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THE CITY We mix paints toorder. Jones Hot oyster stew. Peterson's parlors. Clyde Bacon went to Black duck on business last night. Biggest stock best groceries, fairest prices. Peterson's fruit and confectionary store. Chas. Woodward has returned from his hunting trip. He brought back two fine bucks. Call on A. E. Winter the lead ing jeweler for up-to-date goods. Next door to First National bank. The law offices of Bailey & McDonald are being removed to new quarters in the Swedback block today. Fred Hall has taken out a li cense to hunt big game and ex pects to tear to the tall timber in a few days. A marriage license was grant ed to Dell Omeche and Miss Grace Nelson at the clerk of court's office today. Everything in fruit, confection ery, fancy groceries, cigars,read ing matter, too much to specify. Kindly call or send us your or ders. Peterson. Harry Usher was in the city re newing acquaintances yesterday. Mr. Usher will be in the employ of the Hatcher Logging Co. near Bena during the coming winter. Changes come to all. Some are pleasantsome otherwise. Mark's Lung Balsam will stop that coughthe change is pleas ant, thereby making a pleasant change, Daly's "Ten Nights in a Bar Room" comes to the city opera house Dec. 5. The company travels in its own special car and carries a band and orchestra. It willopen the new Blackduck .opera house Dec. 4. Bertha Myers, who has been an inmate of the Tyson resort, was taken to the county hospital yesterday for medical treatment. The woman has been ill for some time, and Ihe county authorities were informed that the woman y. could not or would not be allowed proper medical attention. For this reason she was taken to the poor farm. BR, FOSTER E N I S MILES BLOCK. TOMORROW i Thanksgiving Da You will need something for your Thanksgiving dinner, and here is the best place to get what you want. Notice the goods listed below. Some of them may be of use to you: Malaga Grapes Catawba Grapes Bananas Oranges Lemons Apples of all kinds New Jersey Sweet Potatoes Hubbard Squash Jersey Cranberries Walnuts Filberts Almonds Brazils Heinze's Currant Jelly Sweet Mixed Pickles Apple Butter Comb Honey Bemidji Itoeafltile Company Ice cream in bulk or bricks, J. Peterson, Jr. J. W. White, the Park Rapids life insurance man, is in town. We put this here because you'll 'see it. Mark's Lung Balsam will cure your cough or cold. Bert Getchell went to Black duck last night to stake out some timber for the Burlington Co. A fitesh supply of Lowuey's chocolate bon bons, specially for Thanksgiving. Only at Peter son's. Why buy the second best when the best costs no more? Mark's Lung Balsam is the best for coughs. J. F, Essler and family re turned yesterday from St. Peter, where they have been visiting relatives for some time. Ted Naylor went to Blackduck last night to prepare the remains of M. 0. Fisk, who died sudden ly yesterday morning, for burial. By mutual agreement the various barber shops of the city will close at noon tomorrow and remain closed throughout the day. Large parlor over store for rent for parties by the evening. Oyster suppers, ice cream lunches, or other refreshments to order. J. Peterson, Jr. The gasoline famine which has prevailed for the past week, is abated today bv the arrival of a car which was delayed in transit between Duluth and Cass Lake. Fred Olson and F. J. Wilmot are down from Blackduck today on their way to the Cass Lake land office, where they have business before Commissioner Jones. Turnkey Wright, of the county jail, who has been ill of inflam matory rheumatism, writes from his home at Little Falls that he is improving and that he expects to return to Bemidji the latter part of the week. George Wetsel, one of the pioneers of Beltrami county,is in the city from Tenstrike. Mr. Wetsel was the first white settler in the town of Port Hope, named the town and has lived there for a number of years. J. P. Lyons was in from Maple Ridge today to see his little son who recently sustained severe in juries by being kicked in the face by a horse and is at present at St. Anthony's hospital. The little fellow is doing very nicely at present. Last night was the coldest night of the present season, when the government thermometer of A. Gilmour recorded a minimum temperature of 18 degrees below zero. This morning at 9 o'clock the instrument showed a temper ature of 15 degrees below. Architect Wilkinson, the mart who built the Crookston mill and has several patents on machinery at the mill, passed through the city yesterday on his way to Washington, where he will build a large mill this winter. He will return to Bemidji to make some repairs at the Crookston mill be fore it is opened for business next spring. A Seasonable Gathering of the best and newest