Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1911, Page 2

| THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EZGEPT SUNBAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING 0. E. H. DENUV. Q. E. CARSON. Eatorad In the Postottica-at Remid)l, Misnsaslag; s seeons cluss matter, SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR 1N 1DVANGE COMMISSION FORM - OF - GOVERNMENT. Nobody.must get the idea that the commission plan is a magic formula that will solve all municipal prob- lems with a phrase of a form. With- out public vigilance and a live public spirit any form of government will fail. With the vigilant public spirit any form of government will bring good results. The difference is that the old sys- tem is largely made up of obstacles to public spirit and issues that con- fuse public vigilance, and the new system offers every facility for the expression of both. Furthermore,— and that is the real meat of it,—it substitutes business methods for po- litical methods, fosters efficiency and weeds out inefficiency, and after put- ting the government under a central- ized, responsible head, gives the people every facility for keeping it responsive to their will. In general, the way it is working out is described by John J. Hamilton in his informing book “The Dethrone- ment of the City Boss.” Later the Herald will describe what has been done and what is being done in spe- cific instances. For the present it will be worth while to quote what Mr. Hamilton says after a careful and unbiased survey of the-field: “In most of the cities that have adopted the commission system, there has been less than two years of experience of its operation; and there is no established unit of comparison by which to tabulate results. Every city has its own story -of deficits wiped out, floating debts taken up, bonds retired, business methods in- troduced, long-standing nuisances abated, laws enforced, books better kept, streets kept cleaner, public works more honestly constructed, public buildings erected, additional parks acquired, economies enforced or taxes reduced All report a re- vival of public spirit and inprove- and playgrounds —one, all or many. ment in business resulting from civie conditions. To name a few ex- amples: “San Diego boasts of its immedi- ately reformed water department— 300 new consumers added, better service to the old ones, a net saving of $640 per month in the operating expenses, illegal special rates with- drawn, meter boxes that formerly cost the city ninety cents now pur- chased for thirty; like reforms in the police and sewer departments and, in the department of finance, a check kept on all expenditures. “Leavenworth, driven to adopt the new system by the enforced closing of its saloons and the loss of an illegal revenue of $80,000 a year therefrom, elects as its commission- ers a hardware merchant, a soap manufacturer, a lumber merchant, a furniture manufacturer and a transfer and storage factor, who, with $80,000 less revenue, finds it possible to pay off $22,000 in bonds and anounce their ability further to reduce the running expenses. of the city by $26,000 a year. “Cedar Rapids employs a civic im- provement expert and turns an island in the Cedar river from an eye-sore into a beauty spot and a fitting home for municipal build- ings, whereas the old regime failed utterly to abate the nuisance. “Houston wipes out a floating debt of $400,000 in three years, in- vests $701,000 in permanent provements and for the first time in its history inaugurates a sinking fund. “There is im- no variation in the character of the reports—every- where it is leak s stopped, system taking the place of chaos, efficiency substituted for poor service, prompt- ness for hopeless procrastination, lower for higher tax levies or better values® received for the public out- lays. “But back of all these causes for congratulation and rising above all other consideration, the student of the new charter discovers that which explains the wonderful vigor and vi- tality of the whole movement and accounts for a popular favor out of all proportion to any financial re- sults recorded. It is the reconcili- ation of the citizen and his city; the new birth of his faith in it and in himself as a factor in his public life; the revival of his hopes for the re- public as a thing that is not to lan- guish and die from absorption of the toxins evolved within itself, but is to g0 on for unreckoned ages, playing a strong part in the drama of nation- al life.”