Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 1, 1904, Page 5

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Are Chiropractic Adjustments the same as Osteopath Treatments? -3 No. The Chiropractic and the Osteopath both aim to put in place [ that which is out of place, to right that which is wrong; but the Path- ology Diagnosis, Prognosis and Movements are entirely different., | One of my patients, Mr. W. A. Casler, has taken both Chiropractic and Osteopoth treatments. The Chiropractic is ten times more direct in the adjustments and the results getting health ten times more thor- ough in one tenth of the time than an Osteopath would. me&m‘fim&m&m Ldddddddddddddddddddddddg 3: C. W. Hastings, President. A. P. White, Cashier, %5 & F. P. Sheldon, Vice-Pres. G. N. Millard Ass’t Cash. Lol : == ® <& . . % & % First National Bank, = 3 Bemidji, Minnesota. £ s K L ’ % General Banking Business. i % Savings Department in Connection.’ Fire Insurance. & & <& AR SRR T L L S ol (R SRR B S O T T ) When down tewn remember that Your Dollar buys more good things to eat than ever before. inspect our line. MODEL BAKER Call and GOOD'THINGS .. TO EAT.. Subscribe for the Daily Pioneer. A BLOW AT THE FARMERS John A. Johnson Favors a Measure Which Would Reduce the Price of Wheat Ten Cents a Bush- el by Admitting Cana- [+ dian Wheat Into Min- - nesota. In his Minneapolis speech John A. Johnson, the Democratic candidate for governor, said: “No man should be allowed to represent a Minnesota district in congress who is not pledged to reciprocal trade relations with Canada.” In making this declaration Mr. Johnson places himself in direct opposition to Senator Knute Nelson, Congressmen Volstead, McCleary, Steenerson, Buckman and to other congressiona! representatives from agricultural districts of the state, and it is to be noted that the fight made against McCleary, Volstead and Stee- nerson pdtticularly was on this very issue of reciprocal trade relations with Canada. These Republican con- gressmen say very clearly that the es- tablishment of such relations as Mr. Johnson advocates means the admis- sion of vast quantities of Canadian wheat into Minnesota, which would undoubtedly reduce the price of Min- nesota wheat. It will be found upon investigation that the price of wheat at St. Vincent, Minn., is from 5 to 8 cents higher than it is at Emerson, Man.,, just across the international boundary line. Follawing the lines of the Red River valley railroads it will be found that wheat prices are cor- respondingly higher than the prices on the Canadian side. If Mr. Johnson is able to influence legislation suffi- cient to bring about what he seems so ardently to desire, the 50,000,000 bu. surplus of wheat in Manitoba will be thrown in Minnesota, and the inevi- table result would be a reduction in the price of wheat in this state as well as in North Dakota. The mar- ket price of wheat would be made and controlled in Winnipeg instead of Minneapolis and Duluth, as at pres- ent, and the farmers of Minaesota and North Dakota would lose in conse- quence an average of 10 cents on ev- ery bushel of wheat they raise. This is the proposition that Mr. John A. Johnson, the Democratic candidate for governor, advocates. :000000'000000_0000! . ¢ When R. C. Dunn, the Repub- & @ lican candidate for governor, was ¢ 4 state auditor, he adjusted and & # closed up every railroad land @ 4 grant made by the state with the & 4 exception of one now being filled. & * [ 4 € When R. C. Dunn, the Repub- ¢ ® lican candidate for governor, was ¢ 4@ state auditor, he never lost the & # state an acre of land or deprived ¢ @ an actual settler of his home. @ * L 4 0000000000000 000 DRAINAGE OF SWANP LANDS R. C. Dunn Strongly Favors Exten- sive Work Being Done and John A. Johnson Op- posed It. R. C. Dunn, the Repunlican candi- date for governor, has taken a firm stand in favor of the drainage of swamp lands. It is no new position for Mr. Dunn, for as far back as 1889, when he was In the legislature and the question first arose, Mr. Dunn was strongly in favor of the proposition for the drainage of swamp land and secured the state and other aid for that purpose. In a speech delivered by Mr. Dunn at West Duluth on Aug. 26, 1904, Mr. Dunn said: “All of Northern Minnesota and Duluth in particular is deeply interested in the reclamation of the hundreds of thou- sands of acres of swamp lands owned by the state. The original purpose of the grant by congress was for reclaim- ing these lands. Our legislature seemed to think that aiding in the construction of railroads was a com- pliance with the terms of the grant, for about three million acres have been diverted to that purpose. By virtue of the constitutional amend- ment, adopted in 1881, the proceeds of the sales of swamp lands remaining or that may hereafter accrue to the state are devoted to the educational and charitable institutions. One small tract of swamp land containing about thirty-six acres will swell the state’s institutions fund, it is estimated, by half a million dollars. That tract is located in St .Louis county, and it was owing to the iniatory steps taken by me that it ®as secured to the state. “The state could well afford to spend large sums annually in reclaim- ing its swamp lands, and the in- creased selling price of the lands thus benefited would amply repay for