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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
Billiard Tournament.

Last evening in the Bemidil
Billiard Tournament which is being
played at Gillette's parlors, w. l..
Brooks defeated ]. F. Boss by. a
score of 20 to 55. Mr.. Boss playing
100 to TO-.
A. L. Wyler and L. G.. Crothers
played Tuesday evening, the former
with handicap of 100 to so. Mr..
Wyler won by a tally of 100
to 40.
--ss 81 u 4 E,nrranca aud II A D~-l-~-.
handled the cues on Monday evening
and the latter won, 70 to 81. Mr..
Torrance was handicapped 100 to
70.
The tournament is nearly half
over and interest among the players
is reaching a high point. G. M.
Torrance and w. ]. Markham will be
the opponents this evening.
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FARMERS INSTITUTES TO
BE HELD IN FEBRUARY
W. Mackenzie Has Arranged for Meetings at Smaller
Places in Clearwater and Beltram Counties Speak.
ers Of Note Will Address Farmers.

w. R. Mackenzie of this city, Sec
retary of the Beltrami County Agri-
cultural society, has arranged ser
les of farmers institutes for Beltrami
and Clearwater counties, and will be
attended by noted speakers furnished
by the State Farmers Institute at
St. Paul.
A. D. Willsion, superintendent of
the Farmers Institutes, has acceded
to Mr.. Mackenzie's request for
meetings in Beltrami and Clearwater
counties, and has expressed desire
to do everything possible for the
betterment of farming conditions in
the north half of the state.
The following are the dates and
places where these institutes,will be
held:
Feb. 23,Maple Ridge school house,
Sec. "a.
Feb. "a, Liberty school house,
Pony Lake.
Feb. rs, Buzzle school house, Sec
II.
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it into the center of the circle, where
it lay glinting in the sun.
Sell that, and you can buy 'em
ALL he suggested.
Now look here,' interjected a
member who had not spoken for
some moments. You say it's
good enough country. I say it's
more than that. It's rattling good
country. Here are forests with any
quantity of good timber in them.
Wherever we've done any digging,
except right here on the lake shore,
we have found good, rich, black soil,
a dozen or fourteen inches deep over
the clay bed. The location couldn't
be better for railroad development,
and this lake is the best ever for. a
summer resort. 1t seems to me this
region is suited to something better
than hunting preserve. It's a
country of promise, and I, for one,
am willing to help make it good.'
That was the beginning. Half
an hour later, with the president
seated in state on pile of pure
lake sand, the secretary reclining
a few feet away and scratching the
minutes of the meeting in the
| smooth surface of the beach, and the
other members stretched at length
on the warm shore, townsite and
improvement company was organized
and the first step taken towards
the development of what is proving
to be veritable northern empire,
with live commercial center and
prospects unsurpassed by any other
territory of 100000 square miles in
the country.
Such was the beginning of Bemidii.
It is now a city of approximately six
thousand population. In its growth
it has combined the characteristics
of the oak with those of the mush.
room, for with all its rapid develop.
ment, it has the stability which
means definitely prosperous future. .
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A CHAMPIONSHIP RACE.
At GRooksToN TONIGHT.
Third and Deciding Roller Race Be-
tween Thorpe and Carpenter at
,. Cr0okston Auditorium. is

AL. Thorpe of Fargo and Harry
Carpenter of Crookston will settle
their long-disputed claims to being
the fastest roller skater in the north
west in a three. mile race at the Audi
torium in Crookston this evening.
Each one has secured race, Car
penter winning the first one at
Crookston and Thorpe the second
at Bemidji and the third and final
race of the series will be pulled off
this evening.
On account of the fact that it is
possible to secure 200 more people
in Crookston than in Bemidji,"
said Thorpe's manager today, and
as the crowd at the last race in
Bemidji was not sufficient to pay
| the expenses of the skaters, it was
decided to have the last contest at
Crookston. I wrote to managers of
the rinks at Duluth, Minneapolis
and at Grand Forks but received no
answers, so it was question Of
either Bemidji or Crookston and the
latter was chosen for the above rea-
sons"
The conditions of the race this
evening at the Auditorium in Crooks
ton are:
l.. The band stand shall be re-
moved from the floor.
2. That pumice stone shall be
used instead Of whiting on rhe floor
to prevent slipping.
8. That the distance shall be
three miles and that the skaters
shall start from opposite sides Of
the rink.
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CASS LAKE HAS $26,OOO
INDEBTEDkESS---T0 BOND
Election, Held Yesterday, Resulted in
Vote Of 1866 to 43, Favoring
Bonding Village.

