Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 21, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 D ILY VOLUME 8. NUMBER 276. BEMIDJI A CITY | OF BOOSTERS Commercial Club Banquet Last Night | Attended By More Than One | Hundred Business Men. DISCUSS FUTURE OF COUNTRY | Dinner Prepared by High School | Cooking Class, Under Miss Grest, | Worthy of Praise. \ | About a month ago the members | Bemidji of the Bemidji Commercial club de-| would like to receive if he was to! J cided that some movement should be | | worked up whereby something could | be dome to promote the agricultural | he having as his subject, “The imer_}ment bill is passed by the present northern Minnesota, dependence of the farmer and the city | legislature, advantages of and they decided that to do this they would have to obtain a larger and hard working club. In order to obtain new members for the club they decided that some public entertainment should be pro- vided for whereby all the business men of Bemidji could get together and be made to fully understand the situation. To give a banquet was the only plan which was given con- sideration. Where to give it and how to give it was to be considered and W. P. the Bemidji Dyer. superintendent of public schools invited the commercial club to hold the han-| quet in the high school building and to have the girls of the high school | cooking class do the cooking. It was this way that the plan which | was so wonderfully carried out last | evening was originated. It is needless for the Pioneer to say | that the banquet has its effect and that that effect was in_the right di- rection, for no business man present at the banquet interested in the fu- ture welfare of Bemidji could leave the banquet hall last evening without a feeling of “I'll do my part”. One hundred and twenty of Be- midji's business men were seated at the banquet tables, which had been arranged in the seventh and eighth grade room, the seats having been re- moved by the boys of the grade after school had been dismissed in the afternoon. A pink and white scheme was car- ried out throughout the entire din-| ner and evening. Pink and white carnations were on the banquet *tahle and pink and white streamers were strung around the hall. Green pine was used in the decorating. Miss Anne McGillan, was in charge of the decorating for the banquet. The entire dinner was cooked by | the cooking class of the high school and served by the cooking class of tite eighth grade. The whole dinner be- ing directed by Miss Katherine Grest, | very likely has his membership ap-| ductor of farm institutes. Mr. McLeran told in a few words the manner in which he first became a farmer and of the success he had met with. Mr. McLeran said that he had been asked to give a talk on the future possibilities of dairy farm- ing in northern Minnesota, but that he could not and believed that no omne could tell just what the possibil- |ities were, they being so great. That Mr. McLeran is a man of no or- dinary wit was made evident by his many witty remarks in reference to his first becoming a farmer, he being brought up in a city. Toastmaster Wedge next called up- on W. G. Schroeder, the Bemidji mer- chant, who is operating a dairy farm three miles west of this city. Mr. Schroeder told of the success he had met with since he first began the dairy business and of the advice he start in dairying at the present time. A. P. Ritchie was then introduced, Business Man". He laid much stress on the “Skin Games” which | are being worked on incoming farm-| two ers by the land dealers of this coun- try, and said that he believed that if the commercial club would get hold of some good land in this country and handle it, that many good farmers could be induced to settle here. Dr. E. H. Marcum read an article on some propositions for housing the|likely that the final bill will mater-| ;.o cant commercial club. Making it very plain to the men present that to have a successful commercial club it was necessary to have proper club rooms. T. J. Burke, president of the Nor- thern Grocery Company, gave a very interesting talk on the needs of a commercial club room. Mr. Burke said that there was not a city this | side of Chicago, outside of the Twin| Cities and the lake ports, so able to | support a good live commercial club as is Bemidji, and that to have good club rooms it was necessary to have | He said that| a good membership. Bemidji had three of the greatest railroads in the United States and | that he believed Bemidji would have a population of 25,000 in 1920. His motto was “Make Boosters of the Knockers™. D. M. Neill, of Red Wing, presi- dent of the Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs, was then called upon by Toastmaster Wedge, and his talk was along lines of what a bene- fit a commercial club is to a city and | how the commercial club of Bemidji could and should be made larger. Mr. Neill said that there was no ex- cuse for a city the size of Bemidji having a commercial club of less than 200 members, that no man, no matter what business he was in, should be allowed to remain a non- member of the club. Mr. Neills talk was right to the point, and if there was a knocker or a hanger- back at the banquet last evening, he supervisor of cooking and sewing in | plication in the hands of Secretary the Bemidji schools. To say that| Reynolds, of the commercial club by Miss Grest did well. would be puttingj this time. it mildly, the manner in which the | One of the chief matters to be girls served the dinner was wonder- | spoken of by all the speakers at the ful, as was the cooking. Too much | banquet was the establishing of an - BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY KOOCHICHING TO JOIN BELTRAMI, NEW PLAN These Two Counties With Clearwater To Have One Senator and Two Members of Lower House. RELIEF SQUAD TO SEE BEMIDJI Legislators from Northern Minnesota Active in Progressive Program —Monument for Johnson. ; (By ¥. A. Wilson) Pioneer Legislative St. Paul, Jan. 21.