Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 1, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. C. J. PRYOR. G. E.CARSON. Entorsd In the Postoffice at Bemld)l, Minnesota, as second ‘class mattor. SUBSCR{PTION---35.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANGE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CAPRICIOUS (7) ‘The following, taken ffom the Du- luth News-Tribune, is but one of the instances where the officials of the general land office have caused great inconvenience and loss of time and money to individuals who take advantage of the advertised “openings”-ot public lands to settle- ment, only to have the lands with- drawn 'until the government really finds out what its highly-paid cruisers and estimaters have been unable to ascertain as to the actual condition of the northern Minnesota “agricultural,” “timbered,” or “swampy” lands: “Last Saturday on order was re- ceived at the local land office from Washington, withdrawing from settle- ment 4,000 acres of land in township 65, range 11. This land had been advertised as open to settlers, and twenty-five to thirty men had gone upon it to make their homes. “These men have been to consid- erable expense. They are poor men and so far as known genuine settlers. At least under the home- “stead laws, as now administered, they could not well be other than home, “seekers and hold the land. They could not make a bluff at settlement, commute and pass their claims on to speculators, as in the old days. “The withdrawal order came at "the eleventh hour, before the time for filing. Many of the claimants are still on the land, and some have probably begun building their homes "It may be weeks before they know that they have spent their savings and given their labor in vain. “There seems no excuse for such action by the land authorities at 'Washington. case. Nor is it a unique It is but one of the many that reoccur at intervals on orders seemingly issued on caprice, or the whim of some subordinate, to prove his “‘vigilance,” if not at the behest of some private influence less worthy than an egotistic spasm. “Some time the public may be taken into the confidence of the department and told why this order was issued. Whether the real rea- son will be given or not may be doubted. It iy not likely that any reason will be given, however, for the delay in its issuance until the very day of filing, and that is the heart of the offense. “But unless the would-be settlers can be shown not to have acted in good faith, they should at least be repaid their cash outlay. If the United States will keep in the land office men so onesided and narrow as to be unable to have but their own limited point of view, or so in- different as to wilfully cause such loss and disappointment to men will- ing to undergo the hardships of re- ‘claiming the national’ waste places, then it should pay the cost of their blunders, indifference and narrow- ness.” FIVE KILLED IN AUTO CRASH Vehicle Struck by a Train Near St. Louis. St. Louls, Aug. 31.—Five persons, all of St. Louis, four of them closely related, were killed when an automo- bile in which they were riding was struck by a fast passenger train of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific road two and a half miles west of Virgus Station, on the Creve Coeur Lake road, St. Louls county. The dead are: Theodore F. Witte; Theo- dore F. Witte, Jr., aged three year: Mrs. K. Klinge, Miss Haleyon Camp- bell and Frederick O. Witte. GUATEMALA FEELS UNEASY Hears Zelaya Is Fitting Out Filibus- tering Expedition. Guatemala City, Guatemala, Avg. 1. —There is considerable uneasiness here and in Salvador over the per- sistence of reports that General Ze- laya, president of Nicaragua, is en- “'gaged In fitting out a filibustering ex- » pedition at New Orleans to attack Guatemala and Salvador. The steam- * er Ellis, said to belong to the United + Fruit ‘company, is supposed to have been chartered for the expedition. GUILTY 'OF MANY CRIMES Notorious Macedonian Brigand Prob ably Fatally Shot. Salonika, Aug. 31.—Sandansky, the f'Maeedonian ‘brigand who held Miss Ella Stone for a ransom of $700,000 in 1903. was shot while walking in the #treet. ' He was attacked by two mem: bers of a rival faction once led by the /-motorious Sarafoff. He ‘was shot In rthe chest and s not expected to re. cover. ‘Bandansky is reputed to have com- “!mitted more than 300 murders with his own hand. Thousands, it is sald, have been murdered by his orders. GRENTES STATE FAR 15 AEADY THE 1909 EXHIBITION PROMISES TO EXCEL ALL PREVIOUS SHOWS. ATTENDANCE PROBABLY 500,000 Tremendous Efforts Have Been Suc- cessfully Put Forward for the Fiftieth "“Annual Minnesota Exposition. A half million people will visit the fiftieth Annual Minnesota State Falr, September 6 to 11, unless all signs fail, and the Board of Managers of this greatest of all annual expositions has been making tremendous prepara- tions with this probability in view. Not for twenty years haye crop con- ditions in the northwest been so prom- ising as they are this year, and