The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-09
BEMIDJI BRIEFS
Money to loan. V. L. Ellis.

lroppman Co., have just received
car load of new up to date mer-
chandise-big sale soon
George Miller was arraigned in
police court this morning for drunk
enness. He was fined So, which he
paid
The Methodist Ladies Aid will
meet with Mrs. Hyatt, Ills Mime
sofa avenue, Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30. Lunch will be served and
everyone is invited.
Henry Stechman has opened a
restaurant on Third street. Mr.
Stechman formerly conducted the
Stechman Hotel at Tenstrike for
more than ten years.
Friends in Bemidji of Mr. and Mrs
Thomas keefe of Bagley have learned
of the birth of a son in the Keefe
family Mr. Keefe was the republi-
can candidate at the election last
fall for Judge of the district court.
1t is through the saving habit that
the rich men of today reached the
pinnacle of prosperity. Your small
savings, if regularly deposited at in
terest in the Northern National Bank
may be the foundation of your future.
The Ladies' Aid of the Swedish
Lutheran Church will meet at the
home of Mrs NJ S. Wilson. 1904
Dewey Ave. Thursday afternoon at
2:30. All members are requested
to bring their finished sewing. Every
one is cordially invited to attend
Editor and ploughman is the new
role of E. L. Quist, publisher and
general Live wire" of the Thief
River Falls Press. Mr.. Quist yester-
day unloaded $1,000 traction en-
CINE outfit at Thief -. River Falls
The new outfit is capable of pulling
twelve breaking, or fifteen stubble,
plows.
Street Commissioner Carter, re-
quests residents of the city to stop
throwing papers, bags, and other
rubbish about the streets. He says
this would relieve the street depart
ment of much unnecessary work in
keeping of the streets clean, and that
it would add much to the general
appearance of the city
Harry Mayer, who has charge Of
the Money Weight Scale Co., inter-
ests in this territory, and who makes
Bemidji his home, left this morning
for Brainerd. Mr.. Mayer plans to
establish a Bemidji lodge of the
United Commercial Travellers. He
has received applications from eight
men but y are needed to launch the
lodge
Much of the swamp and bog land
stumpage in Marshall, Kittson and
Pennington counties has been bought
up and is being bought up by differ
ent carpet companies, principally the
Crex, of Minneapolis and the Waite
of Oshkosh, Wis. The wire grass
stumpage sold we'll last year and is
selling better this year, 50 ton for
wire grass put up in stack is being
offered now and good prices paid for
the stumpage.
At the local chapter Of the Epworth
League which met last night in
the Methodist parsonage, Rev. Chas.
H. Flesher presiding, reports from
the various committees were read and
accepted, and officers for the next
year were elected as follows: Presi-
dent H. A. Simons Jr., First Vice, S.
E. Herlocker: Third Vice, Bodile
Senstad: Fourth Vice, Nell Shannon:
Secretary, Donald Shannon: Treas
urer, Lawrence Higgins.
Progress has been delayed because
of the non-arrival of material for
the roof of the new union depot,
Work has now been renewed on it's
construction, and unless further de-
layed by rain will be completed be-
fore the end of the week Work has
been begun on the platform which is
to be built of cement and pavement
brick. The cement border has been
laid and the brick which has been
received will be put in place during
the next few days.
Minus $3.50 that he had when he