Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 13, 1908, Page 1

Wistorical Society. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1908. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER VOLUME 5. NUMBER 304. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH FIRE'AT HOUPT SATURDAY CAUSES A LOSS OF $8,000 Flames Totally Destroyed the General Store and Other Buildings Belonging to the Partridge Lumber Com- pany.---Fire Started from the Chimney. Houpt, April 13.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Fire at Houpt Saturday night destroyed the large store and other buildings belonging to the Partridge Lumber company, entail- ing a loss of about $8,000, with insurance amounting to about $5,000. No one was injured. The fire was discovered at about 11 o’clock at night, while several parties were still in the store, but the flames spread so rapidly that there was time to take but little from the store building, which was filled with a large stock of general mer- chandise. The fire was a spectacular one, in the extreme. When the flames had gained good headway they ignited barrels of kerosene, gunpowder and cartridges that were in the store, with the result that there was a con- tinual volley of exploding heightened by flames that reached several hundred feet. Despite the fact that bullets from the cartridges “ war” oil-fed skyward for material, were flying about promiscuously, a determined effort was made to save some of the stock, but very little was taken to a place of safety. The fire spread rapidly to an adjoining blacksmith shop, destroy- ing the shop, root houses and other small struct ures with avidity. The fire was not extinguished until it had burned itself out and had no more fuel. George C. Partridge, manager of the store, states that the fire prob- ably started from an over-heated chimney. KENNETH W'IVER LAID T0 REST AT GREENWOOD Largely-Attended Funeral Was Held at the Family Residence Sunday Atternoon at 2:30. The funeral of Kenneth, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Mclver, was held at the family residence yes- - terday afternoon, and there was so large an attendence of friends of the family, that the house was filled, and many were compelled to seek seats on the ouiside. The crowd num- bered those who were close friends of the bereaved father and mother, and also those of the young genera- tion who had known little Kenneth in his life time and participated in his joys and sorrows. Rev. S. E. P. White, pastor of the Bemidji Presbyterian church, con- ducted the services and spoke in words of tenderest sympathy and comfort, of deepest Christian hope and promise. The services were opened by a ohoir, composed of Miss Hanson and Miss Allie, Messrs. Fisk and Brown, with Miss Shaw presiding at the piano, and “Rock of Ages” was rendered with peculiar beauty and sweetness. Rev. White read several selec- tions from the scriptures, indicative of the Savior’s love for the little ones, and His command, “Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” The speaker referred in the most touch- ing terms to the great sorrow of the bereaved father and mother, and the brothers who had so tenderly watched the development of the baby into a beautiful boy, of great promise. Rev. White consoled them with the strong words of the bible that furnishes relief for all, and assured them that time, that great healer of all wounds, would eventu- ally assauge the great sorrow that was now so manifest, closing with expressions of deepest sympathy of the entire community. Just prior to the benediction and departing of the friends from the house the choir sang, with much feeling, that sweetest of all songs, “Nearer My God to Thee,” and many eyes were dimmed with tears as the closing words of the grand song died away in the distance. At the close of these solemn ser- vices all were permitted to look for the last time upon the face of the departed;then the sad cortege moved on to Greenwood, our silent city, where the little form was laid to rest, with appropriate brief service at the grave. The pallbearers were the follow- boys, who knew little Kenneth, and who are companions of the surviving boys of the McIver family: Everett Haycraft, Earl Bailey, Don- ald Shannon and Myron Plummer. The flowers which were placed beside the casket at the house were many and beautiful, but not more beautiful than the face that rested so peacefully among them. Beauti- ful in life, beautiful in death, but far more beautiful in the resurrection morn. Flowers seem to be the best emblems we have to express our love, for we wreathe them around the cradle, the marriage altar and the tomb. Thus would we leave the little one who has gone, and memory keep him, as sweetly reposing among the beautiful and fragrant flowers. *“For none return from those spirit shores, Who cross with the boatman, cold and pale. ‘We hear the dip of the golden oars, And catch a gleam of the snowy sail. ““We only know that their barques no more May sail with us over life’s stormy sea; Yet sometimes I know, on the unseen shore, They watch and beckon and wait for me.” Among those who attended the funeral from outside points were the following: Mrs. Mary Mclver, mother of K. McIver, and Mrs. G. W. McClosky, sister of Mr. McIver, and two sons, from Aberdeen, Sas- katchewan; Mrs. F. E. Bush, sister of Mr. Mclver, from Bonners Ferry, Idaho; E. G. Bush of Virginia, brother of Mrs. McIver; Mrs. Mary -Bush and son of Walker, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Morrison, Charles Krahn, Stanley Linton and many others from Farley and other places. ““Tigers” Won from *Lambs”. The first baseball game of the season was fought out on one of the local grounds Saturday afternoon when the eighth grade “Tigers” de- feated