Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 7, 1908, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 6. NUMBER 94. _ BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1908. WINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FORTY CENTS PER MONTH CITY WATER WORKS BOND ELECTION AUGUST 1ITH Citizens Should Turn Out Tuesday August 11th, and Vote On Bond Proposition.—Better Fire Protection will Lower Insurance Rates.—System to Cover City. A special election has been called for Tuesday, August 11, for the pur- pose of voting $50,000 for a new and modern waterworks system for this city. " The old waterworks system was built a number of years ago when the city was but a small village and the requirements of the present day has far out-grown the village system. One has but to visit the present tower and see the shaky condition it is in to be fully satistied that it is necessary that the system should be rebuilt. The tower, as it stands today, is in poor condition and may last for some time. The condition which the timbers are in which support this tower may cause it to fall at any time. It is the intention of the council, if the bonds carry, to construct an adequate and modern waterworks system, including pumps, tower, tank and a large cement reservoir. Additional mains will be laid and it is the intention to lay a 10-inch main from the pump east on Third street to Beltrami avenue, and north on Baltrami avenue to Twelfth street; also an 8-inch main from the pump north on Park avenue to Fourth street, east on Fourth street to Irving avenue, and north on Irving avenue to Fourteenth street, with smaller connected mains and feeders where most needed. This system interferes with the present system very little and most of the work done will be in addition | giving us!s to the present system, that much more water mains. The special committee having charge of the believes that this work can be done and that the present well will supply all needs of water. If not, the mains can be extended from the well to Lake Irving, and one of the pumps placed there, and the filter system put in and connected with |3 the proposed plan, without abandon- ing any of the proposed system. A great many of our people have complained at the high rate of insurance we are paying. This is due in a measure to our lack of fire protection, caused by the condition of our waterworks. The Pionéer has made inquiries as |sa to the insurance rate paid at Grand |said Rapids and the comparison for one year’s insurance is as follews: TBrick or stone buildings with good brick or stone foundation. Grand Rapids Bemidji Detached forty feet or OB et 8105055012 .30 45 Twenty-five feet and under forty........ .35 .50 Ten feet and under wwenty-five.....oun 40 409 waterworks system |c Less than ten feet.... .50 .65 Frame or brick vineered buildings with good brick or stone foundations, and worth not less than $500. Grand Rapids Bemidji Detatched forty feet or (13- A 40 .55 Twenty-five feet and under forty.. Ten feet and under twenty-five..ooo.nn .50 .70 Less than ten feet. .60 .80 45 .60 All dwellings without good brick or stone foundations and all dwell- ings of a less cash value than $500. Grand Rapids Bemidji Detached forty feet or OVET waysiais os siaaes .65 J5 Twenty-five feet and under forty «eeeovene 75 .90 Ten feet and under twenty-five. . .90 1.10 Less than ten [eet 1.10 1.25 It can be readily seen that there is one advantage to the City of Bemidji in having the right kind of waterworks system. The notice of election is as fol- lows: or B City of Bemidji. NOTIC VEN, that_there will be a sp o oL e it of Bemidji. B niy Minnesota, on the st, 105, between the Gbmitting to the vote ic following propositions to-wit: v of Bemidji issuerbonds in the sum of Fitty Thousand Dollars for the pur- pose of constructing and maintaining a suit- able water, plant and for the purpose of ac- quiring and paying for real est; connection with such pla all _be e first, 1908, s atter ‘date, and the rate of five puyable semi- from the in the pm"(haalm.' gallons per minute ure one pump attachi of from 500 to 60t piping inst 100 pounds press- 10 well having a ca- wallons per minute: nd fittings and other Il pumps with tank, ient electric motors r for all pumping ma- paci n of a 50,000 itable cais- i and laying ter mains ranging in size from 10 to4 inches in diameter and an ample supply of s and_fire byd- Fants; also s chemical engino and 1500 feot or less of fire hose. That tho city of Bemidi purchase the fol- lowing described tract of land as and for additional grounds to the present city property upon which to erect said_water plant, for the sum of Three Hundred Dollars (3300): to-wit: Beginning at a pointon the west boundry of Park Avenue where the north side of Third strcet produced west wonld interseci said avenue; thence south along the west side of said avenue a_distance st at right angles to e hundred forty line paralell to feet, thence east angles to siad undred forty feet designated as poll- un:]nl:lcnslnLuhM the wards of said city Cirst Ward. In the Midway erocery store, on the east side of Beltrami avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets, cond Ward. In the City Tall, cornor o Fourth street nnd Minnesot ! Third Ward. . P, on the west side Third and Fourth Fourth Ward. In C. ment office, on the nor between liemidii - a avenu Bated Tuly oty lwm “Varehouse ue, between The DOUGLASS LUMBER CO. Have opened a Retail Lumber Yard at their mill on LAKE IRVING, BEMIDJI, where they carry a full stock of everything in the building line, including lumber, moulding, lath, shingles, ete. ) Have PLANING MILL and can work lumber as -desired. . . Get Our Prices Lath..... Cedar Shingles.. Guarantee good grades, reasonable prices, prompt delivery and TELEPHONE 371 $1.25 per M. .