Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 20, 1908, Page 1

- THE BEMIDJ1 VOLUME 6. NUMBER 78, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAX EVENING, JULY 20, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT At Annual Meeting A. A. Warfield and J. P. Lahr Are Re-| elected Directors for Three Years—Treasurer’s Report Shows Good Cash Balance. The annual school meeting for Independent School district of Bemidji, Beltrami county, was held in the Central school building Sat- urday evening. Saturday afternoon it developed that D. C. Smyth and J. M. Fuller were candidates for positions on the board. When this was announced the friends of A. A. Warfield and J. P. Lahr immediately got busy and the result of the vote was as follows: A. A. Warfield—263. J. P. Lahr—258. D. C. Smyth—88. J. M. Fuller—88. Upon. the question of voting additional money out of the current school fund with which to purchase block D the vote stood, yes, 222; no, 90. From the annual reports of Treasurer T. J. Andrews and Clerk G. M. Torrance the following figures showing the condition of the dis- trict, are taken: RECEIPTS, Balance on hand at begin- ning of year......oenn $20,883.36 Received from apportion- 5,150.00 Special tax collected. .... 16,890.19 Local one-mill tax col- lected....... ecaenns 1,210.70 All other sources. -« ..« .. 7,951.85 Total..conuveee $52,086.38 EXPENDITURES. ‘Teachers wages:«««..«.. $12,990.00 For fuel and school supplies 2,403.69 Repairs and improvements of grounds.c.covann.. 819.70 New school house and site 3,593.45 Cancelling bondsorinterest 2,331.25 Library books. . s 150.00 Text books. « 722.39 Apparatus. . 394.96 For officers’salary . 450.00 For all other pnrposes. 2,400.27 Cash on hand at the end OEFOAT « v w0 sivoivissmmiaes 25,380.67 Totaleseernns $52,086.38 During the recent bond election considerable agitation was caused at the statement that the clerk and treasurer received as their compen- sation 2 per cent of the receipts and disbursements. This is not true as the item"For officers’salaries—$450” covers their salariesas follows:Clerk, $200; treasurer, $250. (Included in this is the amount the treasurer paid for the $30,000 surety bond.) It has also been stated that with the June settlement of taxes the district should receive $15,000. But a total of $9,342.67 was received of which $2,609.66 is the amount raised toward the bonded indebted- ness and must be set aside into this fund. According to the decision of the voters, this spring, the district is authorized to purchase a school site for the location of the school house building. The board has paid $3593.45 and still have C. E. Barrett and James Burns to make settlement with. Among the intended improve- ments to be made this year will be the installation into the Central school building of a ventilating and heat- ing plant at an estimated cost of $2,500 or $3,000. Next year the board will be com- pelled to hire one additional teacher for the high school and two addi-. tional teachers for the grades They will also be obliged to rent four additional rooms down town to accomodate the needs of the school. The school board starts the year with a cash balance of $25,380.20. Of this amount $5,177.20 is in the sinking fund and will be used to take up outstanding warrants as they mature. * $1,406.55 is in the fund—"New school house site,” and will be used for that purpose. This leaves a balance of $18,796.92 to care for the business for the coming year. From that amount will be paid the amount of about $3,000 required for improvements on the old build- ing, leaving about $15,500 for the current expenses for the year. This is not too much for current expenses when it is taken into con- sideration that the October settle- ment, is small and the March settle- ment, though larger, does not meet anywhere near the demand. The bulk of the taxes being col- lected from the June settlement, which is not available until the close of the school year. —_— FIRST EXGURSION OVER M. R. L. A SUGGESS Excursionists Enioy Fine Trip.