Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 15, 1908, Page 2

i THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED BVERY AFTHRNOON, A A A A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN A BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR I A. G. RUTLEDGE Business Manager Managing BEditor Sntered In the postoffice at Bemidji. Minz., a3 socond class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PEF ANNUM | PRACTICAL SCHOOL PRIZES. | It long has been the custom in| many schools to mark graduation day by the bestowing of books, medals and other prizes momentarily dear to the recipients but lacking in lasting value. The Hebrew Tech- nical School for Girls in New York City has hit upon a better plan. At the closing of a term in that institution recently the best among | the pupils were called to the stage before a throng of admiring or envious parents or fellow pupils and presented with bank books, repre-| senting deposits in a neighlmrin:l saving institution. Oune girl \\'huE had neither been absent nor tardy during the years she attended the school was presented with a $15 savings account. She had earned it, for one snowy morning when thel cars were blocked she had risen early enough to walk the thirty blocks to school and arrive “on time.” | Hew much more practical and better every way for children who have to make their own way in the world, and indeed for all children, are such prizes as these bank books. They teach the lesson which is hard- est to learn, economy. In these spendthrift days it is to be regretted that more schools do not adopt the plan of this New York institution. WESSEL FAVORABLY CONSIDERED. St. Paul Pioneer Press: There will be one vacancy on the board when the state game and fish com- mission meets tomorrow at the capi- tol, Gov. Johnson not having named a successor to C. W. Stanton of International Falls, who was recently appointed to the district bench. There are several candidates for the position, but it is rumored that Joseph A. Wessel is likely to get the appointment. “What the world wants,” re- marked a wise man the other day when the subject of religion was under dicussion, ¢is a religion that can swim, skate, play ball, row a boat, laugh and enjoy life in every bright and wholesome way. We have made religion oppressive depressive and rarely expi'essive, of any feelings but painful serious- ness. Our religion lacks rich blood, tense, vigorous muscles, strong, regular pulse. Why not tell the young folks of our churches and Sunday schools that religion brightens the eye, lightens the heart and brings to life its richest enjoyment? What we need is not a religion for the cemetery but for the office, the store, the shop, the schooly the farm and the house. Tombstone piety is impressive in the moonlight, but sunlight means health, happiness, long life, suc- cess and contentment.”— Osakis Review. OBSERVATIONS. [By "Doc”] “Boy in Black Hand Peril,” says the headlines. Never knew one that wasn’t. When it comes to nipping things in the bud April is far more adept than the police. The wolf is at the kaiser’s door, and the wolf must be a terrible thing in Germany for its name is probably a yard long. “Miss Helen Gould is closing up some of her favorite charities.” Why doesn’t she begin with some she doesn’t tike so much? Prince de Sagan really committed no breach of the laws of chivalry in announcing that Mme. Gould pro- posed to him. It is leap year, you know. The Fool Killer has been idle for a long while. That telegraph oper- ator who sent out word that Roose- velt had been assassinated offersa shining opportunity for a resumption of business under full pressure. D. J. Campau, Democratic national committeeman for Michi- gan, has decided to be Secretary of the Navy when Bryan is elected President. So long as Mr. Campau does not pay any real money down to bind the bargain his appears to | River Improvement company, a be a harmless amusement. of fruits, comes From Grapes, the most healthful chief ingredient of The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Costs a little more than the injurious alum or phosphate of lime powders, but with 1 Royal youaresure of pure, healthful food. tz & THASIALANS LALLOALIATA G LQ{‘&V‘/‘. the OO NN THE RAINY RIVER BILL IS VETOED BY PRESIDENT Continued from First Page inasmuch as the government is spending, vast sums of money for improving the waterways of the country it should receive adequate compensation for the water power which may be established on these streams or, at all events, should con- trol the policy of granting the use of water power. The Rainy river bill, which was]| introduced by Congressman Bede,‘ simply extended the time for the commencement of work on the big| dam, which was to make Inter- national Falls the most important | place in Northern Minnesota, and | fixed the time for its completion. i The bill provides that the Rainy corporation organized under the laws of Minnesota as successor to the rights and privileges heretofore granted to the Koochiching com- pany, under acts of congress en- titled, “an act permitting the build- ing of a dam across Rainy river,” approved May 4, 1898, and of chap- ter 797, of volume 33, statutes at large entitled, “‘an act relating to a dam across Rainy river,” approved Feb. 25, 1905, and of various acts and provisions therein recited, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a dam across the Rainy river in Minnesota, at a place desig- nated in said acts, subject to pro- visions of the act entitled, “an act to regulate the construction of dams across navigable waters,” approved June 21, 1906, so far as the same shall be applicable thereto, | provided said dam shall be com- menced within one year from the date of the passage of this act and completed on or before July 1, 1911. The president’s veto message is long and alludes to the fact that the bill does not protect the government in any way while it gives the com- pany unlimited control of a great water power. For several years Canada objected to the bill inasmuch as it affected the town of Fort Fran- ces across the Rainy river from Inter- national Falls and there were objec- tions