The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
THOUSAND men
!. NEEDED In WOODS
MACEDONIAN CRY GOES UP FROM
BEMIDJI. ~
Operations in the Woods Will Be Brisk
er and Heavier Than Ever if Men Can
Be Found-Blackduck and Kelliher
Prepare for Lively Season. Minnie
apolis Concerns Plan Their Campaign.
Special to The Journal.

Bemidji, Mimi, Oct. 9.-The amount of work
which will be done in the pineries of northern
Minnesota the coming season will be far greater
fort is being made by the different logging COM
panies to. secure men. Very poor success has
met their efforts thus far. however. Local en-
ployment Offices have orders for oyer 1000 men
and representatives of these Offices are securing
North Dakota in the effort to secure men from
the wheat fields
The exodus of men from the wheat fields to
the timber has begun but the number arriving
thus far is inadequate to supply the demand.
Blackjack and Kelliher will be the principal
logging headquarters next to Bemidji, while all
the country to the west of these towns viii be
th1ckly dotted with camps, the construction OF
the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway
and the Wilton & Northern, both Of which run
from Bemidji north to Red Lake, having opened
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At Kelliher fourteen camps will be maintained
and this place will be the principal headquar-
ters Of the Crookston Lumber company, which
Will this year log fully 80 per cent more tim
Der than in any previous year in the history
Minnesota.
In Blackduck's Territory.
Within radius of ten miles of Blackduck
eighteen prominent lumber and cedar companies
Will 'perate this winter, among these being the
Beltrami Logging company ST. Croix Cedar COM
pany, Beltramt Cedar & Land company, Minne-
apolis Cedar & Lumber company, J. A. Irvine
& Co., Irwin & O'Brien Chicago Lumber &
Coal company, Thief River Logging company,
Crookston Lumber company, Grand Forks Lunl-
Der company, Hayden Brothers Cedar company,
I. NJ. Partridge Lumber company, BeItrami
Lumber company and the T. A. Cross Lumber
| company. Each will employ from 100 to 500
men and will begin operations as soon as the
pairing the camps is actively under way.
| The Shevlin- Carpenter company and the G.
| A. Smith interests will both log very heavily
| in the country south of the Big Red lake this
winter. The last rail on the new Minneapolis.
| Red Lake & Manitoba railway was laid last
week and c. A. Smith Is preparing his camps
| along the line for the winter cut. .r
The new road north from Wilton to Red Lake,
| built by Thomas Shevlin, and to be operated by
| the Great Northern, Is not yet finished to
Red Lake, some seven miles being left, but
| logs have been hoisted out of Island lake.
about ten miles south of Red Lake. for the
| past two weeks, and the new road has been
busy hauling them to Bemidji
| The Beltrami Timber company and the Crooks
ton Lumber company establishing several
| camps along this road II one thousand
| woodsmen were in BemidJi today they could find
| immediate employment in the camps now estab-
| lished in Betrami county.
Heavy Criminal Term.
The September term of the district court for
Beltrami county has been adjourned until Oct.
81. The term has made a record for northern
Minnesota in the number of criminal cases dis
| posed of, and the aggregate term for which
criminals have been sentenced. Judge McClena-
han has imposed a total sentence of ffty-ohe
years on six convicted criminals. all of whom
are now at saltwater. The list of those con-
victed and sentenced Is as follows:
Fred Foote murder Of Matt Cannon, fifteen
years.
John Montague, assaulting his daughter, seven
years.
Joseph Weber, incest, ten years.
Il Ben Nelson, criminal assault, seven years.
Roy Emery, negro assisting in criminal
assault, seven years. -.
/ Rachael Cleveland, assisting in criminal as
| sault, five years.
| The case against James Wesley for -Ne murder
of the Dahls at Quiring In April 10 /, has not
been called, but Wesley will probably be dis.
missed. there. being no evidence with which "a
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