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^tmjmmv Get Your Good Things To Eat AT &/>e Model B&kery* Confectionery and Dairy Store 315 Minnesota Ave. Phone 125 THE HOME OF Model Ice Cream GEO. E. KREATZ CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Estimates Promptly Furnisned BEMIDJI Let me figure with you before you build Residence and of ce 51~ Minn. Ave. Phone 25 MINNESOTA THOMA S SMART City Dray and Transfer Line Safe and Piano Moving Oifice in Pertdergast Building. One Door North of First National Bank Building Phone 91 F. He&d General Mason Work PLASTERING ST0\E AND CEMENT WORK Inquire at Annette-'s Restaurant Bemidji Minnesota. Atwood & Young CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS Estimates and Plans Furnished Before placing your con tract, we wish to be given a chance to bid on your work. C. L. ATWOOD 601 Irv. Ave. Phone 80 15he BIJOU Automatic DramaVaudevillePop- ular Concerts 302 Thud Street Every Evening 7:30 to 10:00 Saturday Afternoon 2:30 to 3:30 TONIGHT! EXTRA SPECIALS THE CAMEAGRAPH The Little Wood Choppers A Clever Detective Illustrated Song1 Far Away New Use for Electric Current A Child of Nature International Balloon Race Don't Hiss U. Program Cha-ges Without No tice. Watch This Ad Daily. ADMISSION TEN CENTS C. L. L.ASHER & SON, Praps J3he PIONEER Delivered to your door every evening Only 40c per Month The City Read the Dailv Pioneer. A. W. Johnson of Cass Lake was in the city last evening. Mrs. Bilbin of Walker was an over-Sunday visitor in Bemidji. Frank C. Hale, the Blackduck attorney, visited in this city over Sunday. L. Amadon and wife of Alida were visitors in the city over Sunday. The Pioneer at all times has in stock office supplies of every description Extra copies of the Daily Pioneer may be had at the office every evening.*' John Pogue went to Bagley yesterday to look after some business matters. John Moberg, the logger and railroad contractor, went to La poi'te this mrrning. Bemidji Elevator Co., jobbers for Barlows Best, also Gold Medal, Mascot and Cremo. Carnations. A big shipment every Friday. Lake Park green house. 1242 Doud Ave. Phone 166-3. F. G. Horton, who visited in this city over Sunday, left this morning for Walker on a busi ness trip. Sam Ellis, homesteader, log ger, and shrewd all-around hust ler, came down this morning from his home at Blackduck. The Eastern Star Thimble Bee will meet with Mrs. R. H. Schu maker, 608 Bemidji Ave., to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. John S. Stewart, general man ager for the Beltrami Cedar & Land company, was in the city today from his home at Black duck. C. O. Moon is now assisting in the clerical work at the county treasurer's office during the absence of County Treasurer French. St. Phillip's Aid will give a chicken pie supper Wednesday evening May 8th, from 5 to 8 o'clock, at the Odd Fellows hall. Supper 25c. R. C. Spooner, president of the Donald Land & Lumber com pany, returned Saturday from a business trip to St. Paul. He was accompanied by Mrs. Spooner. Ike Halvorson, one of the home steaders near Quiring postoffice, came down this morning from his claim and spent today in the city looking after some business matters. A. Gilmour, who so ably con ducts the O'Kelliher drug store at Blackduck, was a visitor in the city today, having come down from the "Duck" this morning. "Everything lovely, up there," says uncle Gilmour. James A. Murray, the sage of ,the good fellows at Blackduck, was with us today, having come down from his home this morn ing. Neither cold weather or any ether adverse condition puts a kink in that non-wearmg-off smile which James has with him at all times. Peter Larkin, who owns and operates a refreshment parlor at Kelliher, came down from his home this morning, and sp^nt to day in the city. Peter states that his town is as good as the best of 'em along the line of the M. & I. and that business is good at his place. Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Chamber lain arrived in the city Saturday evening and will make their home in Bemidji, for the present. They lived in California for some time, but have been at Ortonvilie, Minn., where they attended the funeral and interment of R. W. Reed, Sr., father of Mrs. Cham berlain anr* also R. W. Reed of this city. It is possible th*t Mr. Chamberlain will decide to en gage in business in this city, The members of the local M. B. A. lodge held a very interest ing meeting Saturday evening, at their lodge rooms, in the Odd Fellow block. A number of can didates were initiated into the mysteries of the order, and at the conclusion of the business meeting a social session was held. Lunch was served and the members and their friends tarried until a late hour,passing