The daily pioneer. [volume], September 08, 1903, Image 1

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VOLUME 1. NUMBER lit
Many Turned Out to Discuss
School Matters in Spite
of the Rain.
PEOPLE BACK SCHOOL BOARD
IN STAND 0.\ QUESTION.
Were Some Good Speeches Made
and a Few Hot Arguments
Indulged In.
There was a mass meeting at
the city hall last night. It was
called, according to the hand
bills advertising it, so that a pub
lic discussion of school matters
might be had. From the stand
point of those attending the
meeting, expecting from what
had gone before to be enter
tained and amused, it was an un
qualified success.
An adjournment was taken
without any resolutions being
passed or any recommendations
being made other than one in
structing the school commission
ers to do as they thought best in
the matter. The sentiment of
the citizens present, however,
clearly favored the stand taken by
by the majority of the school board
.regarding the immediate con
struction of an addition to the
village school house without the
slow formality of a vote of the
district being called for.
The inclement weather kept
many away who might otherwise
have come, and only a fair sized
I gathering resulted, but as a big
Majority of those present were
thoroughly representative of the
people as a whole in matters re
lating to the upbuilding and
pushing forward of the best in
terests of Bemidji, the final out
come of the meeting, as far as
the sentiment of the citizens was
concerned, would have been
practically the same even though
every seat in the hall had been
filled.
There were several speakers,
prominent among them being
David Booth, John T. Oyler, J. J.
Trask, L. H. Bailey and Fred
Brinkman. The latter, with his
ejaculations and frequent lively
comments on the subject in
hand, "was alone worth the
price of admission," to use the
familiar circus expression, and
in this case the price was a soak
ing from the rain.
Messrs. Trask and Bailey in
particular delivered good,
straight, common sense ad
dresses relative to the educa
tional interests of the village,
and their remarks were heartily
applauded.
The meeting was character
ized by disputes, hot discussions
and midly exciting interruptions
David Booth and Editor Oyler
of the Bemidji Sentinel on the
one side arrayed against School
Commissioners Jinkinson, Cas
ler and Smyth and all other
citizens present, with the excep
tion of Mr. Nye, perhaps. Mr.
Smyth, secretary of the school
board, called the meeting to
order and moved that J. J. Jin
kinson be appointed chairman.
His motion found a second and
was carried, with a few dissent
ing votes. Mr. Oyler here
stepped forward and asserted
that trickery was abroad in the
land and that it was through
trickery that Mr. Jinkinson was
made chairman. As the meet
ing was called for a public dis
cussion of school matters, and
everybody was hrvined to attend,
.and no names, either of com-
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MASS MEETING A
SUCCESS
mutees or individuals, were at
tached to the bills announcing
that the meeting was to be held,
it was difficult to follow' Mr.
Oyler's reasoning, su no im
mediate adjournment was taken,
even after the Sentinel man had
explained that all the men of
their side were not present to
set forth their claims. It seems
that "their side" had intended
that Mr. Booth be made chair
man of the meeting, and that it
had been planned to have others
present to argue against allow
ing the board of education to go
ahead with the work of con
structing an addition to the
school house. Mr. Oyler made
several other attempts in line
with his first argument, but
none of his remarks seemed^ to
meet approval. He introduced a
resolution recommending that
the school board call a vote of the
district on the school proposi
tion, but his motion to have the
resolution adopted was not
voted on.
Mr. Bailey, in a very interest
ing address, stated that, al
though he had at first been
against the building of an ad
dition, he was now, having been
made better acquainted with the
true situation through the efforts
of the school board, heartily in
favor of the move. He said he
believed this was the best thing
that could be done at the present
time, and that the board was
right in its efforts to have the ad
dition erected. He explained, to
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NEW PARTNER NEW TRUST
:v
G.M.Torrance Has Entered Into! An Organization of Milkmen is
Law Partnership With to Cover Entire State of
John F. Gibbons. Minnesota.
Graham M. Torrance of St.
Paul has entered into a law part
nership with John EL Gibbons.
The firm henceforth will bo
known as Gibbons & Torrance.
Mr. Torrance Comes to Be
midji highly recommended. He
is a son of Judge Torrance, is a
graduate of the state university,
and has had several years' ex
perience as practicing attorney
in St. Paul. His reputation as a
first class attorney, well up in
his profession, is thoroughly
established.
Mr. Gibbons' new partner ap
pears well pleased with Bemidji,
and predicts a great future for
her. He will remove his wife
and family here in the near the subject and milk" will probab
future and will ma
his permanent home make this city jiy remain at the old price here
the satisfaction of his' audience, accepted a position with Mrs.
why it was impractical at the
present time to erect one or
more new school- houses in the
district, and why the addition is
the best and cheapest way out of
the difficulty. The Sentinel editor
and Mr. Booth both interrupted
the speaker, asking that Mr.
