Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 18, 1909, Page 1

Historical Society. TEIA THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 7. NUMBER 155. . BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. GRAND RAPIDS HIGH WON AGAIN FROM LOCAL HIGH “Rapids” Players Got Away With Game Through Luck Play of Murphy, the Visitor’s Big End.—Was Hard Fight, The Grand Rapids High School football team, defeated the Bemidji High School football team last Saturday, hard-fought and closely-contested game that was Grand Rapids winning the game through a lucky play by Murphy, its crack end, who grabbed a fumbled forward pass and ran half the length of the field for a touchdown, Grand Rapids failing to kick goal, the game ending in a score of 5 to 0 in favor of Grand Rapids. Outside of this one lucky play, the game was intensely exciting and close, and was greatly enjoyed by the crowd. The Bemidji High school boys lined up as follows: Brenneman, center; Russell and Hilliard, guards; McDonald and Larson, tackles; Neumann and D. Gould, ends; Kreatz, quarterback (captain) ; Stanton and Gill, half- backs; Lycan, fullback. Grand Rapids opposed Bemidji in the following positions: Tyndell ¢, E. Erskine and Graffam g, Reusswig and O’Brien t, Logan and Murphy e, Powers qr, Brannon and T. Erskine hb, Blood (captain) fb. Lester Lofberg of Grand Rapids and Frank Jackson of Bemidji alter- nated as referee and umpire. Lof- berg refereed the first half, while Jackson was umpire, and the posi- tions being reversed in the second half; and they gave general satis- faction. The teams played 25 and 20- minute halves, time being taken out frequently because of injuries to players. In the first half, the game see- sawed back and forth, all over the field, in a very even manner, but it looked as though neither team would in a almost anybody’s, All Through. The forward pass was used several times, but neither team gained much tbrough using this favorite of the new-style football. With one minute left to play, in the first half, Murphy, the Grand Rapids end, grabbed an intercepted forward pass and ran thirty yards for a touchdown. Raftam, for Grand Rapids, failed | to kick goal. Score— Grand Rapids, 5; Bemidji, 0. In the second half the play on both sides was of a desperate char- acter and the ball again alternated back and forth, with Bemidji doing the better playing, although they fumbled frequently. Forward passes were used in this half with varying success. Bemidji succeeded in getting the ball within twelve feet of Grand Rapids’goal, when the Grand Rapids players held finely for downs, finally kicking the ball out of danger. It was impossible for either eleven to score in the last half of the game and the contest ended with the score 5to O in favor of Grand Rapids. F The rooting of the girls of the Bemidji High School was a feature of the game. They had their class yells and they gave them right lustily, encouraging the boysin their struggle out on the gridiron. The game was free from wrangling of a serious kind, there being a few decisions of the officials that were questioned, but on the whole the game was devoid of “rag-chewing.” In the evening the girls of the High School gave a supper in the I 0. O. F. hall, after which there was dancing until midnight, at the City hall, the Grand Rapids boys expressing themselves as being exceedingly well pleased with the manner in which they had been be able to score. treated. E. N. FRENCH R. F. PEPPLE | CITY DRUG STORE E. N. FRENCH & CO. Drugs, Toilet Articles and Preparations, Patent Medicines, Gi .IGF:_EdE§CRIPTION gars, Perfumes, Efc, S A SPECIALTY Phone 52 FARM The First National Bank of Be- midji is prepared to make farm loans for reasonable amounts to actual settlers who are improving We believe that Bel- their places. trami county can ductive dairy cou If you need funds to improve or stock your farm call on 3 First National Bank Bemidji, Minn. LOANS be made a pro- ntry. Returned from Sioux Falls. Archdeacon Parshall was in the city yesterday from Cass Lake and held Episcopal services last evening in the Odd Fellow hall. Rev. Par- shall left this morning for Walker and from that place he went to the Leech Lake Indian reservation (Onigum), where he held services today. Archdeacon Parshall returned Sat- urday from Sioux Falls, S. D., where he attended the Third Annual Coun- cil of the Sixth Missionary Depart- ment of the Episcopal church, being one of the party of eleven from the diocese of Duluth who attended this council. 