Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 27, 1908, Page 4

DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S GOUNTRY NEIGHBORS Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News from Their Localities. Deer Lake. Nov. 25. Miklle Djonne is digginga well a for T. Meyers. Mary Helbig has gone to St. Cloud, where she will remain this |3 winter. Henry Jacobson spent Thursday in Bemidji shopping for Thanks- giving. The dance given at the Spores’ home Saturday night was- well attended and all report a good time. Mr. and Mrs. J. Spooner have returned home from their visit to points in Wisconsin. They report a very pleasant visit. Spaulding. Nov. 25. George Forte visited with {riends i at Wilton Tuesday. L. Soland called on his brother. Edward, at Wilton Monday. Mrs. A. Blom and son, called on friends at Bemidji Wilton Saturday. Dr. Ward of Bemidji was here Saturday to attend to the little son of Hans Nelson who is very ill. f Saturday is Andrew Rygg’s last day as mail carrier to Wilton, he having then successfully carried the mail one year and five months. Spaulding will not be scratched of the map but will be supplied by closed pouch, carried by Earl Mc- Mahan of Wilton who will start December 1st, as R. F. D. carrier. Wilton. November 25. Lars Ernst went to Bemidji Saturday for instructions in music. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon are nicely settled in their new home north of Wilton. Mrs. West and daughter, Anna, spent Sunday with Mrs. John McMahon. Mr. William Dandliker is load- ing two cars of wood this week for { Dakota parties. { The Misses Francis and Anna Bowers are expected home to spend Thanksgiving. Mr. White, the Chrootson log buyer, was calling on the farmers and buying logs Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowers and Miss Kruger spent Sunday with Patterson’s and Brennan’s. Mrs. T. J. Brennan entertained at 6 o’clock dinner Saturday. Miss Laura Nykinn, Miss Haavian and Arvilla Patterson being the guests. Carl, and Clementson. Nov 23 William Br -oks came down from his claim Wednesday for a load ot supplhes, S. Juelson, who visited friends at Fertile, returned Wednesday morning. A crowd of our young people enjoyed their first skate this winter on the Rapid River. G M. Logan of St, Paul, who is spending some time in the north- ern woods, visited our town last week. Robert Passault, who spent the summer in Minneapolis in the em- ploy of a lumber mill in that city. returned to Clementson last week He will remain with us this winter, Walter D. Colburn, scaler and timber buyer for the Shevlin- Mathieu Lumber company, left for Spooner Friday morning, where he will remain for e few days on busi- ness for his company. Quiring, Nov. 24. Mr. Arntson made a business trip to Inez last Friday. Miss Marjorie Knox spent Sat- urday with Mrs. Guy McKnight. Mr. -Hain, a homesteader of Quiring, is building a barn on his claim. Miss Florence Anderson and Mrs. Nelson spent Tuesday at Quiring. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Deitch enter- tained a party of people Tuesday evening. Mr. Laurie held services in the North school house lastWednesday evening, Joe Hebert came over from Blackduck last Monday and spent a few days here. Mr. Sjogr v a trip to Blackduck Saturday. He was accompanied by Joe Hebert and Cecl Proctor. The homesteaders of Quiring spent a few days last week build- ing a church. We will soon have a new church here. Redby. Nov, 25. Charles McFarland and party of spent Saturday in Bemidj ng with friends there, They returned onithe evening: train, A. P. Chase of Duluth spent sev- eral days of last week in Redby. Mr. Chase was looking over the land 1n the Redby vicinity for the purpose of investment. 2, Leslie Workman is putting up.a substantial addition to his store buildihg in the shape of a ware. house. The building is to be 40x50 feet and two stories high. The condition of Mrs. Fredrick Smith of this place, who has been very ill for the past two weeks, is said to be much improved, and her friends now hope for a speedy re- covery. