Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 9, 1908, Page 1

THE BE S ST J1 D. VOLUME 5. "NUMBER 301. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TURHSDA;_VY., EVENING, LUMBERJACKS BECOMING AN EXTINCT RACE OF MEN An 01d-Timer Laments the Passing of Woodsmen Who Formerly Went into Woods in Fall and Remained (From the Mneapolis Journal.] “Lumberjacks, lumberjacks, is that what they call this Bridge square bunch?’And “Little Mickey, the Cook,” weighted down with this name and a tussock. thrown care- lessly over his left shoulder, spat audibly and then passed his free hand over a stubble of red beard. “Well, I'm only a camp cook my- self, but I know some of the old boys up north, who’d go back on their names if they heard these lads pass- ing themselves off as lumberjacks— they’re camp inspectors and tourist swampers, but lumberjacks, never. A lumberjack is a man who goes in- to the woods in the fall and stays Till Spring. there until camp breaks— there’s only a few of them left.” Then, with a little coaching, the story of the passing of the lumber- jack was related by one who claims to know the Minnesota pineries and their picturesqus inhabitants by ten year’s intimacy with them. “While the transformation in the personnel of the woodsmen and the methods of logging were well under way ten years ago,” said the author- ity, “the most notable changes have taken place within that time. Ten years ago a man went into the woods, and, as a rule, remained for the season, working the entire winter with the same crew, taking a per- APRIL 9, 1908. HISTORICAL | Dsocicry. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH sonal interest in the work. Now there are three crews—one working, one leaving and another coming— none of them remaining long enough to get used tothe lay of the land be- fore moving on to other camps. “The old-time lumberjack took pride in swinging the best ax, throw- ing the canthook a little better than anybody else in camp, or getting a little better haul out of his oxen than a fellow ‘bull puncher’ To make ‘a stack of horns do more pullin’ than a locomotive,’ is the way Hughey Sherrod, an ex-teamster of the old school, used to put it. Hughey has a most picturesque manner of telling of his exploits with ‘horned haulers.” On a frosty morn- ing.’ said Hughey, ‘after the first haul was out you could pick up a bushel of shoes—the cattle pulled so hard they’d cast every time.’ ‘One winter,” again to refer to Hughey, ‘so many cattle died I lost track of the ones I drove, and the only way I knew in the spring was by cording up the yokes—There was a whole cord of them, back of the hovel.’ “Hughey Sherrod is now living in quiet retirement in Champin, and is still unreconciled ffo the fact. that BELTRAMI COUNTY SOLID the locomotives and not a ‘stack of horns’ are doing most of the loz hauling. In the edrly days the tim- ber was large, the haul short, and dragging, godevllidg and scooting logs with oxen was well enough, but now the timber i$ often hauled from ten to fifteen miles' to the landing, and oxen would gtow too old for service after making one trip. “Horses_and stdam haulers have supplanted them. | Ice-roads have come into use and with them the new office of conductor of the sprinkling tank,' who works nights preparing the ruts /80 that they are smooth as glass for heavy hauling the next morning. ' The ‘road mon- key’ has also comé into existence with the new ordet of things. His duties are to repair bad spots in the road by day, snowing the bare spots and putting hay on the down- hill runs to prevent the loads from running over the teams. “In the days ‘when the under- cutting ‘was all done by ax, instead of with the cross-cut saw, as it now is, a man represeuting himself as Continued on Last Page GONFIRMATION SUITS Boys’ Cheviot Suits, $3.00. Men’s Shoes Johnson & Murphy Shoes, Kid, Patent and Box $5.50 to $7.00 King Quality Shoes, styles, new leathers, Price , fA 5 SELF-REDULING w% v RELIEF STRAP Confirmation Suits, short pants, made from black Serge, $5.00 and $6.00, Black Men’s Suits For Easter Sunday you’ll want one of our suits. We show a very complete line of David Adler’s and Stein-Block, the best made, $15.00 to $3.00 $3.50 and $5.00 a pair We have added to our department two nunbers of the Nemo $3.00 a pair GLOVES FO pair. a pair. Long sil $1.50 to pair. Four-in-Hands, tecks and bows. 2 MEN'S SHIRTS a parr Cluett Peabody new LADIES’ showing Pomps in pair. Corset corset, 0Leary & Bowser Bemidji, Minn. NEGKWEAR Men’s ties in the Easter shades. “ shirts, neat spring styles, $1.CO to $2 each. For Easter weare line of Oxfords and entleather and tan, $3.00 and $3.50 a R EASTER 16 button black kid gloves $3.50 a 12 button kid gloves, black, tan and brown. $3.00 k gloves $2.50 a SHOES a swell kid, pat- CONFIRMATION: DRESSES For $3.00 we sell a beautiful lawn dress trimmed with lace and alone worth the money. Ladies’ Apparel. At $20, $24 and $30 we are showing some ‘beauti- ful Suits--Jackets satin lined, Skirts made full, and workmanship firsft" closs, Skirts at $3.50 to $22, made from Suitings. and Panamas. Parasols - Parasols in the latest styles" for Easter, all colors, all