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THE ONLY WAY 4AND THE BEST—1S 10 GUARD YOUR FINAN CES 8Y HAVING 4 BANK 4CCOUNT YOUR SPARE CASH IS "4 DIVIDEND EARNER IF INVESTED IN OUR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT FULL DE. TAILS YPON INQUIRY R THE LUMBERMENS NATIONAL BANK - BEMIDJI MINN. - i |8 d | A WOOD! Leave your orders for seasoned Birch, Tam- arack or Jack Pine Wood with Those wishing to purchase any of the Reed Indian pictures should place their orders with Crippen & Reese this week. Phone 173. Joseph Moritz, who is acting as deputy sheriff, went to Kelliher last evening and subpoenaed several witnesses for the trial of Paul Four- nier at Brainerd. Mr. Moritz re- turned to Bemidj: this morning. W. T. Blakeley, the logger who i has a big contract over on the Rice river, south of Bagley, went to Far- ley last evening and spent the night at his home there. ‘‘Everything is moving along nicely, at the camps,” says Mr. Blakeley. The most wonderful sale ever held in the northwest—Berman’s selling- out sale. Stock, from first to last, is of highest quality, most judicial selection. Every article, every gar- ment is sold at a' sacrifice. Don’t miss this great opportunity. M. D. Stoner went to Kelliher last evening on a business trip, connected with some of his survey- ing projects. M. D. was engineer s P. HAYTH tfor the village of Kelliher in the . i Telephone 11 jestablishment of that village’s elec- Itric hight and waterworks system, a few years ago. J. C. Simm, one of the members of the local commercial travelers’ corps, returned to the city this morning from a business trip up the north line of the M. & L. Rail- | way. “Jack” reports business as | being good among the north-country Reo 35 H. P. 4—Cylinder—— merchants, everything considered. fully equipped with lamps, magneto, etc. Price $1250 Bemidji Auto Co. == Manufacturers of GAS, GASOLINE and STEAM ENGINES, PULLEYS, HANGERS, SHAFTING, CLUTCHES and all POWER TRANSMISSION SUPPLIES, direct to the consumer, MINNEAPOLIS STEEL AND MACHINERY CO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Largest Machine Shop in the West I | I Profit by Our E‘xprience We fityou up complete—furnish you with direc- prEi ) tions and ‘i‘dtt‘l. You lnuls 507>—p i a good, live town an &2 take the money. ‘ Start A Moving Picture Show Our proposition yields large returns for the in- vestment. We carry all makes of machines’ and BUpDIY you with the most complete and up-to-date line of moving picture films and cong slides. Big Opportunity. Write us. WESTERN FILY EXCHANGE 8d Floor, Enterprise Bldg., Milwaakee, Wis. Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR CBTAINING HELP ARE BEST Pioneer i A. A. Smith, who is conducting a | refreshment parlor and restaurant at Kelliher, was a business visitor in Ithe city today. Mr. Smith came idown from Kelliher this morning !and will return home this evening. lHe reports business as being very ;aood, in his Kellihsr establishment. | s.¢ Bailey, state game warden | for this district, returned to the this where he morning had been he trial of Paul Fournier. He d that the trial was moving | city The M. & I. north-bound morning passenger train did | Bemidji until 6:02 o’clock this morn- jinz, the switchmen’s strike at St. | Paul causing the delay of a little |less than two hours. Itis doubtful [if strike conditions, in the Twin not arrive in | cities, are improving as much as the officials are trying to make the public believe. However there iappears to be some improvement in | the train service over what was in ivogue for a week previons. Get the habit. ‘ goods at | i | Buy your Xmas | Berman’s Emporium. | Every price is slashed to ribbons iand your gifts will cost less than ! half the price it did last year. Charles Saxrud, the Fowlds hotel- keeper and refreshment dealer, re- turned last evening from Brainerd, 1where be was a witness in the murder trial of Paul Fournier. Mr. |Saxrud stated that the trial was jprozressing very nicely, everything {considered, and that much interest | was being manifested in the proceed- ings. Fournier is as indifferent as | he was at the first trial, and appears 1‘m believe that he will be cleared this | trial. This confidence is also shared iby his attorney, Charles W. Scrutchin. Andrew Haarklau, one of the hard- working, progressive farmers living in Buzzle township, brought the dressed carcasses of several beef to the city vesterday and disposed of the same to people about the city who handle meats. Mr. Haarklau’s beef was the kind that produces the saliva of covetousness, being tender and with just enough of the fatty parts to form a good cooking juice; and he bad no trouble in disposing of the bef at a good round sum, illustrating that the raising of stock in Beltrami countv is a profitahle pursuit. Mr. Haarklau dropped into the Pioneer officeand renewed his a'legiance to this great family necs- sity for another year, before return- ing to his home, by way of Solway, yesterday afiernoon [ LOCAL HAPPENINGS from Brain-| attend- | that the |, .. The Continued Story of Currcnt Events. A. E. Brennan came to the city Jast night from Mizpah and spent the night here, returning home this morning. Mrs. Peter Larkin came to the city this morning from her home at Turtle River and spent today visiting with Bemidji friends. C. F. Egge of Crookston, post- office inspector for this district, came to the city last night from a business trip to some point north on the M. & I. railway, and spent the night here. Richard Leet, shipping clerk forl the W. C. Church Lumber company of Des Moines, came down this morning from Houpt, where he had been looking after some business affairs for the Church