Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1909, Page 89

BEMIDJI, BELTRAMI COUNTY AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. i i corp s wnonpes o ROE & MARKUSEN. These gentlemen conduct a strictly first- class grocery. They have made a life study of this one particular business and do not go beyond their latitude as grocerymen. The reader can imagine the rest. Their experience in this one line qualifies them to buy with the keenest discernment, both as to grade and price, as they are never confused as to the details of other lines, and the buyer is thus given the advantage of superior articles at current prices. This is the largest single-line grocery house in Beltrami county and the most at- tractively appointed. The goods on the shelves are so admirably arranged that they create an appetite to view them; the array of produce is such as to cause one to long for an old-fashioned boiled = dinner; the show windows contain just the things which impel one to wish that he was seated at the table instead of being where he is, and the arrangement of the entire establish- ment is conducive of admiration- and com- plimentary expression. In fact, the artistic taste and knack of exhibiting the goods of this store borders upon the fastidious. And as to goods in the store, not to men- tion the enormous stock they carry in a separate store house, as they appear, so they are. Each and every article has the K. K. ROE. cast-iron guarantee of Messrs. Roe & Mar- kusen behind it, and every article is a bona fide, genuine, pure food product. They -are exclusive agents of the famous “Yale” and “Gold Medal” coffees, in cans, the latter of which contains the firm name, and is sup- plied by tne wellknown Dwinell-Wright Company of Boston; and they also handle the “Winner,” 25 cent coffee; “Premium” creamery - butter, which is admitted to be the most wholesome and sweetest butter obtainable, and is sold in enormous quan- tities by the firm of Roe & Markusen, as is also the celebrated Temco and Easter brands of canned goods, and the Heinz varieties of standard products, and all other staples of both a high and a nominal class. They are headquarters for all known Cal- ifornia, as well as home-grown fruits; the “Premium” brand of maple syrup, which is made in our own home state, and in teas the ‘“Tetley” brand is their leader. They exhibit an immense line of candies, both high grade and common, and last but not least, they sell the highly rated “Ada” flour, another home made product,. which deserves home patronage to an unrestricted degree. As an important adjunct to the city’s business, that owned by K. K. Roe and C. C. MARKUSEN. Markusen takes first rank. Their trade is enormous, their deliveries are prompt, and prove to be as represented, and the weight and quality meted out by them are full measure, and a little bit more. Messrs. Roe and Markusen are true ex- amples of what one can accomplish when he devotes his energies to self elevation and success. From a modest beginning, these gentlemen have gradually ascended the ladder of thrift and possession, until now they not only are recognized factors in the world of business and commerce, but in civic life as well. The attention of the thousands of readers of this Souvenir Edition of The Pioneer is specificaly directed to the firm of Roe & Markusen, because of their public-spirited- ness, generosity, their unswerving faith in Bemidji and Beltrami county and the spon- taneity which has characterized their every move relative to the welfare of this vicin- ity. From delivery boys and clerks these gentlement have reached the apex of prom- inence, and for this reason they are more than worthy of the lucrative patronage they enjoy. J. H. CROUCH. Mr. Crouch came to Bemidji about six years ago. He at once entered into the business of constructing cement sidewalks, and so rapid was his progress and so satis- fying and lasting his work that last year J. H. CROUCH, witnessed his completion of $10,000 of side- walks alone, not to mention the foundation work he did, and a branch in the cement field of which he has made a careful study. It is safe to aver that Mr. Crouch con- structed nearly all the miles of cement walks in Bemidji, not to mention the work he has completed in surrounding towns. He has secured all machinery necessary to the rapid and thorough mixing of cement, the corps of workmen in his employ are skilled in their respective duties, and contracts awarded to him are never permitted to lag by reason of insufficiency of help or inade- quacy of facilities. And it should not be forgotten that while numberless cement workers throughout the country have been searching for the secret of perfect cement mixing, Mr. Crouch has gone right along producing the real thing to an extent that each sidewalk he laid begot another. He has solved the intrica- cies of proper admixture, and moisture, and that his knowledge on these points has met with commensurate appreciation is ap- parent by the immense business which comes to him. As a mechanic, a citizen, a hustler who has the interests of his home city at heart, Mr. Crouch can be counted upon, and as one deserving of co-operation and encour- agement at the hands of our people, he ranks pre-eminent. “JACK” FALLS. FALLS & CAMERON. While this popular firm has been in busi- ness but a short time they have impelled a patronage that is not to be sneezed at. This is owing to the fact that Mr. Falls has been in this city for six or more years, and has clerked in many of the most prominent stores in Bemidji, while Mr. Cameron was a pioneer in Beltrami county before a rail- road had been built in our corporate limits. In fact, Mr. Cameron was one of the men who shingled the first house built in Be- midji, and also aided in the survey of the Great Northern railway. Messrs. “Jack” Falls and Alex Cameron, located at the corner of Irving avenue and Fourth street, are extensive dealers in all classes of feed necessary to the sustenance of poultry and live stock, while the brands of flour they handle, chief of which are the “Nodak,” “White City,” “The Occident” and “Headlight,” rank among the most accept- able on the market. They also sell coal and wood, and in this regard we are to be pardoned if we delay long enough to assert that every lump of coal sold by this firm represents & lump of heat, and is devoid of # i : T 2 3 4 Q S e