Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1908, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIO < Historical Society. - VOLUME 6. NUMBER 207. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 17, 1908. WIRHESOTA HISTORICAL SBCIETY. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH ELKS’ ANNUAL BALL WAS BIG SUCCESS CHARITY Decorations of Hall Were Beautiful; Music Was Highly Satisfactory, and Everybody Was Well Pleased.— Receipts Go to Charitable Purposes. The second annual charity ball of the Bemidji Lodge of Elks, No. 1052, which was given atthe City Hall last night was one of the most suc- cessful balls, both from a social and financial standpoint, of any similar affair in the history of Bemidji. One hundred couples participated in the dance; the music was furnished by the famous Ainsworth orchestra of Minneapolis; the decorations in the ball room were superb, and the various committies enacted their parts in such a capable manner that there was not a ‘hitch” anywhere, and the the ball passed off smoothly | and with consequent hearty enjoy- ment of all who participated. few words, the ballis described as| being “simply grand,” and that is the general expression of the Elks’ guests. As one entered the ball room, hej or she could not withhold an involuntary “oh-h-h,” as the gaze was directed down the room. The decorating committee had performed their labors in a very efficient man- ner, and the effect was very strik- ing. Crepe paper, white and purple, ! was suspended from the center of the ceiling, extending to the tops of | the windows, forming a purple and| white canopy from the rear of the hall to the stage. The stage was| decorated along the same scheme, ! forming a very beautiful canopy,‘; with a large Elks’ head in the cen- ter, below which was the clock, with | the hands pointing to the hour of | 11 o’clock—the emblem of the order. There were a number of deer and moose heads which had been at- tached to the walls, lending a pleas- ing effect to the entire scheme. In the rear of the hall was a rest rocm, which. had been curtained of from the main hall. This “cozy corner” was decorated with a splendid collection of Indian work, which had been furnished by Crane & Gould of this city. The room was in charge of Mrs. John C. Parker. Refreshments in the form of punch and wafers, were served. The music was the especial feature of ihe evening. The famous Ainsworth orchestra of Minneapolis had le:n engaged for the occasion. This splendid musical organization is under the personal direction of W. D. Ainsworth, with J. A. Bettis, violinist; E. J. Dent, claironet; A. L. Clemens, harpist. The selections were all of the popular order, and occasionally Mr. Ainsworth (who is an old Elk) would give a lively one, in order that John C. Parker and the remainder of “‘the boys” could move lively. The orchestra played several popular selections prior to the dance. The proceeds of the dance will be used by the Elks in providing good cheer for needy tamilies in the un- ostentious manner for which the Benevolent and Protective Order of Judge Clark’s New Quarters. M. A. Clark, Judge of probate, is now housed in comfortable quarters and is “at home” more than ever to patrons of the probate court and to his persoral friends throughout the county. Judge Clark has moved from his old quarters in the west end of the court house into the rooms which were formerly occupied by County Attorney Henry Funkley in the east end, on the second floor of the court house, adjoining the court room. These offices will give the judge ade- quate room which was imperative, as the former quarters were altoget- her too small for the volume of busi- ness transacted by the probate court. Married by Judge Clark. M. A. Clarke, as judge of probate, who took for a life partner Leonard R. Luce. The judge performed the ceremony with his well-known dig- nity, and was noticed to wear a semblance of a smile of approbation. bride is also a resident of place. Mr. and Mrs. Attention! Degree of Honor. Honor Lodge are requested to meet at the I O.O. F. Hall Friday at 1:30 o’clock to attend the funeral of Mr. Henrionnet. Isabel Larson, Chief of Honor. officiated yesterday afternoon at the marriage of Miss Hazel E. Rock, Mr. Luce