Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 3, 1910, Page 1

% THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE Historical Society. TFEEA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, VOLUME 7. NUMBER 218, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY. 3, 1910. BEMIDJI PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL REOPEN TOMORROW There Will Be Few Changes in Personnel of Teaching Corps.—Conditions Are Very Optimistic at Beginning of New Year. The Bemidji public schools will reopen Tuesday, for the after holi- day term, the teachers and pupils having enjoyed vacation since Wed- nesday afternoon, December 23; and indications are that the en- suing term will witness a larger attendance and more interest mani_ PROF. A. P. RITCHIF, Superintendent Bemidji Public Schools. fested in the work of education than ever before in the history of the local schools. There will be some changes in the téaching corps, as follows: Miss Lucille Roe is transferred from the Sixth to the Third grade, to fill the vacancy caused by the departure of Miss Fiudeisen, teacher of the Third grade, who leaves permanently. Morgan Flaherty of St. Cloud assumes the duties of teacher in the Sixth grade, and will act as princi- pal of the Central school building. Mr. Flaherty was formerly principal of the schools at Mentor, and comes to Bemidji highly recommended as an educator. Miss Laura Benscoter of Bloom- ingsburg, Pa, will teach mathe- matics in the Seventh and Eighth grades, succeeding Miss Leon, who bas gone to Council Bluffs, Iowa, to reside. The school board is placing a teacher in the county poor farm building, on the east side of Lake Bemidji, to accommodate the scholars near the Bemidji Lumber company’s mill; and Miss Osborn of Excelsior, Minn., will have charge of this building and act as teacher there. The Bemidji schools commence the year of 1910 under very aus- picious conditions. Since the begin- ning of last year, the school district has provided an elegant, up-to-date high school building, which has en- abled the board of education to provide sufficient room for the rapidly-increasing school population of the city. The schools are in a flourishing condition; and under the direction of Superintendent A. P. Ritchie, Bemidji schools have ad- vanced to the very front ranks of Minnesota’s public “educational in- stitutions. Attorney E. M. Stanton Visited With Brother. E. M. Stanton, a prominent at- torney of Thief River Falls, came to Bemidji last Saturday noon and visited with his brother, Dr. D. L. Stanton, until yesterday affernoon when he returned home. Mr. Stanton has some probate matters in Beltrami county pending before Judge Clark and he desired to con- sult with the judge and also to visit with relatives. Mr. Stanton is one of the “movers” in business affairs at Thief River and also takes a prominent part in politics, over there. Heis a member of the minority party (democratic), bul whenever he “gets into the game” there is always “‘something doing” politically. “E. M.”is agood fellow and we greatly enjoyed our brief visit with him, long. Call again, brother, and stay Settler- Wins in Swamp Land Case. Judge Spooner has received word from the secretary of the interior to the effect that the case which he instituted against the state for the possession of certain so-called swamp lands, wherein Charles Romans of Littlefork was the contestant, has been decided in favor of Mr. Romans, this being the second case in which a settler has won out by appeal to the secretary of the interior, ~The judge was attorney for Mr. Romans. For Sale: 18-foot gasoline launch, as good as new. 4-horse power Cushman engine, good speed. One of the best boats on Lake Bemidji. For sale cheap. Inquire Chas. A. Collins at 0’Leary-Bowser Co, BT T Bemidji. basement, per bushel...... Mixed varieties, treated Price, per bushel............ shoes. wear. Phone 65 and 390 A CARLOAD OF COLORADO APPLES IN BUSHEL BOXES They excel in quality any apples ever seen in . Price $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 per box Wine Sap, Gano and Jonathans. Send in your orders. Select Burbank Potatoes Thoroughly sorted before being binned in the e e 30¢ 7 large bars of Soap for 25¢. SHOES In the shoe line we have ladies’ shoes from $ I 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 MR. AND MRS, ELLETSON HAVE SILVER WEDDING With the New Year, They Passed First Quarter Century of Their Married Life. Saturday, January 1, was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the wed- ding of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Elletson of this city and in commemoration of the “‘silver” event, they gave a party at their home to a number of invited guests, the occasion being a most enjoyable one for all. A large number of