Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 25, 1904, Page 4

“INDIANS SIGN AN .GREEMENT Special -Agent Downs Com- | pletes Work on the Red Lake Reservation. DIANS AGREE TO VACATE LANDS BEFORE JUNE 20 Value of Improvements Small,But One Indian Has a. Good Farm Worth Several Thousand. Col.- Thomas Downs, . special — agent of the Indian department; went to Walker Saturday on his - way to Washington from the Red Lake reservamon, and made a re- port to Major Scott as to what he had accomplished towards induc- ing the Indians to vacate before June 20, and also as to appraise- ment ok improvements on the lands that are offered fo le. All the Indians signed the agreement to leaye and ‘ander the law they will be paid for the buildings and gardens they will be for ccd to abandon, and the dead will be removed to the di- minished reservation. Twenty- onehouses were foundand ap: praised, and the location of about one hundred graves was recorded. n-nearly--every. instance-the value of the cabin and garden 00, but one In- jan hdi good frame buildings, wire fenung and plowed fields, which are worth' several thou- sand dollars. Col. Downs -/ sa through the rese season of the yez ous one. He states that the area t0-be-vacated-embraces a large amount of good, level, rich land and should | bring good figures at the sale, The colonal left Wed- nesday for Washington. ys the trip vabion at this was an- ardu- - BEMIDJI WILL HAVE A $50,000 HOTEL The money’s up. ‘Within ten days work will be begun on the erection of a $50,000 hotel in Bemidji upon one of tlic city’s most fayorable sites. There’s just one if. Certain concessions must be | obtained in grading. With these assured the new hotel will be doing business by fall. The new hotel will be one of the finest in northern Minnesota. It will be three stories high and will be built entirely of brick. It will be finished in splendid PRINCESS Grocery Co. M. E. CARSON, Manager Radishes Onions (elery Cranberrles Tomatons Washed Figs Fancy Cookies . Strawberries Bon Bons A Complete Line of Candies. ;.f‘resh Vegetables.. Fridays and Saturdays. S A Complete Line of Fruits. Princess Grocery / Company BERMAN - BUILDINGg PHONE 282 214 BELTRAMI AVE. E will, teach Graham Shorthand and Good- win’s Improved Bookkeeping during the summer months, beginning May 2d and ending September 1st, for only |0 or Munson’s Shorthand and Marshall’'s Bookkeeping for -same price. There fs a d £5.00 in Conway s Commercial College, Box' 1‘!3 108 Sixth Street, between and Beltrami Avenues. count, of over «duction. regard to street: <for so. He opened style ané will cost clusive of the furnishings. Every cent of money neces: ismy to put up the building is ready in cash and if a few minor concessions can be obtained from the city work will be begun im- mediately. The Pioneer is not at liberty to | @ive the location of the hotel or the names of its promoters to- day but it is probable that the entire matter will be public pro- perty tomorrow. Thesite ¢ hosen howeyer is one of the finest in the city. HOW HE DID IT J. A. McConkey’s Successful Ca- reer and the Methods Which He Employed. J.A. McConkey, the veteran wholesale and retail grocer, late of Hergus Falls but now of Be: midji will open his modern gto cery store witha big stock of | fresh and up to date groceries on Beltrami avenue’ Thursday morning. Mzr. McConkcy decided upon locating in Bemidji only after a most careful survey of the field in - northern Minnesota, He stated this morning to o Pioneer man that although Bemldu is not as large as some other cities in northern Minnesota he_belieyed that its future is far brighte and it is on this account that’he finally decided to locate here’ Mr. McConkey?’s c'ucgr has been an interesting one/ and is thus set forth by Wheelock’s Weekly of Fergus Falls and copied by the Comercial Bulletin of Minneapolis: —/ «Mr. McConkey/s business life in Fergus Falls/has been a suc- thiul one, and he has a host of friends who will deeply regret his departure for another pl.ltL An evidence of the esteem in which he/is held was shown at the meeting of the—Masonic ‘chapter last Wednesday evening at-which time his-associates ]ue sented him with one of the hand- somest. Masonic watch charms that could be purchased. Tt i encrusted with rubies and dia. monds-and bears an appropriate inscription. «“Mr. McConkey ran aitore in Maine township a number o6f years ago, but soon moved to Ils, where he has done ness for the past dozen years. 