Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1906, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIO VOLUME 4. NUMBER 202 HISTOR g MINNESOTA SOCIETY. ICAL BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1906. TEN CENTS PER WEEK BRAKEMAN MANGLED BY ENGINE WHEELS Spencer Brown, Old Railroad Man, Killed in Cass Lake Sunday. ENGINE, LEAVING ROUND HOUSE, BACKS ONTO UNWITTING VICTIM Brown Was 45 Years Old and Had Been Railroading for Years. Spencer Browr, a brakeman running on the Great Northern between Cass Lake and Crooks- ton, was instantly killed at Cass Lake yesterday, being literally ground to pieces under the wheels of an engine, the entire length of which passed over his body. Brown got on the engine which pulled the east bound passenger train to Cass Lake yesterday afternoon, talksing to Engineer Oringer. The engines are changed at Cass Lake, and Brown rode down to the roundhouse with Oringer. He got off the engine and evident- ly became confused, as his eye- sight was poor, and got in the way of an engine which a hostler was backing out of one of the stalls. The engine went out of the stall and onto the turn-table before it was discovered that a man had been injured. The mangled remains of Brown were found in front of the engine, but a few feet from the entrance to the roundhouse. The body was taken to an vndertaker’s rooms, where they were prepared for burial and shipped to Cr..okston | last night. Brown was about 45 years of age and resided in Crookston with his wife. He was an old railroad man and well liked. English cottagers have to use the leaves of shrubs and berbs for tea, such as the black currant. Our Penn ' sylvania mountaineers use the Solidage odorata for tea, instead of the costly China tea. Solidago odorato is a varie- ty of the familiar goldenrod. In Loul- siana it is laregly used Ly the French population of the remote districts. Checkerberry or teaberry (Gaultheria repens) is a little spicy plant also used‘ far +ae for the purpose of i RED LAKE INDIANS MAY PROFIT BY SALE OF PINE Bill Providing for Sale of Timber. According to a Washington paper, there is a probability that the Red Lake Indians will realize alarge sum, in the not distant future, from the sale of consider- lable pine on the diminished Red Lake reservation, The dispatch says: Congressman Steenerson today introduced an important bill pro- viding for the sale of a vast amount of Red Lake pine timber belonging t» Indians. Mr. Steenerson says that now is the most favorable time to sell timber in bulk when it is bring- ing a very high price. His bill provndes for the sealed bid and bark scale provision which worked so well and was of so much financial benefit to Chip- pewa Indians. A provisiou of the bill sets forth that not less than $11 per thousand for Norway pine and $9 | per thousand for white pine shall | be offered. It is beiieved at the Indian office that $15 will be bid on the Norway pine. | At the Courthouse. Judge Spooner returned to Grand Rapids this noon to: resume the term of court being heid there. Very little doing in the county auditor’s office today, except routine work. County Treasurer George French today paid a large sum to the Independent School District | of Bemidji, the warrant calling for $6,439.46, being the Novem- ber apportionment of school monies due the district. Clerk of Court Rhoda today issued marriage licenses to Reemt R. Middendorf to wed {Hulda C. Norland and to Abe Jacobson t» wed Clara Jacobson, | (-he latter two being of the same sir name, but not related). | Rubbish Heaps. In a thousand miles of Europe I saw but one rubbish heap—some old meta! cans at Carlsruhe. was a complete absence of all waste or carel2ssness and, above all, of de- Everywhere else | {BEMIDJI HANDLE FACTORY CLOSES SUGCESSFUL YEAR i Congressman Steenerson Introduces | Reorganized Company Has Increased Business 100 Per Cent Over Last Year. The Bemidji Handle Factory dispatch printed in a Duluth|company has just closed the first year since the reorganization of the company, and the past twelve mouths have been very good ones for the company from a business standpoint. The company was reorganized December 8, 1905, by W. L. Brooks, William Burse and A. M, Bagley. Mr. Bagley was placed in active charge of the business of the company. The handle factory at that time was a primi- tive affair, but there was a bealthy demand for the product ! of the plant. Mr, Bagley atonce began installing new machinery and has continued to put in new outfits from time to timeall year, with the result that the capacity and business of the factory has been increased fully 100 per cent during the year. The old ma- chinery has almost entirely been replaced. The company decided to move |to more commodious and desir- able quarters and secured a loca- tion in Carson’s addition, on Park