The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-08-01

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Don't forget the clearance sale now
on at The Fair. "A
The Hub saloon men put in a tele-
phone yesterday.
Joe Young has gone to Eagle Bend
on a business trip.
| Bargains at The Fair for 80 days
Ito make room for new fall goods. "a
A NICE lot of children's second
hand clothing for sale; also good
carpet rags. Inquire at this office.
T Ladies shoes at 90 cents per pair
and upwards. A comeplete line always
ON hand. SNOW & SCHROEDER.
FOUND--On June II, a horse.
IOwner can have same by paying costs
and proving property. Il. ]. Smith.
On Tuesday Joe Steidl cut his field
ofoats with the first binder that was
ever out in a field in the county, SO 1t
1 is said.
Fred Hall will move his merchant
Tailoring stock into the corner bust
ness room of the Markham hotel within
a few days.
w. H. Gemmell, general manager Of
i the Minnesota & International rail-
road, came up from Brainerd Tues
i day on tour of inspection. ...zr
e. S. Chisby, mother and two sis
tiers, who enjoyed several days outing
at Lake Plantagenet, left for their
home in Minneapolis yesterday morn
ing.
Fred Hall had the misfortune to
smash his buggy during 9 recent trip
4 to Turtle River, and yesterday he
went out and brought the pieces home
inShis hat.
c. B. French has started new
stage line from Turtle River to the
head of the lake, Hanson's place, and
no doubt he will make some money
besides accommodating the public.
! A number Of our citizens are filing
contests on claims near town on tracts
that have evidently been abandoned
by those who failed to get big money
for relinq uishments. Their ideas are
all right. Improve the lands.
on account of smallpox Buena Vista
is quarantined, and up to a few days
ago 80 cases had been looked after,
the most of which had been dis
charged, but as soon as cool weather
came on fifteen more cases were re-
ported in two days.
The contract for the erection OF the
Miles building was let last Monday to
Boyd e. Gilbert for the sum of So, 300.
Originally the building was to have
been 50xS0 feet, but later it was
changed to 80 feet in length. Upon
the completion OF the building Mr..
Miles will have invested a no less sum
than s20,00 r.. vi.
During the past week P. J. Russell
has obtained the following batch of
divorces before Judge McClenahan, at
chambers, in Brainerd: Mcmillan
VS.. Mcmillan, Bemidii, charge, in
compatibility of temper; Carlson VS..
Carlson, Shevlin, habitual drunken
ness; Carpenter VS.. Carpenter, Be-
midi, desertion. In all the cases the
women were the plaintiffs.
Johnny on the Spot" and "Bum'
Bush went to Grand Rapids on Tues.
davis eastbound train. 'Bum" says
he has already helped to cut, shock
and thresh three sections of land In
"Big Dick" thus far this season.,
that's why Johnny hustled him off to
the Rapids so soon. He said 1t was a
shame to let him be idle too long, as
he is hustler to do what he did in
such a short time. So -..-.s .a.-... f.
When you are talking about pretty
country homes you should first visit
Ed Achenbach's farm a mile and a
half west of the city. 1t is nicely To-
Gated, the improvements reminds one
of those of Pennsylvania Dutchman,
the buildings being good and sub
stantial, etc. The whole farm Is
fenced with a barb wire fence, posts
ten feet apart with tamarack poles on
top Of the posts, and about l40 acres
is used for pasture at the present time.
He has just had erected the only wind
mill in the county, fine South Supe-
rior Duplex. There is nice field of
corn, about two acres OF potatoes,
besides vegetables of all varieties on
the place, -