Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 15, 1907, Page 1

[ 3% THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 5. NUMBER 71 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1907 G.A.E.FINLAYSONANDE. J. SULLIVAN PRIZE ANGLERS East Grand Forkers, According to Finlayson Have Hand- to-Hand Encounter With Garfish---Onery Cuss landed But When Wanted Cannot be Found G. A, E. Finlayson, the official legal representative for the city of Fast Grand Forks, and E of Kast Grand Forks, ex-sheriff of Polk county, were in Bemidji unearly all of last week, enjoying an outing and doing some fishing. They were very successful in get- ting fish,but had a rather unique ex- perience one day, as related by Fin- layson. Mr. Finlayson said of the occa- sion: “Sullivan and I had taken a small rowboat and gone out to try our luck. T had but little respect as to the gameness of fish in Lake Be- midji and had taken only a plain bamboo rod and a 5-cent line, and a rather heavy bass hook. Sullivan had an outfit that would have made [zaak Walton go drown himself for envy. “We had anchored off a patch of weeds and sat holding our rods and rowing in the sun for about an hour, without even a nibble. “Just as we were about to pull up anchor aund try another place, my| pole was jerked out of my hand. I dove after it,headlong, into the bow of the boat; got both hands on it just in time, braced a foot well on either side of the boat and began to pull. There was no playing the fish | to it—just a plain, straight-away pull. My rod bent about to the| limit, and in my excitement I re-| member thinking I must have the grandfather of all the pickerel or perhaps of all the muskies. “I put all my strength into the work, gave a sudden heave, and fell back into the boat, with a dark, slender, slippery, slimy, spotted | object, about as long as 1 was tall, | and eighteen inches of it a snapping bill, set with strong, sharp teeth on each jaw. I was up and away from it with no unnecessary delay. The | fish bounded from one side of the | boat to the other, like a rubber thing, and then made a shoot along the bottom of the boat toward Sullivan, who was sitting in the stern. “Sullivan let out a yell thatI guess he would like to forget, and went up straight into the air. He came down, however, with his feet across the fish, just behind the head, and held it there firmly, pin-| | ning it to the boat. He pulled out a knife, of the variety known to boys J. Sullivan |as a ‘toad stabber,” and turned the fish around to me. “1 planted my little foot upon it, where the bill joined the head,and Sullivan began driving the knife blade into the back of the crea- ture’s head. It didn’t seem to effect the fish one whit. He wiggled and twisted and threshed as vio- lently as at first. Then we got all four of our feet on him “and began to look about to see how we would get the hook untangled from his mouth. “Close inspection showed that 1 had fouled him through the eye. This was all that made its capture possible, for had it taken the hook fishwise, my line would have been severed by the saw-like teeth at the first touch. “Fortunately there was a chain which held the anchor to the boat. We took off the anchor and pro- ceeded to string the fish on this chain. Having made him secure, we tossed him overboard. He made a wild dash for deep water, so strong that he took our boat right out with him, headed for the east side of the lake. “I would not say that we traveled like a gasoline launch, but we were making progress. Sullivan seized an oar and tried to steer, but the experiment was not much of a success. “In the end we took the oars and | after a mighty struggle against the slashing of the fish, succeeded in overcoming his resistance to the extent that we were able to start the boat back over the course: along which we had been towed at break- neck speed. We finally began tow- ing Mr. Garfish back toward Grand Forks bay. We had a mile to go, and when we pulled up at the land- ing and took the. fish out of the the water, it was dead—drowned by being towed along with his head out of water. “We intended to have that fish stuffed, but it disappeared from the landing where we had left it on exhibition for a few minutes, and I have nothing but Sullivan’s word to fall back on. So I won’t tell the story often.” BEMIDJ! BASEBALL TEAM EASILY BEATS RED LAKE Score Was 19 to 7—Errors Were Nu- merous—Some Good Hitting -by Bemidii. The Bemidji and Red Lake In- dian baseball teams played a game here yesterday afternoon, and the locals simply “scalped” the players from the reservation, easily winning the contest, by a score of 19 to 7; and it is very likely that the game would have been more one-sided had not the local players secured so large alead in the opening innings that they became careless and played rather listlessly. There was a fair-sized crowd in attendance, and with music by the band, the game was considerably enlivened. There was no indication of any friction during the game, not a single kick being made by the mem- bers of either team, which was in pleasant contrast to the wrangling and riotous demonstration of the Sunday previous. The members of both teams were determined to play like gentlemen, and the game went along very smoothly. The boys from the reservation, led by Omer Gravelle and Simon Fairbanks, never made a _murmur, despite the ava- lanche of scores that were being piled up against them. The two teams lined-up as follows: Red Lake—Donnell ss and p. Needham If, Roberts ¢, O. Gravelle p and ss, Fairbanks 