Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 23, 1909, Page 3

WHEN ITS PALD, !VITH A CMEC’(»A [‘ PAYMENT. WASJIN ERROR OR THE VALUE RECEIVED" NOT, SUF! FICIENT 70 GOPER BY AN IMMEDIATE 4DVICE OF THIs| PAYMENT CAN'BE, STOPPED. .‘”LE:Q'; MANY VIRTUES OF'A CHECKING'4CCOUNT [ THE LUMBERMENS NATIONAL BANK - BEMIDJI_MINK. - PROFESSIONAL CARDS ARTS ISS DICKINSON ART OF PIANO PLAYING 419 America Avenue HARRY MASTEN Piano Tuner Formerly of Radenbush & Co. of St. Paul Instructor of Violin, Piano, Mando- lin and Brass Instruments. Music furnished for balls, hotels. weddings, banquets, and all occasions. Terms reasonable. All music up to date. Phone N. W. 535, or call at 213 Third Street, upstairs. HARRY MASTEN, Piano Tuner LAWYERS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Telephone 560 FRANK A. JACKSON LAWYER Bemidji, Minnesota E E. McDONALD * ATTORNEY AT LAW Office—Swedback Block, Bemidji, Minn. Miles Block PHYSICIANS AND SURCEONS DRA ROWLAND GILMORE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block R. E. A.SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGECN Office in Mayo Block Phone 396 Res. Phone 397 R. C. R. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block A. WARD, M. D. * Over First National Bank. Phone 51 House No. 601 Lake Blvd. Phone 351 DR. A. E. HENDERSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Over First National Bank, Bemidji, Minn. Office Phone 36. Residence Pone 72. DENTISTS R. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office in Winter Block R. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST 1st National Bank Build'g. Telephone 230 DRAY AND TRANSFER ES WRIGHT DRAY AND TRANSFER Fifth St. and America Ave. TOM SMART DRAY AND BAGGAGE SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Resldanca Phone 58 Offlcs Phone 12 Phone 40 618 America Ave. BISIAR & MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTORS 117 Third Street Day phone 319. Night phones 115, 434 Calls Answered at All Hours Moore Push-Pi Moore Push-Points Moore Push-Tacks Moore Push-Buttons : ool M . he Lt three are younger geaerations all —ihe fne Quality STEEL Polnis! This quanevie Covirs the enire docoraive field Irom the py card, it ‘or woad wesk. Al sizes and ‘colors, from K< ber 14 doz to 0. for 4 doz. ) 1909 diaries at the Pioneer office at half-prize, Matt Phibbs went to Brainerd last night on a business mission. William Rhorer of Turtle River transacted business in Bemidji today. E. J. Taylor, “ex-pencil pusher” on the old Enterprise, came to the city this morning and spent today here on a business mission. A. O. Johnson, the Turtle River merchant, was a business visitor in the city today, coming down from his home, in the rain, this morning. William Burce, the logger and lumberman, returned Saturday evening to Kelliher, having spent Saturday in this city on.a business mission. E. E. McDonald went to Brainerd last night, cn legal business. The Koochiching term of court will be completed by Judge McClenahan, at Brainerd, and “Mac” had some cases before that tribunal, D. A. Gillis, a brother of “J-a-c-k,” is now a resident of Bemidji, having come to the city a few days ago. He “dropped in” on Jack, and the latter, who had not seen D. A, for twenty-five years, needed an intro- duction before the family connection was divulged. Thos. Flemming, one of the best of the “good ones” over at Cass Lake, sat in the Bemidji grand stand yes- terday afternoon and watched the baseball slaughter. “Itis good to be here,” quoth Thos., and he really seemed to enjoy it, too. J. H. Davison, civil engineer for the M. & I. railway company, and who has charge of the engineering work in installing the new district terminals at South Bemidji, spent Saturday in' Brainerd, returning to Bemidji Saturday evening. The M. & I. evening north-bound passenger train was forty minutes late coming out of Brainerd, Satur- day afternoon. By good running with the locomotive, twenty minutes of that time was made up between Brainerd and Bemidji, and the train was but twenty minutes “to the bad” in arriving here. Nils Otterstad, the Turtle River cruiser, came to the city Saturday and spent the day here. He went to his home Saturday evening and left Sunday morning for “Happy- land,” near Littlefork, where he will be employed for the next three weeks looking over swamp land for the state. Mr. Otterstad stated that he expected to be through in three weeks with the inspection of the lands in controversy between the settlers and the state, and that