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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
Waterworks Running again.

The work of repairing the dam
aged main on Third street, at Be-
midi avenue, is progressing. Street
Commissioner Miller states that he
has so arranged matters so that
water will be shut off only on that
part of Third street between Bel
trami and Bemidji avenues; and
temporary line has been put in for
the use of houses on that block.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER
THE FRANCHISE TONIGHT
be two Sc parate and distinct il

be two Sc parate and distinct In
struments." r
The Commercial Club Citizens
committee wrote to the president of
the Grand Forks city council as to
what had been done in that city rel
alive to electric franchises, and in
response the president of the council
emphasized the matter of franchises
in the following language.
I will add, do not tie up the city
to a franchise; that would be a
burden to the people on a common
necessity-light."
In commenting on this matter,
Messrs. Schroeder and Burke say:
In our opinion, there is no par
ticular objection to 15-year
franchise; but there is a serious OBJ
lection to contract with the city of
more than five years."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
Inspector Makes Recommendations
as to Wiring

T. J. Burke, of the Commercial Club
! Citizens committee, has received the
following timely communication from j.
B. McLeran, inspector for the Board of
Underwriters for the district of Northern
Minnesota:
Duluth. Mimi, Sept. 7.
"Mr. T. j. Burke, Bemidji, Mimi.
Dear Sir:-I have your favor of the
End inst. Your supposition that there
are many buildings in your city that are
not properly wired is correct and this
dofvicno5, as yo's know, brings an addi-
tlonal insurance tax aid is d visdl hazard
to your whole community. 1t would Ger
tainly be very favorable piece of legis-
lation if the requirement could be put in
the franchise that all buildings should be
wired strictly in accordance with the
national code. This you understand is
not specially fire insurance requirement
as the code is constructed by the best
electrical talent that the country possesses
from year to year. The insurance COM
panies, of course, have representative
upon this board but their rules are for the
common protection of the people.
I'm addition to the proposed amend
ment to the franchise, your city should
have an amended electrical ordinance
and competent and honest city elec-
trical inspector, one who is not controlled
or dominated by the parties selling elec-
tricity.
IF you desire, will procure for you the
requirements of this city. They are
scattered through the different laws and
are not published in pamphlet form collec-
lively, consequently it will take some
time to procure them but they shall be
secured if you desire to have them.
! "Yours very truly,
y. B. McLeran,
| inspector"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
K, of P, Meetinu,

A regular meeting of the K. of
P. Lodge No. 168 will be held at
Masonic Hall Tuesday evening.
Sept. ID. There will be work in
third degree as we'll as other i'm
portant business. This will be
the opening of the fall and winter
work in Pythian order. Every
member is requested to be present.
Visitors welcome.
d. d. Miller, c. c.
C. A. Walker, D. G. C.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
SPEAKERS OF REPUTE TO
. SPEAK AT COUNTY FAIR
Tuesday, September 18th Is Farm
ers' Day. at the BeItrami County
Annual Fair.

September 16 (the second day
of the fair) has been designated as
"Farmers' Day." and an especially
attractive program has been
arranged for that day.
Ransom A. Moore, professor of
agronomy in the University of Wis
consin, has been engaged to speak
on that day. Mr.. Moore is an &C.
copied authority on agronomy and
he is so recognized by agricultural
authorities all over the country. Mr..
Moore was given special mention by
J. J. Hill in the famous address
which the railroad magnate de-
livered before the Minnesota legis.
lature last winter, at which time Mr..
Hill called particular attention to
the development of the agricultural
sources of the northwest. Mr..
Moore's speech will TEEN with valu-
able information on agronomy.
Professor A. J. Mcclure of Grand
Rapids, superintendent of the North.
east Experimental farm, has also
been engaged to speak. No man in
the state of Minnesota is better
qualified to tell the farmers what are
the proper methods to pursue in
profitable dairying and farming in
northern Minnesota. Mr.. Mcclure
has achieved phenomenal success at
the experimental farm and he has
given valuable assistance in develop.
ing this section of the state.
Prof. Thomas A. Cooper, professor
agricultural at the University OF
Minnesota, and A. D. Wilson, super.
intendent of Minnesota Farmers
Institutes, have been engaged to be
present on Farmers Day." and will
deliver speeches on. farming, enrich.
ing soil, animal husbandry, etc.
While these two gentlemen are,
personally, very little known in this
section, they are thoroughly con.
versant with farm conditions here.
abouts and will have something good
to give fair attendants.
All of these speakers will welcome
questioning on farm pursuits, and
have readily consented to come tc
Bemidji and assist in making the
fair of '09 big success.
Additional local matter on
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
President Kinks Statement.

