Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 25, 1911, Page 1

[ MINNFSOTA H ! . HISTORICAL - T D P ks HE MIDJI DAILY FIONEER . N VOLUME 9. NUMBER 179. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATCRDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. POPROROPVIROECOv 1GOVERNORS LEAVE | CITERERSTIRY SENTENGED VINCENT T0 SPEAK — STPAULONMONDAY |z zosg, o e e HERE IN FEBRUARY ¢ Dr. A. A. Ames, who died in Min- ' neapolis last week, left an estate of S To Travel 21 Days on Luxurious 11:;1; ;3&0 all of which was willed to Acoepts Tuvitation. of Nerth Ceatral Train of Palace Sleepers and The Rt. Rev. Charles Scadding, ' Minnesota Teachers’ Association to Display Cars. “ COST OF THE JOURNEY $75,000 ‘Executives From Northwest to Plead | o muitimillionaire. home in Newark, N. J., of pneumo-} He was 72 years old, AT Sor Settlers in Towns Far East as New York. Dextination of Unique Trip Planned By Brady is St. Louis on De- cember 19. ~ [ st Paul, Minn. Nov. 25.—(Spec- ial to Daily Pioneer).—The prepara- A" zions for the tour of the East by the party of eleven governors of as many tern and northwestern States, heduled to start from here mext Monday, are practically completed. ? The “Governors Special” train has +~ Dbeen “made up”’ and fully equipped and stands ready to start on its long journey when the signal for depar- s given. The train is long and of several sleeping cars, 2nough to accommodate the gover- nors and the members of their re- ve parties, a e car and five cars containing arranged exhibits of the agri- cultural, horticultural T resources of the western states repre- nted by their executives in the par- These Will Go. The governors included in the par- 11 be Adolph O. Eberhart of Min- John Shafroth E. Carey of Wyoming, R. L. of South Dakota. John Burke nesota Joseph . Edwin Morris of Montana, M. of Washington. Oswald West Tasker Oddie of Nevada Johnson of California. ors will be ompanied etaries and members of The party will be in vernor James H. ) h whom 1t} nated. and Ril v of the Chamber of gon. . Idaho Cost $75.000: Lasts 21 Days. The tonr of the western g TNOTS. total cost of which will about L0060, will extend over a period of — during which time 3 ve visited. The train will start from here on Monday 3 ing and will make the following Nov: 28 i Nov. » and Grand Rapids: Nov. 30 Detroit and Toledo: Dec. 1 Cleve- S land: Dec Buffalo: Dec. 4 Roches- ter: Dec vracuse and Utica: Dec. : Dec. 7 Washington: Dec. S Baltimore: Dec. 9 Philadelphia Dec. 11 New York: Dec. 12 Harri 13 Pittsburgh Dec. 14 Dec. 15: Indianapolis: % St. Louis: Dec. 19 St. Paul. Object is to Get Settlers. At all cities where the “Governors’ - Special” ceptions and banquets in honor of the visiting executives. The cars con- taining the exhibits will be thrown | open to the public and there will be some official in every car to answer questions and to distribute literature " setting forth the advantages to set- of the large fertile areas of the The exhibits contain spec1- mens of grains and other agricultur-| al products, displays of the various| kinds of timber growing in the West | and specimens of minerals mined in the various western States. In addi- tion there are hundreds of maps and photographs showing the results of ¥ conservation through irrigation, dry farming, drainage and other meth- ods employed to conquer adverse na- tural conditions in the so-called “arid belt.” To Meet Other Governors. One of the special missions of the touring governors will be to attend {Continued on last pagw) dining car. bag-| and mineral | of Colorado, ! orth Dakota, James Hawley of| will stop there will be re-| Protestant Episcopal bishop of Ore- gon, celebrated his 50th birthday an- niversary at Portland today. Death today claimed John F. Dryden, former United States sena- tor, president and founder of the Pru- dential Life Insurance company and He died at his nia. At Deer River, Minn., Clara Con-| ley, 8 years old, was shot and almost. instantly killed at the Donnelly} « " T ATTEND RIVERS CONGRESS |schoolhouse when a rifle in the hands !of her brother aged 13 years was ac- cidentally discharged. The shooting occurred just after the arternoon ses- sion, before a large group of pupils. The first through train ever op- erated