Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1919, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT STRAP-HANGERS VOTE T0 DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT SEATS Minneapolis “Service-at-Cost” Question Up Today for Referendum (By United Press) ‘Minneapolis, - Dec. 9.—Minneapolis ptrap-hangers were trying to- decide today whether they want a seat on the street cars. Oats, bushel The “service at cost" franchise | Barley, bushe! proposed in an ordinance passed by [Rye, bushel .. . the city council and granting the|Red clover, medium, Minneapolis street railway company | Popcorn, 1b. ... a 25-year franchise in place of its|Wheat No. 1.. present agreement was submitted to a special election. Previously Mayor Meyers had vetoed the council’s ac- VEGETABLES. tion, but the courts ruled against|Rutabagas, per cwt. him. Carrots, per cwt. Under the ordinance the council | Beets, per cwt. has power to determine whether the|Cabbage, cwt. ... Colorado Whites, $3.50. 14 of going to press today: GRAIN AND HAY ....85¢ .$1.25 .$1.30] ..., .$1.00 $2.00-$2.50 company is giving ‘“reasonable” serv-|Onions, dry, cwt. ...$4-54.50 jce and the company has lee-way to|Beans, cwt. ..... $6.00-$8.00 increase its fares if necessary to pro-{ Dairy butter, 1b ....60-65¢ vide the service the people demand.|Butter fat ... P £ 14 65¢-70¢ ..65¢ 55¢ The company, however, is limited to|Eggs, fresh dos. a definite earning on its investment. | Retail The Flour City has been paying 5|Eggs, stornge, doz. BsE cents for a ride on the cars and dur- ing the war and continuing since, the service has been ‘‘cut to the ‘bone” cannot give pre-war service on “after GRAIN AND HAY the war coste. Wheat, No. 1 .$2.46-52.67 The company has already accepted 8L, | N0 Atk e the proposed ordinance anad today|Wheat, No. 2 .........32.42-§2.50 the proposed ordinance and today | Wheat, No. 3 ..$2.39-82.49 accept it. Oats ........ eee....66C —_— Barley siviee .. :igg::i%g GOP. LEADERS HOLD |F% cors. iv, on'ear .00 - -Getse Buckwheat, per 1b. . Pop corn, 1b. on ear . No. 2 timothy hay . No. 1 clover, mixed . MEETING TOMORROW .$20.00 »$21.60 (Continued trom Page One) Rye straw -. ..$8.00 ed as a permanent camp because of |Uat straw .. :igg Rice ...... the city’s closer proximity to north, east, south and west, and because epverprea) of its claim of superior facilities for VEGETABLES - handling large number of delegates. g;::t“;eg“d picked navy, cwt. 'g~5° Rooms are available in St. Louis for 8,000 delegates, it was said. St. Paul and San Francisco were also to make fiihts for the honor of entertaining the convention dele- gates. Minneapolis civic leaders have g‘;‘,‘l‘::,'d“’efi',‘,:‘;g",i‘:"n‘,,; = ':;8 33 joined hands with St. Paul in efforts| gynbbard squash, drug on the market to attract the gathering to the Twin| pgre Cities of the north. California boost-|onjons, dry, per cwt. ...$3.50 ers asked consideration for San Fran-| pytterfat (packing stock) .....70¢ cisco, arguing that their state will| gutter (packing stock) 1b. ....43¢c be a pivotal one in the presidential| pggs, per doz. ...............63¢ Round Whites ..... Beans, (Swedish) cwt. Beets, per bushel . Carrots, per bushel . Chicago, Dec. 9.—Potato rece ipts today, 82 cars. steady. Minnesota and Wisconsin Round Whites, sacked an bulk, $3 to $3.15. Michigan Rounds, sacked,-$3.10 to $3.20 The following prices were being paid at Stillwater, Minn. company officials said, because they|n{ time of going to press of today’s Pioneer: . fight and that the holding of the con- vention on the coast will materially tion. ’Frisco Too Far. The disadvantage San Francisco admits is its distance from the east, but puts forth its ability to ¢are for any crowd that will attend, proving|’ by the way it-took care of the huge exposition crowd. Lack of rooms and halls for en- tertaining the delegates and holding the convention have kept other cities out of the race. TWENTY-FIVE FROM ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, Dec. 9.