Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 20, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE " Wistorlcal Soclety. Only Three Days of Double Votes Left. MINNESGTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, VOLUME 8. NUMBER 2. RUTH WIGHTMAN VAULTS INTO LEADER'S PLACE Jumps From 5th to Ist Place, Passing Misses Jennie Sater, Besse Cochran, Bertha Benson and Mrs. J. M. Freeburg.—Bemidji on Top Again. Ruth Wightman............. Jennie Sater, Bagley.. Bertha Benson... Besse Cochran Mrs. Leet... Mrs. J. M. Freeburg. A Bemidji Candidate again leads the contest today. For the past week almost they have been swamped by the out-of-town contestant’s votes, but once again they bave risen to supremacy. From the start of the contest until a week ago the Be- midji Candidates seemed to have things all their own way, but for the past ten days it appears that they haven’t any best of the argu- ment when it comes to securing votes. The out-of-town candidates are working like Sam Hill and mak- ing every minute of the few re. maining days of double votes count. This shows what energy and persist- ence will do when properly applied. It also shows what a candidate’s friends and acquaintances are worth. The most remarkable thing about the voting list this evening is that the scores of the first six candidates are within 55,000 votes. That is to say that the leader, Miss Wightman, is only 55,000 votes beyond the sixth candidate. The heavy voting for the past few days continued undiminished yesterday. Altogether the candi- dates polled more than a million votes. This means a great increase in the Pioneer’s circulation. Business Men Interested. If there is one class of citizens BIG LODGE MEETINGS ARE IN SESSION TODAY International Falls Men Ride the Masonic ‘‘Goat.”—Rebekahs Hold District Meeting. Today was practically a “lodge day” for Bemidji, in which the Royal Arch Masons and the Rebekahs enjoyed big meetings and initiation. Six residents of Koochiching county were given “the goat” by the local Masons. The preliminary work was commenced this morning, but the ceremony occupied the after- noon and was continued for this evening. The eight candidates for membership in the Royal Arch Mason lodge, No. 70, are: Dr. B. H. Monahan, E. E. Peterson, N, L. Olson, L. W. Wilson and Gust L. Eck of International Falls, and Abe Oleson of Littlefork. Rebekahs of this part of the state gathered here at the district meet- ing this afternoon and helped to initiate several candidates. Mrs, Myrtle Cummings of Minneapolis assembly president of the Rebekahs, and Mrs. C. W. Conway of Black- duck, the district president, con- ducted the meeting. Delegates from the Prosperity lodge at Blackduck and the Port Hope lodge at Ten- strike, as well as members from Mclntosh and Little Falls, were present. The meeting, began this after- noon, will be continued this even- ing. The ladies of the local lodge will serve supper at 6:30 o’clock and again at midnight. Guild to Meet at Mrs. McTaggart's, The Episcopal Guild will meet at the home of Mrs. George McTaggart Thursday afterncon at 2:30. All The Leaders Today. ..................... .....149.275 ...148,056 .127,957 ...120,696 ...102,162 ... 98,227 more than another interested in the contestant’s scores it is the busi- ness men and general advertisers who watch the total vote increase and draw their own inferences as to the wonderful increase in circulation which means an added value to BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1910. “‘A Four Leaf Clover” at Brinkman. A little playlet entitled “A Four- Leaf Clover” is the main feature of the program at the Brinkman Family Theater this week. Max Stevens, the talkative juggler, and Sam Rawley, the little man with the big voice, are also proving strong drawing cards. Four rapid changes of costumes and appearance are made by Robert Hildreth in his protean playlet, “A Four Leaf Glover.”” He takes the parts of Ezekiel Skinner, a decrepit old miser, of Weary Wayside, a so- called ‘“knight of the road,” of *“Brick” - Littlework, the chore boy, and of Hiram Whitcomb, owner of Cloverdale farm. Miss Hilda Robertson plays the part of Matilda Whitcomb, Hiram’s wife. The scene is laid at Gloverdale farm at the present time. Stevens, the jugler, does hoop- rolling, club swinging, and ball and hat juggling, singing and talking while performing his “stunts.” Will Camp Near, Red Lake. