Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1908, Page 1

THE B VOLUME 5. NUMBER 290. MIDJI DAILY PIONETF MINNESOTA BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S NEIGHBORING CITIZENS Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Give Interesting Items of News and Comment of the Happenings in Different Country Towns, Clementson. March 23. Manuel Volstad and wife arrived here Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Leon White was a business caller in Clementson Thursday. Ole Clementson, the genial merchant, left for Spooner and Baudette Friday, where he will attend to business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Juelson and family arrived in Baudette Friday morning | from Blackduck. Mr. Juelson owns a valuable homestead on the Rapid river. Quiring, March 23, Erick Erickson made a business trip to Inezlast Friday. Charles LeRoque made a business trip to Kelliher last week. Mrs. Grart Gendreau returned home after several months visit in the west. A. P. Hendrickson and Mrs. H. Hendricksonmade a trip to Blackduck last week. Nels Nelson of Grand Rapids spent a few days last week on his claim, He disposed of a part of his household goods while here. Maleolm. March 23, Joshua Jokela and mother returned from Thief River Falls Thursday. A socialist club was organized here last Saturday. It is reported that quite a large club was formed. The library books ordered some time ago arrived Thursday. This will be a welcome addition to the literature here. The committee on the right-of-way for the proposed electric railway be- tween here and Thief River Falls visit- ed this vicinity & few days ago, and expressed themselves as much pleased with this part of the covntry. Turtle River. March 25, The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gyatt died Tuesday. Mrs. Avis Guyer of Bemidji spent a few days in Turtle this week. Mrs. F. Lattimer and Miss Hilda Martinson spent Tuesday in Bemi The hotel at Turtle River burned to the ground last night at about half past ten. The origin of the fire is un- known. Ted Granger had charge of the hotel and was keeping it in order until the new proprietor’s arrival on the 1st of April. The building was in- sured. Puposky. March 25. C. H. Clark, the cedar buyer, was in Puposky this week on business. A. E. Smith was in Puposky this week attending to business matters. F. W. Berky was called to Bagley this week by the illness of his mother. Mrs. O. J. Laqua and Miss Ember- land were Bemidji visitors last Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. Austin were initiated as members of the M. B. A. lodge Sat- urday evening. Millerd McKnight, Olaf Solberg and Oscar Krantz were attending court at Bemidj last week. County Commissioner Wagner was in Puposky last week and let two miles of road to be built by the county, which is designated as State Road No. 1. The successful bidders were Charles Durand, William Wagner, William Austin, Walter Neudick and James Long. The work will be commenced as soon as the snow is off the ground. Spaulding. March 24. R. Stai was a visitor at Wilton Tuesday. A. Blom and family spent Sunday at A. Westgaard’s. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Forte visited with friends at Yola this week. Miss Clara Swiegard is here from Solway for a visit with the Fortes, E. Djonre and Iver Myhre transact- ed legal business at Bemidji Saturday. Lawrence Soland has been busy hauling logs to Farnham’s sawmill this week. John: Hanson and H. Hipokoski spent Saturday visiting with friends at Wilton. A. Djonne, Henry Anderson and W, Hall were transacting business at ‘Wilton Thursday. Mr, and Mrs. P. Sande are the proud parents of a baby girl, who arrived at their home Friday. Miss Agnes Rygsven is visiting with her sister, Mrs. A. Harklar, pear Buzzle Lake this week. A meeting will be held at A. Blom's Thursday to organize a telephone line ji. | from Wilton to Deer Lake. Mrs. John Larson returned to Be- midji Monday after having visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Helmer, for a few days. Mrs. Munson and son, Iver, arrived here from Minneapolis last Wednes- day for an extended visit with Mrs. Munson’s sister, Mrs. O. E. Soland. _— “‘On the Bridge at Midnight.” A dramatic company of unusual merit will present the noted scenic success “On the Bridge at Mid- night.” Monday, March 30. There is so much genuine human inter- est and entertainment in the play, which does not by any means depend on its famous bridge scene for its success, that it cannot be played by an ordinary company. It requires accomplished comedians and strong actors of serious roles. The character of the blind mother one of the most appealing of its kind is in competent hands. Her search for her kidnapped child is most pathetic but there are many incidents of pure humor. Mrs. Coleman Buried. The body of Mrs. Julia Coleman, who died in this city Tuesday even- ing, was taken to Nary this morn- ing forfinal interment in the ceme- tery at that place. Prior to the removal of the body to the M.