—It is practical- | | | |y certain that, if a real reapportion- Burean Beltrami, Koochiching | !|and Clearwater counties will form a {new district with one senator and| | representatives. ~ Cass and| | 1tasca probably. will form another |and Pennington, Red Lake and Mah- | nomen will go to make a new distriect, | | the former having one senator and- ! two representatives. Marshall Kitt- | i son and Roseau will have one senator‘ and two representatives. It is not! lially alter these groupings, accord-| ing to the most authentic information | | available. * * | Neither Senate nor House held a| ‘session today, adjournment being !‘Lakeu shortly after noon on Friday i until next week, the House convening | {on Monday at 8 p. m. and the Senate, | | yesterday when he introduced a reso-} TITRTRLE — i i = I i i S —De Mar in Philadelphia Repord Rapids took a tack in that direction! BASKETBALL TONIGHT lution providing a committee of nine, | one member from each Congressional | district, to be known'as a ‘-StaceiDegr River and Bemidji Quints to Affairs Committee” and whose duty| Meet in Armory. shall be to gather information on| legislature = facing the present session, such records to be| Tonight at 8:20 o’clock in the Ar-| | mory the basketball teams represent- ing the Deer River and Bemidji high schools will play. That the game will be a good one is assured, as the Deer River five has a reputation of being one of the fast- est teams in this part of Minnesota and the Bemidji quint will be better open for inspection by all members of the Legislature. This committee will also pass on bills and resolutions. A clerk at $10 per day is provided. x X ¥ After eulogizing the late dearly beloved Governor John A. Johnson as one of Minnesota’s most brilliant | Tuesday at 11 a. m. sons, a bill introduced in the House than ever this evening, says coach credit for the success of the banquet | agricultural school in connection can not be given Miss Grest and the | with the high school here in Bemidji. members of her cooking classes. |A standing vote was taken, every Dainty place cards were placed at|man present voting that Bemidii put | each seat with the lettering on them |in an application for ome of these “Be a Booster,” “Get in Line". This|schools, idea being carried out through the| Music was furnished during the evening. of the high school faculty. These cards were gotten}dinner by the high school orchestra, | up by Miss Wager and Miss Murray under the direction of Miss Ethel | *x x x | One of the latest acts of the House befere adjournment for the week was to take up the Robertson joint resolu=y tlon providing for the appointment |of a committee to investigate the! | needs of forest fire sufferers by mak- | ing a trip to the burned zone. The House considered the resolution as a | committee of the whole and recom- | mended that it “do pass”, and when | |a committee of the whole recommends that a thing “do pass” it certainly {“do”, except in extraordinary cases which certainly does not apply in this instance. The resolution will come up for final action early next week when it will go to the Senate which will undoubtedly receive it favorably and Speaker Dunn will ‘Lheu appoint the three House mem- | bers of the committee and Lieutenant | Governor Gordon, the two Senate imembers. This committee is ex- | pected to spend some time in Bemidji | |and that city will probably will be | the first stopping place. It will| ?proceed to the northern part of Bel- | trami county and will visit adjoining | counties. Of course, until the com- mittee is made up no one knows just what it will be. Donald Robertson {of Argyle, author of the resolution, |in the natural course of events, will be made chairman of the committee. x x X Beltrami county will receive $3,- | 225 from the state as reimbursement for money spent on roads and bridges if a bill from Andrew Davis of Elk River becomes a law. The Davis | bill provides for an award to many of the counties of the state through :fthe state highway commission. X X X The House, in a committee of the by Ole Peterson of New Ulm provides | for the appointment by the governor | of a commission of five to secure the erection of an appropriate monument over the grave of Governor Johnson Robinson. A curtain raiser will be played at -8 o’clock between the Freshmen and | Sophomores, the “lineup will be: | Freshmen—DMorrison, centre; Hay- | *x X X Owing to the illness of Attorney General Simpson, the | The main attraction will be begun Sheriff Hazen for remuneration from | at 8:20 sharp and the Beinidji lineup the state for the list of persons the: will be as follows: Elletson Bndi sheriff has designated as DrODeT yrony, forwards; Captain Larson, | parties to receive money for aid McDonald and given the stricken