Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 8, 1907, Page 1

THIC EMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 4. NUMBER 269 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1907 P (VY] EIGHT NEW MEMBERS JOIN . THE LOCAL LODGE OF ELKS Regular Meeting Held Last Evening, Followed By a Social Session, Which Was Enjoyed By a Goodly Number of the ““Best Feople on Earth.” People on Earth” ready to wel- come the unterrifi.d ‘“fawns.” Dr. Tuomy had charge of the floor work and was assisted by J. T. Dolan of Superior. There were many good things in the work, according to the ‘boys” who were present, and the cere- monies were greatly enjoyed. At tne conclusion of the in- itiatory work, a social session was held, at which all members had a lively time. A fine lunch |DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S COUNTRY NEIGHBORS Items of Interest Gleaned From the Pioneer Exchanges of Late Date. TENSTRIKE. [From the Tribune] | Mr. Jas. Taylor and family ~ Mrs. Blasing Had Her Doubts About Those Elks. The fame of Bemidji Eiks as royal good fellows and stable, law-abiding citizens has gone | l However, there was a “clean- ing up’’ last evening, when eight “fawns” were taken into the There’s Something Coming to Blasing When He Gets Home. abroad in the land, and applica- tions for membership in No. 1052 are pouring in so fast that order, with due attention to de- tails. In addition to the local mem- W Frank Lycan and His Brother “Bill” Used t» Do a Minstrel Turn. it is almost impossible t» keep the degree team in the proper bers of the lodge, there were present several members from Hunt, of Duluth, Began the Printing Business at the Forge. high pitch to give the applicants thier just deserts. outside, and the lodge room was comfortably filled with the ‘“‘Best was served and it was about mid- | Jeft this morning on their trip night when the session ad- journed. The following are those who were initiated last evening: Carl and Oscar Reithner, George Blasing, and Archie Mec- Collom of Deer River; Mark DeLaney of Hubbard; George Denley of Dorset; A. L. Wyler and Dr. Ward of Bemidji. A very pleasant feature of the evening was the voting by the lodge of a life membership card to Charles L. Decker, exalted ruler of Bemidji lodge. for the excellent and untiring work which he has done for Bemidji Lodge No. 1052and the B. P. O. E. in general. This is considered a great honor to confer on any Elk, and there are but few Elks in Minnesota who have been east. They will godirect to Chicage where they will remain a few days and from there to the old home at Detroit, Mich., where they will visit with relatives and friends for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs, Taylor may also decide to take a trip across the big pond to. their native home in England. We wish Mr, Taylor and family a pleasant trip. Ira Hatchitt, a young, rebust, man who has been employed at Davis & Fergusen’s camp the past winter, died Tuesday morn- ing in this village from a com- plication of diseases. The young man was healthy and robust until last Saturday evering, when he was taken violently 1ll after supper. He was immedi- ately taken to this village, and Drs. Abramovich of this village thus honored. ~Mr. Decker had labored unceasingly to push Be- it is known as the healthiest in- fant in the realms of secret societydom. Secretary OC. J. Covington makes the prediction that the m-mbership of the lodge will reach the 100 mark by June 1 The matter of erecting a new block to be used ‘as opera house and lodge room is assuming tang- ible form and the actnal organ- izing for the bandling of such an enterprise will probably be commenced within the next month, WILL TAKE HOLD OF THE MATTER OF GOUNTY FAIR IBeHrami County Agricultural Associa- tion Will Get Busy Immediately. —NMeet Monday Night. Several members of the Bel- trami County Agricultural asso- ciation met at the office of the Daily Pioneer last evening and discussed the present condition of the society and plans for fu- ture acts of that body. The books of the secretary of the association, J. A. McAvoy, were not available at the meeting, and it was decided fohold an- other meeting, Monday evening, at 8 o’clock, when much business of importance will be transacted, At the present time the presi- dent of the association, J. W. Irwin, isabsent 1n the south, with no prospect of his immedi- ate return; Secretary McAvoy bas left for his future home at Indian Head, and some of the other officials are not able to par- ticipate in the doings of the asso- ciation. The meeting to be held next Monday evening will be for the purpose of electing new offi- cers, if deemed advisable, and more especially to take hold of the proposition to hold a county fair in Bemidji uader the aus- ) ‘%fé%m N NTTIR Abe Wyler and George Denley Took a Ride W in the Lasu Act. R @ A = An&fi‘)fll\\\\‘\\\\mfix/‘[m\(\q o i) ith the “Bovolipus’’ pices of the association. