Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 28, 1906, Page 4

FEW DELEGATES |CIRCUS EXCITES |STATE WILL Gl BUT MUCH WORK Many Interesting Papers Are Read and Important Resolu- tions Are Adopted. Though there were not as many in attendance at the drain- age convention at Wadena as there should have been, those present express themselves that a lot of good has been done for the cause of drainage and the work the coming year will bring this work nearer home, as the work will be along the lines of education and every phase of it will be given thorough news- paper discussion. Wadena as a convention city is as hospitable as the best of them and her citizens did themselves proud in the way they handled the convention and could have taken care of ten times as many as were there, At yesterday morning’s ses- sion C. H. Warner, the newly elected president, delivered an able address, which was well re- ceived. During the convention a num- ber of excellent papers were read and addresses given. Some of these the Pioneer expects to reproduce from time to time. A committee on resolutions consisting of the following mem- bers: C. L. Kane, Benson; A. A, Tone, Northome; Prof. Robert- son of the Crookston experi- menta! school; L, C, Simons, Red Lake Falls and E. R. Sund- berg, Cass Lake, presented the following resolutions to the con- vention, which were adopted. We, the delegates, to the Min- nesofa Drainage League, in sec- ond annual convention assembled, hereby adopt the following reso- lutions: BE 1T RESOLVED, That we note with satisfaction the promi- nence given the drainage move- ment in Minnesota and the evi- dent determination of the whole state to give the problems pre- sented by natural conditions a solution along the lines of scien- tific and systematic drainage. The acceptance of the general proposition advanced by the league by both political parties makes the question an absolutely non-partisan one, and one that may be discussed upon its merits without appealing to pre- judices or passions along political lines. BE IT RESOLVED, That we most heartily endorse the atti- tude of the members of congress from Minnesota and particularly Hon. Moses E. Clapp, Hon. Hal- vor Steenerson, Hon. A.J. Vol stead and C. B. Buckman, on this great question, and give our un- qualified assent to the bill now pending in congress, commonly known as the Steenerson bill, a measure which in express terms gives to Minnesota for the re- clamation of her swamp lands all funds received from the sale of public lands within the state of Minnesota. RESOLVED, That we most earnestly urge our representa- tives in Congress to give their support to the Hansbrough bill which provides for the appoint- ment of an international com- mission to consider the regula- tionand control of the waters of the Red River of the North. RESOLVED, That we urge up- on the legislature the necessity for the passage of an aet provid- ing for state aid for the improve- ment and care of natural water- ways which are or may be caused to overflow by reason of the waters received from artificial drain channels, and that section 4, Chapter 230 of the General Laws of 1905, regarding county For a clear complexion fake Laxative FruitSyrup Pleasant to take Orino cleanses the sys- tem, and makes sallow blotched complexions smooth and clear. Cures chronic constipation by gently stimulating the stomach,liverand bowels. Refuse substitutes. Price 800, Barker’s Drug Store. THE CITY TODAY Campbell Bros. in Town—Be- midji Small Boy Is in His Glory. Today is circus day. Campbell Brothers big show isin town. The circus arrived in Bemidji early this morning with twenty- seven cars and 380 people,.and before the greater number of residents had finished their breakfast the big tents were be- ing pitched on the grounds. The rains of last night and this forenoondiscouraged the country people who were planning on coming in, to a large extent, and yet in spite of the weather, several hundred arrived during the day from the country and fror neighboring towns. SWAMP LAINDS - —Jiig Problem Regarding Forest Re- serve Decided by United States Supreme Court. 3 R (e Washington, June 28.—Minne- sota is to get the swamp lands in Minnesota forest reserve, de- spite the objection of Gifford Pinchot, chief of the] forest- bureau. Secretary Hitchcock has re- ceived the opinion of the attorney general on the guestion of the state’s right to this land, which the latter was asked to render last winter. The opinion is em- phaticin the declaration that the right of the state to swamp lands in the forest reserve is not in any way affected by the terms of the act creating the reserve. It will be recalled that State The performance this after- noon was well atteaded, and the people who saw it were loud in their praise. The performance this evening will probably draw a still larger crowd. This fore- noon the company gave a parade through the principal streets of the city. sun Lovkms, He—Five years ago when I saw her' she was looking for a husband, but she’s married now. She—Yes, and she’s still looking for him, especially at nights. Co-operative. Banker (to the new cashier)—Say, if ever you are seized with the desire to run off with the cash let me know. I'f] go with you.