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B About The City [E RS RS R RS R R R R b LEST WE FORGET * R R R R R R R R R In case of fire call 348. v e The Bemidji schools Tuesday, Sept. 7. PR will open The Red Lake agency fair will be! held Sept. 22, 23 and 24. LR There will be a band concert at the city dock Friday evening. . s . Dance at the Birchmont summer hotel Saturday night. LY ‘When traveling purchase round- trip tickets. road receipts. . e Beach The next meeting of the board of county commissioners will be held on October 4. PR The ne.t term of court for Bel- trami county will convene, Tuesday, September 14. ; . s . There will be another sale of state school and swamp land of the county Wednesday, September 8. ... On December 9 and 10 the winter convention of the Northern Minne- sota Development association will be held in Bemidji. .. “Loveland,” a musical comedy pre- sented under the auspices of the Be- midji Elks, will be staged at the Brinkman Sept. 16-17. « s Beltrami county’s annual fair will be held on September 15, 16, 17 and| 18. September 15 will be entry day. The state fair will be in progress September 6 to 11. OCAY, BREVITIES Attorney J. S. Scribner of Walker was in Bemidji yesterday on legal business. Mrs. Iva Butler of Redby was the| guest of Bemidji relatives yesterday between trains. Big 9c granite ware sale at Tropp- ‘man’s Saturday.—Adv. Mrs. John Noel and Mrs. Luey Wil- liams of the town of Northern were business visitors in the city yester- «day. Mrs. S. Johnston, Miss Margaret Johnston and Miss Gore of Hines transacted Business in Bemidji yester- day. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Getchell of Deer River, Minn,, are in Bemidji and while here are the guests of rela- itives, Strawberries and blueberries at Stewart’s Grocery.—Adv. John W. Curo, the Cass county ‘surveyor, was a Bemidjl visitor yes- terday, being enroute to his home at Walker. Mrs. A. F. Saddler of Buena Vista ‘was in Bemidji yesterday enrowte to Grace City, N. D., where she will spend the winter. Ralph Stone, of county attorney of Grand Rapids, Itasca county, Boost the Bemidji rail-| |neapolis, returned yesterday mnoon ihave been the guests of relatives for on professional business. See our wood ad, page 2. aire Retail Lumber Co.—Adv. Bemidji visitors yesterday. Mrs. .town shoppers in the city yesterday. Mrs. M. E. Kenfield entertained Misses Florence and Ruth Finnegan of Merriam Park, and Mr. and Mrs. George Cochran, jr., at dinner yes- terday. As usual, our wood is the best in town. St. Hilaire Retail Lumber Co. ’—Adv. | Rev. S. L. Parish, district super- intendent, will preach and hold quar- terly conferencée in the Methodist church this evening at 8 o’clock. All are cordially invited. Miss Mable Johnson, daughter ot Rev. and Mrs. Osmund Johnson, went to Nevis, Minn., this morning where she will visit at the Walter Thomp- son home for several days. Mrs. Frank Duncan .and little daughter, Eleanor, of St. Paul are the guests of Mrs. Duncan’s mother, Mrs. C. P. Larson, of Minnesota avenue. They will visit here for a couple of weeks. ot Get your dog biscuits at Stewart’s Grocery. I have the best (Austin’s.) —Adv. Al Collard is making extensive im- provements on his property on Min- nesota avenue. He is putting an ad- dition to his building, raising the barn and putting in a cement foun- dation. Mrs. W. L. Davies and Miss Helen Davies are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davies at Plummer for the week end. Miss Davies has just com- pleted a visit at Bemidji.—Thursday, Crookston Daily Times. Rev. P. E. Ording and family of Nelson, Minn., who have been yis- iting in Duluth, were in the city to- day enroute to Shotley, where they will spend the week end. They are making the trip by automobile. Cold weather coming. How about wood? St. Hilaire Retail Lumber Co.—Adv. Mrs. Osmund Johnson and daugh- ter, Borghild, and her sister, Mrs. ‘Bakke, and daughter, Olive, of Min- from ‘Grand Forks, N. D., where they the past several days. Misses Florence and Ruth Finne- gan of Merriam Park, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Cochran, jr., for the past several days, went to Walker this morning, where they will visit friends before leaving for their home Monday. Mrs. S. A. Cutter and daughter, Vera, went to Minneapolis this morn- ing where they will visit Mrs. Cut- ter’s niece and other friends. there they will go to Austin, Minn,, to visit relatives. Mr. Cutter will in about a week. One of these days you ought to ture taken.