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Emerson of St. Cloud, have been visiting with Mr. Emerson’s sister, Kling of this place the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson left for their home at St. Cloud Tuesday morning. Tenstrike. Nov. 25. Wes Wright was up yesterday looking after his camps. Archdeacon Parshall transacted business in town yesterday. Supt. Stewart visited the schools here in town and the surrounding country, Thursday and Friday. * The Ladies’ Aid will serve Thanks- giving dinner at Jackson’s hall. The receipts will be used for the benefit of the Presbyterian church. A deer was brought into the village, Saturday, which the owner claimed to have shot near Kslliher while sitting on his spring seat, driving along the road in a wagon. Rev. J. P. Mapson has accepted a call from the Presbyterian church and will move here the first part of December. The parsonage has been repaired so that it is ready for him to move into it. Uucle George Wetzel spoke to the school children of the grammar department yesterday, on “The Mexican War.” Having served through the war Uncle George has some thrilling experiences to relate. Miss Lillian Remington and Ross V. Bryant were united in marriage at Bemidji, yesterday. A bountiful repast was served at the home of the bride, last evening. Both young people are highly respected in -Ten- strike, and their numerous friends unite in well wishes for their happi- ness. Died with A Broken Neck. Deputy Coroner J. P. Lahr of this city returned this morning from Baudette where he was call- ed Wednesday evening to invest- igate a death. Mr Lahr found a farmer by the name of Erick Wickstrom from the neighbor- hood of Warren, who had rented kis farm and gone to Baudette to work in the cedar camps, had be- come intox'cated and fallen down some steps, breaking h s neck and dying instantly: No inquest was he d as there were no witnesses to be examined- A brother-in-law of the deceased arrived at Baubette yesterday afternoon from Warren and took charge of the remains, shipping them home for burial. *“Bill” Squier Going to Minneapolis. W. H. Squier returned from Minneapolis Saturday and expects within two weeks to make that city his headquarters, where he will have charge of the cedar sales department of the Chicago Lumber and Coal Company and will manage this office from Minneapolis. During his residence here Mr. Squier has won the good will of a host of friends.—Blackduck Enterprise. The many Bemidji friends of “Billie” Squier will will be sorry to learn that he intends to move from this north country and, like *‘Jerry” O’Kelliher, willmake his home at Minnealsolis. The people here- abouts have become thoroughly attached to Mr. Squier, and he is very popular with Bemidji people. Both he and Mr. O’Kelliher will be greatly missed, both at Blackduck and in Bemidji. Helping R: u!d Chisholm. C. L. Atwoo |, the contractor and builder, came over Wednesday from Chisholm, where he has been em- ployed for the past six weeks, and spent Thanksgiving here with his family. Mr. Atwood h:s been in the employ of W. W. Bowe, the Hibbing contractor, who has the contract for the erection of several brick blocks which will replace those destroyed by the great forest fire at Chisholm last fall. According to Mr. Atwood, there is a newer and more substantial Chisholm arising from the hes of the destroyed town, and will be one of the best-on the range. Son Bo.n A son was bo:n Wedn sdiay night to Mrs. Dan Gainey of this d(ity. friends spent Sunday at Nebish. A. W. Gauncer has beenill the last few days, but is now around - again. | Mrs. Michael and son Charles Both mother and child are coing nicely. Mrs. Albert | Weyerhauser Intefests Sold. ‘Attorney E. E. McDonald of this city returned yesterday -morning from Duluth where he went on busi- ness for -some of his many clients, Mr. McDonald reports a rumor which was current in Duluth to the effect that the Weyerhauser inter- ests in Cloquet, comprising three companies which have four mills there, the Cook & O’Brien logging interests, including the Virginia & Rainy River Railroad company, and the Hines Lumber company of Chi- cago have been purchased by a syndicate, it is believed, for the Canadian Northern Railway com- pany. . If this is true the Weyerhauser lumber will be .diverted from - the markets in this section of the coun- try and will be shipped by the Can- adian Northern to points along that line, thus leaving a more steady market in Minnesota. Going to White Earth. W. H. Merrill, who has been at Redby and at Red Lake Indian agency since last spring, working at his trade as carpenter, came down from the agency this morning. He will go to the White Earth reserva- tion, in a few days, and 'do some work. W. H.is a great devotee of basketball, and he is a staunch sup- porter of the ‘‘Big Bemidg” team. He simply couldn’t stay up at the agency any longer, when he learned that some games were scheduled for this week. District Court at Grand Rapids. Grand Rap'ds Herald-Review: Judge C. W. Stanton of Bemidji will preside over the regular December term of court for this county, which will be conyened on Tuesday of next week. The calendar will not be as cumbersome in size as usual for Itasca county, and it is the opinion of attorneys that many of the cases will be put over the term, which will probably not last as long as heretofore. The