The day after returning from the
trip of investigation to Hudson
Saltwater and Red Wing, George
Kirk, president of the council, said
in part of the trip:
The joint committee visited Hud-
son, Wis.,, Saltwater and Red Wing,
MINI.
Hudson owns it's own electric
light plant; it is operated by a power
plant which also pumps the water
used.
The rates at Hudson are some
what higher than those here. Hud-
son pays 1888 per month for light
ing the city; and Bemidji pays 1888.
Hudson has more arc lights and not
so many incandescent lights.
"Stillwater, with population of
$4,000, is paying about the same as
Bemidji. They granted a thirty
year franchise. Their arc lights are
of 1200-candlepower; ours are of
2000-candlepower. Their incandes-
cent lamps are of 25-candlepower,
ours are 32-candlepower. A con-
tract is made every five years, indie
pendently of the franchise. This
cannot be done here without chang
ing the city charter.
"Stillwater burns forty arc lights
and 313 incandescent lights.
The prices at Saltwater are prac-
tically S. per year for 12OO-candle-
power arc lights, and $12 per year
for 25-candlepower incandescent
lights.
"A fiat rate is given to consumers
of 10c per kilowat for residences,
with a discount of one-third if paid
before the 10th of the succeeding
month.
saltwater is up against it, in the
matter of it's waterworks system,
which is owned by a private COM
pany.
I'VE found Red Wing in an un-
settled condition, with a deal pend
ing for the transmission of power
from Eau Caire, Wis.,, forty miles
distant.
cred Wings old franchise ex-
pjres IN 1911.
"Red Wing now has 81 arc
lights and 90 incandescent lights.
Twenty-one of the arc lights are
in the business district and burn
all night; thirty-one in the resi-
dence district are kept burning
until midnight. The 90 incandes.
cent lights are in the residence
district and are run on the mid
night and moonlight schedule.
"Under the franchise Red Wing
pays at the rate of 81 per month
for arc lights, or $84 per year
for 12oo-candle power arc lights;
S12 per year for 16-candle power
incandescent lights, Both are
higher than Bemidji's.
Cali factories in Bemidii are
run by electric current, at 81 per
horsepower per month, and $40
per killowat hour for all current
consumed, with 1zc discount per
killowat if paid before the roth OF
the month. s
Taking all together, and compar.
ing other cities visited with Bemidii,
we are offered better service, and at
a lower rate, than in any of the cities
visited"
| Alderman E. J. Gould, who accom-
panied President Kirk as the council
membership of the joint committee
when seen today, conceded with the
! last statement made by Mr.. Kirk
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13

that, comparing other cities visited,
Bemidji is offered better service, and
at lower rate than in the cities
visited.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
Will Listen to Reports of Joint Citizens Com
mittee, Which Visited Hudson, Saltwater and
Red Wing.-Statement Given Herewith
Commercial CubCitizens' Committee Recommends Sev-
eral Changes in Proposed Ordinance.
Kirk Thinks Bemidji Is Offered Better
Than The Other Cities.

At the regular meeting of the city
council to be held this evening,
there will come up for final consider
alton and possible adoption the
matter of the granting of franchise
to and entering into contract with
the Wafeld Electric company of this
city, owners of the electric light and
power plant.
At a recent meeting of the council
it was agreed that joint committee
should be appointed, and should be
composed partly of members of the
city council, the balance to be
selected by the taxpayers and CON-
mercial club. President Kirk and
Alderman Gould were chosen to
represent the council and Messrs. T.
J. Burke and w. C. Schroeder were
selected at a mass meeting of the
taxpayers and members of the COM
mercial club.
The committee went from Bemidji
to Hudson, Wis.,, and Saltwater and
Red Wing, MINI.
Commercial Club Citizens Commit
tees Statement.
In submitting their report to the
council this evening, Messrs. Burke
and Schroeder will report practically
as follows:
In combining all the information
received during our visit to Hudson,
Saltwater and Red Wing, we submit
as follows:
In our opinion, the following
clause should be inserted in the
proposed new franchise and contract:
The life of the contract should
be reduced from fifteen to five years.
There should be a schedule price
per horsepower per annum for manu-
featuring purposes.
All buildings should be wired
strictly in accordance with the
national code as suggested in the
letter received from Mr.. McLeran.
(The letter is given in full elsewhere
in this issue of the Pioneer).
A clause should be inserted
giving the city the right to reduce
the number of incandescent or arc
lights at any time during the con-
tinuance of the contract; and in
case the city should reduce any GER
tain number of lamps, payment
shall be reduced in the same pro-
portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-09
CITY NEWS.

