Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 20, 1906, Page 4

PINE RIVER DAM " READY SOON The Government Work Is Progressing Rapidly on Big Structure. Brainerd, April, 20.—The work on the government dam at Pine River, about 30 miles north of Brainerd, is progressing rapidly and has reached a stage of com- pletion which giyes some idea of the finished structure. The abutment wall on the south side OLD TENSTRIKE RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Peter Maule Succumbs to Bright’s Disease After Long Suffering. Mrs, Peter Maule, aged 51, died last evening at 6 o’clock at her home in Tenstrike, having succumbed to an attack of Bright’s disease, with which she has suffered for the past two years. Mrs. Mauleis a pioneer resident of Tenstrike, having settled there with her husband of the riyer and seven channel piers, covering more than half of the width of the river, have already been built. The old dam has been entirely removed and big moulds are being set up. scaffolds! built and track laid ready to put in the concrete piers of the remaining portion of the dam. The shape of the dam will be different from anything in this part of the state, but it is difti- cult to describe the finished ap- pearance. When completed it will have 13 sluiceways, arched, and a wagon bridge will cross the top. The railing to the wagon bridge will be of cement relieved by a large number of small arched openings. Some portions of this railing ave already com- pleted and they indicate that the structure will be harmonious and handsome. The engineer says the masonry part of the dam will be 233 feet long and 25 feet high, 1t will contain 3,000 cubic feet of con- crete of the most approved ma- terials and proportions, Itis ex- pected that the work will be completed by midsmmmer and the engineer hopes to have it so far along that it will be out of the way of danger from high water and so will not interfere with the work of the lumbermen. By the river and harbor act of June, 1902, congress authorized the expenditure of $10,000 and later $20,000 more, for the im provement of the river between Brainerd and Grand Rapid In the fall of 1903 the work of re moving overhanging trees com- menced at Grand Rapids and continued down to Aitkin, and during the open water of 1004 and 1905 the work of removing snags, etc., was cariied through from Grand Rapids to Pine Kunoll, At that place freezing weather caught the party, the boats were tied up and the work was carried on by men working on the ice and river bank The crew, TO GIVE PIPE ORGAN RECITAL Miss Smith of Crookston Will | Appear at Presbyterian Church April 25. One of the coming events of the season is a pipe organ recital to be given at the Presbyterian church on the evening of April 25 by Miss Smith of Crookston, Miss Smith is a graduate of the Oberlin conservatory of music at Oberlin, Ohio, and 1s said to be one of the most accamplished musicians in the northwest and family in the early days. The funeral will be held from the Baptist church in this city Saturday at 2 p. m. and the re- mains will be interred in Green- wood cemetery. Work Progressing Satisfactorily. Superintendent W. H. Strachan of the M. & I, who is in the city today, states that work on the ballasting of the extension .from Northome to Ripple is progress- ing very satisfactorily and that several miles of the work haveal- ready been completed. Mr. Strachan said that he knew nothing as to whether or not the night train would be put on be. tween Bemidji and St. Paul, as that part of the business was handled in St. Paul from the main offices of the company. , Married.at Crookston. Crookston Times: Yesterday before Judge Wilde Miss Maud Jewett and Wm. Spellman were united in the holy bouds of matri mony. Miss Jewett, who has made her home here for some time past, was formerly from Be- midji where she was prominent in social circles. Mr. Spellman is employed at the Crookston Hotel and has a host of friends here. The young couple will make their home in this city, having the best wishes of many friends on the start through wedded life. which lived in tents, came as far as the sluicing booms nine miles above Rrainerd. The channel work will be done by the boats down tothe same place, com- mencing as scon as the river is clear of ice. So far the crew has cleared jout 48,646 overhanging trees, 34,486 bushes, 2,457 snags and 27,688 logs. Overhanging trees and bushes are what rivermen icall “sweepers’’; a “bush” is any less than six inches in diameter. Clearing logs does not properly belong to this work, but where the snags and large low sweep- jers are the logs accumulated and must be