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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-03

raising the same from 100000 to
$4,000 per annum. There will
be no change in the salary paid other
officers, unless in that of county at
torney which may be fixed by the
county board in a sum not to exceed
100000 per annum, and in that of
clerk of court which is increased
in the sum of $4,000 per annum by
reason of the increased population.
There is but slight change in the as
sessed valuation of the county, the
amount remaining a little more than
$6,000,OOO.OO. .I..
Among the lawmakers at St. Paul
who begin their biennial grind to-
day, Beltrami county will for the first
time in many years, be without re-
presentation as this district is repre-
sented by Senator A. L. Hanson. of
Norman county, and Representative
D. P. o'Neil, of Pennington county
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Johnson CHALLENGED.

The following letter was received
at this office today:
Bemidji, Mimi, Jan. 2, 1911.
Editor Bemidji Pioneer,
Bemidji, Minnesota.
Dear Sir:
In your last Saturdays issue there
appeared a challenge from Martin
Johnson of Duluth, a heavyweight
wrestler, looking for matches. In
regard to, same, kindly allow me to
state that would only be too glad
to meet Mr.. Johnson here, prefer
ably in the next week or ten days.
I am also open to meet any heavy
weight wrestler in the north or west,
no weights barred.
am from Havre, Mont, 20 years
old, six feet tall and strip 172
pounds.
Hoping Mr.. Johnson will give me
an opportunity on the mat and
thanking him in advance, I am
Yours for business,
JOE TRACTION.
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K. OF c. CLASS INITIATION
Seventy-fve Candidates Will Be In
itiated at Brainerd Sunday.

Brainerd Council, No. 1491, of the
Knights of Columbus, will initiate a
class of seventy-five candidates on
Sunday, January 8. The council is
making great preparations for the
delegates and visitors expected, who
may number over 400.
knights of St. Paul and Minneap-
oils will have special sleeper.
Duluth will also have a special
coach. Other cities sending large DEL
egations will be Bemidji, Crookston,
Fargo, St. Cloud and Littl Falls.
The initiatory ceremonies will be
most elaborate and will take place
in Gardeners hall. The program at
present is still in tentative shape
but enough has been formulated to
announce the following outline of
the days proceedings.
The Knights and the candidates
will meet at Gardeners hall at half
past eight Sunday morning and at
tend mass at St. Francis Catholic
church, Rev. Father O'Mahoney Of
fciating.
At ten o'clock the first degree will
be conferred at the hall.
At half past one in the afternoon
the second and third degrees will be
conferred on the class.
The banquet and social session will
be held in the evening.
The general committee embraces
D. M. Clark, James Cullen, S. F.
Queenie, John Imgrund, F. M. Koop,
j. Nolan and F. L. Sanborn.
This committee has appointed the
subcommittee on reception, hall,
entertainment, music, choir. applica-
tions and printing.
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LEGISLATURE CONVENED
At NOON DUNN SPEAKER

st. Paul, Jan. 3.-(Daily Pioneer
Special Wire Service 1911
Minnesota Legislature convened at
the State Capitol at noon today for
the regular bi-annual session. Both
houses were organized tor business.
They will meet in joint session to-
morrow to hear the message from
Governor Eberhart.
The hour for opening was fixed at
q O'Clock; but the members were
present early, many of them being
on hand two hours before it opened.
The members of both houses were
sworn in, in the senate by Chief JUS
tice Stark and in the house by JUS
tice Calvin L. Brown, father of the
Bemidji attorney, M. j Brown.
The house elected H. H. Dunn of
Albert Lea as speaker. The other
house officers elected for the house
are: chief clerk, Oscar Arneson;
first assistant clerk, Jerome Ride;
enrolling clerk, J. G. Ehoreen of
saltwater; engrossing clerk, Craw-
ford Sheldon, Little Falls; sergeant
.FSsesa2
alarms, D. F. Syiz Of Red Wing;
postmaster, William Scanlon of Min
neapolis; assistant postmaster, o. O.
Holman of Clayton; chaplain, Rev
Moses M. Maxwell of Hamline.
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BIG BEM|DG" AGAIN vIc1oRs
Given Hardware Puck Chasers Go
: -TEs@.s.as.- : - = 49,
e Down to Defeat. -

