Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 23, 1908, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 ‘VOLUME 6. NUMBER 186. PUSHING PROPOSITION TO GET BIG “BOOSTING” SUM C. J. Pryor, Ninth District Member Federation Commercial Clubs, Doing Much for Legislative Appropriation Big Eiough to Clyde J. Pryor of the Pioneer, who is the Ninth district member of the Minnesota Federation of Com- mercial clubs, is doing his full share towards north-country development, both from his official position with the Federation, and also through the medium of the Pioneer. Mr. Pryor was in St. Paul last week, and the St. Paul Pioneer Press says of his visit to the “Saintly City”: “Clyde J. Pryor of Bemidji is pre paring a canvass of the state legis- lators on the question of giving to the state board of immigration $100,000 the coming year for the purpose of advertising and further- ing the interests of the state of} Minnestota. “Mr. Pryor is the member of the executive committee of the State Federation of Commercial Clubs from the Ninth congressional district. He was in St. Paul yester- day and approached many state voliticians with his cause. * “The state board of immigration last year only received $12,000 to extend its campaign after paying its own operating expenses. From this it got 60,000 letters in reply. The pathway of immigration into Minne- sota as into the whole Northwest Be Useful. should be made smooth and the volume of these letters should in- crease and settlers and tourists would come into Minnesota in marvelously increasing numbers. ““* Settlers, of course are not our only object. We realize the great advantage of a high class of tourists. They spend much money here and would carry information of this terri- tory to people of the East and other ‘countries from which undoubted returns would be continually reaped. “‘We will present by mail to each and every legislator of the state a series of questions with respect to the plans of the State Federation of Commercial Clubs in connection with the hundred thousand dollar appropriation to the state board of immigration. These answers will be collated and upon them we will base a large part of our campaign.’ “Each member of the execitive committee will submit his idea of what questions should be asked the state legislators to Secretary Curtis L. Mosher of the bureau of publicity of the State Federation of Commer- cial Clubs and from these various ideas will be drawn the circular for the submission to the legislators, many of whom have already signified their approval of the federation’s plans.” _GRAND | Skating Assembly, Thanksgiving Day MORNING SESSION 10 a. m. to 12 m. Admission 15 cents. i AFTERNOON SESSION 2 to 4:30 EVENING SESSION before and after Basketball Game. Regular prices. COMPLETE GHANGE OF MUSIGAL PROGRAM THIS WEEK & - profitable. present and ‘ The First National Bank of Bemidji CaPITAL s = - $50,000.00 SurpLUS - - - $10,000.00 Appreciation This Bank values the business it receives fromi's customers and takes every opportunity of telling them so. Our customers on the other hand appre- ciate the fact that the- service extended to them is coupled with security. Any business arrangemeni to be permanent must be mutually satisfactory and Therefore, in the selecting of your bank, have permanency in view and establish yourself for your future well- being with a good sound bank. The Da.ily Pioneer 40c» per Month TWO BOYS DRO E \ BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA,‘ MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23,1908." ° NED WHILE SKATING NEAR CASS LAKE Cass Lake, Nov. 23.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Albert Gamache, aged 18, and Charles Boulang, aged 19, were drowned last night while skat- ing on the shores of Jarvis lake, about three miles northwest of Cass | Lake. i The bodies of both boys were re- covered at an early hour this morn- ing. The two boys had been stopping atthe home of V. L. Gamache, father of Albert Gamache, and after supper last evening, they decided to This and go skating on Jarvis lake. lake is a small body of water the ice had frozen 'but a short dis- tance from the shore. - As the boys did nbt return to the Gamache home Mr. Gamache became alatmeq for their safety at midnight last night and went in search of them. Mr. Gamache searched the shores of the lake and found the coats of the boys lying on the bank. A short distance from where the coats lay were tound the hats of the two! boys. Mr. Gamache hastily summoned | help and after dragging the lake for several hours the bpdies were both; brought to the siirface and werel taken to the Gamache home, where they were today being prepared for burial. The untimely death of the two boys caused profound sorrow in this village, where both were well and favorably known. g The father of the Gamache boy conducted a shoe store here and the family had lived in Cass Lake for last five years. Young Boulang has been in Cass Lake less than a year, and was em- i ployed on the farm owned by Robert Jarvis, near the Gamache hon-lestead. Itis said that his parents live at Deer River. At this writing it is not known when the funeral will be held. , Anderson & Johnson Acquitted. Judge Bailey