removed before the real obstruction can be reached. The work was begun at Grand | Rapids because between there and Aitkin is the stretch of river most important to the present navigator, The removal of tim- ber is also usually mere economi- cally done by working down stream, After the timber work is dune it is proposed to do some work to protect the caving bank and | prevent the river making ‘“cut- ;offs” and forming new channels 'to the detriment of both the farmer and the navigator. Royal Baking Powder Absolutely Pure DISTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF TARTAR BAKING POWDER It does not contain an atom of phos- phatic acid (whichis the product of bones digested in sulphuric acid) or of alum (which is one-third sulphuric acid) sub- stances adopted for other baking powdérs because of their cheapness. @' ° TRIED TO BUTT BRAINS 0U Inmate of County Jail Saved From Committing Sui- cide by Turnkey. Andrew Sledge, an inmate of the county jail, Wedr.esday morn- ing attempted to butt his brains out in the cell which he occupied. Arthur Wright, the turnkey on duty. heard a disturbance in one of the cells at 4:40 in the morning and upon investigating, found Sledge climbing to the ceiling of the cell, from which he dived to the floor head foremost. The turnkey attempted to stop the proceeding, but finding that he was unable, called oneof the dep uties and together they- finally succeeded in tying the man’s hands and feet so-that he could not move. During the absence of the turnkey, however, Sledge had bunted his head against the side of the cell five times, leaving as many wounds. Dr. Morrison was called and the man’s wounds were dressed. His injuries are not serious. ANOTHER : EXTENSION In the Extradition Proceed- ings - of Purvis and Hitcheock. St. Paul, Apr, 20.—Another ex- tension of ten days has been given in the extradition proceed- ings against Robert H. Purvis and Charles Hitchcock, the Crookston land men, who are in- dicted in Manchester, Iowa, charged with conspiracy and tak- ing money under false pretenses. A requisition for the men was asked by Goveraor Cummins of Iowa, but the men asked a hear- ing before Governor Johnson. The hearing was opened March 31 and attorneys appeared for both sides. The defendants asked for more time, and the hearing was adjourned to April 2. OnApril 2 further extension was granted, Governor Johnson yesterday received a letter from A. M. Cloud, the Delaware county -a‘- torney, asking for another stay. He stated that in that time he ex- pected the men would give bonds for their appearance in the Iowa courts and remove the necessity of an extradition, Another story has it that Purvis and Hitchcock have agreed to settle the civil debt which, it was charged, they were owing to Alexander Borr, the complaining witness, and :hat the requisition was used as a means of forcing them to make this settlement. Veats Case Dismissed. The case against Ray Veats, whose actions with a woman, Florence Lippe of this city, caused his arrest on a serious charge, was dismissed by Judge Skinvik this worning, the judge deciding that there was not sufficient evidence to hold him to the grand jury. Henry Funkley appeared as attorney for Veats. VAAAVWVVAAANAANY, Additional Locals AAAAMAAAAAAANS J. Lenes is in the city today from Fosston. Mrs. Richard Leet of Houpt is a visitor in Bemidji today.” P. P. Malternd of Buena Vista is in the city today on business. M. J. Helm of Crookston is registered at the Brinkman to- day. Olia Olson of Shevlin transacted ‘| business between trains in Be- midji today. M. P. DeWolf is in the city to- day enroute to Blackduck from Grand Forks, where he has en- joyed a visit with relatives, The Clavin & Tanner building ou Third street, occupied by the Berman Emporium, is being raised to the sidewalk grade. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. McAvity passed through the city today on their way home to Grand Rapids from Blackduck, in which vicinity Mr. McAvity has conducted a] logging camp during the winter, having had a contract for the Grand Forks Lumber company. ~ NEXT SUNDAY Bemidji Baseball Team Will Cross Bats With Bagley _ Aggregation. The baseball season will be opened in Bemidji next Sunday afternoon, when: the local team will meet the Bagley aggregation on the Bemidji grounds. While therehas been but little said of the preparations being made by the local management, it is safe to say that Bemid ji will present a first class buach ofball pliyers, as considerable quiet work in the way of securing material has been going on for some time. William Robinson of the log- ging firm of Robinson & Dick, is in the city