Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 11, 1909, Page 1

sy | 1 L e THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER H'xstot'\cal Saciety. \ MINNESOTA SOCIETY. VOLUME 7. NUMBER 201. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1909. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. “LUMBERJACK SKY PILOT” BACK IN “TALL TIMBER" Rev. Frank E. Higgins, Who Has Wor Many Rough Hearts for the *“‘Master,” and lncldentally Become Fam- ous, Again szmng Log Camps. REV. FRANK HIGGINS, The "Lumberjack Sky Pilot.” Since he returned from the effete «east, Rev. Frank E..Higgins. the “lumberjack sky pilot,” has been visiting “his boys” camps hereabouts, and his smiling in the logging|. logging camps of northern Minne- sota, during this winter, will be carried on in a more extensive scale than ever,” said Rev. Higgins. ‘We will have a man in the camps | near Littlefork, another man visit- . ~ -countenence indicates that he is ex-!ing ‘the camps along the logging ceedingly well pleased with the royal welcome which the employes in the ““tall timber” have been extending to him. Rev. Higgins came to this city Thursday evening from a visit to the -camps of the Red River Lumber company, extending from west of Laporte southward towards Akeley, -where sub-contractors are cutting timber for Walker & Akeley and the Red River Lumber company of -Akeley. “By ——, Higgins, we're proud of you; and when we saw the accounts in the papers as how you bad been slinging it to the ‘big guys’ in the east, we knew you had your sky-| " pilot fighting clothes on and was]| giving ’em the gospel, same as you have pounded it into us boys here in the ‘tall timber.’ "’ This salutation has been given to ‘Rev. Higgins on several occasions since he returned, some two weeks ago, and despite the rather emphati- .cally profane directness of the ‘remark, it is nevertheless sincere and everybody knows that the “sky _pilot” rather enjoys it. From Bemidji, Rev. Higgins went "to Deer River, and Bigfork and he -will organize a Presbyterian church at the latter place. “The missionary work in the S railroads of the Smith-Alger com- Pany, running out of Duluth, and another near Cloquet. “Rev. Astwood of Big Fallsis do- ing missionery work in the camps near Big Falls, and Rev. Mapson, Presbyterian pastor at Tenstrike, has been doing good work in some of the camps north of Bemidji. “I shall visit the camps on the Leech Lake reservation, near Walker; those of the Red River Lum- ber company, John Moberg, W. T. Blakeley and others in this section, and will have a general supervision of all the missionery work in this part of the state. YI am at present distributing some five tons of reading matter, consisting of good magazines and other stuff that will do the boys in the camps much good. “I have visited a number of the camps located near- some of the towns in which saloons were recently closed by order of the government and I find that, with ome or two exceptions, every ‘lumberjack’ in the camps has expressed himself very forcibly 'as being glad that the saloons have been closed; and they are not backwards in asserting that this movement on the part of Uncle Sam will greatly insure to their per- sonal benefit.” = = ——— e Farmers’ Institute at Northome. A most successful farmers’ insti- tute was beld at Northome Friday, evhen a large crowd of farmers from a distance were gathered at North- ome and participated in the ipsti- tute. Addresses on up-to-date methods . of farming, dairying, stump clear- i g, etc.,, were made by F. B. Mc- Leran of Wrenshall, H. K. Larson of Berner and C. E. Brown ot St. Paul. Much interest was shown in the meeting, the sperkers being very obliging in the matter of asking questions pertaining to the subjects discussed, which were of especial interest to farmers who are tilling the soil and removing the timber at one and the same time. Subscribe for The Pioneer. 1 question. DOINGS IN THE VARIOUS CHURGHES. OF THE GITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City Sunday. Catholic—There will be no ser- vices in the Catholic church tomor- row. Rev. Father O’Dwyer. Episcopal—Sunday school at 4 p. m. Evening service and sermon at 8 o’clock. Rev. Parshall, pastor. Norwegian Lutheran—There will be services in the morning at 10:30 and in the evening at 8 o’clock. Nor- wegian and Engiish Sunday school at 2 p. m. At both services there will be special numbers by the choir. Rev. T. 8. Kolste, pastor. Baptist—Men’s Bible class at 10. Morning service at 11. Subject— “Testing Our Love.” Sunday school at 12:10. Evening service at 8. Topic—""Should Christians Play Cards.” Thisis a special subject, the 2nd address on the amusement Come and hear what the pastor has to say about card-play- ing. Presbyterian—Public worship at 11 a. m.and 8 p. m. Subject for the morning—"Responsibility and Privi- lege in the Christian Life.” In the evening the subject will be,| Bible class and Sun-| | day school at 12:15. et 7. i ‘Thursday evening at 8. The public *‘Assurance.” Y. P.S.C.E. Mid-week