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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-05
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MANY DIFFERENT E PLANS
Senate Committee On Reapp ortion-
ment Had Stormy Session on
Tuesday Afternoon.
ANOTHER SCHEDULED THURSDAY


BY United Press. -
st. Paul, MINI, March Sen. ".
L. Johnson's reappo ionment COM
mittee held busy session Tuesday
afternoon without coming to decis-
ion as to the exact number of sena-
tors and representatives which the
senate bill will provide for when it is
offered to that body. .
AS was expected, there were bick-
erings, threats and suggestions ga
lore and the result was that another
hearing will be held next Thursday
afternoon. In the meantime the
members of the First and Second dis
tricts will get together and decide on
what to do with the additional sena-
tor which they were allowed by the
committee, and the members of the
Seventh district will try and patch
up their differences with reference to
what disposition should be made of
one of the counties of the district.
2 Some of the senators who repre-
scented three counties thought each
county should have at least one rep
resentative, as it might happen,
where the representative who ran at
large would all be from one of the
three, or two of the three counties.
The seven-senator suggestion for
counties was also preached, but pass
ed over. II adopted, it, would affect
only Ramsey and Hennepin counties,
although Ramsey county is given only
seven senators under the bill as at
present drafted while Hennepin is
given eight. The former county
wants eight senators however and the
latter ten senators, in support Of
which they cite their populations.
Senator Rustad threatened to OPP
pose the bill II his district was
changed from the manner in which
at present constituted and he further
said that the house members Of his
district would do likewise. One Of
the Hennepin senators suggested that
they be allowed two additional sena-
tors to run at large. . &.
The bill passed by the house pro-
vides for 1875 representatives and six
ty-five senators, but 1t Is apparent
that several of each will be added by
the senate.
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TWO BOYS :. BURNED
Left Alone in House Which Caught
Fire From Over Heated Stove
Dray Upset 1njuring One ~.

Left alone in the house while the
mother went to a grocery store and
the father was at work, the two small
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Luce,
were severely burned in a fire which
broke out at 8 m. today. 1t was
started by an overheated stove.
Smoke was discovered pouring from
the windows and doors by John Cline,
fireman, and he at once broke in
the door and rescued five year old
Leonard who was vainly trying to get
out of the house.. He went back for
three year old Earl but did not find
him until he had thrown blazing
mattress out of the window. The boy
had been under the1bed: z7 = ''A..s,
The older boy is badly burned but
is expected to recover. The younger
was protected by the mattress and
while painfully burned is not in such
bad shape as his older brother. The
house was completely Quilted and
there was no insurance on the furni-
ture. The building was owned by
John Martin of Big Falls. BY hard
fight, the department kept the blaze
from spreading to the Beaumont
home.
While on the way to the fire load
ed with extra men, dray belonging
to Tom Smart turned over and threw
it's load into the ditch. Fred: Baum
gardner suffered sprained ankle and
the others were severely shaken up.
The Battles coal rig was following
close behind the dray and narrowly
escaped a collision. .-
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{ A BIN T 7

~ United Press.
Washington, March president
Wilson sent In the names Of the fol-
lowing men this noon as nominations
for his cabinet: -
Secretary of state William Jen-
nings Bryan, Nebraska.
Secretary Of the treasury
G.. McAdoo. New York. = "a.
Secretary Of war-Lindley M. Gar
rison, New York. ,-s'* -, "
Attorney general James Mercy
nolds, Tennessee. ,-.~ r.: IA
Postmaster general - Albert s.
Burleson, Texas.
Secretary of the navy-Josephus
Daniels, North Carolina. ~.
Secretary of the interior-Frank-
lin X. Lane, California. -
Secretary of agriculture-David A.
Houston, Missouri. s>..>'a <'...'. - ...-s-I
Secretary of commerce-William c..
Redfield, New York. ~ -
Secretary Of labor-William B.
Wilson, Pennsylvania.
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HOWARD TO ST. CLOUD.

