Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 14, 1910, Page 1

SR THE BEMIDJI DAILY PION MINNESOTA HISTORICAL IETY. VOLUME 7. NUMBER 278. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. CONSOLIDATION OF RURAL SCHOOLS-SUGAR BEETS Also County Fair, Potato Culture and Soil Fertility were Discussed at Meeting. “The state of Minnesota should give as liberally to the support of rural schools as it does to the sup- port of the high schools of the state; and then the problem of how to have better schools in the country districts, as well as to provide means of keeping the boys and girls on the farm and put a stop to the movement cityward will have, in a large measure, been solved, and there will be more of the cry that has become popularof late, ‘back to the farm,’” said Professor A, M. Dunton, principal of the McIntosh schools, who delivered an address at a meeting held 1n this city Saturday, taking for his subject ““The Con- solidation of Rural Schools.” Professor Dunton advocated the consolidation of the schools of a township into one central school, and gave very excellent reasons why this proposition was not only desirable, but very feasible. He told of his work of teaching agriculture in the McIntosh schools and assistance given to rural schools in that vicinity, through teaching agriculture and domestic science in the schools, thereby making the schools more attractive and more practical. W. R. Mackepzie spoke encour- aging words to the farmers present as to their work on the farm, advanced methods of tilling the soil and daiying, and requested them to remember the fair to be held in Bemidji next September, receiving hearty assurance of co-operation in making the fair of 1910 the very best of all. A. H. Jester spoke on sugar beets and told the farmers how the raising of beets could be made the most profitable crop of any, as weather conditions did not effect the crop, and there was always a market at a fixed price. Mr. TJester also told of the Ship- pers’ association and the commercial club in interesting capital to build a factory here and the desirability of raising beets this season for demon- stration purpopes. E. W. Smith of Parkers Prairie gave two interesting and profitable talks on potato culture ang fertility of the soil. . Died This Morning. Harold Winklesky, the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winklesky, died this morning, death being caused by Bright’s disease. The little one had been ill for several days and everything was done for its relief; but the Master willed otherwise and the spirit winged its flight to the mystic beyond. The funeral will be held at St. Phillip’s church Wednesday after- noon, Rev. Father O'Dwyer officiat- ing. NEW AND NOVEL ACTS AT THE BRINKMAN THEATRE The Best Bills Booked in Bemidji for Months, on for This Week. The headliners this week are the Crescent City Comedy Four, a male quartette of vocal musicians of unusual merit. They consist of a black face character in the person of Mr. Lew Briggs, a Rube with a male alto voice, Mr. Ed. Blume, tenor, Mr. Reese Robinson, and basso, Mr. A. D. Hosler. Their program consists of some very laughable dialogue and acting and some very good part singing, and when they sing in harmony they need no accompaniment, their rich voices blending like a church organ. The bass solo and chorus (Mr. A. D. Hosler) “The Lighthouse Bell,” is especially fine, and a comic rendering of “The Old Oaken Bucket,” is very funny and elicits tremendous applause. They are an entertainment by themselves and will attract every music lover in town. Brothers DeVan, acrobats, and their dogs, one of the best attrac- tions ever brought to this city. C. W. Conway, the Blackduck sawmill man, was a business visitor in Bemidji today. BISIAR & MURPHY 117 Third St., Bemidji, Minn. One Organ, Price $30, $2.00 per month One Organ, Price $40, $2.50 per month One Organ, Price $50, $3.00 per month ENTERTAINMENT -ST. PATRICK’'S DAY Under the auspices of the St. Philip’s Catholic Church in City Hall at 8 p. m. PROGRAM Opening—‘“Killarney™ ... Reading—*"An Irish Tribute” . JAMES ...Rhys & Herbert 0’Donnell [ALONE Song—*“The Dear Little Shamrock”.............. Rhys & Herbert JUNIOR CHORUS Piano Duet—*‘Joyous Return” .. ......................... Ringuet MisseEs GERTRUDE MALONE, FLORENCE RIPEL Address—. Hox. B. F. WrigHT Song—*‘The Harp That Once Thru Tara’s Hall”..Rhys & Herbert Cuorus Violin—(a) *‘Melody of Love” ... (b) “Serenade”. Englemann ...0p. 390 Czibalka Miss MAUD McCAULEY Reading—‘‘Jammie Butler and the OWl”...........ooueenn. Flynn ALFRED NEUMANN Song—*‘Shamrocks Everywhere” Cnorus s SR WILL GIVE AWAY $2,500 IN PRIZES TO THE LADIES OF BEMIDJI AND NORTHERN MINN. Winner of the Capital Reward in the Bemidji Pioneer’s Great Voting Contest Will Get a Beautiful Buick Automobile, Model 10; Second, a $450 Kimball Piano, Mahogany Finish, Style16; Another a $100 Diamond Ring.