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PROFESSIONAL CARDS ARTS MISS DICKINSON ART OF PIANO PLAYING 607 Irvin Ave. HARRY MASTEN Piano Tuner Formerly of Radenbush & Co. of St. Paul Instructor of Violin, Ptano, 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. McDONALD * ATTORNEY AT LAW Office—Swedback Block, Bemidji, Minn. H. FISK ® ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW Office Over Postoffice Miles Block PHYSICIANS AND SURCEONS R. ROWLAND GILMORE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block R. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 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. R. E. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Winter Block DENTISTS R. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office in Winter Block R. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST 1st National Bank Build's. Telephone 230 DRAY AND TRANSFER ES WRIGHT DRAY AND TRANSFER Fifth St. and America Ave. Phone 40 “|out of the front Go to A. B. Palmer’s for a bread mixer. o R. L. Claymore. a resident of Aberdeen, S. D.,, was a business visitor in Bemidji today. P. H. Muus, M. D., came to the city this morning from his home at Albert Lea, on a business trip. We have the exclusive agency for Crippen & Reese’s copy- righted postals. Cormonton & Hanson. E. S. Woodward, the painter and decorator, is putting a new coat of beavy white paint on the Hotel Markham building, with the result that the building will present a much better appearance when the job of painting is completed. Mrs. William Lennon came to the city yesterday noon from Red Lake Falls, where she was called last week by the grave illness of her brother, Joseph Schusser. She reports “Joe” is some better, but that there is apparently no hope of his final recovery. % The Ladies of the G. A. R. will serve an old-fashioned New England supper, at Odd Fellow Hall, Satur- day, Nov. 6, beginning at 5:30 and concluding at 9. Aprons and other useful articles will be sold. Pro- ceeds to be devoted towards pur- chase of a G. A. R. monument for Greenwood cemetery. F. ]J. Wilson, the Tenstrike logger and farmer, cameto the city from his home this morning. He departed this afternoon for Mandan, N. D., where Le has been working a bunch of horses on a railroad grading con- tract. Mr. Wilson has nineteen head of horses at Mandan and he will bring them back ‘to Bemidji within the next two weeks. S. C. Bagley, the veteran logger who is known as the “Duke of Clearwater,” came to the city last night from his home at Fosston and spent today here. Time was when “Uncle” Bagley was the most exten- sive logger in northern Minnesota, but as time passed he was crowded ranks by other loggers who got the long end of the contracts hereabouts. Fresh oysters, butter, cheese, eggs, at Peterson’s. cream, Arne Solberg, the Cormant Valley farmer who spent yesterday in this city, left yesterday afternoon for Fosston. He intended to secure] several head of cattle, north of Fosston, and will drive them across country to his farm. The task of driving the animals from the country north of Fosston to-Cormant Valley will be a considerable one, but as {Arne is used to traveling in the “tall timber” and knows all the trails he will no doubt take the cattle through to Cormant Valley in good condition. 'LOCAL HAPPENINGS The Continued Story of Current Events. See our new fall line of fancy dress goods. O’Leary-Bowser Co. E. C. McGregor, cruiser for the Mississippi River Lumber company, one of the Weyerhaeuser ‘concerns, returned this morning from Funkley, where he had been inspecting some timber for his company. One of the sleepers on “the north- bound morning M. & I. passenger train was set out at this point this morning because of a hot box. The occupants of the car were given berths in the other car. The car will propably be taken back on to- night’s south-bound passenger train. Try our No. 51 coffee and our India Sundried teas, Bemidji Tea Store, Phone 423. A. Gilmour, the Kelliher pharma- cist, passed through the city last evening, returning to his home at Kelliher from a trip to Duluth, whither he went on private matters. He was met at the local M. & I. depot by his partner in business, John Goodman of this city, with whom he conversed until the train departed for the north. G. H. Warner, the newly-appointed trainmaster for the M. & I. Railway, who assumed his position after the retirement of W. H. Strachan, lately superintendent of the M. & I., came to the city yesterday evening from Brainerd and spent last night and today in Bemidji, consulting with G. A. Walker, local agent for the M. & L., relative to train service, etc. Cash paid for second hand wood or coal stoves. 