anda jury in muni- cipal court Saturday tried the case of the State of Minnesota vs. Ander- son & Johnson. The case arose from an order| received by Anderson & Johnson from Fagan Bros. company, who placed an order with them for men for their camp No. 15, located on the Akeley Spur, of the Red River Lumber company. The order as placed with Messrs. | Anderson and Johnson was for ten sawyers and fifteen swampers and in accordance with this order Anderson & Johnson shipped these men to Akeley on the 16. Upon the arrival at the camp the men were asked to go to Camp 9 (it| being Fagen Bros.’ custom to ship all their men to one camp and from there distribute them to the sur- rounding camps). This they did and the forman of Camp 9 told| them that their saws were not ready and that the filer would have them ready so that they could start work at noon. After appraising them of this fact Mr. Lambert, the foreman, went to another camp to look after some work there. Upon his return he found that J. P. Grannis (the complaining wit- ness for the state) and four others had come back to Bemidji. Mr. Grannis swore out a warrant for the arrest of Messrs. Anderson .and Johnson and upon trial had the evidence was conclusive that Messrs. Anderson and Johnson had furnished the men according to orders given them and the jury promptly brougbt in a verdict of acquittal. Shooting Gallery Is Popular. The shooting gallery, which is being conducted by Thomas Britton and which is located on the vacant lot east of the Lumbermens National Bank, is proving excellent pleasure for those who like shooting at targets with rifles. The gallery is'being very well patronized and the manner in which it is conducted s satisfactory to everyone. Three shots ata target are allowed for 15¢, and many good records are being made. Mr. Britton encourages good shooting by a liberal dlscount. The gallery is open every day from 1 o’clock until 6 p. m. and 7. to 10 o’clock. There are plenty of rifles so that all can shoot. The public is invited to shoot. Heard Case In Chambers. The case of the Twentieth Century Optiscope company vs. V. L. Ellis and Guy Lasher, as ~co-partners as V. L. Ellis & Co., and the Lum- bermans National Bank, was taken up this morning by Judge Stanton in his chambers in the district court. The case is an action brought to recover the value of certain films which, it is claimed, were ruined while being used in the Bijou theater in this city. A.A. Andrews appeared for the defendants and D, H. Fisk for the plaintiff. “The case was left uacompleted as Judge Stanton was compelled to go to Duluth on the noon train. Additiona' local matter will be found on fourth page. 5 BURT IMSON GOMPAMY ~WILL PLAY IN BEMIDJI Start Monday, at City Hall, with Fine' Repertoire.—Will Remain All Th's Week. - The Burt Imson Dramatic com- pany will play at the City Opera house, every evening of this week, in a repertoire of spleneid plays of| merit. 5 The Hatton, N. D., Free Press says of the Imson company, which LEONA GREY, Talented Actress Who Heads the Burt Imson Company. played in the North Dakota recently: “The Burt Imson Company which are playing in the Hatton Opera town House all this “week have been re- ceiving quite a large attendence each night so far. The more seen of them the better they are liked by the theatre going public. Tonight they will play East Lynn, a very hard and interesting dranfma, and it is more than likely that they do jus- tice to the play. “Just before playing their engage- ment at Mayville this company had the misfortune of loosing two of their players, which crippled tlLem badly while in this city, but now they are strengthened up and are as strong as ever. The company suc- ceed in giving a good entertainment and seems to aim to give what the public wants most, and, therefore are deserving of a very liberal patronage.” Famous Land Attorney Here. Charles H. Babbett of Washing- ton, D. C,, one of the most efficient land attorneys in the United States, was in the city today. Mr. Babbett had been to Flaxton, N. D., where he had been retained as counsel in a case of considerable importance to the general land office at Washing- ton. A man who formerly lived at Flax- ton, N. D., has been attempting to 'secure a homestead entry on a valu- able timber claim in Oregon. Mr. Babbett states that a . contest was filed against the party getting the Oregon claim, the claim being set up that the Flaxtoq man, when a resident of North Dakota, had seld would prelude the possibility of his making another homestead entry. Mr. Babbett came on through to Bemidji and spent most of the day here, as the guest of E. E. McDonald, leaving for Cass Lake, where .there are some land contests in which he is interested. Blackduck Couple Warried Here. A quiet wedding was solemnized Saturday afternoon when Reverend Deniston, of the local Methodist church, united a Blackduck couple, Albin E. Rudquist and Selma W. Erickson, in the holy bonds of matri- mony. The ceremony took place at the home of old friends of the groom,the A. W. Mitchell family of this city. Carl Mitchell of this city acted as best man and Miss Anna Rudquist, a sister of the groom, stood up as bridesmaid. The newly-married couple returned to Blackduck