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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20
HAS never STATED He
FAVORED PARCELS POST
Congressman Steenerson Writes
Letter to Anton Erickson Con-
corning the Proposition.

A few days ago, some person
mailed letter in the Bemidji post
office to Congressman Steenerson at
Crookston, in which the writer called
the congressman to account for his
(Mr. Steenerson's) support of the
the parcels post proposition. The
letter was an anonymous one, bear
ing no signature.
This morning Anton Erickson,
Congressman Steenerson's com
mitteeman from Beltrami county,
received letter from Mr.. Steener-
son as follows, concerning the parcels
post:
Crookston, Nov. 19.
"A. R. Erickson, Esq, Bemidji,
MINI.
My Dear Sir:-The enclosed
letter came to me yesterday without
any signature. I have never in any
interview stated that ! favored the
parcels post proposition advanced
by the Postmaster General and which
has started this discussion. I was
first interviewed by the Crookston
papers and then stated what the
| Postmaster General intended to
recommend but did not say that
favored the proposition, but in the
head lines the Times" stated that 1
favored parcel post. Afterwards the
Pioneer Press interviewed me and
took pains to explain that I never
favored and did not favor the pro-
position of the postmaster general
on parcel post. If you can find the
author of the enclosed letter I wish
you would explain this, but
presume that you cannot find him in
as much as he does not sign his
name. Ny impression is that he is
a store keeper, probably a hardware
dealer in Bemidji.
Yours very truly,
n. Steenerson.'"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20
JAMES KENNEDY GIVEN
$4,000 SETTLING CASE
Was Injured at Cass Lake, and Sued
J. NeiIs Lumber Co. for
Big Sum.

Crookston Times: Attorne J
Chas. Loring of this city has just
made the. largest settlement that
has probably ever been made in the
State of Minnesota in personal in.
jury case.
Jas. Kennedy, who resides at Cass
Lake, was injured in the sawmill OF
the ]. Neils Lumber Company a
year ago last October, by being
thrown into the resaw while at work
in the mill. He lost his left hand
and his right arm in the terrible
resaw and through his attorney, Mr..
Loring of this city, he started suit
against the Lumber company to Sc.
cure damages.
The case was to have come up fol
trial at the coming term of court
which opens at Walker tomorrow,
but through the efforts of MI. Loring
it was settled out of court by the
payment of $4,000 to Mr.. Kennedy
Mr.. Kennedy is a man about "a
years of age who is now residing at
Cass Lake, and has a wife and five
children who will be provided for
with the money which he received
from the company.
The ]. Neils Lumber company is
one of the Shevlin-Clark mills and
is controlled by the same people who
control the Crookston Lumber Com
pany.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20
BEMIDJTS BASKETBALL
PLAYERS WILL BE STRONG
Squad Which Will Represent This City This Winter Is Of
Championship Calibre....Splendid Schedule of Games
Arranged. ....First Game Friday.

Prospects are very good for Be-
midi having the champion basket
ball team of northern Minnesota,
during the coming winter.
Last year the Bemidji team went
through the season without a defeat
and was regarded as being the
strongest basketball team in the
north half of the state, with the
exception, possibly, of the Warren
five, it being impossible to arrange
a game last winter with the latter
team.
This year there are several new
players in the city, who, together
with those of last year who are
here, will give Bemidji il very strong
bunch of players from which to
select winning team. There are
twelve candidates for membership
on the regular team and substitutes,
which will be used during the win
ter.
This year the team has the SER
vices of Prof. Biddinger, a teacher
in the local schools, who will act as
coach of both the city and the high
school teams. Prof. Biddinger will
have charge of the squad, consisting
of the following members:
Earl Cell, Joseph Markham, Ed
ward Gould, Erton Cell, Pheifer,
Garnet Peterson, Jack Peter son,
Scott Stewart, Lee Heffron, Brown
(captain), Harry Cell and Collins
The first team has already been
selected and will be as follows
Lee Heffron and Harry Cell, for
wards; Floyd Brown, center; Erton
Cell and Garnet Peterson, guards.
Of these players, Brown, the big
center, is a very fast player. He
played center for the McAllister five
in 1900, when McAllister won two
games from the Minnesota University
team.
Lee Heffron and Harry Cell were
members of the University of Mime
sofa aquad of players.
Will Collins, who will play with
the first team when he is here, was
for number of years a member of
the strong St. Johns University
team.
Erton Cell, Joe Markham, Pheifer,
Garnet Peterson, Ed. Gould and
Earl Cell are all old players and
have had considerable experience.
Professor Biddinger, in addition to
being the coach, will also play with
the team. He was for a number of
seasons coach for the Rochester,
Indiana, College team, and is a
strong player.
The team this year will be known
as the Big Bemidji Basketball Boys
The team has just received twelve
handsome new uniforms, which con.
sist of maroon shirt and stockings
with four-inch wide stripes, and a
pair of black pants.
Lee Heffron, who is manager o1
the team, has made arrangements
whereby games will be played in the
new Grand Opera House skating
rink. 1t is the intention to have
skating in the early part of the even
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20
New BIacksmi that Turtle.

