Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 17, 1910, Page 1

2 l‘-i:\stcr'\ca\ Soc.\ety.. : THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE VOLUME 7. NUMBER 230. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. “BILLINGS BASKETBALL BOOSTING BUNCH” HERE E. P. Neill’s Famous Quint, Headed by Speedy Joe Mark- ham, Will Play First Game Against “‘Big Bemidg” at Armory This Evening. TONIGHT'S LINE-UP. “Big Bemidg"— Nord ... Heffron . McElmeel.. The “Billings Booster Basketball” team, of Billings, Mont., known as the “Triple B’s,” arrived in Bemidji Sunday noon, on their invasion of the east, which so far has been a veritable triumphial march. The team is headed by Joseph Marham, an old Bemidji boy, who 1s captain and forward of the five that is recognized as the champions of Montana; and Joe avers that his team is in splendid flushed with late victories over stong | opponents, and prepared to play the| b°y_' | Billings Booster Basketball Bunch, “Big Bemidg” team off its feet. The team has been on a tour since January 10, playing several teams in North Dakota. The first game was played at Dickinson, against the local military company, the| Montanans winning by a score of | 55 to 18. Bismarck was the next victim, the score being 353 to 22. Valley City fell by the wayside.! score ‘‘B’s” 43, Valley City 27. The Montana boys were-billed to play against the Fargo Business College quint, at Fargo, Saturday evening, but the Fargo boys failed to live up to their contract and that game was cancelled, the Montana | players going to Grand Forks, where’ they spent Saturday night, and they came to Bemidji Sunday noon. They will play against “Big Be-I midg” Monday and Tuesday nights, | and from here they go to St. Cloud,1 where they play Wednesday, playing at Minneapolis Thursday, at Red Wing (the old home of their mana-| ger, E. P. Neill) Friday, Portage, Wis., Saturday, and they return westward playing the following week through the Dakota’s, and conclud- ing that week with a game at Bozeman, Montana, against the Agricultural college, for the champ- ionship of Montana. | Ben Donette. Billings— .(Capt.) Markham Salsbury .. Todd .Wickstrom ...Dudley the direct [ The team is under management of E. P. Neill, whois also coach. Mr. Neill understands {all the fine points of basketbail. Four years ago, he was coach and | organizer of the famous Red Men {team of Red Wing. He took that | team on a tour of the western states, :defeating every team they met. He |acts as traveling refree, and is jadvertising manager of the Billings condition, | Gazette. Joe Markham, the old Bemidji is captain and forward of the and the other members of the squad are Williard Salisbury, John Todd, Carl Wickstrom, Charles Dudley and The players are all amateurs, most of them being .high school students. “Big Bemidg” will put in the strongest team it is possible to obtain against the noted Montana bunch. With Nord, formerly of Co. 1, Superior, McElmeel, Brown and Gill, there are four pl rs who are very fast. Heffron has n bothered with a bad ankle, but is insisting on playing in the game. .. .. s ssifast It is possible that the team may | play someone else in his place. However, he hopes to have the ankle inshape, in which case, ‘“Bigi| Bemidg” will line up very strong, and will undoubtedly give the visitors a hard struggle.” According to E. P. Neill, the man- ager of the Billings team, the most disappointed man living in Billings at the present time is one George Flemming, known to fame in Bemidji as the greatest basketball and base- ball rooter of bygone days. George has bad one ambition of late—and that was to bring a basketball team to Bemidji that would “clean up” the “Big Bemidg” bunch. And when his team got started this way he couldn’t come. Verily, there are some ways of Providence that surpassetb all under- standing, thinketh our friend George. But we will send him a copy of the Pioneer containing an accoqnt of the games—which will help some. Joint Installation, Rebekahs and Odd Fellows. Wednesday evening, there will be a joint installation of the newly- elected officers of the Star of the West Rebekah Lodze. No. 183, and Bemidji Lodge, No. 119, I. O O. F., and it is the intention of the mem- bers of both lodges to make the occasion one of the most enjoyable in the history of local secret orders. The members of the Rebekah lodge will serve a supper, and there will be a social session, after the installation services. All Rebekahs and Odd Fellows, whether