Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 19, 1911, Page 5

' BEMIDJ1 BRIEF Editortal Telephone, “THREE=ONE’ MAYNE STANTON, City News Reporter DORA BARRETTE, Society Reporter Men are busily at work picking up the logs of the Crookston Lumber Company, blown loose by the severe winds of last week. The men now have a raft made up and are taking it toward the mill on the other side of the lake. Money to loan. V. L. Ellis. ‘Work is progressing on the new Commercial club building, the two side walls having been completed, and the construction of the floor has been begun. According to Contract- or Johnson, the bulldlng will be com- pleted by the first of August, as had been planned. Fresh Carnations 75c¢ per dozen at the Green house this week, Fearing lh&;t he might lose his homestead through contests filed against his entry, Ole 0. Bjorge, living six miles east of Thief River Falls, hanged himself. Neighbors found the body suspended from the roof of an old barn. He leaves a wife and seven children: The United States Government is in a sense a partner in the Northern National Bank. Such a condition must add additional security to your savings there. At the state land sales held in Grand Rapids this week, one tract was sold at the rate of $60 an acre to B. W. Batchelder of Nashwauk and J. H. Sellwood of Duluth. The land fronts the shore of Swan Lake. The, total receipts of the Grand Rapids land sale amounted to $42,000. Lost—String of Roman gold beads. Sunday, April 30. Return to O’Leary- Bowser Co. Reward. W. F. Ries, author of “Men and Mules,” and a public speaker of note, will deliver an address at the Brink- man theatre on May 28 in this city. He will make other addressess near here as follows: Puposky, May 24; Wilton, May 25; Fosston, May 26; Tenstrike, May 27; Akeley, May 29; Eagle Bend, May 30. ~May-sale of muslin underwear-now in full progress at Berman Empor- ium. Bemidji and Nymore mill em- ployes are signing a petition, ask- ing Congressman Steenerson to sup- port Congressman Victor L. Berg- er’s resolution, asking Congress to investigate the arrest of the McNam- ara brothers in Ohio who are charg- ed with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times Building. Berger is a Socialist. 250 large geraniums for the yard. Ready to bloom. $2.50 per dozen. At the Greenhouse, phone 166. Much seeding has been done by the farmers near Bemidji. and throughout Beltrami county the past week and with the exception of some flax seed and corn, all the grain is now in. The land never was in better condition. Plum, apple and cherry trees are in full bloom and unless harmed by late frosts there will be a record breaking yield of fruit. The last time to buy your silk dress now at the dress sale. Newest ideas shown in these dresses. Ber- man Emporium. ‘Prof. F. L. Washburn says' the freezing weather around Crookston and other parts of the Red River valley a week ago did not kill all the grasshopers. “The grasshoper eggs had not all hatched; in fact they are just hatching now,” he says. “The farmers of Polk county must not feel secure in the thought the cold weather caused wholesale de- sruction of this pest.” A middle aged Christian man wants to make the acquaintance of a Lady between 25-35. For particu- lars address A.'B. Box 541, Bemidji, Minn, 1 C. Godfrey, the postmaster at Hibbing, was in the city today mak- ing an investigation of the methods used in operating the United States postal savings bank, which has been in .operation'in this city for some time. The Hibbing bank is to be opened next week. The postmaster Embroidery and lace sale, hun- dreds of beautiful patterns to choose from. Berman Emporium. of Eveleth will visit the Bemidji of- fice' on June 9, and his office will open for business June 12. The new Norwegian Danish Luthe- ran church in Brainerd will be dedi- cated on June 18 in that city at which time ‘Right Rev. K. Bjoego of Red Wing, president of the Min- nesota District of the synod will deliver an important address. Other ministers to attend will be Rev. H. W. Sorenson of Shevlin, Rev..J. Roer- vik of Portland, N. D. Rev. D. J. Growe of Fergus Falls and Rev. T. L. Rosholt, of Renville. Minn. The students of the State Univers- ity probably will have a double treat on the forenoon of May25, when it is expected Governor Woodrow Wil- son will address them in chapel, and a short concert will be given by Danish singers from the University of Copenhagen, The Danes will ap- pear in the Twin City on that day, and Prof. Gisle Bothne has secured a promise from them to appear in chapel. Governor Wilson will speak in the evening at the Association of of Commerce banquet in St. Paul. For the first time in the history of thie state the governor of Min nesota is being sued as such. Gover- nor A. O. Eberhart is named as defendant in an action instituted bv the Minnesota and Internationl and Big 'Fork” dnd Falls Railroads, subsidary corporations of the Northern Pacific, to enable them to return to the three-cent fare Juiy 1. An attempt many years ‘ago to enjoin the governor was thrown out of the courts on the ground that a private citizen cannot sue the state. In all other rate injuction cases the attorney general and railroad and \varehou‘se commissioners have been named as defendants. International W. H. Gemmel of Brainerd, gener- al manager of the Minnesota & Inter- nationl, has been named a colonel and aide on the staff of Governor Eberhart.. Howard Weirick has also been named a colonel; M. H. Hinge- ley of Floodwood, major and aide; ‘Gutaf Widell, inspector general with the rank of brigadier general, who succeeds Brigadier General E. L. Welch of Minneapolis. C. H. Biorn succeeds John Dwan as judge ad- vocate and Mr. Dwan becomes: colo- nel and aide. Paul Doty of St. Paul becomes brigadier general and M. N. Gasser of Duluth is made colonel and aide. W. C. Handy is promoted to be assistant quarter master general. He succeeds Major J. Uno Sebenius. For having started fire in a forest, P. A. Sundblom of Pine Creek was fined $45 by Justice Randall in Little Falls this week. PPPOPLOOOCOOOO®O®O & PERSONALS @, R R R R R R R R R R F. M. Grim of Orth, was a Bemidji visitor yesterday. Iver Knutson and wife of Pequot, were visitors in Bemidji yesterday. Oscar Ellingson of Federal Dam, was a Bemidji business vislto; this morning: O ‘Miss Neta Liesch, of Winona, is the guest of Bemidji friends for a few days. Mrs. W. E. Neil left this morning. for. Faribault, where she will visit || relatives. of Red Lake Falls, went to Iowa to accompany her home. He leaves for his home today. H. A. Campbell of Turtle River, was among the Bemidji business visitors yesterday. Mrs. J. S. Scribner of Walker, was in the city today on a business and pleasure trip. combined Mrs. F. 8. Lycan, who has been confined to the hospital for five weeks, has returned to her home. J. F. Morgan of Fowlds, who is connected with the Crookston Lum- ber company, was in the ecity last evening. ‘William O’Neil of Chippewa Falls, governhxent superinteudqut of logs, in this territory, was in Bemidji this morning. g ; g R. E. Keck of St. Paul, claim agent for the Great Northern Railway com- pany was in Bemidji today on‘ offi- cial business. : Mrs. Mary Wagner, Fourteenth and Irvine, has retlurned to Bemidji after an all winter absence in West Union, Towa. Her son, Joe Wagner Sam Fullerton, assistant state fire marshal who has been in Bemidji the past few days on business in connection with his new position, has returned to St. Paul. County Commissioner Clementson, has returned to his home in Baudette, after having been present at the meeting of the county board, which adjourned last evening. C. H. Mills, of Brainerd, manager of the Swift Packing company inter- ests in the Bemidji and Brainerd territory, was in Bemidji this morn- ing, inspecting the office in this city. Judge Marshall A. Spooner left this morning for Aitkin, where, with Attorney G. M. Torrance of Bemidji, he will appear before Judge W. S. McClenahan, on legal mnttérs. Both attorneys will return to Bemidji on the early morning train. 