Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 16, 1910, Page 1

' THE § BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE SOCIETY.. e " VOLUME 8. NUMBER 51. T0 HOLD FIREMEN'S TOURMAMENT HERE Northern Minnesota Association to Convene for Annual Session July 4-5-6-7. BEMIDJI COMPANY TO BE HOSTS FOR SECOND TIME Monster Celebration on the Fourth to Start Long Program Cff with a Rush. Bemidji will entertain the Northern Firemen's Tournament association July 4-5.6-7. The usual runoiog races and coatests will be pulled off and also a monster cele- bration of the nation’s birthday. Charles Collins, Floyd Browd, azd John Goodman, the executive com- mittee of the Bemidji department, with Chief Geil and secretary Cunningham, are sparing no expense to make the annual tournament a success. On July 4, a squad from Company K will fire a salute at sunrise. At ten o'clock, a monster parade will be formed of the fire cempanies, militia, civic companies and the bands. Prizes have been offered for the department having the most uniformed men in line, best appear- ing company, best float, society having the most members in line, most comical costume, and for the company making the best appear- ance. Following the parade speeches of welcome and response will be de- livered, In the afternoon, a ball game, foot race, drill for degree teams, and a launch race will be the attractions. A grand ball starting at 9 p. m. will be the feature of the evening's entertainment, The orator of the day has not yet been selected. ‘The events to be run off the fol- lowing days have been spread out so that not more than two hours of each half day will be taken up by them. This will give the visitors plenty of time to visit the places of interest ia and around Bemidji and enjoy their outing in the fullest capacity. The meeting of the asso- ciation will be held at 8 p. m. July 5; a big smoker, presided over by Al Jester, is scheduled for the evening of the sixth; and the evening of the seventh will be spent along the lake shore in picnic groups. As July 4 falls on Monday this year, many of the teams are expected to arrive on Saturday afternoon and Sunday so that the members and their families may have the extra day for outings. Company I of Crookston and Company 1. of Thief River Falls have been invited to attend the tournament. Bemidji has always stood well up in the association, but has failed to do mu=h in the line of winning for three or four years past. Ray Den- nis has won the coupling contest for five years, and he also holds the as- sociation record of four seconds in this event, As far as is known now, teams will be sent here from Crookston, t1allock. International Falls, Black- duck, Warren, Spooner, Red Lake Falls, Thief River Falls, Ada, Ar- gyle, St. Hillaire, Kennedy, and Roseau. The Northern Minnesota Firemen’s ‘Tournament association was organ- in Crookston in 1895 as the out comwe of feeling that if annual tourna- ments were held, a friendly rivalry would grow up among the firemen of the upper country that would result in more efficient service and conse- quently better fire protection. It was decided to hold the first tournament in Crookston July 19-21, 1895, Since then a tournament has been held every year. Bemidji entertained the firemen here in 1901, but the tournament was badly managed and ouly three teams Crookston, Park Rapids and Bemidji, contested. The tourna- ments the two following years were S0 unsatisfactory that it was de cided to reorganize the association. This was done at Crookston in 1903, when the present association was formed. Radical changes were made in the rules governing the con- tests. Crookston entertained the firemen last year and everv effort was made to see that the visitors had a fine time. Karl Geil, chief of the Bemidji department, was then elected president of the association, and Frank Cunningham, assistant foreman on hose company 2, secre. tary. Big posters, printed in red and blue, have just come oft the Pioneer’s presses and have been sent out to all of the departments which are mem- bers of the association. AVIATORS ON THEIR WAY Men Scheduled to Fly in thé Twin City Meet Due in Few Days. Minneapolis, June 16.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—Glenn H. Curtiss is expected to arrive here this week for the Twin City Aviation meet, bringing his new model machine, with which he made his flight from Albany to New York. Charles F. Willard, who holds the world’s record for startirg and finishing, and J. C. Mars will arrive Monday from Louis- ville, where they gave exhibition flights. Mars is the avitor who was shot atby a long whiskered Missourian while making flights at Joplin, Mo. The farmer mistook him for some kind of bird and one of the bullets smashed a blade of his propeller, and brought Mars to earth. When he did not return to the fair grounds, where an expectant crowd was await- ing him, Willard went in search of him in his aeroplane, and. located him in a swamp five miles away. Mars is confidently expected to capture some of the world’s records, as he has given evidence that he possesses daring, nerve and skill which place him in the class with Curtiss, Hamilton, Paulham and other master avitors. SPORTING NOTES American Association Won Lost Pct Minneapolis. 