DIR. Colby. Dentist, over Younker's.
The young ladies of the Unity Cir
Gle and their gentlemen friends will
enjoy picnic this afternoon and even
ing at Cedar Glen.
Puckechetuck lodge No. 43 meets
every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
=. s. Cushman. N. G.; George w. Inn
megart, secretary.
Moonlight excursion on the
Steamer w. w. Monday. July 18th
leaves Keokuk 800 p. M, leave War
saw $3.50 p. m. Fare for gentlemen,
25c for ladies'. Music and dancing.
The st. Louis and lower river
boats which were In the Burlington re-
gatta continue to pass through on
their way down the river. A number
Of them were tied up in the lower lock
sluice way all night.
Trains are again running on
scheduled time except on the K &
w. where matters have not as yet
been Strengthened out. However the X.
line tracks are in good shape once
more and traffic will go on there as
usual.
Messrs. Judge H. H. Trimble, A.
@. Decker. o. S. Stanbro, DR.. H. A.
Kninaman. Charles Yant Of Kahoka
and j. A. Bradley of Centeryille left
last evening at 7:2O for Ida Lake.
Minnesota, 2S6 miles northwest OF st.
Paul where they will spend two weeks.
fishing.
"A dispatch from Quincy says:
While 1t was generally conceded that
the late C. H. Castle left large es-
tate. the inventory filed at the court
house makes much larger showing
than was anticipated. The personal
property is listed at $3.50, 900. He LETT
life insurance policies amounting to
| $4,000.
This mornings Globe-D Democrat
says: While the Mississippi river at
st. Louis was practically stationary
yesterday at 26 feet, the weather bur.
eau predicted it would reach the dan.
lger point of 80 feet by Sunday or
! Monday. we are not forecasting that
the water will crest at 80 feet" said
o. c. Burrows, in charge Of the bureau,
last night. There is an immense
amount of water to come down, and II
is too early to predict Just how high
the river will 60. / think 80 feet is q
conservative estimate OF the gauge for
Sunday or Monday Mr.. Burrows re-
ceived word from Kansas City last
night that the Missouri river at that
point had reached % feet. The Des
Moines river Is on a rampage. 1t was
1871 feet at Des Moines and rising
yesterday. The Missouri river has
not yet felt the effect of the volumes
of water which are 70 pour out of the
Grand. Usage and Gasconde rivers
from the tremendous rains in their
basins. Glasgow will report on the ef.
fects of the rains in the northwest
Missouri territory. The report from
1 Keokuk was that the Mississippi was
2.6 feet below the flood stage and rap
4 idly rising. At Hannibal the river wa
above the flood stage The rise al
Hannibal was 20 feet in twenty-fou,
hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-09
CITY NEWS.