Cass Lake, Feb. 11.-(Special to
Pioneer.) by vote of almost four
-te>-->., he-4z-,,.4l. -AL:<.1z-.:l1---
today expressed their desire to bond
the village for the amount of its
floating indebtedness.
The bonds will be issued to the
state of Minnesota and will aggre-
gate $4,000.
They will bear interest at 4 per
cent per annum, will be numbered
and will mature as set forth in the
resolution now on file with the
village recorder.
A light vote was cast in COM
parison with the number of voters
in the village. The vote stood 156
for the bonds and 43 against.
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Feb. 26, Buzzle school house Sec.
8.
Feb. 27, Neving, creamery.
Mar. l, Leon school house, Sec. 12.
Mar. 2, Berner school house, Sec.
13.
Mar. 3, Gonvick town hall.
Mar. 4, Leon creamery.
Mar. 5, Willborg village.
Mar. 6, Dudley school house, Sec.
20.
Mar. 8, Vern school house.
March 9, Aida town hail.
March 10, Solway village.
March IL, Frohn school house,
Sec. II.
March IL, school house District
No. 10, near Bemidji.
The farmers who live in the dis
tricts mentioned above should pre-
serve these dates and assist in max
ing the meetings a success. Mr..
Mackenzie has done his part, and
the farmers should do theirs, which
will insure the success of the meet
ings.
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The Bemidji Townsite & Improve
ment company has just issued hand
some booklet, descriptive of Bemidji,
telling how the townsite was first
proposed, the later organization of
the company and plating of the
town, and the great growth and de-
velopment of this giant of the north
half of the state during the past few
years.
The booklet is splendidly.gotten
up and nicely-arranged specimen of
the printers and photographers art,
containing many half.tone cuts of
beautiful spots bereabouts, together
with some of the business blocks
and in the center is a larger picture
of the famous Diamond Point"
part of the site for the proposed
sixth state normal school.
Through the kindness of E. L.
Calihan of St. Paul, secretary of the
townsite company, the Pioneer has
been favored with copy of the
booklet; and we take the liberty of
reproducing the following, taken
from the first pages of the booklet,
under the heading of Some Early
History"
On an afternoon in the autumn
of 1896, there sat in circle, on the
lonely shore of a lake in Northern
Minnesota, six practical business
men, idly drawing pictures in the
sand with small twigs that had been
washed ashore by the miniature
pillows. They had bought it for
good, hard cash-bought it on the
representations of man who had
sought them out in their offices in
the city-and now they were not
) particularly happy over the purchase.
They were sixty-fve miles from
the nearest railroad and a good two
hundred yards from the nearest
thing that bore the resemblance
to house. Back of them thick
forest, mainly pine, but with scat
tered balsam, oak and birch trees,
whispered decisively and seemed
to be laughing quietly as the wind
stirred the leaves. Occasionally
the men glanced at the lake, whose
surface smiled in the sunlight as il
it, too, found something amusing in
their presence.
One of the group dug up bit oil
worthless, blue-tinted crystal from
the sand and tossed it to another
of the party. ....-
Have sapphire on me- he
said, and the rest laughed.
The one to whom the bit of crystal
had been thrown snapped it into
the lake and, with a grimace, said:
Thanks, own share of ninety
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acres of mines of that kind of thing
myself, so you can keep yours
The little brseze stirred the
leaves again and the whispers of
the trees grew more derisive.
Over on the south shore OF the
lake, a tall, gaunt, roughly-clad
figure stood and gazed up the east
ern shore at the little group on the
sand and greeted their presence
with grunt of disapproval. At
last he turned slowly back to large,
birch-bark tepee that stood few
rods from the shore, lighted a long
stemmed pipe and sat down to think
gloomily of the future.
The coming of the pale-faces
could have but one significance to
this Chippewa chief, who had been
driven from place to place by the
white men and finally had made
his home in the most secluded spot
he could find. With simple-minded
egotism he had christened the lake
after himself, and in the same spirit
had appropriated the hunting
grounds about it and, resented any
intrusion. 7 y >'.-
Bemidji won't move again. he
determined, as he gazed thought.
fully at the lake. 'Bemidji is too
old. He will stay here until he is
gathered to his fathers, and if the
white man comes before that time,
Bemidji will bear with him, for there
is nothing else to do ,.s -.
Meanwhile a desultory converse
tion had sprung up within the circle
on the sand. e
1t seems to be a good country
enough said one.
Yes, when you get to it, supple
mented another. ....
It's ours anyway remarked Z
third, for we bought it and paic
for it, Then, as he dug up another
bit of blue crsytal, he added as al
afterthought, even to the sapphires.
"A damper fell on the talk for {
time, and then somebody suggested
that it was a good hunting region.
What's the matter with making
a private game preserve here ane
establishing shooting-box?' he pro
posed.
Too far from everywhere was
the quick dissent.
Besides, this country is good fo
something else. It wouldn't tax.
such an awful lot to civilize it,
Only city, said another, ane
inhabitants and few railroads and
electric light and mayor and com
mon council and a municipal deb
and some graft. That's ALL
Ano ther bit of the blue crysta
came to light and the digger chuckee
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Discharged.