there would then be many contest cases left to hear before the register and receiver af the Cass Lake land office. THE GOLDEN RULE Is Good Enough| for Us PEOPLE who buy from us don’t need a pair of scales to check us up with. IN weights, as in every- thing else, we do to you as we would have you do to us. IF you order a pound you get a pound, 16 full ounces, and sometimes a little over for good meas- ure. . E have standard scales and practice standard honesty in using them. IT’S a principle with us and we adhere to it. Ask for CGOLD COIN . BREAD Polite, courteous service and satisfactory deliv- eries "are madé special features of this store. Roe & Markusen The Reliable Grocers Telephone 207. . Bemidji, Minn. LOCAL HAPPENINGS The Continued Story of Current Events. L. Whittimore, nephew of Mrs. G. A. Walker, returued to Walker last night after a visit here at the Walker home, § 3 L. M. Letendre, A. D. Hovey and Cyril Duff came over from Cass Lake yesterday afternoon and wit- nessed the ball game. P.]J. McKeon, superintendent of the M. & I. boarding cars, came to the city Saturday evening from a business trip to Brainerd. “Gill” Manter returned Saturday evening from Brainerd, where he had been to visit with his parents. “Gill’s” father is the law partner of Hon. S. F. Alderman. Charles Morrison of Red Lake spent yesterday in the city, coming down from the agency for the pur- pose of seeing Charles and- Louis Roy play ball with Cass Lake. Miss Leola DeRocher of Brainerd, sister of Mrs. Albert Halvorson, ar- rived in the city from Brainerd, Sat- urday evening, and will visit for a week or more at the home of Mrs. Halvorson. A. M. Wells, cashier at the Great Northern depot in this city, spent yesterday in Blackduck on business. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Hazel, who expects to teach a term of school at the “Duck.” William O’Neil of Cass Lake, sup- erintendent of logging on the Cass Lake Indian reservation, was among the visitors yesterday who watched the free-for-all at the ball park. He said nothing, but his broad smile was exceedingly expressive. J. K. Stengland, a member of the logging firm of E. O. Moore & Co., came to the city Saturday afternoon from a business trip to Deer River. He left Sunday morning for Black- duck, to join E. O. Moore in looking over some timber which the Moore company willlog at that place this fall and winter. Arthur TIttner, the big, good-na- tured giant who manipnlates the types and presses for Judge Ives on the Cass Lake Times, was in the city yesterday with the other Cass Lakers and derived considerable, satisfaction from the “‘walloping’’ which the visitors gave our repre- sentatives on the diamond. J. F. Herman, the popular clerk in the Lumbermans National bank, went to Kelliher Saturday evening and Sundayed with old friends at that place. “Joe” has many friends at Kelliher, and yesterday he ac- companied several of them to Red Lake on a pleasure jaunt from Xel- liher. He returned home this morn- ing. W. T. Blakeley, the Farley mer- chant-logger, spent Saturday in Be- midji and returned to his home Sat- urday evening. Mr. Blakeley stated that the insurance adjusters had not yet put in an appearance to adjust the loss which he sustained at Farley more than a week ago, through the loss of his general store, warehouse, stocks of goods, etc. Thomas Sheehy, a pioneer resident of Cass Lake who. has more recently resided at Bena, came to Bemidji this morning and spent part of today here. “Tom” was arrayed in an immaculate collar and white tie and there be suspicion that he wasin this vicinity for some purpose other than business. He refused to state what was the thusness of the why and remarked that the rain would break the dry spell. Sly one—that Tom. L. H. Burns, whom everyone around Cass Lake knows best as “Lute," came over from Cass Lake yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Burns. “Lute” had charge of the ball team, and it is asserted that it was owing to a rabbit’s foot which he carries about with him that his players were enabled to give us such an unmerciful drubbing. Anyhow, Lute, that is no way to use Bemidji; a little mercy should have been shown. E. O. Moore, head of the E.O. Moore & Co. logging firm, left Sat- urday, evening for Blackduck on business for his company. The | day afternoon and evening. Moore people will cut and bank some four million feet of timber, in the woods near Blackduck, and Mr. Moore was accompanied Saturday evening by W. Davis, who will act as foreman for