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PROFESSIONAL CARDS ARTS ISS DICKINSON ART OF PIANO PLAYING 617 Irvin Ave. ICK BERTRAM THE BRINKMAN PIANIST PIANO INSTRUCTOR Call or write 422 Minnesota Ave 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 ULIA E. WHITE DRESSMAKING Either by the day or at home Corner 9th St. and America Ave. RS. T. SMART DRESS MAKING PARLORS Ladies, Tailor and Dre r. Our work i ienced tailors, action ay Ol Bemidji, Minn. and guarant Over Beltraml Ave. atis| Dr: Bring Your Orders to T. BEAUDETTE Merchant Tailor Cleaning and Pressing a Specialty 314 Minnesota Avenue LAWYERS RAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Telephone 560 RANK 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 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 R. 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 B. B. Lundgren, ‘‘man-catcher” for the J. A. Irvine company, is a visitor in Bemidji today. Thomas Ervin, the milling repre- sentative, came to the city yesterday afternoon from a business trip to Duluth. William Lennon returned to his home at Kelliher last evening, after spending yesterday in the city on business. D. D. Rolfe, agent at Blackduck for the Chicago Coal & Lumber com- pany, came down from the “Duck” this morning and transacted busi- uess in Bemidji today. The Episcopal Guild will meet with Mrs, Abercrombie, 516 Minne- sota avenue, on Thursday after- noon at 2 o’clock. All members are requested to be present. Leon Edmonds departed this morning for Minneapolis, where he will enter the University hospital for treatment for an ailment which has made him a very sick man, of late. Henry Dabhlstul, who is doing some logging this winter in the vicinity of Blackduck, wasa business visitor in the city today, coming down fromthe “Duck” this morn- ing. V. M. Owens, the Hines mer- chant, was a business visitor in the city today from Hines. He came down from his home this morning and will return to Hines this even- ing. John Thoren, the “leading light” of the board of supervisors for the Township of Lammers, was in Be- midji yesterday looking after some business matters in which heis in- terested. Samuel Sutor, proprietor of the Endion hotel at Cass Lake, and Mrs. Sutor came to Bemidji yester- day evening and went to Miane- apolis last night, over the M. & L. Railway. The north-bound M. & I. passen- ger train was nearly three hours late this morning, caused by various adverse conditions between the twin cities and Brainerd. The train left this city at 7:15. northward bound. J. T. Dolan, the Superior Commer- cial traveler, spent lest night in ‘the city, on business. “Jack” is again feeling like his old self, and is “mak- ing” his territory in much more comfort. The accident which he sustained on the range, recently, came near putting him out of busi- ness. Rev. Barbour of Cass Lake, Con- gregational pastor at Cass Lake, and who is also superintendent of home missions fur the Congregational church in northern Minnesota, was a visitor in Bemidji last evening. Rev. Barbour came over for the purpose of going to Minneopolis via the south-bound M. & I. passenger train. Rev. Barbour has had signal success with his church at Cass Lake, a fine church edifice having been built during his pastorate; and he has always been prominent in the public affairs of that village. R. E. H. MARCUM PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block Phone 18 Residence Phone 211 DENTISTS R. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office in Winter Block R. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST 1st National Bank Build's. Telephone 230 R. G. M. PALMER DENTIST Miles Block Evening Work by Appointment Only DRAY AND TRANSFER ES WRIGHT DRAY AND TRANSFER Fifth St. and America Ave. Phone 40 OM SMART DRAY AND BAGGAGE SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Revldence Phone 58 618 America Ave. Office Phone 12 \Z BIS PHY FUNERAL DIRECTORS 117 Third Street ©Oayphone 319. Night phones 1185, 434 Galls Answered at All Hours A.L AYERS Confectionery and Groceries PHONE 465 404 MINNESOTA AVE. The Unique Musical Event of the Season Armory Opera Houge, Matinge and Night Sunday Jan. 23 Admission 50c Reserved seats without extra | charge at Owl Drugstore Children 25¢ Matinee at 2:30 p. m. 15¢c and 25¢ Evening Performance at 9:00 Following church services LOCAL HAPPENINGS The Continued Story of Current Events. S. J. Crookshanks of Baudette was a visitor in the city yesterday, being a guest at the Hotel Mark- ham. . J. C. Kirkpatrick of Kelliher, north-country manager for the National Pole & Tie company, came to Bemidji this morning and spent the day here, being accompanied by his wife. J. W. Ross, the Grand Forks architect, tarried in Bemidji yester- day afternoon and last night and left this morning for International Falls, where he is erecting some buildings for local parties. Among the