beautiful pres- ents were presented to the bride and groom, who have remained faithful to each other through a quarter of a century, and the recipients blushed just as much when they took the presents as they did twenty-five years ago when they first joined hands in the holy bonds of matri- mony. Several valuable presents were also received by mail as me- mentosjof the event. A very enjoyable time was had, and Mr. and Mrs, Elletson served a very sumptuous wedding dinner, the table being decorated with pink and white carnations, Among those who were present were the following: Messrs. and Mesdames C. C. Markusen, K. K. Roe, S. A. Cutter, W. L. Preble, Henry F. Miller, C. D. Kinney, J. Achenbach, A. L. Collard, W. H. Elletson, Jr, A. F. Brabetz, M. Broski, Mrs. Mary Gallagher of Turtle River, Miss Clara Bronby and C. M. Landon. Mr. W. H. Elletson and Miss Howland (Mrs. Elletson) were married in Richland county, Wis., January 1, 1885, and the following spring they moved to Adrian, Minn., where they lived for a number of years, . 5 v Three sons were born to them, W. H., George T. and A. Dalbert each respectively 23, 19 and 14 years. The family moved to Bemidji dur- ing the summer of 1903 and have made their home here ever since, and the sons live here, W. H. being head clerk for Roe & Markusen, George T., is general delivery clerk in the Bemidji postoffice and A. Dalbert is a freshman in the Be- midji High school. Mrs. Elletson was born in Joe Davis county, Ill.. January6, 1863, and moved with her parents to Richland, Wis.,, ‘when she was 8 years old. Mr, Elletson was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., June 7, 1863, and moved to Richland county when he was 8 years old. At the age of 16 Mr, Elletson ‘took up carpentry and has been a contractor:and -builder for many years. . Sincere congratulations are extended to Mr, and Mrs, Elletson for .the happy manner in which they have spent twenty-five years of their married life together and all hope they will be spared to enjoy many more wedding anni- versaries, Fire at Tea Store. Fire in the store of the Bemidji Tea Store caused a damage esti- mated at about $1,000 and but for the prompt action of the members of the local fire department would propably have gained much more headway and destroyed the building, as well as consuming the entire stock of teas, coffees, etc. The fire was discovered at about 10:30 o’clock, and had gained some headway when the firemen arrived, but they soon had streams of water playing on the fire, as well as chemicals applied to the ‘flames, and controlled the flames, although much expensive stock was ruined. The company uses a box stove, and to prevent perlishable stock from freezing, boxes containing this class of goonds were piled near the stove, in which there was kept a fire. It is believed that the boxes must have come in contact ‘with the stove, catching fire and causing the blaze. The value of the stock was placed at $2500, and is insured $850. Moral: Insure with the T..J, Miller Insurancé Aegency. NARROW ESCAPE FOR WORKMEN Hundred Lives Imperilled by Ice Gorge. FALSE WORK SWEPT AWAY —_— ‘Temparary Structure Used In Erecting Big Bridge Across the Mississippi at 8t. Louis Is Destroyed, Causing a Loss of $200,000 in Material and La- bor, but Timely Warning Saves 8cores of Men Employed on the Structure. St. Louis, Jan. 3.—Work on the big traction bridge across the Mississippi will be suspended, it is announced, un- til the ice has gone out of the river. The' decision follows an accident in which more than 100 workmen had a narrow escape from death and $200,- 000 worth of material and labor was thrown into the river. The heavy timbers of the false work between piers 2 and 3, put up as a scaffold from which the perma- nent structure was to be reared, was crushed by the breaking of the ice gorge. Seventy men were ‘at work in the false work itself and more than thirty others were working over it. The heavy timbers were snapped off like matches by the weight of thou- sands of tons of ice and the false work tottered and fell into the water and was swept away down the river. The false span was 400 feet in length and on a temporary track over- head was a traveling crane, a derrick and a number of hoisting engines. The engineers watched the river and whistled a warning to the men, who clambered hastily out from among the timbers, some reaching the steel span connecting with the shore, some run- ning across the ice to safety and some being taken on a tug which fought for 8 long time the crushing weight of ice before safety was assured. FEAR ATTACK ON ESTRADA Friends Hear of Plot Against Nicara: s N el guan Revolutionist. New Orleans, Jan. 3.