is one of the prosperous pioneer farmers of Solway and his that Luce will make their home on Mr. Luce’s farm. All members of the Degree of| Elks is famed. | In connection with the arrange- ments of the dance, the Elks ot | Bemidji lodge desire to give especial {thanks to the ladies who were attentive, and also to Hervey F. | Fish of this city and C. H. Wood- {ward, who although an Elk, is not a ! member of Bemidji lodge. These two gentlemen did exceptionally good work in assisting Chairman A. L. Barker of the committee on deco- rations, whose untiring efforts did much towards the success of the ball. The following were the members of the various committees who had In a|charge of the dance: Exeuctive Committee—]J. O. Har- ris, chairman; W. J. Markham, secre- tary; A. L. Barker, treasurer; J. C. Parker, E. A. Schneider. Printing Committee—A. G. Rut- :ledee, chairman; A. B. Allen, W. N, Bowser. Decorating Committee—A. L. Barker, chairman; J. C. Parker, J. H. Foss, A. L. Wyler, Dr. G. M. Palmer, Eric Ives, C. H. Woodward, 1. C. Covington, Oscar Erwig. Music Committee—E. H. Jerrard, A. P. White, W. L. Brooks, F. S. Lycan. Floor Committee—Bert Barker, Oscar Erwig, W. L. Brooks, F.S. Lycan, J. C. Covington, F.D. La- Favar, Dr. G. M. Palmer. . Eleven O’clock Toast—E. H. Jerrard, Exalted Ruler. 'HARRY CARPENTER WON LAST RAGE LAST NIGHT He Took Two Straight Contests from Frank Schultz, the Champion i of Hibbing. i : In a mile roller skating race, at the Bemidji rink, last night, Harry Carpenter, the champion of Crooks- ton, won his second victory over Frank Schultz, champion of Hibbing, in their series of three one-mile races. Schultz fell, turning a corner on. the fifteenth lap, and before he could regain his feet, Carpenter had caught and passed him and was more than half a lap “to the good,” which lead the Crookston boy easily retained to the end of therace. The time of the mile made by the skaters last evening was 3 minutes and I5 seconds, which is very fast for so small a rink. As Carpenter had won the first race, on the previous evening, it was agreed last evening that if Schultz should win the race last; evening, another mile should be skated, a half hour later, to decide the tie. The third heat was not j necessary. Both started skating at top speed, from the crack of the gun, and | starting from opposite sides of the rink. Schultz got the jump, but | Carpenter went fast and was soon ileading by a few feet, Thislead the Crookston boy gradually in- | creased until on the fifteenth, when 'he was six feet ahead, and when Schultz fell Carpentér cinched the race by passing him Schultz held on juntil the close of the race,but Carpen- ter hit up a good clip and theHibbing | skater could not regain any of the distance be lost. A. L. Wyler, J. M. Markham and | Scott Stewart acted as judges, A. G. Rutledge was starter and G. Ruh Attention, Elks. \Z—= Regular meeting of B: midji Lodge, No. 1052, toright. Every member should be pres- ent. Important. E. H. JERRARD, E. R. Basketball Games Postponed Owing toa “mix-up” in dates the Ada basketball team did not arrive in the city today as ex- pected, for their first game this evening. They will be here to- morrow and will play two games, one Friday evening and another Saturday evening. Carpenter goes from Bemidjito Grand Forks, where he will skate a series of three races against, George Connolly, champion of the Forks. Next week he skates a relay race at Thief River Falls against three local skaters, and later in the week skates a series of races at Crookston against Con- nolly. Al Thorpe of Fargo and Carpen- ter will skate a series of races for the championship of the northwest, January. . Young Schultz will be keptin Bemidji, and as he has made such a fine showing against Carpeunter, he will be matched to skate against Marshie Snow, the local roller champion. Schultz and Snow will skate mile races next Tuesday and Wed- i called laps. nescay evenings. beginning right after the first otl WILL FIGHT ON MESABA RANGE FRIDAY EVENING ““Kid” Flandrie Will Do Battle Against Walter Whitehead, Duluth’s Col- ored Heavyweight. Duluth News-Tribune: ‘‘'Kid” Flandrie of St. Paul will meet Walker Whitehead of Duluth on the Messaba range next Friday night, The bout will decide the