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THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. G. E. CARSON. A. G. RUTLEDGE, Editor. Entered In the Postoffict omid)l, Minnesols, as second SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANGE —_— The kind words which are being published in the press of the state concerning A. Kaiser’s candidacy for the republican nomination for ~ state treasurer are but deserving commendation of Mr. Kaiser and his staunch republicanism, which has been of the steadfast, working kind for a score of years past. His candicacy is gaining new adherants every day, and he is leading the others who aspire for the nomina- tion. The Ortonville Herald-Star is of the opinton that when ‘‘Doc” Rutledge of the Bemidji Pioneer gets ready to take another fall out of the State Editorial Association he will probably decide to write a instead. —Brainerd spring poem Dispatch. Possibly. And with a few of the ready-print, type foundry, railrod and other plutocratic members of the association we will start the first stanza thusly: ‘‘My country, ’tis of thee, land of plutocracy,” etc. The Herald-Star man is one of those who have benefitted considerably through certain “influences” which are obtained by just the methods of which the writer has previously spoken. You never touched us, brother. WOULD REQUIRE COUNTY BOARDS TO ASSIST FAIR SOCIETIES. At the meeting of the Minnesota State Agricultural society, last Fri- day, the delegates went on record as favoring the enactment by the legislature of a law that would re- quire boards of county commission- ers in the several counties in which fairs are held to appropriate for the aid of such fairs an amount equal to that appropriated for each fair by the State of Minnesota, and in the judgment of the association the state appropriation should be in- creased at least 50 per cent annually. This resolution was introduced principally because of the talk that was rife during the meeting of the state society as to the prodigal liberality shown the state fair, in comparsion with the appropriation made to aid county fairs in paying therr premiums. As the law in this matter now stands, the board of county com- ‘missioners are given the power to designate the amount that may be given to aid county fairs; and the delegates to the state meeting were of the opinion that a law requiring the payment of a specified amount would prove beneficial and would be but a commendable act of as- sistance in maintaining organiza- tions that are of great value to the development of the state’s ag-icultural and industrial interests. The county board of Beltrami county has been liberal with the agricultural association of this county, and the association appreci- ates this assistance; but it is differ- ent in many of the other counties in the state, which are much more able to render aid to their fair associa- tions and which do not tender such aid. The passage of the law recom- mended would make it mandatory on county boards to furnish the amounts specified. IN MINNESOTA RATE CASES State Contends That Great Northern Is Overcapitalized. St. Paul, Jan. 17.—That the Great Northern railroad is overcapitalized many millions of dollars is the con- tention which the state, through At- terneys E. 8. Durment and E. T. Young, sought to establish in the hear- ing now being conducted in the freight rate cares before Charles E. Otis, mas- ter in chancery. The principal witness was C. W. Hillman, an expert accountant who bas been employed by the state to go over the books of the Great Northern for the purpose of ascertaining, if pos- sible, the actual amount of money which was put into the building of the road and the acquiring of its proper- tles and also to show some of the procedures in the matter of bookkeep- ing and its method of handling and treating various matters. Among the points brought out in Mr. Hillman’s testimony was his show- ing that the actual cost of the St. Paul and Pacific when it was bought up and reorganized as the_St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, the road which afterward became the Great Northern, was, in round figures, $10,- 000,000. Yet the first entry on the books of the Manitoba road, after its reorgani- zation, was the cost of the old road, which was placed at a little less than $31,000,000, a sudden increase of about, $21,000,000. MONTANA LANDS - T0 BE OPENED Subject to Entry Under the Homestead Laws. SAID TO BE VERY FERTILE Tract Consists of One Milllon Four Hundred Thousand Acres in Eastern Part of State Known as the “Rocky Boy” Indian Reservation—Plan of Opening Avoids Expense Attached to Lottery System. Butte, Mont., Jan. 17.