Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 8, 1909, Page 4

JUDGE WRIGHT. CONSIDERED THE JENS J. OPSAHL WRIT [Continued from First Page.] “It . strikes me,” said Judge Wright, “‘that. the city of Bemidji, which has done < such splendid work in securing the Soo railway, would hardly allow a public high- way to be entirely closed to entrance of a large number of the city’s best patrons to the east, north and south by the absolute closing of this high- way, and I believe the progressive business men of this city will see to it that a good, substantial road is provided for entrance to the city from the east.” Judge Spooner—"“The city of Be- midji has the right to condemn any property “or the purpose of provid- ing a highway, and there is already a movement on foot to provide, by this means, a splendid thoroughfare, more safe and convenient by far than the present ‘mill road.’ ” Mr. Brown interjected a remark which brought from Judge Spooner the suggestion that Representative Opsahl owned property at the head of Lake Bemidji through which he —— desired to have the Soo run its rail- way, which might be the incentive for these proceedings on his part. Tudge Wright said that he would take the entire matter underconsider- ation and would make up orders and file the same as soon as possible. O'LEARY-BOWSER C0.|: = BERMAN EMPORIUM FUR SALE ! A Representative of Laskins Fur House, one of the Largest Houses in the Country, will have on Sale in Our Store : THURSDAY and FRIDAY Dec. 4 and 5, 1909 A Complete Line of these Famous Furs in Coats, Sets and Pieces, in Seal, Mink, Sable, Fox, Lynx, and every Style of Fur will be represented in this Sale, all at Sale Prices. Every piece of Fur is of high grade and backed by our guarantee. This Fur Sale added to our Great Selling Out Sale 1is- most interesting to all buyers. Just in time for the cold weather and Holiday season. Our Great Ready-to-Wear De- |’ partment offers the largest selec- tion in Coats, Suits, Dresses, Skirts and Waists. " How are vou fixed for Christmas presents? - We have everything in the Christmas line for Men, Women and Children now on display. Come early and look them over. The-early buyer gets the cream of the stock. We have the goods and plenty of help to show them. Don't forget the doll we give away free. Ask about it. An extra cut price on All Gar- ments is made for This Week. The saving on any pur- chase in this Selling Out Sale will buy many Christmas Gifts. Provide your wants now in this Wonderful Sale. It will pay you to buy for future. Our stock is still large. Every Department offers most Wonderful Bargains. - Our Holiday Goods from back order have arrived and all go in This Sale. Kimonas, Silk Hose, Fancy Em- broidery Hose, in all the new shades, Kayser Gloves and Mittens in Silk, Suede, Cashmere and Silk Knit Mit- K. & P. Gloves in Kid, Cape and tens, Silk and Crepe Scarfs, Ribbons, Mocha. Combs, Bonnets, Etc. 9th and 10th Fur Sale, Dec. BERMAN EMPORIUM -~ — . ' $8.00@8.29; if he desired to make any ret behalf of the city, and he stated that he had not; that Judge Spooner had thoroughly covered the matter. Royal Neighbors’ Had Fine Time. The local lodge of Royal Neigh- bors last evening had one of those delightful sessions, where everybody mingles together “like one big family,” as Mrs. W. J. McCawley, one of the prominent members of the lodge, says today. : After the regular business session of the lodge, there was a social ses- sion with a dance and lunch, which was participated in by a large crowd of members and friends of the order. Mrs. McCawley officiated in the kitchen in serving the lunch, and it goes without saying that the viands prepared by the ladies were very toothsome. The dance was thoroughly en- joyed, the music being very good and the different numbers being arranged in a splendid manner. Such gatherings as these tend to promote the “universal brotherhood of man”—and woman, and are a splendid thing for any community. James Long Held to Grand Jury. Before Court Commissioner Slocum, yesterday, James Long of Puposky was held to the grand jury, on the charge generally accusing him of a reckless display of firearms and attempting to assault Harry Wilcox. Long furnished bail, inthe sum of $2,000, for his appearance at the next term of