avenue, on the south side of the G. N. tracks, where & modern plant is now in operation. The company has been deluged with business during the past five months, and it has been un- necessary to expend ary sum in soliciting trade, orders being re- ceived without any effort. The railway companies are using the Bemidji handles to a large extent and much of the business is from them. The factory was closed for two |days last week, owing to inabil- ity to get the.oak.used in making the handles. However, there is jrelief from this now and the fac- tory will resume running. Boyer’s Grocery Opens. Boyer’s Cask Grocery store opened up for business today in the Boyer building on. Minne. sota avenue. Mr. Boyer has facement and roadside uncleanliness. ; been busy for several weeks re- The foul vacant lots and airty dumps that abound in and about Amerlcan |. towns are not to be found anywhere | ~Exchange. ! modeling the store and getting :in his stock. He has every lagsurance of an excellént trade. XMAS GIFTS We are showing the largest line of Xmas goods ever shown in Bemidji. One glance at the display on ‘our tables and counters will convince you OUR PRICES ARE LOWEST The quality of our goods the highest. For the Children Books, Games, Dolls, Xmas cards, Magic lanterns, Tops, Engines, Dishes Trunks, Hobby horses, Banks, Horns, Xmas tree ornaments, Ties, Handker- chiefs, Gloves, Mittens, and all kinds of Children’s wear. In our Crockery department we have a large line of Genuine Hand-painted French, German and Japanese china at about one half the usual price. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. E.HWINTER&CO TELEPHONE NO. 30. of this fact. Below is a sm you in making your selections. For the Mirrors, Ash Music rolls, Sil ed mittens, House slippers, Suit cases. Furs, Mufflers, Fancy suspenders, Ties, Toilet sets, & Photo frames, Jewel boxes, Hand bags all list that may aid Grown-up’s Shawls, Hosiery, trays, Smakers sets, k lined gloves, Fur lin- BEMIDJI. GOW AND HEN QUEENS OF THE BARNYARD THESE DAYS Butter and Eggs Soaring; Former Selling at 35 Cents, Latter at 30 Cents. The good citizens of Bemidji who can still afford to grease their\bread with real butter are now digging down in their pockets to the extent of 35 cents for the precious salve. And the plutzerats who like a couple of soft-boiled eggs for breakfast have to separate them- selves from about three cents a piece for the delicious hen fruit. These are the days when a man must take off his hat to a gond, hard-working hen and salaam be- fore the lowing boss, A hen that attends strict'y to business these days, and does not get the anti-race suicide bee in her giddy top-knot is worth almost twenty cents a week in real money to her owner, provid- ing she is able to'work overtime, and a good, old-fashioned cow that yields up genuine country cream has a copper stock propo- sition backed off the financial boards. The change from a silver dol- lar after one has invested in a pound of butter and a dozen eggs is hardly worth picking up. In brief eggs in Bemidji are selling at 30 cents a dozen and dairy butter is bringing 35 cents per pound. Gone After His Moose. F. G. Horton left this morning for Big Falls, to get a large bull moose which he shot during the open. season, in a swamp about ten miles from the ‘“Falls.” Owing to the fact that the swamps did not freeze, 1t was im- pussible for Mr. Horton to: get the moose out and ship it to Be- midji and he applied to the local game warden for a permit to ship the moose when the swamp had frozen so that it could be taken out, The matter was taken up with Sam F, Fullerton, exect- tive agent of the State Game axd Fish Commission, and on recom- mendation of the Bemidji warden, Mr. Horton was given a permit to ship the moose, and he expects to have the animal here next Saturday. Owl Drug Store Opening. The OQwl Drug Store was the busiest place in the city Satur- day evening, the occasion being the formal opening of the new place of business. The store was filled with visitors all the evening, and from two to three hundred paid their compliments to Mr. Mayo and partook of the refreshments. From 8 o’clock until 11 the people came and went, and dur- DEFECTIVE PagE ing those hours delicious re- freshments of various kinds were served from the fountain, and cigars were given away to the men. A delightfui musical program was played during the evening - by Symington’s or1- chestra, Left for Home in Minot. John Graham left yesterday afternoon for his home at Minot, N. D, after having spent a week in the city on business, looking after some collections. etc. Mr. Grabam states that he likes Minot very well, and that he and Mr. Hawkins are doing nicely with their meat market. All are enjoying the best of health and bacoming used to the changed “Rlickertail’”’ state. He expects visit some time in March. Steals March on G. N. The Great Northern railroad had a large number of em)ty cars side-tracked near Bagley a few days ago which were to be loaded with ties. The citizens who had made repeated demands for cars but were unable to get them owing to the reported car' shortage they thought that it conditions that prevail in the to raturn to Bemidji for a brief JOHN BRENNAN IS LAID IN FINAL RESTING PLAGE Funeral of Well-Known Cruiser Held {Monster Fish Secured Through Hole! Saturday Afternoon---Many Friends Mourn. The funeral of John Brennan was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, when Father O'Dwyer conducted brief services at Lahr’s morgue, and the body was interred in Greenwood cemetery, The pallbearers were personal friends of Brennan who had known him for several years, and were the following: Al Ogden, G. A. McGrath, William Dudrey, George Mealey, George McTaggart and Naish McKinnon, John Brennan, a brother of the deceased, was present. He is superintendent of the Atwoud Lumber company of Stillwater, and is in charge of the company’s logging operations at Sawyer. The death of Brennan is sin- cerely mourned by many living in Bemidji. He was a whole- souled, good-hearted fellow and his purse was ever open to the wants of deserving individuals. Many a needy person will re- member John Brennan ard his: kindnesses. Besides his brother, Brennan is survived by an aged mother, who lives in New Brunswick.l was injustice on the part of the railroad to haul ties at this time! of the year when the people’ of other localities were freezing t> death for war.t of fuel. In the middle of the night a large band of Bagley citizens; ga hered together and before | many hours had elapsed all the empty cars were filled with cord wood, When the railroad officers made the discovery the next morning they let the wood go to its destination.’, T. J. MILLER SPEARS A FIFTEEN- PI]UND PIGKEREL| in the lce in Lake Bemidji. Bemidji has for many years [FAST WORK PREVENTS A DISASTROUS FIRE {Small Blaze in Rear of Young's i Grocery Store Quickly | Extinguished. enjoyed the distinction of being GOOD LUCK PREVENTS SPREAD one of the best resorts for fish-! ing in the north half of the state. This has been especially true ns} to the summer months, That the chill winter winde, with eighteen inches of ice on the lake, are no detriment to the Bemidji fisherman, was amply demonstrated last Saturday, when T. J. Miller secured a fifteen pound pickerel from the ! OF FLAMES TO LARGE OIL TANK | Frank Thompson, Owner of Building, { Places His Loss at Only $50. Fire in the warehouse in the rear of the grocery store coun- lage. T. J, had put his fish house ducted by J. P. Young, on Minne- on the lake in the forenoon, and after dinner decided to go down and try his luck. He 'sat in the house about fifteen minutes, when a monster pickerel made a grab at hisdecoy minnow. Miller hurled his spear and caught the fish 1n the middle of the back. He brought it to the surface and took it up town toa pair of scales, where it was found to weigh fifteen pounds. A photo has been taken of the pickerel, in order that skeptics may have prima facie evidence of the size of the catch. Card of Thanks. The committee of the Presby- terian Ladies’ Aid society, which had in charge the production of Queen Esther, wishes, through the Pioneer, to thank all who helped in making that pto'duction a success. Those who took part| in the cantata, both special parts and chorus work, Mr. Jerrard for abie stage direction, Mr. Harris for his untiring efforts to provide proper stage settings, and those - who advertised .in.the:. +{ program; & sota avenue, last night did dam- age to the extent of $50, and the flames might have entirely de- stroyed the place had it not been for their early discovery and the prompt action of the fire depart- ment. The fire originated from the chimney and was discovered. at 10 o’clock, before gaining much headway. An alarm was turned in and the tire boys ran a line of hose from the city hall and soon bad a stream of water playing on the fire and extinguished it. There was a fifty-gallon can of kerosene oil standing in one corner of the warehouse, not far from the chimney, and had the fire reached this there is no doubt that the entire building would have been destroyed. The building belongs to Frank | Thompson and he places his loss at but $50, and is congratulating himself that the fire did not occur later in the night, when it would not have been discovered in time to h.ve saved either the building ] or its contents. \l may want with us. Our line is the best and most attract- BARKER'S l Everything can : “' be foundthatyou To say the least we are sure you will agree At possibly for Xmas. Toilet sets of all de- . scriptions. . 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