Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 10, 1909, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. VOLUME 7. NUMBER 96. 3 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY' EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. NEW O’LEARY- BOWSER (0. NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS With Large Stocks of Seasonable Goods, Recently-Organ- ized Corporation Opens Doors of Elegant New Brick Block Tomorrow Morning, at 8. The O’Leary-Bowser = corporation, which succeeds the firm of O’Leary & Bowser, will enter the business circles of Bemidji tomorrow morning when the elegant new block, adjoin- ing the Lumbermens National Bank building, will be thrown open to the MISS DORA HAZEN, Secretary 0'Leary-Bowser Company. public and the new stocks of goods of the O’Leary-Bowser company will be placed on sale. On Saturday evening O’Leary & Bowser closed their old place of business and have, since then, been busily engaged in moving to their new quarters. The store will be opened promptly tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock, and business will be conducted under the new manage- ment. - The new O’Leary-Bowser corpor- ation has as active members, who CHARLES L. COLLINS, General Manager 0'Leary-Bowser Company. will conduct the business of the company, Barney Erickson, vice president; Miss Dora Hazen, secre- retary, and Charles L. Collins, gen- eral manager. Mr. Collins, the general ger, came to this city from Kenosha, Wis., and during his residence here has fully maintained the reputa- tion which preceded him of being mana- BARNEY ERICKSON, Vice President 0'Leary-Bowser Company. one of the most efficient professional window trimmers in the entire coun- try; in fact, it is doubtful if Mr. Collins has any superior in the twin cities or Duluth as a neat window trimmer. Mr. Collins thoroughly understands the management of a store such as the O’Leary-Bowser corporation will conduct and will no doubt give very general satisfaction as head of the new corporation. Miss Hazen, the secretary of the O’Leary-Bowser company, has lived in Bemidji many years; she has been in the employ of O’Leary & Bowser for ten years past, as head clerk, and during that time has made many friends for the firm. She gives to the new corporation the valuable services of a competent, éxperienced and popular clerk. Barney Erickson, vice president of the O’Leary-Bowser company, has been with O’Leary & Bowser for five years. He is thoroughly versed in the mercantile business and has proved his worth as a clerk and department manager. The large stocks of fall and win- ter goods have arrived and are being P.J. O'LEARY, placed in the new block. The store of the O’Leary-Bowser company will occupy the entire first floor and basement of the block, and the com- pany will handle dry goods, clothing, notions, shoes, hats and general furnishings for ladies, gentlemen and children. The business will be conducted in a somewhat different manner than heretofore, although the stock carried will be about the same as O’Leary & Bowser handled. W. N. Bowser and P. J. O’Leary will now retire from active business W. N. BOWSER. management. Mr. Bowser states that he will go west (perhaps to California) where he and his family will spend the winter, and that it is his intention to return in the spring. Mr. O’Leary says that he and his family will go to Redlands, Cali- fornia, and remain during the winter, probably returning next spring. Messrs. O’Leary and Bowser started in business eighteen years ago, at West Duluth, Mr. O’Leary coming to Bemidji in the spring of 1898, being followed by Mr. Bowser, in 1900. The two gentlemen have conducted a general store in this city and, by their square dealing and close attention to business, achieved remarkable success, from a financial standpoint. & The firm of O’leary & Bowser has staunchest business concerns in the city of Bemidji; and it is hoped that the new corporation will attain the same measure of success in the com- mercial field as that which has crowned the efforts of Messrs. P. J. O’leary and W. N. Bowser. Slow Progress at Hearing. But little progress has been made in the work of the commission ap- pointed to hear the -charges pre- ferred against Commissioners Wright; Sibley and Danaher, owing to the fact that Attorneys E. E. Mc- Donald and P. J. Russell, who are conducting the defense, are engaged in cases in district court, before Judge C. W. Stanton. District’ court adjourned at noon today and. the hearing continued this afternoon and the attorneys ex- pect to complete the investigation tonight or tomorrow. A short session was held yester. day afternoon and last evening,]| most of the time being spent in ex- aming claims allowed by the board in 1907 against the road and bridge fund. Small Blaze Yesterday. An alarm of fire was occassioned yesterday afternoon by flames from a chimney on the house of Peter Peterson, on the south side of the G. N. tracks. The fire department responded promptly, but did not go as far as the fire as the flames in the chimney had been extinguished before they arrived on the scene. Practically no damages to the building was occasioned by the fire. Moral: Insure with Miller agency. the T. J. Date_Changed. The Ladies’ Aid of the Presby- terfan church will hold an ice cream social at the home of Mrs. A. E. Smith on Wednesday afternoon and evening, August 11, instead of this afternoon, as advertised yesterday. The change is made on account of the inclement weather. RS Reserve Your Elk Berths Early. The private Pullman sleeper for use of Elks going to St. Cloud will be brought to Bemidji tomorrow morning and will be set out and remain here all day tomorrow, so that parties taking berths can occupy them early tomorrow evening. All those going with local Elks should distinctly state ghat fact so as to be placed in the private car. —G. A. WALKER, . Agent M. & L Ry. MEMBERS -ROD AND GUN GLUB HELD TWO SHOOTS Fairly Good Scores Were Made, Con- sidering that Members Had Practiced Very Litile. 