The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-14
Editorial Telephone, .THREE-ONE"
DORA BAHKETTE, Society Reporter

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each month. The regular meeting
place viii be the Odd Fellows hall
on Beltrami avenue and Fourth
street.
While: the continued rainy wealth
er of the past ten days has fur
nished more moisture than was need
ed for maturing crops and has de-
layed haying and harvesting, it has
raised the lakes and rivers to the
delight of the lumbermen. Much
of the grain in this part of the coun-
try has been cut and the only dam
age done to that still standing is, in
a few instances, to lodge it, and
other rare cases to produce black
rust. Generally speaking, however,
Northern Minnesota's bumper crop is
safe. ~
"Captain" John Smith, the Cass
Lake Chippewa whose Indian name is
three or four inches long, had ride
on merry-go-round in Cass Lake
a few days ago, probably the first
during his existence which has COW
cred a period of 10 years. The
owner of the whirly-gig wanted a
picture but the "Captain'' refused to
pose unless given a ride. He got on
to seat and armed with a baby
rattler given him by mischievous
youngster, had the time of his long
life, and when he finally got off the
merry-go-round he was mumbling,
me sport
The published report in Twin City
dailies that the brother of County
Attorney King of Kanabec county
had induced Governor Eberhart to
offer a reward for the capture of
teh slayer of George Rather, who
was murdered near BigForks July II,
and has represented crime was ram
pant here, created indignation in
Itasca county Residents Of that
county feel satisfied that everything
possible is being done to bring the
murderer to justice and they think
insinuations as to the amount of
crime committed in Itasca county are
unjust reflections on the law-abiding
inhabitants of the community.
HORNET.-At the special meet
ing held in the Winan school on
Monday afternoon there were seven
teen voters present. Fifteen voted
in favor of holding religious services
in the school houses and two were
against. Therefore, Sunday school
will be held alternately in the school
houses.-John Rasmussen went to
Blackjack Monday.-Tom Abramson
of Blackjack, who bought the Knute-
Grunsitte meadow, has finished hay
ing. He was assisted by Tom Thomp-
son Of Summit.-Miss Nellie Shaw
and her cousin, Miss Margaret Shaw,
went to Blackjack Friday-Joseph
Peltier is building a new house Oh
his farm. ~
In speaking of the fire which de-
stroyed the William Holt residence in
Bagley last week while that house
was unoccupied, the Bagley Clear
water Crystal has this to say: at
looks very much like incendiary
! y1ynrl Tho litohon
but the screen door was hooked on
the inside. The window on the north
side of the living room was partly
open. 1t seems most likely to be-
lieve that the fire was set in the
kitchen and the door opened to give
the flames air after which the incen-
diary made his escape the way he
came in through the north window.
Mr.. Kaiser who came home on the
midnight train saw a man coming
from over there just as he reached
home about 1870 a. M
A woman captures the prize this
week in the postoffice agricultural
exhibits. She is Mrs. Fred Schofeld
of the Itasca farm. Her exhibit con-
sists Of a cluster of tomatoes, two
large ones Of which are ripe. There
are six tomatoes in the bunch and the
bunch weighs three and three-quar-
tiers pounds. Four potatoes of the
No. 2 Carmen variety brought in by
Louis Swanson from his Chase lake
farm today weigh four pounds. They
are slightly oval in shape, sound
clean and firm keepers. A stock OF
corn which was planted in drills is
a towering giant in the show win
dow. The stalks measuring eight
feet in height. 1t is John Holdridge's
grain are in the window this week
exhibit. Several fine samples OF
some of the best wheat and oats be-
ing shown fromETAOINETAOI
ing from John Wade's farm.-Dee1
River Itasca County News.
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