not in twenty years have the money and labor markets been in so healthy con- dition. Never before in the history of the fair has the institution had such an elaborate and thoroughly equipped plant for the education and entertainment of its thousands of an- nual visitors, and never before has its Board of Managers invested so much in the program calculated to please all classes of its patrons. The new $250,000 grandstand and exposition building, of which so much has been said, is a structure the mag- nitude of which none can appreciate until they see it, although it is ad- mitted to be the only structure of its kind in the world, and the biggest and most modern grandstand anywhere in the middle west. It is 378 feet long, 171 feet deep and 105 feet high, seats 13,000 and has 100,000 square feet of exhibition space. The old grandstand had no exhibition space at all, and was but 250 feet long, 65 feet deep and 75 feet high. In mere descrip- tion, no adequate idea of the impos- ing lines along which this greatest of State Fair buildings has been erected can be given, and visitors to the State Fair this year will be amazed at its completeness, comfort and absolute safety agaiust fire and panic. It is built entirely of steel and concrete, has twenty exits and entrances, and such is the scientific skill with which it has been constructed that every seat holder will have a perfect view of the world’s record mile track un- der any conditions. o Splendid Automobile Show. The automobile show, alone, will occupy the entire lower floor of this mammoth structure, and will be by far the most impressive assemblage of absolutely up-to-date motor cars the northwest has ever seen. The second or main floor of the structure will be devoted to exhibits of such value and quality as to astonish those who have been accustomed to expect only the single purpose grandstand and never heretofore have seen a combination such as this one. A Prison Exhibit. Among the special exhibits in the agricultural implement department, which give promise of appealing to a large majority of the visitors of the State Fair this year, will be one fur- nished by the state prison at Still- water, in which will be shown in ac- tual operation the machinery with which binding twine is manufactured in that institution. Warden Wolfer will also have on exhibition one of the harvesters made by the Stillwater prison, and as a great majority of the farmers in the northwest are inter- ested in the output of this institution, it is believed that this exhibit will attract a large amount of attention. For the first time in the history of the northwest a “binder-hitch” will also be shown at the fair grounds. A traction engine hauling four binders in multiples.will make practical dem- onstrations and will undoubtedly be one of the big novelties of the agricul- tural implement section of the State Fair. Fast Fields Entered. In spite of the fact that there are three other western state fairs held the same week as the Minnesota State Fair, the entries for the harness horse events has never given promise of greater speed and closer finishes than those that are now found on the card for the 1909 fair. Mammoth Live Stock Show. Never in the history of the fair has there been such an influx of live stock exhibitors of every kind. There are 350 more entrles in the sheep de- partment than were made at the State Falr of last year, and the entries In the horse department are nearly 333% more than those of 1908. The same is true of the cattle classes and of the swine classes. The overflow from the dairy building has been accommodated by devoting ome of the former car- riage exhibit buildings to exhibits of creamery machinery exclusively. “Minnesota at Gettysburg.” In the department of amusement, $7.500 has been invested in the thrili- ing, historical, military spectacle en- titled “Minnesota at Gettysburg,” based upon the famous charge of the First Minnesota in that battle, which spectacle bids f#fir to surpass the “Fort Ridgeley in '62” spectacle of last year in every detail. It will be given each evening in front of the grand stand. Another special feature which will be offered every evening in front of the grand stand will be the Caroli Austrian Ballet, to be con- cluded by an enormous living flag forty feet high and sixty feet long, formed by the 48 girls in.the ballet. The vaudeville program will be given on four stages simultaneously and will cons’c, of ten displays, exclusive of the ballet, the living flag, special mu- sical numbers, the “Minnesota at Get- tysburg” spectacle, and the $1,000 =argeous display of Gregory’'s fire works. This vaudeville and circus program will also be given between the races each afternoon. Horse S8how Each Evening. A special evening feature, which was included in -the program of amusements of last year for the firat time, and which ‘bids fair to more than double its attractive powers this year, will be the Horse Show and Stock Show in' the Hipppdrome each - &veiilng.” The classiéat of high school and fancy gaited harness horses