Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 4, 1904, Page 4

HOLD RIVAL .CONVENTIONS Dunn and Collins Forces in Cass County Start a Very Hot Fight. PROSPECT OF TWO FULL DEL: EGATIONS T0ST. PAUL. ConyentionsCalled For Pine River and Walker and Fur Be- gins to Fly. There have been some sensa- tional developments in the fight for the Cass county delegation to the Republican state convention during the past week and the prospects at the present time for twodelegations to the state con- vention, each one claiming the right to.representation are said to be excellent. While the other counties in this . vicinity have been paying com- paratively speaking little atten- tion to the gubernatorial cam- paign, Cass county has been a battle ground ever since the state convention, when the Collins men were in the saddle, controlled the county convention and senta Col- lins representation to St. Paul. The action of the convention caused quite general surprire; but is said to have been the out- come of shrewd manipulation and “ not a spontaneous and reliable re- flection of the true sentiment of the county on the gubernatorial asantness. Ithad the effect, , of arousing interest and ever since that time there has been something doing- in Cass ‘county. The Collins forces, head- ed by George Lydick of Cass Lake, A; A. Oliver, editor of the (ass County Pioneer, published at Walker, and John King, who aspires to be railroad and ware- house commissioner, together with. other Republican leaders have long since amnounced that they would carry the county for Jollins and the Dunn men have stated that they would give them - Wiker, Section Sixteen at Cass Lake and great gobs of the out- lying jackpine country and still control the county convention, The tight has waxed quite bitter and is attracting siderable at- tention in this section. A meeting of the Republican coynty committee to issue the call for thej connty conyention to. elect dolegates to.the state con- vention was on tap this: week to -be held at Walker but the county _committee-had also entered into: the spirit of the times and as a —result: there are two county con- ventions called, one to be held at Pine River and one to be held at Walker. The-bulk of the county eommittee is said to have met at Pine River and Mzx. Oliver, whois | secretary of the committee and other members who bided their time at Walker were not notified | until it was toolate for them to attend the committee meeting, it} is alleged. However, they went ahead and promulgated the offi- cial call and the Pine River con- tingent did likewise. Harry Gann, editor of the News and Pillager Post, s in the harn with the s contingent until the ap- nouncement that John King would be a candidate for county attorney, when he executed a spactacular somersault ~which landed him in the Dunn camp, is | said to have engineered the deep, | STRONG TEAM Bemidii Will be Well Represented atthe Fireman’s Tournament at Hallock. The running team which will leave Bemidji on_the morning of June 21 to attend -the meeting.of the Northern Minnesota Tourna- ment Asaociation at Hallock, will be unquestionably one of - the strongest—which has™ ever left this city. The line-up of the team will he as follows, Earl Geil, Al Halvorson; -Harry - Geil,~~Erton Geil, Ray Dennis, Lee Heffron, George Fleming, George Bags- ley, E. L. Naylor, John Goodman, F. Peterson, Arthur Narveson, Harry Arnold, C. C. Folkers, Ed Cornwalland Mike Downs. The team has chartered: a special car and the Blackduck running team will accompany it. The list of prizes at Hallock is the bestever offered in this sec- tion of the state. They Say Thanks. The Northern Pacific. picnic committee of Brainerd ‘desire to express their apreciation of the reception tendered them in Be- midji and also to express in the warmest terms their thanks to the Business-Men’s Club' of Be- midji for the vigorous and earn- est way in which the club has taken up the matter of arrang- ingfor the excursion of the shop employes of the Northern Pa| ¢ific to Bemidji this month on the occasion of their annuel shop picnic; thanks are especially due to Messrs. Browne and George who have devoted a good share of their time to the matter duting the past three days. The cowm- mittee feels that without the co .operation of the Business Men's Club and the work of the gentle- men named the very: satisfactory arrangements which haye been concluded could not have been obtained. : I, A. DAILEY, A. J. HALLADAY, D. SNELL, J. HUTCHINSON, Committee. Exodus to Bass Lake. Indications