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OFFICIAL PAPER OF BELTRAMI COUNTY. VOL. VII, NO. 3a. RETROSPECTIVE A Review of the Progress of Bel trami County During the Past Five Years SHOWING RAPID DEVELOPMENT Of What Ten Years Ago Was a Wilderness Into a County of Cities and Villaices.--A Bright Outlook for Its Fu ture Welfare. A few years ago there was no Bemidji, nor even a Beltrami county. There were no rail roads, and prospects for imme diate developments were not so bright with the majority of the people. A year or two and the county was organized and a year or two more and two railroads were here. Bemidji began to grow at apace unequalled by any other town in the state. The first few years were years of tar paper shanties for homes and business places, but gradually those gave way to buildings of more modern type. Today we have as many good, substantial buildings as many of our neigh boring towns who were three times as long in growing to our ft to to to to to to to Store Closes at 8 p. m. Saturdays at 10 p. m. to to to to to to BEMIDJI, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to (f to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to Special Purchase^ Wool Hose. Ladies' tine gauge wool hose worth 25c this week only 1 tJ \J Men's tine black cash mere hose worth 35 cents this week a pair for only 25c Hotel Keepers. We are closing out our crockery department and are offering heavy hotel china for less than it can be bought at the pottery. Only a small quantity of it left. Ladies' Wool Waists. Monday we received an express shipment of the latest creations in tine wool waists, tj /I A price $8,$4,. tyLt*0'J BrownSheeting 8Lt leavy iches 1000 yards of heavy brown sheeting, 30" inches w'de, worth 8c, per yard Corsets. We are closing out a lot of ladies' corsetrs worth up to $1.25. A pair for. cc size. Two years ago there was no Blackduck excepting in name. It was almost impossible to get there by team on account of swamps, but the M. &. I. railway came to the rescue of that place, and now it is a handsome village, prosperous, and bound to make its mark in northern Minnesota. And new people are forging -til farther into the forest, even to the Canadian boundary, and to these sturdy pioneers is due a large portion of the credit for the county's development. Six newspapers have been es tablished north of Bemidji on the line of the proposed railroad dur ing the past two years. One of the latest ones, published at Phena, the Itasca County Record, publishes in its last issue the fol lowing views along these lines: It is wonderful to note how quickly the country is settling up. No week passes that does not bring some one who is either bringing his family in or going on his claim to prepare it to receive them. The majority of these are parties who are coming in to make their home and who take an interest in the country. Here tofore the country was not set tled as well as it should have been. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that ^w.^.,.^..^.'*.fc.^-!a.-^'' a|-3'S O'LEARY & BOWSER i a S S'^'^ i MINNESOTA. New Idea gazines A new line of wool sweaters, all the popular colors at $2.00 and Ml 6c S 69c See us for Ladies' Coats & Skirts The New Monte Carlo Coat Now in Stock. ^ttt****************te*& Backwoods Sketches... to to to to to to Store Closes at 8 it/ it/ p. m. Saturdays at IO p. m. it/ to to it/ it/ to it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ \t/ it/ 5c at cashiers desk, a copy for. Ladies' Wool Sweaters. to it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ to to it/ it/ it/ it/ to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to BEMIDJI. BELTRAMI CO., MINN., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1902 homesteaders could not make enough to keep themseves in the country. Another is that it was so hard to get in and out. These obstacles are being overcome by the approach of the railroad. With it in view the people see better times. Another reason that the country is behind in set tlement is that many, who took their claims for speculation, thinking that they could prove up without staying on found out different and either took them as stone and timber claims or relinquished in favor of others, who are waiting for better roads or wlio do not come in be fore they are obliged to and even then have to wait some time be fore they can come in with ''bag and baggage." Many claims, also are obtained by contest, and the length of time required before contests are decided prevents parties from tiling immediately, thereby keeping the country in suspense. But the times are quickly coming when this region will be settled, for good, sub stantial people are learning the merits of it and are Hocking to it with a view to making homes. BY A. M. GREELEY Accident of Early History. In 18(12, hostile Sioux made life un certain to the frontier settlers of Min nesota. The pioneers of Maine 1'rair- ie, Stearns county, erected a fort to which they all flocked in