Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 30, 1910, Page 4

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISNED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. M. DENU. Q. E. CARSON. SUBSCRIPTION---85.00 PER YFAR N 3DVANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Sea Pupnlmun—ln 1900, 1500; 7000. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders in 1910, make their summer homes on Lake Be-i Fishing, boating jand bathing ac- | midji. commodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten square miles incorporated. . Altitude—1400 feetZabove 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 lakeJand river. Death Rate—5.4 a thousandgin 1908. Annual Rainfall—33.7 inches. Temperature—20;: above, winter; summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About[five’miles. Cement Sidewalks—Twelve miles. Lakeshore Drives—Ten; miles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage--Ten gmiles, 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—Une. 75 two lakes And now to harvest that bumper crop of buckwheat pancakes. The thermometers act as if they had forgotten to use wool soap. The electric fans are not wasting much electricity just about now. If Secretary Mackenzie doesn’t bring back a reapportionment bill tucked under his arm, it will not be his fault. L. E. Stewart, living near Knowl- ton, Iowa, husked 231 bushels of corn in one day, and wasn’t late for supper, eitber. Just the momert the iron ore min- ers learn that the saloons are to be closed, the agents of Indian bureau will begin to earn their . salaries, all right. The Brainerd convention has it within its power to name the next speaker of the Minnesota house. ‘Too bad it could not do as much for congress. W. T. Martin of Los Angeles, California, wooed and won by mail a 215 pound bride. Now she is lost and he doesn’t know where to find her. She must have made some noise when she dropped out of sight. POWER OF THE PRESS. The scramble for the position of city engineer for Bemidji shows what newspapers can do when the needs of man or beast is made known. Here is another instance. “Mr. Kisor came in Thursday morning after the paper was inpress, wanting an ad. for a pig which had run away. The pig was found the next morning in. Mr. McCarty’s cellar.—Richmond Iowa Clarion.” It pays even to want to advertise. BRAINERD, YOU’RE ALL RIGHT. If there were any doubts about Brainerd making good with that convention, this removes them: “Have you ever traveled abroad and been bothered by giving tips, and been angered at excessive charges because you were a foreign- er? Have you ever visited in other American cities and been aggra- vated by uncalled for and excessive overcharges, petty graft? Sure you have. Very well then, don’t practice any such tactics on our visitors dur- ing the Northern Minnesota Develop. ment association meeting. It leaves a bad taste.” The only tips should be the omnes handed the legislators in a low but determiped tone of voice that a re- apportionment bill must be passed. HILL AND OUR FALSE HOPES Mr. Hill, Jim J., broke into print the other day with another one of his “Tight Times Coming” contri- butions. It didn’t make a hit with the Chicago Tribune which makes the following comments. » «We have been listening tor some weeks to pleasing assurances based on this year’s abundant |crops of good times next year, Now comes Mr. James J. Hill to | tell us that we have been cherish- ing false hopes and are doomed to inevitable hard times, Mines are to be shut down, factories closed, and multitudes of workers hunting vainly for work, This is to befall us because we have been extrava- gant, We have put too much money into dreadnoughts and similar nonproductive articles, Mr, Hill even goes out of his way to takea slap at the ‘city beauti- ful.” Why squander on municipal adornments money which could have been put into trade and manufactures? “It is quite likely that Mr. Hill would see less blackness and more rose color in the future if he were not a railroad man who had grave doubts about getting leave to raise freight rates. The pointof view of the railroad man is that higher rates are essential to the prosperity of the country. If they were granted, he argues, the roads would give liberal orders to the numerous manufac- turers of railway appliances. They would pay good wages to their thousands of employes, who would be generous buyers of all the neces- saries of life,. Money would be easy and circulate freely. “Hence, if the interstate commis- sion were to consent to an advance in rates Mr. Hill would view the fu- ture with less alarm. He would be inclined to condone to- some extent the extravagance which he deplores. He would not surrender his fixed idea that a boulevard is an extrava- gance and a switch track a blessing, but he would let the cities beautifiy themselves if they gave the railroads all they asked for.” Of course Mr. Hill now denies the interview, but that is to be expected. | WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY l A Blow to Lawbreakers. A San Diego man, for using the mails to defraud, will be taken to Chicago for trial. This is a warn- ing to all men. If they break the law they may be compelled togo to Chicago.