—That four as- sassins have been hired to kill Pro- visional President Juan J. Estrada ol Nicaragua, who ended the reign of come to Estrada’s reprcsentative here. ‘What the source of the information is the consul refuses to szy, but he declares that he thinks it authentic and has warned Estrada to be on his guard. He declares the assassins are agents of the de resident and that it is believed that witk the death of Estrada the revolution would crumble. Farmer’s Wife Ends Life. Rochester,. Minn., Jan. 3.—Mrs. Fer dinaud Hein, wife of a prominent far mer near Dover, committed suicide by drowning in a watering tank. Melan- cholia, brought on by sickness, is pre sumed to be the cause. Likes Beltrami County Land. That the productiveness of the lands of Beltrami county is becom- ing famed throughout other sections is a fact that is being demonstrated quite frequently of late by parties coming here to inspect tracts that are for sale. One such indication is the visit of Samuel Field of Aitkin, who was here the latter part of last week for the purpose of buying a good-sized *“chunck” of land hereabouts, and who now has a deal pending to make- a purchase of considerable proportions. Mr. Field owns 3,000 acres of land in Aitkin county, and has a large dairy stock farm. He makes a specialty of raising high-grade cattle and horses. AND WITHOUT QUESTION THE BEST WAY—-IS TO MEET 0BLIGATION EGULAR PERI- oDs, PATYING BY CHECK. 5 YOU KNOW THEN HOW MUCH, AND FOR WHAT, EACH DOLLAR IS SPEN NG AN _INCON' RECEIPT IN THE RE- TURNED CANCELLED CHECK. BANK HERE. | THE LUMBERMENS NATION EMIDJL MIN President Zelaya, is the news teat has| ELIAS STEENERSON SUED BY RURAL DELIVERYMAN * “BlG BEMIDG” TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WON BOTH GAMES SATURDAY EVENING Crookston Postmaster, Brother of Con- |. gressman, Defendant in Claim For $10,000 Damages. The Crookston Times tells of a suit which has been brought against Elias Steenerson, postmaster at Crookston, and a brother of Hon. Halvor . Steenerson, from this district. As many people in this section have a personal ac- quaintance with Elias Steenerson, they will be interested in an account of the suit, which the Times gives as follows: “Considerable of a sensation has been caused here by the serving of the complaint in a $70,000 damage suit in which Postmaster Elias Steenerson is the defendant and Sever Peterson, a rural mail carrier out of Crookston, is the plaintiff. *‘Peterson, rural carrier No. 2 out of Crookston and one of the oldest carriers in point of service having a route out of Crookston, received the appointment in 1904. = ““December 11 last was removed as the result of charges preferred against him to the 4th assistant postmaster general at Washing- ton, in which insubordination was alleged by Postmaster Steenerson, together with carelessness, getting letters wet, impudence, and a number of other alleged grave offences. Peterson in his alleges that these charges are all false and that the filing of them by Postmaster Steenerson was malic- ous, and that he endeavored to humiliate the plaintiff on sundry and numerous occasions. “He claims that as a result of the charges filed with-the 4th assistant postmaster general, as the result of which he lost his position, he has been damaged in the sum of $10.000. “He has retained W. E. Rowe, former county attorney, as counsel, and the case will be a bitterly fought one from the start. “It is the first case of the kind ever started in the state and the out- come will be watched with great interest. Postmaster Steenerson is a brother of Congressman Halvor Steenerson, who is chairman of the committee on postoffices and post roads, and withou’t questson there will be a merry jangle before the case is settled. “Peterson claims that Postmaster Steenerson has pmiticnlly demanded servile obeisance from him since he was named as postmaster and some of the other charges ‘will create a sensation when the case comes up for trial at the June term of the district court in this city. Thus far, Post- master Steenerson has made no state- ment regarding the case for publica- tion.” congressman Annual County Board Meeting Tomor- row. The annual meeting of the board of county commissioners of Beltrami county will be held at the court house 'beginning tomorrow forenoon, and the meeting will probably last two days and possibly three. Among the important matters that will come up will be the election of a chairman of the board for the ensuing year, the letting of the offi- cial county printing, the setting of salary of some of the county officials, and reports of several of the officials. City Librarian Resigned. Mrs. G. W. Donald, who has acted as librarian of the city library for a year past, has resigned her position, and Miss Beatrice Mills has been appointed librarian. The report of the secretary shows the library to be in a splendid con- dition. Mrs. Donald and her son, G. D. Donald, will