1l general store, with the remaining stock from his Maine store, added gronceries thereto, and began ad- < in‘an intelligent and ef- s manner. «It was the first time here that prices; that touchstone of suc cessful advertising in the grocer, or any other, for that matter—had been quoted freely and fully in the public pxmts The county and city alike took advantage of his bargains, and his stock increased by leaps and bounds, while his trade out stripped the increase of stock. «He formed a partnership with busine: i Reed’s Studno For Daloy Bhotographs and Wedding Stougs IN ANY STYLE, FINISH OR PRICE. ALL KINDS OF Photos, Views of the City, Lake and Lumber Camps - 01d pictures made new and enlarg of the second floor of the reception, display and dressing rooms welcome. new Street block, next to the postoffice. Studio oceupies all My are always open and you are ed to-any size. : -R. W. REED, Prop. d/hwill | Fred Br | new TO GUILTY Chounard Advised By Attor- ney toPlead Guilty to Mur- derin Second Degree. SPECIAL VENIRE OF JURYMEN FOR MURDER CASE. Nick Hill Indicted for Murder of Richard Sanger Will Be Tried Next. The Chounard murder case will becalled at Walker tomorrow morning. An order. for a spe- cial ~venire of jurymen was re- turnable before Judge Spooner this morning at ten o’clock. Chounard has been advised by his attorney Mr.. Larson, Brainerd to plead vullty to mur- der in the second degree. He had originally-intende: & to plead insanity and had entered a plea of “not guilty” to the charge. In the eyent that he d low the advice of his attorney hL will probably receive a-life sen- tence. All the business of the ciyil calendar was completed Satur- day and the Hill murder case will come up as soon as Chounard is disposed of. If both cases come to trail it is probable that the term will continue all of this weel o,ml partof next. I D. Gray and the two ran a highly successful cash store for awhile, their stock covering many lines; both were aggres- sive men, however, and presently they parted company. Mr. Mc- Conkey returned to the grocery business, and it was not long thereafter that he was able to purchase the W. H. Cowing brick block, which-came into market at about that time, But' refail ing with some “’cumpetltmqhu: 1t limitations, and it was not long before Mr. M¢Conkey opened a wholesale grocery store. Here he was in a new/ ficld, but i les were large, and the in- crease of customers steady. Nevertheless the/ business' was too big a load for ore man to carry, and he’soon become as- sociated with/Mr. Dunback and Cyrus Beall; subsequently retir- ing .tho‘ybhcl from the firm, which is/how the highly success- tul wholesale firm of Beall & Mc- Gown/Company.”’ . McConkey then reope: ned a votail grocery in his own brick lock, and has continued it suc- cessfully to the present. He introduce, new - methods | amonythe Bemidji grocers, or this writeris greatly: mistaken; for the Bumd_]x grocers do, not advertise’. A vLanc ab the colums of the| Pmm\ol however will the grocers of Bemi vertise end thatright 1 Mr. McConkey is welcome to Bemidji. The town has need of men-who-have such faith init'as has Mr. McConkey and it will re- ward him and all others in pro- portion to their faith. —Open May First. Charjes Kochand Scot Stewart, who are soon—to-open-a restau- rant business in this city under the firm name of Koch & Stewart arrived Saturday from Fergus Falls.. They had intended to be- gin business this week byf owing to the difticulty experier el I)) Mr. Peterson in getting a new Ix)cubi(m found this impossible. They willopen a fivst class place abeut the first of May. Both gentlemen * come to the city highly recommended as capable business men and they will be a ble acquisition to the men'of Bemidiji. To Tread the Burning Sands. L. G. Crothers went to Minne- business and to- McDonald, W. A. Casler, H. H. Wheelock, and O. E. Bailey. tive gentlemen will into the mysteries of the ‘Dra- san, St. Paul temple, degree of l‘\ th'mu]sm Snlky for (xru:m\ ood. Iky for his horse Greenwood. Tt fifty pound olting \\'n-if_' best racing machines ever I brought to L]}f;lfit)i Aies Free Cut this out and Send us 5 cents in m»\t'\\'o to pay for mailing same. HY'NE Company 4735 W- N. Av., Chicago lil. MAY CHANGE PLEA| " | years. | between the two lakes was sev- busi- | x _|apolis this morning to remain a | few days on x morrow will be joined by Johu|g Al be initiated | matic Order Knights of Khoras- |5 the shrine | kman has received a|? is equipjel wi l\J pnuematic tives and is one of the | SHAPING UP Committees Appointed By Local Liquor Dealers to Look After Convention, The local Retail Liquor Dealers had a regular meeting yesterday| and Commmittoes W(‘I'L appointed to have general charge of the ar- rangements for the cuming €on- vention and the entertainment of. the guests. The comittees chosen are as follows: Gieneral committees on ar- rangements—Matt Meyer, Ted Smith, E. K. Anderson, Geo. Mc- Taggart. Geo. Tanner.. Commit- toe on official buisness program Ted Smith. Committee on soli- citation of fands and custodians of finance Chas. Campbell, Ole Gennes, Geo, McTaggart, - Com- mittece on entertainment and amusements K. K. Anderson, Wm. Welch, E. J. Wallace, Christ Olson; Robt. Nelson. Committee off reception—entire organization under direction of 'Geo. Buckley, E. H. Munhall, Mel Thurston. Special committee to- interview city council Geo. M(,I‘(ngalt Col. J. P. Taylor, Chd L/ mpbell GET BUSY ORDER Board of Health Promulgates Offi- cial Spring Cleaning Up Proclamation. Dr. E.