Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 12, 1908, Page 1

Elks' State Convention s 18,19 Bemldl, g and 20. ” July Bemid, 21-fug. 2 THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 6. NUMBER 19. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY J, 1908. COUNCIL ORDERED MANY NEW CEMENT SIDEWALKS Council Ordered Full Record of Municipal Court Trans- action.---Miscellaneous License Ordinance Given First Reading.---Other Important Matters Considered. The city council last evening| ordered cement sidewalks placed in all sections of the business por- tion of the city not having cement walks at this time. In addition cement walks were ordered on Dewey avenue, from Tenth street to Fourteenth street; also on Minne- sota avenue, and from the Great Northern track on America avenue to Eleventh street. The minutes of the last were read and, when a correction was ordered making the municipal court resolutions more explicit, City Clerk Maloy declared that it was not necessary, and that when he was first elected to office he familiarized himself with the duties thereof and was positive that this correction was unnecessary; but he finally agreed to make the correc- tions, The commercial club was granted tue use of the city hall on May 22 for the publicity meeting to be| held under the auspices ot the Feder- | ation ef Commercial Clubs. The city clerk was authorized to order repairs for meters at any time | the plumber might desire them. | The treasurer’s report for the quarter ending April 30 was read| and laid over one week, to give the clerk time in which to make com- parison of records. The requisition of the fire depart- ment for additional hose and other; supplies was referred to the purchas- ing committee, to report at next meeting; The petition of T. J. Miller and others for the protection of a large Norway pine slightly in the street between Tenth and Fleventh streets | was received and the council, by| resolution, ordered this tree pro- tected, it being the sentiment that meeting all large trees within the streets of the city should be protected if pos- sible. The bids for placing a cement floor in the basemeut of the city hall were opened, and were as follows: Atwood & Reeves, 9 cents per square foot; J. H. Crouch, 8 cents per square foot. The council award- ed the contract to Mr. Crouch. Mayor J. P. Pogue was granted an additional $35 with which to complete the work of cleaning up and making repairs in Greenwood cemetery. The city clerk was ordered to make a certified copy of all the pro-| ceedings establishing a municipal court and to forward the same to the governor at the earliest possible time, Thomas Johnson was granted the use of the street, not to exceed ten feet, at the corner of Second street and Minnesota avenue, while con- structing a new brick building at that corner for the Hamm Brewing company. An ordinance entitled “Miscellan- eous Licenses,” was introduced and given its first reading Among pro- visions are auctioneer’s license $25 per day; billard halls, $15 per year; pool tables, $15 per year; ten-pin alleys, each $5 per year; wagon peddlers, $15 per day; foot peddlers, $10 per day; shooting galleries, $25 per year; variety theaters, $100 per year; moving vpictures and vaude- ville shows, $50 per year; pawn brokers’ shops, $50 per. year; skat- ing rinks, $100 per year; draymen, $25 per year for three teams, over three teams $5 additionel per team; hack drivers on the streets, $I00 per year (this does not include hacks in connection with livery barns). GELEBRATION THIS YEAR | Great Preparations Being Made at! White Earth for Anniversary of First Settlement, “The celebration of tke firit set- tlement at White FEarth this year will probably be the last affair of the kind to be held on the White Earth|under advisement. reservation,” says W. Red Lake agency, one ot the pioneer settlers of White Earth and subse-,1 {the final WILL PROBABLY BE LAST|: R. Spears of | As this year will' probably witness observance of the day, preparations are under way to make his year’s celebration eclipse any previous effort. Heard Two Cases. Judge Stanton considered some district'’ court cases yesterday after- noon, in this city. The case of H. D. VanVliet vs. Peter Loso and Mark Devine, trus- tees of the Catholic church at Blackduck was heard and taken The nature of the case was a lien claim. The case of the state of Minnesota vs. the Clark Pole & Tie company quently of Red lake, who was in Be-! (personal property tax case involy- midji today. For many years past June 14th ing cedar poles in the Town of Quiring) was called and adjourned has been set aside by the Indians|until Junerl. and others residing on the White Earth reserve as a day to be com-| memorated as the anniversary of the first settlement made many fine celebrations have been held, the Indians, especially taking Planing at Reasonable Prices. Any desiring planing done, should there, and |apply to the Bemidji Handle Factory, where satisfaction is guaranteed, and where prices are reasonable. Give great pride in making a fine showing on that occassion. us a trial. Bemidji Handle Com- pany. St. Anthony’s Hospital. Bemidji-Bible Conference : ] rlE = F = = FORTY CENTS PER MONTH Additional Short Locals. A. P. Reeves of Tenstrike spent yesterday in the city. Edward Atwood of Big Falls visited in the city yesterday. Dr. Osburn of Blackduck was among the out-of-town visitors in the city today. Louis Lauritzen was in the city today from his farm near Bootleg lake in the town of Grant Valley. Charles Saxrud