Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 26, 1911, Page 1

ot THE BEMI GORDON WRITES HIS PARK RAPIDS PLANS Lieutenant Governor to Attend Edi- torial Meeting and Will Bring State Newspaper Officials. UNABLE TO ACT AS UMPIRE Had Been Assigned to Act With Eber- hart as Arbiter of Game Between the Writers. MANY PRIZES BEING RECEIVED Secretary Rutledge Also in Receipt of Memberhip Applications, Some Being Outside of District Lieutenant Governor Sam Y. Gor- don of Brown’s Valley, in a letter re- ceived today by Secretary A. G. Rut- ledge o1 the Northern Minnesota Editorial Association, says he will attend the gathering of the editors at Park Rapids on June 9 but that it will be impossible for him to be there in time to perform the import- ant but hazardous duties as umpire in a game of baseball between the newspaper men on June 8. Govern- or Eberhart is to umpire for the “leans” and it had been hoped that the lieutenant governor would act for the “corpulent” aggregation. Lieutenant Governor Gordon’s letter follows: Gordon Tells of Plains. “In reply to your recent lelter permit me to say that I cannot be in attendance before Saturday as I am booked for Chisholm on the evening of the 9th and at St. Paul on the 8th. 1 see, however, that you have a long list of speakers for the banquet so you can get along without me. You are going to have the distinction of having practically al of the officers of the State Editorial Association at your outing. The executive com- mittee will meet with me there on the 9th to talk over plans for the summer outing of the state associa- tion.” Reports that Harold Knutson, who recently sold his Foley Independent and who is president of the Norther Minesota Kditorial association, would not attend are incorrect as Mr. Knut- son today notified Mr. Rutledge that he would be present. Mary D. Mc Fadden of St. Paul will be a guest of the Park Rapids women. Editors to Act as Pitchers. Prizes to be awarded in the pro- grams of games and sports to be par- ticipated in by the editors continue to be received. They consist of printers’ paraphernalia, merchan- dise of all kinds and cash. There is a $15 cash prize up for the ball game. Editor Rudolph Lee of Long Prairie wil pitch for the “fats” and VOLUME 9. NUMBER 24. CHRISTENS NEW BATTLESHiP Miss Dorothy Eunice Knight, daugh- ter of Former Chief Justice Jesse Knight of Wyoming, was chosen spon sor for the new battleship Wyoming, which was launched at Philadelphia today. A A A A A A A A A A A AN Prns. Secretary Rutledge for the “leans.” Other prizes will be awarded on Fri- day, June 9, for boat races, foot rac- ing, pitching of quoits. Secretary Rutledge today said: Too Many Seek Admittance. “Many inquiries have been re- ceived as to the territory covered by our association and I have been com- pelled to turn down applicants out- side of our district. Park Rapids people are completing plans to give the editors and other visitors a rayal welcome.” Confirmed His Suspiolon. Ben Nathan. the English humorist, on returning home from a visit to this upon. the glories of California. listening patiently the friend said: “But there must be some disadvan- tages in living there?” “No,” said Mr. Natban, “it is a per fectly ideal place. For any man who will work”— j “Ah,” broke-in the friend, “I knew there were some disadvantages!” country was expatiating to. *,érlend Bait. She—Why, Charlie, you seem to have become quite a man of fashion—such clothes, such jewelry! He—Yes; you see, my creditors are very anxious that 1 should get married.—Simplicissimus. Their Use. *“Do you enjoy your meals, old man?” “Enjoy my meals?” snorted the In- dignant dyspeptic. *“My meals are merely guideposts to take medicine be- fore or after.”—Washington Herald. The Way of the World. “Isn’t it awful? According to the papers there just seems to be one rev- olution after another.” “Yes. 'That's the way the world goes round.”—Judge. HE WILL ATTEND THE CORONATION OT the least distinguished among those who will attend the corona- tion of King George in official capacities will be General A, W. Greely, U. 8. A. He has been appointed military aide to John Hays Hammond, the speclal ambassador who is to represent the United States ad the cere- mony. General Greely galned fame and rank not only in the Civil war, but later as an arctic explorer. army. He formerly was chief signal officer of the FOR MEMORIAL HALT In Official Proclamation, Executive Requestes That All Business Be Suspended Next Tuesday. DAY HAS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE Fiftieth Anniversary of Firing on| Sumter Which Launched Great Civil Struggle. URGES LESSON IN PATRIOTISM: Believes Rising Generation Slmnla