Moore & Co. in their operation, hereafter, at Blackduck. || Mr. Moore anticipates a very active fall and winter’s work. This com- pany logged in this vicinity for the first time ' last winter, and their ‘manner of transacting business has made them many. local friends. R. H. Scanlon of Scanlon, son of Joseph Scanlon, the famous lumber- man, was a visitor in the city Satur- I I Hillestad came to the city this morning from Cass Lake and left on the west-bound G. N. freight train for towns between here and Fosston. . W. H. Browning, the S. Paul com- mercial traveler who has hundreds of friends in this north country, was among the traveling men who Sun- dayed at the Markham. C. W. Mackey, agent for the N. P. Railway company at Staples, retur- ned to his home: this morning after Sundaying in Bemidji as the guest of G. ‘A. Walker, local agent for the M &L Fred Baumzs_.rdner, long distance lineman for the Northwestern Tele- phone Exchange company, went to Laporte this morning to mend some breaks in the long-distance service at that place. Joseph Eckert, head clerk at the Hotel Croekston, in Crookston, was a Sunday visitor in Bemidji. He came over for the purpose of saying “hello” to some old-time friends who live here. Naish McKinnon departed this morning for Manden, N. D., where he has a contract for grading three miles of road for the N. P. Railway company. He took ten men with him to work on the grading. James Power of Crookston, the traveling representative for the Fair! banks-Morse company of Chicago, came in from Crookston Saturday and Sundayed in the Ccity, being a guest at the Hotel Markham. J. A. Long of Walker, one of the trusted cruisers for the Leech Lake Lumber company, came to the city last night from some point “over west” and spent the night here, departing this morning for Walker, Del Burgess has gone to Tower, Minb., for a visit with his parents and old friends at his former home. Dell lived at Tower prior to moving to Bemidji, a few years ago, and he has a whole lot of friends over there on the “range.” D. F. Tilden. of Kelliher, book- keeper for the firm of Ross & Ross, came in last night from- Tilden, where Ross & Ross have a farm and where their horses are kept during the summer. Mr. Tilden spent today in Bemidji and will go to Kelliher this evening. Miss Elsie Walker went to Walker last night for a visit at the home .of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Whittimore. T he Whitti- more’s live, really, at Detroit, but are temporarily residing at Walker, Mr. Whittimore having the <contract to erect the new Walker school building. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Murray and children came to the city this morn- ing from Kelliher, where they had been visiting with old friends. Mr. Murray is now an employe of the Crookston Lumber company and is| making . his home here with his fam- ily, having formerly lived at Kelliher, where he was cashier of the First MORGAN SECURE GREAT WESTERN New York Financier Only Bidder for Railroad. PAYS THE MINIMUM PRICE Court Had Fixed $12,000,000 as Low- est Offer and This Was the Price Paid—Closing Details of the Deal the Road Will Be Turned Over to New Company. St. Paul, Aug. 23.—Under orders of court the Chicago Great Western was sold by Special Master Albert R. Moore to Fred W. Stevens and George H. Gardiner of New York, represent- ing J. P. Morgan & Co., for $12,000,- 000. A check for $6,615 was deposited with the secretary of state as filing fee, to comply with the foreign cor- porations law, and within a week the sale will be reported to Judge San- born, confirmed here and in Chicago and formally closed by the payment of $11,500,000, $500,000 having been deposited previously. Then the purchasers will turn the property over to the new company, which will be headed by Samuel M. Felton, president. The Morgan purchasers were the only bidders. Following the sale the master must advertise the fact for two months and call in all claims against the road not previously filed, for settlement,” as one of the conditions is that the pur- <chasers must clear off all existing in- debtedness, WILL PIPE GAS 300 MILES Standard Oil to Supply Washington and Baltimore. Chicago, Aug. 23.