Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 20, 1913, Page 1

. REED PICTURES T0 BE EXHIBITED FPamous Collection of Former Bemidji Man will be Shown Here Tues- day and Wednesday. FAMOUS SCENES OF INDIAN LIFE Those of the Objibways Taken at Red Lake While South Piegans Are In Montana, ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD Have Been Pronounced So By Experts ‘Who Have Seen Them— Going to Chicego. Bemidji people who knew R. W. Reed when he was a resident of this city and those who have come here since he left but who have heard of his Indian scenes will have an oppor- tunity this week to see his famous collection. Mr. Reed has over forty plctures with him and will exhibit them in the Crippen studio, whicn he owned while here, on Tuesday after- noon and all day Wedmesday. He is on his way to Chicago where he will exhibit before an art society. Mr. Reed left Bemidji four years ago to locate in Kalispel, Montana. While here he made the Ojibways, or Chippewas, his special study and the Red Lake reservation furnished nim with both characters and scenery. In Kalispel he was able to get in touch with the South Piegans who now in- habit the Blackfoot reservation. The North Piegans live in Canada. On this trip Mr.-Reed is-after two more Ojib- way scenes at Red Lake. He expects to finish the l:iegans within a year and will then move to Los Angeles where he will make his headquarters while studing the Indians of the Southwest. Tne Reed Indian pictures have been bronounced the best in the world. Be- coming interested In the Indians while operating a studio in Bemidji, he conceived the plan of putting their life in print by means of the camera and started his famous collection. He went to the Red Lake agency for pictures of the Ojibways, as the .ed Lake Indians are representatives of all of the Indians in this part of the country. He took them hunting, fishing, moving, talking to the medi- cine man, took their love scenes, and pictures of the first sail on Red Lake and the “Coming of-the White Man.” So successful was he that he de- clded to go to Montana to study the Indians there and he located in Kali- spell. He has some crews of Indians in the Glacier National Park which are probably the only ones of their kind which will' ever be taken. It has been said of Mr. Reed that he combines the skill of the artist with the mechanical perfection of an ex- pert photographer and the pictures he has with him fully verify the statement, Mr. Reed went to Red Lake this morning but will return and put his pictures on exhibition here Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Reed must have two more Ojib- way pictures before his collection is complete and it is for these that he will return to Red Lake Tuesday. One pleture that he wants will be a win- ter scene showing a old wigwam with a gaunt Indian dog knawing a bone in front of it. The only person in the setting will be an old squaw, in tattered clothes and bent, carrying a bundle of fagots ~on her back with which to replenish the fire. His second picture must be taken in a snow storm and Mr. Reed ex- pects to sthy at the reservation until he gets a small blizzard. Many years ago the Red Lakes froze so hard that the Indians were unable to cut holes in ‘the ice so that they could fish. In a short time the game grew scarce and the band was in danger of starv- ing. Indian runners came from the .south reporting !hln ice and fat In- . dians. { The Red Lase band then packed up " and in the dead of wintex, without a food supply and with rags for clotues, they started.across countty 'for ‘the warmer south. Mr. Reed is after a " picture of the band as it treks across| the lake in a blizzard. Every.per- son in the picture will be loaded with ‘baggage and. the few dogs will be| gaunt and will carry saddle packs. . VOLUME 10. NUMBER 225. Fhere will be.no horses for when the|. WILLIAM M. BULLITT. e —— Latest Photograph of Selicitor General of the United States. Photo by American Press Assoclation. band moved it had eaten every avail- able piece of flesh. Some of the pictures which Mr. Reed will show are: From the Ojibways at Red Lake. “End of the Chase”—showing dead caribou and Indian hunter. Mr. Reed took this picture after Indians had killed eleven out of the last fourteen caribou ever seen in this county. “The Moose Call.” “The Fisherman”—an old Indian fishirg from & birch bark canoe with a primitive spear. 2 “The First Sail’’—a group looaing across the Red Lake narrows at the first sail they had ever seen. “Caribou Hunters”—showing two hunters and two caribou. “Ogema-be-ness” —a Red Lake chief., “The Night Watch”—an Indian sentinel. - “Waiting"—girl waiting for ner lover. “Medicine Talk”—three young men visit the medicine man. “The Movers”—squaw and three children with all they own in a birch canae, i A “The Hunters”—two men in 2 canoe; one in the stern paddling— one in the bow shooting with a bow and arrow. “Ponemah”—young girl waiting. “Coming of the White Men '— scene when first white men were secn coming across Red Lake. “Bverywind” — an Indian girl standing alone. She is a sister of Alex Everywind. 