Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 22, 1910, Page 1

o TH Historical ‘Soclety, PIONEE F——— MINNESOTA HISTORICAL VOLUME 7. NUMBER 261. I;EMIDJI. MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1910. 7 TEN CENTS PER WEEK. FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT MAY BE HELD ON JULY 4-5-6 Local Firemen Desire Those Dates for the Big Meeting of Northwestern Firemen, a Will Probabl It has been about definitely settled that the nnnual tournament of the Firemen’s Northern Minnesota Tournament association ({western division) will be held in Bemidji for three or four days, and perhaps the! entire week, beginning on Monday, July 4th, this having been the expression of the desire of the mem- bers of the Bemidji fire department at a meeting held last night. As the majority of the members of the ! \ | /| CHARLES COLLINS, Chairman Tournament Committee, Bemidji Fire Department. 4 Bemidji Commercial club have un- officially affirmed the request of the firemen, it remains only for the directors of the commercial club to| formally agree to the suggestion, and the dates will be definitely set. Letters have been received from a number of the firemen of the cities| west of Bemidji whose departments| are members of the tournament association, suggesting that the week of the Fourth of July would be agreeable to them as an auspicious time for taking a vacation, and recommending that the races andi " |and the carrying out of the plans || may camp out during the tourna- 1 | ment, the president of the Chatauqua | Beach association, who was also at _§the meeting, tendered the firemen the free use of the land owned by nd the Commercial Club y Acquiesce. contests be so arranged that those firemen who visited Bemidji could camp here and take an outing while participating in the tournament. Al H. Jester, secretary of the commercial club, was present at the meeting and assured the firemen that he would personally do all in his power so assist the fire boys! in making a sucess of the tourna- ment, and he was certain that the commercial club as a whole would gladly co-operate with them in en- tertaining the visitors and giving all guests a good time,as well as asist- ing in the preliminary arrangements and program of the races, etc. To assist in providing a place where all the firemen who desire the association, on the northwest shore of Lake Bemidji, which offer} was accepted. W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Beltrami County Agricultural association, has given the firemen permission to use the race track at the fair grounds for practice and also for holding the races; and a fine track will be provided just as soon as neeced in the spring. It is a certainty that at least ten fire departments of north-central and northwestern - Minnesota will . be represented at the tournament by running teams, and the more opti- mistic are inclined to the belief that eleven teams will participate, With an average of at least sixteen men to a team, there will be from 150 to 200 runners participating in the races and contests, besides the fire- men who will be present and not run. The members of the association are already active in the matter of the tournament. The B'ackduckl department is the first to begin the work of “rounding to” for the races, haviog elected L. F. Parker as cap- tain, and bandball is being played by the firemen of Blackduck, as a| sort of preliminary flesh-reducer. The executive committee of the Bemidji fire department who will have charge of the arrangements for tte tournament are Charles Collias, Floyd Brown and Jounn Gocu?lman. Earl Geil, chief of the Bemidji fire department, is president of the tournament association and M. F. Cunningham of the local department is secretary. At last night’s meeting James Given and Fred Baumgardner were elected as auxilliary members of the department and they will be accepted as active members as soon as there are vacaucies on the active list. At the conclusion of the meeting, the firemen served sandwiches and coffee and had as their guests the members of the city council, who had been in attendance at a meeting of the council, in another part of tke city hall. The lunch was a decided success and the very best of friendly feeling existed between the aldermen and the firemen. Third Star Course Entertainment Ton‘ght. The third of the series of en- tertainments given as the *Star course” for the benefit of the Be- midji fire department, will be the Cassels-Percival Entertainers, who will give an entertainment at the City Hall tonight; and it is predicted that this company will please even better than the other two already giveu in the series. This company is composed of three talented Aartists, including Caroline Cassels, prima dona con tralto, Percival, the «“Wizard Ma- gicran,” and Eveline Fenwick, violiniste, These entertainments are all worthy, and are deserving of the fullest patronage irom the pyblic Go, yourself. Miss Goldumith of Minneapolis arrived in Bemudji last night, and bas accepted a position as trimmer |~ in the Conger millinery establish- ment. Miss Goldsmith was at one! time in the millinery business ard has had much experience in this! line. Price $1.00 to $5.00 no other. BEMIDJI KABO CORSET Is one of the hest that is sold over the counter foday. It has the lings, the fit and the com- fort, We carry a large line of Kabo Corsets in stock and always have the size called for. to