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VOLUME 10. NUMBER 17.
ORDERS BOYS GUESTS OF
LUMBER COMPANY
Crookston Officials Decide to Bring
Sons of Settlers to Camp In
Bemidji.
WILL PAY ALL EXPENSES
To Select Two From Each Town In
Which They Have Land Listed
For Sale.
W. B. STEWART TO CHOOSE
In Case There is Competition For the
Places, An Examination System
Will Be Used.
Stock in the boys camp to be used
in connection with the University
week to be held in Bemidji June 17 to
22, took a big rise today when the
Crookston Lumber company an
nounced that it would pay the ex
penses of two boys from each of the
towns in which it has land for sale
and also two boys from each town in
which there are settlers on land
bought of the Crookston Lumber
company. The offer means that in
some towns, it will be possible for
four boys to come to Bemidji for a
week at no cost to themselves.
This action was taken yesterday
afternoon after a conference of
Crnobctmi- LiimW. .onmpnny j&oial&.-
It was the sentiment of thatmeeting
that the University week is the most
important week of the summer for
Bemidji and that the boys of the
country should be given an oppor
tunity to share its advantages with
the boys of Bemidji. The towns
from which two boys will come are
Alaska, Durand, Maple Ridge, Kel
liher and Cormant. Two boys will be
selected from each town in which
there are settlers on Crookston land.
The action of the Crookston Lum
ber company in offering to pay the
expenses of a large number of boys
is looked upon by the committee in
charge of the local arrangements as
the opening wedge for other firms to
take the same action. The expense
per week per boy is only for actual
cost of food as the University fur
nishes cots, tents, cooks and instruc
tors while the boys bring blankets,
dishes and toilet articles. The com
mittee has figured that it will cost
between $3 and $4 per week per boy
and hopes that the camp will have
the limit of 100
According to the present plan of
the committee, the boys camp will
be pitched in the grove near the fair
grounds. The race track, ball dia
mond and athletic field will then be
available for sports and there will
be plenty of pens and room for stock
judging contests. The High school
farm is just beyond the north fence
so that the boys will be near actual
crops for their field work. The lake
is but a few rods away with good
beaches and a deep 'hole so that the
boys will take a swim at least once
a day. The camp will be under the "direct
charge of two men brought by the
University but the boys will govern
themselves through a representative
body of members of which will be
elected by the boys from their own
tents. Ten sleeping tents, designed
to hold ten boys each, will be fur
nished by the University so that the
limit of the camp will be 100 boys.
City boys who wish to live at the
camp will be allowed to do so if they
furnish their own tents and cots, or
can sleep at home and be at the camp
during the day.
An entertainment will be given
each evening of University week and
tickets for the series will be placed
on sale the last of the week at $1
each. Three hundred tickets must
be sold before the expense of the
week will be cared for.
W. B. Stewart, county superinten
dent of schools, will have charge of
the selection of the Crookston Lum
ber company boys and all appli
cations should be sent to him
Jn
case that several boys from one town
wish to come to the camp, a compe
titive method of selection will be
adopted. Boys who fail in the com
petitive examination can attend the
camjpuby .the "paying o^their, board
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EIGHTH GRADE PLAY MAY 24.
Students of the Eighth grade, as
sisted by members of the Seventh,
will present the "Courtship of Miles
Standish" in the Armory on Friday
evening, May 24. This play will be
the class play of the Eighth grade,
but because the cast requires more
people than the Eighth can furnish,
several members of the Seventh will
assist.
Seven scenes will be shown and
between scenes groups of children
will present Indian dances, a gun
drill, Puritan song, mountain march
and Indian song. Miss Hall has had
charge of the drills and has been
assisted by several of the other teach
ers. Jack Hillaby has been drilling
the boys for the gun drill for several
weeks.
Those who will take the principal
parts are, Miles Standish, Willie
Ward John Alden, Alex Cameron
Priscilla Mullens, Lucile Moritz El
der, William Kolste Messenger, Earl
Mclver.
TURTLE RIVER ITEMS.
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The baseball team played a game
of ball on the home grounds Saturday
afternoon with the Bass Lake team.
They beat the BassLake's with a score
of 12 to 6. Our boys expect to play
a second game with Spur 105 Sunday
afternoon, May 19.
Mrs. O. Hethness of Gemmel, vis
ited over Sunday with Mrs. John
son. Mrs. Hethness will visit in Be
midji and Fosston before she returns
home.
A. C. Johnson of Baudette, was in
town on business Wednesday.
Oscar Johnson and Miss J. Benson
visited with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hig
gins Sunday.
r- rrrsr wmrTrya^a*mTefifIdfen left"
for Montana the fore part of the
week, where they will make their fu
ture home.
Rev. Kolste of Bemidji, held Nor
wegian services here last Sunday.
He will preach again here six weeks
from last Sunday.
