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

THE BEMIDJI D : fiist&fica\ Societys WSO Y PIONEER, ba VOLUME 7. NUMBER 117. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. BEMIDJI PUBLIC SCHOOL WILL BEGIN ON SEPT. 13TH With Completion of New High School Building, Lack of School Room Has Been Done Away With,— Plenty of Room. The public schools of Bemidji will open on Monday, September 13th; and from present indications there will be a much larger enroll- ment than ever before in the history of the city. Conditions at the opening of the present school year were never better for a most successful season, as the school board has received the co-operation of the taxpayers of the district and furnished necessary school room that was needed, in the building of a new school house, which will relieve the congested condition that prevailed during the past three years. Professor A. P. Ritchie, superin- teudent of the Bemidji city schools, says of the schools: “The public schools of Bemidji will open for work on Monday, September 13th. The date is a week later than usual, owing to the fact that the school board had hoped the new school building would be completed and ready for occu- pancy by that time. It looks now, however, that the building would not be ready on that date, in which case it may be possible to hold half- day sessions in some of the grades for a week or two. “When the new building is ready for occupancy, the First and Second grades that formerly occupied the old Catnolic church building, the Seventh and Eighth grades and the high school will be placed therein. “Some new features will be added this year. “A manual training and normal department have been provided for, in the high school, and one of the heretofore first primaries will be converted into a kindergarten de- partment. “I would like to call the special attention of the parents to this kindergarten department, which will be conducted strictly as a kinder- garten school, and not as a First grade. This department will be placed under the care and direction of a special teacher, in the Central building, and all pupils under 6 years of age must attend this school and not one of the First grades. No pupil known to be under 5 years of age will be admitted to this de- partment. “I shall also call the attention of the parents of pupils to the new compulsory attendance law. The law provides that all children between the ages of 8 and 18 shall attend school during the ENTIRE time that school is in session, unless such pupil has completed the Eighth-grade work, or is formally excused by the school board for certain reasons. Remember that no one else has the right or power to excuse a child for non-attendance, and the excuse must be made a part of the records of the board meeting. “Afull list of the teachers and their assignments will be published later. “Hoping that this will be the best school year Bemidji has ever had, we will enter upon our work with renewed zest; at the termination of a long vacation. “I have been asked to write a descriptive plan for the new school building. *“On the basement floor, the follow. ing rooms have been provided for: Two grade rooms, a manual training room, a gymnasium, girls’ toilet and shower bath, and boys’ toilet and shower bath. “On the second, or main floor, the following will be found: A large assembly room for the Seventn and Eighth grades, two recitation rooms, two other grade rooms, a library room and a superintendent’s room. “The third floor is occupied with the following. A large high school assembly room; a chemical labora- tory; a physical laboratory; five recitation rooms; a business office; a girls’ and a boys’ toilet. “Ample cloak rooms and drinking fountains are provided onall floors. “The heating and ventilating plant is located just outside the main building, in a room 24x90 feet.” 1. 0. Harris Returns from West. J. O. Harris (“Jim”) has returned from an extended trip through the western country, where he went to see what truth, if any, there was in the “boom” stories which he had heard of that section, and incident- ally to take a peep at the Seattle exposition. Mr. Harris visited -at Portland, Seattle, Coeur D’Alene and other points. He registered at all the land drawings and drew “blanks,” as far as getting anything worth while was concerned. In speaking of the conditions as he found them out west, Mr. Harris says: “That is a fine oountry for a man who has plenty of capital. The poor man will not prosper, out there, and it is a veritable illustration that ‘It takes money to make the mare go.’ The irrigated farm lands are very high-priced, but with capital the energetic people of this section could undoubtedly prosper; but it takes really too much mouey. “Out in that country, the state of Minnesota is regarded asone of the leading states of the Union, from an educational stand-point; and if a person has graduated from the University of Minnesota, he or she is highly regarded as an educator of merit,” GOV. JOHNSON WILL HEAR BELTRAMI CASES SEPT. 9 Has Received the Copy of the Testi- mony, Which Covers Some 495 Pages. St. Paul, Sept. 3.