Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 24, 1910, Page 2

| ,..i_,__.. | THE BEMIDUI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. G. E. CARSON. A. G. RUTLEDGE, Editor. Entored In the Postoffice at Bemid)l, Minnesota, as second class mattor. SUBSHHIPTIUN---S.‘;.I]I] PER YEAR IN ADVANGE CITY OF BEMIDJL County Seat. Population—In 1900, 1500; 7000. Area—Ten square miles platted. Altitude—1400 feet above sea level. Water Power—2200 .developed horse- power, Mississippi river. ‘Water—Absolutely pure. wells. Water Mains—About seven miles. Boating—500 miles by lake and river. Death Rate—5.4 a thousand in 1908. Annual Rainfall—33.7 inches. Temperature—20 above, winter; 75 summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About three miles. Cement Sidewalks—Six and a miles. Lakeshore Drives—Ten miles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage—-Ten miles, and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600 residences. Taxpayers—1200. ) Churches—8. School Houses—Three. Bank Deposits—$750,000. Manufactures—Hardwood handles, lum- ber, lath, shingles, and various other industries. Great Distributing Point—Lumber prod- ucts, groceries flour, feed and hay. Postal Receipts—$17,000 for 1909, 10th place in state outside of St. Paul, Minne- apolis and Duluth. Railroads—Great Northern, Minnesota & International, M., R. L. & M., Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, Wilton & Northern, Grand Forks to Duluth, and Bemidji-Sauk Centre, Railroad Depots—Four. Passenger Trains—Twelve daily. Hospitals—One. Distances—To St. Paul, 230 miles; to Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen: Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. Wholesale Houses—Two. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—One. in 1910, Two artesian half two lakes No, gentle reader it is not true— that assertion, made by a soulless individual, that the reason the churches of Bemidji were crowded last night was because of fear super- induced by the appearance of that new comet in the western horizon. Bemidji folks are not sinful; and, anyway, that long-tailed star is several million miles away yet—and “while the light holds out to burn,” you know, there 1s still chance to get from under. Nope, ’taint so. CONGRESSIONAL POSSIBILITIES. This, from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, is interesting: “Senator F. H. Peterson of Moor" head is evidentiy planning to get into a fight for Steenerson’s job at Washiagton. Peterson is said to be armiog himself with lists of county committees and other republicans in the Ninth district, and preparing for an active campaign for the re- publican nomination.” Bjorge of Lake Park, he of ton-| nage tax fame, has announced, through the columns of a Hawley Ppaper, that he is a candidate for the republican nomination for congress- man from the Ninth district, and mention has been made of the name of Judge Grindeland of Warren as another possibility to oppose Congressman Steenerson, With State Senator Ole Sageng as an “independent” candidate for congressman, the entrance of Bjorge, Peterson and possibly Grinde- land into the fight will cause Con- gressman Steenerson” to take an occasional glance at his ‘“‘fences” thoughout the district, in the not distant future. ARE YOU ON THE “BOOSTER WAGON?” Every newspapers in the northern half of this great state of ours should devote some space in boosting the convention, which is to be held in this city February 17 and 18. This should be done not only in one issue, but in every issue before the above dates. This is not to be a political gathering by any means, but a co- operation of representatives of the masses in this north country for the purpose of securing just legisla- tion for northern Minnesota. Come loaded with ideas, arguments and questions and youw'll not go away dissapointed. —_— Kaffirs' Courtship. The Kaflirs are a very light hearted people and do not worry about the fu- ture. As soon as the girls have fin- tshed their work they may take up the igubu, which is an elementary musical instrument, consisting of a taut bow fixed to a gourd, and march across country twanging the string with a lit- tle plece of reed. The instrument, as a rule, gives but one note, but to the girl’s sweetheart such music is “the food of love.”—World’s Work. BOND INCOMES HELD TAXABLE Attorney General Wicker- sham Renders Opinion. BANKS MAY TEST RULING Institutions of the Country Hold More Than $700,000,000 in Government Bonds as Security for Circulation and the Corporation Tax Will Be in Addition to the Tax Now Paid on Such Securities. ‘Washington, Jan. 2 .