5 . “The Visitors”—the Red Lakers are entertaining their friends. “At the Spring”—Indian girl get- ting a birch bark of water. “The Trapper’—shows Indian and his lodge in winter. From the Montana Piegans. “Tribute to the Dead”—father and mther grieving for dead son who has been buried in the old style. “Memories”’—Ca-ca-she, chief of all the South Piegans, looks back over his eighty or ninety years. “Ca-ca-she’—shows the chief and his great grandchild. One is as much Indian as the other . “Stolen Propérty’—One of Mr. Reed’s best. Shows a young buck leading a horse up over a ridge and stopping a second to look for danger. “Prayer to the Sun”—showing In- dian in characteristic attitude “Passing of the Pend d’Oreille”—a group. of Indians meditating on the passing of that water which is now the Blackfoot river. “White Quiver Interviews Wise Men”—taken in Glacier National Park. “The Pass Finders”-—Glacler tional Park. “The Travois”—Indians moving. An excellent action picture. “The Canyon.” “Into the Unknown”—two Indians making the first exploration of the Glacier National Park. “The- Hunters”—two young men peeringover a high bluff into a twen- ty mile valley in which buffalo and antelope are feeding. This picture Na- cost Mr. Reed several hundreds dol- “|sisted by Miss Beth Horton. BAD FIRE Forced to flee from their home in sub-zero weather, Mr. and Mrs. P. | W. Rathbun, 911 Dewey avenue, were driven out by flames Saturday night. Neither had time to dress, "|much less take' anything from the house, and their personal property is practically a total loss. Mrs. Rath- bun escaped in an overcoat and slip-|- pers over her nlzhi robes. The fire broke out about midnight |} ‘| but as Mr. and Mrs. Rathbun had re- i|tired they knew of nothing until awakened by a crash in the kitchen, Mr. Rathbun went to investigate at once and found the kitchen on fire with flames shooting through a hgle in the roof from which a pipe drum had dropped. He at once called the fire department while' his wife was getting out of the house. When the wagon arrived, the fire- men found that the hydrant was frozen and valuable time was con- sumed while the hose was shifted to a second hydrant. In the meantime time the fire was out the interior had been gutted. Mr. Rathbun believes that the drum” set fire to he roof ‘which burned away and let the drum into the kitchep, the crash awakening him. #2 Mr. and Mrs. Rathbun were mar- ried in June, Mrs. Rathbun, being Miss Hattle Shooks, and have made their. home in Bemidji. They lost practically all of their wedding gifts and estimate the loss at $1,400 with insurance of $500. BEMIDJI CITY BRIEFS Contractors have completed the erection of a large balcony over the Piloncer offices. The Ploneer has been crowded for room for some. time and;the new balcony will. le_ula\,(ax,.a store room for. surplus stock. Contractors have completed their work of putting in a new steel ceil- ing in the Bazaar store. Painting the woodwork and fixtures and other smaller improvements will help to make the store one of the most at- tractive in the eity. A great deal of interest has been taken by the' younger people of Be- midji in a-new toboggan slide in front of the Andrew Warfleld residence on Lake Boulevard. The youngsters have built a large snow bank on the steep lakeshore which makes it an excellent hill for thelr purpose. For the more daring ones, a leap-the-gap is used. The boys having been cheat- ed out of an ice skating rink, are doing the next best thing and are de- termined not to be cheated out of some good out-of-door sport. SURPRISE ON COBB. J. C. Cobb was pleasantly surprised Saturday evening, January 18, the or- casion being his birthday anniver- sary. Cards were the passtime of the evening and at a late hour a dainty luncheon was served by Mrs. Cobb as- The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Worth, Mrs. Wm. Knight, Messrs. Walter Hatch, William Shan- non, Joe Herman, Ed Gould and Misses Beth Horton and Ruth Wine- brenner. “BIG BEMIDG" DANCE. The “Big Bemidg” basket ball team will give a dance in the city hall on ‘Wednesday night instead of on Fri- boys have'a debt of $25 which they wish to pay and have taken this means to raise the money. Remfrey’s orchestra will, probably furnish the music. Tickets are being sold and a good crowd is assured. A game will lars. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO probably be played the latter part of the week with Cass Lake, chemicals had been used but by the| day night as was formerly stated. The |~ “to Start Whick Legislature Committe Work on the 280 No SHOBTENIHG’J}O‘F SESSION By United Press. & g St. Paul, Jan. 20.