go to Minneapols, where G: D. will take a course at St. Anthony’s Park, and Mrs. Donald and her son will make their home in St. Paul. FOR ' RENT—Five-room cottage; call at 1207 Beltrami. O. J. ‘|, Weekley. complaint | Defeated the Local High School Team and Won from Cass Lake, Although Two of the Regulars Were Absent from Although handicapped by the absence.of two of its strongest players, the “Big Bemidg” basket- ball team ‘won two games, Saturday evenipg, . defeating - the Bemidji High School five in a preliminary contest, by a score of 27 to 21, later taking on the Cass Lake team and winning from that organization by the decisive score of 19 to 6. The game with the High School team wasa close and exciting one. The “Big Bemidg” team played this game with two substitute guards, a regular guard’ playing center, and another guard playing forward. The High School had its best players on the floor, and they went into the geme with a dash that looked like a winning for them. The first half ended in favor of the “kids,” 18 to 15. In the second half the “Big” team took a brace and made 12 scores, holding the school boys to 3 points and winning out 27 to 21. .The game with the Cass Lake five was. a hard-fought contest, and it was only by the hardest kind of work that the local team held the visiting Aggregation down and man- aged to "“fose them ont” at the end of the first half, the score - then standing 6 to 4, in favor of “Big Bemidg.” GOUNTY AUDITOR MAKES . GOUNTY HOLIDAY GIFT $aid to Have _“Unearthed” $1000 Due From State.—More Money May Come. County Auditor Hayner is making a ‘holiday present to the county that will certainly be appreciated by every taxpayer, fin_d ‘which will “come in handy"’ in these days of paying interest on bonded indebted- ness, the present being in form of a warrant from the state treasurer, in the sum of $1000, which amount Mr. Hayner discovered was due the county for the construction of bridges. The records of the county auditor’s office have been gone over pretty thoroughly since the retire- ment of ex-Auditor Wilmann; and while he was in the midst of one of his “nosing-out” expeditions, re- cently, Mr. Hayner found that there was the sum of $1,000 due the county from the state, and he “went after” it. This sum was appropriated the Line-up. Brown, the big center of the locals, was out of the game, and Heffron played the position. Heff- ron showed the effects of the first game and tired early in the contest, although he held his opponent well. Dana Gould was put in as guard and he held Lofberg, a star player from Grand Rapids who played w.th Cass Lake, giving the “Rapids” man a battle royal. Harry Geil, the_regular forward, was also absent, but his:position was played in 4 brilliant manner by War- ren Gill, yho is rapidly forging to the front as the most aggressive andef- ficient player of the entire local squad. He scored 13 of the 19 points made by “Big Bemidg” and was strong all through both games. The visiting team was composed of three Cass Lake men and two from Grand Rapids, and while they showed lack of practice, they put up a stiff game, and laterin the season will be formidable apponents for any team. - Points were scored as follows: Bemidji—Gill, 13: Dick, 3; Gould, 2; Heffron, 1. Cass Lake—Lofberg, 4; Murphy, 2. Mayne Stanton, formerly of this city, but now of Marble, acted as referee, and gave genmeral satisfac- tion. to Beltrami county by act of the legislature of 1903, but had in some manner been overlooked. County -Auditor-—Hayner —took demand for the money, was rewarded last week by the receipt of a state treasurer’s voucher for $1000, sum of $2400 which is-due the county from the state, and which Mr, Hayner has been trying to get, with every prospect of being suc- cessful; and to make the measure good, he is going after another grooo which is also said to be due, from the general fund. The securing of these sums would be of material benefit to the county, and would swell the bridge fund to a respectable proportion. The greetings of the season are due County Auditor Hayner from the taxpayers of Beltrami county. °C. L. Wight, cruiser for the Grand Forks Lumber company, came to the city this morning from Black- duck, where he had been visiting for the Grand Forks company. place, either at Travelers' Cheques ~ We have received a supply of the America.n Bankers' Association Tra;velers' Negofia:ble at face value at any These:Cheques are self-identify- ing and should be carried by all persons going away from home. Issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50 and $100 at The First National Bank : _af Bemidji Cheques home or abroad. MINNESGTA the matter up with the state audi- . tor, and by standing by -his. There is said to be an additional * the camps where timber is being cut .