3 . The members of the Bemidji Rod & Gun Club held two successful shoots, Saturday evening and Sun. day forenoon. Quite a few members of the club participated in the shoots and the scores made were very good, con- sidering the limited amount of prac- tice which the different members have had this year. The following is the score of the two. shoots: Saturday evening (twenty-five) blue-rocks.)— F. Brown Symons Kreatz. Lycan Ives.. Brown Kreatz. Lycan.. Ives.. Symons Sunday (twenty-five blue-rocks.)— Symons. .19 Burgess. Scharff. Kreat: Stafford. W. A. Palmer. Pepple... Cadwell. Symons.. Burgess. Scharff.. Kreatz Stafford Symons. Keihm, Baker. Stafford ... Southwort Cadwell Scharff Keihm.. Palmer . Kreatz .. W. A. Palmer.... Dr, Marcum Purchases Fine Home. A deal was closed yesterday, whereby Dr. E. H. Marcum of this city became the owner of one of the most-pretentious homes in the city of Bemidji. The doctor purchased the resi- dence of F. A. Mayo, on the corner of Sixth and Bemidji, the consider- ation being $5,000. - Dr. Marcam will take possession of his new home on September 1. This elegant residence was orig- inally built by A. P, White, he after- wards selling the same to 'C. H. Miles, who later sold to F. A. Mayo. The buildings and lots are valuable property and Dr. Marcum is to be congratulated on his new acquisition. Excursion to Red Lake. The M. R. L., & M. railway will give another of its popular excur- sions to Red Lake Sunday, Aug. 15. Train to leave Bemidji at 9:30a. m. Fare for round trip $1.00. HELLO, BILL! ALL ABOARD FOR ST. CLOUD CONVENTION Bemidiji Elks, with Their Wiv es and Friends, Leave for St. Cloud Tomorrow Night.—Will Occupy Private Sleeper.—Good Program Prepared. Come On, Bill! Ho for St. Cloud. Brother Ernest Holler Will “Hoof It" from Big Falls to Join Bro. Mogan at North- ome, and Catch for the Ball Team. Bemidii Elks will leave tomorrow | night on the south-bound M. & I, passenger train for St. Cloud, where they will, on Thursday and Friday, participate in the fifth annual state convention of the Minnesota B. P. O. Elks. A private sleeper will be set out for the use of the Bemidji Elks and other Elks who intend going to St. Cloud with the local “horned breth- ren,” and it is expected that enough will go from here to comfortably fill the car. Cards have been sent out to all members of the lodge, and responses indicate that about forty will go. It is expected that a number of Crookston Elks will come over to- morrow and go to St. Cloud from here. It is said that Crookston would like the state convention next year, and that they will send a num- ber of live “‘boosters,” together with their Elks’ quartette, to “make a noise” like “Crookston—1910.” INOUR NEW STORE WEDNESDAY always been regarded as one of the We are moving from our old place of‘ business to our new store in the O’Leary- Bowser block, and we will be closed until Wednesday, Aug. 11, 8 a. m. when we will be ready for business in our new quarters. . . ... ... ... ... O’Leary-Bowser Co. The St. Cloud Elks have gone to a whole lot of expense and trouble to prepare a very interesting pro- gram for the Elks and their ladies, as the following, taken from a St. Cloud paper, will show: . “On Thursday and Friday the St. Cloud lodge of Elks will entertain for the second time within four years the Minnesota State Associa- tion of Elks. The first meeting of the state association was held in this city and the St. Cloud Elks proved-—themselves such excellent entertainers at that time that when the state association met at Bemidji last August, it proceeded to invite Bro. ‘Gene Berman Anticipates Having an Enjoyable Time. itself to the Granite City for a second ftime. Although in a sense unexpected guests this time they will find an even wmore cordial wel- come here this week. ““The local lodge has had numer- ous committees at work for the past two months perfecting the arrange- ments for the meeting. *“A special effort has been made to secure a large attendance with the result that nearly every lodge in the state ‘will be represented at the meeting. Several of them will bring bands and their marching clubs will participate in the parade. ““The morning of the first day will be given over to the reception of the visitors at the railroad stations, reg- istration and assignment of quarters. “In the afternoon the business meeting will take place at the Com- mercial club rooms and and there Brother Wiley Phillips of Crookston Says He Will Come “If It Is Possible to Get Loose." will be a baseball game between teams made up of Elks from the Be- midji and Minneapolis lodges. “In the evening a big social ses- sion will take place at the Elks hall W. I Nolan of Minneapolis, other well known entertainers have been secured and a number of unique features have been provided for the evening’s program. The well known and {Continued on Last Page.]