The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume], January 27, 1909, Image 1

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VOLUME 6. NUMBER 240.
"Big Bemidg" will face the Grand
Rapids basketball team on the floor
of the Coliseum tomorrow evening
in what will probably be one of the
hotest games of the season.
"Big Bemidg" will play with all
her regular men back in their old
positions. Joe Markham, one of the
stars, will "be there" at forward,
after being absent from the last two
games. Geil will assist Markham
in makin? the baskets, while Bidr
dinger and Peterson will be placed
at guard and Brown will occupy
the center.
With the Bemidji boys playing
in the above positions, the locals
are fairly confident of defeating the
fast team from the east.
The line-up of the Grand Rapids
five has not been sent here, but it
is definitely known that Jerome
Meyers, the redoutable football
player, is captain and is playing on
the "Rapids" team.
The "Rapids" had always defeated
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BASKETBALL GAM E WITH
GRAND RAPIDS THURSDAY
Manager of the Grand Rapids Team Insinuates That They
Can Pat Up a Rough Game, if the Locals
Act That Way.
BAILEY FUNERAL WAS
HELD YESTERDAY P. M.
Services Over Remains of J. H. Bailey
Were Held at Methodist Church
Interment in Greenwood.
The last that was mortal of J. H.
Bailey, ex-Sheriff Bailey's son, who
died last Sunday of pneumonia at
the home ot his brotherjohn, in this
city, was laid to its final rest yes
terday afternoon in Greenwood, Be
midji's "City of the Dead."
The services were conducted by
Reverend Deniston at 2:30 o'clock
in the Methodist church, which
was crowded to the aisles and door
ways with a large number of the
friends of the deceased. Special
music was rendered for the occasion,
among which were two duets by
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Bemidji in all sorts of athletics
until the Bemidji High handed them
a never-to-be-forgotten package of
defeat in football last fall. The
"Rapids" boys fully expected to
keep Bemidji at the small end of
victory for all time but the foot
ball season changed the tide, and
now "Big Bemidg" will do their
best to add another victory over the
"invincibles."
In a recent letter from the mana
ger of the Grand Rapids team, he
stated that they would send a fast
team here which would guarantee
the public a good game. The
manager said, in regard to rough
playing, that his team has a kind of
"rep" in that direction itself and he
was confident of being able to give
"Big Bemidg" a hearty game.
If the management of the local
basketball interests can secure the
support of a good-sized crowd at
this game, the way will be clear to
get the splendid Duluth Y. M. C. A.
team here soon.
Misses Lindeke and Shannon. Rev
erend Deniston spoke many words of
comfort and cheer to the relatives
of the departed.
The procession then"-moved to
Greenwood cemetery where, amid a
large amount of beautiful flowers,
the body of James Howard Bailey
was left to its final sleep through the
ages of eternity.
More Than Fifty Naturalized.
R. K. Doe of St. Paul, a United
States naturalization examiner of the
Department of Justice, arrived in
the city yesterday noon from Bagley
and occupied the afternoon in check
ing up the naturalization papers in
the office of the clerk of the district
court.
There were over fifty new citizens
created by the district court in this
city during the year 1908.
Mr. Doe left on the midnight
train for Duluth to continue his
examinations there.
The First of
Will find a great many business and
professional men out of office stationery,
viz: Letterheads, Billheads, Statements,
Envelopes, etc. You always use more
of these toward the end of the month
than you realize and then the first thing
you know you are all out. Or perhaps
your stationery is a trifle old, out of
style and you hesitate injthe use of it
because it does not conform to your
ideas of twentieth century style in
stationery* Look over your supply and
see how you are fixed. If you are in
need of something let us know over the
phone, by mail, or come in person and
we will fix you up in short notice. We
are now equipped to turn out work on
short notice and give you the best that
neat and artistic 'workmen are capable
of.
We Are Printers of Everything.
Big Falls, Jan. 27.(Special to
Pioneer.)One of the most destruc
tive fires in the history of Big
Falls occurred last night, and as a
result two people are dead and four
are in a serious condition.
Shortly after twelve o'clock last
night fire broke out in the rear of
the second story of Audette & Gag
non's building, which was occupied
by Jack Tremain and P. Lawrence
as a saloon, restaurant and lodging
house, the fire being caused, so it is
supposed, by the explosion of a lamp
in one of the bedrooms.
