Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 12, 1910, Page 1

Grand Uapids Hera {d-Review. HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Vor, XXI.—No, 17 Granp Rapids, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, tgIo. Two Dollars a Year REVOKES ORDER CLOSING SALOONS Secretary Ballinger Revokes all Orders Prohibiting Sale to White Persons CASS LAKE SALOONS REMAIN OPEN Order Follows Conference at Wash- ington Between Secretary Ball- inger and Mayors of Cass Lake and Moorhead. All orders prohibiting saloons or sale of liquor to white persons in the “Indian country’ of northern Minne- sota were revoked Friday by Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of the interior The decision of the secretary sus- pends the closing of saloons in Moor- head and Cass Lake, already ordered. It may re-open saloans already clos- ed in a number of villages. It is given in a letter Friday from the secretary to Indian Commissfoa Valentine. It follows a conference Friday morning between Secretary Ballinger, Commissioner Valentine, Oscar Lawyer, assistant attorney gen- eral for the Indian department. with Mayor D. M. Dumas of Cass Lake Mayor W. H. Davy of Moorhead, S. G. Comstock and City Attorney J. H. Witherow of Moorhead. | The visitors appeared to protest against the previous order to close saloons in their cities Oct. 15. They are delighted with the outcome, and | say that they will use every effort to) cooperate with the department in stopping the sale of liquor to l- dians. Secretary Ballinger’s letter lays @own an entirely new policy. It gives Commissioner Valentine au-/| thority to make any new regulations necessary to stop the sale of Kquor to Indians, but without amy dis- criminations as to places or persons. This means that saloons will not be} closed anywhere outside the Indian communities unless they are closed in all of northern Minnesota outside the Twin Cities and Duluth. The al- ternative that the state and local authorities are to cooperate heartily with the Indian department in stop- ping liquor traffic with Indians. The department declares it has the power to stop all liquor selling in treaty ter ritory, but that power will be held as a club to compel general coopera- tion in the work of keeping liquor from the Indians. Secretary Ballenger’s letter to Com- missioner Valentine, laying down the approve of the diligence of the Indian office im its efforts to enforce these statutes. It is true there has been some contention respecting the right to enforce them. The law, however, ppears to be settled in respect to the authority of the department, and it, therefore, becomes purely a mat- fer of administration. In the ad- ministration of these statutes the de- fwantment cannot countenance dis- crimination or anything that savors | of arbitrary, capricious or vexatious proceedings. “The officers in the field are en- trusted with a police duty to protect} the Indians under their supervision from the introduction of liquor, as contemplated by the statute. You will, therefore, instruct your officers | to secure convictions for violations of these statutes where the evidence is | available, and proceed throughout | the territory involved to enforce the | law without discrimination as to per-| sons or territory. | Use Agents Where Needed. | #"In view of the limited force at | your command, you will proceed to | exercise the duties imposed upon the service, where the greatest demand seems to exist for its exercise from time to time. i “This does mot imply that there is to be any lack of diligence in con- trolling conditions throughout the entire territory. Any and all orders of the department or of the Indian service, heretofore made, in conflict herewith are hereby vacated. You | will instruct and supervise your force in the field in such manner as to efficiently carry out the enforce- APPROPRIATIONS DIETZ GIVES UP FOR MANY ROADS) 10 THE OFFICERS Towns in Northern Part of County| Killed One Deputy and Wounded Receive Assistance From Road Two Others Before Surrend- and Bridge Fund. ering. INSPECTOR OF MINES’ REPORT|WAS SHOT THROUGH THE HAND Report Shows There Were Twelve|Home Was Riddled With Bullets Fatal Accideuts During Year, From Guns of Deputies and 206 Slight Injuries and His Son, Leslie Shot Six Amputations. Through Hand. At an adjourned meeting of the! John Dietz surrendered Saturda: board of county commissioners held | afternoon. With bullets pouring into| at the court house Wednesday n/|his cabin and with Leslie and himself, | appropriation of $200 was made to} wounded, the defender of Cameron the town of Bearville to construct a|dam displayed the white flag and road on the section line between sec- |jthe ‘shooting ceased. tions 21 and 22, and $300 was ap-| The great battle of Cameron Dam propriated to the town of Jessie) the fiercest of its kind ever waged Lake for the improvement of the in the northwest, is over. state road sometimes known as the || The last chapter in the history of Peterson road. this famous case was written in the Bids were opened for the construc-|/blood of the Dietz family at 3:20 tion of a bridge across the Popple/o’clock Saturday afternoon, when lit- river and J. O. Larson was given/tle Helen Dietz appeared with the the contract. his bid being $822. C. | white flag. John F. Deitz, who for the and he feared! that both she and the! cerca MANY SETTLERS The surrender of Dietz was very | dramatic. The alert deputies, lean- | F i ing on their rifles at the edge of = clearing and gazing intently at the | | windows of the log cabin, suddenly | saw the flutter of a white handker- ' chief at the