Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 15, 1906, Page 1

[ 1 VOLUME 4. NUMBER 152 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1906. TEN CENTS PER WEE SUDDEN DEATH OVERTAKES [STATE BANNER AGAIN MONSTER POTATO GROWN . A STRANGER IN THIS CITY| GOMES T0 THiS giTy| " A TENSTRIKE Gk A W. nnnaher Owner of Tuber Which Unknown Man Picked Up Last Night; Sent to Hospital|Local Baptist Sunday s°h°°.'i Wins | Weighed Three Pounds When Highest Honors a Secon R This Morning, Where He Died This Noon--- e i . Cause of Death Unknown. A. W. Danaher came down “‘BACK-W00DS” CHURCH BOASTS [from Tenstrike this morning and An uoknown man was picked death, he believes that it was BEST SCHOOL IN MINNESOTA | brought with him a monster up by the police last evening,from natural causes; might have potuto which he raised in his who was so ill that he could not [been a hemorrhage. So far as garden at Tenstrike and which is talk, and “{ns takenl to the polic: kn;)wn, t.hlere are no marks indi-|ganner Awarded at St. Paul State l{)’n exhibition at the Gffice of the station. Apparently, he was not | cating violence. g ioneer. in a serious condition, and it was| Coroner Marcum was not in Convenm;n c:[p!ured By Mr. Danaher states that the for a time thought that he was|the city until late this afternoon, ear;A1s0; potato weighed three pounds under the influence of a large|and what he may decide to do when dug a few days ago, and it = amount of liquor. He was taken |in the matter is not known at Sk e is solid and of fine quality. He » to the hospital this forenoon,|this writing, For the second time in. succes- planted four and one-half bushels where he died, about noon. ’ It is not. generally believed 8ion the .state Bapist; Sunday. and harvested ninety-eight bush- Dr. Mm‘ris’ou, who attended | that there were any foul means scl:zol lgnnfa;“hn; be:: a'::;de,d els from the seed. Two hills of the man, stites that while he is|employed in connection with the E" t.e e:‘; it " tlmBsyci 5 :&:)n: the pota.toe:s yielded a heaping not certain as to just what caused ! death of the stranger. usfilyeag' ldets;el thp . the bushel basketfull The tubers = = — — ;:::): 5 - B"’ i d“i L . dg“: the|Bre of the Fairbanks variety. - " % . t'o _eml Il, ;. S: Pau) This potato and several others b ‘I . : convenkion juskclosed in St; Paul, will be shown the twin city job- ; Wy the coveted emblem was once bers when they visit Bemidji , 7 ' again placed in the hands of a Bosbaaol 3 s 7o te; S ? representative of the local|- - 3 3 - vl = church. . 4 & The banner means much to the Bm GUT m BELTHAMI BY 4 3 Z : N ) successful Sunday school, and |- . % E hi it means a great deal, especially, A THIEF RWER GUMPA"Y > % to a Sunday school which has % : oen onsidered by he oher | iians. of Feet of Pine to Fall Near g in fl:‘; ‘?bs,d:w % OZ ss ,? % SR Blackduck and Along Sandy’ D\ A number of things enter into River. 258 the gradings on which the banner oA 2 isawarded. Most important of , . all is the attendauce, as com.| The Thief River Falls Lumber = | [pared with the church member- [company will log on an extensive - Good Clgars are Grown, Not Made. ship. The local Baptist church|Scale in Beltrami county during Different processes of tobacco culture ripen, k has a resident membership of | the coming winter. cure and ferment the leaf, gradually and thor= § f f C, C. Craig, manager for the oughly maturing and blerdirg it before between sixty and seventy, while & oF ! making into the M |the average attendance of the|Thief River conipany, says cor- % Sunday school for the last year cerning the work of the company: 8 |has been 107. A truly remark-| “We will cut and haul about ; able showing. The markings|Gve million feet of pine along the i are given for-average attendance, | Sandy river, partof which is in cigar‘—sc. \ cradle roll, home department, Beltrami county and P""" n - - i graded primary, beginners’class, | Clearwater. We ”"'e;"’:’me;m“g o — t ¢ B b - American Cigar Company-—remove every last : Children’s Day, Rally Day,|the construction of two dams, lingering trace of the original harshness that benevolence, teachers’ meetings, which will be used to store water ils the aroma, tie bitterness tha ruins the i § f,*;'fm, e e L e and normal class. in the river so that the logs may e s itng ot Mol o ; The honor of being called up|pe eAsily riven in the spring. an &) N 28 W um cesses thoroughly combine the goodne s before the convention and of be- | 1¢ 088 el s idion s . characteristic of the various required tobaccos ing entrusted with the banner |Fiver;and after the ice goes out, —thus_insuri ich, even, full-favored, o i well-balanced, Siniform smoke. aliefarers B |fell to Miss Sibyl Benner. Rev, they Will be taken to Red lake, acroes the lakeinto Red Lake Sold by All Dealers in Good Cigars. . Thomas Broomfield was com-| Trade Suppiied by GEO, R. NEWELL @& CO. ¢ pelled to return home to prepare :plzie:;;:i‘:eg?