Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 10, 1908, Page 1

"HE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 5. NUMBER 250. FIRNESOTA TORICAL OCIETY. 'BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1908. DULUTH Y.M.C. - DISPUTES Baketball Bunch at ““Zenith and Through A. J. Frey A. DIRECTOR LOCALS’ CLAIM City” Dodge Playing Off Tie, Make Untruthful Claims for Their Would-Be Champions. The statement made by the Pio- neer to the effect that the Bemidji basketball team was the champion- ship team of northern Minnesota has aroused the 1ire of one A. J. Frey, physical director of the so-called “Y. M. C. A.” basketball team of Duluth, which played a tie game here recently. It is a fact well known here that the game ended in a tie, through no fault of the local players, who offered to finish the game then and there, the visiting players absolutely refus- ing to continue, the statement of the “Y. M. C. A.” director to the con- trary nothwithstanding. Frey (who was courteously allowed to referee the game) now comes out in a Duluth paper with the following untruthful statement: “I don’t want to go into any news- paper controversy with the Bemidji team or newspaper,” said Physical Director A. ]. Frey of the Y. M. C. A. this morning, “but the Bemidji team’s claim to the Northern Minne- sota championship on the strength of a tie game with us is absurd. In the first place there was no tie game. We won by a score of 18 to 17, the captain of the Bemidji team admitted the score and we were not asked to continue the game and play off a tie. Capt. Brown of the Bemidji five said we won fairly and that is enough. “As for rough work in the game, Bemidji had the greater amount of that to its discredit. The manager of the team told me personally after the game that two of the men were to be put off of the team for rough work and nobody ever claimed that our boys were rough illegally or “dirty” in any way. “Bemidji’s claim is unfounded and | I believe it is cooked up in the news- | _paper offices there for effect.” ! That Bemidji players and Bemidji people use visitors courteously and fairly is a fact attested to by every outside team that has played here, | as is shown by the followipe articles. taken from papers published in other places, relative to playing in Bemidji: “Brainerd Dispatch: The Brain- erd boys were out-classed in the basketball game at Bemidji Friday night. This they fully expected, as the “Big Bemidg” team is famous over the state and has not met a defeat this year. Our boys were much younger and lighter than the Bemidji team and had had less prac- tice. Floyd Brown, formerly of this city, is the lightest man on the Bemidji team and they are very speedy. Frank Andrews played the star game for Brainerd. The boys say the Bemidji team knows how to treat an opposing team as well as how to beat them and that they were entertained royally while in that city. The final score was 62 to 6 and our boys feel that they did well to score against so strong a team. The first half was 24 to 2 and a score of 38 to 4 was made in the last half. The halves were of 20 minutes each. “Fosston Thirteen Towns: The high school basketball people who returned from Bemidji Sunday morn- ing are loud in their praises of the treatment given them while in that city. In fact they claim that there islittle satisfaction in defeating such courageous and kindly people as faced them on Friday and Saturday evenings last. The boys won bya good margin because they excelled in the team work. The Bemidji boys individually are hard, clean players. The girls won by the nar- row margin of two points only by playing off a tie which was secured within ten seconds of the end of the second half. Throughout both games there was not a dispute or jar of anv kind. Very few fouls were called and these were dueto acci- dent and not to intention. The Be- midji boys and girls remained up with " our teams till their train arrived at 3 o’clock A. M., entertain- ing team with refreshments, singing, instrumentals and dancing.” The real reason for Mr. Frey's attitude lies in the fact that he and his team were greatly disappointed in not literally “wiping up the earth” with the “Big Bemidg” team, which is located in a small city among the northern pines. However, we are still of the be- lief that if Brown is in good phy- sical condition, the locals can de- feat the Duluth team—and what is more to the point, the writer will wager good money with Fred that Bemidji will win if the tie is played off here, as it should of been. —_—e ‘THIRD ESTATE' MEMBERS TOGET TOGETHER SOON Forty-Second Annual Meeting of State Editors Will Be Held Feb- ruary 20-21. The forty-second annual meeting of the Minnesota State Editorial as- sociation will be held in the recep- tion rooms of Mayor Haynes of Min- neapolis, on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 20th and 21th, the opening session to be at 10:00 o’clock on Thursday morning. One of the im- portant matters to come before this meeting will be the discussion of ways and means for the entertain- ment of the National Editorial As- sociation, which will hold its annual convention this year in August, in St. Paul. The editorial meeting is being held in Minneapolis on the invitation of the commercial Club of that city, and royal entertainment will be pro- vided the visiting newspaper men. The meeting will be opened with an address of welcome by Mayor James C. Haynes, with response by the president of the association. This will be followed by President’s annual address. Among the papers which are being prepared are the following: “State and Municipal Advertis- ing,” by Curtis L. Mosher, manager the of the Consolidated Publicity Bureau of St. Paul, “The Parcels Post, by Charles McMurdy, mangaging editor of the Commercial Bulletin of Minneapolis. "Foreslry,” a fifteen minutes talk by Gen. C. C. Andrews, Forestry Commissioner of Minnesota. | “The Country Newspaper in Poli- tics,” by A. L. Hamilton, of the Aitkin Republican. “The Postoffice Department and Delinquent Subscribers,” by W. C. Whiteman, of the Ortonville Herald- Star. "Advertising Minnesota,” by A. L. Ball. t Other papers and addresses .are | being arranged, and from the topics | named, the coming meetiug will be one of unusual importance. L. F. JOHNSON, Candidate for Alderman for the First Ward, City Election, Feb. 18. