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LEGISLATURE MAY CHANGE PRIMARY (Continued from first page). taining “State Rural Higliways. Mineral rights reserved in lands used for other purposes would be taxed under a Dill introduced by Sen- ator Johnson. & Tax levies for police pension would be raised by Senator Denegre’s bill introduced yesterday. ‘More time for legeslative “fresh- men” to get on to their jobs is want- ed by Representative Anderson of Badger. He wants to put off the session until later in the term or have annual sessions. ; Senator Nelson has introduced in the senate an act which will really limit saloons to one for every 500 inhabitants. It applies to old sa- loons as well as to new ones. HREHKRHHKE KK KKK KKK * DOMAAS. pe ERERKKKKKKKK KKK KKK P. Sarff was pleasantly surprised Monday evening January 20, at his home near Domaas, the occasion be- ing his forty-sixth birthday. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Saxied, Osta Saxied, Gad- scak Saxied, Mrs. O. J. Norman, Hilda Norman, Petrina Ruskfer, Mrs. Olson, Andrew Lundgren, Oliver Johnson, John Challson, Ole Chall- son, Gust Challson and Carl Norman. At a late hour a dainty lunch was served and all departed for their homes. | KKK AR KKK KKK KK KKR * UM NOTES. { TRHEHKKKKKKKKKK KKK Mrs. Brede Aulie Bemid) Saturday. John Anderson brought from Kel- liher a big load of household goods for Mrs. Aulie. Christ and Jens Beck and Dennis Bowe, of Otto, attended the play giv- en by the Saum students at Kelliher. John Wolden who has been to Fosston and other points during the past week, returned yesterday with a fine team of horses. The Saum high school class pre- sented their play entitled “At the Village Postoffice” at the Pastime theater in Kelliher, Saturday eve- ning to a crowded house. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jerome, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Squires, Mr. and Mrs. Haley and Mr. and Mrs, Daley of Battle River attended the play at Kelliher. * returned from ii#iii*i**iiii#i*i * NORTHERN. **«««;«if**fif;* There has been quite an epidemic of grippe going the round; scarcely any one escaping and quite a few of the pupils having to be absent from school from one to three days. Mrs. Reynolds has been quite sick, but is slowly improving. John Noel did not escape grippe, but is some better. Clarence and Lee Worth spent Saturday evening with Merlin Rey- nolds. The coasting party Wednesday evening was quite enjoyable. The party was small, only seven or eight out, but “the most precious things are done up in small packages.” Coasting was grand. Mrs. Ora Whitlng and children, and Mrs. Amy Anderson and little daughter, were the guests of Mrs. Birch Whiting Friday. Geo. Day, spent Sunday evening visiting- D. A. Whiting and family. b Mrs. Noel and Miss Webster were entertained at dinner Sunday eve- ‘uing by Mrs. Grover. Qra Whiting and L. E. Anderson were among those who visited Be- midji Friday. Mr. Nelson, professor of agricul- ture and H. J. Dane, Pioneer editor, of Bemidji, were the guests of D. A. Whiting Sunday, securing pictures of tne store, etc., and gaining other in- formation concerning the co-opera- tive success of the Farmers’ club in this vicinity. They seemed to be very favorably impressed with the farmers’ plan, a united effort. We have Professor Nelson's prom- ise to meet with the Farmers’ club at Mr. Reynolds the first Wednesday in February. There will be a meeting of * the saw mill company at the school house Wednesday evening at 7:30 the | - b Flowers Quickly Wilted. ; The case had been concluded, and the attorney who had defended a man | on a charge of assault rose to make bis final address to the jury which was to decide his client’s fate. He was a flowery talker and his argument ran something like this: “It was a beauti- ful evening. All nature was smiling at rest. The birds twittered their fare- well to the sun, knowing that the moon would soon be up. And just at this time, gentlemen of the jury, in this peaceful environment, the prose- gu'tlps ‘witness came out from behind ® billboard and called my client a liar. The jurors laughed and convicted. ©Oh! Prunes! In a certain home the wife cooked 8 dish of prunes, which appeared to find no favor with members of the family. The prunes ‘“went begging” for a day or two, until the husband, tired of seeing them, decided to finish them up to get rid of them. When be got home the next evening he found a big dish of prunes at his place. + *You liked those other prunes so well,” said his wife, “that I thought I would cook some more.” e oo ey s ULAR VALUE. =0 g saving. Spring Dresses. Dress Goods Just in time, when you’ re figuring on your The saving of one- these goods is ample inducement to make - your selection right now. Corsets Warner’s Rust: Proof Corsets in all the late models at 20 per cent Discount. Extra 'Special ~ B-argains in