are today that the greater part of the fishing con- tingent in the city will beat Bass lake bright and early tomorrow moruing to have a try for the black bass. They are biting very freely it is said. The weather has been cold and the female fish have not yet deposited their eggs in most cases and in this condi- tion are.very avaricious. A mild south wind tomorrow and a partly cloudy day will make it ideal for {fishing. " Parker’s Lucky Curve fountain pen, written ~guarantee = with each one. - A. E. Winter, the Jjeweler. Strawberriesand tomatoes at the Lakeside Bakery. dark details of the plot-and there is much indignation and discom- fiture all around. The most conservative author- ity ou the situation is that the natural sentiment in the county is for Dunn, but the supporters of Judge Collins are long headed and have been making a_heap of noise and a lot of claims which it remains to be seen whether they will substantiate or not. The predicament of the party in Cass county as a result is somewhat amusing and demonstrates very conclusively how bitter contests may become under the right leadership. Benefit Baptist Church Building Fund. Flive per cent of all sales at the Bazaar this week go to the Baptist Church purchases you make there will help us. Building Fund. Any Notice the bargains offered by the Bazaar this weels in their advertiscment-elsewherc in this issue. Ladies’ Aid Baptist Church. e e B e B 2 2 3 B P B 2B B e P B e B B B ‘ »If}Not From Missouri We would like to “show you” that when it comes to Good Stock and Right Prices we _ can please the most “finicky” buye: " us in any one of the following: ‘ardware, Buildingmaterial, Ready Try ed Paints v Roofing, Decking, " Pishing Tackle, T and. Eave Trouglhing. w. M. ROS = HE TOLD THE TRUTH Big Fork Compass Verifies Attorney Crawford’s Stur- geon Story. RIPPLE COUNTRY FAMOUS FOR FISH.AND.GAME. Bear Cvnght'on Picee of Fly Paper and Monster Stargeon Makes Great Fight. Far up in the cedar fastnesses of northern Minnesota is Ripple, a, thriving village that isenjoying a big boom this summer from which at intervals come stories of big-fish and game that are enough to put the wistful look into theeyes of every true sports- man. e The'first of the week Attorney Crawford returned from a busi- ness trip to Ripple and has been telling his friends of an experi- ence in passing a school of mon- ster sturgeon in the Big Forlk viver. The story is familiar to most of the Pioneer’s readers who read in a recent issue of this paper a reproduction. from the Big Fork Compass telling of the passing of a-school “of Sturgeon from four to six*feet in length which made the turbulent Big Fork look like a rapids for a dis- tance of more than half a mile, Mr, Crawford and his two guides were compelled to hug the bank of the river in their Peterboro to keep it from being overturned. The story sounds like a big one but is nevertheless a fact upon-which Mr. Grawford’s pro- fessional honor is staked. The fish. were traveling at about two miles an hour and were com- ing out of Lake of the Woods' to deposit their spawn. The village of Ripple has been awaiting their advent there for several days and the Compass this week says that they are beginuing to arrive. Numerous small schools of stur- eon have been seen in that vicin- ity and all Ripple is ' fishing for sturgeon as a natural result. Last Sunday evering G. T.- Rob- inson, who had spent the entire day on the river reading from a prayer book and angling for stur- @eon hooked one which weighed eighty pounds and succeeded in landing it, and reports coming to Ripple from Sturgeon river are to the effect that the river 1s lit- erally full of sturgeon. ' The| water has begun to recede aud the fish are falling easy prey. Many of them measure ‘over seven feet ir: length. But sturgeon are not the only thing in the game line that they have up the Ripple way witness the following from the Big Fork are very, very timid this spring and the usual annual bear stories seem Irost-bitten. Bert Shy has opened the game, however, by trapping a good- sized black one on the Sturgeon and he expects to capture a few more, Gunderson. of that settle- ment,-drove-a big-oneup a tree, but did not-dare pick ~it as he had nothing more serious than a twenty-two inch gun. Chas. Harsch came in from the Little Fork Saturday with the hide of & cub that he caught on a sheet of fly paper. Almost evergbody in Bemidji inows “Old Dan Campbell” the pioneer homesteader of the north country whose quaint. character and the pathetic story of whose