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Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office £ S Most Complete Stock West of Duluth %a ' Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Paper Clj t , Rubber Bands, Letter Fils i iter Suppli Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads. Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balanoo Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kncaded Rubber Squares, Township Plats in book form, Fine quaily solored B At c:?:,"s::sens',mw;smagn:h E,:'mi.“é’..fi?,:?‘%‘f,;Jé’:?."fl:‘, es'ufifi&f'?&a:grflfli?::,’fi Evolution of Bemidji, from 1892 to the Present Time. ; Carson’s Pioneer Tfading Post, 1892. = | ?mur of Imterstate pusmess based on | mileage was given the approval of the housé committee on taxes and tax laws, and the committee will report for passage the bill introduced by L. _H. Johnson of Minneapolis to this ef- fect. ‘W. H. Putnam of Red Wing intro- duced in the house a bill for the es- tablishtment of a state industrial re- formatory for women between the ages of seventeen and thirty. The re- formatory may be established any- where the board of control sees fit. A child labor bill was introduced in | the house by W. I Nolan of Minneap- | olfs. It is a re-enactment of the pres- ! 1 lem provisions of the code but makes | i S thom much more stringent and malkes | i it much more difficult to obtain child labor permits. The Hackney bill providing for a | semi-centennial exposition to be held . The Yeoman Derby W. A. NOLAN'S RECIPROCAL DE- MURRAGE BILL IS PASSED The discriminating gentleman i in th BY THE HOUSE. ng gen an does not hesitate in the selection of his hat. It is always YMEAsURE WILL NOT GO INTO EF- FECT UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF NEXT JULY. “The Yeoman” : —Made according to the newest blocks —Containing the quality thatis particularly adapted to the finest of all hats; St. Paul, Feb. 21.—The reciprocal , demurrage bill, introduced by W. 4| ! Nolan of Grand Meadow, passed the . house after consideration as a special order. The bill adopted, with a few /small amendments, in the redrafted ; bill presented to the house by the special committee appointed for that | purpose. As the bill stands it is con- i slderably different from the bill which ! passed the house two years ago. The house passed the bill with prac- tleally no discussion on the principle ! of the bill, but spent some time in con- sidering a batch of amendments pro- ,posed by Ambrose Tighe of St. Paul. iW'hen the vote was taken T. J. Brady of St. Paul voted in the negative. The absentees were Handlan, Hollister, Orne, Thompson and Young. All the others voted in the affirmative. An amendment by Mr. Tighe was adopted changing the time when the | bill goes into effect from the time of \its passage to July 1, 1907. | An amendment was offered by Mr. | Tighe providing that half of the ,meney! should be paid to the school | district at the station where cars were ordered instead of the district where ’fl‘;e shipper resides. This was adopt- ed. | A provision proposed by Mr. Tighe was inserted that when a receiver fails to begin unloading the car with- in forty-eight hours the company may ,either remove the car and collect |8 day or else unload the car at the shipper’s expense. Sleeping Car Tax. ‘N‘.WltnessmNever was in such a place. et the fair grounds in 1908 and pro- = viding for loan of $1,000,000 for this | | purpose to the state fair association § eame up in the senate on general or- ;[ ders, but action was deferred for a day. i The senate committee on taxes and tax laws has declded to report for passage Senator Clague’s bill provid- ing for a registry tax of 50 cents on eaoh $100 of the principal of mort- gages, and also Senator Wilson's bill | providing for the appointment .of a ! permanent tax commission of three | members. The senate committee on public | health and pure food has decided to report for passage Senator Sundberg’s + bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes {and “the makings” in this state after { July 81, 1907. A Kindly Provision of Nature. “The codfish,” said the professor, | “lays considerably more than 1,000, 1 000 eggs.” i “It/Is mighty lucky for the codfish {that she doesn’t have to cackle over i avery egg,” said the student who came | from a farm. Not Guilty, Lawyer—You say you left home on i the 20th. Witness—Yes, sir. Lawyer —And came back on the 25th? Wit- \ness—Ym sir. Lawyer (severely)— { What were you doing In the interim? —Possessing that distinction which appeals. to the taste of men who know. New 1907 Styles Now ready for you at the store of O’Leary & Bowser The Greater Department Store At no other placein Bemidji can you get “The Yeoman $5 Hat We have the exclusive selling. ¥ We are all wise. The difference be- = A 4 per cent sleeping car tax upon | i all state business and upon a proper- | LWeen Dersons is not In wisdom, but in s Lt el : L b S ey — Sl .