—Nearly a mil- lion and a half acres of what is known as the “Rocky Boy Indian lands” will be thrown open to homesteaders in the extreme northeastern corner of Mon- tana next March and may be entered without any of the formalities of drawing at one time and filing six months later, according to an an- nouncment received in Butte as fol- lows: “By order of Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of the interior, about 1,400, 000 acres of land in Valley county, Eastern Montana, known as the “Rocky Boy Indian lands,” will be thrown open to white settlers March 1, 1910, and will be subject to both settlement and entry March 31 and thereafter.” The order of Secretary Ballinger provides for settlement and entry of the lands under the usual homestead laws. There will be no registration and no drawing. Firstto come will be able to make their selections and know to a reasonable certainty that they will be able to secure the land filed upon. Avoids Expense and Delay. All the expense of going out to reg- ister; the delay of waiting for the drawing and the additional delay of waiting several months before making entry are dcne away with under this system. Those who have made settle- ment on this land prior to Dec. 10, 1909, the date of the secretary’s order, or who may make settlement between March 1 and March 81, will have a preferred right to make entry on the lands secured by their settlement any time within three months after March 31, 1910. Filings must be made at the United States land office at Glasgow, Mont., on and after March 31. The lands to be opened are bounded by the Missouri river on the south, by the international boundary on the east and by the Fort Peck Indian reserva- tion. The lands can readily be reached from Culbertson and Bainville. Most of the land is rolling prairie and said to be unusually fertile. The opening of this land is really of more impor- tance than any of the big reservations that have been opened in the North- west in the last few years. MORE BANKERS IN GRAFT NET Further Arrests in Connection With Pittsburg Scandal. Pittsburg, Jan. 17.—President E. H. Jennings and Vice President F. A Griffin of the Columbia National bank; Max G. Leslie, county delinquent tax collector and former Republican city chairman; former Councilman Charles Stewart and F. F. Nicola, a capitalist and real estate operator, were arrest- ed on warrants charging them with conspiring to cause the selection’ of the Columbia National bank as a city depository. The charges are the result of the graft scandals of 1908, when it was ‘brought out that councilmen had been paid money to vote for six deposi- tories. Officers of other banks who were found guilty had taken an appeal to- the superior court. As no decision seemed likely until March, when the slatute of limitations would have ex- empted those just arrested, the dis- trict attorney took summary action. BLOW TO SURETY COMPANIES Judge Landis Bars Their Bonds Be- cause of Alleged Trust. Chicago, Jan. 17.—Surety companies which have annually reaped lucrative profits from the bond business done in the federal courts are smarting from a stinging blow dealt them by Judge Kenesaw Landis, who has decreed that he will never again approve a bond signed by a surety company and that hereafter defendants in criminal cases, receivers and others who wish to give bond must get their friends to act in the capacity of bondsmen to win the sanction of the court. Judge Landis explains this action by the statement that the surety com- panies have recently formed a trust agreement to raise the prices on all bonds and that this action is in real- ity a “holdup.” In some instances, he declares, the companies have in- creased their prices as much as 800 per cent. The action of Judge Landis in bar- ring the surety concerns is the first of its kind. Admits He Has Three Wives. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 17.—Harry Epperly, who was arrested here at the request of the police at Anderson, Ind., admits he has three wives, Carrie Kennedy Epperly at Anderson, Ind.; Emma Decker Epperly at Monmouth, 11, and Bessie Dunbar Epperly, with whom he is living in Terre Haute. UNSKILLED LABOR PAID LESS Average Wages at Present Lower Than Four Years Ago. New York, Jan. 17.—Althougt the wages of skilled workmen have in- creased during the past few years the Public Education association of New York finds that the average wage of the unskilled laborer in this city-is nearly $2 & week less than it was in 1906. The society has kept accurate rec- ord of men whom it has sent to the employment bureaus to obtain work. Its Teport says: “The average weekly wage received by the applicants was $10.65 for 1906. By 1908 it had dropped to $9.96 and in 1909 to $8.94. The bulk of these men were unskilled workers and we are convinced that the wages for this grade of labor has gone down stead- ily in the last five years. : It is true that employment is more general, but the father of the family is receiving less than before and this means that the children have to go to work earlier and eke out the difference.” —_— GREAT. GORGE.ON. . - THE"OHIO-HOLDS People Ready-to Fiee at First Sign of Break. Louisville, Jan. 17.