Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 7, 1909, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE 7 Historca) Soclety. T HISTORICAL] VOLUME 7. NUMBER 146. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. MAHNOMEN WAS SCENE OF A BAD MIX-UP YESTERDAY| THRD STREET GHANGING Indian Police Attempted to Put Saloons Out of Business and a Free-for-All Fight Resulted.—Police Taken to Erskine. Erskine, Oct. 7—(Special to Pio- neer.)— The sheriff of Mahnomen county and his deputies reached here on the Soo flyer last night, panied by ten U.S. Indian police, whom they brought here for safe keep- ing, fearing that the enraged citizens of Mahomen would do them bodily harm. accom- It seems that -the Indian police dropped into Mahnomen unexpect- edly, yesterday, and commenced to clean out the saloons in accordance with the recent order issued by the U. S. Indian agent at White Earth. Before the saloonkeepers were hardly aware of what was happen- ing, the police had broken all the the liquors into the streets and alleys. When asked their authority, the police simply flashed glass-ware and emptied all to show their guns and verbally referred the saloonkeepers to the order recently issued for the saloons to close. This so enraged the saloon- keepers and tough element at Mahnomen that it looked fora time as though a fair-sized shoot- ing affray would take place. Knock-downs and gun displays were the order of things until the mayor and sheriff took a hand, arfesting all the parties engaged. including the U. S. Indian police. A hearing will be given today at Mahnomen to those interested. The United States district attorney. was wired for, and he and his deputy arrived at Mahnomen late last night. This move on the part of the government will no doubt bring the saloon matter to a head and it will be soon settled whether or not the saloonkeepers will be permitted to continue business in the different towns on the White Earth reserva- tion. The decision will also effect the Lake and other points on Minnesota “ceded” lands. saloons at Cass reservation Cass Lakers Have Hopes. Cass Lake, Oct. 7.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The saloon men of all Cass county towns are eagerly awaiting the 17th of - this month, when the recent order of the In- dian department will go into effect, whereby all saloons were ordered to cease business. The order, if it goes into effect, 1s going to be a sad blow to the villages, especially to Walker.and Cass Lake. which the villages have received The license money from the saloons has been a won- derful help in paying the village expenses. There are saloons in both Cass Lake and Walker where liquor has not been sold to Indians and people interested have put this question up “Why should all sufier because a few have The depart- ment is thinking this matter over seriously and it is quite firmly be- lieved that the ‘“‘powers that be” will make some concessions. to the Indian department: disobeyed the law?” Football Benefit Dance. A dance will be given in the Armory Friday night for the benefit of the Company K football team. The boys have secured Masten’s orchestra to furnish the music, and as the public is generally invited, there will no doubt be a large crowd. The tickets are placed at the small sum of 50 cents; and all who possibly can should attend the dance and help Company K derive suffi- cient funds to pay the expenses of the football team. CITY DRUG STORE E. N. FRENCH & CO. Drugs, Toilet Articl Patent Medicines, Gigars, Perfumes, Ete. PR R. F. PEPPLE es and Preparations, I “”WdEst.ScRIPTIONS A SPEOIALIMY”’ I White tested by the State Dairy The flour is the product spring wheat. White is a flour that will produc now re-ordering White Telephone 207 that stands in a class by itself. In using this flour you get a tested flour, tested by our many customers who have tried it and are For sale by ROE & MARKUSEN The Reliable Grocers Jacket Those who appreciate a good flour are requested to use White Jacket, as it isa pure flour and and Food Commissioner. of the Kensington Milling Coo.’s mill and is made from No. 1 and No. 1 hard Jacket e light bread; it isa flour Jacket Bemidji, Minnesota BUSINESS LOGATIONS ON Schneider Bros., O’Leaw-iiowser, Ed win Geralds and Lumbermens Bank Affected. With the dissolution of the pio- neer firm of O’Leary & Bowser, which was succeeded by the O’Leary- Bowser Company, and the removal of that company’s business from the north to the south side of Third street, several important business followed on that street, which is the most central, and chanzes have probably the busiest section in “Busy Bemidji.” The store building occupied by O’Leary & Bowser. and known as the Markham block, has been re- modeled entirely and partitioned into two stores, the east half being occupied by Schneider Bros.’ big clothing stock and the west half of the block is to be occupied by T. J. Crane & Company, with their ladies’ready-to-wear garments. These removals have caused two other changes, Edwin Gearlds mov- ing his saloon fixtnres and stock of goods into the building formerly occupied by Schneider Bros., where he has “fixed up” in splendid style and has a place second to none in the city. The Lumbermens National Bank of this city will occupy the corner vacated by Edwin Gearlds, where they will install splendid fixtures and have one of the most complete banking institutions in the state. By moving into their new head- quarters, Schneider Bros. have one of tha the very best clothing stores in this section. There are 3,000 square feet of floor space, giving them ample room to exhibit the largest stock of goods which they have ever shown in this city. The interior of the new Schneider store is very attractive. The ceiling is covered with steel, painted ina light color, and the walls are covered with oat-meal ingrain