Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 17, 1908, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER: Hjstotical Soclety, qia S NESOTA VOLUME 5. NUMBER 230. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRID\AY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1908. "FORTY CENTS PER MONTH TELLS OF BILLS FOR THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS Congressman Steenerson Explains Conditions Relative to Public Building in Bemidji.---Bill May Not Pass at this Session of Congress. Inaletter to the editor of the!route inspector from Washington, Bemidji Daily Pioneer, Hon. Halvor{and the farmers living along the from the | line were interviewed as to their | desires in the matter. | A petition for the establishment “Washington, D. C. 1o! the rural route delivery was sent “January 14, 1908, | to \Washington, with the result that “Mr. A. G. Rutledge, Bemidji, Minn, | it has been alloved, as above “My Dear Sir—I take pleasure | Stated in the letter from Congress- in informing you that I am in re-|man Steenerson. ceipt of official information to the| The postoffice authorities have effect that the rural route, recently notified the Bemidji U'ffice that a petitioned for from Bemidji, has!civil service examination will be been ordered established, effective |held in this city on Feb. 15th, for March 2nd, 1908. 1 the patrons on this route for its for the position of deliverymen early consideration and establish-| along the rural route. ] ment and I hope it will be a great| Those desirlng to take the exami- convenience to them. ‘I am, |nation must make application to “Yours very truly, | be allowed tostake the examination “H. Steenerson.” | S0 that the application will be at The rural route mentioned above ‘ W ??hmgton l:)eff)re Feb. 5. is twenty-seven miles in length, afdd| I'he establishing of th? rural route extends from the City of Bemidji,| Will be @ great convenience to the along lrviny avente) going nonh»larmer's living in No'rthem, Eckles into the Towns of Northern, Eckles 20d Liberty townships, and Con- and Liberty, and reaching almosl:ifi;’(}?fi“fls&?:;‘;:size l\?ergeie;gelgig- to Campbell Lake. tious manner in which he secured The route was recently covered early and favorable action on the by Postmaster Carson and a rural' petition for the route. S[CCI]SI’SUH, congressman Ninth District, writes as follows: “House of Representatives, U. S. “‘BG BEMIDG” WILL PLAY Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. I congratulate | the purpose of examining applicants| J. Peterson, Jr., Moving. The first of next week J. Peterson, Jr., proprietor of the Minnesota {avenue confectionery and fruit store, will move from his old stand| to new quarters in the Swedback bloek, opposite the Brinkman hotel building, Mr. Peterson has secured a five- year lease of the building, which was formerly occupied by A. E. Barker. Mr. Peterson has had the interior of the building renovated and repaired and it will make a most excellent store for his large and rapidly-increasing business. x Peterson’s confectionery has en- joyed a large business and is one of the best stands in the city. Mr. Peterson began business here six years ago, coming to Bemidji from Barnsville. Since that time, by bis courtesy and square dealing with the public, he has built up an ex- cellent trade, which will undoubtedly be augmented when he becomes settled in his new location on Third street. M. & L. Cahoose Burned. An M. & I. caboose used by Con- ductor St. Cyr on the logging train was burned last night at about I0 o’clock, on the main track, near the scale track, in South Bemidji. Cars were being backed againt the caboose and it caught fire, the caboose being enveloped in flames before anyone could enter it. Conductor St.Cyr lost a new over- coat, a new suit of clothes and other valuables to the value of $150, and Brakeman Bonnesville suffered a loss of $100. It is thought that the lamp ex- ploded in the car, causing the fire. A FINE ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY NEXT, JAN. 21 Everett Kemp, - Interaretive Recital, Will Entertain, Under Auspices of Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid. The fourth number of the Midland Lyceum Course, under. the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid $ociety of the Presbyterian church, will be given in the City Hall Tuesaay evening, January 21st. :The #traction will be Everett Kemp, i1 interpretive recital. { Everett Kemp has won an enviable place among lyccuixn attractions. To meet Mr. Kemp is to be im- pressed that he has a great purpose and that he must and*will succeed. His art is to interpret life and he| does this with all thejvarying shades and subtile emotions-beculiar to this great humanity of miis. He is a born comedian and brings to his audience that rare treat; clean, pure fun. His humor is delicious. Everybody likes his. funny people but best of all, they like him. But he is not always laughing and mak- ing others laugh. His fine sym- pathetic nature, wide:versatility and keen perception