all- —our de- partments during the last three days of a most remarkable CLEARANCE SALE Our White Sale Offers special opportunities to provide your wants for SPRING AND SUMMER at immense savmgs. Don't miss this chance. fifth on $3.50, at This Coats and Suits Any one of our beautiful Coats or Suits at about HALF THFIR REG- This is a splendid opportunity to buy one of our late Suits at this ot i ol NS NN G O I S T it il Dresses, Skirts and Waists We have still an unusual variety of the very latest makes from which to select. saving amounts to from § to 4. Shoes Silk Pettmoats Silk Petticoats, regular values to $1.85 The is an extraordmary opportunity as the cele- brated Warner’s Rust Proof Corsets are sel- dom offered at a reduction. New Goods Arriving $4 and $5 Shoes ¢2.89 flrll and thira Fridays::$ B o i b e die Soiock T 3¢ Honomto Bt $3 and $3.50 Shoes l 89 2 e at . . . . . . 14 Roasevz.t,‘ "Nu. 1888 daily. Gifts for Children. Sometimes we find it necessary ta give gifts to small children, who have practically everything one can think of. Perhaps this plan, that has helped me, may help others. For a little boy tkree or four years old, one may make a book of thin cardboard with a gay cover, and his name on the cover. Paste an envelope on the in- side of the cover and fill it with bright and pretty pictures cut from magazines. The little fellow can paste them in the book as his fancy dictates. For a little girl of the same age, make a winter outfit for one of her dolls. off and put on at her will. it, covered with pretty: cretonne. - an older child a good game often gives much pleasure.—Mother’s Maga zine. —_— Popular Girl. The most popular girl in the school will generally be a girl who excels in games, and outsiders often wonder why this should be the case. The reason {8 that to play most games well a girl must be unselfish; .she must “play for her side,” and not for her own honor and glory, and she carries this out unconsciously in her daily life. You do not find her think- She will enjoy clothes that | have buttons, and that may be taken In giving ' enclose it in a cardboard box; For} Come and see the new shipments of new Spring Goods and Spring Dresses. ceive shipments of these new Spring Goods His Whole Life One of Work. Seventy-eight years’ service in the same family was the record of a la- borer named Daniel. Gumbull, who died at Redhill, England, a tew days ago. He entered the service of Mr, James Trower, in the reign of Willlam IV., and was in the employ of Mr, ‘Trower’s grandsons a few months ago, ‘when falilng health compelled him to cease work. For 50 years he never had a holiday, except a half-day when he was married. He had 12 children, and leaves about 120 descendants, Gumbull was an interesting character. He was ‘quite illiterate, but he had & wonderful memory, and could de- scribe with minute detall.events that happened 70 years ago. He remem- bered when a boy, attending the lo- cal festivities in honor of Queen Vie- toria’s coronation. Worthy Fad. i somebody is anxious to invest in a really new fad there is one ready te hand. Let us have a cult of tak- ing your time. To faddists it has the obvious advantage of being wholly atnnge and revolutionary. - We are all convinced in these days that the proper thing to do is to rush. We are exhorted from a thousand plat- forms to act and not to think about it, to reform everything and not to be continually debating—as if the im- ing that no one else is of any use ln’ portant thing were to do something the world, or putting on airs because new without having made the small- she happens to be better looking than | est attempt- to discover whether it her companions, says Home Notes. She is simple and natural, and con- tent to. “glve and take,” and is as strict in her code of honor as her brother in a public school. Such girls will always win, be rich in friends, and wherever they go they carry with | . them a breesy spirit of joy and good tellowship.—Exchange, will be in the ‘least better or worse than what we have always been doing. Classified Department We re- eral housework. midji avenue. ‘WANTED—Dishwasher at Nicol- let hotel. Inquire 700 Be- FOR SALE— Sixteen inch; seasoned F urs Every set or single piece in our Fur De- partment can be bought during the sale at a saving of %. Do Your Shopping during the next Three Ddys‘While this Sale lasts, at the BERMAN EMPORIUM tice: Jjack pine and tamarack wood.