ately after the fire. centre; Chamberlain and Akenbach, guards. ! claims of | | centre; | guards. At a meeting of the basketball | was sent by Sheriff Hazen to the oy jagt night Neuman who has attorney general, is still in the ofice‘been captain of the five so far this of that official. ) | season asked that he be allowed to | i1'esig-n because of the condition of | hi , which brok in the| VISIT 8806 FAMILIES ceocicion nemias o na contns,| |he would be unable to play this| Spencer, | towns immedi- | This list, which | season. Louis Larson was then| American Sunday School Union | elected by the boys to lead them this| Workers Do Good Work. jyear. Larson was captain of this| | year’s championship football eleven {and that he made a good captain was ! “made evident by the way in which | George W. Andrick, 8 member of |y 1,0y gug in and pulled through the American Sunday School Union, games to a victory when things were arrived in the city this morning and indeed dark for them. will address congregations at the | Presbyterian and Methodist churches tomorrow morning. FORTY MINERS ARE KILLED Perish in Colliery Di: | During the past year the organiz- ation has done much good in Minne- Poland. sota, having visited 8906 families,‘ Berlin, Jan. 21.—A news dispatch started 170 new Sunday schools, | from Sosnowice, Russlan Poland, says brought 5620 children into the Sun- | that ‘fm-ly mingrn lost I'-!Eh' lives :;:t day schools, and distributed $786 | fire in the Casimir colliery near { | place. Three hundred and sixty oth. | | worth of literature. There are 140 | org escaped. | ster in Russian Sunday Sermons in Bemidji Scandinavian Lutheran. There will be no services as the pastor will be at Turtle River, but there will be Sunday school as usual. Baptist. Men’s Bible class 10. Morning service 11. Sunday school 12:15. B. Y. P. U. 7; topic, “The law of prevailing prayer.” Special *music by the choir. No evening service. Rev. S. W. Scott for many years a pastor in Ohio, will preach Sunday morping in the absence of the pastor who is supplying the pulpitat Park Rapids. German Lutheran. Services at the Baptist_church, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. jat St. Peter. An appropriation of| mor and Malone, forwards; Peck and | Methodist. | $25,000 is called for to cover the| | Service in Masonic Temple. Johnson, guards. Sophomores— | expense. | Bailey and Barber, forwards; Grendal | FT63¢hiug 10:45 and 7:30. Morn- ing subject.—""The Preaching of The Cross.” Evening subject— “Saved by Grace.” Sunday school 12, Epworth League 6:30. Topic— “Life Building.” The pastor will lead. Special music. Presbyterian. Morning worship at 11. At this hour we will begin a series of dis- courses on ‘‘The Bible, The Word of God.” Sunday school 12:15. Young Peoples, service 7. Evening Gospel service at 8. Thursday eve at 7:30 we will have our second study on the Second Coming of Christ. The | public is invited. INTERESTING SERVIGES Methodist Epworth League Program for Tomorrow Evening. Thought for the year—Apostolic teachings on the Christian career. Thought for the month—“Living with Christ”. Opening— Singing.— Sentence prayers.—Secripture Lesson: John 15:1-15. Miss Jennie Newton. Topic—Life building. Scripture topic discussed: Ephe- | preaching stations in Minnesota at the present time, conducted by this | order. Would Narrow Country Roads. St. Paul, Jan. 21.—About $5,000,000 | sians 4:11-16—Explain how the dif- | | ferent calling contribute unto a per- | worth of land is to be restored to the | fect man, and what is it to grow up | Murray, supervisor of music in the!whole, recommended for passage the Their chief aim is to open Sunday | farmers of Minnesota under a bill A five course dinner was served, Bemidji schools. consisting of: " Grape Fruit Mock Bisque Soup Olives | Roast Beef, brown gravy Mashed Potatoes Cream Peas CrackerséFARMERS HAVE TELEPHONES| | Organize Company Which Will Build | Bread Butter Orange Ice Waldorf Salad Brick Ice Cream Cake Coffee System This Winter. Several farmers living in the vicin- {ity east of Bemidji have organized a | company which will build a telephone jbiu appropriating funds to pay the 250 newspapers in Minnesota which published the proposed constitutional | amendments. | * X % = An effort to make it impossible by | the state board of pardons to com- mute the sentence of any person con- | victed of murder in the first degree is being made by Representative Joseph R. Keefe, democratic member from.| ;North Redwood. His bill takes After the dinner A. G. Wedge, Jr., line running to the farm of J. E.|away from the pardoning board mur- president of the commercial club, who was the evening’s toastmaster, thanked the girls of the cooking class | for the elaborate dinner, and they| ‘were given a standing vote of aprecia tion from the men present. Mr. Wedge then introduced F. B. Mc Leran, of Wrenshall, who is a con- ithis city. The line will connect | with the Northwestern Telephone ex- change here. Officers have been elected, and are as follows: Herman Eickstad, pres- |ident; William Haberlee, treasurer | and Albert Brewer, secretary. Swanson, about twelve miles east of | der cases in the first degree. x x % Northern Minesota members are | active for progressive legislation, | and if the present session doesn't! stand out on the scroll of time as a | model it will not be their fault, Representative L. H. Rice of Park | | Postoffice Rearranged. The postoffice has been rearranged | so that the money order window, which has been at the extreme end which was introduced into the house| schools in the rural districts. | by J. R. Keefe of North Redwood. Mr. Keefe's plan is to cut the public high-! | ways from four rods to three rods, thus giving back to the land owners the extra rod It is his contention | that this rod is not needed in the high- way and that all the room required wauld‘ be provided by the three-rod |in doubt until the final moment. of the office in now near the general | '°% delivery window. A special window for the new postal bank has also been installed. Killed While Playing Hangman. Chicago, Jan. 21.