Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 28, 1910, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PURLISHED EVERY AFTEAROOR FICEFT SUNBAY 8T THE BEMIDJ PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENV: Q. E. OARSON. -_ e Rstored f the Patsttica ot Bomig)l, Minessta, 88 socond sluss matts SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR IV :DVANGE —_— CITY-OF BEMIDJI Fopetrionsin 1900, 1500; in 1910 7000. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders make their summer_homes on Lake Be- midjii; Fishing, boating and bathing ac- commodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten squareZmiles incorporated. Altitude—1400 feet above sea level Water Power—2200 developed horse- 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. Ansual Rainfall—38.7 inches. Temperature—20 above, winter; 75 summer, mean. Sewer. Mains—About five'miles. Cement_Sidewalks—Twelve niles. 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;flourfeed and hay. Poatal Receipts—$17,000 for 1909, 10th place in state-outside of St. Paul, Minne- apolis and_Duluth. Railrosds—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—Fourteendaily. Hospitals—One. Distances—To ISt. Paul, 230 miles; to|toward Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen. Brewerics—One. Sawmills—Four. Handle Factocies—One. ‘Wholesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—Une. E. F. Cartier Van Dissel, vice pres- ident and chairman of the board of trustees of the National Apple Show, Inc., has submitted a proposition to faces which leared at us over the hor: izon: Sometimes in our northward progress these faces laughed and again they scowled. * * * “I want to be honest in this and right here I say that any observation I took were for:my-own satisfaction.” The American people ‘are inclined to be charitable and this is Dr. Cook’s greatest asset in pawning off his new fake via the magazine route. Dr. Cook sprang into prominence under a cloud when he made the false claim that he had accended Mount McKinley and his reputation has been going from bad to worse ever since. Commander Peary probably went as far into the fantastic, blear-eyed frozen north as did the imminent Dr. Cook—or should we spell it Dr. Crook—and Mr. Peary’s mind was fairly clear during the entire trip. The doctor was feeling.fit as a fiddle, physically, mentally and fin- ancially soon after his return from the zone where the “twist of a dog’s tail,”” was so facinating. He is now quite willing to admit that he did not reach the north pole but he can- not deny that he helped himself free- ly to the hospitality of Copenhagen; that he came sailing serenely into the arms of New York, where a gracious populace sang his praises and pretty girls festooned with flowers his shoul- ders, which had so bravely encount- ered the “nightmare monsters,” and that was only a beginning. The doctor was glad to be back from his triumphant expedition, the the world at the earliest moment after emerging from his safe little igloo on the southern end of the Ar- tic zone. The’/American dollar be- gan to look much more ‘attractive than any old North Pole ever did and he hopped onto the lecture platform as eagerly as he had ever marched on “distorted and scrowling world. And still there is more to say of the doctor. Stubborn scientists were clamoring for something besides Doc’s ready tongue proof that he had put his trade mark upon the North Pole. came a real and truly nightmare, providing a nightmare can pene- trate the conscienceless cranium of the trustees of the Spokane chamber |the versatile physician of commerce to erect a permanent In any vent, the time arrived when structure, to house the annual com-|Cook could no longer stay the public petitive -exposition in Spokane next|clamor for proof. vear and make it the headquarters for an apple show circuit. The wheel is to include St. Louis or Kan-|other swindle. Not having any, Dr. Cook proceeded to resort to his old time methods and pull off an- The doctor is a sas City, Omaha, Minneapolis, Detroit {specialist along that line. Philadelphia, Boston, New York, At- So the Cook opened up negotiations lanta, Ga., and several cities in the|with an expert navigator who proved middle western and southern states. From this navi- out, Mr. Van Dissel said, but it is|gator, Cook purchased a set of false likely these will be in tangible shape [observations which he forwarded to early in January. the Pacific coast, including Portland, Ore., have asked to be visited in 1911, Several cities on |Copenhagen, where they were cast into the waste paper basket. = The navigator squealed on Cook, because but it is not believed the exhibits|he hadn’t been given enough to keep will be sent into