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance of the members of the association, as immediate steps must be taken in the mat- ter of holding the county fair. Going to Northome Tonight. Probate Judge Clark, wife and son will leave this evening for Northome to visit the judges parents. They expect to be ab- sent until March 15. The Pioueer at all fimes has in stock office supplies of every descrintion who went to Rochester recently, to the effect that it will not be necessary for him to submit to an operation for relief from stomach trouble with which he has been bothered for some time past. Mr. Carson visited Rochester last summer and was treated at the Mayo hospital. He was given considerable relief, but was not entirely cured. The physicians at the Mayo hospital believe that with a few weeks’ treatment they can effect a per- manent cure, and Mr. Carson will submit to their orders. GHARLES GUTLER GOING T0 FRONT AS PUGILIST John L. Sullivan Offers to Back Him Against Any Heavyweight, Barring Jeffries. HOT GAME OF BASKETBALL ' PROMISED FOR TONIGHT The Queen City Business College Tcam of Crookston Will | Clash With Bemidji---The Visiting Players Have Several Good Games of Late. The Bemidji basketball team Shoemaker, R. Lindsay, guards. TEN CENTS PER WEEK" will play two games this week with the strong five which repre- sents the Queen City Business Ccllege at Crookston. The first game will be played this the Bemidji team is making prep- arations to royally entertain the visiting players and the friends of the game generally. At th:s conclusion of the game thif evening, a dance will be given, the music for Crookston Times: In the sporting columns of yesterday’s Minneapolis Tribune is a special dispatch from New York which states that John L. Sullivan, former champion of the world, is willing to back *Kid” Cutler against any of the heavy weights now before the American public with the exception of Jeffiries, and Koch, of Blackduck, sum- ried to the station, BLACKDUCK. [From the American.] The firemen held a meeting last Monday evening and appoint- ed a committee to wait upon the village council for the purpose of securing the management of the hall during the year. The boys want to go to the tournament at Red Lake falls, snd the Ameri: can heartily favors the proposi- tion regarding the hall a8 this will afford them an- opportunity to raise some of the expense money. The firemen should have the loyal support of the entire village. The Evangelistic meetings are in progress and the interest be-| ing evinced isa splendid index to the large number of people in the town who are anxious for the higher life. Mr. Hamilton has sustained his , reputation as a conscientious and forceful preacher and worker for Christ. His messages are replete with scripture quotations and illustra- tions from all fields of life. The attention of the audience is most commendable and the attendance leaves little to be desired, On complaint of Mayor Dade Jerry Cullen was arrested and lodged in juil last Saturday for drunkenness and disorderly con- duct. Inlieuofa fine he was taken to the county jail to serve a 15-day sentence. Saturdey night Cullen called Sheriff Bai- ley’s attention to a wound on top of his head which he claimed had been afflicted by a policeman at Big Falls. A doctor was called and upon examination found that it was of quite a serious nature and would have resulted in blood poisoning bad it not received immediate attention. There is no doubt but that his arrest saved the man’s life. Mr. snd Mrs. John R. Stewart entertained at their pleasant home in the southern part of the village a distinguished party at a four course dinner last evening, The party arrived ina special train and was composed of J. C, Kirkpatrick of Escanaba, Mich., president of the Pittsburg & Lake Superior Iron Co., also Messrs. Reed and Thatcher of Escanaba, Michigan; Messrs, Mclntire and Ross of Duluth and Mr. Johnson of Florida. studying the logging methods of the Beltrami company; its machi- nery and its yards at Kelliher and at Blackduck. An Operation Not Necessary, Loeal news on last page. Word was received in this city They spent part of the timel Catler is well known to many midji forward, and has been|Moned. He grewrapidly worse|Crookston people as he spent ably assisted by every member. and it was decl,ded to .fiake him | several weeks in Crookston and The lodge has been growing in |0 St- Authony’s hospital Tues- | vicinity last fall and although the membership and strength, until|42¥, but he died while being car- | matter was not made public at that time he is said to have had several bouts in the valley with local men who have an idea that they were fast with the gloves. In every case he made good. He is a big fellow, butis remarkably well proportioned and was light and guick on his feet. The Tribune says in part: “Kid Cutler is the latest heavy- weight- to be trotted out for championship honors. John L. Sullivan is his sponsor, and in fact he is his sparring partner, Sullivan is not after Jeffries with his man, but anybody else in the heavy-weight division who thinks he can fight can havea match at the drop of the hat. “When John L. first started his present tour on the road two years ago, he had fierce troubles lkeeping a sparring partner as long as a week. Ei- or from incompatibility of tem- per, these sparring partners rarely lasted a week, until one fine day in the wilds of Minne. sota the show run across a hus- ky young fellow who asked for a chance to go on with the big fellow. He went on, made good and left Minnesota with the thea- trical company. “Kid Cutler may never startle the world asa fighter. But he has many good traits that will help him in the fight game. Cutler is most modest, never blows his own horn, and does not think that he can lick Jeffries —just yet. But