Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 3, 1908, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 JATLY PION WINKESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIFTY. VOLUME 5. NUMBER 244. N BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA,‘MONDA"Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH THE MINNESOTA “BOSSIE” IS GREAT COIN-PRODUCER Rivals Field Crops in Importance to State.---Dairy and Food Department Compiles Figures Showing Value of Cows and Dairy Produects. The Pioneer has averred that the dairy industry was | This amount might be increased rapidly forging to the front in Min- ‘ by the value of the skimmed milk, nesota, and that the most c.\'celleut;which at the rate of 20 cents per results obtained by dairying would | hundred pounds would amount to sooner or later result in that occupa- |$3,882,401. The creamery plants| tion going hand-in-hand with the|throughout the state are estimated | raising of cereals, with the possibility | to be worth about $3,000,000. of dairying being taken up almnst} “While the department officials | exclusively by the farmers of north-|were well aware of the steady ern Minnesota. | growth of the dairy interests of the During the past year, the dairy-| state no such comparison of values ing industry in Minnesota has grown | had been made héretofore, and when to large proportions. Very few|the figures were compiled, they realize the gain that has been made g, ed the importance of the dairy in the production of dairy products, |, . . and the following, taken from theib““"ess to the state to be much St. Paul Pioneer Press, will be of larger than had been supposed. The interest to thoss who are advocates | following table shows the value of Bt i s 7 i °f“(!}"fl5"19d fj""““-i? {the butter, both creamery and! b B I{zqre.s rela‘t‘lm,‘a, ta _thT ‘“mf Of| dairy, and the cheese produced in the dairy products and cows injypai'vear the value of the milk sold, Minnesota in 1906 and showing an 3 and of the cattle. aggregate value of over 91 per cent. of the value of the grain crops in‘r 1 alry this state during that year have just, cheo been compiled by W. W. Wall, secre- | i, tary of the state dairy and food com- | Othe mission. And these figures do not| Total.. ....... .. .o .. take into account the value of(he} The value of the calves is esti-| skimmed milk returned to the farm-| mated on the basis of 1,000,000 ers at the creameries nor the value|head at $2 each. of the creameries. With these two| The following table shows the| items added the difference in the|production in bushels and the value aggregate values would be only about | of each of the various crops. $2,000,000 in favor of the graini crops. } l-:'l’;n\cfll. “The figures show the total value | B of the crops of grain and potatoes| K 3 in 1907, in this state, to have been Q5. $103,188.241, and the value of the| Com dairy products, cows and other!motal . | | 0| €5 ... T cattle Bushels, Value. 31,048 N RUSSELL FOR MAYOR. “ P. J. Russell, Pioneer Attorney, Annouices His Candidacy for Mayor of Bemidji. SAVED TWO LIVES; BURNED TO DEATH ity osls rediws e 594,381,05(,413,1Glnfford Cooke, at Nerthome, Rescues His Little Brother and Sister from Burning Home, but Fell Back Into the Fire and Perished, Despite Father’s Northome, Feb. 3.—(Special to Pioneer.)—After having heroically rescued his baby brother and sister by throwing them from the second story window of their home, little Clifford Cooke, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H, Cooke, was burned to death at 5:30 this morning, in a fire which entirely consumed the Cooke home. The other members of the family escaped from the fire only with the| greatest difficulty, and sustained serious injuries. The Cooke home is located a mile north of Northome. When the fire was first discovered this morning (at 5:30 o’clock) it had gained such headway that the entire first floor of the building was one mass of flames. Clifford Cooke, the oldest son of ! Mr and Mrs. Cooke, together with,ing when the fire: was discovered; his little brother and sister, occupied Efforts to Rescue. aroom on the secoad floor of the house. The dense smoke and heat from the fire awakened the three children. Clifford nimbly sprang out of bed and grabbing his brother dropped | ' him from the second story wiudow,l | following the .act -a moment later by also letting his little sister down | to the ground in safety. The smoke was so dense that the | young hero was overcome before he| could make his own escape and he I sank back into the burning building | and perished in the flames. Mrs. Cook, who also occupied a iroom on the second floor of the house, jumped through the window | from the upper floor to the ground below and the glass in the window Ilacerated her face, hands and limbs‘ !in a terrible manner. | Mr. Cooke was outside the build- he attempted to-enter the house and | only disisted in his efforts after he was so terribly burned about his face, hands and body, as to render him uniconscious. Both Mr. and Mrs. quite seriously injured by the fire Cooke were and are under the care of a - physi- cian in this ciiy. The two younger children, who were so heroically rescued by their brother, are but slightly injured. of little Clifford were found in the ruins of the house when the fire had completely burned everything of a combustable nature about the build- ing. Mr. Cooke is the resident mana- ger at Northome of the Stone-Cooke Lumber company. