Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 11, 1909, Page 1

Historical chiety.' T ’1‘_[1 E B M_[DJ ]. D LY ‘ PION EER ] VOLUME 6. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1906. : FORTY CENTS PER MONTH = NORMAL COMMITTEE WILL FARMERS’ INSTITUTES TO LEAVE ST. PAUL TONIGHT BB HELD INFEBRUARY W. R. Mackenzie Has Arranged for Meet’ings at Smaller Places in Clearwater and Beltrami Counties.—Speak- _ ers of Note Will Address Farmers. NUMBER 253. IS “BOOSTING” BEMIDJI ' “MAGIC CITY OF NORTH” Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Company Issues Hand- some Booklet Descriptive of this Metropolis of North- Central Minnesota.—Is Splendid Publication. Will Follow Itinerary as Published in the Pioneer.---Senator Gunn Inviting Friends to Accompany the Junket in a Private Car, W. R. Mackenzie of this cityy sec- retary of the Beltrami County Agri- |8. cultural society, has arranged a ser- ies of farmers’ institutes for Beltrami Mar. 1, Leon school house, Sec."12. and Clearwater counties, and will be | Mar. 2, Berner school house, Sec. attended by noted speakers furnished | 13. by the State Farmers’ Institute at| Mar. 3, Gonvick town hall. St. Paul. : Mar. 4, Leon creamery. A. D. Willsion, superintendent of Mar. 5, Willborg village. the Farmers’ Institutes, bas acceded| Mar. 6, Dudley school house, Sec. to Mr. Mackenzie’s request for|20. meetings in Beltrami and Clearwater | Mar. 8, Vern school house. counties, and has expressed a desire March 9, Alida town halil. —+ to do everything possible for the| March 10, Solway village. betterment of farming conditions in| March 11, Frohn school house, the north half of the state. Sec. 14. The following are the idates and| March 12, school house District places where these institutes'will be | No. 10, near Bemidji. | held: The farmers who live in the dis- —1 Feb. 23,Maple Ridge school house, | tricts mentioned above should pre- Sec. 34. serve these dates and assist in mak- | Feb. 24, Liberty school house,|in the meetings a success. Mr. i | Pony Lake. Mackenzie has done bis part, and the farmers should do theirs, which Feb. 25, Buzzle school house, Sec | will ingure the success of the meet- Senate. i ings. = . . _— W.A. Ilinton (Rep), Truman, Chairman. S. D. Works (Dem ), Mankato. Billiard Tournament. CASS LAKE HAS $26,000 : Feb. 26, Buzzle school house Sec. - Feb. 27, Neving, creamery. Itinerary of Normal School Commiittees. ViaC. N. Railway. ; Leave St. Paul 11:10 p m., Thursday ;llght, Feb. 11th; arrive at Duluth 6:30 a. - m. Friday, Feb. 10. Leave Duluth 8:45 a. m. Friday; arrive Cass Lake 2:45 p. m. Remain in Case Lake Friday night. - ; Leave Cass Lake 7 a. m., Saturday Feb. 13th, going to Park Rapids. Leave Park Rapids 5:45 p. m., returning ' to Bemidji. Arrive in Bemidji 8:15 p. m, Saturday; Feb. 12th. - Remain in Bemidji until Sunday, Feb. 13th, when depart at 2:30 p. m., for Thief River Falls. The Joint Commiittee. House." F. E. Gart<id> (Rep), Winona, Chairman. Hans Jorgenson (Dem.), Mankato. . Last evening in the Bemidji J. A. A. Burnquist (Rep.), St. Paul. P C.L Sivyer ?Rep )(’ Mll)n)]:’leapo‘lb George D. French (Rep.), St. Charles. Billiard Tournament which is beinz| |NDEBTEDNESS---TO BOND { Henry Rhine: (Rep ), Mora. John C. Hardy (Dem.), St. Paul. plages ateClletiels puslorg oW 1 g i . score of 70 to 55, Mr. Boss playing Eleci"’:’:; :‘e I;Is;es::r:;y’ F':::::;d 1" St. Paul, Feb. 11.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The members of the joint sub-committees of [100 to 70. Bonding Vill;ge the house and senate normal school committees who will look over the sites which are being: 2 1 Wrleeand oG Crothers ; % 3 3 played Tuesday evening, the former offered for the location of the proposed sixth state normal school will leave St. Paul {opight at| with a handicap of 100 to 60. Mr. | Brooks defeated J. F. Boss by a i | | Chief Sha-now-ish-kung (Bemidji) After Whom City of Bemid)i Was Named. The Bemidji Townsite & Improve- ment company has just issued a hand- some booklet, descriptive of Bemidji, | telling how the townsite was first proposed, the later organization of acres of ‘mines’ of that kind of thing myself, so you can keep yours.’ “The little breeze stirred the leaves again and the whispers of the trees grew more derisive. 11:10 o’clock, and will go to Cass Lake, Bemidji, Park Rapids, [Thief River Falls, Red Lake|Wyler won by a Falls, Warren and Wadena before returning. to_ St Paul. membership of the sub-committees will go on the junket. It is stated here that Dan Gunn of Grand Rapids, state” senator from the Flfty-s°cond So far_ a8 1s now known the full tally of 100 to 49. — % M. Tarranca and. 7. A Daclenn hand]e_d the cues on Monday evening and the latter won, 70 to 87. ~ Mr. Pioneer.)—By a vote of almast four #n mnabha satams Af ilie S today expressed their desire to bond the village for the amount of its Cass Lake, Feb. 11.—(Special to | o Torrance was handicapped 100 to|floating indebtedness. g —— “Over on the south shore of the |district, and who has been Cass Lake’s chief working supporter during the past two sessions of 70. e The bonds will be issued to the = the company and platting of the|lake, a tall, gaunt, roughly-clad the legislature, is inviting friends to accompany the members of the junketing party, he to| The tournament is nearly half |state of Minnesota and will aggre- 4 town, and the great growth and de-'figure stood and gazed up the east- 3 velopment of this giant of the north half of the state during the past few years, surface smiled in the sunlight as if it, too, found something amusing in their presence. “One of the group dug up a bit of worthless, blue-tinted crystal from the sand and tossed it to another of the party. “ ‘Have a sapphire on me,’ he said, and the rest laughed. The one to whom the bit of crystal had been thrown snapped it into the lake and, with a grimace, said: s, ern shore at the little group on the sand and greeted their presence with a grunt of disapproval. At posed. “*Too far from everywhere,’ the quick dissent. ‘Besides, this country is good for something else. It wouldn’t ‘take such anawful lot to civilize it.’ ** ‘Only a city,’ said another, ‘and inhabitants and a few railroads and electric light and a mayor and com- mon council and .a municipal ‘debt and some graft. That’s all.’ “Another bit of the blue crystal was ‘Thanks, I own a share of ninety came to light and the digger chucked furnish a private car for their use. The commmittee will undoubtedly remain in Cass Lake over Friday night. thousand population. In its growth it has combined the characteristics of the oak with those of the mush- room, for with all its rapid develop- ment, it has the stability which means a definitely prosperous future.” “Boy Blue’ will be- presented | at the City Hall two. weeks from now by the children of the Be- midji public school$, under the direction of Misses Hanson and Alley. moved from the floor. 2. That pumice stone shall be used instead of whiting on the floor to prevent slipping. 3. That the distance shall be three miles and that the skaters shall utart irom opponte sides: of the nnk. Trains on Time Again. Most of the passenger trains which stop in Bemidji are running on time again after the severe storm Tuesday, the majority. of the trains today com- followed the ceremony. The newly- wedded couple expect to go to Inter- national Falls for a short honeymoon, : Discharged. George Seiger, who was arrested gbout ten days “ago’ at: Detroit by, Deputy Sheriff Olson. on a warrant swom out last Apnl by Fred Christ- enson,” was = arraigned yesterday morning before Justice Simons dnd discharged on account of the non- appearance of the camplammg wit- nus._ 5 over and interest among the players is reaching a high point. G. M. Torrance and W. J. Markham will be gate $26,000. They will bear interest at 4 per cent per annum, will' be numbered . say the same. - ROE & M . The Reliab PHONE 206 Yours very truly, BEMIDJI, MINN. : To those that like ‘HERRING we want to say thaat we just got in genuine Toree K Norway Herring— the best we ever had, and if you like herring you wfll ARKUSEN le Crocers. PHONE 207 - : F the opponents this evening, and will mature as set forth in the The booklet is a splendidly-gotten | last he turned slowly back to a