Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 30, 1907, Page 1

MINNESOTA! HlSTORIL‘AL IETY. e A sog\ew.' THE BE NUMBER 214. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1907. AGED MAN FOUND DEAD: IN HIS CABIN NEAR BAGLEY VOLUME 5 FAVORS REMOVAL OF U. S. LAND OFFICE TO BEMIDJI FORTY CENTS PER MONTH operating two large mills at Prince | Dufore, formerly of Walker who is Albert. running a large hotel at Prince Mr. Black says that there are a|Albert and is making lots of money. number of people living at Prince Social. gram will commence at 8:30 o’clock. There will be a musical program | Lunch will be served. ~Come and and social in the Norwegian Luth-|%atch the Old Year out and the Mr. Black will return to Prince|eran church Tuesdsy night under New.yearin: ) Admifsion 2oc Parsley at the Lake Park Green Spooner Citizen Tells of Advantagesthat Would Be Gained by Abolishing Crookston Lam_i Office and Removing Cass Lake Office Here. A prominent residence of Spooner, Bemidji yesterday, ex-| pressed emphatically in favor of movement now on foot in this city to abolish the Crookston United who was in force in the state of Minnesota, and they have to spend some three or four day’s time, in addition to hotel bills and the expense of bringing and keeping their witnesses Carl Olson Dies o’ Heart Failure Friday A‘ll?'et: who formerly resided in this|Albert in a few days and expects to | the auspices of the Swedish ladies. vicinity, Morning.—Found by Neighbor Soon After Death. Bagley, Dec. 30.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Carl Olson, a widower, aged 68 years, was found dead in his cabin in the town of Nora, Fri- day morning at 6:30 o’clock, by a neighbor, who happened to pass his place and decided to make an early among whom is Frank|move his family there next spring. Rev. Pearson will officiate.” Pro- | House. Phone 166. & States Land Office and remove the|durirg this time. Whereas, if that 2 F b 1d b (7 land office now located at Cass Lake| section of the Crookston land office | MO™™"& call.3From whatjcon 5 e v to the City ot Bemidji. | district was made a part of the pro- | learned by the coroner, Olson died 3 & : The proposition to make this|posed new district to embrace all |of heart disease. He had been out change was broached some days ago the territory ot the old Crookston [to a dance the evening before, re-| : - and has received encouragement|and the present territory of the|turning home at 5:50 a. m. He| from every section of both the}C‘f\SS Lake districts, it would en-|walked with several neighbors until 5 ; | Crookston and the Cass Lake land |able them to come to Bemidji to|he reached his cabin. After start- | offlce districts. | transact their business with only[ing a fire, he evidently decided to " The Cass Lake land office \vz\séthc loss of one day’s time and a|go after some wood, as when found established some yeaas ago. At |reduction of the expense so far as|he still had his lit lantern in his that time the city of Bemidji,through | railroad fare is concerned, and the|hand. its representive in congress, endeav-|saving of over 200 miles travel| He leaves three grown up children, , ored to have the office established|at a two-cent rate. two of whom reside in the vicinity IR in this city, but unfortunately, Be-| ‘“The settlers ot Koochichiug and|of Mentor, and the other in the midji got in the field too late and|northern TItasca counties, in the |southern partof the state. before the switch could be made,|Cass Lake land district, must also e G Y l the office was given to Cass Lake. |come to Bemidji to reach the Cass Parant Taken to Asylum. 4 ) For the past five years principally | La&ce land office. Sheriff Thomas Bailey and Deputy » all the business of the Cass Lake| It will seem but reasonable that|gperiff Arne Solberg left for Fergus rr land office has passed through Be-|the Department of the Interior or | g,y yesterday afternoon, having in| [B midji, and the gentleman in ques-| Congress, under whose power it is to custody Joseph Parant, who was on| [ urnl ure tion from Spooner was passing make these changes, would see the Saturday adjudged insane, by the 3 through this city yesterday when|justice of abolishing the Crookston insanity board and committed to the this observation was made. land office and remove the Cass|agylum at Fergus Falls. We have decided to discontinue the above departments as the lease of the room 1 Since the completion of the|Lake land office to Bemidji, where| parent became “bugs” at Kell-| H| expires in a few Weeks and we must vacate before that time. Beginning Jan. 2nd, Minnesota & International _railroad | homesteaders at the center and the her and was brought to Bemidji| # 1908, we will give the people of Bemidji and vicinity the benefit of the Greatest Sacri- to International Falls, it is nearer, | boundary of these two offices