Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 15, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE e LE g Historical Society.” MINNESOTA ¢ HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 7. NUMBER 279. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ENTHUSIASM GROWING FAST PIONEER’S PRIZE CONTEST Creates a Sensation.—Nominations Pile in.—Scores of Letters Expressing Determination to Win Handsome Auto and Piano.—Or Other Prizes. All today the telephone of the contest department has been buzzing | with inquiries from persons calling up with regard to the mammoth contest of which announcement was made yesterday. The list of contestants that have already enrolled themselves as candidates in the Bemidji Pioneer’s great voting contest for the $1050.00 Buick automobile, the $450 Kimbell piano, the $100 diamond ring and the scores of other prizes is growing by leaps and jumps, which is elegant testimonial of the great interest taken in this big event. “How can I make the best start,” is a question that is asked of the contest manager fifty timesa day. The answer is simple. First enroll your name as a contestant by filling | -out a nomination blank and sending or bringing it to the contest! manager, who will furnish you with all information necessary. Then let your friends know that you’re looking for votes. Tell them that you are in the race and let them know that you would appreciate their help. Insist upon your point smoothly and genially. Show your friends how much benefit you may derive from winning the automobile, the piano, the diamond ring, a scholar- ship or a gold watch and bring home the point earnestly. That will get you votes. Don’t fail to impress upon them the benefits that will accrue to them by having one of the leading papers in the state coming to their home. “The Bemidji Pioneer is emphatically a home paper, clean, ably edited and full of real news and happen- ings. This alone should be of great use to you in this contest. Fairness and good faith will be]| the policy with regard to every contestant; to each and all of them will be given an equal attention and a square deal. In this in- teresting race for prizes aggregat- ing in value more than the sum of $2,500,00 it is worth anybody’s spare time and anybody’s effort to be in this mammoth contest. The richness of the rewards and the| liberality of its terms surpasses anything ever put before the people of Northern Minnesota. Not only is it rich in material value, but it will be singularly attractive to those who seek a musical educa- tion that means for the recepient the knowledge that means power, that means money and social supremacy. This is no something-for-nothing scheme; the fact of the matter is it is not a scheme at all, but a means whereby the Bemidji Pioneer hopes to extend its already large field of usefulness, make friends for itself and for Bemidji and Northern Minne- sota. And win a welcome in every household that it enters, and at the same time reward those who help it in a way that has never been attempted before by a paper in the Nortbland. The object the Bemidji Pioneer has in view is to advertise itself to the people of the Northland, and a desire that everyone may know it to be a newspaper that prints all the news for all the people all the time. To that the Pioneer has arranged this contest end Bemidji in which every lady residing in the territory included in this conttst may take part. Prizes are offered that will appeal to every lady from the $1050.00 Buick automobile to a gold watch, from a piano to a scholarship. Buick Touring Car. The capital prize of the Bemidji Pioneer’s Mammoth Contest will be a $1,050.00 Buick automobile, Model 10, touring car. This car -is one that any lady may be proud to call her own. The Buick has made some extraordinary records for speed and reliability, and has shown up promi- nently in every contest for the past two years. We need not go into detail as to the qualities of the Buick; we know them; you know them, and anything we might say here would add little, to, the already good opinion everyone holds of this machine. Model 10 is a four-passenger tour- ing car with a thirty-four-inch wheel base. It is fast, staunch and power- ful enough for a trans-continental trip, and handsome - enough for a park parade. In every respect, this car is a hummer; one you wouldn’t be ashamed of; its an automobile that delivers the goods. Everybody knows it, and that’s the reason the Bemidji Pioneer selected it of the Jewett Auto company who are the agents for the Buick cars. Buick cars are considered everywhere as excellent value for the money, and you can win this machine if you have the ambition to and get into the field. Every friend you have willbe glad to aid you with such a purpose as this in view. It is difficult to concieve how anybody can pass by such an attractive offer as this contest pre- sents. When there is a chance to obtain this beautiful machine for really nothing but a few moments of your spare time. All you need i1s a little ambition and a little energy. Become a candidate at once and you'may become an owner of the Buick automobile at no expense to yourself. Do not delay for the earlier you start the better chance you have.to pile up the votes. You have a chance; - don’t let it slipby. Enroll yourself in this Con- test without delay. Geta nomina- tion blank and fill it out at once. Call for any further information you may need at the Contest Depart- ment, and the Contest Manager will be glad to help you out. The Kimbell Piano. The grand prize is a $450 Kim- bell piano, mahogny finish, style 16. This magnificent instrument was purchased from Bisiar & Murphy and is one that is familiar to all of you; it is a rock-bottom value as several residents of the city who have one of these instrumennts in their homes will vouch to. Tone, the soul of the piano, can- not be pictured in newspaper articles. For a piano is, fundamentally, an instrument of music, and the founda- tion to the musically culturcd ear. We left the