Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 15, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. ™ MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 7. NUMBER 255. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUES DAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BUT ONE MORE DAY BEFORE THE MONSTER CONVENTION Indications Assure an Attendance of Fully 200 Delagate’fi, Who Are Coming, Filled With Enthusiasm for Justice for Northern Minnesota. The following is the official pro- gram for the convention: Thursday, February 17. 10 a. m.— Convention called to order in the City Hall. Prayer, Rev. S. E. P. White of Bemidji. Address of Welcome, Hon. P. J. Russell of Bemidji. 10:30 a. m.— Address, Hon. George Welsh, Commissioner of Immigration. Sub- ject, “Agricultural Possibilities in "Northern Minnesota.” 2p. m Reports of Committees. 2:30 p. m. Address, Hon. George A. Ralph, State Drainage Engineer. Subject, “Reclamation of Minnesota Waste Lands.” Address, A. J. McGuire, Esq, Superintendent Northeast Experi- ment Farm of the University of Minnesota, Grand Rapids, Minn. Subject, “Dairying in Northern Minnesota.” Address, George E. Cooley, Esq., State Engineer. Subject, ‘‘Road Building.” 8 p. m.— Smoker and Social Session at City Hall, Friday, February 18. 10 2. m.— —Address, J. A, Vye, Esq., Secre- tary Agricultural Experiment Station, St. Paul, Minnesota. “Rural Life Education.” Address, Hon, Samuel G. Iver- son, State Auditor, St. Paul, Minn. Subject, “‘State Land Opportuni- ties in Northern Minnesota.” Address, W. ] Brown, Esq., Warren, Minn. Subject, ‘Invest- ment of State Moneys.” ’ Address, Praf. Samuel B. Green, President State Farmers’ Institutes, St. Paul, Minn. Address, Hon. R.]J. Wells, Re- presentative 60th District, Brecken- ridge, Minn. W. R. Mackenzie is receiving scores of letters in every mail from delegates who will attend the reapportionment-development = con- vention Thursday and Friday, all of which, with the exception of a very few, accept the invitation to attend the . convention, and most of the letters contain valuable suggestions Subject, | as to what might be discussed for the benefit of this section. Indica- tions are that there will be fully 200 enthusiastic, intensely loyal northern Minnesotans present at the con- vention. The Akeley Herald-Tribune says of the convention: “Great interest is centered in the Northern Minnesota Development Congress which will be held at Bemidji beginning Feb. 17. The gathering will last two days and it is expected that the attendance will be large. “This is northern Minnesota’s first bid for publicity, concerning its many natural advantages, and the leading commercial organizations and public men in more than thirty counties comprising the districts have been invited to send delegates. “In the selection of delegates, two have been apportioned to each county interested, two to be selected by each senator and member of the house of representatives. The Duluth Commercial club is to have ten. «“With nearly two million acres of state land and a large amount of government land within its con fines, the necessity of calling the attention of the world at large and the rest of the state to its un- limited advantages appealed to those in charge, when the call for the congress was decided upon some weeks ago, With it came the invitation to the counties to send delegates. “Railroads and good highways are two things necessary to the develop- ment of the empire adjacent to or north of the Northern Pacific railway from Duluth to Moorhead, and they will be discussed at the congress. Another is legislative reapportion- ment of the state, something now engaging the attention of every northern Minnesota newspaper and public man interested in northern Minnesota development. “How Minnesota has been mov- ing northward was indicated 1in the last state census, when practically every northern Minnesota city and town showed an increase in popula- tion against practical stagnation for the more favored towns farther south. In some cases the increase was phenomenal.” Get your seats reserved at once for the “Juvenile Bostonians,” Fri- day night, Saturday matinee, Satur- day night. Seats are going rapidly. The choicest, daintiest and most delicions candies will be sold Thursday evening, Feb, 17th. 0Odd Fellows Hall. Faney Olives quart bottles for Sunkist Qranges 25¢ per dozen Fancy Prunes 20 pounds Prunes for........ s el eossvasiiee 50 pound box of Prunes 10 pound box JOT. v csmmroseswomisos 800 for....... samameenes - everadoveans $2-40 Dill Pickles In gallon lots