—Wolf creek gorge In the Ohio still holds, the six- ty-five-mile ice jam apparently grow- ing stronger with a drop in tempera- ture. Watch fires are kept burning at night-along the river. Everywhere people are ready with their telephones to give warning of the first sign of a break. The river has reached a flood stage in Louisville for the first time this winter. Ten barges of the Mononga- hela Coal and Coke company were torn from their moorings at Tow Head island, five miles above Louis- ville, but were caught before going over the falls, Plled Twenty-five Feet High. Kansas City, Jan. 17.—Interest in the condition of the Kansas river as a result of ice gorges centered on & great jam near Edwardsville, Kan. twelve miles up stream from here. Ice is piled twenty-five feet high there from bank to bank. That heavy dam: age will result when the gorge breaks is feared by river men. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 15.—Wheat—May, $1.11% @1.12; July, $1.11%. On track —No. 1 hard, $1.13%@1.14%; No. 1 Northern, $1.13% @1.14% ; No. 2 North ern, $1.11,@1.12%; No. 3 Northern, $1.10@1.11%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Jan. 15.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.13%;; No. 1 Northern, $1.13; No. 2 Northern, $1.11; May and July, $1.12. Flax—Or track, -in store, to arrive and May $2.24; Sept., $1.75. St. Paul Live Stock. St. Pavl, Jan. 16.—Cattle-—Good to choice steers, $6.75@7.50; fair to good, $5.00@6.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.25@5.25; veals, $6.00@7.50. Hogs—$8.16@8.45. ~ Sheep—Wethers, $6.25@6.75; yearlings, - -$8.76@7.75; spring lambs, $8.00@8 25. Chicago Graln and Provisions. Chicago, Jan. - 16.—Wheat—May, $1.11% @1.11%; July,, $1.02%@1.02%; 8ept., 98%c. Corn—May, 687% @69c; July, 68% @68%c; Sept., 68%c. Oats —May, 48%@48%c; July, 46%c; Sept., 42¢c. Pork—Jan., $21.871%; May, $22.07%. Butter—Creameries, 26@ 84c; dairies, 26@30c. BEggs—24%@ 88c. Poultry—Turkeys, 170; chickens, 14%c; springs, 15¢. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Jan. 15.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.15@7.85; Texas steers, $4.00@5.00; ‘Western steers, $4.10@6.10; stockers and feeders, $3.00@56.10; ' cows and heifers, $2.16@5.60; calves, $7.85@10. 00. Hogs—Light, $8.45@8.80; mixed, $8.40@8.90; heavy, $8.45@8.95; rough, $8.45@8.65; good to choice heavy, $8, 66@8.95; pigs, $7.30@8.40. Sheep— Native, $4.00@6.10; yearlings, $6.75@ 8.00; lambs, $6.26@8.80. 1 T NO REASON FOR DOUBT - A Statement of Facts Backed bya Strong-Guarantee. We guarantee immediate and positive relief to all sufferers from constipation, - In every case where our remedy fails to do this we will supply it free. That's a frank statement of facts, and we want you to substantiate them at our risk, Rexall Orderlies are a gentle, effective, dependable and safe bowel regulator, strengthener and tonic, that are eaten like candy. They re-establishnature’ sfunctions in a quiet, easy way. They do not cause any inconvenience, griping or nausea, They are so pleasant to take, and work ‘so -easily, that they may be taken by any -one at any time. They thoroughly tone up the whole system to healthy activity, They 'have a . most beneficial action upon.the liver. Rexall Orderlies are -unsurpass- able and id eal for the use. of chil- dren, old. folks and delicate persons, We cannot too highly recommend them to all sufferers from any form of constipation -and its attendant. evils. That's why we back our faith in' them with our promise of money back if they do- not give entire satisfaction. Two sizes: 12 tablets 10 cents and 36 tablets 25 cents. Remem- ber-you can:obtain Rexall Rem- edies in Bemidji only at our store, —The Rexall - Store. 'Barker's Drug Store: | —t SNOW IS PILED "IN HUGE DRIFTS New York City at Mercy of Yiolent Storm. FIVE DEATHS REPORTED Transportation Lines Near the Point of Complete Paralysis, While Much Suflsrlng Results in the Poorer Quar- ters of the City—Chicago Faces Se- rious 8hortage of Supplies, Follow- Ing Recent Severe Blizzard. New York, Jan. 17.