Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 2, 1907, Page 1

) [ THE BEMIDJI D‘ VOLUME 4. NUMBER 264 = ——— MINKESOTA HISTORICAL o SOCIETY. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING MARLH 2. 1907 TEN CENTS PER WEEK REV. HIGGINS DOING MUCH G0OD WORK The Strenuous Worker in the Vineyard. DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE TELLS OF HIS VISIT TO ZENITH CITY Holds Meetings in the Camps, and Has Many Friends in the Woods. The Rev. Frank Higgins, the! “Lumberjack Sky Pilot,”” has been in Duluth of late, and the Duluth News Tribune says of his visit: **Ruddy of face, strong | hale and hearty, with a twiakle ! in his eye and a magnetic hand ake, Rev. Frank Higgins, “The Sky Pilot of Lumberjacks,” pas. ses from oue logging camp to the other, plowing his through the snow drifts from the time the first snow falls un- til the last flake has disappeared in the spring time. Occasionally he finds his way to civilization and tells the people ! of the larger cities what is bema done for the men who lives in the woods winter in and winter out. As the scope of the work has broadened, he has made these trips more frequently. The number of men working under him is constantly growing, and this winter he was made the head of the missionary work in the lumber camps for the United States by the Presbyterian church. “The tales which he tells of his experiences teem with human interest, and the sterner realities of lifo‘; but as ofren there is a touch of pathos, for he learns of the other side, of the woodmen’s troubles, and of the causes that sent the sons of many of the best families to seek hardship and privation in preference to the ease and luxuries which they might have had. “Until a year ago he traveled with a large team of dogs, which were his daily companions and his protectors in many tight places In nearly every camp there are men who seem to hate the sight of a wmissionary. ‘hey sometimes try to ak up the meetings, but “The >Sky Pilot” relies upon the other element to assist him in all such cases. “He carries a supply of hymn books with him, and after the evening meal the large room is way | cleared, and the stools and benches arranged around the walls, For a pulpit he usesa box or some other equally handy objact, while a candle, lantern or lamp furnishes the light. The “Lumberjack Sky Pilot” Is a|meeting is opened with a hymn, and then follows a short sermon along some line that will appeal to the men always taken, of course, from the scriptures. “'Great results have been ac- complished by Mr. Higgins and his corps of assistants. Scores of men have been induced to lead better lives, and they look for his coming to break the mon- otony of camp life. ‘‘He said yesterday that the i work of the past winter has been more successful than ever before, more converts made, and more assistance being rendered from |outside sources than has been the case any previous year. “The lcontractors and the lumbermen ithemselves are taking a decided stand with us.”continued the ‘sky pilot.” “They are realizing that it is to their best interest, financially and otherwise, to bring Cbristianity to the men, They have discovered that this class wiil do better and more work, will stay with them longer, and exert a strong influence for decency and order about the camp. Even iwhere a balf dezen christians are found in a camp, it is notice- able that the rooms and bunks are neater, and the prevailing iatmosphere purer.” “During his visits tocities Mr, Higgins collects as much reading matter of all descriptioas as pos- sible. Books. magazines, papers lectures and stories are all weicome. They are distributed proportiorately to the number of men that are to be supplied, and each new shipment is eagerly anticipated. *“‘The Lumberjack’ is the name of a new publication that is being sent tc the camps this year. It is a small pamphler that is sent once a week to the logging districts, and gives the news of the different camps. It is published at Fergus Falls, and is edited by Rev. Whittle, pastor of the Presbyterian church at that place. It is an innovation, and is meeting with much suc- cess. The circulation is growing rapidly, and it has -reached a paying vasis. “‘Rev. Higgins spoke yesterday at the First Presbyterian church in the morning, and at the Glen Avon church in the evening. In the afternoon he addressed a large gathering at the association rooms of the Y. M. C. A. He told of the work