The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-12
BEMIDJI BRIEFS

be held this evening at the parsOn-
age, 113 Ninth street.
Last evening at the home of Rev.
S. E. P. White occurred the mar
riage of Miss Bessie Ecklund of
Crookston to X. O. Fosse of Tama-
rack. They were attended by Albert
T. Hanson, Mrs. Hanson acting as
matron of honor. The ceremony was
performed at o'clock.
Boosts in the price of coffee are be-
ing felt in Bemidji. The cheaper
grades either have been, or are daily
in danger of being increased, in cost.
So serious has the situation become
that the Twin City Commercial Bull
letin has announced this public COM
munication to all retailers:
Big shoe sale opens tomorrow at
Troppman's.
Nearly all of the patrolmen en-
ployed in the north woods will be let
out by November 1, according to w.
Y. Cox, state forester. About fifteen
were dismissed the past week. Twen-
ty rangers and ten patrolmen will be
kept on duty in the woods during
the winter. Seventy-fve patrolmen
have been working the past summer.
Go to Hakkerup's III Photos.
Charles H. Sallow died of cancer
at his home in Thief River Falls on
Sunday morning and was buried yes
terday by the several societies of
which he was a member. He was
a prominent conductor on the 500
hallway and belonged to some of the
railway orders as well as to three Of
the fraternal insurance societies. The
funeral was attended by all the rail-
way employees of the 500 in this city
and the business houses were closed
during the hours of the funeral SER
vices. He leaves a wife and two
daughters
$3.50 all ladies up to date shoes
$2.95 at Troppman's big Today shoe
sale
Approximately 100000 feet of
timber in St. Louis, Lake, 1tasca,
Koochiching and Beltrami counties
will be offered at public sale at the
state capitol Oct. 81. Of this about
2O,OOO,0OO feet of pine and the bal
ance spruce, tamarack, cedar and
other varieties The pine is worth
between SIS and SO thousand and
the mixed timber from 50 to S.
twenty-five percent of the appraised
valuation must be paid down at the
time Of purchase. Much of this tim
Der is threatened by destruction be-
cause of land around it being cleared.
The strength of the Northern Ma
tiOnal Bank lies not alone in it's
Capital and Resources, but in the
character and financial responsibility
of the men who conduct it's affairs
as we'll.
Roe & Markuson have a window
exhibit in their Quality Grocery store
window on Fourth street, which is
attracting unusual attention. The
west window is banked with Chase &
Sanborn coffee and tea displays.
Many pounds of coffee and tea ar
ranged in an artistic manner, not
only the window ledge being loaded
but a background of coffee has been
arranged and at night an automatic
light flashes on and off behind spec
tacular arrangement which gives the
effect of flashes of fire. The coffee
and tea include all the latest blends
of the famous Chase & Sanborn
fields.
There will be no more paving done
in Bemidji this year. This was de-
cided at this weeks meeting of the
city council Several property own
ers were ready to make cash pay
ments in order that additional pave
ments might go down, but owing to
ldLGuoSS OIL the season IL Was u6Clu6u
that it would not be advisable to put
down any more cement this fail.
The Northern Engineering and Con-
struction company which had the
contract for putting down the II
blocks has received payments for the
work, but full payment will not be
made until the paving has been Off
cially accepted by the council.
Go to Chapman's Shop for horse
shooting.
On Saturday of this week Bemidji
is to entertain Dean Woods of the
agricultural department of the state
university and D. M. Neill, Red Wing,
president of the Minnesota Fedora
ton of Commercial clubs. The visi-
tors will arrive at noon and will
speak in the Bemidji Commercial
club rooms at 1870 p. m. They have
been invited by Roger Spooner to
spend Sunday at his beautiful coun-
try home in Wilton, and they will
leave with Mr.. Spooner Saturday af-
ternoon, being accompanied by the
following escort of honor from the
Commercial club: E. H: Denu, A.
P. White, A. G. Wedge and E. A.