Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 22, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ e MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, VOLUME 9. NUMBER 201. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BOY/ANDGIRL SHARE ORATORICAL HONORS Hiram Simons, Jr., Wins With Hen- ry’s Plea and Cathryn MacGreg- or Best Humorous. FLORENCE FREEZE SECOND Izetta Fischer Barely Misses First Place for Comical Recital of Bride's Experience. JUDGES HAVE DIFFICULT TASK Ineidental Music Enjoyed By Audi- ence Which Paid $15 to Witness Interesting Program. That Cathryn MacGregor and Hi- ram A. Simons, Jr., are to represent the Bemidji High School in the in- terscholastic declamatory contest at Park Rapids in March, was the de- cigion of the judges of the prelimi- nary contest held last night in the high school and participated in by 14 pupils. Cathryn MacGregor, whose selec- tion, “A Piece of Cake,” is humorous, had as her closest rival Izetta Fisch- er, . who spoke “Her first visit to the Butcher.” ! Florence Freeze with “The Death | Bridge o’ the Tay,” won second place in the serious class. Assembly Room Filled. The high school assembly room in which the contest took place was well filled. the door receipts being $15 and this money will be used to defray the contest expenses. Charles Gerlinger, a member of this year’s senior class, presided and the program began at 8 o’clock. The first number was a song by the Girls’ lee club, “The Swing Song.” The girls were led by Miss Ethel Mur- ray, instructor of music in the pub- lic schools, and were accompanied by Miss Mable Wheeler. The Program Begins. ! The first number was the “Sup- posed Speech of John Adams” by Melvin Galchutt. He was followed by Cathryn MacGregor with her hu- morous recitation “A Piece of Cake.” “Sparticus to the Gladiators” was the' next oration, delivered by Alev Ripple. Then humorous Walter! Jones recited “A Railway Matinee.” A monologue “Jimmy Brown's Steam Chair,” which formerly.- won second place at the preliminaries, was recit- ed by John Gainey. The next number, which proved second best of the serious pieces, was “The Death Bridge o' the Tay,” by} Florence Freeze. This poem, written | by Will Carleton, tells the story of the destruction of the famous bridge | of Dundee. Helen Minnick Clever. 3 A humorous selection, “Keeping a | Seat at the Benefit,” a difficult piece | was well recited by Helen Minnick, } who was followed by a violin solo by} Ralph Johnson. The music was, “The Slavonic Cradle Song” by Fran- cisca Verda. Mrs. C. G. Johnson ac- companied her son on ilie piano. The only two freshmen who par- ticipated then delivered their ora- tions. One of them, Merle Spencer, gave a splendid delivery of “Gentle- men, the King.” Julia Watney, his classmate, gave the Swedish dialect version of Longfellow’s “Courtship of Miles Standish,”” and made a hit. Hazel Hulett Near Winner. “The Guillotine,” by Victor Hugo was delivered by Orin Rudolph. He was followed by James Malone, who told Mark Twain’s story, “A Critical Situation.” Another humorous piece by James Whitcome Riley, “The Be- setting Sin” was then given by Ha- zel Hulett, who was favored by many as the humorous piece winner." The next recitation was “Her First Visit to the Butcher,” by Izetta Fischer, winner of second piace in the humorous division. The program was ‘then concluded company. of March 23, 1775,” by Hiram Si- mons, Jr. A piano duet, which was enthusi- astically applauded by the audience was played by Gertrude Malone:and Clara Dicaire, while the marks of the judges were being computed. McDonald Offers Congratulations, The judges were M. J. Brown, E. H. Denu and E. E. MacDonald. Mr. MacDonald announced the deeision: He said that the decision was close and hard to make, one of the judges having remarked that he had not done such hard work for years. He also complimented the citizens and teachers for the schools of this city and what they are doing, and re- gretted that more of the parents and other townspeople were not present. The training of all contestants was in the hands of Miss Marjorie Knap- pen, instructor in elocution. The judges found it extremely difficult to name the winners of the humorous selections, as all were well above the average. Simons a Real Orator. In his delivery of the Patrick Hen- ry oration Hiram Simons not only displayed an intelligent conception of his lines but developed an elo- | quence which causes well founded hopes that the banner won by Be- midji last year will be returned to this school. He will deliver the same oration at the Park Rapids contest. The closing words of the Patrick Henry address follow: “Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, ! we shall not fight our batt]es; alone. There is a just God who will raise up friends to fight our battleg for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. “Give Me Liberty,” Ete. “Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains| are forced. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The | war is inevitable—and let it come! 1 repeat it, sir, let it come! “It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace—but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of re- sounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentle- men wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty | God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"” | Miss MacGregor Has to Act. i Cathryn MacGregor in an extreme- | ly difficult anonymous selection, “A Piece of Cake.” revealed the artistic ability of a well trained and natur- ally clever elocutionist. The lines in cold type come far from indicating the pleasure of the offering, gestures and delivery being necessary to an-l preciate the effort. “A Piece of} Cake" telling the story of a small | boy who succeeds in “working” his mother, follows: ( “Say. mother, can I have a piece of cake?” | “No, Willie, you can’t have any! cake.” ! “Why can't 1 have a piece of| cake?” “Because there’s no cake for you.” “There is too, cause I seed it. 1 want a piece of cake, and I'll have a piece of cake.” “Willie, if you say any more about that cake I'll have to spank you.” (He walks off). “Say, mother, can I have a little piece of cake? “Say, can I have a piece of cake? “Ant some cake! Please, mother, can I have a little piece of cake?” “I—'a-n-t—s-0-m-e—c-a-k-e”’ (ery). “There, there, you little darling, don’t cry and you shall have some. | Bless his little heart. But don’t tell little sister mother gave it to you.” “No.” ) (Continued on last page) “Judge Simons Resigns as Agent. Judge H. A. Simons has resigned idealers attribute — =0 =7 N NS & (Cooyright. 19113 GOODIES FOR CHRISTMAS|: Fresh = Vegetabl¢s ~and Tcmpn'ng': Fruits to Be Found in Shops Here Tomorrow. BUTTER 42¢; POTATOES CHEAP|® SAMPLE CHRISTMAS DINNER. Oysters Soup Celery Olives Roast Turkey, Giblet Sauce Cranberrry Jelly Stuffed Onions Grape Fruit and Pecan Salad French Dressing Plum Pudding Hard Sauce Toasted Water Wafers Wabasha Cheese Coffee Nuts BY SERVIA McKUSICK. As a special treat for the Christ- mas dinner, Bemidji merchants have arranged for shipments of lettuce, celery, onions, and radishes, and there will be plentiful supplies of cabbages, rutabagas. carrots and po- tatoes. | California oranges, lemons, bana- nas, malaya and catawba grapes, ap- ples and especially fine grape fruit cover the articles in the fruit line. Oranges are quoted at 30 cents, 40 cents, and 50 cents a dozen to the beginning of the orange season. Ap- ples have dropped 10 cents a bushel, as a result of the heavy importations, which must be disposed of before Christmas. The prices in butter which have| been soaring upward so steadily, have at last reached a standstill, and; creamery butter in small prints ori packages is 42 cents, dairy going at 35 cents a pound. Strictly fresh eggs remain un- changed, at 35 cents a dozen, the storage variety at 30 cents. Potatoes are weakening in price, quoted now at 90 cents a bushel, a 10 cent fall in the last week. The this to the mild weather, making shipment easier. Fifty carloads of potatoes have been shipped out to outside markets dur- ing the last two weeks. Delicacies for the Christmas table are the specially prepared dates and figs in small packages, and fresh supplies of Christmas candies of all kinds. | i ! | Comes to Greet Wife—Greets Judge. Anton Arneson, a cook in the woods near Mizpah, came to Bemidji last night to meet his wife. Anton as the Bemidji representative of the Bemidji Townsite and Improvement Thayer Bailey has been by Patrick Henry's famous “Speech | appointed to fill' the vacancy. strayed from the straight and nar- row path. - In municipal ¢ourt this morning he admitted that he had become somewhat intoxicated. It cost him a fine of $8. — Wafers|: Raisins | : LI . * This is Shortest Day in Year Today the year. . : “ ¥he lazy old sun didn’t get up ‘this ‘morning until 26 minutes :] : after 7, and he quits at 4:30, : : making his day’s work nine : : hours and four minutes. This is a minute shorter than yesterday when the sun rose at ¢ 7:26 and set at 4:30. Tomorrow : the sun will rise at the same : hour that it did this morning : but will set a minute later. And then the days will grad- : : ually begin to lengthen and, ac- : : cording to tradition, the cold : : will begin to strengthen. It is on this date that the win- : ter solstice is reached, the sun’s : : rays being most oblique on the : : North pole region, The opposite : is the shortest day in : is true on June 21, the longest : day in the year. TO PAY INDIANS JAN. 22 Superintendent John Howard An- nounces Annual Distribution of Government Annuities. DATE FOR OTHER TOWNS GIVEN On January 22, John-R. Howard, superintendent of the White Earth Indian agency, will come to Bemidji with his staff of assistants to pay an- nual annuities to the Indians. Mr. Howard's official announce- ment follows: “Notice is hereby given that an- nuity payments will be made to In- dians of the White Earth reservation, entitled thereto, at the following {points on the dates indicated: Jan. 9 Elbow Lake Day School. Jan. 10 Twin Lakes (May-tah- wash). Jan. 11 Twin Lakes (May-tah- wash). Jan. 16 Beaulieu, Jan. 17 Beaulieu. Jan. 18 Beaulieu. Jan. 19 Duane. Jan. 22 Bemidji. Jan. 23 Walker. Jan. 24 afternoon, Pine Point School. Jan. 25 Pine Point School. Jan. 26 forenoon, Pine Point School. Jan. 29 White Earth. Jan. 30 White Earth. Jan. 31 White Earth. Feb. 1 White Earth. Feb. 2 White Earth. “It is hoped that payment can also be made at White Earth a few days ‘before going to Elbow Lake on the 9th. Payment will also be made as usual at other .points on and off the reservation, due notice of which will be given later. Senator Perey Denounces Mississippi Man as Embezzler and Unfit for Federal Senate. SUITS ON TO RECOVER CASH ] Jackson, Miss., Dec. 22.