Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 12, 1909, Page 5

% Blackduck, July 12.—(Special cor- respondence of the Pioneer.) J. F. Sullivan spemt Sunday at International Falls. Mrs. Ola Bloss and daughter Gertie spent several days in town last week. D. K. Laurie was in town last Saturday and held services at Quir- ing on Sunday. ” Rev. John Kornbrust, pastor of the Catholic church here, held special services Sunday morning. The ball game on last Sunday between Nymore and Blackduck came out 2 to 9 in favor of Black- duck. Rev. Barackman and C. W. Con- way spent last Friday in Bemidji attending the school meeting held there. E. N. French and family took dinner with Farmer Hines on last Sunday and reported the first fried chicken of the season. Jim Reed and family and Mrs. Charlie Hayden enjoyed an outing on the lake Saturday. They had lunch at Farmer Hines’. Henry Dahlstul and Lars Ness, with their families, went to the island on Saturday, where they expect to camp for a few days. Otto Olson, who runs the island in Blackduck lake, plans to erect cottages forrent to those who wish to spend the warm weather near the water. We trust he will soon put his plans into operation. Chapman & Oherg, proprietors of the boat house, gave another ‘popu- lar excursion around the lake Sunday night. The presence of the band proved an attractive and pleasing feature. E. C. Carlton and wife expect “to leave this week for a visit in Dakota, where they intend to remain until fall. The winter will be spent on their homestead, near Bridgie. Their BLACKDUCK: esidence here is leased for a year, and although no names are mention- ed, we understand that Al Dicken- son can tell you the rest. 2 DESIRE TO ENTERTAIN TAFT White House Flooded With Telegrams From Many Cities. ‘Washington, July 12— nce the an- nouncement ‘of President Taft’s tenta- tive itinerary for his Western trip the White House has been fairly flood- ed with telegrams and letters re- questing that the tour be extended to include various states and cities that dld not have a place on the presi- dent’s list. Senators and representa- tives from yarious sectlons of the country went up to the White House to ask the president to include their states in his long trip. Among those ‘was Representative Tawney of Min- nesota, chairman of the house com- mittee on appropriations. Mr. Taw- ney asked the president if he could not so arrange his schedule as to stop at St. Paul and Minneapolis while on the way to Seattle. The president said that if a proper schedule could be ar- ranged he would be glad to stop at the Minunesota cities. The president’s travel appropriation has not yet been made by congress. SWEET TOOTH FILLERS MEET Candy Makers Begin Convention at Wildwood, N. J. - ‘Wildwood, N. J., July 12.—The men whose biisiness is the satisfying of America’s gigantic appetite for sweets —in other words, the National Jobbing Confectioners’ association and the Na- tlonal Manufacturing Confectioners’ Balesmen’s assoclation, met here to- day for a week’s conventlon. ‘While here the delegates will dis- cuss the effect of recent food legisla- tion on the candy trade and other matters of trade interest. The presi- dent of the jobbing confectioners is D. L. Morgan of Scranton,-Pa. Will- fam T. Brierly of Baltimore is presi- dent of the salesmen. UNABLE TO FORGET CRIME Maryland Murderer Gives Himself Up in California. Santa Rosa, Cal, July 12—Scott Johnson, who claims to have murdered & man named McAllister on a farm near Fort Deposit, Md., last April, gave himself up to a deputy sheriff at Sonoma and was brought to the county Jjail here. Johnson says he thought that by coming so far from the scene of his crime he would be able to forget, but the pangs of con- science finally drove him to give him- self up. INUNDATED BY SUDDEN FLOOD One Dead and Many Narrow Escapes at Sioux City. - CLOUDBURST THE CAUSE Rapid Rise in Perry Creek Renders One Tnoueand People Homeless and Causes Immense Damage to Property—Residents in Threatened District Aroused by Steam Whistles and by Police and Firemen. Sioux City, Ta., July 12.