—Adv. Miss Dorothy Torrance of Bemidji avenue will entertain at dinner and bridge this evening at her home. The guests will be Attorney and Mrs: Hallan L. Huffman, Misses Stanton and Marion White, and Messrs. H. Mayne Stanton, Jack Her- bert and Clayton C. Cross. Mr. and Mrs. L. Dodge -of Ten- strike and their guest, Miss Vera Chase, of Farmington, Minn., were Fred Cutter, son of Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Cutter, went to Norwich, N. D., this morning where he will be bookkeeper for an elevator company. 0. Hamre, Mrs. P. Froirak and Misses Emma and Walborg Froi- rak of Frohn were among the out-of- join his wife and daughter at Austin} go to Hakkerup’s and have your pie-§ Gladys C. L. Isted, office manager for the] Your Baby will Smile when it faces our camera, and yeu will value its pic- ture in after years, es- pecially the charming look of infantile helplessness, innocense and purity. %ESVERY DAY KIDDY'SDAY AT THIS STUDIO Waiting may mean disap- pointment. Make an ap- pointment today. N. L. HAKKERUP Your Photographer Pflogefigfi e T spent yesterday and today in 'Bemldjil(}rbakuon'limbcr ‘¢company, with his |’ wife and family and his uncle; J. 8. St. Hil- |Isted, réturned last evening from a two weeks’ trip by automobile .to Minneapolis, Minn., and Menominie and Rice Lake, Wis., where they were. the guests of friends and relatives. 1ave your furniture repaired at the bargain store, first class work at reasonable prices.—Ady. Wallace Aitken, who is located at International Falls with the First Na- tional bank, has gone to Bemidji to help out at the—First National bank there while some of the clerical force is on a vacatien. He will remain a week or two and then return to his own position.—Grand Rapids Herald- Review. Yesterday peing Mrs: C. J. Winter’s birth anniversary, she was pleasant- ly surprised by the members of the Linger Longer club, the party being given at the'W. J. Coleman home on Dewey avenue. The hours were spent in conversation and needlework and a sumptuous lunch was served during*the afternoon. " Miss Flora Todd of Kellilier ar- rived in the city last evening and is| a guest at the G. D. Backus home on Minnesota averue. Miss Todd, who has been employed at the First State bank of Kelliher for the past two years, has resigned her position with that institution, and will take a business course in Minneapolis this winter, at the Minnesota Business college. Horses and mares for sale at Soo stock yards Saturday, Aug. 28. One block south of Pogue & Sons’ barn. Mark & Co.—Adv. Crookston police have received no- tice from the publishers of “The De- signer,” New York, that a Miss Stew- art, taking subscriptions for the magazine ard offering a china break- to be wary it Miss Stew offer The Designer for sale here. Crookston, August 25. Auction sale of horses and mares) at the Soo stock yards, one block south of Pogue & Sons’ barn, Satur- day, Aug. 28. Mark & Co.—Adv. - E. Dagoberg and -Hans Mitgard of Warren, Minn., were in the city yes- terday enroute to their home. They have been visiting at Winnipeg, Ken- ora, Lake of the Woods, International Falls and other points. Mr. Dago- berg; who for a number of years was county treasurer of Marshall county, has retired from business and since that time has also made a trip to Europe where he visited old friends and relatives. Mr. Mitgard, who is a son-in-law of Mr. Dagoberg, is in- terested in the Peoples’ Trading com- pany at Warren. Two carloads of mares and horses will be sold at auction or. private sale, Saturday, Aug. 28, at Soe stock yards, one block south ‘of Pogue & Sons’ -barn.—Adv. The following' item’ which appear- ed in‘the Pioneer of Hope, N. D., may be of interest to Bemidji people, Mr: and-Mrs. Nelson having live in Be- midji a few years ago. While in this city Mr. Nelson was teacher of ag- riculture in the Bemidji schools, go- ing from here to Hope, where he ac- cepted a similar position: - A. E. Nel- son, the Better Farming agent, re- turned Tuesday evening from Iowa, via the Ford route, from Valley City. He purchased a number of Shetland ponies while away and they arrived yesterday morning by express. ‘We _have for sale two carloads of mares and horses at the Soo stock yards, one block south of Pogue & Sons’ barn. -Auction Saturday, Aug. 28. Mark & Co.