The daily pioneer. [volume], August 27, 1903, Image 1

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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 109.
HIS JUDGMEN IS
LITTLE OFF
H. H. Chapman Says That
Jack Pine Lands Are
of No Value.
A TRIP TO BEMIDJI WOULD
CHANGE HIS OPINIONS.
Paper Read at Forestry's Meet
ing Attracts Much Unfavor
able Comment.
The first session of the Amer
ican Forestry association con
vention, now holding forth at
Minneapolis, resulted in some
thing of a clash between the ar
dent supporters of the forests
of the country and a few pratical
lumbermen, who had been in
vited to give the forestry men the
benefit of their views on import
ant questions.
The discussion was precipitat
ed by Herman H. Chapman of
Grand Rapids, Minn., who in a
paper upon
'The Chippewa
Forest Reserve and Its Effect
Upon the Locality," stated that
but very little land upon which
Norway and jack pine grows is
fit for cultivation. He said that
it was too sandy and unless it
was near a town where artificial
fertilizer could be secured and
Jtaould be used for garden truck
farming it was of little value.
"Farmers on jack pine lands,
except a few truck gardeners
near town, are of no benefit to a
community in the end, though
they may create activity at first,
and stimulate trade, until their
surplus is spent," said Mr. Chap
man. "Merchants cannot deal
profitably with customers who
are unable to pay, though they
can certainly trade with them as
much as the desire, if that is
their object."
Mr. Chapman evidently allows
his zeal for the "Forestry Re
serve" to run away with his
judgment and bias his conclu
sions. Corn, clover, root crops,
in rotation with cows, swine,
sheep and poultry is a combina
tion that will win out on a "jack
pine" farm. The failures of
pioneers who take claims and
run them on any other system is
not and never has been confined
to the sandy soils but has ruined
farmers, merchants, bankers and
machinery men in the richest
prairie sections. If Mr. Chap
man will come up to Bern idji we
will guarantee to show him how
.to increase the fertility of jack
pine land by an intelligent sys
tem of crop rotation, clover, rye
and barn yard manure produced
on the farm. If the Grand
Rapids experiment station is to
help the farmers of Northern
Minnesota the man in charge
should have better judgement
and make better use of his op
portunities than Mr. Chapman
has done.
Card of Thanks.
We extend our heartfelt thanks
to the many kind friends who
rendered us such kind and
valued assistance during the sick
ness and death of our baby.
MR. AND MRS. LOUIS SMITH.
Special Rates.
The Minnesota & International
railway has announced a special
rate of one fare plus 50 cents for
the round trip to St. Paul on ac
count of the state fair. Tickets
on sale from August 29 to Sept.
5. Final return limit, Sept. 7.
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CALAMITIE S WERE
DEFEATE
Calamity Five Beaten in
Bowling Match by the
Bemidji Prophets.
HOT CONTEST PULLED OFF IN
ALLEYS LAST NIGHT.
Fred Rhoda Captained Prophets
and G. Weetman Led the
Opposing Team.
That moaning sound that has
filled the air all day' is not caused
wholly by the wind sobbing
through the jack pines. It is
largely contributed to by the
groans issuing from the parched
throats of the Calamity Five, the
bowling team ingloriously de
feated in the contest last night
with the Bemidji Prophets. The
mournful cries are occasioned by
the fact that the victors in the
swift and exciting contest re
fuse to meet their vanquished
foe, on the grounds that it would
be beneath th^ dignity of cham
pions of their great and mighty
power to meet an amateur aggre
gation with its reputation torn
to shreds. "First establish a
reputation, show us that you can
play, and we will then again meet
you on the field of battle," they
say.
The Bemidji Prophets last
night lined up with Fred Rhoda
as their captain. Matt Phibbs,
Jacob Funk, Fred Brinkinan and
Geo. McTaggart made up his
valiant band. Opposing them
were C. Swedback, Thomas John
son, James Cahill and J. R. Rip
ple, with G. Weetman as captain.
For a few minutes after the
start it looked bad for the
Prophets. They were left several
points behind. But just as the
Calamity Five were crowing most
vigorously Matt Phibbs came to
the rescue and scored 45 in four
frames. Thus uncouraged the
Prophets bent to their task.
They played fast and furious,
and they won.
The second game they did not
fare so well. They met with ill
luck at every turn and were a
few points behind when the end
came, but in their third game
they rallied round their brave
captain and pushed through to
victory.
Seven back was the game, and
the scores for the three contests
were as follows: Prophets, 257,
215, 279 Calamity Five, 254, 218,
274.
Matt Phibbs was the bright,
particular star of the evening,
scoring 82 in one The
feature of the last game was the
brilliant fight for high honors be
tween Swedback and Brinkman.