—(Spec- ial.)—Taking of depositions in the case of the State of Mississippi against ex-Governor James K. Var- daman was begun today. The pur- pose of the suit is to compel Mr. Var- daman to account to the State for various funds he is alleged to have misused or misapplied during his term as governor. The funds in- volved are the executive contingent i fund, amounting to over $20,000 dur- ing the four year tenure, the Meri- dian cyclone relief fund which is al- leged to be short about $1,000, the whitecap prosecution fund, the Span- |ish-American war fund and an al- §1eged unlawful collection of interest on back-dated bonds. It was this suit which occasioned ithe recent speech in the United iSlales senate of Senator Percy of | Mississippi, in which he scathingly | denounced ex-Governor Vardaman as an embezzler. After the primaries ‘\last fall, in which Mr. Vardaman won the contest to succeed Mr. Percy in | the senate, the latter announced that |though his term still has two years |to run, he would resign to give im- mediate force to the popular choice. In his recent speech, liowever, Mr. 3Percy announced that, rather than lassume the responsibility for admit- ‘ting to the senate a man so notori- |ously unworthy as Mr. Vardaman, he would continue to hold his seat until 11913, Mr. Vardaman has asked for an injunction to prevent the hearing of the suit, which had been set for trial here in January. An interesting fea- ture of the litigation is the fact that Attorney-General Hudson, who took ‘the initiative in the proceedings against Mr. Vardaman, will retire from office early next month, and there is much speculation as to ! whether the new attorney-general, iRoss A. Collins, who is a close per- | sonal and political friend of Mr. Var- daman, will push the case. IMANY RUN TO SMALL FIRE 300 Persons Hasten to America Av- |enue South, Thinking Depot Ablaze. Fire at 1:30 p. m. today in the home of George Coughlin, 218 Am- erica avenue south, caused by an overheated chimney, did little dam- age. About 300 persons hastened to the place believing the Red Lake de- pot to be on fire. The départment made a quick run and quenched the flames. GREATNORTHERN T0 BUILD NEW STATION Surveyors Complete Work in Yards to Decide Location- of Modern Brick Depot. WORK BEGINS EARLY IN SPRING Plans Now Being Arranged By the Road’s Engineering Department at St. Paul. EXTRA SLEEPER FOR BEMIDJI Minnesota & International to Run Special Pullman Tonight and Tomorrow for Cities. Bemidji is to have a modern de- pot, probably to be constructed of brick and stone, to replace the pres- ent frame structure used by the Great Northern road. Chief Constructing Engineer Mec- Coy of the Northern district for the Great Northern with his assistants, have just completed a survey of the company’s yards. Plans Being Prepared. These observations were taken to be used in making blue prints from which the engineering department at the road’s headquarters in St. Paul will decide the most advantageous place in which to erect the new structure. The present depot at the foot of Minnesota street is to be used in the future exclusively for freight. To Be Modern and Pretty. While no official announcement has been made by the Great Northern as to what its plans for the new passen- ger station include, it is freely ad- mitted that the new building is to be modern and that it not only will be sanitary, commodious and modern but that it will be an ornament to the city. Several months ago Louis Hill, president of the Great Northern, told persons from Bemidji that a new depot was being contemplated for Bemidji but not until the surveyors arrived this week was it positively known that the structure had defi- nitely been decided upon. Up to the Chief Engineer. The matter of arranging for the building is now in the hands of the chief engineer at St. Paul and as soon as his deductions are made the an- nouncement of the details concern- ing the depot may be expected. By its present activi it is as- sumed that work on the building will begin as early as possible in the spring. This will give Bemidji two mod- ern stations, the Minnesota & Inter- national and Soo Line structed a brick depot last s having con- ng. Special Sleeper for Bemidji. Tonight and tomorrow 'night there will be a special sleeper attached to No. 34, the southbound Minnesota & International passenger for the ac- commodation of holiday travelers bound for the Twin Cities. Reser- vations may be made at any time for these sleepers and they will be opened early for those who wish to get on board early. ARRESTED; DIES IN JAIL CELL Frank Bacon, Meat Cutter, Victim of Delirium Tremens. After having been under arrest not longer than half an hour, Frank Ba- con, a meat cutter, died in the Be- midji city jail last night. He had been drinking heavily and is said to (have died a’victim of delirium trem- ens. Bacon has been working at his trade in Bemidji. He was 43 years old and has a family in Brainerd where it is expected that the funeral will be held.