have been entered from New York, St Louis, Chicago, Winnipeg, as well as the Twin Cities, and many profes- sional artists have been engaged to contribute to this program, which will begin promptly at 8 o’clock each even- ing during the fair. The Swedish Village. Among the special amusement fea- tures of the fair will be a Swedish Village ‘covering five acres on Ma- chinery Hill and including Swedish dances, Swedish actors, Swedish sing- ers, Swedish bands, and many rare exhibits of interest especially to the people from the Scandinavian penin- sula. There will also be an Igorrote Village, an Indian Village, a Log Roll- ing Contest, the Merry Pike with its multitude of entertalnments, a Cow- boy Relay Race, a Wild West Show, while the special feature of all fea- tures for lovers of horses will be a matched race between Dan Patch, 1:55, and Minor Heir, 1:59%, on the world’s record mile track, Monday afternoon, September 6. The Lagoon Tract. This has been a year of great changes at the Minnesota State fair grounds. The entire tract lylng west of the old grounds and extending to Raymond avenue has become a park through which winds a delightful wa- terway, along which launches and oth- er water craft will convey visitors who desire a six-mile voyage between the afternoon and evening perform- ance or during the morning hours. This improvement alone represents an investment of $20,000. Upon “Machinery Hill” a new $30, 000 steel and concrete building has been erected for the sole purpose of properly exhibiting carriages and farm implements of the higher grades. Special Days. In addition to being Dan Patch Day, Monday is also Labor Day, and the hosts of organized labor in the Twin Cities will make their headquar- ters in the live stock amphitheater during that day. United States Sen- ator Knute Nelson is to make tne opening address for the tair, Monday morning, September 6th, and is to be followed by Bishop Robert Melntyre, one of the most famous orators of the country, whose address will be deliv- ered especially for the members of organized labor. Tuesday is to be Minneapolis Day; Wednesday is to be Old Soldiers’ Day, and survivors of the famous “Fighting First” will be the special guests of honor, while all G. A. R. men wearing the Grand Ar- my badge, or their Regimental Asso- ciation badges, will be admitted free for a grand reunion. Thursday is to be Territorial Pioneers’ Day, and the pioneers of the state will again hold forth at the Territorial Pioneers’ cabin. Friday is to be 8t. Paul Day. Saturday is to be Automobile Day, and some of the fastest professional drivers as well as some of the speed- fest amateur motorists will compete for cash prizes on the mile track. Automobile Parade. The whole week is to end in a lt- eral blaze of glory when an elaborate- ly illuminated automobile parade is to be held on the mile and half mile tracks, beginning at eight o’clock Sat- urday evening and accompanied by brilliant pyrotechnical effects such as have never been seen in this coun- try before. Admission Prices. The Minnesota State Fair grounds will be open from 8:30 a. m. to 11 p. m., during the State Falir, and the general admission charge will be 50 cents, with half price for children from five to twelve years of age. The price of admission after 6 o’clock each night will be 26 cents for adults and 15 cents for children from five to twelve years of age. The Grand Stand prices for this year will be $1.00 for box seats, 76 cents for the first fifteen rows of re- served seats, and 50 cents for the remaining rows of reserved seats. All seats not reserved, which will number about 5,000, will be sold at 25 cents each. Admission to the bleachers and paddock will be as usual, 25 cents, and a charge of 25 cents for each one occupying seats in automobiles and carrlages on the infield will be made. The Horse Show and Hippodrome prices will be as fol- lows: 76 cents for box seats; 50 cents for reserved seats, and 25 cents for seats unreserved. These prices for the grand stand, the horse show, as well as for the bleachers and pad- dock, will be the same both in the afternoons and evenings. General admission tickets and re- served tickets to both the grand stand and horse show will be on sala both before and during fhe fair at Voegell Brothers’ Drug Company, Hennepin and Washington avenues, Minneapo- lis; the A. D. Thompson Drug Com- pany, Nicollet Avenue and Fourth | Street, Minneapolis; the Mansur Drug Coppany, Seventh and Robert Streets, St. Paul; and Wienecke and Doerr’s Cigar Store, on Rob- ert Street, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, St. Paul. Tickets of all kinds may also be had by ad- dressing Treasurer H. L. Mattson, Minnnesota State Fair €@rounds, Ham- line, Minn.,, and enclosing check or money order with the applicatiom. every directiom, PINIONED BENEATH MACHINE lowa Couple Killed In Automoblle Accident. Newton, Ia., Aug. 31.