between a Missouri river point and the Southeast will be placed in 'service tomorrow by the Southern Railway. The train will be known as the “Kansas City-Florida Special” and will be run regularly during the winter season between Kansas City and Jacksonville. New York today held its usual ob- servance of Evacuation Day, the an- niversary of the evacuation of the {city by the British troops, at the end |of the revolutionary war. On Nov. 25, 1783, the last British troops on |down the bay Washington's tered. army en- the mail car of Atlantic Coast line {train 55. between Roster and Colum- bia, S. C., stopped the train and jumped off just before the train reached the limits. The value of the registered imail stolen is not known, but the| |1etters are said to contain several thousand dollars. Several hundred bankers, their families and friends. who have been |attending the annual convention of |the American Bankers' association at New Orleans this week, left at noon on a trip to Panama. Three chartered for the | today steamships were vovage. { spection of special trains. | John Bigelow, who was United States minister to France during the received the congratula- host of friends in on the beginning of his futh year. Since his retirement from public life some forty years ago Mr. Bigelow has been engaged in literary "labors. In spite of his advanced vears he works regularly every day. civil war, ns of a York today NOT SUBJECT TO CRITICISM Myhre and Rako Not Subject to Re-|ceiled practically air tight and they ‘terws of radium, liquid air and Wll'e-} | less telegraphy, demonstrations be- buke Says Public Examiner Fritz. sioners Myhre and Rako is i i unjust | in connection with the public report | ‘ dangerous manner as they live all u:u of the public examiner is shown by {from Public Examiner Andrew E. |Fritz: “Dear Sir: We are in re- iceipt of your favor of the Sth inst., with reference to the refund of $5 on the filing fee paid by you. Upon consulting the files of the attorney general’s office we found a copy of the letter to which you refer and as | this refund was made in accordance with that opinion, you are not sub- ject to ecriticism. However, as this | opinion is contrary to one in the pub- | lished report of the attorney gemeral for 1908 (opinion No. 97) upon }'which our demand for was made, we have taken the mat- ner up with the writer of the opin- {lon sent to you and he will advise us in regard to same in a short time. Upon receipt of his letter we will write you again and in the meantime the matter may be held abeyance. Yours very truly, Andrew E. Fritz, Public Examiner.”” Commissioners Myhre and Rako each paid filing fees {of $10, which was $5 more than the 'law required and in refunding the ‘$a overpaid county warrants were issued. i Terrific thunderstorms accompany tornadoes, which are short in dura- tion and quite local. | American soil departed from the city,’ and as their ships made their way | A masked man last night robbed | took the registered letters, | (Copyright. 1811) |Dr. Collard Says Whites Have ‘ Brought Ravages of Consump- | tion to Red Men. | | | city ’ALSO CONTAMINATED SQUAWS 'conferred upon two candidates, J. Ev- ! Annihilation as a result {white man’s civilization brought with it the ravages of tub- | erculosis is the fate staring the In- }diaus of the country in the face, de- clares Dr. Collard, jvears has been located on the Red who for The party will make an in—: the Panama canal and | tour across the Isthmus and back in New | is still in good health and | | the following to Commissioner Myhre | Lake agency in this country. Dr. Indians are rapidly losing wonderful physique which was| that | “imens, as a race | | they are degenerating physically. Tuberculosis is making great inrcads them. were strong and rugged, get- plenty of fresh air. taking plenty of exercise and eating nour- hi food. “With civilization encroaching up- lon them, they acquired all the de- ‘mmalxzm" habits and few of the vir- |tues.Drink creates havoc among ‘uum Their winter huts are now upen \mu become easy prev to tuberculosis. | | When ane member of the family be-| That criticism of County Commis-!comes infected, all members of the! ranvm are exposed in the most fa heap. | ~While there are some