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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
BROWNS BUSY STORE
CAUSES EXCITEMENT I

Real, Live Santa Claus-That's
what caused the blockade in front
of Floyd Browns Busy Store yester-
day afternoon and evening. 1t also
packed the aisles of the store so that
it was impossible for people to pass
in and out.
Children fairly screamed with
excitement over the sight of a
Santa Claus. Those who dared,
offered to shake hands with Santa,
while others stood by gazing to
see what would happen. Some
even wanted to kiss him. This
however is not saying that some
did not succeed. Santa Claus, you
know, will kiss everybody.
The larger children and. the
grown.ups were anxious to know who
the real live mocker was. Some of
the older girls in the sixteen year
vicinity would not make the same
advances as the younger ones until
they had learned who was disguised
as the odd fox"
It might not be fair to Old Saint
Nick to, At this time reveal his
identy but it has been learned upon
good authority that William Majeau
served his time in this capacity from
4 to 6 p. m. while Floyd Brown, the
proprietor of the store carried out
the role from e to8. 49,
The store at this time represents
busy, buzzing appearance of
mechanical holiday toys. Every.
thing in the place seems to be on
the move. Some are run by electri.
city, some BY springs while others
are operated on the perpetual motion
order. Taking it all in all Browns
Busy Store can truly be called the
Santa Claus store of Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
Fair Check. Oulawed.

Six checks issued by the Beltrami
County Fair association have not
been cashed and unless they are
presented for payment within the
next few days they will be outlawed
and worthless. Persons holding these
checks are: ]. Bokstad, 81: C.. Jor.
genson, ST.; H. Huff, SOC; Mrs.
Spooner, soc; Inga Larson. soc;
w. B. Stewart $3.50. This makes
a total of $36 which the fair as:
sociation has tried in vain to give
away.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
JOE BOSS DIES IN CHICAGO
Former Bemidji Man Eulosi1ed By
Father 0'Dwyer.

Joseph Francis Boss, formerly
connected with the :Crookston
Lumber company in Bemidji, but
more recently located in Chicago.
died Wednesday evening in St.
Joseph's hospital in that city, of a
complication of diseases.
Mr.. Boss was born about 80
years ago at Sydney, Ohio, where he
lived until be went to Omaha to
accept \ position with merchan-
disc concern. From, Omaha he
went to Hurley, Via, where he
engaged in the lumber business.
1t vas while at Hurley that he re-.
ceived and accepted an offer from
the Shevlin Lumber company in
Minneapolis and was sent to Crooks
ton, from which place he came to
Bemidji five years ago as sales
manager of the Crookston lumber
company.
Mr.. Boss continued his residence
in this city until last spring when
he went to Chicago to accept a
position with a box manufacturing
concern in that city.
Mr.. Boss had not been well for
more than year but up until five
weeks ago, when he was taken to the
hospital, he attended to his business.
MI. Boss was known as strong
church member, being of the
Roman Catholic faith. Father
O'Dwyer in charge of St. Phillips
church of this city and of which
Mr.. Boss was member today said
to the Pioneer:
GAS a friend, l consider Joe
Boss one of the greatest and
dearest of men. Twill hold requiem
high mass on Monday morning IN
his honor. The Knights of Colum
bus will attend in a body"
Mr.. Boss is survived by a wife
Burial will be made at Omaha.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
FARMERS FOR LOW TARIFF
Canadian Agriculturists Demand Free
Admission Of implements.


Admission of Implements.
Ottawa, Ont, Dec. ia thousand
prosperous Canadian farmers assem-
bled in the Grand Opera House at Ot-
tawa to formulate demands on the Do.
minion government. They had come
from all parts of Canada, every prov
ince being represented with the ex'
ception of Prince Edward island, the
smallest, and British Columbia, the
largest
This, the first meeting of the Cana
dian Council of Agriculture, is regard.
ed as OF greatest Importance to the
Dominion. 1t is an effort of the agri.
culturalists to impress their needs up.
on the lawmakers.
The initial demand is for abolition
of customs duties on agricultural i'm
plements and for better commercial re.
lations. with the United States. The
convention is expected to have some
effect upon the reciprocity negotia.
tions to be resumed at Washington
next month. s..--.@
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
Lawyer. Not Ready; Court Quits.

