Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 12, 1909, Page 1

- THE BEMIDJI Historical Society. 4 DATLY PIONEER. VOLUME 6. NUMBER 278. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, F RIDAY: EVENING, MARCH 12, 1909. 3 FORTY:CENTS PER MONTH EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL “Booster,” in His Usual Weekly Letter, Tells of the Hap- penings Among the Scholars.—Much Interest Shown in Educational Work. SCHOOL NOTES. [By “BOOSTER.”] Ralph B. Lycan is developing great cartoonist ability. “The Classmate” has added sev- eral pages to this week’s issue. Guy Moore is busy these days, writing for the high school paper. Nell Shannon has resumed work at the high school after an absence of two weeks. Gladys Brannon is back at work in the freshmen room, after an absence of two weeks. Lee Love, one of Miss Nelson’s students, has left school, his parents having moved to Canada. Elizabeth Anderson has_been ab- sent from the fifth grade for some time on account of illness. Examinations were held at the High School last week, in English, History, Physics and Civics. Professor Ritchie made the high school his usual weekly visit of mspection Monday of last week. Ethel Knox, one of our esteemed seniors, left Tuesday to spend the rest of the week with her parents at Nebish. The second division of the plane geometry class is finding that this subject is not the easiest on the program. Miss Yancey, the teacher of Latin and German at the high school, did not hold class Thursday on account of sickness. An artist of expression should have been around when the Modern History examination papers were handed back. . The class in physics, under Pro- fessor Thornton, has finished the study of “heat” and taken up “raagnetism.” The boys of the grades have started to play marbles. This is usually a pretty good sign that spring is nearing. Selma Witting, Orpha Minor and Elsie Miller lead the class in short- hand; each of the girls have an average of 90 or more. James Harris has joined the Boys’ Glee Club. “Jim” has a fine voice, which adds greatly to the proficiency of the club. Dorothy Torrance and Irene Lappen two of the Freshmen stu- dents, did not attend school last week on account of sickness. Paul Shannon made us another visit Wednesday.: We are glad to see the interest that this energetic young man has in our school. The boys are hoping that this weather will keep on, for if it does it will not be long before the campus will be full of baseball candidates. Miss Donaldson’s pupils in draw- ing are doing excellent work and many beautiful and artistic draw- ings adorn the walls of the grade rooms. Herbert Warfield, son of Andrew Warfield, will not be in school for several days. He has gone to Princeton, Ill,, with his father and mother. A few of the teachers gave a surprise party in honor of Miss Brown Wednesday evening of last week., All present report a very enjoyable time. If the contest Friday evening -had been held to decide which of the two glee clubs should go to Grand Rapids, it is safe to state that the young men would go— a young man’s opinion, The members of the Bemidji High school wish to extend their heartfelt sympathy to their friend and schoolmate, Clara Benson, in her great sorrow and loss caused by tke death of her beloved mother. A large number of High School students did not attend school last Friday, on account of sickness. It seems a shame, when one thinks of how beautiful 2 day Friday was, that these young people should have been L. “The Classmate” is the name of the high school paper which issued its first publication Wednesday of last week. Thislittle paper is edited by two of Bemidji’s energetic young men, Bert I. Williams and Guy Moore. The boys are to be con- gratulated for their interest in pub- lishing this paper as every school should bave one. We wish the boys success, Two penants, which greatly add to the beauties of the freshmen room, have been put up. One of the pen- ants is made up of the freshmen colors, maroon and gold; and has the year 1909 on it; the other is made of the High School colors, blue and white, and bears the year 1912. The penants are very pretty and were personally bought by the students, The first literary session of the Kappa Gamma Chi, will be held a week from today. A literary pro- gram will be rendered and the gen- eral topic chosen for the meetiug is “The High School and the Pupil.” The girls "have entered into the work with much enthusiasm and the new sdciety will doubtless be- come an important factor in their school life. The especial notice of the parents