Profit By Bravery of Men Who Wore the Blue and Grey. Calling attention to the fact thaf| it was half a century.ago that Fort: Sumter was fired on,’thus launchin the great Civil War, Mayor. John Parker, in an official Memorial: day{ proclamation urges. all ~citigens “to properly. observe the day, and ‘re- quests ‘that all places. of ‘ business, out of respect to the old ‘soldiers and in honor of the sacred day, be closed. The mayor’s proclamation ln full follows: : The Mayor’s Proclamation. “As the governor has proclaimed Tuesday, May 30, 1911 as Memorial day in memory of our deceased sol- diers, who fought and bled for their country, and our’s and also to show respect. for those who are living and to decorate and strew with flowers the graves of our beloved dead. “As half a century has elapsed since the guns of the south were turned on Fort Sumter, Decoration day this year should take on a deep- pspignificance than, “Throughout the country the fif- tieth anniversary of the awakening of that great wave of patriotism of 1861 is being observed in more than an ordinary manner. The tottering old man of today, at that time knew no fear. They carried and fought under the Stars and Stripes for four long years before they saw the con- federate forces give up their sword to the silent man at Appomattox. “The events of those days are now being pictured to the youth and manhood of today and, as there is nothing of more importance than to teach patriotism to the coming gen- eration and try and make them as patriotic as the boys who wore the blue and grey and left their .homes and families and marched - to' the front in the days of ’61, also in the days of '98 during the Spanish- American war. Wants Business Stopped. “I now therefore declare Tuesday, May 30, 1911 the day set by our gov- ernor as Memorial day in our city and to be observed as such by all patriotic. citizens, and ask all places of business to suspend for the day and help observe same as it should be. “Witness my hand and seal this 26 day of May, 1911. JOHN C. PARKER, Mayor.” Oddities of the Printing Shop. Here 1s a row of capital letters and figures of ordinary size and shape just as you will find them in the daily newspaper: SSSSXXXX 2772733338888 They are such as are made up of two parts of similar form. Look carefully at these and you will perceive that the upper halves of the characters are a very little smaller than the lower halves, so little that, at a mere glance, you would declare them to be of equal size. Now turn this page upside down, and without any careful looking you will see that the difference in size is very much exaggerated—that the real top half of the letter is very much smaller than the other balf. It will be seen by this that there is a tendency in the eye to enlarge the upper part of any object upon which it looks. Thus two circles of unequal size might MAYORPARKERASKS | “MAYARNOLD” WANTS CHILDREN Crookston Woman Arrested Here Makes Threats Against Husband. Acquitted on the charge of ab- duction Mrs, W. T. Campbell of Crookston, arrested in Bemidji under the name of May Arnold, is now try- ing to regain possession of her two children, whom she placed in the Bemidji schools when she came from Crookston. While Mrs. Camp- bell was detained in jail at Crooks- ton, her husband came to Bemidji and took the children, a boy and a girl, to Crookston. Immediately on her release, Mrs. Campbell came to Bemidji to get her children whom she had left with a friend and was surprised to find them gone. She ‘has now located them in Crookston at the home of Mrs. Dufour. Mrs. ‘Campbell threatens legal action against her husband to regain the children. " 'Japan's 8napping Turtle Farm. One of the oddest farms in the world turns out each year tens of thousands of suapping turtles and has solved the problem of preserving the supply of what- 18 to the Japanese as great A delicacy as diamond back terra- pin is to some Americans. This queer farm consiats of a number of ponds. Certain of them are set apart as breed- ing ponds. Once a day a man goes over ‘the shores and with little wire baskets covers up all néw egg de- posits. Sometimeés thousands of these wire baskets are in sight at a time marking the places where the eggs lie and preventing turtles from scratching the earth from them. Hatching re- quires from forty to sixty days, ac- cording to the weather. The young as Soon as they appear are put in separate small ponds and are fed with finely chopped fish. They eat this during September and October and late in October burrow in the mud for the winter, coming out in April or May. Most of them are sold in the market when they are from three to five years old, at which time they are most deli- be drawn and so placed that they |cate.