—Adv. The Honorable Lester Bartlett, who fast set as a premium, is headed this way. The police are notified to be not authorized by the publication. on the lookout for her as her work is|of the local U. S. land for more than five years was register office at this place, has pulled up the stakes Four More Days HUFFMAN From READ the clipping yourselvesin the ests. Let’s Make Them Live Days You Must Win During These Four Days - Watch carefully, the last three days we will start something going Double votes given with every-purchase tomorrow Ploneer of August 24, and these of 'you who do not carry farm insurance, place For the past two years I have been trying & O’LEARY following from The Flames same pOSlthIl Fire, |of that commune. lup from the state park last Sunday, |Shows at 7:30, 8;30, 9:30 FARM 'HOME DESTROYED Residence and All Its Contents— Appeal is Made for Assistance. RELIEF CAMPAIGN 1S STARTED s way to Henning, Minn. tle Falls, Minn., to become a citizen| Mr. and Mrs. C. I Stmwhrldge and _— The Times re-|Mr. and Mrs. D. Martin-visited at A.| Some of the best thoughts pass so grets the loss of any good citizen and | Knudson’s Sunday. quickly that memory fails to hold feéls’ more deeply the loss to- our| -Mr.and Mrs. Lifquist and J. Hursh |them.—Albany Journal. town when any of the sterling and esteemed families are wont fo go from us; we regret that Mr. Bartlett - ta z has not been able since his retirement 2 ! I 'HE A‘ I lRE 5 from the government.service to find e 8 e, x a vocation with us that would have . g : kept him in the broad field of enter- OT: Y! prise’ which seems imminent around PLEASING PHOTOPLAYS usiat this time. Our good wishes go 'l‘ out with him and his estimable wife wherever they may go.—Cass Lake ITONIGH = Times. A Selig two reel drama Attend Cathedral School, Crookston, L 114 L2 Minn. - For particulars as to board The web Of cr.me and room inquire Emma Noesen, mat- ron, 708 Beltrami Ave, Bemidi, or Claire McDowell, Chas. West, and Harry Carey star in the Rév. J. Wurm, Crookston, Minn € ,ngrdph play ’1) Ady, : Her Convert ‘Thomas *J. Burke, president of the 4 e Northern Grocery company of this A COMEDY reel will also be exhibited. - city, with his wife and daughter, % Py Mbrie, returned yesterday from a|SNOWS start 7:30 sharp Admission 5¢ and 10c month’s trip to the Pacific coast, be- ing a delegate to the national Knights Where ofl Columbus convention. On their way west the Burkes visited at the g::r’,bm‘, E““‘::{ home of Thomas McCann, former = lumber sales manager of the Crook- ston Lumber company here, but now TOday a“d saturday superintendent of a large mill at (11 £ Libby, Mont. At Spokane they were THE REVOLUTIONIST guests of the I. M. Richards family,|adopted from E. Vivian Edmonds and Mary Austens novel until recently located in Bemidji. At {1 H 3 LI ‘Vancouver they found James Demp- ‘A Klng s Romance”, in 4 pares sey, who superintended the building A Charley Chaplin, two parts of the Minnesota & International '3 railway in this vicinity several years s Mabe' At The Wheel” o i and: in hiseatomeblis s de the A satire on the 1914 Grand Prex at Santa Monica - trip from Vancouver to Seattle and) Firgt show 7:30, second 8:45 Admission 5¢ and 15¢ from the latter city to Tacoma. They returned via San Francisco and Pasa- t . dena. Mr. Burke reports that in the 'F P S d v d " state of Washington wonderful crops ea l"e [ugram un av a“ ev' e of grains and fruits are being pro- Th Th D H E l duced and that prosperity is appar- e ree ancl“g ar s engeverywhere. . H'I d o = singing novelty KRR KRR KRR KKK N 1aa rtti act * BECIDA * with a select program of Trust Pictures I E L S ST TSRS _ A. Howe returned to Bemidji Mon-| COMING MONDAY—Ella Wheeler Wilcox who wrote ?;’Y 8“3‘ b week's' visit with rela-|the famous poem on which is based the story of “The veandtendsbere. | Price He Paid” in five parts. SS ara Yhus arrive ome 2 4 from Jenkinson’s Tuesday. THURSDAY: The photo-drama DeLuxe “Alone In Miss 1da Nyhus came home from|(New York’’, in five parts. Bemidji Wednesday and returned Sat- | — - -— urday. Henning Hedeen and Fred Dunlap went to Maxbass, N. D., to work, last