$2.50 per M. fair treatment. . . ... lofthis cut does not show the excellent features in this write-up. When the Elks’ state convention was held at Be- midji, Minn., during the month of June, the executive committee of the local Elks organization offered money prizes for the best decorated business houses. Tt was the desire of the local committee to impress upon the visiting Elks and other guests of the city that Bemidji could be as beautifully and ingen- iously decorated by the business men as any city in the Northwest. Every town and city has conventions and other public functions which are usually celebrated by the stores on the principal streets appearing in gala COMMERCIAL BULLETIN COMMENDS ELK DECORATIONS C. L. Pancoast, of the Commercial Bulletin and Who Visited the City During Month of June Speaks Highly of the Elk Decoration. The Commercial Bulletin, in one of its recent issues, gives one page of its paper to the show windows of Bemidji merchants during the recent Elks Convention. C. L. Pancoast, of the Commercial Bulletin, who was in Bemidji at the time, took special pains to get The views were furnished by A. A. Richardson, the view photographer. The article as printed in the Commercial Bulletin is as follows: this window trim, but it was an Elk’s window through and through. In the center of the background was a large Elk’s head, surrounded by flags draped to pro- duce a string effect.. The first window was one of men’s furnishings,just such articles as the convention guests might purchase. The hats, shirts, collars, neckwear, etc., were- well arranged and shown con- trasted with the emblems, banners and insignia of ‘the organization. Also in the windows of dress goods in Elk decorations were used in the back- grounds to make the display more appropriate and attractive. [Photo by Richardson] [Courtesy of Commercial Bulletin] First Prize Display, by E. A. Barker. attire. Nothing can advertise a store or a town more advantageously and make a more favorable impres- sion with the visitors. The photographs produced on this page show the result of the Bemidji merchants’ activity in decor- ating their town. The first prize of $25 was awarded to E. A. Barker, an enterprising jeweler and drug- gist of that city. The background of this window was made with crepe paper in B. P. O. E. colors wound in spirals and artistically draped. In the rear and center of the window was an Elk’s head, from the horns of which purple and white rihbons were ex- tended to the various articles making up the window aisplay. This produced a very striking effect. On the window glass was painted a clock representing one of the Elk’s emblems. The entire window was.a most appropriate display and attracted the favorable attention and comments that it deserved. It was impossible to bring out in-a photograph the real beauty of this special window trim, but it suggests how a window may be used to carry the message of welcome to convention visitors in a city. The second prize of $15 was awarded to The Ber- man Emporium. This retail establishment even went [Photo by Richardson] Display by The Pioneer Printery. LCourtesy of Commercial Bulletin] [Photo by Richardson] Second Prize’ Display, by the Berman Emporium. [Courtesy of Commercial Bulletin] There were only three prizes, but many of the other stores deserved rewards for their interest in making the city attractive, because most every store was adorned in some way with suitable decorations for that event. Among the other artistic decorations was the trim made by the Bemidji Daily Pioneer. Both windows of the “Print Shop” were draped with the purple and white colors which stood out so boldly that any place of business on the street that was not in gala attire must have felt as lonesome arf® remark- able as a seesucker suit at a full dress function on New Year’s night, This all goes to prove that Bemidji believes in ad- vertising her town. When she invites visitors to come within her gates she asks the business men and merchants to put on their finest clothes and make a showing. All these decorations help to make a place look prosperous and it is the kind of advertising that counts. In these days of strenuous competition everything depends on appearances. Just as clothes put a good front to a man they make a town look like there is something to it. This showing must first be made from the store fronts and through the dlsplay win- dows. The-town or city that gets the business is the one that appears to have plenty of business; the place that 1Photo by Richardson] Third Prize Display, by O’Leary & Bowser. [Courtesy of Commercial Bulletin] [ to the extent of making the store front attractive by the large sign shown over the awning. The words, “Welcome B. P. O. E.” were worked