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1 :& m-. hit iP* THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915. Many Lines Of Business Represented Many lines of business are repre sented in Bemidji. Among them are the following. Abstractors, agricultural imple- .^.inent dealers, architects, auto liveries, bakers, band and orchestras, banks, barbers, bicyle, repair shops, bill posters, billards and pool halls, blacksmiths, booksellers and station ery, boat liveries, boots and shoe shops, bottleworks, box manufactur ing plant, building and loan asso ciation, carpenters, cigar manufac tures, cigar and tobacco dealers, civil engineers, clothes cleaners, clothing stores, coal and wood dealers, busi ness college, confectioners, whole sale establishment, creamery, den tists, dray lines, druggists, dry clean ers, dry goods dealers, employment agents, elevator, express companies, ear, eye, nose and throat specialists, feed mill, florist, flour and feed deal- Sdealers, er (wholesale and retail), furniture garages, grocers (wholesale and retail), gunsmith, hardware deal ers, harness maker, hat cleaner, hide and fur tanners, horseshoers, hospi tals, hotels, ice cream, manufactur ers (wholesale and retail) insurance agents, jewelers (manufacturing and retail), junk dealer, ladies ready to wear garments, lawyers, livery stab les, logging companies, lumber man ufacturers, saw mills, plainers, meat markets, merchant tailors, milliners, motorcycle dealers, music teachers, newspapers, oil companies, optome trists, packers, painters, photograph ers, physicians and surgeons, piano and organ dealers, plumbers, whole sale produce dealer, real estate and loan agents, restaurants, second hand stores, sewing machine agants, shing- vMfflwMwZ&fM le and lath factories, shoe makers, sporting good dealers, tea companies, telephone exchange, theaters, tin and furnace dealers, undertakers, variety store and water and light and power company. BEMIDJI, A CITY WITH A FUTURE a***-******-*-*-**** Continued from Page 9 get it in the Birchmont hotel. If he wants to put a pack on his back and start off with his canoe, he has 40,000 square miles of territory to choose from, and a thousand lakes or streams to drop a line in. If Providence ever invented to create a paradise for the love of out-of-doors that Paradise is the district around Bemidji. A City of the Future. Beltrami county is blessed with a copious rainfall, the average annual precipitation being about 30 inches. The new settler has no dry farming problems to solve. Hot winds and destructive hail storms are unknown. As a matter of fact, the climatic con ditions which confront the farmer are practically the same as those which confronted the pioneer in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The water Is not only abundant, but is pure. Bemidji is indeed a city with a future, a city of promise. It has too much to offer not to continue to grow as it has grown, or with accelerated speed. To the young man it offers opportunity to the old man, comfort and contentment to the man with a family, a place where he can secure a home and independence to the farmer, cheap land to the manufac turer, cheap power and transporta tion to the investor, unlimited chance to increase his fortune to the seeker for pleasure, Something that will appeal to the most paded taste KNOWLEDGEISPOWER Prepair for Better Positions by Attending BEMIDJ I BUSINESS COLLEG E DAY AND EVENING CLASSES For Particulars, Call, Write, or Phone a Bemidji Business Bemidji, Minnesota W^$^^^^M I to the invalid, health among the pines to the common, everyday cit izen, a home where he is as good as his neighbor, if he is honest and in dustrious. Bemidji is a city of friendly, demo cratic, hard working, home loving citizens. It is the best type of a clean, hustling young community, built on the solid foundation of great natural resources, and its business men are taking the problem of de veloping those resources in a way that will not be denied. Fred Behlke, P. O. Bemidji, R. D. 269 acres with 12 acres cleared clay soil on place ten years has four horses, two cows, two hogs and 40 chickens three persons in family. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEEB ^f Bemidji, the Biggest Little City in the Northwest BEMIDJI, MECCA FOR MANY SETTLERS Continued from Page 9 of the state will indicate how ad mirably situated it is geographically, for becoming the metropolis of the great north country. It is the logi cal commercial center of a territory embracing something in excess of 40,- 000 square miles, a territory which is developing rapidly. Lake Adds to City. Y. Lake Bemidji, with its supurb beaches, its waters of crystal clear ness, its irregular shoreline, with wooded bluffs, and its waters teeming with gamey fish, adds, in every way, Bemidji Street Scene in 1898. f--* -t *s to Bemidji's claims as a city beau tiful. A writer recently described the growth of the city as follows: "In its growth it has combined the char acteristics of the, oak with those of the mushroom, for with all its rapid developement it has the /stability which means a definitely prosper ous future Do you know that the government crop reports of corn productions show that Minnesota averaged 42 bushels to the acre breaking every record and making Minnesota a great corn state? Do you know that an everage yield of 300 bushels of potatoes to the acre is not unusual in Beltrami county. and Prompt has won forthe SATHR E ABSTRACT COMPANY of BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA an enviable reputation TT-T.*- W .f' M,\ n-r,j 3^i ^t.y*A^,^^v^ 13 Bemidji Has Many Wp\\ Known Summer Resorts Bemidji has every advantage to make it attractive to^ tourists, vaca-r tionists and those desiring enjoyable: i recreation. Its climate is not to be surpassed anywhere and for scenic beauty it excels. The summer no tel at Birchmont Beach lias but! few if any equals in the resortdom.* of the entire United States. But this, by no means is the extent of accom modations which are to. be afforded summer visitors to this community./ Jester's Farm Resort, located on beautiful Lake Plantagenet, is grow-..',/., ing in popularity each year. This sea-. son it was filled to its capacity, many requests for reservations being re fused. Then there is Wa-ViUe, Buena Vista and numerous other fa vorite places. Additional cottages are being erected, each year on the shores of Lake Bemidji and it will be but a short time before desirable lots will be at a premium. Do you know that Alfalfa, the crop that quadruples land Values is being successfuly grown in Beltrami in the vicinity of Bemidji? Do you know that the greatest change and development in all the country is taking place in Beltrami country agriculture? Hello, boys and girls. Hear that school bell? Don't start for school without a NEW BEMIDJI lead pen cil. It's the best nickle pencil made. Any store in town sells 'em. Subscribe for the Pioneer. H*" vi*'*,j-^v *n* O