19 .667 St. Paul 21 .625 Toledo. . 21 .625 Indianapolis 26 30 .456 Columbus... 23 31 .426 Kansas City. 20 30 .406 Louisville. .22 34 .393 Milwaukee . . 33 377 National League Won Lost Pet Chicago ... 16 .652 New York 19 [.612 Cincinnati 20 .545 Pittsburg 22 .500 St. Louis. . 26 .458 Brooklyn 26 .458 Philadelphia 25 419 Boston 31 .367 American League Won Lost Pct Philadelphia .29 14 674 New York .29 14 674 Detroit . 32 19 .827 Boston. ..24 21 533 Washington. .22 27 .449 Cleveland .17 22 436 16 27 .372 ..10 35 222 Yesterday’s Results. I National League Chicago 2—Brooklyn 3. St. Louis 0—Boston 2. New York 5—Pittsburg 1. Cincinnati 3—Philadelphia 3. called in 16th because of darkness.) (Game American League Philadelphia 0—Chicago 3. innings.) Boston 8—Detroit 8. St. Lonis 5—Washington 4, New York 3—Cleveland 0. (Nine Amercian Association Minneapolis 9—Milwaukee 0. Cement Work Done. Cement walks.laid and all kinds of cement work done and guaran. teed. Telephone 470, Nels Loitved BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1910. GUN GLUB TOURNAMENT COMMENCES TOMORROW Large Pots to -Be Divided at First Anpual Meet—Good Shots Expected to Come. Crack amateur and professional shots will be in Bemidji tomorrow to enter the first annual tournament of the Bemidji Rod and Gun club. The meet will start promptly at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning and will last for two days. the first day. In the last event of fifty targets, $25 added money has been put up by the Markham hotel. The second day’s shoot will also be ten events, with $25 added money by the local gun club in the last event. The purses will be divided be- tween amateurs only. Professionals and reprsentatives of gun or cart- ridge companies will be allowed to shoot, but they will not be given a share in the prize money. Elegant quarters have been fitted up by the Bemidii club on their regular shoot- ing grounds near the Red Lake bridge on Lake Irvine. Fair Scores by Gun Club. Members of the Bemid) Rod and Gun Club held their last practice shoot before the state meet yesterday afternoon. No phenominal scores were made. Symons made the best total and also the best individual score. Six men turned out for the shoot, Scores: Hit Shot Symons 75 Miller.. 75 Burgess. 75 Britton 74 50 8 25 Brandenborg. Candidate for Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as candidate for the republican nomina- tion for sheriff of Beltrami county at the primaries September 20th. I respectfully solicit the support of the voters of this county. Andrew Johnson. MAKES GCMPLETE TOUR OF VESSEL Roosevelt Popular Among the Steamer’s Passengers. On Board the Kaiserin Auguste Vie- toria, via Wireless to London, June 16. —FHivery one of the several thousand passengers aboard t¥he Auguste Vic- toria has now had a chance to see and hear Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, the “blg show” of the vessel's Western voyage. The colonel completed his round of the ship by a visit to the stokehold, where he grasped the grimy hands of the stokers and chatted with them as though they were the crew of his own private yacht. The visit to the stokehold was one of the most interesting events of the trip and the stokers did their best to show their appreciation of the honor. As oné€ of these laid down his shovel Roosevelt grabbed it up and showed that he knew: something about' thé knack of stoking by “sifting” several shovels of coal over the glowing bed of coals. 7 The stokers cheered the colonel heartily when they saw that he was “one of tnem.” NOTED ARTIST KILLS HIMSELF His Fiancee Had Broken Engagement Because of 11l Health. New York,\June 16.—Leon Guypon, well known as an artist and illustra- tor, shot himself through the head in his studio bere and was found dead on tne floor, a revolver by his side. Guypon had been engaged to Miss Agnes Foster, daughter of a Boston banker, but who had broken the en- gagement because of ill health, Before killing himself the young artist sent, to his former fiancee a check for $7,212, “all the pennies I had saved,” as he expressed it in a letter to a friend. Wireless Promoters Arrested. New York, June 16.