from tbe company’s camps near Lake George. An 0ld News Rag. A curious relic of the old days of the paper duties which so much hampered Journalistic &nterprise in the first half of the nineteenth ‘century is the first number of Berthold's Political Hand- kerchief, being a news sheet printed on cotton fabric instead of paper. It Is dated London, Saturday, Sept. 3, 1831; price, fourpence. And the letter- press, which is fairly legible, is as re- markable as the material on which it Is printed. The tone of this news rag is Intensely radical, but it reproduces the order of ceremonial to he observed at the coronation of King William I'V. and Queen Adélaide on the following Thu and it is announced that a proclamation to the people of Europe will appear in our “next cotton.” It is embellished with a medallion wood- cut of Napoleon ng the Alps, but the ink in this pictorial effort was too much for the cotton, and the Alps are in a fog and the emperor, on horseback, very indistinet.—London Mail. Fiance and Sweethenart, For cenfuries we have tried to get the word that expresses the relation of the man to the maid he intends to marry. “Intended” has been tried and found wanting. “My bloke,” “my young man” --these combinations are not heard in the best circles. “My be- trothed,” a plrase nsed in Germany, has not taken root In England. “My sweetheart” is pretty enough, but it lacks the official sound. Young men and maidens become engaged and mar ry, but they have to cross the channel for the word that leads them to the altar. One might suggest to the blush- Ing girl whe has to allude to the man of her acceptance “my future.” French maidens speak of “mon futur,” and it sounds comprehensive.—London Chron- \cle. Electricity, The electrical properties of amber were known to the Greeks before the Christlan era. Electricity takes Its name from the Greek word for amber. Gllbert in 1600 was the first to empioy the terms “electric force” and “electric attractions.” 1n 1748 Franklin's elec- trical researches had progressed so far that be killed a turkey by the electric spark and roasted it by an electric Jack before a fire kindled by the elec- tric bottle, and in 1752 by meuns of the kite experiment he demoustrated the identity of electricity and lightning. The first magneto-electric machine was made at Paris by Pixii in 1832; the first telegraph line In the United States was set up between Washington and Baltimore in 1844; the first sub- mavine cable was laid between Eng- land and Frauce in 1850. As early as 1802 Sir Humplhry Davy produced an electrie light with rbon points on al- most the sume principle as that now employed. The first electric railway on the coutinent of Europe was built by Siewens at Berlin in 1881, the first -In England was coustructed In 1882, and in America the first clectric line was built in 1885. Royal Roads. People will discover at last that roy- al roads to anything can no more be laid in lron than they can it dust; that there are, in fact, no royal rouds to anywhere worth going to; that If there were it would that instant cease to be worth going to—I mean so far as the things to he obtained are in any wayp estimable In terms of price, for there are two classes of precious things in the world--those that God gives us for nothing—sun, air and life, both mortal lite and immortal, and the secondarily precious things which he glves us for a price. These secondarily precious things, worldly wine and milk, ean only be buught for definite money. They never can be cheapened. No cheating nor bargaining will ever get a single thing out of nature’s establish- ment at half price. Do we want to be strong? We must work. To be hun- gry? We must starve. To be happy? We must be kind. To be wise? We must look and think.—Ruskin, Court Terms. A court of law Is a reminiscence of the time when justice sat in the open courtyard, and the “dock” iIs from a German word meaning a receptacle, while the “bar” Is a Welsh word mean- ing a branch of a tree used to separate the lords of justice from their vassals. His Revolution, “Speaking of revoiutlons,” began the loquacious man, “I was the central fig- are in one myself once.” 2 “Somewhere In South America?”’ “Noj; in Massachusetts. I got caught in the shafting of a woolen mill.”— Philadelphia Ledger. 