Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 18, 1909, Page 4

i GOMMERGIAL GLUBS WILL UNITE BOOSTING STATE Enthusiastic Meeting of Federation of Commercial Clubs Will Result in Much Good. “Advertise Minnesota; everybody boost” was the slogan adopted by the Minnesota Federation of Com- mercial clubs at the annual meeting of the federation, which was held at St. Paul the latter part of last week. The meeting was attended by delegates from about every commer- cial organization in the state, and among the test, F. S. Lycanand A. P. White represented the Bemidji Commercial Club. There was much enthusiam manifested at the meeting; and it was the unanimous ‘sentiment that the legislature should appropri- ate the requested $100,000 with which to properly exploit Minnesota and her vast and varied resources. The addresses delivered at the meeting were yery instructive and timely, and the meeting will result in a more united effort for Minnesota as against Canada or any community in the United States as being the most desirable point for the home of the farmer, the dairyman, the busi- ness man or the searcher for a healthful clime in which to recover wonted robustfulzuess. Probably the most enlightening talk of the session was made by George Welch, state immigration bureau commissioner, on ‘“The Settlement of Minnesota’s Unoccu- pied Farm Lands and the Opportuni- ties the State Offers to the Settler.” To a further extent than any of the other speakers, Mr. Welch laid open the absolute necessity of adver- tising the state. Daily, he said, he received inquiries regarding Minne- sota lands and for lack of an organ- ized body, which the federation will now aim to take place, he has been unable to give information without invoking the jealous of some neighboring county. It was decided to present resolu- tions to the legislature asking for the appropriation of $100,000, and F. S. Lycan was made a member of the committee appointed to draft the resolutions, along with Nye of Min- neapolis, Eva of Duluth, Murphy of Wheaton, Brye of Rochester, Phillips of Lake City, Coult of Fairmont, Amundson of St. Peter and Mitchell of St. Paul. The sentiment of many of the speeches was to authorize the send- ing out of teachers who could educate, by practical illustration, to the farmers of the state (especially the north half) in the proper manner in which to till their soil, so that Minnesota lands will indeed become the right kind of “pay dirt.” C. J. Pryor, manager of the Be- midji Pioneer and secretary of the Bemidji Commercial club, was re- elected as the Ninth district member of the executive committee of the federation. The Midwinter Teachers’ Examina- tion. Below is given the program of the next regular teachers’s examination. The first zrade studies will be given Thursday, February 4th in the county superintendent’s office, court house and the second grade studies Friday, February 5th and Saturday, February 6th in the high school building, Bemidji, Minn. Those desiring to teach or who hold certificates which expire or are working on extension of time are required to write unless other arrangements have been made to comply with the requirements of the state department. —W. B. Stewart, County Superintendent, Beltrami County. Program for Examinations for Common Schoo! Certificates, February 4, 5, and 6, 1909. Thursday. February 4th. (First Grade Studles) A, M.~8:00 Enrollment. 8:30 Geometry 10:15 Physics. P. M.—1:30—Algebra. 3:15—Physical Geography or General History. (Agriculture may be taken at any of above perlods, and may be substituted for elther Geometry or Physical Geography.) Friday February, sth. (8econd Grade Studies,) A.M.—8:00 Enroliment. 8:30 Professional Test. * 9:30 Spelling. 10:00 Arithmetic. P.M.~1:15 Geography. 2:45 Composition and Penmanship. 8:20 Reading, Saturday, February 6th. (Second Grade Studies,) A.M,—8:00 U.8. History. 9:45 English Grammer. 11:30 Music, P.M.—~1:15 Physiology-Hygene. 245 Olvics. 