Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 3, 1909, Page 1

- our local schools. "THE BE J1 DAILY PIONEER. VOLUME 6. NUMBER 297. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA,'SATUleAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1909. _ FORTY CENTS PER MONTH EXGELLENT MUSICALE AT HIGH SCHOOL LAST NIGHT Pupils of Our City Schools Entertained the Public Last Evening With Fine Music. Under the direction of Miss Han- son, instructor in music in the local schools, an excellent musical enter- tainment was given last evening in the high school assembly hall during the Turner Art Exhibit which is being held in this city. The high school room was crowd- ed with parents and citizens who wished to hear the program, which was made up mostly of songs by pupils of the grades. Miss Hanson is certainly to be congratulated upon the musical tal- ent which she is developing in the city schools and her efforts in pro- ducing the following program are appreciated by those interested in Professor Ritchie acted as presid- ing officer and announced the “Wanderer’s Night Song” (Ruben- stein) by the Girls’ Glee Club. The rendition was fine. Miss Bell’s primary pupils sang three songs, “Wee Willie Winkle,” *‘Little Boy Blue,” and “The Little Mice.” In the last song the chil- dren crept into the room with little Earl Cochran singing the solo part, and greatly delighted the audience by their quaint imitations of mice. The Eight grade glee club sang Frank Abt’s “Have a Care” and “Good Night Song on the River,” by Mozart Loomis. This glee club shows promises of great ability and should continue their practicing. The audicnce was next favored by a two-verse song, ' Path by the River,” by a quintet: Maud Mec- Cauley, Clara Dicaire, Ruth Wight- man, Clio Boyer and Fred Chamber- lain. g This was followed by a reading of the race scene from Black Rock by Clara Fisk in which the reader dis- played her great talent to perfection. Marshall’s “Faries’ Lullaby” was sung by the High School Boys’ Glee Club in a manner which~showed diligent practice since the club’s last appearance in public. The boys have the talent and should be en- couraged in their singing. Miss Wessberg’s little tots from the second grade then gave four song’s, “Miner’s Song,” “The Man in the Moon,” “Bean Porridge Hot,” and “Bye Baby Bunting.” The song about the moon’s using the dipper and attempting to take a drink from the milky way but was scared by the growl of the great bear, was particu- larly enlivening. Ruth Wightman rendered a solo, “Sing On,” by Denza, with her characteristic ability and was loudly encored by the audience. “The Bee,” “I’ve a Message” and *“Bright the Moon is Shining,” were next sung by Misses Pilot and Don- aldson’s fifth grade pupils and were well received. In' conclusion, the Girls’ Glee Club favored the audience with Reinke’s “When Children Sleep,” ing.” Forward March Still we grow and there is good reason for our steady aud satisfactory growth. The fact only held but practic with all compe that the public lost sight of quirements bank sound principles vative bank; an acc today. Grow with a ‘growing,pro= gressive that we have not our business ally doubled it tition, indicates mind has mnot the essential re- that make a and safe. The of conser- bankin g start ount that have governed our develop- ment in the past will shape our future pol- 1c The First National Bank of Bemidji Wekerlin’s “‘Stars of the Night Ador-| FIRE DEP'T, ANSWERS - . PERTINENT QUESTIONS Bemidji Fire Lads Reply to L. F. John- son’s Query as to Use of Fire Engine. The Pioneer has received the following letter from the members of the Bemidji fire department in answer to the questions of Alderman L. F. Johnson, récently published in the Daily Pioneer: Editor Bemidji Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn. Dear Sir:—In your issue of the Pio- neer for March 16th, under the heading of “Pertinent Questions” by L. F. Johnson, you printed the fol- lowing question, “Will you ask our firemen if we have a fire engine and a paid engineer, and if itis not known that the engine can be taken out and hose laid a block from the lake or a little farther?” We should say in reply that we have a fire engine and also a paid engineer and that the engine can be taken out and used in some localities from the lake, but in the case of the fire at James Price’s home the fire engine could not be used at all, as the house is 600 feet from the bank of the lake and the ice at that point is solid to the bottom of the lake. As to conpections with the hyd- rants we will say that the supply of water at the dead end of the present mains nearest to the Price fire was not enough to supply the engine under forty pounds pressute were | used the suction hose would collapse thereby shutting off the water supply. There are in the city only three hydrants on which the-engine could | be used with the large suction hose, viz., Miles corner, Third street and Beltrami avenue; Bazaar store, Third street and Minnesota; and Pogue’s barn, third street and Irvin avenue. The hydrants are the only ones that will furnish a large enough supply of | water to work the engine properly; |these are facts from actual tests made prior to Mr. Johnson’s becom- ing a resident of our city. The fire department is capable of handling any fire if given proper equipment and water pressure. | Chief Geil, in order to prove to the members of the