from land owners who claimed their land would be overflowed. The Backus-Brooks company of Minnesota was backing the Inter- national Falls proposition. “I bo not believe,” said the presi- dent in his message, “that natural resources should be granted and held in an undeveloped condition either for speculative or other reasons. So far as I am aware there are no assurances that the grantees (in this case) are in any better condition promptly and properly to utilize this opportunity than they were at the time of the original act, granting the privilege, ten years ago.” Discussing broadly the federal policy, the president says: «Every permit to censtruct a dam on a navigable stream should specific- ally recognize the right of the gov- ernment to fix a term for its dura- tion and to impose such charge or charges as may be deemed neces- sary to protect the present and future interests of the United States in accordance with the act of June 21, 1906. The provision for a charge is of vital importance. The navigability of every inland waterway and of all connected or connectable inland waterways as a whole should be improved for the purposes of inter- state and foreign commerce upon a consistent and unified plan by which each part should be made to help every other part. The income derivable from this source would naturally a1d in the complete improvement of our navigable waters for which there is now such.crying need. The chief of engineers of the army reports that the bills now pending at this session of congress permit the construction of dams in navigable streams capable of developing over 1,300,000 horse- power. These rivers run every hour of the day and every day in the year. To develop this amount of power would, under average conditions, require about 25,000,- 0oo tons of medium quality coal every year. This natural wealth is the heritage of the people. I see no reason for giving it away, though there is every reason for not imposing conditions so burden- some as to prevent the utilizativn of the power. “The present policy pursued in making these grants is unwise in giving away the property of the people in the flowing waters to in- dividuals or organizations practi- cally unknown, and granting in per- petuity these valuable privileges in advance of the formation of definite plans as to their use. In some cases the grantees apparently have little or no financial or other ability to utilize the gift and have sought it merely because it could be had for the asking. “In place of the present haphaz- ard policy of permanently alienat- ing valuable public property we should substitute a definite policy along the followiug lines: “First there should be a limited or carefully guarded grant in the nature of an option or opportunity afforded within reasonable time for development of plans and for execu- tion of the project, “Second, such a grant or conces- sion should be accompanied in the act making the grant by a provision making it the duty of the designated official to annul the grant if the work is not begun or plans are not carried out in accordance with the authority granted. “Third, it should also be the duty of some designated official to see to it that in approving the plans and maximum development of| the nivigation and power is assured or at least in making the plans these may not be so developed as ultimately to interfere with the better utilization of the water or a complete development of the power. “Fourth, there should be a license fee or charge which, though small or nominal at the outset, can in the future be adjusted so as to secure a control in the interest of the pub- lic. £ “Fifth, provision should be made for the termination of the grant or privilege at a definite time, leaving to future generations the power or authority to renew or : extend the concession in accordance with the conditions which may prevail at that time. TWO THOUSAAD DEAD Disastrous Flood Occurs Suddenly at Hankew, China. SEVEN HUNDRED JUNKS SUNK Rising Waters ‘Said to Have Been| Caused by an Unexpected Freshet, Taking the People Unawares in the Middle of the Night. Shanghai, April 1 — Disastrous floods are reported to have occurred at Hankow, in.the province of Hupeh, and it is stated that 2,000 persons have been drowned. Seven hundred junks were sunk or wrecked. The floods are said to be due to an unexpected freshet. The waters caught the people unexpectedly in the middle of the night. RAILROAD TAXATION. Wisconsin Commission Boosts Assess- ment Nearly $300,000. Madison, Wis., April 1 —The state tax commission has announced the taxation of railroad property in the state during the present year and boosts the total to $3,083,720.63, an in- crease of $282,035.39 over last year. The total value of railroad property is fixed at $267,861,500, an increase of $12,011,500 over last year. The rate, which is supposed to be the average one paid by all other taxable property in the state, is placed at $11.51236975 per $1,000 of valuation, an increase of about 56 cents over that of 1907. The Chicago and Northwestern rail- road gets a boost of from $889,180.60 to $995,820, an increase of $106, 629.40, or over one-third of the entire increase in taxes of all railroad prop- erty. The increase in the taxes of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul company is $72,916.39, of the Wiscon- sin Central $37,941.79, of the Omaha $25,025.93, of the Burlington $18,731.80 and of the Soo $11,824.38. Other roads were boosted proportionately. BRYAN MEN MAY FIGHT. Seek Instructed Delegation From New York State. New York, April 1 —That the Dem- ocratic state convention will vote to send an uninstructed delegation to the national convention at Denver in July is probable. The followers of William J. Bryan are planning to upset the or- ganization programme if possible by the introduction of a resolution en- dorsing Bryan and while it is not ex- pected that they will be successful their action may precipitate a lively fight on the floor of the convention. Chairman William J. Connors states that it is unlikely that the convention | will adopt a platform, leaving that to | the national convention. A state con- vention