Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 15, 1904, Page 2

. win over Japan. The Daily Pioneer AN ARAAAARAR AN AN PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON. AAAARAAAAAAAAAARAAAAAAANAAAAAAAARANN AN PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By R. W. HITCHCOCK. oo BRSNS Entered in'the postoffice at Beraidji, Minn., as second class matter. AN AN AN Official County and City Paper A o e nmonannmesoc SUBSCRIPTION $5 PER YEAR 1904 1904 MARCH THE MERGER DECISION. People generally will be grati- fied with the decision of the su- preme court of the United States which practically holds that the merger is unlawful being in re- straint of trade. A decision up- holding the Northern Securities company would have been a de- feat for justice on purely techni- cal grounds. That the merger tends to stifle competition and that it is in restraint of trade everybody knows and the deci- sion of the court will be approved generally throughout the land for it is in strict accordance with the facts. However the merger will not die yet a while. The merger is an economic fact which the com mercial world, not the courts, must dispose of. The existed before the Northern Se curities company was thought of and it will vndoubtedly kee) right on existing. We can’t kill it and we wouldn’t if we could. The thing to do is not to find out some way to kill off the merger The merger is a natural development of the industrial and commercial conditions of the times-and the only thing to do with it is to find the natural method of controlling it and of making it of the great est service to the general public We believe that this methed is to be found in a study of the cco nomic conditions of the day— where the thing came from there will the way to control it be found. mergex but some way to control it. THERE are 900 members of the commercial club of Duluth and at a recent meeting to consider mat ters of great importance to Du- luth there were barely more than a score of them present. a common experience. mercial club gets results when the whole body of the business men of acityare roused toaction, and this does not happen right along. If Bemidji can succeed in organizing a business men’s club which shall givea convenient place for informal gatherings of the business men of the city it will have a which will be ready at all times to do business. This is A com commercial club papers are very much preturbed in mind be cause James J, Hill has declared for Grover Cleveland for presi dent. They feel that their privi- leges have been usurped. They themselves are the only avthor- ative mouthpieces for Mr. Hill’s political opinions and they want it distinctly understood that the Great Northern magnate has no political opinions except as to the governorship of Minnesota. Mr. Hill will please take rotice. Russia’s friends in this coun- - try are slowly making themselves heard with reasons why it would be better for America did Russia The admirer of Japan, like Japan itself, struck first and struck hard, but the Raussian advocate is now begin- ning to talk to some purpose. Russia herself, however, secins slow about helping him out. representatives are riotous dignant because of their con tion with the postal fraudsin a recent departmental What a fluttering of feathers! report. Ix oIS glorious land of equal right_and equal chanee it costs $800 to be a delegate to a national political convention elected. after you're RO S W YO O PBITSINORTH § b EROM | 0OUNTRY § 2B ol 2 i 2 a0 3B B 3 B 2B It will cost § per year for Crookston saloon men to “licker up.” The Big Fork Compass claims to be worth the price and there are none to dispute it. New rural route out of Ada April1st, May the good people down that way not be fooled on it. So many candidates for auditor in Norman county that the people are having trouble to audit them all, Since election day the Bel- trami County Bugle is observing the injunction ‘“Blow, Bugle, blow.” The Itasca News remarks that the Smoot investigation accounts for the surplusof Smiths on earth, the cheapest bidder and now be- gins to find that 1t will cost more than_ever before. Mrs. Ives is home again, the Judge is happier and the Ca: Lake Times is brighter and thing like this are again to be found in it any week: ‘““Bob Dunn wants to be governor and will be. Judge Collins wants to be gover- norand wont be.