Edward Peterson has started a
new blacksmith shop at Turtle
River, and is assured fine trade.
Mr.. Peterson, as will be seen-by the
advertisement printed elsewhere, is
prepared to do all kinds of black
smith work, and he makes a spec
ialty of horseshoeing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20

ings. the games to be called at about
g o'clock. The skating rink will
make an exceptionally good place in
which to play basketball. There is
the finest kind of floor, with plenty
of room for both players and specta-
tors. Manager Heffron has already
arranged a series of games which
will cover practically the entire
winter.
The first public appearance of
he basketball squad will be Friday
evening, when two games will be
played. The first game will be be-
tween the Firemen's Five" and the
City Five" At the conclusion of
the first game the "Firemen's Five"
(Which will be the regular team dur
ing the winter) will play against the
high school team. There will be
skating before the game, the game
being called at 9 O'Clock; CSC. will
be charged for admission to the
games.
The following schedule has al
ready been arranged for games with
outside teams:
Nov. 2s (Thanskgiving) the Be-
midi and Park Rapids teams will
play two games at Park Rapids, one
in the afternoon and one in the
evening, which games promise to be
good ones. Last year Bemidji took
two games from Park Rapids, the
first by a score of 21 to S; the Sec
ond, 20 to II.
Dec. 6 Park Rapids will play in
Bemidii.
On Dec. 10 and 20 the Great
Northern team of Crookston will
play two games here. The Great
Northern players were considered
the champions at Crookston last
year.
Dec. 27 aud 28 the Warren team,
claiments of the basketball cham
pionship of Northern MINI. last year,
will play two games here. Warren
did not play Bemidji last year, but
the local team had fully as good a
record as the Marshall county team.
The two games to be played on
Dec. 28 promise to be very exciting.
On Jan. 10 the Park Rapids team
will play another game here.
The Duluth Y. M. C.. A. team,
one of the very strongest in the
state, will play two games here on
Jan. "a and Feb. rs.
Feb. 13 and IA the famous Com
pany I team of Superior, the great
| Wisconsin National Guard five, will
play two games here. This team
has lost but one game in the four
years it has been playing, the Hud-
son, Wisconsin, players turning the
trick. The game was lost the first
year, and Company I has not beer
. defeated the last three years.
On Feb. FL and 22, or the % anc
20, the strong St. Paul Y. M. c. A
five will play two games here. Thi:
{ team has already shown good form
, having recently defeated the St
, Olaf's College team.
, 1t is probable that some othel
: games will be arranged within tn.
season.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20
"L|TTLE jim" is PROVEN
TO Be A RANK "RINGER"
Speedy PAGER, Which Has Raced in
Bemidji, Is Found to be
Guy Rex.

