Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 28, 1908, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE — VOLUME 5. NUMBER 239. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1908. TIME EXTENDED ONE YEAR FOR PUTTING IN THE DAM Bill Passed in Congress Allowing Beltrami Electric Light Company More Time.---Dam Will Create 2,200 Horsepower and Cost $75,000, Congress has passed a bill extend- | ing for one year the time for the | completion of the dam which is being built by the Beltrami County }fllectric} Light & Power company, on the‘ Mississippi river, at the rapids, about nine miles east of Bemidji. During 1906 the orginal bill allow- | ing the construction of the dam was passed by congress, and thelimit of the time set for completing the dam| was fixed at two years, terminating in March, 1908. | The Beltrami County Electric, Light & Power company has found it utterly impossible to complete the dam within the time specified and asked for an extension of one year,' which has been granted by the bill introduced in cengress by Congress- man Steenerson, and it became a law last week. The erection of the dam was a much larger undertaking than the promoters at first realized. It is now estimated that the total cost of the dam, when completed, will exceed $75,000, which is a much | larger sum than was originally deter- mined upon. ling as rapidly as possible, but has The work of constructing the dam, installing the power house and other | portions of the plant at the dam, and also placing the poles and stringing the wires from the dam site to the city, has been progress- entailed much more labor than was| ever expected. So far the company | has completed the foundation, but} very little of the superstructure has been constructed. All of the machinery is on the grounds, including the water wheel and the water wheel governor and | parts of the whole plant. The poles= have all been strung from the dam site to Bemidji. Four hundred and ninty-seven poles were used, and there will be required nire miles of | wire to complete the circuit. The poles are extra large and long, and are especially good, having been furnished by the Clark Pole & Tie company of this city. The total horsepower which will| be generated by the new plant when in operation will be 2200 horsepower. Council Meeting. At the regular meeting of the city council last evening, but little busi- ness of any importance was trans- acted. Prof. A. P. Ritchie appeared be- fore the aldermen and a plat of the proposed new site for a high school building, on the old ball grounds, in order tosecure an expression of opinion if a certain street could be vacated in case it was decided to use the site. The council will receive applica- tions for the sextonship of Green- wood cemetery at the next meet- ing. The job pays $5 per grave for digging, and the sexton must take care of the grounds. Blocks 10 and 20, which are the two blocks below Second street and west of Bemidji avenue, were elimi- nated from the fire limits, in order to allow M. E. Smith, the lumber- man, to build a warehouse. The report on fire escapes for certain hotels and exits for use in| case of fire for the several amuse- ment places will be taken up again at the next meeting. The council adjourned early, after allowing the usual claims, including! the city pay roll. Kelliher Tank Completed. Kelliher Journal: The steel tank and tower to be used in connection with the waterworks system has been completed, the crew having charge of the work departing this week for Chicago. The tank was filled and throughly tested before accepted, but both the tank and the water mains were found to be con- structed in a satisfactory manner. | Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. J. BISIAR, Candidate for Alderman, Third Ward. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for alderman from the Third ward in this city, at the forth- coming city election, to be held on Tuesday, February 17th. If elected to the office of alder- man, I will do all in my power to further the best interests of the city. I believe in a conservative en- forcement of all ordinances and other laws within the jurisdiction of | the city, and would lend my aid to isuch enforcement. I also believe i that all measures calculated to ad- vance the welfare of the city as a ‘xwhole should be adopted, that the ‘community may take its place as the leading city of Northern Minnesota. I solicit the support of the voters iof the third ward, and promise, if | elected, to serve their interests, to PETER MATHIESON GOES TO STILLWATER FOR LIFE Taken Away This Morning.