—Gov. Johnson will hear arguments on the Beltrami county commissioners cases Sept. 9, at 10 o’clock, according to ar- rangements made yesterday when M. E. Ryan of Brainerd presented his report as commissioner appointed to take testimony against the eounty officers. The testimony fills 495 pages, together “with a mass of exhibits. Charges of malfeasance and non- feasance against the county auditor and three of the county commission- ers were preferred after an examin- ation of the county record by mem- bers of the public examiner’s office. The governor gave out none of the testimony, but set the date when arguments will be heard. The com- missioners will also be present then. The testimony is said to show ex- travagance. The affairs of the county are in a bad muddle, accord- ing io testimony before the com- missioner, - and have been so for some time. Efforts were made during the session of the legislature to per- mit the county to issue additional bonds to clear up- the floating in- debtedness. * The above is taken from the St. Paul Pioneer Press and is simply a news item as to the date set for hearing. E. E. McDonald is attorney for Auditor Wilmann and A, W. Dana- her, and P. J. Russell "is counsel for Wes Wright and F. O. Sibley.- Will Welcome Suggestions. The citizens’ committee which was appointed at the mass meeting Tuesday evening will welcome any suggestions that any citizen or tax- payers may give them to aid them slaughtering prices. Ladies’ Hand Bags were $2 and $1.50 now. Ladies’ Hand Bags that were $15 and $12 Ladies’ Hand Bags that were $4 and $3.50 Ladies’ Hand Bags that were $5and $6, now ies’ Hand B | ;g?ISVZre gf(l) andag$g $6-85 CRANE & Read List Below Remember This Sale Is for 10 Days Only that 95 c $2.85 $4.15 Navajo Rugs Navajo Rugs Navajo Rugs Navajo Ru. were $30, now $10.85 Navajo Rugs that $11-85 were $15 now.... were $18, now.... were $20, now.... were $25, now.... NOTE.==Arthur N. Gould has purchased the interests of T. J. Crane of the above firm and in order to effect an entire settlement it is necessary to raise $2000. To do this within the required time we have decided to place our entire stock of high grade Leather Goods, Stationery and Indian Curios at now 2 for “e $14.45 that that GOULD Dissolution of Partnership Sale! MUST RAISE $2000 IN 10 DAYS eginning Saturday, Sept. 4, at 8 a. m. Placing on sale the entire stock of Leather Coods, Stationery and Indian Curios at 30, 40 and 50 per cent reductions. School Tablets, regular 5c 5c Sanford’s Black Ink, reg- ular 5¢ size, now 2for............ Fancy Box Stationery that was 35¢, now.. Post Card Albums that were $1, now............ Post Card Albums that were 50c, now........ b heh 35c 18c 63c in their investigations relative to the proposed electric light franchise and what the same should contain when it is finally acted upon by the city council. Communications may be address- ed to W. G. Schroeder, City. To Detroit and Return $12.00. Via the South Shore in connection with steamers of the D.& C. Line. Excursions leave Duluth on Night Express Sept. 15th, 17th, 19th, 22nd. Rate to Toledo $12.50, Cleveland $13.50, Buffalo $14.00. Apply early for reservation to A. J. Perrin, General Agent, Duluth, Minn. Baptist Meeting Monday Evening. A special business meeting will be held in the Baptist church Monday evening, Sept. 6th. All members are requested to be present. Done by order of trustees. 1909 Diaries. The Pioneer still has a few 1909 diariesleft which will be closed out at half price. The assortment includes some of the best aswell as the cheap er books. Money to Loan. I bave $500 to loan on improved city property. Inquire of Attorney A. A. Andrews. M. L. Toole of Cass Lake, one of the veteran business meun of that place, was a visitor in Bemidji yester- day afternoon and last evening. Mr. Tocle came over in the afternoon and returned home on the east-bound G. N. night train. “Mike” Toole is one of the strong democrats of the state, being of the old Jeffersonian school; and his loyalty to the party extends back to the time when the famous “O. K. P. H. K.” of P. H. Kelley was in vogue. There is pro- bably no more popular man in Cass county than Mr. Toole. He has friends everywhere. GOLLEGE ATHLETES WILL RUN AT FAIR NEXT WEEK Will Use Tanbark Track at Hippo- drome.—Some Good Races Will Be Run, Owing to the large number of athletes who are using the hippo- drome track in preparation for' the coming intercollegiate events to be held in connection with the horse show and hippodrome at the state fair next week, the board of mana- gers have made a special arrange- ment whereby all candidates for honors in these events will be able to use the track every day this week. As the fair grounds close on Thurs- day of this week, it will be necessary for those whe desire to take advant- age of this offer to secure passes at the administration building on or before Thursday morning. These passes will be issued to all who make application for them. The tan bark track is now in fine condition, and there is évery reason to expect some fast time at the meet. Prof. IRothfus of the Y. M. C. A. says: ‘‘The meet should become a permauent feature of the state fair andoffers an excellent addition to the regular horse show program, and will in my opinion be decidedly popu- lar with the crowds who attend the fair, as it is one of the most impor- tant amateur events of the year.” The