Building will cost approximately $50,000. Will be Built on Share plan. Committee Names. Annual Charity Ball to be held on Lincoln’s Birthday will be Bigger than Ever.
Plans for the new home of the Bemidji lodge, B.P.O.E. are nearing completion and before late next fall, a luxurious $50,000 building will have been constructed. Thayer C. Bailey, exalted ruler, has named H. H. Mayer, F. S. Lycan, A. P. White, Charles Cominsky and T. J. Burke as a committee to have charge of the soliciting and already much progress has been made. The plan is that the money secured through subscriptions shall be considered as a loan, and the shares will sell for $25 each, and 6 per cent will be paid for interest. As yet, no site has been selected, several under consideration. (Bem Daily Pioneer, Jan 21, 1914)