is called to the fact that Miss Don- aldson, instructor of industrial work in the Bemidji public schools, an- nounces that an art exhibit will be held in the near future. This will include the work done by the pupils from the primary to the High School grades inclusive. This-exhibit promises to be very fine and should certainly be of great interest to all who are interested in school work. The boys of our High School would not be outdone by the girls, so on Wednesday they met and organized a literary society. The following officers were elected: Ralph Lycan, president; John Gainey, vice- president; Elmer Hilliard, treasurer; Emil Engils, secretary. The follow- committees were also appointed: Comnmittee on a name, Warren Gill chairman, Mayne Stanton and Helmer Kruse. Committee on a constitution, Elmer Hilliard, chair- man, Guy Moore and Olaf Hum- drum. Another meeting was held this afternoon for the purpose of adopting the constitution and choos- ing a name for the club. The boys have taken up this work with enthus- iasm and much can be expected of of them. A preliminary declamatory contest was held last Friday evening in the City Hall to select representatives of the Bemidji High School at the declamatory contest between the high schools of Cass Lake, Park Rapids, Akeley, Eagle Bend, Grand Rapids and Bemidji, which is to be held this year at Grand Rapids. There were seven contestants, four with serious and three with humor- ous declamations, and all did re- markably well. Clara Fisk won the serious and Emil Engles the humor- ous and will represent_our school. A feature of the program was the music furnished under the direction of Miss Hanson. The Boys Glee Club made its initial appearance and sang well; the Girls Glee Club also sang, and solos were rendered by Misses Hanson and Wightman. Each of the four classes may well feel proud of the contestants who represents them. Subscribe For The Pioneer. Criminal Cases Being Rapidly Disposed of.—Grand Jury Will Soon Com- plete Its Work. The regular grind is on at the present session of the district court for Beltrami county, which is being held in this city. Court was opened at 8:30 o’clock this morning and Dominick Boyer, charged with robbery, was placed on trial. The case occupied until 11 o’clock, when the jury retired for deliberation. The court appointed J. F. Gib- bons of this city to act as assistant eounty attorney and have the power to go before the grand jury. Mr. Gibbons took the oath of office. Judge Stanton ordered that A. A. Andrews be paid $30 for at- torney’s fees in the Charles Woods case. John L. Brown was appointed attorney for John Boyce who is charged with robbery. The trial of John Clark, indicted for grand larceny, was taken up and the first seyen jurors excused. Five men were secured but the panel was exhausted and a special venire of ten was ordered returnable at-2 o’clock. The court adjourned until this afternoon. The case of the state against George Cook, which was commenced Wednesday afternoon, was resumed yesterday morning and the jury re- tired at 11 o’clock in charge of A. A. Carter. Cook was indicted by the grand jury on the charge of stealing about $13 from C. M. Hen- derson in this city. The jury report- ed a disagreement in this case late yesterday afternoon after being out six hours. The special venire, which was ordered Wednesday afternoon, was returned yesterday morning and all were present with the exception of Frank Van Tassle of Turtle River, who was absent on account of the belated M. & I. train. The jury which tried the case of state vs. Charles Woods, - charged with stealing 483 cedar posts, valued at $28, from the Chicago Coal & Lumber company at Funk- ley, returned a verdict of not guilty Wednesday afternoon, after being out fifteen minutes, County Attorney McKusick appeared for the state and F. A. Jackson for the defendant yester- day morning in the case of the for Time. .St. Paul, March 12.—4 p. m.— (Special to Pioneer.)—The house adjourned today until Monday without being able to reach the normal school;bills on “general orders.” 2 In the senate, Senator Gunn re- quested that the CassLake bill lie over until Monday. —A. P. RITCHIE. state against James McCaslin, who, it was alledged, had stolen a watch from a2 man named Peterson, near Fowlds. Late yesterday afternoon the jury returned a veérdict of not guilty. 