Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 29, 1916, Page 4

e R SN et LE INDIAN RESERVATION | g Colville, Republic or Omak—july 5th ta 22ng, ixclusive 350,000 acres of desirable agricultural lands of the south half of the COLVILLE Indian Reservation—located in the Columbia River and Okanogan Valleys of North-Central Washington—will be sub ject to homestead entry. ““Go Great Northern” and have your choice of five registration points including Owmak, only registration point actually on the reservation and reached only by the Great Northern Railway. Low Round Trip Fares Summer Tourist Ticktts to North Pacific Coast points, on sale every day, permit stopover for registration at Spokane and Wenatchee. Low Round Trip Homeseekers Fares in effect June 2oth, July 4th and July 18ik: from certain points. For particulars call on your local agent or write the undersigned. Stopovers allowed enroute at Glacier National Park either on going or return trip. Send Now for Colville Circular Fill out coupon below and mail today, for detailed information, map folders and booklets. E.C.LEEDY, G. L A. C. E. STONE, P. T. M. ST.PAUL . PAUI "See America Firat” o Send Colville Oper THE UNIVERSAL CAR Obey that impulse and get your Ford car today. There’s no valid reason why you should deny yourself the pleasure and pro- fitable service the Ford gives. Obey that impulse. “Time is money,” and the service of a Ford doubles the value of your time. Runabout $390; Touring (‘ar $440; Coupe- let $390; Town Car $640; Sedan $740, f. o. . Detroit. On display and sale af C. W. Jewett Auto Co., Inc. Bemidji, Minn. Phone 474 JITNEY WAITING ROOM 218 Beltrami Ave. Opened for the convenience of our patrons. quick service and modern "BUS AND LIVERY LINE In connection with the Nymore and Bemidji Jitney Service (Day and Night Service) PHONE 77 ] Bemidji-Nymore Bus and Livery Line We operate I N. Western Foundry and Machine Shop Bemidji, Minnesota | { H. D. HENION F. R. WERNER Brass and Aluminum Castings a specialty, our prices are right, we guarantee our work. Let us prove it. 418 8th St. J. Phone 964~ ZIEGLER’S SECOND HAND STORE Furniture Hardware Hides -- Furs - Junk Clothing _—.———————————————————— always patronize The Pioneer. - They know, by experi- ence, that it has no equal in this section of the country as 1 an advertising medium. Advertisers who want the best results! CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD IMPORTANT SESSION TONIGHT The Bemidji city council will hold an important session at the city hall tonight. Matters in reference to the proposed Nymoie highway along the lake shore from Second street will be discussed. Appraisers may be named to appraise the lands along the route. ' . Several matters in regard to the new armory will also be taken up. J. J. HILL DIES AT HIS HOME IN ST. PAUL (Continued from Page 1) that he was not cut out for the pul- pit. He abandoned his studies and -| obtained a position as clerk in a gen- eral store. Goes on Trips. Young Hill performed his duties so conscientiously and well that his employer soon placed him in sble charge of a branch establishment!in the neighboring city of Guelph. His ambition, however, was too great.to be satisfied with success in such a small way. Soon he gave up his po- sition and started on a trip of ob- servation through the country. First he traveled through the eastern states of the Union, but later he turned toward the West and in due time reached St. Paul, at that time a town of only about 5,000 irhab- itants. Had No Railroad. At that time St. Paul had no rail- road, but it was, nevertheless, full of life and activity, being the term- inal of a number of steamship lines, connecting:the head of the river with the prosperous towns and districts on the middle west and lower Missis- sippi. Young Hill soon found em- ployment as a levee clerk with J.W. Bass & Co., agents of the Dubuque & St. Paul Packet company, at a salary of 50 cents a day. A year later he transferred his services to the firm of Brownson, Lewis & White, with whom he remained about three years. Next in turn he worked for Temple & Beaupre and still later four years for Borup & Champlin, agents of the Galena Packet Co;, and the Davidson line of steamers. Organized Cavalry. When the war broke out Hill be- came infected with the excitement then prevalent, and, together with E. Y. Shelley, organized a company of cavalry, which he offered to the state. Minnesota did not want any cavalry at the time, however, and Capt. Shelley with the majority of the command crossed the line into Iowa and entered the services of that state. Hiil returned to his regular employment and made no further ef- forts of'a warlike nature. During the many years spent in the employ of the river transporta- tion companies Hill thoroughly mast- ered every detajl