Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 19, 1909, Page 1

i v THE BEMIDJ1 DAI VOLUME 6. NUMBER 223. distorical Society. il Townsite & Tm BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH NEW WHOLESALE GROCERY HAS STARTED BUSINESS Northern Grocery Company Has Most domplete Building in Northwest; Has Every Modern Convenience, Large Stocks, Backed by The Northern Grocery company, Bemidii’s newest and biggest whole- sale enterprise, has formerly entered the commercial field in Minnesota, and i1s now prepared to fill all wants on the shortest notice. A visit to tne headquarters of the new company shows a large and commodious brick building, filled from the basement to the roof with a generous quantity of the very best of the well-established stocks that are required of a whole- sale concern; and the supply is of such quantity as to enable the company to expeditiously fill the wants of the local merchants of Bemidji as well as those of other cities and towns adjacent thereto. The brick building owned by the Northern Grocery company is one of the very best arranged wholesale establishments in the state, every part of the structure having been constructed along original, practical lines, with special regard to commodiousness, and con- veniency and economy in the work of handling goods. The building-is of solid brick, the dimensions being 75x100 feet, two stories and a basement, giving three complete floors. The building is located opposite the M. & I. depot, and a special spur has been built from the M. & I. main tracks to the building for the purpose of handling shipments to and from the company. A substan- tially erected platform has been con- structed from the southern door of the warehouse, on an average height with the floor of the freight cars, which expedites the handling of all shipments of goods. The walls of the building are com- posed of brick, and are sixteen inch- és in thickness and are absolutely frost-proof. The basement, or first floor, is built in a very original manner and is especially well arranged as regards to light. The floor is of solid con- crete, The basement is provided with an automatic pump, which is one of the features of the building. This pump is so arranged that in case the waters of Lake Bemidji reach a high-water point the pump will automatically remove the water from the basement and deposite the same in the sewer, thus procluding any possibilities of the basement ever being flooded with water. One of the innovations of the building is the chute by which shipments of goods are sent to the Unlimited Capital. road track. This arrangement simplifies the handling of large packages, conforming to the general idea of convenience in handling goods. - A brick vault has been erected in the building which reaches from the bottom of the basement to the third floor. This vault is used asa bhum- idor for storing cigars, and is pro- vided witk the proper ventilation, including a dead air space, which gives perfect temperature for the cigars. There are elevators in the build- ing, which are operated by the Arm- strong system, which give easy access to all floors. The floors above the basement are built in a very solid and sub- stantial manner, and T. J. Burke, president of the company, asserts that a railroad train coald be run over the floors without damaging them in the least. On the ground, or second floor of the block, there isa large plat- form scale of ten-ton capacity, which is located close to the eleva- tor and but a few feet from the door on the west, from which goods are shipped to outside points, and but a few feet removed from the door on the north which is used for deliverv to local merchants. This arrangement is very convenient and reduces the usual complica- tions encountered in making"whole- sale shipments, On the second floor, in the north- east corner, is located the main offices of the firm, which are 50x50 feet, commodious and well lighted, and - fully equipped with quarter- sawed oak fixtures. Here is trans- acted the main business of the com- pany, and the clerical force has its headquarters here. In the rear of the office is a packing room. Here are exhibited open packages of samples of the different lines of goods which. are handled by the Northern Grocery company. In this room all packages are wrapped and prepared for shipment. Between the office and the packing room there is a vault 5x5, which is absolutely fire-proof and burglar- proof. - Where are placed the books and records of the company, and other valuable documents of the company. T. J. Burke, as president and gen- eral manager of the company presides over the office force which consists of the