prayer service is cordially invited to attend these services. Those not having a church home, are invited to worship with us, Methodist Episcopal—The services of the Methodist Episcopal church will be conducted by the Rev. Chas. E. Whlte at the Masonic hall on 3 11 o’clock,the subject—"‘A Scholar’s Tribute to the Master.” The even- ing service at 8 o’clock, the subject —*"Riding the Mule.” The Epworth League will hold its devotional session at 7 o’clock. The Sabbath school will convene after the morn- ing service. Everybody are invited to attend our services, and all will receive a hearty welcome. To Owners of Buidlings on Soo Right- of-Way. All former owners of buildings which are located on the Soo right- of-way' through' the city of Bemidji, and who sold their buildings to the Commercial Club, are hereby ncti- fied to vacate and move from the | said buildings AT ONCE. W. L. Brooks, Pres. THE NEW ARRANGEMENT MEETING WITH FAVOR The ‘‘Split-Week” Arrangement Liked by the Patrons of the Brinkman Family Thealer. The new arrangements, in which the Brinkman Theater is enabled to put on aa entire new lot of perform- ers twice each week, is meeting with great favor among the patrons of that popular place of amusement. The bill for this, both the first and last half, was among the best ever puton in the city, but the one for next week isexpected to be a record breaker. Among- those” who: take part in the program the. first part of mext week are: . Dell Reno, magacian; Post & Gib- son, in “Married Three Weeks;” "Compbell Clarke Sisters, -presenting |a comedy charaoter playlet, “A Bad Penny Returns.” These people _are high class artists in their line and to miss this bill isto_miss rare treat in a Sunday next. Mnrmng service at bill of excellence. FIRE DEPARTMENT: TEAM WINS THE OPENING GAME First Coutest for Basketball Championship of City Was Played at the Armory Last Night Between Fire- men and C The Bemidji Fire Department Basketball Team defeated the Co. K five, at the armory, last night (Friday) by a score of 21 to 15, in a game that was fast and very well played for the opening game of the season.'and the participants in the game all did very well, some of them starring. The two teams lined up as follows: Fire Department—Ear]l Geil and Dick, forwards; Heffron, center; F. Getchell and E. Mullen, guards. - Co. K.—Lindsay and H. Geil, forwards; Gill, center; Kelley and 0. K Fives. the Firemen also” excelled in team work, al*hough the playing showed that neither team had indulged in sufficient practice to be in top form. Clark Dick, a commercial traveler who has played basketball at Duluth and Grand Rapids, is making his home in Bemidji, and he has joined the Fire Department team. He played with the team last evening and his work was especially meritor- ous. He is a splendid addition to the basketball squad of the city. Heffron, H. Geil, Lindsay, Gill and Kreatz also did good work, Erickson and Kreatz, guards. The armory floor was very slippery, 'and falls and mix-ups were' frequent, resulting in many fouls on both sides that would not have been committed had the floor been less smoth. The Firemen were the worst offenders on fouls, the nine baskets from the foul line were recorded against them—9 points in the score. Co. K made seven fouls, and seven points were made against them, asa result. " The firemen displayed superior form, especially at the center posi- tion, where Heffron towered over both Gill and Kelley and got the jump on the soldier center on every line up in the middle of the floor. This was a decided advantage; ‘and Professor W. E. Robinson of this city acted as ceferee. At the request of the members of both fives, he in- terpreted the rules very closely, in regard to foul playing, with the re- sult that there were many fouls called. Prof. Robinson was very fair and impartial, and he makes a splendid official. The Co. K team will train another center, and the soldiers expect that the next contest with the fire laddies wi:l be much closer, with the indications that Co. K might win The ““Big Bemidg” team will be picked from the piayers of these two teams, and will battle with all comers for the ..hampmnshlp of northern Minnesota, i;| seven voted ¢‘yes.” STATE IS PROGRESSING IN FOURNIER MURDER TRIAL Goodly Number of Witnesses Examined, and it Was Thought Possible State Might Rest This Evening.