The walls of the rooms upstairs in
Audette & Gagnon's building were
composed of heavy canvass and
paper tacked to the studding and
was very inflamable. The fire gained
rapid headway and soon consumed
the entire building and its contents,
nothing being saved. The flames
spread to Ed Larson's saloon on the
south side and the building was
destroyed although the contents were
saved.
J. J. Curley and Joseph LeBlanc,
two homesteaders living in this
vicinity and who were sleeping on
the third floor, were burned to death
being unable to escape from the
There will be a regular meeting of
the local lodge, M. B. A. at the LOi O.
F. hall Thursday, Jan. 28 at 8 o'clock
sharp. All members of Lodge No.
1523, are kindly requested to be
present as there is business of im
portance. Visiting M. B. A.'s are
always welcome.
Vera Cameron, Sec.
CM. Hammond, Pres.
Odd Fellows Meet.
Bemidji Lodge, I. O. O.
meet tonight in their hall,
the third degree..
doomed building on account of the) with Joe LeBlanc, was a homestead-
M. B. A.
F., will
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BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1909$fc5
A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHES?
AT BIG FALLS LAST NIGHT
Hotel Burned in the Dead of Night.Two Homesteaders Cre-
mated and Four Injured.Mrs. Paul Lawrence Died
at Hospital This Morning.
rapid headway made by the fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lawrence were
sleeping on the second floor when
the fire commenced and succeded in
escaping through the flames, but
only after being severely burned.
Mrs. Lawrence had her left side
literally cooked and 'left shreds of
flesh in her footprints as she hurried
across the street to- safety. Mr.
Lawrence sustained burns on the
'hands, face and back of the head.
Two unknown men, wjio were sleep
ing at the hotel, were also badly
burned. They attempted to get
down stairs but the flames were too
hot and they were forced to jump
from the second story window.
The injured were j^iyen. medical
attention here by Dr. Ratcliffe and
sent to St. Anthony's hospital at
Bemidji on this morning's train.
The property losses of the fire are
estimated as follows: Audette &
Gagnon, $3,000 Lawrence & Tre
main on stock and fixtures, $2,000
Larson's building, $1,50|).
The volunteer^ fire department
did excellent work and-is deserving
of much praise for saving the ad
joining property from the flames.
J. J. Curley, who was cremated
NORMAL COMMITTEES
"MAY VISIT
This Action Would Be Unfavorable Be*
fore a Sixth Normal School Is
Established.
St. Paul, Jan. 27, 11:38 a. m.
(Special to Pioneer.)The normal
school committees of both the house
and the senate will visit the different
towns which are aspirants for the
location of the proposed sixth
normal school, if the senate com
mittee will concur in the agreement
reached by the house committee at a
meeting held yesterday afternoon.
The meeting of the house com
mittee on normal schools was called
to order at 2:30 p. m. and wrestled
with the proposition to establish a
site for the proposed school, some
pretty "sparring" being done.
Cass Lake continues to be deter
mined to railroad its bill through
the committee and pass the same in
the house, McGarry claiming the
earth and enough votes in the
house to carry his bill through in
spite of any other measure for the
school.
There is no doubt that McGarry,
ably assisted by members of the
Duluth delegation, at first had the
school cinched for- Cass Lake but
heroic work on the. part of the
Bemidji delegation, aided by mem
bers of other towns, has changed
the sentiment somewhat and many
Cass
now went through the
committee and came to a vote in
the house, the measure would be
defeated.
Bemidji, Theif River Falls, War
ren and Park Rapids have made
an amicable agreement to stick by
a general bill adopted by Repre
sentative Hinds which leaves the
location of the sixth normal to the
state normal board.
Strong objection is made to the
committees of the house and senate
making a junketing tour and trying
to settle the question of a site before
passing a bill to establish a sixth
school, and strenuous work will be
done to prevent the trip for the
best of reasons. ^SJS
Efforts are being made today to
have Hinton, chairman of the senate
committee, give a public hearing
of the committee to listen to argu
ments in favor of a general bill.
are of the opinion that if the
Lake bill
er living eighteen miles down the
Big Fork river from Big Falls and
was on his way to Minneapolis. He
was about forty years old and un
married. LeBlanc was living on a
claim thirty miles from this village
on Caldwell Brook.
Fred Gagnon, one ot the proprie
tors of the burned building,was saved
from a horrible death by the sagacity
of his shepherd dog, which jumped
upon his bed and awoke him when
the house was full of smoke. Gagnon
and his dog were unable to get out
by the stairway and were forced to
jump from a second story window,
neither being injured by the fall.
