Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 23, 1909, Page 1

- THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIO Historical Socxety. VOLUME 7. NUMBER: 186. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1909. CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS - BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE No Action Taken Last Night,but City and County Will Prob- ably Join in Building a Steel Bridge at Mississippi Outlet of Lake Bemidji. That the city of Bemidji and the County of Beltrami will join in the building of a wagon bridge across the ‘Mississippi rivér, at the outlet of Lake Bemidji, seems a foregone conclusion; judging from the favor- able reports which the committee of the council and the committee of the county board have made, after investigating the feasibility of putting in such a structure. At the meeting of the city council which was held last- evening the committee on streets and side- walks, together with M. D. Stoner, city engineer, presented an official report recommending the building of a bridge at the outlet. on the east side of the lake, being at the south quarter post of Section 2-146- 33. The committee recommended a steel bridge 200 feet in length and also reportéd favorably on the build- ing of a wagon road for some dis- tance north and south of the pro- posed bridge. It is stated that the board of county commissioners looks with favor on the proposition of a joint bridge within the limits of the City of Bemidji spanning the Mississippi river, and that there is every probabilify that at the meeting of the county board to be held Decem- ber I a_ committee from the city council will consult with the county board relative to the building of a bridge and the construction of the roads. Prior to his removal from office, Commissioner Wes Wright recom- mended a bridge to be built some distance down the Mississippi river beyond the limits of the City of Bemidji. This proposition has been considered as entirely impracticable and would entail a big expense to the county without obviating the necessity of a bridge within the limits of the City of Bemidji. Ordinance No. 43, establishing a new grade for Irving avenue, was given its second reading. The auditing committee was given additional time to report upon the quarterly reports of the city treasurer WERE BURNED TO DEATH IN BED THIS MORNING ’| Representative David Dearmond, Promi- nent Democrat, and Grandson Met Horrible Fate. Kansas City, Mo, qu. 23— (Special to Pioneer.)—Representa- tive David A. Dearmond, one of the eldest domocratic members of con- and his grand-son, Waddie, aged 6, were burned to death today in a fire that destroyed the Dear- mond home, at Butler, Mo. gress, for the quarters ending April 30, July 31 and October 31, 1909. W. B. Stewart, on behalf of the Security State Bank, was granted the use of the street on'’the north side of the building known -as the Winter Block, he to furnish the city with bonds in the sum of #500 to save the city harmless from dam- ages which might result from the piling of rubbish in the street. Mrs. W. B. Carlisle was employed as janitress in the firemen’s room, her time dating from October 10th, 1909. The Swedish ladies will give a hot dinner and supper in the Odd Fellows’ hall on Saturday, Decem- ber 4. m ) \mumj hi il AT 1 1 Hart SR by "W/ /il = 2 (J'I‘( NY man whom we clothe looks well wherever he goes. There’s a distinc- thIl of style and finish about our Hart Schaffner & Marx overcoats and suits that makes any wearer of them a marked figure among the crowd. “If you haven't bought your overcoat, or raincoat, or suit, you'd better look over our stock before you pay out any money. We've got the things you want to wear. i Suits here $20 to $45 Overcoats $20 to $60 Gordon Hats Floisheim Shoes This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes —— ATIVE PAGE U Clothing House THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLA- MATION. aer City of Bemidji, Offlce of Mayor, 1. P. Pogue, Mayor, If.ia a_time-honoréd custom for the citizens of the Uttited States to |- set aside one day in the year in -which to render thanks to Almighty God for blessings recgived. This custom was established by our -, forefathers—those beloved patriots who, at the risk of their own lives, with the point of bayonet, drove the invading enemies from our shores. We are today emymg the bless- ings of free institutions and of a government which has been well styled “The Home of the Free." * To the: citizens of Bemidji, the past year has betn replete - with prosperity and divine goodness; the people of ‘Bemidji have, therefore, good cause fo rejoice and give thanks to the Creator of Mankind for the wonderful blessings bestowed upon them. Now, therefore, {siaccordance with the proclamation of the President of the United States-dnd the Governor of the State of Minhesota, I hereby set aside Thursday, November 25th, as a day of Thanksgiving for the people of Bemidji, to emulate the example of ‘ our farefathers