— Great Interest in Trial. The Brainerd Dispatch of yester- day says of the proceedings of the Fournier trial Friday forenoon: “The jury in the Paul Fournier murder case was completed about -Chester McKusick, county attorney of Bel- trami county, made his opening address to the jury, after which court adjourned until 9 o’clock this moraing. “Attorney C. W. Scrutchin, for the defense, requested that all witnesses be excluded from the court room until called in the case and Judge McClenahan granted the request. The taking of testimony commenced with the opening of court this morning. “The first witness called was O. C. Rood, son-in-law of N. O. Dahl and a brotber-in-law of Miss AGEOt D&hl who was murdered at the same timé as her father. Mr. Ropd,.who resides in Bemidji, described his visits .to the Dahl cottages after he had been notified that they were missing. He also testified as to the Identifica- tion of the body of Mr. Dahl, and asto the identification ot articles found with the: skeleton of Miss Dahl, and by which it was identified. “Following the .examination, also testified to the condition of the Dahl cabins when he went to search for the missing man and woman. “The next witness was C. C. Strander, another son-in-law of N. O. Dahl, whose testimony was along the same lines as that of Mr. Rood. The examination and cross examina- tion of these witnesses occupied a large part of the forenoon, and they were followed on - the witnéss stand by Dr. Marcum, of Bemidji, who was coroner of Beltrami county at the time of the finding of the remains of Mr. Dahl and Miss Dahl. He was still on the stand when court adjourned today noon. “The witnksses for the state are being examined by C. Louis Weeks, from the office of attorney general. He is bright aud alert in his work and is making a good impression on the onlookers, with which the court- room is fairly well filled. “Judge McClenahan 1s presiding at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. the tnial with his usual courtesy and, fairness, and rendering his rulings with the promptness and accuracy which has made him known as one of the ablest district judges in Min- nesota.” Friday Afternoon. Brainerd Dec. 11.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Dr. Marcum was on the stand when court convened after dinner on Friday. In addition to testifying as to the finding of the bodies of the Dahl’s, Dr. Marcum testified as an expert to the bullet holes in the skull of Mr. Dahl and swore that they were made with a 30-40 calibre rifle. On cross-examination he was asked if the holes might have not ™ been made by a .303 Savage rifle and testified that in his opinion they could not. Wm. Kruger, a homesteader, and the owner of the rifle with which the state claims the killing was done, testified to loaning the gun to Fournier, and that they had it in their possession on the 7th of April and until the afternoon of the 8th, when he went and got it. He testified to finding a white bair on the rear sight of the gun when It was returned. The gun was a .30-.40:caliber rifle. Kruger also testified to going over to Fournier'’r cabin a day or two later and finding a sign on thé door saying they (Fournier and Wesley) were away; that a ‘pair of pants laid beside the cabin rolled up- and that he unrolled them and found them all bloody. . A -day, or two ‘later, acco?dinz to his " testi- mony, he saw a fire near Fournier's cabin and found Fournier had a fire of brush and was burning up those - pants, even though they were good garments. H. Greenfield testified that Four nier was in his place at Buena Vista April 6th, on his way home, and hireda man named Butler to take him home; that Fournier purchased the. drinks there at Gteenfféld’s saloon and got trusted, saying he had no money. David Miller tesiified to loaning Fournier $2 on or about April 6th. Hugh Dean, a logger, testified as to the amount of money Fournier had earned working for him on dates |between the disappearance of the Dahl’s and the finding of the body. Charles Martindale testified to overhearing a conversation between Wesley and Fournier in which they discussed the Dahl’s, and Fournier said he wished he had the girl; that he could use her on his claim. Wesley also said he wished he had her, and asked Fournier what he would do with the old man. Fournier replied that he could put him out of the'way and hide him under the ice or somewhere. At the close of Martindale’s ex- amination, court adjourned until Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. SCHOOL ELECTION WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUS ‘YES' Board Authorized to Sell “‘Old Catholic Church” Lots.—Votes, 27 Yes, 3 No. The special election for the Independent School District . of Bemidji, which was held last even- ing, was apparantiy overlooked by the larger portion of the voters of the district, as but thirty persons appeared and cast their pallots on the proposition which was sub- mitted for a vote of the people. Ot the tnirty who cast their bal- lots, three voted “no” and twenty- The propo - R | sition was to authorize the school board to sell what was termed the “‘old Catholic church” lots to the Soo railway for $100, the board to later remave the old church build- ing to lots owned on America avenue for use as a manual train- ing school for the High School; which the board will do at once, since the election resulted favor- ably for the proposition. Attention, D. of H. Election of officers will be held Monday evening, December 13, at 8 o’clock, promply. All members are requested to be present. —Florence Weekly, Recorder. Additional loecal matter on lait page. I e NESeTA | HISTORICAL |