George Seiger, who was arrested
about ten days ago at Detroit by
Deputy Sheriff Olson on warrant
sworn out last April BY Fred Christ
enson, was arraigned yesterday
morning before Justice Simons and
discharged on account Of the non
appearance Of the complaining wit.
ness.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
Probate Court.

Feb. 8. Estate of Mary A. Carter.
Hearing on petition for administra-
ton had and order issued and filed
appointing D. w. Carter as an ad-
ministrator of the estate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
Company K, Attention.

All members of Company K are
ordered to appear at the armory at
1870 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in
dress (blue) uniforms without arms.
Captain Adam E. Otto.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
Postoffice Closed Tomorrow.

The general delivery window of
the local postofice will be open to-
morrow only between 1880 and
11:30 a. m. as the day is legal
holiday. The carriers will make
one delivery in the morning.
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boy Blue" will be presented
at the City Hall two. weeks from
now by the children Of the Be-
midi public schools, under the
direction Of Misses Hanson and.
Alley.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
Trains on Time Again.

Most Of the passenger trains which
stop in Bemidji are running on time
again after the severe storm Tuesday,
the majority Of the trains today COM
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
NORMAL COMMITTEE WILL
LEAVE ST. PAUL TONIGHT
Will Follow Itinerary Published in the Pioneer.Senator
Gum Inviting Friends to Accompany the Junket
@#& in a Private Car
itinerary Of Normal School Committees.
~@.~- via-c. N. Railway.
viac. N. Railway.

Leave St. Paul LILO Thursday
Friday, Feb TO-
Leave Duluth 845 m. Friday; arrive
Remain in Lake Friday
Leave Cas Lake Saturday going Rapids
Leave Park Rapids 5:45 returning Bemidji
Arrive in Bemidj 8:l5 m Saturday,
Remain BemdI Sunday
RivrFa
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Senate.
WA. Hinton (Rep), Truman, Chairman
S. D. Works (Dem J, Mankato
George D. French (Rep.), St. Charles
John G. Hardy (Dem. }, st. Paul

St. Paul. Feb 1Sa
the house
offered
LEU and
Falls Warren and Wadena before
car for eruse
undoub Friday night
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
The Joint Committee.

House..
R. b. Gart<ide (Rep), Wiuona, Chairman
Hans Jorgenson Dem.) }, Mankato.
}. A. A. Burnquist (Rep.), St. Paul.
G Z. Sawyer (Rep.) Minneapolis.
Henry Rhines (Rep }, Mora.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-11

RALLY NEXT
THURSDAY

President c. o. Seton OF the Gary
Democratic club states that the Schlitz
building has been selected for the rem
devious of the democrats for their big
rally and mass meeting. to be held on
Thursday night At this meeting it is
expected that the precinct committee
men will be selected for the coming
municipal campaign, and general ar
engagements made for the great political
battle.
The meeting will be open one and
every one of democratic inclination is
invited to be present. Here it is ex-
pected that the machine which has been
stored ever since the election last fall
will be taken out, oiled and put togeth-
er again Many notices will be sent out
this week for the meeting by the COM
mittee and a large attendance is ex-
/ pected.
/ The meeting Thursday night will not
be held under the auspices of the old
democratic club as that organization
has not been reorganized up to the
present time The impression also OBJ
tanned that an election Of officers fol
the club would also be held, but this
will not be done until the latter par
of June, when the terms of the ff1cers
for the first year will expire.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-11
JUDGE HAS KNOCKED
OUT SALOON CASES

