Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1909, Page 1

VOLUME 6. NUMBER 242. HINDS’ NORMAL SCHOOL MEASURE IS IMPARTIAL Treats All Aspirants for i’roposed Sixth_Normal School Fairly with Advantage to None.—MecGarry’s Cass Lake Bill Is Extremely Selfish. - St. Paul, Jan. 30.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Representative J. J. school, in northern Minnesota, leaving the matter of location se- Opsahl has issued a statement iniverely alone, which he gives a few reasons why he is supporting the Hinds measure for the establishment of a sixth normal | school in northern Minnesota, known as the ‘‘general” bill. statement is as follows: “First—The Hinds measure is| consistent with normal legislative acts; it takes no advantage of Cass| Lake or any other town in northern Miunesota; and, most of all, because it has the backing of the people aud the towns as a whole in the northern’ part of the state which are aspirants for the school, both in the Fifty- third, Sixty-first and Sixty-second and Sixty-third legislative districts, as well as a whole county in the Fifty-second district (McGarr’ys). “Cass Lake stands out alone asking for the proposed school, as a townsite boom. With its 300,000-acre forest reserve, on which they can never hope to get sat- tlers to support their town,and appar- ently realizing their weakness on those points,the CassLake supporters | dare not come before the normal board and ask for the school on the assertion that their site is the best for the future business prosperity of the school should one be estab- lished. “Cass Lake supporters claim they have the best- site and the best town for a normal school. If they have, pray why are they so afraid of a jury that will fully inves- tigate the facts pertaining to the location of the school and render their decision on the merits of the different aspirants for the school? *“Cass Lake’s supporters are not residents of the district who are ask- ing the location of the school at that place as a local enterprise; on the contrary, the principal supporters of Cass Lake in this contest are non- residents of the district, Why do these non-residents desire to tell people of the northwestern part of the state that they do not know what they want? “Second—No contest for location was pushed to the front when the present five state normal schools were established; on the contrary, the contest was wholly for the creat- ing of the schools. Each of these schools was, by legislative act, estab- lished within a certain boundary limit, with instructions for the state normal board to select and accept the best site for location; then to build the school and manage it, the legislature to provide the necessary funds, afterwards. “Third—The normal school com- mittee of the house has gone on record as unanimously favoring the creation of a sixth state norma “Fourth—The bill introduced by Representative Hinds, known as the ‘general bill,’ is consistent and conforms with legislative precedents. The | This bill bounds or describes the territory in conformity with 'the house committee’s recommendation —northwestern Minnesota (north- eastern Minnesota alreacy has a school, at Duluth). The bill further complies with established practice in establishing the former schools, and leaves the selection of the site, the erection of the building - and the management of the school to the state normal board, it being presumed that if the board has been competent in selecting sites and managing five normal schools in the past, it has profited by experi- ence and will do fully as well or even better in handling the pro- posed sixth normal. “Fifth—Northwestern Minnesota the sixth state normal school in order to secure better educational facilities for our rural schools. “We are not booming any townsite. We are selfish in but one respect: We want the school established first, and then we want the’school located where it will be the most accessible to the people of our part of the state, and become the best and largest in the state. “Sixth—TIs it the duty of the legislature to by guided by the will and wishes of the majority, or by a selfish minority, backed up by out- siders who will not in the least be benefitted by the establishment and location of such a school, except by personal gain? ““If the wishes of the people are to be respected, the Hinds bill is the meritorius measure that should be adopted. This bill has behind it the united support of the villages and cities as well as the country people of the Fifty-third district, the Sixty- first district, the Sixty-second dis- trict, and the Sixty-third district, as well as Koochiching county, in the Fifty-second (McGarry’s) district. “If you will study the map of Minnesota you will see what a large area the Hinds bill covers in estab- lishing the school, and what little territory outside of the village of Cass Lake stands out against suc- cessof a school in mnorthwestern Minnesota, as desired by the Mc- Garry bill. “The question is, shall the legis- lature respect the desire of an over- whelming majority of our people for the best interests of our school chil- dren, or quietly submit to the will of a small minority thus adding to. some one’s personal gain or benefit?” POPULAR MONETAS FIVE AT BRINKMAN THEATRE Presenting ‘“An Evening at Home,” Consisting of Solos, Duets, Trios, Quartettes, Etc., Ete. Manager Brinkman, of the Brink- man Family Theatre, has succeeded in procuring one of the best vaude- ville companies for next week that has ever “made” the west. This popular company of five people, under the theatrical name “Monetas Five,” presenting “An Evening at Home,” consisting of solos, duets, trios, quartettes, introducing