—One man was drowned, 1,000 people were driven from their homes and many thousands of dollars’ worth of damage was done by a flood in Perry creck, a small stream which separates the East and West Sides of Sioux City. The flood was the worst in the city’s history. There were many narrow escapes, but only onc life was reported lost. A cloudburst north of Sioux City is believed to have been the cause. Leon Bethschider, aged twenty-one, an employe of the Bevins Van com- pany, was precipitated into Perry creek by the bank giving way. He lost his life, being unable to swim in the raging current. It is estimated that in the densely populated disirict along the creck 509 homes arc ounded by water. The plant of the Sioux City Traction com- pany was flooded. No carg are run- ning and thousands were compelled to walk. In the wholesale dist Missouri river front creek ran along the stroots and flood- ed cellars, ca heavy loss. At Fourth and Water streets there was a foot of water on the first floors of the stores. The gas mains to the West Side were broken by the fleod and thou- sands of pecple were forced to eat cold breakfasts. Farmers up stream telephoned to this city at midnight news of the coming flood. As quickly as possible all available steam whiztics here were blown and residents in the threatencd districts were aroused by police and firemen, but the flocd came so rapidly that many persons had close calls, t near the ter from the . _The damage done in Sioux City is for sale. attention. No. 18. Blackduck river. 160 acres in section 8, town- ship 150, range 31 (Town of Langor) on $900 worth of saw timber on place which can be sold aod delivered on the nver bank. Buildings which originally cost $1400 and esti- mated valuation at present date $1000; Real Estate For Sale Below we offer a few of the many farms we have These are desirable for investments and the intending purchasers will do well to give them careful No. 23. $3200 buys a half section of land in town 150, range 30 (Town of Langor). This place is natural meadow land and will cut upwards of 100 tons of hay; not a foot of waste land; heavy soil equal to any land in the state. There is school house on one corner of land; 30 acres under cultivation; best of soil; some meadow. Selling price $2200. No. 19. $1280 buys 160 acres in section 19, township 151, range 27. This land is nicely located on good road five miles east of Northome. Good housz and barn on place; soil excellent; part of timber on this quarter section is reserved. It will pay you to investigate this prop- osition. o No. 20. Five 40-acre tracts bordering on Blackduck lake; mostly hardwood timber; heavy soil; some meadow; all within easy iarket. Prices range from $10 to $15 per acre. No. 21. $300 buys the most attract- ive two-acre island in Blackduck lake. This is one of the most beautiful spots for summer resorters known in northern Minnesota. No. 22. An 80-acre well-improved farm five miles northwest of Bemidji; 20 acres 1 field; good buildings; good well and water; daily mail; omehalf mile from school house; place is partly fenced; 800 cords lath bolts and 1000 cords of cordwood on the place. This attractive offer is the cast half of the southwest quarter of section 23-147-34 (Town of Eckles). $1000 will secure this place for you. We have many other other lands for sale. FARMERS Winter Block in above list what you want, we have a large list of Remember we buy for cash and sell on time. DEFECTIVE PAGE timber enough on the place to pay for the land. The land is located one mile from school house; has running water and would make an attractive stock farm. Terms to suit purchaser. No. 24. $2000 buys a good 160-acre tract in sect'on 22, township 146, range 34, Grant Valley. Good agricultural land bordering on two lakes; 25 acres broken; balance easily cleared. Within easy reach of good markets. Terms to suit buyer. No. 25. $2400 will buy 160 acres well-improved hardwood land bordering on Turtle River lake and one mile east of village of Turtle River. 8 acres under cultivation; 1 mile of attractive lake shore. An especially good bargain for one who desires the land for summer resort. Terms, one-half cash. No. 26. $5 pex acre buys good quar- ter tract of land in section 9 township 150, range 32. Good meadow, valuable timber; some improvements; terms, cash. No. 27. 