Continued from Page One)
and in which no appeal can be taken
are as follows:
Jacob Cziszcn VS.. George E. Deuel..
Dismissed.
Peter Gallovicz VS.. George E. Deuel..
Dismissed.
Wladislaw oxdzinsky vs.. George
E. Deuel. ct al. Dismissed.
Michael Walsh VS.. George E. Deuel.,
ct. al. Dismissed.
Fred Petrovics VS.. George E. Deuel.,
ct al Dismissed.
Otto c. Foreman vs.. George E,
Deuel., ct al. Dismissed.
John Bilbovic VS.. George E. Deuel.,
ct al. Dismissed.
Fred Behn VS.. George E. Deuel., Ell
al Appealed.
Richard Much VS.. George E. Deuel.
ct al Dismissed.
A. Eberle vs.. George E. Deuel., et
al. Dismissed.
Lawrence Hoover VS.. George E
Deuel., ct al. Dismissed.
The decision of Judge Reiter wa'
not announced until this Afternoon
and then it was merely an oral de
cision. This finally disposes Of ter
of the saloon cases which originated
as result Of the circulating Of the re
monstrance in Calumet township las
year
There were fifty lawyers in cour
today to hear the decision and it wa
the most important liquor case eve
decided. The VETS claimed tn
right of trial by jury and the "drys
by the court, according to the law.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-11
BOAT
LOAD Of ORE
ARRIVED
Opening of Navigation in
Gary Sees the Ships Com
ing in From the North and
the Tars Rolling Down
Broadway.

The first boat load Of ore for the
season arrived in Gary yesterday after
noon from Duluth and marked the
opening of the second season of navi-
cation in the Gary harbor Eleven
thousand tons of iron ore was brought
into the steel city yesterday and awaits
being unloaded at the dock today
Where about six hundred thousand
tons of ore were brought into the Gary
harbor last year it is expected that the
amount viii be increased to at least a
million.
With the opening of navigation in
Gary it is expected that the city Will
again have the pleasure of seeing an
occasional tar strolling down the
streets when one of the ships comes
in from the north. Gary. however, has
gone dry since the last time the boats
steamed into the harbOr and they may
not ask for leaves of absence again this
year. at least until some time after
May Il.
From this time forward one of the
ore boats will arrive from the Superior
region nearly every day, and some
times two of them will get here al
/ once. This means an average Of Over
! 900 tons per day during the season
! Of navigation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-11
LARGE ORDER
FOR STEEL RAILS
Sixty Thousand Tons to Be
Made by Illinois Steel
Company.

One of the largest orders that has
been placed for steel rails since last
fall was received yesterday by the Illi-
nois Steel company at South Chicago
The order calls for $4,000 tons of steel
rails for the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad, to be delivered at
once. The order has been pending, it
is said, for some time, and it was
thought that the order would be placed
with the Indiana Steel company at
Gary. as they are in position TO turn
out much better rails and at much less
cost than any Of the other mills,
It is said that Bessemer rails were
specified and these can only be manu-
featured at the South Chicago plant.
open hearth rails are manufactured at
the local plant Two blast furnaces
that have been idle for the past three
months We're blown i'm last week and
all preparations are being made TO rush
the order until completion. Superin-
tendent Gleason of the Gary mills said
today that while he knew nothing OF
the placing Of the order it has not yet
been decided whether the rails viii be
of the open hearth or Bessemer make
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-11
JUDGE SAYS He HAS
NO JURISDICTION
Mrs. Bessie O'Dell of Tol-
lesion Has Disposition
of Her Child.

