Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 6, 1907, Page 1

- THE BEMIDJI DAILY PION WINNESOTA 1HISTORICAL fon VOLUME 5. NUMBER 39 GIRL DISAPPEARED AND CANT BE FOUND Worried by Trouble Until Nearly Demented Johanna Dak- stad Wanders From Camp Near Wilton and Her Whereabouts Are at Present Unknown. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1907 FORTY CENTS PER MONTH : Fourth of July Meeting Committee mr— \ ~ ~ 'TWO YOUTHS SHOW 'PRESENCE OF MIND A. C. Butler, Aged 70 Years, Narrcwly Escaped Filling a Watery Grave in Lake Irving Tuesday After- “ noon---Was in the Water an Hour. Wilton, June 6.—(Special to Pioneer.)—-Much excitement has been caused in this community by the disappearance of Miss Johanna Dakstad, who has been missing since Monday, and despite every effort to locate her present whereabouts no trace can be found of her. Miss Dakstad, who has a sister living in this village, has been employed at the lumber camp of the Farnham Lumber company, which owns a sawmill four miles north of Wilton, and is reported to have gotten into serijus trouble recently, which bothered her to the extent that she re- vealed the nature of her trouble to her parents in Canada and also to her sister in Wilton. The latter advised Johanna to go to the home of her parents, and the old folks wrote for her to go there, but the girl did not answer the letter and refused to go to Canada. The sister in Wilton and her husband went to where the girl was working, Monday afternoon, and she consented to depart for the parents’ home. A short time after the sister and her husband arrived at the camp, Johanna was missed, and diligent search about the premises failed to disclose her whereabouts, and the sister returned to Wilton. Word was at once sent out con- cerning the missing girl and a thorough search for her was made in the vicinity of Wilton. No trace of her could be found, and it was feared that she had made away with herself. How- ever, the girl appeared at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Fort, four miles south of Wilton, Tues- day evening and was given supper. She had no hat on her head, and wore a pair of rubbers on her feet, covering her head with jan apron which she had been wearing. Miss Dakstad seemed greatly worried and almost demented, her trouble having evidently worn on her mind to such ex- tent that her memory was al- most giving away, Mrs, Fort gota promise from the girl that she would return to Wilton, and she accompanied her a short distance on the road, but she has not put in appearance in Wilton and no one bhas seen her since. The search for her has been continued since Tues- day night, but still there is noth- ing to indicate where she has gone, and many still maintain that she has become despondent and committed suicide. Miss Dakstad, who is 22 years old, is a Scandinavian, but speaks the English language perfectly. She is dark-com- plected, with dark hair, andis of medium size. MILES HOTEL-THEATRE WILL OPEN JURE 10, C. H. Miles and George Markham In- vite Their Bemidji Friends to Attend the Opening. Yourself and ladies are cordially in- vited to attend the opening of the Hotel Miles and Miles Vaudeville Theatre, Hibbing, Minn. Monday, June 10, 1907. Miles & Markham. Banquet will be served at 6§ o'clock in the evening until midnight. Vaudeville performance at 8 and 9:30 o’clock. Many of the residents of Be- midji have received invitations like the above within the past week, to attend the formal open- ing of the new Hotel Miles and Vaudeville Theatre at Hibbing, and will attend the function, The HotelMiles and Vaudeville Theatre is owned by C. H. Miles and George Markham, both well known in ths city, and they have provided Hibbing with one of the very best hotels to bel found in the north half of the| state, not excluding Duluth and Crookston. The Vaudeville Theatre is cne of the finest of its | kind in the state, elegant in its appointments and in the con- struction of which money has not been spared. Many from Bemidii will un- doubtedly attend the formal opening, which will be given next Monday evening. Will Put in Some New Poles. The Minnesota & International railway will thoroughly over- haul the poles with which its telegraph lines were supplied officials is to replace all tamarack poles, and the cedar poles will be ileft. It is estimated that fully 1,000 of the old poles will be re- moved, and the work will not be | completed inside of six weeks. Horace Dunham of this city has charge of the gang of men who are replacing the poles, which is being done under the suggestion of W. A. Ferris, line man for the M. & I. Lost Out tor Firemen’s Meet. A telegram was received today from J. J. Doran, who has been attending the state firemen’s meet at St. Cloud, stating that Bemidji had lost out in the en- deavor to secure the state meet- liag of 1910 for this city. Mr. Doran did not state which city bad won out. Both Alexandria and Owatonna