enables him to interpret the more serious side of life in a way to delight the popular as well as the literary audience. Seats on sale at the City Drug Store. Fifty cents. § i Additional Locals 2 roadmaster for .the Harry Mills, M. & L railway, left this morning on an official inspection trip to " Brain- erd. M. D. Stoner, who is interested financially in the electric light plant at Blackduck, came down this morning from the “Duck,” where he spent yesterday on business. Erank Vance, who owns a home- stead east of Northome which he calls “White Moose Lodge,” passed through®the city this morning on his way to St. Paul on. a business trip. F. P. Sheldon, president of the First National Bank of Bemidji, arrived in the city last night from his home at Minneapolis. Mr. Sheldon spent today in the city, looking over the affairs of the local bank, and will remain here tonight, and be present at the annual meet- ing of the stockholders and directors of the institution. Joseph Jones, who has‘a valuable stone and timber claim near Big Falls, came down from the “Falls” this morning. Joseph' Aswood has instituted a contest for the posses- sion of Mr. Jones’ claim, and the contest proceedings were taken up before the ‘register and receiver of the Cass Lake land office at Cass Lake this afternoon. = Mr. Jones was accompanied by James Labrie,John Ross and George Walton, who acted as witnesses for Mr. Jones, and testified as to his | residence on the claim and other| requirements necessary to hold possession. Jones is considerably incensed at the action of Aswood, and is unsparing in his denuncia-| tion of the contest which has been | i THE PETITION FOR RURAL " ROUTE HAS BEEN GRANTED Congressman Halvor Steenerson. Informs the Pioneer to. that El‘fect.---Examination for Deliveryman Will Be Held in this City February 15th. Congressman Halvor Steenerson | excess of $20,000 are Fergus Falls has written a letter to Anton Erick- |and Crookston. “ . son of thiscity, in which he explains In order to have free delivery i service the receipts must, under the the two bills ‘which he introduced ) law, exceed $10,000 annually. Moor- in congress this week for esmbliSh"head hsst free’ delivery i = service an $13,960 receipts, and Bemidji also head ard Bemidji and appropriating | has free delivery and receipts of $50,000 herefore. $13,627. I donot expect that I can Mr. Steenerson’s letter is as {fol-get buildings for Moorhead and lows: Bemidji this session, but if they are ment of public buildings in Moor- “House of Representatives, U.S. “Washi“r‘zgton, D.C, “Jan. 14, 1908. going to lower the requirements I want to be in the swim. I may possibly get a site for a building this Minn. In any event, Moorhead and Ben‘)idji “My Dear Anton:—In explana- | are growing, and in a few years they tion of the bills for public buildings | may be able to qualify as candidates one at Moorhead and one at Beimdji, | for public buildings, even under the I desire to say that it has been a{$20,000 receipts rule. rule in the House of Representa-| ‘“The senate does not seem to be tives, generally followed by the com- | guided by any rule and often insists mittee on public buildings and |on amendments providing for build- grounds, that in order to authorize ings in small -towns, thus showing the erection of a publlc puilding, |the rankest kind of favoritism. Thus the town must either have 10,000 population or $20,000 annual postal receipts. will be found the explanation of public buildings in towns favored by The only towns in my|senators that would not ordinarily instituted against him. ‘district that have postal receipts in be entitled to the same, if the matter THE DULUTH Y. M. G. A, Game for Northern Minnesota Basket- e ——————————————— was determined by the importance of the town and the business done. ball Championship Will Be Played Here Next Friday. | The management of the ‘“Big|: Bemidg” basketball team has closed | a deal whereby a game will be‘ E played in this city on Friday even ing of next week with the strong Y M. C. A. basketball team of Duluth. The visting team is said to be the championship basketball organiza- | tion of Duluth, and claims the| championship of northeastern Min- | nesota; and as the “Big Bemidg” has yet to be defeafed by a basket- ball team in the middle or western portion of the north half of the state, the game to be played next| week will be for the basket cham-| pionship of northern Minnesota as a whole. ! The Duluth team has been de-|# feated but once this season, and the defeat was administered by a Wis. consin organization (from Superior). “Big Bemidg” lost one game Ihisi | winter, and that defeat was at the |¥ hands of the Grand Forks team last | week. 8 The status of the Duluth and the | 8 Bemidji teams is about a “‘stand-off,” and the game that will be played |# here on Friday evening of next week | promises to be the fastest and most[ hotly-contested game ever seen in this part of the state. ¥ The management of the “Big|M Bemidg” team has made every effort to get a game here with the Uni- : versity