160-acre farm on Cormant river in section 17, township 150, range 30 (Town of Hornet); valuable for its timber; 21-2 miles from market; easy terms at $10 per acre, _bargains and if you do not LAND (0. Bemidji, Minnesota placed ar more than $350,000. The city’s loss in damage to bridges will Tun into- the thousands. HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHWEST Rivers of Kansas and Missouri Again : Rising. Kansas City, July 12—Renewed heavy rains in Northwestern Missouri and in Kansas sent up the Missouri and Kansas rivers and their tribu- taries, but no serious result will fol- low, according to the local weather observer. At Kansas City the Missouri giver came up threetenths of a foot, the gauge marking 25.4. A further rise of one foot at this point is predicted be- fore the Missouri becomes statlonary. ‘At Topeka an inch and a half of rain fell and the small streams were once more bank full. - The Kansas river there rose.nearly half a foot and is still rising. The waters of the Marals des Cyg- nes river at Ottawa, Kan., also came up as a result of the rains. In the northern part of Dickinson county, In Central Kansas, a fall of nine Inches of water was reported and hundreds of acres of wheat were said to have been ruined. Water is running three feet deep in the center of Marion, Kan., because of a four-inch rain along the Cotton- wood river. Nearing the Flood Stage. St. Louls, July 12—With the Mis- sissipp! river 2.5 feet below the flood stage of thirty feet the weather bu- reau forecasted between 31 and 31.5 feet here by Monday night. The Provi- dent association has begun collecting provisions and clothing for the flood sufferers of Northwestern Missouri. FOR INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE Legislators Ask Aid of Employers and Workers. ~ Milwaukee, July 12.—Co-operation by both employers of labor and indus- trial workers in the framing of indus- trial insurance legislation was pro- posed at a meeting of the special committee of the Wisconsin legisla- ture on industrial insurance held here. At the meeting a resolution was adopted asking that both employers of labor and labor appoint representa- tives who shall assist the committee in framing the bill. The committee hopes to have a bill ready to present to the special session of the Wisconsin legislature. Near Beer Evidently Intoxicating. Atlanta, Ga, July 12—Notwith- standing that in the state of Georgia “near beer” is the neaPest approach to an exhilarating beverage the rec- ords of the Atlanta police department at the close of the six months of 1909 show 1,875 arrests .for drunkenness. This record is in excess of that of last year, 1,123, and almost equals the record for the first six months of 1907. STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE Mother of Five Children Killed at To- ledo, O. Toledo, O. July 12.—Mrs. Robert Beyer, aged forty-five, mother of five children, was struck by an automo- bile and dragged nearly 150 feet. The accldent occurred near the United States military tournament and the hospital corps hurried to the scene in the army ambulance. The Injured woman died in the ambulance. Waking a Deaf Person. “To waken a deaf person who wishes to be called at a certain hour'is about the hardest proposition a hotel clerk runs up against,” said a member of that genlal fraternity. “To ring the telephone 1s useless because the man couldn’t hear if you rang until dooms- day. Enocking, for the same reason, is equally futile. Now and then a guest ‘who has lost his hearing suggests that he leave khis door open all night so we can walk right in and shake him, but even though he does appear to be & dead game sport there are so many chances of somebody else less guileless that we cannot consent to that. 8o far the only satisfactory way found for waking a deaf lodger is to tle a string to his wrist, pass the string through the keyhole and then tug away at it at the appointed time. That method, however, is rather primitive. It seems to me that the man who can patent a harmless artistic device for waking the deaf Is sure of fame and fortune, not to mention the gratitude of hotel clerks,” —New York Sun. A Famous Story. Bvery section has its famous story. A famous story that s being retold in Oregon is about a very rich banker who got his start by doing work for the government. His bill was $5,000, and it had to be submitted to congress. Congress has a habit of cutting its bills in two. To make allowance for this he jumped his bill to $10,000. He sent the bill to the governor for his approval. The governor, having also heard that congress generally appro- priated only half as much as was ask- ed, jumped it to $20,000. The bill was then sent to one of the congressmen. Being friendly to the contractor, he Jumped it to $40,000 and sent it to an- other Oregon congressman for his ap- proval. The second congressman jump- ed it to $80,000. Congress allowed the ‘whole $80,000, although the contractor was entitled to only $5,000. This is told as a fact fn Oregon. The ‘man who got the $80,000 got his start on it and is now a millionaire.