Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 27, 1907, Page 1

4 —t THE BEMIDJI DAL A N.D are, state printer VOLUME 5. NUMBER 212. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1907. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH ENGINEER RALPH WOULD) AMEND STEENERSON BILL Believes Bill Should Embrace Provision for Taxing Home- steads for Drainage.---Mr. Ralph Tells of Work Being Done by George H. Ralph, official neer for the Minnesota State Drain- engi- age Board, was in Bemidji yesterday | on his way to Grand Rapids to in- spect the work being done on the state ditch in Itasca county. Mr. Ralph has read the bill for drainage in Minnesota, which was introduced in congress a few days ago by Congressman Steenerson of Crookston. Mr. Ralph says of the bill: “I think the Steenerson bill is allright, but there is a very urgent ammendment nzeded with reference the assessment of the cost of building ditches against land holders under the homestead law. “In many instances in northern Minnesota the work of constructing ditches that great benefit to the homesteaders was hampered and delayed for the right-of-way could rot be acquired through the homestead, neither could the homestead land be assessed for any part of the cost of construction. “As these assessments may be to allowing would have reason that spread over a series of years (thej first installment being payable in five years after the ditch is structed) such assessment would be no hardship to the homesteader. On the contrary, the assessment been a| con- ! Drainage Board. |would be a great benefit, as it Ewould permit the building of roads and the development of the country, which under present laws cannot be drained, and they could not be ditched as equitably. “As to the work being done by ;the the state board we are pre- | paring to let contracts for the con- struction of about a dozen state | ditches, the contract to be let in |the middle of February. These | ditches will all be drainage chan- nels, varying in length from ten to twenty miles and will drain a large area. As these ditches will have }high\\'ays along the banks con- |structed from the earth excavated ifrom the ditch, it will not only be |a great -benefit to adjoining land owners but will also connect the |isolated settlements which are now | cut off by the intervening swamps. | “The open winter which we are | having is very favorable to our ‘work, as we are enabled to make surveys much more cheaply and rapidly through swamp country |over frozen ground than we can when the swamps are full of | water,” i Mr. Ralph left last night for {Grand Rapids and expects to re- turn to St. Paul by the first of : next week. LUMBEBING AND LUGGING A‘ tions of his companies would be cut OPERATIONS GURTAILED Hovey Clark, of the Shevlir-Carpenter Company, Predicls Less Work in Bemidji. ‘While Hovey C. Clark, secretary of the Shevlin-Carpenter Lumber company of Minneapolis (which is the parent concern of the Crookston down to a corresponding extent, Mr. Clark had been subpwenzad by 3fhé ‘railroad companies, and his testimony tended to show that the Pacific coast lumber manufacturers were not the only ones who had suffered a decrease of business dur- }ing the present year. The testi- | mony of Pacific coast witnesses had | been directed toward establishing Ithe fact that the decrease of east- bound business from the coast had been due almost entirely to the 25 per cent. increase in rates which Lumber company and the J. Neils| became effective on Nov. 1 of this Lumber company), was in Washing- ton testifying at the rate hearing, he stated that the production and log-| ging operations of Minnesota com-| panies will be very much cut down| this year, owing to business depres- sion. Mr. Clark said he believed the! output of the mills at Crookston and Bemidji would be cut down two- thirds, and that the logging opera- year. Mr. Clark stated that the business of his Minnesota mills had begun to fall off early in the year, and that at present very few orders were arriv- ing. He attributed the decline entirely to business conditions. His companies had an output of 138,- 000,000 feet in 1906, he said, while he did not estimate the 1907 sales at over 88,000,000 feet. F O THE MART THE HOUSE OF BARGAINS Is Offering { Extra. Big Values in ! Underwear, Caps, Sweaters, 'Gloves and Mittens Saturday and Monday /At Prices that Absolutely Defy Competition Why Pay More? A WORD to the WISE IS SUEFICIENT Buy Underwear Now at THE MART THE HOUSE OF BARGAINS R Governor Johnson has appointed L. G. Pendergast of this city custo- dian of the old capitol building in St. Paul, to succeed Colonel Trow- bridge, deceased. ‘The announcement was made in a special telephone message received by A. G. Rutledge, editor of the Pioneer, yesterday evening, as fol- lows: “St. Paul, Dec. 26.