—Fliegende Blatter. aid in like matter should be so amended that such aid may be granted by a majority vote of the county commissioners. RESOLVED, That the state should provide for a liberal and fixed annual appropriation to be used by the state drainage com- .mission in the reclamation of state swamp lands on a more ex- tensive scale, We further commend the policy of the state forestry board in the planting and growing of trees upon lands non-agricultural in character and heartily approve of forestry carried on on this basis. RESOLVED, That we favor the maintenance of government reservoirs and approve of their construction, but that we also favor the regulation and conduct of those reservoirs and of the reservoir system in a manner that will not force unnecessary hardship upon the communities and business interests, the farmer and the settler at the headwaters of the Mississippi for the benefit of the manufact- urer, the tugman, the logger and the lumberman on the lower river, RESOLVED, That we recom- mend co-operation between the state and the geological depart- ment of the federal government, and that we extend to the de- partment our thanks and appre- ciation for its courageous work, BE IT ORDERED FURTHER, That our delegation in Congress be requested to bring all proper influence to bear for the purpose of completing the survey of the Red River of the North by the Army engineers. RESOLVED, That a vote of thanks is due and is hereby ex- tended to the retiring officers of this league for the energetic and successful work which they have done in the interests of drainage for Minnesota. RESOLVED, That 1t is the sense of this meeting that to the press of the state is due in great measure the interest taken in the present drainage mo/ement and the awakening of the - people throughout the state to the im- portance of the subjset, and that we extend to the press vur hearty appreciation of their assistance. RESOLVED, That we tender to the Commercial club and to the citizene of Wadena our sin- cere thanks for their unstinted hospitality in arranging for and taking care of this convention and its individual members, and that we shall always remember with pleasure our visit to this beautiful city and our acquaint- ance with its enterprising and progressive inhabitants. Signed: C. L. KANE E. R. SUNDBERG Auditor Iverson and Attorney General Young were confronted with this contest as to the state’s rights when they were in Wash- ington last winter. They imme- diately asked for a hearing, and were requested to submit a brief covering the state’s side of the case. The contention that the state is entitled to this land bhas been upi:eld, and the practice of the interior department in ad- justing the swamp grant will not be charged. Under this opinion the state will get about 100,000 acres of valuable land for which the selec- tions have already been filed. This will open up for settle- ment as near as we can ascer- tainlands as follows: 4,518 acres at White Oak Point; 117,591 of the Chippewa of Mississippi;and 25,899 of the Winnebegoshish, cutting from the forest reserve a total of 147,571 acres of the 285,000 acres. This land is tributary to Cass Lake and will to an extent relieve that town of some of the burden it must carry by being shut in. As soon as possible State Auditor Iverson will place these lands on the market, and they will be open for settlement, Mr. Iverson has put in some hard work on this and naturally feels good over his victory. " Warning to Bearded Men, “It isgwell that old men should wear beards,” sald a physician, “for when one becomes old one should be spared the exertion of daily shaving. But I would like to issue a warning to all beard wearers. I would like to shout ‘Keep your beards dry! in a voice loud enough to be heard around the world. ‘Were those words heeded many cases of sore throat, cold and influenza would be avoided, and many deaths ‘would be indefinitely put off. So many men with beards neglect when they wash their faces to wipe their beards dry! A beard a foot long demands a lot of toweling. It should be toweled after every wash a good five minutes. Otherwise it is damp. The owner goes about with this damp thing upon his delicate and sensitive throat. Then, if he takes tonsilitis or influenza, he blames the American climate. There are too many damp beards among us. Too . many men, washing their faces three or four times a day, bhave their beards damp and clammy a good three hours daily.”—New York Press. Maine’s Female Warrior. During the war between the states when it became necessary to draft men for the army a recruiting officer, Parker Mears by name, went to an island off the coast of Maine called Loud’s island. It claimed to be a plan- tation. As the boat neared the shore a tall, brawny female, the mother of sev- eral stalwart sons, appeared on the rocks and as the officer set foot on shore sternly demanded his business. “After men for Uncle Sam,” he an- swered. She immediately began to pelt him ‘with big, hard potatoes, and they came so fast and furiously that he was obliged to flee to the boat and row away as fast as possible. Mr. Mears, when a little excited, stuttered badly. Relating the experience, he ended with, “@-g-give her po-po-po-po-tatoese-nough a-a-and sh-sh-she’ll t-t-ttake Ri-Ri- Richmond.”