—Atchison Globe. The Wickedest Bit of Sea. Nine out of ten travelers would tell Inquirers that the roughest piece of water Is that cruel stretch in the Eng- lish channel, and nine out of ten trav- elers would say what was not true. As a matter of fact, “the wickedest bit of sea” is not in the Dover strait or in yachting, for gxample, from St. Jean de Luiz up to Paulllac or across the Mediterranean “race” from Cadiz to Tangier, nor s it In rounding Cape Horn, where there 1s what sailors call 8 “true” sea. The “wickedest séa” ig encountered in rounding the Cape of Good Hope for the eastern ports of Cape Colony. : | detall, than ourselves walking in ahead of us |- "7 Preserving the Balance. - ‘A well known professor of architec- ‘ture, commonly referred to as “Ham- my” by his pupils, told a story illus- trative of the remarkable degree to ‘which certain persons possess the sense of symmetry. It seems that there was once a Scotch gardener who had charge of a good sized English estate and under ‘whose direction the formal garden at the rear had been laid out with abso- lute symmetry, even the two summer houses, one on each side of the garden, being ideutical in even the most minute On one occasion the English- man. became angry at his son and locked him up in one of the.summer houses. As soon as the Scotch garden- er heard of this his sense of symmetry was so outraged that he immediately sent for his own son and locked him up In the other summer house to pre- serve the balance. “Hammy” neglect- ed to mention whether both boys were dressed exactly alike, but it is to be presumed that even this detail was at- tended to by the aesthetic Scotchman. —New York Times. Postage Stamp Gum. Bvery time a person licks a United States postage stamp he gets a taste of sweet potato. The gum with which the stamps are backed is made from that succulent vegetable because Uncle Sam’s lieutenants consider it the most harmless preparation of the sort. All of the gum used on American postage stamps is mixed by the government at the bureau of engraving and printing, where the stamps are made. It is spread on the sheets after the stamps have been printed. The gum, in a liquid form, is forced up through pipes from the basement, where it is made. ‘These plpes lead to a series of ma- chines consisting of rollers, between which the sheets of stamps are fed, one at a time. A continuous fine stream of the liquid gum falls upon one of these rollers. The sheet with its wet coating of sweet potato mucilage passes from the rollers into a long horizontal flue filled with hot air. When it emerges at the other end of the flue the gum is dry.—New York Telegram. Straight From the Animal. A London gentleman, having taken a small farm in the country as being the correct thing to do, as well as to get a little fresh air, had invited some of his friends down to see his new possession. Having viewed the domain and not- ing the absence of creature life about the place, one of his friends remarked: “With a nice, open place like this, I wonder you don’t have some animals about, as is usual on a farm. Some cows, for instance, so as to have your own butter and cream.” “No-0,” drawled his host, “don’t care about butter or cream.” “Some chickens or ducks, then. You surely like fresh eggs?” “No-o, don’t care for eggs. But I've sometimes thought I'd like a sheep. I rather like kidneys for breakfast.”