residents of the Town of Lammers who were in the city yesterday attending the funeral of the late Henry Becker were Lars O. and Iver P. Myhre, A. P. Blom, M. Regg, Robert Stay, Olof Frogaat, A. O Djonne, Christ M. and Mal- cour Sande. L. D. Libbey of Minneapolis, a member of the contracting firm who are installing the district terminals in ‘“North Bemidji” for the M. & I. Railway company, came to the city this morning from Minneapolis to iaspect the work which his men are doing. M. F. Murphy of Grand Forks, N. D., one of thé'leading capitalists of that city, came to Bemidji yesterday from his home at the “Forks.” He spent the night in Bemidji and left this morning for International Falls, to look after his investments at that place. Richard Leet, the representative for the W.C. Church Lumber com- pany of Des Moines, came to the city this morning from Houpt. Mr. Leet is buying considerable cedar along the north line of the M. & I. Railway company and which is being shipped to the Church company at DesMoines. George Kirk, the Jogger, left this mornirg for Northome to look after his logging operations in that vicin- ity, having spent two days in Bemidji presiding at the meeting of the city council Monday night and looking after other matters. Mr. Kirk states that his logging operations are progressing very satisfactorily. Transient visitors in Bemidji are very numerous these days, and it is sometimes with difficulty that all applicants for roomscan be accommo- dated. This is an indication that this city is being inspected by many outsiders who have heard of Bemidji and want to “look us over.” The coming of the Soo and other good things mean much for Bemidji; and our future business stability is assured. M. N. Koll, the Cass Lake land man, and editor of “Koll’s Kolumn,” was a visitor in the city fora few hours yesterday afternoon. Mr. Koll came over from the “Lake” in the afternoan and left last evening to visit some point north of Bemidji on the line of the M. & L. railway. The ex-receiver of the U.S. land office at Cass Lake has been “mak- ing a barrel of money in the land business,” according to some of his friends who should be posted in Mr. Koll’s affairs. P. J. Rock, one of the prominent farmers of the Township of Lam- mers, came to Bemidji yesterday and spent several hours here, bad intended to pay his taxes, and]| brought along a good-sized wallet cantaining the wherewithal to liquidate with the county. He was; unfortunate enough to lose the wallet and the contents therof (three ten-dollar and two five-dollar bills), and he was forced to return home without paying his taxes. It is barely possible that some honest person may find the wallet and re- turn the same to Mr. Rock, through the medium of the Pioneer. D. L. Hickcox, of the bridge building firm of Barbeau & Hickcox of Minneapolis, was a visitor in the city yesterday and last evening, coming to the city yesterday noon from Erskine. His firm has the contract to build all bridges and culverts along the line of the Plummer-Moose Lake Soo extension. He states that work will begin at once in building the bridges at Four-Legged lake and at the cross- ing of the Clearwater river, at the Nelson dam. ‘bridge will be one of the longest on i | i I [ the Soo system, some 16385 feet in length; and the bridge will be a trestle affair. -Mr. Hickcox siys that the -work- on the Cass Lake bridge will not be commenced until sometime later, probably not until Olof Ongstad was a Walker visitor in the city this ‘morning, W. B. Fuller of Thief River Falls spent last night and today in Bemidji on business. Hartley McGuire of Minneapolis, one of the old-time loggers of this section, is in the city for a few days; on a business mission. Mayor John Pogue left yesterday afternoon for Red Lake Falls, whither he went to close a horse deal in which he is interested. Charles Kinkle, representative for the Leech Lake Lumber com- pany, returned to his home this morning, having spent yesterday and last night in this vicinity. John Hinchey, who dis cutting some 7,000,000 feet of timber in the Red River Lumber company’s camp No. 24, west of Laporte, was a visi- tor in the city last night and today. A. E. Harris, local manager for the Northwestern Telephone Ex- change company, returned last night from Crookston, where he spent yes- terday consulting Frank Bracelin, district manager for the company. E. C. Donnelly of Grand Forks, N. D., traveling freight agent for the Northwestern Railway company, came in from the west last might left this morning for Akeley to look after some business matters at that place for his company. O. J. Laqua, the Puposky mer- chant, spent several hours in Bemidji yesterday on business. He came to the city in the forenoon and re- turned home in the evening. He stated that business is fairly good with him and that wood is moving rather freely. Judge M. A. Spooner returned to the city