life have made him quite famous. Mr. Campbell has lived in the woods in that conutry for twenty vears and he states that the stur- geon stories now-are but- tame affairs. ~ The light of other days has faded as it were and the ‘schools of sturgeon which come up the river now are nothing like the schools in the days when M. Campbell was the only white man in that coantry. His repu- tation for veracity is well nigh unimpeachable and he has often been heard to tell of walking across the Big Fork on the backs -of the-big-fish;—when thoy camc| up in schools and were trying to get over the rapids atRipple. County Attorney Ousted. Governor VanSant Thur: ordered the removal of Cr: Carr from the oftice of: county at- torney of MarsHall count ‘was charg il office. C: whom complaint was made of be- ing a party in a combine whiél secured from the commissioner of Marshall county a dramage contract through fraudulent-man- ipulation. “Lucky Curve.” Ladies will not- find lettcér writing a task if they use a Par- ker pen. A, H. Winter, the jeweler, & When the time comes for paint- ing your house or - polishing your furniture the question arises as to Lhe_best place for securing the material. Nangle handles paints and furniture polish. of the di ~tFalls “on“the cloven: townships,: | was awarded this afterncon at1 - DEAD INDIANS Contracts Let For Re-Interment of Those on Red Lake Agency. The contracts for the removal d Indians at Thief River: o'clock by Col. Dowans..The dead |Indians who were members of church—about 20— will baburied at the Catholic cem- etery at the Red Lake Agency and the others will'be buried ata suitable point on the banksof the Reld Lake river just across the veservation line. ‘At present Col. Downs has a list of 82 dead In- dians, but it is thonght that there will be at least 100 budies to be removed. Bids will be so much for the removal of cach individual body. * A number of Thief River Falls people will put in bids. Business Men’s Club. - The Business Men’s club_ had # meeting last night. The report of the soliciting committee of the club appointed to raise funds to make arrangements for the com- ing of the shop men’s excursion was to the effect that everything was progressing nicely, but there. is still a small sum of money to be” raised. It was decided to improyements to the . picnic arounds on the lake front and. W. G. Schroeder, W. W. Browne and| R. W. Hitchcock were appointed a committee fo look after the nec- essary details, Cass Lake May Celebrate. From Cass Lake comes news to the effect that. the. citizens. of that city-are preparing to cele- brate the Fourth of July in the good old fashioned = way. A meeting of - business men will probably.be held some time next week to decide upon a program. Bemidji will entertain the Liguor Dealers’ convention this month and;will probably. not celebrate this year and if Cass Lake:de- cides to do the henors most of the people from this city will no doupt go down for the occasion. Contraet Finisked. Mackey & McLean, the tie con- tractors, who have been cutting the tamarack and cedar from the sections in the vicinity of Ten- strike for Martin Bros. of.Du- Iuth, finished their contract last night and all the camps were abandoned today. A force of men will be employed in loadiug the timber at Tenstrike for some time. During the spring they have put in 90,000 ties, 25,000 -posts; 5,000 poles ‘and’ 500,000 feet of logs. 2 Great Joy at Fosston. “Fosston people have been long suffering according to the Thir- teen Town * and-for a long time quate depot facilities, both freight lowly spirit. the worm turned and Fosston’s case was taken up-with the Rail- road and Warehonse commission with -the result that Fosston is near-future. BURGLARS to and Robbed Last Night. SAFE DYNAMITED, STOLEN. CONTENTS Thieves Secure About $400 In Cash and $100 Worth of Postage Stamps. Buiglars effected an entrance +to-the-Wittonrpostofifice some ti lastnight, dgynamited the safe and and about $100 nps. ory was not discover- morning. when the me down:to find the ed until th postmaster open.andits-eoptents-missing. There the thieves. The village is with- were no anusual noises durio ight and no suspicious-look- were seen about 1t ing town The po: thi ting at once, The work be: mar s of expert ers men and is belicyed to have been done be- fore the train left for the west this morning. Wilton has peen particularly unfortunate in thomatter ofhuld- ups and robberies and the pres- ent is the third which has occur- oon and- steps. are be- he theft build a pavillion and make some: ‘Wednesday was_ better; ‘buyers and good judges of quality seasonable good was fair; on is left to close. - es-of For Friday and Saturday we will put you on to'a few snaps to start with; and everything in every other department goes at accordingly low prices. 