Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 6, 1909, Page 4

. the Pioneer.)— Lo WARM TIME IN PROSPECT AT CASS LAKE ELEGTION Political Pot Is on the Fire and Will Probably Soon ‘‘Sizzle” Over the Village Election. Cass Lake, March 6.—(Special to} Next Tuesday is elec- tion day in Cass Lake and although the factional strife has been ended there are two tickets in the field. One is composed of the entire‘ present council, a petition having| been presented to them not long ago| and signed by over 250 voters and! asking them to again be candidates for election, The present elective village officials are: president, L. M. Lange; trustees, M, J. Sitzer, E. J. Lundrigan and W. R. Koeneman; recorder, J. W. Hough; justice, A. R. Cummings; assessor, A. J. Swan- berg; constable, Mack Kennedy; treasurer, J. P. Niels. The other ticket also contains the names of Lundrigan, Sitzer, Kennedy and Neils. Besides these Dr. Christianson will oppose Judge Lange; Dave Jones will oppose W. R. Koehn and J. W. Hough will fight for recorder; Frank Gorenflo and A. J. Swanberg are out for assessor. There is no “hard” feeling | amongst the different candidates and from all appearances the election will be one of friendly rivalry. The residents of Gould, in the vicinity of Bena, bave of late been having some very interesting times. Disagreements amongst the differ- ent settlers’ seem to be of very frequent occurence. The most recent misunderstanding occured yesterday when a resident of Gould went to Bena and asked Judge Johnson for a warrent for the arrest of one Al Harmon. The warrant was issued and immediately after Harmon entered the office of Judge Johnson and learned of the complaint, with- out consideration he deliberately wheeled off and landed the com- plainant a terrific punch in the nose. The judge then took a hand in the fracas, placing Harmon under arrest and fining him $100 for contempt of court. The Devil Coming. The theatre patrons of this city will shortly enjoy an excellent treat, one of the most talked of plays throughout the country, “The Devil.” This is the play of the daring Hun- garian writer, Franz Mohar, whose wonderous wit, impish imagination, shavian satire and cheerful comedy has already flashed his fame over Europe. It was the women, perhaps who loudest sing the praises of this witty and wicked devil, but altogether The women, better than any oth- ers, understand this handsome temp- ter, who whispers his cununing sug- PAULINE SIGHTS. gestions in the ears of lovers and winds his victims around his crafty fingers. The story is human to the core and holds an audience breath- less throughout the play. “The Devil” will be played here by Maxim and-Sights,Saturday evening, March 13th. Seats on sale at the City Drug Store. Maxim and Signts’ company will play a three nights’ engagement at the City Opera House, beginning Thursday evening, March 11th. Cowan Is Elected Cashier. Banker J. E. Cowan of Northome has beenelected cashier of the In- ternational State Bankat Interna- tional Falls, according to a state- ment made this morning by Pres- ident M. F. Murphy, who came in this morning from the “Falls” on his way to his home in Grand Forks, N. D. The vacancy in the cashiership was created by the resignation of J. B. Mooney, son of W. J. Mooney of Langdon, N.D., who was killed two months ago in the wreck of the steamship Republic off the coast of Massachusettes. Mr. Mooney left the bank at International Fallsto take charge of his father’s bank at Langdon. Mr. Cowan, who is president of a bank at Northome, will move his family to International Falls in the near future and make his home in the border town. Harry Hilliard ot Reynolds, N. D., will act as assistant cashier. Mr. Murphy reported that between 800 and 1,000 men will be given work on the dam and pulpmill at International Falls as soon as the season is far enough advanced to insure pleasant weather. He re turned home this afternoon. County Commissioners Meet. The board of county commis- sioners will meet at the court house in this city Tuesday, March wholesome and humorous devil. gth, 1n regular session, ‘DUIHES IN THE VARII]IJS CHURGHES OF THE CITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City Sunday. Catholic—There will be mass Sunday at 8:30 and 10:30 a. m. Methodist Episcopal—11 a. m,, Sermon by the pastor on, ‘‘Other People’s Religion.” 