Duluth News Tribune: Another
st. Louis county race track scandal
will be aired by the stewards of the
American Trotting association this
winter. Little Jim 2:14A bay
pacing gelding, owned by Frank
Ansley of Hibbing, president of the
St. Louis County Fair association, is
on the carpet, the charge being
ringing" Last summer the Ans
ley horse was raced through the
Wisconsin circuits where he made
an excellent showing, coping some
handsome prizes. It is said that
certain Wisconsin horsemen, who
are familiar with the animal, identi-
fed him as Guy Rex, 2:11A, and in
a number of places entered protests
which tied up the winnings.
When the matter was brought to
the attention of Secretary w. H.
Knight of the American Trotting
association he began an investiga-
ton which has resulted in the COM
plete Identification of Little Jim as
Guy Rex. 1t is stated that Mr..
Ansley purchased the horse in good
faith, believing him to have record
of only 2:I9A and accordingly raced
him in that race.
AS far as is known, the associa-
ton exonorates Mr.. Ansley from any
attempt at crookedness. The Off
cials are willing to believe that the
horse and his record were misrepre-
sented. AS president of the ST.
Louis County association Mr.. Ans
ley has, on every occasion, shown
himself to be good, square and hon
est, always giving the visiting horse
men tar more than they had COM
ing. Duluth horsemen are unwill-
ing to believe that he would resort
to ringing horses"
Little Jim" has raced in Bemidji,
and has always shown fast clip.
This fall he won the the free-for-all
pace or trot at the races of the BEL
trami County Agricultural associa-
ton, making a mark of 2:14 Ia,
which is the track record.
Everyone likes the little PAGER, as
he is game and speedy traveller,
and always a good actor" on the
track.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20

A new line Of neat comic postal
cards has just been received at the
Pioneer Office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20
Social at Baptist Church.

The Baptist young people will
give Thanksgiving social and en-
tertainment in their church Tuesday
evening, November rs.
All are cordially invited. Watch
for further notice.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-20

Additional local matter will be found
on fourth page.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
DENVER MARKETS.

Denver Union Stock Yards, July L.
Though total receipts of cattle last
week were rather lighter than proceed
ing week, offerings of native stuff were
about 1000 heavier. The market was
in fine shape and prices closed firm to
a dime higher on all good grades of
beef stuff though the common cows
are weak to lower. There were no very
choice steers on sale. Bulk of fair to
good grades offered sold at $500 to
$3.50, but choice to fancy steers would
have brought $3.50 to $50. One
bunch of fancy baby beef-steers and
heifers mixed-arrived and sold at
$3.50, the record price FOR this class of
stuff. Choice heifers brought $500 to
1875 and fair to good grades $400 to
$4.75. Some fancy corn-fed COWS sold
at $5.25, same as preceding week and
several punches brought $500, with
bulk of pretty good corn feds at $5.25
to $40. God fat grass cows sold
around $500, with prices ranging all
the way down to $l.50 on the poor
stuff. Grass cows continue to be more
OF less Disseminated against. Bulls
were steady at $500 to $3.50 and vcals
slightly lower, tops now selling around
$500. Feeder and stocker supply was
light and no material change in con
ditions Prices remain about the same
and demand better than supply. Re
ccipts today We're very light, market
quiet and steady.
Hog receipts during the week Just
past were 5000 head against 1000
preceding week and $500 same week
last year Demand was good and mar
ket closed in nice shape. Prices early
in the week declined somewhat but
later most of the loss was rcgainc
top now selling at $500.
The sheep supply was light and mar
ket quiet Demand was good, bat
prices closed - to jOc lower. owiig to
big eastern declines. Good ewes are
selling around $3.50 and good spring
lambs up to $S.l5, prices still higher
than eastern quotations.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1907.
A PAR-REAcH1NG DECISION.

A decision was handed down by the
Supreme court last Monday which will
greatly change and in many instances
greatly disturb the past procedure con
cerning irrigation.
The decision upholds the attempt of
party having an early ditch right to
transfer that right from ditch to res
ervoir purposes and thus to store
times when he would have had the
right to use the water for direct irri-
cation through his ditch. The statute
of 1901 upon the question of impound-
ing water in reservoirs reads as fol
lows
''The owner or possessors of reser-
voirs shall not have the right to i'm
pound any water whatever in such res
ervoir during the time that such water
Is TtuulTeu Ill ullCHtS uilttl
CATION or for reservoirs holding senior
rights
Judge Gabbert who wrote last Mon
days decision seems to take more
liberal view of the matter, doubtless
on the ground that to do so will en-
courage reservoir building and result in
grelter good to the county
Under the law and the former rul-
ing of the courts many people were
deferred from building reservoirs be-
cause they could only secure water for
filling them during n very short portion
of the year.
Under the Gabbert decision man
with Il very poor reservoir right, if he
can purchase ditch of early priority
may use that ditch for filling his reser
voir just as constantly as he could be-
fore have used it for directly irriga-
ting his land and there is no telling
what troubles may ensue from such an
arrangement. We can only wait and
see.
Chief Justice Steele and Justices
Campbell and Caswell dissented from
the opinion of Justice Gabbert.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06

