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VOX,. 5. NO. 12. Strange Arrest. W. Hooper, One of Bemidji's Most Popular Citizens, Ar rested for Murder. There are so many sudden changes and startling happenings in this vicinity that Bemidji is supposed to be shock-proo But the village was torn from center to civ-the cumference last Monday night when the revelation came that one of her most respected and popular citizens had been arrested on the charge of murder. Sheriff Johnson, of Kenabec county, arrived Monday of this week, and, in company with Detective Joseph Ryan, who has been "shadowing" here for some time, went to the "shack" occu pied by the man they wanted, and ar rested J. W. Hooper, on the charge of murder. October 2nd, 1895, Albert Pederson was watching a lumber camp fifteen miles north of Mora, on the Knife riv er. During the night he was shot by a rifle. Several persons suspected of having, committed the crime were arrested, tried and acquitted. It would be great injustice to our townsman to publish, in order to make up along and sensational arti cle for this paper, the many rumors floating around town concerning Mr. Hooper and his possible connections with this affair. Sufficient to say, that suspicion has fallen upon him and on Tuesday be was taken to Ken abec county to be examined. His atnishes torney L. H. Bailey, accompanied him. During his several, vears of resi dency in this county, "Judge'' Hoop er has certainly not conducted him self like a fugitive from justice. His name and presence have not been. hidden from the world. In public and private life he has so conducted himself as to win the respect and es teem of. hundreds of acquaintances. They hope and expect that this charge will be cleared from his shoulders, as it has from the other victims who have "faced the accusation in the Ken abac county courts. LO.O.F. Picnic Fair and smiling was the day which the Bemidji lodge No. 119,and I. 0 0 F.,had chartered for their rirst annual outing on Lake Be midji. About eleven o'clock last Sunday, the first boatload of the "Three-Linkers," their families and friends, left the dock for a six-mile voyage to T. B. Walker's "Rocky Point," at the northern end of the lake. The remodeled and enlarged "Shadow" had been seeured for the day, and Captain Sutton, of Scarrot & Sutton, its owners, must haye overheard enough compli mentary remarks from the passen gers to assure him that t,he Shad ow is bound to be a great favorite with excursion parties. The hoat has seating room for 50 passen gers, but can carry twice that number. A four-horse wood burning engine furnishes suffici ent power to send the boat along at an eight-milds-an-hour gait. The boat moves with hardly any jar,eyen when the engine is pound ing the hardest. The trip was made in quick time through the perfectly-calm waters and past countless floating logs. A lady seated in a row boat trail ing behind the steamer had her umbrella destroyed by flying sparks, which furnished the only excitement. The grounds selected, a high level peninsula, with a little clear ing of underbrush, would make one of the prettiest camping points in the country. Here hardwood timber is abundantly mixed with the soft evergreens, and the alti tude of the place gives the pienie er the benefit of every breeze. This point is credited with a fam ous sparkling spring, but it must have been taking a vacation Sun day. As Village Eecorder Hol royd seemed mashed on this vi cinity, we may expect to see a res olution bobbing up in the council asking the city to buy and set aside this property for a village park. Wm. Casler, J. J. .Tinkinson, M. 1* Phibbs and A, RT. Greeley were the committee having the picnic in charge and they were vigilant in looking after the comfort of the crowd. Mr. Powers was ap pointed presiding officer of the ice cream and lemonade deparment, and stood by his post manfully. After dinner, which lasted most of the afternoon,the party amused themselves in various ways, until second boatload from town ar rived. This brought J. J. Jink inson with an appetite for ice cream, fruit and pastry that the crowd could do nothing but in spell-bound amazement watch him fill up. About 100 persons participated in this good time and each and all are ready to say that there is noth ing stingy about the Odd Fellows when they entertain. Fosston Line. H. C. Stivers Writes on the New Country Opened up Along the Gt. Northern Ry. The amount of traffic that is be ing handled in steadily-increasing volume over the Fosston line of the Great Northern railway fur abundant proof of the var ious resources of the region north west of Superior. The completion of this line gave to Superior a more direct route over the Great Northern to the wheat fields of the Red river valley, and to the Pacific coast and intervening points, than it had before over the St. Cloud route of that railway system, and at the same time op ened for development a great re gion in northern Minnesota. The passenger trains, two" per day, that arrive at and depart from this city over the Fosston line, are always packed with people and the freight and ore trains bring enormous amounts of wheat, lum ber iron ore, paper, cedar poles posts, etc., all from Minneso ta, while the through freight trains arrive laden with the com merce of the Pacific coast and the Orient. At Cloquet, only thirty eight miles from Superior, there are five saw mills producing 130,- 000,000 feet of lumber annually, and a large wood-paper mill with a daily capacity of sixty-five tons of paper. At Hibbing, which is on a branch line eighty-one miles from Cloquet, the iron mines ship to thi3 harbor 2,000.000 tons of iron ore per year, and new mines are being opened that will largely increase the output. The lumbering in the vicinity of Hib bing also adds to the volume of business to the extent of 60,000,- 000 feet per season. Grand Rapids, on the main line, 108 miles from Superior, is the county seat of Itasca county and is the outfitting point for lumbering operations that employ 4,000 men each win ter. This country is also rich agriculture resources not yet de veloped, and contains about 1,- 300,000 acres of government land open to settlement. Beyond Grand Rapids, in the same county are Coh asset and Deer River, very prosperous villages. The former has two saw mills and is at the foot of the upper Mississippi river steamboat navigation, with four steamboats running. Deer River is at the southern terminus of the Itasca logging railway, being its junction witn the Fosston line. The Itasca logging railway ex tends up towards,the famous Big Fork country, where settlers are just now beginning to locate. The soil is rich, and there are great bodies of the finest hay land in the world. All kinds of timber grow in that region, including much spruce, valuable for making paper. Cass Lake is a new town 162 miles from Superior. It has nearly 2,000 people, and most of the village has been built during the last six months. It is the di [Concluded on last page.] !%kit i Building Material of every Descrip- tion. Good & S^ VESTEE SUITS-For Little Fel lows, nobby styles, $1.48. HOY'S Spring Ca|.8_All the lat est noveltn-s, $0.25 TOY'S Fancy Knee PantsJust tin- tiling, $0.25 HOY'S Two-piece Cniah Suit $1.48 MhN'S Heavy Working Gloves, $0.25 ELL NrckwfHI in Nobby Pat- $0.25 BEMIDJI, BELTRAMI COUNTY, MINN.. M1Y 24, 1900. S1.25 A FEAR. V*WWAiM*W**MViA*^^ With the Crowd And Get Your Goods Where You Can I GET EVERYTHING. I 5i99HIHI9SIa9.sia9a9a*l#.~fc' WE HAV E IT McCuag & Ludington urton's Clothing Store. bought at the Right Price can be sold at the Right Price. Anything for Cash, as we do, we can undersell. ARNEY BURTON, i he yne Price Clothier, Bemidji, Minn. 0/ MEN'S Bicycle CapsNew Shapes, $0.48 MEN'S Fast Black and Tan Half Hose, 2 for $0.25 MEN'S Bathing Suit, $0.75 MEN'S Heayy Working Soxper pair, $0.05 MEN'S heavy Undershirts, $0.25 MEN'S heavy Double Breasted and Double Back Working Suits, for $0.49 Heavy Hard- ware always kept in stock. Of nyvLmSnn iiSBPBMmWjywiaMwg