Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 11, 1908, Page 1

WINKESOTA HISTORICAL : SECIETY. FORTY CBNTS PER MONTH FINE BASKETBALL GAME IS ON FOR THIS EVENING - VOLUME 6. NUMBER 202. FORESTRY BOARD SHOULD - CHANGE METHOD AT PARK E. R. Dampier of Akeley, County Attorney of Hubbard County, Writes Interesting Letter Concerning Work of Board at Itasca State Park. Famous Superior Normal Team Will Play Against “Big Bemidg” at the Skating Rink.—Visiting Team Has ’ Won Notable Victories. The first of the series of games of basketball between the *Big Bemidg” team and the Superior Normal bas-| ketball squad wifl be played at the| Coliseum and rink this evening; local devotees of the game are an- ticipating a contest that will be the best yet played in the local rink. ‘The visiting players have an en- viable reputation as an extremely 5 ~ o) E. R. DAMPIER. Akeley, Dec. 10. |that would have a telndency to fast and well-trained aggregation of To the Editor of the Bemidji|take from it any of its nalu.ra] basketball stars who have a record = Pioneer:— wild effects. Its value is in keeping of games won that would do credit 1 was pleased to note the stand! taken by the Pioneer in its Satur- day issue on the Itasca State Park‘ question. This has been agitated toa con-| siderable extent in Hubbard county, and while we all recognize the advantages and the benefits to be derived from the Forestry Board and School, if they were properly con-| ducted, we cannot understand whyj| j Como, and without the wild attrac- it is necessary for the state with thousands of acres of other lands as adaptable for forestry purposes as is the land of the state park, to turn this park over to the Forestry Board.; The Itasca State Park was to a large extent a gift from the United States government to the people of the State of Minnesota to be used for their benefit for “park purposes only” and it is a question that ought to be seriously considered whether the state of Minnesota will not lose title to the lands given by the United States if they are used for purposes other than for that for which they were given. The gift was made because of the| jreally amounts to nothing more than great historical and geographical importance of the location, Lake Ttasca being the source of the great Mississippi river. The state accepted the gift as a park by legis- lative enactment, and it was made a state park and game preserve, and today, wild animals of all kinds flock to it, seeming to know that while within its limits they are safe. When one considers the great rapidity with which this state is being filled with settlers, the speed with which our great pine forests are being cut, the fact that our wild animals are rapidly becoming ex- tinct; the value of this State Park becomes apparent, for here, unless the place is spoiled by the Forestry Board, will be the one remaining wild spot in the state of any con- siderable extent, a place of about 35 square miles, on which is still stand- ing the virgin forests unharmed by the hand of man, on which will al- ways be found the timid deer and the majestic moose, to say nothing of bear and other animals. In the park at this time is a colony of beaver, probably the only colony in the state of Minnesota, and their presence alone is of great value to the state, for this interesting little animal will soon be classed with the buffalo and other extinct animals. And nothwithstanding this fact, it is said that the Forestry board desired to get rid of these beaver because they occasionally damaged a tree along the lake shore. This park, located as it is within easy access of all of the people of the state, will present to the man of tomorrow the only bit of real un- molested nature within the state and it is a duty we owe the people of the future to keep the park in its present wild condition, and it is our duty to ward from it anything it as it is, not asa forestry board would like to have it. St. Paal has a Como and Minneapolis a Harriet. These parks show what man can do in his attempts to im- prove on nature and unless the legislature takes control of the Itasca park from the hands of Professor Green and the rest of the Forestry board, we will have a sort of a nondescript park, not as beautiful as tive beauty of Itasca. Probably no greater farce than this Forestry School has ever been perpetrated upon the people of -the state, and it would not be a bad idea if there was a legislative investi- gation of the Forestry Board and their School. The results accom- scholars get a monthly salary for attending. Most scholars are pleased to pay for their education but not so here, for this school in order to keep up the pretence of being a school must hire its scholars. It the fact that the state is being used to pay the vacation expenses for a few of our supernnuated college pro- fessors and public men, and these men would prefer to have their vaca- tions on a preserve dedicated solely to the use of supernnuated professors, so they are attempting to do away with the park feature of the park and turn it into a Forestry School ground, pure and simple. They wanted to do away with the beaver; they wanted to allow their hired students the privilege of hunt- ing on the State Park, knowing that if the students were allowed to shoot on the park it would be but a little while before the neighboring settlers would also use the privilege and that the result would be the driving out of the park the animals that now make the park so attractive. They are allowing magnificent Douglas Lodge to sink into a deplorable state of delapidation. This building is a log structure of 18 rooms. The logs are Norway pine, all of a uni- form size, carefully pealed, oiled and varnished. Itcost the state to build and furnish this building about $16,000.00 and itis probably the most beautiful building of its kind in the United States, but it cannot be kept so without the same amount of attention that an ordinary build- would require. Unless the logs are kept oiled and varnished -they will have become weather-beaten, dirty and in color, spoiling the beautiful effect of the natural wood finish. This matter has been brought to the attention of the board time after time, but it does not seem “to bother them to any extent. The kinking between the logs had begun to fall out and when I was there last fall one .could stand within the large lobby, and look out through the cracks between the logs where the The Real