—J. E. Swanson, Phone 684-7, Farm. WANTED—Cook _ at the Erickson Hotel. e T o A A e WANTED—Cook’at Lake Shore. FOR SALE At e A FOR sALE—Typowruor‘rlbbonl for every make of typewriter on the market at 50 cents and 75 cents each. _Every ribbon sold for 75 cents guaranteed. Phone orders promptly filled. Mail orders given the same careful attention as when you appear in person. Phone 31. The Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply Store. FOR SALE—The Bemidji lead pencil (the Dbest nickel pencil in the world, at Netzer’s, Barker’s, 0. C. Rood’s, McCualg’s, Omich’s, Roe & Markusen’s, and the Pioneer Office Supply Store at 5 cents each and| 50 cents a dozen. FOR SALE—6 x 30 foot'launch, 3 years old, 18 h. p. 3 cylinder Gray motor, with canopy top, seating ca- Dacity 25, speed 10 miles. A sac- rifice sale if taken at once. Ap- ply to L. L. Orrvar. Sauk Centre, s of i}ne, sev- ints and in first office for proofs. Address Bemidji loneer, Bem{dji, Minr FOR SALE—Rubber Ploneer will pfocun any kind of rubbo mp for you on short no- FOR FOR SALE_Dry poplar - FOR SALE—Hay meadow. _Six miles FOR SA...i—Five-room bungalow, FOR SALE Seasoned pime —_—t —————— FOR RENT-—5 room house 516 Bel- — LOST—Ladies’. gold watch and fob, - er and Irvine 'avenue South. Find- _ er return to this office.’ Reward. LOST—Purse containing about $2.50 SALEw—Slxwen-inch wood. Tamarack, popple and jack pine. Call 498. A. J. Holden, wood at $2.50 per cord delivered. Inquine Nicollet hotel. from town. phone 374, Falls & Cameron, 1207 Minmesota avenue. Phone-526 or. 93. $1.50. Phone 374. eron. Falls & Cam- FOR RENT trami avenue: Apply to J. E. Mc- Ginnis, East Bemidji. ' , LOST AND FOUND wood, 1 $10, letter, and trunk key. Finder leave at Ploneer office or 910 Bel- trami and receive. reward. -—_—_——4 RGeS © (s ) CEERR SRR PR ; A ) e\ |/ RN D i D) 402 Mh-i Ave. 3P0 B Bemidji Lodge No.- un. Regular meeting night first and third Th'll‘lh]l 8 o’'clock—at Masonic. Bclml Ave,, and !"Ifll 0 O ¥ every second and hllrfi Sunday o'clock in h.uml - Catholic church. Meeting nights every secand and ‘fourth Monday :’v‘-inmn_. at 0dd Fellows 1 r.0. R Regular meeting _nights every 1st and 2nd Wednes- day evening at 8§ o'cleck @ AN Regular meetings ~First and third Saturday aftee’ noons, at 2:30—at 044 Fel \, lows Halls, 402 Beltrams Ave. Regular meeting every seceas \ and fourth Wednesdays at ‘& o'clock at Qdfl Fellows Hall . Rebecca Lodge. Regular meeting nights -- first and third Wednesday at lf“ —1. O. 0. F. Hall. XNIGTS OF FYTEIAS . Bemidji Lodge No. 168 Regular meeting nighte—es- ery Tuesday evening. at 8 o'clock—at the Bagles Halt Third street. LADIES OF THE MAG- canzzs. Regular meeting night last Wednesday evening ir each month. MASONIOC. A. F. A. Bemien, 238, Regular meeting nights — firat -and third Wednesdays, $ o’clock—at Masonic Hall, = Beltramt Ave., and Fifth St. Bemidji Chapter. Ne. 18, R. A. M. Stated convocatiems —first and third Mondays; & o'clock p.> m.—at . Masente Hell Zeltrami Ave., and Fifth street. Elkunah Commandery, No. 8§ K. T. Stated concla: and_ fourth -Fridays, '8 &' . m.—at Masonic Temple, Bel: trami-Ave., and Fifth Bt _ o. r.s Chapter Ne. 37, ® Regular meeting Thursday everings at 8 o'clock in Odd Fellews Hall, Bomtan " CampNo. 5018, Regular meeting nighta — irst and third u.ldvl"l 8 o'clock at 0dd Fellews Hall, 403 Beltrami Ave. -onl‘xuw Regular meeting l‘.‘ - the first and thiré Thuredaye in the I O. O. F. Hall at*8 D. m. Meetings held - ' thire Sunday afterncon ef eash month at Troppmaa's Hall d MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISERS—The great state of North Dakota offers unlimited op- - portunities for business to classi- fled advertisers. The recognized - advertising medium in the Fargo Daily and Sunday Courier-News, the only ‘seven-day paper in the state and the paper which carries the largest amount of classified advertising. - The Courier-News covers North Dakota like a blank- et; reaching all parts of the state the day of publication; it is the paper to use in order to get re- sults; rates one cent per word first insertfon, one-half cent per word succeeding insertions; fifty cents per line per month. Address the Courier-News, Fargo, N..D. WANTED—100 merchants In North- vern Minnesota to sell “The Bemid- 31 lead pencil. Will carry name of every merchant in advertising solumns of Pioneer in order that a1l gecelve advantage of advertis- between' Security State bank corn- between court house and Beltrami and Eleventh street. Return to Pioncer office for reward. crocheted handbag. Black lined (BOUGHT AND SOLD—Second hand . meroes from postoffice. phone 129 ith - red, coutaining| inder. please leave at ing. For wholesale prices write or phome the Bemidji .Ploneer Of fice _Bupply Co. Phone 31 Be- midji,” Minn. furniture. Odd’ Fellow's building ;WANTBD:fa;E ady_wanm_rabm ‘im & modern home, Inquire K, care Who Sells It ? Here they are all in a row. They. sell it because it's the: best nickel pencil on the market today end: will be for many days to corie. The Bemidji Pencil " stands alone in the ffive] Jcent world. It is sold on your money back basis. A store on every street and in surrounding cities. Horo They Are: Carlison’s Varlety Stere Barker’s Drug snd Jow-- olry m- W. Q. Sohroeder 0. 0. Rood & Oo. 3 E. F. Netzer’s th-ny Wm. MoOualg . J. P. Omioh’s O l.tr Store Roe & Markusen