paper, painted green. The fixtures of the store are in keeping with the general scheme of up-to-datness. The store is supplied with ward- robe clothes cabinets which.are of the very latest style, with plate glass fronts and two tiers, having slides on which clothing may be hanged. There are also wardrobes for the hats, and these are supplied with slides. The counters are of plate glass and very elaborate. In the rear of the store is a private office whice is used by the bookkeeper and Mr. Schneider. The show windows in front are large and commodions and give ample room for showing the latest styles of clothing, etc. In the store there is shown a large line of clothing for gentlemen from 3 to 80 years old, and older if required. There is a large stock of hats of every description and of the best makes, and a beautiful batch of furnishings and ties that are really “dreams.” The six and a half years which Schneider Bros. have been in busi- ness in Bemidji have been pros- perous ones for that firm, and they have shown their abiding faith in Bemidji by giving to this city one of the very best clothing stores to be found in the state, T. ]J. Crane & Company, who occupy the west half of the ‘Mark- ham block, are daily receiving their stocks of ready-to-wear gar- ments, Mr. Crane is personally in charge of the work of unpack- ing the goods and is being very ably assisted by Miss Florence R. Smyth, It is the intention of Mr, Crane to show his line of skirts, cloaks and suits next Saturday and the full stock of ladies’ ready-to-wear garments will be ready next week: Notice to Band Members. Owing to the militia dance Fri- day night, there will be no band rehearsal until Monday evening of next week. —V. L. Ellis, Manager Band. LENGBY IS BUSINESS EXPEDITIOUSLY B U HN I N G Appointed County Board of Health for Unorganized District.—Much Busi- Disstrous Fire Today SWpl the Little Village Near Fosston, A telephone message was received from Bagley at 1 o’clock this after- noon, stating that the town of Lengby (the first station east of Fosston, on the G. N. railway) was in danger of being entirely destroyed by fire; that flames which had broken out about 11 o’clock in Ringstad’s store bad gained much headway, and fanned by a strong wind, had already burned the entire eastern section of the village, jumped to the railroad tracks and reduced the G. N. depot, coal sheds and water tank to ashes and was turning to spread on the western side of the town, with every prospect "of entirely wiping out every building in the business section of Lengby. How the fire started, the informant of the Pioneer did not state; but during the progress of the fire, when excitement was at its height, a man named DeMers, who owned a hotel at Lengby, fell from his building to the ground below and sustained a fractured skull, being taken to Bag- ley on this noon’s train. Lengby has always been a good trading point for the farmers living east of Fosston and on the borders of the north end of the White Earth reservation, and there were several substantial business blocks in the little trading center; consequently, the loss by fire will be very heavy. Moral: Insure with the T. J. Miller Insurance Agency. 60. K FOOTBALL TEAM T0 PLAY PARK RAPIDS Local “Soldier Boys” Will Play Their First Game at Park Rapids Saturday. The Company K football team will play its initial game this season at Park Rapids, Saturday, when the “soldier boys” will clash with the Park Rapids city football eleven. Heretofore Company K has always won from Park Rapids and the local boys expect, to defeat the Hubbard county boys on Saturday. Captain Getchell has been putting his team through some strenuous stunts of forward passes, on side kicks, quarterback and halfback runs, etc., and the team is getting into splendid condition. It had been the intention to have the!Grand Rapids football team play here next Saturday, and all of the arrangements had been practically completed for the- game, but yester- day the mamager of the Grand Rapids team telegraphed to John Hillaby, manager of the Company K team, that Bemidji owed Grand Rapids a game and they would ex- pect Company K there next Satur- day. Manager Hillaby states, emphatic- ally, that he will not go to Grand Rapids for the initial game; that if the city team at that place is so anxious to demonstrate its superior- ity over Company K the “Rapids” players should live up to their word and come to Bemidji, as they had originally agreed. Owing to the fact that there is much feeling between the Grand Rapids city team and Company K itis probable that no game will be played between the two elevens this fall. Additional local matter on ast page. ness of Importance. At the afternoon session of the board of county commissioners, yesterday, the contract to build two and one half miles of road from Spur 106 towards Tenstrike was awarded to Prosper Albee, at an approximate cost of $1,750, Mr. Albee to furnish .bonds in the sum of $3,500 to complete the work, ac- cording to plans and specifications, by November 20. The bid of R. E. Smyth to grade a road from Nebish to Island Lake ata cost of $400 per mile was re- jected, the board deeming the price too high. The application of the Town of Spooner for $1,000 from the road and bridge fund was laid over until the next meeting, the board deeming it best that Commissioner Clement- son (commissioner from the Spooner district) be present at that time. It was shown that the Town of Spooner has a valuation of $38,632 and that there has been levied $386.32 for road and bridge pur- poses. The board today appointed a county board of health, which has jurisdiction only in unorganized territory. This board will take charge wherever necessary when there is no village or township board of health. Commissioners Peterson and Clementson and Dr. Henderson were appointed to