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

B e —— Historical Society. THE BEM VOLUME 5. NUMBER 209. = JI DAILY PIONE WIRNESOTA HISTORICAL BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1907. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH BRINKMAN HOTEL GLOSED; WILL OPEN AS THEATER | Will Be Known as *‘Brinkman Family Theater,” With Vaudeville and Moving Pictures. The Hotel Brinkman, one of the finest brick blocks in the city, was/ closed to the public yesterday even-) ing as a hotel, and after the interior| has been entirely renovated and remodeled, will be opened (presum-| ably next Monday) as a vaudeville| moving-picture theater, with first-class attractions, and the best moving pictures. For some time past there have been rumors that M. E. Brinkman would discontinue the hotel and engage in the theater business, and | and FRED E. BRINKMAN, Who will, with M. E. Brinkman, conduct the | new Brinkman Family Theater. | from a visit to the| twin cities, last Friday, Mrs. Brink- man announced that she and Mr. Brinkman had fully decided to close the hotel and transform the plac(—),1 into a theater. G. E. Kreatz has been given the| contract to remodel the interior of the hotel, and he has a gang of carpenters at work tearing out parti- tions, removing archways and pre- paring the building for the putting | in of a stage in the rear and fitting up the place generally for a thealeni It is the intention to name the new place of amusement the Brink-| man Family Theater. None but the very best high-class vaudeville acts| will be secured, and the movmg‘ pictures will be up-to-date films of\ the latest make. The theater \\'111, at all be conducted in a strictly orderly and dignified manner, so that the feelings of the most fastidious will not be offended. after returning times Xmas Exercises at Buena Vista. A resident of Buena Vista, who was a visitor in the city Saturday, tells of some excellent Christmas exercises which were held in the school at Buena Vista last Friday. Miss Marian Haffner of Minne- apolis, who has been teaching the Buena Vista school, drilled her pupils in singing, | twenty-four A Oy Te EEEECETEECTTERCETTECTETRTTTECREES; y&' reciting and march- ing until they were nigh perfect, and the exercises which they ' gave Fri- day were a surprise to the parents and others who were present. Miss Haffner came to Bemidji Saturday forenoon and left that ‘ncon, by way of Duluth, for her home in Minneapolis. COURT AT GRAND RAPIDS ADJOURNEDTO JAN. 2ND | Jury Fouud McDonald ‘“‘Not Guilty.”--- Judge Spooner Imposed Unique Penalty on Webster. Marshall A. Spooner, Judge of the district court for the Fifteenth Judicial district, returned to Bemidji Saturday afternoon from Grand Rapids, where he had been presid- ing at the term of court for Itasca county. Saturday noon, court was ad- | journed over the holidays and will be reconvened on Friday, January 2. In passing sentence on Charles Webster, who plead guilty to im- personating an officer, ]udge Spooner passed a very unique ‘sen- tence. He sentenced Webster to pay a fine of $I000 and to serve six months in the county jail of Itasca county. The judge then stayed exe- cution of sentence, provided Web- ster left Itasca county within hours, the execution of the sentence to remain suspended so long as the prisoner remained outside the boundaries of the county. Webster had no hesitency in removing his person from Grand Rapids and Itasca county, and it is believed that he will forever shake the dust of this part of the state from his feet. Saturday the jury in the case of | state vs. J. J. McDonald of Swan River, charged with assault, brought in a verdict of not guilty. in the case retired at 9:30 o’clock Friday evening and put in a rather strenuous night discussing the case and attempting to arrive at a verdict. f It is stated that the jury stood six to six for a considerable portion of the night, finally agreeing to bring in a verdict of not guilty. Royal A. Stone, special assistant attorney general, conducted the McDonald case in behalf of the state, as County Attorney Thwing was barred from the prosecution on |account of having defended Mc- Donald on the same charge the term of court previous to his elec- tion as county attorney. 