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VOLUME 10. NUMBER 236.
SAGENG PROPOSES
CAMPAIGN PROBE
Is Aimed at Members of Legislature
Suspected of Having Beceived
Brewery Aid.
WANTS COMMITTEE OF SIX
Three Each to Be Named by Burn
quist and Bines and "Standpat
ters" Will Be Few.
6,000,000 AGBES ABE RECLAIMED
Report of State Drainage Commission
Shows That There Are Still 4,-
000,000 Left In Swamps.
By United Press.
St. Paul, Minn, Feb. 1.Some ex
citement is anticipated when the
legislative campaign probe commit
tee gets under way, assuming that
Sen. Ole Sageng's resolution, intro
duced yesterday, providing for the
appointment of the committee, is
adopted by the house and senate.
In view of the attempts in both
house and senate, to curb the powers
of the presiding officers by having a
committee on committees appointed,
there is reason to believe that when
the probe committee is named, there
will be few, if any, so called "stand
patters" on the list. Of the six mem
bers, three are to be named by Lieu
tenant Governor Burnquist and three
by Speaker Rines.
It is predicted that the personal
of the committee will consist of the
anti-brewery element. The resolu
tion is really aimed at those candi
dates who are supposed to have re
ceived assistance from breweries.
For this reason, it would be no sur
prise if some of the legislators were
subpoenaed to testify.
It will be interesting to note
whether any of the senators or rep
resentatives, if subpoenaed, will
plead immunity from the service of
process, which is granted them in the
case of a court summons.
Need Wider Taxing Power.
One of the bills to be introduced
in the senate Monday, will be by Sen.
Fossen, Minneapolis, who proposes to
offer a measure in the nature of a
constitutional amendment, which is
Intended to give the legislature the
power to levy gross earnings or ad
valorem taxes, without/^ferst submitt
ing such matters in the form of a
proposed constitutional amendment
to the voters at a general election.
Woman's suffrage will again be
brought into the limelight next Tues
day, when it will come up for consid
eration in the house. As the senate
has already defeated the bill which
originated in that body, and, as it is
generally conceded that the house
will pass the bill and again put up
the proposition up to the senate, it
is not believed that there will be the
interest taken in the measure in the
house which was displayed in the
senate last Tuesday.
Would Use More Papers.
Representative G. B. Bjornson of
Minneota introduced in the house
a bill providing that proposed con
stitutional amendments shall be
printed in all legal newspapers of the
state, instead of those designated by
the secretary of state. Mr. Bjorn
son frankly admitted that his meas
ure is designed to prevent the secre
tary of state from building up a poli
tical machine by handing out favors
to newspapers in the form of print
ing contracts.
"I have no personal grievance
against any one," said Mr. Bjornson.
"Secretary of State Schmahl always
has treated me fairly and I always
have got a contract for publishing
the constitutional amendments in my
newspaper. But I believe that to
permit the secretary of state to dic
tate what newspapers shall get the
state's money for publishing the
amendments is to place too much
power in the hands of any one man."
Bjornson's bill provides that the
amendments shall foe furnished in
plate form to all legal newspapers.
His bill cuts the rate for publication
the first time from fifty cents per
folio to .twenty-five cents per folio
and he believes that this reduction
in the rate will make it possible to
have the amendments printed in all
newspapers without increasing the
expense to the state. Daily newspa
pers having a bona fide circulation
of more than 10,000 are to receive
.seventy-five cents per folio for the
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ELDRIDGE E. JORDAN.
Washington Banker and Chairman
of Wilson Inaugural Committee.
N. M. D. A. VISITORS.
The following visitors regis
tered at the rooms of the North
era Minnesota Development as
sociation in Minneapolis this
week:
E. A. Kremer... .Grand Rapids.
H. D. Powers. .Grand Rapids.
F. S. Fisk .Grand Rapids
J. A. Zimbrick, Deer River
E. M. Stanton.Thief River Falls
H. H. Hulbert Stephens
Matt Barzen.Thief River Falls
H. M. Clark Bemidji
W. B. Jones .Sylvan
H. N. McKee Bemidji
Rev. Roman Homar.. Beaulieu
I. P. Byhre Walker
Miss Beatrice Mills.. .Bemidji
W. H. Frederick
Thief River Falls
first publication and thirty-five cents
per folia for subsequent publications.