BY defeating the Given Hardware
company hockey team last Sunday
afternoon, on the Mclaughlin rink,
the "Big Bemidg" puck chasers STEP
ped another notch nearer the city
championship.
The game was one of the fastest
exhibitions Of hockey that Bemidji
sportsmen have seen so far this win
ter, the "Big Bemidg" players being
able to nose out victory near the
close of the contest, the score re-
sulting to 1.
The "Big Bemidg" team was to
have gone to Crookston yesterday to
play the team of that place, but
owing to misunderstanding in re-
gard to expenses they did not make
the trip.
Inc lineup OF the two teams in
Sundays contest was as follows:
"Big Bemidg"
Scarrot, goal; Newton, point; Ripple,
centerpoint; LaBounty (Cap), rover;
Sprague, right wink; LaBounty, left
wing; Armstrong, center.
Given Hardware Co.
Andrews, goal; Chisholm, point;
Chamberlain, coverpoint; Given
(Cap), rover; Tibbitts, right wing;
Grover, left wing; Nelson, center.
Armstrong was the star of the con-
test. This young fellow is in the
game from start to finish, and is the
scoring machine of the "Big Bemidg'
aggregation.
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CITY "OAOS" HOLD MEETING
Aldermen Saw No Reason Why They
Should Not Meet Last Evening.

At last evenings session of the
city council it was decided that a
man should be put in charge of the
poor house at once, and w. H. An
derson was chosen. The council
reserves the right to change the
poor house manager at any time it so
desires.
The bills were all allowed, with the
exception of two which were laid on
the table for the time being.
Contractor Thomas Johnson who
has charge of the septic tank, at
tended the meeting and explained to
the council why he and Engineer
Spencer had discontinued the build
ing of that structure during the win
ter months. His explanation met
with general approval of the al
dermen, and it was decided that he
be allowed to resume work on the
tank at the time he thought best.
A committee consisting of Alder
man Bisiar, Klien and Bursley was
appointed to attend to the needed re-
pairs on the council room and police
headquarters.
~ There was some question as to
whether business transacted YES
terday would be legal, but as there is
no law which says that the day fol-
lowing legal holiday shall be hol-
lday when the holiday itself falls on
Sunday, it was thought best to hold
the meeting.
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.BEMIOJI DRUGGIST MARRIED
G. W. Brandborg Was United In
Marriage Wednesday.

At the home of the brides sister,
Mrs. v. A. Fitzpatrick, in Sioux Falls.
S. D., at O'Clock Wednesday after
noon, occurred the marriage of c. w.
Brandborg of Bemidj1 and Miss Pearl
A. Thompson of Shell Lake, Wis.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Biller of the Episco-
pal church of Sioux Falls. The
wedding was a quiet affair, only i'm
mediate relatives and friends being
present.
Following the ceremony a sump-
tious wedding feast was served. Mr..
and Mrs. Brandborg left on the eve
ming train for Minneapolis and Du-
luth, where they spent short honey
moon trip. They arrived in Be-
midi last night and are now domi-
ciled at 1908 Lake Boulevard, where
they will make their home.
The marriage of Mr.. Brandborg
and Miss Thompson comes as a sur-
prise to Bemidj1 people, none know
ing of Mr.. Brandborg's intention
when he left the city two weeks ago.
The groom is manager of the City
Drug Store of this city and has lived
here for the past three years, during
which time he has made many friends
who are glad to welcome Mr.. Brand
borg and his charming bride
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COOLEST WEATHER
IN TWO YEARS