The Duluth Herald Monday said:
evans D. Howard, aged Is, did not
keep out of trouble when he was pa
rolled on a sentence from the district
court about a year ago, and this
morning was brought before Judge
Cant and ordered to serve his time in
the St. Cloud reformatory.
"Howard was sentenced to the re-
formatory on March 80 last, after he
had pleaded guilty to passing forg-
ed check on clerk at the Astoria
hotel. Judge Cant stayed the execu-
ton of sentence in order to give the
young man another chance
This morning, Howard was brought
before the court to answer to charges
of misconduct which had been
brought to Judge Cant's attention.
Howard admitted that he had been
arrested and sent to jail at Bemidji
on larceny charge recently.
Howard, from all appearances, Is
strongly addicted to the drink habit.
He told the court that he was a form
err newspaper and magazine advertise
ing solicitor and that he had worked
on papers at Superior and Bemidji.
"When the court vacated the stay
of execution of the sentence and ord
eerd him to st. Cloud, Howard asked
how long he would have to serve.
"'Your sentence is indeterminate,
but the limit is ten years. said the
court. Judge Cant then Informed
him that it was improbable that he
would be confined for that length Of
time. -@-@-~ -. *@ '~
| FtThe prisoner asked the court to
allow him few days to get into COM
munication with his father and as
sign some of his property over to him.
Judge Cant told him that he would
not be committed at once and that his
father could visit him here at the
couny Jail. 4 III .ss--@
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Charles Hoyt, former chief of po-
lice, turned in the following report
to the council Monday. It covers the
wear. to March FIX
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eRoWELL WINS RECOUNT

On the recount of the ballots cast
in the city election for judge OF mum
icipal court, the tellers today re-
ported that A. M. Crowell had been
elected by a plurality Of two. The
tellers found an error of one vote, in
Judge Crowell's favor, in the Third
ward. The contest was brought by
John Gibbons who had 100 votes to
Crowell's 1872. Va 49,
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FENT0N CORNER AHEAD

At noon today the Pioneer vote on
the site for the new federal building
closed and it was found by the count
that the Fenton corner was in the
lead. A total of 1,074 votes were cast
indicating that about one-fifth of all
the people in the city voted. AS far
as possible, all votes of children and
fioaters were thrown out. The bal
lots will be saved and turned over to
the government If asked for. ~ -.
The final count was as follows:
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nal count was as follows:
GETS VERDICT FOR $155

In district court yesterday, Dr.. b.
H. Smith was given verdict for
$155 against DR.. G. J. Larson for pro-
fessional services. The case was TAX
en- from the jury by Judge Stanton
and verdict ordered for the plain
tiff. The bill was for an operation
performed three years ago.
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All are Responsible.

!. : s 4. =.
Responsibility for various condi-
lions which exist from time to time
in our city, to the annoyance OF Its
citizens, is so divided that an individ-
ual hesitates to give notice OF the
condition which ought to receive at
tention. Every city official should not
only be willing to receive complaints
regarding conditions under his
charge, but ought to give them prompt
attention. Police officers, every city
ofiicial and citizens generally, will be
invited to call attention to- improper
conditions coming under their obser-
walton, and feel certain that this ser-
vice which can be performed without
LAST D.
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WALKER TEAM POOR LOSERS

WALKER TEAM POOR LOSERS
The High school basket ball team
has begun practice for the Grand
Rapids game which will be played at
Grand Rapids next Friday night. The
boys have not lost their courage after
the defeat. they received at the hands
of the Fosston team and expect to win
from the Grand Rapids quint. Wal.
ker appears to be anxious for game
but the local team does not see the
necessity OF defeating the same team
twice. The Walker team proved to
be poor losers and have not recovered
from the defeat which they received
In Bemidji q few weeks ago.
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Hearings are Scheduled For Two
Roads and Changes in Two
School Districts.
NEW TOWN IS ORGANIZED
Prosper" Now Located to East Of
Lakewood in 163-33-Assessors
T. Are Named.

Although congress has granted the
right to bridge the Mississippi in the
town Of FROM about two miles below
the Warfield dam, it appears now az
though the bridge could not be built
because of a lack of money. The
farmers in the neighborhood of the
Swenson Lake school house have ask
ed the county commissioners for 49,
500 with which to build the bridge
but the matter had to go on the table
Tor an indefinite time. The commits
sioners are hard pressed for road and
bridge funds and as the town Of
FROM lies in the Fifth district, other
parts have an equal claim on the
funds. e.
The county commissioners met
Tuesday morning for the second time
this year and were confronted by a
mass of work. 1t was at once decid-a
ed. that the next meeting would be
held April and several important
hearings have been set for that date.
A hearing will be held at that time
upon the proposed enlargement of
school district No. 80, which lies in
Shotley, to include part of the un-
organized town which lies to the east
of shotley. -
There will also be hearing April
8 on the proposition to make, a new
district out of districts 100 and 1913
which lie in the towns of Spruce
Grove and Minnie. Hearings will be
held at this time on the two proposed
county roads in 154-3O and 1880. :
These roads are to be inspected by q
committee of Lennon and Thompson
April 1. The commissioners will be
at the S. w. corner of Sections 16
and II at noon April and at the 8.
w. corner of section 36-154-30 at
noon April 2. .'.>- ~.
Chris Hagen of Bemidji; d. D.
Rolfe of Blackjack, and e. E. Schulke
of Tenstirke, were appointed viewers
to look over the proposed ditch In
1881 town of Taylor. The ditch Is
to be one and one-half miles long and
has been ordered surveyed.
In order to save the county two
per cent a year on 100000. the board
of audit has been instructed to take
UP county bonds of 100000 with
money which is In the sinking fund.
The county bonds draw four and one
half per cent while the county de-
posts 90 not Drlng over Two ana one
half per cent. sa @ ~
The board appointed James Per-
kins assessor for the fourth assess
ment district in place of Thor Harde-
land and appointed w. A. Newman
assessor for Redby. T. N. Rode Of
FROM was the successful bidder Tor
wood and will furnish the county
with 100 cords of poplar and nifty
was given a contract for fifty cords
Of tamarack.
A new town to be called Prosper
was organized in 1898 which lies
on Lake of the Woods to the east Of
Lakewood.
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By a unanimous vote last night, the
Bemidji Commercial club accepted
the invitation Of the Cass Lake club
and appointed a whip" committee to
see that a good delegation goes from
Bemidji. An effort will be made to
secure a special train II enough go. It
is proposed to turn the train due in
here at 7:45 and run it back to Cass
Lake. gss 81 ssE,s5
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THIRD DEGREE WORK TONIGHT