—After a brief let up the storm which struck this city and buried the streets beneath a foot' of snow, resumed with violence. ‘With the rise of the storm’s force came 8 fall of temperature and high winds which piled the snow in huge drifts. Transportation lines in the outlying sections were near the point of com- plete paralysis, while surface traffic in the city was difficult and uncertain. Five deaths due to the storm isthe record so far, with a long chapter of casualties being written as the reports from suburban points come to hand. There was much suffering in the poor- er quarters of the city. Long Island, as in the Christmas storm, was severcly hit. Mayor Gaynor is recovering in Hicksville from the ef- fects of a harsh experience which re- sulted from his efforts to get to his home in St. James and .afterwards to get help for a companion, Charles E. Shepard, an editor, of Huntington, ‘who met with a possibly fatal accident in falling from a trestle while walking the tracks with the mayor. The roads in this territory were badly blocked. Conditions on Staten Island, in New Jersey, Connecticut and suburban points are simply appalling. Traffic is absolutely tied up. In some places the snow, carried by the driving gale, is banked ten and fifteen feet high. In New York city the hotels are packed by persons unable to reach their homes in the suburban towns. Fifteen thousand men, under the direction of “Big Bill” Edwards, the former Princeton - football star, are trying to keep the main arteries of traffic open, but their efforts are fu- tile. SUPPLIES ARE RUNNING LOW Chicago Rapidly Approaching State of . Besieged City. Chicago, Jan. 17.—Chicago is rapidly approaching the state of a city be- sieged, for the blizzard that continues unabated in many parts of the country has destroyed all present hopes of re- plenishing the practically exhausted city’s supplies of codl, milk and other necessaries. x Heroic efforts are being made to pro- tect the babies of the city by various civic and charitable organizations. with the result that the big milk com- panies will not deliver to any home where there is not an infant. Officials of hospitals, especially those for chil- dren, feel the result of the milk short- age keenly, but they are, however, hopeful of getting a limited supply. Unless the fluid can be furnished to those institutions it is predicted that many deaths will result. The coal situation is worse than at ! any time in the city’s history and the small amount in the bins is rapidly dwindling. Little ;encouragement for the coal dealers and consumers is of- fered by the railroads. | The insane asylum at Elgin faces l the prospect of being fireless within twenty-four hours. INDIAN WOMAN PLEADS CASE Would Prevent Sale of Burial Place of Ancestors. ‘Washington, Jan. 17.—A dramatic scene took place in the United States supreme court when Miss Lydia B. Cooley, a full blooded Wyandotte In- dian, pleaded her own cause in an effort to prevent the sale of the burial ground of her ancestors. The ground in controversy 1is situ- ated in the heart'of Kansas City, Kan., and covers about three-acres. The sale was ordered by the secretary of the interior under the provisions of the Indian allotment law. Miss Cooley’s father, ‘mother and sister are buried there and she brought suit to restrain the sale. Miss Cooley asserts the -ground was set apart by formal treaty with her tribe and that it could not be diverted for purposes other than the burial of the bodies of Wyandotte Indians. RETIRES TO MAKE MONEY Congressman Dawson Says He Cannot Afford to Remain. ‘Washington, Jan. 17.—Representa- tive Albert F. Dawson of the Second Towa district will not be a candidate before the primary next June for re- nomination. His decision is announced in a letter which he sent to former Representative Lane, chairman of the district Republican committee. In his letter Mr. Dawson says: “Every man owes it to his family to provide against the day of need and, having devoted six years to the service of the district, I feel that plain duty requires that I return to private life in order that I may have oppor- tunity to make financfal provision for those dependent on me.” MYSTERIOUS CHICAGO -CASE Well Dressed Woman Found Uncon- _ “sclous in Snowbank. Chicago, Jan. 11 —Bedecked in dia- monds and fashionably dressed a wo- man of evident refinement was found unconscious in a snowdrift suffering from pofson. She was hurried to a hospital and revived, but deepened the mystery by refusing to state her name or give any information as to her iden- tity. - She was found lying face downward in the_snow M_ evidently lain there fof Beveral hours. After she was taken to the hospital the police found & small revolver in her handbag. Every chamber but one was empty and in that was an unexploded cartridge. TO RECEIVE ' INSTRUCTIONS New Minister to China Wil See Taft and Knox. Chicago, Jan. 15.