Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 4, 1910, Page 4

I l THE BEMIB1 BAILY PIONEER THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU, f Q. E. CARSON. Eatersd u the Pestotfice at Bemid)l, Mianeseta, s second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR '¥ SDVANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. Population—In 1900, 1500; in 1910, 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. Altitade—1400 feet above sea level. Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississippi river. - ‘Water—Absolutely pure. Two artesian wells. Water Mains—About ten miles. Boating—500 miles by lake and river. Death Rate—5.4 a thousand in 1908. Annual Rainfall—83.7 inches. Temperature—20 above, winter; 75 summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About five miles. Cement Sidewalks—Twelve 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—Four. Bank Deposits—$800,000. 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—Three. Passenger Trains—Fourteen'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. We are beginning to realize the true significance of the term, “‘mean” temperature. The Mineapolis water supply was shut off by a perch. The fish is en- titled to a Carnegie hero medal. Iowa’s corn crop for this year is valued at $157,087,802. That’s just about the amount it would cost Mr. Hayner to be elected county auditor. Sarah Bernhardt at the age of 66 is playing “L’Aiglon.” It would seem that Rip Van Winkle might be more appropriate. Connie Mack's Philadelphia baseball team is in Cuba, The Chicago Cubs are wishing they were in astill warmer place. At Evansville, Ind,, -a house- wife mistook a bottle of gasoline for vinegar and poured it over pickles which were cooking on a hot stove. The pickles left for parts unknown. Physician say the woman has a fair chance for recovery. United States Senator Isaac Stephenson has presentsd Presi- dent Taft with his prize cow, Pauline Wayne. Despite her distinguished connection, Pauline, like others of her kind, will insist on putting her foot in the milk pail, FRENCH IS NEEDED. Beltrami county can not afford to lose its present treasurer, George H. French, who is a candidate on the republican ticket to succeed himself. Because he is familiar with the finances of the county and how to handle the money to the best inter- ests of the taxpayers, any attempt to make a change for a inexperienced man might prove a costly move. The report of the public examiner on the condition of the treasurer’s office here was to the effect that the records and accounts were satis- factory and well kept, and the public examiner does not make that kind of g ! new man” is putup to them. a report unless what :he <says is true. - To have records right and -accouats perfect is certain,proof that the tax- pavyers have a competent and " desir- 'able servant working for them. During the year of 1909 Beltrami county paid off $196,000 outstand- ing indebtedness and the.manner in which this sum was taken care of brought voluntary words of praise from the public-examiner and attor- ney general for Treasurer -George T. French. These are some of things taxpayers should ponder over when the proposition to *'give the job to a Mr. French is not a spolitician and he has waged no political campaign. He has been busy attending to the duties of his office. =~ He is justified in the belief that his services to the its initrals /in “dripping hot: sealing wax., {80 . The bandage removed from the girl’s | ‘€ycs long enough for her to see ‘a’' red hot poker with which she was told she was to be seared. A piece of ice was pressed against her back and the poker was held against a piece of raw meat to give the odor of burning flesh and im- press her with the idea that she was being burned with the poker. Of course her nervous system could not stand all this and she be- came violently ill and the doctors now say that the girl will be:a ner- vous wreck for several years. It is admitted that this may be an extreme case but that evils of this nature exist there is no question and it 1s up to the parents who county entitle him to re-election. have daughters who may be attached lto such organizations to interfere. | WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY [ Stephens is a Booster. Senator Andy Stephens of Crookston is too valuable a man for the Red river valley to [ail to send back to the legislature next Tuesday. He will be there next wiater to boost for northern Min- nesota.