The Masons meet, in regular ses-
sion at the Masonic Hall this evening
and will conduct work in the third
degree, F. & A. M. The officers are
making special requests that the
members attend tonight's session, as
other matters of Importance to the
lodge will come up for discussion.
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FIRED ON AMERICANS.

AAAA0~SAOS
X Douglas, Arizona, March g.
X Mexican soldiers at Auga Priesta 1
X yesterday deliberately fired on
x United States troops patroling /
X the border here. 4
X The shooting was done in a
X most deliberate manner. The /
X Mexicans marched up to the !
X boundary and fired a volley at !
X the American patrol. The
X Americans replied with machine !
X guns and the Mexicans retreat
X ed None were killed but the !
X Americans believe two of the
X Mexicans were hit.
x X XXX Xxx <k<< 4
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CLUB TO cAss LAKE
Bemidji Business Men to Meet With
Neighbors March 20 in Interests
r. #.. = of Navigation. .5.- =
WOULD IMPROVE MISSISSIPPI
Special to The Pioneer.

Special to The Pioneer. u
Cass: Lake, March. AT a meet
ing Of the cass Lake Commercial
club Monday night call was issued
to the Commercial clubs Of Walker,
Deer River, Grand Rapids, Bena,
Federal Dam, Bemfdji, Palisade, and
Aitkin to send delegates to conven-
ton having for it's. object the furth-
ering Of improvements near the head
waters of the Mississippi beginning
at Lake 1tasca and going down to
Aitkin. r., ....,.. Nv ....
The plan is to form the organiza-
tion permanently and hav@fmoncerted
action behind all movements for I'M
proving the Mississippi in the north
ern part of the state. Much legisIa-
ton affecting this section was rec
commended by the engineers but fall
ed of passage by congress, it is be-
lieved, because there was not con-
certed action. All persons who re-
side along the Mississippi as far south
as Aitken are welcome to come to this
meeting. 1t will be held Thursday
evening March 20, 1913, at eight
O'clock in order to give the best train
connections for the majority of the
delegates. .s....-- .
The Commercial club has instruct
ed its dock committee to secure the
services Of good man for a term of
years or to lease its dock for a term
of years to a practical boatman who
will be able and willing to add to
the equipment by putting in several
small launches and more rowboats
than there are now. The inquiries
for accommodations for tourists are
beginning to come already and the
dock committee announced that two
additions to the clubs boathouse
during the spring are already assured.
Mayor A. w. Johnson Is chairman of
the dock committee and is already
getting busy to have the dock in
shape early for business.
at y .,zis.s5s. FL
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-05-12

the legislature was tempted by the
possibility of being able to select and
discipline the best brains in the state
regardless of social status. If that
could be done, it was argued, the
cost might well be ignored. But there
are difficulties of a formidable ma
ture in the way. Can we trust any
selective method we have yet hit
upon? 1t is notorious that our ablest
men have often ranked as billiards in
tire schoolmaster's books; yet these
are the very men that the state wants
to multiply by employing selective
process that must make use Of aca-
demic tests to a very large extent.
But arguing about the worth of the
experiment is futile; New York is
going to try it on very generous
scale, and in few years we shall be
able to Judge the system by its fruits
the only sure way.-Record-Herald-
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-05-12
SHORTENING COLLEGE COURSE.