St. Paul, Jan. 3.-(.Daily Pioneer
Special Wire Service.)-St. Paul and
the northwest today suffer the most
bitter cold that it has experienced
for two years. The thermometer in
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana and
the Dakotas registered all the way
from 20 degrees to IS degrees below
zero. H..
At St. Paul the thermometer fell
"a degrees below at 9 o'clock this
morning.
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Rako having been elected from the
Bemidji district to succeed w. G..
Schroeder. The new board con-
vened this morning and organized
by electing Viggo Peterson as
chairman, for the ensuing year. Its
next official acts were 10 approve the
bonds of ]. L. George, as county aud
itor, Henry Funkley, as county at
torney, and H. A. Simons, as court
commissioner.
Mr.. George, the newly elected
county auditor, is already in the
harness as clerk of the county board,
in which capacity he looks and acts
like veteran. His office force will
include G. o. Moon, who has served
as chief deputy under Auditor Hay
ner, H. w. Alsop, who has had years
of experience as county official in
Clay county, and Miss Arabelle Neal,
who has assisted Auditor Hayner in
the work for several months past.
Mr.. Hayner made a few remarks
this morning, some of which follow:
Il wish to thank the members of
the old board of commissioners for
the kind manner in which they have
always treated me. l wish Auditor
elect George the best of success DUR
ing his term of office and hope that
he will be able to profit by some of nv
errors. While possibly have made
many errors during my term of office,
| feel that have conducted the af-
fairs of the county to the best of
my ability.'
Henry Funkley, successor to
Chester McKusick as county at
torney, returns to the responsibility
of being the countys legal adviser
after an interim of but two years
and so will take up work with which
he is familiar.
H. A. Simons has qualified as
court commissioner and succeeds A..
M. Crowell, who has held the Office
by appointment since the resigna-
ton of M. G. Slocum few months
ago. His province is to perform the
duties of a judge of the district
court at chambers during the absence
of the judge from the county, be-
sides officiating as magistrate at
preliminary hearings in criminal
cases.
Except as above stated the form
er county officials were reelected
and no changes have been noted in
the Office force of any of them.
Judge of Probate M. A. Clark has
reason to rejoice that the thirteenth
national census was taken last year,
as the increase in the county's pop
ulation adds $4,000 to his salary,
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OF
BEMIDJI 5oss.
Washington, D. Clan. 3, 1911.
-(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Ser
-Bemidji city population, thir-
teenth census, 5000; twelfth census,
21SS. 1 g.
Attention chevaliers.

All Chevaliers of Canton Mis-.
sissippi No. 8, Bemidji, are requested
to meet at Hakkerup's Studio in full
dress Thursday Jan. 18th. at g.
o'clock sharp for inspection. BY ord Ell
of F.. A. McFarlane, Inspecting
Officer.
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Horse Found by Police.

Yesterday afternoon a stray horse
was found by Chief of Police Joseph
Harrington. The horse was quite
badly chilled. Chief Harrington
turned him over to a liverv stable.
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Major Pratt, Of the Minnesota Ma.
tional Guard, to Conduct
Ceremony.
FEDERAL INSPECTION IN MARCH
Company K Receives Praise From
Commanding Officer Because Of
It's Work. -

captain A. e. Otto, of the Bemidji
company of the Minnesota National
Guard, announced today that he had
received orders from headquarters to
the effect that there would be COM
pany inspection, on Wednesday jan
uary IL, 1911. ...s ~. ~
He also received notice from AL
bert Pratt, major of the third regi-
ment Minnesota National Guard,
that the Federal inspection would
take place some time in March.
Major Pratt expressed his plea
sure to- Captain Otto in regard to
the manner in which the members
of the Bemidji militia did their duty
at the Baudette fire last fall. He
said that the boys were receiving
full credit for their excellent work
while at Baudette, and that lie
would say more to the members of
the company, on his visit to Bemidji
during his round of inspection.
The inspection to be held on jan
uary II will be only -one of. prspara-
tion for the March inspection, and
will not be so very thorough.
The March inspection, it is
thought by Major Pratt, will be con-
Quoted by regular Army officer.
The following is quoted from the
letter of Major Pratt:
''The inspection will be in heavy
marching order, with everything re-
quired by the books in the way of
field outfit, including housewives,
etc., and will be in that line, at least.
be rather complete, more so than
usual, so it will be we'll for us to be-
gin to get ready for it as soon as
possible"
Mr.. Pratt spoke of the recent meet
ing in st. Paul during which the
officers of the state militia accepted
the invitation from the management
of the Minneapolis Civic Celebration
to have the Minnesota National
Guard take part, and said that he
would give Captain Otto the full de-
tails of the meeting and plans later.
Company X, the Bemidji member
of the National Guard will be three
years old next spring, and has be-
tween seventy and eighty men en-
listed. The company has attend
ed three annual encampments at
Lake City, and has always won praise
from the head officers. Captain A.
E. Otto is in charge of the company
and has as his lieutenants John Hill
ably and Kenneth Kelley. -
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POISON IN CHEWING GUM
Maryland Girl and Her Fiance Are
Dead ~