12 m., Sunday schoo), 7 p. m., Epworth League. 8 p. m, sermon by the pastor. Miss Wightman will sing at the 11 o’clock service, and the choir will render an anthem at each, morning and evening. The public is cordially invited. Baptist—Morning service 10:45. Subject, “In Him.” Sunday school at 12:10. B. Y. P. U. 7:00 Evening service at 8:00. Subject, “Compro- mising With the Devil.” Commun- jon at the close of the evening service. Hand of fellowship to new members. The public is cordially invited to attend our services. Good singing and gospel preaching. Presbyterian—Morning worship at 11, Subject, “The Awakening of Christian Womanhood.” Special masic,“Had I the Wings of a Dove,” chorus choir. Bible Class and Sunday school at 12:15. Jr. C. E.at 3. Sr.C.E.at7. Evening service at 8. Subject, “The Reign of the Scarlet woman.” Anthem, “Praise Ye the Lord,” chorus choir. The public is cordially invited to these services. Sunday School Entertainment. The members of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School will hold a temperance rally next Tuesday evening, March Yth, in the church. The little declaimersand singers,’ especially of the primary depart- ment, are putting forth strenuous efforts to exceleach other and the entertainment will undoubtedly be good. The public is cordially invited to attend this rally. Admission: adults twenty cents; children, ten cents, Mrs. Benson’s Funeral Tomorrow. Funeral services “over the remains of the late Mrs., Olive Benson will be held at 3 o’clock tomorrow in the Benson home, 621 Bemidji avenue. Reverend Kolste of the Norwegian Lutheran church will officiate, and will accompany the remains to Crooks- ton tomorrow night where inter- ment will be held in the family lot. Received State Apportionment. County Auditor John Wilmann has received the March apportion- Suits. Spring Hats, Spring Neckwear, W SPRING SUITS. | Just take a look at our Cloth- ing Window; or better still, come in and ask our salesmen to show you some of our new Spring They are beauties $15.00 to $30.00 Spring Shirts | ment from the state current school ‘|fund amounting to $4,964.40 of which the Independent School District of ‘Bemidji will receive $1,571.40. The money is being divided among the different school districts in the county. The monies. for all of the different funds have not yet been received. Excellent Artists at Brinkman. The program at the Brinkman Family theater next week will in- clude eight people, the best that ever “‘made” the northwest. Princess Tarpeia, America’s great- est escape artist, will be the leé.ding number. No handcuffs, straight- jacket or roping can hold her. The city police, sheriff and detectives are invited to try their shackles on PRINCESS TARPEIA. her. This lady of mystery is one of the most marvelous acts of the stage. Princess Tarpeia will change her acts each night. St. Julian, head dancer and novelty athlete, has never been excelled in the west. The Six Rice Kids will keep you laughing the whole evening. . Manager Brinkman has exceeded all former efforts on this program, and you cannot afford to miss this rare treat. The popular company of Hilliard and Phillips and the famous Spauld- ing brothers will complete the week’s engagement Sunday night. MOTION WAS DENIED IN $30,000 DAMAGE SUIT 1y Plaintiffs Aitempted to Bring E. L. Buck of Cohasset into the Case but Failed. A motion to bring in other dzfendants in the case of J, M. Emerson Greenfield and others of Superior, Wis.,, against ]J. A. Clark of California was denied last evening by Judge C. W. Stanton of the district court, C. L. Pratt of Grand Rapids appearing for the plaintiff and M, L. Dough- erty of Minneapolis and Judge M. A. Spooner as attorneys for the defendants, This case involves a $30,000 law- suit and a motion was made by Attorney Pratt to bring in E. L. Buck,a banker at Cohasset, and others as defendants but after con- sidering the arguments of the attor- neys, Judge Stanton denied the motion. The case was brought on for alleged misrepresentation in the sale of real estate, which the defen- dants insist s simply a hold-up scheme, For Road Taxes. County Auditor Wilmann sent out lists yesterday to the different town- ship clerks of the assessed values of property in