—President Wil- son and Vice President Bogart of the United Wireless Telegraph company were taken in custody by United States Marshal Henkel at the com- pany’s offices here and taken before United States Commissioner Shields to answer a charge of misuse of the Ten events are on the program for | EXAMINER'S REPORT STIRS UP KELLIHER William Lennon, Former Mayor, Says Council Has Been Doing Best It Could.. IMPROVEMENTS VALUED AT MADE $55,000 ON $5,000 DEBT Warrants Will be Paid Off in a Few - Years if Water and Light Plant Keep Operating. Kelliher, June 16-Considerable excitment has prevailed in Killiher during the last few days owing to the public examiners recent report on the condition of the school, vil- lage, and township funds, which it is alleged was secured by a faction which lost in a recent | political fight. The village and township are ina rather peculiar predicament. “The village council for the last two years has been doihg the best they could for me and for the re- sidents of, Kalliher,” said William Lennon, former mayor of the village, in an interview last evening. “The actions of the city officials have been necessitated by our conditions. “Our power house, city hall, electric light and water plant, in- cluding steel tank, cost the city as its share about $20,000, and we did it on $5,000 bonded indebtedness and cash and warraants to the extent of the balance,” said Mr. Lennon. “‘We have a village at present show- ing $25,000 -improvements and only $5,000 bonded indebtedness. “Naturally, some of the warrants had to wait for payment, but it was absolutely . necssaty to keep our water and light plant in operation as we have no other wells, so we diverted the current income to the payment of the current expenses. Our plant here is certainly a pay- ing proposition. For instance, this last month expenses were $130 and the income was $230. *‘We have $4,000 annually coming into the treasury and are well able to take care of all the warrants within a few years, and what is more, Smith and Johnson, who petitioned the board of county commissioners to send the public examiner, as well as every citezen and tax payer in the| village and township, knew and know today these facts as well as T do.” Recorder Pfund, formerly mayor of Kelliher said, “Every dollar of money paid out by former Recorder McGill and myself can be accounted for with receipts and it was all hon- stly spent. In fact the village owes McGill $65 as was shown by the public examiners report. “The two liverymen of this town are both members of the council. We have to get teams once in awhile. How in thunder are we going to get liveries without paying money to one of these two men? When members of the council sub- mit the lowest bids for road work they get it.” ° “The examiner .objects when we pay out cash to local people in- stead of warrants but -he did not declare illegal the item in our accounts of $160 in e€ach to the state treasurer for the state ineb- riate fund. We sent our order down the state treasurer and he demanded the cash, there being a 10 per cent discount on our warrants at that time. We finally gave the state treasurer the cash, but the public examiner has not marked this illegal.” “We got one over, through, on the public examiners office a few days ago,” Mr. Pfund half humor- ously added. “Two books - were sent to the village by express from that office. The® charges had not been paid in advance and as 1 could not pay the company, under the ‘examiners direction, I wrote to St. Paul and asked them how they expected me to get those books. I also mentioned that there are con- stantly freight and other items stmi lar to this coming to the village which must be paid for in cash and| the companies refuse to accept war.| rants. Mr. Schaffer promised send the money.” *“The report makes the following statement: ‘The present council, under protest of Trustee Johnson, have permitted Recorder Pfund to make disbursements in the same manner as his predecessor, A. A. McGill'. Thisis alie,” said Mr. Pfund, ‘‘Johnson never protested against that movement, and I believe he even favored it.” BIG FAIR AT WINNIPEG. Winnipeg, June 16—The Winni- peg Industrial Exhibition. July 13- 23, expects to eclipse all previous records of the great fairin many ways besides mere length of time, The best display of live stock the exhibition has ever attracted, is already assured from the e tries. ! There isto be a day of auto- mobile races, and an automobile utility contest; two afternoon, one of them Farmers’ Day, when heavy and harness horses will be judged on the track—races being annulled for those days; a vast exhidit of 120 head of pure bred Holstein cattle, which are to be sold at auction on the last days of the fair. The Broncho, 2.00%, world’s champion racing mare, is to