following: E. N. Ebert, secre- tary, Pauline Markham, assistant basement of the building from the outside platform adjoi secretary; E. R. Renner, auditor, and Ole Larson, shipping clerk. Investigation Every thinking citizen is now paying strict attention to public and local b usiness conditions, and especially to the condition of local banks as reflected by their frequently published statements. The light of this investigation has resulted in bringing “The OId Reliable” to the front StroNceEr TuaN Ever, and your dollar does its duty only when deposited with us on interest or subject to check. The s First National Bank of Bemidji 4 “E W. A. Currie of this city is sales manager for the Northern Grocery company and will have chaige of the traveling men who will be in the employ of the company and “make” the cities and towns east, west, north and south of Bemidji. Mr. Currie was until recently in the employ of the Gowan-Peyton- Twohy company of Duluth, having been commercial traveler for that company from the time of its organ- ization until about a month ago, when he severed his connection with the Duluth company and became a stockholder in the North- ern Grocery compony. Mr. Currie is one of the most popular and efficient commercial travelers in the state of Minnesota, and the Northern Grocery company is indeed fortunate in having Mr. Curtie for its sales department. Bemidji has been made a terminal point, and terminal rates have been granted to this city, effective Dec. 18, 1908, for state shipments, and Jan. 25, 1909, for interstate traffic. This desirable concession was secur- ed by the Northern Grocery com- pany, W. H. Cleary and T. J. Burke of the grocery company appearing in person before the State Railroad and warehouse commission on Dec- ember 3, 1908, and showing conclu- sively that Bemidji was one of the principal shipping points in the north half of the state, with the result that the commission, the same day, issued an order declaring Bemidji a termi- nal and giving this hub of north- central Minnesota terminal 'rates (that is “in” rates) on carload ship ments should be the same as those prevailing at Crookston, Brainerd, St. Cloud, Fergus Falls and other points. The securing of these “terminal” rates, gives to the mer- chants of Bemidji a reduction of twenty per cents on all in-coming freight which is received in carload lots. The locating of the Northern Grocery company in Bemidji was decided upon by the members of the company after they had thor- oughly looked over the ground at all points in northern Minnesota, being convinced that Bemidji was destined to become the general dis- tribution point and imfact “the hub of northern Minnesota.” This city is the geographicaily logical point for just such an institution asa wholesale establishment. Railroad facilities are the best and as a shipping point Bemidji is unexcelled anywhere north of Brainerd. The Northern Grocery company has a capital of $50,000, all paid-in, with unlimited capital at the com- mand of the company, and Bemidji is indeed fortunate in securing such a solid and substantial instution. Mr. Burke, . the president of the Northern Grocery company, states that business starts out very good and that merchants of Bemidji and in this vicinity have been very floyal to the new ‘enterprize, Nymore Case Heard Yesterday. Peter Palm of Nymore, who, it is alleged, recently stabbed John Cole- man, a saloon-keeper in that village, was arraigned yesterday afternoon before Justice Slocum of this city on a charge of assault in the first degree and pleaded not guilty, being bound over to the next term of the district court. - John Coleman and Marshal Glid- den of Nymore testified as witnesses, after which Palm, through his attor- ney, A. A. Andrews of this city, waived further examination and was bound over to the grand juryat the next term of the district court which will be held in February. “‘Lumberjack” Hurt at Fowlds. Hans Olson, who was “hooking on the jammer” at Camp 1 of the Crookston Lumber company at Fowlds, had both legs severely crushed yesterday morning béetween several logs. Olson was brought to the St. Anthony hospital in this city where he is being given surgical assistance. A Snap in Pipes. We have quite 2 number of meer- schaum pipes on hand which we are going to sell cheap, this week only. 4 .Stew‘nt'a Confectionery, Pipes worth from $4.00 up, sale price $2.50, . Every pipe guaranteed. Boom Ybflr fiWu Town. , Business will prosper Only when the ‘people Of the community Make a united effort. Your business d¢pends On others’ prosperity. = Unless we work together Results are disappointing. Only those prosper ‘Whose patrons, dre’ prosperous. Nothing