the outlay; besides, it would mate rially aid the upbuilding and develop- ment of Northern Minnesota. The counties in which these swamp lands are mainly situated are naturally tributary to Duluth.” In strong contrast to the position of Mr. Dunn on this important quew- tion of drainage, a question which al- most as deeply interests the people of Southern Minnesota as it does those of the northern districts, for the rea- son that drainage works undertaken to reclaim state swamp lands means that those lands will be enhanced in value, and the state school funds and state institutions funds will be direct beneficiaries of the increased value is the position of John A. Johnson, the Democratic candidate for gov- ernor. In 1899 when Mr. Johnson was serving in the senate he had an op- portunity to vote on a bill (8. F. No. 211) which provided for the creation of a drainage commission and for the drainage of marshy and swamp lands of the state and an appropriation of money to carry out the provisions of the act. There were eight senators who voted against this measure. and among the number was John A. John- son, the present Democratic candi- date for governor. Since becoming a gubernatorial candidate Mr. John- son evidently sees that he was very much mistaken in 1899, and now he professes to be a convert to the propo- sition of reclaiming and draining the vast areas of swamp lands in North- ern Minnesota. How sincere he may be in this eleventh hour of repentance 18 left to the voters to judge. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER——— NOVEMBER 1 ‘ =llllllllllll|I-lllflllilllll JOHNSON’3 IDEA OF MEMORIAL DAY His Pretense of Reverence for the Memory of the Old Soldiers Not Borne Out by His / ‘Actions. The public record of Mr. John A. Johnson, the Democratic candidate for governor, is a proper subject for criticism. In his Minneapolis speech, referring to the old soldiers, Mr. John- son said: “To the grizzled patriot who offered his all that his country might not perish we have only rever- ence and love.” Fine sentiment, Mr. Johnson! .In the session of 1899 a bill was introduced in the legislature (H. F. No. 540). “An act to prohibit the desecration of Decoration day and to provide for punishment thereof.” Section one, and the only material section in the bill, reads as follows: A Bill to Prevent Its Desecration. “The desecration of Decoration day, the thirtieth (30th) day of May of each year, by the playing of games of ball, foot ball and cricket and other like games, or horse racing, bicycle racing or any other sports calculated to attract attention to such games or sports and away from the memorial character of the day, within one-half mile of the place where memorial exercises are in progress, is hereby prohibited and made unlawful during the hours from tem (10) o'clock in the forenoon to three (3) o'clock in® the afternoon of said day, and~all sa- loons shall be closed on said day be- tween the hours of ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon and three (3) o’clock in the afternoon, in all cities, towns and villages where memorial exercises are held.” Shows Small Reverence for Patriotic Dead. On page 1.159 of the senate journal of 1899 it will be found that when the bill” was up for final passage in the senate, and, the roll being called, there were yeas 36 and nays 1, the one vote in the negative being none other than John A. Johnson, the Dem- ocratic candidate for governor! “Rev- ence for the grizzled patriot!” Old veterans, wives of veterans, mothers of veterans, sons of veterans and daughters of veterans, what think you of John A. Johnson’s “reverence and love” for the ‘“grizzled patriot who offered his all that his country might not perish?” 9000000000000 9000 * * & When R. C. Dunn, the Repub- ¢ # lican candidate for.governor, was ¢ @ state auditor, he compelled the ¢ # big mining companies to pay a ¢ @ fair tax, increasing the amount ¢ # paid by them from less than $25,- & €000 to $800,000 annually. * * * 4 When R. C. Dunn, the Repub- ¢ @ lican candidate for governor, was ¢ @ state auditor, he urged the legis-@ @ lature to increase the tax on ¢ @ gross earnings of railroads so ase¢ @ to produce $600,000 annually ad- ¢ ditional. * 0000060000000 009¢ TAXPAYERS BENEFITTED One of the Direct Results of R. C. Dunn’s Work in Upbuilding the Public School Fund. During the administration of the state auditor’s office by R. C. Dunn, the public school fund of the state was increased largely through his ef- forts and business ability by over $4, 800,000. When he assumed office in January, 1895, the school fund amount- td to $10,500,000, and when he retired, eight years.later,.the school fund had increased by a few thousands less than $16,000,000. Some of the items going to make this large addition to the school fund . wera as follows: Land saved from the Little Falls & Dakota Ry. Co’s swamp land grant valued at $500,000. Enhanced prices secured for the state timber, the in- crease amounting to $500,000 more than the state had obtained for its timber in thirty-one years previous; $170,000 collected from trespassers on state timber lands, which was ten times more than ever collected in previous history of the state. In- creaséd prices secured at the sale of agricultural lands by State Auditor Dunn'’s taking advantage of the condl- tion of the market