1 Mrs. W. L. Davies of Crookston | who came to Bemidji Monday to visit her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Marcum, is now in the hospital in a critical con- dition. Her daughter Helen of Grand Forks and two sons, Hal of St. Paul and S. R. Davies of Crookston, arrived in the city yesterday and will remain indefinitely. STATE FAIR PRICES REDUCED in the Grand Stand. State fair visitors next September can purchase admittflfice to the grounds and a seat in the grandstand for seventy-five cents. " This is a re- duction of twenty-five cents. At a meeting of the board of man- agers in St. Paul last night a new schedule of ticket prices was deter- mined upon. Admittance at the out- side gates .'was not - changed. The4 prices at fifty cents for adults and twenty-five cents for children during remain the day time and| twenty-five cents general admission after 6 p. m. Beside the regular ad- missions there will be placed on sale season tickets one admittance each 'dayv for $2.00 and two or more ad- missions each day for $4.00. A general reduction was made in the gra\idstand schedule. The prices; to be charged this year will be seventy-five cents for the boxes, fifty cents for reserved seats and twenty- five cents for the back section. The twenty-five cent admission also ad- mits visitors to all bleachers and to the paddock. Last year the lowest BERRIES, TOMATOES | PLENTY ANDCHEAP Come i’ From Tennessee and Wil Sell at Lowest Prices so Far This Spring. HOME GROWN RHUBARB ON SALE Radishes, Asparagus, Onions, New Cabbage and Other Things for the Sunday Dinner. Cucumbers, plump red tomatoes from’ Tennessee, sweet strawberries at_reduced prices and many other vegetables and- fruits will be in the Bemidji market on Saturday for the benefit of the housewife who buys her ‘Sunday dinner. Sh'e will . find home grown vege- tables, asparagus, onions, rhubarb, horse - radish, and cowslips which, while ‘not on the market, are being picked and used for greens. . . Pie Plant at 5 cents Home grown rhubarb is selling for 5 cents a pound, and is of the very best while the aspara'gus,“whieh has been: selling for 15 cents a bunch, is down to 10 cents. rains have brought the asparagus out in the best of shape, and much of it is now on the market, Radishes, grown near Bemidji are now on the marke(:, selling for 10 cents a pound, and the better quali- ty at 20 centsa pint, Parsnips, both new and old, are selling for from 3 to 4. cents a pound. Bananas,‘ as -usual will' be on sale on the Saturday market at 30 cents. Tmis“price is maintained throughout the year in Bemidji. The recent heavy Cucumbers Bring 15 Cents. Cucumbers have not been on the Bemidji market for several days but will be on sale tomorrow, the price being from 15 to 20 cents. Tomatoes, from Tennessee, have drgpped from 25,tq 20.cents a pound. Shipped from Tennessee and Miss- issippi, strawberries are selling for 20 cents a quart, showing a slight drop in pricé. During the next few weeks the berries will be received from Misouri and Kentucky, gradual- 1y lessening in price until there will be Minnesota berries on the market in ‘August. E-_Ct_ibbage. coming from Texas, is worth from 5 to 7 cents a_pound. Potatoes Back to 80 Cents. .0ld potatoes are now selling for from 70 to 80 cents a bushel, with ‘no'new potatoes on the market. Old poui'toes are plentiful, while new ones, which at this time of the year come from Texas, are scarce. priced seats were fifty cents and box seats were one dollar. Another radical change was made in the decision to charge twenty-five cents.admission for all persons not Selling for 10 cents a bunch, the celery, coming froin Céllfornla, is fair, not being bleached enough. Home grown onions are plentiful and are of -extra good . quality. having business on the fair grounds on Friday, Saturday and Sunday pre- ceding the fair. ! Two sacred concerts will be given on Sunday, Sept. 3, by the Kiltie Band and the Patrick Conway Band. The board voted to erect a one story building 28 x 75 feet connect- ing the woman’s building with the; annex, to be used for the art exhibit.