— Bemidji Wins Ball Game by Score of 5.10 0. The first Sunday excursion over the M. R. L. & M. railway from Bemidji to Redby this season was brought to a very successful ending yesterday evening, the pleasure being interupted for a short while with a slight fall of rain. The train left here at 10 o’clock and arrived at Redby just before noon and the excursionists were conveyed to the launch “Redby” and under the careful engineering of Fred Smith were safely put ashore at at the Red Lake Agency were Land- lords Morrison and Spear did honors as hosts. The party joins in pro- claiming these men excellent “feeders” and entertainers. After a little recreation follow- ing the meal the ball game was called and the game had just be- gan to get interesting when rain began to fall and the play was called off and the party returned to the boat and the train. The line-up for Red Lake was as follows: Anderson, ss; Tuttle, 3b; Carl, If; Roberts, ¢; Fairbanks, 2b; Jordan, p; Beauleay, 1b; Needham, cf; Mc- Carthy, rf. When the game was called off in the second inning on account of the rain the score stood 5 to 0 in Bemidji’s favor. The new launch owned by the M. R. L. & M. Ry, is a very pretty craft, being 50 feet long with a breadth of 10 feet. It is fitted with two engines, the capacity in power being forty-five horse. It is the mail boat that piles between Redby and Shotley postoffice, a distance of forty-five miles, making the return trip the same day. It showed itself to be a very sea-worthy boat and paid but little attention to the waves, which we say were quite wild. The Red Lake line has added a new car to its rolling stock and now has very good passenger facili- ties for the handling of its traffic. The car was purchased direct from the Burlington route. Gen. Mana- ger Molander, successor to Gen. Manager Marson, certainly deserves credit for the way in which heis bringing the short-line road up toa high standard of efficiency and we are sure that the public will all the more appreciate it by giving him liberal patronage. We can say that anyone who takes a trip over the road will be used well and every consideration will be shown to them. If you are looking for a pleasant place to spend Sunday, go to Red Lake over this road and you will never regret it, for it is abeauty spot of Minnesota. All typewriter ribbons except the two and tri-color ribbons or special makes on sale at thePioneer office at the uniform price of 75¢ each. Local news on last page. THE BUSINESS GOLLEGE OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY For Youth of Bemidji to Get an Excel- lent Business Education, ata Small Cost. The youths of our city should not stop at a dollar getting educa- tion, but it certainly should not stop short of it. The first step needful to get in touch with affairs is to be able to render intelligent, capable service. Business men have no longer time to teach apprentices. It is not very long ago sincea “man in trade” was persona non grata in the higher circles of eastern countries. Today, the “man in trade,” the business man, is king. The skilful player at a game of chess moves kings or queens, bishops, knights and powns at his own sweet will; and the captain of industry in the greater game of business plans the moves of kings, czars and emperors. The great potentates do honor to king business. They obey the will of the “Captain of Industry,” and successful “Giants of Finance.” Verily “the whirligig of time brings | many changes.” If the spirit of the age is business, Bemidji wants to get in touch with it. It is as necessary in these days to understand the rudiments of busi- ness first, as it is for the babe to crawl before it can walk. To enter any business unprepared in these days is an imposition, and reflects discreditably on the applicant for a position. It is only the weakling who unreasonably hopes and wishes when he might act. If wishes were horses we would all 6wn a long string of livery stables, Itis hoped therefore that the young men and women of Bemidji will give a good account of themselves now that it has become possible for them to make at home ali the preparation necessary from the 'duties of book keeper, stenographet, to those of an active secretary for a corporation. We urge our boys and girls not to permit others to walk over their heads. Now that a high grade business college i8 to come here let it justify the opinion of its manage- ment in our being up with the times. Write to the manager without delay. DISTRIGT GONVENTION OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Will Be Held in Bemidji Tomorrow.