door. Then little Helen | appeared and advancing with the! p,. . . |Poth over her head, walked to the ‘Fires Raging On the Border Line edge of the ae where she an-| Near Rainy River Kill Over nounced that her papa was willing to | 500 |surrender. A short consultation oe People. wed between the sheriff and his | deputies and Deputy Heffelinger vol- unteered to go back with the girl. In tho meantime Parner Piton, in nis OPOONER AND BAUDETTE BURNED eagerness to bring the combat to an end, had started running toward the eabin. He waved a _ handkerchief . as he ram and unhestitatingly enter-| Burned District Is Estimated At 500 jed the door. When Helen and Heft- | Square Miles and the Dam- jfelfinger got half way to the cabin | they met the priest returning. He} age Is Placed At About did not stop but hurried on to meet $100,000,000. the sheriff, | “Dietz Mvill surrender” said the |priest, “but he wants a doctor to) es laress his wound and he desires to! The latest estimate of the loss o& talk with the newspaper men.” life in the forest fires that are still “] won't trust him said the sheriff. Taging on the border line, ih from 40€ “If he wants to surronded let him to 1,000 people. The villages of come out with his hands over his Spooner, Baudette, Roosevelt, Swift, head. ,Graceton Pitt and Cedar Spur have |, Sherif Madden refused to go té been practically wiped out and the the cabin amd kept behind a tree. whole district from Rainy River, on |Deputies Thorbahn, Sully Heffelfing- the Canadian side, to Warroad on ler and Dr. D. G. Grafton of Hayward the American side, has been swept ;went to the cabin, dressed Dietz’s by the flames. ‘ {wound amd handcuffed him and! The district burned up is esimat | Leslie and brought them out. Dietz’s ed at 500 square miles and the loss ‘hand was in a sling and he was is Placed at over $100,000,000. Those , Who escaped had practically no cloth- new policy, is as follows: “Sir: From various petitions and communications addressed to me in connection with the enforcement of the acts of congress relating to the introduction of liquor into the Indian country of iMnnesota, I feel called upon to express to you what seems to me to be the correct policy. of the department in dealing with these questions, I fully understand and ment of the obligations of the de- partment as above outlined. respectfully, rae = fe etait: Son at! An appropriation of $300 was made} fais eee ‘sioner of Indian At to be expended on the construction | Gauiidesion = Waleotinn Aeshised to! % the Moose Lake road, under the RG ed pi aireee ae irate ,. direction of Frank Voigt, Jr. A acti! “Tata i s dsckecoattan ite ~ cabs Eee I a % ers O’Brien, Trebilcock and McWil- ter,” he said, ‘and I have nothing‘ ee ‘ liams was appointed to go over the to say about the department’s ac-; gag = |route of the Blackberry-Trout lake tion. The delegation from northern : : road and let contracts for the work. Minnesota, were loud in the praises . - : es A resolution was introduced making of Secretary Ballinger and the action Se aiaa, Tak) aia. flowin he had taken. se . = “Secretary Ballinger has done the rowriatigqns:. $150 to he expended on right thing,” said Mayor Dumas of Cass Lake. “On behalf of the peo- ple of Cass Lake I came here to urge that the department treat us in the same way as it does other parts of the Indian country, and the secretary has done just exactly that. I am going home and cooperate with the department im every way im its effort to keep liquor from the In-| dians. I cannot say too much in| praise of the secretary for his fair treatment of us, and his just view o the situation and the application of the law.” City Attorney Withrow of Moor- head said: ‘‘The secretary adopted the views I urged at Thursday’s hear ing, and accepted the suggestion that | Vv B. Larson was given the contract for “TY | the construction of the road leading | |to the bridge for $248. | R. A. McOUAT Of Coleraine. Demecratic Nominee there should be cooperation betwee | for County Attorney, Itasca County. the state and federal authorities. I am satisfied that the people of, Moor- °” “ ‘ | head will join heartily in the co- River; $125 for the construction of | j 795 i i operative movement, and that, so far ® road in 147-25, eS. Keat from as our city is concerned, the traffi jatate road to Bowstring lake, to be expended under the with Indians will be stopped.” | direction of At Thursday’s conference charges | Olga Johnson, award Young and of improper conduct were made} John Larspn. $125 for te construc- against some of Special Agent.John-| tion of @ road in the town of Alvwoo son’s deputies. Secretary Ballinger leading to the Alvwood postoffice. said that a rigid investigation of | The resolution was carried by unani- these charges would be made, and) COR NOE ar that, if the charges were sustained,| Commissioner O’Brien introduced a_/ the deputies would be dismissed. | resolution providing for an appropri-} ation of $300 to be expended on State road No. 1, leading to Deer M. A. Our Present Efficient County Auditor, Who Is a Candidate |~— For Re-eleclion roads in unorganized township 148- | |27, under the direction of Commis- | sioner King. It was carried. | A committee consisting of Com-} missioners Trebilcock, O’Brien and} |McWilliams was appointed to in-| | vestigate the matter of operating a |ferry across the thoroughfare from | Ball Club lake to Mississippi river. | The county surveyor was instructed | to make a survey of the Cow Horn) flake road and the petition for the | establishment of a county road to} be known as county road No. 79, was rejected. Petitions were