he is doing and made a deep impression on his audiences,” John B. Stetson’s Spring 1907 Hat Styles Fresh from their Packing Boxes .design, medium roll brim Stetson’s “‘Focto”’ — Stetson’s ““Cahoe” —three the “young mannish’s small proportioned hat, flattish set brim., Stetson’s ‘‘Feather”’—light weight, self-con forming to the head, :pring block, 4 00 Stetson’s “Initial”’—telescope, two vanenes $3 50 of binding, two shapes, two shades In Stiff Hats Stetson’s “Locnst"—conservat.we in $4 00 colors, wear dent 3 50 crown or crown unmolested . Advance Spring 1907 Suits, Over- coats, Hats, Shirts in finest new styles, from most xmpormnt sources in America “ ! DOINGS IN THE VARIOUS GHURCHES OF THE GITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City Tomorrow. St. Phillips Catholic church.— Early mass, 8:30 a. m.; high mass and sermon, 10:30. Sab- bath school 2 p. m. Rev. Father O’Dwyer. Methodist—Mr. Peart has con- structed a sermon on the follow- ing occurrence: ‘‘He was felled to the ground and robbed.” This discourse will be delivered at 11 a. m. Sunday school, 12:15; Epworth League, 7:15. In the evening, at 8, the fifth sermon on “Marriage’’ will be preached, the theme being *“Mary’s Husband.” Miss Eva Graling will sing a solo, and then will be a duet by Mr. DeLong and Mr. Alldis. We bespeak a large audience for this service. Come and bringa friend. Gerwan Lutheran—Service will be held tomorrow at the court house, at 3 p. m. E. Ulbricht, pastor, Cass Luke. Baptist—The subject on Sun- day morning will be, “Waiting Upon the King of Kings Preaching at 11 a. m. Sunday school at 12:10. Young People’s meeting at 7 p. m. A short ser- mon at 8 p. m. with the fulfill- ment of the Saviour’s command, “This Do in Remembrance of Me.” Can you afford to disobey the Saviour? Midweek service on Thursday evening at 8 p. wm. You should attend these services. Presbyterian — Morring ser- vice at 11. Subject, *‘The Christ- ian’s Armour.” Bible class and Sunday school at 12:15. Jr, C. B at8. p. m, Sr. 'C. E. at 7 p. m. Evening service at 8. Subjct, “Work and Its Reward.” Pro- fessor Turner'will sing a solo at the morning service. The pub- lic is cordially invited to these services, Will Be Buried Tomorrow. The body of Miss Cleota Wine- brenner, who died at Tolma, N. D, last Monday, was brought to this city yesterday noon, being accompanied by “Doc’’ Wine- brenner, father of the girl. Arrangements have been made to hold the funeral at the Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, and Rev. Broomfield will have charge of the services. Three of the brothers of the dead girl are here from Indiana, and will be in attendance at the funeral. Park Rapids Wants a Game. The management of the Be- midji basketball team has re- ceived a letter from Park Rapids, asking for a game to be played there on the 15th inst., and it is very probable that the request will be granted and the game arranged, in which event there will be a battle royal, as the “Rapids” boys are a husky lot and gave the locals a hard game here some three weeks ago. M. B. A. Attention. The local M. B, A lodge will initiate several candidates at the regular meeting to be held this evening. A New England supper will be served after the initiation ¢ remonies. All'mem- bers of the order arc earnestly requested to be present, —M. A. Clark, Secretary. Francis Still Very Il E. W. Francis 1s still very ill, at St. Anthony’s hospital, and yesterday was a particularly bad day for mm. His condition had improved considerably during the past week, but he took a torn for the worse yesterday; in fact, so much so that his relatives at Mizpah were telephoned for, He is some better today, but by no means out of danger. Mr. Francis: has been ill for two weeks, with spinal menin- gitis, and was brought to the hospital here from his home at Mizpah, He was a very sick man when he arrived: here and it was not thought that he could possibly live twenty-four hours, but he gained somewhat. His condition improved slowly, and although it was known that he would not pass the daungerous portion of his ailment for at least ten days yet, he was:gaining. He is much better todn} than yes- terday. Markham Sunday hinner. Remember that yoh can take DOINGS AMONG THE GOOD PEOPLE IN OTHER TOWNS Hems of Interest Gleaned from the Pioneer Exchanges of Late Date. BLACKDUCK. [(From the Enterprise.] For justice, at the present time, Louie Parker seems to have the lead, with Mr. Gilmour