Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1909, Page 9

| I | OChHe Bemld Pioneer - Devoted to the Financial, Industrial, Agricultural and Landed Interests of Beltrami and Surrounding Counties Fourteenth Year. Published Daily and Weekly. Bemidji Pioneer Pub. Co., C. J. Pryor, Magr. = | ANENT THIS EDITION OF THE PIONEER HE PIONEER, in this supplement to its regular edition, comes before the people of the State of Minnesota on the theory that Bemidji is indeed the ‘‘Hub of the Great North- i west,”’ and the one city of northern Minnesota which is destined to lead all competitors in industrial, commercial, educational and philanthropical development, as well as all other desir- able attainments. : Bemidji is a universally-recognized pleasure resort of the most popular sort. : N Bemidji is a railroad center second to no city in Northern Minnesota. ' Bemidji is penetrated by two different systems of the Great Northern railway, both of which have close connections, both going and coming, with transcontinental lines of this great road. One is the Grand Forks-Duluth system extending from Grand Forks to the head of the lakes and returning, making connections at Grand Forks with the St. Paul-Pacific Coast through trains. -Another branch is the Sauk Center-Bemidji branch with daily trains running between these two points. At Sauk Center, the trains on this line connect with the coast trains of the Great Northern. : The Minnesota amd International extends from Brainerd through Bemidji to International Falls on the Canadian boundary line, making connections at Funkley with the Funkley and Kelli- her lines. Connection is made at Bemidji with the Northern Pacific railway company’s trans- . continental system. -y Then we have the Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba railway, an independent line extend- 42‘ : ing from Bemidji northward to Redby on Red Lake. This latter line taps the great Red Lake Indian Reservation, which reserve is tributary to Bemidji. There is every reason to believe that the Soo railway will extend its road from Thief River ! Falls to Duluth, and preliminary surveys have already been made of a proposed route, extending from Thief River Falls in a southeasterly direction, tapping Bemidji and the north country inter- - vening and go east in the direction of Duluth, There is also another survey which connects the road with the Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba railway at Redby. The Wilton and Northern, but six miles west of Bemidji, is another road which will undoubt- edly be extended to this city in the near future. This road now extends from Island Lake to Wil- 5 . ton, at which latter point cars are transferred to the Great Northern and logs, etc., are hauled to 4 Bemidji. It is the intention to extend this line from a point north of Wilton to Bemidji in order - that timber may be brought from the section north of Wilton direct to the mills at Bemidji. In addition to the railroads, an electric street railway encircling Lake Bemidji is an enter- prise which was very nearly matured during 1907, but was dropped on account of the universal e ‘““money panic.’’ It is more than likely that the enterprise will be resurrected within the next few years. S This will confer upon Bemidji a chain of railroad and commercial communication which can- ,' not be overlooked from the standpoint of importance. While industries and wholesale houses are daily being established in Bemidji, it must not be forgotten that in addition to the city’s matchless transportation facilities, Bemidji enjoys an admirable climate. Its geographical position is available for every known purpose, from con- venient railroad connections to commercial pursuits, facts which are of extreme -economical worth m—in to the student, as well as to the investor and home-seeker. ] The Pioneer is speaking in terse terms. It is endeavoring in few words to elucidate its esti- mation of Bemidji as a summer-vacation and health resort and a commercial and industrial center unequaled in North-central Minnesota. Bemidji is located in a portion of the state which must appeal to all who think. In the heart i [ of the grandest scenery of the state; situated on one of the most beautiful lakes of the country, SRR Y Pt LY . A SRS SR —— Segcaicay = T e e N e N S B e | i