Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 10, 1910, Page 1

Historical Society. One More Week of Free Candy with 25-cent ~ "_atféli” THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 7. NUMBER 275. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. HAS “JOHN DEE” ROCKFELLER GIVAMANIA? COMPANY K IS PREPARING FOR ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT Captain Otto Will Give Boys Regular Drill in Battle For- mations as Soon as Weather Will Permit Operations Qut-of-Doors. With the arproach of spring, the members of Company K, Bemidji’s crack militia company, patiently weather conditions which await will permit out-door drill; when the soldier boys can begin drilling on formations which they will be taught under the watchful eye of Captain Adam E. Otto. Captain Otto states that he will soon put his boys through severe CAPTAIN ADAM E. OTTO, Commanding Co. K, M. N. G. drill, in order that when they go to camp at Lake City they will make a fine showing in comparison with the older companeis that are members of the Third regiment. He will teach his men in extended drill, skirmish, firing practice, advance and rear guard duty, outpost duty, and all the battle formations, more especially instructing the boys in taking proper cover while in action. The special instructions to the “state soldiers” are being taken by Captain Otto in consideration of the possibility of the national guard of the U. S. being ultimatley consolid- ated with the regular army, the preliminery movements of which have been taken in New York, Connecticut, N e w Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine, Secretary of War Dickinson baving just ordered the militia .of those states consolidated with the U. S. regulars in the step to organize 250,000 trained militia towards a national defense. The members of Co. K can scarcely contain themselves, so im- patient are they to receive the new olive drab uniforms, which are ex- pected to arrive any day now. These uniforms consist of olive drab cap, coat, trousers, shirt and leggings, withtan shoes. And with the re- ceipt of these uniforms the “citizen soldiery” of Minnesota will be fully as well equipped as any regiment of the regular army. It is now definitely announced that the companies of militia will not be permitted to go to Ft. Riley, Kansas, to participate in the fall maneuvers; and the soldier boys are hoping they can go to Sparta, Wis., where there is a military reservation, and where the artillery companies have done their summer drilling. The encampment at Lake City for the Third regiment, of which Co. K is a member, will be held from June 20th to June 29th, and Cap- tain Otto and his officers and men propose to be in such condition at that time that they will be second to no other company on the parade grounds. Last summer Co. K. made a fine appearance, both at drill and in parade, and the general deport- ment of the boys was very good, despite the fact that they come from a section of the state where good healthy blood courses rapidly through the veins of every person, making them more or less active and inclined to “‘do things.” Col. C. E. Johnson, commanding the Third regiment, paid the Bemidji company a high compliment on its efficiency in all branches of the ser- vice, last summer; and every indi- vidual member of the company is determined that K shall again win honors on general competency. Co. K is fortunate in having at its head Captain Adam E. Otto, a tried | regular army officer who has seen imuch actual service fighting for Uncle Sam, and for subordinate officers also having been ex-regulars. Captain Otto served three enlist- ments with the regulars, being involved in the Boxer uprising in China and the Philippine insurrec- ition, leaving the service whea a sergeant major, the highest non- commissicned officer in the service. Co. K has John Hillaby, ex-sergeant of artillry As first lieutenant, Kin the regular army; and the position of second lieutenantis very accept- ably filled by K. Kelly, who served a three-year enlistment in the U. S. infantry, and who is especially well |fitted and well posted in infantry drill. Company K has now enlisted seventy-four men; and the attend- once at drill and other meetings averages near to that figure, on all occasions. Nelson Hustling Grading. Peter Nelson, one of the heaviest contractors in the employ of the Soo Railway company, is rapidly finish- ing his grading in the vicinity of Hill City, and will in a few days begin the work of grading a five-mile contract which he has west of Bemidji. Mr. Nelson came to Bemidji yes- terday and went to his home at Minneapolis, and will nurse an attack of Jagrippe at his home in the “Mill City.” He stated that he was grading for a station at Boy River, and that the grade from the Winnibigoshish dam toward Hill City was completed for a greater part of the distance and was prac- tically ready for the laying of steel thereon. Mr. Nelson took a contract to grade five and one-half miles near Gonvik, in Clearwater county; and he will hire horses from Bemidji to do this work, which will be com- menced as soon as possible in the spring. ordinary kind. Regular price All Linen Toweling Worth 12c, at, per yd, 8¢ 15¢, only 10c ALIENISTS UNABLE TO REACH DEGISION Family Worried Over His Condition But Hope for Improvement in Very Few Days. FINANCIERS OF NEW YORK SKEPTICAL AS TO OUTCOME News Stanléa Natin‘ri‘s Moneyed Men. —All Classes Are Much Interested. New Vork, March 10.