3 He Marked. i “This,” said the enthuslastic young reporter, “is going to be one of the best stories the paper has had for a month. Now, mark my words.” ‘Whereupon the editor seized his large club shaped blue peucil and so did. Purely Personal By ETHEL FRAY Copyright, 1906, by Homer Sprague v £ Stetson read the adyertisement for a second time. It was seldom that he read the personal column, usually plunging straight into the financial news, but this morning Dodds had chatted with him until he was almost at his destination, and his eye fell idly upon the column. “Will the gentleman who saved the life of a younz woman at Central square yesterday afternoon pleasc send his address to Grateful, box 512 He closed his e and with meuntal JVision lhe could sce it ull in—the automobile, the trolley car which pre vented escape and, above all. fhe piquant little face lying limp agai his shoulder. For a moment he tempted to answer the ady: sement. Twice during the day he penned a note to “Grateful,” but each time he tore it up in disgust. It seemed a pretty poor trick to be sending his ad dress that he might be thanked. e would like {o look into those hlue eyes again when they were not dilated with terror, but he must wait for some other opportunit; The next morning the adv was repeated. He kuew. bec turned to the colummn the firs He smiled grimly as he thou; temptation of the day befo could advertise until doon: they would get no answer from him. It was almost with apprebe on that be looked the third day, but mild curiosity was changed to indignation. This time the personal read: “Will the gentleman who saved the Central s life of a young square Mond: turn her watel be asked? Gr 2 This, then, as wh he had adver- tised for his addres: She believed that during the excitement he had rob- bed her of her watch. And all-the dreams he had dreamed In the past two days of those blue eyes brimming with gratitude looking into his were but idle visions! He was sorry he had seen the advertisement. He probably never would see the girl, but it had been pleasant to believe that he had saved her. He hoped now that he would never ~w her again. Several times in the course of the past year he had en. countered ber upon the street. and from the very first he had been inter- ested. He was not exactly in love, he told himself, but very near it. Now he would have to dodge if he saw her; he would have to slip into some store or across the street. It would be in- tolerable. He cut out the advertise- ment and placed it in his pockethook. As soon as the morning mail was disposed of he drew toward him a let- ter head and wrote rapidly. Several sheets were destroyed before he finally decided that the letter would do, and before he slipped it into the envelope he regarded it for a third time. “Mr, Robert Hardy Stetson,” it ran, “begs to assure ‘Grateful’ that she is in error concerning the disappearance of her watch. Mr. Stetson would sug- gest that ‘Grateful’ make application to the police. them ample proof as to his honesty rnd standing.” The tiny business card in the corner would give the address, and he flatter- ed himself that the note would serve Its purpose. It was given a boy to take to the newspaper office, and the rest of the day Stetson divided his time mourning his dead romance and won- dering what the girl would say when she read the letter. He flattered him- self that it was dignified and eminent- Iy calculated to remind her of her transgression. Possibly could be have seen the re- ciplent when she glanced over the formal lines he would have been sur- prised, for, with her face ‘wreathed in smiles, she nodded at the clerk, i’ “You needw't put It in again,” she sald. “Thank you, very much.” Stetsen scowled at the pale finted hote gn his desk the following morn- Ing. The girl could have no justifica- tion for ber suspicions, certainly none woman at afternoon kindly and no qu that he would accept. It was imperti- nent of her to make answer to lLim. For ten minutes he turned it over and over before he slit the cover and drew torth the inclosure. He stared for a moment dumfounded at the opening lines, which ran: “Miss Alice Everton Woodrow begs to thank Robert Hardy Stetson for bis somewhat tardy answer to her ad- vertisement. She begs to assure Mr. Stetson that she does not believe him to be a thief. His unwlllingness to an- swer the earlier advertisement led to the suggestion on the part of the clerk in the advertisement office that the amended form of personal would be more likely to bring forth an answer. If Mr. Stetson will be good enough to call at 685 Auburn avenue he will not only receive the grateful thanks of Miss Woodrow, but of Ler father, who would be glad to inect the son of his old schoolmatc.