Judge B. F. Wright of Park Rap.
ids, wac came to Bemidji to convene
the ad djourned term Of district court.
has dispaired Of handling any cases
and has put all cases over to the Feb.
ruary term. Judge Wright left for
Brainerd, where he will relieve Judge
Clennhan, Who is suffering from a
broken wrist. A few cases were to
have been tried, but the attorneys
were not ready.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
SPEAKING CONTEST TONIGHT
High School Pupil. in Preliminary Test
For Oratorical Fight.

A preliminary declamatory con-
test is to be held at the high school
building this evening. The object
of the contest is to determine who
who will representaathe .Bemidji high
school at the interscholastic declam.
atory contest which is to be held in
April, and to be participated in by
Grand Rapids, Akeley, Park Rapids,
Cass Lake and Bemidji. The ban
ner has been won by the Park
Rapids high school the past two
years. -
There are seventeen contestants
tonight, seven humorous aud ten
serious, of these two are to be
chosen this evening, one serious and
one humorous. The program fol-
lows:
Selection, High school orchestra.
AS the Moon Rose, Helen Min.
nick.
The Lady Across the Aisle, Mona
Flesher.
A Soldier of France, Lottie Mad
son.
Katrina's Visit to New York,
Walter Jones.
Cornet solo, (Hyacinthe, polka)
Donald Shannon.
The Telltale Heart, Marie Cahill.
The Advocates First Plea,
Melvin sGalchutt.
Out of the, House of Bondage,
Margaret Slough.
Jathrop's Cow, Alice Nicely.
Girls glee club, "Csrmna
Waltz Song."'
The Lance Of *Kanana, Alfred
Neuman. - A.,
The Swan Song, Annie Hedman
In the Tails Of the Enemy, James
Malone.
Baritone solo, (Out of the Deep
Fred Chamberlain.
A Lover OF music, Ina Shearer.
How Deacon Tubman and Parsor
Whitney Kept New Years, Alea
Ripple.
Lasca, Florence Freeze.
Biff Perkins, John Gainey.
Selection, high school orchestra
The program is to start at 7:30
and an admittance fee of 10 cent?
will be charged, the proceeds o
which will be used in purchasing :
prize for the winner of this evening"
contest. The judges of the contest
are Mrs. w. E. Neal, A. p. Richie
and Brown. a = -: -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
Explains to Bemidji Alderman Benefits
to Be Derived By Commission
Form.
FIRST STEP TAKEN HERE
Commercial Club to Be Asked to Take
Up Matter And Make an
Investigation.

The first direct step toward a plan
to interest Bemidji in trading her
present city charter for
commission form of
government, comes with the an
nouncement from Alderman Knute
Roe that he hopes to interest the
Commercial club and other business
men here in the matter.
Mr.. Roe, who has been gathering
information on the subject, today
received the following letter from the
mayor of Pierre, S. D., a town of
about the size of Bemidj'.
Deer Sir:
We adopted the commission form
of government last February, and
organized the commission the first
of May. Having used it for so short
a time can not tell you very much
about the working of the plan.
Il can say that it works much
better than the old council form.
Under the commission plan you
have direct responsibility. The
commissioner in charge of any de-
partment becomes responsible for
that particular department and the
people bold to account for the same.
If at any time he fails to do his
duty he may be recalled. Under the
old form you had to deal with the
whole council or at least committee
of two or three and they had to
submit their report to the council for
final action.
I'VE are organized under a state
law and to work under it all we had
to do was to vote upon the adoption,
When finally adopted we then follow
ed the provisions af the law. A copy
of this might help and can be
obtained from the state.
Yours truly, J. F. Mallery, Mayor" "
Mr.. Roe's next move will lie to
place what information he has
obtained before the Commercial
club and should that body be suf.
ficiently impressed, it is likely that
committee to carry on still fur.
ther investigation will be named.
This plan was carried out at
Duluth where the investigating com
mittee has just made its report and
recommended the adoption of the
commission form of government.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16

We have 60 three men in our EN-.
ploy who are Expert Hand Engrav-
ers and we engrave any articles
purchased of us free of charge. Geo.
T. Baker & Co. 116 3rd St. Near
the lake. The exclusive Jewelry
Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16

Miss ANA Goldsmith, who has
finished her winter season here o
trimmer in the Conger Millinery
Parlors left yesterday for her home
in River Falls, Wis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16

We can furnish a picture taken
on Dec. p in time for Xmas pres.
ent on Dec. "a. This however is
no reason why you should not
call on me before doing the rest
Of your Xmas Shopping. Hak.
kerup..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
Deputy City Clerk Chosen.