selection of this beautiful instrument to Mr. Bisiar, an acknowledged expert, where pianos are concerned, and he selected this Kimbell, style 16, at a cost of $450 for the Bemidji Pioneer who will give it as the grand prize in this Mammoth Contest. Do not delay in getting into the race. Remember delay is dangerous and become a candidate in this battle of votes and work earnestly to become the owner of this, the most splendid of all specimens of the piano makers’ art. $100.00 Diamond Ring. A beautiful blue-white diamond ring, valued at $100 will be given as the District Prize in District B. There is nothing so appropriate, or valued so highly by the ladies as the everscent flashes of white, blue, red and gold of the perfect dia- mond that are so hard to describe. Mothing is- so highly prized and so dear to the heart of a lady as] [Continued on Page 7.) A. C. Johnson, the Turtle River lumberman and sawmill manager, was among the north-country people who came to Bemidji this morning on a business trip and spent the day here. FARMING POPULATION IN BELTRAMI CO. DOUBLING State Audftor Iverson Gives Statistics Showing that this County Is Rapidly Filling With Agriculturists.— Census Will Show More Gains. Official records show that the per- centage of increase in the farming population of Beltrami. county exceeded all other counties in the northern section of Minnesota, from 1895 to 1905, and according to a pre- diction made State by Auditor Iver- son, it is confidently believed that the census returns of 1910 will show an almost doubled increase of the farm- ing population of this county and a greater percentage of increase than any other county in the state. In a letter to W. L. Brooks, presi- dent of the Bemidji Commercial club, Auditor Iverson says: “As requested in your favor Of recent date, I take pleasure in giv- ing you figures showing the increase in the number of farmers in several of the northern counties of the state, according to the census returns of 1895 and 1905, as follows: “Pine county (1895), 1315, (1905), 2213; St. Louis county (1895), 972, (1905), 2514; Itasca county (1895), 536, (1905), 1611; Aitkin county, (1895), 937, (1905), 1224; Crow Wing county (1895), 1084; (1905), 1503; Cass -county (1895), 671, (1905), 1062; Hubbard county (1895), 412, (1905), 991; Beltrami county, (1893), 298, (1905), 1760; Mille Lacs county, (1895), 846, (1905), 1208; Kanabec county (1895), 425, (1905), 1012. “You will notice that Beltrami county heads the list, showing an increase from 298 to 1760, and I believe the 1905 figures will be nearly doubled by the 1910 census.” There is little doubt but that dur- ing the next twelve months there will be a great influx of settlers and landseekers into northern Minne- sota, as this section has received some highly valuable advertising through the recent developmennt meeting that was held in Bemidji, when thirty counties of this north- ern section were represented in a get-logether meeting and compari- son was made and “know thyself” was the slogan. The result of this meeting cannot be overestimated; and the farms of northern Minnesota as a desirable dairying and farming section is being heralded all over the United States, with results verv beneficial. Will Demonstrate Domestic Science. W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Beltrami County Agricultural associa tion, has made arrangements with thé State Agricultural College at St. Anthony Park, for the service of Mrs. Baker, a domestic science demonstrator to give a series of demonstrations in this section of the state. The places selected where Mrs. Baker will appear are Bemidji Blackduck, Cass Lake, Bagley and McIntosh, and meetings will be held at each of these places where all who care to do so can witness Mrs. Baker’s demonstration. The exact dates when these meet- ings will be held have not yet been set, but Mrs. Baker will start the first week in April. This domestic science demonstra- tion has been secured as a result of the recent agitation in connection with the development convention held in Bemidji and also the agita- tion over securing domestic science in rural and urban schools. To Lovers _of Hat is one of attempt to give Announcement Fine Millinery the new features. descrip*ions. week we will show the cream of the markets. affords you an excellent opportunity to study the latest and most correct modes of the season. Hop- ing to see you on our Opening Day WEDNESDAY., MARCH 16 HETLAND & FALLON 313 Minnesota Avenue. Phone 271 We cordially invite all ladies of Bemidji and vicinity who appreciate beauty of design, and perfection of finish, to call and inspect our new $pring Millinery now on display. Special effort has been made to show the most beautiful colors and most correct styles of the season. They are shown here as early as in the large cities, as we visit the Leading Millinery Houses in Chicago and Milwaukee. Heimann and Gage hats are the most popular. And this is what we are prepared to show you. Beauty in colors and smartness in style. The well known Fisk, The new Automobile The styles this season are so varied and comprise so many beautiful shapes and creations that it is almost impossible to At our opening this This - H - | | | I | fou Wednesday March 16th 209 Fourth St. Postoffice Block GONGER’S | : Phone 27-2 solicited. Conger’s Spring Millinery ~ Announcement ur millinery woikrooms are out- i O doing all former efforts in the production of beautiful hats in correct new styles for Spring. The variety of models is so comprehen- sive that while there are hats suitable for the most elegant costumes, there are many others designed-to exactly suit the quietly dressed woman. All possess that distinction of character which follows the close study of Models from the foremost French designers: We feel positive that we can please you with the hat that best becomes you. We extend to all a cordial welcome. Miss Anna Goldsmith of St. Paul is in Jj_ charge of work room, always speaks for itself. Your orders Our order workl ’ Mrs. Conger