Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 3, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PION MiRRESOTA HISTORICAL VOLUME 5. NUMBER 13. ———— BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1907. TEN CENTS PER WEEK NO LEAGUE BASEBALL FOR PRAIRIE LEAGUE CITIES W. J. Price Of Fargo Lays Blame of Failure on Grand Forks---Bemidji Was Ready With Coin and En- thusiasm---“Prairie League’’ a Dream. Fn«o N. D., May 2, 1907. r. Frank S Lycan, Bemidji, Minn. Dear Sir: I regret to an- nounce that after several weeks of negotiating by mail and tele- gram and three personal visits, I was upable to arouse enough en- thusiasm in any of the so-called sports or fans (?) in either Grand Forks or East Grand Forks to organize a base ball club, There were not enough public-spirited citizens in East Grand Forks to raise the small sum of $600—=all that would be needed. Five times that amount would have been re- turned to the business interests of East Grand Forks during the summer, in the advertising their town would receive from connec- tions with a league such as ours would bhave been, but the ‘sports (?) wereafraid of the cars. As East Grand Forks was ab- solutely necessary for the suc- cess of the league, and as they have quit, it of course follows that the attempt to organize the Prairie League has failed. Ire- gret such is the case and beg to thank you for the spirit shown, and the co-operation in attempt- ing to form what would have been a successful league of base- ball towns, three in Minnesota and three in North Dakota. There will be no further effort on my part representing ¥argo to organize a league as I know of no territory that could equal for minor ball, Minot, Devils Lake, East Grand Fforks, Crookston, Bemidji, and Fargo. Again expressing regret of our failure, I am, Very truly yours, W. J. PRICE. Grand Forks, N. D., May 3rd. ——(Special to Pioneer )—There has been absolutely no move made by the fans toward the or- ganization of a team to represent Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. No meeting has been called and there appears to be no head or tail to the situation. When the news reached this city that W, J. Price had thrown up the sponge on account of the lack of enthusiam there ap peared to be -not the least re- gret. There is no ball park here, and itis a question whether a team could be pushed through the season. It was planned to have the games played on the east side, where Sunday ball might be pulled of, but a damper was put on that an at early date. As the baseball season will soon be on again it might be well for the fans to become acquainted with the changes in the rules for the year 1907. Here are some of the most important changes: A batsman becomes a base runner if the catcher interferes with him in any way while he is strik- ing at a pitched ball; if the sec- ond of two base runners passes the other while the first base runner is being ‘‘tagged’ out, the base runner whn passes is to be declared out; a batter will be declared out if he steps from one batsman’s box into the other after the pitcher has taken his position in the box; only pitchers are allowed to take the gloss off the ball and other players who do so are liable to a fine of $5 for each offense. Hibbing, which his always had a ball team that was one of the best in the state (not barring the Minneapolis and St. Paul professional teams of the American association) has, reor- ganized for the coming year, The Hibbing Tribune says of the range town team that has defeat- ed everything in sight during the past three years. “Winnipeg, which is pretty nearly the best ball town on the continent, has invited the Hibbing base ball club to open the season there with a series of three games, May 9, 10 and 11th and Manager Brady has accept- ed, The contract for these games shows the estimation in which the Hibbing team is held, for Winnipeg is one of the hottest ball towns in the country and is content with nothing buu | the best,. “The schedule of the Hibbing team as far as made at present calls for several games immedi- ately following the Winnipeg series. May 12 a game will be played at Stillwater, while on the 14 and 15 the Houghton Nor thern League team will be taken on here for probably three games, The following Sunday, May 19, the Bemidji team will play in Hibbing. The first game of the seascn here will be with the Kelly Hard ware team of Duluth and the Du- luth aggregation is already prac- ticing for the event. In announc- ing the game a few days ago, the Duluth Herald said that Hibbing |i bad been practicing for some time, but the fact is that the ice |§ still cover. the Hibbing diamond and the t-am hasnot so much as had a ball in its bands yet this year. The Herald also calls the Hibbing nine, ‘‘professionals,” whereas not a man on the team |’ receives a salary and every one, except Brick Freeman is a b¢na fide resident of Hibbing. The line-up of the Hibbing|M@ team for the season is complete and isas follows: Red Carrol, catcher; Ed Freeman, J.