—Walls of *‘Pen Will Close on Him Forever, Unless — Peter Nelson Mathieson, whose sen- Johanson at Tenstrike last March was commuted to life imprisonment by the state board of pardons, last week, was taken from the Beltrami county jail this morning, and in cus- tody of Sheriff Bailey and Deputy Julius Dahl, started on his journey to Stillwater, where he will enter the grim walls of the state penitentiary, never to return, unless, at some future date, he should be pardoned. Mathieson was composed and calm, and stated unhesitatingly that | he firmly believed that he would be i . | pardoned and released from prison excitor, the dynamo and other minor | after serving in the prison for eight years, or at the most ten years. The “lifer” has become a great student of the bible, and since “the sentence of death was pronounced upon him, has professed to be very religious. Mathieson has been confined in the Beltrami county jail since June 6th, 1907, at which time he was brought from Portland, Oregon, where he had been arrested by J. N. Bailey, deputy sheriff of Beltrami county. He was convicted on Oct. 5th, 1907, of the crime of murder in the first degree, the jury returning a verdict of guilty, after being out fifteen hours; and he was sentenced in the afternoon of the same day to be hanged. Mathieson was bornin Denmark thirty years ago. He came to the ‘United States one year ago, and worked in the vicinity of Tenstrike, where he Kkilled Johanson, last March. The much-talked-of Dane speaks | the best of my ability. . —]J. BISIAR. tence of death for having killed John English quite well, and can also read the language. When he was told that his sen- tence had been commuted his joy was very manifest, although he is always composed. No papers have yet come f{rom the pardon board ordering the re- moval to Stillwater of Munn, the other prisoner whose senfence was also commuted to life imprisonment. Announcement to Candidates. The Pioneer will print the an- nouncements of candidates for the forthcoming city election at the uni- | form rate of 5 cents per line, each insertion, with favors to none, and payable strictly in advance. Such announcements must be entirely free from personalities of any nature, as we reserve for our- selves the policy of this paper. C. J. Pryor, Business Manager, A. G. Rutledge, .. Managing Editor. TO EXTEND MAIL SERVIGE THROUGH TO BOUNDARY M. & 1. Will Take Mail Car Through to International Falls, Commencing Next Monday. Brainerd Dispatch: On Monday next, February 3, the Minnesota and International railroad will commence the carrying of United States mail to International Falls. Up to this time the mail car has been switched out at Big Falls and has remained there until the train returned the next morning. After Monday next it will be carried through with the rest of the train. It is thought in railway mail circles that another man and perhaps 4 helper will have to be added to. the run. It is not known here yet who will be assigned to the positions. Local news on last page Pioneer Advertising Reaches the People. 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- tiging space brings larger returns. We Court Investigation BEMIDJI PIONEER. Histotical Society, 1 MINNESOTA ORICAL FORTY CENTS PER MONTH BAND AND ORGHESTRA GONGERT THIS EVENING 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 Poly Tone Poem—"Apple Blossom: % March—"Charge of the Rough F IREARRR e ovspasvonoonensagon Casey VOICE. Vocal Solo—Seclected .. ....... Miss Ida Brow) Vocal Solo—"For All Eternity Mr. Rood. BAND. Marchb—“0ld Faithful”............. Holtzman M Selection—""Gems of 100" Hunter & Day ‘'edding of the .John F, Hall - ... Ellis In preparing the progrim, 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. The members of the band have been rehearsing faithfully for the concert, and a representative of the Pioneer who was allowed to be present at the rehearsal is con- vinced that this concert will be the best yet given. : At the conclusion of the concert, the Bemidji orchestra will give a dance. There should be a large attend- ance at this concert, as the band needs encouragement and patronage, as we - have a- splendid musical organization that is a great credit | to the city. Local news on last page i WARREN WILL PLAY HERE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Claimants of Northern Minnesota Basketball Champion- ship Will Line Up Against “‘Big Bemidg.”’---Fosston ’ Teams Will Also Play. The Warren basketball team, claimants of the northern Minnesota championship of last year, will play two games in this city, one on Fri- day evening and one on Sawurday evening against the “Big Bemidg” team of this city. The Warren team is considered one of the very fastest basketball quints in the statenorth of St. Cloud. Last year the team defeated every- thing in the north half of the state, with the exception of Bemidji, but no game was played with the team in this city to determine the relative merits of the teams. The games to be played on Fri- day and Saturday evenings, are in the regular schedule which the “Big Bemidg” team has arranged for its champidnship series, and the result of the contest will have much to do to determine the championship. In addition to the games between the two big teams, the Fosston boys’ and girls’ high school teams will play against the Bemidji boys’ and girls’ high school teams, The game between the boys’ teams will be played on Friday even- ing, bet ween the halves of the War- ren-Bemidji game, and promises to be