207 Beltrami avonue. Allan Underwood, the genial soul who operates a drink emporium at Kelliher, spent yesterday in the city, on a business mission, and left for his home last evening. Allan, like all other loyal Kelliherites, says that business is good at the up-country metropolis, and that, with many hundreds of men working in the camps thereabouts this winter, the village will boom as never before. And William Lennon smiles thereat. Cash paid for second hand wood or coal stoves. 207 Beltrami avenue. Fred LeRoux of Dulath, the traveling representative for Brother John Rockerfeller’s Standard Oil company, came to the city last Tues- day night from International Falls, where he had been supervising the installation of -a new station for his company. The “station” at the boundary town has a capacity for 16,000 gallons of oil, and is what has been needed at the “Falls” for some time. Mr. LeRoux left this morning for Blackduck to uunload a car of oil for that place. Ladies, why break your back mix- ing bread? Get a Universal bread mixer at Palmer’s Hardware. TOM SMART DRAY AND BAGGAGE SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Rosldenco Phone 58 618 Amorica Ave. Offlce Phone 12 BISIAR & MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTORS 117 Third Street Dayphone 319. Night phones 1185, 434 Calls Answered at All Hours Marfield-Tearse Company GRAIN Consigned Grain Our Specialty Correspondence Invited MINNEAPOLIS MILWAUKEE DULUTH CHICAGO Address all correspondence to inneapolis office, 511 T Chamber of Commerce Ghe PIONEER Delivered to your door every evening Only 40c¢ per Month JOHNSTONS We have just received a new complete line of JOHNSTONS celebrated chocolates in all sizes CHOCOLATES T-R=-1-0 White Cherries in Marachino Chocolate Dipped THESE THREE KINDS IN ONE BOX Swiss Style Milk Chocolate Creams CHOCOLATES Dutch Bitter Sweets ever been brought out. Postoffice Corner This new package is the hit of the year. Nothing like it has be It is arranged like a trunk with three trays —a different style chocolate in each tray. Try these and learn how good, good chocolates can be. | CROTAL SO Bemidji, Minn. The Finger bas never yet been said orfered. the best. Phone 97 There is a time for everything. Right now is the time to put in a supply of coal, and order your storm sash and be prepared to meet the next cold snap which will be here soon. i We’ve got everything you want in the building material line, and it that our prices were high for the quality We give you the best for your money and you cannot better We Also Handle Coal and Wood M. E. Smith Retail L‘umber Co., Bemidii of Prudence “DO IT NOW. Marshall Kirkby was a Cloquet visitor in Bemidji yesterday. Wanted—Girl for general house- work. - 619 Minnesota ‘avenue. J. H. Davison, the M. & I. civil enginer, came to'the city last evening from an official visit to Brainerd, his home. Clyde Johnson, who will soon start a saloon with thé popular Andy McNab as partner, returned last evening from Minneapolis, where he had been on a business trip. H. A. Kennedy of Pine River was a business visitor in the city who came up from his home last evening and spent the night here, being a guest at the Hotel Markham. Lutefisk, anchovies, smoked sar- dines, pultost, primost, limburger, brick and cream cheese, fladbrod, knackerbrod, and other Scandinav- ian delikatessen at Peterson’s, Representative J. J. Opsahl left last night for Duluth, whither he went to look after some personal business matters. He expects to re- turn to Bemidji tomorrow morning. Rev. Fr. Kornbrust, Catholic pastor at Blackduck, returned to his home last evening, having spent yesterday in the city attending the services at the St. Phillip’s church. C. Rogers, the general .merchant and wood dealer at Wilton, came to the city this morning from Wilton and spent several hours here on business, returning to his home this afternoon. Birdseye view of Bemidji by Crippen & Reese on postals, 10c, Cormonton & Hanson. Glen Slossen, who tunes pianos for the firm of Bisiar & Murphy, went to Blackduck last evening to look after some ‘discordant notes” in some of the music producing in- struments at that place. B} Miss Lisle, clerk at the general store of E. H. Winter & Company, returned Tuesday evening from a visit at Royalton, whither she went last Saturday to visit over Sunday with relatives and friends. A. Golz, proprietor of the Bemidji Bottling works, went to Kelliher last evening in the interest of the “soft