Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 15, 1910, Page 2

THE BEMIDUI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING GO. E. H. DENU. Q. E. CARSON. Entered n the Postoffice _— SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR ¥ 1DVANGE —_——— CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. Population—In 1900, 1500; 7000. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders make their summer homes on Lake Be- midji. Fishing, boating and bathing ac- commodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten square miles incorporated. Altitude—1400 feet above sea level. Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississippi river. Water—Absolutely pure. Two artesian 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 half miles. Lakeshore Drives—Ten miles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage—Ten miles, two lakes 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. Breweries—One. Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. Wholesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—Une. in 1910, Nothing is so very surprising, though thoroughly pleasing, as- to learn that William H. Taft ante- dates all persons in public life as an advocate of conservation of national resources. It proves that Mr. Taft was a_member of the National Conservation association before Giffort Pinchot, The forest service, in answer to an inquiry as to the general age attained by trees, states that the ordinary pine trees aftain 700 years as a maximum span of life the silver fir, 425; the larch, 275; the red beech, 245; the aspen, 210; the birch, 200; the ash, 170; the elder, 145, and the elm, 130, The heart of the oak begins to rot at about the age of 300 years. The Cass Lake Times is getting its wires badly crossed. It advocates the election of the democratic can- didats for state auditor, and the state democratic party refused to put a re-apportionmant plank in their platform. The Times has been yelling as loud as anyone for Northern Minne- sota development; now it has pitched its voice 2 notch higher and is yell- ing for a man who stands on a plat- form which is noticeably void of a re-apportionment plank. The Times never represented its community in its po]iticalvuttemnces. It makes no attempt to place its fingers on the public pulse to learn what its constituents desire and for that reason is not a representative newspaper. It is against Iverson for state auditor for personal reasons; it won’t support Mr. McGarry for personal reasons, and it advocates the re-election of County Attorney Funck for personal reasons. Cass Lake will give Iverson a majority at the November election; it will give McGarry the big end of the congressional vote at the Septem- ber primaries, while Mr. Funck will indeed be lucky if * he captures half the ballots there. It doesn’t injure a country newspaper man to forget his own corns occasionally and march along with his town on matters of interest.—Walker Pilot. CORRECTION. Last week, a news story stated that Gertrude Hand, town of Frohn, who was taken to the state school at Owatonna, has been a charge on the county for several years. The in- formation was not exactly correct as she has been taken care of by Fred Kickstadt ever since she was a few months old, and has not beena charge on the county. What a hard world this would be if it was as much trouble to do up a shirt as it is a shirtwaist. If men were as particular about their hats as women are the world would soon go bareheaded. Men do not wear leather caps to stop their brains from escaping. The male creature who smokes cigarettes is either hopelessly tough or helplessly sissy, and sometimes both. FRANK H. HITCHCOCK. Said Bachelor of Cabinet Is to Be Married Shortly. WILL WED WEALTHY WIDOW Postmaster General Hitchcock to Sur- render Single Blessedness. Washington, Aug. 15.—Washington is very much interested in the rumor which comes from London that Post- master General Hitchcock, the bach- elor of the cabinet, is soon to surren- der single blessedness. It is said he has sought the hand of Mrs. Joseph Stickney of Bretton Woods, N. H, who is credited with a fortune of $15, 000,000. Mrs. Stickney is now in England, where she is taking the cure at Bad Kissingen, near Marblehead. Mr. Hitcheock has recently returned from a trip to Europe. Mrs. Stickney entertains extensively, at her New Hampshire home, where she numbers among her guests mem- bers of the English nobility. CONFINED IN SHIP'S HOLD FOR A MONTH Twenty-five Ghinese Stowaways Gapiured at Seattle. Seattle, Wash.,, Aug. 15.