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/ Bemid)l, Elks™ State Convention s il 20, ||| July 27 Bemidji, -flug. 2 Bemidji Bible Conference THE BEMIDJI DAILY PION EER. VOLUME 6. NUMBER 9. BEMIDJI MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1908. impressed with our school the state. room for full-day sessions. These facts cannot better school facilities? The School Situation in Bemidji.--What Are You Going to Do About\ It? 1.—Two rooms full of children are being housed in what is known as the “Street Building,” across the street from the Markham hotel, with nothing but the street for theu‘ playground. Every travelingman who stops at the Markham is This impression is being spread broadeast over facilities. 2.—Two of our primary rooms hold half -day sessions, because there is not 8.—There was not room to take in the small children this spring who usually enter at that time, and they are out of school at this time on account of lack of room. 4.—Even the Street building cannot be rented mext fall for school rooms. What will become of the additional school children who wish to enter next fall? be honestly disputed. Can Bemidji hope to prosper and continue its remarkable growth without A special election will be held Friday at the school house, for the purpose of voting to authorize the school board to purchase a site for a highschool and graded school building, and to use the necessary money out of funds now in the treasury. A majority vote is sufficient to aurhorize the purchase of a site. son interested in our schools should turn out and vote. Every per- ROBBERS LOOTED BANK ATSTEPHEN Six Men Broke Doors of Bank With Crowbars and Dynamited the Safe, Securing $8,000 in Cash and Making Good Stephen, April 29.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Although fired upon and their number one of severely wounded, a gang of six robbers blew the safe of the Scandia State Bank of this city last night and made good their escape, taking with them $8,000 in cash, which they secured from the bank safe. The robbery was one of the bold est ever committed in Minnesota, and the six men who participated in the affair exhibited no fear whatever of being caught. At about 3 o’clock this morning the town was aroused by a deafening ex- plosion from the vicinity of the bank, and many of the citizens rushed out into the street in time to see the six men making their escape toward the lumber yard, William Murdink, who owns a store next to the bank, was awakened by the explosion in the bank and he rushed to the roof of his house, taking with him his re- volver and a box of cartridges. When he reached the roof he saw six men running down the street from the bank. He immediately opened fire on the gang. The shots from Murdink’s gun were returned with~ interest, but none of them took effect on the courageous storekeeper. Murdink succeded in “winging” one of the robbers, as there was a trail of blood from the street to the lumber yard, where a horse was stolen and the entire six made their escape to the westward. The robbers gained entrance to the bank by breaking in the front door with crowbars. they immediately safe, wrecking the interior of the Once inside, dynamated the ess. (R 1(7] vaboru aud f them. bank and tearing the safe open. Eight thousand dollars in cash was taken from the safe, while a large number of valuable papers were left intact. The robbers at once made for the street and ran toward the lumber yard, soooting in the direction of Murdink as they ran, who was dropping bullets all around them from his position on the roof. So far no trace of the robbers has been found, although Sheriff Fors- berg had sent out telegrams broad- cast over the state and has a posse of men scouring the country for some trace of the robbers. It is more than likely that the robbers will be traced by means of the man who was ‘wounded, as the trail of blood which leads to where the buggy was stolen indicates a severe wound. ASSESSORS WILL GET INSTRUGTIONS SATURDAY Members of State Tax Commission Will Meet Assessors and the County Auditor. The state tax commission (or at Teast one member thereof) which is composed of Frank L. McVey, Sam- uel Lord and O. M. Hall, will make -its first visit to Beltrami county next Saturday, May 2, when it will meet the village and town assessors of the county, to go over the duties of the assessors and give them instructions as to how to carry out this work. This commission is making a tour of the state. meeting the county auditors and assessors, and viewing the the situation of the entire state, The session Saturday will probably commence in _the forenoon and be continued most of the day. Instructions will be given the as- - sessors present as to their duties, and they will be furnised with the necessary books, blanks and other forms, as well as a list of all the tax- able real property in their assement districts. It is probable that some