—News Tribune. UNFAIR TACTICS. Are the closing days of what has been a campaign delightfully free from uaderhanded politics to be made historical by the machinations of a certain clique to -elect their candidatefor sheriff, even atithe cost of treasonable tactics, dark deals and mysterious ‘-methods? If there is any scheme on foot to attack the character of the independ- ent candidate, Thomas Bailey, or to assail his unblemished reputation asa public officer, it deserves and probably will receive, the contempt| The laziest manis being revived— characteristic of American citizens | not exactly that, either, but instances when unfair and unjust attacks are showing the lazy man. On a west- made in the closing hours of a|'ern paper a fellow spells photograph political campaign. ‘4tograph.” There has only been There has been prepared a cam-|four worse than he. One lived in paign document to be distributed | Kansas and dated his letters "11- on the eve of election, in behalf of | worth;” another spelled Tennesse the present sheriff. This document is “10ac,” another spelled Wyandotte, being distributed with much secrecy | “Y&.,” and the other was Jobn Hole, and great care is being exercised in|who signed his name by writing J. placing it in the “proper hands.”|and punching a hole in the paper.— A copy of the document accident-|Stillwater Gazette. ly found its way into the hands of - a Bemidji citizen not on the chosen list. The sheriff’s friends discovered their mistake and regained posses- sion of their precious, but not praise- worty, attack on Mr. Bailey. Should Include 10 Strike. Isn't it Queer? Isn’t it queer that ignorant men are able to run railroads, control transportation and roll up millions ) . . in dividends. Take president: i- The Pioneer is unable to discuss p P Sl . . rectors of railroads. put them before the document as it has not received 5 o g an investigating committee and one of th d th s ” i S 'best argument begin to question them. Their mem- that can be made in behalf of Mr. : . ory is gone, they know nothing Bailey and in condemnation of the A 2 Hazen scheme 1s that what Mr. sbougithe eaning cap.aclty of their Bailey has to say stands the’ test of roads, and. trangportition ‘probleis : S . ., |are mysteries to them. And then the white light of publicity while : e they are let off to continue to play the sheriff’s last desperate effort to their game.—Roseau Region, pull himself into office is of such . a nature that if must be kept “under. SoveE Guess Who! A man who is afraid to come out| 1'm editing the Inlook, a helpful in the open and fight is a dangerous magazire, whose scintilating pages man to invest with the power of |2re always chaste and clean. It public office and the candidate who|keeps me pretty busy, for editing’s floods the country with malicious at.| 10 snap; there are no idle hours for tacks upon his opponent so late in | the journalistic chap. One day I the campaign that no defense can be | Fide a pony across Wyoming’s plain, made, pulls the mask from his own |and race with joyous cowboys, ex- face, revealing himself in all of his ulting in the rain, and as the broncho dishonesty and treachery. gallops I wield my fountain pen, — and write a corking essay to guide DANGEROUS GIRLS. ‘| my fellowraen.. I’'m always found Because Bemidji is free from high attending a banquet every night, and school sororities or other secret so-| 25 I eat the victuals I diligently cieties for girls of the gum and.Write; one hand ison a pencil, the gigele age is no reason why parents] Other on a fork; with cne I feed my here are mot directly interested in|Stomach, with one I feed New York. the evils growing out of these secret |1 make a hundred speeches withina organizations. The high school | bundred hours, and as I talk I'm girl of today becomes the university | Writing sage counsels to the powers. or college girl of tomorrow and|I sleep in Pullman coaches, and as I parents are then at once directly in. | 9réam I see the outline of an essay volved in the orders which are|tbatsure will be a scream. One characteristic of higher education, |93¥ I'm in Chicago, the next in The issue ofa current magazine Abilene, still editing the' Inlook, a cites a striking illustration. Recently | helpful magazine.