a close second. The friends of Mayor Dade are pushing him hard to stay in the race for another term, while your family to the Markham hotel and partake offi ‘fine Sun- day dinner which wll} be served at 6 o’clock tomorrbw Don’t bother with home coolting, when you can be served so dicely. THE PLAY LAST HféHT WAS BEST UF SEASON ““The 0ld Clothes Man” Very Well Re- ceived---Boxing Match Was Hot Bout. A fair sized audience witness- " ed the ““Old Clothes Man” at the Opera House last night and en- joyed the performance: The play is a melodrama with a fine character part, that of the old elothes man, Solomon Leyi. The character was well taken by Mr. MacCurdy, who evidently made a careful study of the partaad who brought to it a naturalness and a finish in details that is rarely seen in melodramatic work. He is the author of the play and bhad taken his own measure well in® writing‘ the path....oo . The other pa.rts were well tak- eu, Blanch Brennan as the much prosecuted heroine being natural and effective, while Kate Woods Fisk (Mrs. MacCurdy) did well in two thaukless parts. - The feature of the performance was the three round boxing bout be- tween Danny Dougherty and Kid Sharkey|in the last act. A goed exhibition was put up and the boxers kept things moving throughout the three rounds, It was a fine contest, and Dougherty illustrated his: cleverness and what he could do, if the contest was ‘‘for blood.” “The Old Clothes Man” was one of the best performances ever seen here. NORTH DAKOTANS PLEASED WITH GITY OF BEMIDJI 0. C. Farnsworth and J.-M.-Burrill, of Wahpeton, are Visiting with S. E. DeLong. - The importance of Bemidji as a summer resort and a business center for the vast territory in northern Beltrami and Itasca counties is fully appreciated by Messrs. O. C. Farnsworth and J. M. Burrill, of Wahpetoen, N. D. The gentlemer are the guests of S. B. DeLong, manager for the Bemidji -Elevator company, with whom they have been ac- quaint d for several. years, and it was at theinvitation-of: Mr. De- Long - that vhey visited this city for the first time. Mr. DeLong took them 1o several interesting | points about the city and vicinity | and showed them the many good | things to be found here. , Messrs. Farnsworth and Bui- rill were both surprised at the development that has been made bere within the past six years toward makiog & progreseive and up-to-date city;and, although there is’' much snow .on the o ground, they were duly im- pressed with the advantages abounding here for a fine sum- mer resort, rived in the city Thursday and will hereafter act as an assistant to Sergeant Eilek, who is in charge of the local recruiting station for the army. Mr. Swed- burg, whose home is at Aitkin, Minn.,, has seen considerable service. He re-enlisted at Fury Snelling on Feb, 28sh. He bas been in the Philippines, and isan excelient soldier, Two applicants have been se- cured by Sergeact Eilek and his assistant. They are Gust Pcter- son and Raymond -Hawkinson, both of Bemidj. The sergeant expects that Lientenant Dockery will be here tonight and that he will inspect the prospective re there is also considerable Rolfe sentiment, Charlie Winger, who was work ing eleven miles north, was in- jured by having a log roll on his foot and was brought to the hospital. A number of teams are quiting the camps and going back to Dakota. Offers are made from $90 a month for a man and team to $110 for a double team and Tuesday evening an offer of $5 a day straight was made for a man and team. Rev. Hamilton, the evangelist, assisted by his singer, Prof. Bursk, as announced, com- menced a series of meetings last Sunday and is attaining fairly goud results. Last evening ser- vices were held in the hall and will be coutinued there during the remainder of the week. Sun- day evening there will be special music by the band and orchestra. The Sunbeam choir has also as- sisted in the work, (From the American.) Chas W. Conway went to Be- midjilast Thursday toarrange for the shipwent of a large - planer which was recently purchased for the " Bettrami' Lumber Co’s. plant. The planer is a large ode and weighs over 12000 pounds. This company has latoly been adding considerable of the latest improved ' machin- ery for the manufacture of all kinds of lumber, lath and shing- gles, and while their plant is not as large as the largest mills in the North, they are now in shaps to turn out as finely a finished product as any of them. This firm employes