or more, per galloni...c..fivvvervavuonunes 7 large bars of Soap for 25¢. SHOES In the shoe line we have ladies’ shoes from $ 1 tt(; $3.50, also splendid bargains in men’s and boy’s shoes. A large and complete line of rubber foot- wear, dry goods, ladies’, men’s and children’s under- wear. Our line is very reasonable in price. It will pay you to give the goods a thorough inspection. W. G. SCHROEDER Phone 65 and 390 Corner Fourth and Mlnnesot}i; Cochran Finishes Logging at LaSalle, George Cochran, the logger, has completed the contract for cutting timber in the LaSalle country, southwest of Bemidji, where he has cut and banked some six mil- lion feet of Norway and white pine for the Grand Forks Lumber com- pany. Mr. Cochran maintained one camp and, favored with the best weather conditions, and by contin- ued hustling, he finished the con- tract much sooner than he expected. This six million feet of timt;er, which has been banked on the shore of LaSalle lake and LaSalle river, will be driven to Bemidji in the spring and boomed on the west end of Lake Irving, from which place it will be hoisted and taken to East Grand Forks to be sawed in the Grand Forks Lumber company’s mill at that place. The horses which Mr. Cochran used in the LaSalle camp will be at once taken to the Cochran logging camp in the Kithi lake country, north of Cass Lake, where he and His son George Cochran, Jr., are logging ten million feet of timber for the J. Neils Lumber company. Man Killed at Mizpah, A telegram was received in ‘this city this forenoon, from Mizpah, stating that a man named Leo Alwood was killed, while working in the Crookston Lumber company’s Camp No. 10, near Mizpah. Alwood was a loading teamster and it is supposed that he was hit by some logs and so badly hurt that death ensued. The coroner of Koochiching was notified; and a local , undertaker Will go to Mizpah to prepare the body for burial. Nothing is known in this city of Alwood or his relatives. DITCH PROPOSITIONS INTEREST GONTRAGTORS Bel(rémi-Marshall County Ditch Is Big- gest Ditch Proposition Ever Undertaken in U.-S. Quite a number of ditch con- tractors have been in the city the last few -days interviewing R. C. Hayner, county auditor, relative to judicial ditches which will be con- structed in this vicinity in the near future. One of the ditches is known as Judicial Ditch No. 2, and is almost wholly within the limits of the City of Bemidji. It'is estimated that this ditch will cost about $2,500. The ditch will be constructed for the purpose of draining the swamp in the west end of the city, and the ditch - will extend from the north end of the swamp to A Lake Irving. ' Bidsfor the construction of this ditch willbe opened by County Audi- tor Hayner on Saturday, February 26; and indications™ are that there will be a good many bidders. Great interest is being taken in ‘the construction of the big Mar- shall-Beltrami county ditch, known as Judical Ditck No. 11- Con- tracts for the construction of this ditch will be let at Warren, March 1, jointly by R. C. Hayner, county auditor of Beltrami county, and A. G. Lundgren, county auditor of Marshall county. This ditch is some 350 miles in length and will require the re- moval of 5,539,578 cubic yards of dirt in the construction of same, There will be two bridges for every mile, which necessitates the construction of 1,100 bridges. The ditch will drain a large area of the northwestern portion of Bel- | - trami county, running west, well into Marshall county. This is said to be the large:t judicial ditch which has yet been undertaken in the United States; and a prominent contractor states that it would take ten large dredges, working day and night, four years to completé the ditch. Itis expected that at least 150 contractors from different parts of the United States will be present to bid on the construction of Judicial Ditch, No. I1. S £ JUVENILE BOSTONIANS, HIGH-GLASS ATTRAGTION “‘Babe” Mason and Company of Star Performers, “at. Armory for Three Performances. Music lovers and admirers of light opera have a musical treat in store for them in the visit to this city of the Juvenile Bostonians, which will appear here under ' the auspices of Bemidji Lodge No, 1052, B.P.O. Elks, on Friday and’ Saturday with a Saturday Matinee, Feb. 18th, and 19th. This musical aggregation comes to us with the highest recommenda- tions, and is composed of twenty BABE MASON, __ With the “Juvenile Bostonians." clever little girls. They render the very best of musical numbers, and their repertoire includes many of the latest ~high-class 'musical comedies