JUDGE DICKSON of the Federal
court in Oklahoma declares that the
primary election law as recently tested
in the new state is failure. ''It has
been demonstrated. he says 'that
only rich man can hope to win an
Office under the direct primary Then
he tells of fellow in search of an of
fee who spent $4,000 and didn't even
get the nomination. While there may
be considerable virtue in the primary
system those who have watched the
trend of political doings and especially
those who have kept track of the prim-
ary law and it's workings know very
well that this new law is by no means
the panacea which is claimed for it by
its friends While it is true that pOliti-
cal nominating conventions sometimes
thwart the will of party voters it is
also true that primary convention is
by no means proof against such an evil
and this is the verdict of those who
have tried it-even those who are its
warmcst friends.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
More xuockius for alenwood.

Glenwood will most likely be treated
to a lively exhibition in the pugilistic
line some time this month. Ed Pitts
matchmaker for Reddy Gallagher in
Denver, is here in charge of Kid Sulli.
van the lightweight who met Kid
Davis at Aspen Wednesday night and
negotiations were entered into be-
tween him and John Campbell, manager
of the Glenwood opera house to book
a good attraction in the block and up
per-cut line.
Pitts, whose real name is Ambrose
told Post reporter that a red-hot 60
would surely be arranged this month
Mcdonald the Denrer welterweight
viii be matched against the best op
ponent to be secured.
"Glenwood is lively sporting
town." said Ambrose. "The people
are at present very enthusiastic over
baseball, but I see no reason why they
would not take to the pugilistic game
want to give them an attraction that
will prove a winner and I believe that
Glenwood will become the best city or
the western slope for the sporting
game"
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06

THE TOWN is now pretty well in
Tested with the genus hobo and this
element is causing the peace officers no
end of trouble According to the late
law if these fellows are vagged they
must be worked instead of being made
to spend their time in idleness in a
jail cell. The law is a good one and
the marshal has been having consid-
erable street work done at a very rea-
sonable price to the city. A great
many people seem to think they are
under sort of moral obligation to
feed these Wandering Willies'' who
apply at their back doors and request
and even demand food without the Of
fer of any equivalent. This is a mis-
take and encourages many man in
idleness and crime. The next time one
of these fellows solicits you for free
meal lust ask him to tell his troubles to
a policeman. That official is paid for
listening and will provide the fellow
with meals if he pays for them and
that s what the rest of us have to do.
Barring cripples and sick people sym
pathy extended to beggars is worse
than wasted. Let them earn their
bread like other people must dc.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
WE EXPECT to begin publication

WE EXPECT to begin publication
next Tuesday of the Glenwood Daily
Post. This is a movement which has
been urged upon us for the past five
years and now that Glenwod is larger
and more prosperous than ever before
and with brighter prospects for the
future the Daily Post will be launched
with faith in the town and faith in
her people and the belief that they will
support a fair, clean, optimistic sheet
such as we are determined the new
paper shall be.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
CALL FOR NATIONAL
IRRIGATION CONGRESS

The call for the Fifteenth National
Irrigation congress has just been issued
by the executive committee. The con
gress will be held in Sacramento, open
ing September and continuing for six
days, and promises to be one of the
most interesting conventions ever held
in the western country.
The four chief objects of this con
gress as set forth in the call are to
"save the forests, store the floods, re
claim the deserts and make homes on
the land No more worthy cause
could enlist the attention or energy of
aggressive American citizens. 1t is
gratifying to contemplate the success
which already has attended the efforts
of the persons interested in this work,
and to note that the present success
serves only as an incentive for greater
effort in the reclamation of arid lands.
The National Irrigation congress-
during its fourteen years of existence,
has accomplished great work, but
there are numerous problems, still un-
solved, to which it's members may turn,
and by the solution of which the coun
try will receive inestimable benefit. 1t
is the purpose of the congress to con
tribute to the wise direction of ma
tional policies, and development of
practical methods of conserving and
developing the great natural resources
of the country, thereby insuring
greater stability of prosperous condi-
tions, extending the habitable area, in
creasing the products of the land and
increasing internal trade.
The citizens of Sacramento are max
ing elaborate preparations for the en-
tertainment of the delegates, and be-
sides giving added impetus to the irri-
CATION novsnsnt, thess who sttsnd the
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
WALKING NOT GOOD
IN THE GRAND.

