Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 19, 1908, Page 4

G IncreaseYour Income by laying aside a part of your earnings each month and depositing it in this bank. You may not be able to get a raite in your salary at this ti me but you can save a portion of it in a number of ways. Just take notice of how much of your earnings go for foolish things and consider how the amount so spent would amount up if deposited in the bank. Anyone with a Dollar and the ambition can start a bank account at this bank. When you have once started the rest will come easy. The start is the hardest thing about saving. BEGIN TODAY THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEMIDJI Capital $50,000.00 The Largest and Strongest Ba Surplus $6,000.00 nk in North Central Minnesota BEMIDJI JAIL GONDEMNED BY BOARD OF GONTROL The City Council Will Repair the Present Jail or Build a New One. At a meeting of the city council, held last evening, over which William McCuaig presided, a com- munication was read from the State Board of Control wherein thatbody emphatically condemned the lock-up which is being used by the city of Bemidji for the prisoners and vagrants therein. {The communication was something of a surprise to the council, and consider- able discussion was indulged in as to the proper method to pursue for relief from the situation. The con- census of opinion seemed to favor the erection of a new building, but the condition of the city’s finances showing a floating indebtedness (dccording to the treasurer’s report) of something more than $13,000, seemed to preclude the erection of the new building. However, im- mediate action will be taken to put the present building in a condition to confirm with the requirements of the State Board of Control, or else erect a new building, the communi- cation being referred to the building committee. Mayor Pogue was granted the further sum of $35 to complete the work of improving the cemetery. The license ordinance was given its second reading and was amended in several of its provisions, being laid on the table for the third read- ing at the next meeting. Doran Bros. and Jerrard & Cov- ington were granted plumbers’ licenses. Several largely-signed petitions r were filed with the council protest- incarceration of | ing against the removal of pine | trees which stand in the streets at different places, the council favor- ;ing the preservation of the trees. | The street csmmissioner {instructed to remove all derbis from the park along the lake front and {place the park in a more presentable condition, Jerrard & Covington, (whose bid was the lowest) was awarded the contract for connecting the city hall | with the sewer system. Doran Bros. also bid on the work, but their bid was $39 higher. | Mayor Pogue, the city fire warden and the chief of police were instructed to insist on the hotels |and the hospital at once providing fire escapes for their buildings with- out delay. The city clerk was instructed to advertise for bids for the purchase of a double-cylinder 45-gallon tank | chemical engine, also 500 feet of fire hose, the notice for bids to be published in the Bemidji Pioneer was iMiuneapolis, bids to be opened in three weeks. The council decided to purchase steel lockers for Company K, Be- midii’s new militia company, Captain Adam Otto was instructed to secure samples of lockers together with the lowest net prizes and to | present same at the next meeting of the council, when bids will be advertised for the supplying of the lockers. Liquor license application of Ole Anderson was granted and the bond | for the same approved with John Goodman and Dr. Ward as sureties. and | A regular meeting of Bemidji Lodge, K. of P., will be held in the Masonic hall Tuesday evening. There will be degree work in the second rank and a general good time is expected. All members and visiting Knights are urgently re- quested to attend the meeting. {and the Improvement Bulletin of! HIGH SCHOOL WILL GIVE GLASS NIGHT EXERGISE “‘Merchant of Venice, Up-to-Date,” Will Be Produced.—Good Enter- tainment Is Assured. 3 he graduating class of the city High School will give their Class Night exercises next Friday evening in the City Opera House. Music will be furnished by the high school chorus and quartet. * The class will give their Class History, the Class Prophecy, the Class Will, the Class Poem, and the Class Gifts. The latter part of the evening i will be taken up by the presentation of “The Merchant of Venice, Up-to Date.” This is a laughable modern ization of Shakespear’s greatst com- ledy, “The Merchant of Venice.” | tighten up their belts before witness- ing this comical farce, or they will split their sides laughing. play is of interest: In this play Shylock is a wealthy gambler, who became rich by betting on football games and renting {“ponies" to football players, “who had no time to get their lessons in any other way.” Like Shakespeare’s Shylock, he has several character- istics of the passionate Jew. Instead | of demanding a pound of flesh, as in the original play, he demands that, if Antonio does mnot return the ‘pony” within four weeks, a pound of hair to be cut off nearest his (Antonio’s) brains should be the forfeit. Through * neglect, the “pony” is not returned and Shylock demands the forfeiture of