Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 22, 1909, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIO Wheelock Ralp L nse Gryvarnor VOLUME 7. NUMBER 185. S00 HEADQUARTERS ARE BENEFICIAL TO BEMIDJI Themas Greene, Chief Engineer for the Soo Company, Says There Will Be Much Activity Along New Line All Winter. “The City of Bemidji will reap considerable benefit from operation in connection with building the Plummer-Moose Lake extension of the Soo Railway, during this winter, and in fact for all time to come, for that matter, but more especially as this city has been made the head- quarters for the paymaster of the big contracting firm of Foley, Welch & Stewart,” said Thomas Greene of Minneapolis, chief engineer for the Soo Railway company who wasa visitor in Bemidji over Sunday, hav- ing come here for the purpose of look- ing after some local matters in con- nection with right-of-way and estab- lishing permanent routes for the Soo at some points which had not yet been definitely determined. Mr. Greene stated that the Soo would have a large gang of men at work all winter grading along the right-of-way “at both ends and in the middle” of the Plummer-Moose Lake extension, as he put it, and there would be great activity all along the line, making business good in Bemidji and other towns in the *'Soo zone.” “There will be 4000 men, 1500 teams and fifteen steam shovels used on the Soo operations this winter,” said Mr. Greene. “This indicates the determination of the Soo people to construct and equip the Plummer- Moose Lake line as rapidly as humans and beasts can perform the! work. We expect that every foot of the grades will be completed on July 1, 1910, that being the date set for completion of all contracts. It is our determination to have cars running on the line in ample time to handle next fall’s big crop of wheat from over west and moving the same to Duluth and other points, ““Make no mistake about this line being a ‘branch line’ of the Soo. It is the real main line of that system, and the connections with this line give a coast-to-coast service. “Bemidji is indeed fortunate in gecuring this line, and we believe that veur citizens are cognizant of thereal value of the road to your city, especially in the matter of open- ing up and making tributary to Be- midji territory that will now seek your city as a natural market.” Movements Along the Line. ‘The exact territory through which the Soo railway will pass in build- ing that part of its new Plummer- Moose Lake extension extending from the Leech Lake Dam to Cass Lake has finally been determined, and the work of grading that section will be commenced within a very few days. According to Soo officials who are authority on locating lines, the en- gineers succeeded in running a line that will avoid touching any part of the big swamp south of Bena, but will hit high ground alongside the swamp. Passing to the northwest from the Leech Lake Dam, the road will skirt the south end of Portage lake, thence westward, bearing north, toward the Duluth-Grand Forks line of the G. N. railway. The Soo will approach the high ground known as the “Schley Hill” and be built on the hill, and will cross the Great Northern tracks one mile west of the Schley depot. From Schley, the Soo will pass west and bearing north- ward directly to Cass Lake, parallel- ing the Great Northern, The route from Cass Lake to Be- Band Rehersal Tonight. The Bemidji Band will meet to- night instead of Tuesday night this week. All members are requested to be present to prepare for the next concert. V. L. Ellis, Manager Band. Additional local matter on last page. midji has been definitely settled for some time, and will, in general, parallel the Great Northern, on the north side of that line. The line extending westward from Bemidji has been determined for a distance of eight miles, but from a point north there are several lines surveyed, and the exact route to Plummer will not be definitely settled until the latter part of this week. In the meantime, there are many contractors visiting the head office of Foley, Welch & Stewart, figuring on possible contracts. F. G. Mann of Milwaukee, who has graded several miles of the Cuyuna branch of the Soo, has been in Bemidji figuring on a contract to grade several miles of the Plum- mer-Moose Lake new line. Peter Nelson, one of the heaviest of the Soo contractors, was here yesterday. He has graded ten miles of the new road, at Leech Lake Dam, and will also do the grading for the division tracks at that point. of Solway, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1909. % BENA TOWNSITE PROSPERS HAD FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE One of the Best of its Kind. One of the best plays of the sea- son, “Lone Star of Texas,” will be at the City Opera House, Tuesday, Nov. 22. *‘Lone Star of Texas” is an Amer- ican play of a melodramatic char- acter without being coarsely sensa- tional. The interest of the audience is not