—Twenty- five Chinese stowaways, who had elud- ed the inspectors at Vancouver, B. C., were captured by immigration authori- ties aboard the British steamship Kumeric, recently arrived from Hong- kong. The Chinese had walled off a room twenty feet square under the cargo of the Kumeric. They had been confined to this den since the steam- ship left China early in July and planned to slip ashore when the Kum- eric reached Portland, where she is going to load lumber. In their little den they cooked their food, ate and slept. A lantern, used in the search, was thrust into the room, but the poisonous air instantly extinguished the flame. The men were half clad and some were ill from their long confinement and scant provender of tea, rice and water. Wisconsin Merchant Ends Life. Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 15.—Frank W. Nohling, forty-two years old, president of the Kenosha Mercantile company and leader among. the Social Demo- crats of Wisconsin, committed suicide in his office here. He salshed his throat with a shoe knife, severing the jugular vein, and then, taking another knife, drove it deep into the wound. Entire Police Force Strikes. Kittanning, Pa., Aug. 15.—The en- tire police force is on a strike here because the town council wanted the members of the force to carry shot- guns and shoot unmuzzled dogs. Pres- ident of Council 'J. S. Hudson has an- nounced that he will hire men in Pittsburg for police purposes. Four Killed at: Crossiiigt* Logansport, Ind.; Aug.15:=—Four per: sons were killed outright - and four were seriously injured when the south- bound passenger train on the Lake Throw Out The Life Line” The Neal Cure Is The Life Line To Every Man Addicted to the Drink Habit. A fond and loving mother in Des Moines, whose son was cured by the Neal three day cure, writing to Sen- ator Bruce, Atlantic, Iowa, says: *“You threw out tbe life line to me boy Roy, and we are all glad beyond expression. Now he is my own dear boy the same as he was twenty-five years ago. God has heard my prayer, that he might stop drinking, and I am happy. May God’s richest bless- ings-rest on you and yours for using money in such a good way to help the fallen man and restore him to his family sound and well and sober. (Signed) Kool The Neal Cure is an internal treat- ment, without hypodermic injections, that cures the drink habit in three days, at the institute or in the home. No Cure, No Pay. 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TRUST BOOKS DESTROYED Armour’s Attorney Admits Possible Evidence Is Gone. 5 Chicago, Aug.'15.—That the stenog- rapher’s notebooks of Armour & Co.. wanted by the federal grand jury which is investigating the so called “beef trust,” were destroyed the day before the grand jury asked that they be produced will be the lead of repre- sentatives of the company when they face Judge Landis, it is learned. The destruction of the books, which the jurors believe would show price fixing agreements, will be admitted, but Attorney Urion, one of the men cited to appear in court, will explain that the books were destroyed, accord- ing to custom, to make room for new ones. Pretty Italian Girl Slain. Des Moines, Aug. 15.—Mary Mari- tina, a pretty Italian girl at the Dela- ware mines, northeast of the city, was shot five times and killed by an unidentified man. After he had emp- tied his revolver into the young wo- man the murderer made his escape. A posse of officers and citizens is in pursuit. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Ang. 13.—Wheat— Sept., $1.12%@1.12%; Dec., $1.13%; May, $1.17%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.15%; No. 1 Northern, $1.14@1.15; No. 2 Northern, $1.08%@1.13; No. 3 Northern, $1.05%@1.12. St. Paul Live Stock. St. Paul, Aug. 13.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.25@5.75; fair to good, $4.75@5.25; good to choice cows ‘and heifers, $4.00@4.50; veals, $5.50@5.75. Hogs—$7.60@8.50. Sheep—Wethers, $3.75@4.00; yearlings, $4.25@4.50; spring lambs, $5.25@86.00. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Aug. 13.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.165%; No. 1 Northern, $1.16%; No. 2 Northern, $1.09% @1.14%; -Sept., $1.15%; Dec., $1.15%; May, $1.18%. Flax—On track and in store, $2.55; to arrive and Sept., $2.52; Oct., $2.38; Nov., $2.37; Dec., $2.31. : Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Aug. 13.