Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1909, Page 79

i | i which have earned for their producer a lasting and widespread rputation. Mr. Burgess, in the year 1905, came to Bemidji, three years ago, from Virginia, where also he had been engaged in conduct- ing a cigar factory. He has made the cigar business and the selecting of tobacco a life-long business and thus it becomes plain why the brands of cigars he turns out have found such a ready sale throughout the north central part of Minnesota. Mr. Burgess is also an employer of labor, maintaining a force of five men, who, of course, represent population and a share of the prosperity the city enjoys, another ecir- cumstance which should not be overlooked by the lovers of a good cigar. As to Mr. Burgess, himself, the progress he has made bespeaks his attributes as a business man and his worth as a useful citizen, both in commercial and financial circles. BENIDJI BRICK COMPANY. The entire country is aware that the lit- tle clay there is in Minnesota is like its farm lands, prolific in natural fineness and availability, That the Bemidji Brick com- pany has long since discovered this fact is apparent by the millions of brick they an- nually turn out and by the ready market which they find—a market of such propor- tions that the firm’s facilities are taxed to the utmost to supply the demand. When it is known that the city of Bemidji and all other towns nearby use the brick made by this company almost exclusively, an idea of the merit of the company’s output can readily be conceived. The Bemidji Brick company operates a vast plant, and employes a large force of men. They enjoy an immense patronage, and whenever building brick is used there also is the name of this firm known. The manager of the company works in hearty accord with the men under his supervision; they are paid a just wage and treated as men should be treated, and in turn the em- ployes heartly co-operate with the owners in all that they do. Result: Excellent brick made by conscientious- and skilled workmen. This company is always anxious to sub- mit estimates, and they promise to be in line with the lowest bid for par excellent brick. They can supply any amount in the shortest possible time, and they represent their output just as it is—nothing more. The Bemidji Brick company also brings out the striking fact that this city could be made a manufacturing center of no mean proportions. This company requires no ad- vertisement in our columns. them in order that they be represented among the other up-to-date industries, and that the benefit of their presence in our midst may be duly appreciated. We mention BEMIDJI, BELTRAMI COUNTY AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. JUDGE H. W. BAILEY. Judge Bailey is an old soldier, a patriot, and exemplary citizen and judicial head, who is too well known to require introduc tion at our hands; but since this Souvenir Edition of The Pioneer has embodied a brief notice of every man of note in Be- midji in its columns, of course, Judge Bailey must necessarily be included, if even from the standpoint of plain duty. Judge Bailey is now serving as municipal judge of Be- midji, having been appointed by Governor Johnson upon the creation of this office, even though he was an acknowledged Re- publican. Mr. Bailey has been a resident of Bemidji for ten years—from the day that this pros- perous city was a village. A Buckeye by birth, Mr. Bailey came west in 1851, set- tling in Cedar county, Iowa, where he re- mained until 1886, thence he went to Faulk county, South Dakota, where he was clerk of the circuit court for a period of eight yvears; from there he came to Bemidji, since which time he has become one of us. He was village recorder of the Young Be- midji for three years. He has been a pot- ent factor in the upbuilding of this prosper- ous city, and he is to be credited with hav- ing performed much valuable work in the city’s advancement. Judge Bailey was a member of the famous Second Iowa infantry, and was with General Sherman during his notable march to the H W. BAILEY. sea; he participated in all the bloody en- gagements in which that fighting regiment was involved, and in recognition of his serv- ices as a soldier he has for seven years been unanimously elected as commander of R. H. Carr post, No. 174, at Bemidji, his last election occurring but a few weeks ago. Judge Bailey is now a candidate for mun- icipal judge. He is dependent and willing to go before the people on his record, be- lieving that the public will fully appreciate his worth as a judicial head and as a useful citizen, who has wrought much good to the community in which he lives. Judge Bailey is an interested land owner; he harbors an unflagging faith in the com- ing greatness of Beltrami county; he is a Republican who has attracted the attention of a Democratic governor, and these facts, lend but one inference—that Judge Bailey is a man and a capable official in all that these terms imply. | W. A. M'DONALD. This gentleman is a factor in the whole- sale field who has come to the front to show our thousands of readers the avail- ability of this territory for the location of wholesale houses, owing to its unparalleled railroad facilities and its capacity to ship by the water route, facilities which are not to be despised when it comes down to a matter of dollars and cents and of easy ac- cess to the trade comprised in this rapidly populating section of Minnesota. Mr. McDonald is also one of the faithful disciples, who having pinned his confidence in Bemidji county values, has realized on the strength of his well based judgment Mr. McDonald is engaged in the wholesale manutacture of ice cream, candy and high class bakery goods. The former named article he turns out is noted for its purity and deliciousness, and has become popular by its name, “The Model Ice Cream,” far and near. Comprehending the meaning of the word “Model” the excellence of the ice cream which Mr. McDonald turns out can readily be imagined, as he spares neither pains nor expense to supply the genuine article. He has secured the most modern machinery to produce the highest grade ice ci'eam, and he is an expert in the making of it. Mr. McDonald is also a manufacturer of the “Dee-li-cious” candies, for both the wholesale and retail trade, and also whole- sales taffies, fruit balls, chocolates, dipped goods and other specialties which have be- come famed as the ‘“good things to eat” we all so highly prize. As to the cakes, pies, pastry and other sweetmeats emanating from Mr. McDonald’s place of business little need be said. Especially is this true of “Snow Flake™ bread, which has won such a large sale. Their aromatic flavor and nutritiousness re- mind one of the ‘“good things that mother used to make,” and this fact is partially ac- countable for the widespread trade he has secured throughout this vicinity. Mr. McDonald is skilled in his trade. He is one of the number of Bemidji business men who has lived to see his most ardent hopes realized—the rapid growth of the- “Hob City.” By virtue of his confidence, ef- forts and personal interest he is richly en- titled to the trade which comes to his two bakeries, and The Pioneer predicts for him a continuation of the success he how en- joys. N. W. BROWN. Mr. Brown is one of our expert chefs and caterers, operating, as he does, the hotel and restaurant which has become so widely and popularly known during his management thereof. Mr. Brown has been a professional chef and hotel man all his life, and he is thus sufficiently informed as to the needs of the public to an extent that permits him to serve them in a comprehensive and acceptable manner. Mr. Brown is metropolitan in all that he does, he is generous to his patrons, he supplies only pure food pro- ducts, and the hotel and lunch counter he conducts is the acme of cleanliness and respectability. Our +thousands of readers may rest assured that when they patronize Mr. Brown that they are not only aiding a worthy home concern, but one which is rapidly winding its way to the front. Mr. Brown is one of Bemidji’s repre- sentative men, deserving of all favors as well as notice in this Souvenir number, and he is a citizen of whom it may well be said, “he is among the first.” —— G AP R A VA e SRV R o M T s S - p .3