drinkables” which he manu- factures, and for which there isa good demand in the towns here- abouts. We have a large line of Lanpher- Skinner furs and muffs at very low prices. O’Leary-Bowser Co. Richard Leet, shipping clerk for the W. C. Church Lumber company of DesMoines, went to Houpt last evening to look after the loading of some cedar poles and ties for the Church company, which will be shipped to DesMoines, the head- quarters of the company. Are you going calling or on a visit? Are you or any of your folks going to wed? The Pioneer, with its new type and presses, can furnish you with up-to-date invitations or calling cards, on the shortest notice. Try the Pioneer Printery for fine printing, at reasonable rates. The Ladies of the G. A. R. will serve an ol®-fashioned New England supper, at Odd Fellow Hall, Satur- day, Nov. 6, beginning at 5:30 and concluding at 9. Aprons and other useful articles will be sold. Pro- ceeds to be devoted towards pur- chase ofa G. A. R. monument for Greenwood cemetery. “Uncle George” Wetzel returned last evening to his home at Ten- strike, having spent the past two days in" Bemidji, renewing his ac- quaintance with local friends of long standing. Mr. Wetzel is one of the earliest pioneers of this section and has watched Beltrami county grow from a comparative wilderness to a thriving community of bustling villages and cities. A. E. Witting, senior member of the firm of Trondson & Witting, who form the component parts of the Northern Cedar & Lumber com- pany, left last evening for his head- quarters at Blackduck, having been here on a visit to his family. Mr. { Witting states that Mr. Trondson is now at Beach, N. D., where his company has a local lumber yard that retails “dimension _stuff,” etc., etc., to.the “Flickertail” folks. John Morrison, Jr., the Red Lake enthusiast and “booster,” came to the city yesterday forenoon and re- mained here several hours, returning home in the afternoon. John stated that the payment which has been made to the Indians since last Mon- day passed off very quietly, and that business was very good in the stores at the agency, more especially with Morrison & Gravelle, who are noted thereabouts as the “square dealers.” The Indians invested in warm clothes and food supplies for the winter. Buy; Universal bread mixer of A. B. Palmer, 3 i Henry Haley, one of the Cormant farmers, passed through the city this morning on his way to Minne- apolis, where he will visit for a week with relatives and old friends. The Children’s Guild of the Episcopal church will meet with Mrs. R. Gilmore, 905 Lake Boulevard on §aturday afternoon - at 2:30 o'clock. All the members should attend as there is a treat in store for them. Are ycn‘ going calling or on a visit? Are you or any of your folks going to wed? The Pioneer with its new type and presses, can furnish you with up-to-date invitations or calling cards, on the shortest notice. Try the Pioneer Printery for fine printing, at reasonable rates. Henry Logan, trs[velingrepresenta- tive for the St. Benedictine Sisters’ hospitals, was a visitor in the city the last two days. Mr. Logan had been visiting the logging camps at Laporte and at the offices of the Red River Lumber company at Akeley, prior to coming to Bemidji. The Ladies of the G. A. R. will serve an old-fashioned. New England supper, at Odd Fellow Hall, Satur- day, Nov. 6, beginning at 5:30 and concluding st9. Aprons and other useful articles will be sold. Pro- ceedsto be devoted towards pur- chase of a G. A. R. monument for Greenwood cemetery. The Anderson & Johnson Employ- ment agency this afternoon shipped thirty-five men to Fowlds to work in the camps of the Crookston Lumber company. Twenty of the men were brought to this city from Grand Forks this morning by C. G. John- son, and fifteen were secured by the local office of Anderson & John- son. Attorney M. J. Brown returned yesterday morning from Minneapo- lis, where he had been visiting with his parents, Supreme Court Justice Brown and wife, and friends for several days. Mr. “Brown witnessed the Chicago-Minnesota football game Saturday, and he says that it was the greatest game that Minnesota ever played. J. T. Dolan,"the traveler for the Twohy-Eiman company of Superior, has goneto his home in Superior, where he will consult the Dolan family physician relative to an in- jury to his neck, which he sustained inarunaway last week. “Jack” is somewhat fearful that the injury may become serious, and desires to “nip it in the bud,” as it were. L T. Pope, who traveled in this vicinity for more than a year past as the representative for the Oliver