2 Mr. McDonald was charged with having shot a man named Martin at Swan River, and the defense, which was conducted by C. C. McCarthy and F. F. Price of Grand Radids, claimed that the shooting was done while McDonald was temporarily insane;brought on by exsessive use of intoxicants, Local news on last page Tuesday We Offer Extra Christmas Bargains---They’re Irresistible---Look Them Over As a Compliment to Our Patrons $2.00 FRAMED PICTURES FOR 49 CENTS To customers purchasing $2 worth of goods A Chance of a Lifetime to Decorate Your Home. THE MART THE HOUSE OF BARGAINS :-)-:a-)«)«)-naa-)-)a-)aaaaaaa-n-)a-n-)-)”aaaa The jury| LEE HEFFRON, Manager and Forward “Big Bemidg” Team In its determination to win the basketball championship of North- ern Minnesota, the “Big Bemidg” independent team has disposed of the aspiration of Crookston, by de- feating a team representing that city in two games played in Bemidji, | the first on Saturday evening and the second Sunday afternoon. The game put up by ‘‘Big Bemidg” was a complete surprise to the visi- tors, who had expected to at least break even. The .Crookston team was never a dangerous competitor, and in both games was outplayed, by a very wide margin, despite the fact that in neither game did all the iregular members of the first team play. The game played Saturday even- ing between the “Big Bemidg” and Crookston teams was a regularly- scheduled championship contest and { both teams put up the best game ot :whlch they were capable. It was known previous to the game | that the visiting five.had two mem- i bers of last year’s Warren champions as contestants for the game, and the locals were slightly apprehensive of the outcome. In addition to this, two of the members of the regular line-up were unavoidably absent from the game—Floyd Brown, cap- tain, and the ablest player on the team, and Collins, one of the very fastest members. The two teamsglined up as follows: “Big Bemidg”—H. Geil and J. Markham, forwards; Heffron, center; E. Geil and G. Peterson, guards. Crookston—Wattan and Lomen, forwards; Carlson, center; Beaudin and Reed, guards. Roy Lindsay acted as referee and Roy Petrie officiated as umpire; Earl Geil was timekeeper. It was agreed to play twenty- | minute halves. When the referee’s whistle started the game, the visiting players got into the game rapidly and the locals sEEEETEEESE ii&rei.-?eé@ié&cé?e&&fip HE MART THE HOUSE OF BARGAINS | play, and before the first half ended 353&%333%3335353593555533533333 FLOYD BROWN, Captain and Center “Big Bemidg” Team} were just as fast, but appeared to be somewhat “rattled,” the ball for the first few moments being entirely in Bemidji territory. Then the Bemidji players began: to warm up and the| ball was rusked to the Crookston basket, and the local players missed at least six splendid tries for baskets, the ball going wild in every instance. Joe Markham got the ball and threw a fine field basket, which gave Be- midji courage, and from that time until the end of the half the play of Bemidji was very fast. Fouls were very frequent, Bemidji being the worse offenders in this line, being penalized eight times, and two of the free throws from the fouls resulting in points for Crooks- ton. ‘Crookston committed four fouls, and Bemidji did not secure a single point from anyof the four free throws. Markham, Geil and Heffron played whirlwind games for Be- midji, after the first ten minutes of fourteen points had been secured by the home players, while the visitors had got but two points, which were | secured on a fine field basket by Wattan, who was left unguarded, near the Bemidji basket, for a moment, while Erton Geil was some- what careless. Score at end of first half: Bemidg,” 14; Crookston 2. “ Big In the second half, the Bemidji|g team outplayed their rivals at every point, although careless playing re- sulted in the calling of three fouls on Bemidji, and Wattan threw two free baskets and Lommen one, giv- ing Crookston three more points for the half. \ Geil, Markham and Heffron again played remarkably fast, Geil throw- ing four filed baskets, Heffron two and Markham one, the latter retiring a few moments before the game ended in favor of Brown, who had quietly entered the hall and had taken his place, unob- served. From the time Brown got on the floor," the visitors were played off their feet and were sim- ply outclassed. The game ended with the follow- mg score: “Big Bemidg,” 28; Crookstun, 5. Scores were made as follows: Bemidji—E. Geil, 12; J. Markham, 8; L. Heffron, 8. Crookston— Wattan, 4; Lomen, 1. Sunday's Game. afternoon between members of the “Big Bemidg” basketball aggrega- tion and the Northern’s from Crook- ston, the locals again proved their superiority ‘over their opponents to the tune of 26 to 4. After the defeat in the first game, the visitors tried to strengthen their team for yesterday’s conflict by putting in two new men, Jess- ness of Fosston and Nixon of Crookston, but the change was not enough to make a winning team. The home team, in order to even matters up somewhat, and owing to the absence of some members of the regular . team, played three In the exhibition game yesterday subs, and were able to give the isitors pointers all along the line. "*‘s Geil and J. Mgrkh m were th “BlG BEMIDG” BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATS CROOKSTON Won Two Games from Polk County Team, Visitors Being Greatly Outclassed.