were also candi dates. TLATER--Alexandria won out in the contest for the election of the third vice president of the asso- ciation and thus secures the con- {vention of 1910. Next year’s meet will be-held ,at Mankato, and Cloquet gets the 11909 convention. ‘GEMMELL TRANSFERRED k AGAIN TO BRAINERD General Manager of the Minnesota & International Railway to Establish ,Headquarters There. General Manager W. H. Gem- moll, of the Minnesota & Inter- inational, has been transferred from St. Paul to Brainerd, where he will have his headquarters in the future and from which point he will direct the affairs of the M. &I Mr. Gemmell has for the past two years or more been private secretary to President Eiliott, of the Northern Paciffc, when the road was first builtias well as attending to the and will replace many of those now in use with new ones of northern road. better quality, on the line from Walker south to Brainerd. The intention of the railroad duties of general manager of the With the ex- tension of the line to the border The Fourth of July committee will meet at the council rooms Friday evening at 8:30, for the purpose of making further arrangements for the celebration of the Fourth ! Through the heriosm of Cyril of July. Run Over By Wagon. Mr. Schultz, who lives on the J. H. French’s farm, west of the city, was injured this morn-|_ ing by being run cver by a wagon. Scultz was on top of a load of timbers, driving a team into the city. While crossing the bridge over the Great Northern tracks the timber slipped and began falling from the load. Schultz fell from the load behind the horses and two wheels passed over his body, from his hip to his shoulder on the right side. He was picked up and brought to town, and after an hour was " |NORTHERN FARMERS WILL PIGNIG WEDNESDAY Association Organized at Northome Will Add Interest to Its Work at Outing.” Northome, June 6.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The Northern Farm- ers’ association will hold its an- nual picnic at Northome on Wednesday of next week. An elaborate program has been pre- pared for the occasion, and the taken home. Although quite committee which has charge of badly jammed by the wheels, _t.he arrangements has lett notI.A- Mr. Schultz’s injuries are not|ing undone to make the picnic serious. the most enjoyable eventin the history of the association. The Northern Farmers’ asso- ciation, which is composed for Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. the most part of farmers living in -this immediate vicinity, has ac¢complished much for the good of its members by holding insti- tutes during the past year, and the picnics have been inaugurat- ed to add interest to the work of the association, “‘Bats in His Belfry.” C. B. Wells, a widower, living at Red Lake, was brought before Probate Judge M. A. Clark yes- terday,and after an examination, was committed to the state hos- pital at Fergus Falls. He had been ailing for several months. At times he would wander away from home into the woods, and imagine wild animals were after him, He was taken to Fergus Falls last evening and was in charge of Sheriff Bailey. Loeal news on last page Wash Goods fered for sale nor in the prices. in Bemidji. LOT NO, I-- 1200 yards of Wash Goods, regular price 18 and 20c 12 C to close out at.. 2 LOT NO, LOT NO 2-=- that would ordinarily sell from 15¢c to 18c. During this sale we will close this lot out 100 at..... Laces, Embroidery, All of which will be out at a special look them over. it has increased the responsi- bility and labor in his office. SPECIAL COMMENCING Tuesday, June 4th, until Satur- day Evening, June 8 There have heen a good many sales in this city, we have had them ourselves, but none like the one we are going to inaugurate this week, neither in the goods of- Anticipating a good spring trade we bought heavily in every line, but on account of the extremely backward season we find that we have more goods on hand than we care to have and consequently offer them at prices that never have been and, we believe, never will be duplicated This lot consists of finished Dimities in large and small floral designs, polka dots. A splendid bargain at 12ic, dur- ing this sale we will close 4 thislotat.. = 1. _lOC%g_yards of nice r&ewtfab- rics, this season’s productions 7 in piain andfloral design goods | LOT NO, 4=- Gmghams, mostly dark pat- | terns suitable for children’s dresses, good value at lc 12:c, while theylast........ 2 Ghe BAZAAR STORE Sale ! 