4 The case of Thomas Bigstar, an Indian who was charged with grand larceny at Fairbank’s store in Redby, was called, A. M. Crowell appearing for the defendant and the county attorney for the state. A jury was secured, but on cross-examination of the first witnesss, John Fairbanks, it was shown by Mr. Crowell that the witness did not own the store, as he had alleged in the complaint. On motion of the county attorney, the case was dismissed. Bemidji owls Organized. The Bemidji lodge of Owls has elected the following offiiers: President, George E. Secord; vice- president, John Peckels; past-presi- dent, Martin Flint; secretary, Jens Johnson; treasurer, -J. Bisiar; invo- cator, Joseph T. Ralph; warden, William Peckels; sentry, John A. Fenton; picket, Joseph Sawyer; lodge deputy, C. A. Parker. The new order starts out with seventy-four charter members. The hext meetiug will-be in " the -Eagles hall, Tuesday evening, March 16. Charter members will be received up to that time.~ The order is both a fraternal and beneficiary order, with a number of advantages to its members. “Sukist” oranges 65 cents per peck at McCuaig’s, Saturday. Citizenship Papers. Charles Allen of Blackduck and Hanna, Rondine, Raynvald, Einar and Christian Sylte of Waboneka, made petition yesterday before Clerk of Court Rhoda for the naturalization Ppapers. “Sunkist’* . oranges 65 cents per peck at McCuaig’s, Saturday. GOURT GRIND ON; GRAND |NothingDoing in the TAX OR ANTI-TAX ON ORE JURY IS STILL AT WORK| House.-Gunn Asks USED IN NORMAL FIGHT Duluth Members Playing Normal School Fight to Further Their Interests in ““Tonnage Tax.” Many sidelights are being thrown on the vote which was forced in the senate on Wednesday; and if more is given out it is apparent that the supporters of anti-tonnage tax, together with the divers and sundry other interests, have been used as a club to line up legislators in sup- port of the Cass Lake bill for the location of the new school—which has really been a Duluth measure, from the start. The = Minneapolis Tribune of yesterday morning says of the ton- nage matter as being connected with the normal school fight in the senate: "Tnnnage tax went down three points last night in the minds of the members of the St. Louis county delegation. Indications were that the bill providing ton- nage tax on iron ore might pass the house in spite of the strenuous efforts that have been made by the Duluth people and other opponents of this system of taxation. “The break followed the action of the senate in voting for the Cass Lake normal school bill. Up to that time the anti-tonnage people thought they had the bill defeated, but immediately . afterward rumors be- came current of a coalition among the house members to pass the bill. “The Duluth delegation immedi- ately contracted nervous prostration. All during last night conferences were held at the Merchant’s and Ryan hotels. The wires to' Duluth- were kept hot and calls for help sent freely. : *“This morning the subcommittee appointed by the tax committee will make a report to the effect that indications point to the fulfillment of the steel company’s promise to fill the steel plants at Duluth. How- ever, this is not likely to change the house men’s attitude and the tonnage tax will overshadow everything else in the legislature during the A hext few days.” Brinkman Family Theater. Last night at the Brinkman Family Theater the exceptionally good per- formance drew crowded houses. ‘The Princess Tarpeia once again proved herself equal to the occasion, and escaped from a straight jacket while nailed and roped in a packing International Falls Echo: Inter- national Falls is today entertain- ing a party of prominent railroad men, they being W. H. Gemmell, general manager of the M. & L; G. A. Mitchell, assistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific,and Superintendent Strachen, of the M. & L., the party coming up this morning on a special train, We are pleased to be able to announce that their visit is for the purpose of figuring out a schedule for ‘a change in train service which is to provide night service between here and the twin cities, commenc- ing the first of April. It has been expected that this change wonld be made in the early spring but it is not supposed that the service would be inaugurated be- fore the first of May. While not prepared to say anything officially regarding the new service, we learn- ed from Mr. Gemmell that we would have a six-day service, with the odds in favor of no train out Saturday evening and none in Monday morn- ing. This arrangement will not only make traveling much more pleasant but it will greatly improve INDICATIONS ARE GOOD FOR ~ NIGHT TRAIN OVER M. & I. International Falls Echo Authority for Statement that M. &L and N. P. Officials Were at the “Falls” and