6,000,000 Acres Reclaimed.
Since 1907 6,000,000 acres of
swamp land in Minnesota have been
reclaimed at a cost of $1.50 an acre,
aocordlg to the report of the Min
nesota drainage commission, just
out. The report says reclaimed land
now is worth from $15 to $60 an
acre.
The statistics of the commision
show that there are yet 4,000,000
acres of swamp land in the state
which the commissioners states should
be drained as soon as possible and
rendered available for agriculture.
According to the report, when all of
the drainage ditches are completed
there will be 575 miles of graded
roads built along them.
The financial statement of the
commission shows that the original
appropriation of $50,000 for the con
struction of drainage ditches has
been doubled by private subscription,
and a balance of $204,000 stands to
the credit of the drainage fund. In
the report the commission strongly
recommends that the drainage of
swamp lands in the state be contin
ued until all land now useless has
been reclaimed.
Country members in the house ob
tained an amendment exempting^ far
mers from compliance with the pro
visions of a bill introduced by the
labor committee requiring detailed
reports of accidents of a serious na
ture.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Mrs. M. Malone left this afternoon
for Crdbkston where she will spend
the next few days as the guests of
her daughters, Mrs. H. J. Welte and
Mrs. J. F. Norman.
Nine young men are taking the
civil service examinations for first
grade clerks in the Crookston Lum
ber company reading room. S. A.
Cutter has charge of the class.
Carter Cutter, who recently re
turned from Austin, Minn., to accept
a position in the Security Bank took
suddenly ill a short time after his
arrival with A severe attack of
grippe and will be unable to take
/iip his duties at the bank for several
days.
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ST. PAUL OFFICERS
TO BE PUNISHED
Are Releaved From Duty By Colonel
Luce and Ordered Court
Martialed.
HOLD TRIAL NEXT MONDAY
Five Officers are to Be Tried and
Action on Others Will Be
Determined Later.
St. Paul, Minn. ,Feb. 1(By Spec
ial wire service)Because they re
fused to obey orders to assembly for
drill work Friday night, fifteen of
ficers of the battalion of Minnesota
National guards of St. Paul were re
leased from duty by Col. Luce, com
mander of the First regiment with
headquarters at Minneapolis.
A tourney was scheduled for Fri
day night and Luce's orders were ig
nored by the St. Paul boys, who gave
as their reason that he discriminated
against them in favor of Minneapolis
commands. They claim also that
Luce got his job as a result of their
votes.
Five officers are to be court mar
tialed and punished. Action against
other officers will be determined
later. The officers who have been
ordered for court martial are, Major
Sheppard and Captains Tiffany, An
derson, Barnacle and Thompson. The
date set for the court martial is Feb
ruary 3 at Minneapolis.
ONE MORE SPEAKER
J. J. Opsahl, who is in Minneapo
lis, sent the following telegram to
the Pioneer this morning:
H. H. Hughes, editor of Farm,
Stock and Home, will give a talk "on
'Getting Together and Farm Credits',
at the farmer's meeting in Bemidji
Thursday."
"Mr. Hughes is known as a "live"
one and the addition of his name to
the list of speakers for the meeting
insures added interest.
HAD SPEARED PIKE
Charles Studley, who lives near
Turtle River, was arrested by Game
Warden Bailey this morning and
charged with selling speared pike.
Studley pleaded guilty and was giv
en a fine of $10 and costs.
This is open season for pike when
caught through the ice with a hook
and line, one line to a person. Pike
taken from a stocked lake cannot be
sold however caught. Mr. Bailey
says that is unlawful to speak pike
from, fish houses.
THORPE SIGNED
New York, Feb. 1.James Thorpe,
"greatest living athlete," recently
declared professional, signed a con
tract late last night to play baseball
with the New York Nationals. He
will report to Manager McGraw
February 16.
REUSSWIG TO PEN
Grand Rapids, Feb. 1F. E. Reus
swig, the former school director re
cently sentenced to the penitntiary
for forgery, was taken to Stillwater
today. Mr. Reusewig has for years
been a prominent business man in
Grand Rapids and his arrest on a
charge of grafting, school funds
caused a sensation, de pleaded guil
ty to the charge and was given an in
determinate sentence of from three
to five years.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1913.
(Copyright.)