4 Bishop Morrison, of the diocese of Duluth, gave a- devotional address at the council and also reported on the work of his diocese. Rev. Parshall spoke of the council as having been the very best which he ever attended. “SEGURITY STATE BANK- OF BEMIDJI" ORGANIZED Local People Form Third Banking Institution, With $30,000 Capital. —Buy Good Location. Having a firm belief in the con- tinued prosperity of Bemidji, from a business standpoint, and believing that the future has in store additional “good things” for this city, local people have organized and will launch the “Security State Bank of Bemidji,” with a capitalization of $30,000. The certificate of incorporation of this new financial institution of Be- midji was filed with the secretary of state last week and was placed on record with the register of deeds of Beltrami county last Saturday. The incorporators of the new bank are E. J. Swedback of Minne- apolis, who is heavily interested in E.J. SWEDBACK. Bemidji; H. W. Haines of Lenox, Ia., and A. E. Smith, W. B. Stewart, A. P. Ritchie and Chester Snow of Bemidj. The certificate of incorporation names as directors of the bank E. J. Swedback, H, W. Haines, A. E. Smith, A. P. Ritchie and W. B. Stewart; and it is the intention of the “Security State Bank” to com- mence business about January 3, 1910. This newest of Bemidji’s financial institutions is promoted by men who are well known in this com- munity. E. J. Swedback has heavy property interests in Bemidji, and all of the other persons who form the corporation are also quite heavily interested in property in this city. The new corporation has pur- chased the north twenty-five feet of the Miller-Snow block, known as the “Winter corner,” and which is now occupied by the E. H. Winter com- pany with their large stock of mer- chandise. The latter firm will move to new quarters, This new bank organized by home people, will undoubtedly receive a fair share of the.patronage accorded banks in this vicinity. The institu- tion will be conducted on a sound and conservative basis, and as Be- midji progresses, the bank will un- doubtedly be a thriving institution. The articles of incorporation are printed elsewhere in this issue of the Pioneer. Additional local matter~on ast page. 300 CONTRAGTORS ARE RUSHING GRADE WORK Activity at Leech Lake Dam.—Pay- ment of Subscriptions Should Be Made at Once, The sub-contractors who will grade a portion of the Moose Lake- Plummer - extension of the Soo rail- road are “making the dirt fly” in the vicinity of the Leech Lake dam; on the Leech Lake river, according to Alex S. Martin of Leech Lake, who was in. Bemidji Saturday. - Mr. Martin says that Peter Nelson, who is the sub-contractor for Foley Bros., has a gang of thirty men in one camp and fifty men in another camp, who are rushing the work of building the Soo grade east- ward toward Moose lake. They have a big grader and there is little difficulty in putting up the grade. i Mr. Martin says he is informed that the actual line running from the Leech Lake dam toward Cass Lake and Bemidji has not been actually and definitely settled as yet; but when M." D. Stoner of this city and his gang of surveyors complete the work which they are now on between Cass Lake aund Bemidji the perma- nent line will soon be located. The work of collecting the sub- scriptions to the Soo fund is being pushed, and every citizen who has put his name down, no matter how much or how small the amount, should hasten with funds to either of the banks to pay the subscriptions. The following amounts have been paid, up to noon toda; First National Bank... Lumbermens National Bank... 500 Northern Grocery Co............ 500 Warfield Electric Co O’Leary & Bowser W. G. Schroeder. Melges Bros. C. M. Bacon. F. S. Lycan.... 300 Roland Gilmore. 250 G. E. Carson. 250 Schneider Bro: 250 Klein & Hagberg. 250 E. A. Barker.. 250 John Moberg. 250 J.H. French 250 Gill Bros. H. Stechman. M. Phibbs.. Bermon Emporium Ole Anderson. A. A. Melges.. William Ross.. Charles Knopke. E. H. Winter & Co. Earl Geil......... Mrs. Julius Miller. W. L. Brook: Doran Bros.. Roe & Markuson M. E. Smith.... J. P. Omich.... Bemidji Ice Co. The Bazaar Store 100 Elks Lodge.... 100 A. G. Wedge, Ji 100 Dr. E. A. Smith... 