district court. From various sources it is ascer- tained that {Long made unlimited use of indecent language and empha- sizing his remarks with a gun, at- tempted to do grevious bodily harm to one Harry Wilcox. This unres- trained display of force and loud and boisterous talk, with threatening demeanor, appealed to Conrt Com- missioner Slocum as unbecoming a desirable citizen and he decided to send his case to the district court for consideration of the grand jury. Delayed Trains. The very inclement weather, to- gether with the switchmen’s strike, is respousible for the numerous delays in the arrival of trains from the south over the M. & I. railroad. Yesterday morning’s north-bound M. & I passenger train was five hours late; and this morning’s train did not arrive here until nearly 10 o’clock, being five hours “to the bad.” Extreme care is necessary in getting trains out of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and several hours are wasted in examining switches before getting outo the main line towards the “tall timber” in this section. The strike still appears to be a very “live issue,” despite tne assertions of railway officials that the backbone of the strike is broken. GIRL VICTIM OF BLIZZARD Loses Her Way in ‘Storm and Freezes to Death. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 8—Johanna, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Knutt Tuftlund, was found dead near a straw stack in the field of Nels Hagen near Tolna. She was visiting at the home of Nels Hagen and started for home at night, which was a mile away, and lost herself in the blizzard. All night searching parties were looking for her in spite of the fierce storm that was raging. She was not found until 9 “o’clock in the morning, frozen stiff. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec. 7.—Wheat—Dec., $1.06; May, $1.07%; July, $1.07%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.08% @1.08%; No. 1 Northern, $1.07%@1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.05% @1.06; No. 3 North- ern, $1.04% @1.05%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 7.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No, 1 hard, $1.07%; No. 1 Northern, $1.06%; No. 2 Northern, $1.04%; Dec, $1.04%; May, $1.05%. Flax—In store, $1.82; on track and to arrive, $1.831; :Dec., $1.82; May, $1.- 82%. St. Paul Live Stock. St. Paul, Dec. 7.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $6.75@7.50; fair to good, $5.00@6.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.25@5.25; veals, $5.50@7.25. Hogs—$7.95@8.10. Sheep—Wethers, $4.50@5.00; yearlings, $5.25@6.00; spring lambs, $6.50@7.65. Chicago Grain.and Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 7.—Wheat—Dec., $1.- 07%; May, $1.07%; July, 98%c. Corn —Dec., 58%c; May, 615 @61%c;: July, 613c. Oats—Dec,, 41%@41%¢c; May, 43%c; July, 40%¢. Pork—Jan., $21.- 421, @21.45; May, $20.65. Butter— Creameries, 26@33c; dairies, 24@29c. Eggs—20% @30%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 16c; chickens and springs, 13c.* Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Dec. 7.—Cattle—Beeves. $4.00@9.25; Texas steers, $3.80@4.90; ‘Western - steers, $4.25@7.50; stockers and feeders, $3.15@5.30; cows and heifers, . $2.16@5.70; calves, $6.50@ 8.50." Hogs—Light, $7.85@8.35; mixed, $7.90@8.50; heavy, $8.00@8.55; rough, good to choice heavy, $8.20@8.55; pigs, $6.75@7.75. Sheep— Native, $3.15@5.35; yearlings, $5.75@ 7.15; lambs, $5.256@8.00. INDEPENDENTS FIGHT FOR LIFE Oppose Giving Bell Company Long Distance Rights. "PHONE MEN IN ‘SESSION Eight Hundred and Fifty Delegates |. Attend Convention of Assoclation at Chicago and a Bitter Contest Is on Over an Attempt to Relinquish to the Trust the Right to All Long Dis- tance Business. Chicago, Dec. 8.