The daily pioneer. [volume], October 22, 1903, Image 6

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CITY AN COUNT
LOC HORNS
Commissioners Cut Bill for
Water and City Turned
It Off.
NO END OF INCONVENIENCE AT
COUNTY JAIL RESULTS.
Differences Temporarily Adjusted
and Water Turned On This
Morning.
The city water supply which
was cut off from the Beltrami
county court house Tuesday
afternoon, and caused consider
able inconvenience at the court
house and county jail, was turned
on again this morning and the
differences existing between the
city and county authorities have
been temporarily adjusted.
The trouble has been brewing
for some time and the rate which
the county has been paying for
water rentals has been the sub
ject of considerable discussion,
both at the hands of the city
council and at meetings of the
board of county commissioners.
There are two sides to the
story, and both are well told, but
there has never been an open
breach until last Tuesday after
noon when the water was sum
marily shut off after the board of
county commissioners had cut a
bill presented to the county for
water rental from $80 to $60.
Then it was suddenly developed
that the shutting off of the water
supply made it decidedly dis
agreeable at the county jail,
where there are at present four
teen prisoners. The water works
system is very necessary at the
jail. The heating plant and
plumbing are entirely dependent,
and it takes considerable water
to keep house at the jail besides
this. The prisoners slept in cold
cells, and while Sheriff Bailey's
deputies did everything possible
to remedy the situation, it was
impossible to strip it of many
disagreeable features. Last night
the city council held a special
meeting and the water was or
dered turned on again, and for
the present there will be no more
trouble.
The position of the city author
ities in the matter is that they
have all along endeavored to do
the fair thing by the county in
the matter of water rentals. It is
held that at the regular rates the
bill presented by the city to the
board Tuesday would have
amounted to somethingover$100.
It was made as reasonableas pos
sible, however, and $80 was the
amount1.
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Then the board of
comity commissioners applied its
official shears and clipped off an
other $20. This the city author
ities deemed unfair.
On the other hand, the county
commissioners take the position
that the county is entitled to
water rentals at the lowest rate
possible. The City Water com
pany is held to be a public insti
tution and its property has been
held non-assessable heretofore,
but Auditor Sylvester says that
he has about been convinced that
it is a money-making institution
as it standsat present and should
ities hol that there has Wan I
^PJm8d
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aU off the water without
any notice, and make much of
the inconvenience and annoyance
which it has caused.
Sheriffs Sale Stopped.
Deputy Sheriff John Bailey re
turned this morning from Battle
River, where he went yesterday
to conduct a sheriff's sale of the
logging outfit cf Fay & McKin
non. The sale was fairly started
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when it was stopped under anj
be placed upon the assessment The fire department made a
rolls. The hatchet is not yet run shortly after 6 o'clock last
buried, and the county author-1
night.d
order of the United States court i
and has beenpostponed for thirty
METHOD CHANGED
New Ruling of Department
lative to the Sale of
Allotments.
Re-
Walker, Minn., Oct. 22. A
new ruling of the interior depart
ment has just been made relative
to the sale 01 the allotments of
the deceased Indians. The act
of May 27, 1902, provided that
"the adult heirs of any deceased
Indian to whom a trust or other
patent containing restrictions
upon alienation has been or shall
be issued for lands alioted to him
may sell and convey the lands in
herited from such decedent."
Many of the Indians have not
yet received their patents. The
new ruling of the department is
that no allotments can be sold
until the the patent has been
actually issued. This affects
many allotments which have al
ready been sold, as well as many
now advertised for sale.
Major Scott, Indian agent, has
notified prospective buyers that
there will be no more sales of un
patented allotments. Sales, how
ever, that have already been
made, will be approved by the
secretary of the interior as soon
as patents can be issued.
Sing Lee Appeals.