-J. Kerr, third base; Chas. Cal- ligan, short stop; Bobby Geisel- man, center field, “The other fielding positions |E will be supplied by one of the pitchers or by Reed or Hoover |§ who will be tried out for the pos- itions. “The grounds will be put in |§ shape just the moment the weather permits. The bleachers will be transferred to the south side of the grounds, a new ene trance will be made in the rear f§ of the Miles Hotel and the field will be enlarged by moving off several shacks now on Cedar|§ street and extending the fence to include this territory. ““As soon as the weather mod- erates so that it does not freeze at noonday, the team will begin practice.” Akeley Orgamzing. Akeley is starting in on base | ball talk, and the Herald of that|§ place says that they will have the | @ fastest bunch up among the§ northern pines, These will play Newman Stanford of Elbow Lale; Billie Hendricks, Thomas Daine, | & Geo. Martin, Hall Zimmerman, Rod Parkill, Dutchie Hop,’ Min- neapolis; Jos. Peterson, Mass City, and Rabbitt. Additional Local Matter will be found on the last page. D. M.|H Booth. Buck Wester, Roy Arn-|§ old, pitchers; F. Kleffman, first base; Billie Head,- second base; |§ Flowage Cases Settled. The damage suit cases of F. E. Roland, H. K. Rude, R. K. Lar- son, Andrew Johnson and M. Aarstad of Clearwater county Minn., against the Clearwater Logging company, a corporation, |for damages for flooding their farms while driving logs in the Clearwater river, has been amicably settled by the logging company paying substantial damages to the above named farmers. ~ J. A. Hendricks of Fosston, Minn., appeared as at- torney for the farmers, and F. D. Larabee of Minneapolis associate counsel. Notice for Bids. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received up to and including May 7, 1907, at 2:30 p. m., for the moving of the Congregational church from its present site, to lot 1, of block 15, of the Village of Nymore, Successful bidder must give bond for faithful performance of contract. g The society reserves the right to reject any all bids. MRS. W. E. MARTIN, Church Clerk, Lock Box 26, Nymore, Minn. M. B. A. Meeting. A regular meeting of the M. B. A. will be held at the I. 0. O. I, hall tomorrow evening com- mencing at 8 o’clock., After the regular session a social gather- ing will be held. A musical pro- gram will be rendered. All members are cordially invited to attend. The gentlemen will serve light refreshments. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. BEMIDJI WAS EULOGIZED EVEN IN HER EARLY DAYS The Prospects of the “Best Town on Earth” Were Recognized and Appreciated. | The editor of the Pioneer was today handed a paper which con- tained a write up of Bemidji and her wonderful resources and ad- vantages as they were apparent during the fall of 1905. As the conditions which pre- vailed then do mot vary mater- ially from those which prevail at the present time we give the let- ter in full: Bemidji, Minn., Aug. 28, 1905. Bemidji i a young city, a young giant of marvelous growth up here in the pine woods of northern Minnesota, and its site only a few years ago was covered with pine timber., But man needed that same pine, the ““lum- ber jack’” and the sawyer came, and here on beautiful lake Be- midji they made their camp, the mill was built, axe and saw brought the towering trees crashing to the ground and the luomber shacks soon grew into a town, and the town soon became a city. And what a change has been made in the past few years. When I was first here five years |ago, the town was on the border, it was koown as a “‘tough town” and deserved its reputation; the “bad man” paraded the streets, loaded with bad booze; every other building was a gambling den, a saloon or a disreputible dive; the town was run on the | wide open plan, and low men and lower painted women, in dance Ihall and variety theater, in |drunken orgie ‘and debauched carousal, turned aight into hid- eous day. - ‘But most of that class of {people have passed on to other lumber camps and other new towns; steady, reliable and indus. trious citizens have located here, men of thrift, enterprise and means; business and professional men, seeing the advantages