— Large Delegations Expected from Outside Towns. A district convention for this STAGE AT THE: BRINKMAN BEING MUCH ENLARGED Many Improvements Being Made that Will Add io the Convenience of the Theater. Manager Brinkman, of the Brink" man Family Theater, has began the work of remodeling the stage and interior of the theater, and will make improvements to the popular play house that will aggregate $2,000 when completed. - The carpenters commenced alternations this morning but the work will in.no manner inter- fere with the giving of the regular performances at the theater. An addition will be built in the rear of the theater large enough to accomondate a stage twenty- eight feet deep by thirty-five feet wide, with dressing rooms, lavatory. and all modern improvements, the open- ing of the stage to be twenty-two feet, and the entire addition to be of brick. Manager Brinkman will also put in a new set of scenery, including street scene, parlor scene, wood scene and an elegant new advert's- ing drop curtain. ' It is also the intention to enlarge the lobby in front of the stage. These improvements will be made by manager Brinkman with the intention of being able to handle first class vaudevillé attractions. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. Typewriter Ribbons' The Pioneer keeps on hand district of the K. P. lodges of Min- nesota will be held in Bemidji to- morrow, and extensive preparations have been made to make the affair a noteworthy one in K. P. circles, The convention will assemble at the Masonic hall at 10 in the morn- ing, when E.E. McDonald of this city will preside. There will be delegations of K. P. members from Blackduck, Park Rapids and other outside towns, besidesa large con- tingent of local knights. It is the intention to devote the afternoon to a ride around Lake Bemidji, stopping at some desirable point for a picnic and lunch. Should the weather be unpropitious, the picnic feature will be abandoned, and lunch will be served in the hall and a vocal and musical program rendered. In the evening there will be a session of the lodge, and the third rank will be conferred on several candidates., The Jadies will join the knights after the regular session in the evening, and a program will be given. Deforest Ward of Fairmont, grand chancellor of Minnesota, will be present and assist in the good time. Spent Sunday at *“Falls.” A party of Bemidji summer school instructors went to International Falls Saturday evening and spent Sunday over looking that part of the country, returning from the “Falls” on the week-end special last night. T he party was composed of the following: W. B. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hay and little child, J. N. Palmer, Mrs. Lectra, Miss Richard and John Emberlan all ithe !'standard makes of Typewriter Ribhons, at the uniform price of '75.cents for all ribbons except the two- and three-color ribbons and special makes. TRIP THROUGH THE RAINY " LAKE COUNTRY WAS FINE L. G. Pendergast Writes Interesting Letter Concerning His Trip Over the Northern Waters.—Saw Fine Moose and Much Beautiful Scenery. St. Paul, Minn., July 16, 1908, Bemidji Pioneer, Mr. Editor: According to agreement I will write you a few lines descriptive of the Rainy Lake country and our trip over those northern waters, On Sunday at 10 o’clock a. m. I took a gasoline boat, the Dan Patch, at the dock at International Falls and in twenty minutes was landed at Rainier, alittle town on the D. M. & R. L.road at the outlet of the lake. This road has built a fine bridge across the river and connects at Fort Francis with the Canada Northern which runs from Winnipeg to Port Arthur. James Brennan of Rainier met me at the dock and we immediately bought our supplies for a few days outing, packed them snugly in his Peterborough, got our dinner and at 1 o’clock p. m. set sail up the lake with a fine west wind to help us along. The afternoon was cool, clear and lovely; and with a part of the sail raised, we glided along at the rate of sixmiles an hour without the use of a paddle. This is without exception the finest and most beautiful lake I have ever seen. It stretches away to the southwest 150 miles toward Lake Superior and within 15 or 20 miles of that lake a small portage takes one into the Lake Superior. Itis estimated Rainy Lake has over 2000 miles of shore line, with several thousand islands, most of them with shores of solid granite and covered with beautiful timber. There is more than 200 miles of steamboat navigation and all around the lake is the “Forest Primeval.” The country is unoccupied by man, white or red. Sometime in the future it will be the grandest summer outing place on the North American continent. Before 3 o’clock we came to the ancient town of Rainy Lake City, 10 miles above Rainier. This was once a gold mining camp and was quitea town. We stopped to rest on an island just across from the city and to see the shaft once work- ed by the miners of