Smoke Beve-lng's Bob White" sc.
Mrs. W. w. Cameron is danger
ously i'll.
Irwin Griffey of the State Central
Savings bank is on vacation.
Buy new style oxfords at Huis-
kamps' sale, prices the lowest.
The steamer st. Paul was at the
port here this noon On it's way up the
river.
The Trinity Young Mems club was
entertained at the home of john Ell
gin last evening.
A pleasant evening assured all
who attend the moonlight on the
steamer w. w. July 18th.
The hotels show the difference
when traffic is like it has been for the
last two days. AS the trains are rum
ming again the registers show a big
increase in the number OF guests
With the team right on the heels
of Burlington there should be record
breaking crowd at the game Sunday
In this city. Jacksonville is worthy
contender for first division honors in
| the league and Berte has a strong
bunch
4 There will be no game this even
ing in the Sunday school base ball
league, the grounds at the park still
being in wet condition. The next
! game will be on Tuesday, July 18th,
between the Westminster Presbyter-
ians and the United Presbyterians.
The game last night between the Trim
ity's and the U. P.'s was postponed.
The team match which was to
have been played last Monday will in
all probability be pulled off Saturday
afternoon. According to the plan the
eight best scores by those who quail
flied will be taken, and two teams
with four players on each side select
ed. The match should prove an In.
testing one.
Quincy Journal: Capt. Mckenzie
pilot of the steamer Keokuk, said
this morning that 1t looked pretty bad
for the farmers in the unprotected
bottoms all the way down from Keo
acres of wheat. corn, potatoes and
other crops are either partly under
water or will be with further rise
In the river of foot
John Crimmins, who went to Han
nibal several days ago to pitch for the
| Cannibals, will work in todays game
and Keokuk fans will watch with in
terest the result of the contest Grim
Minis has been out of the game fol
some time, but friends in this city are
confident that he will make good.
| will be difficult proposition for hin
| to jump in at this early stage of the
game with little working and pitci
against batters of Central Association
caliber
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The Pack
ers are different lunch from tina
which was here last month. Rusty
has instilled lot of his own ginge
and pep in them, and they are III
and coming. Rusty" himself ha
grown considerably heavier than O
old but he has the same bright hal,
encircling his crown, and the same oil
/ joshing, kidding ways. He is kiddin,
the spectators, the Pathfinders. hi
own team and himself all the time
| while his coaching on third furnishe
amusement for everybody. The Pack
ers may give the league leaders a rul
for their money yet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-30

Bar Harbor, Sept. 28.-Peary was in
formed tonight that Whitney said he
read Peary's instructions tn Boatswain
Murphy regarding the stores at Ammo
tok and Etah, and that he directed
Murphy to use Cooks supplies first,
then Peary's. Peary said:
Il left explicit instructions to Mur-
ply about those supplies, but until the
main question is settled. | will not
make those instructions public. There
is nothing ambiguous about the in
structions with regard to providing for
Cook in case he needed assistance
Peary's written statement SUBJ ort
ing the contention that Cook did not
reach the pole is now competed. So
soon as it is passed upon by the Peary
Arctic club it will be made public. 1t
is intimated that Peary has other
proofs which he considers it unne, es-
sary to puDlish now.
General Hubbard said tonight:
81 do not care to go on record as
saying that Peary's statement will
prove that Cook did not reach the pola.
That is for the public to judge. / can
say Peary's statements are true"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-30
whitney Interviewed

St. Johns, Newfoundland, Sept U.s.
The Arctic vessel JEANNE, with Harry
Whitney of New Haven. has arrived
here from the Greenland coast, via In
dian Harbor, Labrador.
Regarding the statements made to
him by Cook in Greenland, Whitney
said Cook arrived at Annotok in
April this year and declared he had
reached the pole the year before. He
pledged Whitney not to tell reary, who
was to be informed only that Cook had
passed Peary's previous record. Coos
told Whitney he had accomplished
more than he had expected to. Whit
ney did not communicate to Peary all
Cook told him. Cook complained of
Peary's having taken over his house
and stores, but declared he had suffer
ed no unfairness. Peary's steward,
Pritchard, was present when the e
statements were made. Murr ny.
Peary's boatswain, had written instruc-
lions from Peary which Whitney, at
Peary's request, read over to Murphy
from time to time. They directed Mur-
ply to use Cooks stores first and
Peary's afterwards; also that If Cook
returned he was to be given every
help.
When Cook and his Eskimo arrived
at Annatok they had no sledges, hav-
ing left them twenty miles out. The
next day a sledge was recovered. Al
contained Cooks scientific instrdm ents.
food and clothes. At Cooks request
Whitney took charge of these instru-
ments when Cook left for home. Whit
ney says Cook left no written record
that he knows Of. Whitney says that
when Peary reached Annotok he told
him Cook said he had gone beyond
Peary's farthest north, but Peary made
no comment, Next day Cooks Eskimo
came to him and asked what Peary's
men were trying to get them to say.
Peary's men had shown them maps,
but the Eskimos declared they did not
understand these papers AS far as
Whitney is aware. Cooks Eskimos
never admitted they and Cook had only
progressed two sleeps" from the land.
Whitney said he told Peary Cook in
trusted to him certain belonaings to
bring home. Peary declined. whine
says. to permit Cooks belongings to
be brought aboard the Roosevelt. Whit
ney thereupon went ashore, and with
the assistance of Capt. Bartlett, CON-
mander OF the Roosevelt, separated
Cooks property from his own baggage.
repacked them in boxes and left them
ashore
Whitney, In expressing his belief
that Cook found the pole and thai
Peary did the same, said he knew No
reason for doubling Cook any mere
than Pcary.
"Dr. Cooks story" he added "seems
truthful and probable. Nothing else
would explain his twelve months an
sence."
Whitney said Cook left with him al
Annotok several cases containinr In
struments and other belongings hnt
20 far as Whitney knew. NO records
though records may have been packed
with Cooks efects
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-30
Rain lnferferea