of the important business, which enabled him to ad- vance a step. He obtained the St. Paul agency of the Northwestern Packet company and retained it until the line was consolidated with the Davidson line of river steamers in 1867. In the same year he became the agent for the St. Paul & Pacific Railway company (the nucleus of the present great Hill system) receiving and transferring freight to and from steamboats, and he built a large warehouse on the river bank, which stood until a few years ago. In the meantime he had also entered the fuel business in a small way, and in 1869 he entered into partnership with Chauncey W. Griggs, George Armstrong, E. N. Saunders and Geo. S. Acker, under the firm name of Hill, Griggs & Co., in the fuel busi- ness, and this firm brought in the first coal used in St. Paul. $20,000 for Steamer. His connection with the firm of Hill, Griggs & Co., lasted until 1875. In the meantime, in 1870, Hill em- barked in the first of those ventures which later made him famous, by founding the Red River Transporta- Red River of the North, connecting at the end of the St. Paul & Pacific, and running to the City of Winnipeg. It was a big undertaking for a man of no greater wealth than Hill pos- sessed at that time. He paid $20,- tion company, operating boats on the | § 000 for his first steamer and other expenses were numerous and heavy. The result justified his judgment, however, and his first year was pro- fitable. In the autumn of 1871 he effected a consolidation with the com- peting line owned by Norman W. Kittson, operating between Moor- head, Minn., and Winnipeg, Man. Mr. Kittson at that time was agent for the Hudson Bay company, and asso- ciated with him and Hill was Sir Donald A. Smith, chief commissioner of the Hudson Bay company. Railway Fever. The people of Minnesota had in the meantime become infected with the railway fever. Back in the '50’s, the territorial legislature had made a grant of land 'to the St. Paul { & Pacific company, but nothing came (of it and the action was rescinded. In 1857 the Minnesota & Pacific was jincorporated and the old St. Paul & ; Pacific grant was turned over to it. This also proved a failure. Work on owing to the panic which swept over the country and made it impossible to obtain funds for carrying on the enterprise. Not until several years later was the proposed line built, but it"dia not prove a paying investment and in 1873 went into the hands of a receiver. : Interests Capitalists. Hill, who in the meantime had ac- cumulated a fortune of about $100,- 000 and who was convinced that the road offered great possibilities umder proper management interested a num- mber of British and Canadian capital- ists in his plans and formed a stock company which purchased the securi- ties of the railroad cbmpany at a very low rate. When the mortgage was foreclosed, Hill and his associates bid in the property. The company was reorganized as the St. Paul, Minne- apolis & Manitoba Railroad company, with Lord Mount Stephen, then just plain George Stephen, as president and Mr. Hill as general manager. ‘When the new company took con- trol of the road it comprised 437 miles of track, and the additions im- mediately made amounted to 220 miles, making a total of 657 miles. This was capitalized at $31,000,000. At the end of the first year the equipment consisted of 65 locomo- tives, 69 passenger, baggage and ex- press cars and 1,523 freight and work cars of all sorts and descriptions. The nfarvelous success of the en- terprise was due in a large measure to the skillful management by Mr. Hill, who had shown himself not only a man of remarkable foresight but a financier of unusual ability. Great Northern Opened. In 1893 the Great Northern rail- way was formally opened and there was great enthusiasm throughout Minnesota. It ran from Duluth to the ocean and Hill was its president. The event was celebrated in St. Paul by great festivities and so determined were the citizens to do homor to Mr. Hill, that they insisted upon these festivities notwithstanding the offer of Mr. Hill to donate for the erec- tion of a public library an amount equal to any amount which the city might appropriate for that purpose instead of spending the money for parades, floats, fireworks, etc. After Mr. Hill had realized his dream of an independent line to the Pacific coast and trains were. run- ning daily over his road between St. Paul and Tacoma and Seattle, he be- gan to extend his system. He start- ed a line of magnificent steamers be- tween Seattle and Japan and estab- lished a fine line of steamers plying between Buffalo and Duluth, giving him an outlet to the Atlantic coast. In addition to that he built numer- ous feeders throughout the great grain belt of the Northwest and a string of grain elevators for storing and distributing