heavy weight cham; pionship of the northweet and will be for a side bet of $250. Both men are in training and are in the pink of condition’ A fast battle is ex- pected. In the semi-windup Chuck O’Connell of Philadelphia will stack up against “‘Scraps” Costello of Duluth. . Flandrie has several battles sched- |uled for next spring in the south, and if he wins it will put a big white feather in his cap. White- head says he 1s confident of winning. {If he beats Flandrie it is said that he will take on several men higher up in the heavyweignt class. The fight will affect the careers of both men as the loser will receive a severe setback in his efforts to get recognition from the bigger fellows. “Kid” Flandrie is well known in Bemidji,and the result of his “scrap” with Whitehead will be watched with considerable interest by local follow- ers of the ring. Attention, Woodmen, All members of the Bemidji Lodge of Woodmen are requested to meet at the I. O. O. F. hall at one o’clock Friday p. m., for the purpose of attending the funeral of our late brother, A. P. Henrionnet, which will be held at the Presbyterian church at 2 p. m. Paul Foucault, V. C. IT COST OVER $3,000 TO ELECT COUNTY OFEICERS Affidavits of Candidates, and Statement of Republican County Committee, Tells of Receipts and Disburse- ments at ‘‘Late Unpleasantness.” It cost the various candidates for county offices $3217.81 to run for county office, and in addition thereto, the Republican County committee of Beltrami county spent $174.00, during the late “‘unpleasantness”— the primary and general elections| —according to e;peuse accounts filed with County Auditor John Wilmann, The subjoined tahle shows the different amounts spem; { by the various candidates at the election. davits of expenditures, none of the candidates received any money from any source whatsoever to assist them in their campaign. The Bel- however, acknowledges the receipt of $210.00. The following is a list of the expenditures according to affidavits on file: Viggo Peterson, commissioner 4th district % general election $15 A.'W, Danaher, commissioner 5th distr general election 5 John Gilstad, commissioner 2nd district primary & general election. 63 50 H. Clementson, commissisner2nd district, general election 3450 0. S. Husett, commissioner 5th district. general elcction, 42 50 Chester McKusick County attorney primary election 181 72 Chester McKusick, county attorney,gen- eral election 108 31 P. J.- Russell, county attorney, ‘general election 229 00 Geo. E. Ericson, county attorney, primary election |l | for Christmas shoppers dividually for Aboul 15 shapes in scarfs. tern and shades. i Holiday Cravats Neckwear displayed converiently Christmas A counless mumber of pat- 50¢ to $2 You'li find overcoats in the late new novelty fabrics so very popular; black and oxfords, late shades of grey, patterns which are found ex- clusively here. English great coats,box overcoats Varsities and Chesterfield overcoats that are good values at $25 and $28, at. ... and boxed in- giving. new wide-end Gordons (o) Kid A Gift of Gloves Gloves in standard makes, such as shown here, . et $l-50 ur Special Dressed $1 10 Money Cheerfull Clothing It is a gathering The best ments. \ material that the season has brought forth. No man can go fashion- wrong who selects among them, and the economical man > lem of style-following easily solved. Givers of sensible and practical gifts will also find excel- lent suggestions. $18 a~d Wilsons, $3.50 &3204. y Refunded Howuse A PRE-HOLIDAY DISPOSAL OF SEVERAL LINES OF WINTER GARMENTS of superb gar- in style and finds the prob- Katz-Cohen Tailored Suits and Overcoats Go at Reductions of 1-3 and 1-4 The suits are Katz-Cohen, very latest mod- els, with as conservative or as ultra style in pockets and other points as your taste may de- mand. Coming at this season, we think this 318 sale will prove very opportune for you. $25 and $28 suits at-..