& I. depot in this city, brief services were heldat the Ibertson morgue at which Rev. S. E. P. While delivered a few remarks. An escort from the M. B. A. lodge of this city acted as pallbearers, and consisted of the following: C. M. Hammond, C. A. Parker, Joseph Ralph, Charles Johnson, E. H. Cornwall and Charles Gaines, who with M. E. Ibertson, as funeral director, accompanied the body of the deceased to her old home at Nary, where funeral services was held today. F.S. Coleman, husband of the dead woman, and their two child- ren came up from Park Rapids and were present at the services held here and also accompanied the body to Nary. The death of Mrs. Coleman is a peculiarly sad one, her lot in life; of late, having been far from pleasant. Hon. C. W. Stanton in the City. Hon. C. W. Stanton of Inter- national Falls, county attorney of Koochiching county, came down from his home this morning and spent the day in the city. Mr. Stanton had several matters to take up with Judge Spooner, and inci- dently he resumed the many ac- quaintances which he enjoys here. Asked if he would move to Be- midji, in case he was appointed judge of the Fifteen Judicial Dis- trict, to succeed M. A. Spooner, resigned, Mr. Stanton said: “Should Governor Johnson honor me with the appointment to succeed Judge Spooner, I shall accept the honor, and I will immediately move to Bemidji and make my home in this city.” Local news on last page NEW TELEPHONE GOMPANY ORGANIZED YESTERDAY Line Will Be Built from Bemidjl to Lake Plantagnet.—Work Com- mence. Immediately. A new telephone company was organized in this city yesterday, the Plantagnet Telephone company in which A, to be known as H. Jester, owner of the Jester Farm on Lake Plantagnet, and several local and St. Paul capitalists are interested. The object of the new company is to construct and operate a tele- phone line from this city to Lake Plantagnet, the line to connect in Bemidji with the Northwestern Telephone Company’s local ex- change, with local and long-distance connections, if desired. Contracts were. let today for the necessary poles to construct the line, and the balance of the para- phernalia will be ordered to be on the ground immediately. Itis the intention of the pro- moters of the new line to rush the work of constructing the line and it is believed that the entire system can be completed and be put into operation by May 15th. The farmers along the line of the proposed system are greatly pleased over the proposition, and are plan- ning on putting ’phones as soon as connections can be made. That the telephone system to the lake will prove a great benefit to the farmers about the lake, and more especially to Mr. Jester is gen- erally recognized. There is an ex- cellent summer resort on Lake Plantagnet, and the only drawback to perfect enjoyment out there has been the lack of means of communi- cation with the city. The new telephone system will remedy this defect, and “Farmer” Jester’s cup of happiness is full to overflowing. Irritating Mistakes. Through the miscarrying of the usual method of reading proof and comparing copy at this office, yester- day the Pioneer made several rather peculiar errors in naming the newly” elected officers of the Catholic Lady @oljgfii | CLOTHES Spring Neckwear Latest colorings spring neckwear in Petticoats Shirt Waists Foresters’ lodge in this city. Th name of the outside sentinel should have been Miss Agnes Schwartz, in- stead of “Mrs.” Agnes Schwartz; the trustees should have been Mrs. O’Toole, Engles and Mortz, instead of Mrs. “O’Tootle,” Engles and Mortz; the vice chief ranger is Mrs. Elizabeth McManus, instead of Mrs. Elizabeth “Manaus.” We humbly apologize to the most excellent ladies whose names” have been juggled, and we assure them that mistakes are bound to happen in a printing office, “alle samee” as in the “best of regulated families.” METHODISTS WILL HOLD CONFERENGE NEXT WEEK ® Representatives of all Churches in Brainerd District Will Be Held in Little Falls. Brainerd Dispatch: The second district conference of the Brainerd disttict of the Northern Minnesota conference, will be held at Little Falls on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, March 31 and April 1 and 2, The conference will be held