of the situation have come with their families, and they can well feel proud of Bemidji today, for it is one of the finest little cities in all the northwest, with a court house and public school building equal to any in the state, outside of the large cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth, while the streets are lined with substantial business blocks and beautiful homes, with neat lawas and flower gardens, and the citizens are lawabiding, thrifty and pro- gressive, The Indian trails leadmg to Lhe lake have been replaced by pub- lic highways and railroads reach- ing out in all directions, making the place easy of access and bringing the people into immedi- ate touch with surrounding towns and cities; the whirl of the wheels in mill and factory is heard, stone sidewalks are rapidly taking the place of those made of boards, which have in their turn covered the well-worn paths through dirt and sand; gas and electric lights illuminate the streets at night; shops, stores and markets supply all with the necessities and many of the lux- uries of life; the merchant and business man has his account at the bank; the visitor and travel- Mail Orders Filled Copyright“1907 House of Kuppenheimer s We ean help you. | Do that. is: penheimer Clothes. There are dozens of new styles. find mostly amoug the Lion Brand. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 Underwear Question---Spring Weights, 50¢ Clothing House and [no more Good Clothes and Nothing Else Your Clothes Money is worth to you just what it will get for you' You can find plenty of suits in town at $15, $18, $20, and up to $30, but you’re foolish to buy your clothes Slmply by a price. The question of importance is: do you get for your money? The answer Depends on where you spend it, What ‘We make a specialty of The House of Kup- We're selling a special lot of ‘“Woolton” ;pring suits here at $12 that are worth all of 15 = _ They’re all wool; not skimped in the making; well tailored throughout; seams offer we've made; all sizes, 34 1o 44. The price $12 and You are more or less undeclded on your shirt purchase. Those” that are ju Some mothers think twice before buying the boy’s sait. Decide on “Best Ever” clothes Two-piece suits, double breasted suits tnat- are rain proof, such suits are rare at z -proof and moth- $ 5 Our assortment of these very superior goods isremarkable for variety Spring Suits and Overcoats. $15 to $25 well stayed; the best $9.75 st right for you, you’ll RAILROADS WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY T0 “HEDGE” How the 2-Cent Fare Will Work, and Some Things Public — Should -Know---Agents Cautioned Against Selling ““Split” Tickets to Points in Other States. Saturday morning the local agents for the Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads re- ceived instructions relative to the 2-cent passenger rate which went into effect May 1, says the Wa- dena Pioneer-Journal, The rail- roads, having made a bluff, have accepted the situation and will not fight the new rate. The instructions direct agents to sell tickets at 2 cents per mile between all points wholly within the state of Minnesota. The companies hold, however, that tickets sold to points outside this state, come under the head of interstate business and that the old rates may be maintained. The rates heretofore charged to outside points will remain in force and the agents are instruct- ed not to sell the “split tickets.” By ‘“‘split tickets” are meant the charging of 2 cents per mile from a point within the boundar- ies of Minnesota, to the state line, and then charging at the rate prevailing in an adjoining state, where the rate may be higher, as in North Dakota. The price of tickets from Wadena to points in North Dakota, will re- main unchanged. North Dakota has passed alaw reducing the passenger rate from 3 cents to 2% cents per mile. This rate does not go int> effect until May 15. However,regardless of what A | ratesthelegislatures may fix with- in their own states, the railroads take the position that on tickets sold from points within one state to points within another state, the rates to be charged shall not be governed by the state rates. Inother words this is inter state business, over which a state has no jurisdiction. Travelers can take advantage of the new 2-cent rate,even when making a journey into another state. Forinstanceif a person in Wadena wished to go to Bis- marck, he could buy a ticket as far as Moorhead at the rate of 2 cents per mile. Arriving at Moorhead, which is on the state line, he could buy another ticket through to Bismarck at the pre- vailing