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

g o THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE VOLUME 5. NUMBER 114. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1907. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH C.E.HUNT’S “PURPLE BOOK” GIVES BEMIDJI BIG BOOST “Bemidji Has Landed the State Elk’s Association Meeting for 1908.---Seven Boosters Out of an All-Star ) Aggregation Did It.” “Hunt’s Purple Book,” which is edited by that prince of all good fellows in Minnesota, Charles E. Hunt of Duluth, passes out the following hot stuff in the last number of his splendid publi- northern cation: “Bemidji has got where it don’t need to give out bonuses. Also, it is making the entire north hold its breath while it is pulling off some- thing good. Furthermore, every- body expects something brand new every day from that fine little city, and it comes, right on schedule time. This condition is due principally to the fact that it has one of the best Elk lodges in the country, composed as it is of an all-star aggregation of boosters. The fact that Bemidji succeeded at Stillwater in landing the next State association meet did not cause so much surprise because it was known that Bemidji was after it. “Where the jolt came in was the rapidity with which the Bemidjites swept the gang off its feet. Of course the boys could not have got away with the swag without the aid of that “sassy” little sheet, the Pio- neer, because Old Man Rutiedge, its editor, had his fingers on the pulse of things and stood ready to do the Elks and his splendid little city any service within his power. Don’t know, Bill, whether Rutledge could do us any more good than he is doing if he were an Elk. Armed with unique advertising matter and all kinds of enthusiasm, the Bemidji delegation swung into line as a unit and burned up the quiet streets of Stillwater until they got what they were after. “The Elks who did the job were Frank Lycan, Al Jester, J. C. Cov- ington, J. C. Parker, E. H. Ives, J. L. George and D. F.Phillips. Chas. Decker was not there, an accident to his mother while he was at grand lodge preventing his return in time. Nevertheless he had sown the seed, and his lieutenants pulled off the thing to the glory of the pretty city by the lake. “Owing to the fact that the next state association meeting will be held in Bemidji, right in the center of the best Elkdom of Minnesota, the next event will draw probably the largest crowd in the history of the organiza- tion. So many of the Bills have heard of Bemidji but have never seen it that they will be there. They have also heard of how the Bemidji busi- ness men entertain visitors, and also they will want to get in on that. No better place could be chosen,and the Elk who fails to get over there next August is going to miss something. “Bro. Harry Ives, in his St. Hilaire Spectator, says that a Bemidji citizen last spring set out some tomato plants in a box in which had been some whiskey, and that the plants, growing to maturity had been thriving in a half pint of the best distilled whiskey. Now, Old Man Rutledge turns around and says Bro. Abe Wiler was the Bemidji citizen alluded to. “Brothers all over the north will regret to learn that Mrs. Decker, mother of Bro. Charles Decker, met with a runaway accident at her home in Pennsylvania while Bro. Charles was at Grand lodge. Bro. Decker went instantly to her bed- side, where he will remain until September 1.” A GOMMA WAS OMITTED; . ANDRULING 1S CHANGED Attorney General Is Compelled to Revise an Opinion Which Was Recently Given. St. Paul, Minn.” Sept 3-—Because of a comma left out of Chap. 226 in the printed laws of 1907, the attor- ney general has changed a ruling of his department made a few weeks ago. The law in question is relative to the filing fees at primary elections. The former ruling of the attorney general was thatall candidates ex- cept legislative, must pay a fee of $20. Henow holds that all candidates except legislature, who pay $I0, must pay $20, who file with the secre- tary of state, but that filings with a county auditor cost but $10, as under old law. The punctuation point in question is in the enrolled bill on file with the secretary of state after the word “only” in the law in question, but is not in the printed law. That it makes considerable difference is apparent in the following reading of the section in question as it is printed and without the needed punctuation,— “If the office be one for which pecuniary compensation is provided upon payment of $20, except in the case of candidates for the legisla- ture, who shall pay $10 only to the secretary of state when the affidavit or petition is filed with him, and $10 to the auditor when filed with him, the auditor shall place such name upon the primary election ballot of the party designated. K. of P. Lodge at Spooner. Spooner, Sept. I.