would Saturday morning. Itis said that fice Sale in the history of Northern Mlnnesota by from 150 to 200 miles, for the | be given the advantage of a logical | he had been drinking rather heavily Yy o le i g < 5 settlers from Northern Beltrami and | geographical location and excellent during the early part of the winter| § We offer every article in these departments at pr;lces that W.I“ close them out, Roseau counties (now in the Crooks. railfoad facilties for coming 10 4ng was finally placed in the Kelli-| il Regardless of Cost. All New Goods of Best Quality and Strictly Up-to-date. ton district) to come to Bemidji, | Bemidji in a short time and reach her hospital. ? ied “g ds.” F l Kk £ bl than to go to Crookston. The | their homes with the least possible When Parant was taken away W.e have never C?l"rle any econ .S. or lac of space we are unable to_quote Canadian-Northern railroad, which | delay and expenditure of mones. | octerday he had conceived a new prices on everything. The best way is to come and see for yourselves. enters Minnesota at Baudette, 1s| This movement now on foot will s : g Db now one of the lines connecting at! meet with the approval of all the ;::}:::;anso(;,ber:m;};s h:h:w‘?godtv: BELOW WE QUOTE A FEW PRICES: P thej." border with the Minnesota & jactual homesteaders in both the truth.” . International railroad, 'and-all the|land d.islricts affected, and will| paont said that a man had put All Furs 1-3 Off All Wool Knlt Goods residents of the northern part of iresult in the overflooding of the|, pattery on him that contained A large assortment of Gordon & Ferguson fur scarfs guch as underskiris, hoods, shawls, fascinators, sweaters, the Crookston land office dlsmct,’representauve of congress for this 38000 volts of electricty: that the and wuffs. All new styleF. stockfu\ S ] 3 ff where all available lands subject | district with petitions to have this| man had chashd him three days; & caps, e1c, 12 o0kl to the homestead law are now|change brought about; and the Com- i suer, but located, are tributary to the Cana-| mercial clubs of Bemidji, Interna- ::a;oli\:gw;u:l;lll;d;lllllsan;:iu:hen, the All Mlsses atag:;ltg?i}’gren S Coats GOI‘SGtS dian-Northern railroad in Minne- {ional I;ialls,uSpooner, B}::udette and man with the battery would apply Bon Ton 33.00 corsets. ...... sota. Varroad will join in the move to . . . At the present time, the settlers|have this proposed change brought th?‘;l:;;:n:ot eat for three days, Ladles, Tallol‘ Made Skll‘ts goya} xorces::r 2?88 corée:a in the Crookston land office dis-|about. The citizens of Bemidji are while he was giving it to me,” said All 310400, $12.00 and $15.00 skirts at....... $7.75 oya Oroester WU CoTsets. ... ...l trict, in the morthern part of | heartily in favor of the project and|pyr.: 41 finally got away for him, All $8.00 and $9.00 shirts at 5.00 P.N. $200 corsets .. ... . ... Bt Roseau and Beltrami counties, in | will spare no efforts to impress upon and now I am going far away, where All 35_00 and se‘()o skirts at . 3 50 P.N. 3_1.00 corsefsyar e A e order to reach the Crookston land | Mr. Steenerson, congressman from he can’t get me. Only ome man An assortment of 50c, 75¢ and $1.00 corsets at. .. .35¢ office to transact their business the Ninth District, in which the city ] T and make their proofs, are forced | of Bemidji is located, to have him Ie)‘;;;rzt.m?{:nti:]l(‘e;Bzzrv:;sm:,;: outlflg Flflflnel nght GoWl‘lS Laces Trimmin s and Embr id rie to gotoa foreign country (that is, |urge upon Congress to have the land it killed him.” 4 3 31 50 mght gowns now. . . . s .. ...98c ] g 5 e 01ae S by way of Winnipeg) where the office at Crookston abolished and|' porirt sincerely believes| fj| $1-00 might gownsmow............ Gl be _ Thousands of yards of laces, trimmings and em- railroad rate is three cents a mile, | the Cass Lake land office moved to |}t 1o waye) and ke vary eveily 75¢ night gOWNS nOW. .. .. ... ... oo, 50c broideries at less than 50 per cent of cost. = as against the two-cent rate now in | Bemidji.” and-, connectedly <oncerning. /hip < ASOLINE EXPLOSION | oot s v e o ™7 2, WOO! Diress Goods S4008 | spread. Had it not been for cool| . Crookston Restaurant Burned. All $1'50 :: a 31‘75 gggd:’ P:: y::d' : 9.80 One of the largest and best selected stocks of shoes, IN GROOKSTON HALL |headed work the men, women and Crookston, Dec. 30.(Special to All 1'00 a 1'25 8 a4 > per y o0 SR 75 rubbers and overshoes in northern Minnesota will be | e e | children would have been penned in| pioneer.)—Farly Sunday morning $L ;n $1.25 goods, per yard ........... € sacrificed at prices never before quoted in Bemidji Space L like rats in a trap, asall retreat | fire broke out in E. Rivard’s restaur- All 75¢ and 80c goods, per yard. -- 60c will not permit a list of prices. Come early while the | Mrs. Bergen's Presence of Mind Saves | would have been cut off, and even if | ant in South Crookston and within All 50c and 60c goods, per yard 38c - , - - Further Spreading of Fire.