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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-11-07

lists to devote their entire time to the
working out of experiments that have
been inaugurated. It will also enable
them to visit various portions Of the
state of Florida at such time, and
for such length of time, as their
experiment work will permit. During
the coming year it will be possible to
deliver lectures from time to time at
other points and at more frequent
intervals.
Removal to Gainesville.-Every
member of the Horticultural Society is
familiar with the fact that the Uni
versity Of Florida is to be transferred
to a new site at Gainesville during the
coming year. At the same time when
the University is transferred the Ex-
pertinent Station will also he moved to
it's new location. The Board of Con
troll are providing at Gainesville COM
modious buildings for every depart
ment in the Experiment Station; also
propa eating house, grounds, and other
equipments necessary for beginning
work at once. The plans have been
made and are being carried out sue
cessfully so that there will be no in
terruption in the experiments that are
already in progress and also make it
possible to carry forward any new
projects that may be found desirable.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-11-07
Torrens System Of Registering
Land.
Land.

We have published a number of ar
ticles advocating the adoption of this
system. We have found an article, in
the Rural New Yorker taking grounds
against it. This is the first that we
have seen of any opposition. We
know that all owners of abstracts and
many lawyers would do all that they
could to prevent it's becoming the
law in this or any other state We
do not think that the writer of the ar
ticle does the system justice. We be-
lleve that it is a vast Improvement on
the present cumberous method of
transferring titles. Still as a matter
of justice, we are willing ito give both
sides of each story, as it comes up.
What the Deed Is.-An important
question in all ages and in every coun-
try where property rights are respected
is Glow can I read my title clear?'
Did you ever ask yourself the question
''What is my title?'' 1t is not your
deed, because there may be 50 deeds
to your property. A deed without the
warranty clause, simply agrees to
convey the rights which the maker has
in the property. This may be much or
little, there is nothing in the deed to
indicate how much. In other words,
the deed is only one of the evidences
OF title, and is no more conclusive than
the prefix Honorable" before che
name OF one of your public servants.
A deed gives notice of claim of own
ershlp, and is therefore of general in
terest In order that this notice to
the public may be complete, the law
has devised simple method by which
deeds and other claims to title may be
recorded in public office. This regis
tration then becomes public notice of
a claim of ownership. Remember it
does not become title, but notice to the
public OF a claim to title. The process
by which the records are filled is as
follows. When the Government issues
a patent it is recorded, as is each sub
sequent transaction In the course Of
time perhaps dozen transfers have oc-
Cured, mortgages have been filed and
sdischarged,-- alta chments and liens of
various Kinds have issued and been dis.
charged. Possibly the land has formed
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part Ol dill estate WHICH mas Doen du-
nlinistered by the Probate Court.
These and other matters having
bearing on the, title are properly re-
corded. The office in many counties
contain hundreds of volumes of such
transactions, and it is no small task to
trace the records of any given piece OF
real estate.
Searching the Tit1e.-B efore the land
is purchased you, or some one for you,
must search the records to find every
transaction which refers to that par
ticu1ar description. You must know
that the mortgages and liens have
been properly discharged, that taxes
have been paid, that court proceedings
have been legally conducted, that the
title, in facts rests with the person who
proposes to deed to you. 1t would be
neither expedient nor profitable for
you to search this maze of records for
data regarding any one particular de-
scription. The necessity for such in
formation has brought into existence
a class of persons who have examined
the books and have made abstracts of
all the records These men are known
by their work as abstractors, and will
for compensation, furnish you with
a record of all the proceedings relating
to any piece of land in the country.
The abstract may be simply puzzle
to you and you will probably take it
to some lawyer who will, for consider
alton, give you his opinion of the legali
ty of the title in question. This is the
American way; it is not perfect but it
has served pretty we'll for good many
years. Among the chief objections
are the delay, the expense and the in
security.
The Australian System-Down in
Australia they do things differently.
When the vast areas of land were
thrown open to the public, in the mid
die of the last century, system was
devised by Mr.. Forrens, the essential
features of which were the issuance by
the Government of a certificate which
showed the exact condition of the
title, and was by itself complete evil
dence of title good in any court. This
certificate is transferable like a certif-
cate of stock When a transfer of land
titles takes place the certificate is sur
rendered for new one bearing the
name of the new owner. Of course
records are kept by the Government,
of all transfers or claims, but the main
fact stands out in distinction from
our system that the certificate is the
title backed by all the powers of the
government.
Difficulties in this Countrywide
system has worked we'll in Australia
and it seems so simple and secure that
thoughtful people have attempted to
have laws enacted whereby we might
take advantage of the good features
of the system. We have adopted some
of the methods of the Australians, and
profited by them, but it is not always
