Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 25, 1908, Page 1

'ENTIRE NORTHWEST IS THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE fi'\stoflca\ Gocietys VOLUME 5. NUMBER 237. (e i BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATUR[iAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH INTERESTED IN BILL Congressman Steenerson’s Bill to Put the Militia on an Equality With Regulars. Crookston Times: National guard enthusiasts in the Northwest are tak- ing considerable interest in the new militia measure which Congressman the as chairman of the house committee on muilitia. It provides that the national guard is to be made equal to the regular army. The fact that the bill provides for armament, equipment and discipline of the militia on exactly the same basis as now, or shall hereafter exist in the regular army establishment of the United States, is a most signifi- cant feature of the bill. In a measure it explains why, for the past year or more, the president has been subjecting officers of the cavalry to tests of endurance, and otherwise strengthening the disci- pline of the army. The new militia bill furthermore provides that in time of peace the president of the United States may by order fix the minimum number of enlisted men in each company, and subject them to the same tests of drills and marches. Congressman Steenerson and oth- ers who have been watching the trend of army affairs have become convinced that the younger men of the country, the sons and grandsons of men who have served in the civil war, may not care to enter the regu- lar army, but they will enter the state militia organizations, providing | that those organizations are placed on a precise military footing. The National Guard Association} of the United States as at present constituted is in the hands of a bright and capable set of men who are giving special study to military matters in technical detail. Steenerson has introduced in house, Brinkman Theatre Is Popular. The new Brinkman Family Theatre is becoming very popular with those who like clean, clever entertainments, and the place is crowded to its capacity every evening with people who attest their approval by hearty applause. During the past week Manager Brinkman has added to the moving picture features two vaudeville art- ists, who are high-class. One of these, Thatcher, the blind musician, is truly a wonder. He gives a musi- cal number, “The Holy City,” which it is doubtful if there is an equal on the vaudeville stage today. He uses bells, which he has strapped around him, and he renders the part in an artistic manner. Jefferies, the Irish-Dutch comed- ian, has been very well received. Tonight will be the last appear- ance of these two men. Next week Manager Brinkman will have Horton and LeRoy, cracker- jack comedians. BAND AND ORGHESTRA GONGERT JANUARY 28 Professor Symington Has Prepared an Up-to-Date Program of Good Things. The Bemidji band and orchestra will give a concert at the city opera house next Tuesday evening, Janu- ary 28th, being the regular monthly musical entertainment of those organizations. : Professor Thomas Symington, leader of the band and orchestra,has arranged an excellent program,which is as follows: ORCHESTRA. March—"Arabia” Selection—"Roly Pol; ‘Tone Po VOICE, Vocal Solo—Seclected .. .............. Miss Ida Brown. Vocal Solo—"For All Eternity™..... Mr. Rood. BAND. March—"01d Faithful” Winds" .John F, Hall Intermez 'he Flower Girl.......... Ellis In preparing the program, Pro- fessor Symington has selected a lot of “new stuff” which is ' certain to catch the ears of the music-loving public of Bemidji as no other con- cert has done. At the conclusion of the concert, the Bemidji orchestra will give a dance. There should be a large attend- ance at this cohcert, as the band needs encouragement and patronage, as we have a splendid musical organization that is a great credit to the city. Has Accepted Call. Rev. P. S. Kolste of Howard, S. D., has accepted a call to officiate as pastor of the Bemidji Norwegian Lutheran church. Rev. Kolste has moved to Bemidji with his family and will make this place his permanent home. The new pastor will officiate at services to be held at the church tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. DOINGS IN THE VARIOUS GHURGHES OF THE CITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City Tomorrow. Catholic Church—There will be mass tomorrow at 8:30 and 10:30 a. m. Norwegian Lutheran—Services at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. Preach- ing by Rev. P. S. Kolste. Episcopal—Services will be held in the Odd Fellows hall Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Rev. Parshall will officiate. ~ Sabbath school at 4 p. m. at the Odd Fellows hall. German Lutheran—Rev. I. Weg- ner, the German Lutheran pastor of Crookston, will be at Bemidji on Sunday Jan. 26th, to conduct the usual services at the Norwegian church at 2 o’clock p. m. Every- body welcome. Baptist—H. Robinson McKee, pastor. Morning worship at 11:00. Subject, ‘“Three-Fold Deliverance:” Sunday school at 12:10; B. Y. P. U. at 7:15; evening service at 8:00, Subject, “Seeking a Bride.” A hearty invitation is extended to all. . Methodist ~ Episcopal—Services will be held in the church morning and evening as usual. In the ab- sence of Rev. Deniston, Mr. Soper of the Salvation Army will preach mn the morning and Mrs. Hintz, deaconess of Minneapolis, will con- duct services in the evening. Sun- day school at 12. Epworth League at7 p. m. | Presbyterian—Morning worship at 