was in the city today from Fowlds. “Everything lovely, up my way,” said Charley. J. J. Jenkinson (“Jack”) .came over yestsrday from his farm near Maltby and transacted business in the city today. Professor Stewart returned today from Solway, where he had been visiting the schools in his official capacity as superintendent of schools. Mrs. Myrtle Happin of Junction City, Kansas, arrived in the city last night and will go to Nebish to visit for some time with her sister, Mrs. John Volger. W. A. Gould, of the Bemidji Lumber company, returned last evening from a visit to his old home, Fairhaven. He was accompanied by his daughter Etta. The Methodist Aid Society will meet at the home of Mrs. A. Benner, 1309 Beltrami avenue, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. All ladies are cordially invitgd. The case of Bert{Cochran, charged with using indecent language in the presence of 2 woman, was on before Judg Slocum this morning and was continued for a week. The steel ceiling in Schneider Bros.’ clothing store is being painted and repaired and when the work of renovating is completed the Schneid- ers will have a fine store room. J. F. Hawkins, the meat man, who has purchased a meat market at Brainerd, came up from Brainerd last evening for an over-night stay with his family, who are still residing in Bemidji. Miss Zilda LaFavar, sister of Fred LaFavar of the Barker drug store, departed this morning for Mar- shall, Minn,, on a visit. Miss LaFavar recently came from Seattle, where she has been living. Frank Cunningham is doing the work of remodelling the east half of the Miles block where Longballa and Cain will engage in the barber business. The place: will be ready for occupancy the first of next week. George Coppersmith, conductor on the Brainerd-International Falls passenger run of the M. & I railway, “dead-headed” thmugh the city last evening from Brainerd to the boun- dary town, having gone down to Brainerd Saturday morning to spend Sunday with his family. Samuel Tribby, one of the best expert cruisers and estimators in the state of Minnesota, was in the city yesterday and today. Mr. Tribby has been looking over some timber in Beltrami county, which is subject to taxation and his opinion relative thereto should be considered as authentic, Clarence Hill, who was for some time past clerk at the Endion hotel in Cass Lake, and who resigned that position and came back to Bemidji, has accepten a position as clerk at the Merchants hotel, and assumed his duties yesterday. Clarence is a good fellow and will undoubtedly make a good man for Mr. Mayer. W. H. Gommell, general manager of the M, & I. railway, and W. H. Strachan, superintendent of the company, passed through the city last evening, enroute to International Falls, on a trip of inspection to note i how the surfacing was being done on the north end of the railway from Big Fall to the end of the road at International Falls. W. R. Tait left this morning for St. Paul, where he still has business interests. Mr. Tait is a member of the Beltrami county delegation to the democratic state convention which will be held in St. Paul tomorrow, and he has gone down to the state capital as a sort of advance guard of the formal delegation, which will depart tomorrow. BEMIDJI; MINN. Commencing Wednesday,-May 13th, and continuing until Saturday night, May 16th, we will celebrate our 17th anniversary ers many money Ssav- main feature of priced 'at 17. Many by ing this sale 17 offering our custom- bargains. = The will be articles ‘items that will be of- fered at 17 cents or 17 dollars have cost us much more; offering them at this price is merely showing our appre- ciation of your liberal patronage. Men’s Suits During this sale we will offer a large as- sortment of high-grade Suits, the Stein- Block and Adler make, at, a suit $17.00 Ladies’ Skirts . Our entirev stock of Ladies’ $18, $20 and 22 Skirt: iles, P: and fanléysi)atg;r?é‘ ;;x?ajma.s $l7 00 Men’s Shirts 1 lot of Men’s Neghgee Shuts, $l 17 values up to $2.00, at, 815 to 925 Ladies’ Suits About a dozén Ladies’ Suits. They were 25 values (not this season’s goods) a suit . $6-17 Men’s Pajamas 1 lot of Men’s Pajamas, good $1 17 L] values at $1.50, at Palmer make LADIES’ SILK GOATS Long Silk Coats, 1908 styles, $7 17 MEN’S PERFECTION SHOES 2 cases of spring 'si“.yles, box $3.l7 calt and kid, a pair, Ladies’ Hose We will close out several numbers of our 25 and 35 cent Hose at, a l?c Toilet Articles Bulk Perfume, 1'7c a bottle. We fur- Local Institution Which Is Doing Much for Suffering Humanity. Wash Goods You will find a rare display of Wash Goods here prices at 17 cents, values from 25 to 50 cents. To give all a fair chance we are obliged to limit each cus- tomer to 10 yards. Bleached Muslin Fruit of the Loom and Lonsdale Muslin, 9c a yard, limit 10 yards to a customer Best Grade_of Prints 1000 yards of prirts, Americans, Simp- “sons and other standard makes, 6¢ a yard, limit 20 yards to a customer. nish the botile. Satchet Talcum Puffs, 86¢ quality....17c Frostella ........... Combination box, Tmlet Water and S0ap .. s " By 170 Notlons 25¢ box Writing Paper. . . 1 lot Ladies’ Hand Bags. . .. 1 lot Ladies’ Neckwear . o Ribbons 1 lot Silk Ribbons, plain and fan- g* cies, 4 to 6 in. wide, a yard .. ..., 170 LUMBERJACKS RESCUED WHILE NEARLY DROWNING Three Men Embarked on Cass Lake, in Frail Boat, After Partaking Liberally of Intoxicants.---Boat Capsized. ---Men Rescued, With Difficulty. Cass Lake, May 12.