Owing to the continued indis'
position of City Clerk Thomas Ma.
10y, the city council, at its meeting
Monday night, authorized Mr..
Maloy to appoint a deputy and Mr..
Maloy now announced that he has
chosen George Stein for the place.
MI. Maloy fails to show any marked
Improvement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
WANTED-Girl for general house.
work. ZIG Minnesota.

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Taffy today, tomorrow and every
other day. 10c a pound at The
Model. - r.. -
The funeral of Mrs. Frank Smith.
who died Wednesday morning, was
held at the Baptist church at 2:30
this afternoon, Rev. H Robinson
Mckee officiating. Rev. Mckee was
the pastor who united Miss Gena
Everson and Frank Smith in mar.
riaRe little more than year ago
Interment VISA made in Green
wood.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
Holiday Exclusion Fares.

To points in Michigan and East.
ern Canada via The South Shore.
Please apply to agents for particu.
lars.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
to attract attention of the the pass.

to attract attention of the the pass.
ers-by.-
At Hanson's Drug store, the large
display window is being remodelled
and will soon be filled with an invit.
ing display of holiday goods, such as
only Hanson carries.
The store of NJ. O. Madison &
Co. is next visited and here, too, we
find substantial display of warm
suits, overcoats and other apparel
for men and boys.
At Browns Busy Store we grow
enthusiastic over the large display
of children toys, which includes iron
beds, iron stoves, mechanical toys of
all descrir ton and dolls, from the
wee baby doll in the cradle to the lady
in her white gown, with her golden
hair, blue eyes and dark eyelashes!
In the other window we see rows of
plates, hand painted Haviland and
Bavarian and many others, large
and small.
AT Murphy's Furniture store
we see massive pieces of Mis-
sion and oak furniture, dainty bed
room rockers land footstools and
children's rocking chairs.
The Given Hardware Company's
window has been fitted up with
fireplace, where stockings are
hanging awaiting the arrival OF
Santa Claus, who is coming
around the corner. Here we find
pocket knives of all sizes and des-
criptions uniquely displayed-from
the pearl handled pen knife to the
handy hunters knife. The second
window is called the "Men's Win
dow,' because everything therein
displayed is suitable as a gift for
man or boy.
J.P. Lahr has fitted up cosy re-
ception room in his display window
and the huge leather arm chairs
look most inviting. The large Mis-
sion clock in the cornor gives it a
homelike appearance, and the small
rockers tell US that the little folks
have not been forgotten. i.
AtIbertson's7 is displayed writing
desks in Mission, Birdseye Maple
and Mohogany which would make a
suitable article in the den of the
home. or milady's boudoir. Here
are many brightly painted baby cut.
ters, suitable gifts for young mothers.
The Bemidji Music House displays
the ever useful sewing machine,
either Wheeler & Wilson or Singer,
and a look beyond shows US pianos
of all descriptions from the Upright
to the Baby Grand.
We must not forget the goodies
to be prepared for the Christmas
table and a visit to the various
grocery stores of Bemidji is neces-
sary. We go first to Roe & Marku-
sens, where a delicious odor of
apples, good coffee and spices greet
US and we have hard time deciding
just which of the many varieties We
want. We find here, olives, celery,
dates, figs, all the staple groceries
and fruits, fresh eggs and other
delicacies.
At Schroeder's we find a large
display of all kinds of groceries,
fresh milk and good rich cream,
fresh eggs and creamery butter, and
many crates of fruit, and we rea
lize that Bemidji, with its many en-
terprising merchants, is after all, q
good place in which to purchase all
! vour Christmas Gifts and ''fxinsn
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
WANT EXERCISE? READ THIS
Public Meeting to Be Held to Organize
Athlete Club.