Source of the Mississippi River in Itasca State_Park. " ¢ kinking had dropped out. This also has been called to the altention of the board, but no attention has been paid to it. There are ,many other things: been wilfully neglected by the Forestry Board but I have neither plished by the school are nil and|the time nor the space to the expenses great. It is the only|enumerate them here, unless the school in the state where ‘the|Forestry Board desire me to. Their apparant effort has been to make ithe _tourist about the park, directly connected | with the park feattre which have| the Park House the Park featurey featurs unattractive; ! to make things difficult and unpleas- ant for the Commissioner and to Qforce him to resign; then to have [ the full control of the place put into their hands and to be allowed to work their own sweet will. They have succeeded in forcing Commissioner Arnold to resign, but the people of the state will have {a word to say before their entire program ts completed. Hubbard county republicans adopted a resolution at their con- vention last June advocating rein- stating the' park in the hands of a park commission and the fight will be carried to the legislature. Every lover of nature, every man interested in having within the state a park undespoiled by the hand of man, in keeping this great natural ]park as it is, should make it a point jto speak a word to his member of the legislature in favor of the bers from Beltrami, Clearwater, Becker and Hubbard counties should lead. park, and in this fight the mem-|: We're doing a great deal of mail business these days—shipping or- ders on day of recelpt. GILL BROS. Good Clothes and Nothing Else for Men and Boys. ‘BECKER, SVER @ cO you'll be shoe satisfied . | THERE'S NO WAY for us to really prove that we're doing this clothes selling business better than ever except to prove it here in the store. All we tell you about it; we'll have to wait until you come here to convince you of the fact. The store’s full of good things; these fine suits and overcoats we are selling at $15, $20 and $25 are the greatest Values ever offered. ues, at to close out, only Men’s heavy wool Pants, only Boys’ Red School House Shoes for sale here exclus'.vely, As soon as we get you into a pair of Crosz ett Makes Life Walk Easy Shoes GILL BROTHERS THE POPULAR PRICED CLOTHIERS Next Door to First National Bank Mea’s Sweaters that formerly sold at $1 and $1 25 can do here is to 69c $4.00 Bemidil, Minn. to any team in the northwest. Among other wins wasa decisive victory (last year) over the Duluth Y. M. C. A. team, which gave the locals the hardest game on their schedule last'year. This win, alone, gives local basketball followers a ‘line” on the Superior “bunch.” The “Big Bemidg” team has {patched up the slight differences which existed among the players at the start of the season, and the or- ganization is now working together harmoniously, which augurs well for the success of ‘“Big Bemidg.” While it is possible that all of the regular players will not play through the entire game, it is certain that the five which will' play this evening will be a very strong one, capable of giving the visitors a run for the money.” The Superior players and their manager arrived in the city this af- ternoon; and the two teams will contest: line up as follows for this evening’s} “Big Bemidji”—Geil (captain) and Markham and Heffron, forwards; Brown, Center; Peterson and Bid- dinger, guards, W. Gill, sub. Superior Normal—Ryan (captain) and Lemieux, forwards; Clarke, center; Currie and Johnson, guards; McQueen, Donalds and Gregory, subs, The game will be called promptly .1at 9 o’clock. Rink Management Very Efficient. The patrons of ~the Bemidji Roller Rink are being given an that is being appreciated by a lib- eral patronage that augers well for the financial success of the present lesee of the rink, Mr. R. C. Sermon. A brother of R. C. Sermon is act- ing as manager of the local rink, and he has as an assistant George Holzier of Fargo, who acts as floor manager and attends to the de- tails of the operating department of the rink. Both of these gentle- men are pmvifiz themselves very efficient in running the rink; and the public is showing its appreciation in a most liberal manner. Flatley Will Run Meat Market. J. F. Flatley has purchased the meat market formerly conducted by Smith & Hazen and is now in po- session of the business. Mr. Flat- ley announces that he will put forth his best endeavors togive to the public, at all times, the best of every- thing the market affords in the line of meats, fish, poultry, and all kinds of fresh and salt stock. L Mr. Flatley has been a resident of Bemidji for many years past, and his reputation for square dealing is well known to the public. That he will do well in his new line of business is a matter of fact. Pencils ! Pencils ! Those who desire a good lead pencil for bookkeeping work should remember 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. axample of courteous management; \BODY OF A. G. BERNARD INTERRED AT GASS LAKE Funeral Was Held Yesterday Afternoon, Under Auspices of Cass Lake Lodge of Masons. Cass Lake, Dec. 11—(Special to Pioneer.)—The funeral of A. “G. Bernard was held here at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, under the auspices of the Masons. The body was escorted to the Episcopal church from the Miskella ‘'morgse, by the pall-bearers, who placed the remains in the rear of the church, giving the Masonic brothers and former fellow citizens of the deceased an opportunity to gaze for the last time upon the calm featurers of one,whose achievements have made him an honored and respected figure. After all had viewed the remains the cas- ket was brought to the alter. The services were conducted by Rev. H. F. Parshall and were very . impressive. The choir -sang the two beautiful hymns: “Sleeping in Jesus,” and “Remember Now, Thy Creator.” Miss Zella Gardner sang, in a very affecting manner, the solo entitled “Calvary.” After the services the remains were placed in the hearse and were escorted by Rev. Parshall and the Masonic members to Cass Lake Cemetery, where the Masonic burial service was held, after which the casket was lowered to its final rest- ing place. The pall bearers were ‘E. L. Warren, C. E. Battles, L. H. Burns, J. T. Gardner, C. M., Taylor-and F. ~ " | W. Smith. There were a numberin attend- ance from outside towns, including a delegation of Masons from Bemidji.