Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 24, 1910, Page 1

VOLUME 8. NUMBER 58. ° L wavve B® yuistorical 59 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE Lose wuibve® cietg. Y HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1910, TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ADVERTISING PLAN OF BARKER UNIQUE Second Automobile Trip Taken Yester- day to Visit Customers in the Country. FARMERS HAVE CRGANIZED CLUB WITH FIFTY MEMBERS Want Wholesale Warehouse Where They Can Get Cash For Products. A unique and interesting plan is the new method of advertising the Bark<r Drug store has inaugurated. The plan is entirely original with this popular store and much credit is due them for having so well thought out this method of reacibhng the farmers. Another trip was country Thursday and was even more successful than the previous trip. The city of Bemidji is receiving equally the advertising done by this company. The trip yesterday was made in the same direction covering the villages of Maltby and Becida and the experiences on occasions of this In the first place the farmers appreciate aj made to the kind are long remembered. personal call and it means much to| them. In this way the store learns its customers not only by name but by personal interview and acquaint- anceship. better for securing the trade for this store as well as for other merchants in this city. It was learned yvesterday by the party making the trip in the popular Velie car, No other known plan is farmer’s| that the farmers near Maltby have organized a club of rmerchants be fair to them. nearly 50 members. The club is headed by William Morris, a man who is well liked and well known in that community. He is a natural leader of men. The club is organized for the purpose of securing a market for their products. Mr. Morris says “we farmers meet once a month and we do business.” It is the club’s intention to be fair with Bemidji merchants and they prefer to deal with Bemidji but they ask that the It seems very probable that this move on the part of these farmers will result in the establishing of a wholesale ware- house or market place where farmers can bring their products and get the cash for them. Park Rapids has such a warehouse and makes a bid for the business in this community. Of course the large cities like Duluth, St. Paul and Minneapolis send men out to buy in car load lots from groups of farmers. From the conversation with Mr. Morris it developed that the idea among Bemidji business men in years past has been that our farmers have not come to stay. This idea is a thing of the past and condi- tions at the present day clearing show that wehave good live, thorough and energetic farmers, men who will cultivate their lands, and these men must have a market place. Be- midji is the natural center for the farmers and they believe Bemidji should prepare for them a suitable market for the disposal of their pro- ducts. The Barker party report a most enjiyable trip and say that recent rains have done wonders for the crops. Mr. LaFavar says, “Talk about raising fine sugar beets, why they are the best I have seen anywhere, even in Southern Wisconsin the crop is no better.” It goes to shows that we have the farmers here and we have the soil in which to raise beets. The Barker party will continue to make regular trips throughout this northern country until every nook and corner has been covered. It is Clear Indian Head | Grape Juice 1-2 Pints 15¢ AL JESTER NO LONGER IN RACE FOR SENATOR Has Aonounced Withdrawal and Left the Field—Action Taken as Result of Convention. Al Jester has announced his with- drawal from the race for the Republi- can nomination to the state Senate at the primaries to be held Septem- ber 20, come as a surprise to many of his This announcement will friends, for it was generally conced- ed that he had an excellent chance As the district is normally Republican, nom- ination usually means election. Its seem that Mr. Jester’s action is a direct outcome of the county convention held in this city last Friday. The fact that the delegates to the state convention were instructed for A. Kaiser seems to have been his chief objection and the cause for his withdrawal. . Friends of Mr. Jester feel that he has acted too hastily and hope for his return in the field to fight for the senatorship. Some believe that there were other reasons for his withdrawal, as the convention results should in no way have