and comic operas. The opening bill selected here will be the tunefnl musical comdy “Berta’s Billion,” a scream from start to finish. All the parts are taken by the little girls, some assuming the male roles and others the female parts, and the voices of all have received the very best training that it has been possible to give them. This production is mounted in a most lavish ‘style, careful attention being paid to every detail. . In fact it is one of the cleverest and mos* unique attractions that will appear in this city this season. Some new whistly airs are intro- duced that are sure to take like wild fire. The Moonbeam Quartette, a special feature, will render some new catchy songs that are sure to please all. = = The scenic investures and lieht effects used will prove a revelation to theatre-goers, asthe entire pro- duction is carried by, this company. Have your seats reserved at Baike ’s Jewelry Store early. Plan now open. W. C. Harrington, advance repre- sentative for the “‘Bostonians,” was in the city yesterday and with A. L. Barker, chairman of the Elks’ com- mittee, billed the city for the com- ing of the “Juveniles.” The company is meeting with great success wherever it has appeared in this section; and no doubt the Armory will'be crowded at all three performances which are to be given here. Sale of delicious candies in con- uection with Ladies’ Aid supper on the evening of February 17th, at the Odd Fellows. &he LITTLE ONES How pleasing their pictures are. ‘We pay particular attention to the little folks. Bring ‘them to us. . Improvements in Gill Store. Gill Bros, have made extensive improvements in the interior of their building. They have in- stalled a suit cabinet and hat cabi- net. ; The entire right side of the wall, | as you enter the store, is covered with beautiful golden oak finished woodwork. In the center of this woodwork are three mirrors, two side mirrors and one back mirror, which is a considerable improve- ment over the old style of mirror generally used 1n clothing stores, The cost of the improvements amount to over $6 oo, The new cabinets will comfortably: house 400 suits, showing each suit in full”view. The Gill Bros. are contemplating to have the entire front of their store building changed and the very latest apd most up-to-date front built. The show windows will be con- siderably. larger and new plate glass will bé placed in the front of the building. The raise in the door- way will be lowered so that the sidewalk and store floor will be practically on an equal. The windows will be lowered about a foot. BLACKDUCK Blackduck, February 13.—¢Special cor- respondence of the Pioneer.) Lee French spent a couple of days in Kelliher last week. . Last week E. N. French purchased an “Economy” motor buggy. Mrs. Lee French was on the sick list for a couple of days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart of Orth were business callers in town Tuesday. Bunn T. Willson was down to Bemidji Friday, attending to legal affairs. y J. E..Dade returned Tuesday evening, after a two weeks’ visit with his brother at Sebeka. After a two weeks' absence Miss Mae Hostetter was able to resume her school work last Monday. * Rev. Barackman held his regular ser- vices at the school house in Hornet on last Monday night. The evening service at the Presbyterian church Sunday, had for its subject, “Abraham Lincoln.” Roy Gorvo has severed his connection | with the T. A. Cross store, and last week was clerking for J. M. Rud. Mrs. Simon .Thompson was called to Pelican Rapids Monday, because of the serious illness of her mother. Mrs. J. C. Parker, who has been quite sick with quinsy, is slowly improving although not able to be out yet. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thompson and daughter, Doris, returned home Monday, after a lengthy visit with relatives in Iowa. Miss Selma Whitting of Bemidji was up for a visit with her father and brother last week. Saturday she was a guest at U}e C. W. Dudley home. J. M. Rud departed Saturday night for the twin cities where he expects to pur- chase new spring goods for the store. | Mrs. Rud accompanied him. J. J. Long, day operator at the M. & 1. station, has been granted-a lay off of a week, to secure surgical treatment for ear trouble. He expects to leave for Brainerd Tuesday morning. : Dr. Osburn, assisted by Drs. Fred and Mary Ghostley, performed an operation on Mrs. T. A. McAllister on Tuesday. The trouble was an abdominal abcess, and Mrs. McAllister is recovering nicely. The masquerade dance on Tuesday night, for the benefit of the fire company, was pronounced a success, socially as as well as financially. The ladies of the Maccabee lodge served supper in the council room. A deal was completed last week where- by C. W. Jewett sold his “Buick” car to Banker Morris of Tenstrike, and Jewett and Sherburg became possessors of the high-wheeled Holtsman car, formerly owned by Mr. Morris. 