President Judson of the University
of Chicago has long been known as
an advocate of shorter college
course. He now makes the specific
recommendation that the freshman
year be dropped. The first years
work, he says, consists largely in
duplication. DIR. Judson does not crit
icise the high schools, but other col
lege professors have been known to
do so in this connection, complaining
that they were obliged to waste time
in grounding students in subjects in
which they should have been drilled
in the secondary schools.
There certainly seems to be vast
amount of waste both in the grammer
and high schools of this country. Har-
ward has two or three young men who
have been educated according to our
newer ideas of efficiency; one of them
is prepared to take his Phi. D. degree
at IS. Yet we are assured that there
is nothing out of the ordinary about
this young man; he has simply been
taught proper methods of concenstra-
tion and how to use his powers in the
most economic way. Perhaps it would
not be well to people the country
with such prodigies as the Harvard
student, but time is money, and if
our young men are really wasting val
liable years at college we ought to be
concerned about it and ready to well
come change, especially since the
change suggested would have the ef-
feet of strengthening instruction in
the secondary schools.--Record-H Her.
aid.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-05-12
SUPPLYING COLLEGE EDUCA.
TIONS FREE.

The people of New York state are
about to try an interesting experiment
in popular education, which will be
costly if it doesn't succeed and may
yield excellent results if it does. The
legislature has passed bill author
izing the creation of 5000 college
scholarships, which will enable prom
ising but poor students to obtain a
college education at the cost of the
taxpayers.
Those who opposed the bill argued
that it was folly to stretch our dog
trine of equal educational opportu-
mites to include free college courses;
the state had done enough when it
supplied facilities for sound instruc-
tion in the fundamentals. Ambiti-
Gus boys should be left to work their
way through college if they see fit,
since it is pretty certain that the value
Of a college education is overrated
in this country anyway, and far too
many students find their way to the
universities as it is.
The weight of these arguments was
felt to be considerable; nevertheless
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-05-12
s THE COUNTRY ovERBUILTg

An officer of one of the leading New
York banks has made the assertion
that "the United States today is over
built in practically every large section.
Too much money has gone into bricks
and mortar"
He charges to the building craze the
responsibility for much of the coun-
try's loan expansion and adds, Even
in little Waco, Tex, they are erect
ing ten-story office building, and the
hotels in Dallas and Fort Worth Iival
those of our greatest cities. There
may be an economic excuse for sky
scrapers in New York and Chicago;
there is no reason for them in the
smaller cities except false civic pride
ard boastfulness."
The country may be overbuilt; un-
doubtedly it is in some localities. Bat
building continues at an active rate.
Returns from 139 cities show that
from JAN to March 81 this year
permits were taken out for new build
inGs involving an aggregate outlay of
S20O.G41 900. This exceeds the total
fer any preceding period from Janu-
ary to March. In Greater New York
the new buildings projected during the
first three months this year involved
an aggregate cost of $43,S04,000. In
Chicago the new buildings announced
call for a total expenditure of $19,-
gal 800. This compares with only $l0,-
$4,000 in the first quarter last year
and $16,963,00O in 1911, but with a
total of $21 ,735, 900 in the first three
months of 1910.
In New England there is less build.
ing now than there was year ago.
In the middle west Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Toledo, indianapolis and Milwau.
kce show conspicuous gains. In the
southern states there have been mod
crate gains. On the Pacific coast the
iarges, cities report less building ac-
tivities, but Seattle and the smaller
cities of southern California increased
enough to show a small gain for the
entire ivision.-Chicago Record 6er-
aid.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-05-12

court late this afternoon and filed a
petition signed by thirty-five property
owners of the place asking that the
question of incorporating the town of
Ignacio be submitted to the voters.
With the petition was filed maps, des-
ignating the geographical boundaries,
streets, ETC., of the prposed town, and
also sworn statement showing the
population exceeds two hundred peo-
pie. After being examined by the
court on matters pertaining to the
petition the spokesman for the petit
TONERS were cross-examined by At
torney Main in behalf of those parties
who object to the Incorporation.
After due consideration the prayers
of the petitioners were granted and
the following commissioners appoint
ed to conduct the election: C. A.
Cameron, John Ong, c. F. Werner, H.
F. Wilcox and William Malone.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-05-12

there is generally a vacant lot some
where in the neighborhood which can
be used. In city like Denver, where
garden-space is not problem, these
fifteen minutes day" gardens should
be found on every hand. Poultry can
be raised successfully in the ordinary
city backyard, especially in the SUBJ
urbs, but probably not one-tenth of
Denver's suburban dwellers raise
chickens, which are constant source
of profit.
"These are little questions of econ
omy which mean much to commu-
nifty in the aggregate. When prac-
ticed on the farm as well as in town,
they mean cutting down of excess
sive importations of produce. They
mean general trimming of individual
expense, and the cultivation of ideas
Of thrift and forehandedness which
are bound TO work to the individuals
benefit in larger ways.
"Stop the waste! is a slogan which
should be echoed in town and coun-
try"