—Senator Boijse Penrose and other influential repub- lican leaders are being counted on to swing the 1920 republican national convention to St. Louis when the national committee selects the con- vention city at a meetmg in Wash- ington tomorrow. St. Louis is sending a delegation of twenty-five leading republicans to the meeting to back up the support of party leaders. The first repre- sentative convention in years will result from chosing St. Louis, dele- gates from St. Louis will insist. They plan to offer the national committee convention expenses and convention tickets. Previous convention cities have handed out tickets as they saw, fit resulting, St. Louis delegates in-| sist, on exclusion of those from other cities. Offers Expenses. “We will offer the national com- mittee all expenses, such as the con- _vention hall, decorations and other| \thinsg said John Schmoll, republican city committeeman. We will offer them all tickets free. The expense to charge regular rates. close state and bringing the conven- tion here will do considerable good to the republican cause. rooms to accommodate convention seum here is amply large, seating fourteen_thousand. | proved adapted to political conven- “In addition hotels- have ngreed is'a “We will have four thousand delegates, and in addition the Coli- Paul V. Bunn, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, pointed out that St. Louis already has enter- tained three national political con- ventions. “We sent a delegatmn to Chicago recently to aid in securing the convention for St. Louis. An- other delegation of twenty or thirty is going to the Washington meeting. St. Louis is accessible from all parts of the country and is a natural con- vention city. The Coliseum hasi tion needs and St. Louis is better fitted to care for the visitors.” ST. PAUL FAVORS CHICAGO. (By United Press.) Cities of the North have ‘combined in an effort to bring the national con- vention of the republican party here in 1920 if tlre national executive | committee decided against Chicago as the meeting place. Gustav Lindquist, secretary of Governor Burnquist and member of the national executive committee, started the boom for the Twin Cities in the fight for the convention. He pointed out the fact that the norh- west normally delivers a republican majority. The Minneapolis Chamber of Com- 4 ?&,. “Just Wond et B 12 if TS erful ” HRKCE Q',La}, W — aid republicans in carrying that sec-|of the convent!on probably will be|merce decided to lend its support to about $35,000. THE BEMIDJI BEMIDJI CASH. MARKF{!‘vQUOTATlONS. The following prices were being paid in Bemldn at hme Mutton Hogs, 1b. ..... Dressed beef 1b. Turkeys, live, 1b, . 0ld Toms, live, 1b. Geese, live ,lb. .. Ducks, live, Ib.\.,.. Hens, 4 1bs. and over .. Springers, all weights, 1b. HIDES Cow ‘hides, No. 1, b, ... Bull hides, No. 1, 1b. Kip hides, No. 1, 1b. .. Calf skins, No. 1, 1b. «...40c-45¢c Deacons, each ........ $2.00 Horse hides, large, each .$6.00-$8.00 Tallow, 1b. . .8¢c-14c Wool .... .35c-40¢ Cae Clover, mixgd ..... Sweet corn, per Goz. .. . 8 Rutabages per cwt. ......... ‘81 00 LIVE POULTRY No, 1 turkeys ... e.ooeuenns Old Tom turkeys ......ccv0.. Culls unsalable. Geese Ducks Hens, heavy, Springers ....... Guineas, per doz. Pigeons, per doz. .. MEATS Mutton, 1b. . HIDES Cow hides, No. 1 ........ Bull hides, No. 1 . Kips, No. 1 .~..... Calf skins No. 1 .. Deacons Tallow . Horse hi 'ge Wool, brlght o ‘Wool, semi-bright .... St. Paul in the capital city’s cam- paign for the convention. D. V. Cavanaugh, chairman of_the convention committee of the, St. 4 association has laid plans to, afl,l; ct the convention here. ' Chicago, it is reported here. ma'y he decided upon as the permanent meet- ing place of the republican. party conventions and if it is, the ‘win Cities will make no effort to gtt the convention. " CHICAGO PERMANENT CAMP, (By United Press.) Chicago, Dec.’ 9.—Prominent we- publicans, civic boosters and business men were on their way from Chicago to Washington today to present Chi- cago’s claims for the permanent camp of the republicans in conven- tion. Chicago enthusiasts will insist on holding the convention here, because of the city’s position as the gateway to the north and west. Pivotal states can best be swung tor the republicans from Chicago, they will say. ILLINOIS LABOR VOTING. Springfield, Illy, Dec. 9.—Upwards of two hundred thousand organized workers in Illinois today were voting for state officers of the Illinois Fed- eration of Labor fon the coming year. The election is by a statewide ref- erenlum and each local union will send its returns to state headquarters at Chicago. It will take several days for the official tellers to complete the county. . Duncan McDonald of Springfield, and John Walker of Danville, are making the race for the presidency. llIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIII||IIIlIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIII|II|IIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|||IIIIIIIlllIIIIIlIIl|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|I|I|IIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIl|IIII|||I|I|IIIIII|||IIIIIIIIIIIIII||II|IIIIIIIII|I|IIIII|III|lIIHIIIIIlIIIIlII THEY'RE ALL PICKING CHRISTMAS GIFTS at BARKER’S