—Attorney Gen- eral Wickersham has sent to the treasury department a decision which holds, in substance, that the income from United States bonds can be taxed under the corporation tax law. [ It it is upheld by the courts, and there seems to be no doubt here that the constitutionality of the opinion of the attorney general will be tested in the courts, the national banks of the country, which alone hold more than $700,000,000 worth of government bonds as security for circulation and for government deposits, will have to pay a tax on their income from bonds of more than $150,000 a year. This tax will be in addition to a tax of one-half of 1 per cent on 2 per cent bonds used for circulation, or a 1 per cent tax on bonds used for cir- culation which pay a higher rate of interest. The basis for the opinion rendered by Mr. Wickersham appears to be an attempt to justify the exist- ence of the corporation tax amend- ment to the tariff bill as an attempt to levy an excise tax, pure and simple. Reasons for the Decision. It is pointed out that this tax is in- tended to be a tax on the net incomes of corporations, in excess of $5,000 for the privilege given them of doing busi- ness as corporations. If any item of gross income is excluded from consid- eration, say authorities in the treasury department, the proposed tax will not legally be an excise tax, but a direct tax. Inasmuch as a direct tax cannot be constitutionally laid except by appor- tionment among the states according to population the corporation tax will fall if it cannot be proved to be an ex- cise tax. The opinion of the attorney general is rendered in the face of a statute which says that United States bonds shall not be subject to federal taxa- tion as such. The distinction which the attorney general makes in his de- cision is that the corporation tax is not laid on the bonds themselves but on the income from them. MINERS’ UNIONS MAY MERGE Metal Diggers and Coal Producers Considering the Matter. Indianapolis, Jan. 2 .—A merger of the resources and the interests of the ‘Western Federation of Miners (metal) and the United Mine Workers of North America (coal), to embrace all the organized mine workmen of the United States and Canada, is in pros- pect during the convention of the Unit- ed Mine Workers now in session in this city. President Lewis has appointed a committee of seven, including himself, to confer with a similar committee sent to this city by the Western Fed- eration of Miners and report a plan to the convention. The purpose of the coalition was set before the convention by Charles H. Moyer, president, and C. E. Mahoney, vice president of the Western Federa- tion of Miners. AM ERiGAN LOAN RATIFIED Imperial Edict on the Subject Issued at Peking. Peking, Jan. 2 .—An imperial edict oontains the throne’s formal ratifica- tion of the agreement for the Ameri- can loan for the comstruction of the Chinchow Futsitsihar Aigue railway, entered into between the viceroy of Manchuria and Mr. Straight on Oct. 2. The agreement provides for a loan estimated at $50,000,000. The contract for the comstruction is to be let to the Paulings. America is to have full representation of engineers and half the materials purchased abroad. Young Man Shoots Himself. ‘Winona, Minn.,, Jan. i '.—William Meyer, aged twenty-five, son of J. C. Meyer, local representative of the Min- neapolis Brewing company, in a jeal- ous rage, forced his way into the room of a waitress, armed with a loaded re- volver. Not finding the girl there, he turned the weapon upon himself. His body was found stretched across the bed with a bullet wound just over the heart. His chances for recovery are slight. College Students Quarantined. Evanston Ill, Jan. » .—Two young men and 113 girls, all students at Northwestern university, are quaran- tined in Willard hall, the women’s dormitory, because of two cases of scarlet fever discovered among the servants. The young men went to the hall to arrange for a student pro- duction of a certain play and were ir the building when the disease was dig covered. NEBRASKA INSURCENTS MEET 8peaker Denounces Aldrich, Gannon and Depew. ‘ Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 22.—“The party of La Follette, Cummins and Bristow 18 not big enough to include Aldrich, Cannon, Depew.” This statement, made by Mayor Don L. Love in his introductory speech at the state meeting of insurgents at the Olive theater, proved the keynote of the convention. He was given an ovation, which lasted several minutes. ! ~When be declared that “Taft might yet make good” fhere was plause. The phrase, “Roosevelt's pol- fcles,” caused general and prolonged cheering. Mayor Love urged the Re- Publicans to withhold judgment on the president for the time being. A committee of twenty-five will be named within a few days, each con- gressional district being represented. A banquet and state platform conven- tlon will be held. : BUYING SOFT COAL MINES Guggenheims Secure Options on West Virginia Properties. Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 22.—Repre- sentatives of the Guggenheims have obtained options on 80 per cent of the New River coal fields, which com- prise 200,000 acres. The plan is to combine the entire bituminous coal in- terests of Southern West Virginia, the Fairmount field and the holdings of the Pittsburg Coal company. ) This wouul give the Guggenheims control of 75 per cent of the soft coal of the countiy. NINE-YFAR-GLD BOY SAVES THREE LIVES Shows Great Presence of Mind Durinx Chicago Fire. Chicago, Jan. 22.