Mrs. Paul Lawrence of Big Falls,
who was' so badly burned at that
place last night and was brought to
St. Anthony's hospital in this city,
died at 11 o'clock this morning from
the effects of her burns.
Mr. Lawrence is also' suffering
from severe burns about the hands
and head. Erick Skogen and George
Roy, the two men unknown to our
Big Falls informer, are also in a
very serious condition as a result of
the fire, Roy having dislocated his
hip when he jumped from the window
of the burning hotel.
is believed that this request will be
granted and the hearing set for
Tolnbrrow or Friday. It is generally
thought here that the senate com
mittee will not concur in the deter
mination of the house to make a trip
to the different towns.
As the situation now stands, Cass
Lake is the sole opponent to a fair
measure of a general bill, establish
i ng a school and leaving the loca
tion to any fair minded board,
McGarry evidently believing that
Cass Lake cannot get the new insti
tution except by rushing tactics.
A. G. Rutledge.
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George Welch, state commissioner
of immigration, is of the opinion
that tobacco-growing could be en
gaged in with profit by the farmers
of Beltrami and adjoining counties,
and that a superior quality of "the
weed" can be produced on the ver
dant soil of northern Minnesota,
the wonderful producing qualities of
which are beginning to receive
acknowledgement as in front ranks
of agricultural lands.
Mr. Welch has prepared a letter
giving the results obtained by Eber
hard Heibel, a farmer living at Clear
Lake, Minn., whose land is in nature
very similar to that of Beltrami
county.
Mr.* Welch's statement, in part, is
as follows:
Eberhard Heibel, a prominent
farmer of Clear Lake, Minnesota, has
been experimenting the last two
years with the cultivation of tobacco.
He has procured the service of an
expert tobacco grower, Mr. Theodore
Hegland, of Madison, Wis. The
past season he has grown a crop ot
twelve acres. The results obtained
are promising for the future. Mr.
Hegland who stayed around Madison
for some time this fall, took a sample
of this tobacco along, and everybody
who inspected it thought it was better
than the type grown in the state of
Wisconsin."
"The soil, upon which Mr. Heibel
is growing his tobacco, being of
average soil_ in that vicinity, is a
very rich, sandy loam, and consists
according to the writer's judgment,
of about 75 per cent sand, the rest
being silt and clay.
"The" tobacco was sown about
April 15th. The first was trans
planted June 16th, and the last July
8th. It was harvested between the
first and the 20th of September.
The curing shed is 28x200 feet, and
built at a nominal cost.- 'Its capa
city is about 15 acres.
Our great Mid-Winter Sale includes Shoes.
Now is the time to stock up on spring footwear.
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GROWsfHE TOBACC O PLANT
Soil Here Is Favorable to the Growth of Tobacco, According
to the Opinion of George Welsh, State Commis
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The seed was sown in what is
called a cold bed, but it was found
advisable to prepare the ground as
for a hotbed in this state. The
covering being of cheese cloth, glass
not being necessary. The plants
were transplanted by machine.
"A sample of this tobacco was
sent to the Wisconsin Experiment
Station for examination, and the fol
lowing is the report received from
Prof. E. P. ijandsten, who has
charge of the tobacco investigation
of that station.
'Mr. Edward Heibel, Clear Lake,
Minn.
'My dear sir:Your letter of
recent date was duly received. I also
received the sample of tobacco that
you sent. I have examined the sample
and am really surprised at the quality
of the tobacco. While I previously
know that tobaccp could be grown
in Minnesota, as I had some ex
perience with it myself at St. Anth
ony Park, I was nevertheless much
surprised at the quality of the
sample. There is no reason why
this" should not make a good binder
if properly handled. It seems to be
cured all right.
'Of course it is too early"to say
how this tobacco will sweat-out, and
what flavor and burning quality it
has. This can be told after it has
gone through sweating and fermen
tation. If you do not sell your crop,
I think it would be a wise plan for
you to retain a case of tobacco for
at least a year in a moderately dry
place. This tobacco in the box
should be. packed quite tight with
the butts towards the side, and
should hold 300 or 400 pounds. This
should be left to stand for about a,
year, when" you can tell what the
burning quality is. The quality of
tobacco sent is the same as we are
growing in this state. Mr. Calkins
got his seed from us. To me the
tobacco looks very favorable, and
I have no doubt but what you
should make a success of tobacco
growing in your state. It is very
important though that the farmer
shouuld start right, as failure in the
beginning is very apt to upset the
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