without a platform would be a unique departure from customary procedure. The state committee already has gone on record as opposed to an in- structed delezation and the organiza tion is expected to have its own way regardless of the Bryan element in the convertion. WE MUST DRINK PLENTY OF G0OD PURE WATER Nature’s Great Remedyand Valuable Prescription Anyone Can Prepare. “The people here do not drink enough water to keep healthy,” ex- claimed a well-known authority. “The numercus cases of stomach trouble, kidney and bladder diseases and rheumatism are mainly due to the fact that the drinking of water, nature’s greatest medicine, has been neglected. Stop: loading your system with patent medicines and cure-alls; but get on the water wagon. If you are really sick, why, of course,take the proper medicine—plain common vegetable treatment, which will not shatter ‘the nerves or ruin the stomach, When requested for such a pre- scription for the cure of rheumatism and kidney trouble the answer was; “you must make the kidneys do their work; they are the filters of the blood. They must be made to strain out of the blood the waste|' matter and acids that cause rheu- matism; the urine must be neu- tralized so it will no longer bea source of irritation to the bladder, ard, most of all, you must keep these acids from forming in the stomach. Thisis the cause of stom- ach trouble and poor digestion. For these conditions I would sug- gest the following prescription: Fluid Extract Dandelion, - one-half ounce; Compound Xargon, one ounce;Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and again at| clining to operate until the additional bedtime, but don’t forget the water. | troops gave further guarantee to the safety of the strikebreakers. Drink plenty and often. This valuable information and simple prescription should be posted backache or urinary trouble, no mat- { before the undersigned, one of the justices of " —There was a conflict between Rus- up in every household and used atsian ‘troops and g band of Persian the first attack of rheumatism;|brigands near. tHe frontier coast of 5 Bolusuvar in ‘whieh the captain and’ three of the Russian soldiers were SPEAR HEAD Old Honesty Master Workman Sallor’s Pride Granger Twist us for catalog. A tag from a 10-cent piece will count FULL value { A tag from a 5-cent piece will count HALF value TOBACCO with valuable tags Save your tags from J. T. 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You are hereby summoned to be and appear the peace in and for said county and state, on the 13th day ef May, 1908, at 10 o’clock In the forenoon, at my office in the city of Bemidji, county and state aforesaid, to answer to the complaint of Myhus and Olson, plaintiffs, in a civil action, wherein the plaintiff claims the sum of 240.00. Should you fail to appear at the time and place aforesaid, judgment will rendered against you for such sum as the plaintifi’s evidence shall show himself en- M. G. SLOCUM, titled to. " Justice of the Peace. FRANK A. JACKSON, Plaintiff’s Attorney, Bemidji, Minn. Summons for Publication. STATE OF MINNESOTA, | County of Beltrami. {55 The State of Minnesota, to Charles A. Baxter, defendant: You are hereby summoned to be and appear Dbefore the undersigned, one of the justices of the peace in and for said county, on the first day of April A. D.1908, at two o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at my office in the city of Bemidi, in said county, to_answer to the complaint 'of Selke Mercantile Company. plaintift, in acivil action, wherein the plain- Hf claim the sum of twenty and 71-100 dollats (320.71) with interest thereon from the 16th day of May 1906, at the rate of six per cent per annum, Should you fail to appear at the time and place aforesaid, judgment will be rendered against you upon’ the evidence ad- duced by said plaintiff for such sum as they shall show themselves entitled to. Given under my hand and dated this 10th day of March A. D. 1908, HIRAM A. SIMONS, Justice of the Peace. NEW BRITISH CABINET. Official Announcement of the Appoint- ments Made. London, April 1 .—Official announce- ment has been made of the new cabi- net appointments. They are as fol- lows: Herbert H. Asquith, prime minister and first lord of the treasury; David Lloyd George, chancellor of the ex chequer; Lord Tweedmouth, president of the council; Earl of Crewe, secre- tary for the colonies; Reginald Me- Kenna, first lord of the admiralty; ‘Winston Spencer Churchill, president of the board of trade; Walter Runci- man, president of the board of educa- tion. John Morley, secretary of state for India, and Sir Henry H. Fowler, chan- cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, have been made peers, but retain their present offices. | Colonel L. E. Seeley has been ap- pointed under secretary for the colo- nies, Lord Lucas, parliamentary secre- tary of the war office; F. D. Acland, financial secretary of the War office, and Thomas R. Buchanan parliamen- tary secrstary of the India office. Asiatic Squadron on Crujse. Manila, April 1.—The American Asfatic squadron is assembling at Su- big bay. It will start on April 16 on & northern cruise under command of Rear Admiral Joseph N. Hemphill. The squadron, which will be absent for four months, will show the flag at the principal ports of China and Ja- pan. One part of the squadron will ascend the Yangtsekiang to Hankow, the other part going to Vladivostok. Aged Woman Murdered, St. Louis, April 1 .—Mrs. Bridget B. Mullaly, an aged woman, was found murdered at her home on South Four- teenth street. The woman's throat was cut from ear to ear. A long purse in which Mrs. Mullaly carried a considerable sum of money was found empty in a fireplace. Beside it lay an old rusty knife with which the crime ‘was committed. The old woman lived alone. More Troops for Pensacola. Pensacola, Fla, April 1 .—Addl- tional troops were ordered to the city as a result of rioting in connection with the strike of street railway em- ployes. The city is thoroughly pa- trolled, but no attempt was made to run cars, street railway officials de- Brigands Fight Russian Troops. 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