4:00 Drawing. $1000.00 Giren for any substance ine uious to health found ia food Laing from the we of Calumet Baking Powder Bound Copies of City Charter for $3. The Pioneer will soon print and bind copies of the Bemidji city charter, bound volumes of which 'have been greatly desired for some time, and will deliver the books, neatly and substantially bound, to order, for the small sum of $3. A representative of the Pioneer will call on you, or you can call at he office and sign for one or more volumes, at the stated price. Obtaining copies of the charter has been a matter that has worried many people of the city, and how to get them printed has never been taken up. As stated before, the Pioneer is taking orders for bound volumes of the charter and will de- liver them for $3 per copy. Leave your order early if you de- sire a copy. o Verdict for Mrs. Newberry. Mrs. Sarah Ann Newberry of Wil- ton was given a verdict of $2,000 damages against the Great Northern railway in- a suit which was con- cluded at Crookston last Saturday. The case was one of the longest of the term of court held at Crooks- ton and many witnesses were exam- ined, including expert testimony by Dr. E. H. Marcum of this city. Mrs. Newberry claims that on returning on a Great Northern passenger train from Bemidji to Wilton (a small station west of Bemidji) she was not properly assisted in alighting from the train, fell and sustained serious injuries and asked damages on that scere. Rapid River Homesteader Frozen. Spooner, Jan. 16.— (Special to Pioneer.)—Ole Olson, a homesteader on the Rapid River, lost his bear- ings in the big timber while out hunting and wandered around- for three days and three nights. He froze both his feet which had to be ampuated at the ankles. It is feared another amputation will have to be made at the knees. Fell From Dam. Reliable information came from International Falls Saturday after- noon telling of the death of John Evenson, of Eau Claire, Wisconson, a carpenter who was working on the big power dam at the falls. In some manner Evenson fell from the dam into the river and was carried over the rapids, drowning. His rescue was impossible. Bought Handsome Rig. The Bemidji Steam Laundry, wnich is now under the manage- ment of J. J. Trask, has purchased an exceptionally handsome delivery rig, decorated with the name of the laundry and a notice of dry clean- ing. New England Supper. The Presbyterian Ladies “Aid Society will give a New England Supper at the I. O. O. F. hall Friday evening, January 22. Supper will be served from 5:30 to 8:00. Wanted an Agent. Highest cash paid weekly with part expenses. Home territory. Out- fit free. A good chance for you. Write The Hawks Nursery Co., Wauwatosa, Wis. A Winnipeg Sermon. A story is golng the rounds about one of the Winnipeg clergy, which he himself has told with great delight. A farmer and his wife came to Winnipeg on a visit, and on Sunday their host requested the farmer friend to go with him to church. “No,” said he, “I never go to church.” And his wife backed up his assertion. The visitor was finally persuaded to 20 to a local church and was told the pastor was also an American. After the service he was introduced to the ‘pastor, and the following conversation took place: “Well, doctor,” sald the visitor, “I enjoyed your sermon.” “I am very pleased to hear that,” re- plled the pastor. “You know,” explained the farmer, “T do mot go to church very often, but that sermon of yours was the least like a sermon I ever heard.”’—Winni- peg Telegram. . Cause of His Hilarity. Green—I'd like. that fellow Brown better if he didn’t always. laugh at his own jokes. White—Brown doesn’t laugh at his own jokes. He laughs at you fellows who are silly enough to listerf"to them.