prices. embroidery — material trimming A\ Voiles FOR BOTH TAFT AND KAISER Republican County Convention this Afternoon Elected Favor- able Delegates and Also Adopted a Resolution Endorsing Record of Congressman Halvor Steenerson. Delegates to Congressional Convention at Crookston, April 15. D. C. Smyth, J. G. Morrison, Jr., F. 8. Lycan, J. C.'Parker, Rowland Gilmore, F. W.'Rhoda, A. P. White, A.R. Erickson, L R. Severtson, Fred Olson, Charles 8. Carter, Gust Berg. At a largely-attended and enthu- siastic gathering of delegates held in the city of Bemidji this afternoon, William H. Taft was endorsed as the republican candidate for president; Albert Kaiser of Bagley was recom- mended as a delegate-at-large from the Ninth Congressional district to the Republican National Convention at Chicago; and Congressman Steen- erson received hearty endorsement for his excellent record of the past and also for his retention at Wash- ington in the future. The republican county convention for Beltrami county for the purpose of electing twelve delegates to attend the republican congressional district convention to he held in Crookston on April I5, and also to select twelve delegates to attend the republican state convention at Minneapolis on April 16, was called to order at the city hall this afternoon at 2 o’clock by I. B. Olson, chairman of the republican county convention of Bel- trami county. W. A.: Gould of Bemidji was chosen as a temporary chairman and George E Erickson of Spooner was selected as temporary secretary. Mr. Gould thanked the conven- tion for the honor conferred upon him and at once proceeded to the business of the meeting. It was suggested to dispense with the committee on' credentials, which | met with some opposition and the suggestion finally prevailed and it was decided to call roll of the differ- ent towns and villages in the county which were entitled to delegates. The rol was'called by the secre- BECRETARY W. H. TAFT. CONGRESSMAN HALVOR STEENERSON, Who Received the Unanimous Endorsement of the Republican Convention Held in This City Today. —_— tary, showing full delegations present from nearly every point. g The convention adopted the plan to accept and seat as a delegate the person from any town which was not represented by regular dele- gates and that be be allowed to cast a full vote of the precinct which he represented. The temporary organization as made permanent was W.A.Gould for chairman and George E. Erickson as secretary. On motion Chairman Gould ap- pointed a committee of five on reso- lutions—one from each commis- sioner district of the county—as fol- lows: J. C. Parker, Bemidji; Albert Berg, Spooner; O. Gravelle, Red Lake; L. F. Parker, Blackduck; Henry Stechman, Tenstrike. The chair also appointed a2 com- mittee of five to select the twelve delagates to attend the congressional district convention and also the twelve delegates to attend the state convention. This committee consisted of the following: g John G. Morrison, Jr., Harry Gil- ‘ham, Knute Strand, Anton Erickson and A. O. Johnson. Albert Berg, ex-secretary of state, was :called upon and made a brief address in which he started out by saying that in ancient times there was a quotation to the effect that while the people were in power the people rejoiced; but had they lived at the present time this would have been changed to the assertion that when the republicans were in power the people rejoiced. ‘Mr. Berg spoke briefly but forcibly in favor of Taft Delegates to the State Convention at Minneapolis, April 16. A."B."Hazen, A. A. Carter, S. M. Koefod, Chas. Saxrud, E. J. Swedback, J. C.;Parker, Rowland Gilmore, A. R. Erickson, F. S. Lyecan, Fred Olson, F. E. Johnson, A. 0. Johnson. for president and then submitted the subjoinéd resolution which was adopted unanimously amidst pro- longed applause: The republicans of Beltrami county, in convention assembled this 9th day of April, 1908, do here- by most heartily endorse the honest and effective administration of President Roosevelt, and recognize that in that administration he has been ably seconded and assisted by the services of Secretary William H. Taft; and we believe-that the best interests of the nation require the nomination and election of Secretary Taft as its president; therefore, we request that the delegates sent to the national convention to represent the state of Minnesota support his nomination at the national conven- tion. = We also request and instruct the delegates selected by this conven- tion to represent Beltrami county, in the congressional convention to be held at Crookston, on the 15th day of April, by all honorable means to secure ‘the election of Albert Kaiser as one of the delegates from this district to the national conven- tion. 5 We further desire at this time to express our sincere admiration and commendation of the splendid services rendered the residents of the Ninth Congressional district by its most able representative in con-~ gress,the Hon.Halvor Steenerson.We fully appreciate his earnest efforts to secure for this portion of the state much needed legislation for' the de- velopment and advancement of this [Continued on Last Page.l DU i B -