3-- 8¢ Hosiery price. Come and Butler and Hugh Broomfield two little boys aged respectively 11 and 10 years old, A. C. Butler, aged 70 years, was saved from drowning, Tuesday evening, on Lake Irving. Mr. Butler, who is-the father- in-law of Mrs. A. Butler of this city, and who is here on a visit from Mizpah, Minn,, took the little Butler boy, who is his grandson, and the Broomfield boy and went to the south shore of Lake Irving in a boat to do some fishing. They tied the rope on the end of the boat to a boom post and began fishing, in a spot about twenty rods from the shore, where the water is at least twenty feet deep. In some unaccountable man- ner, the boat was overturned, throwing all three of the occu- pants into the water. Mr. Butler grasped the boom post and the boys took hold of the log that was lying beside the post. The old gentleman was chilled to' the marrow by the water, but- was greatly encouraged by his two little companions, who beseeched him to have courage and they would certainly be rescued. The Broomfield boy got on Mr. Butler’s shoulders and climbed to the top of the post, i from which place he assisted in , | the water. The Butler Loy baled keeping Mr. Butler’s head above some of the water from the boat and paddled to the shore. He saw A. A, Carter and another gentleman passing at a distance in a launch and hailed them, but they were too far away to hear him. The little fellow then ran through the woods and succeeded in heading off the party in the launch. The boy was taken in and the boat was hastened to where Mr. Butler and Hugh Broomfield were battling for their lives in the waves. Mr. Butler had given up twice, but had been encouraged by Hugh to “hang on,” which he did with great difficulty, the bey ' When Mr. giving him every assistance possible inkeeping afloat. Carter arrived on the scene they found that Mr, Butler was about te succomb to the cold and sink te the bottom of the lake. He had a death grip with -his hands on the boom post, and it was with difficulty that his fingers could be unloes- ened. The old gentleman and his_youthful companions were brought to the city and taken. care of, and have suffered no ill effects beyond being slightly stiff from their hour’s stay im- the cold water. ¢ Notice to Owners of Teams in Bemidii, Notice is hereby given that the undersigned team owners resid- ing within the corporate limits of the City of Bemidji, will on and after June 1st, 1907, charge for the use of each team the sum of Five ($5) dollars per day. We are forced to do this, as at the present rate of $4.00 per day, with feed nearly doubled in price, bran $1.25 per 100 pounds, hay $18 per ton, and oats 60c per bushel and teamsters $2 per day, there is nothing made, in fact teams are kept at an actual loss. This rate is not intended to apply to contract work, nor to team owners residing in the City of Bemidji, who may take work, by the day or contract, outside the city limits. Dated May 25th, 1907. Very respectfully, J. 8. Van Kirk J. E. Flatley Tom Smart “N. McKinnon J. M. Sines E. A, Hewitt- Chas. Freeland L. Kight Tom Sloan John Streeter John Marin S F. C. Chais. WORK COMMENGED ON NORTHOME BALL PARK Expected That Park Will Be Ready for Opening Game With Big Falls. Team. Northome, June 6.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Work has been com- menced on the new ball park, in the vacant lot opposite the school house, which was recently pur- chased by the council for park purposes, The council has given the use of the park to the base- ball club, which is rushing the work to completion, and it is ex- pected that the park will be in readiness for-use at the opening ball game of the season, between Big Falls and Northome, which will be played here next Wednes- dny. s PLANS WILL BE READY FOR THE BOARD JUNE 23 W. R. Parsons & Sons Company of Dus b luth Will Furnish Plans for New > School Building. - The Board of Education of Be- b midji held an important meeting 2 last evening, at which the matter of the preliminary proceedings for erecting the new $30,000 high school building for this dis- trict was discussed. The selec- tion of an architéct to draw the plans was finally settled by designating W. R. Parsons & Sons company of Duluth as the official architects for the building and they will at once proceed to draw the plans and specifications for the proposed building. The Duluth company is in structed to have the plans and specifications in readiness by June 28, at which time a meeting of the board will be held to pass on the plans, and if they are satisfactory, the board will at once-advertise for bids for the construction of the building. In the conditions of the plans will be a clause calling for the com- pletion of the building, in readi-- ness for occupancy, by December 1, 1907. The new building will be locat: ed on block 19, Third addition to Bemidji, between Minnesota and America avennes and Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Bonds were recently voted, and sold at a handsome figure' for the pur- chase of the site and the erec- tion of the building. Boiler Exploded; No One Hurt. Word was received today from Akeley to the effect that the boiler in the engine room of the Red River Lumber company’s mill at Akeley, exploded yester- day afternoon and blew out one side ot the boiler room: No one was hurt. For Sale. Good row beat with oars com- plete. Apply