and observe this'one day appropriately as a great national holiday. —J. P. Pogué, Mayor. Baptist ‘Women's Missionary Meeting. On next Friday evening Nov. 26th, at the Baptist church, a very inter- esting program will be given. " Astudy of “The Negro Problem” will be taken up, using as. a text book ,“From Dstkness to Light” written by a southern woman—Mary Helm. The book is divided into six sec- _ | tions, namely, “The Savage,” “The Bondsman,” *“The Freedman,” “The Citizen,” “The Student,” ‘The Christian.” The first section will be the study for Friday evening, Leader, Mrs. H. R. McKee. Prayer and opening of the subject by the pastos. Paper by Mr. Rice, “Dark People and Their Customs.” Paper by Mrs. Slater, “Women’s Work in Solvingthe Negre Problem.” Duet, Mrs. Rice and Miss Benner. Paper by Mrs. McKee, *Fetichism and Witchcraft.” “A Soldier's Experience in the South,” Mr. Geo. Smith. A silver offering for the work. Everybody is heartly invited to attend. M. E. Congregation Pushing Things. The Methodist constituency of Bemidji will be pleased to know that its members and friends have taken on a new lease of life in the.commun- ity. For the first time in the history of the church, they are able to say that every indebtedness has been cleaned off, and everyone has been paid up in full, Under the leadership of the new pastor, the congregation again did themselves proud. The budget for the new year had been prepared by the official board, which amounts to about $1,500. The pastor and board at the morning service yester- day put the financial obligation of the church for the ensuing year before the congregation and asked them to get under it, which they willingly did, so that the pastor was able to raise about $1,200, and it is expected that in a few days the entire $1,500 will be covered. This enables the board to promise that its affairs will be conducted in a business-like way. They expect to pay and be paid. They wish to thank all who have made it possible for the board to adequately take care of this year’s current expenses. Funeral Yesterday Afternoon. The body of the late Mrs. Senear was shipped yesterday afternoon to Rockford, Minn.,, to be buried in the cemetery at her old home. Prior to the shipment of the body, funeral services were held at the late home of the deceased, 913 Mississippi .avenue, Rev. C. E, White, pastor of the local M. E. church, officiating. Local news on last page. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. APPEAL TO PUBLIC FOR THANKSGIVING “‘CHEER” The Sisters of St. Benedict Desire Donations for Sufferers at St. Anthony’s Hospital. The Sisters of the St. Benedi have issued the ‘following relative to Thanksgiving offerings that will be thankfully received at the local hospital (St. Anthony’s) for the purpose of brightening Thanksgiving for the suffering inmates of the in- stitution: “Dear Friend:—Thanksgiving Day being the “Donation Day” for our hospital, it gives an opportunity to our good friends to aid usin the cause of suffering humanity. We, therefore, earnestly appeal to yonr charity in behalf of the sick poor. “We are daily called upon to care for patients who are entirely desti- tute of means, and have no friends, and the result is a considerable financial strain upon our Institution, besides the dept on the building - it- self, and it requires a great effort forus to keep paid the current expenses and the interest on the loan, with a Tittle hope of reducing the principal. “Anything in the line of groceries, eatables, bed-clothes, night-dresses, pight-shirts, as well as money, will be accepted with much gratitude. “Thanking you in advance for kind favors, and invoking God’s blessing upon you in our daily prayers, we remain, “Yours very respectfully, —"Sisters of St. Benedict. “St. Anthony’s Hospital, Bemidji, Minn.” Visits Old Friends at Hutchinson. T. H. Pendergast, the veteran farmer who tills the soil in Grant Valley township, departed this morning for St. Paul, and after visit- ing there a few days will leave for his old home at Hutchinson, Minn., where he will mingle with old friends for a month. Mr. Pendergast moved to Hutchinson on April 20, 1852, and lived there for many years. At the time he first went to Hutchinson there was but one white man living between Hutchinson and the Rocky Mountains, - he being Joe R. Brown, who lived at Brown's Valley with a squaw wife. Mr. Pendergast enlisted in the Union army at Hutchinson and acquitted himself with honors in the war of the rebellion. Mr. Pendergast still has alotof friends at Hutchinson and he always receives a royal welcome whenever he visits his old "stamping ground.” District Court at Walker. Judge Stanton departed this morn- ing for Walker, where he presided at the opening of the term of district court for Cass county. Lee LeBaw, court reporter for Judge Stanton, will leave for Walker tomorrow morning. The judge stated that he believed the Walker term would be concluded by the latter part of next week as there were not many cases, either