- H. Marcum, acting health offici ,,qn(l the members of the board of health are busy today serving notices on all con- cerned that l.nL time for Bemidji’s annual housecleaning is at hand. Ash' heaps, garbage and refuse pilesand the unsightly accumu- lations of a long winter must be gotten under cover at once. The b«mrd will watch progress closely and will brook no doln,y or indif- ference on the part of any one who has been ordered to clean house. The city scavenger has been instructed to set the proper example by cleaning up the city premises and will be a busy in- dividual for the next few weeks. cch Meeting. There is nothing of importance on tap for the regular meeting of the city council_tonight. The militia company will present a petition asking the council to fix one night each week when it can use the city hall for drill pur- poses to the exclusion of allother meetings. . The com}fa‘ny has been 'mnuyr\d by having its regu- lar night taken away and wants the council to set a night that wnll make mtelfcrem,e impys: ~ “Good Stage of Water. There was a better water in the Mississippi river last Saturday than for many The water at the bridge ge of eral inches-above.the-high water mark of four years ago. A rise of ten feet-would be necessary for the river to back up into the town and this will probably never pccur. The drivers are well pleased with the outlook ‘and all the-drives~Wwill be gotten under way this week. Personal Property Tax. Sheriff Bailey and his force of deputies are busy this morning sending out_notices-of personal |y pmputv tax delinquencies. An opportunity will be given eyery tax payer to pay \wth()ut costs attaching, but at the (‘)\pn%mn of a reasonable time Sheriff |y Bailey will proceed according to law to collect the unpaid por tion. SRR BB BT f We have/just received a New Stock of % FOR SPRING OF 1904. i fli 3 The'latestthingsin Photography Colodio C a rbon line of Mounts to mateh them. Beautiful LAI\ESIDE STUDIO, Proprietor. B “’ I s ~THE BAZAAR.. The Center of Attraction WEEK! WATCILFOR THE PRICE ARDS ON OUR DISPLAY TABLES! Every Day a Change! ,TmszLL BE FOR THE WHOLE WEEK HERE AREAFEW OF THE ITEMS: These are all New Arrivals and Up- to-Date Ladlev’ and Misses’ Dress Suits and Shirt Walsts., The Original Kalamazoo Petticoat, at 98¢ and up. Ginghams, Wash Goods, Walstmgs, Suitings, .such as.. Splash Voiles, Valerji Voiles, Tailors’ Suitings, Laces, Trimmings, Linings, Bindings, Ribbon Buttons, &e. Our Shoe Department is Complete. Don’t Miss the Shoe Day Groceries. All hought within the last few weeks. lowest prices this week at %,THE Bigg est qmnuty (md BAZAAR Satisfactory Beginning. The ladies who. are ‘in charge of the Bemidji public library re- port a very satisfactory begin- ning in the -circulation of the books. The number of' books now.in the library is 1050, and 1'2')6 new books ~were recently er- ceived and will:be ready for eir- culation next Thursday. The daily circulation since the open ing to the public of the library has averaged 12, and 50 cards haye beenissued. Theladies are making arrangements for giving aminstrel'about May 15 for the bcnefit of the library, and it is needless to say that it “will be well patronized. The library is open from 2 to 6 o ‘elock Tues day, Thursday 4nd Saturday after- noons’ and arrangements to keep it open one evening of each week, probably Saturday, are being mlked of. : .Qeé&ié&EiéG‘EGEEE‘Ei‘Gti&ié&i&&ié&t?iéfi '!‘ \M Write for W “ Stein Bloch - Fashion W W Book. \'fi Men s Finest Spring Suits, Top Coats? and Medium Length Overcoats, G/Je Clothners g|8 and $20 qualities for W Men’s Suits W o v 1<\ garment hand tailored; positively can o $ beduplicated for less than $18, here for made from the highest grade Worsted, Chevoits and Silk Mixed Homespuns; cut in straight front, con- servative sack and double breasted styles; every <33 Florsheim Shoes. 4 New Styles New Lasts New Leather B §~ Men’s Top Coats fords, brown and no ,A big $1§ value for Negligee Shirt Sale Will continue Monday, %55555555%4)51 coverts in tans, made from the finest O0xX- bby homespuns; every gar- ment lined with pure wool serge and best satinsleeves; hand tailored and - with beautiful shoulders close fitting collars. Tuesday & Wednesda). _ Shirts in a profusion of &=*=*% new patterns, dots, figures and -stripes: made of Madras, Cheviots and Percales. The best fitting shirts made. lot of Men’s Working Shirts we ever had, and they usual- lv sell for 75c and 50c. For three days more only,at -ases,saseaasaaaaaaaaaas-)-)a« $15 and 23333333333333933 It's the best foi 35c