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- LANDING MAN KILLED _Employe at Noonan’s Camp Near Solway Meets Awful | and Instant Death. -BANK OF LOGS AT LANDING GIVES AWAY. Bedy Crushed to a Pulp Beneath of Heavy Timber. Tons One of the most distressing -accidents which has occurred- in the logging woods in this vicinity happened yesterday at- Noonan’s camp near Solway, when a bank of logsat the landing gave way and one man was crushed to death beneath tons of heavy tim- ber and another escaped serious- 1y injured only by one: of those miracles that seems-unaccounta- ble. Theaccident occurred yester- day after noon, Both men were | working on the landing and were | standing beneath a heayvy bank | of logs when it suddenly gave‘ way and started to roll into the lake. the logs which had crossed and escaped with seriousinjury. The other was irstantly killed and it _ was necessary to rewove fifty heavy timbers before his lifeless body mangled to a pulp-could be extricated. The name of the dead man can * not be learned. employed at the camp for about three weeks was a stranger in this vicinity and was about forty years of age. The accident is the third which has occurred in the camps of -the Clearwater Company during the past week. Still Unsettled. The case of Silver Bros.- vs. Backus & Brooks and the North- ome Townsite Company is still unsettled. Evidence was taken|¢haax One of them fell beneath i ot ‘illustrates the versatility of A. He had been ¢ { bit of the work was well done. 'ls;l BOLD HOLD-UP Highwaymen Relieve Merrifield Postmaster of Over $300 Saturday Night. D. Niles, postmaster.at Merri- i tield, a bm.nll station on the M. & the city last night with some ad- vertising maLvér offéring ‘a re- ward for the capture of two men who entered his store and the postoftice atMerrifield Saturday night and compelled him to yield up over $300at the point of a pair of forty-fours. The men watched thoir oppor- tunity and came in when they found Niles alone. They com- pelled him to hold up his hands and ook $285 from his person and then went through the- post- office safe from. which they se- cured about $100. TNey then made good their escape and are supposed to have walked to Brainerd. Two men answering their descrlptlon were at the Fast hotel in Brainerd Sunday ornmo and spent money at the bar'lavishly. Monday evening a saloon man at Jenkins was held up by two masked men and re- lieved of about $30. His des- cription of the robbers is identi- cal with that of Niles” and ib is believed that they were headed this way. No clue to the men was discovered in this city. Fork river which very aptly M. Greeley. The -article. was written by Mr. Greeley, placed in type by himself, illustrated with a chalk plate of the bride, which he personally executed, he pulled the hand press that printed it, mailed and folded and addressed the papers and every Fought Cat and Lynx. A special from Hibbing says: After a two-hourtight withalynx and a wildcat, in which his only weapou of defense was a wood- sman’s aX, James Finnegan a cruiser, dropped exhausted and would have been frozen 'in the snow but for the timely rescue by a comrade.” " Hin- negan killed the wildcat and x by swinging blows - with Teeth and claw: wounds before Jugde Spooner last week|from the animals and bruisesand ‘and arguments were to have|lacerations received by striking been heard last Friday in St.|the timber while fighting, cover Paul. A postponement was taken | the upper part of his body, and pending a settlement. not be efiected, however, and ' a day will be set 'for the hearmg of the attorneys in the matter. STOLE TIMBER State Timber Inspector Confis- cates $1,000 Worth of Logs on the Schoolcratt. State Timber Inspector W. E. . Qassler returned last night from his trip to the state park and the school lands adjoining to look after reported tfesspassés on state lands. Mr. Cassler found the reports which came to him to be substantially correct. He found a number of homesteaders and settlers cutting pine from state lands and confiscated logs . to the valite of about$1,000. They will be turned back to the tress- passers provided they pay the state $15 per thousand for what they have cut. All the