Bailey be made to cut his speech
short. The speaker, however,
was setting forth facts in such a
lucid and interesting manner,
and was really taking up only a
little time, that the interruptions
brought nothing but amused
smiles from the audience, which
gave the closest attention to Mr.
Bailey to the end of his short
talk.
His motion that the whole mat
ter be left to the board of educa
tion for adjustment was seconded
and carried when voted on. The
board will therefore follow out
the plan-first made and go ahead
with the building of the addition,
unless something unforseen oc
curs.
The state of Minnesota is
threatened with a milk trust. It
may rival the gas, coal, ice and
other trusts, and intends to
affiliate with itself every milk
man in the entire state, in order
to control the output of the
lacteal fluid and boost its pi1
for some time to come.
A walking delegate has been
appointed to bring milkmen into
line wherever there is a tenden
cy to waver, and a state organ
izer has been engaged at a salary
of $1J00 a mouth to canvass every
city and village in Minnnesota
and enlist the milkmen and
dairymen*in the project.
Case Postponed.
Messrs.O'Connell, Stevens and
Thompson, who were arrested at
Moorhead a few days ago for
kidnapping the young son of Dan
Sullivan, were to have had a
hearing at Grand Forks yester
day morning, but their case was
postponed till this morning on
account of yesterday being Labor
day. Two witnesses were sum
moned from Moorhead and for
this reasol'the case is apt to last
several days.
The case is of interest to Be
midji citizens because of the fact
that the parties connected with
it are well known in the city.
New Milliner.
Miss Kavanaugh arrived from
the Twin Cities Saturday even
ing to take charge of the millin
ery department at Mrs Ber
man's. Miss Kavanaugh is a
thoroughly first class milliner
and is considered as being a
valuable acquisition to this pro
gressive store. She has a largo
circle of friends in Bemidji who
will be pleased to know of her
acceptance of the position. Miss
Ovri, well known in the city and
an expert in her line, has also
Berman.
Land Transfer.
The sale of a piece of Beltrami
county land to J. M. Vandegrift
by R. E. Shepherd and wife has
been recorded at the register of
deeds' office. The consideration
was $4J2QL The property is
described as the north half of
section 15 and the north half of
the south half of section 15, all in
tt nv nship 147, range 85.
Minstrel Show.
Mahara's Minstrels, who
showed here about three months
ago, have been engaged for a re
turn date on Wednesday, Sept.
9- The gave a splendid perform
ance before, and we understand I
the show has been enlarged for
the winter season by the addition
of ten new actors, making a com- i
pleto change in the performance.
Church Meeting.
The trustees of the Baptist
church request a meetintr to
night of the members and I
friends to consider the advisa-i
bility of renting the church
building for school purposes.
BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER B, 1903.
ice
from live cents per quart to six.
The new trust has its incep
tion in Minneapolis, whore' it is
now being organized. Nearly
every owner-'of cows in the Twin
Cities has either entered the
combine or signified his inten
tion of so doing, and the in
creased rate goes into effect im
mediately. Bemidji milkmen
have not yet been approached on
man and the others in rolation
to the controversy which has
arisen as to whether the land
office shall be permanently lo
cated at Cass Lake or removed to
Bemidji have been put in book
form. The entire matter lias
lieoii forwarded by Commissioner
Richards, with a brief letter slat
ing the tacts of tic case, to ho
president at Oyster Hay. The
final decision, therefore, will be
rendered by the president, but
just how soon this will lie it is
difficult to say.
COUNTY BOARD
Refill la Meeting
at the Court House
Today.
The county board is holding a
regular meeting today. Little
was done this morning. Two
appropriations of i 10( each were
made to be expended on bounty
roads in the towns of Bemidji
and Frohn. This and a little
routine business was all that
came up at the morning session.
An adjournment was taken at
noon to '2 o'clock this afternoon.
Concentration.
L. H. Bailey and E. F.Crawford Nothing of Importance Came up'
Think Land Office Decision
Will Favor Bemidji.
L. 11. Bailey and E. F. Craw
ford have returned from Wash
ington where they spok'e-in-be-H
half of Bemidji at'the final hear-j council last night. Nothing
ing of the land office question..more can bedone relative to the
Both attorneys are well pleased proposed sower ami -city wafer
with the showing made by He -I works until some word from die
mid ji on this occasion, and seem state authorities is received. The
confident that the decision when plans and specifications were
rendered will favor this city. sent to the state board of health
The arguments made by Rep- some time ago to bo passed upon
resentutives Steenerson. Hack but nothing in the shape of a iv-
The men who manage some of
I the largest enterprises in the
world work but four or five hours railvvay,
a day, and younger men thus
argue that they need not work
long hours to be successful. The
point, however, is that the man
who can do his work in four
hours has gained the in forma
tion necessary by years of hard
labor and probably exceptionally
long hours. He concentrates his
mind on the matter in hand and
turns it off in a few hours, but he
must have health and strength to
do it and for this reason he will
drink golden grain belt beer reg
ularly with his meals. It's the
best tonic ever brewed and should
be in every home. Order of your
nearest dealer or be supplied by
.John F. Essler. Bemidji.