—Los Angeles Herald. e # And Chloroformed. When a women wears a hat which comes down over her face so far that she can’t see and a skirt which is so tight around her ankles that she can’t walk, one wonders why she neglects to have herself handcuffed. —Chicago Record Herald. School Ma'ams Beware. Ye country school ma’ams beware, of a smooth faced stranger who will try and sell youa map of the state, telling you that the state superinten- dent has requested that all county schools should have - them. Just wave them off with a right arm gest- ure and say “beat'it” in a very for- cible tone, those two words being used by others very successfully in like cases: The state superintendent has ordered nothing of the kind, so pay no attention to these grafters.— Granite Falls Gazette. A Vegetarian Protest A correspondent writes to “The ' Voice of the People,” asks us to contemplate a" million dead turkeys in a‘million American homes on Thanksgiving day, and asks us to “stop and think” what it .means. “In evéry case,” he writes “a life precious to its owzer bas been taken, and why?” We have, at his sug- gestion, stopped and thought, and our conclusion is that it meant a million good dinners, if there were that many turkeys killed for Thanks- giving, and we hope there were. We are always willing to com- promise, and in this case the vege- tarian correspondent will be glad to know that the turkey was offset by lashin’s of baked potatoes, cranberry sauce, dressing, Brussels sprouts, and other things he likes. But we refuse to become sympathetic to the turkey. We honor and respect it all the other days of the year, but on Thanksgiving it bhas to take its chance along with the vegetables: We decline to mourn its decease. It is an ornery looking bird 1n life, but in dezth it commands our admir- ation. Besides, our vegetarian friend delayed his protest too long. He should have filed it with the de- partment of the interior several days ago.—Chicago Tribune. Argus Eyed and Hydra Headed. The term “Argus eyed” means watchful. According to the Grecian fa- ble. Argus had 100 eyes. and Juno set him to watch all of whow she was jealous. When Argus was slain she transplanted bhis eyes into the tail of the peacock. “Hydra headed” ‘is a term derived from the fable of Her- cules and the hydra. The hydra had 'nine heads, and Hercules was-sent to kill it. As soon as he struck off one ot its heads two shot up in its place. No Fire Within. Times have changed. Our fathers for some strange reason preferred a cold meeting house to on¢ which was | warmed by artificial beat. When a stove was put -into the Old South church, Boston. in 1783 a newspaper of contemporary date contained this significant lament: Extinct the sacred fire of love. Qur zeal grown cold and dead, In the house of God we fixed a stove To warm us in tneir stead. Some Nautical Facts. A knot is 6,080 feet long. tance from New York to Liverpool is 3,064 nautical miles by the northern track and 3,139 by the southern track. The former course is taken by vessels bound for New York, the latter by ves- sels bound for Liverpool. I'rom Liver- peol to New York the distances zre respectively 3,039 and 3,109 miles, In estimating records the points tak- en on either side are Sandy Hook and Daunt’s rock, Queenstown - harbor. The first lighf sighted on the British coast is the Bull, Cow and Calf, Ire- land, and on the American -coast ei- ther Nantucket or Fire island. He Was Cautious. Frederick the Great was always fond of disputations, but as he generally terminated the discussion by collaring his antagonist and kicking his shins few of his guests were disposed for an argument. He asked one of his suit why he did not venture to give his opinion on some particular ques- tion.- It is impossible, your majesty.” was the reply, “to express an opinion before a sovereign who has such con- victions and wears such very thick boots!” Live Table Talk. “T hope you will be interested in yonder gentleman,” said the hostess. “I have assigned him to take you out to dinner.” “I shall be,” responded the lady ad- dressed. “That gentleman was for- merly my husband, and he's behind with his alimony.”-Lonisville Courier- Journal. . The Ancient Use of a Kiss. A Roman woman in the ancient time.