—Wheat—Sept., $1.03% @1.03%; Dec., $1.06%@1.07; May, $111%@L11%. Corn—Sept., 641%c; Dec., 61% @615c; May, 63%@. 63%c. Oats—Sept., 36%c; Dec., 38%c¢; May, 411%c. Pork—Sept., $21.80; Jan., $18.75. Butter—Creameries, 25@29c; dairies, 23@26¢c. Eggs—10@18c. Poul- try—Turkeys, 20c; chickens, 12lc; springs, 15c. 5 3 Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Aug. 13.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.60@8.25; Texas steers, $3.50@5.60; Western steers, $4.00@6.75; stockers and feeders, $4.00@6.25; cows and heifers, $2.50@6.40; calves, $6.50@8.- 50. Hogs—Light, $8.55@9.05; mixed, $7.95@8.95; heavy, $7.70@8.65; rough, Erie and Western railroad struck an auto at a crossing one mile east ‘of Rochester, Ind. 5.40; lambs, $4.25@6.75. ‘90@8.55; Dpigs, $8:60@9.05. $7.70@7.90; good to choice heavy, $7.- Sheep— Native, $2.25@4.85; yearlings, $4.00@ IDAHO TOWNS ARE MENACED Fierce Forest Fires in the Couer d’Alene District. HEAVY RAIN ONLY HOP Citizens of Wallace, Murray and Mul- lan Are Panic Stricken and the Dense Smoke Which Envelops Them I8 Causing Intense Suffering—Hun- dreds of Men Battle With Flames Without Success. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 15.—Fierce forest fires now raging in the Coeur d@’Alene region in Idaho, especially near Wallace, Murray and Mullan, are taxing the fighting resources of hun- dreds of men almost beyond endur- ance and the task of subduing the flames is apparently hopeless. Citizens of the threatened towns are in a wild state of panic. The dense smoke which envelops. them causes intense suffering. Men and women are praying for rain and that there may be no change of wind. A heavy pall of smoke hangs over the country for' miles. Heated embers are falling everywhere. A change of wind from east to west would bring the fiery furnace to the top of the hills overlooking Wallace. A supply train of thirty-five packs, with a relay of thirty-five fighters, en route from Iron mountain to Inde- pendence creek, at the head of the St. Jo, under the direction of Roscoe Hails of the forestry bureau, is reported “whereabouts unknown.” The fire fighters, worn out by weeks of exertion, find that all their efforts have been of little avail and look for no permanent relief until a heavy fall of rain stops the fires. TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES General Wood Promises to Supply All Troops Needed. ‘Washington, Aug. 15.—Major Gen- eral Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, has asked the interior de- partment and the forest service to agree on a joint plan for the use of United States troops for fighting for- est fires in the West. ‘While the war department has been rushing soldiers to the aid of fire fight- ers ‘as quickly as requested, General ‘Wood told officials of both services that the efficiency of the troops would be greatly increased if a plan could be decided upon which would prevent duplication of requests and clashes of authority. Such a plan probably will be presented to him. The war department now has troops all around the: fire in Western Monta- na and Northern Idaho, either at mobilization camps or at home posts. By a joint plan of action, troops near- est the individual fires will be used to fight them. General Wood says the Indian forestry services will be given all the troops they may need in the existing emergency. Families Hurry to City. Bellingham, Wash., Aug. 15.—For- est fires raging four miles north have compelled several families to hurry with their household effects into this city. A large force of men is fighting the flames and so far has protected the mills and farmhouses. Much standing timber and many thousands of cords of shingle bolts have been destroyed. Troops Ordered to Wallace. ‘Washington, Aug. 15.—Two com- panies of infantry from Fort Wright, ‘Wash., have been ordered to Wallace, Ida.,, and one company to Kalispell, Mont., to aid in fighting forest fires. The two companies now en route to Glacier park will be divided and one will be dispatched to Kalispell, giving that section two companies. Wind Fans Fire to Life. Butte, Mont., Aug. 15.—Renewed ac- tivity of a smoldering forest fire on Wolf creek, near the northern end of Flathead lake, and on the Flathead forest reserve is filling the town of Kalispell with smoke and darkening the streets. Strong winds are fanning to life other half extinct conflagra- tions. Yellowstone Fires Controlled. Livingston, Mont., Aug. 15.