fit and please our customers. ‘We also handle the Nemo Self-Reducing Corset for. fleshy women---price $3.00. Try one and you will wear 0'Leary-Bowser Company We make it a practice KABO CORSET One of our many styles MINNESOTA PERMANENTLY QRGANIZE SKTURDAY.AFTERNODN W. R. Maefienzie Calls Meeting of Bel- trami Co. Delegation Saturday Feb. 26, for Organization. The permanent organization of the Beltrami County Development asso- ciation will be perfected Saturday, February- 26, at & meeting which will be held in the city hall in Be- midji, beginning at 1:30 o'clock P. M, February 26. The town clerks of each organized township, or one delegate duly ap- pointed by such clerk, and one dele- gate from each commercial club in the county shall be entitled to par- ticipaté in the meeting and shall constitute the membership of the organization of the association. By Organization Committee, W. R. Mackenzie, Temporary Secretary. AL. H. JESTER ANNOUNGES SUBSTANTIAL PLATFORM Conforms to the Resolutions Adopted at the Recent Development-Reap- portionmer.t Meeting. REAPPORTIONMENT. - TAXATION OF STATELANDS. RURAL HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD ROADS AND BRIDGES. FOREST FIRE PROTECTION. Reapportionment is the paramount issue at this time, and until a fair, reasonable and honest reapportion- 1 AL. H. JESTER, Candidate for Republican Nomination State Senator, 61st District. ment is gained, the development of northern Minnesota must necessarily be retarded and our progress slow and discouraging. I telieve that the chizf obstacle to the more rapid development of north- ern Minnesota has been our numeri- cal weakness in the state legislature. No extensive colonization of the unoccupisd lands of northern Minne- sota can be accomplishéd until good roads and bridges are con- structed. I believe * it expedient, proper and absolutely necessary that the legislature submit to the people a constitutional amendment provid- ing for a general property tax of one mill for roads and bridges, the fund thereby created to be distributed by the State Highway commission among the counties of the state of Mianesota. ¢ The state lands should, in my opinicn, “be taved, in addition -to this one mill tax, for the pupose of building highways and public roads.’ I do not believe thatit is good business management for our state to loan all of its surplus money to other states. I 'think the board of investment should be compelled to dispose of enough of the bonds of other states held by this state to create additonal road, bridge and school funds and loan, the same to its -own ' counties for the purpose of further ' developing - good roads, bridges and rural schools. I believe ,that the 'legislature should establish a rural high school board, and secure an appropriation for the establishment of a systam of rural schools including a course of agriculture, manual and economic training for the proper edncagion of farm Eoyu and girls in their home schools. The state lepislature should like- wise appropriate ‘a liberal and adequate sum, annually, for the use of our State Board of Immigration in acquainting tke homeseeker with our healthful climate and fertile soil; give us a little less’ surplus funds and more settlers on our splendid agricultural lands. With the terrible lesson of the Chisholm fire and its millions of dol- lars’ loss and endangering of lives, and the destruction annoually of vast tracts of standing timber, farm homes and other property, we should have a better system of fire protec- tion for our forests; a $5000,000 loss annually caused by forest fires, on account of a lack of funds in the hands of the state fire wardea to sup- ply the necessary protection against these devastating fires. This policy is, I believe, poor business manage- ment. Appropriate sufficient funds for this department to properly po- lice these forests and to successfully cope with, and eliminate, this awful waste. If elec'ed to-the office of senator for the Sixtyfirst district, I pledge myself to support the above-men- tioned issues, and to devote my time and energies for the best interests of the district. : Bemidji, Minn., Feb. 21, 1910. —AL H. Jester. Engineer Huss in"the City. George M. Huss, .one of the chief engineers in the employ of the Soo Railway company, is ncw a frequent visitor in Bemidji, since he completed his work on the con- struction of the Cuyuna range branch of the Soo, of which work he was the superintendent. Mr. Huss, who has been in the city. for the past two days, an- nounces that he will hereafter make his headquarters in Bemdji, and that he will have charge, as division engineer, of the Soo oper- ations in this vicinity. Mr. Huss did much to persuade the Soo that'it was vital to their iiterests to include Bemidji in their statious, in constructing their new line from Plummer to Moose Lake, and local people feel very kindly towards him. GOURT WAS AUJI]UHIIFEI]_ UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON Judge McClenahan Was Delayed in Arriving, Owirg 0 a Mishap to the Engine. The spring term of district- court for Beltrami county, which had been called to convene at the Bemidji court house at 10 this moruing, was unavoidably adjourned until 2:30 this n((einéon. because of the non- arrival of Judge McClenahan from Brainerd. The judge was aboard the north-bound morning passenger train which is due to arnve in Bemidji at 4:30 a. m., but the ten- der of the