Sing Lee, the Chinese restaur
ant man, wno was convicted of a
charge of assault and battery in
Judge Reynold's court last Tues
day morning arid sentenced to
pay a fine of $5 and costs, has de
cided to appeal the case to the
district ccurt. Lee's adventure
caused a decided commotion
among local Celestials and all the
bad adjectives of the Chinese
tongue have been exhausted in
discussing the matter. The fine
and costs together amounted to
about $15 and touched Sing Lee's
tender spot. He is said to have
a good case to
S
before, the
district court with, however.
Used to the Hand.
The Shubert Symphony Club
had an experience in Bemidji
last night that has not been
equalled during the five years
the present company has been
together according to Karl P.
Hunter, the genial business
manager of the company. Last
night's program in this city was
gone through with but a single
encore and Mr. Hunter says it
has never happened before in the
history of the present organiza
tion. The audience was appre
ciative but it neglected to show
its appreciation by encoring the
several excellent numbers.
WantedThe Man.
Early this week a young man
called at the Pioneer office and
inserted an ad. in our want col
umns. The young man wanted a
situation. The day after the first
issue of the paper thereafter one
of the principal business men of
the city called at the office and
stated that he had a position
waiting for the applicant. The ad.
was promptly effective, but the
young man failed to leave his ad
dress and the situation still
awaits him.
Will Jesse Please Stand Up?
The police department this
morning received a telephone
message from the chief of police
at Grand Forks asking for in
formation as to the whereabouts
of Jesse Harrington, who is be
lieved to be in this city. The de
partment at Grand Porks has
discovered some property belong
ing to Harrington and is anxious
to locate him.
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A chimney the Mint
}lTJl burne out and placeon the build
Beltrami avenue,which
in and adjoining
jeopardy for a time,structures was respon-:ni
sible. The fire department was
on the ground in exactly four
minutes after the alarm was
turned inwhich isn't so bad.
To Open Billiard Hall.
H. J. Matheny expects to open-'
a billiard hall the first of the
week in the vacant building on
Third street next door to the!
i i Remore hotel. Three new tables
othe
equipmen
ac
ar
fo
no
FOUND DEAD IN
THE WOODS.
01e Oleson, Hunter,Accident-
ally Shoots Himself
Near Blackduck.
BODY DISCOVERED BY SEARCH-
ING PARTY YESTERDAY.
While Taking Shotgun From
Brush Pile Weapon Acci
dentally Discharged.
Ole Oleson, a hunter and trap
per, who for the past severa]
years has made his home with a
claim owner about two miles
from Blackduck, accidentally
shot and killed himself while re
turning from Blackduck to his
home last Monday afternoon.
The body was discovered late
yesterday afternoon by a search
ing party of friends, organized
to look for him after he had failed
to return home.
The accident is supposed to
have occurred while Oleson was
removing a shotgun from a pi
of brush where he had hidden it.
The gun was a twelve-guage and
the charge took effect just be
neath and to the right of the
chin. Death was no doubt in
stantaneous.
Oleson has made his living by
hunting and trapping ever since
he came to this country from
Michigan several years ago.
Whenever he went to town he
took the shotgun with him and
had a habit of hiding it on the
road a short distance outside the
town. Monday he went to Black
duck on an errand and took the
gun with him. Late in the after
noon, after having spent the day
around town, he started home.
When he did not arrive at the
claim shanty the man with whom
he had been living decided that
something must have befallen
him and a searching party was
organized yesterday to look for
him. The body was found about
four o'clock near a brush pile.
One barrel of the gun was. found
to be empty and all indications
pointed to an accidental dis
charge. The body had not
been molested and was found
just where it had originally fall
en. In one of the dead man's
pockets a half pint bottle of
whiskey was found. About one
third of the contents had been
consumed. Olson was not a
drinking man and is said to have
been sober when he started for
home. The trip was [made over
a tote road and the brush pile
where he had evidently hidden
the gun was to one side.
Coroner Henderson was noti
fied yesterday afternoon and
went up and. viewed the remains.
An inquest was not deemed nec
essary. Oleson had no relatives
in this country and had never
talked to any of his friends of his
relatives in Sweden. The re
mains were turned over to the
county authorities an i were
brought toBemidji this morning.
The interment was at the county
poor farm this afternoon.
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