Bemidjii is to have an athletic or
ganization and a call is issued for
a meeting of all persons interested
to assemble at the council chamber
this evening at o'clock.
Interested persons have approach.
ed Captain Adam Otto ON the propo.
sition and he has promised to lend
his aid in the movement to establish
a place where the business men and
all others who would appreciate
exercise.
At the meeting tonight night
plans will be formulated and a dis
cussion will be held as to the most
suitable place, the probable cost,
the matter Of equipment, whether
shower baths should be installed,
etc. e.
A committee will be appointed to
get line on just who might wish to
join and do whatever other prelimi.
merry work that is necessary to get
the movement properly started.
As has been editorially comment
ed upon in the Pioneer the need of
such place Of recreation and excer-.
else is apparent as Bemidji at the
present time has no place in which
gymnastics may be INDUCED in.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
East Side School Accepted

East Side School Accepted
At q regular meeting of the Board
of Education, Tuesday night, the
new East Side School Building, upon
Recommendation Of Architect Tho.
mas johnson, was accepted from the
contractor Ben Erickson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16

Taffy today. tomorrow and every
other day. 1Oc a pound at The
Model.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-12-13
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: CURIOUS CHRISTMAS DISHES


Curious Christmas dishes, unfami-
liar to Londoners, are by no means
out of date in various parts of the
country. In Derbyshire, for instance,
there is the delicacy, always made
on Christmas eve, called black ball."
which is especially appreciated by the
younger members of the community.
BLACK ball" is made of blach tTeacle
and sugar boiled together in a pan.
While the mixture is boiling a little
-four and grated ginger or spices are
added. When thoroughly boiled, it is
poured into a large shallow dish, and
when sufficiently cooled, is cut into
squares and lengths, which are rolled
or nodded into various shapes. When
quite cool the black ball" is very
hard, but is declared by connoisseurs
to be decidedly toothsome
In Cornwall, again, it is the ortho-
doX practise in most households on
Christmas eve to make a batch of cur
rant cake colored and favored with
saffron, according to western custom,
with christmas" on the top of each
cake. The adornment so called is a
small portion of the dough in the CEN
ter of the top pulled up and made into
the form of miniature cake, resting
on the larger one beneath 1t is the
custom for each person to have his or
her own special cake, and everyone is
supposed to take a small piece of
every other persons cake; but none
of the batch must be cut until Christ.
mas day.
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late evenings; but after dinner cheer
fully dons kitchen apron and helps
with giant plum pudding and other
Christmas preparation that yearly Is
repeated In honor of old England and
the home left behind when there was
made search for fortune in the rich
land of America These are just two
instances, the one quite commonplace,
unheroic, but you may pick up few
for yourself by eavesdropping bit in
your shopping; observing among the
buyers the many shop-girls purchasing
toys and silver "pusher,' chfldren's
gloves and sweater, or gray dress for
nanny, muffier for daddy.
or course there is any number or
pert, incompetent girls that wait on
hapless customers, rather keep hap
less customers waiting, but they have
been pictured with enough frequency,
this sort repeatedly held up as typical,
thereby obscuring the virtues Of the
many worthy ones following the pro-
fession Of waiting on" For some time
past have been gathering data, ma
king experiment; and have found 1t
the rule rather than exception that
courtesy meets with courtesy. soft
and fair go far in day." not only on
highway but In the miles of space in
huge department store.
A man said to me recently: How
little of church is brought into the
| Christmas of today" And how sadly
| true this is-"chuFch" In this connec-
| ton standing for whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are good, Of
| full import to all religions. And bully
| ing and bullyragging a shop-girl at
this season seems about as far from
lovely and good" as one may wander,
Put yourself in her place, remember
ing previous failures Of your own
when bodily WEAKNESS snapped
strained nerves, broke down poise.
Ye gods and little fishes, in what
condition is the shop-girl to "enjOy"
Christmas! | am sure If I were she
| all / would ask of good Saint Nicholas
would be a dark, airy room far, far
away from people (from man, and es-
pecially woman; a great, soft bed
| where | could stretch out long and
wide; silence and sleep forever and
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Copyright. 1910. by w. G. Chapman