tempt the world, the track and her own records on Citizens’ Day, and there are to be new and unusual entertain- ment features. Lumberjack Looses $180. Tuesday morning, a lumberjack came into the office of City Attorney Torrance and said that he had been robbed ‘of $180 in the rooming house of Jens Hanson on Third street. He said that he had been given liquor and that soon after that had become sleepy. When he went out doors, his roll was gone. Mr. Torrance and Chief Benner wanted to know where he got the liquor “and he described “the place; but when the chief went there, none could be found. The man had a hazy memory and could not tell much. All he seemed to want was his money. Nothing has been heard from him since. to CONTROLS BUSINESS OF THE SOUTHWEST Combination of Southern Pa- cific and Frisco Systems. Chicago, June 16.—A traffic agree- ment so comprehensive and running for so many years as to amount to & permanent agreement has been per- fected between the Southern Pacific and the St. Louis and San Francisco railroads. A new through freight and passen- ger line between Chicago and Gal- veston is one of the results of the agreement, an agreement by which the two systems will dominate the rail- road business west of the Mississippl south of the Missouri, to the gulf and to the Pacific coast. The combined system will have trackage extending 23,000 miles. - This makes the combination one of the greatest in America and gives it con- nections with practically every section of the 'country west of Birmingham and Chicago. It puts the new South- ern Pacific-Frisco lines' over their own tracks into Chicago, Kansas City, St. TLouis, Biriningham, Galveston, Brownsville and into Texas cities, with ‘trackage rights into the City of Mexico and the Mexican ports of Tam- pico and Vera Cruz. FOR CHEAPER RAIL RATES New York Produce Exchange Gets Into the Fight. New York, June 16.—The New York Produce Exchange has filed complaint with the interstate commerce. com- mission against the New York Cen- tral, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and Read- ing, Jersey Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Western Maryland, Buffalo and Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,” Central New England, New York, New Haven and Hartford, Delaware and Hudson, Boston and Maine, Boston and Albany, West Shore and Lackawanna roads, alléging that excessive charges are made on grain ipped from Minne- apolis and Duluth over the Great Lakes. Mexican War Veteran Dead. Orange, N. J., June 16.—Captain J. P. F. Borgquist, who won laurels in both the Mexican and Civil wars, is dead at the:home of his hon here. He was elghty-three years old. Captain Borgquist was born In Denmark, TEN CENTS PER WEEK. COMPANY K WINS FROM M-OF HIBBING WILL ELECT DELEGATES T0 STATE CONVENTION Republican County Assembly Convenes In Court House at 2 P. M. |Bemidji Boys Organize Ball Team and Teaow. Beat the Rangers by Score of 13t03. At two o’clock tomorrow afterncon, Cbairman G. E. Carson, of the re- REGIMENT KEPT BUSY BY publican county committee, will call REGULAR CAMP ROUTINE to order the republican county con- vention in the Court House. Dele- gates from every district will be pres- ent. The convention is being held to elect eleven men as delegates to the state republican convention to be held in St. Paul next week. Delegates to the county convention were elect- ed in caucuses last Tuesday. At the state convention, candi- dates will be nominated for the state positions to be filled this year. As Minnesota is normally Republican, it is usually conceeded that the man who wins the nomination wins the election. For this reagon, the con- vention in which the nominations are made is the place where the fight is the hardest. Beltrami county’s delegates will play an important part in the state convention. 3 G0OD STOCK FOR INDIANS. Dickinson, N. D., June 16.—The government has bought fifty-two bead of one and two-year-old Here- ford bulls and. three stallions from W. L. Richards for the Berthold In- dian agency. The selection was made from the Diamond C. ranee the past week and the stock was to be delivered at once to the agency. John W."Goodall, superintendent of live stock at the agencyAgent Hoffman from’ Elbowoods, and Dr. L. L, James, federal inspector, from Bismark, accompanied Mr. Richards from the city to the ranch to select the stock.. The most of the Here- fords are registered stock and the very finest kinds of bulls for the Assigned to Guard Duty on First Day. Camp Lakeview, June 13, 1910. Company K arrived in camp at noon, 51 strong. Largest company in the regiment. First Lieut. Hillaby instructor of the guard for 10 days. Second Lieut. Kelley junior officer of the guard first guard mont. Ralph