---Others, Musical Scholarships, Watches, Camera, Formal announcement is made by the Bemidji Daily and W=ekly Pioneer of the most interesting prize contest ever undertaken by any paper in the northcrn part of the great state of Minnesota, a con-] test that will be absolutely unique in every particular. ‘To many who will soon be engaged in this mammoth contest, the Bemidji Pioneer pledges a generosity of treatment such as have never been experienced by contestants participating in similar ventures. Fairness and good faith will be the policy with regard to every contestant; to each and all of them will be given an equal attention and a square deal. In this in- teresting race for prizes aggregat- ing in value more than the sum of $2,500.00 it is worth anybody’s spare time and anybody’s effort to be in this mammoth contest, The richness of -the rewards and the liberality of its terms surpasses anything ever put before the people of Northern Minnesota. Not only is it rich in material value, but it will be singularly attractive to those who seek a musical educa- tion that means for the recepient the knowledge that means power, that means money and social supremacy. This is no something-for-nothing scheme; the fact of the matter is it is not a scheme at all, but a means whereby the Bemidji Pioneer hopes to extend its already large field of usefulness, make friends for itself and for Bemidji and Northern Minne- sota. And win a welcome in every household that it enters, and at the same time reward those who help it in a way that has never been attempted before by a paper in the Nortbland. The object the Bemidji Pioneer has in view is to advertise itself to the people of the Northland, and a desire that everyone may know it to be a newspaper that prints all the news for all the people all the time. To that end the Bemidjj Pioneer has arranged this contest, in which every lady residing in the terzitory included in this conttst may take part. Prizes are offered that will appeal to every lady from the $1050.00 Buick automobile to a gold watch, from a piano to a scholarship. Buick Touring Car. The capital prize of the Bemidji Pioneer’s Mammoth Contest will be a $1,050.00 Buick automobile, Model 10, touring car. This car is one that any lady may be proud to call her own. The Buick has made some extraordinary records for speed and reliability, and has shown up promi- nently in every contest for the past two years. We need not go into detail as to the qualities of the Buick; we know them; you know them, and anything we might say here would add little, to, the already good opinion everyone holds of this machine. Model 10 is a four-passenger tour- ing car with a thirty-four-inch wheel base. It is fast, staunch and power- ful enough for a trans-continental trip, and handsome enough for a park parade. In every respect, this:| car is a hummer; one you wouldn’t be ashamed of; its an automobile that delivers the goods. Everybody knows it, and that’s the reason the Dress or Coat. Bemidji Pioneer selected it of the Jewett Auto company who are the agents for the Buick cars. Buick cars are considered everywhere as excellent value for the money, and you can win this machine if you have the ambition to and get into the field. Every friend you have willbe glad to aid you with such a purpose as this in view. It is difficult to concieve how anybody can pass by such an attractive offer as this contest pre- sents. When there is a chance to obtain this beautiful machine for really nothing but a few moments of your spare time. All you need is a little ambition and a little energy. Become a candidate at once and you may become an owner of the Buick automobile at no expense to yourself. Do not delay for the earlier you start the better chance you have to pile up the votes. You have a chance; don’t let it slipby. Enroll yourself in this Con- test without delay. Geta nomina- tion blank and fill it out at once. Call for any further information you may need at the Contest Depart- ment, and the Contest Manager will be glad to help you out. The Kimbell Piano. The grand prize is a $450 Kim- bell piano, mahogny finish, style 16. This magnificent instrument was purchased from Bisiar & Murphy and is one that is familiar to all of you; it is a rock-bottom value as