---Hall [the door could have been reached |, sHort time the entire bilding . ae I assortme.nt is large and you will be convinced that we o Fie T the stampede down two fights of|reduced to ashes, The restiarant Silks and Ribbons 1-3 Off are offering the ino::t unprecelented values ever offered { stairs would have been athnded with | ig Jocated in a portion of a frame on a new and strictly “P':to'date shoe stock. o feartul results. building owned by Mr. Rivard, the All Table Linen 1-4 Off We carry such well known makes as Hanan & Sons, Crookston,. Déc.. 30,—Special 'to i . 3 balance being occupied as a saloon American Gentleman and American Lady. ! e Injured With an Axe. until a short time ago when th ! i i k k i : Pioneer.)—A calamity which would George Dase, who has been em-| patrol limits were cha ged ki f: A“ bmbl‘mde!‘)’ Sll S 20 S ein have shocked the entire nogthwest| ployed at the Lakeshore Hotel pato S w pecmaile COIlars | Ployed a shore ‘Hotel, was | necessary to close shop. U d 55 | i in C icti ; % : 2 nderwear 40 dozen 15¢ “Arrow Brand” coll h 6 was narrowly averted in Crookston | the victim of a very painful acci-| Mr. Rivard was working in the rand - collars, eaen. .. ..... ..0C 4 Saturday night, the lives of 400 |dent Saturday, which will incapa- | restaurant at the time the fire started The balance of our stock of Men’s, Ladies’ and Chil- 50 dozen 16¢ “Arrow Brand” collars, each..........9¢c people having been imperilled, |citate him from manual labor for|put stepped out a few minutes and dren’s underwear at less than cost. . mostly children. some time to come. when he returned the *entire room| ) - 1 e The Scandinavian Workingmen’s| Dase was splitting wood in the | was a mass of flames. A fire alarm / Men’s alld BOYS’ 0vel'coats Furnlture . Association was giving a Christmas| yard at the back of the Lakeshore|was turned in but before the depart- at 50G on the dollar. We will close out the balance of our stock of furni- E tree and program for the benefit of | hotel, when the axe slipped and the | ment reached the scene the building ture at less than manufacturer’s cost. This is the oppor- | the children and Mrs. Bergen was|blade cuta deep wound in his leg. | was a mass of flames and a black- Chlldren S Sfllts tunity of a life time; to buy good furniture at a cheap making the coffee for the lunch to| The wound bled very profusely and | smith shop adjoining was-also burn- 1 | All $5.50 and $6.00 suits ........\.......... $3.75 price. be served later. The gasoline stove| Dase was taken to Dr. Henderson’s | ing fiercly. AlL $4.50 and $5.00 suits at 350 she used was leaking, but she did ofice where an examination showed | Mr, Rivard's loss on restaurant, L : Carpets, Rugs and Matting not become aware of it until a large | that he had severed an artery. The|puilding and bar fixtures is $5,000, All $8.50 and $4.00 BULEE B, e £ 2.50 All 1 : I i amount of gasoline had escaped and |wound was dressed and the flow of | with $1,500 insurance. The black- All $2 75 and $3.00 suits at. ... ... R e 0]0) -woal ... T5c DEen at..........65¢ ¢évaporated. Suddenly there was an | blood stopped. Dase was taken to | smith shop was owned by O. Vieau ’ ’ All-w_OOI DI .65¢ lngr&}n at..........46¢ e explosion and the entire room where | the poor farm, where he will remain | of this city, but was empty, and the Men ) and BOYS sweatel‘s l' 4 Off Granitin i .B0c Ingrmn ab. o 820 the stove was located was a sheet of | until he recovers. only loss to speak of was a few flame. 5 sleighs and cutters that burned. The prices quoted above are but a sample of the many unprecedented bargains The stove was located in a small Wednestay Papes, R we have to offer at this Greatest of all Sacrifice Sales. Come early while the assort- y a . was for severa in the third story of the Fournet|o’clock Wednesday morning and all | years in the employ of the Crooks- ‘funded. 'Goods delive-ed to any partof the city and Nymore block with no fire escapes from hall. | notices for same should be in the | ton Lumber company, but who is With rare presence of mind Mrs.|office not later than Tuesday . night. |now a resident of Prince Albert, Bergen sprang to the stove and shut| The office will be open Tuesday un-|N. W, T, has been in the city dur- off the gasoline and ‘a man dashed | til 9 o’clock. ing the past week. Mr. Black is O 3 to the gasoline can sitting near the _ now foreman for the Prince Albert . ¥ stove and carried it to the second| Operator Collins of the Great|Lumber company at Prince Albert, floor. Water was at hand and with | Northern, was visiting the Power|This qompal:ly yawns an immense Phone 30' BEMIDJI MINN‘ fire extinguishérs the blaze was put|boys Sunday. amout of pine stumpage and is