department and to the citizens that the engine could not be attached to some of the bydrants and worked success- fully, ordered a test made three years ago from the hydrant at the hospital under pressure of forty pounds of steam. A stream was thrown thirty or thirty-five feet high through 100 feet of hose, i directly connected to the engine. On raising the pressure to fifty pounds the suction hose collapsed. The local pressure in the business section of the city from the tank is from forty to forty-five pounds to the square inch and if water has to be carried any distance through the hose, the pressure is reduced |two and one-half pounds for every 100 feet of hose. If a driveway and dock for the engine were provided along the lake oe Olive Oil Stuffed Olives Queen Olives Manzanilla Olives Spiced Pickles Mixed Pickles Sweet Plain Pickles India Relish Chow Chow Mustard Dressing Worcester Sauce Mandalay Sauce Pepper Sauce Bottle Vinegar PHONE 206 o Mgt o el W & Markusen’s Editorial [1t is our aim to tell the people of Bemidji, through the columns of this paper, what we have in the line of groceries and the quality of them.] Department of HEINZ 57 VARIETIES PURE FOOD PRODUCTS Mrs. Kaiser’s Peanut butter on sale at our store. ROE & MARKUSEN, The Reiiable Crocers. BEMIDJI, MINN. Catsup Baked Beans,TomatoSauce Prepared Mustard Baked Beans, Plain Tomato Soup Apple Butter Quince Jelly Grape Jelly Currant Jelly Raspberry Preserve Pineapple Preserve Cherry Preserve Strawberry Preserve Blackberry Preserve PHONE 207 boulevard, the engine could be used during the summer if needed in case of fire in that vicinity. Direct pressure for fire purpose is what is needed as much as any sys- tem of waterworks, as the ground north of Tenth street is thirty feet higher than Third street. Hoping that the questions are fully answered, we remain Yours respectfully, Members of the Bemidji Fire Department — Citizens and Tax-payers of Bemidji, Minn. Confirmation. The Right Rev. J. D. Morrison, D. D., L. D., bishop of the Episco- pal diocese of Dulath; will conduct confirmation services in the Odd Fellows hall on Sunday, April 18, at 8a. m. A substantial class will be confirmed on this occasion. MERGHANTS SHOULD NOT USE STAMPED ENVELOPES By So Doing You Are Helping fo : In- crease the Annual Postal Deficit. “Everyone who nses government stamped envelopes is aiding the post- office department in improving the service,” is the legend printed op a circular which has recently been issued by the postoffice department which advertises the stamped and printed envelope department. And it can be tritely and truth- fully said that everyone who uses! printed government envelopes is[' assisting the postoffice department | in piling up the postoffice defficit which must be made up every year by a congressional appropriation. Relative to this side issue of| printing in which the government is engaged, a recent issue of the St.| Paul Pioneer Press contained the following: “The printing houses of the coun- try are again up in arms against| the competition to which they are | subjected by the federal government in the printing of envelopes. And justly. The government, in its de- sire to promote the sale of stamps and stamped envelopes, makes a practice of printing the wpame and address of those who order more than a certain minimum num- ber of envelopes and charges noth- ing whatever for such printing. So far as the larger printing houses are concerned this practice makes little difference; for to most of them the printing of envelopes is a com- parative nuisance and is undertaken more as an accommodation to customers than for any profit there is in it. But it has formed a very considerable item in the bpsiness of small plants in the cities and towns throughout the country; and it is wholly unfair for the government to damage these small printers by doing printing for private concerns for nothing. “Were the government to under- take to manufacture or sell dry goods, ironware, tinware or anything else to the general public there would be a general howl. Infact there is a widespread feeling that in going into business to supply even its own needs it is pursuing a course not wholly consistent with public” policy and the history of the government printing office goes far to sustain that contention. “For whatever convenience there may be in the government’s doing its own printing, the universally recognized fact is that printing costs Uncle Sam far more than it would cost if it were done by private con- cerns. And-this, too, in spite of the fact that no business-getting organi- zation, no solicitors or advertising system, has to be maintained, and in | spite of 2 volume of business that should spread overhead and fixed charges out so thin as to be hardly worth taking into consideration. “The government printing office— even if justitied as a convenience— is an economic failure,. and as such is open to criticism. not to go so far as to rob the small printer by entering into competition with him for private business—and not even fair competition at that.” WWritten for Our Admonition.” Com- But it ought| DOINGS IN THE VARIOUS GHURGHES OF THE CITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City Sunday. Catholic—There will be mass Sunday at 8:30 and 10:30 2. m. Norwegian Lutheran— Services at 10:30 2. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m., in both Norwegian and English. Episcopal— There will be no ser-I vices either in the morning or evening on account of the illness of Archdeacon Parshall. Presbyterian — Regular service morning and evening at regular hours. In the morning Rev. D. B. Duncan will preach. Sunday school | at 12:15. Junior C. E. at 3p. m. Senior C. E.at 7 p. m. Will be close of lectures on the Apocolypse. Special Palm Sunday music. Baptist—Men’s Bible class 10:00. All members are requested to be present. Morning service at 10:45. Subject, “A People With a History munion service and reception of new members after sermon. Sunday school at 12:10. B. Y. P. U. at 7:00. Evening service at 8:00. Subject, “An Exile’s Invitation.” Special music at both services. Quarterly business meeting Monday evening at | 8:00. You will be made welcome at the Baptist church. Methodist — The pastor has planned two pre-Easter discourses for the day. His subject for the morning is “The Latter Day Psalmjsts on Immortality,” and for the evening, “Two Palm Sundays— the First One and the Last.” The choir will render an anthem at each service and lead the congre- gation in the hymns. Sunday school at 12 m. Epworth League at 7 p. m. Springtime and Eastertime are come, let us be glad and rejoice. These services will help you and you are invited to them. J. H. Den- iston, pastor. Presbyterian Supper Was Fine. The men of the Presbyterian church served one of the finest church suppers in the rinklasf even- ing in the history of this city. A/ large crowd of people took advantage of the occasion and enjoyed the excellent supper. Following are the names of those who “slung the hash:” A. Lord (he of the Crookston Lumber company), John Graham, Floyd Brown, George Rhea, Charles Weiss, Ray Schumaker, J. C. Cov- ington, J. J. Conger, Dr. Marcum, |noon so the time Andrew: Warfield, Mayne Stanton, “Hal” Huffman, John Doran, J. C. Cobb, G. E. Campbell, Rev. White, Gill Crone, C. C. Collins, J. J. An- derson, Jack Essler, C. A. Huffman, Andrew Rood and Lee LaBaw. E. A. Barker and W. L. Brooks tied for first place in eating the most “flap-jacks,” with E. A. Schneider a close-second. The remainder of th:l crowd seemed pretty well filled up when they left the hall. Bert Clark Dead.” Bert Clark, a notorious character| in northern Minnesota and one of| the first settlersin the vicinity of Spooner, died yesterday at Fergus Falls, according to a telegram re- ceived last night by attorney George E. Ericson of Spooner. Mr. Ericson came in from Spooner this morning and left on the after- noon train for Fergus Falls to take charge of the remains as he was Mr. Clark’s attorney. Bert Clark was a well known man who kad a large number of friends in this part of the state in spite of | his notoriously bad character and was formerly a strong factor in poli- tics. He died in the jail at Fergus Falls where he was recently placed bya United States marshall for harboring prostitutes. He was a man of whom it could truly be said that he was his own worst enemy. | Change in Time. The Men’s Bible class will meet Sunday morning, April 4th, 10 o’clock sharp, at the Baptist church. | It was found that a gre‘at manvir were unable to attend in the after- was changed from 3 o'clock p. m. to10a m.| There will be special music and all men are invited to attend. VAUDEVILLE AT BRINKMAN ~ BEST ON AMERICAN STASE Manager Brinkman Out-Doing All For- mer Efforts on Next Week’s Pro- gram.—Good Double Teams. Manager Brinkman, of the Brink- man Family Theater, has planned to outdo all former efforts to please the public in securing for next week the best vaudeville teams that ever exhibited in the northwest. Forrester & Lloyd, singers, mirth makers and dancers, are sure to please for they have never been excelled in ther lives. Williams & Mayer are noted for quick changing and are classed among the high-class quick change artists on the American stage. Don’t miss this excellent program for it is an opportunity of a lifetime. Watch for their photos in Mon- day’s daily. Well Entertained. La:t night the home of Judge and Mrs. M. A. Clark, on Ninth street, was the scene of a very enjoyable affair when the Pythian Sisters were entertained- by Mrs. Clark and Mrs. A. A. Carter. The Pythian Sisters have had a number of these social gatherings but this was the most largely attended which has yet been given, there being about forty present. “500” was the diver! sion of the evening after which re- freshments were served and musical numbers were given by Misses Gladys and Essie Brannon and Miss Blanche Boyer. The guests returned to. their homes in the “wee small hours” all reporting a most delight- C. L. Cummer, Teacher. ful time. WeCan Fill Your Bill For anything in the lumber line gles to a complete house or barn bill. And every bill we fill is a bid —from a bunch of lath or shin- for your next order. ‘We build for your future as well as your present patronage, and that can only be done by building to please, If you start out with the fixed bill filled with the best building determination of getting your material your money can buy, you might just as well come here first as last. No orders too large for prompt attention—none too small for the strictest care. Phone 97 We M. E. Smith Retail We received Easter now. O’Lea _ Bemidji another shipment of La- dies’ and Misses’ Suits. Make your selection for - Bowser | Also Handle Coal and Wood Lumber Co., Bemidii by express ry & Minnesota 1 { ! i