The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-26
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DORA BARRETTE, Society Reporter

ORA BARRETTE, Society Reporter
servicable boats on any of the lakes
in Northern Minnesota It is 80 feet
long and is built on speedy lines. The
engine is of four cycle type and
drives the boat swiftly.
Three Indians and squaw were
arrested in Cass Lake for disorderly
conduct on the streets and taken be-
fore Judge Koehn for hearing. The
three Indians, all Johns, and bearing
the last name of Critts, Minnebush
and Drumbeater were found guilty
and fined. John Critts was unable
to pay and was sentenced to 80 days
in the county jail at Walker to which
place he was taken by Sheriff De-
Lury yesterday. John Minnebush and
John Drumbeater drew SO fines
which they paid, together with the
costs. The squaw drew 30-day SEN
tence but sentence was suspended
and she was released ON good be-
havior -..--
Rapid progress is being made on
the new house now under the course
of construction for G. w. Vanders-
leus. The house is being erected on
the two beautiful corner lots at Be-
midi avenue and Tenth street. The
basement, which will be built under
the entire structure is nearly COM
pleted and work on the upright part
of the building will begin next week
The local lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows held regular
meeting in their hall on Beltrami av-
enue last night. No degree work was
conferred, short esssion being the
result. Next Friday work in the
third degree will be conferred as sew
eral candidates are advanced to this
degree.
Because so much interest was
shown in the exhibit of the st. Paul
Anti-Tub erculosis committees exhib-
it at the State Fair last year, the COM
mittee will try this year to make
it's exhibit even more effective and
instructive. Last year there were SO
many inquiries as to the method of
treating tuberculosis patients, how to
prepare out of door sleeping bags and
out of door sleeping places that the
committee feels that there is wide
spread interest in it's work. At the
fair this year the open air cottage
will be in charge of trained nurse
who will explain how best to care for
patients afflicted with the disease,
and it is possible that wax figure
will be shown done up in sleep
ing bag and one sitting in a chair out
or doors in :sfresh air" garments
William Sherwood of Alexandria
got the contract for the construction
of state drainage ditch No. SO, trav-
ersing parts of Kittson and Roseau
counties, and the largest work of its
kind undertaken, at the opening of
bids at St. Paul, in the Office of Geo.
A. Ralph, state drainage engineer,
on bid of 1877 cents a cubic yard,
making an aggregate cost of $751;
645. The contract calls for seven
bridges, $50 culverts, 80 miles of
road and 1913 miles of ditch, which
will require the excavation of 1,800,-
900 cubic yards of dirt. This ditch
is the one for which Representative
Mattson obtained special appropria-
ton of $4,000 from the recent leg
islature to pay the benefits assessed
against state land. It is expected the
ditch will reclaim hundreds of acres
that at present produce nothing. The
contract calls for the completion q
the ditch by December 1, 1913. Mr..
Ralph's estimate of the cost of dig
ging the big ditch was 100000. The
bid accepted is 35 per cent less than
average bids for similar county ditch
work.