things that could be found can be seen here. Our stock of JEWELRY is very complete and absorbingly interesting. ust at this time we have made every effort to make the Thanksgiving season a marked one in the store, as it is a happy one in the home. The gooda we offer are of ex cellent quality, but prices are marked in honor of the occasion. E.H.BHRKER 513 THIRD STREET Advertise in the Pioneer. Sam Corrigan of Farley is in town. Hot chocolate and beef tea. Peterson's. L. H. Bailey is at Cass Lake on business. Applestwelve best varieties. Peterson's. H. M. Greenfield is in the city from Buena Vista. E. J. Morrisety, the Crookston telephone man, is in the city a business today. Frank Smith is down from Solway to spend Thanksgiving with his sister, Mrs. Reeve Miller. You have a right to the best that can be had for your money. Mark's Lung Balsam is the best for coughs. M. R. Bright and sister, Miss Adelia, left at noon today to spend Thanksgiving, the guests of friends at Duluth. E. W. Hitchcock, special agent of the American Fire Insurance Company, is looking over the company's risks in Bemidji. Your Thanksgiving dinner will not be complete without a brick of the Milton Dairy company's icecream. For sale only by I. B. Olson. A valuable opal stud was lost yesterday between Graham's meat market and the court house. ,Finder please leave at this office for reward. Editor Bohannan, of the Mal lard Call, was in the city last night arranging for the opening of the new Bohannan thirst par lor at Mallard. The smallest want ad is care fully read each day by hundreds of people. A few cents' expend iture puts you in close touch with those hundreds- Tbere are twenty-eight inmates of the county poor house at pres ent. Three arrived yesterday. This is the largest number ever at the county farm. John McDougal, who has been in the employ of the Shevlin Carpenter Lumber Co. at Winni peg during the past few months, has returned to Bemidji. James Kirk is down from the Kirk & Smith camp at the head of the lake today. Mr. Kirk re ports that everything is running along very nicely at camp. Roy Loveland, who is confined at the county jail awaiting the action of the grand jury under a charge of highway robbery and who has been very ill, is recover ing nicely. Vice President Baumbach of the Lumbermens State Bank has returned from a business trip to Milwaukee. Tomorrow he goes to Wadena to spend Thanksgiv ing with his family. A car load of hogs, ckickens and turkeys will be received the latter part of this week by Joe Moritz. Call at James Doran's barn, Fifth street, between Bel trami and Minnesota avenues. Gust Braarud who claimed to be from Bemidji was found in an unconscious condition near Sixth street at Minneapolis yesterday morning. He was removed to the city hospital where it was found he had sustained a bad fracture of the skull probably re ceived from falling. Yesterday's Pioneer stated that Mrs. J. A. Ludington was an active member of the ladies committee who have the Catholic fair in charge. *The paper was in error in the statement. The name of Mrs. O'Leary should have appeared instead and the intelligent compositor is respon sible for the mistake. A Congregational fellowship meeting will beheld at the new chapel in Nymore tonight. Revs. Stickney of Fargo, Hales, of Mc intosh, Conard, of Park Rapids, and Clark, of this city, will be in attendance and will speak. This is one of a series of such meet ings which has been held during successive days this week at several towns along the Great Northern between Bemidji and Crookston. \o Family Journal Tomorrow. In accordance with a time honored custom the Pioneer force will be given a vacation to morrow and there will lx no paper issued from the office. Newspaper people generally are all the better for relaxing for a day from the grind that is inci dent to publishing a daily news paper, bowovor ftni.-' /The .paw:,?' hopes that the arrangement will be found generally agreeable to its patrons. Delivery Team Scampers, The delivery team of Joe Young indulged in a lively runaway this morning. The team started from the Lebleau residence on, Mississippi avenue and ran down town ending up in the swamp in front of the postoffice. No damage was done but the horses occasioned considerable excite ment in their scamper. Dr.Thomas,Osteopath (Licensed), wishes to announce to the people of Bemidji and vicinity, that she has opened offices in the Swedback block, and will be pleased to see all who are seek ing health. Osteopathy treats all chronic diseases. Among the many cases handled successfully Nervous Prestation,Rheumatism, Lumbago, Asthma, Catarrh, Dyspepsia, yield readily to our treatment. Female diseases a specialty. Every possible courtesy will be offered for the investigation of this science. Consultation free. MORE