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Keller of Chicago will camp this summer on their advertisments. poll votes. Saturday night will be worth double votes to the candidates and those the shores of Upper Red Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Keller arrived in Bemidji yesterday with an excellent camping outfit and an 18-foot Red Wing gaso- line launch. They will leave for the lake within a few days, and will End Is Nearing. Only three more days in which to All subscriptions up to camp there until September. [Continued on Page 2.] Subscribe for The Pioneer. FIRST BASEBALL GAME COMES NEXT SATURDAY Blackduck High School Nine tp Meet Bemidji High School Team at Fair Grounds. Base ball fans of Bemidji will be given the first opportunity to witness a game with an outside team next Saturday, when the local high school team will play the Blackduck high school nine at Bemidji. The game will be played at the fair grounds, where the high schoo) boys have prepared a good diamond. The local school boys have been practicing steadily, and have already played one game with a pick-up town team. The high school boys were ahead as long as they kept Gill in the pitching box, but when the players were shifted in order to try all the available material, the old “vets” connected with the other tossers to such an extent that the high school nine lost' the game, Other games are being arranged by William Russell, manager of the Bemidji high school nine, with theA school teams of Walker, Bagley, Fosston, Brainerd and Grand Rapids. The Bemidji team will line up for Saturday’s game about as follows: Hilliard, c; Gill, p; Neumann, 1b; Larson, 2 b; Knox, ss; Brenneman (captain), 3b; Spencer, If; Bailey, cf; Ripple, rf; subs—Engles and Morrison, \ Are Attending Grand Opera. Mrs. F.S. Lycan and Miss Dor- othy Humes of Bemidii went to St. Paul last evening to attend grand opera at the Metropolitan theater this week. They were joined at Brainerd by Miss Donna Lycan, | who has been visiting Brainerd friends for the last few days. Mrs. C. G. Johnson of this city is also attending the grand opera in St. Paul this week. Mrs. Richards’ Mother Dead. Mrs. J. M. Richards of Bemidji has gone to Danbury, Iowa, on account of the death of her mother, Mrs. William H. Smith. Mrs. Richards received a telegram Mcn- day telling of the sudden demise of her mother. Mrs. Smith was a sister of William O’Neill of Cass Lake, who is well known in Bemidji. High School Dance Friday. The Bemidji - High School orchestra of seven pieces will give a dance in the National Guard Armory Friday evening. The military decorations, which have been left hanging since the recent military ball, will be in place, and, with the good music of the school orchestra, the dance is sure to be a success, members are requested to be present and visitors are cordially invited. An election of officers will be held. We Specialize in Adler’s Collegian Clothes It is possible that you can get a suit or an overcoat made with just as good cloth as is used for Collegian fashions, and maybe that garment - will wear just as long; we know, however that you can’t possibly pro- cure clothes with any other label, which possess the same amount of style and character. 'The good dresser is the man who wants more than a suit which will last a long time; he demands quality, but he is critical about the style. We want to show you the new fashions in Adler’s Collegian Clothes and you will see a combination of both of these important factors, which you, as a careful dresser, will certainly appreciate. The Spring styles are splendid examples of good tailoring. A i pacsy Lo | the iinteret of the owner of the dairy TEN CENTS PER WEEK. SPRING WEATHER AWAKES CITY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE Activity of League MemborsA Is Extended to the Schools, and Pupils Sign Pledges to Aid in Work of Beautifying Bemidji. Over 800 pupils in the Bemidji public schools signed pledges today to aid in cleaning and beautifying the city, as a result of the efforts of the Bemidji Improvement league, a local women’s organization. Several hundred buttons proclaiming “A Clean City” were sold to students of the high school and local citizens to raise a fund for carrying on the work of the league. A committee from the Bemidji Improvement league, Mesdames W. E. Neal, A. E. Witting and W. A. Vye, visited the different rooms of the graded schools and the high school yesterday and addressed the students on the value of keeping the city clean and beautiful. The stud- ents were requested to clean their yards, alleys, and the streets in front of their homes. . Cards con- taining the following pledge, were left by the committee and almost every pupil in the public schools signed the slips: “I, expecting’ to be a future citizen of the City of Bemidji, here- by pledge myself to do my best to make it a cleaner and more beautiful city. As a means to this end, I will endeavor to throw no paper on the streets, to throw no refuse of any kind on the streets, to walk on the sidewalks, to protect the treesand birds from harm, to refrain from in- juring buildings and to keep the city ordinances.” The Bemidji Improvement league is receiving excellent support from most of the residents of the city. The work of the league will be eSpecially valuable in keeping the patks and lakeshore clean, and in maintaining a high standard of freshness and cleanliness in the other parts of the city which will correspond with the natural beauties with which Bemidji has been so richly endowed. 