11:00. Subject, “Prayer that Justifies.” Solo, “Abide With Me.” Miss Oliver. Bible class and Sun- day school at 12:15; Jr. C. E. at 3; Sr.C. E. at 7. Evening service at 8. Subject, “The Caprice of Be- lief.” Anthem,“Great is the Lord.” Choir. All not worshiping else- where are cordially invited to wor- ship with us. A Rare ‘“‘Rat” A. Newman, a trapper living in this city, has caught what is probably one of the most rare specimens of the muskrat family in existence—a grey and white “rat.” Mr. Newman was trapping on the north Turtle river, about six miles east of Tenstrike, where he had gome to get “rats” and mink. One morning, the first of this week, Newman found the white and grey “rat” in his trap. The “rat” had evidently been in trouble before as his tail was considerably broken and one of his front legs was missing. Mr. Newman will have the “rat” mounted and keep it as a curiosity. Judge McClenahan Sick. A telegram was received this after- noon from Brainerd, announcing that Judge McClenahan was very ill, being threatened with typhoid-pneu- MUNN'S SENTENCE IS COMMUTED St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 25.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The Pardoning Board has commuted the sentence of Merton S. Munn, sentenced to be hanged Feb. 7,71908, to life imprisonment. H. W. Grimmer. Since the commutation of the sentence of Peter Mathieson to life imprisonment, a determined effort has been made by the people of this community as well as Judge McClenahan of Brainerd, who sentenced both men to be hanged, to have the sentence of Merten S. Murin also commuted to life imprisonment. Judge McClenahan immediately after learning of the commutation of Mathiesonis sentence, communi- cated with Governor Johnson and the Pardoning Board, contending that Munn was more entitled to the clemency of the Pardoning Board, in as much as there was an element of self-defense entered in the case against Munn, with the result as shown by the following telegram: “BlG BEMIDG” AND DULUTH PLAYED FIERCE TIE GAME After Battling for Two Stretiuous Halves, and Five Minutes Extra, the Game Is Called, With the Score of Seventeen to Seventeen. In a game for the basketball championship of northern Minne- sota, the “Big Bemidj” and Duluth Y. M. C. A. teams played a 17-17 tie in this city last evening, before a large number, of basketball enthu- siasts that filied all available space in the local skating rink, some being from Cass Lake. At the conclusion cf the regular Itime agreed upon for the game, five minutes of extra play was ordered. No score resulted, and after a mix- up under the Duluth basket, two of the Duluth players absolutely re- fused to continue the contest, and the managers of the two teams de- cided to call the game a draw. The game was fiercely contested from beginning to end. The play was very rough on both sides, but the visitors were more "foxy” than Bemidji, and did much foul playing when the referee’s attention was momentarily diverted in another direction. The referee and the um- pire-had a r2al busy time calling fouls and disengaging vlayers. from mix-ups. The two teams lined up as follows: "Big Bemidg”—H. Geil and Mark- ham, forwards; Brown, center; Col- lins and Peterson, guards. Duluth—Ballou and Briggs, for- wards; Dinham, center; Smith and McLean, guards. A. J. Frey of Duluth officiated as referee during the first half of the game, while Lee Heffron of this city umpired; in the.last half Heffron refereed and Frey was umpire, From the blowing of the referee’s whistle starting the game until® the two Duluth players decided not to play out the tie, the contest was very B ———— T — monia. Reaches the People. BEMIDJI PIONEER. Pioneer Advertising Advertisements printed in the Bemidji Pioneer are read by more people than if published in any other three news- papers combined printed . in Beltrami . county. The Pioneer has three times the circulation of any Beltrami county competitor, . and - contains more local, county and state news, - hence our adver- tising space brings larger returns. We Court Investigation fast, and the two teams were evenly matched. The visiting players had the better of the element of luck, some of their throws barely making the basket, while the local players missed the basket many times by the very narrowest of margins. The game was so fast that the crowd was wrought up to an intens- ity of enthusiam that knew no bounds, and the “rooting” was vig- orous and continued. The visiting players were very confident of their ability to defeat the locals, but after the first few moments of play, they realized that they were up against a fast five, and they resorted to every trick known to the game to get the better of Bemidji. Bemidji committed a foul on the first play, but the big Duluth center missed the free throw. The locals played a whirlwind game, Garnet Peterson slipping through the visiting players and throwing a fine field basket, Brown following a few moments later with another. These plays aroused the fighting spirif in the Zenith city players, and they began fierce charg- ing, elbowing and kneeing, with the result that they were penalized many times, although they ended the half with the score a tie—10 to 10. The pace of the first half had told greatly on Brown, who was playing the game-under a great handicap. He was injured while practicing Thursday evening, and although forced to wear three thicknesses of surgeon’s: bandages, reaching from his shoulder to his hips, insisted on staying in the game. He did well, but was not up