each township of the county in order that the clerks may be able to make out the road taxes. Married-By Judge Clark. Matt Sagnes of Winsor county, Iowa, was married Thursday evening by Judge Clark of this city to Carrie Nelson of Walsh county, North Dakota. A Royal Snake Slaughterer. The “secretary bird” is one of the most precious birds in South Africa. It is royal game, and any person de- stroying one is liable to a fine of £50. Majestic looking birds, they stand about three feet high and generally go in pairs. They are of drab color, with black, feathery legs, and are valued for their propensity for killing snakes. ‘Where the secretary bird is seen there are sure to be many reptiles about. The bird beats down {its adversary first with one wing and then with the other, at the same time trampling on it with its feet until the snake is suffi- clently. stunned fto. catch it by the head with its claws. A Then the bird rises far up in the air and drops its victim to the ground, to be killed. By this means thousands of venomous ‘reptiles are destroyed.—London Scraps. The Telephone. & Professor Alexander Graham Bell 18 reported to Lave explained in a lecture how he came' to invent the telephone a8 follows: - “My father invented a symbol by which deaf mutes could converse, and flnally 1 invented an apparatus by which the vibrations of speech could be seen, and it turned out to be a tele- phone. It occurred to me to make a machine that would enable one to hear vibrations. I went to an aurist, and he advised me to take the human ear as my model. He supplied me with a dead man’s ear, and with this ear I experl- mented, and upon applying the appara- tus I found that the dead man’s ear wrote down the vibrations. “I arrived at the conclusion that 1f 1 could make iron vibrate on a dead man’s ear I could make an Instrument more delicate which would cause-those vibrations to be heard and understood. I thought if T placed a dellcate plece of steel over an electric magnet I could t a vibration, and thus the telephone as completed. “The telephone arose from my at- tempts to teach the deaf to speak. It arose from my knowledge, not of elec- tricity, but as a teacher of the deaf. Had I been an electrician I would not bave attempted it.” Cocoanuts Make Good Fuel. “Mine is rather a curlous business,” sald a man who owns a small ware- house and shed down near London's docks. “I deal In cocoanut shells, and last year I sold more than 50,000 bags full of them as fuel. “I buy thousands of cocoanut shells from stall keepers all over London, from confectioners, from cocoanut ofl extractors, from market sweepers and others. I won't tell you the usual price, but sometimes I get them for nothing, for carting them away, in fact. I sell them at fourpence a bag, most of my customers being poor people, who mix them, - when broken up, with ‘slack’ coal. But in scores of hotels and large houses a quantlty is bought to be mix- ed with coals as fire lighters, for the immense amount of ofl {n cocoanut shells makes them take fire at once. Try It and see. “Ihave rivals in the business in oth- er parts of London, and some of the makers of patent fire lighters mix large quantities of the shells in their compo- sitions.”—London News. Rats on Ships. “Are rats destructive? Well,” sald a captain of a merchantman, “I once knew them to get through £5,000 worth of stuff in five days. “Japan does an immense trade with China in cocoons, and the first time I carried such a cargo they were packed In sacks. When we got to Hongkong we found that the rats had dlscovered that part of a cocoon was good to eat, and the bill for their board came to £5,000. The shipowners were sued for that amount; but, the packing being consldered faulty, the claim was dis- allowed. It was the first and last co- coon feast the rats had, for ever since Japan has packed cocoons. In zinc lined cases. “Every time a ship gets back to Liv- erpool a rat catcher is set to clearing out the rats, but by the time we have loaded up again the rodents are every bit as numerous. In some ports we use rat guards on the ropes, and the ship Is always fumigated before taking a cargo of fruit or tea. But there is no getting rid of them entirely.”