—President E. H. Moulton of Minneapolis convened- the 859 delegates of the International In- dependent Telephone association in annual gathering at the Auditorium hotel. Tle association has a membership of more than 25000 in twenty-five states, the presidents and officers of each state organization comprising the advisory board of the assaciation and also the ways and means com- mittee. The test of the life of the associa- tion, according to various officials, hinges on an attempt that will be made by James S. Brailey, Jr., of To- ledo, O., to obtain the adoption of a resolution whereby the association will relinquish to the Bell Telephone company all right and title to long distance service if the latter will give the independents local service into all large cities of the United States. Mr. Brailey and his co-workers are at work with delegates and officials. Effect of the Proposal. If the resolution or a similar propo- sition gets through the convention it means the end of the independent telephone movement in the United States and Canada, it is asserted by the organization’s officials. “The facts of the whole matter,” said Henry W. Mead of New York, one of the officials of the association, “are that we are simply in a last ditch fight for life. This is the crucial period of our organization. “The Bell interests have been at work for a year and now are ready to lay down their hands and give us a look at the cards and I will say they don’t look good to me.” “Give us the long distance and you can have the local service of Chicago and all large cities,” is the slogan of the Bell interests, while “give us jus- tice or we will get it through the courts” was the response of the in- dependents. FAVORS A CANADIAN NAVY Former Premier of Dominion Supports Proposal. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 8.—*“I do not for- get that all parties in the United | States agree in the desire to obtaln possession of Canada. Under existing circumstances it was of immense im- portance to have Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his party committed to the policy ‘which secured the unanimous consent , of the house of commons on a ques- | tion of such vital importance and a great responsibility will rest upon, those who disturb that compact.” The above forms part of an impor- tant letter Sir Charles Tupper, for- merly premier of Canada, has sent to R. L. Borden, leader of the opposition in the Dominion house. He writes from The Mont, Bexley Heath, Eng., on the naval question and strongly disapproves of Canada contributing money to build Dreadnoughts for the British navy., He approves of a Cana- dian navy. FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT Rolling a Cigarette Costs Life of Driver. Ashley, N. D., Dec. 8.—Henry Layer paid for his desire to smoke a cigar- ! ette with his life when he attempted to roll one of the “pills” while driving a pair of frisky horses. Layer was evidently paying more attention to his cigarette rolling than the driving of the horses when they suddenly be- came frightened, tipped the buggy and gave the driver a dislocated neck, as a result of which he died within a few hours. Big Sum for Exchange Seat. New York, Dec. 8.—Sherburn M. Becker, widely known throughout the country as the “boy mayor” of Mil- waukee, has purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange for $96,000, according to an announcement made here, and will in a short time come to this city to make his home LOEB PUTS THE BAN ON TIPS Customs Inspectors at New York Must Not Accept Them. New York, Dec. 8—“Not a man shall remain in this service who ac- cepts a tip from a passenger,” said Collector Loeb, and in the next sen- tence dismissed Charles Nimmo, a customs inspector who had been in the service since 1886. “I am determined to break up that practice and I want the public to know that not a cent meed be paid any employe of this port for any serv- ice the government pays its agents to | perform,” added the collector. The customs authorities learned that Nimmo had loaned a passenger sufficient money to pay duty on ex- cess of baggage and afterward gone to the passenger’s home to collect the loan. NELSON LAW IS A SUCCESS Government Has Won Eleven Out of Thirteen Appeal Cases. ‘Washington, Dec. 8.