—And that's the long and short of it.” “Quo Vadis” has several times been seen in Bemidji, but it has never been given a more capable or intelligent interpretation than it was accorded at the hands of the Harold Nelson Co. last night. It was a finished production. No attention to detail was spared, the stage seftings were gone through with to the letter, the performance was not hurried or cramped despite the length of peice and it was 12:30 o’clock be fore the curtain rang down on the final act. Mr. Nelson as “Petronius” amply sustained the reputation which preceded him for versatility and the support was flawless. Taken all in all it is the strongest production seen at the local house this sea- son. BACKWOODS SKETCHES By A. M. GREELEY THE FIRST PREACHING AT BIRCH GROVE. A tall man, with a ved shirt parted across a burning, hairy chest, stood on the steps of the Birch Grove school house. He glared ferociously at the gather- ing crowd, and still further bared his arms. “I tell you there's going to be no preaching tonight here. Put that with your pork and salt it down. An’ T'll tell you.a few more. There won’t be no preach- ers loating around Birch Grove so long as my appetite holds out. You’ve invited a worthless-hymn hummer down to trade bum gos- pel for good grub, but I'll invite him to leave us alone. And every time I give a inwife I'll leave a sore spot. You can salt that down too.” “What have you got agin preachers, Dave?”’ comes a voice from the erowd. “I’'ve got it plenty agmn the whole hell hound. A preacher convertéed my brother’s wife back in Wisconsin. He prayed with her until she got a pair of wings and flew away with him. Keep back—" He stopped speaking to motion Tz members of the house of | ; |angry voices were heard, but the ' enter Polk county let its printing to|# aside two men who attcmpted to run the blockade. One of his| motions fell with so much fo; that a brother ¢ backward into the snow. good A few | "t'il’ ens of Birch Grove treated | his xhibition with hilarious ap-| | proval. to have his way usually, and to- night Le is supreme. sudden stir of intense inter- —a parting of the spectators and Rev Snighi, a short, heav- ily-built wan is facing the door- lseeper. “Roll off the perch a little, will you, I want to get in.” “What for?” “I am going to preach here.” “Well, then the first preaching is going to be a funeral sermon. | You'’ve got me to kill ’fore you get in.” ““Oh, come off! Open the door.”” “Not for a minute, you d—-"" est Then something happens. A stream of tobacco-colored ~juice flows fromn the preacher’s lips straight into Dave’s eyés. Dave raises a hand to-the point of smarting blindness and then fol-| lows a course of blows and kicks that remind ‘him of being caught in a log jam. He wakes to find himself in the bottom of a sled which is nearing his home. My text this evening,” says Rev. Snighi, as he brushes back his hair, “is: ‘Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock.’ ” 7l nl . O. Io. Fraternal Order of Eagles, Bemidji AerieNo. 351. Meets every Wednesday at 8 il p. m., A.T. Wheelock, = - W.President H.LeBlew, = =~ = = W, Secretary Visiting Eagles cordially invited. Cut this out and send your name and ad dress, plainly written, and we will mail you a Cidic Send us 5 cents in pos vy for mailing same. HY'NE Company 4§ 475 W. N. Av., Chicago Il r of alye. ge to SHORT ROUTE FAS;O'IZIME ALL PCINTS IN THE NORTHWEST AND ON THE PACIFIC COAS1 (Bemidji Schedule.) TIME TABLE LOCAL TRAINS EAST BOUND No. 40...Park Rapids Line. ¢ 14;,.Duluth Express. o2 « ) WEST BOUND ¢ 13 ...Fosston Line.. 1 @ .Park Rapids Line’ IPull information from E. E. CHAMBERLAIN, Agent, Beware of Qintments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smelland completely derange the whole system when g it through the mucous surface. Such articles should neyer be used excepton preerip- tions from reputable phy ANS, Big Dave was welcome]as the damage they will dois ten folds the good you can possibly F. J. CLeney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur- faces of the system. In buying Hall’s CatarrhCurebesure youget the genuine. It is taken internally ‘and made in Toledo, Ohio, by I".J Cheney & Co. Testimonials fre Sold by Druggists. Pric per bottle. W. G. Schroeder Dealer in General = Merchandise : The Famous Gotzian and Weizerburg Shoes Heinze Celebrated Pickles, Preserves and Canned Goods University Brand of Canned Goods CROCKERY and GLASSWARE FLOUR and FEED Phone 209 derive from them. Hall’'s| Take Hall’s Family Pills for Catarrah Cure, manufactured by | constipation. PROFESSIONAL ..CARDS.. Jay L. Reynolds Attorney at Law Office in Miles Block, Bailey & McDonald LAWYERS Bemidjl, Minn. Office: Swedback Block é—ibbons & Torrance Collections City Real Estate Attorneys at Law 'D. H. FISK Attorney and Counsellorat Law Office over First National Bank P. J. Russell Attorney at Law BEMIDI, = = = = = NN, Dr. i%ovflan;i Gilmore Physician and Surgeon Office: Dr. Blakeslee P hysician and Surgeon Office: Miles Block, Beminil Dr. E. H. Marcum Physician and Surgeon Office: Swedback Block Residence Phone 221 Office Phene 18 Dr. J. T. Tuomy DENTIST Office over First National Bank, Third St Tiles Block Physician and Surgeon Office: Boston Block Office Phone, 73 Home Phone, 60 Bemidji. times over. Bemidii. Minn For eight years we have been telling of the wonderful future of Many have been unbeliev- ing. They have lost fortunes. Every year proved our prediction many Bemidji will one day be a great city, and townsite lots, now to be had cheap, will be worth big money. . Buy now. L= o Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co. JOHN F. GIBBONS, A Hint for t he Future i Local Agent. SPECIAL' 0000000 OPOPO0POPOPORIOORPOIOLOEOLIBG® G worth $1.50 and $1. FOR THIS WEEK popular make at . High Art Clothiers. we will place on sale 25 dozen of the latest patterns of Men’s Stiff Bosom Fancy Dress Shirts of the most 79c each Only two shirts to each customer. Headquarters for H. S. & M. Clothing, Ralston Health Shoes and Tiger Hats. . MEYER & (0. 