The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-26
Additional Locals

company, arrived in the city yester-
day from Minneapolis.
H. r. Trask of this city went to
Pine River this morning as a repre-
sentative of the wholesale grocery
firm of Griggs & Co. of St. Paul.
DR.. Koch and wife of Blackjack
passed through the city last even
ing, returning to the Duck. from a
trip to the twin cities and Fergus
Falls, having been absent for the
past two weeks. .... o..
George T. Simpson, Minnesota's
attorney general, accompanied by
Linden A. Smith, assistant attorney
general, arrived in the city this
morning on official business and will
probably remain here Cor two or
three days.
Travel on the M. & I. day trains
is by no means as heavy as it was
prior to the installing of the new
night train service. However, the
new service has relieved the day
trains of much of the heavy travel
which overCrowded the coaches and
one going to the city, over the M. &
I. on either of the trains. can do so
with much more convenience than
formerly.
A. L. LaFreniere, owner of the
Grand Rapids Independent, came
to the city last evening from Cass
Lake, where he had been looking
for printers. The Independent man
is in need of a good, all-'round
print" and came on to Bemidji in
search of one. He was unable to
secure a man and was compelled
to return home last night without
the help desired.
G.. A. Walker, agent for the M. &
I. railway, is now farmer" in
every sense of the word. He has
moved his family to his "farmstead,"
on Marquette lake, and will raise
everything which grows, including
the fancy new variety of parlor
matches, which he will mix with
tooth-picks in order that the crop
will not grow too thickly, and thereby
ignite the phosphoreous on the
matches and cres te a devastating
forest fire.
The Crookston Times announces
that Thomas R. tombstone, the Sec
rotary of the Northern Minnesota
Firemen's Tournament association,
is headed this way armed with lot
of advertising matter and the heap
big talk" relative to the tournament,
firemen's meeting, Fourth of Jnly
celebration, etc. etc., which will be
at Crookston July 5-6-7. Tommy"
is there with the gift of gab," he is
a good fellow; hustler and a true
blue boomer" of the desirable type;
and if Bemidji does not send large
delegation to the Crookston "doin's"
it will be no fault of Thomas R.
tombstone.
Hon. William O'Neil of Cass Lake,
superintendent of logging on the
Chippewa Indian reservations of
northern Minnesota, came over from
the Lake" yesterday afternoon and
tarried in the city several hours,
returning to Cass Lake on the G.. N
night train. The senator is one of
those magnetic fellows. who make
friends quickly and retain them,
and he has many in Bemidji who
admire him for his ability and
honesty. He is making the best
superintendent of timber cutting
that the government ever stationed
in this section of the country.
T. ]. McPartlin, the able attor-
ney of International Falls, came
to Bemidji from his home last
night. He was accompanied by
Mark Paine and Rufus Stiller and
went to Cass Lake this morning to
offer proof on his homestead, which
is located a quarter of a mile
from Nakoda a station on the M.
& I. between Littlefork and Inter-
national Falls. Mr.. McPartlin has
been suffering, of late, with an
attack of stomach trouble and he
looks all broke up" However, he
expects to "be himself" again, in
the very near future.
S. E. Thompson, the Tenstrike
merchant, passed through the city