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SECOND SECTION.
THE
ALL STAR ACTS
At The Brinkman Tonight
THE OBERMAUS
Present, Trix, a comedy Playlet iu one act by W. C- Hoff.
JACK MURREL
German Comedianthat little German Band. His
musical speciality as a one man bind is a scream.
THE HASSMANS
Maivelous Equilibrists.
Moving PicturesImp Tonight
MR. RENTER
Have you ever stopped to think that every few
years you practically pay for the house you live in
and yet do not Own it? Figure it up for yourself.
The dore Roosevelt says: "No Investment on earth
i* so safe, so sure, go certain to earieh its owners as
undeveloped realty."
We will be glad to tell you about the City of Be-
midji. and quote you prices with easy terms Of
payment if desired on some of the best residence
and business property in that rapidly growing City.
A letter addressed to us will bring you full particu
lars or if you prefer to see the property, call on H. A.
Simons, at Bemidji.
The Soo Railroad is now running its freight and
passenger trains into Bemidji investigate the oppor-
tunities off?red for business on a small or large scale.
BemidjiTownsife& ImprovementCo,
404 New York Life Building
MINNESOTA
OUR
BIG SACRIFICE SALE
Still Continues
Xmas shoppers will here find
many useful and acceptable articles
to select from for Xmas gift giving,
such as,
Sealskin Caps Silk Handkerchiefs
Bradley & Phoenix Mufflers
Silk Mufflers Suspenders
Fancy Neckwear in Xmas Boxes
Wilson Bros. Dress Shirts
Sweater Coats Fancy Vests
Suit cases and Traveling Bags etc.
REMEMBER
That during this sale we give from
one-fourth to one-half off on our en-
tire stock of Men's and Boys' Suits
and Overcoats. Nothing Reserved
M. 0. MADSON & CO
ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS
Census Does Not Include
"LittleBrown Brothers"
of Philippines, Which
Would Make the Total
101,100,000.
By JAME5 A. EDGER/rqN.
THcludes
E population of the United
State is 93,402,151. This in
Alaska, Porto Rico and
Hawaii, but excludes the Phil
ippines, Guam, Samoa and the Pana
ma canal zone. Including the Philip
pines according to the census of 190*
and au estimate of Guam, Samoa and
the canal zone, the population for the
nation and its possessions Is 101,100,-
000. The population of the United
States propei", exclusive of Alaska and
the island possessions, is 92,035,874.
We now know how big we are. Hav
ing asked everybody about his birth
place and his wife's relations, we have
cast up the totals into long and head
achy columns of figures that proclaim
to the world our numerical greatness.
It is quite a showingover 90,000,-
000 people for the United States proper,
and more than 100,000,000 If we in
clude the United States improper, con
sisting of the little brown brother of
the Philippines. I defy any human
being to form even the remotest con
ception of what ninety millions mean,
but whntever it is Ave have it.
It is some comforjt to know that
never in human history has a nation
grown so rapidly. -Since the republic
was founded, a little more than a cen
tury ago, we have multiplied our popu
lation by thirty. On an average we
have doubled our size every twenty
five years. If Senator Hoar was right
in declaring that a column of figures
could move an American to tears, the
whole nation should fairly boo-hoo
over the 1910 census.
Cities' Growth Increasing.
The one big fact that stands out of
the result is that most of the growth
ln^the last decade lias been in the
cities. Some of the country districts
have actually g'Mie:btiVk w-nji'^i-i^Oe^-
agrioultural state, Iowa, has shown a
decrease. Some of the very small
towns and villages have showy the
same tendency. But the cities from
10,000 upward have almost all ad
vanced, some of them enormously. In
VOLUME 8. NUMBER 245. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY BONING, DECEMBER 16, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
93,402.151 NOW LIVE
ON UNCLE SAMS |AND
Cities Show HeaVyGrowth
and Agricultural States
3 CorrespondingiDecline.
Many Remarkable In
creases Noted^l
the list of the woripifi ten largest
cities the United States, has three.
We have one city exceeding 4,000.000
fa population, two exceeding 2,000,000,
three exceeding 1,000,Q or four if the
environs of Boston wkte Included iu
that city eight exceeding 500,000,
eighteen, exceeding 300,000, twenty
eight exceeding 200,000 and fifty ex
ceeding 100.000. These,flft are dis
tributed through twei^y-six states.