violin, flute, piano, harp, guitar and saxa- phone, have played in all the prin- cipal cities in the United States, and Mr. Brinkman has been trying for a number of months, to secure them for a weeks’ engagement at his playhouse in this city, but they were always in such demand and billed so far ahead that he isto be congratulated at securing their services even now, and it is at such an enormous expense that it will be necessary .to .raise the price of admission to 15¢ and 25c for that week, but the lovers of good high class vaudeville and the best music of the day,will never regret the slight addition to the admission fee. Rural Telephone Near Hines. A rural telephone line will prob- ably be established this spring along the Walker & Akeley logging rail- road grade from Hines seven miles eastward, according to the statement made yesterday by Charles S. Carter of the lumber firm of Kaye & Carter of Hines, who was in the city yester- day. . Mr. Carter reports that there are ten farmers along the proposed route of the system who are desirous of having ’phones installed in their homes and a few others who may be- come parties to the line. No com- pany has yet been given a rightof- way to build the proposed telephone line. 5 comes to the legislature asking for| BEMIDJI, MINN OTA, SATURDAfi\EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1909. At “Beautiful Bemidji” ES ° L3 BEAUTIFUL “DIAMOND POINT,” Eastern Boundary of Bemidji’s Site for the Proposed Sixth State Normal School. ‘BOULEVARD ON BANKS OF LAKE BEMIDII. This Splendid Thoroughfare Extends from the Center of the City to “Diamond Point,” the Normal Site. Splendid Stand of Stately Norway Pine, at the : Head of Lake Bemidji. : LY PIONEER. - | pistol, both ‘|luntil the seventh lap, when Thorp MINNESOTA - HISTBRICAL SOCIETY. ¥ FORTY CENTS PER MONTH THORPE EASILY WON THE ~ SECOND RACE OF SERIES In Pursuit Race, Thorpe Caught Carpenter in Twelfth Lap aind Trailed Behind Crookston Man, Winning : G by Half a Lap. Al Thorpe, the speedy Fargo|and Carpenter and Thorpe will now roller skater, easily defeated Harry | determine where they will skate the Carpenter, of Crookston in the|third and deciding race. The dis- second race of the series which they | tance agreed upon for the third race are skating for the championship of | is three miles, and the test of this northern Minnesota, the race being pulled off at the Coliseum rink in this city, before a large and enthusi- astic crowd. Carpenter won the first race at Crookston, Wednesday evening, the rink at that place being arranged in such a manner that Thorpe was %in- able to turn the corners, and the Fargo man asserted after the race that he could defeat Carpenter, if a race was skated on a rink which was fair. aes The race last evening was a pursuit contest, the skaters starting from opposite sides of the rink. At the crack of the starter’s skaters hit a lively ¢lip, and they remained about even began spurting and he gained a lead which he increased until in the twelfthlap, when he caught the Crookston skater, and trailed at the latter’s heels until the end of the mile (twenty-five laps), winning the race by half a lap. The time announced for the mile | final race will -decide which is the was 3 minutes, 28 seconds, being 1| better man. second faster than the time that was| Judging from the race skated here made in the race at Crookston |last evening, Thorpe is the faster Wednesday evening, and is' con-|man, and if the final race is skated sidered .very fast for a twenty-five |on its' merits (and there is, little lap rink. : doubt but that it will be) local sup- The series of races now stands a |porters of Thorpe believe that he will tie, each skater having won 'a race, [win. 5 b FIREMEN WILL MEET AT CASS AL THORPE. should ‘they desire to accept. If not in~ all probality it will be held I_AKE FEBR“‘HY Ig in one of the range towns or_at Cass Lake. - ¥ There are sevefal new matters % Members of Tournament Association |that will be brought up at this Will Then Set Dates for Holding ~ [meeting. It is expected that the Next Tournament. committee will introduce new fea- tures for the coming tournament. i Electric Warning. Charles S. Carter of Hines was in the city yesterday and reported that the M. & 1. railway has placed an s electric bell at the crossing of the company’s tracks with the principal street of Tenstrike. The bell rings as soon as the approaching train crosses one of the switches in the yards and is used instead of a man who formerly stood at the crossing § and warned people of nearby trains. Cass Lake, Jan. 30.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The executive committee of the Northern Minnesota Fire- i men’s Tournament association will meet here on Friday, the 19th of February. At this meeting the delegates will decide when and where the next tournament will be held and will also transact their annual business. At their meeting in Park Rapids last June the place for holding the next tournament was not definitely| Valentine post cards can be se- decided. It is believed that Grand |cured by calling at this office. A Rapids will be given the honor of |good selection can be had by those handling the tournament next June,| who call early. RAINY DAYS Come to everybody. Life has more ups than downs. Right now, while you are making, you ought to be saving; then when the downs come you will have something to fall back upon. _ Where is the money you have been earning all these years? You spent it ‘and somebody else put it in the bank. 'Why don’t you put your own money in the bank for yourself—why let the - other fellow save what you earn. BE INDEPENDENT START-'A BANK ACCOUNT WITH FIRST NATIONAL BANK ‘ OF BEMIDJI