wveaneiwr. - 70 ((Grand Theatre Tonight & Saturday o S g e The House of Quality Jack Johnson was a Bemidji caller BT mmt ot & 4 Weduealsy. “His Beloved Violin” Mrs. Henry Johnson visited at S. Strowbridge’s last Wednesday. Otto and Julia Olson were Bemidji callers Saturday. The Ladies’ Aid society met at atk Johnson’s Tast Sunday, $6.25 be-| ~ ¥ e ing realized. Roy Minor and J. McMahon came A tworeel variation of the theme of ‘‘The Music Master”’ featuring Murdock McQuarrie and Miss Condray “The Artist and the Vengeful One” ‘“Victor”’ drama in one reel > “4The Fatal Note’” L-Ko comedy with - “Billie Ritchie” 5 Sc—Admission—10c cOMING SUNDAY-=--- William Faversham in “THE RIGHT OF WAY” The most popular novel Sir Gilbert Parker ever wrote. Matinee at 2:30. “METRO FEATURE in & parts” These Sunday night ‘‘Metro’’ pictures, are causing lots of comments. They are all exceptionally good. ;URRANGE Rob Skoogland Family of caused by an over-heated Markham Hofel Bullding to impress the farmers of this community of the ABSOLUTE NEED OF FIRE INSUR- ANCE, so in case of fire you will have some- thing with which to start over 'again. cost is small ‘as compared with the risk ‘and you can’t afford to be without protection. The In letters written to each farmer in the vicinity of Bemidji, personally, I was the [ First Tnsurance Man in Bemidji to offer to write insurance for the Farmers .and take their notes for the premium, since that. time the other agencies have followed suit. lieve I started something for the-good of the 4armersand feel-that I am-entitled to -your patronage. ‘1. am in a position to extend every favor to the Farmers that-any Insurance Agency in Bemidjiccan. And,’by the way, when you get Fire Insurance, .get the l “best--get the Connecticut, the company and-theagency that serves your best .inter- Ibe- kitchen stove, Monday evening com- pletely destroyed the farm home of Alfred Skoogland, located about eight miles northwest of Bemidji. The flames spread throughout the struc- ture so rapidly that rescue of cloth- ing or furniture was impossible, the entire building and ‘its contents be- ing a total loss. -No insurance was carried. “The house was a two-story frame, structure and represented the labors of years of hard work on the part of Mr. and ‘Mrs. Skoogland. A meeting of the Town of Northern Farmers’ club, and other neighbors and town folk was called for Tuesday evening in the town hall for the purpose of discussing ways and heans for giv- ing assistance in the erection of a new home on the Skoogland farm this fall. -Mrs. N. G. Reynolds and Mrs. John Noel spent Tuesday in the city col- lecting clothing for the family, which includes two small children, the father and mother. Al contri- butions 'will be appreciated by the committee and family. / Plans' are under way to huld an . enteminment in the Reynolds barn ~1in the future, the proceeds of which will be iused in buying a stove for - the Skoogland family. GLAYTGN ‘C. CROSS INSURRNOE . Bemldll,_?filunesotg - 'EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. E can furnish your new‘ home or make an old one look like new with complete parlor, dining room and bed- room sets; also carpets, rugs and crockery. Buffets in various woc;ds. plainvand ian{cy tables, round or square topped. Carpet sweepers that really sweep. Our prices will - bear comparison 7with those of any other dealer. “Relicible Service Here! Huffman &[]O’Leary The Home of Good Furniture , || THE RAILWAY PREPARATORY SCHOOL of Minneapolis DO _YOU WANT PERMAI PLOYMENT; A POSITION OF TRUST THAT BRES S8 A HiH " STANDING AMONG. YOUR BUSINESS ASSOCIATES? The Reilway Preparatory School of Minteapalis ofers xceptional or young, e rons e ot god haracier o lcara Fallroadind 1a Gl e branches: THERE IS A BIG DEMAND FOR STATION AGENTS 5 SOME OF THE SUBJECTS WE TEACH P Te d Accountis 'hlw-phy)«:wmmzmud rain Des- M":E«.md ing . Sale and Atcounting of Passenger Tid Collection: Fof Lading, cic. Baggege aad. il lnlm(alw:numh s, Clamifica Bemidji ates. Rulings, etc. - | Ins el:h:‘, Marking and Packing of reis Tkflmlmnhmfmhcfmmtmmqmfifiedmm-n the varibus ‘branches of the railroad business. the most prominent wumn- gua t::dmp‘dnlu. ‘all course opens September 15th.. For full particulars, teoms, ctc., address ‘A.C. DELANO Presideat, 1707 Nicollet A'e-le. Minneapolis, mnl.