&:h“ stream _to MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. I f th S d 1 h . “This T “Anna Held " cigars, or the Sunda, er e Giecinalshing masic of eaceenter Tt Hoar s y CliUrch Xereises| «We algo have a large amount m:‘:; tgfl&:od:;:rgf ihis new system of m'ko- i) | before the banner was awarded; |of timber to cut in the vicinity of Do matter what the price. and Mrs. W. A, Gould, superin-|Blackduck. We expect to cut - 'tendent of the school, was uofi and haul about thirty million' of pine - around the ‘Duck’ this . — » ” = ) winter, which means the employ -__ ment of a large number of men ) . by the contractors.” ., e , FIREMAN INJURED BY AN o N CHLDREN'S SCHOOL SHOES.. i MR ik We carry the largest line ot children's shoes to be found in northeri. Minnesota. A compar- ison with others will prove our statements. Water Glass on-Boiler Bursts, and John Sparks May Lose Sight of One Eye. : jured yesterday, as the result of Before buying that bOY'-S suit which he may lose the sight of z one eye. s look over our line-of $2.50 and . $3.50 suits. You will be sur- Sparks, who fires on engine No. 13, was iu the cab of the loco- prised at the value. motiye in South Bemidji when the water glass on the boiler ex- ploded. The glass was sent fly- ing in every direction, several pieces of which struck Sparks in the eye, cutting the flesh and in- juring the orb to such an exten: that tbe man had to be helped from the cab. He was taken to St. Paul yes- terday and will receive the atten- tion of an occulist. HEAVY WOOLEN GOODS... Mackinaws., flannel shirts, mackinawunderwear and heavy wool socks. . We ecan give you better yalues than ever before, Watch Jewels. A jeweler, no matter how dishonest, would not steal the jewels In a watch, for they are valueless, They cost only 10 cents apiece. In antique watches the jewels were often costly. In mod- ern watcheg they are never worth more than $15 a gross.—Argonaut. 1t M’gfl:&/@flfi -10G, a2 /r,{.__,..,./qw E. H. WINTER & CO., Bemidii. Phone 30 able to be present, either. Miss Benner with many smiles and blushes went forward and received the banner, and when she took her seat was the re- ,cepitent of many congratulations| nn behalf of her Suanday -chool = = John Sparks, a fireman on t.he CHILD RE l\’s CLOTH]NG... ’ M. & L. railway, was severely in- HISTORICAL | seciEry. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PION ER. 3 LEGISLATORS T0 SEE SIBLEY WINS FIGHT FOR “LAND OF PROMISE”| COUNTY COMMISSIONERSHIP St. Paul Commercial Club Arranges| Famous Contest Case, Involving L = for Second Visit to Northern getr Lenaliin ol Red e Minhesota. dian Agency Voting Precinct, Decided Today by Judges : MecClenahan and Spooner. s OBIECT, TO “SHOW” DOUBTING MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE Visiting Party of Thirty Expectto Ar- rive in Bemidji, Tuesday October 23. Fred Sibley wins; C. E. Saxrud(ful, a decision that may overturn ] loses. The contest case brought| the prima facie will of the people 3 L_ by Mr. Saxrud in an effort to un- | should not be rendered, except 3 seat his successful rival for the|in a very clear case. | county commissionership from| ‘“Inasmuchas this case 1s not q the Third district, was decided | clear, the order made is the only today by Judges Spooner and|justifiable one, even were the McClenahan, and the man who jcoui t not satisfied, after such in- was declared elected by the|vestigation and consideration as county canvassing board, is the|bas been practicable, that the victor, jcontestant’s position is not ten- The court holds that there was jable.” ‘‘no proof of fraud or irregular-! The arguments in the case ity affecting the result of the|were heard this forenoon, by election here in quesvion;” and | Judges McClenahan and Spooner, substantially that the thirty-nine|E. E. McDonald appeared for Mr. persons who were claimed as{Saxrud and Mr. Sibley was Indians had adopted the customs | represented by John Gibbons. and habits of civilization, etc;| The argument was along the and “‘that petlmongr take nozhmg line of throwing out the vote cast by said action or proceeding and |at Red Lake, charging fraud and that the respondent have judge-|illegality of the precinct, on ment of dismissal therein.” .gmnnds already fully stated in The memorandum in “the case;théPioneer. written by the court follows: .- In reviewing the evidence, Mr. “No' question of 3unsd|cmon onald stated that there were —_— has been'raised in- this procsed sses who proved the conten- ing, nor has-any claim been made I tion that two men living in Clear- The twin city commercial clubs and the members of the legisla- ture from the middle and south- ern part of the state have been greatly worked up over the re- ports made by the delegatien from the twin cities that recently made a trip to the north half of the stato, and after a careful ex- amination of the soil and the ex hivits of the agricultural pro ducts raised: here, stated that this part of the state was destined to outrank the older agricultural districts of the state in the matter of raising wheat, oats, corn and yegetables: Those who were not_fortunate enough to have made the trip can scarcely believe the statements made by the members of the party and are desirous of taking the trip and making personal in- vestigation as to the truth of these