New York. Sept. 27.-Although rais
today forced the larger part Of thu
Hudson-Fulton crowds to remair
within doors and necessitated post.
ponement OF the aeroplane flight and
balloon race to Albany, the forma!
part OF the program Of the day in.
GLIDING the dedication of Palisades
park the new interstate preserve along
the lower Hudson; dedication of the
imposing monument to Henry Hudson
in the upper part Of the city, and re-
ception to the naval visitors at Cover
nor's Island went off without a hitch.
The exercises at Palisades park cele-
brated the saving of these pictur-
esque cliffs from the stone cutter.
and turning over to the people of New
York and New Jersey a strip of beau
tiful park stretching fourteen miles UP
the west bank of the river. Speech
es by the two governors proved a
drawing card which attracted many
thousand OF New Workers and Jersey
men to the spot.
Gov. Hughes found the occasion lit
one for urging on the people of the
two states conservation Of their rivers
and tests Il hope this in only the
will Jointly be made by the two COM
monwealths to safeguard the highland
and waters wherein they are both
deeply interested. The entire water
shed of the Hudson should be conserve
cd to become the peoples countryside
fr recreation.
Governor Fort of New Jersey, de-
clared the five hundred acres
OF this Palisades Park are
destined to become the most i'm
portant public preserve in the United
States, and added that many historical
spots along the fourteen-mile stretch
must be marked by suitable inscrip-
tons and monuments.
The cornerstone Of the monument
to Henry Hudson. at Spuyten Duyvil
hill was laid later in drizzling rain,
Governor Hughes came over from
Palisades park in time to deliver an
eulogy on the discovery. The COVER
nor spoke bareheaded in the open. de-
Ginning offers of umbrellas.
The monument will be a towering
marble shaft crowned with q statue
of Hudson. 1t will be made more i'm
pressive by stone approach to the
bridge over Spuyten Duyvil creek.
The great historical parade will
start tomorrow afternoon. and fair
weather Is promised. Its line of march
tonight is mass of waving color
and lights. Cost of decorations along
Central Park West and Fifth avenue,
to tens of thousands, while
a greater sum is expended in erection
of many grandstands
Shopkeepers along the route have
suffered their plateglass windows
with boards and householders have
themselves behind strong
picket fences which the crowds will
be unable to scale. Grand stand tick
cts sold tonight for So to $25 apiece.
Hotel oooms fronting on the line Of the
parade are with SIS to 500 each
Four hundred officers the visiting
were entertained at Cover
nor's Island this afternoon by General |
and Mrs. Fred Wood. At a dance
his evening there was civilian ad-
lition to the company
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-30
Cook Makes Statement

New York, Sept. 28.-Cook said to-
night that everything Whitney said
about the incidents when they were to-
pether at Annotok was substantially
corest and confirmed all my declar-
alton" Whitney was probably unamare
of the records being left with him
They are not OF much consequence, as
T have duplicates. The whole story
of my not going far. north Is based on
the reply | gave Murphy when he ASA
ed me Have you been farther than 81
north?' answered: Yes. much farther
north but gave Murphy no other in
formation, and Whitney would not let
Murphy know. The Eskimos did the
same"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-30
Brave Hello Girls

gainesville, Ohio, Sept. 2S.-The
bravery of two telephone girls, Hazel
Christian and Alice Warren, sleeping
In telephone exchange at Perry, near
mere, saved tha- town from total de-
struction by fire early today.
Fire broke out in the store beneath
the exchange. The girls were alone
out stuck to their posts and telephon-
ga me sleeping citizens. They had
trouble in getting an answer to their
calls, and then they called the Paines
vile and Madison fire departments for
nelp. While tai ing with the Paines-
vile fire CHIEF, ,..e flames burned the
wires and the girls in their night
clothes stumbled down the stairs
through the smoke to the street. Two
stores, livery stable and a residence
were burned before aid from other
towns arrived