~£The end of the second week of tna 1913 .session of the state leglalature; sigsed with:a to- tal of 280.bills having-bean prasent- ed since the opening-dsy. This is something of ‘a record, more bills ha: ing been introduced than in a corres- ponding period of any previous ses- sion. X = ‘While the public utilities bill will probably be . the most important of any of the measures because it affects the entire state in.regard to con- trolling all public utilities, still there are other measures which if passed will establish some needed reforms in the conduct of the state’s business. The enormous number of bills-of a general nature presage no thorten- ing of the session as had been pro- posed several times during the earlicr days of the session. There is no doubt but what it will be a busy session and although only fifty-seven members of the lower house have had previous experience ‘many . of the ' neophites know enough of legislative procedure to prevent the possibility of clogging in the despatch of business. ! During the week the committees have been appointed and although there was some effort on the part of the “insurgents” in both houses to and the speaker, a majority of both obgtruct both the lieutenant governor houses stood ‘by-these officers in the seléction of committees and this phase of the organization of the leg- islature developed-little trouble. One of the important measures which have already made its appear- ance s the workman’s compensation which will no doubt be adopted dur- ing the session.’ Initiative and refer- endum, will take up considerable time and some legislation along this line will be arranged, the only diffi- culty being the fixing of percentages as there are at least four bills to be consldered. Another important piece of legis- lation wil Ibe reapportionment which will entail considerable work ‘as the arranged. to conform to the proposed new aligning of the representation.’ " The old distance tariff, the bug bear of former legislators has again ING, JANUARY 20, 1913, | - B Y b ifl | A NATIONAL MOTOR SHOW Minneapolis to See Many Autos In the National Guard Armory February 8-185. WALTER WILMOT IS MANAGER ‘legislative districts will have fo be Te-. ‘Minneapolls, Jan. 20.—Again the ‘interest of automobile owners and buyera is centered on the Minneapo- '|11s automobile show in-the National Guard Armory and ‘Annex, Feb. 8 to 15. This year for the first time, the annual Minneapolls snow is a nation- al show, it bemng one or ten national exhibits which are all supported by the motor car factories of the coun- try. In anticipation of this national show for 1913, the members of the Minneapolis Automobile Trade asso: +!+1: on were active in the complétion of a large annex to the armory. Dou- ble the space will be available this year and all the distributors of Min- neapolis are ‘represented with .more space at their disposal, individually, than ever before. 3 ¢ Many of the larger factoriés have prepared rpecial displays -of their 1913 models, which will be moved intactifrom show to show and in this way Visitors at the Minneapolis show the week ‘of Feb. 8 will witness™a dis- play which will rank on a par in number of exhibits, with the New. xrork and Boston shows. Manager Walter Wilmot, the form- er 'baseball player-manager who is so will known ' in- the Northwest, and who has been responsible for nearly all the shows in the Northwest for tne past five or six years, has planned elaborate decorations for the armory and annex during this first national exhibition to be held in Minneapolis. The enlarged building will permit of greater effort in decorations: than ever before and the result will pro- claim broadcast the fact that Minne- apolis is deserving of and apprecia- tive of, the honor of being on the national automobile show ecircuit. Many of the leading lights of the motor car . industry ‘will be in at- tendance at this Minneapolis show. NOT SO COLD AT THAT. : The thermometer at the school farm registered six below at 7 a. m. Sunday. A strong northwest. wind, which brought snow. for a few min- utes, made it seem . many -degrees colder. ‘The thermometer at 6 a. m. today stood at thirteen below, I I FOSSTON DEFEATS BEIDJI ’ Il Local High School Boys Taken Into _Camp By a Score of 33 to-18 in First Game of the Season. MANY PENALTIES ON FOULS Saturday night the Bemidji- High school basketball team met defeat at the hands of the fast Fosston team, DY & score bf 88 018, Bemidji was outplayed-from the start and was un- able. to check the' teamwork of the Fosston men who shot baskets almost at will. Tanner, Bemidji’s little for- ward,-was the star of the game and shot the majority of ‘the fleld, bas- kets. In the latter part of the game, Tan- ner was called for fouling