the freshmen “Lambs” by the score of 18 to 14. Both sides declare that the game was closely contested all the way through, the excellent batttng of Pomeroy Reeves doing much to aid the “Lambs”. As Pomeroy is a new boy, this inclination to “pound her out” adds greatly to his growing popularity. The “Tigers” claim that Harry Ryan held down second base unusually well. The line-up was as follows: Tigers—Barwise ¢, Kreatz p, Gould 1b, Mayer ss, Ryan 2b, Boyer 3b, McClenan If, Tedford cf, Fenton rf. Lambs—E. Neumann ¢, Harris P, Larson 1b, McDonald ss, Naylor 2b, A. Neumann 3b, Haycraft If, Knox cf, Reeves rf. Subs—Dudrey and Peterson. ‘Meeting of Commissioners Wednesday. A meeting of the county commis- sioners will be held at the court house on the 15th inst,, to discuss bonding the county in order to pay all outstanding warrants and to transact such other Pusiness as may come up. “‘Three Weeks.” By GElinor Glyrne that caused sucha sensation in the East for sale at Ahercrombie’s. to the association. Fair Association Meeting April 14. A meeting of the stockholders of the Beltrami County Agricultural Association will be held in the council chambers at the city hall, in the City of Bemidji, on Tues- «day evening, April 14th, for the purpose of transacting much business of importance A full attendance of stockholders is desired. WES WRIGHT, President. Attention, Company! All members of the new Bemidji Militia Company are urged to be at the City Hall, Tuesday evening. at 8 o’clock. The new company will be mustered into the M. N. G.at9 o’clock sharp, and all members should be on hand before that hour. --A. OTTO. BEMIDJI FIREMEN WILL GO AFTER CHAMPIONSHIP Will Send a Running Team to the Fire- men’s Tournament at Thief River Falls. The Bemidji fire department will send a running team to Thief River Falls to participate in the races of the Northern Minnesota’s Firemen’s Tournament association, which will be held during the month of July, this decision having been reached at a meeting of the department, held last week. Last year the Bemidji department did not compete in either of the tournaments held at Warren or Ely, interest in races having waned con- siderably from former years. How- ever, the Bemidji fire- laddies have formed the determination to win another championship banner, and the members of the running team will at once commence the prelimi- nary work of getting into condition for the contests in July. The Bemidji fire department has an enviable reputation as having among its members one of the fast- est running teams in the entire west. The team is composed wholly of local firemen, and their ability is’ recognized throughout the north half of the state. Prior to the split in the old tourna- ment association, when the races| were contested by the best depart- ments all over northern Minnesota, the Bemidji department won the championship banner three times in succession, retaining permanently one banner, and surrendering another, because the department did not participate in races that year. When the split-kame, whereby the teams from Bemidji westward formed a new association, the Bemidji team won the banner twice in succession, and retained the championship em- blem permanently. Among the members of the Bemidji team is Ray Dennis, who as coupler has no superior in the association, and who has defeated every com- petitor during the past four years. His work cannot be surpassed in the state, is the opinion of local firemen. G. E. Crooker in Honduras. The editor of the Pioneer has received a picture postal card from G. E. Crocker, who is now in Honduras, on a business trip. The card is post marked Puerto Cortes. Honduras, C. A. andis a picture of Tegucigalpa. On the card Mr. Crocker writes: “Having the very best time, expect to be home about April 13th.” ight 1908 Ths M e ‘Chicago All to your liking as a and everybody knows it. Your boy ought of double breasted to stand any test Iots of men do. variety of patterns. best manufacturersat...................... You'll find the Walk-Over Shoe a shoe of calibre—good encugh fer anybody Patent Leathers head the black shoes. . out of fine qualities of blue and black Confirmation Suits. or straight cut pants, in the new tiger, tan and smoke gray colors; sizes 6 to 16. They are high class clothes, properly made and warranted 32¢05. T - T e Pl LY PR % PR Money CheerfullyZR efunded Good Clothes Nothing Else Clothing Howuse spring shoe. $4 to be getting good The belt styles suits with bloomer or they’ll be re- You may think $15 is enough for a suit; Youw’ll find here at that price the most lavish supply of good clothes ever shown at such a figure; the smart new shades; all celors in the zoo--tiger and zebra stripes, elephant grays, browns, tams, and a great Choice preducts from the 315 We'll pit our Boys’ Walton School Shoe, with heavy uppers and double soles, at'$1.75, in comparison with the best $2.25- boys’ shoes you ever heard mentioned INDIAN LANDS From Washington comes the news that, through the efforts of Senator Clapp (who is a2 member of the sen- at® committee on Indian affairs) a bill has passed the senate whereby.a large amount of lands on Indian res- ervations which have been used by the Episcopal church has been granted to the church, to be used for church purposes. The grant in- cludes some 1,000 or 1,200 acres of land on the White Earth, Red Lake, Cass Lake, Leech Lake and Winni- bigoshish Indian reservations, which have been for many years used by the churchesof the local diocese of the Episcopal church for church purposes. The granting of these lands by the government meets with the gen- eral approval of all residents of this section, More than a century ago, when the state was too young and too far removed from the national capi- tal to receive much attention from the Washington authorities, Chris- tian people, out of their own re- sources, began the education and civilization of Indians that roamed our forestes. As the neccessities of the work appeared in ever-in- creasing measure, the burden be- came too great for the church. The only way in which the Indians could help bear the financial burden was by government grants. When the GRANTED THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Senator Clapp Secures Passage of Bill Giving Lands at the Missions to the Church.