—Mr. and Mrs: Charles A. Coppersmith were killed by their motor-car rolling down a thirty- foot embankment. The Coppersmiths were pinioned beneath the machine. Mrs. Howard Snyder, ‘wife of a wealthy farmer, was in the car, but escaped uninjured. Mr. Coppersmith, who was driving, lost control of the machine in trying to pass another vehicle on the narrow road. MAN KILLS THREE AND SELF Quadruple Tragedy Is Reported From Dethi, Minn. St. Paul, Aug. 31.—Mrs. Rose Nor- ton of St. Paul Park has received a telegram from Deihi, Redwood coun- ty, that one Tibbetts had murdered her daughter Cecile, fifteen years old, and two daughters of his own. Tib- betts shot the three girls and then killed himself, according to the' story. “ing ‘from “arterial :aneurism. HILL SECURES AIR LINE TOATLANTIC Direct Route From North- West to 'Seaboard. FEW NEW.LINKS NEEDED Burlington* ‘Acquires ‘the ‘Kentucky Central, the Seaboard Air Line and Other Roads and by 'Building Nec: essary Connections Wiil Have a Terminus on the ‘Atlantlc Coast at Wilmington, N. C. Nashville, Tenn, ‘Aug. 3 .—The Bur- Iington system is ‘shortly to establish an air line through Nashville, connect- Ing the grain flelds of the Northwest with the Atlantic coast. In this the Tennessee Central will play a con- spicuous part, as it will be the cen- necting link between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy at Paducah and the Seaboard Air Line at Rutherford: ton, N. C, and the report is current here that the Burlington system will acquire the Tennessee Central as the connecting link between the Burling: ton and the Seaboard Air Line. To effect the complete chain the Tennessee Central will build from Hopkinsville to Paducah, both in Ken- tucky, a distance of seventy miles; where the road will connect with the Burlington system at Metropolis, IIL, where a bridge will take the place of the present ferry across the Ohio river to Paducah. The gap from Her- rin, IIL, to Metropolis is already being closed by forty miles of Burlington track. This will give the Chicago, Burling: ton and Quincy a direct line from St. Louis, Chicago and the Northwest Into Nashville, thence over a hew line ta Sevierville, thirty miles, over the Knoxville, Sevierville and Hastern, It will connect with the Seaboard Afr Line at Rutherfordton and thence to Wilmington, N. C., making an air line from the Northwest to the coast. SEVEREST IN FIFTY YEARS Killing Drouth Prevails In Portion of | ° Pennsylvania. Reading, Pa., Aug. 31.—Drouth con- ditions are worse in the Schuylkill valley than at any previous time in the last fifty years. Only one and a half inches of rain has fallen in this vicinity since July 1. The corn in some localities is dry- ing up and has the appearance of fod- der. It will not pay some farmers to cut the crop. 2 Many wells and springs are drying up. Streams are lower than ever be- fore and conditions are becoming worse each day. The potato erop will be a failure. Pasture is scarce and many of the farmers are now feeding hay and bran. The Reading Railway company still has a supply of water for most of its collieries, but this, too, is becoming low. ‘The Schuylkill river is lower than it was last fall. In some localities farmers are driving their cattle sev- eral miles to water. DISTILLERY IN PENITENTIARY Prison Prisoners in Pennsylvania Made Their Own Whisky. Pittsburg, Aug. 31.—Elght guards at the Western Pennsylvania penitens tlary have been dismissed, it is al- leged, because they failed to detect prisoners who are said to have been making whisky in the big prison. Ac- oording to one of the discharged guards other employes at the peniten- tiary are implicated. The whisky was made from prune Juice, yeast and sugar. ROSEBERY TO FIGHTBUDGET Former British: Premier Antagonizes Financial Proposals. London, Aug. 31.—The greatest sen- sation of the present budget campaign was furnished when Lord Rosebery accepted an invitation from the busi- ness men of Glasgow to speak at an anti-budget meeting to be held in Glasgow Sept. 10. Lord Rosebery’s attitude on this subject has up to the present time been doubtful. Although reports that he was against the budget were afloat he refused to confirm them. If he comes out strongly against these financial proposals he will sever himself completely from his party and be in a position of greater isolation than before. Lord Rosebery has a large following of independent voters and his antagonism will prob- ably be a hard blow to the budget, which recently has seemed to be gain- ing in popularity with' the masses. MOVEMENT WILL BE FUTILE Dr. Hirsch Discusses Plan to Found Nation in Palestine. New York, Aug. 31.—Dr. Bmil G. Hirsch, pastor of Sinai synagogue in Chicago, who has arrived here, with Mrs. Hirsch from Burope, is quoted as saying that the object of the Zion- Ists to found a new nation in Pales- tine will be futile. “Jews should out,” said Dr. Hirsch, “and not linger In the great cities. 'Our Hebrew Agri: cultural Aid society in Chicago helps poor Jews to buy farms in the West and they can repay the loan when they can afford it.” Remarkable Operation Performed. . Paris, Aug. 31.