was a brilliant affair, and after
stroll in the delightful Kalemegdan
garden, overlooking the Danube, /
lunched with my friend the minister
of justice and his charming American
wife. The streets were hung with
flags, exchanges Of presents and flow
ers were universal, and many were
the quaint Serb customs.
The twenty-ffth of December three
years ago | spent YEARLY in the stuffy
restaurant car of the Nord express be-
tween Paris and Petersburg. Again,
] was alone and l remember, as we
steamed out of Wilma station to the
great plain towards Dunaburg, the
chef of that celebrated express pro-
duced his triumph-an English pud-
ding, with a small piece of holly stuck
in the top. My fellow passengers, be-
ing all foreigners, failed to appreciate
it. But did.
Another memorable holiday was that
I passed in the reindeer-skin hut of a
Laplander halfway between AleXan-
drovsk and Kandalaksha- | was trav-
cling by sled. l had left Kirkenaes,
on an arm Of the Arctic ocean, a
month before and was now working
my way south toward Archangel.
I produced a bottle of much-shaken
port wine, in honor Of the occasion,
and poured out a glass for my host
He was very suspicious of it, and
compelled me to swallow mine first.
Then he slipped his, and pulled a wry
face. His wife tasted 1t, and shifted
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forever No dreams to disturb that
sleep; no vision of past haggling, no
vision Of wearisome Exchanges" to
come.
But the reality is long way from
this that | would ask. Do you suppose
such a proud wage Garner as she
would be content to let Christmas day
go by without displaying wealth and
power? No, every dependent in the
household must partake of her bounty,
every pensioner be given good proof
of what 1t means to have her dress up
and go down town every day. Moth
ing of niggard is the shop-girl at
Christmas, she is as much a Lady
Bountiful as any millionairess of them
all.
What a creature! A Hercules, a
Joan of Arc, a Una, Job" and a
Lady Bountiful on eight dollars and
less a week.
Copyright, 1900
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By U'lhenr D*1nrRhit

Bethlehem Juda tho
princes of Juda."-Matthew II, 6.
%. little town of Bethlehem. how still we
thee 1ie"-
Christrnases gone by
Brings back the olden mystery, and sets
the heart a-thrM
With fanCieS Of the Saow-draped mrs that
nodded the hill,
With memories of rucdy lights that night
would find aslow
Which from the cottage windows flung their
banners On the SNOW
above thy deep and cr~arnless sleep the
silent stars SO by
The stars above the Httle town were very
far and highr
They marched trtauaphantly from lands
To other lands that beckoned him WITH
dawn's enchanting CLEAN
But under all the silent stars that marched
The little townotne Sttlo town-contented.
was at rest
yet in thy dark sen@@&s shtneth the ever
lasting light
The mellow bleze Cd memory still leaps
And through It's Wpoxadrous necromance
the bare trees N Hh1rnes
All pink and white ere radiant with snowy
Whose petals, when the winter winds the
branches sway and lift.
Float drearnily away away. to pile in drift
drift.
The hopes and feax~ OF all the years are
Are met IN every Hale town seen in the
Christmas light
For none Of US bua muses. now. when this
old song Is SUNG
Of all the blessings that his when
head and heart were young,
And, ntser-Hhe, he counts his store OF
treasures for Of them
He builds at Christmas time his
town Of Bethlehem"
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suspiciously, and afterward the ser
wants, but all declared 1t was some
horrid English decoction-some medi-
cine, it must be, they said. They had
never before tasted wine. They had
never seen a bunch of grapes, never
a rose, and never even a tree.
One Yuletide dinner | ate at Ciro's,
at Monte Carlo, where the fooling was
fast and furious, and with my friends
watched the tables" afterward,
supping across at the Hotel de Paris,
and receiving a present from the
monster tree.-William LIE Queux.
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Christmas Gpe

Christmas eve! And a blustery
night
Snow-furries almost binding the
sight;
Eddying winds shift to and fro
And toss from the chimneys smoke
clouds low.
On the street is heard noisy throng
OF pleasure-bent shoppers, hurrying
along,
Laden with bundles and baskets and
toys
To gladden. the hearts of girls and
boys.
Let the wintry winds moan on, and
sigh
Through the forests, and sing their
lullaby;
Meath holly-wreathed branch and
mistletoe
rest and sleep while the tempests
blow.
Christmas eve! And the sound of bell,
Yuletide harmonies, break and swell,
And sing of Babe in Bethlehem,
Born in a manger-Saviour of men!
Il. A. Fergerson,
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