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The mental condition of John D. Rockfeller has caused his family much anxiety and con- cern of late. Specialists have been in all day, and have not as yet been able to determine whether or not their noted patient is affected with givamania in a mild form. Mr. Rockfeller’s condition is the cause of much comment in financial circles down town, many prominent financiers being very skeptical as to the probable outcome of the “Oil King’s trouble.” Additional local matter on last page. Percales 36 inches wide, only 9¢ Dress Ginghams ~ Hair Turbans Reg. 12¢ and 15¢, only 10c Keep the Streets Clear. W. E. Hazen, the newly-appointed street commissioner, has been mak- ing the rounds of the city today, looking after the trespasses on the streets, with relation to the deposits of wood, boxes and other obstruc- tions; and he is warning all to clear their stuff from the streets and leave the thoroughfares clear or he will be compelled to make some arrests in accordance with the city ordinance regulating that matter. ' Commercial Club Will Feed Farmers Saturday. Late this afternoon, W. L. Brooks, president of the Bemidji Commercial club, announced that the club will give free dinners to the farmers and their families who attend the meet- ing to be held at the City Hall Saturday. The dinners will be served at the new City Restaurant, 315 Beltrami avenue. Notice. A meeting of the Modern Brother- hood of America will meet in the I O. O. F. Hall Thursday evening, March 10th. All members are re- quested to be present. Business of importance will be transacted. —E. H. Cornwall, Pres. The Baptist Ladies’ Aid will hold a food sale at the Bemidji Tea Store, 113 Thi-d 'street, Saturday afternoon, March 12. WOODENWARE FACTORY IN PROSPECT FOR THIS CITY Minnesota Woodenware Company, Whose Factory at Foley Was Recently Burned, Will Look Over Bemidiji as Location for New Factory. The Bemidji Commercial club will make a determined effort to secure the location, in Bemidji: of a woodeg- ware factory, which is to be built to replace the large factory owned by the Minnesota Woodenware com- pany and located " at Foley, and which was destroyed by fire last Fri- ‘day night. G. G. Wood, secretary of the Minnesota Woodenware company, has written a letter to the local com- mercial club, asking about fire insurance, shipping facilities, etc., in Bemidji, as follows: “Foley, March !8, — Commercial Club, Bemidji. We have noticed several news items of late in regard to timber suitable for a woodenware factory near your city. We burned out here last Friday night and, not having any fire protection in this city, we are unable to get insurance on our plant, hence we sustained a total loss, and we are now looking for alocation where we can have moe iz THE BAZAAR STORE Friday and Saturday we inaugurate the new season with a Brilliant Showing of Beautiful Spring Fashions, showing the Correct Styles Featuring the Printzess Garments ‘Whatever you do, don’t purchase your new suit or coat until you have seen these new PRINTZESS STYLES. That we again present this line of garments is the re- sult of our successful disposition of them for the number of seasons past. Sheeting Phone 42 The styles are the most advanced and exclusive; the materials are the most select, and the workmanship and fitting is a guarantee of one’s being faultlessly attired. Yet with all their superiority these superb suits are priced the same as just the Select Your Printzess Suit Early Special Bargaing for Friday and Saturday Cheviot Shirtings Sale price, per yard, 9c Regujar price 50c, at 25¢ THE BAZAAR STORE good fire protection, and where there is plenty of timber such as bass- wood, ash, birch and elm, that can be bought at a reasonal price, in logs or bolts. “We should also like location where we can getgood ratesoffreight to Chicago, St. Louis, New York, etc.” The letter from Mr. Wood was given immediate attention by the commercial club, and Secretary Jester was appointed a committee of one to take up the matter of the location of the factory with Mr. Wood and his company. Mr. Jester called up Mr. Wood by long distance telephone yesterday and ascertained from him that it was the intention of the Minnesota woodenware company to hold a meet- ing immediately and take preliminary action on the matter of location of the factory, and further that the company were very favorably dis- posed towards Bemidji; and, further, that Mr. Wood would personally visit Bemidji and meet the members of the commercial club, with the inten- tion of looking over local conditions relative to site, timber in prospect, advantageous site, and other matters. Bemidji will bg able, through its commercial club, to offer to the Minnesota Woodenware company one of the very best locations, with an unexcelled site, in the entire state. As a shipping point, north, south, east or west, Bemidji offers unex- celled advantages. There are three divisions of the Great Northern Railway, two divisions of the M. & I. railway, an independedt railway (the -Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba), and the Soo railway is now building its Plummer-Moose Lake connection of its transconti- nental line through Bemidji, open- ing up an unexcelled territory, extending to Winnipeg and west- ward to Vancover, in Canada, and reaching eastward to Duluth and Chicago and also to the Saulte Ste Marie and eastern Canadian points —certainly very desirable territory to cover. There is a plentiful supply of the class of timber desired—in fact, the country around Bemidji abounds with larze quantities of the varieties desired for the manufacture of woodenware articles. It is altogether probably that such a showing will be made to’'the repre- sentatives of the Minnesota Wooden- ware company that they will be greatly pleased with the outlook here and will select Bemidji as the location of their new factory. Soo Bridge Building. Material for the construction of the bridges that will be but in along the right-of-way of the Plum- mer-Moose Lake extension of the Soo railway which is beginning to arrive, and from now on the work of driven the piles and getting the bridges in readiness for the laying of the steel will be rushed to comple- tion, according to D. L. Hickcox, member of the bridge-building firm of Hickcox & Barbau, who have the contracts for constructing the bridges. ‘The piles have all been driven for the Lost River bridge, in Clearwater county, and the pile-driving para. phernalia will be moved to Gonvik, where a small bridee will be put in. The work of building the bridges at Nelson dam and Four- Legged lake, in Clearwater county, and at Cass Lake and Bemidji will not be commenced for some time FRIDAY AND SATURDAY yet. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL ® SOCIETY.