The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-02-14
William o'Neill, President of the
Cass Lake Commercial Club, as
Toastmaster Scores Hit.
GREAT FUTURE FOR BOTH CITIES
Bygones to be Bygones and Two Cit
s les to Aid One Another in Ac-
complishing Things

In response to an invitation by the
Bemidji Commercial Club, members
of the Cass Lake club accepted in
vitations to come here for social
smoker held in the Bemidji club
rooms last night. There was a good
crowd present from Cass Lake and
this number with those who attend
ed from Bemidji we'll filled the club
room.
T. ]. Burke, president of the Be
midi club, called the gathering to
order and presented William O'Neill,
president of the Cass Lake club, as
POSTMASTER of the evening. Mr..
Burke first extended a welcome to
Cass Lake and expressed the hope
that such meetings as this would be
held more frequently.
When Mr. O'Neill took charge of
the gathering, he delivered a short
talk in which he replied to Mr.. Burke
SAYING that he was glad to-. be
here and that he b:eliev
he expressed the sentiments of the
other men who had come over to
Bemidji with him from Cass Lake
He referred to the fight Cass Lake
put up against Bemidji for the norm
al school and while Cass Lakers were
glad they won, he believed in letting
bygones be bygones, and predicted
that there was a great future in store
for northern Minnesota.
Toastmaster O'Neill first called on
F. S. -Lycan, who talked briefly and
urged good roads. He was followed
by M. N. Kohl of Cass Lake, who told
a funny story and spoke of the work
being done by the Northern Mime
sofa Development Association, and
he in turn was followed by w. p.
Dyer who spoke of the beauties of
Bemidji and the value of the timber
and soil in this part of the state.
j. J. Opsahl spoke of the earlier
history of the north country and out
lined plans as to how more salts
factory development of the territory
tributary to these two towns can be
successfully carried on.
Others who talked We're Charles
Warfeld, Dr.. Christianson, W. A
Gould, DR.. Dumas and Christ Burns,
and all of these speakers were sure
that there is to be unusual activity
from now on in this part of the state
and that it is only by pulling togeth-
er the best good can be obtained and
the desired aims realized. While
none Of the speakers made an at
tempt at being eloquent, they all
were firm in their belief of the fu-
ture of northern Minnesota.
AT the CONCLUSION of the set pro-
gram of talks, President Burke told
the men from Cass Lake that the
club rooms were there for their use
and that they could enjoy themselves
in any way they wanted; that the
billiard and pool tables were there
for them as was also the card
rooms and that they could al,
low, high or any old BALI that they
wanted and with this extension of
courtesy the formal meeting of the
evening disbanded and the visitors
began playing games and generally
amusing themselves.
The delegation from Cass Lake
came up on the afternoon and even.
ing trains there being about 8
They remained at the club rooms
until one o'clock this morning
when they returned to Cass Lake
on special car attached to the regu-
lar east bound Great Northern Pass
,enger train
The Cass Lake delegation was.
pleased with It's trip and expressed
the hope that Bemidji would 60 to:
sCass Lake at some time IN the future
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