—London Graphic. Prepared For Contingencies. “We have lots of curious ‘last re- quests’ from patients who are about to have operations performed,” said a nurse in the women’s surgical ward of one of the New York hospitals, “but I thought about the last word had been sald on this subject one day last week when one of my patients before going to the operating room called me to her and asked me to write two postal cards to her husband so that she might slgn them before the operation. - One was to read, ‘My dear husband, the operation was at 10 o’clock this morn- Ing, and I am gettitig along fine’ The other one was: ‘My dear husband, the operation was at 10 o’clock this morn- ing, and I am sorry to say I died. From your loving wife.!”—New York Times. Her Tongue. They were talking of figures of speech. “Have you ever noticed,” said one, “how fond people are of vegetable met- aphors when they are dealing with a woman? Her cheeks are ‘roses,’ her lips are ‘cherry,” her hands are always ‘lily’ hands, her mouth is a ‘rosebud,’ her complexion is ‘like a peach, and her breath is ‘fragrant as honey- suckle.” ” “You've forgotten one,” cynic.” “Whats that?” “Her tongue. It is a scarlet runner,” —Exchange. said the Consistent to, the Last. “If 1 was to commit suiclde at sea,” sald Weary Walker as he shifted the hay band on his left foot, “I'd jump from th’ bow of th’ boat.” “An’ why not from th’ stern?’ que- rled Limpy Lannigan. “If T jumped from th’ stern,” said Weary, “I couldn’t avold th’ wash!”~ Cleveland Plain Dealer. Shameless. Persons belonging to the higher walks of life are to be seen promenad- Ing In short jackets and chimney pot hats without the slightest symptom of awkwardness or shame.—London Tal- lor and Cutter. Fortune displays our virtues and our vVices as light makes all objects appar- ent.—La Rochefoucauld, Posted Him. He (vainly)—See that sweet little glrl in pink? I was engaged to her the ‘whole of last summer. Stranger (eager- ly)—Very glad to hear it. I am the lawyer she’s commissioned to sue you for breach of promise. Lusty. Bhopkeeper—Is there anything else I can send you, sir? What would you Bay to a plece of this cheese? Custom- er—I wouldn’t care to say anything to it lt might mvuz me back. = " Odd Contrasts In Climate. New York is usually thought of as being directly west from London. It is, however, despite its far more rigor- ous climate, 800 miles nearer the equa- tor than is the British capital. The bleak coast of Labrador is directly ‘west of London. The same line passes the southern part of Hudson bay and Lake Winnipeg. On the other side of the continent it touches the southern extremity of Alaska and continues through the center of the isthmus of Kamchatka and Siberia and Russia to Homburg. It is astonishing, too, to reflect on the fact that Montreal, with its win- ters of extraordinary severity, is 350 miles nearer the equator than is Lon- don. Montreal, indeed, is on the same degree of latitude as Venice. Another illustration of the unexpect- ed in contrasts is found in a compari- son of St. John’s, Newfoundland, with Parfs. Paris has a winter of compara- tive mildness, while St. John’s is a re- glon of bitter cold and fogs, with drift- ing icebergs along its coast. Yet St John’s is 100 miles nearer the equator. —New York Tribune, No. 435. Cold Filled, Signet Center, Any Letter Engraved. LATEST FADS in Pins, Cuff Links, Stick Pins, Hat Pins, Ete. Best Equipped Workshop | Northern Minnesota. We make a Specialty of Manufacturing and Jobbing. GEO. T. BAKER & G0. City Drug Store Near the Lake WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. Fasting In Japan. From time out of mind, says the Ja- pan Times, certain devotees of that country have visited a celebrated tem- ple at Narita twice a year to perform the plous act of fasting within its sa- cred precincts. A “fasting hall” has been specially erected for their accom- modatlon. Observations kept on 226 men and 32 women who fasted showed that of the whole number 59 fasted less than a week, 174 fasted one week, 10 continued fasting two weeks, 14 fasted three weeks, and onme went without food for five weeks. Inquiry as to the motives of the fasters showed that 169 men and 25 women desired to rise in the world, 13 men and 2 women want- ed to increase their business profits, 16 men prayed for the safety of their fam- 1lies, 13 men and 4 women sought cures of diseases