constitute the county board of health. These gen- tlemen will be paid a reasonable sum for their services, that being the law in the matter of compensation. A regular e Lodge, No. 1052, B. P. O. E,, will be held on Thursday evening, Oct. 7, meeting of Bemidji at Masonic Hall, Bemidji, o’clock. As there is much business of importance all Elks should be on hand early. There will be initiations. Visiting Elks cordially welcomed. F.S. Lycan, E. R.” M. S. Gillette, Sec. Uncle Dan’l Rural Comedy. Frank O. Ireson, the eminent actor as Uncle Dan’l or the Messen- ger from Jarvis Section, will be the offering at the city opera house one night, Thursday, October 7. This is the play in which Barney McCauley and Mrs. Fisk first won such marked popular success for so many years. It tells a simple domes- tic story of New England life and has not a few genuinely effective dramatic situations. Several high class specialties are introduced throughout the piece. Special attention hias been given the scenic and electrical effects. They do not write as good songs now-a-days as the old songs, and Uncle Dan’l is proof that the real good plays of a few years ago were the “real goods.” Prices 25, 35, 50 and 75 cents. Reserved seats at city drug store. Registry Fee Raised to 10c. 3 Postmaster Anton Erickson has received a circular from the post- office department at Washington which contains ruling to the effect that, beginning Nov. 1, the fee for registering letters will be raised from 8c to 10c; that is, in order to send a registered letter, it will be necessary for the sender to affix stamp or stamps to the value of 10c as the registry fee and. an additional 2c stamp for carrying the letter. at 8! COMMISSIONERS TRANSAST |'THE SO0 SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE REACHED $16,930 Must Have $2,000 More, to Insure Building of Road Into Bemidji.—Soo Beginning Building Operations At Leech Lake Dam. ' Word comes from Bena that two|the property affected were willing and anxious to have the Soo locate there, it wasan easy matter to secure the right-of-way. are now under way to transport ght-of-way. % o d . The work of securing options on them to Leech Lake dam from|\ione of way through the City of Be- midji for the Soo is progressing nicely; but there are still several pieces of property that are desired, and while the committee is willing topay a resonable price for the same, the owners should bear in mind that the money to pay for the land and buildings comes from the general subscriptions and should not attempt to hold up the prices beyond reason. Up to date, the sum of $16,930 has been- received, not including the value of the lots donated by the Bemidji Townsite company (esti- mated at about $70,000) and lots given by Lee Heffron, about $200. The Subscriptions. Previously acknowledged....$16,605 huge steam shovels have been un- loaded at Bena and that preparations which place Contractor Nelson has along stretch of grading to con- struct for the new Soo railroad, which is headed this way. The dis- tance to the dam is eight miles, and in order to get the shovels there to commence work it will be necessary to lay track across country; the rails being laid a short distance ahead of the cars and taken up again in the rear as they go along. It is figured that this can be done at the rate of a mile a day. ATcrew of 50 men are now engaged at the dam and when the steam shovels| arrive the number of men employed! will be increased considerably. Men are hard to get and as a consequence wages are high, $2.50 a day being paid for common labor. L. E. Frost .....cvcvvvevennnen, 200 At Cass Lake several owners of J. C. Parker 25 property along the right-of-way have John F. Gibbon. 50 already let the contract for the re- D. R. Burgess . 25 moval of their buildings. The route | W. A. McDonald 25 selected through Cass Lake is a2 most _— feasible one, and as the owners of Totalvw v $16,930 navigability of the river. The delay in improving the river is really a hardship to the settlers living adjacent to Red lake and also on the Red Lake river. The dredging of the broad, shallew stream of water in the Red Lake river and the removal of the bars at the outlet of Red lake would simplify navigation on the Red Lake river. There is little doubt but that the dredging of the river, together with the digging of the proposed drainage ditch, would lower the water in Red lake sufficiently to drain the swamp lands north of Red lake, which would reclaim many acres of both government and state lands. It is hoped that Congressman Steenerson will be successful in hav- ing the “purse strings” of that $50,- 000 appropriation “loosened up” so that the farmers and homesteaders in the Red Lake country may “‘come into their own.” MONEY IS HELD UP FOR IMPROVING THE RIVER Money Which the Government Approp- riated Is Wanted for Dredging Red Lake River. A special telegram from Thief River Falls states that an effort is being made by Congressman Steen- erson to get work started by the government engineers on the im- provement of the Red Lake river between Thief River Falls and Red lake. ‘The sum of $50,000 was appropri- ated by the last congress for the improvement of the Red Lake river, but the appropriation has been held up by federal engineers, pending the further proof of the [ Have You a GOOD Hair Brm Are you using an old wornout unsanitary hair brush? Come in and look over our line of hair brushes. We have just received a new lot, and have all sizes and shapes in the natrual and polished Ebony, Rosewood, ete. See Our One and Two Piece Back Ebony Brushes for $2.00 and $2.50 Let us show you why this is a particularly good brush. Our prices range from 50c to $3.50. We have just what you are looking for. CORMONTAN & HANSON DRUGCGCISTS Postoffice Corner Bemidji, Minn. 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