—Joseph Durkin, nine years old, rescued three persons from possible death in a fire that caused $5,000 damage to an apartment building. He aiso alarmed the neigh borhood and directed the fire fighting But in the midst of it all Joseph did not forget his toy bank. He got7i. after the three lives were saved, but he got it just the same and carried it to safety. Joseph discovered the fire when he went out on the second-story rear balcony. Kscape by the rear stairway was cut off and the fire was breaking through the rear windows. Mildred, Joseph’s five-year-old sister began crying when she saw smoke coming into the room. Joseph gallant Iy took her in his arms and staggere down stairs, yelling “fire” at the tcy of his voice. The boy then groped his way bacic through the smcke filled hall to ap- prise C. A. Saunders, fifty-two ye: old, and his invalid wife, Elizabeth, o their danger. A few minutes later, just as the flames had eaten their way to the room from which Mr. and Mrs. Saun- ders were unable to escape on account of their infirmities, Policemen Patrick Leahy and William Wragg of the Woodlawn station, hearing the shouts of the boy, ran into the building and carried Saunders, who was ill in bed and his wife to a store near by. FREE IF IT FAILS - Your Money Back If You are Not Satis- fied with the Medicine We Recommend. We are so positsve that our remedy will permanently relieve constipation, no " matter how chronic it may be, that we offer to furnish the medicine at our ex- pense should it fail to produce satisfactory results. It is worse than useless to at- tempt to cure constipation with cathartic drugs. Laxatives or cathartics do much harm. They cause a reaction, irritate and weaken the bowels and tend to make constipation more chronic. Besides, their use becomes a habit thst is dangerous. Constipation is caused by a weakness of the nerves and mus- cles of the large intestine or de- scending colon. To expet per- manent relief you must therefore tone up and strengthen these or- gans and restore them to healthier activity, The discovery of the active prin- ciple of our remedy involved the labor of the. world’s greatest ' re- search chemist. As an active agent it possesses the valuable qualities of the best known intes- tinal tonics as well as being par- ticularly pleasant and prompt in its results. we want you to try Rexall Or- derlies on our recommendation. They are exceedingly pleasant to take, being eaten like candy, and are ideal for children. delicate persons and old folks, as well as for the robust, They act directly on the nerves and muscles of the bowels, They apparently have a neutral action on other. associate organs or glands. They do not durge, cause excessive looseness nor create any inconvenience what- ever. They may be taken at any time, day or night. They wil! positively relieve chronic or habit- ual constipation, if not of surgical variety, and the myriads of associ- ate or dependent chronic ailments, if taken with regularity for a rea- sonable length of time. They come 1n two sizes of packages, 12 tablets, 10 cents; 36 tablets, 25 cents. Sold in Bemidji only at our store,— The Rexall Store. Barker's Drug Store, NELSON WILL PUSH INQUIRY Calls Meeting of Committee to Outline Work. ALASKAN - TRIP. UNLIKELY Believed Sessions of Investigators Into the Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy Will Be Confined to Washington. Partial Report on Results of the Probe Probable Before End of Pres- ent Congress. ‘Washington, Jan. 2 —Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota, chairman of the joint committee of inquiry into the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, has called a meeting of the committee, at ‘which plans will be discussed relative to the investigation about to begin. It is the purpose of Senator Nelson to push-the investigation in order that the committee’s report may be sub- mitted to congress at the earliest pos- sible day. It is the purpose of Senator SENATOR KNUTE NELSON. Nelson, who is also chairman of the committee on public lands, not to per- mit the inquiry to defeat or delay necessary legislation for the protec- tion of the public domain. The conservation bills recommended by the president and Secretary Bal- linger and introduced by Mr. Nelson will be taken up by the public lands committee and reported to the senate for action. Trip to Alaska Unlikely. The suggestion has been made that the committee may visit Alaska to make a personal inspection of the Cunningham .coal claims. It is not probable that this course will be adopted. The experts of the geolog- ical survey will be able to furnish the committee with conclusive information regarding thecharacter of the lands on which the Cunninghams have filed claims and unless some unexpected questions arise in the course of the inquiry it is doubtful if any sessions of the committee will be held outside of Washington. Although the committee is not re- quired to submit a final report. before the close of the present congress it is regarded as probable that at least a partial report will be made near the close of the present session. The resolution carries an appropriation of $25,000 to meet the expenses of the Investigation. It will be the aim of the inquisitors not to follow too closely the hard and fast rules of evidence prescribed in the trial of law suits, but to bring out the facts in an orderly and impartial way. An effort wlil be made also to expedite the inquiry and to this end daily meetings of the committee will be held whenever this is possible without seriously interfering with the work of congress. TO SETTLE WAGE DISPUTE Trainmen Preparing to Negotiate With Railroads. Cleveland, O., Jan. 2 .