the Northwestern country. He added that the fourth quiet. Then did the doctor come out like annual show wil be larger and more|a2 man, admit his duplicity and re- complete than any two others com-|turn the thousands of dollars he had bined. in Spokane and Chicago this year|not Doc. was $85,000. THOSE DANCING NYMPHS. In his paid. contribution appear- ing in the current issue of a national magazine, Frederick A. Cook, doctor, traveler, north pole pipe dreamer, faker and all-around swindler, has this to say in telling of his trip north: “There was little in the white waste about me to occupy my atten- tion. Sometimes the spot on the horizon, or the twist of a dog's tail would facinate me and hold my at- tention for minutes. “During this time, from the early days of our journey, as I want to show, everything centered about the idea of the pole. Then to bewilder one, to set one laughing with silly amusement or to fill one with a sense of awe, there early began a procession of optical " illusions, the mental.effect of which I find difficult to analyze. This often caused con- fusion in estimating distances. Peaks of snow were transformed into vol- canoes belching smoke; out of the pearly mist rose marvelous cities with fairy castles; huge creatures, mis- shapen and grotesque, writhed along the horizon. “These spectral denizens of the north accompanied-us during the en- tire journey- and when fagged of brain.and sapped, of .bodily strength: I felt my-mind - swimming in a sea of half- consciousness impressing me as the monsters one sees in a night- mare, * * * “] have spokem:of the distorted The cost of the two shows|gathered in from his lectures, “Nix, He packed his grip and, fled to Europe where he had been in hiding, disguised as a gentlemen, proposed the new stunt of elaborating until his vivid, frost-cracked brain upon his colossal lie and selling it to the American public. It would ‘be interesting to know what next Doc will do for a living. The Lesson She Learned. A fair western co-ed and one of the male seniors :fell violently in love and neglected their studies shamefully. Both were expelled. The fair co-ed therupon wrote this interesting reply to the faculty: Gentlemen—You have expelled me for neglecting my studies, yet I have learned at your institution more than you will ever know. I have learned. the meaning of love. What Is the use of studying bot- any if I am not allowed to gather roses? ‘Why should 1 devote myself to astron- omy. it I may not look at the stars? What does it profit me to spend years on mathematics.and neglect my own figure? You have expelled my fiance also. Do you think he‘is unhappy? We were mar- ried last evening. —Exchange. Sand-Swept Asia. In the arid.lands of central Asia the alr is reported as often laden with fine detritus, which drifts like snow around conspicuous: objects and tends to bury them in a dust drift. Even when there is no apparent wind the air is described as thick with fine dust, and a yellow sediment covers every- thing. In Khotan this dust sometimes 80: obscures :the sun that at midday out a lamp. On the Safe Side. “May 1 see wy -father's record?” asked the -uew ‘student. “He was ip the cinss of 77" “Certainly, my boy. What for?" ° “He told me ‘when I left bowe not to disgrace bim, sir. and | ‘wish to see just bow- far I -can go."—Buffalo Ex- press: achievement of which he flaghed to| faces” of the ice packed top of the| These persistant calls at last be- | to be quite as much of a knave as the | The plans have not yet been worked|doctor himself. one cannot see to vead fine print with- | - .| Falls Journal: « IWBAT OTHER PAPERS SAY I Little Abner Big Hero. Little Abner Emerson of Deer Park, Wis , is wearing a hero medal as big and as heavy as a fire brick. He was upstairs in his ‘home ‘last Tuesday night flaying with an old revolver, which was not loaded. He heard someone enter ' the house and thought it was. his Uncle Carl. He figured on giving uncle a scare and ran downstairs with the revolver pointing ahead of him and crying outat the top of his voice. The newcomer, who proved to be a sus- picious Jooking tramp, was scared and lit out as fast as his legs would carry him. When Abner saw it was oot his Uncle Carl at all, but a tramp with three months’ highway dust in his whiskers, he was a little disturded, but it was a fine lesson to him of what a bluff would do when there is a revolver back of it.