succeeds like success! Towns thrive and flourish Only when they deserve to— ‘Wrhen their own people Neglect no opportunities. WILL TRY TO SAVE THE HOMESTEADER HIS LAND Congressman Steenerson Goes to the Aid of Frederick M, Loveless, a Clearwater County Farmer. In the classification of the lands on the ceded Red.Lake Indian reser- vation under the Act of January, 1889, only that land classified as agricultural land was subject to homestead entry. The timber must be sold off of the timber land before it could be entered. - In 1907 Frederick M. Loveless made an application for a homestead near Mallard, Clearwater county, and the same was accepted. He moved his family on the land, made valuable improvements and cultivated several acres, living there for the required fourteen months, and offered his proof at the Land Office. It was then found that the land was classified as timber land, and that the - department had no right to allow hisentry in the first place, and that under the existing law he could not secure the land as a homestead. Neither does the existing law permit him to buy the timber, which is not very valuable, there being very little timber on this quarter. Mr. Loveless made a trip to Crook- ston, last November to interview Congressman Steenerson, with the result that a bill has been introduced to permit Mr. Loveless to purchase the timber on his.quarter, at private sale, paying for the government esti- mate of the timber. If this can be done Mr. Loveless’ home will be protected and - he~ can secure his land, Congressman /Steenerson advises Mr. Loveless that he will do his best to secure favorable action on the bill. Mr. Loveless is a poor man and is raising his family on the home stead, and is diserving of the efforts Mr. Steenerson is giving him. Blg Postoffice Business. Postmaster Erickson of this city, according to his custom of remitting money in the postal fund to the governinent twice.a manth, sent in $437 yesterday- to theQ coffers . of “Uncle Sam.” The $437 was in excess of $400 paid to employes of the local office for salaries during the first half of the month. The total of $837 represents the money taken in at the local office from the sale of stamps and stamped envelopes and box rent during ‘the first fifteen days in January. X The Bemidji = postoffice ranks among the foremost second-class offices in the state. -~ Subscribe for The Pioneer. {T. Ellitson, Was Logging ‘‘On His Own Hook.” The Pioneer erred, some time ago, in printing an article relative to the the logging operations which County Commissioner Helic Clem- entson has conducted, near Clem- entson, during this winter, Through a natural error, we were led to think that Mr. Clementson had been logging for the J. Neils Lumber company of Cass Lake, when he had, in fact, been cutting his own timber, which he bought from the government at one of the sales at the Cass Lake land offige. When he was here, Mr. Clement- son stated that he was going to Cass Lake to see Neils, we supposing that he was going to interview J. Neils of the Neils Lumber company, who lives at the “Lake.” Instead, Mr.’ Clementson was going to see 'William™ O’Neil, the superintendent of logging on the Indian reserva- tions, under the terms of the Morris Chippewa law. We gladly make the correction, that Mr. Clementson was cutting his own timber, and was not en- gaged in logging for any lumber company, and we trust that the natural error has caused the north- country . commissioner no inconven- ience. Five Applicants Passed. Postmaster Erickson has received notice from the postoffice depart- ment that five applicants passed out of the nine which took the examina- tion for clerk and carrier in this city on December 15th. The names of the successful examinees and their ranking are as follows: Paul E. Shan- non, Sanford E. Hurlocker, George Nellie Erickson and Albert Foster. = 1909 Diaries. The largest and best line of 1909 diaries ever carried in this part of the state can now be seen at the Pioneer office. We have made special efforts ot secure the largest assortment ever shown in the northwest. Those who want special kinds should- call early and make their selection. New England Supper. The - Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society ~will give a New England Supper at the I. O. O. F. hall Friday evening, January 22. Supper will be served from 5:30to 8:00. Wanted an Agent. Highest cash paid weekly with part expenses. Home territory, Out- fit free. A good chance for you. Write The Hawks Nursery Co., Wauwatosa, Wis. J. O. Harris of this city, register of deeds for Beltrami county, went to International Falls last evening on the M. & I. passenger train to