it " i BIG STATIONERY SALE NOW ON is what they saw about the sp]endld values, and the sale is on at Jmt the right time, before Christmas "‘M SIX MORE DAYS OF BARGAIN BUYING OF FINE CHRISTMAS STATIONERY BARKERS DRUG & JEWELRY STOR THIRD STREET IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllII|IIIIillH|IIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIllIIIIIlIIIlIIIIIIIIIII|I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIlllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIlIlI|IIIIlllllllllllllllllll||||IIII|I Ma: et| ports that the taxes. under the No- d vember settlement are being paid in -{who passed away Saturday night at DAILY PIONEER MONDAY EVEN!NG, DECfiMBER 8, 1919 TAXES BEING PAID RAPIDLY. SAYS GEIL Geil re- | AMERICAN LEGION CHECKS NONPARTISAN' MEETIL St. Louis, Dec.’ 9——l<‘ollowlng ‘an edict of the Hotel Statler, after an, urgence of local American Legion of- ficers that the National Liberals con- ference called by a committee of forty-eight could not meet there, Chairman Hopkins this afternaon sought an injunction to compel the ‘hotel to open its halls to the conven- tion. Nonpartisan leaguers dominate the conference. ANNUAL NONPARTISAN -LEAGUE MEETING TODAY Fargo, N. D., Dec. 9.—North Da- kota delegates to{he annual Nonpar- tisan' league meeting at St. Paul to- day will be L. L. Stair, Peterson, J. I. Cahill, E. A. Bowman, and C. O. Sweson. Eighteen states will be rep- resented and the party’s policies, platform and candidates for the 1920 elections will be-discussed and da- cided upon. i Owing-to the night trains being taken off, we have been forced to raise our prices in order to keep our night car on, effective December 9th, from midnight to 6 o'clock a. m. All single passengers south of Fourteenth street will be charged 50 cents, and 25 - cents for each additional passenger. An extra charge will be for north of Fourteenth street. WARD BROTHERS AUTO LIVERY Telephone 77 County Treasurer Earl rapidly. To date, there has been col- lected on the current tax, $200,083,- 76 of which $42,514.85 has been paid by owners of property in the City of Bemidji. i At present, the treasurers office is literally swamped with work, caused by not having an office force large | ‘enough to take careof the extra work connected with the November settle- ment. Mr. Geil, expects to have this work completed by the latter part of next week. SENATE DEBATES R‘AIL BILL. ) ,(By United Press) Washington, Dec. 9.—The senate today resumed debate on the railroad bill, restoring it to the first state of parlimentary \action, after passage was blocked yesterday. Bemidji Newsy Notes Mr. and Mrs. Dan O’Connor left last night for Jamestown, N. D., be- ing called there by the sudden death of Morris Enright, Mr. Enright is a t brother-in-law of Mr. O’Connor. MR. JERRARD ILL AND ING: POSTPONED Owing to lack of attendance and E. H. Jerrard’s being very ill, there was no meeting of the Associated Charities last evening, as planned. BEAUMONT FUNERAL. The funeral of Thomas Beaumont, the home of his son, Frank Beau- mont, 410 Railroad street, will be held at his son’s home, followed by funeral services at the Episcopal church. Reverend Backhurst will preach the funeral sermon. M. E. Ibertson, funeral director, has charge of the funeral. Mr. Beaumont is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thomas Beaumont, two sons, Frank and Albert Beaumont, and three daughters, Mrs. Teresa Cole, Mrs. Tom Wold and Miss Mazal Beaumont, all of whom are rgsidents of this city. D. D. MILLER SELLS RESIDENCE. D. D. Miller has sold his residence at 706 Bemidji avenue, to Frank Ward, and Mr. Ward. has taken pos- session. In all probability Mr. Mil- ler will build in the spring. WAS PREPARED FOR OPPQRTUNITY N making a selection for your busi- ness stationery be sure that the paper measures up to the standard of your success. The superiorquality of BERKSHIRE TYPEWRITER 'PAPERS is 1mmed1ate1y evident to all who see them. They will~lend to ycur business correspondence that quict dignity which goes with assured success. -~ If J. P.: Tanger had waited until opportumty knocked be- fore preparing himself to meet. it, he would probably not have been named Deputy State Bank | Examiner recently. Like thou- sands of”others, he was made l} ready for his big chance by thorough training at Dakota Business College, Fargé, N. D. Another pupil, Mae: -Olson, was “ready prepared” when the American Legion’s State Secretary recently needed a capable stenographer. She got the job. “Follow the $ucce$$ful.” Write F. L. Watkins, Pres., 806 | Front St., Fargo, N. 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