-:------- - Headwear for the Holidays . The interest in “belween s:ason” hat s'yles is very pronounced. do.s Caps made on the warmth —minus weight, with “fur inbands, ’ % 75¢ to @2» Store Open Evenings Gift Shirts, $1.00 to $2.50 Boxed Suspenders 50¢ to $3.00 Umbrellas $1.00 to $6.00 Bags and Suit Cases $1 50 to $15 Maufflers 50¢ to $2.50 English Squares $1 to $2.50 Collar Boxes $1 50 to $2.00 Smoking Jackets $5.00 to $I2 Bath Rebes $4 00 to $7.50 House Slippers $1.25 to $2.00 Hosiery 25¢ to $1.50 | —— Until Christmas According to these affi-| 9 < "7 & general clection trami County Republican committee | of sehools, general election on last page. - John Wilmann county Auditor, primary & general election, 168 00 J. L. George, county auditor, primary election, . J.0. Harris, register of deeds, primary & gencral election 156 00 P, J. Riddell. register of deeds, primary ction 160 00 G. H. French;county treasurer, primary & general election 159 50 | John Bailey, county treasurer. primary election Arne Solberg, sheriff, primary election 93 8 Alfred Olson, sheriff, primary elec- tion, 207 00 A. B. Hazen, sheriff, primary & general election 250 00 Wes Wright, sheriff, primary election Rov K. Bliler. county surveyor, primary eral clection, 10 00 Ibertson, county coroner, primary & M general election 151 98 I J, P. Lahr, county coroner, primary elec- tion M. A, Clark, Judge of probate, primary 176 00 M. G. Slocum, court commissioner, general election 10 00 W. B. Stewart, county superintendent of schools, primary & general election 92 50 Vera M. Cameron, county superintendent 24 00 J.J. Upsahl, representative to state legisla- ture, primary election 268 50 J.J. Opsahl, representative to state legisia- c, tion 40 00 ey, representative tostate 2 primary election 221 00 C. W, Stanton, district judge, general elec- tion 418 25 Beitrami county republican committee primary & general election 176 00 Beltrami county democratic committee, primary & reneral election . Total expenditures during elections of 1908 347 81 tal receipts of Beltrami county republican committee 210 00 According to the County Com- mittee, the committee went through the campaign with receipts of $210.00 and expenditures of 174.00, leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of $36.00. | The receipts show donations from candidates as follows: B. F. Wright, {W. B. Stewart, Geo. H. French, M. 1A, Clark, John | Opsahl, $15.00 eacb; J. O. Harris, Wilmann, J. J. F. W. Rhoda, Chester McKusick, Halvor Steenerson, $25.00; A. B. Hazen $20.00. In the matter of the donation made by Mr. Hazen, there is a dis- crepency in the amount filed by the Republican County Committee and statement made by Mr. Hazen. Mr. Hazen says he gave the com- mittee $25.00, while the committee credits him with $20.00. In the various affidavits filled by the candidates, it is noticed that most of them spent large amounts j for ‘cigars, etc.,” and some of the items scheduled as expenses are really amusing. In the list of expenditures filed by the Republican County commit- tee, it is noted that $25.00 was given to F. A. Jackson for expenses as challenger at Baudette; $7.50 to Johr Cljue as challenger at Nebish, and a like amount to M. G. Slocum as challenger at Redby; J. P. Pogue and John F. Gibbons were given $7.50 and $5.00 respectively, for act- ing as challengers at Fowlds; G. M. T »-rance and W. G. Schroeder were allowed $6.00 for acting as challen- gers at Tenstrike; G. E. Carson was given $49.00 for printing, postage and challenging at Bemidji; S. S. Carter was given $5.00 for attend- ing a meeting of the committee. It is a notable fact that the Demo- cratic County committee failed to make any affidavit of receipts or expenditures. For Sale, Cheap. We have the following materials we will sell at big bargains, as listed below: | 25 axes 10 two men says 50 No. 2 shove¥s 50 camp blankets One 16 H. P. Traction engine One rock crusher One 2000 1b pile driver hammer 15 wheelbarrows One Centrifugal pump One hotel range, large size. One gasoline engine and pump attached One concrete mixer. Beltrami Electric Light & Power Co. A Daughter for Arne Solberg. Word comes from Battle River that a new daughter has been born i{to Mr. and Mrs. Arne Solbérg. ' Mr. Solberg is enjoying his new honors with coming dignity. Mr. and Mrs. Solberg resided in Bemidji for some | time prior to moving to their home- istead in the Battle River country. They have many friends- here, as well as in Battle River, and all will join in wishing the new ‘‘lassie” all kinds of good health.- Additional local matter will be found