000000000000000000000 0600000000 . |GIRL WANTED—Apply at Be- HELP WANTED. WANT COLUMN PIONEER | o= Less Than 15¢. AAAAAA~A FOR RENT. midji Steam Laundry. WANTED—Girl _for housework, smal’ family. at 708 Beltrami Ave. WANTED—Two nicely furnished rooms with heat for two gentle- wen, close to business district. Address P, O. lock box 677. FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK— Call on John Ackerman. Wood sawed and split. Yards and side- walks cleaned. Phone 253. general Call WANTED— Special representa- tive in this county and adjoin- ing territories, to represent and advertisean old established business house of solid financial standing. Salary $21 weekly, with Expenses paid each Mon- day by check direct from head- quarters. Expenses advanced; position permanent. We fur- nish everything. Address, The Columbia, 640 Monon Bldg., Chicago, Ill. WANTED—Men to learn barber trade; catalogue mailed free; Moler Barber college, 221 Sec- ond avenue south, Minneapolis, Minn. MacGregor & Ander- son, props. Hstablished 1893. ROOM TO RENT—Two fur- nished rooms in desirable lo- cations. Inquire at Pioneer office. MISCELLANEOUS. FPOUND—Lace handkerchief on Beltra.:iave. near Fifth Street Apply at Pioneer office. A SNAP FOR BOYS—A footbal or punching bag for a couple of hours’ work. Write for par- ticulars. . F. F. Frost & Co., 926 Westminster St,, Washing- ton, D. C. REAL ESTATE and MARKETS Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, March 14.—Wheat— May, 99%c; July, 99%¢c; Sept., 87%c. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.02; No. 1 Northern, $1.00@1.00%; No. 2 North- ern, 971 @96¢. St. Paul Union Stook Yards, St. Paul, March 14—Cattle—Good to cholce steers, $3.70@5.00; common to fair, $3.25@3.65; good to choice cows and heifers, $2.70@3.25; veals, $2.50@ 6.00. Hogs—$4.76@5.35. Sheep—Good to choice yearling wethers, $4.50@ 4.75; good to cholce lambs, $5.00@5.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, March 14—Wheat—In store No. 1 hard, $1.00%; No. 1 Northern, FOR SALE. e e S S L LR FOR SALE—Resturant and hotel good location. Inquire 805 Third Street or address P. O. box 169, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—Steamer Bertha, 36 feet over all, 10 house power | rig. Lock box 285., | | FOR SALE—One hundred acres | of improved land in Red Lake county, three and one halt mile from town. Price $12 per acre. Address Box 115, St.! Hilaire, Minn. FOR SALE CHEAP—We have for sale, cheap, one l4-horse power joint traction engine, in first class condition. Just the thing for a'sawmill. Address Prentice Bros., Cogswell, N. D/ FOR SALE—Treasury stock of the Shakespeare gold mine of Webbwood, Ontario, in any quantity. Full particulars on application to James L. George, P. 0. Box 476. I - 98%c; No. 2 Northern, 963gc. To ar- rive——No. 1 hard, $1.00%; No. 1 North- ern, 98%c; No. 2 Northern, 96%c; May, 98%c; July, 99%c; Sept. Flax—In store, on track and to arrive, $1.16%; May, $1.17%; July, $1.18%; Oct., $1.10%. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, March 14—Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.25@6.00; poor to me- dlum, $3.50@4.85; stockers and feed- ors, $2.50@4.25; cows, $1.60@4.10; heifers, $2.25@4.50; calves, $2.76@ 5.75. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.10 @5.46; good to choice heavy, §5.45@ 5.00; rough heavy, $5.25@5.40; light, $4.85@5.40. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $4.60@6.00; Western sheep, $3.50@5.00; native lambs, $4.00@5.65; Western, $4.50@86.00. Chicago Graln and Provisions. Chicago, March . 14,—Wheat—May, 967%c; July, 915;@91%¢c; old, 983c; Sept., 86%¢; old, 87%c. Corn—March, b1%c; May, 53%c; July, B1% @51%c; Sept., 50% @Hlc. Oats—May, 41%cC; July, 39% @39%c;_ Sept., 33%c. Pork —May, $14.02%; July, $14.273%. Flax —Cash, Northwestern, $1.16; South- western, $1.10; May, $1.12; March, $1.10. Butter—Creameries, 186@23%c; dairies, 131 @31c. Bggs—16%@17%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 12¢; chickens, 1%c; springs, 12c. C. H. Wholesale Liquor St. Lou Agent for Anheuser-Busch Famous Dealer is Beer and GAME HE, 208 Second St. HENRY BUENTHER Naturalist and Taxidermist Postoffice Box No. 686 BEMIDJI, MINN. BIRDS, WHOLE ANIMALS, FISH, FUR RUGS AND ROBES ADS mounted to order and for sale. carry a all times a good assortment of INDIAN RELICS and CURIOS FUR GARMENTS made to order, repaired and remodeled FURS in season bought. 1 guarantee my work mothproof and the most lifelike of any in the state MY WORK IS EQUALLED BY FEW, EXCELLED BY NONE A Deposit Required on All Work YOUR TRADE SOLICITED State BE M [tumbermens Bank IDJI 3-%-3 General Banking Business. Fire Insurance. 87c. 4 | » v ¥ i L i 3 S