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for election to the office of alderman for the First wazd, at the city election, to be held oh Tues- day, February 18, 1908. If I am elected I will cast my own ballot, and I will always work for the best interests of the whole city. L. F. Johnson. Candidate for City Assessor. I hereby announce myself as can- didate for city assessor. J. E. Cahill. Local news on last page : FORTY CENTS PER MONTH Russell for Mayor. “Of Mr. Russell, only good words can be said of him. He is an able, clean, progressive citizen, and a man we all honor, but he is backed by a crowd that cannot do business in this city as a controlling power.”—(Sentinel of Feb’y 7th, 1908.) Thanks, Colonel; ;a.nd you had better turn in and help elect that kind of a man. If I am elected, you will see the “lid”’ not only remain on Bemidji, but you will see it screwed down so tight there will be NO LEAKS. —Respectfully, —P. J. RUSSELL. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Very Favorable to A. Kaiser. The Crookston Times of Saturday contained the following mention of the candidacy of A. Kaiser for dele- gate to the republican national con- vention as a representative of the Ninth Congressional district: “There has been no developments in the fight for delegates from this district to the national convention. The candidacy of A. Kaiser, of Bag- ley, is meeting with much favor and there is no doubt. but that he will make a streng race for delegation honors. He is especially strong in the north end of the district and it is more than likely that no candidate will make a strenuous effort to dis- lodge him. He is a2 man well known in party circles and his character is such as to make hime a most fitting representative of the district. Per- sonally, he has not sought the honor, but has been brought out by promi- nent men in the district, who urged him to permit the use of his name. He is a man who will represent the sentiment of the party in this section of the district.” Horses for Sale. I have twelve head of draft horses, weighing from 1500 to. 1900 pounds. Young and sound. For sale at J. P. Pogue’s livery: barn. John Wolberg. EARLY-MORNING FIRE DID GONSIDERABLE DAMAGE Hamm Brewing Company, J. H. Sullivan and James Thurston Losers.—Origin of Fire Unknown. Fire, which was discovered at 3 o’clock this morning, badly damaged the building owned by the Hamm Brewing company, and occupied by J. H. Sullivan as a saloon, on the corner of Minnesota avenue and Second street, and also scorched the adjoining ‘building which was occupied by James Thurston, who also conducted a saloon. The alarm of,fire was turned in at 3 o’clock, and when the fire was discovered it was burnin briskly in the upper floor of the Sullivan building, and had gained such headway . that although the firemen responded promptly and did good work, they were unable to stop the flames before big damage was done to the structure. A crowd-soon assembled ir front of the building and willing hands speedily removed a large amount of the stock of liquor and cigars which was in both buildings. By good work the firemen saved the Thurston building with but a small amount of damage. - It is believed that the fire origi- nated in some rubbish, which was over the first floor of the saloon building in the Sullivan place of business, and but for the fact that that the lower room was covered with steel ceiling and side walls the building would undoubtedly have been burned to the ground. The building owned by the Hamm Brewing company was insured in the sum of $1,000 and it is probable that most of the damage to the building is covered by insurance. Mr. Sullivan estimates the dam- ages on his fixtures and stock at about $600, mostly covered by insur- ance. K Mr. Thurston estimates his loss at about the same figure, partially covered by insurarce. . If it is shown that the Hamm building is too badly damaged to be repaired a handsome brick block will be built on the cornmer at once to replace the one damaged by fire. In the meantime, Messrs. Sullivan and Thurston have moved their stock of goods to the brick block owned by Major Bros. Horses for Sale. Twelve head of big loggers, for sale at my barn. . J. P. Pogue. 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 combinéd 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 advgr- tising space brings larger returns. We Court Investigation BEMIDJI PIONEER. “The northwestern states, and especially Minnesota, have reason to be proud of the fact that this section of the country is in a most prosperous condition; and when compared with the middle south and southern states, the con. ditions are a great deal better. In fact, the south is- stagnant when compared to the north.” The above statement is made by A. P. White, president of the Lum- mens National Bank who has re- turned from a visit to points in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, Mr. White, while away, visited Fort Smith.” Ark.,, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Texarfanas, Texas, and Shreveport, La., in all of which places he transacted business. “I could not help but notice the vast difference in the business conditions of the south and the north,” said Mr. White. “‘Especially