1 lot Men's Shirts reg. price 65¢; now 35¢ 1 lot Men’s Summer Underwear, regular price 50c¢; now 29¢. 1 lot Men’s Suspenders, regular price 50¢; now 33e. 1 lot Fancy Vails, regular now $1.19. > price, price $1.35; - All our Tailor-Made Suits at 1-3 off regular 1 lot Dress Ginghams, as long as they last, only 7¢ per yard. 1 lot Fancy Prunes,honly 6¢ per b, 1 lot Japan Rice, only 5e per Ib. 3b can Tomatoes, solid packed; 10¢ a can. Our regular 15¢ Cofiee now only 10¢ a Ib. The tie that binds in the busifiess world is not wrapping fwine, shoe or cor- have borne the: shame of inade-| = and passenger,-in a meek and|’ Recently, however, | assured there will be better ac-| commodations there in the very |5 'MAKE HAUL: Wilton Postoffice Broken In- set laces or any other string but-fair treatment. and prices that can stand the inspection of the closest and most. experienced _ buyer. This you can find at Quality and style of goods Bazaar. OUR MOTTO: A Satisfied Customer or money refunded goes with every package. f‘.‘(fit(’t!‘i““fi_fifffl‘:l(fi‘fi\ ¢ BASEBALL % %a333333333233333333333297 . The Bemidjiand Grand Rapids _base ball teams will' do stunts‘at the fair ground baseball park to- morrow afternoon, weather. per- mitting and an article of baseball| which will be sitisfactory to the most fastidious fan'is promised. Witt, will be in the box for the home team. Mr. Witt. comes from Kansas and arrived in the city yesterday from- Crookston. He is farmed to the Bemidji team for a few weeks by manager Lycan of the Crookston team, who has “more pitchers on his staff at present than he has use for, Mr. Wittis said to be ca- pable of delivering ‘the goods: Conaghy, who comes from St. Paul, will be seen for the first time tomorrow ‘and Manager Kayne promises 'the strongest team—which has ever been to-| gether this season. The Grand Rapids fteam has’ been playing ..Summer School..| ¥ . Beginning June 6, We will give instructions’in all common school -hranches from 2d grade up during the summer months for 50 cents per-week. - ‘Conway’s Commercial College, Bax 744; 105 Sixth Street, between Bemidji and Belframi Avenues. for several weeks and its feat'ie are still to be clipped. Ili¢ _auic will be called promply ab 3:40 e Got Nice String of Bass. Landlord Burns, of ths Lake: | shore hotel and a party of friends spent yesterday bass fishing atj Ten Miledake and returned last ! i night with one of the finest strings of bass brought to Be-|& s R midji in.some time. They fished 15 the comment on the new Sepia_Tone- Portraits at. the LAKESIDE. ISN'T - THAT NICE? | I’latino = Prints . - ithe LAKESIDE [ all and sce M. J. MOR only a_ short time yesterday|” morning . but had ~excellent SUCCESS. : Ives’ ice cream always on hand at the Lakeside Bakery. g*'fi"&"&'i‘%{“&'%’%*%4‘%%%%%%%@'fi‘%b&“}*fi”fi*‘%i@%%%“2"’2’:‘%%%@-@ Write for Samples, Fashion Book, “and Self- Measurement " Blanks Ghe Clothiers Continuance Ist Anniversary — ° Largest and most attractive sale, of high char- acter Stein-Bloch and B. Kuppenheimer & Co.’s Suits, Top Coats and Cravenettes ever offered in Bemidji at This Store Closes at 7:30, oxcopting ¥ Mill Pay Davs 4% and Saturdays s L2 & 2. $15 All hand-tailored, se- oftice in disorder, the safe door|* absolutely no elue to out a night watchman and bhex'el @ master is in Bemidji red this year. lected patterns of the finest woolens in all shapes, in regular or extra sizes; single or double breasted styles garments of -distinc- tion, elegance and ar- tistic construction.-- Values simply un- equaled; absolutely best opportunity EVET | Shoes—aro—sold exelusively—z offered. Truly super- jor to- most clothiers’ $18 and $20 values, at choice for Schneiders’ Regent Shoes. These famous easy fitting B B b B R B B % _here. We are convinced that 2 the values are unequaled; 16 styles in all sorts of leather, black or tan, high or low cut, all “sizes and widths; every & chioice_for 4& - v Fashionable Spring Hats. The display of Spring IMats now shown here is of the choicest. creations. The values e and the models abso- Tutely correct. FREE! ment of heautif ent-glass Tum lers and-—Tan most attractive ards free each purchase more. $3.00 PSS T = T Lk Rk ok & ok R Another ship- with Five Dollars or nl-- b- k- r_:f FEEEEFEEEEEE B o o e B B o e B o