—A, J. R. in Minneapolis Journal. Uncle Ben on Reapportionment This matter of reapportionment is comin’up in state and congress both and Farmer Ben stands right where he has been for alwus in favor of a square deal. It’s rotton the way we’'ve clung to our present con- ditions in the state when we simply bave the power to hang onto what we’re not entitled to. The simple fact is that the big growth for the past decade has been in northern Minnesota and we've got down here more than belongs to us and they less than what’s due to them. I ain’t in favor of increasin” enumber of the legislature above what it is now. If Mower county can save one senator and one representativ in the new deal we ought to be well satisfied:—Uncle Ben in Mower | County Transcrapt. A Woman's Appeal. The following communication | appeared in a recent issue of the Brainerd Dispatcb; To the Christians of Brainerd:— Are you going to - permit a “‘grand opening” without a4 fight? Why stand ye idle gazing toward a future heaven? Let’s have a little more Heaven here and a little less Hell? A busy mother knows not “law,“ but she knows “order’ and if a sa- loon is an ‘‘orderly” thing, why do they have to screen its windows and doors? A clean woman may not know “law” but she can recog- nized a clean human being and a drunkard does not appeal to her as a clean animal. A pure woman may not know “law” but when alcoholic drinks make men aod women the lowest things in creation, alcohol does not appeal to her as a very purifying thing. "When results show that intoxicat- ing-liquors are not necessary ‘for order, cleanlingss, or -purity, why have them? Women do not know “‘law” but [ is not right” but “right is right.” Yours for a clean city, Mrs. Charles Donald McKay. Dec. 15, 1910. Stephens-Saugstad Contest. The examination of the ballots in the Polk county contest between Senator Stephensand Representative John ' Saugstad, who defeated him at the last election shows that Stephens has lost one vote and gained one vote so he stands just where he- started thus far. It is claimed by the Stephens men*that 135 of the Saugstad ballots contain stickers put on wrongly by some be- ing placed over the name of Senator Stephens. The Crookston Times, Senator Stephens’ organ, says in re- gard to the possible outcome: *“From an impartial -standpoint it would appear as though -a great deal depends- on how the senate stands on the two men, If a ma- jority favor the return of Senator Stephens, there is no lack of irregular’ ballots, evidence of strewing the pol- ling places with stickers even to the booths, ~ and the designation of certain men in the various precincts who made a business of marking ballots for Saugstad, to justify seat- ing Stephens without digging for any excuses; and, on the other hand, if ‘the senate members are more friendly toward Saugstad and are willing to go so far as to place -a very loose construstion on the elec- | tionlaws and the guarding: of the ballot they may overlook all- irregu- larties and ‘take the returns as given' by the Judges: of elecnon.—Ferxnn think it time to show that “might. I LEGISLATIVE l Governor Eberhart is spending his mornings’ at hisHone writing hs message’'to the legislatare. He is in the nmce‘lt‘rthe,c'fipitdl* from 2 to 5 o’clock each afternoon. Senator -Clapp-has” opened ‘head: quarters at the Merchants’ Hotel where he is receiving members of the legislature as they arrive in the city. The declaration by the govern- or that he is1n no sense a candidate for Clapp’s toga has not entirely quieted the talk of a fight for the senatorship. The friends of the senator, However, declare it is only a matter of counting-the ballots. REFRIGERATOR CARS. Evolution of the Idea-of “an Icebox on Wheels.” The refrigerator_car was never in- vented, but just It was the idea of a New England railway man who needed some such thing as far back as 1851. . In June of that year the first refrig- erator car Is said to bave made its trip from Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Bos- ton. The car owed its origin princl- pally to the fact that the farmers near Ogdensburg. who made a great deal of butter, were unable to ship it ex- cept in cold weather. A railroad man named IVilder, at that time in ‘Charge of the through freight, thought it would be a good Idea to rig up “an icebox on wheels.” and he told this'to the president of the roand, who gave orders that the mas- ter mechanic should plan several of them. * At this time farmers were recelving only 12 cents a pound for their butter. The lced car was loaded with eight tons of it. sent through and allowed to stand in Boston till the product was sold. It brought 17 cents a pound after paying all espenses and com- missions, and the plan was voted a success. In a short time the road had a regular service on, using a number of cars, and the idea spread rapldly. Wilder did not patent his idea. but allowed it to be used by whoever so desired.