—Boston Herald. Earthquakes. No prediction can be made safely as to future earthquakes in any particular region. If any conjecture is warrant- ed, it is merely that regions which are known to have contracted the earth- quake habit are, on the whole, more likely to quake in the future than are regions which have long been free from selsmic disturbances. No part of the continent seems less likely to be shak- en than the Mississippi basin. - Yet there ‘were disastrous earthquakes about the mouth of the Ohio river in 1811-13. Regions covered with thick layers of clay, sand, gravel, glacial drift, etc., like much of the basin of the upper Missis- sippi, are less likely to suffer severely than those where solid rock comes to the surface, for the loose material acts as a cushion to deaden the vibrations which come to the surface from the iT |BEMIDJI WISHES |CAMP LIFE FOR TO HONOR COLE Many Local People Planning ! on Going to Reception at Walker Monday. There is to be a reception for A. L. Cole, republican candidate for governor, at his home town of Walker next Monday, and a large number of Bemidji people are planning on going down to the neighboring town for the occasion. In order to get the special rate of one and one-third fare that has been offered by the railroad, it is necessary to secure a crowd of at least forty-five, and an effort is now being made to get this number pledged to make ' the trip. The train service will be ar- rangéd to accommodate the crowd, provisions having been made for the holding oi a west- bound train until after the re- ception in the evening. WEDDING GUESTS PRESENT. Texas Man Kills Intended Bride and Attempts Suicide. Comfort, Tex, June 28—In the presence of the assembled wedding guests at the home of his intended bride Joseph Reinhardt, the man who was to have been married to her, shot and instantly killed Miss FErnestine Kutzer and then shot himself with probably fatal results, The hour for the ceremony was at hand and the guests were assembled in the parlor of the home of the bride’s father. Young Reinhgrdt walked into the room and drew a pisto] from his pocket, leveling it at his sweetheart. She threw up her hand as though te ward oft the danger and three shots were fired at her in rapid succession at close range. The first bullet entered her heart, killing her instantly. Rein- hardt then turned the pistol upon him- self and fired two bullets into his own breast. One of them entered the left and the other the right side. He is not expected to survive. The esuse of the tragedy fs not known, The relations between the sweethearts haye been typical of lov- ers and the marriage was expected to be happy. RESULT OF A QUARREL. Railroad Contragtor Shot and Killed Near Kenosha, Wis. Chieago, June 28.—Clifford Smith, a contractor on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, was shot and instantly killed near Kenosha, Wis., by a man named Bradley, who was in the employ of the company. The trou- ble is said to have arisen over a story which Bradley alleged that Smith had told regarding him and which Smith denied having told. Bradley escaped. CHANGES HANGMAN'S DAY, Omaha Judge Does Not Believe Friday Appropriate. Omaha, June 28.—“The erygifixion of Christ took place on Friday and I do not think it appropriate to set the execution of two murderers for that day,” said Judge Sutton when he sen- tenced Jay O’Hearn and Harrisen Clarke to be hanged on a Monday, The statement of the court came as a surprise, for it upsets the long estab- lished custom of making Friday “hang- man’s day.” “My reason for fixing Monday,” con- tinued the court, “is that I think it better to have these men meet death on the day. following Sunday, which is devoted to religious thought and services, as they naturally will be in a better frame of mind to go to their final reckoning on that day than any other.” Eight-Hour Bill Goes Over. Washington, June 28.—Chairman Gardner of the house committee on labor has filed a favorable report on the eight-hour bill. It is not expected that the measure will receive the con sideration of the house this session. ‘Wore Out His Finger. ' There was a brakeman on the Colo- rado Midland railroad who years ago lost his index finger on his right hand. One day a lady passenger who had been much interested in the wonderful works of nature the brakeman had pointed out to her along the road no- ticed the stub finger. When the con- ductor came through the car she said to him: “Excuse me, sir, but can you tell me how the brakeman lost his forefinger? He seems to be such an accommodat- Ing fellow.” “Yes, mum, that's just it. He is so accommodating that he wore that fin- ger off pointing out the scenery along the line,” said the conductor.—Denver News. Contracted Quarters. The sort of conversation in' whick Martha Hackett often indulged was pe- culiarly trying to her cousin, Mr. Lane. “Martha’s been here all the morning,” said Mrs. Lane wearily at dinner one night. “She talked on and on about things that didn’t amount to anything and were all disconnected. I endured it as well as I could, but it does seem sometimes as if she was wandering in her mind.” “Well, there’s one thing,” said Mr. Lane grimly, “you needn’t ever worry about her going far if that's where she’s wandering.”—Youth’s Companion. A Matter of Taste. solid rock below.