under the direction of Presiding Elder Copper and an in- teresting program has been arranged by a program committe consisting of Dr. Copper, Rev. W. H. Farrell, of Little Falls, Rev. I. N. Goodell, of Wadena, and. Rev. Charles Fox Davis, of Brainerd. Among the honored visitors who will be pres- ent will be Rev. Dr. Forbes, of Philadelphia, secretary of the board | of home missions and church exten- sions of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Rev. Dr. Samuel P. Long, presiding elder of the Minnea- polis district. A glance at 'the program shows many excellent features among which are notéd on a p'a.per on “The Brotherhood of Methodist Preachers and their relations to Each Other,” by Rev. Chas. Fox Davis, which will be followed bya general dis- cussion. Dr. Long will speak Wed- nesday evening on ‘“‘Methodism and its Responsibilities to the Twentieth Century.” On Thursday evening Dr. Forbes will address the con- ference. He will also conducta question box Wednesday afternoon. Spring Hats You'll ind Lanpher, Yeo- meu’s and Stetson’s. ‘We will continue for the balance of the week our sale on Sateen Pettico@ts at: .. Price from $6.00 to $30.00 and Shirt Waistsat............ . O’Leary @ Bowser INTERNATIONAL HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE — Big Hotel at Turtle River Burned, with Al the Contents.—Over- heated Stove. Turtle River, March 27.—(Special Pioneer.(—The International Hotel, one of the largest hotels north of Bemidji, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night entailing a loss of several thousand dollars, which is only partially covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to have been caused from a stove in the parlor of the hotel, which it is believed ex- ploded. Before the flames were dis- covered, the whole room was ablaze and the fire got such headway that it was absolutely beyond control. People could not get into the hotel on account of the intense heat and the large volumes of flames that poured out from every door and window. A large number of - volunteers got out the big pump and by very hard work succeeded in say- ing the A. O. Johnson meat mar- ket, which is only twenty feet away from the big hotel. It is almost impossible to esti- mate the damage sustained by fire and the amount of the insurance. The International hotel building was owned by W. E. Hyatt, who now lives at Fowlds, Minn. The burn- ing of the hotel removes one of the old landmarks of that vicinity and is a serious loss to Turtle River. to Urich Fights a Draw. Thief River Falls, March 27.— Curley Ulrich and Fred Ryan of Chicago, last night fought ten rounds of as clean boxing as was ever wit- nessed in this city. The match was pulled off under the auspices of the order of Eagles and was witnessed by a large audience. No rough tactics were permitted by the referee, and the contestants presented a fast exhibition of the game without any of the brutal features that usually characterize a boxing contest. Ten rounds were agreed to as the limit of the match, and the result was de- clared a draw. The crowd con- sidered that Ulrich had a shade the better of the argument. 4 Weeks to.% faster 4 Make your selections now. Our stock of Swits and Coats offer a large variety to choose from. Shoes Johnson & Murphy’s | proposition, so that a full and com- SCHOOL BOND ELECTION BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON Election Began at 4 0’clock This Afternoon and Will Con- tinue Until 9 This Evening.---Every Legal Voter Should Ballot on Proposition. Bemidji, Minn., March 26th, *08. Relative to the statement that the School Board of the City of Bemidji at some future time may attempt to float the two bond issues that were voted on last summer and a short time ago, we the undersigned mem- bers of the School Board of the City of Bemidji, after securing the opin- ions of the best bonding attorneys of Duluth, Chicago and New York, believe that these bonds did not pass and so never could he floated, and we state that we will never attempt, or lend our aid in any way to an attempt, to float said bonds. J. P. Lahr, G. M. Torrance, E. H. Smith, T. J. Andrews, A. A. Warfield, E. H. Marcum. Beginning at4 o’clock this p. m. and lasting until 9 o’clock in the evening, an election will be held in the Central school house in this city for the purpose of voting on the proposition of bonding the ,Inde- pendent school district of Bemidji in the sum of $35,000 for the purpose of purchasing a site for a school house and erecting a substantial school building thereon. The exact proposition is embodied in the head of this article where it can be plainly read by