---Warren Team, Claimants of Northern Championship, Gets “Cold Feet.” PROF. BIDDINGER, 1907 Coach of “Big Bemidg” Team only members on the regular team in yesterday’s game. Both did splendid work, Geil scoring six and Markham five field throws. Four baskets were thrown on fouls. Wattan for Crookston made one field basket and two on fouls by Bemidg. The game was clean and well played throughout, the home team winning solely by reason of super- ior team work and clever basket throwing. The line-up in yesterday’s game was: Bemidg—H. Geil and Markham forwards, Stewart center, Getchell and E. Geil guards, (Pheifer substi- tuted tor Getchell in the second half). Crookston—Carlson and Wattan forwards, Rudd center, Jessness and Nixon guards. Lindsay umpired. As the Crookston papers stated that the team from that city was in excellent condition, there is not much excuse for the defeat for the visitors, except that they were out- played at every point, and it is hoped that the Crookston Times will this time admit that Bemidji has honestly defeated a team repre- senting Crookston. May Play U. of M., Friday. It is very probable that the local team will play a game here next Friday evening against the strong University of Minnesota basketball team, Manager Heffron received a letter Saturday from the manager of the “U” quint, in which the latter de- sired a game for Friday. The Warren team was scheduled ! to play here Friday, but it is more than likely that the Marshall county champions will not put in an appear- ance. Carpenter After Munch. Harry Carpenter of Crookston, who recently defeated LeBeau of| Duluth in this city, is hot on the trail of Jeseph Munch of Minne- apolis, who poses as the champion roller speed skater of the northwest. Carpenter issued a challenge to Munch to skate him (Carpenter) a serieg, of five races for the champion- ship of the northwest and a purse of $100. f Munch accepted the challenge and went to Crookston to cover Carpen- ter's money, but when the “coin” was to be laid down, Munch “backed up” and refused to skate on the Crookston rink, virtually admitting that Carpenter is, as the Pioneer has asserted, the fastest small-rink skater in the entire northwest. Here From Shotley. Quite a party of people living in the vicinity of Shotley came down from the north country Saturday morning and spent the day in the city looking after some personal matters at the court house. In the party were Mrs. -Dyrhaug, post- mistress at Shotley, Otto Berg, Ben Anderson, Christ Espe, Louis John- son, Erick Hendrickson and-John Lungwold, the latter being from upper Shotley. Some of them were making final proofs on their claims, others were acting as witnesses and several were here for the purpose of taking out citizen papers. Diaries. The Pioneer has just received a large iine of 1908 diaries, suitable Ifor business and professional men. | An-early selection should be made, | as they will not be carried in stock | after January first. | townsite, MAY MAKE BEMIDJI HIS SUMMER HOME, SOON A. A. White, the Townsite Promoter, Will Probably Erect Fine Cottage on “‘Diamond Point.” A. A. White of St. Paul, who owns considerable real estate in Bemidji, spent a portion of yesterday in the city, consulting with his local agent, John F. Gibbons. Mr. White had been to Bagley, where he owns the in the firm name of the White & Street Townsite company. He returned to Bagley on the after- noon train to attend to some busi- ness matters at that place today which demanded his attention. Speaking of his Bemidji property, Mr. White said: *“It had *been my intention, this last fall, to have platted and put on market a considerable portion of the property which I own in the vicinity of the fair grounds, and at ‘Diamond Point,’ but I have dropped the matter for the present, with the intention of taking up the platting and offering for sale the lots next spring. *“I am thinking seriously of erect- ing a nice 'permaneut cottage in Be- midji, near ‘Diamond Point,’ for the purpose of spending several months of each summer, together with the members of my family, on the shores of Lake Bemidji. I have an affliction of the throat, similar to asthma, and I am always iu better health when in the pine timber country. This is especially true of Bemidji, and I am about persuaded to go ahead with the cottage pro- . ject. Mrs. White is also pleased with Bemidji as a place of residence during the summer months, and you will undoubtedly have us with you during the summer of 1908.”" No Paper Christmas. There will be no issue of the Daily Pioneer "on Wednesday (Christmas day), as the printer, like all other mortals, wishes to enjoy to the full the joyousnes of - the occassion by refraining fxom\ labor. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. Desirable and Useful Presents - Novel and Beautiful Presents A Special Feature of Our Stock is the Opportunity for Selection. From Inexpensive Articles to High-Grade Gifts, we are showing the Do Not Worry About Those Stockings! We Offer Beautiful Christmas Gifts For All The Most Attractive Line to Choose Your Presents From Our Carefully Selected Display of Holiday Attractions Will Impress You with Its'Worth, Beauty aud Reasonable Prices. Nowest and Best of the Season. 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