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Ts the only city of its size in Minnesota having EIGHT Passenger Trains every twenty-four hours running North, South, East and West; and more to follow. BEMIDJI is bound to grow! No pers_or; on earth canstopit! § NOW is the day of YOUR salvation! LOTS FOR SALE Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Go. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Bldg. o SRS R R SRR S e BEMIDJI|= s MR Oilicial Paper Village of Bemidii SUBSCR[P’I‘[ON $5 PER YBAR deccrl SHELLS FALL IN TOWN. Italian Cruiser Tries Gunners Off Brit- " ish Columbia Coast. Vancouver, B. C., Jume 10.—The Italian cruiser Umbria, mow visiting British Columbia waters, has arrived here safely. She ran aground while entering the harbor, but got off with the tide and apparently none the worse for the mishap. - While the Umbria was steaming between Esquimault and Vancouver firing practice was held. About 100 rounds were fired and many shells, “The Road With The Big Berths’ This is the title given by the Chicago Tribune to-the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY This railway owns and operates its own sleep- ing cars and other equipment. The berths are wider, longer and higher than berths in similar cars of other lines. The Pioneer Limited, The Fast Mail and three other daily trains from Minneapolis and St.Paul to Chicago. ‘No extra charge to ride”on these trains, but it is important that you name your route in purchasing tickets East. W. B. DIXON NORTHWESTERN PASSENGER AGENT 365. ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL .. I T T 7y SOV 7 PG S\ ot A e I T | Longafter the Paint you used is forgotten if you use Miunesota Linseed 0il Co.’s Pure Prepaired Paints. Cheap Paint is extrava- gance. Good Paint Economy. The proof of good paint is in its application. To experiment with un- known articles a waste - of both time and money. Ask for color cards. Plain ' Facts Flemming & Down »n Phone 57 SRAAAAR AN, [ . PP O OO R OO OO DR. F. E. BRINKMAN, . CHIROPRACTIONER. OFFICE HOURS: 10 a.m. to Noon, and 1 to 5:30 p. m. Office over Mrs. Thompson’s boarding house Minnesota Ave. Are Chiropractio Adjustments the same a.s Osteopath Troatments? No. The Chiropractic and the Osteopath both aim to put in place that which is out of place, to right that which is wrong; but the Path- ology Diagnosis, Prognosis and Movements are entirely different. One of my patients, Mr. W. A. Casler, has taken both Chjropractic and Osteopoth treatments. The Chiropractic is ten times more direct in the adjustments and the results getting health ten times more thor- . ough in one tenth of the time than an Osteopath would. L Bl A 0 3 2 o B o o o e e e e B e B B . e e B A B B P 8 . P . o L - £ pEEEEEEESEES EEESEETESEES M. E. Smith The Bemidji Handles all kinds and qualities -of lumber and building materials. Call on him and get his figures. Esti- mates furnished for large or small amounts. %A Lumber Merchant aazaaassaaaasa-maéa" Prompt Delivery. Phone 100 saaaaa Speclal sale on screen Doors i which seemingly overcarried, = fell among bluejackets from: the British warship Egeria, camped ashore on South . Pender island, and among the residences of the town, which has a population of 100 persons. No one was hurt and no damage done. Western Federation of Miners. Salt Lake City, June 10.—The annual convention of the Western Federation of Miners ended at night. The con- vention voted to continue the federa- tion’s permanent headquarters at Den- ver and to hold the next annual con- vention there in Juné next. President Moyer and Secretary Heywood were re-elected unanimously. For Defense of Indo-China. Paris, June 10.—The minister of thé colonies, M. Clements, has cabled to M. Beau, governor general of Indo- China, to return to confer.with the authorities here regarding the de- fenses of Indo-China, for which the superior council of war has completed & programine. Wife Slayer Gets Life. St. Paul, June 10.