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WHOLESALE
A N
RETAIL
HAVE RETURNED QUIET MEETING THE OPENING OF
SCHOOL
Before Village Fathers
Last Night,
ply 1ms as yet been
Samplos water tal
different parts of ho i
also forwarded to
chemist to be tested,
salts of he tests havi
been made
su it will (1
llu
Little business outside
regular routine was transacted
at the meotins of the village
reeoi vet I.
iMi frtiiu
citv wore
the state
Hit the re-
not as yet
known. Chi this re
neiid largely the do
terminiuu'of the looa! ion of the
new pump for lie city water
work's.
The smallest want ad iscare
fully road each day by hundreds
of people. A few cents" expend
iture puts Von in close touch with
those hundreds.
Climbing Mountains.
a fascinating and invigor
Js-~B,einj Held ating pastime. Itdevolones not
the body only, but the uiiiul. Tin
Alpine peak's of Switzerland have
their counterpart in our own
country, in the .Sierras, the ('as-
cades, and parts of the Rockies.
The greatest glacial peak of
the United States-is Mt. h'anier
in Washington, more than 1.5,500
feet high. This magnificent
mountain has 15 or more giant
glaciers creeping down its sides
and discharging their glacial le
tritus into the Columbia river or I
Puget Sound. 1
Aclimb to the summit of this
is a mountaineering feat, worthy
Agent of the Northern Pacific
St.
n,
i
I booklet called "Climbing Mt. Ra
hicr" describing a climb oyergla
Iciers to the top of the moon
i tain.
Daily Pioneer want ads arc a
success. Try them.
Laboring Men's Choice to Buy a
Home.
We have several 40-acre tracts
of good farm land close to north
end of Bemidji lake which we
will offer for the next 3D days at
$4.50 and per acre: terms, 10
per 4o cash (Town, balance si per
month, with on or before privilege
in payments. Don't miss this
chance
SELKCE LAND CO.,
lQft-lm Turtle River Minn.
FRED C. SMYTH, President TH0S. P. SMYTH, Sec.-Treas.
BEMIDJI MERCANTILE CO.
Opposite the Old Court House
Groceries, Flour, Hay and Grain
Phon
2 1 5
TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
This is the First Day of
the School Year in
Bemidji.
XECESSARY TO EXGAGE THREE
OUTSIDE ROOMS.
Attendance This Morning Was
About (iOO-The Number Will
be Increased.
The fall term o( ser\o
in I Vmiuji thj
dav tin1
teacht
I 'lOo
umns
of any mountaineer. For 25 cerifcf Forks Girl.
Ohas. S. Fee, Gen'l Passenger| Grand
opened
uiuiliUJlg and all
nrinoioal and
superintendent hare been busy
assigning the pupils to their re
spective places and getting
things in readiness for the year's
work.
About i'"11
pupils were in at
tendance this morning and this
number was increased at the
afternoon session. More pupils
will be coming in lor several
days, even weeks, until the total
number will be in the neighbor
hood of 80t). The school house
will not accommodate this num
ber hu two church rooms have
been engaged,. Another room
will probably be secured for
school purposes tomorrow.
Rooms in the Methodist and the
Lutheran churches have been se
cured and the Baptists will prob
ably allow the use.of their church
for school purposes. A decision
on the matter wilt be reached at
a meeting of the church direct
ors and their friends to bo held
this evening.
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CHILD IS BURNED AT PLAY.
Rr catches Clothing of Little Grand
|,'"rU
Us I). Si pi 8 Mar
garef Coffin, tfie^.three-year-old (laugh
ol 1 O ('otl'm. cashier the Great
'aui, Minn, will Northern Express company here, was
essail illustart ed I'lobamv fat a II lunnol whit- playin-
arouiul a bau-fi-r-O. Sho was r-atur-nmg
from a childrens' party In the neigh
borhood and stopped play by the
flro. Her Il^hl clothing caught and in
stantly !i( was covered with flames.
Neighbors heard her .screams and
quickly extinguished the fire, but not
before the child was Imd ly burned.
\P
SETS FIRE TO CARS.
Wants to See Blaze and Does Not Like
Railroad.
GrooUston Sept. 8. Great Northern
special agen.ts have rapture.] John
Sprague, who confessed to haying set
tire to box cars in the. Great Northern
yards here He burned the cars by
means of the oil saturated wasto
wblch v.a.s taken from the boxing
around the axles He gave no reason
for firing the ears except that he want
ed to see Area and flit! not like the
Great Northern very well, as ho had
been put off trains. He was bound over
to the r~nu\ inrv"
D.C.SMYTH, Manager
THINGS
GOOD O
EAT