orie of the fastest high school games ever seen in this sec tion. The local high school team was recently defeated at Fosston, by a score of 20to 14. The Bemidji boys have been practicing diligently since, however, and are very much faster than at the time that game was played. TPhey will play ina much larger hall and one which they are used to, which will give them a decided advantage over the visiting team. ~ On Saturday evening the girls’ teams of the Fosston and Bemidji high schools willplay, and this game will be played between the halves of the second Warren-Bemidji game. The Fosston girls’ team is pér- haps the fastest and most scientific bunch of girl players in the north country. They recently defeated Bemidji, 1i to 4. The Bemidji girls, however, have improved won- derfully since then, and it is ex- pected that they will give the visit- ors a very close contest. _— Died Suddenly at Cass Lake. Cass Lake, Jan. 28. —(Special to Pioneer,)—Donald Morrison, a resi- dent of this village who has been employed by John Sheehy and Jacob Mohr, died suddenly in the Cass Lake postoffice yesterday afternoon. Morrison waswaiting in the office for the window to open so he could call for his mail, when he suddenly dropped ‘to the floor. Physicians were summoned, but' before they arrived on the scene Morrison had breathed his last. The physicians made an examina- tion of Morrison’s body, and subse- quently stated that death had been caused by appoplexy. Coroner FIREMEN WILL MEET AT CASS LAKE FEBRUARY (3 Will Arrange Dates for Holding Annual Tournament at Park Rapids Next Summer. The annual business meeting of the old Northern Minnesota Fire- men’s Tournament association will be held in Cass Lake on Thursday, February 13, when delegates from the different fire departments which are members of the association will meet for the purpose of setting the Wilcox of Walker was notified of the |date for holding the 1908 tourna- man’s death, and he will possibly mentand races. Each department holda post-mortem examination to | belanging to the association is en- ascertain the exact cause of Morri- son’s sudden demise. Morrison was at one time a resi- dent of Hibbing, but has lived in Cass Lake during the past three years. He often stated that he had at one time been chief of police at Hibbing, An attempt has been made to locate Morrison’s relatives, but so far without success. Leonard Roy, the 12-month’s-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Theodofe Roy, died in this village yesterday forenoon, after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock yesterday ' afternoon and the body was buried in the local ceme- tery. Pupils Gave a Recital. Miss Dickinson and her pupils gave an interesting recital yester- day afternoon, the following being the program rendered: “Dotty Dimple’s Waltz(Duet)— Hovey and Elbridge Lord. “Dance Caprice”—Ecvard Grieg Mae Cowgill “The Pixies Riding Horseback” —Brown: - -+ --...Celia Hild “Dreaming Lily”"—Oelmler-. . .. Helmy Kruse “Let’s Be Merry”—Evarts. ... Mabel Engels. “Choral Song” (duet)—Luther Louise Pryor and Miss Dickinson. “Spring Flowers”—Egghard. .. Clara Nangle “A Sweet Story”—Heller.... .. Maggie Thome “Taranttella”—Mendelssohn. . . Florence Ripple. “Antique Dance”—Farrar. ... Edna Anderson “Amarante”—O'Neil.. .. .. i Maud Naylor. “May Bells”—Bohm, -« +«.... Margaret Anderson. “Farewell to the Alm”—Lange. Dagny Mosen. ; titled to three delegates. The members of the asseciation at present arc Park Rapids, Cass Lake, Deer River, Grand Rapids, Eveleth, Ely and Virginia. The Bemidji fire department was formerly a member of this associa- tion, but dropped out last year. The 1908 tournament will be held at Park Rapids this year, that village having been selected at the tournament held at Ely last year. It has been suggested that the dates for the tournament be fixed for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July, but nearby towns hope the committee will not attempt to usurp the national holiday as a date for the ‘tournament. Under the watchful eye of Dr. Winship, who is the prime mover in fire department affairs.at Park Rap- ids, the people of that place have already commenced laying their plans to make the tournament a big success. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Harlow, Taber and Hughes, has been appointed to look after the interests of the town and to make preliminary arrangements for the tournament. : It is just possible that the Bemidii department may participate in the tournament to be held at Park Rapids. ¢ When the Bemidji department was a member of the association the local running team won ' the cham- pionship banner three different years, one of the banners remaining as the permanent property of the Bemidji \Fire Department. The other banner was surrendered to the ' |association, for the reason that there had been dissention and Be- midji withdrew from the association and did not participate in the races that year. Regular meeting of Bemidji Lodge, K.of P. this evening, at Castle Hall, Masonic block. - Business of