Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 22, 1910, Page 4

I THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISKED EYERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. Q. E. CARSON. mesots, 88 second SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR ' RDVANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. Population—In 1900, 1500; 7000. 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. free of charge, the sum of one dollar being collected to defray the ship- ping expense. This class of traveling library is designed especially for farmers’ clubs, reading clubs and ag- ricultural clubs in general, and should not be overlooked by com- munities desiring this class of read- ing this winter. A request to the Public Library Commission, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn., will bring full particulars and an application in 1910, | blank. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders | CONTESTS OF INTEREST IN THE COMING CAMPAIGN. Tbe most important election, from every angle, since the latest Presi- dential election, and the most impor. tant that will be held in this country Water Power—2200 developed horse- | 4] the next Presidential election, 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 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—One. «All eyes on Brainerd,” is none too many. Golly, this is great weather. Al most makes a man love his mother-n-law. Whatever may be said of Mr. Gray, he cannot be accused ot causing any undue excitement in the political arena. Of course the lid isn’t off in the Indian territory, but it is tiited here and there to an angle of one of the new fall bonnets. David B. Hill, a democrat to the end, died suddently in his New York home. As an example of devotion to a political party he occupied an unique position. Often men- tioned as a possiblé democratic candidate for president, he failed of this honor, rather because of his pronounced views gnd rugged honesty, thaun for any other reason. He belonged to the school of James G. Carlisle and Grover Cleveland and few of his kind remain. FREE LIBRARIES FOR FARMERS. With the approach of the long winter evenings, there is need of providing something to profitably half | gome stiff congress fights. | renomination; the ’fizure of Caleb Powers, tried, con- will be held on Nov. 8. This year twenty-eight states will elect governors, .congressmen and members of Legislatures. The elect- ion in New York is of national im- portance on account of the issues in- volved and the personality of Theo- dore Roosevelt. Then there w'll be Cocks, sometimes referred to as Col. Roose- velt’s personal congressman, is fight- ing as he never fought before for re- election. Payne, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House and one of the authors of the Payne-Aldrich tariff, is running for re-election. The returns from the Thirteenth (Herbert Parsons’ dis- trict); the Fifteenth, where William M. Bennett defeated the veteran Ol- cott for the nomination; the Thir- tieth, where Dwight, the Republican whip of the House, is standing for re-election; the Thirty-second, where Havens, the Democrat who defeated Aldridge last year refused a nomi- nation, and the Thirty-third, where J. Sloat Fassett is the Republican Icandidate. will supply interesting stories. In the following other Congress Districts the returns wil’ te awaited with “keen interest: Tu: Second of California, where an Insurgent Re- publican defeated the Stand-Patter, McKinlay; practicaily all the Illinois districts, including the Eighteenth, where Speaker Cannon is running; the Tenth Indiana, which Crumpacker has represented for WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY The Truth, the Whole Truth, Etc. While the cry of “‘democratic har- mony”’ goes thundering down the line an observer canmot but note that there is a very perceptible difference between the party plat- form as adopted by the convention and the policies advocated by James Gray in his campaign speeches.— Princeton Union. Yes, Why Not? The silliest and most insane tad with which Dame Fashion has ever led captive a sane American woman is that of carrying dolls at social functious, a novelty introduced by the dainty Parisienne. The only excuse offered is that it educates in the art of dressmaking. experiment on Alexandria Post News. Little Virgin Timber Burned. In the northern fires of the past few weeks but little virgin timber has Most of the even been scorched. fires started on old lands that had grown up with a second growth less valuable timber and underbrush. Thousands of acres once covered with pine timber that was clean and free of small growth, have since grown up to birch, poplar and brush, which. in a dry season, offers the easiest kind of fuel.