Typewriter Company; was a visttor in Bemidji yesterday. Mr. Pope has resigned his position with the Oliver people, but has not yet de- cided what he will undertake. He has under consideration several flattering offers for work “on the road.” The .old ‘“Annex” restaurant building, first door north of the Markham hotel building, is being renovated and repaired, and will be occupied by Andy McNab and Clyde Johnson, who will operate a saloon in the building, after November 15, under the firm name of McNab & Johnson. Both of the boys are well known and popular, and they will no doubt do well in their new venture. "Chris Rogers, who conducts a hotel and saloon at Shotley, and who is heavily interested in other property in that vicinity, came to the city this morning and spent today here looking after some busi- ness matters. Mr. Rogers was one of the pioneers of the Shotley dis- trict, locating on the south shore of Lower Red Lake several years before the railroad came to Kelliher. Chris has always been a hard worker and a hustler and, being conservative, has prospered. Peter Dick, of the logging firm of Robinson & Dick, spent ' Tues- day night in Bemidji, hav- ing come up from Laporte on a business trip. While here, Mr. Dick stated that -Robinson & Dick had a contract to log some ten to fifteen million feet of timber in the Kabekona country for Walker & Akeley. Robinson & Dick have established one logging camp, where they have some seventy-five men employed. They will establish an- other camp in the near future, where fifty to seventy-five additional men will be employed. They logged near the same point last year and had a very successful season, and indications are- that this year’s op- erations will - be fully as profitable to Robinson & Dick as were those of 7. i 3 Have only one doctor— just one! No : 2 ge sense in running from one doctor to ne OC Or another! Select the best oneé, then i sl:und by him. No sense in trying this | A doclor about Ayer’s Cherry Pec- thing, that thing, for your cough. Care- e e e e deliberatsyssicet thobest cough ‘hoae prescribed it for 70years. £-0:47°5C%> medicine, then take it. Stick o it. CITY DRUG STORE E. N. FRENCH & co. Drugs, Toilet Articles and Preparations, Patent Medicines, Cigars, Perfumes, Efc. | PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY 116 Third St. Phone 52 A Large Ling of Men’s and Boys’ Heavy and Fine Clothing ~ . in our hasement We also make a fine line of tailored suits for men 0’Leary- Bowser Go, The General Electric Percolator is the only one that, from a cold start, begins to percolate 60 sec- onds after turning on the current. The true and distinctive flavor developed in the process of pre- paring selected raw coffee beans for particular palates, is not lost or even marred when prepared in a General - Electric Percolator—in fact, it is veally enhanced. A de- vice which will give you the best there is in your coffee is the one you need. It’s “good coffee” insurance. Only with the electric percolator is it possible, with safety and con- venience, to prepare coffee 1 any room in the house, where an electric outlet is available. Enjoy the charm of hav- ing perfect coffee, but— make it while your friends are near. i“ar Sale Ly fle W arfielcl Electric Co. Bemidji - Minnesota Real Appreciation ssbomaess 1885 GiveThem Well-Cookedfood pendable ranges like the ROUND OAK CHIEF that A Children Especially Need It. Use Rounp Oak Chier cause the troubles in the kitchen. No—not much— you know the kind—that muss up the intellect— whiten the hair—and cause dyspepsia. No need for us to describe them, we have troubles of our own—but it was a CHEAP RANGE—at a cheap price and that was what sold it—never a word about quality—except a lot of hot air generalities, that go with each one, of course, and then you'd ask, “What's the use?” THERE ARE genuinely good dependable steel ranges, good from start to finish—and at the head of the procession stands Beckwith's Chief. Take any item in the construc- tion of a steel range and we wili show you that it is better in the Chief than in any other of<its kind. The Chief is a range that stands pulling apart and a close, magnified inspec- tion. You can see with your'own eyes just how carefully, good and strong every part is made, and it all means—THE WORTH OF EVERY DOLLAR YOU PAY FOR IT. You are invited to call and see the Chief at our store. We can't half tell the Ready? story here—haven't the space. Would like you to see the range booklet—it's free—and the finest booklet of its kind. W. M. ROSS HARDW ARE, FURNITURE, COAL last year. Furnaces and Tinsmithing SRR S