—Tllustrated Bits, I "Where Choss |s Mést Popular, —* Games may come and games may go, but chess bids fair never to loss its popularity. Nowhere else is it so popu- lar as it is in the village of Strobeck, near Halberstadt, in Prussian Saxony. Some time in the eleventh century Count Gunnelin, held a prisoner in a stone tower in the village, amused himself by carving a set of chessmen and teaching the game to his jailers. The tower, which still stands, is known as the Chess tower. The jallers taught the game to thelr friends, who were so pleased with it that they devoted all their spare time to practice. This de- light in chess continues to the present In Strobeck.” Every person plays. The village hotel is called the Chess inn, tournaments are held every year, and prizes are given to the best players. If a young 'man goes to an adjoining vil- lage for a wife who cannot play chess he must pay a fine, to be used toward the expenses of the next tournament. This subtle ordinance has spread a knowledge of the game among the young ladles of all the surrounding vil- lages. Bruges.’ What fs the right pronunciation of this word? It is usually pronounced by English people as if it were French, with a soft, sibilant g, and in one syl- lable. Is there any justification for this? In the first place, why is it not Anglicized, like Waterloo? And if not English, why French? Why not Flem- ish? In Bruges itself you do not hear the French pronunciation. It is the Flemish—Bru-ya. Ask at the station if this is Bruges (a la Francaise), and they will hardly understand you. They will say, “It is Bru-ya.” In Longfel- low’s “Carillon,” and also in “The Bel- fry of Bruges,” the word has two syl- lables. Is this intended to be read j with the Flemish pronunciation (Bru- ya) or in the English fashion (to rhyme, say, with ‘“subterfuges”)? It cannot be the French. It may be said that an American poet is no rule for Fng- 1ish people, but the word also occurs, I believe, in one of Browning’s poems (I cannot remember which) with two syl- lables.—London Notes and Queries. Orchestral Oversights. The snare drummer happened to catch a-selection that called for the use of half a dozen or more instruments. To make the shift from one to an- other he had to hustle in a fashion that nightly impressed persons sitting near. ‘When he had finished the lively opera- tion he was puffing and blowing and the perspiration was coming out in streams. A man just outside the or- chestra rail leaned forward and, point- ing to the score, remarked: “That was good work, old man, but you missed one place.” “I did!” responded the drumpmer in surprise. “Why, I thought I played everything that came my way.” “No,” the other resumed, “you didn’t do everything, and I saw the leader glance at you. Right there, in the mid- dle of that measure, is a place where it says you should have gone down cellar and shaken the furnace, and you didn’t pay any attention to 1t.”—Prov- idence Journal. Suiting His Theory. “When I hedr of a new theory,” sald a sclentist, “I am reminded of the two geologists. At a certaln summer re- sort one brilliant afternoon the young- er geologist from his bedroom window saw the older man rolling a great rock down the side 5f a mountain. “He watched the work for nearly three hours. The old geologist, thin and little and white whiskered, had a hard time of it to guide that rock al- most as big as himself. But he per- severed. He got the rock down where he wanted it just as the dinner bell rang. “The younger man said to him won- deringly at dinner: “‘What were you dping with that rock this afternoon, professor? “‘Why,’ the professor answered, ‘the fact is the thing was 600 feet too high to suit my theory.’” Willing to End the Company. A Chicago man who once permitted himself to be persuaded to back a the- atrical company was seated in his of- fice one day when he received a tele- gram from the manager of the show. The troupe was somewhere in Mis- souri, and the telegram read thus: “Train wrecked this morning and all scenery and baggage destroyed. No member of company injured. What shall I do?” The answer sent back by the Chicago man was as follows: “Try another wreck and have the company ride in the baggage car.’— Chicago Record-Herald. Gently Broken.