several residents of the city who have one of these instrumennts in their homes will vouch to. Tone, the soul of the piano, can- not be pictured in newspaper articles. For.a piano is, fundamentally, an instrument of music, and the founda- tion of all piano emminence lies in its tome. The instrument now offered to the contestant in this con- test is the production of a persistent scientific investigation and experi- ment in the field of acoustics by renown experts and the result is that this instrument is in tone a revela- CXHO As dispensed at our pharmacy are pure, fresh, full strength, and compounded by men ‘who know how to get their full active medic- inal value. May we prove it? THE GITY DRUG STORE The Prescription Store HAS IT e e tion to the musically culturcd ear. We left the selection of this beautiful instrument to Mr. Bisiar, an acknowledged expert, where pianos are concerned, and he selected this Kimbell, style 16, at a cost of $450 for the Bemidji Pioneer who will give it as the grand prize in this Mammoth Contest. Do not delay in getting into the race. Remember delay is dangerous and become a candidate in this battle of votes and work earnestly to become the owner of this, the most splendid of all specimens of the piano makers’ art, $100.00 Diamond Ring. A beautiful blue-white diamond ring, valued at $100 will be given as the District Prize in District B, There is nothing so appropriate, or valued so highly by the ladies as the everscent flashes of white, blue, red and gold of the perfect dia- mond that are so hard to- describe. Nothing is so highly prized and so dear to the heart of a lady as beautiful diamond, the most price- less of the gems the earth produces. Mr. Baker of whom this ring was purchased, backs it up with his guarantee. This is a most exceptional oppor- tunity, young ladies of Northern Minnesota, that the Bemidji Pioneer is offering you. Never before has any paper or individual or concern ever attempted anything like this or similar to it on such a large scale. It isunique in all its features. En- roll your name and write the contest manager for further information and win this beautiful diamond ring. Four Musical Scholarghips. The four musical scholarships, valued at $60 each 1n Masten’s Conservatory of Music are really worth the best efforts of anyone in search of a musical education, The Conservatory, which is enter- ing on its second year, is fast com- ing to the frontas a great educa- tional institution. The many courses laid out in the various departments are in- valuable in giving to the students a broader musical education than can be derived from any other source in the Northland, Both Mr., and Mrs. Harry Masten superintend the teaching of the violin and piano. Here one may obtain an insight into the musical art that is only found where the masters of this world renown art are, Thisis a splendid chance to obtain your long-cherishad de- sire and get the finishing touches or the first elementary step of your musical education. Do not overlook this opportunity;, as it may be your last, Six Gold Watches. At the store of George T. Baker, the well known jeweler of Bemidji, on display are six solid gold watches, guaranteed by him, that are to be given away as prizes in this Mammoth Contest. Who has not a desire to be the possessor of a beautifuf watch. It has been the heirloom of the past decades and is today. A good gold watch is a treasure of a lifetime, and the desire of every one who is not the possessor of it, Division by Districts. In order that the competition and the prizes may be more equally .divided, the field covered by the Bemidji Pioneer has been appor- tioned into two prize districts, each district being sub-divided as follows: Prize District ‘‘A,” City of Bemidiji. Sub-District No. 1—All that terri- tory included in the First ward. Sub-District No. 2—All that territory included in Second ward, Sub-Distriet No, 3—All that territory included in the Third ward. Sub-District No. 4—All that terri- tory included in the Fourth ward. Prize District ‘B,” Sub-District No. 5—All that terri- tory north and south of the city limits of Bemidji, and east of Range 33. Sub-District No. 6—All that territory north and south of the City limits of Bemidji and west of Range 33. .. Distribution of Prizes. - The $2,500.00 worth prizes will be rewarded at the end of the contest, as follows: the $1,050.00 Buick automobile will be rewarded as the capital prize to the contestant hav- ing the greatest number of votes. The $450.00 Kimbell piano will be rewarded as the grand prize to the contestent having the