Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1909, Page 25

.E — BEMIDJI, BELTRAMI COUNTY AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. THE NORTHERN GROCERY COMPANY Bemidji’s Biggest Wholesale House ED. N. EBERT, Secretary-Treasurer Northern Grocery Co, As inferred from their business appella- tion, this firm will deal, on a wholesale basis, in staple and fancy groceries, teas, coffees and spices, fresh and dried fruits, canned goods of every variety, bottled table goods, condiments, cigars and tobaccos and every other commodity which is necessary to the inner man. The personnel of this company is in itself sufficient to warrant a generous patronage from the moment they open their doors to customers. The Northern Grocery Company is cap- italized at $50,000, every dollar of this sum being paid in. That they propose proceed- ing on a gigantic plan is evidenced by the presence of the new three story brick build- ing they have just completed, and by the new spur track which has been laid to the doors. This buildig, 75x100 feet in dimen- sions, is modern in every detail. It has been equipped with a chute and loading platform for the rapid handling of freight, electric elevators have been installed, and it has its own heating plant; it contains large iron and cement vaults and fire and burglar-proof doors; it is situated close to all depots, and every conceivable arrange- ment for facility and convenience has been considered in its erection, both for receiv- ing and shipping purposes. As above asseverated, the personnel of this concern is all-sufficient to invoke wide- spread trade. With such men as T. J. Burke, W. H. Cleary, Ed. N. Ebert and W. A. Currie at the helm, success is inevitable. Mr. Burke, the president of the company, was for fourteen years a traveling sales- man for the J. H. Allen Grocery Company of St. Paul, and for the past two years was vice-president and general manager of the Gowan-Peyton-Twohy Grocery Company of Duluth. During his years of service with these two pre-eminent concerns, Mr. Burke obtained a wvaluable knowledge and train- ing in the grocery business, and, further- more, he impelled and cultivated numerous friendships, with the natural consequence that he is widely known and popular with the trade ihroughout the entire northwest territory, more particularly as applies to this region, having been located at Solway for a period of sveen years, serving in the capacity of manager of the Solway Mercan- tile Company. < Mr. Cleary, vice-president of this com- pany, represented for a number of years the McCormick-Behnks tea and coffee house of St. Paul, and for the past eight years has been president and manager of the Brainerd Wholesale Grocery Company. It is not to be gainsaid that he is a recognized man of extensive acquaintance and experience, and that he has made a host of lasting friends. Mr. Currie, the sales manager, has made this portion of Minnesota for the past six years for the Gowan-Peyton-Twohy Com- pany, and has invoked a friendship and clientele that is dependable and lasting. He is, besides, one of the most generally known salesmen in the northwest. Mr. Ebert, who will officiate as secretary and treasurer of the Northern Grocery Com- pany, was formerly engaged in the grocery business at Little Falls for a period of ten years, and brings with him the ripe concep-