™ - “You were a long time in the far cor- ner of the conservatory last evening,” suggested the mother. “What was go- ing on?” “Do you remember the occasion -on which you became engaged to papa?” inquired the daughter by way of reply. “Of course I do.” “Then it ought not to be necessary for you to ask any questions.” Thus gently the news was broken that they were to have a son-in-law. Art of Eating. Bating s not merely an enjoyment. It is a science that must be learned, an art that must be acquired by intelli- gent patience.” The man who at mid- dle age has not dfscovered what and how much s suitable for him has not finished his education.—Health. Lots of Reasons. S Robbins—I don’t see why any actor should ever be out of a job. Bobbins— ‘Why? Robbins—According to the ad- vertisements, every good play 1s full of good situations.—Exchange. An Irish Tal X One day an Irishman, having put.his -hat upon a gate post-by which he lay down to sleep, sprang up at midnight and, mistaking the object for an en- emy, dealt it.a desperate cut with his scythe, Percelying his mistake, the man gave thanks to heaven that he bad taken it off before lylng down. “For,” sald he, “had my head been’in that ‘hat, 'tis ten to one I had laid it open with my scythe, and °'tis a dead man] would have been seein’ mesif at this minutel”—London Captain. : T i HOW TO BREAK A BAD COLD A REMEDY WITHIN § REACH OF ALL. Pleasant and Safe to Take---No Loss of Time---All Danger of Pneumonia Avoided. It may be a surprise to our readers to learn that a severe cold can in many in- itances be completely broken up in one of iwy duys’ time. To do this, however, prompt uction is necessary, The first symptoms of o cold are a dry, loud cough, a. profuse wat- ery discharge ‘from the nose, and a thin wlu:e' coating on the tongue. When Cham- berlain’s Cough Remedy is taken in double doses every hour after the first appearance of thesa symptoms, it will counteract the effect of the cold and restore the system to healthy condition within one or two da; ; time, In almost every case, and when the cold is not completely cured in this time, its severity will be greatly lessened and a com- pletecureinsured ina veryshort time. When no action toward curing the cold is taken, the dry, loud cough is followed by a profuse watery expectoration, and that by a, difficult in breathing, a peculia: tightness of the chest and a clight expectoration of vory tough and tenacious mucus. Few persons pay any attention to a cold until in this con’, dition, that is, until the cold has become settled in the system. The first action should be to relieve the lungs. This is best accom- lished by the free use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. This remedy liquefies the tough ‘mucus and _causes its expulsion from the air cells of the lungs, produces a fres expectoration, and opens the secretions. - A complete cure soon follows. In some cases, however, several days are required, but the experience of thousands of persons in the use of this remedy has been that it will cure a severe cold inless time than any other treatment, and that it leaves the system in a natural and healthy condition. This remedy also prevents a cold from resulting in pneu- monia. Price 25 cents, large size 50 cents. For Sale at Barker’s Drug Stere Dress Spreads, India Linons, and 1 case of white Shaker flannel, yd 32¢ Men’s $15.00 Men’s $18.00 LOOK HERE: $10.00 sheep lined coats.....$7°50 $12 00 sheep lined coats now only.‘...........$9-50 $8.50 Jackete, with fur collar, now...........‘......$5l95 31?‘50 al,ndJS'L.OO Fosston Vno—:oo ackets 35195 Ladies $5,00 Shoes now .. Cheese In the Middle Ages. ' Cheese must have been a rather dear or scarce article of food in 1502, for §t 18 recorded in the “Black Books” the Honorable Soclety of Lincoln’s that at Easter -term, 1502, 1t Wi “agreed by the governors and bench- ers this term that if any one of the so- clety shall hereafter cut cheese im- moderately at the time of dinner or supper or shall give cheese to any servant or to any other or shall carry it away from the table at any time he shall pay 4 pence for each offense. The butlers of the soclety shall pre- sent such defaulters weekly under paln of expulsion from offic -Law Times. Her Test. “When a young man proposes you should always be careful and test his Iove,” cautioned the conservative