large, |4 jnto the center of the circle, where A GHAMPIUNSHIP HM}E -|iog in practically as scheduled. ——————— resolution now on file with the up and nicely-arranged specimen of | birch-bark tepee that stood afew;t 1,y glinting in the sun. Yesterday the Great Northern Company K, Attention. village recorder. - the printer’s and photographer’s art, | Fods from the shore, lighted a l°f’g‘ “ ‘Sell that, and you can buy ’em AT GnflnKsTfl" TONIGHT trains from the east, west and south| ~‘All members of Company K are| A light vote was cast in com- containiag many half-tone cuts of | stemmed pipe and sat down to think | 415 pe suggested. were on time. ordered to appear at the armory at|parison with the number of voters beautiful spots hereabouts, together | gloomily of the future. “‘Now look here,’ interjected a e No freight came from Brainerd on | 1:30 'clock tomorrow afternoon in in the village. The vote stood 156 \\ with some of the business blocks—| The coming of the pale-faces|memper who had not spoken for|Third and Deciding Roller Race Be-|the M. & I. last evening, on account|dress (blue) uniforms without arme. |for the bonds and 43 against, g and in the center is a larger picture|could have but one significence to|gome moments. ‘You say it's a tween Thorpe and Carpenter at of the blocking of traffic on the —Captain Adam E. Otto. PTSI s : of the famous “Diamond Point,” a|this Chippewa chief, who had been|po04 enough country. I say it's s 5 p Northern Pacific out of Brainerd. Postoffice Closed Tomorrow. part of the site for the proposed|driven from place to place by the|more than that. It’s a rattling good Crookston Auditorium. Number 46, the -Bemidji-Interna- Probate Court. The general delivery window of sixth state normal school. white men and finally had made country. Here are forests with any| == tional Falls south-bound freight| Feb.8. Estate of Mary A. Carter. |'the local postoffice-will be open to- Through the kindness of E. L.|his home in the most secluded spot quantity of good timber in them. 4 train, arrived in the city last evening | Hearing on petition for administra- | morrow only between 10:30 and Calihan of St. Paul, secretary of the|he could find. With simple-minded | wherever we've done any digging, Al Thorpe of Fargo and Harry 24 hours late and last. evening’s|tion had and order issued and filed|11:30 a. m. as the day is a legal ——— townsite company, the Pioneer has|egotism he had christened the lake except right here on the lake® shore, | Carpenter of Crookston will settle |\ orh bound passenger on the M. &|appointing D. W. Carter as an ad-|holiday. The carriers will make been favored with a copy of the|after himself, and in the same spirit| ye pave found good, rich, black soil, | their long-disputed claims to being |I. was 23 hours behind time. ministrator of the estate. | one delivery in the morning. booklet; and we take the liberty of|had appropriated the hunting|q dogen or fourteen inches deep over | the fastest roller skater in the north.| The Sauk Center-Bemidji Great 2 reproducing the following, taken %’»"O“"'_is about it and. resented any|¢pe clay bed. The location couldn’t west in a three-mile race at the Audi-| Northern passenger train Tuesday | EEEEEE—S— 2 from the first pages of the booklet, mt:u‘smn. : be better for railroad development, |40 i in Crookston this evening. |€vening was three hours late on ’ under the heading of “Some Early Bemid)i won’t move again,’ he|and this lake is the best ever for a Each one has secured a race, Car-|account of the storm and the M. & Roe & Markusen S = History:” determived, as be gazed thought-|summer resort. It seems to me this penter. winning the first on‘e at|I. passenger from Brainerd was two A “On an afternoon in the autumn |fUlly at the lake. ‘Bemidji is 100 | region is suited to something better | crookston and Thorpe the second|hours behind schedule. = While the . ° of 1896, there sat in a circle, on the|®d: He w“_l stay here until he is|than a hunting preserve. It's a at Bemidji and. the third and final|latter train was standing at the Edltorlal lonely shore of a lake in Northern zat.hered to his fathers, and