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OF ELECTIONS Belated Returns Arriving From Townships Through- out the Country. A.Melglesotthe and | R e ERIs i Trade company of St. Paulisin G RSE IS DEC[DE the city today looking over t.l,:e R . R site acquired by the com pa.ny for its cold storage plant. = Mr. Melgles states that the work of erecting the plant will be started in a few days He will bein charge of the work of putting up!' [ the buildings and'it is probable: ) Department of Justice. ORGANIZATION| } Boat Club Enthusiasts Last Evening. GET GOOD JOB Gowan-Peyton-Twohy Gro- ‘.cery flggse in Duluth. OF.THE GAME Reported as Decided by the;Was Formed at ‘Meeting of| Solway Man to Manage Frank Bates Paid $85 to | Learn How to Play the ' Game of Freeze-Out. " TItis reported on good author-|" Elghty five dollarsis a pretty ity that Thos. J. Burke, who for [stiff price for learning a simple several years past has been|game of cards, yet Frank Bates, manager of the Solway ‘Mercan- |a farmerliving near Nary, forked tile company at ‘Solway, 'has' ac- |over this'amount to two'men who cepted a position’as ‘manager ! of | were playing with him to.get ac- the Gowan-Peyton-Twohy ~ Mer- |quainted with the game offreeze cantile company in Duluth, one out at oneof the down town of the largest wholesale grocery |saloons this morhmg if hig'state- ' houses at the head of the Jakes. | ments aré found” true. "Accord- Washmgton, ‘March 15. —On At the meeting last night called what purports to be good anthor- | for the purpose of promoting the ity, it is reported ‘that the lorganization of a boat elub in Be- of justice has' rendersd |midii, a temporary organization ‘in the' “Minnesota [ was formed with Mayor A. A. : o!vmg up- [Carter president and H. E. Rey- inthe|nolds Becretary. The meeting Justices—A. Hasfjord, John éservation, a portion | was largely attended and very| Hanson. ‘|'of which is in the confines of the[enthusiastic. Plans for the Constables—Ole Fmagut,F‘red ‘national forest reserve. Lastjorganizition of ‘the club™ were Hayes. December State Auditor Iverson |discissed and a comwittee con- | It is understood that Mr. Burke|ing to the story he tells the police ' land Attorney “General E. T. ‘sisting of L. G. Crothers, W. B, lhas disposed of his interests in|the'gaine’ Stated with'five or six Young spent a week here'in pre- | McLach an and H. E. Reynolds|the Solway concern and will|men playing, ‘butfinally: several paring a briefand a ‘history of ‘was appointed to solicit members jleave iu the near future to take|of the players drew away -from swamp land grants in Minnesota. | for the club. Another meeting | up the duties of his new position. | the table, leaving him ~with two The secretary -of “interior had | will be hield at the council rooms men, one of 'whom, he ‘said, sat decided in~ favor of the state|in the city hall Fnday evening, on his left hand side, close to the once, but later the forestry|March 23. Town of Hagali. | that he will be local manager for Supervisor—Chairman, E. E.|the concern. Schulke, K. H. Strand, H. J. Klemme, Treasurer—L. L. Reynolds. . Town Clerk—G. A. Leipold. Assessor—W. H, Wendeck. Justice—J. D. Girard. Constables—L. 8. Stadhem, John Bergguist. Items of interest—Mr. H. J, Klemme elected last year re- signed after election. Subscribe for the Pioneer. Town Clerk—L, O. Myhre. Assessor—Walter Helmer, “Town of Summit. Supervisors Chairman, Chas. iLundquist, August "Anderson, tbree years, I. C. Hofland, two years. Treasurer—E. H, Smith. Town of Blackduck. Supervisors—Chairman, Geo. Thompson, three years. Treasurer—B. J. Jenkins. Pickpoeket Took Money. Town Clerk—Thos. Mead. Assessor—T. C. Newcomb. - Justice—M. A. Johnson, Constables — Louis Lodmell, two years, Wm. Hines. Items ofinterést—Very cold, a small crowd. Every body logging right from the stump. Town. of Kelliher. Supervisors — Chairman, W. Simons, I. A, Wagner, Tim Craig. Treasurer—M. A, Kiefer M. D. Town Clerk—J. W. Munay. Assessor—J. C, Gibson. Justices—A. A. Magul, W. Reamer. ; OConstables—F. Deraiche, R. Malloy. Overseer of highway— J. Mc- Mahan. Town of Neb’ish.' Superyisors—Chairman, John ! Lank. Treasurer— E. Edwards. Town Clerk— Bert L. Noble. Assessor—Will Austin, Justices—I. L.’ Evans, John Goldhammer. Town of Liberty. Supervisors—Chairman,Henry Becker, A, P. Blom, L. A. Hanson Treasurer—M. Rygb_ Town Clerk—W. D. Price. ; E bureau set up the claim thas, if Assessor—John Gilstad. ‘the lands were awarded to the Justice—Josiah Weaver. | state, it would interfere with Constable— Chas. Sherberg, their:plans. Lewis Morrissette,’elected last| " Messrs.” Iverson: and Young year. did not recognize ‘the ‘claims’ of — ‘| |the forestry bureau at all, but Town of Buzzle. made their contention solely on Supervisors—A. A. Haarkloa, Emil Diseth, Halver Koppang. Treasurer—K. K. Meland. " Town Clerk—Olof Bratvold, Assessor—Louis Tegner. Justice—N. D. Cromwell. Constables — B. Cromwell, Helge Olsen. Town of Alaska. Superv1sors — Chairman, R Leytyenbierges. " Treasurer—Fred O; Sibley. Oberg, August Pearson, Theo ‘the ground that the state, under ‘existing law and decisions of the supreme court, is entitled to the lands. Attorney Young is ex- pected here today to confer with the ‘department regarding the case. Funeral Held Today. The 1uneral over the remains ;-{of Miss Mabel Hilts, “who. was brought to Bemidji from *Man- battan, Nev., Tuesday mght was held this afternoon at’ 2 o’clock from the Presbyterian church, Town Clerk—W. S. Fauhl, Assessor—F. R: Webster. Justice—John Anderson. Constables—K. D. Guyett. Turtle