the golden harvests of the tributary regions. Although always an extremely busy man, and occupied with matters of great importance to the common- wealth, Mr. Hill found time to lead a model home life. He was always fond of books and a great lover of art. In his magnificent residence in St. Paul he had one of the finest pri- vate collections of paintings in the country, containing many priceless masterpieces of older masters. Eight miles north of St. Paul he had a fine farm of more than 4,000 acres, called “Nerth Oaks,” where he devoted him- self to scientific farming and stock breeding. He did not derive any profit from his farm, however, as he sold the young stock to farmers and breeders along his railroad lines for prices ordinarily demanded for com- mon, unimproved stock. SERVICES HELD FOR SENIOR CLASS OF HIGH SCHOOL (Continued from first page). honored by his relationship to Ben- jamin Franklin, whether as a towns- man, or a countryman, or even as be- longing to the same race. We ad- mire his frugality, his thrift which laid the foundation for so much com- ‘petence in his mature age. Yet how few of us there are who would not ridicule a young man following Ben- jamin Franklin’s method of life. Do you ask me why there are no Benja- min Franklins in the coming genera- tion of adults? I answer only be- cause there are no young Benjamin Franklins in the present generation of youths—none who will feed his body on a roll of bread that divine philosophy may regale his soul. A Physical Lesson. “There is not a little thing which does not play its part in our life. One day we came into the physics class room at the university and Pro- fessor Herring had on his desk a pile of paper pellets and an iron bar hung suspended from the ceiling. He took the pellets and threw them against the bar. At first it did nbt move and we laughted, but as he persisted the bar began to vibrate and gradually by this simple effort was brought to swing slightly. This was to illus- trate the impetus of force. So it is with our lives, the little habits and acts of our lives are to play a big part in the tomorrow. As thy days, so shall thy strength be. It is a physical lesson. “There is also a great mental les- son. Intellectually we have untold opportunity in the future. The tem- ple of wisdom is large. We some- times walk around it but hesitate to enter in because it does not always present the easy road. The .slug- gard will not plough by reason of the cold, therefore he has no har- vest. Many therg are, however, who enter in and walk through the halls of the temple of wisdom for a while, looking at the names of the sub- jects on the doors. They are all there with their manifold possibili- ties leading to professional and prac- tical careers. But if we enter in, and would succeed we must work and perspire; because nothing great can be accomplished without toil. Think of the energy developed by this war abroad. Men and boys working at fever heat in the professions and along the lines of the temple of wis- dom. This energy ahd concentration is bound to develop a keener com- petition in the future. There s bound to be a greater demand for men and women who know their ° MONDAY, MAY 2, 1916. Tomorrow’s paper will startle you WHY?— CARLSON’S AD. Of course 38/ Cut Flowers | Phone © 166 Go to Webster’s Greenhouse on your way to the cemetery for your decoration flowers Peonies, Carnations, Roses, Daisies i Also Potted ?lant_s - Geraniums, Roses, Spirea Lilies in full bloom. A. E. WEBSTER 1242 Doud Ave. business. Billy Sunday says that if you can do your work only as well as a thousand others, there will be a thousand competitors for your job. We should aim to do common things in an uncommon way. As thy days, £o shall thy strength be. Prepare for the days that are to come. It is not possible to accomplish without preparation. A Moral Lesson. “Finally, there is a moral lesson. The soul is like desire in a child, opening up to things evil and good alike. Virtue is blind and will work alike in a good or an evil cause. What we need is to'be able to dis- criminate between things worth while and lasting and the things that are fleeting and perishable. We need to get up into the heights and see from the standpoint of God. There is buoyancy which will enable us to overcome ourselves and rise above it. There is the opportunity to climb up and consider that word meaning up among the stars. To g0 up in the truth of God and com- prehend all things in the light of His-guiding truth. There is such a thing as having your loin’s girt about with truth. Martin Luther took the truth, ‘I shall be justified by faith’ and put it about him as a girdle and made his way through life a con- queror. I think of Chinese Gordon, a noble English soldier to whom Eng- land appealed whenever she had something