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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. 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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 *-s 7 i Prices