The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-12
Editorial Telephone, "THREE-ONE"
MAYNE STANTON, City News Reporter
DORA BARRETTE, Society Reporter

a large boom washed away,
are causing trouble for the summer
residents of Lavinia. The logs not
only completely line the lake front,
but are SO numerous that when the
wind blows they batter the boat
houses in such a manner that some
of them have been damaged. The
company is collecting the logs as
! fast as possible.
Howard E. Dea of this city is
general superintendent of the big
new saw mill of the Shevlin-Clarke
Company which has just begun
operation at Fort Francis. The mill
is the most modern ever constructed
in Canada. The capacity is $4,000
feet day and it's erection cost $780,
900. The mill starts with 400 men
drawing 100000 in wages month.
There are 100000 logs in the boom,
100000 on the way and 50,000,-
600 in the drives.
While a few hail stones fell in
Bemidji during the past week, they
have been sure enough hail stones
and nothing but hail stones which
is more than can be said of those
which fell at Hinckley a few days
ago as is shown by the following
from this weeks Enterprise: miss
Maggie Maxwell, after the hail
storm, picked up a hail stone about
an inch in diameter and threw it
down. The stone broke open and
a five cent piece fell out of the ice.
This is vouched for by reliable
witnesses.
List of advertised letters Gun
claimed at the Bemidji postoffice
for week ending June 10.-Men:
Ameling. JOs Anderson, Gust;
Bernordsho Campagnoni Mar; Chap
man, G. E. Eston, Mr.: Gillet, Cas-
sins; Harmon, w. F.; Kowalski,
Robert; Matheson, John; Peacock,
Billiard; Tros, Bell. Women: An
derson, Miss Edna; Dunn, Mrs. Jack;
Dorsey, Miss Priscilla; Grady, Miss
Ann; Herring, Miss Rose; Horton,
Ruth; Human, Miss Sadie; Mosher,
Miss Erma, Murphy, Rosia; Royden,
Miss Emma; Rogers, Mrs. Belle;
Thomas, Mrs. w. G.
Kerosene poured over two large
punches of bananas demonstrated to
party of Minneapolis fruit and pop
corn peddlers the vigilance of the
pure food inspectors. The bananas
were delivered at the rear of a
building opposite the Fourth street
front of the city hall and temper
arily laid on a pile of refuse. City
Meat Inspector G. A. Tilbury watch
ed the delivery from the window of
his Office in the health department
suite at the city hall and few
minutes later was pouring kerosene
o'OA CAC Au1I IAAAhAAS CAAS CAc SUR
est method of condemnation.
This weeks Blackjack American
tells of a clever swindle which is
being worked in this vicinity. The
American says: "a smooth tongued
and we'll dressed stranger claiming
to be in the employ of a Chicago mail
order concern visited Blackjack
about three weeks ago and succeeded
in inducing number of people to
place orders for groceries on CASH
in-advance basis. He told his vic
Tins that it would take about
two weeks to deliver the goods.
After waiting in vain for what they
had paid for, inquiry was made and
reply ELECTED the. information that
the firm the stranger claimed to
represent did not deal in groceries
and that they knew nothing about
this particular salesman. The man
carried samples and offered his goods
at ridiculously low price with the
result that quite number took the
bait and paid him in advance. It
is said that among those swindled
was one who is receiving aid from
the village"