The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-06-17
|BEMIDJI EN1ERTAINS LAWMAKERS OF
STATE, HERE in ADJOURNED SESSION
Every Member Of Legislative Now
Champion Northern Mnnesota-Trp Down Mississippi River
Morning Was One of Days Features
Auto Tour Around Lake Part Afternoons
Honor Guests at Banquet This Evening-Mock
Session and Reception Follow.

enjoyed the privilege of joining in
the picnic of the farmers and in the
speeches Beltrami tillers of the soil
were referred to as being the most
energetic and progressive of the en-
tire state. The dinner was followed
by baseball game between the Be-
midi merchants and farmers.
Again entering automobiles, the
party was carried to the site of the
normal school grounds, many excla-
nations in reference to it's beauty be-
ing heard. The program during the
remainder Of the day includes trip
to Birchmont Beach, where Bemidji's
splendid summer hotel is being built
and around the lake. Light lunch
was served at the hotel by women of
the Episcopalian Guild, and refresh
ments were obtained in the pines
across the lake.
Banquet This Evening.
At 1880 this evening the visitors
will be the guests of honor at a ban
quet to be served at the Markham
hotel, after which an interesting
program will be held in the. Cit ty
hall, at which there will be a mock
session of the senate and and an in
formal reception. The party will
leave at midnight for Walker where
Senator McGarry's Glengarry Springs
will be visited.
Politics Are Mentioned.
Politics have been found to creep
into the trip and several visitors are
being mentioned as likely candidates
for the governorship, these being
State Auditor Preus, Secretary of
State Schmahl and Lieutenant Cover
nor j. A. A. Burnquist. In F. c.
Stevens, former congressman, the
lawmakers feel they have a probable
candidate for United States, senator.
The personnel of the party is as
follows:
Lieutenant Governor J. A. A.
Burnquist and Mrs. Burnquist, St.
Paul. .-..
Secretary of State julius a.
schmahl, and Mrs. Sehmah1, St. Paul.
State Auditor J. A. O. Preus,
and Mrs. Preus, of St. Paul
State Treasurer Walter j. Smith,
Mrs. Smith and Miss Marcella Smith,
St. Paul.
Among the Senators.
State Senators-Mr. and Mrs. w.
w. Dunn, St. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. F.
A. .Duxbury, Caledonia; J. H. Bald
win and friend, Frazee; E. P. Peter
son and Miss Peterson, Litchfield;
DR.. and Mrs.. J. W. Andrews, Man.
kato; John Stefin, Pipestone; Frank
L, Palmer, Minneapolis; Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. Westlake, Minneapolis;
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry N. Benson, St.
| Peter; Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Nelson,
Luverne; Mr.. and Mrs. O. A. Lende,
Candy; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jack
son, st. Paul; j. M. Millett, Hastings;
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Carley, Plain
view; George E. Gardiner, Brainerd;
G. w. Gillian, Window; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Dwinnell, Minneapolis;
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Nord, Interna-
tional Falls; Mr.. and Mrs. D. P.
O'Neil, Thief River Falls; J. A. Ry-
strom, North Branch; fMr. and Mrs.
Nels Hegnes, Argyle; c. E. Adams,
Duluth; Patrick H. McGarry, Walk
er; Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Putnam, Blue
Earth; Olaf Gjerset, Montevideo;
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred D. Vibert, Clo-
Quet; O. H. Griggs, Virginia.; Mr..
and Mrs. R. T. Buckler, Crookston,
and Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Peterson,
Moorhead.
State Representatives. and
Mrs. T.. J. Greene, st. Paul; Elias
Nordgren, Sunrise; George G. Sud-
heimer, St. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Kuntz, Waconia; Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
Bjornson, Minneota; Mr.. and Mrs.
L. A. Lydiard, Minneapolis; Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi M. Davis, Long Prairie.
Stevens Among Guests.
Others-Judge and Mrs. ]. B.
Gilfillan, Minneapolis; Irving A. Cas-
we'll, St. Paul, clerk of the supreme
court; Mrs.. Harry Rich, Walker;
Mrs. Wilson, Red Lake Falls; James
T. Hale, Deerwood, state tax COM
missioner; Ex-Representative and
Mrs. c. R. Fowler, Minneapolis; F.
C. Stevens, st. Paul, ex-congressman;
Miss Johnson, Minneapolis, stenog-
rapher; A. I. Mellenthin, St. Paul,
cashier Peoples bank; Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Schusler, Minneapolis; Mrs.
Cunningham, Tiffin, Ohio; C.. H.
O'Neill, St. Paul, city attorney; J. s.
Simpson, st. Paul, secretary State
Fair association, and Mrs. Simpson;
H. E. Ives, correspondent st. Paul
Dispatch, and Mrs. Ives; Charles
Stuart, Minneapolis, correspondent
Minneapolis Tribune, and Lewis L.
Collins, of the Minneapolis Journal.
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