—A. G. Rut- ledge, Bemidji, Minn: Johnson, late this afternoon, an- nounced the appointment of L. G. Pendergast of Bemidji to be custo- dian of the old capitol building at St. Paul, to succeed Colonel Trow- bridge, deceased, the appointment to be effective at once.” The appointment came asa sur- prise to Mr. Pendergast, and wasa Christmas gift, although a day late, duly appreciated by the “judge,” who has accepted the appointment. Mr. Pendergast was a candidate for lieutenant governor on the demo- cratic ticket during the campaign of 1906, and made a surprising run for the office. The northern Minnesota friends of “Judge” Pendergast will be pleased to hear of his appointment, which is a remunerative one, and which is justly deserved. Mr. Pendergast has a large following in this part of the state, and being a member of the G. A. R., of course is very popular with the old soldiers of the state. Governor L. G. Pendergast was born on . PENDERGAST, ed Custodian of OId - State Capitol ‘Building. October 12, 1842, at Durham, N. H. He moved to Hutchinson, Minn., with his parents in April 1857. This was in the territorial days of Minnesota, one year before it was admitted to the Union. When the civil war broke out, Mr. Pendergast enlisted in the First Minnesota Regiment, on April 29, 1857. He served with honor in the First Minnesota Regiment until Oct. 20, 1864, when he was trans- ferred to Company .C, First U. S. Cavalry, where he served during the remainder of the war, being mustered ont of service June 27, 1864. Mr. Pendergast was pretty much of a fighter during the Gyoar He participated in twenty-two battles, among which were the first and second battles of Bull Ran, the Seven Days’ Fight, the Cam- paign on the Peninsula, the South | Mountain and Antetem and also RECEIVES APPOINTMENT AS CUSTODIAN OF OLD CAPITOL L. G. Pendergast of this City Accepts Position of Custodian of 0ld State Capitol Building in St. Paul, Succeeding Col. Strowbridge, Deceased. that memorial struggle of the Wil- derness. Mr. Pendergast’s iron constitu- tion and indomitable will carried him through the whole of the war without being confined to a - hos- pital for even one day, and he was ill but a few times. His war record is a very good one. Three years after his discharge from the army, Mr. Pendergast was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Dregg of Hutchinson. In 1870 Mr. and Mrs. Pendergast went to - | Colliugwood, Minn.,where they lived until 1880, when they moved, with their family, to Eagle Bend, Minn. g In 1899 Mr. Pendergast went to Duluth, where he served as a mem- ber of the State Grain Inspection Board, being appointed to that office by Governor Lind. At the expira- tion of Governor Lind’s term as governor, which also terminated Mr. Pendergast’s appointment as a mem- ber of the State Grain Inspection Board, Mr. Pendergast and his family moved to this city and they have made their home in Bemidji ever since that time. 2 “Judge” Pendergast is very well known in northern Minnesota. He has served for several yearsas jus- tice of the peace in Bemidji and is an honored member of the R. H. Carr Post, G. A. R., of Bemidji. Mr. Pendergast will move to St. Paul in time to assume the duties of his office January 1st, 1908. He is therecipient of many congratulations on his appointment. Efforts were made by the attor- neys for the lumbermen to get Mr. Clark to state what profits the Shevlin-Carpenter “company had made, and both Mr. Clark and the attorneys for the railroads protested vigorously. The interstate commerce commission upheld the protest, and said that the witness did not have to testify as to the profits of his business. ! Mr. Clark stated-that the interests of himself and his associates were even greater on the Pacific coast than in Minnesota, but that they were entirely in timber lands, and that no mills were operated there. He said that he held, with Thomas Shevlin, large timber tracts on Van- couver island and near Vancouver on the mainland; that Mr. Shevlin had timber holdings in Oregon, and that timber was also held in Mon- tana. The Minnesota mills had been driven out of the North Dakota territory, said Mr. Clark, by the continual encroachments of an Oregon and Washington firm. As the value of Minnesota lumber increased, they were able to sell less and less of it in in North Dakota. At pres- ent, he said, they could sell little beyond Devils Lake, a distance of 114 miles from Crookston. He thought the rates into North Dakota ought to be more nearly equal as between the Minnesota producers and the Pacific coast producgrs. - “What's troubling you;” said Attorney Teal of the lumbermen’s side, “is not what rate will get the, lumber into Dakota at a price which will let the consumer buy it at a moderfte figure, but what ' rate will enable you to get your lumber in competitive territory, isn’t that so?” Mr. Clark admitted that he was fizuring on being able to complete with the Pacific coast product. 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. Local news on last page URGES ATTENDANGE AT FORTHGOMING MEETING State Senator Cook Tells of Benefits of Proposed Meeting of Commercial Club Representatives. “The meeting of the delegates| from the different commercial clubs throughout the state, which will be held in St. Paul the early part of January, means much to the resi- dents of every sction of the entire state of Minnesota,” says L. C. Cook of Wabasha, member of the Minnesota State Senate. Mr. Cook was a visitor in, the city last evening, having come up from his home for the purpose of going from .-here to Wewona, where he, together with Secretary of State Schmahl, Commissioner of Immigra- gion Welch and George H. Ralph, state drainage engineer, have pur- which they will drain and put on the market for sale. Mr. Cook wished to get the attention of the members of the Bemidji Commercial club to the meeting to be held in St. Paul in January for the purpose of forming a State Federation of Commercial clubs for the purpose of pushing the development of the entire state. “The meeting to be held in Jan- uary is not for the purpose of boost- ing the twin cities or any other par- ticular portion of the state. It is for the expressed purpose of getting the country people more in touch with twin city business interests, so that the results may innure to the benefit of both. Heretofore the two largest cities have been accused of ‘hogging’ everything in sight, and the promoters of this meeting desire that the country towns