hard to do. He was a true, noble man, well girdled with the truth. He was wont to put a white flag on his tent at noon as a signal that he was at prayer, and when the natives marched by they would take off their hats because they honored his qualities as a Christian'man. Sur- rounded by foes I see fight his last battle at -Kartoun: 'He sits down to his journal and-writes: ‘He will hide me in his pavilion. Good by, dear sister, I am not afraid.” He Floral Wreaths Made to Order “ELLIOT QUALITY” Special Memorial Wreaths, $2.50 and up. Magnolia Leaves. method the natural beauty retained almost indefinit Made of genuine Southern By this ern states. (May 5) comrades who died in this with the hope that it will be kept up Day try during the late rebellion.” from year to year. is ely. M emorial Day| In 1882 the Grand Army urged that “the proper designation of May 30 is Memorial Day, not Decoration Day.” girdled himself with the truth and Tuesday, May 30 Telegraphed to All Parts of the United Stated Before the close of the Civil War, May 30 was thus celebrated in several of the South- In the north there was no fixed day commonly celebrated until 1868, when Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan, of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued a general order designating May 30, 1868, “for the purpose of strewing with flow- ers or otherwise decorating the graves of defense of their coun- Logan did P SOBODOOOGODODDDOD Pillows or We are prepared to make de- signs of all kinds—let us have your orders early. Our cut flowers and potted -~ plants—in -bloom stock will be complete, including the follow- went out. The enemy broke through the defenses and finally came upon Chinese Gordon standing on the steps of the hall of justice and there he perished. But he perished not in vain, but rather as an inspira- tion to all England. Use as Motto. “Paul girdled himself with the truth and when sin piled up to mountain height, ‘where sin abounds grace doth abound still greater.” So can we go forth armed, girding about us the truth that will make us more than conquerors. “And now I want to ask you, the class of 1916 of the high school, to take this text as a motto and place it in your book of remembrance. As thy days, so shall thy strength be. Put it about you as a girdle, and go forth into whatever occupation or labor with a determination to build up strength, physical, mental, moral, that will enable you when the crown of old age is upon you to look back and sal, I have fought a good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown.” The Juniors gave a banquet and dance for the Senior class and friends Saturday night. The ban- quet was given at the Markham hotel and the dance at the city hall. Graduation exercises will be held Friday evening at the Grand theater. The Bemidji Commercial elub will not hold a meeting tomorrow evening at the club rooms, according to an an- nouncement made today by E. H. Denu, president. ADDITIONAL WANT ADS Too Late To Classify FOR RENT—Six-room house, all modern except heat; also garage; exceptionally good location. Frank as29tf Koors, 1014 Beltrami Ave. LOST—Gold wateh chain on 3rd street. Finder please return to Markham Hotel for reward. 3d531 Floral Sprays Made to Order i it was begun, but soon abandoned |g* ‘We guarantee them to arrive in perfect condition, and remain in such, not only over Memorial Day, but for many days there- after. Distance is no barrier, our telegraph delivery system reaches all parts of the United States in a few hours. Very special attention given to mail and telephone orders. ORDER TODAY > 77 FLORIST Opposite Library. "Phone 88 With Emphasis-on Quality - and- Service Rhode Island made it a legal holiday in 1874, Vermont in 1876, and New Hampshire in 1877, and by 1910 it was a legal holiday in all the states and territories save Ala- bama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. In Virginia, May 30 is observed as a confederate memor- ial day. June 3, the birthday of Jefferson Davis, is observed as Confederate Memorial Day in Louisiana and Tennessee, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Missis- sippi, and May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina. . Another account states that “May 30 was chosen, possibly, as being the date of dis- charge of the last Union volunteer of the war. The states which observe the law have adopted it singularly, there being no na-, tional law on the subject. ing: Roses, Carnations, Peon- ies, Lily of Valley, Sweet Peas, Dasies, Mignonette, Snapdrag- on Pansies, Gladiolus, Cafe Jas- mine, Lilies, We take your order with the distinet understanding that if You are not entirely satisfied Yyour money will be refunded. PLEASE ORDER EARLY ot FLORIST Opposite Library Phone 88 With Bmphasis on Quality and Service i §