Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1908, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI HListor! 1col SO oclety DAILY PIONEER. HINNESOTA SQCIETY. VOLUME 5. NUMBER 254. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH SUPERIOR DEFEATS “BIG BEMIDG” TEAM; 15 TO 9 Co. I Basketball Team Got the Jump on Bemidji, but Lo- cals Gave Them a Hard Game.—Two Games Will Be Played This Evening. Two Games Tonight. “Big Bemidg”—Heffronand Mark- “Big Bemidg” and Co. I of)| ham, forwards; Brown, center; Bid- Superior will play their second game | dinger and Peterson, guards. tonight, the game When the game was started the to be called at9 o’clock. The locals | Superior players got into action have recovered from their ‘“stage|dquickly and threw a basket before fright” and are Cetermined to El\e the locals had fairly got warmed up; the visiting cracks a much stronger | and this was followed by the calling at the roller rink, game tonight; in fact, it is believed | | of three fouls in rapid succession on that Bemidji will win tonight’s game, The Bemidji team will line up the| same as last night, with the excep- tion that Harry Geil will be substi-|* tuted at forward for Heffron, and the latter will referee, alternately, | with H. Buchanan of Superior. In addition to the big game the| Bemidji high school boys’ team will play the Yalker high school boys team, and the Bemidji line-up will| be as follows: Kruse and Hondrum, guards; Lycan or Peterson center;| Dwyer and Gould, forwards. It is not known what the line-up of the| Walker team will be, but Prof. Ross, superintendent of the Walker school, says his boys are playing fast ball. Last Night's Game. The Co. I. basketball team of Superior handed a defeat to the “Big Bemidg” basketball team, last even- ing, by a score of 15 to 9, in a fast, closely-contested ~game that was exciting from beginning to end. Superior’s wianing was due ina large measure to their coolness and combination plays, while Bemidji's| defeat was accomplished through the bad case ot ‘rattles” which the players had at the start, and by for fouls, also an| element of luck wherein many tries for field baskets were missed b the narrowest of margins, Markham forward for Bemidji, being ially unfortunate in this respect. The visiting players secured seven of their points from free throw: resulting from fouls, while Bemidji being penalized got but three, four also being thrown i wide of the basket. The two teams lined lows: Co. I—Kenfield and Peterson. forwards; Burr, center; A. Buchanan and S. Clemens, guards. up as fol- espec- | f Bemidji, Burr scoring each time, : which took the heart out of Bemidji, to some extent. However, Heffron |finally threw a fine basket, after Markham had missed two tries, but \lhe visitors had a big lead, and the | half ended with a score of 9 to 5, in | favor of Superior. | In the second half the play was ! faster, Bemidji playing much better » | but again were unfortunate in fouling, Superior getting four points from ! free throws, owing to the good work | of Burr at center. | For Bemidji, Peterson and Bid- dinger, at guards, played fine games, holding their men nicely, and ex- celling in blocking and covering. Brown, at center for Bemidji, had a tough proposition in Burr, who towered over him, but the local cap- |tain did very well. Markham was unfortunate at forward, in his throw- |ing at the basket, he apparently | baving an “off”” night, but he played steadily, showing occasional flashes of his usual form. Heffron played a fine game at forward, scoring six of | the nine points secured by Bemidji. For Superior, Burr, the big center, | was the especial star, he playing a | very fast, aggressive game. He lwas ably assisted by Buchanan and | Clemens. This is the second defeat the Big Bemidg” team has suffered his year, both games being won by teams not residents of the state. | The element of luck was largely lin favor of the visiting players, and s|it is believed that Bemidji will give | Superior a much stronger game this evening, although the score of last }night was by no means one-sided. H. Buchanan of Superior and H. ¢il of Bemidji alternated as referee nd umpire and gave general satis- faction. Notice, Young People’s Ciub. The Young Dancing Club will ing, Feb. 14th, at the Masonic hall, People’s dance on Friday even- from 8 to 12. All members of the club are requested to be o’clock for a good old time. Committee Additional local matter will be found | on fourth page, | there at 8 Candidate for Alderman First Ward. I am a candidate for Alderman of | the First Ward. My platform is to use my best judgment for the best interests of the city. Graham M. Torrance. | 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. i John Wolberg. 