The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-03-08
A DIRTY ROAST.
AS Disereditable to the ROaster
as 20 the Roasted. Bemidji,
spitefHlIy spat UpOa.

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that has ever been sent out froul
Benlidji has recently appeared in
the Eau Claire, Wis, Leader. Be,
midi is far from perfect in morals
and department, bat there is no
excuse to exaggerate q hundred
fold her imperfRetioas. That any
friend may wish to picture Russ
Whipple with q double row Of
wings on his shoulders and BEN
ME Moore as a fend incarnate, we
can excuse. but to insult and be-
little every citizen in Remidji by
slurring our town, is the work Of
some man whose morals must be
lower than the uatruthful picture
he draws. If shooting afftags are
30 common here, as he says, he
had better skip before he becomes
the target Of the just Indignation
Of our people. We do not think
the article was written for politi-
cal effect, Every person in town
knows that our city is not IN the
hands of heathens and rakes as
the following clipping would lm-
ply:
Bemidii, Mimi, Feb. 18.-spe-
eial ia the Lsader--Ihe shooting
of Baunie Moore in Heubner &
Blakes variety theatre on the night
of February 5 is not the first trag-
edy TO be enacted in this town in
the faw years of its existence. Tbs
pop of the pistol IL not altogether
infregnent. Several serious cur
ting affraYs have also occurred
In one case a man was stabbed
through the back and did not live
long enough 10 tell the tale. This
is q new town and undoubtedly the
toughest place on earth, Hurley,
Wis, in it's palmiest days Was q
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