Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 23, 1907, Page 1

VOLUME 5. NUMBER 78 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1907 FORTY CENTS PER MONTH BEMIDJI LUMBER COMPANY BUYS MlLACCA SAWMILL Will Move the Mill to Bemidji and Expects to Have the Entire Plant in Condition to Saw Logs by October 1. The Bemidji Lumber company, the new concern which will place a second sawmill in Bemidji, has purchased the large plant belonging to the Foley-Bean Lumber company at Milacca, and will at once Degin the moving of the sawmill to this city and placing it on the south- eastern shore of Lake Bemidji, on property recently purchased by the Bemidji company. The local company expects to have the mill moved from Milacca, rebuilt on the new location and ready for sawing logs by October 1st. Since the announcement was made by the Pioneer that W. A. Gould and J. M. Richards had severed their connection with the Crookston and would be prominent factors in a new Lumber company that would erect a mill here, there have been all kinds of rumors afloat as to the intentions of these gentlemen, and some of the guessers even suggested that the published story of a new mill was all “hot air.” These rumors are now Lumber company all set at rest and the buying of the | Milacca mill assures the second saw-/ mill for Bemidji. J. M. Richards, who will be man-| ager for the Bemidji Lumber pany, states that the Foley-Bean mill is four years old; that the machinery is in first-class condition, and almost practically as good as| new. com- There are two band saws, and | | the capacity of the mill is about 250,000 feet in a run of twenty hours. . The Foley-Bean company has finished cutting its timber in the vicinity of Milacca and it was owing to this fact that the Bemidji com- pany was able to purchase the plant, the deal being closed by W. A. Gould, who was at Milacca, last Saturday. The Bemidji company intended to | put in a new plant, throughout, but the purchasing of the completed sawmill at Milacca, enables them to save much time in getting their machinery into shape to saw logs. The company will put in all new machinery for the planing mill,which will be shipped to this city as soon as possible. ‘The work of clearing the site on the shore of the lake for the ground which will be occupied by the saw- mill is progressing rapidly, as well as getting the remainder of the land owned by the company in shape for the erection of buildings. A boarding house, office and blacksmith shop will be erected at once, While awaiting the completion of quarters on the property on the east shore of the lake, Messrs. Richards” and Gould have office rooms in the Hotel Markham block, where, with Miss Malone of Crooks- ton as stenographer, they are trans- acting business. THE WALKER BALL TEAM | WILL PLAY HERE SUNDAY i ‘“Scrubs” Challenge Regulars---North- | ome Defeated Blackduck, Sunday ---McIntosh Won From Fosston. local | the secured The management of baseball team has Walker team to play a game here next Sunday. The Walker team as composedthis the | The game was one of the best witnessed here this season, barring several costly errors made in the | fourth inning by the visitors, which allowed the locals to runin seven | scores, — Scribner, the local slab artist,was in great form and held the visiting team down to three hits and secured eight strikeouts to his credit. Batteries—Northome, Scribner (and Oman; Blackduck, Cross and | Ratican. Meclintosh 5, Fosston 3. yearis a very strong one. The Walkerites recently handed the| high-salaried Akeley team a defeat, and that by a comfortable margin of scores. Edward Rogers, the ex- Ul\l\e!:.u)" of Minnesota football and baseball player, and Pepin are the pitchers and | for the Walker organization, both have been doing fine work this | year. ‘The other positions on the team are filled very acceptably and the nine that will come here for Sunday’s game is a very strong one. differently than they did in the practice game last Sunday, if they expect to win Sunday’s contest. However, the boys made no effort to