send a large delegation to confer with the = city folks relative to the best methods to pursue for the general development of Minnesota. “The work being done by George H. Welch, superintendent of the State Immigration Bureau, will be gxplaiued at the forthcoming: meet- ing and Mr, Welch will be on hand to receive suggestions from those in attendeuce at the meeting as to the wants of their special localities along along the line of inducing settlers to locate where they are wanted in the state. “Be sure and send a large delega- tion which will be ready to offer suggestions for the organization of the federation of the commercial clubs,” concluded Mr. Cooke. Harry Breen Got Piano. Harry Breen is probably the most “tickled” boy in this city. Al though he is only 11 years of age, he got the piano which was on exhibition at the Bemidji Cash Shoe Store for the past six months. The piano was a beauty, being a Well- ington make. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. jand the MINNESOTA ‘U" MANDOLIN AND GLEE CLUB IS COMING Forty Talented College Men Will Give a Fine Entertain- ment at City Opera House Saturday Evening.--- Best Organization in the West. the University of Minnesota Glee and Mandolin Club gives is of course musical, and selves The entertainment which the boys pride them- in the west. As the Minnesota football team always places her in the front rank and often at the head of western athletics, so her Glee and Mandolin Club has estab- lished its stand‘ng as one of the most thoroughly developed of all of the organizations of its kind in western universitiesand colleges, and many say its work is equal to almost any in the east. The program, though musical, is not a recital or even what i3 gen- erally termed a concert. The music is presented in a scene bubbling over with college life and enthusiasm. = There is nothing staid and solemn about it. One minute the boys are carried away with irresistable mirth, mirth is contagious beyond the footlights; the next minute they throw the same heart and zeal into one of the beautiful compositions which they have worked over and studied together until they feel the impulse of every note; and again the stage is the scene of wild college enthusiasm, an enmfotion which is second enly to patriotism and is felt much more strongly by those who are in the midst-of college interests and asso- WILL NOT PLAY THE “0” BASKETBALL TEAM NOW ‘‘Big Bemidg” Has No Game for To- night.---May Play Warren Cham- pions (?) Later. For the present there will be no basketball game between the “Big Bemidg” five and the University of Minnesota team. It had been hoped that the University team could be brought here for the game this even- ing, but the arrangements could not be completed. The University team intended to play in Bemidji and Crookston, but as the deal could not be clozed at once, the “U” team made other arrangements, and instead will play in Duluth. There are no other gameson the lregula\' schedule until January 10th, when the Grand Forks Amateurs, the strong team from Grand Forks, upon having among their | inumber some of the best artists ciations, and those who have lemerged from them after their ! college time is over, than patriotism ever stirs in the breasts of most people. This is a spirit which comes 'naturally to the youth who has { reached the junction of boyhood and manhood or traveled a little beyond. He has the maturity to realize and accept the serious things, he sees irrresistably’ fhe ridiculous and comical things, and he siezes both with the life that only youth con- tributes. Those students who are “mixed up” in the many branches of student activities and do the most work for college organizations, are the ones who receive in return the greatest amount of affection for their “Alma. Mater.” The football men Ilove their college, not only because it was there that they made some of their fastest friendships and formed some of their most lasting associations, but because they fought for her honor and fame. So it is with the debators, the members of the Dramatic Club, and those of the Y. M. C. A. Themen ot the Glee \and Mandolin Club do not know how much they really love their college and the fellowship which they have found there until they all get off together for their annual trip and the time has come for them to show what they have been working at together for the first four months of the yeat. = N. D., is scheduled to play against Bemidji. Manager Heffron has been after the Warren team to get the man- agement of that team to agree to play two games here. The Warren team, which claimed the champion- - ship of northern Minnesota last year, was scheduled to play two games here next week, but a few days ago cancelled both games. As Manager Heffron desired to have a clear record if Bemidji wins the championship this year, he insisted that the Warren team play Bemidji, with the result that the manager of the Marshall county five has about agreed to bring his team here some time after the first of January, preferably the 18th. The “Big Bemidg” team is ready to play any team in the north half of the state, and will take on Warren at any time that organiza- tion may set to come, provided the date selected does not interfere with any games already arranged. 53333533333333933333339333333333333333 33339, '33:3333 333333 333333333333333:33 333 333333333393 mmau;mit O maftter who you are, what you were, or where you live--friend, foe, kin or stranger; we extend to all the compliments of the season, and hope that the coming year will be the happiest year of your life. ‘!“I-“tvwwmefiu“fi“tw&mmmmmmmm K chased a large tract of swamp land, | 23333