Grand Junction has been making
strenuous efforts to get her ball team
in shape to trim the Water Babies from
Glenwood and has shipped in from
Eastern points several horse-hide ex-
perts to aid the home talent in the diff
ficult undertaking. The rejuvenated
bunch defeated New Castle Sunday 81
to and the News is now boosting
about how they will wrest the Western
Slope championship laurels from the
Greens.
Save your wind Grand Junction, As
pen and Palisade made similar boasts.
You get your chance on July %, when
Glenwood plays in your own town and
if you give the boys a drubbing you
will know you've had the toughest
game you ever tackled in your baseball
career.
Come out to the ball grounds this
afternoon and watch the home boys
rub it into the crack Denver team.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
SENATOR GUGGENHEIM

SENATOR GuGGENHElM has re.
Gently made a trip across the western
slope and has everywhere shown Il live
ly interest in the people and their
needs for the future. The Post regrets
that the senator did not include Glen
wood in his visiting itinerary but we
have taken steps to secure visit from
our senator in the near future or as
early as his time will permit. The
Post is pleased with the interest the
senator has exhibited in the needs of
various portions of the state and his
determination to assist the people in
their different needs. He has promis-
ed to personally interest himself in the
building of the Highline ditch so much
needed at Grand Junction and to Sc
cure if possible, an appropriation for a
public building for Montrose. Glen
wood will be delighted to entertain
the senator if he should visit us and
it is to be hoped he may find way to
render us some federal assistance also.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
HIGH ART PUBLISHERS AND
BOoKMAKERs.

Bookbinding of every description.
Magazine, law and medical books
bound in every conceivable manner.
Old books repaired and bound.
Prospectus, catalogues, by laws,
weekly and monthly publications.
Blank book makers.
We make speciality of boom or spe-
cial illustrated editions.
Estimates furnished on application.
PUBLISHERS PRESS ROOM CO.,
1924 Stout ST., Denver Colo.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
A GRAND TIME FOR THE
MEMS BIBLE STUDY CLUB.

They are going to have a banquet.
After three months of studious effort
il their weekly meetings at a down
town office, that novel organization
known as the "Glenwood Men IS Bible
Study Club will banquet long and
heartily on the material things of life
at Hotel Colorado on next Tuesday
night. Somewhat over hundred in
vitations have been issued, and the
club members are now and then pick
ing up few more of their friends who
were overlooked in making up the list
of the invited. The organization be-
gan operations some time last April,
with several worthy enterprises in
view. Thus far they have merely
bound themselves together by delving
unitedly into the mysteries of the
ancient writings of the Hebrews, which
form the foundation of modern Chris
tian belief. Now they propose to put
cepts inculcatcd by launching enter
prises involving true public spirit
something that the town sholld he
proud of. In connection with the so
cial good time on Tuesday night it is
expected that matters of prime i'm
portance to the entire community will
lie discussed by some of the leading
men in the town and state. AS a spe-
cial feature of the evenings good time
arrangements have been made for a
rare entertainment brought to the
guests in the person of Mr.. Phidelah
Rice of the Leland Powers School of
Boston. The opportunity was seized to
persuade Mr.. Rice, who is to render
the popular play "David Garrick' at
Dougan's Hall on Monday night, to re-
main over one day and enjoy the hos
pitality and fine mountain air of Glen
wood, and, incidentally, meet and en-
tertain some of its leading citizens at
the mems banquet.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06

children of Eagle county, but just what
the people of Eagle county will do in
the matter is purely matter Of con-
lecture. Some who are the most ardent
exponents of education are fighting the
movement while others ordinarily in
different on such matters are boosting
for the high school, and there you are.
The Glenwood post., 1907-07-06
TODAY the voters of Eagle coun

TODAY the voters of Eagle county
will express themselves on the PROPOSE
ton to establish a county high school
at Gypsum and the indications are
that the proposition will carry. While
it is true that there is not in all Eagle
county frst-class location for such
an institution there are many who be-
lieve it is time that some educational
advantages better than those at pres
snt in vogue should be provided the