out in purple on white background and their prominence was such as to make the visiting Elks feel welcome. The windows were trimmed especially for the event. The background of the right hand window was made up of Elk emblems and decorated in the organization’s colors. The background of the other l{ window was adorned by a beautiful outline of a clock with the hands of the hour of eleven, representing one of the Elk’s important symbols. The color of purple was carried out in many ways to attract the intention of the visitors, and it certainly made this store a place of much interest during that The Berman Emporium will not soon be forgot- ten. The progressive department store of O’Leary & Bowser was given the third price of $10. The size _ the appearance of being flush. the convention, and the advertising value was such, succeeds is the place that appears to have succeeded. The prospective citizen is not going to the town whose stores does not look prosperous and wide- awake. Even ifa town is busted it ought to put on And when a town is booming like Bemidji the more reason for elabor- ate decorations just as they made during the last convention. Attractive store fronts and carefully trimmed win- dows have a higher and more important mission than just attracting the town folks, they are the points by which a town is judged by an outsider. He forms his opinions by the things that come to his eye first, and those things are always the busmess houses. The merchants and business men in many cities do not attach enough importance to the necessity of decorating stores when the town is flooded with visitors. That is the very time when ‘a towd should do some effective advertising. It is just the same as when a new store is crowded with new shoppers. The members of the Central- Minnesota Millers Association, together with a number of invited friends from North Dakota, their annual summer outing here Wednesday remained in the city until today. A business session was held ‘at the Markham hotel Wednesday after- noon, at which the delegates and members present discussed a number of things pertaining to the business and the milling trade. association to meet in Minneapolis, but the last few years they have combined their summer meetings as a business and pleasure meeting at Bemidji, i MILLERS’ ASSOCIATION HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION Had Annual Summer Outing Here this Week.- Discuss Matters of Interest to Millers. Outing and Speak Highly of Bemidii. ‘They Enjoyed the At the meeting held here the mat- ter of railroad rates and new leg- islation took considerable of -the held | time of the convention. A number of general agents of the different railways were present and took part in this discussion. The millers present and taking part were as follows: E. VanHouten, Moorhead; J. R. Crowley, Ellendale, N. D.; N. A, Johnson, Valley City, N. D.; J. C. Dannser, Jamestown, N. D.; W. D. Formerly it was the custom of the | Movius, Ledgerwood, N. D.; E. G. Bruce, Park River, N. D.; T. G. Bellington, New Rockford, N. D.; William Dunnell, Minot, N. D.; J. A Dunn, Park River, N. D. and E. L. Padden, Red Lake Falls, Minn, Chinatown at Brinkman. Stanley and Scanlon are certainly 'making a hit at the Brinkman with their mew sketch entitled “China- town.” The new moving pictures are masterpieces and you will appre- ciate them. Last night Mr. Brink- man could not find room for all of those who wanted to see the show ’and so asks us to advise everyone to | come early this evening and procure a seat for an enormous turnout isl expected. Stanley and Scanlon | what it was the first of the week and | have many musical instruments| which they play that show thelrl‘ great entertaining ability. Now do at 2:30 Mr. Brinkman will give a big FREE matinee to ladies and children. It is absolutely free. The moving pictures for tonight are as follows: ‘“The False Coin,” “Nellie the Beautiful Housemaid,” “An {from the home of Mr. not forget that tomorrow afternoon | T American Soldier in the Philippines.” The illustrated song will be “A Man, A Maid, A Moon, A Boat.” Died Last Night. Meredith Flatley, the 2} years- old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Flatley died at 1 o’clock this morn- ing at the Flatley home, death being caused by inflammation of the bowels. The little one was sick eight days and suffered very much. ‘The funeral services will be held ! have changed their act entirely from | tomorrow afternoon in the Catholic church, and the body will be removed and Mrs. Flatley at 2 p. m. Rev. Father O’Dwyer will have charge of the services, and interment will be made in Greedwood cemetery. Royal Arch Meeting Monday. The Royal Arch will hold a meet- ing Monday afternoon and evening. A full attendance is desired. able for picnics. Fruits for Canning We are prepared to svpply our customers with fruits for canning purposes as they come into rarket. Be sure to let us know your wants in this line. Canned Meats We also have a large line of canned meats suit-, We always carry in stock the very best and solicit your picnic orders. ROE & MARKUSEN, THE RELIABLE 6ROCERS PHONE 206 or 207 AIRSHIP RACES INDIAN VILLAG] “FORT RIDGLEY~62" BFNELSON,Pres, C:N-COSGROVE, Sec. 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