The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-07-31

Thos. Cary was down from. Turtle
Monday.
| NJ. A. Clark was in the city the first
of the week ..Ms
Howard Bailey made business
trip to Cass Lake Monday.
W. M. Kemerer of Park Rapids
was here the latter part of last week.
Geo. Blackburn aud DR.. Ramsey of
Grand Forks enjoyed an outing on
Lake Bemidji last week.
Two months tuition free if you en-
ter Mankato Commercial College be-
fore Sept. 16. Write for particulars.
| FOR SALE-2000 cords of l6-inch
| tamarack wood, delivered in all parts
of the city. Yves Wright, City Dray
Line. If
| Geo. Rogers returned last Saturday
from the Pacific coast, where he has
been for the past three months look
ing for pine.
DR.. Gilbert of Grand Forks is
among the many who enjoy the refresh
ing breeze of Lake Bemidji these hot
days. # # ....~.
| John Raymond, the professional
basket ball player of ST. Cloud, was
in the city and spent Sunday with his
sister. Mrs. G. L. Gilbert and family.
A. L. Bean went to Wisconsin yes-
terday to visit friends in the vicinity
of Ashland. and brothers in other
points in this state. He will be gone
| about ten days.
Anton Gordon has filed his certifi-
cate with the county auditor that he
is a candidate for the republican NOM
ination for clerk of court He is the
fifth candidate to file.
The Mizpah Message says that the
| first infant to arrive in that section of
the country from white parents was
born last week to Mr.. and Mrs. W. J.
Potter, homesteaders, and the Message
gives it write-up befitting an heir to
kingdom. Success to the infant.
WANTED-5 Young Men from Bel
trami county at once to prepare for
Positions in the Government Service
Railway Mail Clerks, Letter Car
riers, Custom House and Department.
al clerks, etc. Apply to Interstate
Correspondence Inst, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. 2l-2mo.
Joe Markham's new brick block on
Minnesota avenue is rising rapidly.
1t is going to be good building
when completed and great improve
ment to the appearance OF that street.
The three large store rooms, when oc-
cupied, will make that a business
street of some Importance.
Cyrus Little Smith, Beltrami ,coun-
| tvs candidate for congress, returned
Tuesday from an extended campaign
ing tour through Polk, Norman and
| Becker counties. Mr.. Smith has re-
ceived great deal of encouragement
in every precint he visited, and says
that prospects are very bright for his
nomina alton. 3d.. ...
Blueberries are not quite so plenti-
full this year as some years in the
past, although many Indians bring in
good loads of them daily. One fellow
complains that he was out all day and
picked Al quarts. When blueberries
are so plentiful that steam shovels
can be used for picking them no one
can complain.
One of the prettiest sites for sum-
mer hotel we have seen for long
while is at the north end of Lake Be-
midi. The land is high and health
full and the scenery is not to be
sneezed at A good hotel we'll adver-
tised at the north end of the lake
ought to bring to the city hundreds of
| pleasure seekers in the summer time.
Fred Bardwell, young homestead
er who lives three miles north of Be-
midi, lost four COWS during the
electric storm last Thursday night.
Four head was all the stock he had
and all were lying around Norway
pine tree when the lightning struck it
killing the four cows. This was the
| Il s ~. i
the one that killed a COW for Mr.. Nye
in this city. Mr.. Bardwell's loss was
great and he has the sympathy of his
many friends.
Local Pointers.