members of the local lodges or not, are urged to attend this joint installation. Just a Few More Days of the Big 9 CENT SALE Buy your merchandise now when you can save money. Our 9¢ Sale will do it for you. We must have the room for our new spring stock that is-arriving every day. This is the biggest money saving sale of the season. Every 4th yard or every 4th article alike for 9 cents Don’t Miss This Sale “BOOSTING BILLINGS BAS KETBALL” BUNCH, From Left to Right—E. P. Neill, coach and manager; Carl Wickstrom, guard; Charles Dudley, guard; John Todd, center; Willard Salsbury, forward; Joe Markham (captain), forward; Ben Bonette, sub. SECOND ENTERTAINMENT FOR BENEFIT FIREMEN Will Be Given at City Opera House Wednesday Evening, January 19.—Good Company. The second number in the series of entertainments which are being given under the auspices of the Bemldji fire department to help swell the tournament fund will be given at the City Hall Wednesday evening of this week by the Eileen Maguire company, under the management of John Hutchinson. This company is composed of three entertainers, and is spoken of very highly. - . The leader of the company is Miss Eileen Maguire, the great con- tralto soloist of the City Temple London, England, who has won international fame as a soloist, and she is assisted by Miss Lucy Web- ling, entertainer, and Walter Mc- Raye, humorist. Of Miss Maguire, the Edinburg Scotsman says: “The young singer’s clear bird-like notes won approbation-at once. Her, superb contralto voice thrilled the audience and her style was a revela- tion. The range and quality of her voice are quite out of the ordinary, whilst she shows evidence of the best training and natural voice pro- duction.” The Lundon Daily Telegraph says of Miss Lucy Webling: “She has the quaintest knack of telling stories in a way calculated to make the most serious laugh.” The Vancouver World says of Mr. McRaye: % ‘“Mr. McRaye’s rendering of Little Bateese’ was one of the daintiest and most humanizing bits of stagework we have seen for many a day.” The proceeds of these entertain- ments will be given to the fund for holding the firemen’s tournament in Bemidji next June,a very worthy object, and they should be liberally patronized. The firemen have more season as well as single tickets which they desire to sell, and the public should respond liberally. S A. Paguain Buys Carter Insurance Business. S. A. Paquain has purchased the A. A. Carter real estate, loan and in- surance business and has moved into his new office at 311 Minnesota Ave. Mr. Paquain will deal in farm lands, farm loans, farm and city property, fire insurance with the well-known Hawkeye Insurance -company of DesMoines, Ia., and the Flercher Company Incorporated of Minue- polis, also plate glass insurance especially, with the United Surety Co. of ‘Minneapolis, and. will deal in rentals and city transfers, etc. Mr. Paquain took possession of his new business this morning, and he has already made an .impression that argurs well for the future wel- fare of the business. He is a fine booster for this section, and his dealing “in lands will undoubtedly result in some fine deals in Beltrami | county dirt. Being 2 hustler-and having always dealt squarely with all whom he has bad business relations, Mr. Paquain will certainly feceive his share of business in the insurance, land and loan line, and he will welcome all old friends at his new place of business. SPEGIAL SERVIGES WILL COMMENGE THIS EVENING Messrs. Hulett and Kingsbury will Assist Rev. McKee at the Bap- fist Church. The special services will com- mence tonight in the Baptist church at 8 o’clock, Hulett and Kingsbury will be here to help the pastor, Rev. H. Robinson McKee. ; Mr. Hulett is a strong preacher, and a man of fine Christian charac- ter, having varied experiences in the work. He was state Sunday School missionary for Minnesota for a num- ber of years, and he still retains his love for work among the young peogle. The First Baptist church of Detroit, of which Mr. Hulett is the pastor, is a very remarkable church in many ways. They are strong be- lievers in doing real ‘aggressive missionary work, having the over- sight of something like four or five out-stations supplied regilarly by the pastor and laymen of the church, such as Jeff H. Irish, noted lawyer and christian worker. Someone has said that “Mr. Hulett is a great general among his people.” Mr. C. L. Kingsbury, who will have charge of the singing, is -col- porteur for