Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 30, 1905, Page 4

‘In sandy soil the wet weather sioners of Clearwater county, is ' i b i OLD SETTLER'S MEET DRAWS BIG CROWD WET SEASON [Best and: Blggest Meeting in the History of the Association Concluded at Tenstrike Today. BAD FOR R’YS Grading For the Three Newl Railways Proceeding Very Slowly. HEAVY SOIL PROVES-HARD PRO- POSITION IN WET WEATHER. All Three Roads Will Be Com- pleted and Ready For Traffic This Fall. ar Because of the heavy and con- tinued rainfalls of the spring and summer grading for the Minne- apolis, Red Lake and Manitoba, the Wilton & Northern and thel Minnesota & International ex- tension is proceeding very slow- ly. “The season has been most discouraging,” said W, C. Weeks last evening. Mr. Weeks hasa heavy contract of grading north from Wilton and is now. working some four miles north of Long Lake. “The first week in August we had harness on the horses just six hours in the whole week. would not have mattered, but the Wilton & Northern runs through a very heavy soil anditis im- possible to do anything for two or three days after a hard rain, and hard rains have followed pretty close upon one “~another this year.” A short distance out of North ome the graders on the Minne- sota & International have en- countered a sink hole. Hundreds of tons of dirt, rock and stones have been dumped into the hole but it is as greedy as ever. Work npon it has not been stopped and grading is proceeding further north. Notwithstanding the dis- couragements which have been met all three roads will be com- pleted and ready for traffic some time thls fall BEMIDJI HIGH WILL GET $1200 State Aid for High Schools is Cut from $1500 to $1200. Owing to the increase in the number of high schools of the state the annual appropriation from the stateto high schools has been cut this year from $1500 to $1200 and the Bemidji high school wiil this fall receive the latter amount as its share of the state appropriation. The num- ber of state high schools has in- creased from 162a year ago to 178 for vhe past school year. Be- midji having the only high.school in Beltrami county will be the only city to receive the aid. While the population of the state has increased only 7.65 per cent during the past five years, | the number of high schools has increased over 100 per cent. Football Tonight. There will be a meeting of all football enthusiasts at the city hallat 8 o’clock this evening. Everyone interested in football the coming season are invited to attend. Iver Krohn, one of the commis— in the city this afternoon from Shevlin. Attorney Ole J, Vaule of Crookston, referee in bankruphcy this afternoon on legal business. Porter Nye of Bemid ji Made President.- Next Year’s Meeting Will Be Held at Blackduck. \ FIRST WHEAT OF | THE SEASON Joseph Murphy Brings the! First Wheat of the Season to the Bemidji Market. The first of the 1905 crop of wheat was marketed today at the | Bemidji Elevator company by Joseph Murphy who lives three miles southeast of town. The wheat graded Number 2 North- ern and the berry was full and firm. Very little wheat has been marketed in Bemidjiin the past but more will be broughtin this year than all previous years combined and from this time on the amount of wheat marketed here itis beleived will steadily increase. No. 1. is now worth 73 cents and No. 2 69 cents. Duluth Wheat and Flax. | Duluth, Aug. 29.—Wheat—To arrive —New No. 1 Northern, 83%c; No. 2 Northern, 79%ec; Sept. (old), 81%c; Sept. (new), 77%¢c; Dec., T6%c. Flax —On track, $1.30; to arrive, $1.10; Dec., $1.0315. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Aug. 29.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.50@5.50; common to' fair, $3.75@4.25; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.25; veals, $2.00@ | 5.25. Hogs—$5.55@6.10. Sheep—Year' lings, $4.50@5.75; good to choice na- tive lambs, $5. OOCS 00. Chicago Union Stock Yards. ' Chicago, Avg. 29.—Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.50@6.40; poor to me- ! dium, $4.00@5.30; stockers and feed- 5@1.25; er‘. $! cows and heifers, $2.- 25@4. calves, $3.50@7.50. Hogs— | Mixed and butchers, $5.70@6.30; good | to choice heavy, $6.00@6.30; light, $5.85@6.30. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $5.25@5.40; $5.00@5.40; native lambs, $5.30@7.65; | Western, $6.00@7.65. Western sheep, | AR AR AN 3 Additional Locals $ AAAARAAAAAAAARAAAAA, Moving pictures, opera house tonight. Dr. and Mrs. Henderson have returned from Parkers Paairie where they made a three weeks | visit with friends and relatives. The revised charter which it is proposed to submit to the voters ! of Bemidji is now ready and will! be submitted to the council at its | meeting next Monday evening. T. W. Hugo of Duluth, grand master of the Oddfellows of the state and A. L. Bolton of St. Paul #rand recorder, came in from Tenstrike this morning and went home at noon. Russ—Jap war, exciting scenes, opera house tonight. Mrs. E. R. Evans will move her household effects to St. Hilaire Saturday, Mr, Evans being located there in charge of the St. Hilaire mill of the Crookston Lumber company. "Spanish bull fight, opera bousel tonight. Dr. E. H. Smith is spending a week at his farm seven miles west of the city superintending the making of his hay crop and enjoying a short vacation from professional duties. 'addresses. 