—(Special to Pioneer.)—A new lodge of Knights of Pythias was organganized here recently with a charter membership of over thirty. The work was per- formed by Grand Chancellor Com- mander, Frank Young, and he was assisted by Grand Keeper of Records and Seals, H. E. Wheaton. This is the first secret order to be estab- lished at Spooner. #Eiiiii@‘é:’é:ii'ééié%i E%’éii-s% W 3 \ { SOUVENIR Bemidji. They can be had at package. 3 = Z < [ C O 7 g 0 The Pioneer has just received la-ge shipment of Souvenir Envelopes which advertise the beauties of Everybody should use these envelopes and help advertise the best town in northern Minnesota, Business men desiring to use these can have them printed with return card. ; the office at 15 cents per Cass Lake Times Wants Readers to Attend Bemidji Fair Our readers will find in this weeks Times a half sheet advertising the Beltrami county fair. We want our readers to attend this fair, not because they may see much that is new or curious, but because Beltrami county is one of the northern counties where there is nothing but “Pine Barrens” and the soil is unfit for agriculture.” north half. POOR FARM TO BE MINED & County Commissioners Let Contract to Mining Company---A Big Source of Revenue. Grand Rapids, Minn., Sept 2.— (Special to Pioneer.)—Since the dis- covery of iron ore under the Itasca county poor farm at this place, a great deal of ‘prospecting has been done in this vicinity and a great many overtures have been made to the county commissionets by mining companies. A great many firms have met with the county board at different times but no difinite understanding had been arrived at until last Friday, when the board let a contract to Eastern. parties to mine the lands of the poor farm.’ According to the terms of this agreement John Rellis and E. M. Remer, representing eastern capi- talists and a company of Grand Rap- ids County as grantees. The con- tract price to be paid is 25c. for each ton of ore mined from-the 160 acres of thefarm. Under the terms of the lease not less than 10,000 tons are to be taken from each 40, and the company. is bound to begin oper- ation within 90 days from the time lease. After a period of two years the contract specified that the com- pany must mine at least 20,000 tons from each 40, The time of the lease isunlimited. The company is bonded in the sum of $10,00, to fulfill its part of the contract. The action was made by the unan- imous vote of the County Board. The tax payers of Itasca county are to be congratulated upon the con- tract made by the county board with this mining company. In looking back they find that the poor farm costs $4,000. It is said that the Bessemer ore under the poor farm is a large one and will last for operation of a life time, which willbe a God-send to the citizens of the Grand Rapids and Itasca county, and be the means of of building up a fine city at the Rapids. List of New Telephones. Through the courtesy of A. E. Harris, manager of the Northwestern Telephone company at this place, the Pioneer is today giving its readers a list of new telephones which have been placed since the directory was published. A list of the discontinued phones is also pub- lished. Readers of the Pioneer, by taking a little time to correct their directo- ries, will have a complete list of the phones in use at the present time. . NEW TELEPHONES. Silversack F. 115 Lucas C. D. 372 Stewart Scott 19 Mayo F. A. ky 317-3 Ibertson M. E. “ 396 Shannon Dr. E. A, * 256 Res: 397 Shannon Dr. E. A. Office 16 Johnson Thos. o 46 Dahl Andrew Saloon 124 Palmer Dr. Office 346 Palmer Dr. Res. 308 Butterfield E. 3 390 Miller J. R. £ 388-3 Dainerd P.S. *“ 340-3 Patterson S. H, * 167-3 Ritchey A. J. 399 Olaf Hoff o 295 Mageau Wm, o 177 Opsahl J. J. L |303-3 Titus M. S. o e Ll e i IRON UNDER ITASGA G0, |303-¢ GemeT.C. © ‘We want you and all the friends you can influence to see the exhibits that will be there from the farms of these barren lands and when you have seen them you can tell your friends abroad what you think of the stories that have been in circulation for the last eight years in the southern part of the state about.the possibility of growing crops upon them. The fair is in good hands, will be managed intelligently not to boom any one section but the whole of the The great show will continue four days, winding up with a “Grand Hoss Trot,” Every- body should go at least one day and more if possible; —_—enrnnrnrrr e e e 303-5 Holmes T.B. “ « 303-6 Barnes O. J. 303-7 Nash F. g 198 Bemidji Lbr. Co. Office 380 Jackson O. E. Res. 395 Andrews A. A. Office 318 Andrews A. A. Res. 288 Goltz A. o 54 White A. P. Res. - 75 3 Mattison C. J. 169 5 Nymore M’ctle Co. Store. 