grand and petit jurors were drawn last week. Pencils ! Pencils ! Those who desire a good lead pencil for bookkeeping work should 1emember that the Pioneer has in stock the celebrated Koh-I-Noor and Faber pencils from H to HHHHHHHHH. We also have the soft pencils from B to BBBBBB. We carry in stock a full line of cheap pencils; also the Mephisto and Venus copying pencils. Secured a Deer. W. A. Currie, one of the traveling men who live in this city, went to Lavinia Wednesday morning on the -north-bound freight train and shot a fine buck east of that station. Mr. Currie returned with the deer during the morning, thereby vindi- cating his assertion that he could go out any morning and kill a deer before breakfast. Father Thomas in the City. Father Thomas, the Catholic priest who has been stationed at the Red Lake Indian agency for the past twenty years, was a visitor in Bemidji today, having came. down from the agency this forenoon. Father Thomas is well known by nearly every Indian on the reserva- tion, and he has many friends among the reds, as well as the whites, in that vicinity. e Married Wednesday. Reverand Kolste, of the Norwe- gian Lutheran church of this city, went out to the home of Peter Larson, afarmer living a mile west of here, Wednesdavyaft.raoon and married William Spencer »f Turtle River to Miss Cora Larson. The young couple went to Turtle River or. the evening train where they will make their home. DORANDO DEFEATS HAYES Itallan Wins Renewal of the Mara- thon Race. New York, Nov. 27.—Dorando Ple- tri of Capri, Italy, defeated John J. Hayes of this city in the renewal of ‘the Marathon race at Madison Square Garden. The distance was 26 miles, 385 yards, the same as the Olympic Marathon, which Hayes won at Shep- herd’s Bush, London, last summer. Dorando then fell from exhaustion and was helped across the line, but was disqualified. He proved to be Hayes’ master here, as he held the lead almost from start to finish, final- ly winning by about sixty yards. Hayes was in the lead five times dur- Ing the race, but only for a few se onds each time. Dorando’s time was 2:44:20%, and Hayes’ 2:45:05%. Ten thousand persons watched the contest, and while partisan feeling ran high, nothing more than good natured Taillery was the outcome. -The last fow miles of the race were exciting. Subscr.be for The kionzer. In the twenty-fourth mile Hayes made other of The JUMDS Yo Thie Iront that he had been springing at intervals, during the race, but Dorando, running strong, easily resumed the lead. This ‘was repeated half a mile further on, Dorando again proving the stronger. Hayes wenkened in the last half mile and the Itallan won handily by about_ sixty yards. Dorando’s time hers was nearly 11 minutes faster than Hayes made when he won the Marathon race at Shep- herd’s Bush last summer. Hayes cov- ered the distance then-in 2:65:18. MINNEAPOLIS JURY EXONERATES HICKS School - Board Member Freed on Bribery Charge. - Minneapolis, Nov. 27.—Willlam K. Hicks, member of the -Minneapolis | board of education, is not guilty of accepting a bribe. Hicks was exon- erated by the jury which for the last week has been hearing « idence In the Hennepin county district court. As the verdict was read by the clerk the accused board member fair- ly trembled with excitement, then suddenly leaned over and Kkissed his wife. His next move was to hug his attorney, James Peterson, and shake hands with the jurymen all around. Hicks was tried on a charge of accepting a bribe from W. J. Burns, a detective, known to him as W. J. Bray, a salesman for closets. In order to secure a closet order- Bray, it was allcged, gave the accused member $50. The defense claimed that the $50 was understood at the time by both parties to be a loan, as Hicks was hard up and needed money to repair his house, and that a note was given covering the amount. Tliere are . still: three indictments against Hicks, each charging the tak- ing of a bribe, but as the evidence would be much the same in these cases as the one just tried dt is pos- sible the indictments will be nolled. ALLEGED TERRORIST PLOT Life of Dowager Empress of Russia in Danger. St. Petersburg, Nov. 27.—Telegrams received in this city give an account of the discovery of an "alleged plot upon the life of the dowager empress of Russia during her recent journey from Copenhagen to this city. Shortly before the train on which her majesty traveled passed Pondery three men were noticed acting suspiciously. They were approached by gendarmes and opened fire with revolvers. Two got away, but one was arrested. This in- cident is the basis of sensational re- ports. The train traversed Pondery at full speed and it is argued that even had it been'their intention the three men would- have had no oppor- tunity to harm the empress. WILL REPAY FULL AMOUNT Former Minnesota Oil Inspector Sued by State. St. Paul, Nov. 27.