—George Mahan, who shot and killed his wife, Hattie Mahan, April 28, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and at once sentenced by Judge Lewis to life imprisonment, the punishment fixed in the law. TO FORCE HYDE TO TERMS. Insurance Commissioner of New York May Bar Equitable. New York, June ..—The World says: A drastic plan to compel immediate retirement of Vice President James H. Hyde and other officers and directors of the Equitable Life Assuranee so- clety, “who may be found guilty of abuse of trust imposed in them, has been decided upon by Francis Hen dricks, state superintendent of insur- ance. This plan involves, it is said, the refusal of the state insurance de- partment to allow the Equitable Life society to do business in this state as long as guilty men are permitted to remain in their present positions of power in the company. FIFTY YEARS 8tiff Sentence for Northern Pacific Train Robber. St. Paul, June ..—Advices were re- ceived at the headquarters of the Northern Pacific railroad here during the day from Philippsburg, Mont., to the effect that Clarence B. Young, who attempted to rob the express car of a Northern Pacific train two miles east of Bearmouth on May 27 after he had dynamited the car, had been sentenced in the district court to serve fifty years in the Deer Lodge penitentiary. Young was arraigned in the district court, waived his rights and entered a plea of guilty, which was accepted by the court, who then sentenced him. MET HORRIBLE DEATH. Two Boys Cremated in Burning Pine Brush. Atlantic City, N. J., Juné —Two boys met a horrible death by crema- tion on the beach here. They were Ordner J. Delaney and William Jef: fries, both of this city, aged seven and five years, respectively. The two boys were inseparable companions. They went to the brush heap of pine trees on the beach front, dug a hole beneath the pile and crawled under. lieved they had matches, for soon the brush was ablaze and before the boys could crawl out they were cremated. Their charred bodies were scarcely recognizable. IN PRISON. CAMERON DAM GOES OUT. Spot Over Which Dietz Has Stooc Guard So Long. Chetel:, Wis, June . —Cameron duz on Thornapple river, over which tht Dietz controyersy with the Chippew Togging ard Boom company hinge: went ‘out during the day and with i the destruction of many wagon bridger Several towns in the county have bee. cut off and there has been no rura letter delivery service since Monday Only one steel bridge in the vicinity remains in place. No lives are re- ported lost. It is be- § uneil of the Vill- st ( iof boule- | the village’ for the construction| Bpmhfi\ avenue in tlm Vlllnxe of - ‘meeting -~ of the village age —of _Bemidil at " the village hall = of snd village at8 o'clock p. m. on Monday, the dnyo Mnrch 190'5 the following resolu- s initroduced by councilman Gralam and Shconed by Bailey WHEREAS, Anetluonb\ writing signed by = majorlty of the propexty owners ubutting on that AGYR=ior lamih A et oxenstcas raying _for con- Struction ot Dodlevard on’ tho ast sido of Bemldjl avonue begining -at the southwest of said Bemidji avenus corner of. block?inbhe Fh’sf addition to Be- mid. i. and" also along the west side of said Bemidjl ayenue commencing atthesoutheast corner of block 12 original townsite of Be- mldif, fl.umcc north along the west side of said Bemidji avenue to the northeast corner of block 8 First addition to Bem\d]h now ‘therefore be it Resolved, Tllabthel‘? Is herel)yc ated and cstablished a boulevard along the west side of said . Bemidji avenue, in said village, com=- ‘mencing at the southeast corner of block 12 inthe originel townsite of Bemidjl. thence north along the west side of said -Bemidji avenue to the: northeast, corner of block & First Addition to Bemidji, wmeh said boule- vard shall be 20 feet in width ide of and clear of the property line, :m(] shn,ll De divid- ©d as follows: a strip of land five feet wide shall bo reserved for grass and. flowers be- tween the pro) M"i line and the. sl(k\vnll\. which sald walk shall be five feet wide and constructed of concrete or artificial stone, and shall be constructed on grade asnearly as may be from the outer edge of the sidewalk there shall be laid out a strip ten feet wide. or artificlal fistone and shall e