play Sunday, realizing that there was no crowd in attendance and no exertion needed. *‘Scrubs are Chesty.” The winning of the last Sunday from the has inspired the “scrubs” with a chesty feeling, evidently, and Tim Crane, as manager for the “g.r,;mg," authorizes the Pioneer to hurl a challenge of defiance at Manager Otto and his associates to play a game, mostly for “blud” at any time that may suit his convenience, Manager Crane announces his line-up as follows: E. Guild 2b, Peterson 3b, Burgess ss, Mitchell p, Carlton 1b, Benson ¢, Arneson rf, Hilliby 1f, H. Guild cf. ball game regular team Northome Defeated Blackduck. Northome,Minn.,July 23.—(Spec- Jal to the Pioneer.)—The local base- ball team, which has won every contest played so far this season, added another victory to its. list Sunday afternoon by defeating the fast Blackduck aggregation on the home grounds by a score of 8 to 5. NS McIntosh defeated Fosston Sun- | day in the second game of the cham- pionship series by a score of 5 to 3. The game was a great pitchers battle between Narveson and Conny, the star U. N. D. twirler, the former twirling a wonderful game holding Fosston to 3 hits and striking out 14 en Batteries, McIntosh — Narveson and Stovern. Fosston—Conny and Brager. The game was played at McIntosh. The locals will have to play much | Pioneer Leads in North-Country News. The Pioneer is to the front in the matter of north-country news. Yester- day,this paperhadafull accountof the shooting affray at Lengby, in Polk county. Neither of the Crookston dailies (the Times and the Journal) had a word about the affair,although Lengby is in "the same county as Crookston. In this connection. it might be | well to state that the Crookston Times of yesterday “swiped” bodily a special telegram from Akeley, taking it from the Duluth Herald of Saturday, in which it was erron- eously stated that Mrs. Emily Chase had been found at Yola. The Times is noted for this “light-fingered” business, in the matter of appropri- ating matter unto itself. Get the Pioneer, if you want the news, when it IS news. Pay Day on M. & . H. B. McAuley, a clerk in the office of Superintendent W. H. Strachan of the M. & L, at. Brain- erd, arrived in the city last evening. He had with him the checks by which the M. & I. employes at this point are paid, and he delivered the pieces of paper for the month of June. ® 9. 7z 8 8. ®® 9 10: 11: ® = 10:00 Addres& 2:30 Sunday School Rally..Conducted by Rev: J.X¢. p 100 Address, 40 Mass Meeting for Arranging County Fair. A meeting aill be held at the city council rooms Wednesday evening for the pur- pose of arranging the preliminary work of holding a couuty fair. A general invita-- tion is extended to the public to attend. WES WRIGHT, Pres. Fair Assn. Bible Conference Program. The following is the program of the Bemidji Bible Conference, which opens in this city this evening: 2 TUESDAY EVENING, Reov. W. 8. Ward, Crookston, Presiding. FRIDAY. MISSIONS DAY, 45 Song Service.....Led by Rev, M, C, Martin, Minncapolis - 2 MORNING SESSION. 2 :05 Address of Welcome...........Dr. E. H. Marcum, Bem!djl » Rev. 8. E. P. White, Bem1dji, Presiding. 15 Respons Rev. N. A, Gllchrist, Crookston 9:00° ..Rev, John M. Davies, Grand Rapids Musie. . 9:20 Iy by Rev. Graham Lee, Pyeng Yang, 130 Address of the Conterence : P .................... Rev. J, R. Pratt, Albany, N. Y. PRI 10:05 WEDNESDAY. B BT YOUNG PEOPLE'S DAY. ....Rgv. W. H. Mathews, D. D., Grand Forks MORNING SESSION. NO AFTERNOON SESSION. Rev. Altred L. Hall-Quest, Blackduck, Presiding. Time given up to recreation. :00 +Rev, W. J. Hall, Hallock EVENING BESSION, 50 Rev. R. N. Adams, D. D., Presiding. Rev. G. N. Luccock, D. D., Chicago 0 7:45 8:05 Led by Rev. M. C. Martin 05 Rev, G. N. Luccock, D.D. 10 8:40 nthusiasm for Jesus Ollrlst ..Rev. Campbell Coyle, D. Duluth AFTERNOON SESSION. :30 Conference on Young People’'s Work.... ......................... Lead by Rev.J. R. Pratt, D, D. EVENING SESSION. Rev. J. A. McGaughey, Two Harbors, Presiding. SATURDAY. Early morning meeting. .................. Condueted by Rev. J. K. Pratt, D.D. 6:30 45 Song Service. ed by Rev. M. C. Martin MORNING SRSSION. 