The Kelso Lumber company had
their annual meeting in the office
of the company last Thursday. A
number of the stockholders were
present.
The entertainment committee of
the Ladies Union are planning on
giving an ice cream social on the
school lawn May 24th, the next week
ly issue of this paper will give you all
the particulars of this.
O. A. Johnson returned from Iowa
Thursday morning.
Some people think it is too early to
go in swimming but evidently our
postmaster's cows did not think of
the earliness of the year, because
they swam from his island across to
the mainland east of town.After tak
ing the trouble to tow them back
the raft and cows both sank and the
cows swam back to the mainland
The flag pole on the school ground
which has been out of order for sev
eral years has been fixed and is ready
for use on Memorial Day. Through
the kindness of the lumber company
the committee has received lumber
with which to build a platform.
To Water Consumers.
Will flush hydrants Sunday. Look
out for dirty water.
GEORGE KIRK.
McCallister's Closing Argument
Deputy Prosecutor Fred McCallister
believes in paraphrasing the Scrip
tures to his purpose. He was making
the closing argument before a jury
in criminal court several days ago in
the case of the state against two young
men who were on trial tor grand lar
ceny. The deputy prosecutor urged
the jury to send the alleged culprits
to the state reformatory at Jefferson
ville. He closed his speech by say
ing: "At Jeffersonville there are
many mansions and the state has pre
pared a place for these young men
there. If it were not so I. would have
told you." The young men were sent
to the reformatory.Indianapolis
News.
Women and Economy.- ,t 4
Mrs. Pearl White of Michigan, writ.
ing to Farm and Home, has this to
say on the subject of women prac
ticing false economy: "Many a wom
an will walk half a mile or more to
borrow a pattern that is not even the
right size, trusting to her ingenuity
and good sense to make it fit, but the
chances are that the time alone which
she could save would more than equal
the 10-cent expenditure.for anew pat
tern, besides securing a better fit and
style, and considerable saving of
nerves." If- "S^.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
No games yesterday.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Yesterday.
Kansas City 17, Minneapolis 7.
All other games postponed.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Yesterday.
St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 4
Pittsburg 1, New York 4.
Cincinnati 8, Boston 5.
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Government experts estimate the damage byfloodIn the All
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BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17,1912. ^m^fMMMmimm^3\J^^-
Minneapolis, Minn., May 17(Pio-
neer special-wire service). The su
preme court "ay handed down the
following imJPMant decisions:
ELWELL GOOD ROADS LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL.
MANKATO COMMISSION GOV-
ERNMENT LAW CONSTITUTIONAL
Minneapolis," May 17Special to
the Pioneer. Floyd Allen was this
morning convicted of murder in the
first degree. He was charged with
the killing of a man in connection
with the shooting up of a court room
in Hillsville, Va., last March.
Scenes I the Great Mississippi Flood Which Has
Done Damage That Ma Total $100,000,000.
FALL IN THE LAKE.
Frank Bearsore and Tom Fuller
went fishing in Lake Irvine yesterday
and in order to handle their lines bet
ter, got out of the boat and onto the
logs. The wind carried the boat
away and while scrambling to save
it both men fell in the lak^.^They
were dole ko get "back"oh the logs and
are none the worse for their experi
ence. Their line of- fish got away.
Present Sylvia Here.
Ladies of the Episcopal church of
"Sylvia," in the city hall Thursday
evening, May 23. The operetta will
be given by Cass Lake talent and will
be the same production that was put
on in Cass Lake last Friday evening.
Mrs. C. R. Sanborn has charge of the
Bemidji arrangements.
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OLD GUARD WAS ABSENT
Returning Delegates From State Con
vention Say Young Men Were
in Evidence.
DIVISION ON MINORITY REPORT.
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Beltrami dels
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STATE PROGRESSIVE SENTIMENT IS
HEEDE D* GOVERNOR EBERHART
iXmio the sfjate con
Minneapolis* yester
day who returned to this otty say
that the convention was made up al
most entirely of young men and that
the Old Guard which has controlled
conventions for so many years was
absent. What little Taft sentiment
that was present in the convention
appeared to have been kept under
cover.
But one vote by roll call was taken
during the convention and that was
on the adoption of the resolutions
presented by the .minority of the res
olutions .committee. This report, If
adopted* would have put the conven
tion on record as favoring the in
itiative, referendum and recall and
the physical valuation of railroads
for purposes of taxation. It was pre
sented by LaFollette members of the
committee on resolutions.,
When the vote was taken, Henne
pin and Ramsey counties went solid
against it with eighty-six and sixty
nine votes respectively. St. Louis
county cast thirty-nine votes for the
minority report. The other counties
had split delegations, Beltrami vot
ing six in favor and five against as
follows: Ayes, Lycan, Arnold, Mac
kenzie, Wilson, Rood, McCuaig nays,
McDonald, Murphy, O. E. Bailey,
Thayer Bailey and George Ericson.
