The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-20
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

George Roy of International Falls
came to the city last night from hi:
home and spent the night and today
here.
C. w. Wilkins of Park Rapid.
came to the city Saturday evening
and spent Sunday here, being a
guest at the Hotel Markham.
Mrs. Sinclair, mother of Mrs
William McCuaig, departed last
night for her home at Princeton,
Mimi, after having visited for several
weeks at the McCuaig home.
w. H. Browning of St. Paul,
travelling representative for Wyman.
Partridge company, Sundayed in Be.
midi and left this morning to visit
points west of Bemidj il for his com.
pany.
Z. l.. Bye of Blackjack came to
the city Saturday evening on the NJ
& I. freight TRAN and spent the
night here, returning to the Duck
on the north.bound M. & I. morn
ing passenger TRAN.
J. R. Burgo was among the travel
ing men who Sundayed at the Mark
ham hotel. lack" was for some
time representative for the Standard
Oil company, but he claims to have
reformed" and is now ON the
road" for the E. C. billiard com.
pany of Duluth.
George E. Erickson, the popular
Spooner attorney, returned Sunday
morning to his home in the northern
most end of the county, going first
to International Falls and intending
to wait at Fort Francis for freight
train over the Canadian Northern
going towards Spooner on which he
might take passage" home.
Bill" Wilson and A. R. Erickson
are staunch supporters of the Min
neapolis baseball team, and thei,
cup of happiness was complete yes
terday morning, when it was learned
that the Minneapolis team had won
two games from Louisville Saturday,
and as Milwaukee lost to Indian.
apolis, Minneapolis again leads the
American baseball association fol
the penant.
John S. Fowlds, who was fol-
several years a resident of thi:
county, but who left here and is now
located at Prince Albert, Alberta
Sundayed in Bemidji, having come
here from Wisconsin, where he hac
been for several weeks on bushes.
trip. Mr.. Fowlds appears to like
the Canadian country, Judging from
his contented looks; but he has {
fondness for this section that ne
Canuck" community can "wean.'
Henry Logan, the well-fed ane
hustling representative for the B enc
dictine Sisters hospitals, came tt
the city Saturday from points "uE
north along the line of the M. &
Railway, where he had been looking
after some business affairs for thu
St. Anthony's hospital. He left yes
terday afternoon for Grand Forks
N. D., on a business trip. Hank
has whole lot of friends here.
abouts, and is deservedly popular.
| A. B. Ostrom, a member of tn
firm of Ostrom & Swanson at Farris
came to the city Sunday morning
from a business trip to Minneapolis
where he spent several days at tn
end of last week. With his partner
Mr.. Swanson, Mr.. Ostrom conduct
lath mill and wood yard at Farris
and he left for there yesterday noon
MIR. Ostrom stated that there wa
much excitement in Minneapoli
Saturday, because of the visit Their
of President Taft and the fact tina
Governor Johnson was supposed t
| be on his deathbed at Rochester
He says that the Minneapolis News
determined to lead all competitor
in the matter of up-to-the-minut
bulletins, issued an edition predict
ing that the governor was due t
expire in thirty minutes.
w. J. Mccain, foreman for. tn
Irving avenue crew that is layin
the water mains for w. D. Lowell
the contractor, is thanking his luck,
star that he was not instantly killet
last Saturday and it was nothin
short of good fortune that McCan,