—Mississippi Valley Lumberman. The Duck isa Heavy Set Bird. A schoolboy, asked to write an essay on ducks, submitted the fol- lowing: : “The duck is a low heavy-set bird, composed mostly of seat and feathers. He is a mighty poor singer, having a hoarse voice, caused by getting so many frogs in his neck. He likes the water, and carries a toy balloon in his stomack to keep him from sinking. The duck has only two legs, and they are set so far back by Nature that they come pretty near missing his body. Some ducks, when they get big, have curls on their tails, and are called drakes. Drakes don’t have to set or hatch, but just loaf about, and go swim- ming, and eat everything in sight. If I was to be a duck, I would rather years; the Seventh of Iowa, where the veteran Hull was ‘defeated for the Republican nomination: the Ninth of Iowa, where Walter I. Smith. one of Cannon’s trusted lieutenants, has repudiated his old chief and is running as an Insur- gent; the Second and Fifth of Kan- sas, where tbe incumbents Scott and Calderhead were defeated for Third, where Campbell the Regular was renomin- ated and the Ninth, where Anthony, Regular, is being tought by the Tnsurgents. In Kentucky, the picturesque victed, sentenced to death and fin- ally pardoned for complicity in the murder of Gov. Goebel, is . standing as the Republican candidate. In the First Michigan, Denby, the Republican nominee, supports Can- non and Ballinger. In the First Minnesota, Tawney was defeated for the Republican nomination and has declined to support the Republi- can nominee. In Montana, it will take a change of only a few legis- lative votes to elect a Democrat to succeed the Hon. Thomas H. Carter in the United States Semate. In Ohio, Longworth, who has repudi- ated Cannon, and Kiefer have stiff employ the minds of the various members of the household. Where one is fortunate enough to be in touch with one of our rural mail- routes, there is ample chance to pro- vide a series of good periodicals and to receive them in good season. There is however, a need and a desire for books to read, and where these are not wisely chosen it fre- quently happens that some are read which might better have been left unread. The Public Library Commission is in position to supply a reasonable number of rural communities with a special agricultural library of fifty volumes. Twenty-five of these vol- umes are standard works of fiction, and the balance a careful selection of reliable works on most phrases of agriculture. These libraries are loaned/ to communities practically fights. In Indiana Senator Bev- eridge, assisted by Col. Roosevelt, is fighting for a Legislature that will return him to the United States Senate. As to the Governors, other than New York, the contests that have special interest are Gov: Harmon’s in Ohio; Dr. Woodrow Wilson’s President of Princeton, in New Jersey and the Republican insurgent Bass in New Hampshire. A Spurned Gift. - A charity expert was discussing promiscuous almsgiving. “Promiscuous giving,” he said, “is money thrown away. Nothing should be given to beggars except work. A friend of mine said the other day to a beggar: “¢ can’t give you any money, my poor fellow., but if you call at my house I'll give you plenty of work.’ “ “Thanks," the beggar answered. ‘I've got plenty of that at home.’” e T S Sl e e — be a drake.”—Irish Paper. He Sings, and Well He May. | sing about the stately cow, with antlers growing on her brow and a tassel on her tail, no other animal can put so well her foot inside'a six quart pail. My old cow prods me with her horns and puts her Tri)hy on my curns and fills my soul with grief, but che consoles me with some milk thai’s smootl: and white and fine as silk, and rich beyond belief. The city-dwelling modern man goes to the grocer for a can ot milk made by trust or from the dairy- man he’ll get a pint of something pale and wet, in which to soak his crust. And all the people of that ilk, who live on canned or doctor- ed milk are guant and sad of face while I, who keep a large red cow, could polish off Jack Johnson now, and vindicate the race. For you, O cow, my harp I swat; you have your faults as who has not?— Walt Whitman. Decline of the Mustache. Permission to wear a mustache was | eagerly sought after in the middle of the last century. But now the virile decoration is discarded. Why? In those old days the Bank of England would not allow its employees to wear it and issued an order- which might have come more appropriately from a bank of Ireland. It was to the effect that the mustache was not to be worn in business hours! A large drapery’ firm in London objected mot only to the mustache, but to hair parted down the middle. There is more tolerance now. Men look younger when clean shaved. They are also more readable without the protection given by the mustache to the upper lip. If hearts can be worn on sleeves thoughts can be read on upper lips. But is it always wise to leave the legend unhidden? Men seldom like to be divined, as La Rochefoucauld remarked once and for all time.