timber stolen was on state school lands adjoining the state park. Versatile Mr. Greeley. ‘The last issue of the Big Fork Compass contained an account of the first wedding on the Big|Will be heard on the 13th. -f others. It could [heisin a critical condition. Wholesale Cigar Store. W. S. Chapman has . arranged with A. T Morris Wholesale Cigar store of Cincinnati, Ohio, by which ~ Bemidji gets a branch store. They have branches in Lyons, O.; Sparis, Mich,; Sa- vannah, Ga.; Nashville, Ark.; College Corner, O.: Brenham, Tex.; Darnstown, Md., and This is the first step in the ~wholesale business which must surely come to Bemidji. Mr. Chapman -is an old Bemidji man, Big Pine Sale. — A deed wan-executed-at-lthe register of deeds’ office this mominu‘ by which the Grand| Forks Tumber Co. sells all the pine, tamarac, cedar and balsam on ten forties in the town of tHaglai to the Carpenter-Lamb Co, . The - consideration $16,000. i Court to' Convene. The adjournment of the dis- trict court taken until February 12 will be 'adjourned —until the thirteenih as ahe twelfth is a legal holiday, Lincoln’s birthday. Applications for second papers and all cases set for the the 12th portra.lts. epia Tores Make the” most elegant Newest thing -in Photography. REED'S ART STUDIO 1. this side-of Brainerd,. was in position in-the exclusive right to was |5 STOLE AWAY To| BE A SOLDIER Bemidji Boy’s Patriotism Ex- ceeds His Scruplus for the Truth. FORGED PARENTS' NAME To LETTER GIVING CONSENT. B Earnest Prebble Enlists for Cav- alry Service But Will Probably Be Sent Back Home. : . The longing to be a soldier was too strong in the breast of Earnest Prebble, the seventeen- year old son of W. Li.'Prebble, to be conquered and when he found that his parents would not con- sent to bis joining the army, he deliberately forged their name to a letter of consent given the recruiting sergeantand when the Great Northern train eéast bound yesterday rolled out of the city withits bunch of recruits Prebble was among the rest. The lad ‘has long had a hanker- ing for the military life and ever since the recruiting office was opened in this- eity-he has im- portuned his parents with re- quests to be allowed to enlist. They steadtastly withheld it as they had another future in sight for Earnest, not as romantic and less inclined to vicissitude than the one he chose for himself. Finally he presented himself at the recruiting office as a can- didate for the consideration of the sergeant. Mr. Witte very promptly informed him,although he stated that he was past the age limit, that it would be neces- sary for him to secure the writ- ten consent of his parents before his application would be consid- ered. In a short time the boy returned with the necessary cce dentials and was.duly accepted as a recruit. He was enrolied as a cavalry recruit and shipped to St. Louis yesterday noon. Shortly after his mother. His father is at] present in the woods near Sol- way. She visited the recruiting his departure the news reached |/ DON'T PAY Slot Machines as a Money Making Proposition a Thing of the Past. “The day.of the money-making slot maching is a thing of the past;” Said e well known Bemidji gentleman lastnight. I am in- | terested to the near extent of $30,0001n slot'machinesat various sections of the country and I am sincere when I say that I would like to dxspose of all my interests in that line at thirty cents on the dollar. . They don’t get the play any more they used to. I camn show yot on my books where the great majority of them are nop paying the fines at present. A money making nickel device of the present time1s the antomatic bird that whistles popular airs and is madein France. Theyare having a great run in the cmes and are taking off lots of money.’ BiG CONTRACT McLean & Mackey Take Contract to Get Out All Ties on 8,000 Acres. One of the largest’ contracts ] ever taken in this city was taken Yesterday by A. C. McLean, of this city, and a Tenstrike- man named Mackey. They undertake t0 get out all the cedar and tama- rack on 8,000 acres before July 15 and will: begin work on the contract atonce. Its fulfillmenc will give employment t6 150 men up to the middle of July. Camps will be put in at once and active operations begun. General Store Assigns. The general store of Jeston Bros. at Rosby made an assign | ment yesterday in favor of A. J. McRae, of Crookston. The stock carried was valued atabout $1,000 and will be sold atauction, under bankruptcy proceedings, tomor- TOW. | INJURY SERIOUS | Tree- in Serious Conditiion at St. Anthony’s. Ole Engvold, an employe of the Clearwater Logging Co.’s camp hear Solway was brought. to._St. Anthony’s: hospltal last mght 0le Engvold Injured by Falling | suffering from a fractured skull and broken arm sustained in the woods. Engvold was struck by thelimb of a falling tree. The fractures of the skull are serious and 'his arm is broken in three places. His condition is very grave at present- The Daily Pioneer want col- umns_are_£0od result getters Try them. 1. Cash purchasers, good blocks from business center. | | five room house. ' and pay difference -at $15 ! room house. or eight room house close in, WI!AT HAVE YoU To SAY? E. J WILLITS THE PIONEFR LAND MAN HAS PURCHASERS FOR THE FOLLOWING : T-room house close in. .2, Cash purchasers for 5-room house close in. 3.. Cash purchasers for 75-foot cornerlot three or four 4. Purchaser who will pay $25 per month for four or 5.+ Puréhaser .who will trade a 50-foot residence lot per month for four or five 6. Purchasers for business property well located. 7. Customer with small house and lot to trade for good | team and harness; will pay difference if any. 8. Customer with 5-room house will trade for seven and pay differeuce. PHONE 277. & [n Order to Reduce Stock We will during January sell FURNI”TU'KE at a very low pnce for cash = office, learned the truth and was so overcome that she was taken seriously ill. The case is an unfortunate one. Sergeant Witte will use every effort to bhave the boy returned to his home but it is a question whether this can be accomplished or not. . HAS PRIVILEGE C. H.Miles SecuresImportant Con- cession at Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition. C. H. Miles has returned from Chicago, where he went some time ago ‘on business, and ar.- nounces that he has secured an important privilege concession from the management of the ex- operate striking machines aund punching bags on the exposition grounds. The machines to be put in will be those made at his Chi- cago factory and Mr. Miles ex- pects the venture to prove profit- able. His display will .be the only one on the exposition grounds, will be placed in com- petent hands and he hopes that it will prove a money making venture. Mr. Miles’ display will be ready for business as soon as the exposition opens. Salt Pork and Sundown. A Targe party of woodsmen were passengers on the M. & I* north last night on their way to the logging camps north of Northome. They had been hired by & Minneapolis employment of- fice ‘and all were in the usual happy fram of mind. “All we want is plenty-of -salt-porl—and] sundown, it isn’t work we are looking for’’ said one of the bunch and appearances would certainly indicate that he spoke the truth. Maltby Takes Charge. Landlord Maltby, of the city hotel went to Fosston this morn- ing, where he has recontly as- sumed charge of his Commercial hotel property. Ely Maltby is conducting it at the present time but Mr. Maltby expects to lease 175 and 50c Mufflets 38¢ I W-)E’ure ‘Worsted Mufflets, iPatent Fasteners, ‘Assorted Colors, cut to 38¢ The Final Copyright - 1go2. ™ “MANZ : Chicago { the property. single or double soles, 1903 models, worth $3 a.nd $2.50; for quick selling at - BGhe Clothxers 75 and 30¢ Boys’ Caps 25¢ i Clur-nce of ‘Wirdter Capsin * Kerseys and Faney Chevlots, All Styles at 25¢ of Schneider’s Great Semx-Annual Clearance’ Sale! Trouser Clearance of \Itmost Best Models' Best Materials Importance Best Values Choice of $3, $2.75 and$2.50 trousers made from Reading’Cassimere, Lakeside line stripes, sp]endld fittmg, all Worsted, neat hair sizes, at ~ $1.88 A Shoe Offering That : Stirs the Community Grand ‘Sale of M. A. Packard & Co.’s Men’s Shoes Several hudnred of these famous hench made shoes, all highly fin- ished, stylish, up-to-date, Calf, Vici -Kid and Velotdr Ceaalt Suits for Spring in Box 3198 Showing Advance Styles in Men’s Hand Tailored »| ;