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke will recoyer from their injuries. There is great sorrow here over the heroic and spectacular death of young Clifford Cooke: The charred remains of the body | By a one-sided score of 29 to 4, the ‘‘Big’ Bemidg” basketball team took the second game from the Warren team, Saturday evening, and the locals thereby more firmly| clinched their claim to the title of the championship basketball five of northern Minnesota. | The game Saturday evening was | a much faster and more agressively- played contest than that of Friday| night, the visiting players being determined to make a better show- ing than they did on the first night,| when the “Big Bemidg” team de-| feated them by a score of 32 to 9. The result was that the Bemidji team put forth every effort to more| decisively defeat their opponents. The line-up of the teams was the jsame as on Friday evening, as fol- lows: | | “Big Bemidg”—Geil. and Mark- ham, forwards; Heffron, center; Peterson and Biddinger, guards. Warren—R. E. Thomas and Welin, | forwards; H. Thomas, center; Bren and Sathre, guards. The Warren players made it a point to keep Markham, Bemidji’s big forward, covered, and the latter was bothered considerably in his| attempts to “shoot” baskets. Realiz- ing that their opponents were handi- capping Markham, the Bemidji play- ers began passing the ball to Geil,| iwho plays forward with Markham. Geil was very speedy and his acc r- basket-throwing was the feature of the game. He scored 16 points,; | throwing eight field baskets. Mark- | ham also played in championship form. He made one field basket,; and scored 5 points from free throws allowed by fouls. g Heffron was a tower _of strength at center. ~ He not only broke up BEMIDJI SELECTED FOR I desire the people of Bemidji to; Bemidjiis at the parting of the know that I am a candidate for ways. It cannot stand still. It| Mayor at the election Fel raary 18th, ! must advance in wealth and popula- | tion, or recede to the level of a| | country village. I am, and every | good citizen should be, willing to| didate, after due deliberation, and at | make some sacrifices for our mutual next. I have decided to become a can- the request of numerous progressive | good. pusiness men. I fully realize that if, | Am for Bemidij, Big, Bigger, Big- Iam elected it means the loss of | gest. and a Square Deal. much valuable time without direct] Respectfully. recompense. ! P. J. Russell. | J. BISIAR, Candidate for Alderman, Third Ward. A NEW MILITIA COMPANY Bemidji has been awarded asa point where a company of the Min- nesota National Guard will be sta- tioned,this city having been selected for the placing of one of the new | companies of state militia. For some time past A. Otto and other local militia enthusiasts have been working with Fred B. Wood, adjutant general of Minnesota, with the intention of getting a company[ for Bemidji, and there has been i more or less correspondence on the subject. The matter was presented to the city council, and that body declared heartily in favor of the pre- | position, and was desirious of lend- ing all possible aid toward securing and maintaining a company for this city. While P. J. Russell was Paul, Saturday, he held a consulta- tion with Attorney General Wood, and ‘precented Bemidji’s claims so strongly that Mr. Wood immediately capitulated, and at Mr. Russell’s re- quest at once prepared the necessary | enlistment papers, instructions, and other blanks, and announced that the much-sought- subsequently in St.; | ! after vacancy in the number of! | cities that will be given militia com- | | panies was decided in favor of Be- midji, for the north part of the | state. | Mr. the papers and other documents. A. Russell brought home | Otto will have charge of the recruit- i ling of the company, and Dr. Morri- | llson will be the company physician. The requirements of the adjutant general are that the company must be recruited with at least forty-five active members at all times, that | being allowed by law, and 76 is the maxi- A suitable drill hall t'and place for storing arms and equip- the minimum membership mum number ment must be provided, as the state furnishes arms and equipment to the value of $6,600. Already there have been many young men of the city who have signified a desire to join the wmilitia company, and Mr. believes he will have no difficulty in | keeping the company recruited to at Otto says he | least sixty men, at all times. He is | ready now to receive applications for | | enlistment. A Delightfu! Party. ! Candidate for City Asseszor. A delightful party was given Sat-: Gladys Kreatz, Miss Kreatz and : election to be held February 18th. Miss Ivis Roberts entertaining in If elected I will use every endeavor ! | honor of the gzirls’ basketball teams|to make a fair, equitable assessment | I hereby announce myself as 2 urday afternoon, at the home of Miss | candidate for city assessor, at the i JAMES R. AND GERMAN AND IRISH COMEDIANS {ALL THIS WEEK WEEK AT aa MAUD E. RYAN BRINKMAN FAMILY THEATER Tus, (A Gentleman’s Shoe The JOBNSON & MURPHY 4 Qo= Lace, Button or STYLE: Blucher | officials |again very fast, the candidate for alderman from the Third ward in this city, at the forth-| coming city election, to be held on Tuesday, February 18th. If elected to the office of alder- man, I will do ali in my power to further the best interests of the city. 1 believe in a conservative en- forcement of all ordinances and other laws within the jurisdiction of such enforcement. I also believe that all measures calculated to ad- | vance the welfare of the city as a }whole should be adopted, that the community may take its place as the | leading city of Northern Minnesota. | 1 solicit the support of the voters of the third ward, and promise, if elected, to serve their _interests, to the best of my ability. iof the Bemidji and Fosston hizh | schoots. All of the members of the girls’ B basketball squads were present, and | I hereby announce myself as althe city, and would lend my aid to|tere was a general jolly good :time.