Fuel
Total
Increase this yeai|
Special to Site PlOBMr.
New York, Feb. 1The greatest
problem confronting base ball man
agers the coming season is the ques
tion of pitching material. Hardly a
team in either of the two big leagues
that would not welcome the addition
of one or more reliable twirlers to
its staff. With the exception of the
Giants and Pittsburgs in the Na
tional and the Red Sox in the Ameri
can there isn't a club strongly forti
fied in the box.
With Mathewson, Marquard, Tes
reau, and possibly Demaree, compris
ing the first string, and "Wiltse,
Crandall, Ames and ten promising
youngsters from which to recruit thtf
second, the National league cham
pions appear to be better fixed in this
respect than their rivals. And for
this happy condition of afflalrs Mc
Graw alone deserves praise.
McGraw is one of the very few
major league managers who plan
several years ahead, and therein lies
the secret of his success. It is not
his custom to sit back and wait for
the minor leagues to develop his
pitching stars. He believes in grab
bing a youngster of promise, no mat
ter how green, whenever opportun
ity offers. In this he is guided by
the advise of scouts and agents. If,
after a few weeks at the spring train
ing camp, a recruit shows "anything"
that suggests he may eventually
make good, McGraw farms him out
to some club where he can keep an
eye on the rookie's progress.
MAINTENANCE OF LIBRARY DURING 1912
$:'_.
Amount of Library Fund warrants Issued during 1912 $1,644.64
Divided as follows:
Lighting.
Books and periodicals 482.68
Supplies and miscellany 60.96
Furniture
26.00
Telephone 1.. 19.50
Salary, Librarian 480.00
Salary, Janitor 180.00
Library Fund warrants issued during year 1912 $1,644.64
Library Fund warrants, issued during year 1911 1,536.57
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MACK'^ WEEKLY SPORT LETTER
John McGraw is one manager who
stands up for hid players and is not
influenced by public clamor. This
was again emphasized in the case of
Snodgrass whose head the fans de
manded after the disastrous muff-in
tuc world's series las' fail which
cost the Giants the champion
and the player^^wnetnlng like $30,-
000 in cash. Mac sent Fred a con-
Scoop May Never Live jo See Bis Shadow
READY FOR THE 6R0UND HOG
$ 76". 15
321.35
$1,644.64
J_} 7, 108. 07
tract calling for a handsome raise in
salary and thus publicly absolved the
center field from. all blame for the
loss of the series. As the Giants'
leader says, "Any ball player is liable
to make an error." i
In 1911 "Red" Murray went
through the entire series with the
Athletics and failed to connect for
one single solitary safe bingle. The
winter league sports were betting
even money that McGraw would tie
the can to Red John, but he didn't.
Murray not only played a brilliant
game throughout the National league
season of 1912, but was one of the
bright particular stars of last fall's
big games.
And when Merkle pulled that fam
ous "bone" in not touching second,
a play that cost the team a pennant,
what happened? Instead of firing the
first baseman, McGraw raised his
wages, and Merkle's record of the
last few years has more than justi
fied the manager's faith in his abil
ity
Is it any wonder the rank and file
of ball players swear by the Giants'
leader? McGraw has the nerve to
manage-the team on his "own" and
does.not ask the assistance of press
or public.
Here we are with only a few weeks
between us and the beginning of the
training season and not one young
pitcher exploited as the discoverer
of a new and mystifying curve. Must
be a poor crop of press agents this
year.
Luther McCarty recently exper
ienced a sudden change of mind on
the color question. He now declares
a willingness to box. Johnson "if
there is a public demand for the
match." It was only a few weeks
ago he announced' in no uncertain
language that he would not consider
/Continued on taut parol
WALKER HERE TONIGHT
Both Teams Appear Confident of
Wining and a Close Contest Is
Expected By Coaches.
INFORMAL DANCE AFTER GAME
Tonight the High school team will
play its second game of the season
with the Walker team. The local
boys are prepared for a hard game
and expect to be victorious. Although
they made a poor showing against
the Fosston team they have not lost
their courage and are prepare to
iplay a game tonight that will bfr a
surprise to many who saw the last
game.
The Walker team has a reputation
of being fast and will come here
confident of winning. If Bemidji
wins toalight it will mean much for
the boWjas the Walker team is con-
sidereHflby many to be as fast as the
Fosston team that defeated Bemidji
here two weeks ago.