AI0 CIdnCS Arc
Dead.
Cumberland, Md, Jan. 3.-That
Grace CLOSER and her fiance, Charles
=. Twfgg, We're poisoned by cyanide
administered in chewing gum, was the
theory upon which the Cumberland
police centered their efforts in the
mystery that surrounded the finding
of their bodies.
Analysis of the chewing gum found
In the mouth Of Twigg was ordered
and if it discloses the presence of
cyanide the police will attempt to
trace the gum.
No gum was found in Miss Elosser's
mouth, but we'll chewed piece was
found on the floor Of the parlor,
where she and her sweetheart had
met to prepare for their wedding and
this. the authorities believe, she had
been chewing.
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County Board, With One New Men,
Der, Organizes and Begins Its
Routine Work.
SOME CHANGES IN SALARY
Most of the Official Work in Charge
of Old Incumbents-Legislative
Members.

Few changes will take place in
the personnel of Beltrami county's
official family to-day, the majority
of the old officers continuing in
charge.
The county board of commissioners
has but one new member, A. E.
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COST OF EUkOPt'S ARMIES

Estimated at Twenty-nine Billions in
-+.- Last Twenty-Five Years.
Paris, Jan. edmund Thory, the
French economist, figures that the
maintenance of Europe's armed peace
footing in the last twenty-five years
cost l45,Oh0, 100000 francs, approxi.
matelyi 29,00O,0O0,O0 which involved
an increase in the public debt of the
European states of from one hundred
and five to one hundred and fifty-one
billions of francs and constantly ex.
cluded from productive industries
1s5. 900, officers and 100000 men
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COMMISSION FORM
OF GOVERNMENT

Under the commission plan the
people rule the city, and they are
given every possible incentive to
take an interest in public affairs. ~
The confusions of partisanship are
cleared away. The voters do not
have to elect men to fill every little
office. In Duluth they would elect
five men instead Of twenty-one, as at
present. They would turn over to
these five men the full control of
every branch of government, leav-
ing it to them to pick for the subordi-
nate places that will reflect credit
on the commission. They would
hold these five men responsible for
the conduct of the city business.
Under the initiative, the people could
start things moving if the commission
failed to act. Under the referan-
dunn the people could veto unsatis-
factory measures adopted by the COM
mission Under: the recall the
people could supplant any commis-
sioner if his work proved unsatis-
factory.
Instead Of having city elections
every year, as at present, one cleo
ton every two years, or even every
four years, would be enough; and it
is to be hoped that when the new
charter is made, it will fix the term
of the commissioners at four years
instead of two. The initiative, the
referendum and the recall are ample
safeguards of popular control that
render more frequent elections un-
necessary.
Simplifcation of city organiza-
ton, changing it from the political
form to business system, centrali-
zing and definite fixing of power and
responsibility, close control by the
people-this is the commission plan
in nut shell.
Under it the people rule, as they
do not rule except by polite fiction
under the old party system. For
many years city elections have been
entangled with county, state and
national politics. Each party
wanted to carry the city because it
gave it leverage that would be
helpful in winning county, state and
national elections. This threw
control out of the hands of the
people and into the hands
of party bosses. Only rare
ly, in some crisis of city affairs, have
the people thrust aside this control
and taken hold themselves. Under
the commission plan there is no op-
portunity for party interests and
the party bosses to exert control.
There is no place for them to take
hold. The whole business of city
administration is squarely up to the
people, and nothing can come be-
tween them and it.
Red tape, superfuous offices,
divided responsibility, and the waste
and ineficiency inevitably involved
in these things, have not only made
city government under the old plan
a failure in this country, but they
have baffled the people in every at
tempt to get control of their own
affairs. 1t was like building ropes
with sand.
The commission plan cuts the red
tape at a single stroke, centralizes
and fixes responsibility, eliminates
all superfuous Offices as we'll as all
overlapping of authority and all
failure of authority TO reach any pro-
cess Of city business, and puts the
full control in the hands of the
people, where it belongs. Duluth
Herald:
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SOCIAI AND
P E r S ON A L.