---Provisions of Bill Meet With Favor. matter was brought before the national authorities,it was deemed to be eminently just that to every school and chapel should be assigned a small tract of land, and a part of the expense of the schools (which was much less than it now costs to operate the government schools) This condition continued for about ten years, when the govern- ment took over the schools, at the same time giving assurances that when the Indian lands should be alloted, each chapel should have a tract of land assignedto it, to be used as aglebe by the mission- ary. By some oversight this last agree- ment was never carried out. In one case the land that had been occu- pied by the church for thirty years was sold to a townsite company. In at 'least onme other instance, the church land was alloted to an Indian, who atonce proceeded to place a mortgage upon it. Itisin order that there may not be any further recurrences of such injustices that the bill has been passed by the senator giving the church title to lands that were long ago assigned to it, and which were actually occupied by churches, par- sonages, cemetaries, etc. The action of congress is meeting with the approval of all well-mean- ing people. _— Kaiser Has the “Call.” . That the Ninth district congres. Crookston Wednesday will be over- whelmingly for Taft for president is a foregone conclusion. A careful estimate of the situation places 139 votes for Taft out of the 147 ‘that will be present at the convention; and the two delegates that will be elected at the Crookston conven- tion will be Taft men. Albert Kaiser of Bagley will un- doubtedly be chosen as one of the delegates. Concerning his candi- dacy the Crookston Times says: . “This district is entitled to two delegates to the national convention and they will be selected at the district convention. At the present time there are four announced can- didates, two from the north half and two from the south half. “The candidate that seems to have the strongest following at the pres- ent time is A. Kaiser of Bagley. His friends make the claim that already he has practically 85 votes,or eleven more than necessary to elect him. His candidacy has been carried on entirely by his friends and from the start it gave every indication of be- ing a winner. He is well known throughout the district, having been an active republican for many years and never has been a seeker for office. He has devoted his time and money to the republican cause without ever getting anything in return and the republicans of the district feel that he is entitled to the honor that his friends are now seeking for him.” Card of Thanks. Through the columns of this paper we desire to return our warmest thanks to the citizens of this com- munity for kindness and sympathy extended to us during the sick- ness of our son Kenneth. While our home now has a vacant chair, yet as we reflect upon the many deeds of sympathy and love of the citizens of our town, it gives a silver lining to the dark cloud left by death. From the children whose locks are whitened by the frosts of many winters came flowers and tokens of love which were appreciated more than we have words to express. We can only add “God bless the noble, big-hearted citizens of this little city.” 5 K. MCIVER AND FAMILY. sional convention to be held at| NEW SOLDIERS WILL BE MADE TOMORROW NIGHT The Bemidji Militia Company Will Be Mustered in by Lieutenant Colonel Roesch. Bemidji’s new company of militia will be mustered into the service of the Minnesota National Guard to- morrow evening, at the city opera house, at 9 o’clock. Lieutenant-Colonel Roesh of Du- Tuth will be the officer in charge of the mustering-in. That there is much interest being taken in the new company is evi- denced by the fact that many re- cruits have been taken in during the past few days. No less than eight applicants were accepted yesterday. The new company will start out with a fine bunch of young men who will undoubtedly make the company a success from the start. Among the number who are mem- bers of the company are several who have served in the regular army and who have had much military experi- ence that will be of great benefit to the other member of the company. It is the intention of the mem- bers of the company to establish a library, and also, in conjunction with the local fire department, to. form a first-class gymnasium. A’good start has already been made on the library, and the forming of the gymnasium is but a matter of a few days. : A. Otto of this city, who has been one of the prime movers in . securing the new company, has taken up the matter of securing a reville, or “sun- set,” gun foruse in the city. The gun would be placed on the lake- shore and would be an ornament to the city park. The cannon would be of the very latest make, and would be supplied by the U. S. government. - Mr. Otto has received encouraging letters concerning his action and it is more than likely that the gun will be secured. All members of the company are urgently requested to be at the hall to be mustered in at 8 o’clock to- morrow evening. . The Pioneer has in stock the largest and best selected line of of Easter postal cards. should be paid from the Indian funds. 4