—~Walt Mason. a girl in a High School was initiated into a secret society. In the first COMMUNICATIONS. place she was compelled to walk five miles in order to deliver invitations for the “initiation.” She was then taken into a schoolmate’s house and, after being blindfolded, two girls held her by the ankles and compell- hands down a flight of stairs. Letters to the editor of not more than 200 words on topics of interest are solicited. The names of the writers must be signed, but not necessarily for publication. Has Hayner Sacrificed Dnty'.’ ed her to walk head formost on her | Editor Pioneer. About the middle of September Then she was compelled to eat|Our present Auditor issued a state- macaroni boiled half an hour in soap | ment declaring himself too busy and was told she was eating angle.| With County work to have any worms. Then there was given her a| time for®campaigning purposes, cocktail made of vinegar, salt, pepper and that he considered it his duty and the white of an egg to make it|t© the taxpayers to devote his en- slimy. She also had to eat raw oys. | tire time and energy to the work ters and were told they were polly-| of the office. wogs. The “banquet” ended witha Since that statement was made drink of sweetened hot milk and egg | M. Hayner has hardly been in taken through a nursery bottle. girl’s back was then barred and she | little work. The | his office and when there done Has he sacrificed was compelled to kneel, and, with|duty? incantations, the sorority “branded’’ A Voter "Murder Rovealed by a Dream. Perbaps the most amazing crime mystery ‘ever solved by a -dream was that revealed by a murder trial a couple of generations ago. The dead body of Mr. Norway, an inoffensive Cornish ‘gentleman, had been found by the roadside between Wadebridge and Bodmin, brutally murdered. No trace of the murderer -could be found, and the mystery of the crime seemed be- yond all solution. when Mr. Norway’s brother, a naval officer, arrived in Eng- land and told the following singular story: On the very night of his brother’s murder, when he was on his ship in the West Indies, he saw him in a dream walking along the Bodmin road, when from a dark recess in the hedge two ruffians sprang out, slew and robbed him and then made their way to a house in Wadebridge, which he saw vividly in his dream. To this house he conducted the police officers, and there he found the very two men whom in his vision he had seen com- They confessed and suffered the extreme penalty of the law.—Pearson's Weekly. mit the murder. Horse Dentists, In every large city there are now dentists who devote their entire atten- tion to horses. and they are kept sur- prisingly busy the year round. The equine dentist is of course provided with special instruments for the ex- traction and filling of the teeth of ani- mals needing attention. It is rather interesting to observe an operation in horse dentistry. One of the instru- ments, called a speculum, presents the appearance of an ivory handle and four small bars of nickel working on a ratchet and crossing one another in such a manner as to form a hollow square that can be made large or small by the turning of a screw. Setting this device to the proper size, the horse dentist will slip it gently into the suffering animal’'s mouth. which, during the operation, is kept partly open by a groom, and when the instru- ment is fitted upon. say. one of the back teeth the beast’s mouth is kept open as wide as possible.—Harper's Weekly. The Parson Bird. Among the feathered inhabitants of New Zecaland there is a bird called the parson bird. or tui. It is about the gize and shape of a blackbird. but has a pair of delicate white tufts at its throat and is a glossy dark green oth- erwise, which looks black in the sun- shine. It can be taught to crow, to speak, to whistle tunes, and, besides these tricks, it has a repertory which is not often equaled by any other feathered songster. At vespers it has a note like the toll of a bell or the clear, high note of an organ. It cap mimic every bird in the bush to per: fection. It will break off in the mid- dle of an exquisite melody and indulge in a strange melody of sounds which are impossible to describe, but if you can imagine ‘‘the combination of a cough, a ‘laugh. -a sneeze, with the smashing -of. a pane of glass,” it will be some approach to the idea. Where He Made His Money. Years ago a gentleman settled in the south of Kngland and became very popular in the neighborhood. The county families could never_discover how he had made his money, but were satisfied by his solemn assurance that it was not in trade. Nothing could exceed the ordinary gravity of his demeanor, which indeed caused him to be placed on the commission of peace, but now and then, without any apparent provocation, he would burst into such a laugh as no one ever heard before except in one place. Where they could have heard it puz- zled the county families for five and twenty years, but at last he was be- trayed unconsciously by his own grandchild, who, after a visit to a trav- eling circus, innocently exclaimed, “Why, grandpa laughs just like the clown!”