is thistrue in the lumber business, which is one of the chief industries of that part of the south_where I visited. The business is | simply stagnant in the south; prices are away off, and many mills have been closed down entirely; and, moreover, there appears to be no immediate relief from the existing conditions, and I do not think tions, will he, normally, as good as they .were a year ago within the next year or year and a half. In fact, Business of every kind isat a standstill in the south. that condi- | THE NORTHWEST IS MORE PROSPEROUS THAN SOUTH A. P, White, President Lumbermens National Bank, Has Just Returned from South, Where, He Says, Busi- ness Is at a Standstill. “During the late currency famine banks in the south were closed for weeks at a time. When the stringency had been broken some- what, and banks were re-opened and began specie payments in sums of only $5 at a time, and did not ex- ceed $15 per week; and all persons, whether heavy property owners or not, in their.business deals, were subjected to the same rigid rule as to the paying of currency; and even now, there is some financial stringency in the south, “Conditions in Minnesota are so much better and so much different fom those in the south one could scarcely believe it is the same coun- try. The financial situation in the northwest, and especially Minne- sota, is indeed reassuring. There is plenty of money for legitimate busi- ness purposes, and the banks are only exercising that caution which is deemed the best for business stabil- ity. In fact, the banks of Minne- sota never did, wholly, suspend specie payments during the late currency famine. They simply desired their patrons to use descre- tion in their payment of specie and confine their operations to legitimate business. - “The north is certainly away ahead of the south, from a business view- point, and residents of this section should think twice before they con- sider moving to another part of the country with the intertion of bene- fitting themselves. Basketball at Fosston. . Professor Biddinger was at Foss-| ton Saturday evening, where he officiated as referee in two games of basketball in which teams from Fosston and Bagley participated. The girls’ first team of the Bagley high school played the second girls] team of the Fosston high school, the result being a score of 10to 7 in favor of .Bagley. The game was closely contested and exciting throughout. The second boys’ team also played a game. The contest was extremely one-sided, the Fosston boys winning by a score of 26 to 1. The best of feeling prevailed throughout the games, and the work of Professor Biddinger as referee and C. E. Perkins as umpire, especially that of Prof. Biddinger, who is well versed in the game, was entirely satisfactory. Dougherty Stock Company. "The popular Dougherty Stock Co., will open a five-night engage- ment, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 11, and will present a reperotoire of standard plays. Their opening being a beautiful four-act melo- drama entitled “A Gambler’s Wife,” with Jim and Hattie playing the leading titles, supported by a cast of ten, all being artists, and never failing to make a hit. . Not onlya four-act melo-drama, but specialties and moving pictures and illustrated songs between a continuous show without a curtain wait. At popular prices. Warrants Payable. Notice is hereby. given that there is money in the city treasury to pay all outstanding warrants, issued on the general fund prior to Sep- tember 1, 1907. Interest will cease from and after the date of this notice. " Dated at Bemidji, Minn. Feb. 10, 1908. Earl Geil, City Treasurer. Candidate for City Assessor. I hereby announce myself asa candidate for city assessor, at the election to be held February 18th. _——— THE GOVERNOR WILL NOT MAKE ANY “STATEMENT” At Least, His North-Country Friends Are Confident that He Will Not do so. The Minneapolis Journal of Satur- day contained the following com- ment on the efforts which are being put forth by certain interested parties to induce Governor Johnson to make a “statement,” which some of the twin city papers seem to think is essential to the peace of mind of the state’s chief executive, and which would udoubtedly re- lieve the editorial writers on the aforesaid papers of considerable “raw material” on which they have ‘| been making guesses for a consider- able period heretofore: “Somehow or other the impression has gone over the country that John A. Johnson is going to make a statement soon that will put him Cefinitely in the race for president. In the case of a good many Demo- cratic politicians, the wish is father to the thought. With some news- papers, it has been an effort to ‘call the turn’. by making a good guess. “The’ only foundation for such a story is that Johnson has decided that some further statement of his position 1s necessary. All forecasts as to what that statement will be are guesses, pure and simple, but the best guess is that Johnson will once more declare that he is not a candidate for any nomination, and does not expect to be; that he has done nothing and will do nothing to encourage the use of his name.” North-counrty friends of the gov ernor do not believe that: he will make any statement whatsoever; in fact, a party who was in Bemidji yesterday stated that he had been with Governor Johnson on Friday, and he was certain, from conversa- tion he had in the executive cham- ber that the articles as to a “state- ment” were entire.y without any foundation, in fact; that the gover- nor was “pursuing the ecen tenor of If elected I will use every endeavor to make a fair, equitable assessment of all city property.- | — Dwight Miller. his way” and allowing the politi- ciansand newspapers to speculate to their heart’s content. ' Local news on last page | Sl S W 7