if the | country of promise, and I, for one, race of the series will be pulled off | Laporte depot, a freight train from Minnesota, six practical business Wh“? Tan comes 'betm:e that time, | am willing to help make it good.’ this evening; the south bumped the rear coach and, men, idly drawing pictures in the ?em“‘hf will bear with him, for there| That was the beginning. Half “On‘acoount of the fact that it is although no one was injured, one of Lent is near—commencing the twenty-fourth-of this -4 sand with small twigs that had been|'S ‘r‘mthmg e!se to do’ an hour later, with the president possible. to secure’ 200 more people “smokers” was damaged slightly and month—and we want the people to know about a few washed ashore by the miniature| = Meanwhile a desultory conversa-|seated in stateon a pile of pure in Crookston than in Bemidji,”|bad to be left at Laporte, things that we have in the fish lme. billows. They had bought it for|tion had sprung up within the circle|jake sand, the secretary reclining said Thorpe’s manager today; “and good, hard cash—bought it on the on“tl:e sand. a few feet away and scratching the | .o tpe crowd at the last race in Married Last Night. We just got in a shipment of the finest representations of a man who had It e tobe agood country|minutes of the meeting in the Bemidji was not sufficient to pay| Cass Lake, Feb. 11—(Special to Norwa sard"“es i sought them out in their offices in é"fl“‘gh" said one. i smooth surface of the beach, and the |y expenses of the skaters, it was Pioneer.)—Thomas P. Fleming, the h 10 thi y ked by C d Can-- — the city—and now they were not Ves, when you get to it,’ supple-| other members stretched at length decided to have. the. last. contest at| head bookkeeper for C.'W. Taylor & |[j that erer go me to 01'(1 is’city; packed ,by Conoor ta.n- » particularly happy over the purchase. me:Sed another. on the warm shore, a townsite and | - ovcion 1 wrote to managers of | Co. of Cass Lake, and Miss Ida M. ning Co,, Stavanger orway, and they guarantee 2 : 2 g s ;i 2 0 : that these Sardines are packed from the “They were sixty-five miles from| 1USours anyway, _ remarked a|improvement company was organized the rinks at Duluth, Minneapolis|Hanson, daughter of George Han- fi h h d Ti the nearest railroad and a good two th"_d' for we bought it and paid|and the first step taken towards and at Grand Forks h:xt received no | oD, the proprietor of the Pine hotel, finest autumn caught fis| ; an 'n pure olive hundred yards from the nearest :10: lt'; b;{‘l:e"' asth]e g“g ;g :‘“’the' the development ~of what is Proving | ;. cers 5o it was.a question of|Were married last evening at the oil. = : @ it of crsytal, he added as an q i A ; 5 sde’s : . :hmi that ‘hore ithe resemblallu:e afterthought, ‘even to the sapphires.’ tn. hed .ventable nafthem TIPS | ither Bemidji or Crookston and the home ot the ) buded parents, Arc.h We alsn have BONELESS OODFISH put -T 0a house. Back of them a thick |2 ‘with a live commercial center and latter was chosen for .the above rea-|deacon H. F. Parshall of the Epis- i I a tnothing but selosted | forest, mainly pine, but with scat-| _ A damper fell on the talk for a prospects unsurpassed by any other| oo ., ' copal” church performmg the leeres gp n glass, jars, an you get nothing e C } tered balsam, oak and birch trees, | ime, and then somebody suggested | territory. of 40,000 square miles in SSrominal s DAl e sh. Don’t forget to include a jar in your next order. ; whispered _decisively and seemed thi‘f,":V::::ti:":::‘:;":,i;e::;'n the country. , .. | evening at the Auditorium in Crooks. | Only a few relatives and intimate In CANNED SALMON we have the Blood ‘ to be laughing quietly as the wind ! 8| Such was the beginning of Bemidii. | ton ‘are: friends were present and covers were Pink Tanad | stirred the leaves. Occasionally|® Private game preserve hereand| is now a city of approximately six| 1. The band stand shall be re.|laid for eighteen at the supper which Red, and the Sockeye, and the Piok, in one pound an S E— the men glanced at the lake, whose establishing a shooting-box?* he pro- ¥y Pp! y 5 ¥ in h&lf pound cans. |