of Minnesota basketball | & team, but although the “U” players [ have agreed to come here on two occasions, the management of the team in both instances subsequently |§ canceled the dates. LADIES GOATS price price FURS Band Concert Date Changed. Professor Thomas Symington this | § forenoon announced that it had been decided to change the date of the band concert and dance to be given by the orchestra from Friday even- & ing, January 24th to Tuesday ; January 28th, for the reason that a basketball ga?me has been scheduled to be played at the roller rink in this city on the 24th inst. The forthcoming concert promises to eclipse any yet given under the direction of Professor Symington. low price. Special Notice. All parties indebted to me are requested ta,settle their accounts at| once and pay the same to C. F.| Schmidt, City Meat Market. | —H. F. Schmidt. AT 50 PER GERT DISCOUNT Our 50 in. haudsomely lined, braid trimmed Coats regular price $28,nov’v $14-00 Our 50 in. Plush Coats, fur trimmed onllar and cuffs, satin gzg?,n;‘?ular price $22.50 Our 50 in. tight fitting Coats, iined throughout with satin lining, $25.00, sale $12.50 MISSES A CHILDRENS COATS AT ALMOST HALF PRIGE LADIES SKIRTS Our entire Jine of Ladies’-Skirts in Voiles, Panamas, Suitings, AT A 25 PER GENT DISGOUNT We still have on hand a large as- sortment of Ladies’ Furs which we will close at 1-4 off from the usual « F Yours very sincerely, “H. Steenerson.” Che BAZAAR STORE in many line as possible. only One s. We must make room for our large line of SPRING -AND SUMMER GOODS. This sale is of more than usual impert- ance this year as the assortment is larger than ever before at this time of the year. Take advantage.of our special offerings Price economies without a parallel will be offered to all prudent minded purchasers, and we would advise all to purchase as soon One lot 72 in. Ovting Flannel, worth 10c, while they last, 5c One 1 The to sale in the tion. LADIES SILK LINED GLOVES Our entire line of Ladies’ Silk Lined Gloves will be on our bar- gain counter ‘at, per pair, 330 only. .. We had the largest business the past year in our history, in spite of the so-called hard times. There is a reason to all success; the high quality of our goods and the reasonable prices we asked for them accounts for the wonderful business we have had. Before our new Spring stock comes in we are going to discard our profits and give them to you. Come to Our Store and Be Convinced | CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR (5 Days of Unheard of Bargains SALE CLOSES FEB'Y IST On account of the backward season we have decided to make a sweeping reduction sizes from 18 to 32, at this sale LADIES’ OUTING FLANNEL Outing Flannel Gowns, prices from The choicest and most complete stock of fashionable Dress Goods fabrics must o at sweeping reduc- ORE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL KPPEAL TO HIGH GOURT |Assures Saloonkeepers That He is Not Satisfied with Ruling of Judge Kelley.” St. Paul Pioneer Press: “I cer- tainly will not stand for any such decision as that unless it comes from the court of last resort.” lot Children’ nderv Chil s Underwear, This statement, made by Attorney your choice of any size, per 21 General E. T. Young to a delega- garment .. ............ 2, c tion representing the St. Paul Re- tail Liquor Dealers’ association, referred to Judge Kelly’s decision holding the Minnesota club to be a bona fide social organization and %ias such exempt from the law re- GUWNS quiring a retail liquor license in IIJlaces where liquor is sold. The statement was received with joy by the soloon men, as they have been having visions of a surprising growth of “social clubs” through- out the city which would soon cut very deeply into their business. In spite of Judge * Kelley’s statement that the law would prevent jthe operation of clubs organized for the purpose of evading the liquor laws, they feared that such might not be the case and that their business would suffer as a consequence. They were therefore much pleased to learn that the attorney general is not satisfied with the first decision in this case and that he intends to secure a ruling of the supreme court on the question. Mr. Young stated afterward that as soon as judgment is entered in the district court the appeal will be taken. ot ladies’ fanc¢y and plain $1.00, during this 5sc DRESS GOODS county. All the new fall No “‘Sleuth” For Harry. ‘This forenoon Judge M. G. Slocum turned over to Harry Calvert papers, badges, diplomas, etc., etc., belong- ing to the official position of sleuth which was formerly held by Justin Stoddard, who was invited to leave the city yesterday morning after he had been delving into some ‘“‘deep, dark secrets.” The judge conferred upon. Harry all the rights, heredita- ‘ments and appurtenances thereunto- belonging; but we understand that Mr. Calvert repudiates the trans- action and takes to the other side of the street when encountering thy judge. 3 “Anton R. Erickson, Fsq., Bemidji, | congress, which is a good begiuning. .