and was put off the floorsbut after some dis- pute was allowed to re-enter. John- son &t center was a match for his man but did not put up the game he was capable of ‘playing. The guard- ing on the Bemidfl team was not as Strong as it- should have been and fhe local boys were completely ofit- played at times. A great number of rooters gathered along ‘the sides of the hal land be- gan roasting the referee for favoring his home team but Coach Carson and several other basketball men- who knew the game declared that he could not have refereed a more honest game. Coach Carson stated that he did not expect to have his team win fiem so strong a team in the first grme but that later in the season hey would probdbly play Fosston in their home town and hoped to de- feut them. f Few fouls were called on the Foss- ton: players, for they played a clean £ame from the start. The only ex- cuse for the many fouls by the Be- midji boys is that they were desperate when' they found themselves unable to prevent {he teamwork of the Foss- ton: boys. After the game -a dance was held in the roller rink and a fair size crowd attended. The' line: up in the game was as follows - Fosston. . .C. Fogelberg C. Movold A. Hanson . Quarness Bailey . Johnson. .. Stanton. ... Elletson. .. .. C. Bailey Bill-Olson . TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ~ BE REPRESENTED County Fair Association to Enter Crop Contest at Crookston School of Agriculture, -| take. part. Winners of Firsts Will Be Eligible to Enter the Grand Sweepstakes For Implements. OTTO.I. BERGH IS INTERESTED Says He Has Ten Ears of Minnesota 18 From Bemidji, That He Be- . lieves “Are the Goods.” A grain, corn and potato contest will be held at the Crookston school of agriculture Feb. 10-21 in which Beltrami farmeérs are preparing to Otto I. Bergh has writ- ten the officers of the County Fair association urging them to.see that Beltrami is well represented in pota- toes, corn and rye as he believes this county “has the goods.” Farmers will compete for. cash premiums in their own counties and the winners of first prizes will be eli- gible to compete for the sweepstakes prizes which have~ been donated by well known manufacturers. The money for the county prizes is donat- ed by the Fair association and will not exceed $35. Bach county will give $3 for first; $1.50 for second; ond; and $.60 for third in each of the seven classes. I The classes are wheat, rye, pota- toes, oats, barley; flax and corn. For the wheat, rye and flax, the farmer must ‘enter ten pounds; for potatoes, ten pounds; for oats, five pounds; for 'barley; .eight-.pounds; ‘and’ ten ears. that the exhibits be shipped to him by parcel post. Each entrant must pay fifteen cents for the first entry and ten cents for each additional one 80 that a farmer can enter every class Lfor seventy-five cents. All products are to be sent to the school of agriculture at Crookston, where they will be judged during the short course. . Money for the prizes will be sent to the farmers direct. As Beltrami won the highest score of any county at the state fair fn potatoes, the officers of the Fair association believe that he fea can be duplicated at Crookston. Several of the farmers near Bemidji are already preparing exhibits but state that it is harder to find gcod specimens at the potatoes are-nearly all housed in dark root cel- lars, < Professor Bergh has written that he has ten ears of Minnesota 13,-yel- that he believes they are prize win- ners. He urges farmers to think the matter over and if there is any point which they do not-understand, to take it up Wwith the county officers. . The. following counties have entered the contest: . Beltrami, Polk,” Red Lake, " Pen- nington, Wilkin, Marshall, Norman, _ Clay and Kittson. The other coun- ties in the Ninth congressional dis- trict, to which the contest is limited, will probably be heard from Within a few days. Following are the sweep-' * stakes: - T Best ten founds wheat—2 1-2 hp. gasoline engine (calue $100). Donate- ed by International’ Harvester Co.,: Grand Forks. 5 2 Best tén pounds rye—1 3-4 hp. ga! oline engine (value $75). Donated by Chas. A. Stickney Co. Best ten pounds potatoes—sulky ploy (value $50). Donated by Oliver Chilled Plow Works. i - “Best five pounds oats—machinery or $20 in gold.. . z Best_eight pounds barley—No. 12 De Laval Cream Separator Donated by De Laval Separator Ca. Best ten pounds flav—$10 in gold. Given' by Short Course, i tion—Six shovel cornj : (value $32). By Deere & Webber Co. Best ten ears corn, southern sec- tion—Avery Corn Planter * (value $50). By Avery -Manufacturing Co. “8o you are going to Reno? “Yes.r = dden?” ‘My husband - WILL BE $35 IN LOCAL PRIZES F corn, Mr. Bergh has suggested” _ - BELTRAMI WILL (76,7 - Best ten ears corn, northern sec- . cultivator. . low dent, hanging in his office and -