—James Payn. Her Conclusion, “I've got my opinion of a woman that can’t cook,” growled William De 'Kikkur, glaring at his better half. “I suppose:that if our cook would get married Fd starve to death!” “You needn’t worry about that, Wil- liam,” said Mrs, De K. gently. “Our cook has. been married once, and I don’t consider it at all likely that she would care to”— But her irate spouse had slammed the door behind him.—Cleveland Lead er. . Well Answered. “Why do you weep over the sorrows of people in whom you have no in terest when you go to the theater? asked the man. “I don’t know,” replied the woman. “Why do you cheer wildly when a man with whom you are not acquaint- ed slides to second base?’—Washing- ton Star. Starting a Family Jar. “No man ever obtained anything worth having without working hard for it,” said Mrs. Bickers to her hus- band, who was in a discouraged mood. “Quite true,” replied Mr. Bickers reflectively. I remember that I ob- tained you without the slightest diffi- culty.”—Liverpool Mercury. A Philosopher. Little Willie — Say, pa, what is a philosopher? Pa—A philosopher, my som, is a man who can pretend to have a light bheart when he has a light pockethook. nge. The Supply. Knicker—All the fools arven’t dead vet. Bocker—Another trouble is that they aren’t all born yet.—New York Press. e St —— o e 2] Pure Wool ‘Thelower part, dipped in boiling caustic potash, ‘was entirely dissolved, proving it to be pure wool. Part Cotton When boiled in caustic potash the wool inside the squares was dissolved, leaving oniy the cotton bars. Clothcraft Stands = the Acid Test OU always find in your Clothcraft suit a regularly signed, legal, binding guaran- , ty that the suit is pure wool. | That guaranty could not be given if the makers and we ourselves did not absolutely know the goods to be pure wool. _This is the test: Pure wool boiled in caustic potash complete- ly dissolves. If there is any cotton in the mixture, it remains. Every piece of cloth coming from the mills must be able ta i ST SRR stand this test before it is accepted for Clothcraft. Wool lasts. Wool keeps its stylish shape and color. When you can have all-wool_guarantzed at $10 to $25 it is foolish to take anything less. Then come in todayand pick out your Clothcraft suit orovercoat., lothcer " All'Wool Clothes My pa says the new ROUND OAK BASE BURNER is the“CANDY" Oak Base-Burner we ask you to notice particularly the three-flue construction —also the #wo new flues, which give greatly-increased heat from the same fuel. Note the superiority of the circulating flue—LARGEST, MOST EFFICIENT, ever placed in a base- burner. Makes it the STRONGEST double heater ever pro- duced. See the depth of fire pot, the perfect magazine. Observe the combination grates—on rollers—and the workmanship, the careful, perfect fitting of the doors, drafts and joints,—the Round Oak kind—and then its clean and handsome appearance, from the beautiful urn to the nickel-plated base—a modern, up-to-date base-burner. Distinctly superior on account of new features. i We guarantee it to give more heat—with less fuel—than any stove on the market. A. B. PALMER Your Hardware Man MR. RENTER Have you ever stopped to think that every few years you practically pay for the house you live in and yet do not own it? Figure it up for yourself. Theodore Roosevelt says: “No Investment on earth is so safe, so sure, so certain to enrich its owmers as undeveloped realty.” ‘ We will be glad to tell you about the City of Be- midji. and quote you prices with easy terms of payment if desired on some of the best residence and business property in that rapidly growing City. A letter addressed to us will bring you full particu- lars or if you prefer to see the property, call on H. A. Simons, at Bemidji. The Soo Railroad will be running its freight and passenger trains into Bemidji within a few months; investigate the opportunities offered for business on a small or large scale. Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co, 404 New York Life Bullding 8T. PAUL MINNESOTA