Bemidji Roller Rink, under direction of R. C. Sermon of Hibbing, has been leased for the winter and bids fair to become one of the most popular amusement places in the north half of the state. J. C. Sermon, brother to R. C. Sermon, is the active manager of the rink. The new Electric Military Band has arrived and has been installed in the rink and is proving a splendid musical feature. The “band” will furnish music at all times for skating. The formal opening of the rink will be held next Monday evening, when the management will give away souvenirs to the ladies and will put forth special efforts to make the occasion an enjoyable one. Hereafter there will be skating at the rink every afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30 and every evening from 7:30 to 10:30. Harry Carpenter, the timekeeper in the camps of the Crookston Lumber Company at Fowlds, is a speed roller skater of more than average ability, and it is likely that he will skate a series of races at the Bemidji Roller Rink this winter. Carpenter has the distinction of having defeated Gus Munch, the crack Minneapolis skater, at the Auditorium rink in Crookston. (Bemidji Pioneer, Nov 19, 1909).