everybody. The location is, we believe, as good as any that could be secured at the present time; and we also believe that the proposition as put’ before the voters should be carried. At the election held some time ago there was a very poor attend- ance of the legal voters of the city. It is hoped that every voter (which includes ladies who are legal voters) will vote on this plete expression of opinion may be had. There is considerable misappre- Boys’ Caps Don’t fail to see them THE PROPOSITION. NOTICE ON SPECIAL ELECTION of Independent School District of Bemidji. ‘Whereas a petition bas been presented to the undersigned, as clerk of said district, re- Questing that a special meeting of the legal voters of said district be called at the time and place, and for the purposes hereinafter set forth, Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that a special election of the legal voters of Inde- pendent school district of Bemidji will be held at the Central school house located in block four (4) of the First Addition to Be- midjf, in the city of Bemidji, Beltrami county, Minnesota, on Friday, the 27th day of March, 1908, at four o’clock p. m. for the pur- Dose of voting upon the proposition of pur- chasing the tract of land hereinafter de- scribed, for a school site and the erection of a high school building thereon, in said school district, and that the bonds of said school district, in the amount of thirty-five thous- and dollars (335,000), in_denominations of one thousand dollars (1,000) each, bearing interest at the rate of five (5) per cent per annum, payable in fifteen years from date of issue, interest payable semi-annually, be issued for i the purchase of said site and the erection of the said high school building thereon. The description of the said lands proposed for thesaid school site is Block D of Bemidil ownsite & Improvement Company’s Sub- division of Outlots C. D. and E. of Bemidji. Beltrami County, Minnesota. Dated this 16th day of March, 1908. GRAHAM M. T()KB.A!‘{SE.R erk. hension and a little purely mali- cious talk relative to the proposi- tion of voting the bonds. There are a few of the residents of the district who are asserting that the whole $35,000 will be used to purchase the proposed site. This if far from true. The school board has made careful investiga tion, and a member of that body states that the approximate cost of the site will be $4,000, and that the remaining $31,000 will be used in putting up a substantial building. 5 Some of the residents in the north- western part of the city are entering a protest ‘against the. proposed new site and declare they are in favor of the site proposed last year, and they want the school house built there. There is now a'two-room building in the northwestern part of the city, where seventy-five pupils are in at- tendance. An absurd claim has been made by some interested parties who are opposed to the proposition, that if the bonds are voted for the new school house and the school house erected that the school board will have the building on Fourteenth street closed. This statement is utterly without foundation as the board has no intentions of closinz the building on Fourteenth street. Relative to building a schoolhouse in Mill Park it would.cost us $50 a month to bring the children over here, and it would cost us $50 a month for a teacher over there. There are about thirty scholars, and these thirty scholars are scat- tered through six grades. If these are spread out through the six grades in the Central building we would not have to employ any other teacher. If we put a schoolhouse in Mill Park we would only be giving | the children a little country school. “Tilly Olson” Was Fine. The performance of “Tilly Olson,” which was given at the city opera house last evening proved to be a very clever show. The leading part of “Tillie Olson” was taken by “Emily Erickson Green,” whose name in private life is Mrs. Amelia Munch of Crookston, and made a distant hit with the audience here. Her conception of the part of the green Swedish girl was very clever. She has a very laughable dialect and is undoubtedly a leading imperson- ator of feminine Swedish character in the United States, at least she is given that reputation by the lead- ing dramatic papers. Her work last night brought forth rounds of applause which was given’ unstint- edly all through the performance. The balance of jthe company were capable and the entire¥ performance was gone. The next performance at the opera house will be given next Monday evening when “On the Bridge at Midnight ”’ a sensation scenic melo- drama, will be given. Local news on last page -