— Liverpool Mercury. The Palisades. To see New York city from the Pall- sades Is to witness the multiple beau- ty and wonder of the Palisades them- selves. One of the most astonishing facts concerning these towering masses of grandeur is that they lie so close to the most artificial, man sub- Jugated area that civilization bhas evolved, writes Philip Verrill Mighels in Harper’s Magazine. To come upon the Palisades from the rear at night is like stepping to the edge of the world, where the slender, dark island lles low beyond as if it were only a part of space, its countless lights looking like millions of stars stretched for miles across the sky. The illu- slon is dispelled when'the wind flows up with the tide to the base of the cliffs and lifts up the full throated roar of the substantial city. Approaching It Gradually. An old farmer, on paying his rent, told his landlord he wanted some tim- ber to build a house and would be much obliged to him"if he would give permission to cut down wood for the | purpose. The landlord answered peremptorily, “Nos “Why, then, sir,” sald he, “will you glve me enough to build a barn?” “No» “To make a gate, then?” “Yes.” “That’s all I wanted,” sald the farm- er, “and more than I expected.”—Pear- son’s Weekly. _ Complimentary to Him. “Really,” said Cholly Sappey, “I cawn’t understand Miss Rood at all. She actually called me a crank.” “The idea!” exclalmed Miss Cutting. “How flattering!” “Flattering?” “Yes; a crank, you know, is a man #vith one idea.”—Catholic Standard and | Times. Defays Are Dangerous. “This milk is sour, and I won’t take it declared the lady. “That's your own fault, ma’am,” re- torted the dealer. “I offered it to you day before yesterday when it was resh, and you wouldn't take it.— Oleveland Leader. A Happy Medium. Uncle inquired of little Bobby if he had been a good boy. Bobby—No, I haven’t. Uncle—Why, I hope you haven’t been very bad. Bobby—Oh, noj just comfortable—Delaware Coun: ty Democrat. Habit of the Postman. Why is it that the postman never stops at your house when you are ex- pecting a check and always does when you are expecting a bill?--Columbus (0.) Journal. * Diverging. Husband—I'm ef72id I'm becoming ¢ross eyed, my dear. Wife—The ideal Why do you think that? Husband— This thing of trying to look at my in- come and our expenses at the same time s slowly but surely getting 1itg work in.—Chicago News. Caught Him, Mrs. Hoyle—I've found out where my husband spends his evenings. Mrs, Doyle—Where? Mrs. Hoyle—At home. You see, I had to stay in myself last night—Harper's Weekly. . A Dispenser of Smiles. * Her mother said: “Oh, dear! Isn’t that awful? What will people think?” but the people themselves seemed to think it about the prettiest incident they had met that day. She was a very litile girl, white frocked, pink ribboned, brown ecurled. With her mother she left the subway train at the Grand Central station. The usual confusion prevailed. Timid trav- elers grabled . suit s and bundles and exclaimed, “Oh, do we change here?” Trainmen on the platform Shouted out directions for local and express trains and the guards of that! particular car adjured the passengers frequently and vehemently to. “Step lively!” and to “Watch the step.” Then all of a sudden there was a lull in the uproar. The little girl was leaving the car. She stopped at the door, look: ed back and waved her hand. “Goodby, everybody,” she said. The words carried to the far end of the car. They made every one sit up. Two or three persons called out a re-| sponsive “Goodby,” two or three said York Press. The Sea Serpent. ‘When fourteen miles off the coast of | Brazil M. J. Nicoll, -author of “Threc[ Voyages of a Naturalist,” observed a sea serpent which came within about | fifty yards of the s “All that we | could see was a do; fin about four | feet long stic up about two feet | from the water. The fin was a brown- | ish black color and much resembled a | gigantic piece of ribbon seaweed. Be- low the water we could indirectly see a very large brownish black pateh, but could not make out the shape of the creature. Every now and then the fin disappeared 1 v the water. Sud- denly an cell n bout six feet long and of the th of a anan’s | like that | 1t of the fin, | lashing up a curious | wriggling 1 creature | Was an es has been of a better mammal.” i . i Bought His Own Work. To come ac a Dbit of one’s own work in pr 1 experience not ordi- | ing to an author, but a | iter on sclentific mat- ntly ¥y agreeably ‘Washingto: ters was re surprised by & It appears V] {lecting material for a mo |electro magnetism v him of a valuable p not long before pul ph on | me fo | ubject | Berlin | a hat the p: ! in the wo lated. laid before t DIl for the the disgust of ¢ the article ws than a Germ tele of Lis own published the year be. fore in an Dnglish journal. And he had paid twice as much for the tr: latlon as he had recelved for the o inal grticle!