other dis-| | eases which have fastened upon them ‘laa a people, tuberculosis is by far the | most fatal, and unless their mode of living changes materially it will make still greater inroads upon them. Imagine white tubercular patients living as Indians do. How long would they last? The Indians originally, and in their native state, had great constitutions, but at the i1y few who reflect the sturdiness of their vigorous ancestors. The white they have accepted more eagerly of the bad things than the good. “They are much more lax in their on the part of a squaw or brave was comparatively rare, but most of them are pretty lax now. This is not universal, by any means, as some of them are very moral and virtuous, but liquor and other white tempta- tions have created havoc in many way.” In filling teeth our dentists use pure gold. But in bridgework coin gold is employed. Coin gold is nine parts pure and omne part copper by weight. of the! which | seven | While there are| When living in tepeesj present time there are comparatlve-' man has brought them more curses: repayment | than blessings, or, to put it better,| ® morals than formerly. Then infidelity | | Initiate Two, Banquet and Elect New | Staff of Officers. More than tuu Udd Fellows gath-! ered at the 1. O. F. hall last evening | to celebrate the first annual “Roll! | Call” meeting of the local lodge of| ! the Independent Order of Odd Fel-| '10\\'5 The initiatory degree was‘ an Carsowmund M. Silverberg. After the regular lodge work a banquet was |served by the Rebeccas. At the so- cial session C. J. Woodmansee of the Majestic sang, accompanied at the |piano by Miss Hazel Fellows and | | County Superintendent of Schools W. {B. Stewart gave an interesting talk {along the lines of good Odd Fellow- | ship. During the business session | the election of officers for the ensu- {ing term was held and the following {officers were elected: N. G. C. F. Schroeder, . G. E. H. Denu, R. Sec. | C. L. Larson, F. Sec. F. E. Moore, | | Treas. Earl Geil and Trustee, J. K. | | Titus. PATTY SEATS ARE GOING FAST. Good Attendance Assured for Se- | crets of Science Show Monday. Many tickets were today sold at| | the Netzer drug store for the Patty entertainment to be given in the! {High School auditorium on ‘\Iondaw |evening. Several good {and 50 cents remain. |ment is a demonstration of the mys- seats at 75 ing given by the lecturer. | Herbert Rhoda Kills 225 Pound Deer. Clerk of Court Fred Rhoda and his | brother. Herbert Rhoda, of Prairie returned last night from Tur- 4tle River where they spent the past two days hunting. Herbert Rhoda | succeeded in killing a deer, the first he ever had shot. | The island of Margarita, on the| inorth coast of and belonging to Ven-} ezuela, has a population of 60, 000 | who subsist principally by its Defll‘ll 1and other fisheries. 0000000000000 0 6 © Three Boys Use Want Ad @ and Sell Eighteen Lots {® Three sons of J. J. Opsahl, {® Roy, years old; Leo, 10 and Mor- & ri, nine, were given some five and 20 acre lots at White Fish junction near Nebish to sell. The boys went about their real estate business right. They put an ad in the Want Ad department of the Daily Pio- neer. “The boys have sold 16 5 acre & and two 20 acre lots,” tele- ® phoned Mr. Opsahl today, “and | they say the Pioneer ad did the & @ 00000000066 o | rooms at The pnterta1n~}dd\ Long]v&am to get the full $100,000 if pos- 225 pound i SEES DOOM OF INDIANS oo ovp FELLOWS CELEBRATE NCLE SAM MAY BUILD 1At Meeting Today. Steenerson Pledg- es Support in Behalf of $100,000 Federal Building. | ASKS BEMIDJI TO HELP HIM Congressman arrived Halvor in Bemidji meeting of Steenerson today and at a club, called at his request, he declared he would work for the passage of a bill allowing Bemidji an appropriation of the Commercial 1$100.000 for a new federal building and asked co-operation and sugges- tions v any further legislation of special interes More tha and profe of Bemidji's busi onal men met at the club 30 p. m. W. A Gould. {vice-president of the Commercial |club, in the absence of President T. |J. Burke, presided, and introduced he congressman. s | Steenerson . said: “As I leave ‘mr W ashington D. C., on Thanksgiv- ling day, 1 thought it would be well {to consult with the citizens