The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-01-27

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ing for Walker on q business trip.
O. A. Sine, the Solway mer-
chant, came to Bcmidji last night
and was a business visitor in the
city today.
G. H. Warner, trainmaster for
the M. & /. Railway company,
came to Bemidji last night and
spent today here. He was present
at the shippers meeting.
Charles Hayden, the Blackjack
hustler, came to the city this
morning for the purpose of particl-
pating in the shippers convention,
which was held here this afternoon.
T. J. Burke, president of the
Northern Grocery company, went
to Brainerd this morning. Mr..
Burke asserted, before leaving. that
he was going down to Brainerd for
the purpose of consulting his bust
ness associate, William Cleary, be-
fore the latter departs on a trip to
Europe and some other places.
William Robinson and Peter Dick,
who form the logging company of
Robinson & Dick, spent last night
in the city and left this morning for
Laporte, near which place they are
cutting several million feet of tim
Der for Walker & Akeley and the
Red River Lumber company. They
are running two camps, and the
season has been splendid for their
work. Il ".-
George Newton of Funkley
came to the city this morning from
Funkley andispent the day here.
Mr.. Newton's place of business at
Funkley was recently totally
destroyed by fire. Asked as to
whether he intended rebuilding
the place, Mr.. Newton stated that
he was not certain, but that he
thought he would rebuild during
the coming spring. ~.
D. D. Daily of ST. Paul, state
agent for the St. Paul Fire &
Marine Insurance company, came
to the city last night and remained
here until this noon, when he went
to Cass Lake on a business mis-
sion. Mr.. Daley is an important
factor in the democratic circles of
the state, and he is one of the
shrewdest men of that political
faith in the .North Star" state.
J.J.cOpsahl returned to the city
last night from "a business trip to
Cass Lake, where he spent yester-
day. Mr.. Opsahl states that some
of the Cass Lake people are unduly
exercised at the statement made
that Representative McGarry had
been approached by certain interests
and asked to make the run for con-
gress against Congressman Lind
berg. The article with reference
to Mr.. McGarry was first published
in the Pioneer, as news matter, and
given as a rumor, pure and simple,
and the gCass Lake folks have it
for what it is worth; and P. H.
hasn't denied the rumor. So there
you are. ~
D. l.. Hickcox, of the firm of
Barbeau & Hickcox, has been in
Bemidji during the past two or
three days inspecting points on
the Mississippi river, between
Lakes Irving and Bemidji, where
the new 500 railway bridge will be
built. Mr.. Hickcox and his part
ner, Mr.. Barbeau, state that they
will Immediately commence the
! work of building the bridges at
Four-Legged lake and also at the
Nelson dam, ton Clearwater river.
They will have three pile drivers
working in Clearwater county, two
being steam drivers and one oper-
ated by a team. The work Of
building the bridge across the
Mississippi river in Bemidji and
also across the narrows, between
Cass lake and Pike bay, at Cass
Lake, will not be commenced for
some little time. When this work
IS commenced htnere will be a
steam pie driver at teach place.
Folks who have been robbing
cloths lines of valuable articles that