05 Address, “Personal Evangolis Rev. G. Stroh Rev. T. M. Findley, Spicer, Pesiding. Music i Rev. R. L. Vance, Maine 35 Address, “The Solution of Your Difficulties “Tho Spirit Filled Life and Its Attaloment,” Rev. Campbell Coyle, D. D. Muslc. . ...Rev. W. B. Riley, D. D. - Probably by B. A, Shuman, Sec. Y. M. U. A,, THURSDAY. Buenos Ayres, A. R. SABBATH SCHOOL DAY. Bible Study. Rev. Grant Stroh MORNING SESSION. Rev. 8. I. Sharpless, D. D., Fergus Falls, Presiding. ..Mr. D. K. Laurie, Brainerd Cantury the College Cen- tury”. Pres. ’l‘homtsM Hodgman, Macalester College Music.. NO AFTERNOON SESSION. Time given up to recreation. EVENING"SESSION, * 809 Popular Concert... 1100 Addresses, “Advantages of the Denominational Sun- SUNDAY. day School” 'EVANGELISTIC DAY. ¢ ov. B N. Adams, D. D, Minneapolis MORNING. «..Mr. R. F. Sulzer, Minneapolis AFTERNOON SESSION. AFTRRNOON. Children’s Mass Meeting at City fall... ................. Conducted by Rev. J. R. Pratt, D. D. Men's Mass Meetiag as the Park EVENING SESSION, Mr. R. F. Sulzer, Minneapolis, Presidirg. 45 Song Service Led by Rev. M. O, Martin “Bonnie Palestin Rev. G™N. Luccock, D. D. EVENING. President of the Contorence, Presiding. 7:45 Song Service. .. Led by Rev. M. O. Martin 8:15 Closing Sermon Rev. G. N. Luccock, D. D. Muste. Pres. Thomas M. Hodgman Last Few Days of GILL BROS. g CLERRE S Sale Ends Saturday Evening, July 27 All Summer Goods at Reduced Prices 20 per cent off on all Clothing. - Gill Bros. Bemxdn s Popular Clothxei’s St. Paul, Minn., July 23.—(Special to The Pioneer)—The Sunday lid for all kinds of business is what' the Minnesota Liquor Dealers’ associa- tion want. If the sellers of liquor are to be made to observe the Sun- day law, then the other violators of the Sunday act must be made to toe | the mark, is the ulfimatum. This decision was reached ata big meetng of saloonmen affiiated with the Minnesota Liquor Dealers’ association held in Union Temple in Minneapolis Sunday. It wasagreed that there could be no middle ground, that all business must comply with the law and to this end arrangement. were madé for preliminary steps. It was voted to retain the services of Attorney S.]. Donnelly of St. Paul, in~the effort to obtain a tightly closed Sunday. A committee of fif- teen was named to co-operate with the state board in arranging for the big fight. The proceedings of yes- terday are to be supplemented by a meeting to be held Wednesday when other plans will be mapped out. In effect these plans and the prosecutions to be begun contem- plate the closing throughout Minne- sota, on Sundays of every cigar store, billiard and pool room, theater, con- fectionery, drugstore, - pavilion and places of amsuement. The crusade may be extended even to street cars. WOULD PUT SUNDAY LID ON ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS Minnesota Retail Liquor Dealers’ Ass’n Held Meeting at Minneapolis Sunday and Decided to Retaliate fox Applying “Lid”’ on Their Business Minnesota has Sunday laws and a strict interpretation of them, it is declared, can be made to include everything of a commercial or amuse- ment character- Fully 500 retail dealers in liquor met in Minneapolis and they included many dispensers of “booze” from St. CIol'xd, Stillwater, New Ulm, Duluth, and other cities throughout the state. The meeting lasted several hours, and while the deliberations were in secret, enough was given out to show that the ligior men meant business. It was voted to appeal first to the executive heads of the various city governments for a sane enforcement of the Sunday laws; then if that failed, to appeal -to Attorney Gen- eral Young and Governor Johnson. If these latter also refuse to respond, the courts will be asked to intervene. Thomas Lally,” president of the Minnesota Liquor Dealers’ associa- tion, in an interview said the deter- mination was reached to push mat- ters to afinality. There could be no middle ground, he declared. If it was a closed Sunday for his line of business, then