WARSHIPS FOR PANAMA. Naval Force There to Be Increased to Eleven Vessels. Washington. Nov. 25.The United States naval fleet near Colon will be augmented shortly by the gunboats Castine and Bancroft, which have been specially fitted out for service in isth mian waters. The navy department is informed that the work on these two vessels is practically finished and i* is expected that they will both start on their cruise to the South in a few days. Their arrival will increase the naval fleet at the isthmus to eleven warships, of which number seven w'Jl guard the north or Caribbean coast and four the Pacific coast. The cruiser "T oiympia. now iraaergorng repairs "L the Norfolk navyyard also will sail for Colombia in about two weeks and will replace the naval yacht May flower on that station as the flagship of Roar Admiral Cosjhlan, command ing the Caribbean squadron. It is ex pected that tht Mayflj|er will return to this city, which is her regular win ter ntatMti MAIL POUCH RIFLED. Several Hundred Letters Opened and Contents Taken. St. Louis. Nov. _.". mail pouchy \i\nv Vns rine.i near Oehveln. la., "has' been received at the office of Chief Postoffice Inspector Dice. The pouch had contained several hundred letters from points in the West and had been cut open and the contents taken. Every letter had been opened and the money In the letters taken. Money orders and chocks amounting to $10.- 000 were left, Nearly all the letters were torn or -mutilated in such a man ner that it will be impossible to for ward them to their destinations. The only clew the government has regard ing the robbery is that the sack was" taken from the car somewhere be tween St. Joseph, Mo., and Oelwein. la it being last seen intact at the former city. INDICTED FOR PEONAGE. Georgia Men Alleged to Be Selling Ne groes Into Servitude. Savannah, Ca.. Nov. _'" Indict ments have been returned against some of the most prominent people of South Georgia, one of them a member of the Georgia legislature, charging peonage*'on twenty-six counts and the selling of negroes into servitude. Vote of Confidence in Redmond. Dublin Nov. LTrrAt a meeting of the Irish parliamentary party here, at which John Redmond presided, a vote of cordial confidence in Mr. Redmond was unanimously adopted, as was a resolution, proposed by Mr. Redmond, asking that William O'Brien withdraw his resignation as member of parlia ment for Cork city. The Fair Variety Cash Store F. M.MALZAHN S CO. SACRIFICE SALE rvT^v*'*** We have purchased the General Merchandise Stock ol G. Sims & Co., and in order to make room for our big stock of Hardware we will close out this line of General Merchandise at your own price This slock contains a very complete and recent loVof DRY GOODS, GROCERIES FOOTWEAR, CROCKERY, ETC. and everything without reservation will be sacrificed. Sale will begin MONDAY, NOV. 23 AT MARKHAM BRICK BLOCK. rvvwvvvv WE MUST DISPOSE OF THIS ENTIRE STOCK WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. rTTT^^TT* Early buyers get the best bargains. F. Malzahn & Co. Want Column FOR SALETwo teams. Call at Doran's barn, Fifth street, between Beltrami and Minne sota avenues. FOR SALE Fine quarter sec tion northeast of Blackduck, 800,000 pine, spruce and tama ,rac: .bes'des vnsk quantity vi. hardwood such as birch, elm, etc. Soil is black loam, clay subsoil, very little swamp. Ap ply at Pioneer office or address C. W. Xewbery, Crookston, Minn. ___ FOU SALKTwo thousand cords of 16-inch wood. Wes Wright. TORENTNice furnished room. Inquire at Severson's Dry Goods Store, TO TRADE Two teams, har ness, wagons and sleighs for cordwood. Wes Wright, City dra^v line. WANTED^ 7^a^s"e~r7 for old papers. Ten cents a hundred. Pioneer office. WAXTFD To till voiir wants. Nothing want ANT1 work" gmee team. dees it like a ad Pioneer By mar itul ami Bos rft 1 ot any l\s man, 2 en- drive lav in 11. license Vddress i WANTED Lady agents, best selliflg skin food made: 66 per cent commission: agents make s7 to SI'2 a day. Send 50 cents for full size box and terms. Yates Manufacturing Co..Hud- son, Mich. BMBEMl ill' ilT TTO I I IHT" CiVJiiS'*^ Quoting prices and showing goods are as different as high colored dime novels and real life: but if von will call on its we will show you Ladies'. Children's and Misses'. Boy's and Men's Fiulerwear. Caps. Mittens. Gloves, Toys, Chinaware, Glassware, Christinas Goods, etc.. and give you prices that are as low as any one can make on honest goods. See that elegant line oi Round Wick Lamps on exhibition at our store, and don't forget we handle Cigars, Tobaccos and a line line of Candy and Nuts, and give you the most for your money. Watch for our Christmas Candies and Tree Decorations and Bemidji Souvenir Dishes which will be arriving from now on till Christmas. :toi idiKD I:I:T \V. TH^m'.ttW&a'i