of this city regarding any special or regular ilegislation that might be taken up at the coming session of congress. As congress convenes the first Mon- in December. I would have no other opportunity before I 0. “The one proposition I feel that is |certain to come before this session is | the appropriation bill introduced by me at the last session providing for |an appropriation of $100.000 for a new federal building for Bemidji. I sible. ‘What I would ask at this time is that the Commercial Club and cit- izens of Bemidji co-operate with me in behalf of securing the passage of this bill. I will keep in close touch with your postmaster, Mr. Erickson, and make suggestions to you through him where and when I feel they will be of assistance to me. Bemidji is a live, growing town and is fully en- titled to a new federal building. There are three cities in my district which now have federal buildings or appropriations for one, Crookston, Fergus Falls and Moorhead.” Mr. Gould called for remarks and suggestions from the members, and after a general discussion he voiced the sentiments of the meeting by saying that the club would be pleased to co-operate with Mr. Steenerson. Mr. Steenerson left this afternoon for his home in Crookston. Two final proof notices were heard in the clerk of court’s office today. David R. Ruliford of Blackduck was the first and he had as his witnesses Theodore C. Newcomb and John A. ‘Wentworth both of Blackduck. Ar- business.” @ Moral: use the Pioneer want & ads. L4 POPOOOPO0COOOOCOOP @@@@@-5"@@@@'@*@@ chie Logan of Nebish had his hearing this afternoon and he had as his wit- nesses Peter L. Sundet of Tenstrike and Emil Falk of Blackduck. Come to Bemidji. TELLS DYER HE WILL TALK To Be Feature of Two Days’ Gather- ing of Organization of 300 Pedagogues. PROGRAMS BEING ARRANGED boemcen. President Keenan of Deer River Working With Local Secretary on Two Day Session. George E. Vincent, president of the University of Minnesota, will deliver a public address in Bemidji on the evening of Thursday, February 8 This will be the first public ap- pearance here of the newly elected university head and he will come un- der the auspices of the North Cen- tral Minnesota Teachers association which will be in session here on Fri- day and Saturday, February 9 and 10. Says He Will Be Here. City Superintendent of Schools W. P. Dyer of this city, secretary and treasurer of the teachers association, has received word from President Vincent that he will &ccept the invi- tation to make a talk here on the above date. “We feel fortunate Vincent,” in obtaining President said Professor Dyer, “as he is much in demand. As a matter of fact we endeavored to get him here for Friday evening, but he had another appaintment to speak on that day and we understand that 16r ma his speaking dates weeks in advance are practicall May Talk at High School. t ha; been decided where the The favored public address will uditorium be given. High hool a and as more than 200 persons can that be eated theer it is probable will be om this announcement the s of the te ers association are unable to give rther information ling the February program. Ev- effort will be made, however, to ha e it of keen interest to the peda- gogues and some of the sessions will be of special interest 1o the publie. About 300 Members. Superintendent G. E. enan of Deer River is pres: nt of the asso- ciation which includes all towns from Deer River to Thief River Falls and from Park Rapids to International Falls. About teachers are ex- pected to attend the conventiom here. They Liked Bemidji. The convention was held here last vear and the visitors were so pleased with Bemidji hospitality that they Wwere not 300 backward in confessing that they should like to come Dack again this year, althoughi It has been the policy to hold the gathering in different towns each year. Bemidji’s central location was another factor in eausing the decision to meet here this winter. Sessions Will Be Busy. The Vincent talk will be given as a preliminary event to the conven- tion proper which will convene the following day. Sessions will be held that day and visiting teachers will inspect the schools. Saturday will be the big and busy day of the con- vention. FOOTBALL RESULTS TODAY.