time of dan ger. But between the clouds of "Indian scares," the farmers continued to cul tivate their crops "with a hoe in one hand and a gun in the other." For better protection, the neighbors work ed in gangs, going from one farm to another. On September 3rd, nine men were harvesting srrain two miles from the fort. The wife of one of them had volunteered to prepare their dinner for them. The moral of this sketch is that in war or peace, storm or calm, the true housewife never forgets her mission. .lust as the men were going to din ner, gun tiring was heard in the dis tance. This caused much uneasiness, but the cook was unterrilied. "Sit down to the table. The food will get all cold, if you stand around there looking for Indians. Dinner is no good when it gets cold." A settler, exhausted and out of breath, came rushing in and reported that he and three of his companions with an ox team had been attacked on the road. They had sought refuge on the next claim, after having killed one of the Indians. The harvesters at once prepared to rush to the rescue of the besieged ones. But the cook was inexorable. "You men just sit down and eat don't keep the dinner waitingit spoil getting cold. And you can't fight on an empty stomach." In vain they 'argued the imminence of danger ai.d the peril of delay. But she would not fly to the fort. "You sit down and eat. The In dians can wait, but the dinner won't. You will bo half-sick if you go trapessing off there without dinner. The johnnycakes will get cold and the beans all mussed up." Just then rapid and heavy firing was heard in the neighboring woods. The cook relented. She seized a kettle of beans in one hand and a dish cloth in the other, and Hew towards the fort, touching the ground only in elevated places. E. J. Willets, the real estate man, made the following sales, this week: The property of A. E. Smith to Elizabeth Clifford A. B. Hazen's property to Chas. Fisk: Bacon and Brown residence to Tom Brown. He also leased the English property on Third street to 1'at Cassin for a period of three years. C. L. Gilbert and wife left Monday for the Pacific coast, where they will live in the future. They will spend the winter in Spokane, Wash. They hired a car and shipped all their fur niture, leaving nothing behind. Their friends wish them success Next Saturday afternoon there will be a house visitation by the ladies of the various churches under the auspices of the Beltrami County Sun day School Association for the pur pose of taking a Sunday school census of the village. Rev Higgins attended the meetings of the presbytery and synod held in Sandstone and Minneapolis last *eek, W carry these and many other stylesofthis fam ous shoe in our complete line of Ladies Footwear. We also have full lines of Gents Fine Shoes, Driv ers and Cruising Boots. WWWWWWV\ NAME "NYMORE The New Village South of the Shevlin-Carpenter Mill Site Bears Above Name. TWENTY-FIVE LOTS ARE SOLI) J.'C. rtoore or This CUy Purchased Hifjhty Acre* of the Nye Property and Has the Same Platted and Placed on the Mar- ketLots lining liisl. A new town is being platted adjoining the Shevlin-Carponter mill property on the, south, by J. C. Moore, the local townsite agent, who has placed the same on the market and is selling lots at a rapid rate. The name of the new townsite is Nymore, a name tAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA^LAA* which is taken from the names of the agent, Moore, and the old homesteader, Nye, connecting the two with a letter dropped from each, making the name of "Nymore." The new townsite is going to be a success, as al ready twenty-live lots have been sold. Snow Bros, have bought eight lots and they will build a store on one of them this fall. Before the winter comes there will undoubtedly be many houses built on the Nymore addition. This is not, perhaps, as our busi ness men expected, but it is reasonabletosuppose that men working in the mill will not have time to go to meals at the north end of our city, and Nymore will be distinctly tin* worklngmen ad dition to Bemidji, and the store W guarantee to fit your foot, purse and your idea of an up-to date shoe. Step in and be con vinced. McCuaig & Ludington. built then may make a success for Itself, but will cut little figure in the truth! of the city proper. Americaii Trolley i Si. INters burg. St, Petersburg is to have an American street railway. Two millionaires of Pittsburg have ob tained the franchise to build 200 miles of '-truck in the (-fear's capi tal. This is one of the most val uable franchises in Europe, and the fact that it goes to Americans is another illustration of our suc cess in the world's work. A part of this success is due to the In born confidence Americans have in their own ability. This confi dence conies with drinking gold en grain belt beer, for it makes men strong and healthy and well able to do their best. Order of your nearest dealer or be sup plied by John P. Easier, Bemidji. Burton's Weekly Store News g., WHb