The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-24
Committee Appointed at Blackduck
Meeting to Present Protest to
Auditor.
CONTRACT LETTING SET
FOR OCTOBER 9th
Blackduck Residents Get Acquainted
With Charles S. Carter, Legis-
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lative Candidate.
(By Staff Correspondent

(by Quail COl1OopOuOCAC)
Blackjack, Minn., Oct 24.-Resi-
dents of this vicinity are opposed to
more ditching in this county under
the present financial condition of the
county. They will protest against
the letting of contracts for Ditch No.
~25.
Ditch No. rs is to be constructed
north of the Red Lake, will be 324
miles in length and is estimated to
cost $4O6,769.
Rejected All Bids.
The contracts will be let by J. L..
George. county auditor, October 27,
If bids submitted are satisfactory. At
a previous contract letting for the
ditch construction Mr.. George re-
jected all bids.
At mass meeting held here last
Knight to oppose the contract letting
a committee was appointed to pro-
test to County Auditor George at the
letting Oct 27. The chairman OF
the committee is E. L. Oberg, editor
of the Blackduck American. Among
the members of the committee are j.
G. Thompson, Charles S. Carter, can
didate for representative, Sam Ellis,
Mayor Charles Hayden, J. M. Reed,
Lewis Lateral of Kelliher, William
Fellows of Tenstrike and several
Others.
Many Attend Meet.
The Blackduck hall was crowded
at the meeting last night and the
audience took much interest in the
addresses.
Mayor Charles Hayden presided
and in an opening address urged ev-
eryone to fulfill his duty as an Amer
:ican citizen and vote at the election
Nov IT, ~ He urged that the residents
of this vicinity support Charles s.
Carter for representative.
Garter is we'll qualified for the po-
sition," said Mayor Hayden. HE is
a man who has always been a
booster"
Mr.. Carter in an able address ex-
planned why he was making a cam
paign for the office of representative
md outlined his "platform," which
he announced recently in his keynote
address at Tenstrike.
no plcuSCu u1mScA1 W "OAh AOA
everything that would have a tend
ency to bring more settlers to this
community and to keep the settlers
here.
more settlers means more pros
perity to everyone" said Mr.. Carter.
1.-THE securing of settlers Is one OF
the most important things ahead OF
u.s."
More School Aid.
Mr.. Carter in discussing rural
schools stated that he did not believe
that the rural schools were securing
the amount of state aid that they
should receive in proportion to the
aid given higher educational institu-
tions.
He advocated the sale of dynamite
to the settlers by the state so that
settlers could more easily clear their
lands.
He attacked the present ditch law
and urged that all bonding for ditch
es be halted.
"The present ditching is too big
for Beltrami county's finances" he
<said.
NJ. O. Johnston of Hines in address
urged the support of Charles e.
Hughes, Republican presidential
nominee.
Other speakers were J. G. Thomp
son of Blackduck and Sam Ellis, can
didates for county commissioner and
E. L. Oberg.
The Johnston quartette of Hines
gave an excellent music program,
singing several original songs in re-
gard to their townsman, Charles S.
Carter, candidate for representative.
The quarette is composed of J. F.
Johnston and his son, Martin, and
daughters, Marguerite and Genevieve.