Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1909, Page 106

BEMIDJI, BELTRAMI COUNTY AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. gaged in business (“The best goods at the lowest fair prices, courteous treatment and a square deal all around”) with the result that he continues to add friends to his al- ready large list, and his business grows larger daily. As an intensely loyal supporter of his Lhome town and an enthusiastic “booster” of everything that will benefit this locality, Mr. Peterson is doing his full share towards developing Bemidji into the premier city of the entire district of Minnesota north of the Twin Cities and west of Duluth. Mr. Petersoan is an exemplary citizen, a square, fair business man, loyal to a large degree, honest and tearless, which accounts tor his immense popularity. "W. M. ROSS. This is another live and up-and-doing business house of Bemidji, and carries everything in the hardware line, having the exclusive agency for some of the best known and most reliable articles in the hardware trade such as ‘‘Round Oak”- ranges, stoves and heaters, ‘‘Minnehaha” washing machines, “T. L. Blood” paints, “Savage”’ rifles, and in addition thereto Mr. Ross exhibits an elegant line of lounges, curtains, sporting goods, includ- ing of course, everything in fishing tackle; enameled and tin ware articles of con- venience which should be included in this particular line of business. The rear part of this establishment is not neglected, here is the tinners depart- ment presided over by an expert who turns out all kinds of tin work in first class shape. Always alive to the best interests of Bemidji during his nine years’ residence here, Mr. Ross has made his power felt, and has at the same time made.a lasting reputation. He is a booster and deserves the success he has attained in his busi- ness. His stock is composed of the latest make of goods, the latest inventions in the hardware field, and is replete to the last detail. The Pioneer is well aware of the deservedness of Mr. Ross as a business man who has done his share toward ‘“booming’”’ Bemidji, and it there- fore is more than willing to allof to him this brief mention. - A. A. RICHARDSON’S PHOTOGRAPHING AND ILLUSTRATING COMPANY. Another ‘booster” for Bemidji and Bel- trami county and Northern Minnesota is A. A. Richardson and his associates, who con- duct the A. A. Richardson: Photographing and Illustrating Company. Headed by Mr. Richardson, this enterprising firm is doing much to advance the weltare of the com- munity by advertising the attractions and giving prima facie evidence of our greatness by issuing excellent photos of views of our local enterprises, together with scenes of our beautiful points of interest, which abound on every hand. Mr. Richardson personally supervises the taking of view photos, in which undertaking he excels all others in northern Minnesota. During the past few years, Mr. Richardson has visited every part of northern Minne- sota, with his camera, and he has succeeded in securing a collection of views that are priceless in value and highly artistic in point of workmanship and finish, The views include every known subject, from photos of beautiful points of scenery to views of scenes in logging camps and cities and towns. These views are very complete, and Mr. Richardson is using many of them on postal cards, in which he has a large busi- ness, and all the views are copyrighted. Panoramic views are Richardson’s delight. Mr. Richardson keeps a number of em- ployes at his home studio in Bemidji, where the views are completed, and all of these employes are skilled in their line of work. In addition to making a specialty of views, Mr. Richardson is also an adept in taking home portraits, using splendid flash- lights of the latest pattern. He also finishes plates for amateurs. Mr. Richardson is an enthusiastic ad- mirer of Bemidji and her energetic people, and he has prominently identified himself with the thirty-third degree “boosters” for the “HUB CITY” of Northern Minnesota. He is emphatic in his expressed belief that Bemidji is destined to rank as the first city of the entire district of Northern Minnesota, excepting only Duluth, the “Zenith City of the unsalted seas.” Mr. Richardson allows no opportunity to go by whereby he can “boost” Bemidji. All of his printed stationery bears this slogan: “Bemidji—The metropolis of Central Northern Minnesota. _ “Beltrami County—The second largest in the State.” INTERIOR ROSS HARDWARE STORE. * DR. J. WARNINGER. Bemidji is known all over Northern Min- nesota as the home of some of the fastest horses in the entire Northwest, and horse- men give this city credit for possessing sev- eral lovers of speeders who rank with the best to be found anywhere. Much of the credit for this condition with relation to horses is due to Dr. J. Warn- inger, Bemidji’s veterinary surgeon, who has put in the best years of his life to de- veloping pure-bred harness performers that DR. J. WARNINGER. are a great credit to any community. Dr. Warninger is the owner of Ham Nut, 16797, race record 2:29, trot, which animal is one of the very best sires and noted breeding stallions ever owned in Minnesota,. Ham Nut is the sire of Roy B, record 2:09%, made at Syracuse, N. Y., 1904. Roy B holds the world’s five-mile pacing record, 12:25 3-5, made in Wigan, England, Sept. 23, 1907, Ham Nut was sired by Someday, 10555, a son of Nutwood, 600. Someday’s dam was Katie Patchen, by Membrino Patchen, 58; Someday’s second dam was Lary Abadallah, " by Abdallah, 15. Ham Nut’s dam was Ruth, by Hamdallah, 2917, grand dam Clover, by’ Silas Wright, 2610, third dam by Clearway, a son of Rob Roy. Ham Nut was foaled in 1890, bred by H. M. Nowell, Rochester, Minn. He is a golden bay in color, with black point; 15 hands high, weighs 1025 pounds, and in con- formation he is a grand horse. He is a very handsome animal and a stylish trotter, with a thoroughbred head and neck. He has a round barrel, and with feet and legs like iron, at the age of 19 years, he is without a scratch or blemish of any kind, and looks like a 4-year-old. Ham Nut is the only stal- lion in the state that has sired a world’s champion performer. ; Dr. Warninger, besides being an enthus- iastic and able horseman, is another of Bemidji’'s loyal citizens who are ever doing their utmost to advance the welfare of the community in which he lives. THE BEMIDJI TEA STORE. Among the other enterprises which handle staple products of a certain kind, exclus- ively, is the Bemidji Tea Store, an “infant industry” that is rapidly forging to the front as one of the leading stores of the city. The Bemidji Tea Store was established during the fall of 1908 by Harry Waldo, who later added to the firm John Sandin. Both these gentlemen are progressive business . men who are loyal to Bemidji and her in-