Saturday evening on the M. & I. passenger train and wil make their home on the shores of Dixon lake, southeast of the “Duck,’” where Mr. Rudquist owns a fine homestead. Sale and Lunch. The Norwegian Lutheran Ladies’ Aid will give a sale in the Lutheran church on Thanksgiving day, Nov- ember 26, beginning at 3 o’clock. The ladies have many pretty and useful articles on sale. A lunch will also be served in the afternoon and evening. Price 15c. Everybody is cordially invited to attend, Local news on iast page. EER. *M]N»EOTA ! HISTORICAL SBCIETY, FORTY CENTS PER MONTH NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED TO HANDLE FARMING LAND “Northern Minnesota Dairy Farm Land Company,” With $100,000 Capital, Takes Over Beltrami and Clear- water County Dairy Lands. in other parts of the United States. And the exhibit did much toward A new land company with a capital of $150,000, was organized at Madison, Wis,, a fev; days ago, | which will take over the property known as the Samuel McClure and the Clearwater Logging company’s lands, in Beltrami and Clearwater counties, Minnesota, which have been held for the past year and a half by the Donald Land & Lumber company. The new company, which has been named the Northern Minne- sota Dairy Farm Land company. will have offices in Bemidji and also at Madison, Wisconsin, the secretary of the company continuing to reside at Madison. W. R. Mackenzie of this city is one of the directors of the company, and he will have charge of the local office, which will be located in the Schroeder block, corner of Fourth and Minnesota. The lands which this company has taken over are located in the Towns of Liberty, Buzzle, Maple Ridge, Roosevelt and Alaska, in Beltrami county; and Dudley, Cop- ley, Holst, Leon, Sinclair and Lammers, in Clearwater county, and comprise some of the very choicest dairy farm lands of north central Minnesota. The fine grasses, clovers, grains, and root crops which were grown on these lands, and which were exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair and at Madison, this fall, attracted wide attention. ~ It was generally con- ceded by visitors from all parts of the country who attended the Farmers’ Congress that the native and tame grasses, the alfalfa, the red, alsike and white clovers in this exhibit were superior to any grown attracting attention to the agri- cultural possibilities of this part of the state, Professor Moore, the head of the department of agronomy in the University of Wisconsin, recently made an expert examination of the lands which have been acquired by the new Northern Minnesota -Dairy Farm Land company, and he says of the lands: ““Nowhere else in the United States can dairying be carried on so protitably as on the lands of north central Minne- sofa.” This statement, made by one who is a recognized authority on dairying tends to confirm the oft-repeated declaration of Professor Hayes, sssistant secretary of agriculture at Washington, D. C., to the effect that the north central section of Minnesota is destined to become the most famous dairy conntry of the world. George Welch, state immigration commissioner, has received many inquiries relative to the cut-over lands of Beltrami and Clearwater counties and there is no doubt that the exhibit which was shown at the Minnesota State Fair and at the National Farmers’ Congress at Madi- son, this {all, has had much to do with the general awakening to the fact that north central Minnesota contains the very best dairying and agricultural lands to be found in the state. It is understood that the new Dairy Farm Land company, under the direction of Mr. Mackenzie and his associates, will at once:. begin an active campaign for the “settiement of their lands with people who will engage in dairying and farming 6n an advanced scale, suited to thi: section. 2 Royal Neighbors to Entertain. The Royal Neighbors will give an old-fashioned taffy pull and dance in the I. O. O. F. hall Tuesday evening, November 24. A program and other amusements have been prepared for the evening, including a lunch, which will be served for 15c. Every one is cord- ially invyited to attend. The pro- gram commences at 8:30. Warrants Payable. Notice is hereby given that there is money in the city treasury to pay all outstanding warrants against the general fund, registered prior to June 1, 1908. i Interest will cease from and after the date of this notice. Dated November 19, 1908. —Earl Geil, City Treasuler. 217 Third St. his claim some years ago, which g Mail Orders Promptly Filled — Are you beginning to think of the greatest pleasure we have—the pleasure of giving and receiving? There is only one period of the year that we look forward to with more pleasure than any other—This is Xmas time—It is now only four weeks distant. To be relieved of the uncertainty of disappointments, we would suggest early purchasing. Special orders and engraving at this time will take longer than ordi- narily. ‘We urge everyone not to delay. Our stock is now complete in every detail. Watches, Diamonds, Clocks, Rings, Brooches, Kodaks, Phonographs, Fountain Pens, Gold and Silver Jewelry, China and Cut Glass. — E. A. Barker J eweler Bemidji, Minn. Mail Orders Promptly Filled FOUR WEEKS