Lycan corporal of the guard tonight. Verne Kane chosen from guard for orderly for Colonel Johnson this evening. Company occupies same street as two former years. Has a new loca- tron in the mess house. The company will go onto the target range tomorrow at 2 o’clock. Good scores are expected from many of our men. E Scott 1. Stewart -is acting first sergeant in the absence of First Ser- geant Geil, who is in the west and probably unable to spend any time with us, although we are looking for him, Company K this year has a com- pany barber, also a company photo- grapher, The olive drab uniforms are used in camp to replace the blue ones ‘which the companies: left at their headquarters. A baseball game will be played to- day between Co. K and Co. M, the | swift agregation from Hibbing. agency. The price paid was $75/Captain Smith, of the Bemidji ball per head. The stallons were $600 team, will have charge of the ball per head. boys of K at camp and some very Heretofore -the government has been buying stock for the Indians under contract and as a rule have se- cured ¥inferrior and unacclimated cattle and' horses. As a result of such selections, the Indians have a very poor class of stock. It is the plan now, under the able supervision of John W. Goodall, to breed up the Berthold agency stock and within a few years the Indians will have stock that will ‘be saleable in any market in the world. TELEGRAPHIC SPECIALS. Washinton, D. C. June 16— (Speciml to the Pioneer)—Earth- quake shocks continuing more than two hours were recorded today at Georgetown University. Father Francis Torndorf was in charge of seismograph. It is estimated that the quake was about 4,000 miles from this city, direction be: ing east and west. Father Torn- dorf believs the quake must have done great damage if it centered in a civilized part of the world. good games are looked for as most of the companies of the regiment would consider it a feather in their cap if they could hand the ball boys a defeat,- but Smith is very con- fident. This year, for the first time in some years, the commissioned offi- cers will have a drill period of one hour each day, the time of which will be devoted to the practice of handling-the army rifle now used by the privates under the same tactics. This is done so as the officers will have the experience with the guns as well as the private soldier. Some shight changes have been made in the routine of business this year whereby both officers and men will be greatly benefitted. Many beautiful and valuable prizes will be presented as trophies during the coming field day of the third regiment. Scott T. Stewart is being pushed by the company to race for the gold first prize for the field day event this year, he being winner of the second prize last year, a beautiful silver medal. Routine at the camp becomes Chicago June 16—(Special tothe |y re and more smooth as our men, Pioneer)—The Hondry, Hansell, Alcock company plant was destroyed by fire early this morning with loss]| estimated at $300,000. The plant was a two story brick and - steel structure and covered an entire block. For a time, many homes in neighbarhood were threatened and many residences fled their dwellings, but firemen prevented spreading of flames. 3 from year to year, become more used to the duties of a soldier and this year they have a great more time to themselves through the fact of know- ing. what to do and when to do it, while former years it was difficult to ascertain at just what time certain duties of the day took place. Of course there is the usual amount make amugement for those of former years, sometimes, in & very amusing maner, even going so far as crossing the regimental street and asking Colonel Johcson, officer in charge of ' the third regiment, for his ‘“‘butter chips” and usual days "rations” and of course the colonel himself being of a genial disposition, enjoys the frolics as much as the private soldier Some very amusing things happen here. June 14—Company K beat com- pany M of Hibbing 13 to 3 in the game, The game was fast through- out but the .Bemidji: boys had the Obituary. Mrs. A. B. Allen, wife of A. B. Allen, former editor\of the Sentinel died at her home at St. Paul yester- day. Mrs. Allen was well-known in Bemidji as she lived here for several years. She was a cripple from an incurable malady. |- The funeral will be held tomorrow in Jackson, Minnesota, her former bome. Mr. Allen was a member of the local body of.Elks. J. O, MINNESOTA | HISTORICAL l.ienlaqnthlly and Corporal Lycan of “rookies” in the camp and they 3 tonight. Harris, exalted ruler of the Bemidjj lodge;, will send down . flowers better of their opponents at all times. Games with the' other companies will be played later in the wg'ek. —