the bond and has Antonio arrested during the great football game. In the darkest hour he is saved by the wit of his friend’s (Bassonio’s) sweetheart, Portio. For the purpose of purchasing a suitable memorial of the Class of 1908, a small admission fee of twenty- five cents will be charged. The entire down-stairs will be reserved and the tickets will be on sale at the City Drug Store Wednesday morning. There will be no extra charge for reserving the seats. The public is cordially invited to attend these exercises. Real Estate Taxes Due. Parties owning real estate should I'bear in mind that taxes should be paid upon each description on or before the 31st day of May. 1 Owing to the fact that Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31, are legal holidays the tax payer will be obliged io make pamyent not later than May 29. Should payment not be made be- Ifore this date, a penalty of ten per- The public -is solemnly advised to| The following short sketch of the cent attaches on June 1 ‘to all un- paid taxes. Those who wish to take advant- age of the law, which gives the tax- payer the privelege of paying one half of his real estate taxes before June 1, the balance payable in Oc- tober. In any event, one half the taxes should be paid be- fore it becomes delinquent, to avoid the penalty. We would suggest that parties living within the city limits or near the city pay their taxes- as soon as possible, thus giving the treasurer an opportunity to take care of the farm- ers or other parties coming from a distance. The Mart Store will close Tuesday from 6 p. m. to Thursday 10 a. m. to arrange for closing out sale. WEEK-END TRAIN IS NOW GERTAIN FROM ST. PAUL N. P. and M. & I. Railways Will Put on Safurday Night Train to - Bemidjr. Word comes from Brainerd to the effect that the N. P. railway com- pany, in conjunction with the M. & I. railway company, will run a week-end passenger train from St. Paul to International Falls, to be run over the line of the M. & I. railway for the purpose of allowing the people of the. twin cities to reach Bemidji and other {summer resorts in the north half of the state for a Sunday outing or a longer stay among bhe beautiful {lakes of this region. The train will make its initial run on Friday May 29, because of the fact that Saturday, May 30, is Decoration day and the traia will give an opportunity for all who so desire to leave the twin cities for the north to spend Decoration day. The train will leave early enough ito reach Bemidji in the early hours of the morning giving a long day |in any of the resorts along the line. Every Saturday after May 30 this week-end extra train St. Paul in the evening. will will leave The train be equipped with Pullman sleepers and will in every way be made up to provide comfort and convenience tothe twin city and other patrons who may desire to take advantage of the train and spend a day “‘up north.” The installing of this train will mean much to Bemidji, as many twin city people who have desired to visit this city could not do so for the reason that they could not get away from their work on a Saturday with any assurances of getting back to the city on Mon- day. Brinkman Family Theater Has Fine Attractions. The Brinkman Family Theater presented a fine program last evening and all three performances at that popular place of amusement were | attended by crowds. Spaulding Bros., comedy acrobats, made their first appearance before a Bemidji audience, and they at once made a hit with the crowd. The boys do a sensational act, in which they do the most difficult feats, interspersed - with side-splitting comedy. Their act is one of the very best offered by traveling team, and recieves well merited applaused. They will be at-the Brinkwan for the balance of the week only, The illustrated song was very ably rendered by Miss Anna Hager, and the moving pictures are the best ever shown at the theater. Prohibition Convention. Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday May 20, 1908, the pro- hibitionists of Beltrami county will hold a convention at the Baptist church, Bemidji, Minn., commencing at 2 o’clock p. m. . The object of this convention will be for the election of delegates to attend the state convention held at Minneapolis on June 8, 1908. Also to attend to any other business that may properly come before the con- vention at that time. A. W. Rice of Fergus Falls, as manager of the Ninth Congressional district, will be present and will ad- dress the convention and in the evening at 8 o’clock will speak at the Methodist church on “County | Option and State Prohibition.” Dated at Bemidji, Minr., May 16, 1908. A. W. Rice. “Sylvia” May 19, Through the courtesy of Mrs. Youngren, a French minuet, danced by two girls and two boys, will be given between the first and second acts of Sylvis. There will also be a recitation by Miss Clara Fisk. The principals are: Miss Hanson, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Youngren Mrs. Warren, Missess McKenzie, Neal and Boyer Messrs. Lucas, Rood, Warren, Fisk. The chorus consists of the follow- ing people: Misses Dickenson, Lyons, Kreatz Coffean, Simons, Oliver and Mrs. Rogers. Messrs. Crouch, Harvey, Anderson, Boyer, Engel, Chamber- lain, Starrett, Eckstrand, Brown. Miss Nellie Shannon is the accom- | panist for Sylvia, | Get your reserved seats at the City Drug Store. Gone to Brainerd. E. E. McDonald departed this 1 | Sylvia will not disapoint anybody, at the term of Crow Wing county: Mr. McDonald has been retained by the State Game & Fish Commission as special attorney in a case, where- in Sidney and Charles Barnard are suing the State Game & Fish Com- mission for the recovery of the value of a quantity of fish which was siezed on June 15, 1907, and which were being shipped to St. Paul from Brainerd. 