50 Charles Schroeder. Bemidji Handle Co. J. O. Harris.... E. E. Gearlds.. Frauk Silversack... E. N. French & Co. Aubolee & Kroken A. E. Smith.... 50 Edwin Gearlds. 50 T. J. Andrews. 50 R. H. Schumaker.. 50 Cormanton & Hanson. 0. C. Rood & Co.. Chester McKusick. Schultz.. T. J. Crane & Co N. W. Brown. 25 J. J. Conger. 25 J. C. Parker. 25 A. P. Ritchie.. 25 Given Hardware Co. 25 E. O. Moore & Co. J. Peterson, J J. E. Cahill.... 25 J. A. Sandin.. 25 L. G. Crothers 25 Frank Lane. 25 J. T. Toumy. 25 D. L. Stanton.. Lachapelle & Kramer Hardy M. Clark 25 F. M. Malzahn. 25 J. K. Given... 25 John Morrison. 25 A. B. Hazen 25 A. N. Gould.. 25 E. H. Jerrard... 25 Mrs. A. P. Henrionnet 10 Flint & Crone.. 10 Hoganson Bros. 10 Sam Kee. 10 H. M. Johnson 10 T.W. Bell... 10 A. L. Collard 5 S. A. Paquain. 5 Ensign R. Askin.. 5 George Bardwel 9c¢ Lost Potatoes; Boat Burned. Cass Lake, Oct. 18. (Special to Pioneer.)— Early yesterday morn- ing, while S. A. Williams of this place was towing a barge of potatoes on the lake to town, a fierce storm arose and before the shore could be reached the barge upset and the entire bunch of potatoes, aggregating over 500 bushels, were precipitated into the lake. There was also some hay on the barge and when the barge sank the hay got caught in the propellor of the boat and for a time it looked as if Mr. Williams was to be left to the mercy of the waves. He, bowever, suceeded, after a hard fight, in getting to shore. ~ Soon after landing, a gasoline stove which was in the boat exploded and within a few moments the entire boat was in flames. - Nothing could be done to extinguish the fire, and the boat was entirely destroyed. By means of a row boat, Mr. Williams succeeded in getting to Cass Lake. The accident happened on Win- nibigoshish lake, about ten miles from here. The boat was‘the prop- erty os A.S. Williams and son and was insured for $600. The potatoes belonged to a farmer on Winnibi goshish by the name of Tony Ostin. Moral: | Insure with the T. J. Miller Agency. G. W. SPEELMAN EXPIRED LAST NIGHT; ILL A YEAR Will Be Buried -at Greenwood Tomor- row.—Deceased Was Pioneer Resident of County. C. W. Speelman, aged about 60 years, died at Buena Vista last night at 10 o’clock, death resulting from an illness with which Mr. Speelman had been afflicted for more than a year past, the exact nature of which has never been been correctly ascertained. - The funeral will be held in this city tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock, at the Presbyterian church, Rev. S. E. P. White, an old friend of the deceased, officiating. As Mr Speelman was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the local lodge of that order will attend the services in a body. Mr. Speelman was taken ill a year ago, and despite everything that was possible to do for him, he gradually failed until death ensued yesterday. Of late, he has been partially irrational, but was at times very bright. Yesterday, at10 o'clock in the forenoon, the sick man sank into a deep sleep from which it was im- possible to rouse him, passing away at 10 in the evening. Death occured at the home of R. H. Dickinson, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Speelman; and Mrs. Speelman and Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson were with him at the time of death. The end was as peaceful as the close of a beautiful summer day, when daylight fades into night with increasing lovliness. Mr. Speelman was a faithful mem- ber of the church. He was not only faithful to his church, but just as faithful in believing that it was his duty as a christian to do the will of his Master at all times. He was always ready to lend a helping band in time of need—both in acts of kindness and in words. ' Local news on last page. { cultural Productiveness sota.” The Minnesota Farm Review, published montly by the Alumni Association of the Minnesota School of Agriculture, under the caption of the “boosters” of this section: ““The value of northeastern Minne- sota does not lie in her ore or her timber, but in that greatest of all natural resources, the -land itself. Many in the southern part of the state may be disposed to pooh pooh at the statement and to question whether such a resource in the agri- cultural sense exists. “An effective answer is given to any one who will even casually glance at the production of the various crops in any of the northern coun- ties. *“The productsare simply surpris- ing in. their variety and in