effected his chances in the sen- atorial campaign. There was hardly a man in the county convention that, by his actions as a delegate, thought for one moment that he was ham- pering Mr. Jester’s chances in the primaries this coming fall. What did he want us to do, or what didn’t he want us to do? This question has been debated pro and con by his friends and they seem at 2 logs to. know what to think of his actions. Many of his friends have ap- proached him on the question and have urged him to reconsider and enter the race he so earnestly began. Mr. Jester seems however deter- mined to drop politics and go back of winning the nomination. Full 25¢ Nothing added---no sugar, no water, nothing but. the pure unfermented juicé of the grapes grown in the famous Irondequoit vineyards. Approved and in- dorsed by the leading physicians of this vicinity as a great strenghthener and muscle builder. it is Good to the Taste Unsurpassed for Invalids ~ and Gonvalescents GEO. A. HANSON DRUGGIST Gallons $1.00 Bemidji, Minn. to farm life, and was very empbhatic in making this statement. It is understood that Mr. Jester has withdrawn in favor of Mr. Berg and that he wishes his. friends to give him their support. BAND GONGERT AT 8 P. M. All New Pieces—Men Do Not Expect ’ That It Will Rain. Men were at work all day yester- day repairing the dock -and band stand so that everything is in good shape for the first outdoor band con- cert of the summer tonight. The band practiced long and late last night and is ready to give the peo- ple of Bemidji the best that can be bhad. The pieces are all new and have not been played here before. ‘The concert will begin at 8 p. m. sharp. It has been the custom of the weather bureau to turn loose a rain storm every time the band played outdoors on Friday night. The opening concert has - therefore been put on Friday because rain is needed so much here. The St. Paul grocers usually bring rain on their picnic, but failed this -year, so the band boys are not over confident of turning the trick. BRAINERD UNION MEN T0 PICNIC ELSEWHERE Cannot Come to Bemidji Because N. P. Has Refused Enough Cars For Transportation. Bemidji is not to get the annual picnic of the union men in the Brain- erd shops. The Northern Pacific has decided that it cannot furnish enough cars to transport the people up here, so the men have been forc- ed to select another place. There are 1800 men in the Brain- erd shops, and with their families, would mean that cars would have to Le provided for over 2,000 people. This would take twenty or thirty carsand would make several train loads. The company says that it cannot spare so many cars at this time of year. The union men selected Bemidiji some time ago but at once had to face the question of transportation. When it was heard that there was a possibility of the picnic going elsewhere, a man was sent to Brainerd by the Commercial club to see that the union came here. He found that the union could come if it could get transportation. MUSIC Masten’s Orchestra Tomorrow Night Hanson’s Drug Store N. P. GOAST ENGINES® ARE NOW OIL BURNERS Motive Power Changed to Prevent Roosevelt in Africa. Just at the time when every one is talking about Roosevelt and his trip to Africa everyone is naturally interested in the famous hunter’s experience. Knowing this to be the case the progressive management of the popular Majestic theatre went to considerable trouble and expense to secure two reels of moving pictures of the great hunter in Africa. These pictures which actually depict wild animals as they are -seen in the Atrican jungles. 4 The photographer often conceal- ing himself and waiting with infinate practice for some animal to appear and these wonderful pictures are an infallible testimony of his success. This great feature picture was secured at enormous expense by the cooperation of all the film manufactures, the negatives having been made by the great animal photographer Cherry Keaton of London, Eng., who followed Col. Roosevelt, into Africa and secured his cooperation only after weeks of strenuous effort, On April 21 the Roosevelt party landed in Mombasa, and from there the expidition proceeded to the interior country where these excell- ent pictures were taken. These pictures will be accompanied by a lectute describing all these inter- esting events as they are protrayed on the screen thereby making them immensely entertaining and profit- able to all. These pictures will be shown