—Harper's. would appear exnctly alike.—New York World. Wanted Them Green. “Two starboard tights,” sald the diner to the waiter in a Broadway res- taurant. The waiter looked over the wine list, and his eye ran dowu to the liqueurs, for his two patrons had reached the post coffee stage of their dinner. He looked blankly at the list. He could see no such cordial. “Starboard lights, sir?" he asked. *“Yes; . starboard lights—two—and hurry!” The walter sought the maitre d'hotel and asked what the drink might be. “Creme de menthe,” said that imper- turbable person, ‘“It's what they call Salt Eaters. Idiosyncrasy often takes the form of a special craving for instead of an ob- Jection to certain foods. Many people possess- an extraordlnary relish for common salt and will eat it by the tea- spoonful when opportunity = admits. This sometimes leads to obesity and drapsy, but it has also the peculiar ef- fect of increasing the weight. ~When a Man Makes His Will. It 1s. a morbid superstition that a -man dies when he makes his will More often he lives happily and long after he has doue 0. It relleves his ‘em in England."—New York Press. - auxieties.—Londo DEFECTIVE PAQGF OR the first time in | home has been provi un Una*&. States s ‘permanent story- for an American ambassador at one of “the large European éapitals. Late in-last session a bill ed. through congress mvldlnx for: th-pmhm ‘of dipiomatio residences in foreign elmu! -But already the new. system was inaugurated at Berlin last fall' when Ambassador Hil} moved Into the embassy on the Drgke strasse. The changi cept’ a-mission in° Europe. WARNING TO BARKER Gets Letter Cautioning Him to Quit Predictions—Signed By Initials. Only. . OF INTEREST TO JUNE BRIDES A letter of warning was received at the Barker Ddug Store during the past week cautioning the advertise- ment writer of this concern about predicting weddings during the coming month. The letter reads: Barker Drug Store. Adv. Dept. Bemidji, Minn. Gentlemen: In reply to your ar- vertisement in last Friday’s Pioneer 1 take the liberty of giving you a timely warning regarding the pre- diction of so many June weddings, which you say are to take place in this city. I know what I am talk- ing about, when I say that there will be few if any weddings in Bemidji the coming month. Take it from me, July will be the big wedding month this year. Don’t advertise otherwise again. Yours truly, A F. C. D. Mr. Barker stated today that in| spite of this' warning he has decided to keep right on advertising the fact that he has made bigger preparations than ever before for the June bride. “This is the first time.in the his- tory of my business career that I have been cautioned as 'to how to conduct my advertising campaign,” said Mr. Barker, “but it will not al- ter my future plans in the least.” Today’s issue of the Pioneer car- ries Barker’s. ad headed “Bridal Gifts.” 1In it he keeps right on tell- ing about June brides. A marriage license was issued today to Alphons) B. Kobe and Inez Johnson, both of Kelliher. Mrs E. F. Ne zer of Cicokston, arrived in the city today aund is -making arrangements to live here. A Big Drawback. A man was praising the improve- ments by a friend in his dwelling. *Your house'looks a lot better now that it has been palnted.” “Well.” the ‘man who had been re- decorating admitted gloomily, “it does look a bit better, but.we shall have to ‘clean the windows more mmuy to keep in harmony with e i old system it was lmpossible for nny man of moderats means to ac- 18 'au important one, since under the J. J. OPSAHL NAMED APPRAISER Governor Selects Bemidji Man Who Will Prepare Beltrami Land ' Statistics. J.~J. Opsahl of this city, former member of M‘e Minnesota house of repréBentatives and one of the most prominent land dealers and cruisers of this section, has been named by Governor Eberhart to represent the executive in the work of appraising the state lands in Beltrami county, ‘which work will be done in conjunc- tion with a representative from the State auditor’s office and a third party to act for the board of county com- missioners of this county. Mr. Kee will do the work for State Auditor Iverson. Nels Otterstad of Turtle River, at one time classifier for the state, will act for Beltrami county. In accepting the appointment from the governor, Mr. Opsahl says that in making his reports as appraiser he proposes to give information as to the character of the land with re- lation to its value when cleared, if necessary to clear, whether some- what swampy, etc., in fact full in- formation as to the land, which he velieves should be furnished to the State Immigration Board, superin- tendents of schools and members: of school boards, etc. Eskimo Trial Marriage. . The trlal marriage 18 an ineradl- cable custom among thé Hskimos. If a young man and woman are not suited with each other they try-again, and sometimes several times, but when they find mates to whom they are adapted the arrangement is generally permanent. If two men want to marry the same woman they settle the ques- tion by a trial of strength, and the better man has his way.