—All the charges against Fenton G. Warner, former state oil inspector, who was sued by the state for $9,353.35, which it was claimed he collected in fees and failed to turn over to the state, are dis- missed by the terms of a stipulation filed in the district court. Mr. Warner’s misconstruction of the laws relating to inspection are given as the reason why he failed to turn over the fees collected by him to the state. By the terms of the stipulation the state will recover the full amount. T0 SUCCEED LEECH AS PUBLIC PRINTER Former President Donnelly of * Typographical Union, Washington, Nov. 27. — Public Printer John S. Leech has sent his resignation to President Roosevelt, asking to be returnned to service in the Philippines. - Samuel B. Donnelly of Brooklyn, N. Y., former president of the Internaticrial Typographical union, was appointed to succeed Mr. Leech. The change will take effect Dec. 1 next. It is said that Mr. Leech’s retirement was the result of the pres- ident’s opposition to some of his pol- icies. Recently his health broke down under the strain of the work and he went to his home in Iilinois to rest. At the time of the announcement taat Mr. Leech would be relieved sev- eral weeks ago it was stated that “the president is strongly considering the advisability of embodying in his annual message to congress a recom- mendation that the printing office he made a bureau of the department of commerce and labor.” Troops . Control Situation. Perth Amboy, N. J., Nov. 27.—With trocps patrolling the streets of Keas- by to prevent the rioting strikers from again attacking the works of the Na- tional Fire Proofing company the lit- tle village presents an outwardly calm aspect, although the uncertainty of the situation ‘is apparent on all sides. All the’ works are strongly picketed Dby soldiers and the 1,000 or more strikers are keeping out of sight. All the saloons in the village are closed. Lamphere Jury May Disagree. Laporte, Ind., Nov. 27.—Though out all night the jury which heard the evidence in the trial of Ray Lamphere for the murder of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her. three children—has been un- able to reach an agreement. Con- flicting reports are heard outside the Juryroom, but authentic information is not obtainable. ~— PRAISES WORK OF NEGROES President Roosevelt Talks on Race Problem. ADDRESS AT WASHINGTON Chief Executive Makes the Principal Speech at Cornerstone Laying of Colored Y. M. C. A. Building and Deciares 'Each Man Should Be Treated According to His Merits as a Man Regardless of Color. ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—President Roosevelt was the principal speaker at the‘laying of the cornerstone of the colored Y. M. C. A. building, to- wards the erection of which John D. Rockefeller gave $25,000. ident said, in part: It is to me a matter of peculiar pleasure to be present on this occa- sion, at the laying of the cornerstone of the building for the Colored Young Men’s Christian association of Wash- ington. The Y. M. C. A. has worked among colored men for less than thir- ty years. For a number of reasons for some time after the work was be- gun very little progress was made; indeed at first, curiously enough, the churches tended to antagonize the Y. M. C. A. But during the last twenty years the Y. M. C. A! work among our colored fellow citizens has proceeded rapidly and these are the very twenty years in which the colored race in America has made most progress. The religious people, those standing high- est in the colored churches, now ap- preciate, as they failed to appreciate a quarter of a century ago, that inno- cent sports and amusements should be encouraged and that the poorest lesson to be taught to any men of any race is that pleasure and vice are synonymous terms. The bowling al- leys, the swimming pools and gym- nasiums of the Y. M. C. A. buildings are adjuncts of a very important kind to the eifort for the moral and relig- {ous uplift with which the Y. M. C. A. movement has always been identified. Moreover, the Y. M. C. A. reaches both the classes that are reached by the churches and the classes that the churches fail to reach. Such a build- ing as this will be is open every day and every 'evening. It brings in men of many different types, for it appeals to many different sides of human na- ture. Already the colored Y. M. C. A. has a membership in this country of nearly 10,000, 5,000 belonging to the thirty-seven city associations and 5, 000 to the student organizations. Of the $30,000 spent last year for the cur- rent expenses of the