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Three lumberjacks had a most miraculous escape from drown- ing in the lake here early yesterday afternoon. The men had come in from one of the camps near town and, after drinking considerably, embarked in a row boat and started for Star Island. When about'in the middle of the lake they got to quarreling and upset the boat. All three were spilled out. The men grabbed for the boat and tried to keep their heads above water, but their combined weight sank the boat. About this time, H. N. Harding, who was several hundred feet away in his launch, noticed something unusual, and putting on full speed, made for the unfortunate men. When he got alongside the boat he found the men almost exhausted, but, after much trouble, they were brought into the launch and taken to town, where medical aid was secured. One of “the trio is in a critical condition, but the other two are not in an alarming state. -_— District Court at Aitkin. Judge C. W. Stanton and Court Reporter John E. Samuelson departed this morning for Aitkin, where the judge will preside at the term of court for Aitkin county which bigins tomorrow. In speaking of the term Judge Stanton stated that he did not expect that it would be a very extended one, and that there were no really important cases of which he was cognizant at the present time. On Thursday evening Judge Stanton will address a meeting of the members of the school boards of Aitkin county who will meet at Aitkin with the county superintend- ent of schools of that county. Married.at Bagley. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Skoe of ‘Black- duck spent yesterday in Bemidji and left last evening for the ‘“Duck,” emulated the example recently set by Charles Trondson and, “sneaked away” from Blackduck last week, going to Bagley, where he was married, last Saturday evening to Miss Lena Olson, of Bagley, the ceremony being performed at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Sever Lee, Rev. Vilis Vick, pastor of the Bagley Norwegian Lutheran church, officiating. The bride and groom came to Be- midji Sunday night and went to Blackduck last evening. ASSESSMENT SUPERVISOR WORKING WITH ASSESSORS John Thoren olk Solway Says Stocks of Cedar Are Less Than Last Year. John Thoren, of the Town of Lammers, supervisor- of assessors of Beltrami county, came to Bemidji this morning from a trip to the northern end of the county, in the vicinity of Kelliher and other points along the line of the M. & I. rail- way, where he spent the past ten days looking over the work which is being done by the local assessors in that vicinity. Mr. Thoren i3 taking hold of his work-as supervisor with considerable zeal, and will visit every part of the county, in his endeavor to see that all property is assessed, according to the instructions given by Prof. Mc- Vey, chairman of the state tax com- mission, who addressed the assessors of the county in this city recently. The supervisor of assessors states that he finds that this year at the places which he has visited he has found that there is not more than fifty per cent of the amount of cedar stocks as there were last year, owing to the fact that there was not nearly so much timber logged during the past winter as during the season.of 1906-07. _— New souvenir postal cards of St. Phillip’s church at the Pioneer office. TENNIS PLAYERS WILL FORM AN ORGANIZATION — Local Devotees Will Probably Hold A Tournament During the Summer. — That Bemidji will have a formid- able lawn tennis organization this season appears to be an assured fact, judging from the number of lovers of the game who have signified their intention of joining a local club for the purpose of promoting interest in the game. Recently A. A. Andrews of this city prepared a paper for sighatures of Bemidji tennis enthusiasts who would form a club, and he has already secured the names of some twenty-five players; and he expects to secure several more before the list is closed. It is the intention of those join- ing the club to hold a tournament in this city sometime in the early summer, and with that end in view the local club will keep in touch with other tennis organizations in this part of the state. There are many splendid places for tennis courts, and there will be many more grounds used this year than last. Mr. Andrews requests all tennis players who haye not signed the membership roll to do so at once, as the list will be closed in a few days. Musical Comedy May 9. One of the best home talent musi- cal comedies ever given in the city will be given in the city hall on Tuesday evening, May 19. The program is one of the best ever prepared and will consist ofa number of dialogues and excellent solos. In connection with the program will be a good chorus, and a number of up-to-date catchy songs will be sung. Miss Oliver, who has charge of the entertainment, is lending her best efforts to make the comedy a success. The costumes will be sent here from Minneapolis by the society putting on the comedy, “Sylvia,” in Minneapolis. Reserved seats 50c. General admission 35c. See Fuller for Marble Work. J. M. Fuller of this city is the sole agent for the Northwestern Marble Works, and as such agent has the exclusive right to sell .the products of that company. Mr. Fuller has, by his straight- forward business methods, gained the confidence of every resident of Bemidji, and will’ undoubtedly re- ceive many orders for work turned out by the Northwestern Marble works, which has a - state-wide repu- tation of excellence in marble pro- duction. See Mr. Fuller before you pur- chase your marble work. | | | | | | ! I