—St. Louis Republic. A Born Diplomat. “Splendid!” exclaimed the old colo- nel as C company passed the saluting base. “Did you hear wot ole nasty face ses?” No. 3 of the front rank asked No. 4. “Stand fast after parade, No. 4, for talking in the ranks!" snapped a ser- geant from near-by. “It waso't me talkin't” %3 “You'd better not git two on us in trouble.” advised No. 3 in a whisper. “Talking while marching past!" ech- oed the adjutant. “What on earth did you find to talk:about then?" “, we was; passing the "salutin’ explained No. 4, “the colonel ses, ‘Splendid?” ‘Yes,' I ses to meself. ‘an’ you've got,the smartest officer in the British army to thank for makin' us splendid, and that's our adjutant.’” “Er—sergeant, send the man away and don't bring such frivolous com- plaints before me again.” snapped the adjutant.—London Answers. muttered The Change of a Word. “You wouldn’t -think there’d = be enough difference between the definite and the indefinite article to matter much. would you?* said a woman who writes for a living. “I made a lifelong enemy of a woman once just by writ- ing ‘the’ where I meant ‘a.’ It was an account of her wedding I was doing. 1 said something about the ceremony be. Ing performed at the home of the bride’s aunt, and then 1 added that there - were present -‘only - the few friends of the.family.” The -bride nev- er got over that, ‘the’ in front of few. It happened five years ago, and when my namé {s mentioned she still' froths at the mouth.”—Washington Post. Beaver Tales. ‘The Indians say that if a beaver sent out from :the parents’ lodge fails" ta find a mate he.ls set to repair the dam. If he fails a second time he is banished. An Arab wrlmr ‘hag’ the same: story. He tells us that those - who buy beaver skins can distipguish between the skins of nasters and slaves. The lat- ter have the hair of the heéad rubbed off because they have to: pound: the wood for their masters’ food and do it with their heads. A Master Tactician. “Why,” expostulated the lady In-the brown dress when the artist who had painted a portrait of her-liftle' daugh- ter said the price of the picture was $100, “you charged Mrs. Crawford only $68: for the plctura you-painted ‘of* her Lucy.” “l am aware of that fact, my dear madam,” ‘the suave and’ politic artist hastened to explain. “but you ‘must’ consider -the great, difference :in the costs of ‘the paiiits used for the hair of the-two children, “The scant, drab colored hair of the Crawford chjld re-] quired just, a- touch of the cheapest kind of pigment, but the wonderfully beautiful' and luxuriant curis of your lovely ‘daughter required’a large quan- tity of the best paints on the market.” Then ‘the lady ‘In_.the brown dress smiled, took out her purse and begged the artist’s pardon for having spoken rudely to him.—Chicago News. - A Gentle Hint. Young Man — Your twin daughters seem . absolugely’ inseparable. = The Mother—Ob, I don’t _know. A young man with half a million, like yourself. ought to' make good as a separator.— Chicago News, A Clums) Compliment. - She (to partner chlmlng first dancer| _—You are an early bird. Mr. Glossinest. il d: by Jove. I've ellight the’ 'worm!—mndon M. A. P ‘This world is _rhe sharpest, hénv‘ni to the mon wonhy.eclcm Courtaut the Wolf. Paris has forgotten the time when it used to go in terror of the wolves which carried off women and children from the streets and even raided the graveyards. At one time they became so midd with'desire for human flesh that 'in a single week they devoured fourtéen' persons, all between Mont- martre aud the gate. of St. Antoine. On the vigil of St. Martin (says Grace Jaines in *Joan of Arc”) there was hunted and taken a horrible wol?, “whiéh it was said had done ruore, | and more cruelly, thrn many’ others | put together. That day he was killed. He had no tail, and from that he was called Courtaut. Thére was as much talk about him ag if he had been an ouflaw of the woods' or a cruel cap- tain, and when he lived folk said to one another as they went forth to la- bor in the fields, ‘Look out for Cour: taut.” And on this day he was taken through Paris in a cart, dead, with his great juws open, and all the peo- ple went to see, and they made holi- day and rejoiced, because Courtaut could trouble them no more.” A Great Thinker. | “Bliggins puts a great deal of thought Into his work.” “Yes; he works ten minutes and then ‘thinks about it for an hour and a quarter.” BABY’S BOWELS | Here's the cause of all the trouble| Children's sickness begins with the[ bowels. Healthy bowels mean ai healthy child; irregular bowels con-| stipation, the wrong color, and you| have asickly child. Kickapoo Worm'| Killer is the best liver regulator, | and the finest tonic for children. Try | it and you will know that this is so.! Price 25c., sold by druggists every. where, F M. 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