chap- eron. “But I go one better, auntie,” twit- tered the pretty girl. “Do you see this tiny bottle?” . “Yes. Does it contain perfume?” “No; it contains acld. I test the en- gagement ring.” Not Very Funny. > “I did my best to be entertaining,” said the young man in a voice of sor- The Largest 8tock of Diamonds and Watches and the Finest Equipped Workshop In Northern Minnesota. ) ToW. : “Did you succeed?” > “I'm afraid not. I recited Hamlet’s soliloquy. She looked at me reproach- We buy direct from the manufacturer and save you the Middle Man’s Profit. fully for several seconds and then ex- is Conscience. “He's forever prating about what his conscience tells him. What does his conscience tell kim, anyway?”’ ¥ claimed, “I don’t think that's very i i o 1 o s : Mail orders receive prompt and careful attent'on. Prices ! Ot R R given on any grade or make ot watch upon request. = | Watch Inspectors for M. & I.and B.F. & I. F. Railway‘s “Apparently it usually tells him what awful sinners his neighbors are.”— Catholic Standard and Times. o Where She Gets Her Ideal. = She—I wonder if you are just the kind of man I want. He—What kind of man do you want? She—I can hard- ly describe him to you.” He—Don't try. | What’s the name of the book?—St. Louls Post-Dispatch. g:n’s $10 suits $7.75 suits for...,.,,,,$10n50. suits for$l3¢50 Boys’ and childrep's Suits, 1-4 off. Men’s and Boys’ Pants; -4 off. { 8395 'LEA Nid-Winter Clearance Sale! T0 MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING GOODS. WE MUST RID OUR SHELVES OF WINTER G0ODS Sale Begins Monday Morning, Jan. 18 'LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT. Ladies’ Winter Coats, 1-2 off - Ladies’ Tailor-Made Suits, 1-2 off. Ladies’ Skirts, 1-4 off. Ladies’ Furs, 1-4 off. Coods. Our entire stock of Wool and Worsted Dress Goodsl'4 Off White Goods. 20 per cent discount on Table Linens, Towels, Bed ‘White Dress Goods. SPECIAL 1 case of small hand towels, ea.ch............3c MEN’S DEPARTMENT Men’s $20 00 suits for.,,,,,,,_$14o50 Men’s $25.00 suits for.........$18-50 Men’s $30.00 bt o PLLO0 1 lot of Boys’ Overcoats, worth up to $1 1, to close at $1.98 each " Sheep Lined Coats $8.00, $8.50 and $9.00 :2:2’ novljfied $60 95 lined mnts.....$5-95 , $7.50 sheep Mackinaw Jackets $3.00 Jackets now . $250 el ) row et S35 FOOTWEAR - Johnson & Murphy $6.50 Shoes now.., For lack of space we fail to enumerate. but a few of the hargains. We invite you to come and see--you’ll save money; we’ll haye roam for spring goods. RY & 'BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA GEO. T. BAKER & CO. | men’s $6.00 and $4|95 e now Wrights hand made 10 in. Packs now $3.25; 18 in. now $4.25 .Lumberman’s Rubbers-+Low rubbers, $ 1.50 a pair; 7 in. tops, $2.25 a pair; 10 1. tops, $2.65 a pair; 16 “in. tops, $3.25 a pair. One Buckle Arctics-=Men’s Bearskin Leggins now 95c. : S Located in City Drug Store. 116 Third Street Near the Lake Subseribe For The Pioneer. : Children’s Coats, 1-3 off. Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear, 1-4 off. Krimmer Jackets. We have three Krimmer Jack- ets, price $60 each, size 32, 36 and 38. These garments are slightly damaged. @ We offer them during this sale at, eacéh $25 Wool Blankets. . Fosston all-wool grey blankets, the $6 qual- ity, for, a pmrq $5.00 10-4 grey wool blankets, the $4.26 quality, $3 50 B P PP b | $4.25 $5.00 grey wool blankets, a v Men’s $30 overcoats now $2O Men’s $25 overcoats uow$18 Men’s $20.00 $10.50 e $4.98 i now o $6.98 overeont now 910,98 $14.98 overcoats now Men’s $15.00, $16.00. and s now . 910.50 Boys' - $20.00 overcoats now Duck and Corduroy Coats Sont nome 8350 3082 Lo §3,95 $1.50 Duck Coatsnow.................................$1. 49 Men’s Underwear It will pay to buy underwear now even though you should not need it until next winter. Men’s $2.50 under- $i 75 1 Wear now............ T asmiinic SN Men’s 50c underwear now........ 390 Mer’s $1 and $1.25 underwear now......’.]su Men’s $2 under- $| 50 ' Wear Dow..... Fosston all-wool underwear now. $150 ' All Felt Shoes , $1.38; women's, SI.OQ; boys, $1.25. Children’s SER