New York, Massachusetts and Ohio
each has five Pennsylvania, Califor
nia and New Jersey^each contains
three Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota,
Connecticut anf
T&htteiSsee can boast
two each, and tije o$ter fifteen range
from Rhode" Island-to-Oregon. At the
head of these fbrty-ttlnd cities stands,
of course. New York, the foot Al
bany.
Of cities between 25,000 and 100,000
there are 175, with the Hist yet inconi
plete. These are ^distributed"through
thirtyrseven states. (Massachusetts
heads the list with twenty Pennsylva
nia comes next with seventeen New
York follows with sixteen New Jer
sey and Illinois have eleVen each Ohio
has nine Texas and Iowa, each have
eight Michigan and Wisconsin each
boasts seven California^ and Connecti
cut each claims five Indiana, Virginia
and Bhode Island each{contains four
Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri and Kan
sas follow with three ea^ch, while there
are twelve states with! two each and
six with one each. 6t cities below
25,000 the number is legion. In this
class the returns as yet, are scattering.
Smaller CitietelGrow.
On the whole, the smaller cities have
grown more rapidly than the larger
ones. The rate of Increase in those
above 100,000 has been 31.8 per cent,
while the showing is,39.4 per cent in
Mom )Pie^^S^^!M^^0O0r Six
teen of these smaller cities have more
than doubled their population in the
decade. The largest growths have
been that of Oklahoma City, which
has the enormous percentage of 539.T
increase to its credit. Muskogee, In
the same state, is but little behind.
Other cities in this group that have
trebled or doubled their ^growth are
Pasadena, Berkeley and San Diego,
Cal. Flint, Mich. Fort Worth, El
Paso and Dallas, Tex. Tampa and
Jacksonville, Fla. Huntington, W
Va. Schenectady, N. 1\ Tacoma.
Wash. Wichita, Kan., and Waterloo
la. $
The largest growth in cities of ovei
100,000 is that of Birmingham, Ala.,
which increased at the rate of 245.4
per cent. Los Angeles was a close
second with 211.3 per cent. Seattle
toad 194 per cent. Other cities in this
class that more than doubled their
population were Portland, Ore. Spo
kane, Wash., and Oakland, Cal. Notable
gains were also made by Cleveland,
Detroit, Minneapolis, Denver, Atlanta
and Richmond.
One most gratifying feature of the
returns is the growth of the south,
especially of southern cities. Charlotte,
N. Chattanooga, Tenn. Lynchburg,
Va. Macon, Ga. Norfolk, Va. Ports
mouth, Va. Roanoke, Va. Shreveport,
La., and several other cities, in addi
tion to those already mentioned, show
something of the advance movement
In the new south.
San Francisco Undaunted.
Another pleasing fact is that despite
her disastrous earthquake and fire San
Francisco has increased from 342,782
in 1900 to 416,912 in 1910. Oakland
and Berkeley are. virtually parts of
San Francisco, and both have grown
prodigiously. If the two be added to
the larger city the total population is
Increased to more than 600,000. More
over, the enormous increase of Los
Angeles and other California cities
shows something of the growth that
might have taken place in San Fran
cisco had it not been for her disaster.
laKing the cities of Los Angeles, Oak
land, Berkeley, Sacramento, San Die
go, San Jose and Pasadena, they show
an aggregate increase from 260,252 In
1900 to 653,317 in 1910.- or 151 per
cent. If San Francisco had enjoyed a
like growth she would have had in
1910 a total of 860,383.
While it is too much to claim that
but for her calamity she might have
reached this result, since a large city
is not apt to show as great a percent
age of increase as a small one under
similar conditions, it is entirely within
bounds to say that the city beside the
Golden Gate would have gone' up to
a half million or 600,000 but for her
disaster. The more force, is lent to
this contention by the fact that some
of the increase in other California
cities is due to the fugitives tronrvSah
Fram-isi o.
Boston's Suburbs Separate.
The BostonSans claim that the cen
sus figures represent Only a part of
the population of their city, since Bos
ton adually includes Cambridge and a
number of other cities that are return
ed separately. If there were a. greater
Boston, as there is a greater New
York her population would, be 1,206,-
791 instead of the 670.585 now re-
turned. ......sC-,.
In tike niahhe'r the Twin Cities in
Minnesota Can contend that the two
are essentially one in all but name and
ihat a true rating can only be given
them by consolidation. Thus if Min
neapolis and St. Paul were combined
we should have 516,152, ranking as the
ninth city in the country.