} was not allowed to drink wine except it were simple raisin wine, and how- ever she might relish strong drinks she could not indulge even by stealth —first, because she was never intrust- ed with the key of the ivine cellar and, second, because she was obliged daily to greet with a kiss all her own as well as her husband’s male repre- sentatives, down even to second cous- ins, and -as she knew not when or where she might meet them she was forced to be wary and abstain alto gether, for had she tasted but a drop the smell would'have betrayed her. So strict were the old Romans in this respect that a certain Ignatius Mer- curius is said "to ‘have slain his wife because he caught her at the wine cask—a punishment which was nét] deemed excessive by Romulus, who ab- solved the husband “of the crime of murder. Another Roman lady who un- || der the pretense of taking a little wine for her stomach’s sake and frequent infirmities indulged somewhat too free- ly was mulcted to the full amount ot her dowry. The Old Problem. “This magazine "looks rather -the worse for.wear.” “Yes; it’s the one I someflmes lend || to the servant on Sundays.” ] “Doesn’t she get tired of reading al- ways the same one?” “Oh, no. You see, it's the same book, but it's always a different serv- ant.” Missed Fire. ] Putton-Ayres—1 am caviare to -the general, you know. Miss Innocent— Oh, are you really? My brother:is in the military too.~Boston Transcript.s: || — The dis- | A Good Way to Cook Trout. Build your tire aud let it burn untl} ‘you hiave u-good;bed of hot stones and ashes. Have your trout, cleaned and washed, ready at hand on anything convenient. Pluck an armful of bal- sam twigs. Rake out your fire, leav- ing a base of hot stones and ashes. Upon this base lay balsam twigs till you have a layer from six to ten iuches thick. Now put your trout in a row upon this layer and cover with unother layer of equal thickuess, Qver all lay ashes and hot stones. Then smoke your pipe for, say, twenty min- utes. When at last you gently remove the coverings you will think at first that the trout have not been cooked at all. There they lie in all their wmoist beauty, colored as when they first came to your busket. But be careful how you handle them or they will fall apart, so tender are they. Steamed through and through by the heated essences of the balsam, they give out a faint-aromatie redolence that adds a subtle perfection to the flavor.—Ban- nister Merwinu in Outing. The Old Turnpikes. The ftirst great American highway, that between New York and Philadel- phia. was long known as “‘the old York road.” Its construction in 1711 was an example which led the colonists at other points along the Atlantic sea- board to construct similar roads where there were no water routes. They were usually built by chartered com- panies and were called turnpikes or toll reads. DP’ennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey had many roads of the kind. The first macadam road in America was built in 1792 between Philadelphia and Lanc In 1811 there were said to be 4500 wiles of chartered ipikes in New England and New York During the next twen- ty years the national government spent many- mitlions of dcllars in con- structing great highways, but the pan- ic of 1837 aud the building of railroads and canals put an end to that branch of governmert work.—Youth's Com- vanion. Made the Rhyme. . “Carpet” rhymes with no single word. but some bhold poet dared to evade the difficulty thus: “Sweet maid of the inn, ‘tis surely no sin to toast such a beautiful bar pet: helieve me. my dear. your feet would appear at home on a nobleman’s carpet.”—London Answers. Cynical. “The course of true love deesn't al- ways run smooth,” sighed the young widow. “That's right.,” rejoined the old bach- elor. *“Sometimes it ends in mar- riage.” —Chicago News, Yes, He Was Good. “Were you a good hoy in school to- av “1 think so. dad. Anyway. teacher ralled me a holy terrver.” - Buffalo Ex- press. Lived on Water. The Tramp—1 once lived on water, lady, for six months. The Lady—You don’'t look like it. How did you man age it? The Tramp—I was a sailor. To have failed is to have striven; to have striven is to have grown.—Malt- bie D. Babcock. 10 1. Belong to tha Senders Until Dollvsnd - MAILED LETTERS. ; to the Addressees. Under the postal regulations and the rulings of the highest courts of the i United States a letter does not belong to the person to whom it is sent until .. it is dellvered to him. The writer has a right to reclaim and regain posses- slon of it, provided he can prove to the satisfaction of the postmaster at the office from which it was sent that he was the writer of it. Even after the letter has arrived at the office which is its destination and before it has been delivered to the person to whom it is addressed it may be re- called by the writer by telegraph through the mailing office. The regulations of the postoffice de- partment of course require that the utmost care shall be taken by the | postmaster at {he office of mailing to ascertain that the person who desires to withdraw the letter is really the one who is entitled to do so, and a postmaster is responsible for his error if he delivers the letter to an impostor or an unautborized person. The vital principle in our political system lies at the bottom of this mat- ter. In thi: country $ic state is the servant or 2gzent of the citizen, not his master. It remains merely his agent throughout the transmission of a let- ter. The state may prescribe regula- tions under which its own servants may carry a message for the citizen, but it cannot shirk its responsibility to him.