Lake Goes Dry- In the election in Turtle Lake township. which includes the|, settlements of Buena Vista, and New Haven, the question of Ii- cense or no license was voted upon and the township went dry. Rev. S. E. P. White officiating. The remains were interred in Greenwood cemetery. Miss Hilts is survived only by one relative, | her mother, who attended the funeral. D. of H. The Degree of Honor will give the Deestrict Skule Master af the Opera house the' latter part of March. Supper and dance Only one saloon, owned by W. W. [afterwards. Admittance two Butler at New Haven, is affected. shillings. at the Boy Hurt in Runaway. The eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Marin was slightly injured in a runaway ac- ‘cident that occurred near the Great Northern depot at ‘moon 'today. The boy’s father was driving the team to the depot, where he solicits baggage for the Brinkman hotel. Another team- ster driving for the Great North- ern Express company attempted to get'ahead in order to secure the best place at the depot and race was the result.' When near- ing the depot the Marin team was going at the height of its speed and'Mr."Marin was unable to” control them. " The sleigh| struck a telegraph post, throw- ing the boy, who was lying om the rear end of the sleigh, against the post and rendering him un- conscious and also throwing a grown man from the sleigh. The 1 boy was taken to one of the wait- ing rooms in the depot, where he revived. He received a number of painful bruises akout the head and face but his injuries are not serious. The man thrown from the sleigh was not injured ! Office stationery and supphes Pioneer office. Andrew Johnson, a homestead- | P°Ck®t in ‘which he had 'most'of er living near Ripple, last night 'while boarding the M. & I. pas- senger was robbed of $9 by a ‘pickpocket. Johnson was in the act of walking up the steps of one of the coaches when a man stepped up.behind him, and plac- ing his hand in Johnson s pocket the $85 he lost. - Audrew Martin bartender at the -Myer saloon, under the European hotel on lower Minnesota, avenue, was ar- rested charged with gambling and was arraigned before J udge Pendergast this afternoon. He asked for timein which to secure took the money. ' The pickpocket an attorney ‘and his trial will ran around the south end of ‘the|C0™Me UP at 2 o’clock tomorrow depot and disappeared. 'The|afternoon. The police have not train'was just pulling out when |28 Y@t apprehended the 'other Johnson discovered the theft and | 1188 Who Bates claims played in he was \mabl(- to follow up the the game with himself and Mar- thief. tin whom ‘Bates identified as the man who sat on hle left hand side, Ceneert and Lecture Monday. ‘ A‘ grand concert and lecture 5 will be given March 19, at the| Card of Thanks. [City Opera house under the aus-| We Wish to thank our friends 'pices of St. Philip’s Catholic ard neighbors for their untiring ‘church. The program will be|lelp; kindness opened by selections by the local band, followed by vocal solos of thebestobtainable talent. Father Floyd, who is to lecture, is a| gifted speaker, oratorical, im- pressive, with that rare faculty of interesting his audience on a subject that may perhaps appear and sympathy through the sickness and depart- ure of our beloved child. MR. AND MRS, Wy, HELin AND FAMILY, _ The B. Y. P. U, begs the honor of your riverint prisince at an Irish social in memory of St. foreign. The lecture will be on|Patrick Friday evening, 'March “Irela.nd Past and Present.”’ 16 at the Baptist church. Ivery .| wanis requisted to wear a thrifle Fancy stationery forinvitations|0of grane to extinguish himsilf and parties at the Pioneer office. from the ithers. — During the next Liook for the “red tickets.” They denote a saving of from one- fourth to one-half on your pur- Sale commences Friday MAR. 16 and closes when entire stock is sold. H D 20 pounds of best granulated Sugar for $1.00 with every purchase of $5 or over or if you prefer vJone‘s'Pa_ys the Freight--—;-and the People get the Benefit. 10 Yards of Best Calico for 10c with every purchase of $5 or over or to make matters worse 10 Bars of Good Laundry Soap for 10c The Most Treifiendoué f;Sel_;satioli ix‘r Merchandise Sales Ever Held in Bemidji, Minnesota with $5 purchase or over $9,448.29 Worth 0f High Grade Merchandise Going Out to all the People = @ The entire stock owned by J. A. McConkey has fallen into the hands of N. J. Bohlke & Co., of Minneapolis, Minn., and is for sale in the city of Bemidji for the next thirty days, at a great sa.cnfice. The store is now closed and will remain closed until Frlda.y, March 16* at 9 o’clock a. m., to mark down goods and re-arrange the'stock A deep cut has been made to sell it quickly to raise the desired amount of cash to satisfy the mediator in charge. No reserve will be made: everything must go. Costs. former Price or the wish of the ‘proprietor, will not be considered. This means a great saving to you on all staple goods, such as a complete lme of Notions, G—loves. mittens, Hosiery, Crockery, Grrocerles, Canned Goods, Tobacco, etc., and a complete line of Men’s Women’s and Children’s Shoes: i Supply your wants for a year or two while the matter is being a.d;usted by the mediator in charge. Old clerks will be retained and a large force of new ones on hand to care for the crowds. Come and. see what the N. J. Bohlke & Co. has done to the store, Come from miles away and see a bit of anea.pohs life Whlle you load up w1th ba.rga,ms a.nd see a. sale Wlnch Wlll be an event memorial to the annals of Bemidji, anesota