the Northwestern As- sociation. Mr. Kingsbury -is a fine chorus leader and is anxious to have a large chorus, so that we may haye a rousing song service each evening before the address: These seryices will be of helpful character for the deepening of the’ Messrs. spiritual life among Christian people | and leading others to a confession of Jesus as their Lord and Master. We, therefore, ask the co-operation of Christians to help in making those meetings successful, which will be a blessing to our homes, our churches and our beautiful little city. Additional local. matter - on last page. o 2 BEMIDJI WAS AT FRONT IN THE “FEDERATION' MEET W. L. Brooks Elected Third Vice-President Minnesota Federation Commercial Clubs, at Meeting Last Week. —Demonstration Farm for Bemidji. Through active work of W, L, Brooks, A, H, Jester and F. S. Lycan, its delegates, the Bemidji commercial club was very prom- inent in the deliberations of the Minnesota Federation of com- mercial clubs, at the annual meeting of the federation, held at Minneapolis, the latter part of last week. Bemidji was recommended as one of the cities at which the State University should establish demonstration farms; W. L. Brooks, president of the Bemidji club, was elected third vice presi- dent of the federation and was also placed on an important committee; I and taken altogether, Bemidji was | pretty much in the ¢limelight,” all the time. - The Minneapolis Tribune says of the meeting: “Something of a fight marked the closing session of the third annual convention of the Minnesota Federa- tion of Commetcial clubs when the report of the committee on the demonstration farms to be estabished by the state university was read. “It reccommended that the state agricultural college establish such farms at Breckenridge, Renville, Pipestone, Osakis, Delano, Bemidji, Wadena, East Grand Forks, Detroit, Rothsay, Willmar and Stewartville. “Fergus Falls, St. Cloud, Alex- andria, Watertown, Red Wing, Hib- bing and Brook Park were included in an accessory list to be considered by the university. Delegates from St. Cloud and Brainerd immediately protested against cutting their cities from the list. I will pay the expensesof such a demonstration plot myself if it is necessary to secure it for Brainerd,’ R. R. Wise of that city declared. A motion was made to return the recommendation$ to the. committee, but it was voted down. By the report of the nominating commitee, President D. M. Neill of Red wing was re-elected for his third term. Other officers were chosen as follows: F. E. W. L. BROOKS, Elected Third Vice President Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs. Wade of Fairmont, first vice presi- dent; Andrew Davis of Elk River, second vice president; W. L. Brooks of Bemidji, third Lvice president, and Frank J. Meyst of Minneapolis, treasurer.” Thomas R. Browne of Crookston was named as the Ninth district member of the executive commit- tee, which had been held fora year by C. J. Pryor, ex-secretary of the Bemidji Commazrcial Club, W. J. Brown of Warren, Thomas J. Johnstone of Crookston, W. L. Brooks of Bemidji, O. H. Neill of St, Cloud, and L. H. Bierce of Winona were appointed by President Neill a committee to urge the state investment board to comply. with the recommendations to buy local bonds. Peter O'Neill. _ Peter O'Neill, one of the com mon laborers about the city, died at the home of George Knott, caretaker for city poor, Saturday night, death resulting from a complication of ailments, includ- ing free indulgence in intoXicants. The body of O'Neill ‘was pre- pared for burial at the undertaking rooms of Bisiar & Murphy; and the funeral and interment will be held tomorrow, Greenwood ceme- tery being the final resting place of the remains, of the dead man were futile; he died as he had lived of late, with no one present near or dear to him. Such a lot is indeed a hard one, Attention, Eastern Star Members. All members of the Eastern Star are invited to meet at the Masonic hall at 7 o’clock Wednesday evening, to take a sleigh ride with a party which will be entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. French. Get out to the basketball game this evening and root for the home team. They deserve your support All efforts to locate any relatives and encouragement. The above form of Travelers’_ Cheques should parties desiring venient form of be used by all a safe and con- carrying funds - when making vacation trips. . For sale at First N ational Bank - Bemidji. Minnesota