Jocamotive was derailed at | Cypress, eight miles south of Walker, | causing a delay of six hours and necessitating an adjournment being ordered by telegraph from the judge at Walker. No one was injured in the mis- hap to the tender of the locomotive, but there was some uneasiness, as the derailment occurred not far from where there was a serious wreck a week ago. i Lindberg Buys Hotel. Peter Lindberg, who is well known to Bemidji people and who resided in this city for the past five years, has purccased the hotel at Dilworth, Minn, He has taken as a partner Mr. Newton of that city and. the men willdo business under the firm Filed Communication at Last At the council meeting last even- ing, Mayor Pogue sent in his veto to the action of the city in buying a fire team. The veto read as follows: To The Hon. City Council, City of Bemidji. Gentlemen: I decline to approve of the within resolution for the pur- chase of the team of horses for the fire department and veto the same for the reason and upon the ground that the price to be pald for said team is exhorbitant, and in my esti- mation the team about to be Dur- chased is not worth the sum of $575;° auod for the further reason that upon an exzmination of the bid for the purchase of 4 team of horses for the fire department it is plain to be seen that this particular team was in mind when the bid was made and published. From a careful reading of the bid it is evident that it would be practically impossible for the city of Bemidji to purchase any other team of horses than the one which; the council d=cided to purch-se. Dated this 21st day of February, 1910. —J. P. Pogue, Mayor. The council can only take action by passing over the veto, which requires a two-thirds vote of the entire council. This could probably bave been done last evening had there been a two-thirds majority present at the time of the reading cf the veto. = ‘The chief of the fire department recommended the name of Gerry Brennea as driver ‘of the new fire team, at a salary of $75 per’ month. A large nnmber of bills were pre: sented at last mnhls meeting, the amount of which surpassed that of most previous meetings. The bills allowed were as follow:: Mrs. F. A. Blakeslee, 2 PALIENTS euuianenneireinnes $ Roe & Markusen, Groceries for Mrs. Buenther. George Knott, 12 poor. Roe & Markusen, Merchan- dise Mrs. Lane T. J.'Miller & Co, Insur- 24 00 2 65 5 90 MAYOR POGUE VETOES THE PURCHASE OF A FIRE TEAM Night's Meeting of Couneil, Protéslh_uz Against Purchase of Animals.—Garry Brannon Engaged to Drive Team. Beltrami Ele. Co........ 17 47 M. D. Stoner, plans, etc., 500 00 Walter S. Booth & S~ns... 50 Warfield Electric Co., 2 arches......ccoeeeiininnnees 32 00 W. J. Mageau, rent polling place.....cc...cou.. sivesens 10 00 The official election returns were reported as follows: John C. Parker, 477; William McCuaig, 312, which gives Parker the election by 165 votes. Thomas ALDERMAN GEORGE KIRK, President Bemidji City Council. Maloy received 441- votes and C J. Pryor 329 votes, Mailoy being de- clared elected_by 112 votes. Earl Geil received 654 votes and had no opposition tor the office of city tiea- rsurer; <J. E. Cabill received 608 votes and C. E. Johnson 1 vote for the office of city assessor, which elected Cahill by 607 voies. In the First ward E. R. Getchell received 86 votes and W. C. Klien 96 votes. Mr. Klein declared elected by 10 votes. In the Second 63 00| ward, Thomas Smart received 109 votes and Thomas John<on 66 vu'es. Mr. Smart carried the election by a majority of 43 votes. K. K. Roe was the only candidate for alderman in the Third ward, He received 198 votes. In the Fourth ward N. W. Brown and George Rhea were the candidates, Brown receiving 88 votes, Rhea 81. N. W. Brown was declared elected by a majority of 7 votes. ance premiums City hall 85 68 Warfield Electric Co.,, 6 . arches. 96 00 Judges and clerks, Second WA Sot e v e es . 3175 W. D. Lovell, contractors, 1 balance 1539 00 Judges and cler WATd o i rsessiveragssseste 27 25 Judges and clerks, Fourth . 26 65 Beltrami Ele. Co. 13 75iI A. B. Palmer 4 18! PAY YOUR BILLS BY CHECK The best and safest way to pay your bills is by giving a check. This constitutes the very best form of receipt for all payments and will not only save worry, and eliminate errors, but avoid disputes and helps to systematize your business. Why not open an account and commence paying by check? You’ll find it much better from the very start. THE SECURITY STATE BANK I OF BEMIDJI The aldermen present at the meet- ing were Shannon, Smart, Gould, Johnson, Kirk, Schneider and Bisiar. a day with a good brush and name of Lindberg & Newton. The hotel has in connection a splendid pool room which is perhaps thei most popular resort of its kind in the city of Dilworth. ~Mr. Lindberg was a bnsinésg'mnn | in the city of “‘Bemidji and left -here{|i about six monfhs ago. He has been interested transactions since that time and has finally locared himself at Dilworth, which place he’ expecu to m:ke st pem-hent home. various business {iil. fies the breath. Ponmko Corner The Teeth Should be well brushed from two to four times resort to just clear water—use either a good powder or paste. There is nothing better than A, D. S. Peroxide Tooth Powdar « A D. S. Peroxide Tooth Paste It cleanses the teeth, datroys disease germs and puri- s | GEO. A, HANSUN - DRUGGIST Hot and Cold Soda - a good preparation. Never Johnston's : “Candies _Bemidji, Minn.