Were Considering Proposed Schedule. our mail service and increase the popularity of our town as a week-end excursion point. - The time of the accommodation train will be so changed asto take care of local travel between here and Bemidji, and combined the two changes will give us a service that will be much appreciated by all travelers, The change is largely because of the increased activity which must come to our town in the spring, and this recognition by the railroad company of what is in store for us is also pleasing to our citizens. [In the matter of being given a “free hand” for the publishing of news . concerning the M. & L rail- way, the Pioneer is less fortunate than its brethren in some of our neighboring towns. Thisis forcibly instanced by the above article, wherein the International Falls Echo freely discusses the proposed night train, in prospect for this spring, and concerning which W. H. Gemmell, on the returning trip from the ““Falls,” imposed silence on the Pioneer.] case, escaping from the entire outfit and leaving the box nailed and tied just as she entered it. Tonight the Princess will endeavor to escape from a fourthiclass' mail sack while handcuffed and shackled, and none should miss the oppor- ‘| tunity of seeing this wonderful per- formance. . St. Julian continues to give excel- lent satisfaction with his novelty athletics, for it is not very’often the public have an opportunity to see a! man dance on his head, to say noth- ing of his other attractive features. All new pictures are on the pro- gram tonight, and they are an ex- ceptionally excellent set, being sure to please the large crowds who attend this popular:place of amuse- ment nightly. Her Sister Died. Mrs. E. R. Ryan of this city is in Minneapolis on account of the death of her sister, Miss Wilson. Miss Wilson died last Tuesday. e “OH MY” CO A delicious blend carefully roasted by the latest improved methods, packed immediately into one pound cartons, thereby retaining the rich flavor found only in fresh roasted Coffee. In selecting the Coffees used in this blend we have taken only those that will produce the proper strength and flavor, and which experience has shown to be the most desired by coffee drinkers. This blend of Coffee is the property of the Northern Grocery Co., and they guarantee it in every way. Ask your grocer forit. If not satisfactory we authorize him to return your money. : e Northern GrOceryCo.i‘ .. THE SCHOOL GONTRAGTOR WANTS LOGAL EMPLOYES Mr. Thomas, Who Will Erect the New: School Building, Likes Our Pro- = gressive Spirit. “In about two weeks, at least not later than the 1st of April, I expect to commence preliminary work, breaking the ground, etc., for the new $36,000 school building for the City of Bemidji, and will rush the same to completion just as fast as I can possibly do so,” said A. C. Thomas of Blooming Prairie, Minn.; who was successful in ' securing the contract for erecting the building,” being the lowest bidder of twelve who submitted bids for the erection of the building. s Mr. Thomas has' been looking" over the City of Bemidji and more especially the site purchased for the | erection of the new school building and he is enthusiastic over this city as an educational center and is enamoured of the site. o Continuing, Mr. Thomas said: . “I am greatly surprised with the ‘go ahead’ spirit exhibited in this new, agressive, hustling city of Be- midji. The city has the right kind of people and is bound to prosper., “I have looked over the site for the new school building and I think it is a most excellent one. The grounds are nicely arranged and when the building is erected, you will have a school building ~and grounds that will be all that could be desired in that line. "I expect to have the new school building completed by September 1. I shall employ on an average of about thirty men, and I wantto secure all the Bemidji men for ems ployes as is possible. It has always been my policy to employ local help, wherever possible.” Sons of Herman Will Organize., Fritz Busch, state organizer for the Sons of Herman, is in the city from Mankato and expects to organ- ize a lodge in this city on March 19. At that time members of the neighboring lodges at Crodkston. Wadena, Akeley, Duluth and Brain- erd will be present to take part in the ceremonies, which will be con- ducted by Grand President Gustave - Berkhart of Minneapolis and Grand Secretary Carl Harpke of St. Paul. Gustaf Harpke of Fargo will also assist in perfecting tl}e organization. Get your “‘Sunkist” oranges at McCuaig’s on. Saturday, 65 cents 'per peck. ‘ f