—Plans for negotiating with the railroad systems of the eastern part of the United States and Canada for a wage increase and uniform working conditions were formulated here at the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Railway Train- men, President W. G. Lee of the Trainmen said that substantially all of the railroads had been heard from, either formally or informally, with re- spect to the proposition submitted by the trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors, Answers received, however, did not change the complexion of the general situation. None granted any of the terms proposed by the employes, but each has expressed a willingness to negotiate a settlement. Prospects of a strike are considered meager. It I8 expected by Mr. Lee that the negoti- ations, which will begin at once, will last several weeks. Points seriously disputed will be taken up by all of the committees in a general meeting. DEEP HARBOR FOR ST. LOUIS Plan Also Includes Development of = Water Power. St. Louis, Jan. »\.—A deep harbor, by means of a dam, from which may be developed more than 150,000,000 horsepower immediately and._ 500,000, 000 horsepower eventually, is planned for St. Louis by Lyman E. Cooley of Chicago, if congress appropriates mon: ey for a deeper Mississippi river chan- nel. Mr. Cooley says to accomplish this a dam should be placed either at Car: ondelet or Jefferson Barracks, suburbs just south of St. Louis, which will{| create a deep chanmel from tHé mouth of the Iltinois river to St. Loufs. Any line of steamers could easily’ harbor here and the rise of water would in B0 way harm the banks, he says. PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN Nearly Seven Million Palrs of Shoes Exported in 1909. ‘Washington, Jan. 2%.—Exports of boots and shoes States in the calendar year 1909 were the largest on record, having aggre- gated 6,750,000 pairs, compared with the previous high record of 6,393,000 pairs in 1907. Measured by value, however, the exports of the year just ended fell slightly below those of two years earlier. In its contributions to the world’s requirements of boots and shoes the United States has made rapid prog- ress, especially in recent years. In 1879 the quantity exported was but 364,333 pairs; in 1889, 584,347 pairs; in 1899, 2,664,370 pairs, and in 1909, 6,773,934 pairs. Meantime the value of exports increased from $417,758 In 1879 to $642,065 in 1889, $2,668,435 In 1899 and $11,443,226 in the year just ended. These figures relate only to boots and shoes of leather and do not include those of india rubber, of which over 3,000,000 pairs were exported in 1909. WHEN HER BACK ACHES, A Woman Finds All Her Energy and Ambition Slipping Away. Bemidji women know how the aches and pains that come -when the kidneys fail make life a bur- den, Backache, hip pains, head- aches, dizzy spells, distressing urinary troubles, all tell of sick kidneys and warn you of the steal- thy approach of diabetes, dropsy and Bright’s disease. Doan’s Kid- ney Pills permanently cure all these disorders. Here’s proof of it in a Bemidji woman’s words; Mrs. A. Van Vard, 1218 Bel- trami Avenue, Bemidji, Minn., says; ‘I have used Doan’s Kid- ney Pills with satisfactory results and can truthfully recommend them to anyone suffering from kid- ney complaint. For some time I had a dull pain in the small of my back which caused me much dis- comfort. Other symptomsshowed that my kidneys were disordered and were the cause of my suffer- ing. I atlength saw Doan’s Kid- ney Pills advertised for such com- plaints and deciding to try them, I procured a box at the Owl Drug Store. 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Sold for over 60 years. 7 | ® ({4 99 = e Lommg of the - N has DOUBLY assured the future of Bemidj EVERYBODY now feels that Bemidji is a i 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 T this reason make the above concession to new buyers i of business and residence lots. Call on us for detailed information re- garding the City of Bemidji as a business, Ly residence or manufacturing location—or call - up H. A. SIMONS, our local represen‘ative Bemid}i Townsite and Im- provement Company. 404 New York Life Building ST. PAUL, MINN, The Da.ily Pioneer 10c per Week The Crookston Lumber Co. Wholesale Lumber, Lath and Building Material Pepper & Son Wholesale Liquor Dealers .Telephone 489 Niajor Block Bemid)i, Minn. Melges Bros. 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