assaulted with vile sentiment and exaggerated brutality, but on the contrary is maintained very cleverly with plenty of comedy, natural pathos, genuinely impressive scenes, and a group of goood char- acters. Beaumont Claxton, the author, has introduced love and heroism, with triumphant virtue, in four strong and picturesque acts of surpassing vividness. The play comes under the personal direction of Chas, Manville, who has taken especial care in selecting the com- pany to present the drama. ““Tom” Symons Ambles About. It looks good to see T. R. Symons on the street these days, dispite the fact that he has a cane and crutch with which to “navigate.” Tom was a member of the auto party which a Great Northern freight train “put out of commission” at Wilton recently. ‘“‘Can’t kill an old cuss like me,” says Tom, “but it was the narrowest escape I ever had from instant death.” Home cooking the kind that all like to get at 619 Irving avenue. Local news on last page. BIG SAWMILL BURNED AT AKELEY SUNDAY — Red River Lumber Company Sustained ~ Large Less.—Origin of Fire Is Unknown. HEROIC WORK OF FIREMEN SAVED OTHER PROPERTY FROM DAMAGE Red River Lumber Company Announces That the Sawmill Will Be Immediately Rebuilt. Akeley, Nov. 22.—(Special - to Pioneer.)—The big sawmill owned by the Red River Lumber -company was totally destroyed by fire last evening, and it was only by heroic efforts en the part of the local fire- men and the employes of the mill that the fire was confinéd to the saw- mill and the remainder of the build- ings owned by the company, as well as the largest part of the village, were not reduced to ashes; The exact origin of the fire is un- known. The flames were first dis- covered immediately underneath the trimmer, in the mill; and as the watchman had passed the spot but ten minutes preyiously, it is believed that the fire was the result of spontaneous combustion. = Venetian Silk Underwear ‘Quality Sellers - T. J. CRANE & GD. WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S READY-TO-WEAR GARMERTS We welcome éou one and all residents of Bemidji and thé Turkish Jawelry e — surrounding country to Our new home, the largest and greatest Women’s and Children’s Ready= to=-Wear Concern in northern Minnesota. 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The members of the fire depart- ment turned out promptly, and augmented in numbers by several hundred mill employes, they worked like Trojans to save the mill property. R. F. Pray, general manager for the Red River Lumber company, and A. F. Kleinegger, superintend- ent of the sawmill, assisted in direct-| Word comes from Bena that the ing the work of the firemen, and|stockholders of the Bena Townsite both being old firemen, their services | company held their annual meeting were of great value. By sticking to their posts the fire here and elected the following offi- fighters were enabled to confine the c?": Pl:euu_‘lent, I D Middleton; fire to the sawmill, the big yards, | Vice-President, Sam Simpson; secre- valuable buildings and material being | tary and treasurer, Chris Burns; prevented from becoming foed for directors, J. E. Johnston, Tony the flames. Potvin, Chris Burns, Jake Mohr, Only the engine and boiler rooms| The affairs of the company were were saved of the entire sawmill|found to be in a flourishing condition plant. 7 and the annual dividend of 2% per Two or three of the firemen were |cent will be distributed in a short injured while fighting the fire, but|time. they are on the streets today, not| The securing of a townsite at having sustained serious hurts. Bena, within the confines of the It is impossible to estimate cor-| Chippewa Indian reservation was at- rectly the loss sustained by the com. | tended with some exceedingly inter- pany, but the sum runs into many esting events in which various thousands of dollars. factions at Cass Lake and Bena The Red River Lumber company’s | Were involed in rival townsite. sawmill at this place was considered| The proposition of having a town- one of the very best ‘mills in the|Site on the Chippewa reservation state, and was 2 model of its kind, | Was conceived by the late A. G. and had a very large capacity for|Bernardof Cass Lake, who associ- turning out lumber. ated with him twenty others, mostly Before the ashes of the destroyed | Of Cass Lake, and including Edwaid mill have chilled, the officials of the | Yanish of St. Paul and Fred A. Red River Lumber company an-|Johnson of Washington, D. C. nounce that they will at once re-| A townsitelaw waspassed through build the mill, replacing the des-|congress, allowing the location of troyed plant with a larger and more | townsites on Indian lands, under complete mill. certain restrictions. —_— Bernard and his party looked Moral: Insure with the ‘T. J.