Loggers and lumbermen and cedar operators of northern Minnesota are taking great interest in the hearing that be held before the house committee on forestry, at St. Paul, tomorrow, when the pro- posed new law regulating disposition of slashings, limbs and other refuse from timber cutting and land-clear- ing will be considered. There will no doubt, be a large attendance of operators from this part of the state who will attend the hearing and ask for permission to be heard on some of the proviions of the propose d measure. The bill makes supervisors and clerks of towns. mayors of cities and presidents of villages, fire wardens for their . respective districts, and holds them responsible for the safe- guarding of their territory from forest fires. They must take energetic care to prevent fires and must visit all parts of roads, trails, camps and fre- quented places, warn campers and other users of fire and extinguish small and smouldering fires. They must investigate fires, and locate the blame if possible. The forestry commissioner is to divide the territory exposed to fires into districts and in a dry and dangerous season employ a ranger for each district to have the power will MANY WILL BE PRESENT AT THE FORESTRY HEARING Forestry Committee of House Will Listen to Arguments, Tomorrow, on Provision Requiring All Refuse from Timber to be Destroyed. and perform the duties of wardens. In the employment of rangers pre- ference is to be given to cruisers and woodsmen, game wardens and for- estry students who are known for reliability and efficiency. Rangers are to be paid $5 per day by the state, The bill appropriates $30,000 an- nually for fire protection, of which $2,000 may be used for rewards for specially meritorious services in pre- venting and extinguishing fires. The remainder may be used to pay fire wardens, who are paid twenty- five cents an hour, one half to be paid by the county. A fine of from $50 to $10 or im- prisonment for thirty to ninety days may be imposed for neglect of duty by officials and for carelessness by anyone in setting fires. Malicious setting of fires may be fined $500 or punished by imprisonment for ten years or less. Campers who set camp- fires in the woods are required to clear the ground for ten feet around and carefully put out the fire before lea\ving. People or corporations who cut timber must pile and burn the slash- ings when the timber is cut, except that if the cutting is done between March and November the slashings shall be piled and burned during the following winter. Paid $75 and Was Dismissed. August Engelking, charged with attempting to draw a knife on A. Landstrud, New Year’s day on the norrh-bound M. & I. passenger train, near Turtle River, was arraigned yesterday morning before Justice Simons and paid a fine -of $35 and costs. : Engelking was arraigned on a charge of assult in-the first degree, hut County Attorney McKusick with- drew this charge and entered one of assult in the third degree, to which Engelking pleaded guilty and paid his fine and costs amounting to $75. Bound Copies of City Charter for $3. The Pioneer will soon print and bind copies of the Bemidji city charter, bound volumes of which have been greatly desired for some time, and will deliver the books, neatly and substantially bound, to order, for the small sum of $3. A representative of the Pioneer will call on you, or you can call at he office and sign for one or more look over some land in the vicinity of the “Falls.” volumes, at the stated price. Obtaining copies of the charter =2-1 EAGLE PENCIL CO.NE The “Eagle Russet” Fountain Pen The Best Dollar Fountain Pen - on the Market Tie Pen is always ready for use and may be carried in. ; any "position without danger of leakage ___Ask for Russet Fountain Pens at | The Pioneer Office has been a matter that has worried many people of the city, and how to get them printed has mever— been taken up. As stated before, the Pioneer is taking orders for bound volumes of the charter and will de- liver them for $3 per copy. 4 Leave your order early if you de- sire a copy. -+ Union Gospel Services. There will be Union Gosgel ser vices tonight and each night this week at 8 o’clock in the Methodist church. Services will open by a song service, after which there will be a short address. We ask the Interest of all the Christian people in these meetings. ~We need your belp and “Come Thou With Us and We Will do Thee Good. M. E. Ladies’ Aid. The Ladies’ Aid Soeiety of the Methodist church will meet tomor- row afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wilcox on Irvin avenue and will be entertained by Mrs, Minnick and Mrs. Wilcox. Ry WINNESOTA ‘ HISTORICAL SOCIETY.