—In 1907 Sena- tor=Nelson of Minnesota was the au- thor of the law giving the government the right of appeal in criminal cases, and he has been watching with much intérest the way that this-law ‘has™ worked when federal criminal cases, Avoid thie mishaps — the _ disappointe. ments — the "bad luck! in’ baking," by avoiding 'Poor Baking Powder — the cheap, or big can kinds'and the high- " price Trust brands. They are unreliable—they too often = ' fail — Don’t trust them. K I Put your faith in Calumet—the only strictly high-grade baking powder sold at a moderate cost. w=h='§soluxely guarantee that the results will please you. Guaranteed under all pure food laws—both State and National. ek Refuse substitutes—get Calumet. Received Highest Award World’s Pure Food Exposition, Chicago, 1907 When You Have a Prescription You want it accurately filled and with the purest of druge, ?sk your physician about the quality and the medicinal value of thé amous o] PARK, DAVIS & COMPANY DRUCS : used in our prescripti”depanment, which drugs we guarantee to bg" of the highest standar®, and handled only by competent druggists, which insures purity and accuracy. 4 Citéy Drug Store N.FRENCH & co,, 116 Third Street Phone 52 Who Drinks Bemidji’s Pilsener Beer ? The business man who finds it affords relief from the effects of too much mental strain, The mechanic and the laborer, because it gives them additional physical stamina. The housewife whose duties are arduous and make the use of a light stimulant at times quite a necessity. The convalescent. who needs at this time a food that is strength- ening, and one that is easily digested and assimilated by a weakened system. These and many others use PILSENER style beer because they find it both enjoyable and helpful. Try a case. Bemidji Brewing Co. Phone 235 Bemidji, Minn. under it have comé to the supreme court. He finds that the law has been invoked thirteen times in the two years of its operation, with the result that in eleven of the thirteen times the supreme court has reversed the lower court and has decided for the government. New-Gash-Want-Rate ',-Gent-a-Word Where cash accompanies copy we will publish all ““Want Ads"” for half- cent a word per insertion. Where JOHN DREW SERIOUSLY HURT | cash ' does not accompany copy the regular rate of ome ceuta word,will Actor Thrown From Horse While Rid.|Pe charged. ing With Daughter. - |EVERY HOME HAS A WANT AD New York, Dec. 8.—John Drew, the| For Rent--For Sale--Exchange actor, was thrown from his horse| --Help Wanted--Work Wanted while riding with his daughter on the --Etc.--Etc. bridal path in Central park and seri- HELP WANTED. WANTED—Good girl for general housework. Mrs, S. E, P. White, 307. Fifth street. write news items. . office. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a | FOR SALE—A No. 5 Oliver and a No. 7 Smith-Premier typewriter. Inquire at Pioneer office. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—One very desirable, furnished, south side room, for one or two gentlemen. Enquire at Petsrson’s. FOR RENT—House, cheap. In quire ¢f A. E. Webster. JOHN DREW. ously injured. The horse trampled on the actor as he lay on the ground. A passing automobile stopped and Mr. Drew was picked up and hurried to the Presbyterian hospital. BLACKIACKED AND ROBBED MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues * days, Thursdays and Saturdays Wealthy New Yorker Found Uncon- scious on the Street. Dec. 2:30to6 p. m.,, and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court New Yorit. 8.—William Astor Drayton, son of J. Ccleman Drayton financier, and ne w of Colonel John tlack ked™ and Fifty-seventh stree’ while returning home from a soeiza! affair. The victim was picked up un conscious by 2 policeman. Drayton sufiered lacerations of the scalp and was tazen home. His fathe House. Mrs. Donald, librarian WANTED—Good place, by young girl, to take care of children ‘and do light house work. Address or call at 318 Minnesota, Bemidji, Miun. WANTED—To buy, 50 ‘lbs. of % clean washed rags. Will pay said he did not know Low much ti. robber took from the son, who is 5 cents per pound, Call at or student at Columbia university. phone this office. 402 Beltrami e o Ave. Cold in the Scuthwest. Kansas City, Dec. 8.—This portion of the Southwest is in the grip of the most severe cold wave of the season, with temperatures ranging from 8 de- grees above zero at Oklahoma City to 4 below at Concordia and Dodge City, Kan. Train service southeast and east is still hampered. man to work for board and room. Inquire of Prof. Ritchie. DeWitt’s T Saive There Is On : A “Bromo Quinine” | That Is ' Laxative Bromo Qcinine Mfltmmm’mammmun Always remember the full name. Look - 2 g for this signature on every box. 25c. e D WANTED—Place for young gentle- For Piles, Burns. Sores. B ”