The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-02

James Martin of Kelliher was a
Bemidji visitor yesterday.
E. A. Schneider, the clothier, has
gone to Minneapolis on a business
trip.
H. c.. Lockman and ]. w. Spar
CUR of Minneapolis are visitors in
the city.
Ole Stortroen, a prominent bust
ness man of Wilton, was a visitor in
the city yesterday.
Otto Peterson, cedar buyer for the
L. K. Deal Lumber company, went
Nebish this afternoon.
You can eat hot biscuit at mid
night if they are made by good
cook who uses Hunts Perfect Bak-
ing Powder.
A. w. Runquist, a representative
of the Minneapolis Tribune, spent
last night in the city on his way to
points north on the NJ. & I.
A. R. Henderson, who has been
doing some cruising near Tenstrike
completed the work yesterday and
came to this city this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Warren and
DR.. Gilbert of Cass Lake came down
yesterday afternoon from the Lake,
and visited with friends in the city
until the night train went east, when
they returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. McTaggart, who
live at La Vale, ten miles west of
Fl. Francis, Canada, passed through
the city last evening from St. Paul
to their home, having visited in the
SANITY City" for week past, with
friends.
Judge and Mrs. M. A. Spooner
returned yesterday from Deer Lake,
where they spent the holidays at the
pleasant home of the judges cousin,
Roger C.Spooner. The judge left this
noon for Grand Rapids to reopen
court there this afternoon.
Peter Slough came in last evening
from his home at Nary. Mr.. Slough
states that he is purchasing con-
siderable 8-foot timber, these days,
which he is shipping to a Mime
apolis tub and stave factory, and is
realizing nicely on his purchases.
w. J. Stymiest, photographer who
has been taking pictures" in the
camps of Walker & Akeley, near
Laporte, spent last night in the
city, returning to Laporte this morn
ing. Mr.. Stymiest has taken some
very good views during the past few
weeks.
Frank Smith, the representative
for the Brooks Bros. Logging &
Lumber company, left this morning
for Minneapolis on a business trip.
Mr.. Smith has just settled logging
controversy which he had with
Alphonso Crawford over some tim
Der located near Solway.
M. F. Wilson, the Armour Pack
ing Co.'s representative, is back in
this territory again after having
been in ST. Paul consulting with the
main office of his company. He and
Fred Jordon renewed their pledges
of friendship while both we're in the
city last week.
John Hurley, a member of the
chain gang" on the NJ & I. rail-
way, passed through the city last
evening, on his way to Kelliher from
Brainerd. He went to KelIiher for
the purpose of taking charge of the
Kelliher-Funkley M. & I. train
while George Mcdonald, conduc tor
on that run, is laid up with a
sprained ankle, which he sustained
yesterday morning at Kelliher. Mr..
Hurley has just recovered from a
seige of fever that kept him off duty
since the middle of November.
Last evenings M. & I. north
bound passenger train was brought
into the Bemidji station on time after
some very rapid wheeling, with Tom
Russell at the throttle of the locomo-
tive. The train was held thirty
minutes at Brainerd to wait for the
arrival of the east-bound passenger
on the main line of the N. P. and
left Brainerd a half hour to the
bad" Engineer Russell made up
the half hour between Brainerd and
Bemidji and brought the train