majority of the Twin City schools and associations are now represented in the entries and a number of smaller colleges through- out the state are also on the list. The inter-collegiate 100-yard dash for Monday evening promises to be one of the fastest ever run in the state. Capron of the Minneapolis West High, who won the inter- ollegiate mile last winter, ispicked to clean up the slate, although some of the Hamline men should be well to the front, as two of them have al- ready done better than 10 1.5. Bliss, the star distance man of Hamline, who holds the state record for a mile in 4:33, and at the present ap- “SOME Between Midnight and Dawn, At an early hour this morning (sometime between midnight and dawn) some party or parties, whose identity is at present unknown, destroyed -the combined dam and bridge which spanned the School- craft river at the outlet of that stream from Lake Plantagnet. Some high explosive was used, probably dynamite or quicksilver, and the wrecking of the dam and bridge was complete, as far as the main portion of the structure was concerned. The dam islocated on the property of A. H. Jester, who is conducting a summer resort in connection with his farming operations, and who has named the place “The Jester Farm.” Mr. Jester’s main building and cottages are located but a short dis- tance from the dam, and none of the family or the guests heard any noise during the night, indicating that the work of blowing out the dam was done very expeditiously and quietly. Asa number of the visitors at the “Farm” were awake until the mid- night hour, it is certain that the wrecking of the dam occured after that hour, or the noise would have been heard. The dam was put in some eleven years ago, by the Brainerd Lumber company, and has been used nearly every spring since that time for the purpose of sluicing logs through from Lake Plantagnet into the Schoolcraft river, Some complaint has been made that the dam at times held the waters of the lake back to such an extent that damage was done to the hay crop of some of | CUSS BLEW THE ‘JESTER FARM’ DAM” Last Night, Dam at Outlet of Lake Plantagnet Was Destroyed.—No Clue to the “Dynamiters.” the farmers living along the lake- shore, butit was not thought that any person would become so wrought up over the matter as to wilfully destroy the dam, which is private property, belonging to Mr. Jester, Some covert threats were made last 'year, relative to possible des- truction of the dam, but they came to naught. Mr. Jester cannot imagine who did the work of des- truction, which has caused him an estimated loss of $1,000. For some time past, Mr. Jester has forbidden any persons taking min- nows from the water at the dam, unless he was personally present, and saw that the right kind were taken. Mr. Jester states that there were always thousands of black bass minnows, with which the waters hereabouts have been stocked, and that unscrupulous parties were in the habit of taking the bass minnows for bait as well as the “shiners,” and that he forbade this indiscriminate destruction of the fry which had been furnished by the Game and Fish commission. Mr. Jester thinks that some of these persons may have been vicious enough to have de- stroyed the dam in return for the refusal to allow the taking of the bass minnows. The blowing of the dam consti- tutes a felony, punishable by a fine of from $300 to $1,000 or imprison- ment for not less than one year nor more than ten years; and should the that they will be prosecuted with the utmost vigor. pears to have the call on the dis- tance events, will find Clark of the State University a likely opponent, as the latter has done better than 4:40 on an inside track. In the quarter-mile, Captain Hughes of the Carleton track team, should be able to distance his com- petitors, but George Drew, running for the St. Paul Y, M. C. A. who holds the record for a gearter mile at 52 seconds flat, has been doing a large amount of summer training, and ought to hold his laurels. Cul- bertson of Hamline and Trautz of the Y. M. C. A. are also first-class men in this event. Cal. Mousseau, another West Side High man is also entered in the 440 yard event, and in company with Capron will run the sixty ynrd hurdles Friday night. Here they have a sure field unless Captian Curley Pierce of the Ham- line football team can come down for more than one might. The schedule with the addition of the 60 yard low hurdle event remains as originally planned: Monday night—nhalf-mile run. Tuesday night—100-yard dash. Wednesday night—mile run. Thursday night—quarter-mile run, and sixty-yard low hurdles. These events will occupy fifteen minutes of the horse show and hip- podrome program and will take place each evening at 8:45 p. m. All those who wish to enter these events, but who have not yet regis- tered with the A. A. U., can secure entry blanks by writing to Prof. Rothfuss of the Y. M. C. A.and enclosing the usual entry fee of 25 cents. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the winners in each event, and a penant awarded the athlete scoring the largest num- from the training camp at Wauconia | ber of points for the week. The Bemid faction. We handle the best brand of tea. Dried”” Teas. 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