There are many other cities that
would considerably augment their pop
ulation by a little expansion. The case
of San Francisco, Oakland and Berke
ley has already been mentioned. Like
wise Omaha and South Omaha prac
tically constitute ope--city. If-the two
were joined together they would have
150,097 instead of the 124,096 given to
Omaha now. The cities in northern
New Jersey would be most affected by
consolidation, however. Thus Eliza
beth, the Oranges and several smaller
villages contiguous to Newark would
give the' metropolis ot New Jersey
more than half a million. Bayonne,
Hoboken, West Hoboken and several
other towns are really a continuation
of Jersey City. If these were added
the total population would run a close
second to the greater Newark.
State Lines Retard Totals.
All the expansions mentioned could
be readily made, since the cities to be
consolidated are in the same states.
There area number of cases, however,
where state lines Intervene. Notable
among these are Kansas City, Mo.,
and Kansas City, Kan. Omaha", Neb.,
and ^Council Bluffs, la., furnish an
other case in point, and so do St
Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis, 111.
Then there are Cincinnati, O., and
Covington, Ky. also Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Camden, N. J. Chicago would also
gain enormously by adding contiguous
Indiana territory.
The most conspicuous case* of the
sort, however, is that of New York
and the cluster of cities and villages
In northern New Jersey. For twenty
or thirty miles, or even more, men
commute daily from New Jersey into
New York. In business Interests and
in all other ways, except that of resi
dence, they are as much New Yorkers
as those living on Manhattan Island
All north Jersey is practically becom
ing one solid city, made up for the most
part of commuters. The tunnels under
the Hudson river are rapidly adding to
this class. It is a conservative claim
that there are at least 1,000,000 of
these Jerseyites who really belorig to
the great city, and some estimates
have put the number, considerably
higher.
Within the fifteen mile radius of
New York are to be found ten New
fDoDHntred ait:Eage
R. F. MURPHY
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
AND EMBALMER
Office 313 Beltrami Ave.
Phone 310-2.
Brass Craft
Pyrography
Stationery
Novelties
Our Dinnerware
Can not be equaled in quality, quan
ity and prices.
100 piece Haviland $34.00
100 piece Austrian $21.30 and $25.00
100 piece Homer Laughlin $13.50 and $15
Muslin, Linen,
2 Paper, Books
Algers, Meades,
Holmes & Southworths
Goods
Delivered
MRMMPHI
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Hudson's New York
Bon Bons
Palmer's Perfumes
and Toilet Articles
25c to $5.00
yWe can^hink of no better
or more acceptable gift than
Palmer's perfumes. In the
first place there is no better to
be had anywhere. It will
satisfy the recipient as well as
the giver. Step in and look
over this line.
309 Beltrami Ave.
PACES 7 TO
$\., ^f^JffsV
ZIEGLER & ZIEGLER CO.
INSURANCE"MENDLANE"TH
FIRB L.IPE ACCIDENT
Real Estate in All Its Branches
FARM LANDS BOUGHT AND SOLD
Go to Them for Quick Action
OfficeSchroeder Building
FOR THE LADY FOR THE GENTLEMAN
The New City Drug Store
Santa Glaus Headquarters
This store is now ready to demon
strate to you its usefulness in providing
you unmatchable goods for your Holi
day gifts.
Many people have made it a practice
of doing their Christmas buying at this
store for 5 years and they claim it is to
their advantage to do so.
The time of every holiday buyer will
be well spent in looking through our
bright, new selection of up-to-date gifts.
Gifts for Parents
Gifts for Children
Gifts for Lady Friends
Gifts for Gentlemen Friends
Gifts for Grandma and Grandpa*
Browns |i
Busy Store
i|T0iCAL)
SHAVING
OUTFITS
Pipes Smoker's Supplies
Cigar and Tobacco Jars
Humidors
Cigars in Xmas pkgs.
Women wilFfind it a pleas
ure to make suitable selections
for Christmas gifts for men.
Of course he'll want cigars.
You could please him with
nothing better than one of our
Christmas packages.
Where Quality Prevails)
Phone 52
Post Card Albums
Cards
Seals, Tags
Christmas Boxes
Usefulgifts in the fancy
china Bon Bon's, Salads,
Cakes, Sugar & Creams,
Celery and Spoon
Trays.
iron, Musical,
Electrical and
Mechanical Toys
Blocks and Games
Low
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Prices