quite a number of “men the year round and their pay roll is no small item, . Itis enterprises of this character that are material in the growth ef a town. BAGLEY. [From the Independent.] B. F. Brown, who bas been confined to his bed for the past two weeks, is scmewhat: better but still unable to be “out of doors. Pubhic Examiner Johnson spent Monday and Tuesday here checking up the court house offi- cials and looking after things in general. William:Brumpton, of Shevlin, has been awarded the contract for carrying the U, S. mail be- tween Shevlin and Vern fura term of three years. Mr. Brump ton will assume possessionof the route on July 1.. The route 1in- cludes five post)ffices, Shevlin, Moose, Alida, Mallard and Vern. The route is delivered daily ex- cept Sunday. At the meeting of the board of county commissioners held Mon- day the auditor was instructed | to notify the town clerks of the :various precincts to bring the [attention of the town board to the advisability of -bonding the county to pay off the floating in- debtedness and pass a resolution as to whether they are in favor of such a move or not. Itis thought | that at the spring election would be the best time for -the town buard to take action on the mat- .-A bond of $40,000 would be reqmred to take np the total in- debtedness. Sergt. Eilek Has Assistant. | Perry W. Swedburg, a private Local Newas on last page. in the service of Uncle Sam, ar. cruits and if acceptable swear them in for service with the ““blvecoats.” Sold $1,000 Worth of Lots. M. D. Stoner returned this morning from Gemmell, where he spent yesterday looking after his townsite interest at that place. He states that he has sold $1,000 worth of lots yester- day, and that the town is lively this winter on account of the large amount of cedar and other timber that is being marketed there. IS A NEW EXTINGUISHER FOR THE GHIMNEY FIRES Fire Department at Appleton Has a Successful and Simple Method in Vogue. There has been considerable contention in Bemidji during the past year, relative to chimney tires and the danger of serious conflagration following this kind of a fire, and the calling out of the fire department.” Thereis a simple and easy way of stopping a chimney fire, which has been used by the fire. department of Appletin, Minn,, and- which might be tried by the citizens of Bemidji in case of a too heated chimney. A resident of Appleton, in commernting on the success of} the plan used in that place, says: “The auickest, surest, easiest and most effective way to stop a chimney fire is to take a large wet cloth and wind it around the stovepipe just above the stove. The moisture from the cloth forms a cloud of steam inside the pipe which raises and smothers the fire in the chimney almost at once. This method has proven eff-etive in the case of a fire so fierce that the stovepipe all the way from the stove to the chimney was red hot and was never known to fail. The scheme was worked out by the fire de- partment of Appleton from a pointer received in a casual ob- gervation and is now in use in the Appleton fire depariment to the exclusion of ! amll other methods. = The chief beauty of the plan is its simplicity and the ease with which it can be used by anyone. Simply saturate a large cloth with water, wind it around the stovepipe at any point where it is hot, the hotter the better, and the steam gen- erated by this inside will do the rest.” - Home-Talent Play. The members of the local Norwegian Young People’s so- ciety will give a home-talent play at the city opera house next Monday night, when not less than three plays will be given. They will form' an interesting study of old-country life, and even those who are not familiar | %°2 with the Norwegian language can be assured of an ' enjoyable enteriainment. Two of the plays were given at Cass Lake two months ago and’ were witnessed by large audiences, - The . other play has never before been pro- duced in the United States Addififinll local matter will be found . ton fourth-page. DOINGS OF SOLONS IN THE LEGISLATURE * i The House Committee Seems in Favor of Exiending the Primary Election Law. WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE STATE OFFICERS AND CHANGE DATE Dorsey of Glencoe Would Encourage Canning Industries---Many Im- portant Bills introduced. Si. Paul, March 1.