'The siezure was made by J. P. Saunders, deputy game warden at Brainerd, who claimed that the fish had been netted and were un- lawfully in the posession of the ship- pers. FIRST STEP IS TAKEN Courts to Pass on Commodity Clause of Rate Law. TEST CASE AT PHILADELPHIA Judges of the Circuit Court for the Third District Asked to Set an Early Date for Arguments on an Agreed Statement of Facts. ‘Washington, May 1 .—To facilitate a final decision on the constitutional- ity and construction of the commodi- ties clause of the railroad rate law Attorney General Bonaparte has ad- dressed letters to the United States circuit judges of the Third judicial circuit stating that it is proposed to institute in the name of the United States in the circuit court at Phila- delphia a number of suits against cer- tain railroads engaged in the inter- state transportation of anthracite coal from the mines in Pennsylvania in violation of the commodities clause of the Hepburn act. The attorney gen- eral states that the defendant rail- roads desire to appear and plead or answer promptly and with permission of the court the cases will be submit- ted and argued upon the pleading and agreed statements of facts. The at- torney general asks the judges to agree upon a date after June 18 next for a hearing of the cases by all, two or one of the circuit judges as their engagements may permit. He advises the judges that he will appear per- sonally and argue the cases. This application is made in accordance with arrangements made with the at- torneys for the companies which will be defendants in these cases and in furtherance of the purpose announced by the attorney general some time ago of securing as expeditlously as possible the final decision on the matter. The United States court of the Third judicial ecircuit, before which the matter of the constitutionality of the commodities clause of the railroad rate law will come, is composed of Judges George Gray of Wilmington, Del.; George M. Dallas of Philadelphia and Joseph Buffington of Pittsburg. Mails Robbed of $12,000. Winnipeg, Man, May 1 ,—The po- lice have discovered robberies of reg- fstered mail in the Winnipeg post- office during the last few weeks aggre- gating $12,000. Althongh a number of clerks in the department have been dismissed or suspended the robberies still continue, bafling the shrewdest morning for Brainerd to be present detectives engaged UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE Il ’ BEGINNING AT 10 A. M. 1) GlAL GLUB Moderate Price Galume Baking Powde $1,000.00 will bo given for any substance i to 'hoalth found in Calumet. ANTS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. iWANTED FOR U. 5. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 18 and 35; citizeas of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English For information apply to Recrnit ing Offic r. Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. g WANTED—Competent girl for gen- eral housework. Mrs. A. E. Hen- derson, 600 Cor. 6th and Bemidji Ave. housework. Apply to Mrs. I. B. Olson, 921 Beltrami avenue. WANTED—Competent girl for general housework. Apply 32, 10th street. Phone 267. WANTED—Girl for general house- work. Call at 820 Beltrami ave- nue. FOR SALE. PP WAL MUV FOR SALE: 40 acres good land, two miles from north end of Lake Bemidji. A quantity of cordwood. Near county road. Inquire A. L. Collard, 406 Minnesota Ave. WANTED—Green cut seasoned jack pine wood on board cars at Great Northern points. ~ Clark Pole & Tie Co. Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—.National cash regis- ter. Supplied with tape and self- adder. R. E. Miller, Bemidji. FOR SALE: Almost new. 114-8th street. FOR SALE—House and 2 lots at 609 2nd St. Apply to Tom Sym- ington. FOR SALE:—Young pigs, cheap. Apply at Trondjem Hotel. Single top buggy. Will sell reasonable. MISCELLANEOUS. Ao r e PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and = Saturdays, 2:30t0 6 p. .m.,, and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell librarian, TAKEN UP:—Horse, grey, weight 1600 pounds. Came to Blakeley farm Saturday evening. Owner can have same by paying for this notice and also for keep of animal, Apply to H. F. Fisk. WANTED:— Desirable residence Iots at rock bottom prices, Spot Cash. Inquire of Clark Pole & Tie. Co. AWNINGS, TENTS, STACK COVERS, FLAGS, &c Write fur Prices and Catalog. AMERICAN TENT & AWNING CO., 207-209-211 Wash. Ave., North Minneapolis Can it be true that you thop during storiny weather— Telephone buying is the proper way. : “Use the Northwestern” NORTHWESTERN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE GOMPANY oY LVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE I — Good Rigs and Careful Drivers. SMART & REITER, EVERYBODY IS CORDIALLY INVITED 312 Beltrami Ave. - | §