reports. This desire has been expressed |. so fruquently of late that another trip has been arranged, and J. H. Beelk, secretary of the St. Paul Jobbers’ association, writes as|. follows fo ...Georege . Markham, |- that the peiuts of “contest. that| water county had voted at Red may be considered and -deter-|Lake; that two were not citizens, mined do not embrace those dis-!and five lived in another commis- posed of in the foregoing find-|sioner district; also that the pre- ings and order, cinct was an illegal one. “With reference to the:merits,| Mr. Gibbons denied the proof, it seems proper to say that the !and cited the Pprecedence of sev- time for consideration beingjeral elections having been held at lumted and the possibility of re-|the agency, all of which were al- in the supreme court doubt-{1,wed to go unchallenged " Crystal Sky Colum: secratary of the Bemidji ‘Com-| Ax explanation of a curiousoptical M ?nry Parl'mlge Buried mercial club, relative to the pro-| phenomenon, sometimes witnepsed’ on | Merrill Partridge, a brother of posed trip: frosty nights, which is called the “pseu- [Herry Partridge (who died last do:aurora,” is offered by ascientist. | < . “St. Paul, Oct. 12, 1906. Mr. | The -phenomenon takes ythe form of .l b“md’_’y"f pneumonia), “‘"’Wed George A. Markham, secretary | beautiful columns of stivery light | I the city Satarday evening to Bemidji Comumercial Club, Be-|#tanding over electric arc llmp?and look after the interment of the midji, Mion. Dear Sir:—The |Other bright lights and sometinies ap- | hody of “Hank.” pearing almost. to reach the zenith. & party which recently made a trip - The remains were taken - fry over the M & 1. railway for the The scientist says that sometimes the n ‘om purpose of investigating the evening star has a bright shaft below | Lahr’s undertaking rooms this as ‘'well as above, while the rising moon . < . drainage of state lands, were so afternoon and buried in Green- standls in a broad column of light. . X much pleased with what they | These appearances are'due to floating | W0od ‘cemetery, brief services saw and h-ard un that trip that frost crystals which keep their reflect- | being'held at the grave. they think it is of the utmost im- he found that the crystals concerned Ing faces horizontal. On examination portance tha! as many members o ition. were thin six sided mfimfifi £ i EoChetiSeuass A s anenvaiioid | of the legislature as possible see Dlates of jcéméver more thas one mil- for themselves the possibili limeter in diameter; ‘When the wind of- that section of the state, In|y these m‘ae. plates are upset, and order to afford a number of them m columns. of light caused by refiec- LOST: Pure white cat. Ficder — an opportunity to do 80, we are/ tion from their surfaces disappear. return to this office or 109 i planning another trip. Fifih street for reward. A party of thirty will leave St. Paul Mondayevemng,October 22, at 6:30, arriving at Big Falls ’[‘uesdny morning, the 28rd. Tuesday will be spent between Big Falls and Bemidji = We will reach and remain at your city about the same time as on the last trip.” 1f it is possible for you to arrange some kind of an ex- hibit of your agricultural pro- ducts it is desirable that you do so. The purpose of the trip is to- educate the members of the party and impress upon them the possibilities of northern Minnesota. We, of course, must #sk your co-operation to thatend. Kindly let me h.ar from you:} ‘o | | 7 i (Signed) J. H Beek, Secretary.'! \ g | 0 ! ' It is the intentiou of the Com- A ] mercial club and the business men of the city to co operate in exemplifying to the visiting dele- gation when it reaches Bemidji that there are fine crops raised ia the vicinity of Bemidji and an invitation is extended to all who have raised grain and vegetables to bring samples to the city that Kbrisk shpls s ibe iy G Good-Natured Clothing bibit. If possible, the opera| How §t does p2; 7!3‘bs ghao‘.l-ul-nfllh'nm house will be engaged for next isa’t anything that .1 55 heip a man t> be con- 7 natcred TiEpdey rcolig Gl as apeg e Kacws bs be a0 styish shat they make hiea priate program arranged for the 160K his hest, clothes so properly cut and gener= entertainment of the distin- ously made that he feels his best. guished party. : CLOTHCRAFT i3 that sort—it is right, then, o call it good-natured clothing. : ‘.- Every CLOTHCRAFT garment is a true expo- nent of styls; every one i3 cut to fit the form without cra2iz 3 or hindering. { When yon coms i1 you're going te find in every CLOTHCRAFT overcoat the snug collar, 3 the smoothesetting lapels, the concaved shoule 3 der, characteristic llthilnmlnlnllud - man’s coats. *The Lidies of the Presby terian n hoa “" w“.'a'fi‘."a"“fi e : church will hold' thoir ‘anpuall . mean |.‘ ',,.-“ find satisfaction at rummage sa'e November 15,16| 2 " m—-llll'llllnt- and 17, A committee from the society will call on you to list and collect the articles you hnve $0 nonmbu to th E. E. McDonald went to Crookston this afternoon. Harry Steele and Lawrence Campbell of Park Ripids have been visiting with relatives and friends in Bemidji. Come again, \boys.