to his usual brilliant standard, and the team was weakened considerably. Biddinger went in at guard, a few moments after the second half began, and Collins played center. The second half was even more roughly played than the first half, and although the visiting players outweighed Bemidji by at least fif- teen pounds to the man, the home players held their own and played all the stronger. Markham and Geil played- very well, the former throwing three foul baskets and one field basket during the last half, and Geil threw one field basket, the score of the game ending 17 to 17. For the visiting players, Dinham, the big center, made all of the points, except two, McLean, guard, thow- ing one field basket. All of the Bemidji players did good work, Markham was very fast, scoring 11 of the 17 points made by Bemidji, Peterson getting two, and Brown two. While the game Friday evening was a very close one, it is the con- census of opinion of those who watched the contest that with Brown in good physical condition and play- ing his usual good game, the Duluth team is not the equal of Bemidli; and it is hoped another game can arranged between the two fives, to determine which is the better. DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S COUNTRY. NEIGHBORS Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News From Their Localities._ — Tartle River. The Ladies’ Aid visited the schools Thursday. Charles Vandersluis paid a visit to Turtle Thursday. B. Helland is out again after an attack of the grippe. J.'W. Smith spent a day in Be- midji this week on very important business. Mr. Jackson went to Bemidji Wednesday, to look after some land he purchased. Josie:Sadek left for her home near Farley Thursday, to spend a few days with her parents. George Knutson came down from his claim near Kelliher Thursday morning and will visit with friends for a few days. A dance was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Peterson last Thursday evening in honor of Mrs. Sims of Tolna, N. D., and Mrs. West of Lakota, N. D. - Local news on last fiqe F. W. RHODA HEARS FROM STATE BOARD OF HEALTH Explains Delay in Payment for Report- ing Births and‘ Deaths in This County. Clerk of Court F. W. Rhoda has received a . letter from the State Board of Health, explaining why the clerks of the - différent townships throughout the county have not received the usual money allowed by the state for making out the lists of births and deaths in each township. This money is over-due, and Mr. Rhoda has been asked the reason. The following letter, received by Mr. Rhoda, explains itself: “Minnesota State Board of Health, “st. Paul, Minn. “Jan. 9, 1908. “My Dear Sir—We have a ruling from the attorney-general’s office to the effect that the new law relating to the reporting of births and deaths (chapter 454, Revised Laws of 1907) provides under section 2141 that ‘the word Record is synonimous with transcript or complete statement or copy,” and that therefore it is neces- sary for the State Board of Health to return such record or transcript to each clerk of the cistrict courtfor filing in his office.. The last legisla- ture made no additional provision for the expense thus thrown on the State Board of Health in' copying sixty thousand or more records. “The State Board of Health will prepare these transcripts as rapidly as possible, and forward same to the clerks of the district court, but it will be impossible with the clerical force of this office to get such returns into the hands of said clerks by the first of February or within 'six months of that date. A state- ment of the number of births and deaths reported by the registrars of your county for 1907 will -be sent to you as soon as possible—some- time before the first of March. “We will ask you to bear patiently with us. We will do the best we can undér the circamstances on both of there propositions. “Yours truly, :. “H. M. Bracken, “Secretary amd executive_ officer.” Peterson’s New Location. J. Peterson, Jr., is now located in his new quarters in the Swedback block, on Third street, which was formerly occupied by E. A. Barker. Mr. Peterson hasa large new stock of confectionery, fruits, etc., which, added to his old stock, gives him as fine a line of goods as is to be found anywhere in northern Minunesota. The interior of the building where Mr. Peterson is located has been repainted and repapered and is now in a very attractive condition. The shelves are all nicely located and the goods are arranged in a very tasty manner, and Mr. Peterson is in much better shape to serve the public than ever before. In speaking of his business Mr. Peterson says: *“My aim is to give the public the very best of everything in my line that the market affords. Quality, not price, is considered, and I intend to make my store the model store in this line in Bemidji.” Mr. Peterson, by his square and courteous dealing with the public, has worked up an enviable business in the retailing of fruits, confection- ery, tobbacco, books and periodicals, and in his new location he will un- doubtedly add fo his already large trade. ' Wanted for Reading Room. The Salvation Army is opc‘ning a workingmen’s reading room in con- nection with their ‘work in Bemidji atd are in need of some book shelves, book cases and tables and a few good historical books. If any per- son that can give any of the above would - kindly send them to the Salvation Army hall or notify the officers in charge, they will be pleased to call for the same. last night in Bemidii. Additional focal matter wil be found