second highest number of votes. The $100.00 diamond ring will be rewarded as the district prize to the contestant having the greatest num- ber of votes in Prize District B after the capital and grand prizes are rewarded. The musical scholarships will be rewarded one to'each sub-district to the contestant having the greatest number of votes in each sub-district, after the capital, grand and district prizes have been rewarded. The gold watches will be rewarded, one to each sub-district to the con- testant whose standing is next to the winner of the musical scholar- ships, Two Special Prizes. To the candidate in prize district A securing the largest number of yearly subscriptions during the en- tire contest will be given a $25.50 Ansco camera, each two-year sub- scriptions counting the same as two [Continued on Last Page.) Body Taken to Crow Wing. The body of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Chisholm, mother of Mrs. M. E. Brinkman, was taken to Crow Wing, near Brainerd, last night, for burial in the family lots at that place, beside the graves of three of the sons of the deceased who are buried there. Mrs. Brinkman ac- companied the body to Crow Wing. Mrs. Chisholm died Saturday noon, after an illness of several weeks, at the advanced age of 72 years, The funeral was held at Crow Wing today, being attended by a large number of the residents of that place, where Mrs. Chisholm lived for thirty years. GHARGED WITH ASSAULT; IS HELD TO GRAND JURY Andrew Leistheim Accused of Shoot- ing Carl Burcklund.—Crime Com- mitted in Roosevelt Twp. On the charge of assault in the first degree, Andrew Leistheim, who lives in the Town of Roosevelt, this county, was arraigned before M. G. Slocum, court commissioner, and.held to await the action of the grand jury at the next term of court, being refused bail It is alleged that there has been some differences between Leistheim and Carl Burcklund, who lives near Aure postoffice, Town of Roosevelt, and that Leistheim shot Burcklund, inflicting a very painful though not dangerous wound, and would have riddled Burcklund with bullets but for the latter making escape by a desperate run of nearly a mile. The trouble occurred last Satur- day, about noon, when Burcklund was hauling a load of hay. He met Leistheim, and after exchanging a few friendly words of greeting turned his back on Leistheim, when Leist- heim drew a revolver and shot Burcklund in the left shoulder, the bullet entering near the shoulder blade and passing out at a point on the right shoulder blade. Burcklund alleges that he grabbed a fork and knocked the revolver from Leistheim’s hands, and that his assailant then unslung a rifle which he was carrying and began a fusillade from the gun. Burcklund ran for his life, and succeeded in making his escape into the woods to a neighbor’s house, being accom- panied by his 10-year-old son. Leistheim was arrested by S. O. Jallen, constable of Roosevelt town- ship, and ‘brought to Bemidji, being given his hearing today. It is said that Leistheim is not exactly well balanced, mentally, and that he has already been an inmate of an asylum for feeble minded. Heis now in custody, at the county jail, and will await the action of the grand jury. this morning Held to Federal Jury. Three more local dealers in liquors have been held to the federal grand jury on the charge of having sold liquor to Indians; and their cases will be considered by the grand jury that will be convened at Fergus Falls in April. Andrew Lysacker, A. Burke, Jens Hanson and “Buff” Govereau were arraigned before Court Com- missioner Slocum, and testimony was introduced on the part of the prosecution, Lysacker's case was dismissed, but Burke, Govereau and- Hanson were held to the federal grand jury, bail, which was furnished, being placed in the sum of $500, in each case. Safety Certain to Be Desired Whatever your reasons may be for opening a bank account, on> thing you are certain to desire is absolute safety for your money. THE FIRST. NATIONAL BANK has had ten years of successful experience and the substantial and steady growth of its business during this time is a direct result of the promptness and efficiency with which it has handled the affairs of its patrons. If you will investigate the advantages afforded by this bauk for safeguarding money, you will be con- vinced of the wisdom of placing your funds in its care, ag it hasa Capital and Surplus amouuting to $60,000.00 and is the oldest bank i North Central Minnesota. Deposits March 1, Deposits March 1, 1909, $380,223.00 1910, $425414.28 Tlie First National Bank of Bemidji