The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1904-01-22
Big Minneapolis Lumberman
and Party in Bemidji
Last Night.
TRAVEL In SPECIAL CAR AND
COMPLIMENT BEMIDJI.
This Is the Country of Magnificent
Futures, Says C. A.
Smith.

G. A. Smith, the great Mime
apolls lumberman, and a party of
friends, II IN all, spent last
might in Bemidji on a sightsee-
ing trip over the northern part
of the. state, where Mr.. Smith
has interests, which is being
made in the Pullman sleeping car
"Twilight. y
Mr.. Smith and party came in
over the Great Northern yester-
day afternoon and their car was
set off here and remained on het
siding until this morning. In
the party besides Mr.. Smith and
his wife and family were G. J.
johnson, vice president Of the @.
A. Smith Lum Der company, and
! G. L. Trobert, secretary; Judge
Werner, president of the Swed-
ish-American National bank,
Minneapolis, and w. FL. Springer.
of the Northwestern Compo-
Board company Of the same city.
All were accompanied by some
members of their family.
Mr.. Smith explains his pres
ence in the northern part of the
state in a special car at this time
by stating that for twenty years
he has been coming to this sec
ton every winter and for almost
as long he has been promising
his family a trip to this section in
a special car. The G. A. Smith
Lumber company has large hold
Iings in Itasca county and also
near Solway. Mr.. Smith makes
a trip to this section every winter
and he decided this winter to
bring his family out and some of
the officials Of the company and
give them an opportunity to see
the great pine woods of northern
Minnesota in the full blush of
the winter logging operations.
The party came out of Mime
apolis, Tuesday morning and
spent a day at Hibbing, visited
several of the logging camps
there and enjoyed their stay at
the iron range mining city very
much. From Hibbing they came
to Bemidji. Mr.. Smith has no
Interests in this immediate vicin-
|ity, but he has heard very great
ideal about Bemidji and he de-
Icided to stop and look the city
over last night.
II have been coming to north
fern minnesota for a long time"
said Mr.. Smith, "but [ have never
happenedto stop at Bemidji. I re
member hearing Fred Krib BIS, an
old tine cruiser speak of Bemidji
and it's future six or seven years
ago, when your townsite was a
forest primeval. He used to tell
me that this was surely going to
be one Of the best towns in the
state and | see that his pllrophecy
is fast being fulfilled. We hear
a very great deal about your
beautiful lakes at Minneapolis,
and whether your people realize
it or not don't know, but the
fact remains that Bemidji is con-
sidered one of the finest summer
towns in the state. hope to be
able to come up next simmer and
see the town to better advantage
than at present.
"This is the country of mag
nifcent futures up here" con
tinued Mr.. Smith. II have seen
a very great deal of the new sec
tons of the west during the past
few years, but [ don't know of a
country anywhere whose future
is more certain than is that of
northern Minnesota.
"You are attracting a very
great deal Of attention up this
way from the commercial world
at present and your town of Be
midi is being very much talked
of. We also hear a very great
deal about Koochiching over in
Itasca county, but from what |
learn its development is still some
years distant. "
Mr.. Smith and party will
spend today at Solway and in
tend to visit some of the camps
in that vicinity. They will also
| visit Crookston and ST. Hilaire
before returning to the cities.