5 Mrs. E. Johnson, while down from the homestead for a few days’ visit with her children, was given a pleasant surprise by the lodge - of Royal Neighbors on last Thursday evening. After a pleasant evening; a delicious lunch was served. In celebration of the second anniversary of their organization, the *500" club hed a sleighride followed by an oyster supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayden. A number of toasts were responded to and “the eveping was en- joyably spent. The services at the Presbyterian church on next Sunday, will be given for Home Missions. Instead of the regular services at 10:30, a program will be given by the Sunday School followed by the regular study of the lesson. The sermon in" the evening will be on a Home Mission topic. THE HAKKERUP STUMo A;ldmnnal local matter on 113 Third St. Phone 239, last page. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PARTY TO HAVE A COUNTY TICKET Will Also Nominate Candidates for Representative and State Senator.—Delegates Elected to Attend State Convention of the Party. The public ownership party of Beltfami county (a new political organization) intends to place in nomination a full set of candidates for county officers, also a candidate for representative and a candidate for state senator in the Sixty-first district, in opposition to the regular republican and democratic candi- dates at the general election next fall, this decision having “been reached at a convention of delegates held in this city yesterday afternoon. The delegates met for the stated purpose of selecting two delegates to attend the state convention of the public ownership party that will be held in Minneapolis February 21, when a public ewnership state ticket will be nominated. The convention was held in the Brinkman theater, and there was a fair attendance of delegates from different parts of the county. Viggo Peterson, chairman of the board of county commissioners, and who is chairman ofthe public ownership county committee, was present, as was also A. C. Synnes secretary. There was considerable Jdiscussion as to what action would-be taken with reference to the party placing in nomination candidates for county offices, it being the unanimous senti- ment that no’one should be nomin- ated by the party who was ot a staunch socialist and worthy to fill the office for which he desired to be nominated. . It was finally decided to leave the - matter of callinga convention for nominating a county and legislative ticket to the county committee, delegates to this convention to be selected by referendum for the different “locals” of the party. P. J. Rock, of the Town of Lam- mers, was chairman of the conven- tion, and Oscar Krantz, of Durand township, acted as secretary. *Come early and avoid -the rush” —and get your seats reserved for the “Juvenile Bostonians,” Friday night, Saturday matinee, Saturday night. At Barker’s drug store. Mrs. V. R. Morrison of Minnea: polis arrived in the city this morn- mng. She will take charge of Mrs. Tom Smart’s Dressmaking parlors commencing Wednesday morning. One Way of Doing Good HERE are undoubtedly a:-lot of men who haven't yet discovered that they’ve been missing for years the best values in clothes, by neglecting to wear our ‘Hart'Schaffner & Marx fine suits, and overcoats; they don't know how good these clothes are by actual experience. We're doing good to a lot of such men by this special clearance sale of ours; we're making such price attractions that they're saying: “That looks pretty- good to me; guess I'll have a look at it.” And when they see such values as these selling at such prices as these, that settles it.- They get into the clothes and get the experience of wearing them; and that settles it again; any man who doesn’t know Hart Schaffner & Marx quality in clothes, wants it, and nothing less as soon as he does know. -So; you see, we're improving - the clothes conditions of a whole lot of good fellows; and we're doing it at our ex- pense, as these prices show. Clearing winter suits. and overcoats $35.00 values now at $22.00 $25.00 values-now at $12.75 $12.00 values now at$ 550 We are doing much the same thihg in other departments Thisstore is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes — |