Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 12, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJTI D VOLUME 4. NUMBER 272 — THOME & MAYER WILL ERECT A $25,000 BLOCK Handsome Brick Structure Will Replace the Building Re- cently Destroyed By Fire-. -Thome & Mayer Will Dem- onstrate Their Confidence in Bemidji. Having the utmost faith in the stability of Bemidjiand its future growth and development, Thome & Mayer will erect a handsome three-story brick block, to re- place their building which was destroyed by fire on February Gth and caused them a loss of over $15,000. The next day after the fire, which was a heavy loss to the firm, Messrs. Thome & Meyer began figuring on rcplacing the buildings which were burned. They consuited architects in various cities of the state, and had rough sketches of proposed MarT MAYER. (Fire Has No Terrors for Matt and His Partner, Mr. Thome.) blocks “submitted to tuem for their approval. E.Strassburger of Crookston finally submitted plans and specitications that con- formed to the wishes of Thome & Mayer, and they have now definitely decided ou the build- ing which they will erect. The new block will be of solid brick, 60x100 feet, three stories in height, and will beso con- structed as to be used for a first- class hotal with many rooms, a cafe, barber shop, store building, wareroom and several office rooms. There wjll be a commodious basement,” extending the full length of the entire building, which will be equipped witha laundry and will also contain the heating plant, Oa the ground floor, the saloon of Thome & Mayer will occupy the room on the corner of Sec- ond street and Minnesota ave- nue, which will be 20x60, and fitted with fine new fixtures. Ex- tending on Minnesota avenue, there will be a roem for useasa barber shop, 16x30, also a room to be rented for merchandise purposes, 24x65. In the center of the rear of the building, there will be a court, six feet wide, ex- tending fifty feet, allowing light for !l the rooms in that portion of the building. On the second ~treet side will be located the hotel cftice, dining roow and kitchen. O the second flcor the eight front rooms will be used for offices and will be fitted out fo;t leased in advaace. The balance of the floor will Le used for sleeping rooms, in connection with the hotel, there being sixty four rooms. On the third floor there will be forty sleeping rooms for the hotel, which will be called “The Merchants.” There will be bath rooms, closets, ete., and every requisite for a first-class hostelry. The completed plans and speci- fications are now in the pusses- sion of the architect and will be returned to Thome & Mayer and bids requested for the erection of the building which will be opened and the contract awarded March 25. Itis estimated that the block will cost, when completed,$25,000, and will be one of the most sub- stantial and bandsome brick buildings in the city. —_— e SHOULD ADVERTISE OUR GITY MORE LIBERALLY Prominent Traveling Passenger Agent Says Result Would Be Big Crowds In Summer, F. D. Lyon, traveling passen- ger agent for the Rock Island road, was a visitor in the city to- day, having came in last evening over the M. & I. from Brainerd. Mr. Lyon is very favorably impressed with Bemidji, and like all the other passenger agents of foreign roads who visit this city, unhesitatingly ad- monishes the people of this place to more liberally advertise the attractions hereabouts for a summer resort. The result would be an astonishing influx of visitors during the summer months, according to Mr. Lyon. Wreck Victim Buried, Crookston Times: The remains of the unfortunate Crookston young man, H. B. Lanager, who met death in the recent wreck at Ojata were taken through the city last evening and will be in- terred in the old Strand ceme- tery next Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Lanager’s father and four brothers came up from Gary yesterday morning and spent the day with Mrs. Lanager re- turning last eyening to Gary ac- companied by Mrs. Lanager. and will be there at the funeral and several other Crookston peo- ple will attend. Rev. Salveson, pastor of the Synod church of this city of which Mr. Lanager was a member will conduct the funeral services. Fire at Brainerd. Brainerd, March 12.