special instructions will be givew to the assessors of this county, in view of the agitation that has been going on for the past two weeks. This is the first time in the history of the state that the tax commission has made this tour, In former years the assessors met the county auditor, who gave them instructions and fur- nished the books and blanks. Later—TIt is understood that Mr. McVey will appear here as the rep- resentative of the tax commission, and that he will remain here for three days, gathering information and looking over the situation in this county. Reverend Soper, pastor of the Walker Methodist church, arrived in the city last eveving for a short visit, | S i o ALLEGED FORGER CAUGHT AND RETURNED TO GITY C. E. Thomas, Who Got $96 “Easy Money,” Through Check, Comes to Grief. C. E. Thomas, who is charged with having forged the name of George B. Thompson to a check for $96, which was drawn in favor of Thomas, and afterwards cashed the check and absconded, was brought to the city yesterday from Duluth, where he was apprehended by Sheriff Thomas Bailey. Thomas passed the check, so it is said, on a local party, securing the full amount called for—$96, and the payee of the check did not know that the paper was worthless until it was presented at a local bank. Thomas was arraigned yesterday and his hearing was continued for ten days. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH POSTPONED BALL GAME T0 BE PLAYED SUNDAY Fosston and Bemidji Will Try Conclu- sions.---Emerson and Rov Will Be Here. Itis the intention of Manager Washburn of the Bemidji baseball team to play the Fosston-Bemidji ball game (postponed from last Sun- day) on the local diamond next Sun- day. The management of the Fosston team has been written, and as far as it is at present known the game will be played Sunday unless the weather or some other unpreventable obstacle intervenes. "Louis Roy, Bemidji’s crack “Big Chief” catcher, and Emerson, the best Indian pitcher in the northwest, will be present and officiate as the battery for Bemidji, and much is expected of the “aboriginee” combi- nation. Emerson’s work on the rubber was of such a charactér last Year as to stamp him one of the best semi-professional slab artists in the state; and Roy has always been a good “back stop.” The remainder of the team will be strong, and Fosston will be com- pelled to “go some” to hold her own in Sunday’s contest, Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. Declared Dam a “Public Nuisance,” Iver Krohn, the editor of the Shevlin Herald, came over from his home this noon and visited in the city for several hours. Mr. Krohn tells of the action of the county commissioners of Clear water county in condeming the Nevins dam, at the outlet of Clear- water lake, a “public nuisance,” and states that he has been designated to assist in removmg the dam, or por tions theréof. Mail Orders Promptly Filled The Hioal :? big ht 1908 Kuppenheimer Chicago \ - You’ll find here the greatest furnish- ing goods store in the whole city of Be= midji; full line of the best goods made, at at prices that are rediculously low, com- pared with the price Spring weights you in underwear, Bon underwear, Sea Is= Porous Knit underwear that are exceedingly good values land underwear, at 50c. We’re sell- ingthem at.......... s others ask. await Bon 35¢ Money Cheerfully Refunded (27 Clothing giouse OU are going to get here, now, the greatest $15 values in suits ever shown in the city. You may take it from us that nothing like it was ever done before; the clothes represent the best head and hand work of The House of Kuppenheimer, ' America’s best clothes makers. We make a special sale of a brvhun lotoy and some are last season’s suits that were good values at $20, $22 and $24. Every style---business, day, dress; every weight for now and next winter, light thin stuff for summer in the new “Zoo” materials. House of Kuppenheimer goods. You don’t need any better evi- dence of good quality than that. They are high values at 20, $22 and $24. on sale at lot of culitoy We've ~ Good 7 Clothes Nothing Else They’'re The placed them $15.00 Wear Walk-Over you’ll stand upon a fine footing, Shoes this spring; We are featuring tan and patent buckle oxfords, the quahty almost price . Two-shoe combination shoes ridicules the $4 with instep size larger than the ball, are most comfortable. A special lot of Florsheim makes them: . aci s v iannedn e e $5 $2 50 Foot-Form We’ve a lot of smart fancy hosiery that’s ready to set foot in; browns, tans, blues and indescrib- able shades, with woven flgureS' with stripes of all sorts, lengthwise and across, and both at once. Greatest line of fancy hose intown at . 15¢, 25¢ and 50c¢. shoes this week for men at $1.65. You can do yourself a good service by buying a pair of these service-comfort shoes atii wils oo il iy $l-65 Boys’ and youths’ school shoes of heavy calf, heavy soles $1.35 to $2.25 , | . | . | | T