169 8 Ide Fred Meat M’k’t. 186 Anderson Olé’Res. 89 Ryan E.R. . “ 83 Mullen F. . ° 223 Mayer J. E. 367 Rosmussen H.' 188 Wheelock A. T. Office. T “ 324 Lord A. Res. 121 Riddell J.P. “ 156 Neil W. E. Office 112 Neil W. E. Res. TELEPHONES TAKEN OUT. 121 Youne J. P. Res. 202 McDonald R. H. saloon 256 Blake Mrs. E. E. Res. 143 Spooner M. A. £ 16 Farwell E. B. B 281 L. G. Pendergast 186 Chisholm Anna 204 Albrant R. J.. 340-3 _Miller D. D o2 119 Asher L. E. 19 Miles C. H. “ 254 Gagnon F. i 162 Swedback E. J. " 62 Swedback E. J. office . 188 Whittle Col. store 251 2. Bailey O.E. “ 388 3 Bailey E.J. 234 Schroder F. “ 367 Clark Robt. 112 Dangerfield J.E.“ 390 Blondo Joe L4 314 Vogler J.C. “ 156 Irwin J. Office. 346 DeLong Res. 395 303 Clark Robt. Office. Ferris W. A. Res. 223 KnokeA.H.C. “ 74 2 Dunlop J. o 363 Villman C. “ 383 Phillips & Ford Bath rooms. 380 167 3 Harrington J. Res. Vye W. H. “ 171 4 Blassingham M. B. Res. 349 2 Clark Leon s 89 Skinvick O. M. Office. 352 Olson Maude Res. 351 Chase S.C. “ 122 Ripple J. P. 4 295 3 Rolph J. F. “ 88 Broomfield Rev. 206 HazenA.B. - 126 - Foster Dr.R.B. 171 6 Sines J. M. 4 74 3 Fostr W.E. *“ 124 Foster R. B. Office. 223 Pitney E. E. Res. 318 Klien J. < 385 Boyer 1. S. Store. 344 Armstrong J. Res. 219 Cassler W. A, * 386 4 Harger D.D. “ 302 2 Parker C. A. “ Johnson Bound Over. Deputy Sheriff Arne Solberg re- turned this morning from Lakota, N. D., where he went to arrest John Johnsoh; of this place, who is charged with breaking into a Great Northern box car, last Thursday evening. Johnson and a companion stole a case of whiskey and in justice court this morning, he waived examination and was bound over by Judge Slocum to await the action of the grand jury. The Ladies Aid society of the M. E. church will meet tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock at the church parlors. Lunch will be served. A lcordi;_l invitation is extended to all. SECOND GAME RESULTS IN VIGTORY FOR BEMIDJI The Game Was Good From Start to Finigh.=--Scere 6 to 4 in Favor of Local Team. The second game of the series with the fast bunch of ball tossers from Walker, played here yesterday, resulted in a more disastrous defeat than the one Sunday. Better play- ing dll around and better batting gave the home team a decided advantage early in the game which they held through out. Barrhg a “baloon ascension” on the part of the locals there was no show for the visitors to even up the score at any stage of the game. The line up was practically the same as in Sunday’s game except that Rogers relieved Peppin in the box the last half, but failed to pull the score up to the winning 'mark. While the score was not as close as the former game the team work was even better and the game was a snappier. Walker was after blood and put the winners of -the. first- contest .on their metal, to defend the honors they-had won. Emerson gave a splendid exhibi- tion of twisting curves and elusive twirls that worked greatly to the discomfort of the wielder of. the wagon tongue at the plate, and it is to be hoped that he can be secured for the remaining games this season. With him and Otto for the box and Louie Roy behind the bat Bemidji will have an aggregation that will equal any in this neck of woods. The work of the in field has shown two games and the boys have all made good with the stick against Rogers and Peppin, two of the cleverest pitchers in the northern part of the state. Their work in thc last two games entitles them to good support from all lovers of the national game. Mitchell Morrison Found Dead. Coroner E. H. Marcum received a message this morning from Dr. H. W. McDonald which conveyed the news of the finding of the body of Mitchell Morrison, near Laughlan’s place, near Baudette, It stated that Motrison was found dead Saturday. The message stated that he died from natural causes. Coroner Marcum has notified Dr. McDonald to bury the body and read particulars of death. Aged Woman Falls Into Cellar. Deer River, Minn.,, Sept. 2.— (Speciol to the Pioneer.)—Mrs. Robbinson, aged grandmother of Mrs. T. S. Martin, in attempting to go to her bed room, took the wrong door leading to the cellar. Before she discovered the mistake she fell to the bottom of ' the stairs. She was badly bruised, and is still suffer- ing from the fall. Her injuries are not consided serious. She is over 80 years of age. Presbyterian Aid Society. The Presbyterian aid society will be entertained by Mrs. Gracie and Mrs. Naylor at the home of Mrs. Gracie on Beltrami avenue, Thurs- day afternoon at2:30. All members are requested to be present. Election of officers will take place at this time. ’ -1 Milton Rogers of Nary spent last night in the city returning to his home dogvn the M & I., this morn- ing. particular improvement in the last|- The Crookston Journal of last Sat- urday contained the following story concerning James Godatte, who is confined in the