200 diz2n Lowiey Skirts anid Drawers, each 1 lot Ladi ' Handkere choice, a pair 200 yards of 12 13- and 15 for, each FOR | Friday and Saturday Muslin Gowns, 1 lot Ladies’ Shirt Waists, worth up to $2.00, ent Outing Fiannel lOc “Of Mr. Russell, only good words can be said of him. : 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.) Russell fdr Mayor. He is an able, clean, Thanks, Colonel; and you had better turn in and help elect that kind qf a map. If T 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. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— GODATTE WILL BE TRIED AT “FALLS” NEXT WEEK Man Accused of Murder in First Degree Will Have C. W. Scrutchin as Counsel. The district court for Kooch- iching county wili be held at Inter- national Falls next week, commenc- ing on Tuesday, with Judge Spooner presiding. ° One of the principal cases which will be considered by the grand jury at this term of court is that of James Godatte, charged with mur- der in the first degree. Godatte is a colored man and the crime of which he is accused was that of having killed Carlos H. Williams on a claim near Big Falls on August 21, 1907. Godatte’s killing of Williams was witnessed by no one but Godatte’s wife and Godette himself. According to the testimony given by Godatte at his preliminery hear- ing, a few days after the killing of Williams, he (Godatte)and Williams had a quarrel; that Williams went into his house for his gun and that Godatte got a revolver and subse- quently shot Williams. There was bad blood between the two men and they had several quarrels, according to the people who live at Big Falis, their differences being over some timber matters. Godatte has been confined in the jail at Bemidji, for the reasen that there is no county jail at Inter- national Falls. | ton, Jamaica, in 1864. The case of Godatte is attracting considerable attention. Godatte has secured the services of Charles W. | Scrutchin, the colored attorney of | Bemidji,who will conduct his defense, and it is expected that the case will be stubbornly contested from the, start to finish. | James Godatte was born in Kings- He came to Charleston, S. C. ir 1881. Five years afterward he went to St. Louis, Mo. and stayed there until 1892, working in a private boarding house. From St. Louis he went to Chicago, remaining in the “Windy City” until 1894, working on the railroad most of ihe time. From Chicago he| moved to Minneapolis for a brief time. He afterward went on the road with a medical troupe and traveled over Wisconsin about three months. He was a pugilist of repute and toured the country boxing from 1894 until 1895. In 1895 he was| married at Marionett, Wis., moving from that place to Green Bay. He went to Duluth, remaining in the “Zenith City” from 1896 to 1899, where he worked for Paddy Mec- Donald installing a waterworks system. Godatte came to Bemidji in 1899. He worked in®™ the woods; gave boxing exhibitions and musical en-| tertainments. Later he dropped 1l boxing and gave musical enter-| tainments and went to cutting wood for the poor farm. He took up a claim in 1900 and stayed on the claim most of the time for three years and proved up. Afterward he went in the hotel business, his} wife conducting the hotel and| i Continued on Last Page PIONEER ERRED AS T0 JOINING MILITIA GOMPANY Does Not Cost Anything to Join.— State Pays for Everything in that Line. Bemidji, Feb. 14. Editor Pioneer:— Owing to a slignt error in your account of the council meeting Mon- day night, in Tuesday’s issue, a good many are under the impression that each recruit must pay $7 in order to join the militia company. There is no payment of any kind required. As soon as the com- pany is mustered into the National guard, each member of the company is credited with $7, which is paid |by the state to the company, and is used by the company for rent, lockers, racks and whatever may be required. The fee for medical examination is also paid by the state. In addition to the above, each man who attendsthe annual encamp- ment is paid $1.50 per day while away from home; together with free transportation and subsistance. This money belongs to the indi- vidual members and they may use it as they see fit. Respectfully, —P. J. Russell. Candidate for City Assessor. I hereby announce myself as can- didate fer city assessor. ]. E. Cahill. Local news on last page [Photo by C. C, Crippen] [Champions of Northern Minnesota.] Bemidji High School Girls’ Basketball