—The exiension of the primary election system to state officials seems to be favored by the house committee on elections, and the change of the time to June also probably will carry by the committee. At a meeting several votes were taken and the committee stood about three to two In favor of the change of time, and on the proposition to extend -the bills to state ofiicials there werz only one or two against it. There were five primary election bills before the committee and they were-all referred to a special committee of three ap- pointed by the chairman to confer with the authors of the bills and pre- sent ore general bill which will em- body Lhe features of a change of date, extension to ctate officers and the feature included in the Saugstad bill providing for the drafting of a state platform and the selection of a cen- tral committee by a convention of the state congressional and legislative can- didates. The bill intrcduced by T. E. Noble of Albert Lea placing judges and coun- ty officers on a non-partisan ticket also was referred to the same committee. A bill introduced in the house by J. A. Dalzell of Morton requires the state board of control to purchase goods for the state institutions only from job- bers, manufacturers and dealers lo- cated In this state. To Encourage Canning Industry. Theregulationand encouragement of the Minnesota canning industry is the aim of a bill introduced in the house by J. H. Dorsey of Glencoe. It aims to establish a reputation for Minneso- ta goods that will give them a high standing in‘the vutside market. Mana- facturers who have complied with all the Tequirements of the law may label their goods--“Minnesota standard.” The state dairy and food department may furnish to any cannery an inspec- tor, to be paid for by the company, during the time canning is done. If he finds all the sanitary conditions in the factory good and that the mate- rials used are wholesome and of good quality, he may permit the cannery to label its goods “Minnesota inspected.” R. L. Mork of Bricelyn secured the adoption of his resolution for the in- vestigation of the expenditures of the Tegents of the state university. The resolution ha been shuffied around for a couple of weeks under notice of de- - bate, declaration of Intention to amend and reference to various committees. The rules committeé recommended that the ‘investigation be referred to the house committee on public ae- counts and expenditures. Mr. Mork moved that the resolution be recalled from the committee and passed. A penalty large enough to put for- eign corporations out of business, if they refuse to sell to other than deal- ers, is provided in a bill introduced in the house by R. J. Wells of Breck- enridge. The bill amends the present law, known as the Somerville law, by adding a provision that foreign corpo- rations who refuse to sell to other persons than agents or recognized dealers shall, in addition to the regu- lar tax, pay a tax equal to 15 per cent .of the amount of their capital stock used In this state. Labor Bills Reported. Five labor bills were reported out by the house committee on labor. Among these was the bill to establish free labor bureaus in St. Paul and Du- luth. W. L Nolan’s bill to restrict the em- ployment of children also came with a favorable report. The senate Iilled the Swanson bill, which requires dogs to be kept at home or muzzled, and authorizes any~ one to shoot a dog found at large and not in charge of its owner or master. A bill.aimed at the business meth- ods of the Standard Oil company was. introduced by Senator W. A. Hinton of Truman. The bill is general in its terms and prohibits descrimination * between localities in the sale of any products for the purpose of destroying the business of a competitor. Its pur- pose is shown by the fact that it was referred to the committee on {llumi- nating ofls. Authority is given county commis- sloners to Issue bonds for repairing county drainage ditches in a bill intro- duced by Senator 0. G. Dale of Madi- ‘Cnat the state has been icsing much timber without recompense and that sections have been sold with estimates of only a tenth of the actual scale, was charged by persons who appeared before the joint committee which is Investigating the state’s rights on pine and mineral lands. The assertion was made that on one. section, where the timber had been sold under an esti- mate of 50,000 feet, the firm that Fought the timber actually had cut and sold 500,000 feet. T. S. Finney and A. R. Bacheller, cruisers who have beea working for the state, testified before the committee, i