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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
cox MAKES FIRE PLANS
To Have Is Rangers and $50 Patrol
6 men When Dangerous Season OPP
ems in Spring. '. p
ASKS RAIL MEN TO BRAINERD

To arrange for cooperation be-
tween the railroads AMI the state for
estry service during the dangerous
fire season q 1872. W 7. Cox, state
forester has called meeting of rail-
road officials and forest rangers to
be held at Brainerd, Feb. 10, to out
line plan for fire prevention and
fire protection. Although two months
or more probably will elapse before
the season for forest fires begins, Mr..
Cox proposes to have arrangements
completed for protecting northern
Minnesota when that time arrives.
Thirty invitations have been sent
out from the forester's Office ad-
dressed to railroad presidents, gener-
al managers and superintendent,
asking them to be present. Officials
of all roads which operate in North
ern and Central Minnesota are in
cluded. ......
The problems of patrolling right
of-ways, clearing them of combustible
material, building fire-lines at the
sides, equipping engines with spark
arresters, organization with the state
forestry service, will be taken up.
Effort will be made to take up
matters of greatest interest to the
roads, and Mr. Cox believes they will
respond to the call. Railroads are
responsible to property owners along
their lines for damage from fires
which are started by trains or section
men, and 1t costs them thousands of
dollars each year to settle claims
which arise from such CONGREGATIONS.
The railroads have not shown an
antagonistic attitude toward the for
estry service on the fire problem, Mr..
Cox said. They realize the import
ance of its assistance. *
During the dangerous season there
will be fifteen rangers and about IT'S
patrolmen all doing more or less to
prevent damage to property resulting
from train operation. Last year many
Of the lines put "speeders' on their
tracks to follow each train by the
men operating them.
The last season Of the legislature.
in amending the fire protection laws,
passed an act which authorizes towns
and villages in the fire zone to levy
a 5-mill tax to raise money with
which to pay fire patro!men These
patrolmen will be added to the usual
force this year and Mr.. Cox expects
to have the best organized freight
ing brigade the state has ever had.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
Club Can Do Much.

"Your Commercial club can do
much in the way Of assisting in
bringing about development of the
state possibilities and in enabling it's
people to achieve the things that are
given them to accomplish. 1t means
we'll directed effort, we'll directed
publicity, and we'll directed push and
energy. The spirit OF the present
time realizes the necessity of getting
the most out of each unit of energy.
eve have various forces at work
along the line of development. We
have our state fair, the state agri-
cultural college with various branch
es, we have agricultural education;
our high schools, we have the county
fairs associations, we have the state
investment board and our immigra-
ton commissioner with various 9TH
er agencies. At present they are
working separately. In unity there
is strength.
What He Would Have Said.
"If could have accepted the invi-
tation to speak at your meeting it
would have been largely for the pur-
pose of urging unity Of effort, of con-
centration of power of bringing those
separate forces so they would work
to the best possible advantage with
out waste Of energy.
"A department Of agriculture
headed by a man competent to
handle this important work seems
to be the answer to the problem, but
Of course, that is merely an opinion
and it might be brought about in
some other way.
please accept congratulations for
the earnest work which the Fedora
ton is doing under the presidency
of D. M. Neill of Minnesota, in in
creasing the efficiency of the citizen
ship Of the state. The Tribune is
anxious to cooperate in this good
work.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
SALVATION ARMY.

Salvation Army meetings Sunday
II a. M; holiness meeting 2 p. M.
Sunday school 8 p. m. Young Peo-
pies annual. There will be speak
ing, singing, recitations of the Sun
day school. Prizes will be given for
faithful attendance. Adjt. Anderson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27

FIRST SCANDINAVIAN LUTHERAN
There will be services in the morn
ing at 1880. Sunday School will
be held at - O'Clock, evening SER.
vices at 8 O'Clock.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
Miss McManus to Become Bride

Miss McManus to become Bride.
Announcement has been made Of
the coming marriage Of Miss Nell
McManus Of this city to- George Nc
Donald Of Winnipeg The marriage
will take place on Tuesday morning,
at ST. Philip Catholic church, Rev.
Fr Philippi ON Ing. ss5Is
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
Following Protest, Acting Mayor
Johnson Stops Match Between Ter
rible swede and REQ.
HELD QUESTION OF MORALITY
sparring Exhibition Of spooner ON
New Years Has Bearing on Ac-
ton Taken Here
MEN ADMIT ACT IS RIGHT
MEN ADMIT ACT IS RIGHT
No Written Law ito Prevent Contest
But Official Believes it Would
Be Improper.