—*“The North Pole.”” by Robert’B.‘Peary. Helping Dad. Small Johnny—Papa, would you be glad i£ T saved a dollar for you? Papa —Certainly, my- son.. Small Johnny ~—Well, 1 saved it for yon, all right. You said if 1 brought a first class re- port from my teu:her this. week you would give me a"dollar, and T didn’t bring lL—rChlctgo New: What She Wanted. Father (to his daughter)—T’ve brought you a zither for your birthday, my dear, and a book by which you can | teach yourself to play on it in a month. Daughter—But it was the zither teach- er [ wanted most—Fliegende Bhtm Honesty. % Judge—Did you have a partner ‘with you: when you committed this bur- glary? Burglar—No, your homor. I mever works with' anybody. You see, Jou mnever can tell whm achap is lmnlt .ot notl 2 Charles Peterson Dead as Result of Illegal Hunting Expedition With George Brown. - “WE WERE JAGGED” SAYS PAL Were Tumbling Into Hut on Shore of Mud Lake, When Shot Gun . Exploded. GORON‘.EB. BEGINS INVESTIGATION Dying Man Declares He Did Not Know How It Happened, But Blames Self. In an: accidentj; not without lt.s mysterions angles, Charles Peterson, 36 years.old, and-the father of six children, received a mortal gun shot ‘wound in his side at a hut on the shores of Mud Lake shortly after midnight last night and died two hours later in the hotel at Puposky. George Brown was the only eye witness to - the shooting. He and Peterson were out on a deer “shin- ing” expedition. “Shining” deer s the easiest method of catching these animals. Hunters take up a posi- tion near the lake shore and when the deer come to drink they flash a dark lantern in the eyes: of the animal and the deer ‘thus dazzled lr easily captured. ¥ Go to Hut at Midnight.,,‘ % The two men, after a trip along the lake shore had gone to the ahout three __trgm“mb “The door was hstened and Peterson climbed in in the dark and a moment afterward a shot was discharged. The gun was loaded with buckshot and its contents hit Peterson ‘in a vital spot and in the side, near the back. Brown got his dying companion to Puposky as soon as possible and by telephone summoned Dr. E. H. Marcum of this city but the wounded man‘was beyond all help and died soon after the physician arrived. Gill Peterson, a brother of the dead man, in Bemidji today gives the following account of the shoot- ing: Brother Tells of Shooting. “George Brown and my brother Charles went to Mud Lake yesterday afternoon, taking with them a shot gun, just for what purpose I cannot say but supposedly for “shining” deer. It seems that afterward the two men went to the hut and there ‘| the shooting took place but how it happened no knows Brown.” As the result of a telephone con- versation with Game Warden S. C. Bailey; Brown came to Bemidji this afternoon and gave the Daily Pio- neer, the following statement, after having announced his intention of pleading guilty to the charge of “shining” deer: 3 one except -“We Were Jagged,” Says Brown. “Both Peterson and myself were prétty well jagged .up. We had been. out hunting-and - had been drinking all afternoon. Peterson wag_even drunker than I. I knew of this hut and told Peterson, who I had been working for and who was one of the best friends T ever had, ‘that-we had -bettér turn in there and get some sleep, that we had had enough to drink. “Peterson _climbed in the window, and I was following along close be- hind when I heard sort of a crack— not a loud report, and Charlie said, ‘George, I have been shot.”’ I told him to brace up. I didn’t think he could be shot. . Then I saw the blood. Then I went to the Durrand home and secured services of the Durand boys and got Peterson to Puposky as goon as possible and telephoned ‘for the doctor. Charlie Was Conmunu i -“Charlie’ was® conscious and the shock ‘semed: to.sober: him up. He said hedidn’t know how he did it. There was a grindstone in the hut and possibly the trigger caught on it./ He was dragging the gun we had. Only one barrel, charged with nine buckshot went off.. I thing they all went into Charlie’s body.” Coroner Ibertson left for Puposky this afternoon and will mnks & com- plete investigation. ‘The funeral of Peterson will be held at Puposky on Sunday. 5 SHOT AT MIDNIGHT HILLSDEER“SHINER” it 2ot