Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1909, Page 77

‘ i T IR i e St i “TOM” SMART. Mr. Smart is one of the official transfet men of Bemidji, and is always ready to bcost his home town. The progressive spirit which he exerts for anything leading to improve local conditions, is responsible in a measure for his success in his own business. Mr. Smart is also familiarly known as “the unbreakable” drayman of this city, inasmuch as he handles goods in such a careful manner that with his methods ‘“‘three moves are (not) as bad as a fire,” as the saying- goes. ; Mr. Smart, aside from the freight and express business he does, makes a spe- cialty of moving safes and pianos and other heavy portable goods. He has special rigging and paraphernalia for this class of work, and he guarantees the safe delivery of every article he handles. Mr. Smart is one of Bemidji’s foremost “boomers.” He, in common with our other business men, forsees the greatness of the ‘future of this section. . He staked his all on his judgment relative to the coming values of Bemidji and Beltrami county, and that he has been compensated for the wis- dom he displayed in this direction is evinced by the excellent and extensive business he has built up. He employs quite a number of teamsters; he owns a spacious property for the stabling of his horses; he is a prominent taxpayer, and is considered one of Bemidji’s most regarded men. BEMIDJI, BELTRAMI COUNTY AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. “TOM” SMART'S STABLE AND TEAMS. - E. J. GOULD. Councilman E. J. Gould is another of Bemidji’s throng of energetic business men who manages to do things in a trite way and in a manner to win the confidence of outsiders as to what Beltrami county has to offer as a place of both investment and as a pleasure resort. e Mr. Gould is recognized throughout this section as a high class harness maker. He is noted for the elegant and durable hard sewed harness he turns out, whether they be for light or draught purposes, and for the complete line of ready made harness, saddles, collars, whips, horse-blankets, sad- - dlery hardware, robes, general extras, plai cases, cruisers’ outfits and all other goods in leather which he carries. To facilitate the quick delivery of work, either for con- structing or repairing, he has installed the latest pattern of machinery and all owners of horses will find in Mr. Gould the very one who can aid them in an emergency. Mr. Gould first located in St. Paul, in the year 1887; later he went to Litchfield, where he conducted a harness shop for eighteen years. Coming to Bemidji, he was employed at the Ludington harness shop for six years, at the expiration of which time he purchased the same. That occurred two years ago. Since that time on Mr. Gould has come forward with a becoming grace and par excellent work to ask why he should not receive his share of business, and that his inquiry has met with a hearty E. J. GOULD'S HARNESS SHOP. g response is evinced by the remunerative business he enjoys. Mr. Gould, himself, is a practical har- ness maker, and one who has earned de- served recognition as a mechanic. As a business man he is affable and accommo- dating, he does not discriminate between customers, and the wares he purveys can be relied upon as being as represented to be. Since his induction into office, Mr. Gould has assumed a creditable attribute on all public matters. He is a stalwart business man, a taxpayer and a useful citizen, and Bemidji may well feel elated that she can boast of men of the sterling character of Mr. Gould. BEMIDJI BOTTLING WORKS. Bemidji cannct &t present boast of a great number of industrial. concerns, but she can cite a bottling works which is well worth weighing, inasmuch as the Bemidji Bottling Works not only ramifies this entire territory for hundreds of miles in -circuit, but is one which is up-to-date in modern machinery, and one which has made a hit all along the line. As may be presumed, the Bemidji Bottling Works are manufac- turers of all kinds of soft drinks, such as ginger ale, seltzers, champagne and lemon cider, lemon sour, sarsaparilla and other palatable “thirstlings,” and that their output S Y e S A T S B e P Y O T M TS S it W53 1AM R O NI YT 1 0