it must be a closed Sunday for others. Itis probable that ameeting of will be called shortly to discuss the Sunday situation. e e—————————————————————————— e et R —— ——— every retail liquor dealer in the state™ Lieut. Dockery Called Home. Lieutenant O. H. Dockery, Jr., of Duluth, who has been taking an outing at Little Bass Lake, was compelled to break camp yesterday and come to town and depart for Duluth last night, having received “Zenith” city at once. The lieutenant has been on the sick list for two weeks past and came over from the head of the lakes to enjoy an outing, for a week and recuperate. —His stay here, though brief, was of consnderable benefit, MAJOR BROS. SUSTAIN | $5,000 LOSS BY FIRE 'Loss Pa}-lially Covered by Insurance--- Warehouse and Contents Des- troyed Early This Morning Fire, at 1:30 o’clock this morning, .destroyed the warehouse belonging to Major Bros., together with the contents, on the south side of the Great Northern railroad tracks, entailing a loss of $1,500 on the building and $3,500 on the contents. The loss was total and was partially covered by insurance, as follows: Building, valued at $1,500, insured [ fully, for $1,500; contents, valued at $3,500, insured for $1,000. The fire was discovered at 1:30, Dolph: Blondo, clerk in Frank Gagnon’s restaurant, noticing flames bursting from the sides of the ware- house. An alarm was turned in and the firemen responded promptly, but the fire had gained such headway that the building was soon. a mass of smouldering ruins. - In t_lie‘ warehouse, at the time of the fire, were stored a quantity of groceries, feed, hay, household goods, harness, - etc., none of which was saved, and is a-total loss. The origin of the .fire is not definitely know'n, but Major Bros. owners of the property, incline to incendiary. “One of their men had been in the place at 6 in the even- ing, and no one, so far as is known, entered after that hour. The fire undoubtedly had its ongm from the interior of the building, as it was entirely in flames when discovered. a telegram summoning’ him to the the belief that it was the work of an [ BENVILLE FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS PIONEERS Good Creamery Near the Township--- They Desire a Direct Road — to Bemidji C. G. Stenmon, Hans Huset, John Hvile, Herman Olson, John Hagen and T. C. Dalton composed a merry party of Benvilleites who were in the city Saturday, most of them to pro- cure naturalization papers, the bal- ance appearing as witnesses. These gentlemen all own valuable homesteads in the town of Benville. The town of Benville is forty-five miles northeast of Thief River Falls and about the same distance north west of Bemidji, but owing to there- being no roads between Bemidji and Benville township they are obliged to come to this city by way of Thief River Falls. , The town is a well settled com- munity, there being 100 farmers living a contented and happy life. They have a good creamery near them, which has a patronage of the cream from 350 cows. from their town. According to the assessment books the town has 157 cattle, one year old; 129, two years old, and 350 milch cows and 87 head of work oxen; 58 horses; 82 sheep and 165 hogs. Some of the best farming lands in the county are in this township, with plenty of oak, popple and ash timber. The township has done consider- able in the line of road improve- ments, but what they want is better roads to their market town,and they are anxious to have a direct road to Bemidji, The towns of Spruce Grove and Lee, which join this thrifty farmers. _-Grand Forks Bay. Miss Switzer of New Vork is at Nash, Forks for a few days, to enjoy the North Dakota State Fair. Frank Williams’ of Mxnneapohs was an over-Sunday visitor at the The outside was covered with steel. -The Major" Bros. losta warehouse by fire, a year ago, which waslocated where thedfire occurred I Williams cottage, Lake Side. Culver and Janette Page of Croo\ few days | ton, are spending Barnes township, are also well settled with © Lake Side, the guest of Mrs, Fred M. S. Titus hns gone to Grand-