|over several richly-timbered points Miller Insurance Agency. on reservation lands along the line of the Great Northern railway east wu_I_TAKE A GuuM of Cass Lake, and, finally selected some 300 acres, covered with a flu"s"flm“u" uF AuTns heavy growth of white and Norway pine, a mile west of Bena, as an ideal point for a townsite. The party put up tents on the land and announced their intention of promoting a big town on the banks of Lake Winnibigoshish. E. H. Jerrard Goes to ‘‘Velie” Factory, —Wiil Be With Bemidji Automobile Co. —_— Richards was decided upon as the E. H. Jerrard, of the Bemidji Auto- | name of'the new town, in honor of B e T O e et Annual Election of Townsite Officers Held Saturday.— Bena Had a Would-Be Rival in Richards, Which Townsite Government Would Not Allew. 4 W TRTEE i of the then commissioner of the general land office at Washington. The Indians living near Bena had been watching the movements of Bernard and his party, and the Reds were considerably exercised over what they claimed was the high- handed action of the “Richards” . party in attempting to deprive them of 300 acrcs of land and many thous- ands of feet of valuable timber. Complaint was made to Major Scott, acting Indian agent, whe ordered the party to abanden the land. This order was ignored, and when the Richards’ folks began building small houses on the land, & number of them were arrested and taken before Chas. Beaulieu, sub-agent at Bena, who allowed them to go, re- cording their names as trespassers. Then began a fight before the general land office and the depart- ment of the interior at Washington, in opposition to granting the town- site. 5 Other parties had filed for a townsite at Bena, and they epposed the Richards proposition, with the result that the Richards townsite application was rejected, on the claim that the applicants had not complied with the requirements of the special townsite act. The Bena applicants secured their townsite, and the promoters have evidentally prospered, The- Richards- people purchased land some two miles west of where they had attempted to make a town and moved their buildings to the new property. Nothing further has been done with the Richards proposition. The buildings were sold and the original promoters of the townsite have abandoned the land, as far as estab- lishing a town is concerned. mobile company, has gone to Moline, = IiL, where he will enter the Velie [[f s Automobile factory, operated by the Deere-Weber take a complete course in the con- company, and will famous struction of automobiles and the repairing of same. Mr. Jerrard will be the expert for 118 Third Street the Bemidji Automobile company and his trip to the big factory at When You Have a Prescription You want it accurately filled and with the purest of drugs. Ask your physician about the quality and the medicinal value of the PARK, DAVIS & COMPANY DRUCS used in our prescription department, which drugs we guarantee to be of the highest standard, and handled only by competent druggists, which insures purity and accuracy. City Drug Store E.N.FRENCH & CO,, Moline is taken for the purpose of especially fitting himself to "thor- oughly understand the construction of automobiles and the working of intricate parts of the mechanism, so that he can excel in the matter of “doctoring sick automobiles.” The Bemidji Automobile company is engaging in the automobile busi~ dess on a very extensive scale and in securing the services of Mr. Jerrard that gentleman is determined to learn everything possible in con- nection with autos fractory ways. The Velie automobile has already stirred up a lot of interest in Bemidji autoing circles and the new machine and their re- basement, per bushel is receiving much commendation from all drivers. “Tommy” Newby Dangerously lil. Thomas Newby, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Newby, was taken to Minneapolis Saturday night, in charge of Mrs. Newby, for the purpose of consulting the Newby family physician at that point, relative to an attack of appendicitis. It was stated yesterday that a telegram came to Mr. Newby yesterday noon, stating that an operation had been performed on his son, and that “Tommy” could not possibly survive, Mr, Newby left yesterday after- noon for Minneapolis. shoes. ‘wear. Phone 65 and 390 No further information-has been given the Pioneer on ‘the matter. A CARLOAD OF COLORADO APPLES IN BUSHEL BOXES They excel in quality any apples ever seen in Bemidji. $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 per box Wine Sap, Gano and Jonathans. Select Burbank Potatoes Thoroughly sorted before being binned in the 3 5 e Price Send in your orders. Mixed varieties, treated in the same way. 30c Price, per bushel.......cccceeeevrninnnnnen 7 large bars of Soap for 25¢. SHOES In the shoe line we have ladies’ shoes from $1 to $3.50, also splendid bargains in men’s and boy’s A large and complete line of rubber foot- wear, dry goods, ladies’, men’s and children’s under- Our line is very reasonable in price. . pay you to give the goods a thorough inspection. - W. G. SCHROEDER Corner.Fourth and Minnesota It will The Da.ily Pioneer : 40c per Month