—Willlam J. Cal- houn, the new minister to China, has left for Washington to confer with President Taft and Secretary Knox regarding his new duties. He will re- WILLIAM J. CALHOUN. gelve his instructions from them and Hlecide the date upon which he will leave for the Orient. “Until I see the officials of the state department,” said Mr. Calhoun, “I shall not know exactly when I shall leave for China, but the 'date will probably be some time in February. It 18 possible that I shall remain in ‘Washington for a week or more.” AT @) Codn ™ NATURE TELLS YOU. As Many a Bemidji Reader Knows too Well. When the kidneys are sick, Nature tells you all about it. The urine is nature’s calendar. Infrequent or too frequent action; Any urinary trouble tells of kidney ills. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure all kiduey ills, People in this vicinity testify to this, Jacob Scheerer, of Park Rapids, Minn., says: «T do a great deal of hard work and I believe this, together with being in a stooped position, brought on my kidney trouble, My back ached severely and there was a soreness across my kidneys. The kidney secretions were at times “very unnatural. I tried several remedies, but did not get much relief until a friend told me of Doan’s Kidney- Pills. I pro- cured asupply and the contents of two boxes removed tke pain in my back and restored my kidneys to a normal condition.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buttalo, New- York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. B Those hard night coughs of the children! S What shall you give them? Just wha O Ou your mother gave you, and just what her| - mother gave her! In some families, Ayer’s | Ask your if he endorses Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral has been the only cough| |Cherry Pectoral for the coughs and colds of medicine for seventy years, Once in the| children. Do as he says. - .5, Avex 0o., family, it stays. Keep it on hand. Clothes Cleansd and Pressed Ladies" Shoes Galled for and Delivered Messenger Service at all Hours Clothes Called for and Delivered The Oriental Boot Black Parlor and Pantorium J.KEMP, Prop. CODIE BONDS, Mgr. Phone 581 Messenger Boy at your service Hurry-up Service The’ Coming of the “S00” == has DOUBLY assured the future of Bemidji. EVERYBODY now feels that Bemidji is a ] = ° SURE WINNER . We Know It—Consequently, are prepared to offer more liberal terms than ever to purchasers. Hereafter only 25 per cent of the purchase price will be required as first payment on lots sold by us— and the interest charge will be only 8 per cent. We Know our security will be first class and for this reason make the above concession to new buyers of business and residence lots. 15 Call on us for detailed information re- garding the City of Bemidji as a business, residence or manufacturing location—or call up H. A. SIMONS, our local representative Bemid}i Townsite and Im- provement Company. 404 New York Life Building ST. PAUL, MINN. AVING i s’ TIME 4 TELEPHONE HEN a man feels. the necessity of being . = in two places at the same time he goes to the nearest telephone and sends his voice. It is not exactly the same thing, but when a man talks han- dreds of miles in opposite directions from the same Bell Tele- phone, it is about as good. In the daily use of the telephone a man travels all over town by wire in a few minutes. It is just as easy to travel all over the state and other states by means of the universal Long Distance Service.of the Bell System. NorthwesternTelephone Exchange Co. Every Bell Telephone is the Center ofnthe System. Subscribe for The Pioneer The Crookston Lumber Co. Wholesale Lumber, Lath and Building: Material Pepper & Son Wholesale) ‘ Liquor Dealers iTelephone 489 Major Block Bemid]i, Minn. Melges Bros. Co. Wholesale Commission Fruit and Produce Manufaeturers of Creamery Butter Bemidji Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Jobhers The Following Firms Are 7horoughl)-Rellable and Orders Sent to Them Will Be Promptly Filled at Lowest Prices Model Ice Cream, Snowflake Bread and Deehishus - Candies Made at J. H. GRANT LAND & LUMBER GO, Successors to John Flnmiul Co. Manufacturing Jewelers and Jobbers . They are especially prepared to promptly fill all orders in their various lines of merchandisge. Largest stock of Diamonds 'an Watches and the finest equipped work= shop in Northern Minnesota, Special- order work - given prompt Estimates furnished. Wholesale and Retail Hardware attention. The Model ol o Wholesale Bakery, Man- :::;’:‘ T g ' facturing Confectionery ver, Shingles* “ and Ice Cream Factory ::'dl ot;thuitn = ) 315 Minnesota Ave. BEMIDJI, MINN. PEE Ty 7 Lk BEMIDJI CIGAR GO, s : Manu(acfiurer‘s o: NOHTHERN GBUGEHY » ngh Grade Clgars COMPANY = Tom Godfrey, Tazads, | WHOLESALE GROGERS , Queenie, Imported Leaf, % 3 Bemidji Leader - GhHe Given Send your Mail Orders to rv Hardware Co.]|GE0, T. BAKER & (0. 1 A

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