—London Express. Conscience. “On what grounds do you desire to withdraw the plea of ‘not guilty?” “On the simple ground that we are guilty. However, we must call the at- tention of your honor to the regret- table fact that the statute of lmi- tations lets us out. Too bad we were not asked about this matter earlier.”— Philadelphia Ledger. o r— Why not the real thing?— ITASCA COUNTY. C. C. McCarthy, Grand Rapids, , Grand Rapids. rk, Grand Raplds. J.'D. Doran, Grand Rapids, Geore H. Speak Grand Rapids. D. D. Greer, Coleraine. R. A. McQuat, Coleraine. E. H. Bither, Bovey. C. B. Webster, Bovey. Harry Phinney, Deer River. W. B. Taylor, Deer River. John C. Lewis, Nashwauk. BELTRAMI COUNTY. C. R. Middleton, Baudette. S. M. Koefod, Baudette. Albert Chilgren, Willinms. J. H. Geo. E. Ericson, Spooner, Frank A. Jackson, Bemidii. M. Chester MeKusick, Bemidji. H. J. Loud, Bemudji. A. M. Crowell, Bemidji. Chann W Sorutonin: Be 1dj1 . : Chas. W. Serutchin, Bemidjl. Price, Grand Rapids, Chax. W Serutehin s John F. Gibbons, Bemidii. Graham M. Torrance, Bemiidjt. S enry Funkley, Bem Ralnh A, Stone, Grand Rupids. }enry Funkley, Bemidji F. §."Arnold, Bemidjl. Hiram A. Simons, Bemidjt. John T Brown, Bemidil. . W. Campbell, Bemidji. n. H. Fisk, Bemidjl, . Bailey. Bemidjl. 3. 5. Brows, Bomidi. CROW WING COUNTY. A. D, Polk, Brainerd. G. S. Swanson, Brainerd. . Warner, Brainerd. Jay Heury Long, Brainerd. E. Ryan, Brainerd. W. A. Fleming, Brainerd. T. C. Blewitt, Brainerd. Strongly Endorsed ...and... Cordially Favored BY THE LAWYERS OF THIS DISTRICT Statement by Lawyers: To the Voters of the Fifteenth Judicial District: ‘We favor the election of JUDGE C. W. STANTON to succeed himself. He has proved himself to be capable, fair and trustworthy. place him for a new man. We deem it unwise to dis- Qualifications only, and not political considerations, should guide the people in the selection of the judiciary. (Signers as follows:) emidji, . W. Hall, Aitkin. G. W, Holland, Brainerd. F. Ebner, Brainerd. . Mantor, Brainerd. . Larson, Brainerd. S.F. Alderman, Brainerd. W. H. Crowell, Brainerd. Frank A. Lindberg, Crosby. CLEARWATER COUNTY. ‘Wm. A. McGlennon, Bagley. Nils Hagen, Bagley. AITKIN COUNTY. E. H. Krelwitz, Aitkin. J. C. Hessian, Aitkin. Louis Hallum, Aftkin. KOOCHICHING COUNTY. & W. V, Kane, Int’l Falls. Geo. S. Langland, lnt‘l Falls. Franz Jevne, Big Falls. Gen. H. Walsh, Int’l Falls. . M. Skinvik, Int’l Falls, Allll A. Toue, Northome. Frank Palmer, Int’l Falls. HUBBARD COUNTY. P. V. Coppernoll, Park Rapids. W. W. Woolley, Park Rapids. U. G. Wray, Park Rapids. L. W. Bills, Park Rapids. F. A. Vanderpoel, Pnrk Rapids. ‘M. G. Wooley, Akeley. CASS COUNTY, Daniel Delury, Walker. E. L. Rogers, Walker. J. S. Scribner, Walker. Harry Paddock, Walker. Chas. W. Ladu, Pine River. E. L. Forbes, Pine River. R. M, Funck, Cass Lake. L. M. Lange, Cass Lake. J. E. Lundrigan, Cass Lake. Chas, Argall, Cass Lake. ¥rank Ives, Cass Lake. A Possible Remedy. “The ocean doesn’'t seem to agree with you." consoled the ship’s doctor. who had prescribed everything con- ceivable. “I’erhaps it would.” moaned the oth- er. *I haven't (ried it yet.”—Puck. Talent Recognized. “Jebbers doesn’t appear to have the slightest idea of practical politics.™ “Yes." answered Senator Sorghum; *hjs assumption of ignorance on the subject proves him a most astute poli- tician."—Washington Star. Eating Time. Friend—So you dined at a way sta- tion. What did you have for dinner? Traveler—Twenty minutes.—Kansas City Journal. Justice is the bread of nations. They are always famishing for it.—Jordan. Keeps Him Busy. The Skeptical Aunt—What does he do. Dolly, for a living? Dolly (greatly surprised)—Wky, auntie, he does not have time to earn a living' while we are engaged! Made Him Think. Sapleigh—Ah. speaking of eiectricity, that muakes me think— Miss Keen— Really, Mr. Sapleigh! Isn’t it remark- able what electricity can dn?—Boston Transcript. Shady. Gyer—They tell me Sharp is engaged in a shady business. Myer—You don’t say! Gyer—Yes; he's putting up awn- ings.—Chicago News. Trying to Prove It. Apgry Father—Great Scott! What are you doing, Johnny? Why. con- found it, you've got my new watch all to pieces! Johnny—Yes, dad. Teach- er told us today that a good watch ought to have at least 170 parts, so I thought I'd see if yours was a good one, Preparing Her. “] hope madame is not supersti- tious?” “No, my girl. Why?" “Because I have just broken the large mirror in the parlor.” —Paris Rire. Doctors Are More Thorough Now. A physician at a dinner in Denver sneered at certain Biblical miracles. “Lazarus.” he said, *“was raised from the dead. and yet 1 don’t see any dead folks being raised in our time.” “No,” said a clergyman, an eminent Biblical scholar, with a smile. “Mod- ern medical science has progressed too far for that. eh?” —Waghington Star, Whistler as a Horseman. Boggs. a cadet cavalry officer at West Point academy. was an assist- ant in the riding hall. On one occa- sion he overheard Whistler, who thor- oughly disliked to ride, objecting stren- uously to the horse brought for his use, The horse, he argued. was too heavily built and much too large for a man of his size. Whistler, with much vehemence, urged the man next him to “swap.” The man with whom he wished to exchange horses was of muscular build and a “pretty generous size” and his horse a lightweight an- imal, so it seemed to Whistler that it would be a “most fitting exchange.” “Ob, dorn’t swap! Don’t you swap. Mr. Whistler” cried the dragoon. “Yours is a war horse. sir!” “A war horse!” exclaimed Whistler. “That settles it. T certainly don’t want him.” “Yes, you do. sir.” reiterated the man, “He's a war horse, I tell you, for he’d rather die than run.”