old. One could see the ruins of the old stamp mill across the bay. A company was once organized to work this mine— The Little American—a great deal of money was expended on this pro- perty, a stamp mill was placed in operation and worked a long time; the company was going more and more in the hole, until they struck it rich for a few days and cleaned several thousand dollars, then the crew did a wise thing—took the gold and deserted in a body—now it is a deserted city, only~one man lives there who tills his garden and tends his stock. All the stock he has is a mongrel dog and a “blind pig.” At 3:30 p. m. we again set sail and at 5 o’clock landed on a small island 18 miles from town. We camped here for the night. While exploring the island we saw a young deer looking at us in wonder at a distance of about fifteen yards, he then took a header into the lake and swam to another island. I wanted pike for supper. Jim said he would get me one in fifteen min- utes. We took a boat and spoon- hook and tried our luck, I held the line and hardly thrown the hook when there was a strike, I reeled in a two-pound pike, lifted him care- fully over the side of the boat when he gave a flop and fell—on the outside of course. We therefore had to content our- selves for supper with ham, eggs, potatoes, bread, butter and coffee. After supper we took a boat and pulled up to Cranberry bay to see if we could get sight of a moose in his native wilds. After pulling into nearly the end of the bay, Jim said’ “There isa moose.” I looked to the left and about a fourth of a mile away, saw what looked to be a large mule feeding in the swamp. We moved quietly along so as not to disturb him. As we came near we saw him put his head under the water, pull up roots and water vines and shake the water from his ears before eating his feed. It was a grand sight, a full grown moose with horns half grown and in the velvet. How I wished we had brought a kodak. When we were within a hundred yards of him he raised his head high in air and looked at us for fully five minutes before he concluded to hunt the tall timber. The mud and water was so deep that his movements were slow and I think we could have easily have shot him before reaching cover. We wouldn’t breaR the game laws of the state so let him go without a shot, however we felt well repaid for our trouble. The next day the wind being favorable we sailed six miles further up the lake and pitched camp on another island, Here we tried our luck fishing again along the shore of the main land. In a short time we landed four pike, one pickeral weigh- ing from 3 to 5 pounds each, then went to camp and had a fish supper. One cannot imagine a better country for an outing than this. The finest boating, best fishing, plenty of game, no mosquitoes, good water and finest nights in the world. The next day we crossed the lake into Canada, went up the Great North Bay five miles, saw more moose, more deer, caught more fish and relunctantly turned our bows toward home after spending four of the most glorious days of our lives. —L. G. Pendergast. C. H. Miles in Town. C. H. Miles arrived in the city last night from St. Paul and “spent today here looking after his various business interests. Mr. Miles states that work'is pro- gressing nicely on his new theater building-in Minneapolis, and that he is well satisfied with the conditions. This theater will stand on Seventh’ street, between Nicollet and Henne- pin avenues, and will be one of the finest -play houses in the west. . The theater will be provided with every modern arrangement and completed in an elegant manner, and will be named the Miles Theater. Good Residence for Sale. Expecting to move from Bemidji within a few days, I offer my five- 1oom residence for sale cheap for cash. The house is centrally located, has hot and cold water fixtures. bath and other modern improvements. Inquire of George Fleming, 509 America Ave. GHANGE ALL AROUND AT THE BIJOU TONIGHT Everything New.—Kennedy and- Vin- cent io Appear.—Also Change of Pictures. Kinedy & Vincent will appear to- night at the Bijou Theater, also a complete change of pictures. Fred Kinedy and Lucretia Vin- cent have just closed an engagement at the Majestic Theater in St. Paul and came to the Bijou very highly recommended. Come out tonight and see them. There is a good time in store for you. Do not forget the place. The Bijou Theater. g Crookston College offers special inducementsto those who enroll on or before Sept. 1st. Send for catalog to J. C. Sathre, Crookston, Minn. |