—Fires in the Yellowstone National park are now completely under control and the troops have been recalled to Fort Yellowstone. Unless high winds arise in the next twenty-four hours no fur- ther trouble is expected. Oldest Native Gothamite Dead. New York, Aug. 15.—Dr. John B. Rich, who was in his 100th year and was known as the oldest native citi- Zen of New York, is dead here. He was a distinguished physician and writer on medical subjects and re- talned his mental vigor unimpaired to the hour of his death. Epileptic Falls From Bridge. St. Peter, Minn.,, Aug. 15.—Selzed with an epileptic fit as he was cross- ing a railway trestle over the Minne- sota river Edward Sisler, a patient at the St. Peter. state hospital for the insane, fell to the ground below and was instantly killed. MAKES “UNCLE JOE” SMILE 4 Report That He Is to Be Ellminated From Republican Politics. Danville, Ill,, Aug. 15.—Speaker Can- non smiled. when shown a dispatch from Beverly, Mass., which intimated that Speaker Cannon, Senator Aldrich | and Secretary Ballinger may be elim- inated from Republican politics. Mr. Cannon was asked what he had to say in regard to the report. After read- uted what T could toward the enact- ment of the legislation and the presi- dent approved it. The Democratic minority in congress, reinforced by a small group of men under the leader- ship of La Follette, Cummins, Bristow and others, opposed the legislation. That is the privilege of the Demo- cratic party and its allies, but I am - quite willing to abide by the vote of the majority of the people next No- vember.” Boy Hunter Is Shot Dead. Richland Center, Wis.,, Aug. 15— While hunting in the woods near his home John Henry, a fourteen-year-old boy, was accidentally killed when a small rifie was accidentally discharged and the bullet struck ‘the boy in the throat. 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 two frequent action; Any urinary trouble tells of kid- ney ills. Doan’s Kidney Pills .cure all kidney ills. People in this vicinity testify to this. Jacob Scheerer, of Park Rapids, Minn., says: “I doa great deal of hard work and I believe this, to- gether with being ina stooped posi- tion, brought on my kidney trouble. My back ached severely and there was 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 and I pro- cured a supply. The contents of of two boxes removed the pain in my. back and restored my kidneys to a normal condition.” 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. Leave your orders for seasoned Birch, Tam- arack or Jack Pine Wood with S. P. HAYTH copvmionr |1 A Our Ice Service like our ice, gives universal satisfaction. ~Every - custo- mer is pleased at receiving each day. a full weight of hard, clean and clear water in the solid state. Itis all important to have what can be used for Summer drinks without hesitation. 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SIMONS at Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co, 404 New York Life Bullding E“m)n gught to own a plece of property, if only a building ot. ST. PAUL MINNESOTA Bemidji Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Jobhers The Following Firms Are ' horough The Crookston Lumber Co. Wholesale Lumber, Lath and Building Mat2rial Melges Bros. Co. Wholesale Commission Fruit and Produce Manufacturers of Creamery Butter 1 Reliable and Orders Sent to Them Will Be Promptly Filled at Lowest Prices Model Ice Cream, Snowflake Bread and Deelishus Candies Made at The Model Wholesale Bakery, Man- facturing Confectionery and Ice Cream Factory 315 Minnesota Ave. NORTHERN GROCERY COMPANY WHOLESALE GROGERS BEMIDJI, MINN. Send yourMail Orders to GED. T, BAKER & C0. Manufacturing Jewelers and Jobbers They are especially prepared to promptly fill all orders in their various lines of merchandise. Largest stock of Diamonds and Watches and the finest equipped work- shop in Northern Minnesota, Special order work given prompt attention. Estimates furnished. GhHe Given Hardware Co. Successors to John Fleming & Co. Wholesale and Retail Hardware Phone 57 316 Minnesota Ave. To My Customers I will be out of the city until Tues- day morning, and then if you will call I will tell you about a few Snaps I have in Real Estate. Building Contractor and Real Estate Broker ROOM 9, O’LEARY-BOWSER BUILDING Office Phone 23. REYNOLDS House Phone 316. Bemidji, Minn. B0 S