Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 10, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE I Historical Society. SACIETY. VOLUME 7. NUMBER 224 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. DONG! DONG! DONG! DONG! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! The Great Northern Round FIRE! House Saturday Night at Midnight and Ole Anderson’s Saloon Sunday Evening Call Out the Fire Department. Saturday night at nearly twelve o'clock an alarm of fire at the Great Northern round house was| turned in and enough noise in bell ringing and whistle blowing was made to bring out a fire fight- ing department that could squelch the flames of a big city blaze. The firemen were ‘‘Johnny on the Spot,” as was also enough volenteers but the wherewithal to pull the hose wagons and hook and ladder was not at hand. After a wait of about fifteen minutes, a hack with a fast team ofl horses arrived and no time was| lost in hitching it onto the hose wagon. '® The blaze was extinguished by the round house employees before the hose wagon arrived. Warren Gill, one of the volunteer fire men was first to appear on the scene and immediately aided in extinguishing the blaze. He went into the round house after a pail, but all was dark within and Warren began a search. Before taking many steps he walked straight into a deep hole over which engines are run when lodged at the round house. The hole was half full of oily dirty} water and Mr. Gill’s suit and over- coat were badly damaged. He states that the fire was caused by an over-heated stove and very little damage was done. * Moral—Insure with the T. J., Company, the best fire insurance on earch. Last Evening’s Fire. At about 7 o'clock last evening fire was discovered in the Ole Anderson new saloon, on Third street, An alarm was immediately turned in and the fire department prompt- ly responded, and with the assist- ance of the recently-installed water works system, the flames were soon under control. The loss to the building, which is owned by John Graham, 1s esti- mated at $300, while the damage to the stock and fixtures, owned by Ole Anderson, is placed at $500. There was no insurance on | the building or contents. It is thought that the fire origin. ated from a defective chimney, Moral: Insure with Miller Insurance agency. the T. J. Autocrat Linen. Watch Our Windows e STATIONERY OF QUALITY Biggest Value for Your Money. The Famous 12 Different Sizes and Styles. Only 40c a Box Come in and look it over while the line is complete. CORMONTAN & HANSON |~ Up-to-date Druggists Huw Postoffice Corner Bemid)i, Minn, l | i A CARLOAD OF COLORADO APPLES IN BUSHE L BOXES ! They excel in quality any apples ever seen in Bemidji. Price $2.00, $2.26 and $2.50 per box Wine Sap, Gano and Jonathans. Send in your orders. Select Burbank Potatoes Thoroughly sorted before being binned in the basement, per bushel....... Mixed varieties, treated in the same way Price, per bushel............. 30¢ 30¢ 7 large bars of Soap for 25¢c. SHOES In the shoe line we have ladies’ shoes from $1 to $3.50, also splendid bargains in men’s and boy’s shoes. A large and complete line of rubber foot- wear, dry goods, ladies’, men’s and children’s under- wear. Our line is very reasonable in price. It will pay you to give the goods a thorough inspection. W. G. SCHROEDER Phone 65 and 390 o Corner Fourth and Minnesota The Dalily Pioneer 10c per Week NORTHERN NATIONAL BANK MOVING TO IT'S NEW HOME Has the Finest Equipped Home of Any Financial Institution in North- ern Minnesota. By Saturday of this week, the Northern National bank’ of Bemidji (formerly the Lumbermens new National) will have moved from the old bank building, on the south side of Third street to the new quarters in the Bacon block, corner of Third and Beltrami, which have been especially fitted for the reception of the most pretentious and elegant banking furniture and fixtures ever placed in a financial institation in Minnesota outside the twin cities. The new location gives to the Northern National a most elegantly- appointed banking home, the place being supplied with not only ele- gant furniture but the entire arrange- ment of the bank is especially designed for convenience in trans- acting business. Entrance to the new batk brings one into a lobby which is con- structed of glazed brick and oak- finished wood. Stepping from the lobby into the main banking room, one encounters elegance everywhere. The fixtures and furnishings are of beautiful Italian and white marble and the wood is heavy mahogany, the glass used in the fixtures being heavy plate. The interior of the bank is lighted by means of electroliers of beautiful design. To the left are the officers’ quar- ters, beyond which are the private directors’ room and room for tran- sacting the every-day business of the bank, these being supplied with fixtures and furnishings of mahogay." The two large vaults are con- structed on the same plan of ele- gance as the remainder of the bank, there being a vaultin the basement as well as on the first floor. They are steel-lined and fire proof, and entirely covered with marble. These vaults are steel-lined and fire-proof, and are supplied with the latest improved burglar alarm. In the banking room there is one portion which is “caged,” for the use of the receiving and paying teller. The Northern National bank, ef- fective December 12th, is capitalized for $50,000, with $3,000. The Northern National bank(then the Lumbermens bank) was organ- ized in 1901. "W. R. Baumbach was president and W. L. Brooks cashier; and the latter has remained as cashier of the bank ever since that time In December, 1909, the bank was re-organized, with A. P. White as president, Mr. Brooks remaining as cashier, and these officials still hold