The motion to adopt the minority re
port was lost by a vote of 606 to 474
so that a change in the vote of Ram
sey county would have changed the
final result. Nearly three hours were
spent in the discussion of the resolu
tions. 4^. /'"*|fii:
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I. A. Caswell was chosen national
committeeman in place of Frank B.
Kellogg. A. A. D. Rahn asked Mr.
Caswell to resign in favor of Mr. Kel
logg for tfre sake of harmony but
the latter refused and was elected.
The Taft-Eberhart forces lined up
for Caswell and Kellogg was beaten.
A direct slap at Governor. Eberhart
waB seen in the indorsement of pre
ferential and gubernatorial primar
ies. JThe resolutions adopted by the
convention are as follows:
FirstCandidacy of Roosevelt
first, last and all the time.
SecondProgressive principles as
expounded by Roosevelt, LaFollette
and other great Jrogresslve leaders.
ThirdCorrupt practices act.,
FourthRepeal of Canadian reci
procity, vg
FifthPresldefitral, Unltet StCates
senatorial and gubernatorial primar
ies-
SixthCreation of an industrial
commission to settle disputes between
capital and labor. "@i
The following delegates to the
Chicago convention and presidential
electors were chosen: 5?4r "gfi S
Delegates at largeMoses'EXMapp,
St. Paul? Milton D. Purdy, Minnea
polis J. F. Jacobson, Madison Sen
ator Hanson, Ada O. J. Larson, Du
luth E. K. Ronerud, Houston county.
AlternatesW W. Rich, St Paul
10 Waterbury, Minneapolis Wll-
CENTS PER WEEK.
Announces He Will Convene Minne
sota Law Makers in Extra
Session.
TO CONSIDER IMPORTANT BILLS
Preferential or Direct Primaries,
Corrupt Practices and Reapportion
ment Talked of.
HENNEPIN PREPARES FOR WAR
Will Send County Delegation to Ask
For the Repeal of the Seven Sen
ators Act.
Minneapolis, May 17.Special to
the Pioneer.Governor Eberhart has
called a special session of the legis
lature to convene in St. Paul June
4. The call for this session will be
written tomorrow and will appear in
Sunday papers. The call is for the
purpose of obtaining legislative ac
tion on a primary election law, a cor
rupt practices act, and a reappor
tionment measure.
This action on the part of the
governor follows that taken by tfce
state convention heid hi Minneapoj J*
yesterday when the delegates went on
record almost unanimously: in Isvor
of a gubernatorial primary and in
structing the state central commit
tee to see that the coming caucuses-.
are held in such a mantBer that the
people may express their preference
on the candidates for governor.
It was also learned this morning
that members of the Hennepin dele
gation in the legislature would pre
sent a bill calling for a repeal of the
so-called "Seven Senators Act," the
act which at present limits any one
county from having more than seven
senators in the legislature. It is said
that the Hennepin delegation believes
that Such an act can be passed at this
time.
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The action of Governor Eberhart
provoked much comment here last
night and this morning as the fact
that he would call a special session
was made known within a few hours
after the state convention had ad
journed and before many of the dele
gates had left the city.
A tonnage tax for railroads and a
physical valuation of railroads as the
basis for taxation are other subjects
which have been suggested for leg
islative investigation and action at
this time but those apparently in
touch with the situation say that
these measures have slight chance of
consideration now.
Tremendous pressure was brought
to bear on Governor Eberhart last
winter for the calling of an extra ses
sion but he would not yield to the
demand of the people. At that time,
he stated that an extra session was
unnecessary and that he was not '_--
convinced that the people wanted one.
The attitude of the delegates to the
state convention is thought to have
impressed him with the fact that the
people of Minnesota are progressive
and are determined to have progres- H^r
sive men in authority. g%t"iJ^^^P&-'
Such comment as is heard here on jl%^fs
the significance of the call with re- ~'r~z
spect to the coming election is con
sidered a matter of personal opinion
purely. Until the matter has been 3^"S^jf
assimilated by the people, no one Jll^3^i|J
will venture a prediction as to what Pj|i%S|
effect Eberhart's action will have on f$^i^M
the gubernatorial campalsrni^-^p^p^g^
-High School Game Saturday.
The Blackduck High school base
ball team will play the local High
school team on Saturday afternoon
at two o'clock at the Fair grounds.
The locals have been practicing hard
of late, and although, weakened by
the loss of Earl Bailey in the box,
expect to win. Bemidji line-up will
be as follows:
c. Harry Grindall, p. Karl Riley,?:
88. A. Ripple (Mgr.), lb. Sullivan,
2b. .Tanner, 3b. Achenbach, If. C4|r
Bailey, cf. E. Bailey, rf. llclver and'
Shannon, subs. Hayner and Giahsm|&^
This is the first game for the loeaJt'
team and the boys want a good
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