At the earnest request of the
prophets we refrain from men
tioning the victor's name.
I. Meyer was referee.
Ball Games Yesterday.
NORTHERN LEAGUE
Fargo 1, Grand Forks 6.
Crookston 5, Superior 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 3, Philadelphia 0.
Cleveland 12, St. Louis 4.
Detroit 4, Chicago 3.
New York 1. Washington 2.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Indianapolis 3, Milwaukee 2.
Louisville G, Kansas City 2.
Columbus 8, Minneapolis 5.
Toledo 4. St. Paul 10.
R. E. Welty of the Zenith Paper
company of Duluth is in town.
ABLACKDUCKMA N
DISAPPEARS
II. S. Court Commissioner
Belding is Nowhere to
be Found.
APPLICATION MADE TO HAVE
SUCCESSOR APPOINTED.
So Far no Motive is Known for
His Leaving the
Country.
For several weeks United
States Court Commissioner Beld
ing has been absent from his
home near Blackduck and appli
cations have been made to the
Federal court to have a successor
appointed.
A number of settlers who had
advertised to tile papers in con
nection with their claims before
him, fround when they appeared
to be sworn that the door to Mr.
Belding's office was locked.
They and a number of others
who wish to do business with
the commissioner there have
written to Judge Morris in Du
luth asking that he appoint a
successor to the missing man.
The matter has been turned
over to United States District
Attorney C. C. Haupt who will
make an examination into the
case and report to Judge Morris
soon, when action will probably
be taken.
So far no motive is known for
his leaving the country.
In the future Judges Lochren
and Morris of the United States
district court will take every
precaution to see that the men
appointed to commissionership
are of the kind who will stick to
their posts.
A FIZZLE
From Present Indications Old
Settlers' Convention Will
Amount to Little.
This is sup]DOsed to be the
first day of the old settlers'
meeting but the attendance is
rather small and Dad Palmer,
who is at the head of the enter
tainment committee, and who is
supposed to have the whole affair
in charge, is nowhere to be
found. Up to 2 o'clock this after
noon he had not put in ln's ap
pearance and the visiting old
settlers were strolling in a per
plexed -way about the streets.
wondering what mariner of a
place Bemidji was that she could
not even have a reception com
mittee.
A meeting is being held this
afternoon in the city hall for the
purpose of drawing up a plan of
entertainment.
The Ellis Drum corps last
night serenaded J. J. Ellis, their
leader, on the occasion of his 50th
birthday. The action of the
boys was a pretty compliment to
the efficiency of Mr. Ellis as a
leader of the corps.
GREAT MANY ROBBERIES
Have Happened Since the Influx of
Harvest Hands.
Vienna. S. D.. AUE 27.Sinef- the
influx of harvest hands to this part of
the state a rroat many robberies have
been committed here and in this
neighborhood. Among the places re
cently robbed was the saloon of J. P.
Ford, where a neat sum of money was
abstracter] from tLe cash register.
The thieves overlooked about $100 in
bills which was In thr money drawer
There is no clew which would lead Lo
discovering the identity of the thieves.
THE DAILY PIONEER.
BAC AGAI N
L. H. Bailey has Seen Both Atlan
tic and Pacific Coasts
This Summer.
L. 11. Bailey, returned last
night from a trip to the Pacific
coast more pleased than ever
with Bemidji as a place- of res
idence. As Mr. Bailey only re
cently got kick from Washing
ton, D. C, he has now been clear
across the continent, but he says
that no place that he saw in his
travels comes up to Bemidji for
characteristic hustling qualities
or bright business outlook for
the future, when the comparative
populations an1
i deration.
WHOLESALE
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AR E WARLIK E
Report of Threatened Indian
Uprising Conies From
Walker.
Walker sends out a special dis
patch to the St. Paul papers to
the effect that information has
been lwoiwd from Onigum, the
headquarters i^ the Leech Lake
Indian agency ami of tiie Chip
pewa reservation of Northern
Minnesota that an Indian out
break is feared. The trouble
nearly came to a head Saturday.
when the half dozen white fam
ilies at the agency parked their
belongings ami got ready to
escape to a place*.of safety if
necessary. The Indians have
quieted down somewhat since
then, but it is said that the
trouble is not vet over.
FRED C. SMYTH, President TH0S. P. SMYTH. See.-Treas. I). C. SMYTH. Manager
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Great Northern Railway Exper
imenting With Triangular
Shaped Ties.
The Great Northern railway
,has been making extensive ex
periments in the past, few years
with ties sawed to a triangular
shape. It is understood that it
I has decided that the idea is
[practical and the road will use
ties of that shape on its new eon
struction worlc throughout the
I central portion of its system and
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constantly decreasing supply of
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increasing prices of the same.
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