The Terrible Swede" will not go
up against REQ tonight.
At least this wrestling match will
not take place in the City Hall.
L. F. Johnson, president of the city
council and, during the absence of
Mayor John Parker, acting mayor.
has officially forbidden the bout.
These We're to Clash.
Frank Swanson, known as the
Terrible Swede' was 70 have taken
on Young REQ, champion middle
weight of the Pacific. It was to be
match
Handbil1s were distributed an
nouncing the impending battle and
giving the City Hall as the place and
Saturday evening as the time.
Citizens Remember Spooner Match.
Certain citizens began to ponder
over the idea of permitting such a
proceedings in the City Hail. They
didn't think it quite the proper
thing. Then they remembered that
at Spooner-o on New Years night there
was a 5sparring match in the City
Hall and that the next day one of
the contestants died.
Since then Spooner has been in the
limelight and Bemidji' persons op-
posed to the match tonight figured
that perhaps this city would be sub
ject to criticism.
f.. Johnson Takes Action.
s'These objections sounded reason
able to me-" said Acting Mayor John
son this afternoon, "and even the
wrestlers admitted the point raised
so I declared the match Off While
there is nothing in the written law
forbidding wrestling match, the
moral law hardly would harmonic
with permitting an event of this kind
to be pulled off in property owned
by the city. Anyhow, the people re-
quested that the bout be stopped and
1 wished to request their wishes
Had Leased the Hall.
The wrestlers had leased the hall
but in a round about way. The
council several weeks ago extended
power to the mayor to lease the hall
and when Mr.. Parker is out of town
Mr.. Johnson sanctioned the renting
of the hall, and when Mr.. Johnson
is unable to attend to it, City Clerk
George Stein attends to the leasing.
When the wrestlers applied for the
hall, it so happened that neither
Mayor Parker, President Johnson nor
City Clerk Stein were here and in
their absence the lease was executed
by Special Officer Fred Bursley.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27

There are still from 80 to 40
square ringers afloat under the
Stars and Stripes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
Reuben S. Hurd Dies Today.

Reuben s. Hurd. 706 Thirteenth
street, an old resident of Bemidji,
died at 1 p. m. today at his home
here. Funeral announcement will be
made later.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
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> Sunday Services in Bemidji.s
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EPISCOPAL

EPISCOPAL. {
Sunday school will be held at 10.
O'Clock, evening services at o'clock.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
To Obtain Statistics.

Whereas, 1t appears that it is diff
ficult to get reliable statistics of the
various products and resources of
Minnesota under the present system
of obtaining them, therefore be it
Resolved, That the parent organi-
cation be requested to take action
looking to the recommendation to the
next legislature of legislation which
will remedy this defect. And be it
further
Resolved, That the reported inten-
ton of the immigration Commission
of the state to furnish legitimate
Minnesota real estate dealers infor-
nation regarding persons who desire
Minnesota information, receive our
hearty endorsement and approval. 4
Respectfully submitted,
M. N. Kohl,
F. S. Arnold,
Chas. S. Carter,
Committee of Resolutions
George Author. political writer of
the Minneapolis Tribune, who was
to have spoken at the Bemidji meet
ing sent the following telegram:
Author Wires Advice.
"PersOnally and necessary reasons
have &conspired to keep me away from
the .Bemidji meeting. These circum-
stances are source of great regret
to me. would have enjoyed the op-
portunity of taking some slightspart
in the excellent movement which the
Commercial clubs are taking in the
direction of the state developments.
eve have such wonderful state;
one with such numerous possibilities
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
Wants Board Reorganized.