4 Other meetings of the league will be held this .spring when practical talks will be given by different ladies on the methods of getting rid of the kitchen refuse, the best ways to make a yard beautiful, and the proper manner of planting trees. This work all tends to make our city a bigger, brighter, better Bemidji. Profitable Stock. By Dr. David Roberts, Wisconsin Veterinian” 1086-7-8, We are daily coming in contact with the products of the dairy cow in one form or another. Thus itis to breed of ‘cattle to carefully select animals which are from a good healthy stock but animals which are good profit producers, or in other O’Leary-Bowser Co.| . BASEMENT words, that yield a flow of milk, con- taining sufficient butter fat, to war- rant the animal worth the while of keeping upon the premises. While it is always essential that animals be well fed and cared for, it Is oftentimes found that ‘the ani- mal producing the largest amount of milk is ‘not necessarily the animal which devours the most feed and for this reason the owner should learn the temperment of each individual animal and feed it accord- ingly, in this way realizing profits which might otherwise be wasted. T0 60 4,000 MILES ON HORSEBACK MAY [5TH. Washington Men to Ride From Spokane To New York City For Pleasure. Bruce Steinnetz, who claims records for two rides from St. Louis to Chicago and return, and L. E. Blakesly, who is’ credited with a ride from Oklahoma City, Okla., to Mezxico City, Mex., have completed plans for a trip on horseback from Spokane to New York, -leaving here at 12 o'clock noon on May 15, the journey covering 4.000' miles. The men are undertaking the ride for the pleasure of being in the open. They will carry greetings from Governor Marion E. Hay of Wash- ington and Mayor Nelson S. Pratt to the execufive officials of New York, They expect to reach the office of The New York World not later than August 15 with the mounts they will take out of Spokane. Steinmetz has had long experience as a horse- man in: Oklahoma, Texas and throughout the Southwest, also on the ranges in Montana and the Da- kotas, while Blakesley ‘served asa lieutenant of volunteers during the ish-American war, seeing’ much in the saddle’ in' the Philip- NEW UNIFORMS FOR THE. BEMIDJI BAND ARE HERE Professor Masten Raises $175 of the 3400 Needed.—Weekly Con- cert Friday Night. New uniforms for members of the Bemidji band arrived in the city yesterday from Columbus, Ohio, and were distributed among the 26 players at rehearsal last evening by Schneider Brothers. The new suits will be seen on the streets Friday evening when the band will give its weekly concert. Through selling band “booster” buttons, Professor Masten’s organi- zation has raised $175 towards the uniform fund, but the band will be required to pay $400 for the suits within a week and it is necessary to raise $225 more to meet the obliga- tion. Other citizens, in addition to those who have already subscribed, will be given an opportunity to help secure the new uniforms upon request to Mr. Masten or any mem- ber of the band. Several new marches were prac- ticed last night at band rehearsal for this week’s concert. The band will appear on the streets at 8 o’clock and play under each of the new electric arch lights in the business district. “Ken” Kelley, lieutenant in Company K, resplendent in a new band major’s uniform, will march at the head of the band and twirl the baton. Professor Masten is “hustling” for additional musicians and has recently secured three new players, who, he expects, will arrive in Be- midji soon. Following are the names of the citizens who have loyally supported the band in its endeavor to secure new uniforms: Scott Stewart George Hanson, 3 Charles Cammer George Rhea Judge M. A. Spooner E. E. McDonald Tom- Knopke Floyd Brown J. M. Ross A. N. Gould T J. Renner Edwin Gearlds T. J. Crane E. E. Gearlds H. J. Loud L. J. Kramer Bert Barker Fred LaFavar Mrs. L. L. Berman Fred Brinkman . Fred Rhoda Alex Doran . L. G. Crothers Oscar Lindell Ollie Neilson Ike Black Ross Reynlods M. F. Willson s N T S TV A [Continued on Page 3.) —_— _—_— es. No attempts will be’made to break records or win wagers. * R. C.°§pooner, who owns a fine L. Latterell, the merchant at Funkley, returned home last even- ing after visiting a day with Bemidji whilé on his way back ‘froni’ ° matters. , where he was looking after ° ’ |