—The World Today. Always Speaking. Mrs. Jones—I always think twice be- A. A, ToNE, Committee. fore I“ speak once, John. Mr. Jones (sighing)—Exactly, Maria. But you're such a quick thinker. “Can any little boy,” asked the new teacher, “tell me the difference be- tween a lake and an ocean?” “I can,” replied Edward, whose wis- dom had been learned from experience. “Lakes are much pleasanter to swallow ‘when you fall in.” Y. M. C. A, BOYS Thirty Grand Forks Lads to Spend Two Weeks at Lake Plantagnet. In a couple of weeks Lake Plantagnet will have'a camp of Grand Forks Y. M. C. A. boys. T. Porte and H. O. Eaman, offi- | cially connected with the North Dakota institution, were” in the city today and are now at the lake selecting a site for the camp. They say that there will be about thirty boysin the party. The camp will be pitched July 12 and will ‘be broken up July 26. ‘MENOMONEE JOE’ IS THE VICTIM Continued from page 1 column 1. middle and after peeling off a few feet of bark ran down to the ground and followed a root for a distance. Then the bolt jumped about thirty feet and struck a nail which was protruding from a board in the shed, knocked off two boards from the outer wall of the shed, passed through a quantity of coal, knocked the bottom from an oil can, then! darted outdoors and followed the walk to the kitchen. The lightning still kept on with its antics. It jumped clean over the roof of the kitchen and struck a nail on the side of the house, knocking off two boards as it did so, then entered a bed- room and ran along the electric light wires to the fuse box, where it proceeded to melt the screws and a portion of the porcelain. In this room were sleeping Mr. and Mrs. Gagnon and their little child. The child’s bed was not over a foot from the [use box, and the youngster woke up with a ery, but was not hurt in the least. Mr, and Mrs, Gagnon did not know that the house had been struck until they heard the child erying and then juwped up and dressed inahurry. Neither was injured, There was wild excitement about the Gagnon residence fora few minutes after the lightning stroke. People who were up and dressed rushed down the street to see what the damage was and a small crowd was socn gathered, The thunder clap had the sharpness and volume of an ex- plosion of dynamite and those who were asleep were awakened all over town. The storm played havoc wiith the telephone exchange, putting a large number of telephones out of commission. GOES INTO DEFICIENCY BILL. Amendment Legalizing Collection of Philippine Duties. ‘Washington, June 28.—The house bas adopted a rule which will place in the general deficiency hill the amend- ment legalizing the collection of du- ties in the Philippine islands between the date of the peace treaty and March, 1902. This meets the adverse decision of the supreme court of the United States in the Warner-Barnes case, As well try to keep back the sea with a broom AS TO TRY AND STEM THE TIDE THAT HAS SET IN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR A salary earning cducation The facts are simply these: It is being demonstrated every day in all parts of the country that those who lave received special instruction along the line of the work in which they are engaged are succecding very much better than those who have not re- ceived such instruction, and hence very many who are ambitious, and every body should be, are losing no time in arranging to receive instruction. That is why the International Correspondence Schools Of Scranton, Pa. Are enrolling at the present time on an average of from 12,000 to 15,000 ncw students each meonth. Think of what an army of educated workmen that is going to make in a short time, and think of how difficult it is going to be for the uneducated workman to compete with that higher grade of efficiency that is bound to result. TaKke this matter home to yourself, apply it to your own case, and determine what you are going to do about it. d “1f you conclude to keep up with the pro- cession of the ambitious ones we will be gla to tell you in detail on what easy conditions you may do so. To make the inquiry and receive the information will not cost you anything. Cut this out and mail it to the Local Represcntative whose address is given elsewhere in this announcement. International Correspondence Schools. Gentlemen—Please explain how I can qualify for position at left of which I have marked X. And besides we are offering Special [ [Mechanical Engineer . |Machine Designer Mechanical Draftsman Foreman Machinist Foreman Toolmaker Foreman Patternmaker Roreman Blacksmith Foreman Molder Gas Engineer Refrigeration Engineer Traction Engineer Engineer achine Designer, Surveyor Mine Architect n ign P ighting Supt. lectrie-Kaflway Supt. [Telephone Eng} She Telegraph Engineer Wireman Pros, Dynamo Tender [Nav mist Marine Engineer Teacher Civil Engineer Hydraulic Engineer Railroad Engincer tining Engineer Mine Surveyor Contractor and Builder rehitcctural Draftsman nter rd Writer Metal Draftsman Ornamental Desigmer cctive Draftsman Bookkecper stenographer ... [ketail Ad Writer .Icommercial Law Inducements Right Now in the form of more liberal dis- counts than usual. 1f you have a desire to learn further particulars, and it seems natural that you would, use the accompanying in- quiry blank and tull information will be sent you. LANGUAGES TAUGHT WITIH PIIONOGRAPH Address all French communications to T. 8. Thompson 210 Alworth Building Duluth, Minn. ENGINEERING Canadian Pacific to Build Wonderful Bridge. Chicago, June 28.—Plans have been perfected by the Canadian Pacific to construct a bridge near Lethbridge, Alberta, which will be an engineering marvel and probably will be ranked as one of the world’s wonders. The plans call for a structure slightly more than a mile long and 300 feet above the water level. As compared with other bridges of the world the Brooklyn bridge is no longer and is no more than half as high. The world famed Tyne bridge in England, which was built by Robert Stephen- son fifty vears ago, is cnly half as long and less than half the height. The Canadian Pacific bridge will span the Belly river and is to be built for the purpose of shortening and straightening the route between Loth- bridge and McLeod. MARVEL. Letter files and letter presses at the Pioneer office. 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