on Monday and Tuesday nights June 27 and 28, and the admission will remain the same, 10 cents. Don’t miss this oppor- tunity of your life time. RECEPTION FOR BAILEYS, S. B. Bailefil and wife, son and daughter of Mrs, T. J. Miller, ar- rived 1n the city at 3:30 thisafter- noon from Duluth. Mrs. Bailey was Miss Olive Branch and they were'married lastWednesday, Both live in St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Miller attended the wedding and returned this morning. Mr. Bailey isa mail carrier and the St. Paul Mail Carrier’'s band serenaded the wedding party. Later in the evening, Mr, Bailey’s Sunday school class surprised him, and a male quartet dro pped in for a few songs. This evenieg, the K.P. lodge will hold a reception at the Miller home, Mr. Baileyis a prominent K.P. in St. Paul. Owing to the fact that a- concert-is scheduled at 8 p.m., the Bemidji band will not play at the reception. Mr. and Mrs, Bailey will visit at the Miller «“Homestead” at Riverside, for about ten days. Forest Fire in Woeded Sections— Oilin From California. Tacoma, Wash., June 24.—The Northern Prcific Shops at Soufh Tacoma have turned outa score of engin’es which have been con- verted from coal to oil burners. All of the locomotives operated by the Northern Pacific between Pu- get Sound and Portland will burn oil to obviate the possibilty of for- est fires. In that territory Northern Pacific tracksextend through heavi- ly wooded sections, and the elimi- nation of the danger of starting for- est fires therefore is a matter of great importance to the railroad company, the property owner and to the State, The oil is received by a steamer from the California oil fields and storage tanks have been built be- tween the docks and the tracks at Tacoma, The fenders of passen- ger engines are built to carry 3,000 gallons of oil, sufficient for around trip between Tacoma and Portland. Swedish Church Picnic In Mill Park The Swedish Lutheran church will hold a midsummer Feast to- morrow evening at Mill Park addi- tion on the lawn adjoining the res- idence of Adolph Bodeen,Re- freshments will be served with a free hand and the general public is invited. Speeches will be made by Rev. J.H. Randahl; Prof. ] P, Uhler, of Gustavus Adolphus college; and Prof. R. Wahlgren, of the Uni- versity. ~ Andrew Rood will give give several solos. The program will begin at eight o’clock. Palmer Badly Cut. A. B. Palmer fell down the cellar stairs Thursday and was severely iu- jured. Mr. Palmer slipped on the top step and fell to the bottom, land- ing on a pile of sheet tin. He fell head first so that his - face came in contact with the tin, His cheek was badly lacerated and he went to a doctor at once. He was able to be at the store yegterday. TOURNAMENT PLANS MATURING. RAPIDLY Cunningham Returns from Grand Rapids Meet after Securing Merry-go-round. SAYS CASS LAKE MAY ENTER TEAM IN THE FREE-FOR-ALL Special Horse Races Scheduled Sun- day Afternoon May Bring Teams Early. M. F. Cunningham has returned from Grand Rapids where he attended the opening races for the sixteenth annual tournament of the firemen of that association. While there, Mr. Cunningham secured a merry-go-round for the Bemidji tournament. It is probable that Cass Lake will send its team over to complete in the open events on the program to be pulled off here. Cass Lake once belonged to this association, but in the split went with the eastern teams. The Cass Lake team will not be allowed to enter any of the banner races, for if it won, it would take the banner out of the associa- tion. Runners from the other associa- tion are also expected to come over and enter the free-for-all foot race on Monday afternoon. This event is a 100 yard dash and is open to all comers. The prizes, twenty, ten and five dollars, make it worth while to enter the race. Three men who can make the distance in close to ten seconds have said that they will be here. ) A'big horse race has been sched- uled by the Bemidji Driving club for Sunday afternoon, July 3. The main event is a free-for-all race for a five hundred dollar purse. An [Continued on Page 4.] CANDY " CHEN OPEN To-morrow Saturday, July 29 Eating cold dishes of every descripfion the finest ‘Ice Cream Parlors in Northern Minnesota will be a rare treat to Bemidji people. candies. We make our own ice cream, soda water and Flowers Tomorrow for Every Visitor Bemidji Candy Kitchen Brown & Lankis . Beltrami Ave. Bemidji, Minn. T . MINNESOTA i