1b, G. Gravelle 3b, Carl rf, Neeley 2b, Tuttle cf. Bemidji—Hazen ss and 1b, Gorvo 2b, Eakel rf and ¢, Riddell 1b and ss, Otto cf, Roy ¢ and rf, Carlton If, Johnson p, Peterson 3 b. Johnson, who officiated on the slab for Bemidji, did excellent work. He had lots of speed and good con- trol, and he also did effective execu- tion with the willow, securing two long hits that helped the score along. He was given fine support behind the bat by Louis Roy, the ex-member of the Duluth White Sox, whose “ginger” was the life of the game. “Louie” made a three-bagger that scored three. runs. Riddell also clouted the ball “on the nose” and played like a colt. All the rest of the team played a snappy game until the contest was:cinched beyond any doubt, For the visiting team, Omer Gravelle started in to pitch, and did fairly well, but was not in condition. Mr. Gravelle makes no pretensions of being a pitcher, but stuck to it until he was 0o tired to remain longer, when he gave away to Don- nell. The latter was very wild and not effective, In fact, the entire team showed lack of practice, but the promise to get in trim and later in the season, with the aid of a good battery from White FEarth, will make matters interesting in a return game with the locals. The score by innings: Bemidjil....4 03 6 31 0 2 x—19 Red Lake..1 001002 2 1— 7 — e " Local news on last page NEWS FROM LAKE SIDE AND GRAND FORKS BAY People Living on Beautiful Lake Be- midji Are Enjoying Their Outings to the Utmost. Little Misses Lois and Ruth Nash came over from Lakeside to enjoy the day at the Bay. M. S. Titus has returned to his cottage at Lake Side, after a busi- nesstrip to Minto, N, D, Mr. M. Norman and family arriv- ed today and will occupy the Murphy cottage for the balance of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Phiefer of Grand Forks are occupying the Deichert cottage at Grand Forks Bay for a short time. Ansel Wineman and Ralph Clif- ford, both of Lake Side, spent Sat- urday at Cass Lake enjoying the sport of fishing. Victor Kachelhoffer spent Sun- day at the Chase cottage, Grand Forks Bay. He is very much elated over a 6% Ib. pike he brought in while there. W. H. Higham, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Smith of St. Paul, spent Sunday with his family at Lake Side. Mrs. Smith will remain a couple of weeks with Mrs. Higham. Mrs. W. A. Joy and Miss Joy re- turned to Grand Forks today, after a 'pleasant visit at the Bay and Lakeside. They are planning to erect a cottage at Lakeside next season, Mr. and Mrs. Finlaysen have broken camp at the Bay and returned to their home in East Grand Forks, after spending a couple of weeks in fishing and bathing in beautiful Lake Bemidji. - Begin Building Sawmill Tomorrow, W. A. Gould informs the Pioneer that the preliminary work of erect- ing the new sawmill plant in which he is interested will commence to- morrow, when the building of the camps for the.men and teams that will build the mill proper will be started. The building of the plant will be pushed as rapidly as possible from now on. YOUNG GIRL DROWNED AT GASS LAKE SATURDAY Mabel Bradbury, Aged 11, Sinks in Lake Before Rescuers Can Reach Her. Cass Lake, July ' 15.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Mabel Bradburry,the 11- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bradburry, was drowned at about 4:30 Saturday evening, while in bathing with a companion in Cass Lake. The girls jumped on a piece of floating timber and before they real- ized it they were in water beyond their depth. Mabel jumped,and be- fore help could be had, she was drowned. Her companion stayed on the timber until rescued by a nearby fisherman. Doctors were speedily summoned and after working over the drowned girl for several hours, pronounced life extinct. The body of the drowned girl was recovered a few minutes, after she sank. . BASEBALL GAME FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BAND Alderman Anton Erickson Suggests a Game Betwg‘gn the City and County Teams. Alderman Anton Erickson sug! gests that a game of baseball be played between teams representing, the county and city officials, the proceeds of which shall be given to the Bemidji band. In commenting further on the proposed game, Mr. Erickson sug- gests that, as there are probably not enough skilled players on the city payroll, some players outside be added to the list, in order that the game be not too one-sided. The Pioneer would be pleased to see such a game arranged,for several reasons. The band needs funds, and being a public organization, should be encouraged in every way. Let the good work go on. Arrange the game and there will undoubtedly be a good sum realized for the band. - Special Terms of Court. Judge Spooner will hold a special erm of court in Bemidji on Satur- day, July 20th, when the court will hear several arguments on motions, and will also act on naturalizations. A special term will also be held on August 8th, at which time the judi- cial ditch matter will be considered. The best assortme nt of steelpens at the Pioneer office. Thirty kinds Come Early before sizes are Broken Bemidji Cash Shoe Store Fourth Street MINNESOTA SOCIETY. Special Sale 20 per cent off on All Oxfords in Stock for one week only from which to make your selection. the regular | | | | = | - i | | _| price. Additional Local Matter on Last Page Men, you know that you have to wait a whole year to get 4 per cent in a savings bank. We are going to beat the bank’s time. 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