hearing the parties and evidence as to the then existing conditions, prices of material used in manufactur- ing gas, freight rates and _ prices charged for similar gas in neighboring cities of the state of similar size, the value of all the property used by said Public Improvement Company under this franchise, the annual depreciation thereof, and all other evidence relevant to the matter shall be final for the next ensuing iod_of five years, but the rates so fixed shall not exceed the rates fixed by this ordinance. Sec. 9: The manufacture and sale by said Public Improvement Company, its successors and assigns, of gas of a lower standard than herein provided for, or the failure of said Public Improve- ment Company to manufacture and vend gas as herein provided, shall render its or their rights and franchises hereun- der voidable; provided, however, that a temporary failure which is remedied as soon as reasonably practicable shall not bemground for declaring said franchise void. Sec. 10: At the expiration of ten years from the date of the passage of this ordinance and at the expiration of any period of two years thereafter, the said City of Bemidji shall have the right to purchase the gas plant of said Public Improvement Company, its suc- cessors or assigns, at such price and on such terms as may be mutually agreed upon; but in case a mutual agreement cannot be made, the said City may give notice of not less than six months in advance of its intentions tc purchase said gas plant. Within thirty days thereafter, said Public Improvement €ompany shall appoint a disinterested non-resident and said city shall s:?. point a disinterested resident of a city, these two to select a third diasin- terested non-resident of said city. In case these two persons thus selected can- not agree upon a third person such third person shall be appo‘nted by the judge of the District Court of the iu- dicial district in which said City of Be- midji may then be situated. These three persons so appointed shall con- stitute a commission to examine and take testimony of experts and other- wise determine the value of said plant and report in_ writing what in their opinion would be a reasonabie price for said City to pay for said plant. The city shall thereupon have the rigat, within ten days thereafter, to exercise the option to take the gas nlant and all property and appurtenances coanected therewith or in any manner appertaining thereto at the price so fixed, which pur- chase money shall be payable to said Public Improvement Company within six months from the time that City shall so elect to purchase. And in case the city shall after such award, fail or refuse to purchase it shall pay the necessary expenses incurred by said Public improvement Company in and about the said award; but in case the city elect to purchase, each party shall pay its own expenses so incurred and the expense of the arbitrators 'shall be paid equally by said City and #aid Pub- lic Improvement Comj Y. . 11: Said Public Improvement Company shall supply gas to said of Bemidji for streets lamps and for lighting and heating purposes in mu- nicipal buildings and offices _along the line of the mains of said Public Im- provement Company, or any extension thereof, and to all stores, dwellin offices and other buildings along e line of the mains of said Public Im- provement Company, or any extension thereof when the necessary arrange- ments have been made to receive such and when all reasonable rules and regulations of said Public Improvement Company have been complied with. Sec. 12: d Public Improvement Company, its successors and _assigns shall be permitted to make and collect a minimum charge of fifty (50) cents per month from each and every consum- er whose meter does not show a con- sumption of gas in excess of that amount. Sec. 13: Said Public Improvement Company, its successors and assigns shall in all cases furnish service pipes for consumers’ use from the gas m.§:. to the property line without cost or ex- pense to the consumer. Neither Pub- lic Improvement Company, its success- ors or assigns, shall at any time make or .enforce any rule or regulation re- quiring the use of any certain make or kind of stove, fixture or appliance, or require that such stove fixture or ap- pliance be purchased of, from or through the said Public Improvement Company, or its assigns, or any other person, firm_or cérporation, nor shall said Pub- lic Improvement Company, or its as- City | & PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS I R R R R R R E LR * DRS. GILMORE & McCANN ¥ PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS * * * * * EEEE KKK KKK KKK Oftice—Miles Block EE XXX KX RXKK +* DR E. A. SHANNON, M. D. &« PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block Phone 896 Res. Phone 397 KKK EEKKK KK KKK KKK = * * * * * *x x KX EREXXKKXKRXK KKK DR. C. R. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block EEE KKK KK KKK AR R KRR KKK KKK DR. L. A. WARD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Troppman Block Bemidji, Minn. ARAAT A AN AXAT Ak AR KX XK KK KKK KEEXKEEKEK KKK KK « * DR. E. H. SMITH & PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON & Office Security Bank Bloek Ak Ak Ak hkhhkhhw IE XSRS SRR R R B8 R EEEE XK KKK KKK KKK x ® x DR. EINER JOHNSON « PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON * Bemid}i, Minn. ® ' TSR R R R B2 R &!ffilll#iiil!i‘ll! %« A V.GARLOCK, M. D. * SPECIALIST x %« BEYB BAR NOSE THROAT <« x Glasses Fitted * %« Gibbons Bldg. Phone 8 * EERXEREXR XXX KKK EXEXEEKEXKEXEXEKE X * A. 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Phone 58 818 America % *x Oftice Phone 12 ® LB R E R R R R SRR RE R DENTISTS AR R R R R R RS R R DR. @ M. PALMER DENTIST Office Phone 134, Residenee 346 & x Miles Block, Bemidji » LA R R R R RS R x x. * * KXERXKKKRXKRREE R * DR. D. L. STANTON bt * DENTIST * *® Office in Winter Bloek - KKK EEERE EEEEERKEEXXREXEES * DR. J. T. TUOMY * DENTIST * — » @ibbons Block. Tel. 330 & x North of Markham Hotel *» EXKEERRKEK XXX XXX D x * x XK KKKRX KKK EKR b DR. H A. NORTHROP * % OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & * AND SURGEON - * Suite 10 O'Leary-Bowser Bldg & x Oftice Phone 153 * XEEXEXREKX KRR KKK ER KRR KR ERRRRRRREE ST. CECELIA’S STUDIO * PIANO—VOICE VIOLIN Phonu:ln—-!;wqul. XXX ERERRXRRRAK L2 222 223 2 *« L «® & *® - "