the time in social chat and good fellowship. &M j&j GOODS at ^Lakeside Bakery Are Always Fresh Always the Best Always the kind of baked goods you are proud to have on your table. We manufacture from the best of materials. Your patronage solicited THE LAKESIDE BAKERY Phone 118 Call at the Pioneer when you are in need of office supplies. H. W. Sherman and wife of Big Falls were visitors in the city today. C. Heieren left this morning for Brainerd, where he will visit for a few days. Mrs. A. Burke and sister, Vinie Young, left this morning for Chicago, where they will visit for a month. Hunt's Perfect Baking Powder never disappoints, because it is always made the sameis uni formly goodand wholesome. Neil A. Gilchrist, general pastor of the Presbyterian church, came over from his home at Crookston Saturday and spent Sunday in Bemidji. The Pioneer's nu merous 'phones are all on the same line No. 31and we will be pleased to print any items of a social nature that may be sent in over the "hello." Mrs. F. S. Lycan and her guest, Mrs. Thos. Beare of Brainerd, left yesterday for Grand Forks, N. D., where they will visit with old friends for several days, Both ladies lived in Grand Forks at the same time and have many friends there. Mrs. W. R. Tait arrived in the city yesterday afternoon from St. Paul, where she has been visiting for a month past, and will make her home in this city with her husband. Mrs. Tait encountered a blizzard at Duluth and was agreeably surprised to find the weather even as fair as it was here yesterday. Harry Mills, roadmaster for the M. & I., went to Gemmell and Big Falls today. The M. & I. is installing a new steam shovel to work along the north line of the M, & I. and Mx. Mills went up for the purpose of watching the workings of the "scoop." The shovel will be used to load the gravel train which 'will ballast the track from Gem mell north to Big Falls. Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Hurley and little daughter Katherine left this morning for their home at Seattle, Washington. Mrs. Hur ley is the daughter, of W. A. Walker of this city, and the Hur ley's have been visiting'with Mr. Walker and his family for a fort night past. They will visit at Brainerd for a few days with the parents of Mr. Hurley, after which they will go to Jamestown, N. D., for a stay of several days, and will then proceed to their home at Seattle. Bishop Here Tuesday. The Right Rev. Bishop Morri son of the Duluth diocese will hold Episcopal services in the Norwegian Lutheran churchy Tuesday evening May 7. Con firmation services will be held at this time. Bishop Morrison is exc ellent speaker and every one should try to hear him at this time. Shakespearean Lecture. Mrs. C. Kurzmann-Giadstone, dramatic reader and singer and a pupil of the late Henry Irving, will give a concert at the Meth odist church Monday evening at 8 o'clock. She has toured the United States for several years, and gives good and instructive entertainments. Stone Wanted. We are in the market for fifty cords of stone. Call and see us. Schroeder & Schwandt. Peacemaker Instantly Killed. Westchester, Pa., May 4.Ca-rnilli Rossi, an" Italian, while trying ^to pacify quarreling friends, was shot and instantly killed by Carman Mar voria at Thorndale, near here. The men were members of a card party and the shooting was the result of a dispute over the game. Squaw as Housekeeper.^* Put a squaw in a tepee and she la the neatest of housekeepers. The blan kets are neatly rolled and stowed, away under the edge of the tepee, leaving the center clear. Bright colored blankets and fine fur robes are spread about, and a wonderfully beaded dance drum hangs from one of the poles. But put it squaw in a house and she is any thing but a success. Go into one of these frame houses ami you will find the mattresses laid along the floor, with the whole family sprawling there on. The cracked-cook stove'will be in the middle of the floor, with ^anything but agreeable odors coming therefrom. Outside the bedsteads and springs will be used as chicken roosts. But the ffquaw doesn't let her housekeeping Shortcomings worry her. When she puts on an elk tooth robe, valued at anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000, and rides to the fair or to the agency on a Sunday astride a beaded saddle she Is a picture of contentment.Denver Re publican. Old Grog. The inventor of grog, the long time beverage of the sea and of salt water literature, was Admiral Vernon, of whose courageous deeds tkt Porto Bello a lively poet has sung: Which when they cama to understand he was so brave a fellow, They did surrender, out of hand, the town of Porto Bello. "Old Grog" was Vernon's pet name in the navy of his day, and it was thus