criminal or civil on the calendar at present. Judge Stanton has been relieved at Grand Rapids by Judge Wright, who will preside at the Itasca court term until the conclu- sion of the Walker term, when Judge Stanton will return to the ‘“‘Rapids” and take up the duties of the term at that place. Judge Stanton esti- mates that the Itasca county term will last well on ‘toward the month of March as there are a large num- ber of criminal and civil cases and much heavy litigation. Father 0’Dwyer Is Injured. Rev. Father John O’Dwyer, pastor of St. Phillip’s church, had the mis- fortune to slip on a slippery sidewalk last evening, while on his way from the hospital to the postoffice and fell heavily to the walk. In falling, Father O’Dwyer struck his right hand in such a man- ner as to dislocate his wrist. The injury was a very painful one, and is of such a nature as to pre- vent Father O’Dwyer from perform- ing his usual duties for some time to come. GAYE MINNESOTA SPLENDID BOOST AT FARM CONGRESS Congressman Steenerson Tells of Wonderful Productive- ness of Minnesota Lands and Needs of This Section in Promoting Agricultural Pursuits. The speech delivered by Congress- man Halvor Steenerson before the National Farm and Land congress| in Chicago last week is being highly spoken of as a great “boost” for Minnesota. ~ Mr. Steenerson talked on the opportunities for home seek- ers in northern Minnesota and gave a fine outlineof the possibili- ties of a vast territory in the north- western part of that state. Mr. Steenerson said in part: . “This area of more than 12,000,- 000 acres is still in its infancy so far as settlement and development is comcerned. ~ Several millions of acres in the eastern half were until recently embraced in the Indian country, and only in the lastfew years been opened to occupation and settlement. “Although’ the settlement of the Red River valley began with the building of the first railroad through it, in the early seventies, yet these settlements were confined to the country adjacent to the railroad, and it is only in the Jast decade that the whole region has been supplied with railroad facilities sufficient to bring all the land within reasonable dis tance of the market. “Although in this territory there has been rapid progress in building . up its farms, its towns and villages, with churches and schools; roads and bridges, with telephone lines and daily mail, yet there are many neighborhoods where the farms still are too large and neighbors too far apart, so that more farmers would be very welcome. Of course, in these parts, there are no free lands to be had, but good farm land, either improved or unimproved, can be bought at very reasonable prices, say on the average of $25 per acre. “For those who are not able to purchase farms, there is ample op- portunity to rent on shares or buy on the ‘crop payment plan, and if they are good farmers, they can in a very few years own the land they rent. I have known actyal instances during the last season when the crop of grain harvested was worth more than the price of the land, and with the phenomenal dairy farming in this section in the last few years, it is certain that any of these farms devoted to dairying, and mixed farming, would pay for itself out of the net profits in two or three days.” e 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 clevegly with plenty of comedy, natuggkipathos, genuinely impressive scenes; apd 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. J. W. Gregg Improving. The nurses of St. Anthony’s hospital state that the condition of J. W. Gregg of Cass Lake is steadily improving, and that what was sur- mised might have been afatal acci- dent has developed into painful but not serious injuries. Mr. Gregg carries the mail at Cass Lake from the postoffice to the depot, and was run over by a care. less driver last Sunday, being brought to the local hospital for treatment. “‘Swell” Thanksgiving Dinner at Hetel Markham. The Markham Hotel will serve an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening from 6 to 8 o’clock. "Masten’s full orchestra will furnish the music. Seats may be reserved by ’phone up to Thursday morning. A charge of 75 cents per plate will be made. Bowlers, Attention! Paquain & Malzahn have installed their new Twentieth Century Sectional Triple Alleys, in their new building, next door to City Opera House. Everything modern, according to regulation laws, controlling the essential features of pleas- ure, bowling and highest scoring. Purse For Highest Score Specialties Announced Separate PAQUAIN & MALZAHN _ Savings Accounts The First National Bank of Bemidji has a special Savings Department Accounts are opened for $1 deposit and interest is compounded on January ist and July 1st, upon . all balances on deposit prior to those dates. ' Remember it is not what you earn but what you save that makes your wealth. Your savings are protected by over $60,000 Capital and Surplus of "The First National Bank of Bemidji, Minnesota success of =