and 10 men wanted general good luck. Only three persons, two men and one woman, fasted in grati- tude for the fulfillment of former pray- ers. “It need scarcely be sald,” re marks the Japan Times, “that the peri- od of their fasting was the shortest.” FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice, FOR SALE—Two hundred acre farm land. Will make very easy term.s Inquire of C. C. Wood- ward. FOR RENT. FOR RENT. Two rooms, with or without board, Ingnire g21 Minnesota avenue. Snowball Showers., * More than one. explorer in cold cli- mates has noted the curious phenome- nén of a “snowball shower.” The balls, it is true, are not very big, the aver- age being about the size of a hen’s egg, but they are true snowballs for all that—compressed globes of snow, not little lumps of ice or hail. A fall of the kind occurred in north London In March, 1859, and at-the time It was observed that the balls seemed five times as dense and compressed as ordi- nary snow and in no way to be told from the usual handmade missiles. They had fallen during the night and were strewn many layers thick over a very large area. No cause—except a doubtful electrical one—can be as- cribed for the strange phenomenon, and mountaineers are apt to discredit the stories of snowball showers told them by the old guides till suddenly in the midst of an ordinary storm they find themselves assailed as though by myriads of mischievous schoolboys.— London Standard. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30t06 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to § p. m. also. Library in -basement of Court House. Mrs. Donald, librarian. WANTED—To rent April 1st, good five-room house, with yard, easy walking distance from P. O. Good tenant. Inquire at Pioneer office. Every Stationer Should Investigate ! A Patient Judge. A western judge, sitting in cham- bers, seelng from the piles of papers In the lawyers’ hands that the first case was likely to be hotly contested, asked, “What is the amount in ques- tion?’ “Two dollars,” sald the plain- tiff’s counsel. - “Ill pay it,” said the judge, handing over the money. “Call the next case.” He had not the patience of Sir Wil- llam Grant, who, after listening for two days to the arguments of counsel as to the construction of a certain act, quietly observed when they had done, “That act has been repealed.” —Argonaut. AL b3 bave teisd tha Besciow Molstsser say is lnrllu-mbl write for oL To0n mney Peok et PEERLESS MOISTENER 00. 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MINNEAPOLIS “I am merely wondering,” he an- STEEL AND MACHINERY CO. swered, “what becomes of all the BINNERROLIS; MINH. corks.”—Chicago Tribune. \ In Doubt, “That’s a curious - looking mule you're driving” remarked the man who was whittling a*pine stick. “Yassir,” answered Erastus Pinkley. “He 18 kind o’ cur’us.” “What will you take for him?” “What'll T take foh him? Say, boss, is you referrin’ to dat mule as a plece [0’ property or an affliction?’—Wash- ington Star. ** Devices for Hansing Up the Little Things"* Moore Push-Pins Moore Push-Points Moore Push-Tacks Moore Push-Buttons lis'oe wiod: 10c per 14 dox. 15 10c. for 4 d0%. ‘AlSiationery: Wariuale aad drug stores o 10 ootite wil e e e mu ITIN Tiue to Her Training. “Where was the new star discover- ed?” asked one dramatic critic of an- other. “In a laundry,” was the reply. “Ah, well, she can’t forget her old For Sale at THE PIONEER OFFICE calling. She’s mangling the part.” The Other Way. “So you refuse me admittance,” com- plained the newly arrived spirit to St. Peter. “You turn me off into the cold.” “No,” replied the old saint, “into the hot.”—Boston Transcript. A Suspicion. 8he—How 1s it your sister did not sing tonight? He—Oh, the doctor has . forbidden her. He says she must not ' . sing for six months. ‘She—Does he live near her? An error éneetully,acknowlednd 18 Delivered to your A victory won s Sasniene. ddoor every evening Foretelling the Fntun. ‘Mrs. de Style—So your baby girl 1s three weeks old. My, how time files! Mrs. Gunbusta—Yes. Just think .in thirty years from now she will be twenty-one years old—Sphinx, No Vices. Nell—I don’t suppose Mr. Stilicus has any vices? Belle—Vices! Why, he be- longs to a glee club, an amateur-the- atrical soclety and writes poelr;.—. Phl!lddphh Ghe PIONEER i »