Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 23, 1911, Page 3

THURSRAY NOVEMBER 23, 1911. | THE BEMIDJ DALY PIONEER Proceedings of the Gity Gouncil of the Gity of Bemidji October 16th, 1911, oceedings of the City Council, City Bemidji, Minn., Oct. 16, 1911. Council met in council room, city hall in regular session at 8 o'clock p. m. A quorum being present megting was called to order by President Johnson. ROLL CALL. Tpon roll call the following aldermen were declared present: Klein, Mobersg, Smart, Bailey, Roe, Bisiar. Brown, Crip- pen and Johnson: absent: mnone. MINUTES. . Alinutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. BILLS. The following bills after being audit- ed were read and allowed: Bemidji Pioneer Pub. C ery library St. Hilaire Lbr. Co.. coal librai Street gang, 14th ine. . Ed. Olson, labor city A: Henderson, labor asst. to cit: engineer . Thos. Sloan, sawing angle. mdse. poor Lbr. Co., wood poor farm v, plow points and la- of inting September John sidewalk con- on was made by Andy Ander- r of liquor license Wilmar and the same s granted by the following vote; ayes: n, Moberg, Smart, Bailey Brown, Crippen, Johnson; absent: Liquor license bond of Andy Ander- son with the Fideli and Deposit Co., of Maryl -, was read and ap- proved. REPORTS. Report of the municipal court for the week ending Oct. Tth was read showing $131.00 paid the city treasurer. Same was accepted and ordered filed. eport of the city engineer on the test made of the water meter at the pumping station, showing that the ac- tual amount of water received was but| two-thirds of the amount registered by the meter, was read and accepted. Report of the city engineer recom- mending the acceptance of the work done the Northern Construction & Engr. their contracts, was ort of, the city timate cost of opening up the r from the center of sect limits, to be about $2 and ordered filed. BID ds for furnishi a street sweeper, reet sprinkler and a street flusher, e now opened and read, and were as Co., 0.00 “0.. Ltd., Ltd., No. 8,000 . No. 8,000 3-4. 9 ¥ 0., Ltd.,, No. 3, 600 prinkler, $340.00. ern Co.. Ltd. No. 8, 600 prinkler, A Studebaker Bros 600 gal- lon sprinkler $280.00 Studebaker Bros. Co., . 750 gal- lon sprinkler, $310.00. Studebaker Bros. 257 1-2, 600 llon sprinkler, i nk Belt *& Supply “lusher air pre ure (1000 gal.) udebaker Bros. Co., air pre: L), $850.00. Studebaker Bros. Co., No. 406, gasoline pump pressure (750 gal.), $1,150.00. prices are all F. O. B. St. Paul and Minneapoli with exception of the Studebaker 700 gallon flusher which is F. ¢ South Bend, and the Studebaker 0 lon gasoline pre: re which is B. Bemidji. some discussion is was moved $530:00. re (700 that a committee consisting of May- Parker. President Johnson and Alder- Mober report. rendations as to th reet com- to do not to work west h of running doors were authorized at the Soo Line avenue. The water ¢ ee were instructed ta cut off the nd pipe located on Sth street A i ue. The reny nstructed to draft an ordinance covering the haul- ing of dirt over paved streets. Tight boxes and end gates to be used. There being no further business it was moved we adjourn. Adjourned. Approved, L. F. Johnson, Attest: Geo. Stein, City Clerk. THE SPALDING EUROPEAN PLAN Duluth’s Largest and Best Hotel DULUTH MINNESOTA More than $100,000.00 recently expended on improvements. 250 rm:ums'y 12 private baths, 60 sample rooms. Every modern convenience: Luxurious and delightful restaurants and buffet. Flemish Palm Room. Men’s Grill, Colonial Buffet: Magnificent lobby and public rooms: Ballroom. banquet rooms and private dining rooms: Sun parlor and observa- tory. Located in heart of business sec- tion but overlooking the barbor and Lake Superior. Convenient to everything. One of the Great Hatels of the Nerthwest R. F. MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Offlcel313 Beltraml Ave. Phone 319-2. engineer showing Austin 9] | Austin 8 1-2, on the ! 4th | | BARKER’S DRUG & JEWELRY STORE Il Begin t Mounted in Pearl Ivory and Bone Three to Ten Piece Sets coming Saturday’s big event. o Buy Jordan’s Folding Pocket Manicure Sets A. A. JORDAN’S It | Folding Pocket Manicure Sets This is the first sale this store has ever announced. urdays between now and Christmas day. Each succeeding sale will equal or surpass this WHAT DOES 25 PER CENT OFF MEAN? $ 1.00 Manicure Sets at 2.00 Manicure Sets at 4.00 Manicure Sets at 10.00 Manicure Sets at 20.00 Manicure Sets at 15.00. | A Rossini Joke. | Rossini promised a place in the' opera orchestra to a trombonist and then forgot about it, says the Musical ‘Courier. At one of his dinner parties the butler announced the visit of this same protege. Rossini hastened to wel- | strument, disappeared a few moments, | | to return with his friend. Handing the | | instrument to the trombonist with a re. | quest to let the company hear him, | Rossini prepared to listen. Trombone | to lips, the musician rose—dismay, no i i sound, cheeks bulging, eyes distended. | i In vain the unhappy man makes super- I human efforts to produce harmonious sounds. At last! Oh, effort supreme! | With a sound like a hoarse goose | cackle there shoots from the trombone | a mass of sticky macaront. “No harm, | proved yourself a strong musician.” | { And the next day the coveted position | was offered to the trombonist.