receiv-| ed for the establishment of a road, | j designated as county road No. 79, and 55-24, the hearing for | which was set for November 15,| and a road in 55-27, designated as No. 88, the hearing for which will | be held on November 10. A peti- j tion was also received for the esta- | blishment of a road’ in 55-27, to be | known as county road No. 89, and| the hearing was set for November 10. Commissioner McWilliams was ap- pointed a committee of one to in- spect the work done on the Bear- ville road. The petition for a road to! Weller’s Spur was rejected and | Pitch had his right ear shot off and | |directed bullet caught him. Ac-| | treated without trying to rescue their) smiling and talked to the newspape |men. He posed for several piktures | with the sheriff, in one of which he | was shaking hands with the official. “Why didn’t you give im yesterday when assured of a fair trial by the attorney-general?” a reporter asked. “They kept on changing their | plans,” he replied, “and I didn’t until Oscar Harp had been killed and|"2¢W what I could depend on. Be Chet Colepitch and William Rankin,! Sides, we thought we could have deputies, had been wounded. Cole-|/#sted it out, and we could have but | for the little baby we expect. I am not glad it is over. We have lived | all right. You might go into the | house, though and see what we have nad to stand.” | In the trim little cabin where Mrs. | Dietz was sti at work putting things! im order, broken jars and dishes lay | scattered on the floor, they having) bedn struck by bullets, of which | |more than 2,000 had been fired dur- | ing the day. Bullets lay on the bed, having ‘bounced back after striking against the wall. It was a miracle | that the entire family was not wiped | out. Although there is some feeling in Winter because of the killing of fiarp, the town is breathing easier tonight, now that the long suspense is over and Dietz has been captured. last six years has been widely known as “the defender of Cameron dam” en ed the long standing trouble by sur- rendering to the deputies who had surrounded his cabin in the clearing for several days, and is a prisoner in the Sawyer, Wis., county jail at Hayward. Dietz did not surrender, however, T. T. RILEY | | | . . ‘ 7 Fixtures Have Arrived. Republican Numiuee for Sheriff of Itasca County. | Fixtures for the Red Cross drug = |store have arrived and have been Rankin’s ear was grazed by a bullet. | set in place and it is now one of the John Dietz has a shattered hanq | Deatest establishments of its kind in and his son, Leslie, received a flesh | the northeastern portion of the state. Neither of them | The stock is being put on the shelves as fast as possible and everything will soon be ship shape. wound in the hip. are seriously hurt. Dietz’s little daughter Helen car-| ing and the sufferings and privations of te refugees is something fearful toi behold. Relief trains containing food and clothing, have been rushed to the burned district and those who escap- ed are being cared for as rapidly as possible. It is thought the number of burned will not be known until spring. HIBBING LOSES TO GRAND RAPIDS In Interesting Struggle at Southside Park Friday, Score 22 to 6. A large crowd was in attendance at the opening game of the foot bala season at Grand Rapids Friday after noon, the high school team com testing with the Hibbing high school team. Although the line was a little rag- ged, the Grand Rapids eleven was by far the better team, although the range boys handled the forward pass with a precision that showed much practice. The locals, however, could make gains at will around the right end of the visiting team and Mc- Lachlan, Tom Erskine or Branden were generally good for a substantial gain when sent through the line. “Web” Tyndall and “Pink” Erskine also played a good game. At the end of the second quarter the score was 11 to 6 in favor of Grand Rap- ids, the visitors making their score on a fluke, and when the game end- ed the score was 22 to 6. ried the flag of truce that preceded | the surrender. Emerging from the | cabin door with a white handkerchief | in her hand which she held over her head, she walked straight to the} edge of the woods where the depu- ties lay in wait and there announced that “papa will come out if you promise not to shoot him.” She said he was wounded in the hand | and wanted to surrender. | Harp was found on a hill behind | the Dietz cabin with a bullet hole | in his head. He with Mont Wiley | Tom Pomerlo and William Rankin, | all deputies, had tried to crawl ‘o a! place of vantage in the lumber piles | mear the Dietz barn, when a well-| cording to Wiley, three pullets | whistled through the air at about} the same time, and one of them | struck Harp. The other deputies re-| comrade. He was found at 3:30 o'clock and had been dead about} three hours. Dietz had not been wounded dur- img the morning fusillade, as had | been supposed. His drop to the ground was merely a ruse to fool th deputies. He was injured however, | while firing from the barn during | the afternoofi, when a bullet went through a crack and passed through his hand. Dietz denies that the} wound caused him to surrender. To} John A. Walley was granted license to sell intoxicating liquors in the town of Wirt, there being no re- monstrances filed objecting to the SPANG (Continued on page four) Father Joseph Pilton, the priest | who was largely instrumental in bringing the long drawn out contest to a close, he whispered that a baby was about to be born to his wife A. B. CLAIR | Democratic nominee for representative from the 52nd legislative cistrict of Minnesota.