™ Stetson looked at hi: waieh, 1le could not in deceney call much before 4. It was only 10 nmow. There would e no use in trying to work when every etter was but a pi of a pair of blue eyes €et in a piquant face and framed in golden hair. He had been trapped, -but he was glad of it. He was especially glad to know that she was willing to take such pains to find him, It showed that she really did care and justified his earlier opinion of her. He wished fhat he could announce a general half holiday in the office, but since this was not possible without ex- planation he could at least take one himself. : He was uptown at 11 and spent the rest of the tlme in pacing his room and deciding upon the important item of a necktie. He could scarcely walt until it was time to start and set out afoot that he might at least kill time that way. . The servant showed him into the li- brary instead of the drawing room. Miss Woodrow sprang from her easy <balr by the open fire as be was an- He Is ready to give THAT WE Agf? ITRun LVED i HERE WITHOUR| K WE ARE GOING To CAMPWITH YoU A GOOD L.ONG CLOTHES YOU OUGHT To WEAR, WEARING GooD CLOTHES 1y THE FR"NPATION OF SUCCESS. WE WILL PROVE THIS To You IF YOU = <5 NESS. RESPECLFULLY, (27 07R WHAT WE SAY BUSTE {71 GARRY MY'CLOTHES IN THE ToP TRAY. and came toward ni. “1 thought you might call this after- noon,” she said as he took be . “s0 I told James to bring you in here. I am s» glad you bave eome.” “So am 1" said Stetson promptl. “thouh I did not come to be thanked “To meet father,” she suggested de- “1 am afraid he will not be in until ¢.” “I den’'t mind waiting,” said Stetson obligingly--“that is, unless 1 inconven- “I.shall be glad to have you wait, she sald sincerely, “but please may 1 not thank you?’ “Rescues are sometimes their reward,” he smiled. “It was not very much of a rescue, anyw own £ who you were, fou very often sce, He paused “So you litve noticed me, too? sald wouderingly. “How funny!” “You mean that you have did"— He was distressi 3 “I have noticed you ofte: mitted frankly. “You seemed so dir- ferent from so many of the men 1 know that 1 often wondered who you were. “Then it was not altogether hecause of your gratitude that you advertised " be urged. She colored, but would not [ confess, thougzh as she was bidding him goodby a couple of hours later he held ber hand a trifle longer than Is per- mitted. “Won't you that it was not alto gether through gratitude that you put in that personal?” he urged. The blue eyes fell before fhe glow In the ardent hrown ones. “Perhaps not altogether,” she whispered, “but that is very purely persoual.” Mark and Saturn. If Mars and Saturn reflect the same proportion of the light which falls upon thefr surfaces the smaller and much nearer planet would look three times as bright as the much more distant and much larger Saturn. As a matter of fact, there is no great difference be. tween the two. It s Inferred from thls fact that the visible surface of Saturn consists of clouds, since no surface of land and water would reflect so much | light as that planet gives. Not Anxicus to Please. Neptune— on blowing dlsliked. Bo YES, BUSTER BROWN AND TIGE ARE GOING To CAMP oN THIS PAGE, AND TELL YoU ALL ABoOUT THE GooDS WE CARRY. EACH WEEK THHY WILL Do SOMETHING NEW. WE ARE PLEASED To AN- NOUNCE THAT MR. R. F. oUTCAULT, WHo Now EARNS WITH HIS PEN MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH AS oUR NATION PAY.S ITS PRESIDENT, WILL MAKE A FRESH DRAWING EACH WEEK EX- CLUSIVELY FOR US IN OUR CITY. WE GOT THIS ATTRACTIVE FEATURE AT No SMALL EXPENSE. BUT WE APPRECIATE OUR PATRON.S, AND SHALL TRY To SERVE THEM WELL IN EVERY WAY. THE MERCHANT WHO DOES NOT CONSIDER EVER YONE WHo BUY S GooD.s AT HI.S STORE AS A PARTNER IN HLS BUSINE.SS-WHoO DOE.S NOT GIVE HLS CUS-— TOMER A SQUARE, FAIR DEAL-WILL NOT LAST LONG. PROSPERITY FOLLOW.S THE SQUARE DEAL LITTLE BUSTER BROWN AND TIGE BELIEVE IN THE SQUARE DEAL. WE INVITE YOoU To TO!READ EACH WEEK WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT oUR BU.SI- v. Boreas, If you keep ke that you'll get yourself —~What do 1 care! It Isn't my business to furnish popular alrs.—Modern Soclety. If our store was twice as large and our stock correspond- ingly increased we wouldn’t be more helpful to yon than we now are, We carry all the lines that rightly belong to a jewelry store. Our selections ae complete, and the large city stores cannot, ]!C;LL our l\]’;lf('fi So we ask for your husiness with perfect confidence. We request you to be critical, and to judge us hy the best you know of anywhere. We expect your trade only when you decide that we deserve it. Bat do us the honor of giv- ing us a chance to please you, no matter what you re- quire, anything in jewelry. E. A. Barker, 3rd St. Jeweler. What Do You Need for a Remington Machine? Whatever it is you can get it at the Pioneer Office Ribbons Paper Oil Erasers Anything that is used about. a Typewriter.