possible to take laws which have been
successful in one country and transfer
them bodily to another. The ft1nda
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lative branch must conform to our
written constitutions The constitution
OF practically every state, as we'll as
that of the United States, contains a
provision prohibiting the taking of pri-
vate property without due process of
law. That means that every one claim
ing to have any interest in the law has
a right to be heard. Taking our titles
as they exist today, there is in almost
every case more thon one person who
at some time has had some claim to
title. Before a certificate could issue
which should definitely and finally de-
eide ownership these claims must be
acted upon by some court of competent
jurisdiction Any modification of the
Torrens system in this country must
provide for a court empowered to
make such decisions, and every person
who has claim must have legal notice,
and is entitled to his day in court
Every state which has attempted to
enact law based on the Torrens sys-
tenn has experienced grave difficulties
in SO framing it that property can be
conveyed simply, inexpensively and
legally
The Law in Illinois. -During the
great fire in Chicago the public records
of the Cook Company were destroyed.
The abstracts of these records were
owned by private individuals. Being
practically at the mercy of parties who
had monopoly on necessary informa-
ton, there was strong demand for the
furnish relief. A statute based on the
Iorrens system was enacted; it was
promptly declared unconstitutional, for
reasons stated above 1t was re-enact-
ed into a law which avoided these OBJ
jections, and seems to be valid. The
law left it optional with parties max
ing transfers to use the new or the old
system. In spite. of the necessity for
a new system, and notwithstanding the
fact that the law is perhaps the best
so far adopted in this country, there
has been but small minority of the.
people who have transferred their land
titles under it. Last year a law was
passed requiring that all estates sub
mitted for probate in Cook county
should transfer real estate under this
system. This will in time place all real
property in Cook county, Illinois, on
this basis, and time alone will deter
mine it's adaptability to Our needs.
Other states have adopted some modi-
fcation of the Torrens system, but in
none has it been an unqualified success,
as is shown by the limited number of
people taking advantage of it. The
present system has answered reason
ably we'll for many years, its defects are
thoroughly understood The Torrens
system has answered we'll for the
Australians, but its shortcomings under
our laws are to large extent I'M
known. It has been introduced in per-
haps dozen states, but in no case have
its tremendous advantages been so ap--
parent that any considerable number of
people have used it. States which have
not adopted the System can well afford
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given very generously, though, pos
sfbly, not always in the most effective
way. We have at times lost some of
our most active and energetic men,
that could have been saved to us If
every member of the Horticultural
Society had demanded of the Trustees
that the resignation be not accepted.
That we have no support from the
Legislature ito supplement the funds
of the Experiment Station has already
been indicated. There is, however, a
very general misconception on this
point, not only by the Legislature, but
also by the Agricultural constituents
in the state. The Experiment Station
is frequently importuned by the agri-
cultural people to hold farmers insti-
tutes. From the reading of the law
which have quoted it is clear that it
was not contemplated by congress
when this act was passed to use the
funds of the Experiment Station for
farmers Institutes nor for demOnstra-
ton work. The following paragraph
is taken from a letter of instruction
sent out by the Secretary of Agricu1t-
ure to the Directors of Experiment
Stations:
ssThe increased liberality of the
Federal Government in providing for
the endowment of research and ex-.
Recommendation in agriculture should be
a further incentive to the states and
local communities to supplement these
funds for the extension of demonstra-
tion experiments, farmers Institutes,
agricultural colleges, schools, and
courses of instruction, and the general
education of the rural communities
along industrial lines, in order that the
masses of our farmers may be so edu-
Gated from early youth that they will
appreciate the benefits of original re-
search and experimentation as applied
to agricultural problems and be able
to appropriate in the most effective
manner for their own benefit and the
general welfare of the Nation what
ever practical results are obtained
from the work of the agricultural ex-
pertinent stations"
From this you will see that it is
very clear that the expenses Of organ
zing and running farmers institutes
and other similar institutions in the
state of Florida must be met from
funds provided by the Legislature
Separation of the Experiment Sta
ton from the University.-The Board
of Control of the Florida educational
institutions as soon as they came into
power, decided to make more sharp
ly defined segregation between the
University and the Experiment Sta
ton. Through their President, Dr.
Sledd, of the University, they have
promised us that the workers in the
Experiment Station should not be
required to do university work.
This segregation has it's advantages
and also it's disadvantages. 1t has it's
disadvantages in losing the services
of, at least, two very able men, DR..
Flint, and DR.. Sellards; ON the other
hand, it has it's advantages in secur-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
Nate Houghton Married.

Nate L. Houghton of Bemidii
and Miss Laura White were mar
ried IN Minneapolis Feb. Il. Mr..
and Mrs. Hougbton arrived from
that city yesterday and will
make Bemldji their future home.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
FishWays to Be Established.