rate in North Dakota, which after May 15, will be 2} cents per mile. This will probably be done, but it will cause a lot of trouble. At stations on the boundaries of the state there will be a rush of business at train time. Many travelers will be in a rush to get new tickets for the balance of their journey in time to catch the same train on which they came in. = Their baggage must also be rechecked, and unless the companies will allow long steps at boundary towns a great deal of confusion will ensue, Persons having no baggageto check may remain in the train and purchase a ticket from the conductor. At the present time a charge of ten cents is made in cases where passengers have failed to buy tickets of the regular station agents. The new law does away with this penalty, and it will cost no more to buy a ticket from the conductor than from the statmn agent. The public should remember that in making trips into adjoin- ing states they should buy a local ticket to the state boundary, and then buy another ticket to their destination. They can save money by so doing. ing man can find excellent ac- commodations at hotels and res- taurants; well edited daily and weekly papers give all the news of local and general interest. The census just completed shows a population of 3,800, a large in- crease within the past few years and one which, if continued, will soon give the city 10,000 people. Bemidji is already a notable business place and is destined by reason of its location and the fact that so many railroads cen- ter here and because others are coming, to become the basis of distribution to a vast and rapidly developing territory. As the surrounding forests of pine, balsam, spruce, pulpwood, birch and other woods disappear be- fore the steadv march of the “lumber jack” and logger, the lands come into the market as farming lands and are not only being eagerly sought for, butare purchased in large quantities by companiés and syndicates, who readily dispose of them at rea- sonable prices to emigrants and sefttlers, who are coming into this part of the state in large numbers. These ‘‘cut over” lands are rich in soil and very productive, producing, under cultivation, corn, oats, clover, timothy, wheat, potatoes and all kinds of vege- tables, as well as large crops of strawberries. As the lands are cleared, the farming industry is steadily and rapidly developing and northern Minnesota is evi- dently destined to become the farmers’ paradise, With the disappearance of the vast forests go the wild animals, and though they are still found in numbers not many miles north of here, but few, if any, moose, ellz, bear or deer can be found in -this im- mediate vicinity, while the lakes which once teemed with all va- rieties of fish fail to furnish the angler with his old-time sport. The destruction of game and fish has been wanton and criminal, but of recent years some very wholesome laws have been passed, and the officials of the Game and Fish Commission are seeing that they are strictly en- forced for the protection of wild animals, birds and fish, and the days are over and gone, when the hunter had himself photographed standing by the deer he was so proud of killing, or the fisher- man, to proye the number of fish caught by him, displayed both himself and his catch in a taking picture. Situated upon the shores of the lake, both city and lake take their name from an Indian chief, Bemidji, but for just what he was noted, if for anything, I have not yet ascertained. How- ever, the red chief has long since passed to the happy hunting grounds, little dreaming, per- haps, when he departed that his name would be given to this thriving cxty. The citizens are now considering the matter of erecting a suitable monument to further perpetuate his name. There are many of his descend- ants in this city,a happy-go-lucky crowd, some of them seeming to - be quite thrifty and earning a living at this season of the year by picking wild raspterries and blueberries in the woods and dis- posing of them to merchants in the city, but many are lazy and shiftless, and all, seemingly, are - very fond of fire water, Today, I took a stroll up around the lake shore in the woods and came upon an Indian tepee, in which sat a squaw working upon a moccasin, while her lord and master, with his scalping knife in his belt, lay under a nearby tree dead—dead drunk, while the flies and buffalo gnats "chewed his bronze - face. Lo, the poor Indian! No one can get drunker than Lo. Itis hard to go anywhere that you will not find someone from Indiana and they are always glad bo greet a fellow Hoosier. -