planted to grass ard flowers of a suitable quality and Through the center of ‘this last named strip_there is 10 be established a tree line which when properly prepared for their reception shall be planted to trees of a spec- ies designated by the Village Council at suitable distance apart. which shall not be more than five yea T le than ‘o years o1d, live and ‘thrify and adapted to the sofl and climate. ZLhero 1s also created and ostabiished Dboulevard on the easy side of said Bemidji avetne n The. said. Village of Bomid tween the uamm or places hereinbefore designated, similar ~ in~ all speets an(l details _ to the designat:d on the westside of said ST Do oy SR shall e compitiad. in respects and details on or before the 1oth d; of October, 1 The folloging afe the namesof the property owners abutting on said avenu with a description of the lots,piee of land owned by each: ORIGINAT TOWNSITE rOTS NAME BLOCK B. T. Co. C.C Wood M D Stoner. W 8 Chapman W F Street - B. 1. Co Aimie W eoiward Clnm]{‘; llc;vm/ 3 7 i 7 7 grookston Lumber Co| J O Krueger. o H Mi AV W Brown. A'E Henderson. FIRST ADDITION © Brénneman. e 13, 14, 15 2 E H Marcan WAL 15 2 G 1 Bean 5 Margaret John J Doron .. John Spillan . Minnie E McC: A ¥ Ludington Ida A Peterson . J E Swensos Almina Wi 10 Mun-'v g 0 R 8 65 B I SISO Resolution declared Sorri W.N. BUW! . Pro tem, ll. W. BAILEY, Recorder. Award WORLD'S FAIR ST.LOUIS INTERNATIONAL #=» DICTIONARY g== ® Recently Enlugnd‘“’ WITH 25,000 New:Words ztehv:‘ Gatsh:nfleor of the World 0 re 25,000 fitlal. based on the g:t:nglogapuul Dictionary T Edited by W, T. HARRIS, Tnited! zs;ayabea Cormiiatonc o Bobasins. uarto 5 N B PAESS Neededin EveryHome Pages, Regular Edition 7210295 oches. 8 bindings. De Luxe Edition 6¥x85%x1% in. Printed s paten on il saper. & somsitl Bediege ‘-mwm.qwm» Tlinsérated pm.;un.‘ G.-8 C. MERRIAM C Publisher: v = i Searching for Lost Boy. Duluth, June ‘. —Aided by blood- hounds 1,000 boyx have been scouring the outskirts of Tower, on the Vermil- lion iron range, for the last fifty-six |’ hours in an effort to locate little Gus ‘Werman, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Werman, who disap- peared from his home several days ago. The search thus far has been 1n vain. Re-Establish Friendly Relations. New York, June. ,—Enrique Cor- tese, former minister of foreign rela- tions of Colombia: and now confiden- tial agent of his governmént on & mis- sion to Washington, has arrived hes He will proceed to Washington and. confer with President Roosevelt Te: | garding the re-establishment of friend- ! 1y relations between Calombh and tlll United States N “YOUR MONEY IS > NO GOOD” ing half a bottle of THE FAMOUS MATT.J. JOHNSONS GO E ./ RHEUMATISM and -BLOOD CURE you are satisfied with results, tickets to Duluth a.i;d return at Attes President. and will be refunded to you if after use i ‘This.is our guarantee which goes with ho Elks at Duluth, June 8 and 9, the - Grea@ Northern ' will sell one and one-third fares for th round trip, on the certificate plan These tickets will be sold three 'PIONEER | WANT COLUMN TryaPioneer Want Ad--Ic a word days before the opening of the cows, with calf and also one, half short horn bull. Inquire at the farm of Math Kolnitschar two miles west of Nary. State Firemen’s Conyention. The annual convention of the Minnesota State Firemen’s As- sociation will be held atLitchfield, Minn., June 13and 14. The Great Northern will sell tickets on June 12 and 18 to Litchfield and return for one fare plus 50 cents for the! round trip, final return limit good, until June 15. Consult focal ‘agent for particulars. hand harness and wagons. At barn in rear of post office. FOR SALE— Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you on short notice. FOR SALE—One four volume set of Universal Dictionary of 3 the Eoglish Language. If taken at once, $10 buys the set. In- quire at this office. Nothing can be better than the best—Mark’s lung Balsam is the best. Large supply vegetables at FOR SALE—A §35.00 violin will Peterson’s, be sold cheap if taken at once. Inquire at this office. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY — Open| Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat- ! urdays, 2:30 to 6 p. m. Thurs-, day 7 to 8 p. m. also. Li- brary in basement of court! House. Mrs brarian. e afhc B B B o B P § Webster @ Cooley § ‘ Wall Paper & Paint Store One door south of old P. O. building. Telephone No. 283. TGN T WP g THOS. JOHNSON Builder AND Contractor For any Work in the line of building be sure to see me and get your work right {J;ces accordingly. Phone Great Northern R’y ALL POINTS IN THE NORTHWEST B ; : ; E AMAAAAASAARAADAS ADLALUAS ARAMAALL AMHMI OALLALALARMALELA AR A A1 e SOOI TS IO New Wood Shop T. M. HARVEY, Prop. EAST BOUND No.108...Park Rapids Line..5:30a. m. (Connects with Flyer at Sauk Centre, arfives Minneapolis about 3:00 p. m., formerly 4:45 No. 34...Duluth Express...12:27 p.m 38 N - 12:49 a.m WEST BOUND 33....Fosston Line.....3:52 p. m. 35 s i 2:55 &, m. 107....Park Rapids Line7:50 ‘* Full information from E E. CHAMBERLAIN, Agent Bamidii. Minn Wagon Work and General Repairing Located in Pingle’s Blacksmith shop, two blocks west of city hall. meeting. - Consult local agent for FOR SALE. = HELP WANTED. fall particulars. FOR SALE—Four fresh milch| WANTED—Nurse. Address A. B., care Pioneer. SR o S WANTED—To supply your type writer wants. The Pioneer. FORSALE—ALIl kiads of second WANTED—Board and room by two gentlemen in private house near busisess portion of city: Inquire at Pioneer office. WANTED—Piano player, lady or gent, for Burke’s Comedy com- p(my, under eanvas. Stop at hotels. Inquire Slocum’s music store. WANTED—For U.S. army able- bodied, unmarried men be- tween ages of 18 and 385, citi- zens of United States of good character and tempel ate hablts, who can speak, read and write English. For -in- ) formation a.'pply to Recruiting Oflicer, Miles block, Bemxdp Minnesota. LOST AND FOUND. | FOUND—Small gold locket with diamond semnv Callat U. 8. recruiting sta,lnon Miles block. A E. R. Ryan, li-}poqp Brown spaniel pup eight vecks of age. Return to 03 Irvine avenue. PROFESSIONAL CARDS LAWYERS, D. H. FISK Attorney and Counsellor at Law __Office opposite Hotel Markham, P. J. Russell ALtorney at Law BEMIDIL, - o RS - TTINN. E. E. McDonald LAWYER Bemidii, Minn. Office: Swedback Block PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. LAWa.rdMD Physician and Surgeon. Diseases of the Eye a specialt; Glasses filted, Dr. Rowland Gilmore Physician and Surgeon Office: iiles Block Dr. Blakeslee Physician and Surgeon Office: Ililes Block, Beminijl We doit--all kinds £ Get Our figures Doran Bros. 2323 2333333333 i& LOW RATES FOR ROUND TRIP 0On S:le Every Day From May 23, to Sept. 30. TO THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPOSITION VIA THE GREAT NIRTITRAN RN ILWAY “THE COMFORTABLE WAY.” For Rates or Betailed Information, Call on orJAddress E. E. CHAMBERLAIN, Local Agent mn rp\ W Ay 8 233 =- 23 = RHAVDSO\IF‘LYILI USTRAT TO THE L! AND CLARK {} HITNEY, l‘d.ssr Tmmc Mg'r ST, PAUL, Minn. 1630 8. m. Ly, Dr. E. H. Marcum Physician and Surgeon Office: Swedback Block Residence Phone 221 Office Phone 18 DENTISTS. Dr.R. B. Foster, Dr. Phinney SURG EON DENTISTS PHONI; 124 MILES BLOCK. Dr. C. M. Smith, DENTIST Office over E. H. Winter's Store. DRAY AND TRANSFER. Wes Wright, Dray and Transfer. 404 Beltrami Ave, Phone 40. Tom Smart, Dray and B.gg-ge, peila’e and Piano Moving Phone No. 58 l 618 America Avenue F. O. E. Praternal Order of Engles Bemidji A;rleNn._uL Meets every Wednesd Chimour's v ® P AT, Wheelock, = = - =« W.President H. LeBi o = = W. Secretary vmunr Bagles cordially Invited. Minnesota & International In Connection with the ..Northern Pacifie.. vrovides the best train passen service between Narfihome,pl‘uukleee; Blackduck, Bemidji, Walker and intermediate points and Minne- apoliz, St. Paul, Fargo and Duluth and all pointseast, west and South. Through coaches between Northome and the Twin Cities. No change of cars. Ample time at B for dinner. ralaed Dully ex. STATIONS Sunday Painting % Paper Hanging :%: ~ _ Kalsomining Shop in rear of 'Sw back . Dally except Sunday. 6:00a. m. Lv. .. ..Kelliher. 6:45 2. m. As Fuolkley. 1 X