bestowed: "Out on the Spanish main Vernon found that the result of giving each man in the ship's company half a pint of rum a day to drink neat was disastrous. His captains and surgeons suggested to him the revolutionary ex periment of mixing the spirit with wa ter. In a station order Vernon re quired this to be done. The new liquor was not favorably received, and the seamen cast about for an opprobrious name for it and its author. Now, Ver non used to wear a grogram boat cloak hence 'Old Grog.' The Crooked House. On the estate of Earl Dudley, at Himley Staffs, there is a curious habi tation known as "the crooked house." It is altogether out of the perpendicu lar and slants toward the south end, which is heavily shored up ,with thick red brick buttresses. These peculiari ties are the result of mining opera tions, the under stratum of the earth in these parts being completely honey combed. The clocks on the walls, al though absolutely perpendicular, as their pendulums testify, appear to be hanging sideways at a pronounced an gle. A short glass shelf, one end of which appears to be a foot higher than the other, proves to be absolutely level, while in the taproom Is a table which Is apparently slanting, but on which if round marbles are placed at the seem ingly lowei? end they roll to all appear ance uphill to the top of the table and fall over with a bump.London Stand ard. Why He Brought His Along. Whenever the penurious manager of the large store wanted to sharpen his pencil he would enter the shipping de partment and borrow a knife from one of the boys. Sometimes the boys did not have their knives with them, but there was one lad, Tommy Breen, who always could be depended upon. "How is It, Tommy," asked the man^. ager one day as he whittled'his pencil, "that you always have your knife with you and the other boys haven't?" Tommy hesitated for a moment, then, gathering courage, said: "The wages I get aren't enough for me to afford more than one pair of pants."Harper's Weekly. Part of the Horse. A rich rancher told a story about a, little slum urchin whom he had sent on a month's vacation Into the country. "The lad," he said, "thought we got mush from the mushroom and milk from the. milkweed. One morning a lady pointed to a horse in a field and said, 'Look at the horse, Johnny.' 'That's a cow,' the boy contradicted. 'No,' said the lady, 'it's a horse.' "Tain't. It's a cow,' said the boy. 'Horses has wagons to 'em/ "Kansas City Times. A Conundrum. "Why is a clock like a vain, pretty young lady?" "I fail to see any resemblance. Why?" "Because it is all face and figure, has no head to speak of, is hard to stop when once it Is wound up and has a striking way of calling attention to it Self every hour In the day."Baltimore American. Painless Cancer. There is a prevailing opinion that cancer is always painful from the be ginning, whereas it is really painless in the majority of cases. It Is desirable to ascertain how far the public ought to be instructed In the early signs of cancer, with a view to the adoption of earlier diagnosis and consequently ear lier operation.London Hospital. Had an Alternative. Pilrey And because you couldn't find a nickel to pay the fare did the conductor make you get off and walk? JaysonNo he only made me get off. I could have sat on the street if I'd wanted to. Pretty Close. "Is he parsimonious?" "Well," was the guarded reply, "you might say that he carries his money in a purse that shuts a good deal easier than it opens." Just As His Patients Do. Client (meeting his doctor and wants a free opinion)Doctor, when you have a bad cold, what do you do? Doctor I blow my .nose and cough. Insulting. "I'm not going to that female barber shop again. There's a rude girl there, don't you know." "What did she say?" "Why, she looked at my mustawsh and awsked me if I would have it sponged off or rubbed in." Tasser's Phrases. Thomas Tasser, a writer of the six teenth century, said: "It's an ill wind turns no good," "Better late than never," "Look ere you leap" and "The stone that is rolling can gather no moss, Faith In the Clergy. The hlghlanders' faith in the clergy has always been peculiarly profound.. This 'characteristic is illustrated, though in rather an exaggerated way, by the story of two old women going along the road after service who were heard to discuss the sermon as fol lows: PeggyAh, and did you bear that most precious word, Kirstya most precious word? KirstyNo. And what word was that? PeggyOh, a most precious word, and it's myself that will not forget It, the precious word Nebuchadnezzar. KirstyOh, yes. But did you hear that other most beautiful word? My self never heard it said before, the beautiful word 'Belshazzar.Caledo nian. No Dishes to