and the increased demand for lands during the years 1898 to 1901, inclusive, by which not less tifhn half a million of dollars ad- ditional was secured for the school fund on the sale of about 200,000 acres of land during those years, and for which the sale price was increased not less than $2 per acre. The interest received from the in- vestment of the school fund is appor- tioned twice a year among the schools of the state and the importance to the taxpayer of such large additions to the school fund as Mr. Dunn secured may be measured by the fact that in’| the apportionments funds made in 1903 $1,167,680 was distributed, amounting to $5 per capita for every child attending school in the state, and in 1904 the total amount distrib- uted was $1,322,820. A citizen who is the happy parent of five children of school age would be benefited to the extent of $25 annually by this appor- tionment of the income of the school funds, an amount, in many cases, equal to the total tax paid by individual, 80 that Mr. Dunn’s good work in this direction has been a direct benefit to every taxpayer in the state. In addition to this feature one of Mr. Dunn’s favorite plans for the in- vestment for the permanent school fund was that it should be loaned in part at home, and he strongly advo- cated a measure which was passed by the legislature authorizing loans to be made from the public school fund to school districts, counties, cities and townships, the rate of interest being fixed at 4 per cent. This plan has proved of immense benefit to almost every school district in the state, and in 1903 the total loans made amount: ed to $499,028, and in 1904 to $595, 576. By this means the school dis- tricts, townships, etec., are able to se- cure a loan from, the state at.a low rate of interest.or to refund their old debts and borrow from the state, most reliable securities, while the school fund is invested at home, among Minnesota people on the x——LUDINGTON’S — = = Extraordinary Special Cash Prices for - 2 Thursday Novemb’r 32 To show you that our goods are the best that money can buy and that our prices are right we are going to offer the following cash bar- gains for one day only: : : - 28 inch “Umpire Estate’” Heating Stoves, regular price $20; special spricelr i aie i G S s s el e 22-inch “Umpire Estate” Heating Stoves, regular price $15; special price v s i e T AN s 18-inch “Wonder” double-jacket Heating Stoves, regular price $9; % special price.......... 7 50 26-inch ‘“Wonder” double-; special price.... 26-inch *“Wonder” double-jacket and cast top Heaters, regular price $15; special price.... 2 Common Air Tight Stoves for one day o:ly : s 1-95 . We have the finest and most complete line of Cast and Mallable Ranges and Cook Stoves, in- [ cluding the famous ‘“Majesti -,” “Home Pride” and ‘Mesaba’’ Ranges and are going to make a special discount on all Ranges and Cook Stoves sold on that day. R O *» | L P =3 S “Harness and Saddlery Department Bargains: ‘We are going to make the following special cash prices ‘for the ONE DAY ONLY and you will not have another chance to get your Winter Blankets and Harness at this low figure: 1%-inch short tug Britchen Harness, hand made.complete; regular price without col- lars, $36; special price for that day...........coovueiiiiiiieiiioneenninean... $32.00 2-inch short tug Britchen Harness, hand made; (this is what you will need if you are going to do any hauling this winter); regular price without collars $38; special price 34.00 (And this is a good buy.) 2%-inch short tug Britchen Harness, hand made; regular price complete without col- 1ars; $40; Special PFCe. ;. it i it iisiiaici v s e e as e v Sl s e s e 36.00 Genuine Minneapolis plated-throat Scotch Collars, reg price $4.50; special price each 4.00 Extra heavy wool-faced draft collars, good value; regular price $4; special price, each 3.50 Heavy wool-faced Collars, regular price $2.50; special price, each. Cenisaiee 200! 76x80 blanket lined Horse Blankets, regular $2.25; special, each. . 84x90 white-blanket-lined Horse Blankets. regular $3.25; special price. R 84x90 extra heavy water-proof canvas blanket-lined Blankets, a good value at $3.50; special price, each............... . 3 We want your business and can show you countless bargains all over the store. Piano Con- test Tickets given with each purchase of 25 cents or more. We give mail ordersand out-of-town orders as careful attention as if you make the purchases in person. J. A. LUDINGTON, -Bemidji, Minnesota.. JONC P PP 0 O PO o O E heartily approve of a Bargain Day, and to show W you our appreciation, we will, on Thursday next, make the LOWEST FIGURES ON LUMBER that were ever heard of. Can’t offer very. much lumber for a dollar, but we will give. you ONE THOUSAND FEET—which means a wagon load of good short boards —for the low price of $6.00. We also have Good Pine Shingles which will go for $1 per M. Think of it! Only twenty-five cents per bunch. 4 Everything else on the same basis. Tt you are too busy down town picking up snaps in the different stores, phone us and we will deliver the lum- ber and load it on your wagon. OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 45 Crookston Lumber Company Cures Grip . in Two Days, To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Seven Million Boxes sold In past 12 months.. - This signature,