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—Fire which broke cut at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon badly damaged the Ransford hotel, and another fire at the same time also burned a portion of the Bijou theater building. The fire in the Rans- ford originated in a closet above the Murphy clothing store. Two of the floors of the block were burned somewhat and a large amount of damage was done by water. A fire broke out in the Bijou theater building, about the same time, which did much damage to that place. Concert at Preshyterian Church. Ole Theobaldi, one of the great- est living violinists, is now mak- ing a third visit to America. He is widely known in this country and no violinist since the days of Ole Bull has met with the sue- cess Mr. Theobaldi has attained as a master of the violin. He will appear at the Presbyterian church Friday evening,March 15, Admission 50 cents. A Sign of Spring. Mr. Stewart, who recently bought Olson’s confectionery |store, has opened his soda The four young men are Olaf|fountain, and is now ready to Garden, John Garden, Marin Garden, Louis Garden and the father’s name is C. Garden. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Espe of this serve his trade to all kinds of :drinks obtainable at a fountain. | He also will handle the famous Ives ice cream, which will speak city went to Gary last evening for itself after once tried. IR G that purpose, and are already) MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. TUESDAY ‘EVE NING, MARCH 12, 1907. be held this evening. portant that every member of the club should attend the meeting, for the best interests of the city are furthered by a good live club. This Evening N, N=iNe At this time it Commercial Club To Meet An important meeting of the Commercial Club will is very im- F. S. LYCAN, President. G. F. RUGGLES SELLS A BIG BUNGH OF HIS PINE ~ Michigan Lumber Baron Disposes of Holdings in Kabekona Country and Near Turtle River. alker Pilot: Two big timber s of standing timber in h ‘lake vicinity were e a few days ago, in which C. F. Ruggles the Michigan lumber baron disposed of huge tracts of pine to T. B. Walker and B. F. Nelson. Mr. Ruggles sold to T. B. Walker of the Red River Lumber company all his holdings in the Leech lake and Kabekona country of over sixty million feet, the consideration being between six and seven hundred thousand dollars. This timber is for the most part on lands adjoining Walker’s property and can per- haps be handled by this com- pany to better advantage than by any other firm. It is supposed that all this timber will be manu- factured into lumber by the Akeley mill. To B. F. Nelson of the Leech Lake Lumber company, Mr. Ruggles disposed of all bis hold- ings in Beltrami county in the vicinity of Bemidji and Turtle River, the consideration in this instance being about half a million dollars. This land is nearly all tributary to the M. & 1. railway and -the logs can be easily shipped to the mill of the Leech Lake Lumber company at Walker for manu- facture. R. W. Reed’s Father Dead. R. W. Reed received atelegram last evening from Cloyis, Cali- Yesterday afternoon, Judge Slocum officiated in performing the ceremony which united for life} Miss Christine Bergeron and W%ard B. Kennedy of a gk, The judge warned the young couple of the snares and pitfalls of this wicked world and the necessity of congeniality in married life, and further im- pressed his remarks it is said, by attempting to imprint. a re- sounding smack on the bride’s cheek. A. C. McLean Sick. A. C. McLean, the local repre- sentative for the Martin Bros., tie dealers of Duluth, is again,| confined to his bed with an at- tack of pneumonia. Mr. McLean was very ill early in the winter, but apparently” recovered and was able to be up and about his business. But he evidently went to work too soon, as he has had a relapse and will probably be con- fined to his bed for several weeks to come. A G0OD ROADS MEETING AT KELLIHER SATURDAY Kelliher Citizens and Farmers of Vicin- ity Will Discuss Means for Better Roads. Kelliher Jourmal: A good roads meeting is called at the auditorium of the schoel house for Saturday evening March 16, at 8:30 p. m., to which the far- mers of the surrounding country and the citizens of Kelliher are urged to attend. The meeting is called for the purpose of discuss- ing good roads; to formulate plans and means for their con: struction, and generally to pro- fornia, announcing the death of |mote the good roads idea. his father, R. W. Reed, Sr.,at that place yesterday. will be shipped to Ortonville, this state, for burial, and Mr. Reed will go to that” place to attend the funeral. The elder Reed had intended son. Bids for Hauling Lumber. The Sandy River Lumber Co. want bids for the hauling of three million feet of white pine lumber from Aure to Solway, a distance of ten miles, Party to haul not less than ten thousand feet per day and to commence work April 1. Parties wishing to bid on this work should ad. Sandy River Lumber Co., Sol- way, Minn, Tied a Fine Knot. M. G. Slocum wears with be- coming modesty his new honors as justice of the peace, butit was not until yesterday afternoon that he was called upon to exer- cise his rights as a tier of