their quality. At the fall fairs, vegetables of all kinds from the great yellow pumpkins to celery, watermelons, muskmelons or tomatoes are dis- played and in such profusion that we know these products can be grown by anyone. Even corn is shown, which is very creditable, when we consider that corn growing was considered impossible in this region less than ten years ago. “The potatoes displayed are in- variably of the highest quality and evidence excellent yields. “It seems that in many cases any RECOGNIZING VALUE OF NORTHERN FARMING LAND Minnesota Farm Review Pays High Compliment to Agri- of “Northeastern Minne- Encouraging Words. |attempt at all in raising potatoes is rewarded by such yields as to be simply astonishing. “In clover and the dairy cow northern Minnesota possesses two great ~ assets which will ultimately make it one of the richest parts of our state, a part of the state of which we can well be proud. At present this part of the state needs settlers who are rea] farmers—men who will clear their lands—who will till them properly and who will .|make homes for themselves. Such men will receive every encourage- ment from those interested in the future of our state. “People are awakening as to the value of this wooded section of the state. Backed by men broad enough and big brained enough they will surely succeed and northern Min- nesota has such men. “The state of Minnesota owes a debt of gratitude to such men as A. J. McGuire of the Grand Rapids substation; McLaren of Wrenshall; W. H. Haenke of Eveleth; Bishop Mc- Golrick of Duluth; C. P. Craig and W. H. Williams of the Jean Du Luth farm; W. R. Mackenzie of Bemidji and L. B. Arnold, Land Commis- sioner of the D. & I. R. Railroad, all of whom are working unceasingly for the advancement of agriculture in northern Minnesota.” — e Yankee Doodle Stock Company at City Opera House Tonight. Tonight the company will produce Mark E. Swan’s great comedy drama, “The Princess of Patches,” one of the cleverest repertoire bills ever written,. besides being a study in types ‘and characterization that is almost in a class by itself. The story deals with the fortunes of Selma Silverthorn, a child stolen in infancy from a life of luxury on her father’s plantation and subjected to cruelties and hardships by a half- breed ex-slave, Judas, in revenge for a fancied wrong. At the opening of the piece the little twelve year old Selma, seem- ingly clothed only in a barrel and nappers because someone had stolen all her clothes at the swimming hole, comes to her uncle, the trustee of the fortune that was left in his afraid to return to her brutal kid-! ever be found, and begs for pro- tection from Judas, and with the old school southern chivalry toward feminity in distress he adopts her without knowing who she is and raises her as his own daughter. The originality of this situation in view of the fact that everyone of of her relatives is interested in the search for the kidnapped heiress makes the plot of the Princess of Patchess alive with interest and thrilling at every turn: The great house boat scene in the third act in which her cousin tried to gain her fortune by attempting to kill the little Princess, being an almost continuous session of breath sus- pending situations. Tomorrow night the play will be the sensational melo-drama, “Queen of the White Slaves.” A dance will be given after the performance, free to all holders of reserved seat cupons. Special matinee Wednesday of *“Tracked Around the World;” prices charge for her in case she should!15 and 25 cents. progress. announcing the readiness of Women’s, Misses’ and Garments. “ T. J. CRANE & CO. “ All Eyes on the Fashion Gen- tre of Northern Minnesota The onward movement now in among Bemidji's progress- ive business men—to set her in her well earned place, among the great- est of Minnesota cities—finds. a corresponding preparation now be- ing made by her greatest Store of fashion, in order to anticipate the requirements of its rapidly increasing clientele. This store holds the highest place in the esteem of Bemidji women— first, in its authoritative represen- tation of correct and exclusive fashions. -Then again as the par- ticular establishment that appeals to women.., Soon, very soon, we hope to an- nounce a a great double event— Bemidji’s Premier Fashion Display for fall and a Hearty HouseWarming of Bemidji’s Greater Home Children’s Ready-to-wear ! TP