—Dr. Doyen has suc- cessfully transplanted a. vein from a lve sheep to the'leg of a man suffer: The cir- culation thus' was restored and the patient now has completely recovered. The vein transplanted was ten lnczhml1 long. spread themselves || HAPPY WOMEN. Plerity of Them in ‘Bemidji, and’ Good Reason for It. Wouldn’t any woman be happy, After yéars of backathe suffering, Dadys of misery, nights of unrest, The distress of urinary troubles, She finds relief and cure? No reasen why any Bemidji reader Should suffer in the face of evi- dence. Mrs. A. Van Vard, living at 1218 Beltramian St., Bémidji, Minn., says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills with highly satisfactory results and can truthfully recommend them.to anyone suffering from Kidney com- plaint. For some time I had a dull pain in the small of my back, which caused me much discomfort. Other symptoms showed that my . Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock ;at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bwlding material of all descriptions. Call in and look over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assorted stock from which you can make your selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. kidneys were disordered and when I saw Doan,s Kidney Pills adverti- sed for such complaints, I decided to try them, procuring a box at the Owl Drug Store. I used them care- fully as directed, the pains disap- peared and my kidneys became much stronger. I am confident that the relief I received from the use of Doan’s Kidney Pills will prove per- manent and it gives me great pleasure to endorse this remedy.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. Every Stationer_ Should Investigate ! _ Listen! NEVER. will there be a more favorable op- : portunity to invest in city real estate than the present. ' Why not call on our local agent, H. A. ° SIMONS, Postoffice Block, and let him show you some real snaps in business and residence lots in the city, or at Oak Beach, on the north shore of Beautiful Lake Bemidji. Write or call on us for detailed information re- garding the city as a business, residence or manu- , facturing location. Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. St. Pa.ul Minnesota (A‘:l.[-nn'v!-wh-l-ldn'-i'u‘.r'l ispensable.’” Retall stationers write prices R eia The., money Deck i wanteds TS PEERLESS MOISTENER CO. Subseribe For The Pioneer. Real Eistate For Sale Below we offer a few of the many farms we have for sale. These are desirable for investments and the intending purchasers will do well to give them careful attention. No. 19. miles east of Northome. osition. No. 20. Five 40-acre tracts bordering $1280 buys 160 acres in section 19, township 151, range 27. This land is nicely located on good road five Good house and barn on place; soil excellent; part of timber on this quarter section is reserved. It will pay you to iavestigate this prop- - 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. 85 per acre buys good quar- ter tract of land in section 9 township 150, range 32. - Good meadow, valuable timber; some improvements; terms, cash. on Blackduck lake; mostly hardwood q timber; heavy soil; some meadow; all Prices range from within easy market. $10 to $15 per acre. No. 21. Minnesota. No. 23. farm. No. 24. suit buyer. No. 25. We have many other $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 $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 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 Terms to suit purchaser. $2000 buys a good 160-acre tract in sect'on 22, township 146, range 34, Grant Valley. Good 'agricultural land bordermg on two lakes; 25 acres broken; balance easily cleared. Within easy reach of good markets. Terms to $2400 will buy 160 acres well-improved hardwood land bordering on Turtle River lake and one mile east of No. 28. 400 acres in one body. Blackduck river running through the land as well as school house in one cor- ner. Land partly improved; . good level coil, free from stones; not one foot of waste land in the entize ground. Forty | acres in crop and timber enough to pay for land. Timber can be delivered on the bank of the river. No richer land in Minnesota. $12.50 per acre. No. 29. ‘81,000 buys 160-acre tract east of Littlefork, in township 66, range 23. Saw timber has been sold and par- * ties have eight years to remove same. No taxes to pay until timber is removed. This is good land for investment. ' Three fourths of mineral right gozs with land. Good land and geod prospects for min- ¢ eral. Terms: all or part cash. No. 30. Two 160-acre tractsfive miles north of Blackduck on the Cormorant river. House and other improvements on one quarter. Good land; good roads; a , snap at $11 per acre, one-half cash. No. 31. 40 acres one mile north of Blackduck. = 15 acres nice stand of spruce timber—balance good land. Snap at $500 No. 32, 200 acres at .north end of Lake Bemidji. = $50 per acre. bargains -and if you do not *see in above list what you want,- we have a large list of other lands for sale. Remember we buy for cash and sell on time. - FARMERS LAND CO0. Winter Block ~Bemidji, Minnesota