Game Warden Rutledge re
turned this morning from Black
duck, where he has been for the
past two days. He took up the
matter of placing fshways in the
dams along the Blackjack river,
with the result that M. p. De.
Wolf, representing the Grand
Forks Lumber company, has
promised to see that the fish
ways are put in four of the dams
over which they have control.
This will give the fish every op-
portunity to pass freely into and
from Blackjack lake.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
WILL EXTEND
MALLARD LINE
Red River Lumber Company
to Build Road Seven
Miles in Length.

The Red River Lumber com
pany will extend it's Mallard log
ging road to a point seven miles
south of that village and work On
the construction of the spur was
started yesterday. It is expect
ed that about 100000 feet Of
logs tributary to this extension
will be hauled this year to AXE
ley. The logs will be transport
ed to Solway and will go to their
destination via Bemidji. The
work Of constructing the spur is
in charge Of w. Z. Preble Of this
city, who returned to Mallard
this morning after a short visit
with his family.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
j. W. M'KEE WAS
BOUND OVER
Buena Vista Man Accused Of
Aiding in Theft of Harness
Held to Dist. Court.

Is
J. w. Mckee, resident of
Buena Vista accused of aiding
and abetting John Mckee, his
son, Elmer Current and Bert
Dickinson in the theft of a
harness belonging to J. w.
Speelman of that village, was
bound over to the grand jun y
yesterday afternoon after a pre-
liminary examination before
Judge Pendergast. Mckee was
committed to the Beltrami county
Jail, where he will be held until
he can secure bonds, which will
be fixed by Judge Spooner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22

be given under the auspices of
the Bemidji fire department will
occur at the city hall this evening.
Everything is in readiness for a
good time. and an enjoyable even
ing of dancing is anticipated.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
MORE LAND FOR
HOME SEEKERS
Last Of the Towns in Big
Fork Country Will Be
Opened in April.

The last Of the towns in the
Big Fork country, in Itasca
county, near the Canadian
border, will be opened for home
stead settlement some time in
April. The plat of town SO north,
range % west, was received from
Washington at the Duluth land
office yesterday, and il is ex-
pected notification of the exact
date of opening will be received
today.
The township is already alive
with ''squatters,' many of whom
have been cultivating farms
there for years. The Rat Root
river, tributary of the Rainy
river, flows through the center
of the town. Most of the filings,
it is expected, will be made at
international Falls before the
United States land com missioner.
With the opening of the new
town the state gets 5000 acres
of swamp land and two sections
Q,280 acres) of land for school
purposes. Accompanying the
plat is the following general
description by N. Y. Taylor,
deputy surveyor:
''This township is very heavily
tim bered, there being no place
except along the river or on a
clearing where a person can run
over three or four chains on the
level. The land is nearly all
level with the exception of few
stony Lodges which are scattered
through the town. The soil
ranges from second rate agri-
cultural to rocks. The good soil
is thin sandy loan with vege-
table deposit over clay subsoil.
The good land extends along the
Rat Root river and it's tribu-
taries, sections. 13, "A, 1928, "a,
"a and IS, also part of sections
10 and 20 are exceptionally good
for that part of the country.
But in the swamps the soil is
very sandy. The township is
partly drained by the Rat Root |
river, which runs through the
town and by the many dry
creeks, it is seen that the water
runs off quickly; also there is a
good fall between the swamps
and the river, so that the former
could be easily drained.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
Dogs Are Troublesome.

Complaints are still being re-
ceiyed about the large mum Der of
cur dogs that are running at
large in the city and it's claimed
by some that the animals are be-
coming vicious. Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Halvorson, while return.
ing home the other evening, were
attacked by a pack of about Is
dogs and had it not been for Mr..
Halyorson, who picked up a club
and frightened them away, the
affair might have ended seriously.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
SOLD LIQUOR
TO INDIANS
Shotley Township Resident
Must Face Serious Charge
at Walker Today.

John B. Anderson, a resident
of Shotley township, is accused
by the United States authorities
of having Illegally sold liquor to
Indians and his hearing is up
before Court Commissioners
Daniel DeLury at Walker today.
The man arrived in the city yes
terday afternoon accompanied
by Deputy U. S. Marshall Frank
w. Tufts, who accomplished the
arrest. Anderson retained Henry
Funkley of this city as his at
|torney and it is understood that
he will plead not guilty to the
charge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
ARE
COMING FAST
Four Recruits Sent Away BY
Local Army Station
Yesterday.

The local army recruiting sta
ton has been doing excellent
business the past few days and
as a result four recruits we're.
yesterday shipped out to San
Francisco, where they will join
the coast artillery defense. Two
recruits we're secured today and
will be sent away to the Philip.
pine Islands the latter part of
the week.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22

The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will give their annual
apron sale Easter week.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
Sent to Asylum.