John L. thinks all that for him.” Charles Cutler (now known as “Kid” Cutler) has many friends in Bemidji, baving lived here for some time; he was also marshal of Blackduck at one time, s It's a- Dog-gone Shame. There is much complaint these days relative to the actions of certain vicious dogs that congre- gate in the vicinity of the high school building and terrify pedestrians, without regard to sex. Recently one of these ani- mals nearly tore the clothes off the back of a teacher in the school, and many of the scholars. have been placed in a state bor- dering on terror. Yesterday, a prominent citi- zen was bitten by one of the dogs, and shot the animal in self- defence. As nearly every city of promi- effected with rabbies, it might ‘Inot bea bad idea for the city officials to order the muzzling of | | ‘all canines that are allowed to yesterday from M. E. Carson, run at large. which ‘will be furnished by the Bemidji orchestra. Professor 0. J. Hanson of the Queen City college will referee tonight's game. evening, and the management of | Officials—Referee, O. J. Han- son, Crookston; umpire, G. Peter- son, Bemidji; scorers, J. Peter- son and H. Sprague; timekeeper, | Mr. Scharf. The Queen City team took Ada into camp, Wednesday evening, and the Crookston Times says of the game: “The game of basketball which was played at the Auditorium last evening between the Queen City team and the Ada town team was won by the former by the one-sided score of 29 to 3. An indoor base ball game was The second game will be played |scheduled for last eveming, but on Saturday evening, and 1t is|late yesterday afternoon the two expected that large crowds will { basketball teams asked for per- witness both contests. . | mission to play and with the con- The Bemidji team has been |sent of the baseball teams that practicing diligently for these|game was called off and the games and expects to give the other substituted. From the vigiting players a gruelling con- l start of the game it was plain to test. The boys have improved |be seen that Ada was out-classed greatly since the game with Park |and in the first half they did not Rapids and it is believed that|throw a single basket while they stand a good chance to win | Crookston piled up a score of both games. 18. In the next half their play The following is the line-up of |improved somewhat and they ther from the whallopsofJohn L. |- nence in the nerth half of the|. state is having trouble with dogs | the two teams for tonight’s game: Crookston—O. Venaas and T. Farley, forwards; A. Dukleth, center; J. Nelson and J, Stordahl, guards. Bemidji—H. Geil, L. Heffron, forwards; F. Brown,- center, J. managed to throw a basket from the field and get one basket on a foul. The Queen City team in the meantime had secured enough tallies to make their total score 29 and the game ended with the score, Queen City 29, Ada 8.” Mayo Purchases Property. H. A. Simons, agent for the Bemidji Townsite company, has closed a contract with H. A. Mayo, whereby the latter pur- chases lots 27 and 28, Block 22, original townsite of Bemidji. The property purchased fronts the Boulevard and Bemidji avenue, and is considered one of the most desirable pieces of property in the city. Mr. Mayo intends to improve the property by erecting a hand- some cottage on the lot which fronts on the Boulevard, and next year will build a residence for leasing purposes. Enjoyable Party. M. A. Clark and wife enter- tained a number of their friends Thursday evening, at cards. Pro- gressive five hundred was the game played. Miss Ethel Kelley proved the best player and Mrs. I. S. Boyer was the player. fartherest re- moved from Miss Kelley. Luneh was served to twenty. --Local News on last page. A Stag Party. Baltus Van Tassel en tertained his friends at a Dutch stag party at his home in the city last evening. The following char- acters were present: Harden Broeck, Ten Broeck, William Testy, Wauter Von Twiller, Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane, Oloffe Von Kortland, Prof. Von Poddingcroft. The rooms were appropriately decorated for the occasion. The evening was gpent in old time Dutch style and a sump- tious dinner was servcd at mid- night. Toasts were given and the guests voted Van Tassel a most excellent host. Notice to Parents. - All parents having children of school age whom they wish to send to school this spring will kindly start them on March 18. 1907. In nocase will they be received later than April 8, 1907. —A. P. Ritchie, Supt. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. O’Leary @ Bowser The Greater Department Store Items of Special Interest for Our Bargain Days Friday an Ladies’ Shirt Waists—Reg- ular $1 and $1.25 These Waists are of fine tex- ture flannelette in both dark and light colors. Al sizes. " Hos(iieég'al‘or Ladies an ren, a ver; attractive bn;‘zn.in gc. . l5c Misses We will be pretty 1907 novelties. d Saturday Laces and Insertions—An extra lot worth 10c, 15¢ 5 and 20c at. . c These are exceptionally fine New Valenceines. St. Patrick’s Day—For this popular holiday we have se- cured assorted widths of the regulation green ribbon and Shamrock Pins. Special Display Wash Goods On these two days we will have our magnificent line of wash goods on Special Display. These are of the latest fabrics in Newest Colorings making a very beautiful and elaborate thowing. pleased to have you come and see the ) | -