Wash. Happy Madagascarians! They have no dishes to wash in their housekeep ing. Thejlarge, fibrous leaves of what Is called "the travelers' tree," because its stalks on being pierced yield a clear watery sap which makes a re freshing drink, cut into rectangular pieces, serve them for plates, platters, cups and spoons. The x-ice or other food which constitutes a meal is piled on one of these leaves. A native takes a piece of leaf in each hand, rolled up like a cornet, and with one dips a por tion of the rice from one platter into another and on it conveys the food to the mouth. That is all there is of it no changing of plates, no bother about clearing tables. A Sheep's Legs. A nobleman against whom insanity was imputed by his relatives was ask ed during the ^examination by Lord Loughborough, "How many legs haTa sheep?" "Does your lordship mean a live or a dead sheep?" asked the nobleman.* "Is it not the same thing?" said the chaneellor. "No, my lord there is niuch differ ence. A live sheep has four legs, a dead sheep but two. The others are shoulders." His Interference. CittimanLook here, sir, didn't you warrant the horse you sold me yester day to be without fault? David Harum Yes. Ain't he? CittimanNo, sir, he is not. He interferes. David Harum Waal, I don't see as you hev any rea son fur complainin' about that. He don't interfere with anybody but him self, does he?Lippincott's. Racing Dope. "Charles, dear," said young Mrs. Tor kins, "why do you call racing calcula tions 'dope?' I thought that was a' slang name for a drug." "You're quite right," was the answer.! "They call it that because all it gen-i erally gets you Is a pleasant dream and a rude awakening."Washington Star- The roar of the lion can be heard farther than the sound of any other living creature. .v":-' I Modern Methods Skillful Work ^-^v'-a.nd Reasonable Prices Bobby Remembered. Binks after inviting his friend Jinks, who has just returned from abroad, to dinner is telling him what a fine mem ory his little son Bobby has. "And do you suppose he will remem ber me?" said Jinks. "Remember you! Why, he remem bers every face that he ever saw." An hour later they enter the house, and after Jinks has shaken hands with Mrs. Binks he calls Bobby over to him. "And do you remember me, my little man?" IQpurse I dot You're the same feller that pa brought home last summer and ma wuz so mad about it that she didn't speak to pa fur a whole week." Galveston News. An Odd Mistake. Captain Amundsen, having lost sev eral dogs in his expedition to the arc tic regions, told some of the Netchillie tribe that he would purchase one from them. The suggestion caused conster nation and was promptly refused. An appeal to you, let me do your dental work Successor to Dr. R. B. Foster DR. G. M. PALMERL Formerly of Minneapolis "And What Else" A great many dspend on their grocer for the latest in vegetables, fruits, and other table delicacies. We.take interest in our family trade and provide for you the best and latest that can be had in the market. Springtime but adds to the trying time of securing something palatable. Call us up and we will tell you the latest viands in the market. Our prices are within the reach of all and the quality of goods~of the very best. ROE & MARKVSEN "The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, that cracking good little sheet, published in Beltrami county, is covering the Mai of Wesley for the Dahl murder, in a manner that reflects great credit both to the Pioneer and Bemidji." 40 Cents per Month Pays for the Daily Phone 207 ly Pioneer For News That the Pioneer Gets and Prints the News Is Appre- reciated Outside of Bemidji. Read what the Itasca Iron News, published at Bovey^iays: T__*..--! vaR^ Office-Suite 9, Miles Block explanation was demanaed. The man applied to returned next day with a chubby, laughing boy on his back. "Such we do not sell," he said. Amund sen was astonished. "You wished to purchase one," said the man, seeing Amundsen's perplexity. Finally it was discovered that the Greenlandic term for "dog" was equivalent to "child" In the Netchillie language. o-1 prise. A cook at a cheap boarding house played a little game on a grumbling boarder by serving him with a piece of sole leather instead of beefsteak. "You've changed your butcher, Mrs. Hascher?" said the boarder, looking up at the landlady after sawing two or three minutes at the leather. "Same butcher as usual," replied the -boarding mistress, with a patronizing smile. "Why?" "Oh, nothing much," said the board er, trying to make an impression on the steak with his knife and fork, "only this piece of meat is the tender est I have had in this house for some Weeks."Rtrflnfl WacranK-na. N -'V- I -'&& 'VI I :4 -ass* fe'""-* *V f& fas