Whereas, At the present time the
state of Minnesota has no systematic
and uniform organization of and COR
relation of various state boards and
commissions, the duties of which re-
late to agricultural welfare and de-
velopment, and whereas, in other
states such as New York, it has been
found that such work of state boards
and commissions can be most eff
GENTLY and economically conducted
by grouping them under a State De-
partment of Agriculture; therefore
be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this meeting that such State De-
partment of Agriculture would be
most beneficial and advisable, and
that all possible effort be exerted by
this organization toward the proper
presentment of this matter before
the public and the forthcoming leg
islature
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
The Resolutions Complete.

To the district meeting of the FEEDER
alton of Commercial clubs in ses-
sion at Bemidji on The 25th day of
February, A. d. 1912:
Your committee on resolutions do
hereby submit the following report:
Whereas, it appears from the re-
ports and discussions of the delegates
in this meeting, that comprehen-
sive soil survey is almost an absolute
necessity for intelligent presentation
to prospective settlers, of the differ
ent classes and kinds of soil that we
have at our disposal all over the
state; therefore be it ,-.
Resolved, That the delegates to
this meeting do hereby call the at
tention of the parent organization to
this fact to the end that proper ac-
ton be taken looking to recommend
ing to the next legislature that an
appropriation of $4,000 be made by
that body for carrying on and MAX
ing such soil survey at the earliest
possible time
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
And Would Have immigration Com
mission Furnish Names of Home
seekers to Dealers.
AUTHlER SENDS HIS REGRETS
Unable to Come to Bemidji But Wires
Suggestions Regarding Work
of Development.

An immediate soil survey appro-
priation of $25,O00; systematic state
boards; state department of agri-
culture and accessible facts relative
to the resources of Minnesota are
things favored in a set of resolutions
adopted at the district meeting Of
Commercial clubs in Bemidji Thurs
day evening.
The resolutions cOmnleta follow:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27

- Boston Catholics, with the Coop
GRAFTON of members Of the denomi-
nation throughout New England, to-
day completed the elaborate prepara-
tons for the welcome of Cardinal
O'Connell upon his return home from
Rome. The new Cardinal and his
suite are passengers on the White
Star liner Canopic, which is due to
arrive at Boston Monday. The cere-
monies of welcome will be continued
an entire week. 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27

Boston's annual motor boat show,
the place where the boat builders,
the engine makers, and the manufac-
tuners of nautical things for power
craft disclose to the public their lat
est product for the coming season,
opens in Mechanics Building tonight
and will continue for one week. Ev-
cry available foot of space in the big
exhibition hall is filled with exhib-
it's. 800 manufacturers having been
assigned places. ---.-..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
WORK ON TOWER BUILDING
To Use No Wood in Thirty Story
Structure in 40th Street.

The thirty story tower office structure
being erected by Buchanan Fox, archi-
tects, for Edward West Browning, Will con-
tain no wood OF any description, fine ny
rlenic, sanitary and ventilation appoint
ments and comforts and conveniences FOR
transacting business. High-speed overhead
traction, powerful electric elevators, Will be
arranged in the centre, so as not 10 inter-
fere with the light On all four sides OF the
building.
The heating will he furnished by high
pressure boilers with down-feed system, so
that the live steam viii be carried at once
TO the top of the building and be distrio-
uted from there down, and so arranged as
to give even heating to all floors.
The halls and stairs throughout are to be
marble and mosaic. and Will be provided
with a mail chute. II also VIII have one or
the most approved iircproot and smoke
proof towers. Twenty-one caissons are now
being sunk To bed rock to carry the thirty
story nreproOf steel construction. All four
extezor walls are to be OF richly orna-
uentcd glazed terra Gotta, and windo"s'
doors and all metal work IN gold bronze
There will be room on the rear OF the build
ing and the four sides around the tower
for a display OF about 20.0O0 electric lights.
The building is being erected in Pth
street between Broadway and Sixth ave
nue. The agents OF the building viii he
Frederick Fox 81 Co
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
REALTY NOTES.