—The Standard Ofl company has purchased the United States Natural Gas company, with an authorized capital of $5,000,000. The field controlled by the gas company Hes in Ohio and is one of the largest in America. Coincident with the announcement of the purchase plans were perfected by Standard Oil for spending millions of dollars in developing the property. It is the purpose of the Standard Oil company to build a pipe line to Wash- ington and Baltimore. This line will be more than 300 miles in length—the longest single pipe extension in the world. MAHON OPPOSED TO STRIKE Will Endeavor to Prevent Walkout at Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 23.—The arrival in this city of President William D. Ma- Men’s union gave a brighter outlook to the controversy between the street car companies and their employes, ‘who have threatened to strike if their «demands for higher wages are re- fused. Although President Mahon de- «clined, to make any statement in re- gard to the situation it is said he is strongly opposed to a walkout and swould endeavor to the best of his means to avert action on the part of the street car men. FOUR PERSONS DIE IN FLAMES Destructive Fire Occurs at Karlskrona, Sweden. Karlskrona, Sweden, Aug. 23.—Four persons were burned to death and half a dozen buildings were destroyed by a fire which broke out in the cen- ter of Karlskrona. Two banks are among the premises destroyed. The fire was due to the explosion of a State Bank of Kelliher. Will Require Some Time and Then || hon of the International Street Car| ’Mfl‘ CITYE DRggfi;rORE Drugs, Toilet Aicles and Preparations, Patent Medicines, Cigars, Perfumes, Etc. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY 118 Third 8t. * Phone 52 ] L W Children’s Eyes Are Particularly Delicate ONGE STRAINED THEY REMAIN WEAK ALWAYS Eye Eefec}:s Are Always Hidden . Are you sure that your child’s eyes are perfect? It is your duty to know. We are equipped to ex- amine your own or your child’s eyes and will give you an honest report of their condition. School children’s eyes should be thoroughly examined before commencing school. DRS.LARSON & LARSON | Let ‘Douglass Lumber Gompany BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA Furnish you with your Lumber, Lath and Shingles. Have everything in the line of Building Material. Prompt deliveries made to any part of Bemidji or Nymore. Telephone 371 Listen! NEVER. will there be a more favorable op- portunity to invest in city real estate than the present. Why not call on our local agent, H. A. SIMONS, Postoffice Block, and let him show you some real snaps in business and residence lots in the city, or at Oak Beach, on the north shore of Beautiful Lake Bemidji. Write or call on us for detailed information re- garding the city as a business, residence or manu- facturing location. Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. St. Paul Minnesota Subseribe qu The Pioneer. kerosene lamp. . m Crookston Lumber . Co. Wholesale Lumber, Lath and Building Material Pepper & Son Wholesale - Liquor Dealers Telephone 489 Wajor Block fi_‘__— THE BEMIDJI PIONEER Manufacturers of - UP-TO-DATE STATIONERY — Bemid}i, Minn. Our printing plant is the best m North Central Min- nesota, : Bemidji Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Jobbers The Following Firms Are Thouroughly Reliable and Orders Sent to Them Will Be Promptly Filled at Lowest Prices | BEMIDJ CIGAR GO. Manufacturers of High Grade Cigars Tom Godfrey, La Zada, Queenie, Imported Leaf, Bemidji Leader 'NORTHERN GROGERY COMPANY. WHOLESALE GROGERS Melges Bros. Co. Wholesale Commission Fruit ‘and Produce Manufacturers of Creamery Butter Model Ice Cream, Snowflake Bread and Deelishus Candies Made at J. H. GRANT LAND & LUMBER CO. The Model aflg | Wi d Wholesale Bakery, Man- 1;:; s facturing Confectionery ber, Shingles and Ice Cream Factory Sl e 1 315 Minnesota Ave. BEMIDII, MINN. sl MiAnessta Send your Mail Orders to Del Marca Cigar Factory D. R. Burgess, Prop. Manufacturers of the following High Grade, Union Made Cigars. Del Marca, Bemidji En- terprise, Don Q, 19c. Queen City, §e. THE NORTHWESTERN MUSIG COMPANY Dealers in High grade Pianos, Organs, Phono- graphs, Records, Musical Merchandise, Sheet Music and Pyrography Goods. ‘WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Mail Orders Promptly Filled. 314 Minn. Ave. Phone 143 Bemidji, Minn. GEO. T. BAKER & CO. | Manufacturing Jewelers ahd Jobbers They are especially prepared to promptly fill all orders in their various lines of merchandise. Largest. stock of Diamonds and ‘Watches and the finest equipped work- shop in Northern Minnesota, Special order work given prompt attention. Estimates furnished. L., DEAL LUMBER C0. Wholesale dealers in White Cedar Poles and Posts and Piling. ~ Home office DesMoines, Iowa Branch office Bemidji, Minn.