those positions. In this elegantly appointed bank- ing house, Bemidji possesses an enter- prise of which the city can well feel proud, as there is no similiar insti- tution in this section of the state that can boast of such substantial and beautiful fixtures and furnish- ings. SAM SIMPSON IS DOING MUCH RESERVE LOGGING Will Cut 120,000,000 Feet Timber on the Ceded Lands East of Cass Lake. One of the heaviest logging oper- ators in northern Minnesota is Sam Simpson of Minneapolis, who has a coniract to log big stands of timber on the Chippewa Indian reservation, east of Cass Lake. According to Mr. Simpson, who was here recently, his contract for cutting timber on the Chippewa reservation calls for 120,000,000 feet. He will put in 30,000,000 feet of this timber this winter and’ will complete the balance of his contract next year. : The 1imber is owned by the Northland Pine company, the Weyer- haeuser concern, which bought the holdings at the sale held at the Cass Lake land offce several years ago. Mr. Simpson now has working for him some 600 men and his camps are almost north of Ball Club, where the timber which he is log- ging is largely Norway pine. Mr. Simpson expresses himself as being well pleased with the weather conditions and says that his log- ping is progressing 'as well this winter as any season during his thirty years as a logger. Another logging concern for which a large amount of timber is being cut this winter is the Pillsbury com- | pany of which T.]J. Nary of Park Rapids is the north-country mana- ger. ‘ The Pillsbury company is logging 20,000,000 feet of timber in Town- ship 53, range 54, in the Bowstring country. This timber will be banked on the Big Fork river and in the spring will be driven out to Deer Creek and through the Bowstring lake and Dora and Fox lakes, and will be hauled to Deer River and dumped in the Mississippi river at that point, to be driven down the Mississippi to Minneapolis. INSTALLED OFFIGERS OF LOGAL SONS OF HERMAN Solid German Order Initiated a Candi- date and Held a Social Session Yesterday; Atternoon. The newly-elected officers of the Bemidji Sons of Herman lodge were installed yesterday afternoon, when a candidate was initiated and the occasion made most enjoyable. Matt Mayer, deputy state presi- dent, zgted as mstalhng officer, and he acqmt(ed hlmseifuwmh honors in placing in office for the ensuing year the following: Matt Thome, president; Louis Werner, vice president; J. P. Lahr treasurer; A. E. Otto, secretary; F.- E. Brinkman, H. Eikstad and A. Klein, trustees; . Frank Silversack, feiebrer. The lodge is composed of a splen- did set of fellows:and is in a flourish- ing condition. Kaiser on Conservation Congress. Clearwater Crystal: A. Kaiser of the First National Bank has re- ceived notice that he has been appointed , a 'member of the Minnesota Conservation and Agri- cultural Congress to be held at St. Paul the 16, 17 18 and 1g9th of March, This committee will have charge of the management and preparation of the exhibits in con- nection with the congress. This is an important recognition of a Ciearwater County man and every effort should be made to follow it up with a good display from this country. LOST—Lady’s watch. No crystal in watch. Finder please return to 710 America Ave., for rewdrd. rulmmmnm_iilli‘li““ % OccidentFlour QECIDENT 77 is a few cents higher in price than ordinary flour. Thisen- ables the millers to" raise the quality to highest grade in the ‘world. And the difference skows in the baking. Occident Flour Famous food experts and ex- pert bakers test it at the mills constantly. “They guarantee it to suit you better for every flour purpose than any other made. Order a trial sack from your grocer. If baking with it does not convince you that Occident is the only flour for you to use —it costs'you nothing. wy‘t’l?::l lr‘u:l.:n-tu tt‘iu full nrehu nncaohnyu-ck-uomc ntFlour ‘you do not find satisfactory. Plaase try a sack at our risk, Wisicsalo Distributors. NOR ANOTHER GLOTHING STORE FOR CITY OF BEMIDJI Ben Schneider and Charles Cominsky Are Members Who Compose the New Firm. Ben Schneider; well known in this city andsurrounding country, isabout to establish a new clothing house in Bemidji. Mr. Schneider will associ- ate with him his brother-in-law, Charles Cominsky. Mr. Cominsky has taken a three- year lease on the building known as the old Miles Corner, on Minnesota and Third street and on or about July 1 extensive improvements will be made. The entire corner will be remoddled and fitted intoa firstclass clothing house. Mr. Schneider expects to make this store second to none in North- ern Minnesota, The business will be conducted under the management of Charles Cominsky and will carry nothing but the best wearables that the market affords. The public can be assured of this fact because Mr. Schneider has long been in the clothing business and is known throughout this northern country as an expert clothier, care- ful buyer and conscientious sales- man. Ben Schneider commenced his business carrer as a clothing mer- chant at Iron River, Wis, in the spring: of 1873. He successfully withstood the panic of ’93-94 and by hard and earnest efforts he became one of the largest clothing merchants in northern Wisconsin. At Iron River is also where Emil Schneider gained his experience asa clothing merchant. He was in the employ of Ben Schreider until the spring of 1903 when he was placed in_.charge of. the “business opened here by the brothers, who purchased the Barney Burtor. clothing business. The business has been successfully conducted and now it is the largest |exclusive clothing store in the city. The brothers have dissolved part- nership and the business interests were purchased by Emil Schneider, who will continue at the same old