—Century. The National Flag. The first display of the national flag at a military post was at Fort Schuy- ler, on the site of the present city of Rome, N. Y. The fort was besieged early in August. 1777. The garrison was without a flag. so one was made according to the prescripticn of con- gress by cutting up sb.ets to form the white stripes, bits «f scarlet cloth for the red stripes. and the blue ground for the stars was made from a piece of the blue cloak belonging to Captain Abraham Swartwout of Dutchess county, N. Y. This flag was unfurled over the fort on Aug. 3, 1777. The national flag was first unfurled in battle on the banks of the Brandy- wine Sept. 11, 1777. The flag was first hoisted over a foreign stronghold June 28, 1778, when Captain Rathbone of the American sloop of war Provi- dence captured Fort Nassau, on the Bahama islands. Captain Paul Jones ‘was the first man to display the Amer- ican flag on an American vessel. This flag was made by the women of Ports- mouth, N. H., for the Ranger, which was fitted out at that port for Captain Jones. The Ranger sailed from Ports- mouth on Nov. 1, 1777. How Plants Remain Upright. If a flowerpot is laid on its side the stalk of the plant growing in it grad- ually curves upward until it resumes the vertical position. This is called geotropic curvature, and the question is by what means the plant is stimu- lated to change its direction of growth. One theory avers that movable starch grains in the plant cells fall to the low- er side as the position is changed and by their pressure influence the mech- anism of growth. S R The bar of the Fifteenth Judicial District, made up largely of republican lawyers, favors a non-partisan judiciary. Every voter should join in this movement to keep the office of judge out of poli- tics. Endorse Judge C, W. Stanton at the polls on Nov. 8th. Attorneys Bunn T. Wilson, Blackduck, Thos. E. Collins, Cass Lake, and A. R. Hol- man, Pequot, have also signed above statement. Little Known Republics. Within the domain of the United States on the North American conti- nent there have been divers independ- ent republics, says Mary W. Hazeltine in Harper’s Magazine, the very name of three of which is known to but a few. How many Americans of today have heard. for example, of the com- monwealth of Watauga. which in 1772 was organized as an independent com- munity by North Carolinians who had crossed the Alleghenies and. descend- ing into the basin of the Tennessee. had made themselves homes in the val- ley of the Watauga river? How many remember the commonwealth of Tran- sylvania. which was organized in the it is now Kentucky and wiich sent to the Conti- nental congress a delezate, who. how- ever. was not admitted? How many have ueard of the sbhort iived state of Franklin, or Frankland. which at a somesvhat Iater period was self cre- ated out of certain western counties of North Carolina ? A Remarkable Concert. A Carlsbad letter calls attention to a remarkable concert which took place at the Spa on Aug. 6. 1812, a program of which is still pr ed in the city archives at that place. The entertain ment wag given for the bepefit of the sufferers by the tire which had laid waste Baden and took place at the Saechsischer Saal. The only perform- ers were Beethoven and Polledro, who plityed their own compositions. There were two pianoforte and two violin solos and several numbers in which both took part, says the writer. The account of the entertainment also mentions the fact that one of the inter- ested listeners was a “tall, elderly man, wearing a great blue coat. who sat perfectly erect throughout the per- formunce. never looking anywhere but at the stage. This was Goethe” The amount realized for the fund was about $200. The letter ends with, “Beethoven at the piano for charity and box receipt: 00." A Luxury. “Rut.” objected the heiress, “I have been accustuired to every luxury.” *That’s all the more reason why you should marry me."” replied the impe- cunious suitor. *“I'm a Juxury myself.” Courage. What one needs to cultivate is a tenacity of purpose that will not quail nor turn aside. a cournge that in emer- gencies dares to separate from the crowd, that pever recugnizes defeat. Laughter. Laughter is recommended as & cura for indigestion. [t looks easy to the person wh not aftlicted with indi gestion. -Toiedv Blude. P — s -~