Harris and Maurice Mandelhaum are the
buyers Of No. 2S6 First avenue, the sale Of
which by Laura 40. Roosevelt was report
ed in Yesterdays Tribune. The Douglas
Robinson, Charles S. Brown Company ne
gotlated the deal.
Mrs NJ. l. Lockwood Is the buyer Of the
dwelling house No. % East 18th street. sold
recently by the estate Of Edward j. Whit
hauer through Henry D. Winans & May.
Charles T. Galloway acquired title yester-
day 10 the dwelling house No. Jos West soth
street. reported sold recently by John N.
OConnell through Frederick Zittel e. Son.
Mr.. Galloway owns No. JOG. adjoining.
Stoddard & Mark have removed their
Offices from No 13j Broadway to the Amer
lean Exchange Bank Building No. l2S
Broadway Sharon Graham is now asso-
ciated with the firm.
Benjamin II. Lummis has moved into his
new Office In No % West S3d street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05

northeasterly direction the Westchester q
Northern Railroad.
That railroad will not only anord
shorter route to the Berkshire Hills but
will traverse a rural section between the
Harlem division of the New York Central
and the Shore Line Of the New Haven
which ought to prove one Of the most
rroftahle places for spectators Tor some
years.
Weschester County comprises soe square
miles. II is bordered for more than forty
miles or the west by the Hudson River, on
the south by New York City and on the
southeast by Long island sound
Fast Of il Is tina Fairfield section Of Con-
necticut
The county has four large DIVISIONS
namely, the Hudson. the Putnam and the
Harlem valleys, ana the Long Island SOUND
Overlooking the Hudson are many towns
and villages with charming home sections
located on terraces, often several rising
from the river bank like series or large
level ridges, one above another
lust east Of the Hudson division is the
Putnam. far famed for its pristine gram
deur.
And a short distance east Of the Putnam
is the Harlem Valley region. There are
many high hills in those divisions. besides
long plainlike tracts and narrow and wide
valIevs covered here and there with sturdy
trees.
From the Harlem Valley section to the
Long Island division the land slopes grad
ualIy to the waters of the Sound. There
ore a few steep hills, but most OF them are
familiar to autoists, as the public highways
are. with few exceptions. we'll kept.
The towns within the suburban zone Of
the county reached by railroad. together
with their distances from New York. are:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
Prosperous Town.

The majority Of its thriving towns and
villages are within easy committing dis
lance OF the heart of old New YORK. FOL
some years the natural and artificial physi-
cal charms Of the county, together viii
its delightful social life have been enjoyed
by more than 100000 persons, and there Is
vet room within its boundaries for many
hundred times that many persons.
1t IS truly an ideal rural territory IN
which working men and women can invest
their savings in real property with the
double assurance that the property canno'
lose its value overnight, like stocks, and
that with the passing years its worth, as
expressed numerically, viii be in larger
figures
For the big speculator and investor. who
closely watches the trend Of realty affairs
there is no other suburban territory which
surpasses Il In realty opportunities or has
a brighter realty future than 1t has.
Westchester County as a place for a
modern home is indeed. inviting to all
classes Of persons.
The realty record made by Westchester
County last year was a credtable one.
Millions were invested in new villas and
cottages and in the development of waste
tracts of land into home sites Many mill
ions more were the sum total paid for lots.
plots and acreage.
Briefly stated. these are some Of the priE-
cipal realty assets Of Westchester:
Its high class rural features.
Its undulating land
Its long and beautiful valleys
It's great sweep OF shore fronts.
Its big cities and towns at the threshold
Of New York, including Yonkers, Mount
Vernon, New Rochelle. White Plains and
Peekskill.
Its splendid electric rapid transit routes.
It's numerous cottages, costing many
thousands Of dollars.
Its many f1ourishing shopping centres.
Its financial institutions with large re-
serve funds.
It's many city conveniences.
It's 'cross-country trolley lines. linking
the Hudson River district to the Sound
shore section.
Its number OF churches of various demon
nations.
Its beautiful d.iyeways. enticing 10 own
ers of automobiles and carriage horses. to-
gether with the plans now under way for
betterlpg the county roadways
Many hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
viii be spent in not only widening but also
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05