2. e. Gillett, about IS years of
age, who was taken to the Bel
trami county poor farm about a
month ago, has been adjudged
insane in Probate Judge Clark
court and ordered to be confined
at the state insane asylum at
Fergus Falls, where he was taken
yesterday afternoon by Sheriff
Bailey.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
Much Anxiety Felt Among
Logging on Account Of
Warm Weather.
EARLY BREAKUP WOULD MEAN
BIG LOSS.
Logging Roads Are Already Affect
ed-COlder Weather
Is Predicted.

The warm weather which has
been prevalent in this section fol
the past three or four days has
had a tendency to put the oper.
ators of logging camps on the
anxious seat and many of the
lum bermen are seriously alarmed
over the outlook for hauling
season of the average length.
The temperature during the
day time has been far above the
freezing point for several days
and some of the logging roads
are reported as having already
been affected by the heat.
A breakup of the logging sea-
son at the present time would
mean an enormous loss to the
operators of the camps -especi.
ally to the contractors who have
agreed to land a certain amount
of logs this winter and unless
the weather changes these men
will undoubtedly be left with
nothing to show for their winter s
work.
The hauling season this year
has been anything but favorable
except for the past two or three
weeks owing to the mild weather
that prevailed while winted was
setting in and the heavy snowfall
that occurred before the ground
had been sufficiently frozen to
admit of logging operations being
carried On. A prominent con
tractor, speaking to the Pioneer
today, said:
"This weather is a serious
menace to the loggers, who ex-
pected to continue hauling at
least until March Is. Three
weeks taken from the latter end
OF the hauling season means a
positive loss on the winters work
to nearly every contractor, as
the latter end of the season is al
ways considered the most favor
able time to haul logs. If this
keeps up for few days longer
it will be impossible to do any
hauling except at night time,
when the roads are frozen. I
believe, however, that this is only
the regular February thaw and
that the weather will take a
change for the colder within a
very short period of time, It IS
possible, however, that this year
will prove similar to the winter
of O1.02, when the annual
breakup occurred in February
and when SO many Of the logging
contractors usrended operations
far in debt
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
Read the Daily Pioneer.

Mrs. ]. H. Thompson and
daughter, Mrs. w. E. Hutchin-
son, arrived in the city yesterday
from Tenstrike, where they have
been guests at the home of Mrs.
Thompson's daughter, Mrs. VIM.
Fellows. They are enjoying a
short visit today at the home of
Mrs. Thompson's son, j. P.
Young. They will return home
to Eagle Bend tomorrow morn
ing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-02-22
Will Give Food Sale.

A food sale will be given at the
Grill hall Saturday COM encing
at 2 O'Clock by the ladies' of the
Episcopal church. The follow
ing articles will be sold:
Boston Baked Beans
Brown Bread White Bread
Graham Bread
Doughnuts Cookies Cake
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-15
Olga School Entertainment.

The schools entertainment given by
Miss Laderoute was voted a decided
success by the large audience in attend
ance and the little ones who took part
in the program showed the thorough
training they had received from their
teacher. The hearty applause with
which the Hon. and Mrs. H. E. Dorval
were received showed that the audience
knew what treat was in store for them
nor were they satisfied until the Judge
responded to their encore. The address
by Superintendent Groom was very in
structive. The parents will certainly
now see the necessity of having their
children attend as regular as possible.
The song sung by David Charbonneau
was loudly encored as also was that of
Dr.. R. r. Cuffe. The comedy, "Bache-
lors Girls Apartments" was we'll repre-
sented by Mrs. Trepanler and Laderoute
and Messrs. Benoit and LeMasse. Fol
lowing is the evenings program:
1-Overture, Mr.. David Charbonneau.
2-Daisy Chorus, by Children.
3-Recitatlon, Miss Annie Cross
4-Song, Mr.. D. Charbonneau.
5-Drialogue, The Day after Xmas
G-Song, DR.. Cuffe
dance, (Highland Fling Miss Ruet
S-Song,
9-Recitation. Miss Flora Clairmont.
l0-Comedy, Bachelor Girls Apartments
11-Song, Hon. H. e. Dorval and Encore
12--Duet, Mrs. Trepanier and Miss
Laderoute
13- Recitation, Willie Brilion.
14-Song, Mr.. D. Charbonneau.
l5-Coon Dance, M. F. Laderoute,
16-Song and Chorus, Dr. Cuffe.
17-Double Face, Quadrille.
lS--Song, Hon. Fl. E. Dorval and Encore
19--My Country Tis of Thee
2O--Address, County Sup't Groom.