thirty-seven city associations three-fourths were paid by colored men. It is noteworthy that of the 10,000 colcred men attending the colored colleges of this country half are active members of the Y. M. C. A. This speaks well for the spirit of these colleges and gives us hope and encouragement for the character of the leaders of the colored race in the future. Over 4,600 volumes were circulated last year from the as yet limited number of colored Y. M. C. A. libraries. Race Problem Difficult. There are plenty of difficult prob- lems in this country, plenty of prob- lems requiring infinite patience, for- bearance and good judgment if they are to be dealt with wisely and which can not by any possibility receive even an approximately complete solu- tion within a short time. What is known as the race problem is one of the most difficult; and it exists in the North as well as in the South. But of one thing we can rest assured and that is that the only way in which to bring nearer the time when there shall be even an approximately fair solution of the problem is to treat each man on his merits as a man. He should not be treated badly be- cause he happens to be of a given color, nor should he receive immunity for misconduct because he happens to be of a given color. Let us all strive, according to our ability and as far as the conditions will permit, to secure to the man of one color who behaves uprightly and honestly, with thrift and with foresight, the same oppor- tunity for reward and for living his life under the protection of the law and without molestation by outsiders that would be his if he were of an- other coior. The avenues of employ- ment should be open to one as to the other; the protection of the laws should be guaranteed to one as to the other. Each should be given the right to prove by his life and work what his capacities are and should be Jjudged accordingly. Each is entitled to the reward which he legitimately earns if he behaves well; each should be judged with the same severe im- partiality if he behaves ill. The same fair treatment should be accorded both and every effort made to give equal opportunity to those of equal capacity and character. It -is the duty of the white man to see that exact Justice is eted out to the colored an, the same justice that he would receive if he were not colored; and ipon the colored man is imposed the luty to make himself a useful citizen, to so behave as to win the respect of hjs white neighbor. The performance of duty should be the test applied to ‘white man and colored man alike and each individual should be judged not by the fact of his color, but by the way in which he meets these demande of duty; and the first duty which each colored man owes both to himself and his race is to work for the betterment both of himself and his race; for its educational, but above all for its in- dustrial and'moral betterment. It is to the great interest of the white peo- ple no less than of the colored people that all possible educational facilities should be given the colored people; and it is of even greater interest to both races that the colored man should steadily: strive for his own in- dustrial apd moral uplift. - o A The pres-/ i it e Sk Negro Town a Success. Tor teach by p,teaching is never as good as to teach by example. No words of advice and' éncouragement on my part can count in any way com- pared to what has actually been done by those colored men who have shown by their own success in life how a colored man can raise high his stand ard of good citizenship. It is the col- ored man himself and no outsider who can_do most for the colored race. [ want to call your attention and the attention of all who care to listen to me to the noteworthy record of the town of Mound Bayou, in Mississippi. U stopped at Mound Bayou a year ago while going through Mississippl. Twenty years ago the place was all wildérnéss. Now a thriving and pros. “Dérous town has been built, with a thriving and prosperous country round about; and every man in the town, every man in the country round about, is a colored man. In the Planters’ Journal of Memphis, Tenn. a white man’s paper, there is a description in an issue of a couple of years ago of Mound Bayou under the heading of “The Most Remarkable Town in the South.” This paper describes how the town has been founded, populated and managed purely by men of the negro race. It is a thriving, growing town of 2,000 people. There is not a saloon nor a vicious resort of any kind in the town. There are some 6,000 people on the tract of land of which the town is the center. This tract includes about forty square miles, all of it owned by the colored people themselves. Ten thousand acres of land are in