Beltrami county jail, awaiting the action of the Koochi- ching county grand jury on the charge of murder in the first' degree: James Godatte, who is now. con- fined in the Beltrami count; -at Bemidji charged with murdef in the first degree for killing Carlos H. Williams a week ago last Wednesday at Big Falls, Koochiching county, is a colored man with a history, and a history that is known by but com- paratively few of his very intimate friends. In the first place,few people would know who “Godatte” was, but prac- tically every one in Polk,Clearwater, Beltrami and Koochiching counties know more or less about “Ni igger Jim” for that is what Godatte has always been called. Jim is a class by himself among the colored popu- lation of this part of the state. He is always notable for his erect carriage, neat dress and good manners, Jim had some mighty good train- ing and it is in this connection that the remarkable part of his career is most interesting. Many people are not aware of the fact that “Nigger Jim” is married to a highly educated white woman,from one of the very wealthy and socially prominent families of Indiana;, who after a thorough common school well known conservatory of music. Jim'in the days gone by, was the coachman in this family, and was one of the most trusted and respected of servants. He was with the family for years and had the implicit confi- dence of his employer. He also had the implicit confidence of the bloom- ing daughter of the family—and then some. Shortly after she returned from JAMES A. GODATTE HAS A VERY ROMANTIC HISTORY Colored Man Who Killed Carlos H. Williams Formerly Lived in Indiana, and the Crookston Journal Gives Story Alleging His Former History. school, and made her dubut into society she became enamored of Jim. For some time their clandestine meetings were kept secret but things could not continne in that way for- ever and one night the two fled, were married, after eluding a very irate father, and have lived together ever since, and lived happily. Mrs. Godatte had some money at the time she fled, but has never re- ceived any assistance from her family since. They have commui- cated with her repeatedly, and have offered to receive her back as one of the family. She has steadfastly re- fysed to return unless Jim went with her and the estrangement has con- tinued. Jim has a family of four children and they are exceptionally bright. Jim is intensely proud of them, as is their mother, and all being educated. When Mr. and Mrs. Godatte were first married they came west, and have spent the greater portion of their time in Minnesota. For several years they made their home at Be- midji, in the days when Bemidji was in its swaddling clothes. At that time Jim posed as a prize fighter, and his star of pugilism was on the ascendency till he met a man named Rhodes who walloped him badly. Jim withdrew from the ring after his battle with Rhodes and since that time has been a very industrious citizen and has enjoyed .the confidence and respect of all his education graduated from an exclu-|friends and acquaintances. +| sive-young-ladies’ - seminary -and a ~Godatte’s good »réput:tion, indus- trious habits, sobriety and general standing in the community will be a strong factor in assisting in his defense, and it is probable that if necessary money can be secured from his wife’s relatives should she ask for assistance, but. it is very doubtful if this will be done as the defendant has friends from whom assisstance can be secured if neces- sary. —_— e Swanberg-Scott Wedding. The marriage of Miss Ellen Swan- berg to Frank Scott took place Sat- urday evening at the home of the bride’s parents, 1018 Doud avenue, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. S. E. P. White, of the Presbyterian church, and was wit- nessed by a number of invited friends and relatives. After the ceremony a bounteous supper was served after which danc- ing was indulged in until a late hour. The groom is in the employ of the Crookston Lumber company, and is well and favorably known through- out the city. The bride has been a resident of the city for some time past and has a wide circle of CEEEEE, Bemidji EE acquaintances. They will make their future home in this city. Council Meeting. The city conncil met last evening and owing to the day being a legal holiday no business was done, ex- cept the canvassing of the.vote of the recent election held for the pur- pose of voting $30.000.00 bonds for additional work to the city water plant. For Sale. One 25 horse power, compound, traction New Giant Engine, used only two seasons, in fine working order, good as new, at a snap figure. Engine can be seen working. For further information call at Pioneer office. A Special Patent ZPEPIII333333339933333339 333333 . 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