—Washington Sta A Drearn ‘Superstition. I heard w! was to me at least a new piece of superstition the other day, and when I think of the s I've run | all these years because I didn’t know | of it my blood runs cold. I meta wo- | {man from Virginia in n talk falling on d s 1 recalled a most bleod curdling nightmare I had had the night before. “I must tell you last night,” 1 said. “Let me as ant or an unplea lady from V “Decidedly i i i | | | | i \ what I dreamed said she. Saturday, for we say “Friday night's dream on Saturday told Is sure to come true, no matter how old.” Australian Cad All children in Australia are drilled, but the elde red to the Australian by means of the cadet corp large |Every year those boys have shooting matches, and the scores prove that among the youngsters there are many who have already become skilled marksmen.—London Standard. Giving Them Cred “You know,” sald the disting oriental who manifests much curiosi “that the Chinese discovered the printing from type thousands of years Rgo?” “Yes,” replied the man who was being interviewed. Iy I don't doubt that ti original inventors of the point.”—Washington Star. y W S8, you are sworn to tell the truth, and notbing but the truth. Witness—Judge, I am try- ing my duradest to do it, but that pie me!—Chicago Tribune. ¢ Half the Battle. “If 1 were you,” said the oid bache- lor to the benedict, “I'd either rule or know why.” “Well,” was the reply, “as I already battle!”—Atlanta Constitution. Not by levity of floating, but by stub- born force of swimming, shalt theu wmake thy way.—Cariyle. Not an Advertiser, “Did you hang up any mistlctoe lag’ Christmas?” asked Erastus Pinkley. “'Deed I didn't,” Miami Brown. “T's got a little toc much pride to advertise foh de ordinary courtesies dat a lady has a right to expect.”—Exchange. ) Suspicious, Widow (at washtub)—Are you posi- tive you love me? Suitor—Of course I am, ‘Widow—What's the matter? You haven’t lost your job, have you?— Pittsburg Press. | FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. know why, T suppose that's haif the | school has 1 who | wear neat khaki uniforms and are armed with light rifles, in the use of | which they are frequently i ucted. | | | faced slob of a lawyer there won't let | answered Miss | == " ““Devices for Hanging - the Little Things"* -Moore Push-Pins Moore Push-Points Moore Push-Tacks Moore Push-Buttons. Yourveused i celedrated MoareGlass P Tk et three are youneer generaions of the TS il The disincuve essure o them BEC Taimat This quaniene e pierure o Pins 3 particoiae. KERE'S A PIN—PUSH ITIN = For Sale at The Pioneer Office HELP WANTED. WANTED—An experienced dining- room girl. Apply at Bereman Cafe. WANTFD—Woman cook. Inquire at Lake Shore Hotel WANTED—Lady second cook. Bereman cafe. WANTED—Woman Cook. Inquire Hotel Remore. 7 FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Good homestead re- linquishment, a cedar claim on Tamarackriver. $200 Cash. Also good dairy farm in Todd county. $500 down, balance easy terms. W. J. O. Box 85, Northome, Minn. | FOR SALE.—Nine-room dwelling house and barn. Dwelling house strictly modern. Also good lot in Mill Park, Inquire of Peter Linde- berg, 707 Beltrami avenue. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Finely furnished, large. airy rooms, 700 Bemidji avenue or inquire at Peterson’s. LOST and FOUND with lant. Leave at 609 Bemidji avenue and receiye reward. MISCELLANEOUS. | PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. in basement of Court Mrs. Donald, librarian. Rooms, Rooms: Those having rooms to rent to The Bemidji Bible con- ference, July 20 to 25, should notify Rev. S. E. P. White, tele- phone 338. Every Stationer Should Investigate | 411 who havo tried the Peerless Molstener eay “I3 i3 indispensable.”” Rotail stationors writo for prices. Prepaid 75c., monoy back if wanted, PEERLESS MOISTENER CO. F or Sale at THE PIONEER OFFICE FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR GBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer ONE CENT A WORD. “Bless the child,” and all smiled.—New | }