a high state of cultivation. There is a big cotton crop 2nd in ad- dition the colony produces four-fifths of the corn and hay it needs, with many hundred of horses, mules, cattle and hogs. In the town itself there are six churches and three schools. There is a bank with a capital stock of $10,000, which does a thriving busi- ness. The assessed value of the land in the town itself is nearly $25,000. There are saw mills, gins, blacksmith shops, bakeries; all without a white inhabitant in the neighborhood. The people are prosperous and singularly law abiding. Their white neighbors have treated them well. The county sheriff employs a colored man to act in the town in the capacity of deputy sheriff; and the railway and express company have a colored man in their office since the depot was established in the town; while the board of su- pervisors appoint colored road over- seers. The town has forty-four mer- cantile and business houses, big and little, of all kinds, which do an aggre- gate annual business of about $600,- 000. Surely such a showing by an ex- clusively colored community means very much for the future of the col- ored race. Of course the founders of the community were picked men. Nevertheless, it is an object lesson full of hope for the colored people and therefore full of hope for the white people too, for the white man is almost as much interested as the colored man in seeing that the latter rises instead of falls. T PREPARING NEW TARIFFS Important Reduction in Freight Rates on Lumber. Chicago, Nov. 27.—Important reduc- tions in the freight rates on lumber and articles manufactured therefrom, including building materials, between points on the Pacific coast and Chi- cago and the East, are to be put into effect by the Southern Pacific and its connections as soon as the necessary tariffs can be prepared and filed with the interstate commerce commission. The reductions are the direct result of the enforcement of the order of the interstate commerce commission in the North Pacific coast lumber rate cases, wherein the rates from Oregon and Washington to the East were re- duced. The Southern Pacific contest- ed the cases without suceess. A STEADY DRAIN Sick Kidneys Weaken the Whole Body —Make You lil, Languid and Depressed. Sick kidneys weaken the body through the continual drainage of life.giving albumen from the blood mnto the urine, and the substitu- tion of poisonous uric acid that goes broadcast through the system, sowing seeds of disease, Loss of albumen causes weakness, languor, depression. Uric poisoning causes rheumatic pain, nervousness, nausea, cricks in the back, gravel and kidney stones. The proper treatment is a kidney treatment, and the best remedy is Doans Kidney Pills. Great Bemidji cures prove it. Mrs. Ella Barret’, living on Sixth and American Sts,, Bemidji, Minn,, says: ‘“At the time I began the use of Doan’s Kidney Pills, I was very nervous, and had dull pains in the small of my back, accompanied by a dull aching across my kidneys. These organs did not seem to act properly and causad me much discomfort. I decided to try a kidney remedy and procured Doan’s Kidney Pills at The Owl Drug Store. In a short time I was feeling a great deal better, and am now much sironger. I have no hesitancy in recommending Doan’s Kidney Pills to other kidney sufferers.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milbura —€o. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s and take no other. = CALUME Baking Powder Received Highest Award World's Pure Food Expesitien .Ciiun. 1907, " WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. _— HELP WANTED. WANTED—Girl to assist in music store. Must be able to play piano. State salary expected. Address Postoffice Box 958, Bemidji, Minn. Wanted—Girl to learn typesetting. Apply at once to the Pioneer. Splendid opportunity to learn to become a compositor. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for. you an short notice. FOR SALE—Horses and harness. S. P. Hayth, back of postoffice building. FOR RENT. e ncconneen: FOR RENT—Nicely-furnished front room for rent. Apply to 921 Minnusota Avenue. —_—— FOR RENT—Three front rooms in Blocker block. Apply No. 508 Minnesota avenue. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30to6 p. m., and Saturday Y evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet. Campbell librarian. BOARDERS WANTED—Good board and room at 619 Minnesota avenue. WANTED—Good roll top desk. ) Inquire at Pioneer office. ‘- YOU OWE it to your family; a means of instant, certain and inexpensive communication wita the outside world. Order the Northwestern e Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR CBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Poneer