1 band rendered an ispeaker of the Yesterday was a big day at the 01d Settlers meeting at Tenstrike and fully 500 people weré in at- tendance. The principal event of the day was the election of oflcers, which occurred during the forenoon. The result of the eléction was as follows: Presi- dent, Porter Nye, Bemidji; vice- president, W. D. Bright, Ten- strike; secretary and treasurer, J. W. Speelman, Buena Vista. It was decided to hoid the next annual meeting of the association at Blackduck on Aug. 28, 1906. Other events during the fore- noon were a parade headed by the Bemidji band and participated in by the members in attendance at the Old Settlers meeting, a delegation of aged Red Lake Indians and citizens of the village, and a dance by the red men, The afternoon was devoted to sporting events and speaking, and to-a district session of the grand lodge 1. O. O. F., at which Grand Master Hugo of St. Paul and Grand Secretary Bolton, also of St. Paul, presided and gave 'exemplifications of the work of the order. A horse race was pulled off in which Tenstrike, Blackduck and Bemidji were re- presented by horses. The Ten- strike horse won the purse of $25, This event was followed by (men’s, boy’s, girl’s and fat men’s | races, after which the attending people were led to the speaker’s i stand, where Mayor Thompson and Mrs. M. E. Knappen gave They weae followed by Judge Pendergast of Bemidji, whofrendered a very strong and interesting address. Others who spoke at the meeting were | Former Mayor Hugo of Duluth, !J. W. Speelman of Buena Vista, |H. G. Hays, Porter Nye and Father Murphy of Bemidji. In the evening the Bemidji excellent con- cert which was followed by danc- ing at a large pavilion erected for that purpose, and another meet- ing of the Odd Fellows. The program today inciudes the Bemidji-Blackduck base ball game for a purse of $50. Itis understood that Blackduck has lengaged a battery from Hibbing {and will make a hard attempt to jwin the game. The principal day will be i Congressman Steenerson. * A committee has been appoint- led to take charge of the photo- graph of Count Beltrami and; have duplicates made. The duplicates wlll be sold -and the proceeds will goto make up a fund for the erection of a statue to Beltrami\on the continental divide at Buena Vista, E. M. Smith of Langor is among the old settlers at Tenstrike. Mr. Smith settled in Langor township in 1897. H. A. Langord settled in Langor township a number of years before any railway had penetrated Beltrami county. He opened a small store and stopping place and later conducted a small portable sawmill. He has been entirely successful and still makes Langor his home, where he is regarded as one of the Ladies and children are especi- | most substantial business men ally invited to attend the moving|of the county. for this district, is in the city | picture show at the opera house tonight, Dysart is represented at the _in the One WEEK! For one week we will run a bargain table of shoes, and here’you will find real bargains Do not forget that this chance will last for only. only one week, Fall Goods.. ‘We are receiving shipments of fall and winter goods every day and are in better shape to give the people what they want at lowel‘ prices than ever before shoe line. E. H Winter & Co. refunded JRNC R O OO O O | lllllllllllllll I Illllllllllllllllllllllllll Phone 30.Satisfaction guaranteed or money BEM MIN'ESOTA IDJI, Old Settlers meeting by G. W. Thompson. Among:- the old settlers of Tenstrike Henry Stechman, proprietor of the Stechman hotel, holds a prominent place. Mr. Stechman engaged in the hotel business there before the advent of the railway and is now enjoying an excellent patronage. Fred J. Wilson, the Tenstrike liveryman, came to that village in 1898 and has since been 2 resident there. He is a member of the association and takes a large interest in the meetings held every year. The moving spirit of the as- sociationis J, W. Speelman of Buena Vista. Mr. Speelman is the corner stone of the associa- tion and his office of secretary in-l cludes all the duties of Host-in-| Chief. ' Tt is to his efforts more than those of any other one per- son that the success of the meet- ings is dae. At a meeting held last evening| The Man With Fine Feathers, the oldest Indian present at the as- sociation meeting spoke as fol- lows, the address being made directly to Secretary Speelman: “Ke -nok -Kne-ne-ni ke-nok-si- que-ne-ni (meaning white chief of | Turtle Lake Indians), tell my white friends I am glad to meet you, here. This land you now live on was once our land. Ihunt- ed meose and deer and caught the fur in this’ country many years ago. Iknow all the lakes and rivers and all the trails that lead through gthis country the same as you white people who know your roads. I know that my. people are fast passing away. Iam glad yod white people are £ in this land. We have Sha ma tu to (the same Great Spirit); we are all brothers and it does my heart good to see you here and when I go home I will often think of you. I fought the Sioux and never did a white man any harm. My-Ke-nok-ne- ni ke- nok- si- que- ne-ni lives on the land where I was born and raised,. Him and his people were the first white families I knew here and I now shake hands with him and through him to every white man here.” This was followed by a short speech by Peter Day be kee shig whosaid, “I was always with jabout twenty years ago under the warriors until converted | the teachings of our beloved priest, Father Thomas, who is still with us to guide and teach us. Yearsago I started from what is now called Duluth and | went to Devils Lake, and there in | battle I killed my flrst Indian. After the Sioux war I came back via the Red River to Red Lake. I am trying to be a' good man like the white people and am glad to see them here.” Judge Pendergast in his usual| able way addressed the conven- tion yesterday afternoon, touching upon the subject of drainage and was heartily en- chored. The Bemidji band is being complimented on the excellent music furnished, which has much to do with the good fellow- ship shown at the gathering. Great credit is given to the hospitality shown by the Ten- strike people. Everyone present speaking in the highest terms of the hospitality of the Tenstrike people and claim the town is an ideal place for an old settlers meeting. A number of Bemidji people went to TenStrike last evening and will remain there today. Isn’t Thet = Funny The people who patronize our fountain claim there is only-one fault.to be found with our concoctions, namely: “that the more they eat the more they want.” if everyoneis of thesame We would like to know opinion. Try usand see. E.N.FRENCH @ CO. CITY DRUG STORE. 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In' another week I was able to sit up most of the day and in a month I was able to be up and oon after I began to take is the comment Mrs. Seymour the greater number of Wine of cures are women whe could not I could not seem to get well