—Albert Deeruntz, sixteen years old, was killed while playing hangman with his two younger brothers. Albert was standing on a barrel that was open at the top and had around his neck the noose of a rope which was attached to a rafter. The barrel tipped and the boy dropped. night in a basketball game by a score | He died before his brothers could res- of 18 to 17. The game was rough | cue him. in the extreme and the outcome was | Date of G. A. R. Encampment. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 21.—The ex- ecutive committee of the staff of the commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. an- nounces that the national encampment will be held here Aug. 21 to 26. Illinois Defeats Minneesota. Illinois ~ defeated Minnesota last Skating at the rink tomorrow. 2 : i |into Christ our living head.—S. E. Herlocker. Philippians 2:12-14—Tell how we are to work out our own salvation— | Miss Bertha Malakowski. Colossians 2:6-7—Tell why Christ in us establishes one in the faith Miss Helen Minnick. Romans 13:14—What does Paul mean by “Provisions for theflesh”?— Miss Reca Graling. One minute talks on what will help us in “life building”. One minute talks en what will interfere with “life building”. “It is not the length of a step but the direction of it that counts”.— Ex-president Harrison. “There is more in making a life than there is in making a living”.— Ex-governor Russell of Mass. - / Communicated. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. INDIAN LID GASE UP T0 PRESIDENT TAFT No Immediate Action Will Be Taken On Minnesota Liquor Situation. WANT GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL Nicholson Shows That 1,100 Citizen Indians Are Now Living Off T Reservation. ‘Washington, to expectation, Jan. 20.—Contrary no decision was reached by President Taft on the Minnesota Indian liquor situation at last evening’s White House confer- ence. The indication is that no action will be taken until next week. The conference was devoted mostly to a discussion of the administratory powers of the president with refer- ence to the modification of various treaties while the decision of Judge Willard on the treaty of 1855 was subordinated. Those who participated in the dis- cussien were Secretary Ballinger, In- dian Commissioner Valentine, and S. E. Nicholson, representing the anti- saloon league. W. G. Calderwood of the Minnesota prohibition committee had not asked the president for an in- terwiew up to that time. Secretary Ballinger and Commis- sioner Valentine continued to be si- lent upon the subject, saying that the president had the matter in hand and would make an announcement in due time. Mr. Nicholson was not much more communicative, but from what he said it was gathered that he is to furnish some information to Commissioner Valentine relative to citizen Indians living outside the reservation, and also on other mat- ters on which Mr. Valentine is to render an opinion and is to send it to the president. Mr. Nicholson had previously fur- nished Taft with data showing the areas outside the reservation in which citizen Indians are residing. For instance, he showed that 1,100 of the Indians live in the locality cover- ed by the treaty of 1855, in the nor- thern part of the state. The anti-saloon league again urged the president to order an appeal from the Willard decision in the belief that the supreme court will reverse that decision. W. G. Calderwood, at his confer- ence with Assistant Attorney Gener- |al Dennisson, discussed the legal | questions involved in the Willard de- cision. He strongly urged that an appeal be taken to the supreme court. Mr. Dennisson indicated it would be | several days before he would be | ready to prepare an opinion. INDIANS MUST WAIT TUnable to Secure Permission to Cut Burned Timber. Red Lake Indians will have to wait until next winter at least for permission from the secretary of the interion to log the burned timber on their reservation. Representative Steenerson called today upon the in- terior department to press the peti- tion which the indians submitted last November for the privilege of cut- ting and disposing of the timber. He was infopmed, without a good explanation of the delay in acting upon the petition, that it came too late in the session to make a decision upon it worth while. Representative Steenerson was told also that in view of the scatter- ed disposition of the burned trees it is doubtful if the logging of the timber would be practicable. The grant of the petition next year will depend in a measure upon what the government will do with the green timber on the reservation. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.