last night from International Falls, where he spent yesterday on legal business. The judge reports everything moving along nicely, from a business standpoint, and that local municipal differences there will be eventually adjusted. G. E. Kreatz, the Bemidji con- tractor, came to the city yesterday from Chisholm, and is spending a few days here, looking after some local contracts and other business matters. Mr. Kreatz has done a lot of building at Chisholm during the past year, and has given splen- did satisfaction, over in the range town. John Wilson, manager for the Walker & Akeley Lumber company, went to Laporte this morning to visit the different camps where tim- ber is being cut for Walker & Ake- ley and the Red River Lumber com- pany. He was accompanied by W. P. Conners, of Conners Bros., who are cutting some 5,000,000 feet at camp 23, in the Kabekona Gulch country. GOVERNORS MEET AT WASHINGTON Uniform Laws and Gonservation fo Be Discussed. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—Having for their object the furtheramce of uni- formity in state laws and comserva- tion policies the executives of thirty odd commonwealths met here for a three days’ conference which may ex- ert a tremendous influence on future legislat.on in the states. After effecting an organization and Mr. Rock| & brief speech had been delivered by Governor Willson of Kentucky outlin- ing the objects of the conference the executives adjourned to attend a luncheon in their honor at the Metro- politan club and later to call on the president. In the evening the governors were the guests of John Hays Hammond at dinner and later in the evening at- tended the reception at the White House which President Taft gave to the judiciary. WALSH STARTS FOR PRISOM Circuit Court of Appeals Refuses to Grant Further Delay. Chicago, Jan. 19.—Within twenty- four hours John R. Walsh, former multimillionaire, will be a convict be- hind the bars of the federal peniten- tiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. After a brief but dramatic hearing lasting one hour the United States circuit court of appeals denied. the application of Walsh’s counsel for a new trial and ordered that mandate {ssue cominitting the aged banker to the federal prison immediately. Walsh started for Kansas a few hours later. Police and Army Clash. Chicago, Jan. 19—The American on a charge that it was being operated for protit without a city license. The organization has national headquarfers in Philadelphia and is distinct from the Salvation Army founded by Gen- eral Beoth. In the philosophy of some men heav- en is nothing but n place where every- well on towards spring. body will be able to buy cheap and sell "bigh.—Chicago Record-Herald. | Salvation Army’s chief supply house | The Four-Legged lake | in Chicago was closed by the police GREAT GORGE IN THE OHIO BREAKS River Men Fear It Will Pile Up Further South, NO SERIOUS DAMAGE YET Moving of Seventy Miles of Packed lce Down Stream Is Followed by No Im mediate Bad Results—Congress Hat Voted an Appropriation of $10,000 tc Be Used in Dynamiting the Obstruc tion. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 19.—The grea ice gorge in the Ohio river broke at several places between Louisville and ‘Wolf Creck, the southernmost point o1 the gorge. = The break seemed to be the resuli of a general softening of the ice at all points, but rivermen say it is too soon to tell whether the great field, nearly seventy miles in length, will move oul entirely or merely take up a new posi tion further south. ‘When the acres of jagged ice begar rolling, tumbling and surging down stream a score of shanty boats, which had been dragged from the stream for | § safety near Kosmosdale, Ky., were caught in the rapidly rising mass ana carried away. Landslides are report ed at Henry, Bear creek and Knot creek, between Kosmosdale and Otter creek. Officials of the Henderson road, not: withstanding the information that the gorge had broken, sent on a dynamite train to Brandenburg to be ready for any emergency. Gorge to Be Dynamited. Cincinnati, Jan. 19.—A crew of men under Assistant Engineer Clinton Har- ris was sent from the United States engineer’s office here to dynamite the ice gorge near Louisville. The Ohio s rising steadily, continued rain and Increased levels in tributaries abova this point resulting in a mark of 83.7 feet, 2.1 feet higher than twenty-four hours ago. Senate Makes Appropriation. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—The senate has passed the resolution appropriat- ing $10,000 to the secretary of war ta destroy the ice gorges in the Ohig river near Louisville, which have late- ly menaced life and -property along the shore and the government’s docks. PASSES PROBE RESOLUTION House Unanimous Regarding Ballinger Investigation. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—By a unani- mous vote the house of representa- tives adopted the conference report on the joint resolution providing for an investigation into the Ballinger- Pinchot controversy. The report was called up by Representative Dalzell soon after the reading of the journal was concluded and while Speaker Cannon was in the chair. A call was issued for a Republican caucus of the house Wednesday night to select the house members of the Ballinger-Pinchot investigating com- mittee. The call stated that the house members would be named, which many people believe foreshadows an effort to defeat Representatives James and Rainey, who were selected as the minority members. VICTIMS OF P. J. KIERAN Judgments of $600,000 Rendered Against Benedictine Sisters. Springfield, 111, Jan. 19.—Judgments totaling $600,000 were rendered in the United States district court against the Order of St. Mary’s Benedictine Sisters at Nauvoo, Il The judgment was on notes held by Eastern financial men and institutions to whom P. J. Kieran, the missing New York frenzied financier, is said to have disposed of paper which he secured from the Benedictine Sisters after winning their confidence through purporting to be working in their in- terest. The sisters had no defense to make and defaulted in the actions. There is said to be no possibility of the sis- ters meeting the paper. PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS Record for 1908 Exceeded That of Any Previous Year. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—The geological survey’s report on natural gas in 1908 shows that the production in that yeat surpassed all previous records. The total values of natural gas produced in-1907 and 1908 were $54,222,399 and $54,640,374, respectively. The tables given for the last three years show an. increase in the quality of gas, in the quantity used for manufacturing or in- Qustrial purposes and an increase in price. SIX NEAR DEATH BY GAS Practical Jokers Nearly Cause Fatal Tragedy. Colorado City, Colo., Jan. 19.—Six school children are in a serious condi- tion as the result of a “practical joke,” which resulted in twenty pupils at the Longfellow school :being over- come by gas. The school room-was suddenly filled | with gas and six of the students, four girls and two boys, fainted before they: could reach the open air. They were. carried to tlheir homes and given’medi- cal attention. Fourteen others were made ill. 5 Investigation has convinced the au- thorities that ‘“practical jokers” sprinkled the room with acids, which generated the gas.- PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Pro- | gruding “Plles in 6 to 14 days or moNey re- fanded. 80, . ; i lorid, Alcohol, Water, Perfume. edients of Ayer’s Hair Vigor: 3uiohur. Glycerin, Quinin, Sodium Ch Anything Injurious here? Ask your doctor, An{thln%ooJ merit herez Ask your doctors Will it stop falling hair? - Ask your doctor. Will it destroy dandruff? Ask your doctor. Does not Color the Hair “l When You Have a Prescription You want it accurately filled and with the purest of drugs. fA.:k your physician about the quality and the medicinal value of the amous PARK, DAVIS & COMPANY DRUGCS used in our prescription department, which drugs we guarantee to be of the highest stapdard, and handled only by competent druggists, which insures purity and accuracy. Cit! Drug Store N.FRENCH & CO., 116 Third Street Phone 52 Clothes Cleaned and Pressed Messenger Service at all Hours Ladies’ Shoes Called for and Delivered Clothes Called for and Delivered The Oriental Boot Black Parlor and Pantorium J.KEMP, Prop. CODIE BONDS, Mgr. i ks peodis E. R. Getchell Smart-Getchel Ice GCo. Tom Smart Ice delivered by the load to any part of the city. Let us figure on filling your ice house for next summer’s use. 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. i These and many others use PILSENER style, beer because they find it both enjoyable and helpful. Try a case* Bemidji Brewing Co. Telephone 2358 Bemidji. Minn. TS TN SR STATIONERY OF QUALITY Biggest Value for Your Money. The Famous Autocrat Linen. 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 Postoffice Corner Bemid]Ji, Minn. S P Bl R Y | The Coming of the “S00” has DOUBLY assured the future of Bemidji. EVERYBODY now feels that Bemidji is a SURE WINNER We Know It—Consequently, are prepared to offer more liberal terms than ever to purchasers. Hereafter only 25 per cent of the purchase price will be required as first payment on lots sold by us— and the interest charge will be only 8 per cont. We Know our security will be first class and for this reason make the above concession to new buyers of business and residence lots. Call on us for detailed information re- garding the City of Bemidji as a business, residence or manufacturing location—or call up H. A. SIMONS, our local representative Bemid}i Townsite and Im- provement Company. 404 New York Life Building ST. PAUL, MINN. The Da.ily Pioneer - 10c per Week