Judge Nj. "A. Spooner left this
morning for International Falls on
legal business.
Phone your orderssto Ell. Winter
& Co., for flour, feed, hay and wood.
For prices see our Ad. "
Special for this week Cocoanut
Puffs. See it in our window, 15c
per pound. Model Bakery. X.
Every book, library and toy in
the store will be cleaned out in the
great half price sale at Peterson's.
Miss Nell Shannon left last even
ing for Moorhead, where she is a
student at the State Normal School.
One of the best shows that has
been seen for lohg time opened
last night at the Brinkman theatre
Do you know that the rates for
telephouing to Grand, Rapids Du-
luth and all range points have been,
recently, made very low? "
The Methodist Ladies Aid will
meet with Mrs. b. III. Denu, 1928
Lake Boulevard. "Wednesday after.
noon at 2:30. Everyone invited.
The Crane and Company will carry a
full page advertisement in this paper
Friday, January 9Th, for their sale Of
white, Saturday, Til. year January 9Th.
L. H. Morier, who represents the
Naugle Pole & Tie company, re-
turned from Chicago last evening
and left this morning for Deerwood.
Miss Marion White and her guest,
Miss Mary Quayle Of Missouri, will
leave tonight for St. Cloud to re-.
sumo their studies at the State Nor
NAL School. 4 &1...> =.
One of :: the best shows that has
been seen for long time opened
last night at the Brinkman theatre.
Miss Gladys Kreatz, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. &. Kreatz Of Be-
midi, left last nigkt or Menominie,
Wis, where she is a student at the
Stout Institute.
J. Ferdinand Peterson left last
night for Minneapolis to again take
up his studies at the University of
Minnesota, after enjoying Christmas
at the home of his parents in this
city.
The Swedish Ladies Aid will meet
at the home of Mrs. Randall,
Seventh street and Mississippi Ave.
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
All members are requested to be
present.
One of the best shows that has
been seen for a long time opened
last night at the Brinkman theatre.
Miss Nora Anderson, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. P. N. Anderson left
yesterday afternoon for Thief River
Falls. where she will make an ex-
tended visit at the home of her
grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. O.
Wiste.
A trio of university students who
left last night for Minneapolis to re.
sumo their studies are Italian Huff.
man, Ralph Lycan and Clarence
Shannon, who spent the Christmas
vacation at the homes of their parents
in this city.
Ladies' and Children.' white under.
muslins ask the pleasure of you,
presence at their yearly presentation
Saturday, this year, January 9th, al
2O7 Third street, the Crane and Com
pany's store, between the hours of
a. m. and 10 p. m.
Phone your orders to E. H.
Winter &Co. for -four, feed, hay and
wood. For prices see our Ad.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
never disappoints those who use il
for obstinate coughs, colds and
irritations of the throat and lungs
It stands unrivalled as remedy
for all throat and lung diseases
Sold by Barker's Drug Store. -.,
l. .... .r.-. NoA:>n ..-.,
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Notice.

. Commencing Tuesday, January 3,
we, the undersigned merchants, agree
to close our respective places of
business at 6 O'clock, except Satur
doe.
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Schneider Bros.
Model Clothing Store.
Berman Emporium.
Gill Bros. Both stores.
OI.eary-Bowser Co.
NJ. O. Madison & Co.
Palace Clothing Hou.e.
Bazaar Store.