—Boston | Transcript. Sunlight and Germs. t Here is an instructive experiment | made recently on the effects of sun- | light. Some germs of the terrible dis- | | plates of gelatin, and while one plate was kept in the dark the other was placed in the sunlight. The germs grew, and at the end of ten minutes | there were 360 colonies or groups i the sunshine plate and 400 colonies in | the dark plate. { One hour later the result was: In‘ the sunshine plate, none; in the dark plate, 2,520. No disease germ thrives in sunlight. Modesty. Modesty is one of the sweetest and most desirable qualities one can pos- come him and, relieving him of his in- | sess, and yet too much modesty hin-| ant L. Mackenzie gives some notes on ders advancement. When this qu is overdeveloped it antagonizes agy siveness, without which no great s cess can be attained. ity Parried. Wife—A tree, you know, gets mew clothes every vear—hat, parasol. every thing. Husband—Yes, darling—and makes them all itself. What She Might Catch. She—They say there are germs in my friend,” said Rossini; “you have | kisses. What do you suppose a gir' | He—A hus | could catch that way? band.—Exchange. Resist thy inclinations in the begin | ning.—Thomas a Kempis. “I am pleased to recommend Cham- { ease, anthrax, were sown on two !berlain’s Cough Remedy as the best| |thing I know of and safest remedy| the ¢athedral in 1400 by Jean de Mon- for coughs, colds and bronchial trou-‘ ble,” writes Mrs. L. B. Arnold of Denver, Colo. “We have used it re- peatedly and it has never failed to give relief.” For sale by Barker’s Drug Store. ¢ | angular in shape, flat and rounded, 75c. 1.50. 3.00. 7.50. A A A A Barker Starts SATURDAY SALE NO. | Something P Your Gifts For Christmas Prices Range From $1to $20 Giving you an opportunity to buy ap- propriate Christmas Gifts at $1.00, 2.00, 3.25, 3.75, 4.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00 and 20.00. A saving of 25c. saving of 50c. saving of 1.00. saving of 2.50. saving of 5.00. The Snake Stone. In most accounts of snake charmingi | in India the snake stone plays an im- portant part. When the charmer is bit- | ten the stone is applied to the bite and ’ls supposed. to aid in his recovery. | | Writing in the London Field, Lieuten- | | two of these stones, which he bad the | opportunity of seeing. They were tri- | with smooth polished black surfaces. | They are said to come from the hills of | | Tibet and to be the solidified saliva of | the markhor. This animal is spoken {of in Lieutenant Mackenzie's note as | the “Persian snake eater.” Its saliva | is thought to contain an antidote to | snake poison. The markhor is a spe- | cies of wild goat found in India, Tibet | | and Kashmir. ! Joan of Arc’s Bell. | In the cathedral church of Notre | | Dame, - Paris, there is a bell which | dates from the days of Joan of Arc— | “the blessed bell” which sounded the! tocsin when the Maid of Orleans ap- | | peared in August, 1429, and Paris was | besieged by the English. This historic bell, referred to by Vetor Hugo in “Notre Dame de Paris,” was given to | | taign. It was refounded in 1686 and | then rebaptized under the name of Em- | manuel Louise Therese in honor of | Louis XTV. and Marie Therese of Aus- | tria.—London Globe. Twenty Five Per Cent Off Saturday Only It’s the first of five to be held on Sat- Just this. He Knew Jim. Jim had made an unsuccessful at- tempt to conquer the world and came back to the Tennessee town dirty, worn out and hungry. “TUncle John.” he said melodramati- cally, “I came home to die.” “No, dod gast you,” said unsympa- | thetic Uncle Jim, “you came home to | eat!"—Success Magazine. _ It Surely Will. “And you like chicken, Sam?”’ “Gee! 1 certainly does. boss.” “And you get 'em once in awhile?” “Oh, sure, boss. T gets "em.” “How do you get "em, Sam?” ! hairspring se “Well, boss, you know dat ol’ sayin’, | ‘Love will Statesman. Quick Time. Ada—Men are slow! It took him! nearly two hours to propose to me! last night. Floss—And how long did it take you to accept him, dear? Ada— Just two seconds. Wealth is sncial_ln fts origin and should be used for social purposes.— | Comte. { For pains in the side or chest dam-| pen a piece of flannel with Chamber- | lain’s Liniment ‘and bind it on over| the seat of pain. There is mothing| better. For sale by Barker’s Drug‘ Store. | find the way.””—Yonkers | started forward with a | above him, and fell headlong. | mortal TRAGIC IN ITS BREVITY. The Story of the Duel Between Hamil- ton and Burr. The story of the Hamilton-Burr duel is tragic in its brevity. The little party of five—the principals, their seconds and the surgeon—was on the ground not long after sunrise. The prelimt- naries were soon arrangea. As Pen- dleton, Hamilton's second, gave him his pistol he asked. “Will you have the “Not this time,” was the significant reply. and then the men faced each other. According to the best authorities upon a disputed subject, Burr fired at the word. At the report Hamilton convulsive movement, reeled, involuntarily dis- charging his pistol into the foliage Baurr, with an expression of pain upon his face. sprang toward him, but Van Ness, i his second, seized him by the arm and hurried him down the bank and into | their boat. Hamilton, being lifted up, revived for a moment and gasped, “This is a wound. doctor.” Relapsing again into unconsciousness, he was again revived by the fresh air of the river. “Pendleton knows,” he said, trying to turn toward his friends, “that 1 did not intend to fire at him.” At 2 the afternoon following he had | breathed his last. R SESSRS— e o . —— ey