Coach Carson refuses to discuss
the line up as he has a plan which
he believes will work successfully.
A dance will probably be gfven af
ter the game in honor of the visitors.
Only a small charge will be made %p
those attending the dance as the
team only wishes to .make expenses.
WILL CHANGE CURRENCY.
Washington, D. Feb. 1.^Pre-
parations for completely changing
the designs of all American currency
and reducing the size of paper money
by one-third, were practically finish
ed yesterday-by the treasury depart
ment.
The design for the back of the
notes, created by Kenyon Cox of New
York, was submitted to Secretary
MacVeagh, who accepted it upon the
condition that it is approved by the
fine arts committee.
"Simple and artistic,", is the treas
ury department's characterization of
the design, which consists of allegor
ical figures representing "America,"'
"Peace," "Plenty,"
4 "Labor," and
"Commerce."
The treasury practically has finish
ed the design for the face of the
notes. A vignette of Washington
will adorn the face of the one dollar
notes. The portraits for the other
notes have not been decided upon.
A. E. Nelson Writer on the Best
Methods to Use in Estimating
Value -of Animalt.
THE WOOL SHOULD BE SOFT
Even Spread and Lustre Adds to the
Value of the FleeceAll Need
Short Legs.
TEETH INDICATE THEIR AGE
Central Incisors Appear After First
Tear and One More Pair are
Added Each Season.
A. E. Nelson, instructor in agricul
ture in the Bemidji school, has writ
ten the following paragraphs on
"How to Judge Sheep."
"Sheep are the hardest of all
classes of farm animals to judge and
when one must pass on a number of
sheep in a limited time it is neces
sary that he work quickly and ac
curately.
"When possible, one should always
'handle' a sheep as it is only after
examination with the hands that one
can pass his best judgment. After
the sheep has been caught, press
down the lower lip with the thumb
so that the. age can be estimated
from the teeth. As the sheep has
eight permanent incisors which ap
peared in regular orders in supplant
ing the milk teeth, it is an easy mat
ter to estimate the age up
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"The milk teeth are always smaller
and narrower than the permanent
incisors. The permanent incisors are
somewhat wedge shaped, being wider
at the top than at the bottom.
"A lamb has only milk teeth but
the first and central pair of incisors
appear when the sheep is slightly
more than one year old. The next
pair Jof incisors will appear one on
each side of the central pair when the
sheep is two years old The third
pair appear when the sheep is slight
ly over three years old and the fourth
pair when the sheep is between four
and five years old. Grain feeding
will hasten the age indications.
"After the age has been ascertain
ed, examine the head to see if it is
of the desired shape. The head should
be rather short throughout, wide be
tween the eyes and ears, although
this conformation will vary some
with the breed. The eye should be
clear, large, alert and free fipm dis
ease The ears should be of medium
size, soft, and pliable. The neck
should be full, short and blend
smoothly into the shoulder
"A ewe necked sheep is usually
thinly fleshed over the shoulders'and
is never desirable. The shoulders
should be well laid together at the
top and well covered with natural
flesh., The ribs should be widely
sprung, giving the animal a round
appearance.
"The back should be level and, es
pecially in breeding sheep, should not
have a tendency to 'dip' in this reg
ion'. The loin should be wide, with
a thick natural covering of flesh. The
hoofs should be well laid in and the
hind quarters should be long and
wide In as much as the loin and
hind quarters are the high priced
portion^ of the animal at present, it
is essential that these parts be care
fully examined.
"Sheep should always be set low
down. That is, the legs should always
be short, but the length of the legs
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will depend somewhat on the breed.
The feet should point straight ahead
and should be well supported in the
postern or ankle joint. This is one
place where breeding sheep are often
at fault:
"The best feeding lamb is the
thick, 'low set, heavily^lmuscled
type.xr. The feeding lamb does not
need much bone as he goes onto the
market at an early age. He should'
be sold when he weighs about 100^^,^
pounds. The younger he is put into'
the. feed lot, the cheaper will be AefS^N
cost of the meat. i:
"Much might be said of the wool of^J
sheep but, generally speaking, iti|
should be dense,-, fine, clean, lour/
bright in color and lustre and spread
evenly over the body."