the great Croton River system ana Ilucus'
Muscott and Cross River.
And all these waters have been mace
by the motor boat available TO thousands
who years ago were for many reasons de-
barred from their enjoyment rake Tor
Instance. the amateur fisherman (and may
his tribe tncrease). He had not only to he
a fisherman, but also a waterman and
stalvart oarsman. or he might find hiTnsel
three miles from land with hot ohshore
wind against him. or In the sunset DOL
drums, and be obliged to ply pair OF oars
for two hours to lug his boat home ere
DARK. Well I remember those days. both
from the tales Of my kinsfolk and father
an we'll Ga by the blstered hands the
strained muscles and the backaches OF my
early years.
For those who are not fishermen. out
the fathers of families, what can better eN-
taud their pleasure. economic their uihe
and save their purse than to spend the
week snds with their wives and children or
friends in q % foot by motor boat. while
s-horsepower engine does all the drudger!
II saves fares, Il saves restaurant prohts'
II Is supremely healthy, and II any one can
find anywhere more beautiful scenery than
the lordly Hudson up to Iona Island. or the
Sound around and about David's Island,
Hen Island, Byram Point, MIL Creek ana
hundreds OF other miles Of a stIlkingly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
ONE OF THE MANY NEW HOUSES AT MoRsEmERe, N. J.

There was a SlOD0D,00 project launched N
the downtown once district By a syndicate
headed by Robert T.. bowling. The syn
dictate bought the old home OF the Adams
Express Company, at No. 81 to 81 Broad
way.
On the sit. will be built a thirty story
ONCE structure 1t will be the fourth tall
est once building In Manhattan.
This is the oostliest building operation
designed for a plot in the principal fnan-
cial centre Of old New York in lons
time, and II is a positive sign that the sup
ply OF spacious up-to-da Offices In the dis
trict warrants an addition OF such size and
cost.
At the tine Il the purchase attention
10 It's importance was directed by the fol-
lowing report regarding recent and present
conditions In the zone:
ut seems only few days ago that brokers
who are supposed to be in close touch with
the renting situation in the wholesale bust
ness and office regions in the lower part Of
Manhattan were exclaiming that the city
was topheavy' as regards downtown Office
buildings and that conditions were not like
ly TO be improved in the near future.
THE strongest Of these utterances was
heard In realty circles about three months
ago and made those property owners OF
downtown sites who had the blues
gloomier.
Since then the Hudson & Manhattan
Railroad Company has decided to erect an
annex 10 its twin Terminal buildings. a
number OF sites in Nassau street have been
secured by corporations for charging the
downtown Office area and there arc sew
cral other plans being considered. and
which will be made public soon. for build
ng Office structures this year in the lower
part Of Manhattan.
These operations fully answer the qucs-
ton. How about the downtown off1ce situa-
ton? Conditions there are favorable for
successfully carrying out all these under
takings.
Even II Mr.. Dowling's syndicate was the
only one with plans for building In the
district. that single plan would be con-
sidered by the majority Of persons identified
with the realty market as indicating that
there was more room for more modern
ONCE structures.
"Mr. Bowling is the foremost realty op-
orator in this city. That is not the opinion
Of an individual. but the consensus of
opinion In realty circles"
More Downtown Sales.
Buyers were also found this year for the
loft buildings No. to II Water street, for
the William T. Garner estate holdings at
the southeast corner Of Hudson and Worth
streets. with an T. to No. 81 Thomas
street and the two story house No. 67
Hudson street.
William M. Halstof bought the Water
street premises, which have Q frontage of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
In The Bronx.

In The Bronx there has been a marked
improvement I'm the volume OF business the
larger activity of investors being mainly re-
sponsible for this condition
Moreover, new high record square foot
price for the borough was said to have been
made by the sale by Williamson Bryan for
Eugene j. Busher of the three story frame
building on a lot 25xsO feet on the north
side Of 18th street, 145 feet west OF Mel
rose avenue, To the Corn Exchange Bank
Mr.. Busher bought the lot for $4,000 In
1904, the year In which the subway was
opened; the bank paid him $50. 900 for the
premises. As there are 1000 square feet in
the plot. the price square foot was $3.50
on the plot will be put up a building for
the exclusive use Of branch Of the bank
Mr.. Busher is only one OF some hundred
spectators who have been richly repaid
for buying lots and other kinds OF property
In The Bronx
Thousands of persons Just entering realty
walks will get large profits from Bronx in
vestments II they buy now and sell three
or four years hence.
The first sale In sixty years Of Ma
thilda plot near 24Oth street, which was
owned by the Henry Plumer estate, was re-
ported few weeks ago.