stand. ) The new, store will open temporar- ily in the room now occupied by E. J. Gould. Mr. Ben Schuneider is popular among Bemidji people and is an all-around democratic fellow. With a combination such as con- stitutes this firm, and wunder the able management of Mr. Cominsky, its future is assured as a most promising one. With the development of present plans which will result in the entire change of appearance of the Old Miles Block corner (which is owned by 'Mr. Schneider) the store will not only be a credit to the new firm but a credit to the City of Bemidji as well They have many friends who wish them a successful business career. Upho 4s Credit List. Twin City Commercial Bulletin: An interesting case to merchants was recently tried in the circuit court of Mississippi, at Hazelburst. The case was one in which J. A. Halliday sued the .J. P. Wise Mer- cantile Company for $5,000 damages he is alleged to have received by reason of being put on the delinquent list in the Retail Merchant’s Associa- tion at that place. The declaration of the plaintiff alleges that his name was placed on that list by the Wise Mercantile “Company, when as a matter of fact he was not indebtéd to the Wise Mercantile Company at all, and by reason of that fact he was subjected to embarassment and -was denied credit by various merchants. One of the articles of agreement in the association is said to have i | been that when a person who was indebted to a member of the associa- tion and who.would not respond to a request to pay after being notified three times by the secretary of the association of ‘such indebtedness, and still if he refused to respond, his name was to be placed upon a delinquent debtors’ list and said list was handed to each member of the association, and each member agreed to not exrend credit without security to any such person, whose name apneared on this list. The jury-in the case, after being ont but a short time, decided in favor of the defendant. - The members of the North-Cen- tral Minnesota Editorial association will co-operate with Governor Eber- hart in his conservation movement; and through the secretary of the association, the association has tendered the governor the assistance of the association, which he has ac- cépted, as the following letters will show; the letters being the result of a resolution adopted at the annual meeting of the association held at Sauk Centre in December. ' The letter written to the governor by Secretary Rutledge was as 'follows: “Hon. A. O. Eberhart, St. Minn. “My Dear Governor—At the annual meeting of the North-Cen- tral Minnesota Editorial association, which was held at Sauk Centre on December 3.4, resolutions were adopted approving the plan of con- serving the state’s national resources and I, as secretary-treasurer of the association, was instructed to write you concerning the possible appoint- ment of a permanant conservation commission which might come under your dictation, and to suggest that as the territory covered by this asso- ciation represents the larger portion of the state wherc there are still many of nature’s resources that are still unappropriated and which should be conserved, and as the editors who are members of the association are heartily: in- favor of the campaign of conservation com- Paul, possible that some member of this association could be named to serve on the commission. There are All “Good Fellows” in Bemid)i. The editor of the Kelliher Journal fell among a lot of jolly fellows, on the occasion of :a recent wisit to Bemidji; and he says of his trip here: . “While on a business visit to the county seat last Friday, the editor of the Journal had occasion to min- gle with some of the good fellows of the City of Bemidji, among whom menced by yourself, it might be NORTHERN EDITORS WILL ASSIST THE GOVERNOR Members of North-Central Minnesota Editorial Association Will Co-operate in Move for Conservation of State’s Resources.—Governor Writes Letter. many men in the associat_iol_l who could serve on such a commission with credit to themselves, the state and the governor. ““This association has as members papers published in the following counties: Koochiching, Beltrami, Clearwater, Cass, Itasca, Hubbard, Todd, Wadena, Stearne, Crow Wing, Benton, Ottertail, Pope, Aitkin, Douglas, a splendid representation of the territory in which there is still left considerable of the virgin timber, etc., that is left in the state. “This association will staunchly back any - member who might be selected by yourself; and the move- ment of conservation of the state’s resources will have the hearty sup- port of every paper which is a member of the North-Central Editorial association.” The governor’s reply was as follows: “Mr. A. G. Rutledge, Secretary North-Central Editorial Association. Bemidji, Minn. “Dear Sir—Replying to your favor of the 18th instant, which has been unanswered up to this time owing to extraordinary pressure of other duties, I take pleasure in ad- vising you that any recognition made by your association will be given fullest consideration in connection with the conservation movement now under way in this state. “Thanking you and your associ- ates very kindly for your interest, and awaiting your further advises in this particular connection, I am “Very truly yours, “—A. 0. Eberhnrt. “Governor.” e re— were Mayor Pogue, Attorney Funk- ley and Jack Larson, better known as the “Big Swede,” and the writer was certainly royally entertained for a few hours while waiting for our train which would take us back to the woods. We certainly had a good time and shall try to return the complement should thoge gentle- men happen to drop into Kelliher at any time.” Subscribe for The Pioneer. 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