| Archdeacon Parshall, in charge There was vocal and instrumental music, and dainty refreshments were served, the guests being loud in their praise of the elegant manner in which Misses Kreatz and Roberts discharged their duties as hostesses. Candidate for City Assessor. I hereby announce myself as can- didate fer city assessor. —]J. BISIAR. E. Cahill. i of all city property. — Dwight Miller. Bishop Morrison Here Feb. 9. of the Episcopalian congregations in this district, wishes the Pioneer to announce that Bishop Morrison of 9th, at 10:30 a. m., and will preside at services to be held at that hour. Bishop Morrison will deliver a ser- Duluth will be in Bemidji February|§ mon and ‘officiate at the communion. | § Additional local matter will be found |E LEATHER: _Box Calf, Kid or. Patent Leather PRICE: $5.50, $6, $6.50 and $7 O’LEARY & BOWSER “BIG BEMIDG” WON SECOND ~ GAME; FOSSTON GIRLS WON Warren Basketball Team Badly Defeated for Second Time.--- Bemidji and Fosston High School Girls Played a Very Close Game. mnch of the plays attempted by Warren, but he also ran the team well, and threw three field baskets. Biddinger and Peterson, at guard for Bemidji, were very strong. They stopped their men every time, and the visiting players had but two opportunities to-attempt field goals, and each time the Bemidji guards interfered with the throws, Warren not getting one field goal. "1:he visiting players were inclined to ‘rough it” far more Saturday evening than they did on Friday, and several “mix-ups” occurred. They were determined to make a better showing than on the previous evening and did all in their power toward off defeai. Sathre, their star player, worked very hard, but was outclassed all the time. He tried to cover Geil, but the latter was too fast for him, and threw four baskets in rapid succession, right under Sathre’s arm. The latter ;:\ldmitted, after the game, that the Big Bemidg” team, playing as it did in the two games against War- rcn, was the strongest basketball quint he had ever played against. A. L. Cunningham of this city, an ex-Cornell player, refereed the game, and Boardman, a member of the Warren team, umpired. Poth were good, Cunningkam, especially, filling his difficult posi- tion with entire satisfaction to both spectators and players. Between the halves of the Warren- Bemidji game, the Fosston girls’ high school basketball team and the Bemidji girls’ high school team played a game for the champion- |ship of north-central and _north- western Minnesota. The game proved to be a very exciting one, and all who witnessed it stated that it was by far the best girls’ contest they had ever witnessed. The two teams were very evenly matched. They played very fast, and at times all of the girls were so tired thatthey were nearly exhausted bv their vigorous efforts to win. The teams lined up as follows: Fosston—Hannah Hatleli and Effie Lidenberg,. forwards; Anna Nelson, center; Mabel Bostad and Sarah Rue, guards. Bemidji—Eva Getchell and Hazel Wells, forwards; Ethel Getchell, center; Inez Geil and Nell Shannon, guards. The first half ended with neither side having been able to score, although the play was in Bemidjs’s favor, the local players being very {unlucky in their attempts to throw baskets. In the second half, the game was local players being penalized for two fouls, both of which resulted in-a score for Fosston. Bemidji threw a field bas- ket and the score was tied. When the whistle blew for the end of the game, the score wasa tie, 4 to 4, and although the gir's on both teams were very tiied, they agreed to play “to a finish.” The struggle continued for eight minutes, Bemidji missing’ many attempts at field baskets by the narrowest of margins. Finally, after eight minutes of very rapid playing, the ball got away from the center of the rink and was seized by Effie Lindenberg, of the visiting team, who made a lucky “shot,” placing the ball squarely in the basket and winning the game and the championship tor Fosston. “There was the very best of feel- ing between the players on both teams, they assisting each other to arise, after a mix-up, and “jollying” at all times. The efficiency of the Bemidji girls’ team ‘s due,in a large measure, to the coaching of Mrs. J. A. Yoin reen of this city, who has done much work with the girls and pe fected many of their plays. The fact that the Bemidji team is practically a “green" one this year, makes the showing they made against the 3-year old team of Foss- ton all the mye creditable. ~ Had the local girls been a little more fortunate in throwing their baskets, they would undoubtedly have won the game, as they carried the con- test to the “enemy’s” territory all through the first half, and held their own very well duricg the sec- ond half. The two games played here, be- tween -the teams representing the boys and girls of the Fosston high school and the Bemidji high school gives the Fosston girls and boys the undisputed high school basketball BEMIDJI, MINN. on fourth page. championship of north-central and northwestern Minnesota. 3 ikl ,‘;»m;..'., =