}" MAJESTIC ~ THEATRE PROGRAM 1—Overture—"Irish Beauties.” Hazellle Fellows, Pianist; Fred Christ- enson, Trap Drummer. 2—Motion Pictures % “A the White Man’s Doer.” (Vita: graph. An Indian Picture, better: than the average. 3—Illustrated Song Night Brings the Stars and You. C. J. Woodmansee 4—Motion Picture “Where the Wind Blows” (Vita- graph) A story of the sea. A dog takes a leading part. v Three shows every night. Admis- sion 10c. Our music is the talk of.the town. | Cut Made In Cost of Sitting Onijons will be placed on the Satur- day market at 5 cents a bunch. Pineapples are selling at-25 cents each.. “The :Saturday -prices on orangeg will vary, as they will sell from 40 to 60 cents a dozen. o ! ~Lemons will sell at 30 cents a dozén. ok Grape fruit ‘of good quality, will | :sell' at 2 for-26 cents. 00000000 PPOO®OOD 1© BEMIDJI MARKET PRICES ¢ (A A E XXX XXX ERX XXX Butter (DBIFY) .- vve . v o e § .26 Potatoes .........cumeeinm 1.00 Onions. .- 2.00 Cabbage - .05 .60 f.02 Poultry ... .16 WHEBE ... eas sse eme ore e sne w50 oxe 1,00 088 .ot i e i e em e 240 Young Man Wanted. This office can use a good strong boy between the.age of 16 and 20. One who is willing to work and learn the printing business. Call at this office. The Security Siate Bank looking, ‘annually on Savings accounts, OF BEMIDJI - Wil give your business that careful sort of attention for which you are 4 per cent interest paid semi- breat Clearing Sale Here Is Your Ghance to Save Money on Your Summer Furnishings Hetland & Fallon’s entire stock of Ladies’ Muslin Underwear, Knit Underwear, Hosiery and Neckwear to be closed out at a- big discount. The sale is now ; on, and will coutinue till the entire stock is closed out. The reason for the disposal of this stock is that we are crowded for room. Come and see for yourself and get our prices. Hetland & Fallon CHICAGO & DULUTH TRANSPORTATION CO, Operating the Magnificent New ' Steel Steamship MINNESOTA A 2000 mile, one week’s Lake Trip, leaving Duluth, Minn., every Tuesday, 10:30 p.m., to Chicago, IlL, and Milwaukee, Wisc., via Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, stopping at Intermediate Ports $36.00 ROUND TRIP MEALS AND BERTH INCLUDED 3 fast steel Freight and Passenger Steamers, semi-weekly service between Chicago, Ills., Milwaukee, Wis., Duluth, Minn., and the Great Northwest. Freight service effective April 15 to Dec. 1. Passenger service effective June 16 to Oct 1. Route your shipment via C & D Line and save 15 per cent on your Freight Bills. Enquire J. H. McF. Local Agent 'ADZEAN : General Agent C. & D. Line or Soo R. R., Great Northern R. R. Duluth, Minn. . M&L 3 We shall not have a "sour face" for you when you come in, but a smile. We are doing a big business, thank you, and are happy. Our pure, wholesome groceries will make those who eat them hap- ' py. No adulterated stuff in our store. We wouldn't sell that kind. If everybody only knew how good our grec- ceries were, we'd sell every dollar's - worth that is .sold .,in this ] ) ~ town. ’ Leaf Lettuce Head Lettuce Asparagus Parsley Green Onions Fancy Celery Round Radishes Cucumbers Rhubarb Ripe Tomatoes Strawberries Fresh Pineapple Grapefruit Remember the most delicious coffeej flavor you ever enjoyed—Multiply by 2. Result— Chase and Sanborn’s Seal Brand Coffee Roe & Markusen THE QUALITY GROCERS Phone 206=207 4th St.Bemidji