Team. [Which Gave Fosston Girls Vory Hard Game.] Fosston High School Girls’ Basketball Team. LCourtesy 8t. Paul Ploneer Press] IEXPLAINS AS TO MATTER OF CITY SEWER ASSESSMENT County Auditor Wilmann Writes Pioneer that He Simply Did His Official Duty, as per Official Documents Filed by the City Clerk. Bemidji, Feb. 14. Editor Bemidji Daily Pioneer, City Dear Sir:—My attention has been called to an article published in your daily Pioneer for Tuesday, February 11th, giving an account of the proceedings of the meeting of the city council of the city of Be- midji held last Monday at which meeting reference was made to the spreading of the sewer assessment * on certain property within the city upon city tax list. Assuming that the statement as published by your paper is_correct, will you allow me, through the col- umns of the Pioneer, to submita few facts in connection with this matter, so far as it relites with my office? On the- 28th day of September, 1907, Thomas Maloy, city clerk of the city of Bemidji, filed in my office the following: “Sewer assessment for 1907. “Copy for Auditor. “Sewer assessment for 1907. “The city council of the city of Bemidji doth hereby assess and levy upon and against the several lots and parcels of land below described the respective sums of money set opposite each lot and parcel. This assessment is levied to defray the expenses of the con- struction of a sanitary sewer in the city of Bemidji, along Minnesota Avenue from the center of Fourth Street to the north side of Eighth Street and along Fourth Street from the center of Beltrami Avenue to the alley in block 12, original townsite, thence north along the alley in said block 12 -and block 12 and block 7 to the center of Sixth Street, thence eastalong Sixth Street to the center of 'Bemidji Avenne, thence north along Bemidji Avenue to the north side of Ninth Street. Also along Eigth Street from the center of Bemidji Avenue, east 190 feet to the center of alley; and said lots and parcels of land are assessed on the basis of an equal sum per evening, front foot along the .line of such improvement,” Then follows the assessment with the following headline: “1907.” “Name of owner, if kdown—Descrip- tion of property—Lot—Block— Amount.” “Done at a meeting of the city council this 23rd day of September A. D. 1907. “Thomas Maloy, “W. A. Gould, *City Clerk. Chairman of council.” The above plamly states that this is the sewer assessments assessed and levied against the several lots for the year 1907. Not one word is given to indicate whether this is the whole or a part of the total assessment for the sewer. I have always understood that official business is not transacted on street corners, but through official channels and in official places, or as per official documents filed in my office and according to such official transactions and official documents filed with me the above is a truthful statement of the entire transaction concerning the sewer assessment for the City of Bemidji for the year 1907; and my statement is public to investi- gation by anybody, as the official documents are open to any one who cares to visit my office for the pur- pose. I will be glad to show the original of the above assessment as made by the city council of the city of Bemidji and filed with me by Clerk Thomas Maloy. Relative to the statement that I should have promised Mr. Gibbons that I would spread this assessment over five years instead of one I wish to say that Inever promised any- thing of the kind and further, that I have no authority to make any such promise. My acts are gov- erned in this matter wholly and solely by the official documents filed in my office by Thomas Maloy, clerk of the city of Bemidji. (Signed) John Wilmann, County Auditor. 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 offide of alderman for the First ward, 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 a candidate for city assessor,r at the election to be held February 18th. If elected I will use every endeavor to make a fair, equitable assessment of all city property. — Dwight Miller. ¢l 028 at $3.00 a parr. Removal - Sale About March 1st the Bemidji Cash Shoe Store will move to the building now being vacated by E. H. Winter & Co. Until then all broken lines of Men’s, Wom- en’s and Children’s Shoes will be closed out at greatly reduced prices. 60. pairs of Ladies’ $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 Men’s Shees at 25c to $125 4 pair off. All heavy Winter Rubbera‘ and Overshoes at the wholesale cost and below. Bemidji Cash Shoe Store ‘Repair Work Quickly Done. HISTORI CAL e