Attorney Clarence Bretsch repre-
senting Mrs Bessie O'DelI in the court
action at which an attempt was made
to take from her her ten-year-old child
by Mr.. and Mrs. p Braddock of Toll
lesion, has been notified that the court
has changed his decision in the case
and has ruled that instead of the child
being left in the care of the mother,
that he has no jurisdiction in the case.
which amounts 10 the same thing.
Attorney Bretsch declares. however,
that In spite of the fact that the wo-
man now has the privilege of doing
what she wishes with the child. that
it will he sent TO the Catholic institu-
ton at South Bend as it was originally
intended, where it will be given the
proper care and education.
The child has been very content to
remain at the home of the Braddocks
in Tolleston. where it was treated as
their own child and the scene when
it was taken away from its foster-par-
ents was very effective 1t is not be-
lieved that the Braddocks will take any
further action in the matter, as tho
/ law is evidently against them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-11
EIGHT DROWN;
LAUNCH UPSET

Chippewa Falls Wis. May Il. -
Eight persons lost their lives here
when in the flooded Chippewa river a
new gasoline launch was overturned
while on its maiden trip None in
the craft could swim. They chung to
the craft for several minutes. They
were finally washed off in the rapids
and persisted. The dead are:
GEORGE WILLIAM HALL, aged p
years.
ROBERT II. SWEET, aged 40 years
MRS. MARY SWEET. aged 81 years
HERBERT SWEET. aged u years.
MILLIE SWEET. aged 10 years.
WILLIE SWEET. aged years.
HARVEY and JOHN SWEET, twins
aged 4 years.
The launch belonged to Hall, and his
invited the Sweet family to make the
trip to try the boat. 1t is supposed
that the boat struck home logs anC
capsized. A fisherman heard cries 70,
help too late for a rescue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-11
HOLD
A CONFERENCE
Want to Draw Up Working
Agreement for Elec-
trical Workers.

A conference between delegates of
the Lake County Buildings Trades as
ISOLATION and the Gary Contractors
Builders association, was held this
morning with view of drawing up a
working agreement for the journeymen
electricians and electrical contractors
in Gary. This new working agreement,
it is hoped, will bring about a settle
ment of the differences now existing
between the journeymen electricians and
the electrical contractors, which pre-
cipitated the strike some time ago.
There seemed to be no question this
morning but what the big organizations
will draw up satisfactory agreement
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-11
ENTERED ROOM WITH
HIS GUN IN HAND
Foreigners Testify in Preliminary
Hearing-say They Were Much
Fr;gttone3-0ne Tumbled Into the
Basement Thinking Himself Shot
Man Who Fired Shot Still Free.

sam vajnovich. WAC was arrested
shortly after the murder of Nick Re
braca of Csury. charged with being
accessory before and after the fact,
was given a hearing yesterday after
noon ana bound over 20 the superior
court at Hammond without bond by
Judge a. c. Huber. Attorney Clarence
Bretseb appeared tor the defendant and
Prosecuting Attorney Charles Green
zvaId took charge of the case for the
state
Tie state proved in it's evidence al
most concIusively yesterday afternoon
that the murderer Of Thursday night
was the man that happened to get in
the first shot. and that both the muir
derer AIial Lemcek. and Sam had the
intent to kill when they returned Y
this place from their own boarding
house The details Of the card game,
as related by the foreigners who resido
in the shack, showed that i'll feeling
had prevailed throughout the evening
by the three mon wGo afterwards be
came engaged in the fatal quarrel
Returned With RevOIvers.
Finally one Of the men grabbed the
resulted I.emcek and Vajnovich We're
strangers il the house and felt that
they were placed at a disadvantage in
a fight of this character. Both sudden
ly left the place, went to their rooms
secured reviewers and returned to the
house Of their neighbor. When they
entered tile door both Sam and Mita
had reviewers IN their hands and The
people of the house felt that some one
was about to be killed. 1t seemed t
lie only a question Of who would sc
the shot ia first.
Most Of the foreigners on the stan,
testified that they were so frightened
for fear they would be the victims tina
they hardly remembered what tran
spired. one man saving that he actual
~ fell down the basement stairs, think
ing that he was shot The evidenc
which was produced seemed conclusive
however, nd the Judge Immediately ar
rived at bis decisfon.
In the Indiana statutes an accessor.
is made punishable TO the same extern
as a principal. so thas if Sam is foun
guilty Of the charge that lie was boun
over for without bal. he may eithe
get life sentence or be executed