—New York Press. Currency In China, Writing from the iuterior of China, a traveler says: “Currency is primitive to a degree. Lump silver only is used and copper ‘cash’ Coined money Is not current. Even in Honan city, which is distant only two days by raii from Pekin. lump silver, the same cum- brous currency that has been used for centuries. is still employed. It is cut into small pieces by hammer and chis- el. Every town and village has its own weights and scales, and there is no pretense at uniformity.” He Would, Indeed. Singleton—1 cainot understand why (a man's wife is called his better half. Wedmore—You would if you had to divide your ealary with one.—Boston Transcript. 1 e s | Serious Business. i Polieman—I1i! \What are you doing up that ladder? Ilusband (returning late)—Hush! I'm only seeing if my wife is already asleep.—Fliegende Blat- ter. Good humor and generosity carry {the day with the popular heart all Proceedings of the City Council Bemidj, Minn.. Nov. 7th, 1910, 8 Councll met in council room city hall at D. Aqnornm being present council was called to order by Vice Uhairman Bisiar. Present on roll call. Alderman Shannon. Klein. Smart. Bursly, Risiar, Roe, Brown, Ohamberlain, Absent Chairman Kirk. Minuves of 1ast meeting were read- and ap- proved. R N Tt was moved and seconded H. F. Bosworth be paid 10008 on his water extension contract until work is measured and an estimate filed, carried. Moved and seconded Roy Blilerbe appofnted to measure water extension contract of H. F. Bosworth, to make estimate of same and file it wirh the city clerk, carried. Moved and seconded the water committee call on the Douglas Mill Co., and find out when they will furnish Sawdust as agreed upon with City Engineer Stoner for water extension, carried. Moved and seconded the city clerk ask lor bids for 23 cords of 4 foot sawed ends, d: sound jack for city hall bids to be onengg next meeting of council, carricd. Moved snd seconded Tom Johncon be al- Jowed till 1st. Dec. for completion of contract on septic_tank, carried. The following buls were on motion and seconded allowed. Street gang teams l labor ending coutract . 1000. E. H. Winter & Go. 3 cords 16in. birch city ball.......ccooeiiiiieiiiiiina., 8.00 Gill Bros, clothing for Simonson boy 5.00 George Knott carmg for 9 poor and sick 1 wk..... .75 Nepture Meter Co. bill of 1ith uit. MELers et .. ...... ioeoceiieiilll 50.40 Nepture Meter Co. bill of 17th ult. meters etc .. Henry Mmer P Huythlcord 16 in. jackpine to ‘Mrs. Edwards pauper.......... 1. Barker’s Drug store contract for Oct. 24! * 1ok and paste to Clerks office............cooveeunvninsne Mucpl. court report ending 29th nn Ev th ¢ pald Treasurer was approved and .40 2.2 50 50 Soo ordinance No. 50 “Fire limits* wasread 8 3rd time and passed by the following vote. “Ayes” Shannon, Klein, Smart, Bursly. Bisiar, Roe, Brown, Chamberlain, *Nos”None. Absent Kirk. Ordinance declared carried. Report of committee on roadway between beea warehouses and lake was accepted and Liquor license application of Andy McNabb was granted by the following vote, “Ayes' Shannon, Klein, 8mart. Bursly, Bisiar, Brown, Chamberlain. “Nos”None. _Absent Kirk. Liquor license bond of Andy McNabb with U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. of Balti- more Mar:; glnnd surety was approved on motion and seconded Liquor license application of F.8. Lyu.n was granted y the following vote, *, fioe Shannon, Klein, Smart Bursly, Bisiar, Brown, Chamberlain.. “Nays” Nune, Absent Kirk, Liquor license bund of F. 8. Lycan with T.J. Burke and W. E. Neal sureties was approved on motion and seconded. Liquor license application of Nels Rude was laid on table on motion and seconded. Moved we adjourn, Adjourned. J. Bisiar, Vice President. Thos. Maloy, City Clerk. JAMES ADAIR | PITTSBURG, PA. over the world.—Alexander Smith. WILLIAM I9II Calendars We have in stock 10,000 fancy 1911 Cal- endars appropriate for all lines of business Can You Use Any at Your Own Price? We will take your order for lots of 50 and up, printed any style you like, and deliver them to you before the holidays At Your Convenience Step in and look them over. Pioneer Publishing Co. Security State Bank Building For Sale at The Pioneer Office. BEGSLEY BLACKSMITH Horse Shoeing and Plow Work a Specialty All the work done here is done with a Guarantee. Prompt Service and First Class Workmanship. rouRth sST. NEW BUILDING semind, winw. - % 1 1 i i