company. Do your Christmas shopping at the Berman Emporium. Most re- markable selling-out sale. A beauti- ful array of stylish suits, coats, furs, fancy waists, silk petticoats and every imaginable} article in furnish- ings and fancy Christmas gifts. i J. F. Hurley came to the city last | night in the interest of the Crescent Oil company of Minneapolis. Mr. Hurley was for several years con- ductor in the employ of the M. & I. Railway company, and is very well | known at Brainerd, Bemidji and! other points along that line. Prof. W. B. Stewart, superintend- ent of schools of Beltrami county,! returned this morning from an official visit to several schools north | of Bemidji, adjacent to the M. & I. railway. Professor Stewart reports the schools as being in first-class | conditiow, the attendance good, and. a healthy interest being shown in| the work. Only 25 cents for the chicken pie| supper at the armory tonight from 5108 p. m. City Engineer M. D. Stoner re-| turned to the city yesterday morningi from Minneapolis, where he hadz been to consult with James Greene, | chief engineer for the Soo Railway% concerning some Soo sur- | ight-of-way west of Be-| the exact location of all of; | the line towards Plummer having| not yet been definitely determined. | H. E. Rice, who is working in| | the camps of the Crookston Lumber | company, near Kelliher, came down | |from Kelliher this morning and | !spent the day here looking after! some business matters for the| Crookston Lumber company. Mr. | Rice is one of the best scalers in this section, having been in the employ of the State Timber Board for several years. L. Latterell, the general merchant who owns stores at Funkley and Kelliher, was among the north- country visitors in the city yesterday who were here on business missions. Mr. Latterell has prospered in his mercantile enterprises and is a fine “booster” for this section of the state. We wish we had him for a resident of this city. He'd make a five member of Bemidji’s Booster Brigade. J. L. Anderson, a resident of Loma, N. D., sustained a serious injury to his right foot yesterday, while working in the Crookston Lumber company’s camp 11, near Kelliher. Mr. Anderson was swing- ing an axe when his foot slipped and the blade entered his foot, inflicting a deep gash and making a painful wound. He was brought to Be- midji this morning and placed in St. Anthony’s hospital, where he will be “laid up” for some time to come. Any person wishing pictures in oils, water colors or pastelle can find a collection at 1002 Bemidji avenue. J. B. Wilm, the hustling editor and proprietor of the Northome Record, spent today in the city, having come down from Northome last night. John is getting out an exceilent paper, these days, and is no doubt prospering in his business enterprises. Mr. Wilm was for many years a resident of Bemidji, having at one time been foreman of the Pioneer printery. He is a splen- did pri ter and a good fellow, and this combination will succeed any- where. !had “the time of their lives.” Profits thrown to the winds at Berman’s sacrifice sale. You win, we lose. Xmas gifts here of every description. Watch our “‘ads.” J. M. Jones and wife of Deer River came to the city last night and spent the night here. They left this morning for Northome to attend the funeral of Mrs. Joseph Jones, which will be held at Northome to- morrow. Mrs. P. A. Kennedy, a former resident of Cass Lake who is now living at Deer River, came to the | city last evening from Guthrie, where she had bee: visiting with her| husband’s mother. Mrs. Kennedy left this morning for her home at] Deer River. John F. Eagan, the St. Paul com- mercial traveler who sells bottled “joy,” was among the commercial travelers who came to the city this morning. He will spend Sunday at the Hotel Markham, with the rest of the “drummers” who like a good hotel on the Sabbath. The local Masons who attended | the initiatory exercises of the Shrine at Brainerd yesterday and last evening, returned to this city this With one accord, they A CARLOAD OF COLORADO APPLES IN BUSHEL BOXES They excel in quality any apples ever seen ir% Bemidji. Price > $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 per box Wine Sap, Gano and Jonathans. Send in your orders.” : > Select Burbank Potatoes Thoroughly sorted before being binned in the 3 5 ; basement, per bushel................................ C Mixed varieties, treated in the same way. Price, per bushel 300 e e ———————————————— 7 large bars of Seap for 25c¢. SHOES In the shoe line we have ladies’ shoes from $i to $3.50, also splendid bargains in men’s and boy’s shoes. A large and complete line of rubber foot- wear, dry goqu, 'ladies’, men’s and children’s under- wear. Our 1}ne 18 very reasonable in price. It will pay you to give the goods a thorough inspection. morning. { praise the hospitality of the Brain.| w c s c H Ro E D E R erd members of; the Shrine and are | . . loud in their statement that they|M Phone 65 and 390 Corner Fourth and Minnesota (Ml Ll il Hart Satins o Mare : For good clothes fanciers Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes LL men are not expert clothes judges; the big majority, we believe, take some- body’s word for quality, tailoring, style; a good many men around here are willing to take ours. But we offer you more than our mere statement; we offer you a known quality; a mark of best value; you're perfectly safe in buying clothes; as safe as the most skilled expert, if you find the name Hart Schaffner & Marx in a garment You'll find it here; all-wool, fine tailoring, perfect style. Suits $20 fo $45 Overcoats $20 to $60 This store 1s the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes Clothing House