knots matrimonial and starting of “‘two souls with but a single,” ete. moving to Bemidjiin a few weeks !and their maintenance. to make his home here with his way the ideas of those in touch Means and the manner of con- The body | struction will be one of the prin- cipal topics for discussion, and those who have had experience in to give their ideas regarding the proper construction of the roads In this with construction work can be obtained, and a general plan adopted. The need of good roads need not be here discussed. The need of them and their relations to the upbuilding and advancement of any country is too well known to admit any argument. Suffice to say that the general prosperity of this and other communities jare dependent to a great extent dress correspondence to the|upon the condition the roads are in, Farmers who are interested in the - prosperity and general ad. vancement of this country should not fail to be in attendance. Some practical ideas of road building are sure to be advanced; or what is more, you may have an idea of your own, which would be worth knowing. Read the Daily Pioneer. road building will be called nponI ANOTHER STATE LAND SALE HELD IN JUNE Twenty Thousand Acres to Be Dis- posed of on Forty Years’ Time--- Sale for This County June 18. There will be another sale of state lands situated in Beltrami county on Tuesday, June 18,1907, There will be 20,000 acres put on sale ab that time and the sale will be held at the eourt house in-this city. There will also be a sale at: Aitkin, June 14, at Bagley, Clear- water county, on June 16, Grand Rapids, Itaséa county, June 11, Walker, Cass county, June 19. The following are the TERMS OF SALE. No sale can be made for less than the appraised price, which cannot be less than $5.00 per acre. Fifteen per cent of the purchase price, and interest on the unpaid balance until June 1st, 1908, at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, must be paid in ad. vance. In addition thereto the value of the merchantable tim- ber, if any, must be paid at the time of sale. The balance of the principal can run for forty years at 4 per cent annual interest. If the balance of the purchase price is paid within ten years the an- nual interest will be 5 per cent. Within five years of the date of sale the purchaser or his assigns must perform at least the follow- ing requirements: 1—Fence at least 25 per cent of said tract for pasture and con- vert such portion into pasture land, or 2—Cultivate at least 5 per cent of said tract, or 8—Build a house and actually reside on said tract for a period of twelve months, Not more than 320 acres can be sold or contracted to be sold to any one purchaser. No land can be sold at private sale. The state reserves the mineral on all lands. Resolutions. Resolved that the officers and members of Bemidji lodge, No. 119, 1. 0. O. F. wish to extend our sincere and hearttelt sym- pathy in this hour of their sor- row, to the wife and members of the family of our brother, Rich- ard Albrant, who has been called by the angel of death. Be it further resolved, Thata copy of these resolutions be for- warded to the family and spread on the minutes of the order, and that a copy be published in the Bemidji Pioneer. —0C. L. Atwood, —O. J. Mulligan, — Ben Erickson. Small calendar pads can be had at the Pioneer office. Rev. J. F. McLeod of Brainerd returned to his home this morn- ing, after having visited in this city with relatives and friends. TEN CENTS PER WEEK COUNCIL _ |IMPORTANT MEETING CITY| LAST EVENING President Gould Appoints Standing Commitiees for the Ensuing Year---Extens and Sewer The session of the council held last evening was particularly n- teresting, in as much as the ap- pointment of the standing com- mittees were made, all were in- terested in knowing who these committees are. In making these appointments W. A. Gould, president of the council has carefully selected same as to fitness for the work, and in such a way that the com- mittee work may be done with as little inconvenience as possible to the members of the council. The special work of a2 commit- tee or committees!being todivide up the detail of the council among the membership. In the naming of committees, the chairman of each committee is named first. Finance committee: W. A, Gould, W. N. Bowser and Wm. MecCuaig. Auditing committee: John Washburn, Fred Brinkman, George McTaggart. Water and light: Thomas Smart, Anton Erickson, W. A, Gould. Street and sidewalks: Fred Brinkman, George McTaggart, Thomas Smart. Sewer: Wm. McCuaig, W. N. Bowser and John Washburn. Printing: George McTaggart, L. G. Kinch and Fred Brinkman. Health: L. G. Kinch, W. A, Gould and Anton Erickson. Purchasing committee; W. N, Bowser, Thomas Smart and W. A, Gould. Fire committee: Anton Erick- son, L. G. Kinch and Fred Brinkman. Park committee: W. N. Bow- ser, Wm. McCuaig and Anton Erickson. Salaries: L. G. Kinch, Thomas Smart and John Washburn. City ball: William McCuaig, John Washburn and Geerge Mc- Taggart. The finance committee is one of the most important to the city and to them is set the task of finding the exact condition of each fund in the city; how the money is to be raised; how much is needed and how itis most economically to be used. To the auditing committee is given the task of examining into every bill presented to the coun- cil and report upon same, as to its reasonableness and whether or not it complies with the pro- visions of the charter. To the water and light com- mittee falls one of the heaviest duties and that is the inadequate water supply we now have, and it is to them to device some way to increase the'supply over what 1t now is, or provide some other means for the use of water. The matter of properly lighting the city is always before the council and with a city growing as fast as is our city, it becomes their duty to provide additional street lighting, as same may be deemed necessary and advisable. | property here. ion of the Water Mains Discussed. The street and sidewalk com- mittee have the supervision of the streets and walks, and this is nosmall task. It is especially important to them to compel all walks to be kept in good repair, as well as the building additional walks to accommodate the grow- ing demands of our city. The sewer committee will take up the work begun last year, and it 1s expected considerable addi- tion will be made to the system. As the greater part of the cost of sewerage is assessed back to the abutting property, itis no doubt where a majority of pro- perty owners desire sewerage, a proper presentation of the same before this committee will help to get it. The printing committee have in charge the work -in that line. The health committes have in charge the sanitary condition of the city, and theirs is a most im- portant duty to perform. The purchasing committee have the general supervision of the supplies needed for the city. The fire committee have & most important part to play in the protection of the city and the It is to them to work in harmony with the chief of the fire department to improve the service we now have, and provide the protection best pos- sible to obtain. To the committee on parks is assigned the duty of keeping our parks in the very best con- dition and in as presentible a manner as possible, that the summer tourists may see the beauties of our city which nature has bestowed upou her. The committee on salaries are assigned the duty of fixing the salaries, which salaries should be governed by the financial condi- tions of the city, as well as other conditions. The city hall committee have the general supervision of the city hall and the city property therein. They also should see that none but proper entertain- ments are brought to the city. A motion was made and car- ried requiring the street com- missioner to remove all waste paper cans. The report of the special com mittee appointed to investigate the advisability of issuing a per- mit to Chester Snow to build a skating rink within the fire limits was granted upon condition the city attorney approve same as to its legality. A. F. Anderson filed a request in writing asking that his name be withdrawn from the bond of A. T. Wheelock for an employ- ment agency, After some discussion the council voted that one day’s poll tax be levied, or in lieu thereof $1.50 be paid by all persons by law liable for the same, The bids for city printing were opened and on motion referred to the committee on printing. _— Basket Social. The M. B. A. will give a basket social at the I. 0. O. F. hall Sat- urday evening March 16, All members are expected tocome and bring their friends. Ladies are requested to bring baskets. —By the Commuttee, The Pioneer at all times has in stock office supplies of every description F. P, Sheldon, president of the First National bank of Bemidii, and who is interested in many banks throughout the north half of the state, came over last night from his home at Grand Rapids. Club Dance Thursday Night. The next club dance will be given at the Masonic hall Thurs- day evening of this week, A cordial invitation is extented to the members of the club, Mrs. Gregg returned to her home last evening, after visiting with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Bert Getchell, A. A, Mr of the Craig hotel at Kelliher, returned to his home last evening, Mrs. Smith, who has been confined to 8t. Anthony’s hospital recover- ing from an attack of appendi- citis, will probably be able to re- turn to her home within a weelr. PR TR fl,:,;'l‘