—Duluth Herald. COMMUNICATIONS. Letters to the editor of not more than 200 words. on topics of interest are “eolicited. ~The names of the; writers must be signed,. but-not necessarily for publication. Bemidji, Minn. Jan. 4, ’11 Editor Pioneer, City. Dear Sir:— Enclosed find two messages from ‘Washington in regard to census re- turns for Bemidji. = Which is cor- rect? One is from Minneapolis Journal and the other from Daily Pioneer. Thanking you in advance for information, I am Yours truly, GEORGE KIRK. The following telegram.was re- ceived at the Pioneer office Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock: Washington, D. C. Jan. 3, 1911. The Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn. Bemidji City Population - thir- teenth census 5099, twelfth census 2183. DANA DURAND, Director. Yesterday’s Duluth News Tribune gave the same population as that given in Tuesday’s Pioneer. The Minneapolis Journal gave the census as 7,699, PROPOSES BIG CHANGE IN METHODS Governor.-Eberhart Outiines His Depariment--ldeas-in Legis- lative Message. SEES SAVING FOR THE' STATE Inspection-Bureaus as- Sep- arate Departments. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: In accordance with time honored precedent and the express mandate of ouy state constitution, 1 have the hon- or to communicate to you such infor- mation and recommendations as seem most expedient with reference to the condition of the state and the: ad- ministraticn of its affairs. In this message I shall in some measure depart from established cus- tom and in addition to recommenda- tions covering the needs and require- ments of the various departments as shown in their several reports, I shall present to you the general condition of our great commonwealth and recom- mend such change of administrative policy as, after the most careful study and investigation, I firmly believe to be necessary, in order that, on the one hand, we may stop all sources of waste and loss and, on the other, so improve, conserve and develop our great natural resources as to insure the greatest blessings of permanent progress and prosperity to this as well as future generations. IMPORTANCE OF EFFI- CIENT ADMINISTRATION. No state in the Union emphasizes the importance of efficient administra- tlon in a greater degree than Minne- sota. When the constitution was adopted more than fifty years ago.no cne could have anticipated the phe- nomenal growth of the state and the tremendous resources contained with- in jts domain. In order to keep. pace with the rapid development various changes have been made from time to time and the administration of state affairs has been the subject of a vast amount of ineffective and unsys- tematic legislation. There has been a tendency to create a large number of boards or commissions through which the business of the state .is largely transacted. The purpose of the legislature in creating these boards or commissions has been to keep pace with the rapid development of the state without apparently in- creasing the cost of administration. In many instances the result has been the further complication of the admin- Istrative machinery without adding-to its efficlency. As an instance it might be cited that there are today not less than seven educational boards, aggre- gating fortynine members, scattered all over the state of Minnesota and any question involving all the educa- tional interests of the state would ne- cessitate the convening of these sev- eral boards, which is not only difficult and expensive but impracticable. PRESENT SYSTEM OF STATE UNWEILDY. The governor is the chief adminis. trative officer of the state and is right- ly held responsible by the people for the enforcement of the laws and the efficient administration of the business affairs of the state. Under our pres- ent laws the governor is by law con- stituted an active member of not less than sixteen boards, some of which administer business affairs during the year running into the ‘millions. Any one can readily see that it is absolute- 1y a physical impossibility for the gov- ernor to be advised with reference to thé details of such enormous business ‘transactions that he may act intelli- gently ‘and for the best interests- of) within the bureau of public-domain'iad hy our constitution in creating the Wouid - Abolish Gil and -Bolter | the people of the state. AS prominent examples 1 would mention the drain- age and timber boards. The state of Minnesota spends large sums of mon- ey every year for drainage, and I have every reason to believe that the ex- penditure of this money by thesdrains age board of this state has brought: the best results, hut as a member of|, the board 1 cannotypf my;0Wnuknowl-{. partment of.dairies and_foods and.a edge assure the people of the state that the best results have in all cases been obtaired. In the isecond place under the pres-|. ent system of organization, with a large -number..of -nominal..-and..-per- functory-boards- in charge ‘of: the af- fairs of state, there is no way of se- curing such co-operation as is: essen- tial in efficient business .administra- tion.. The boards .are. uniformly too- large. The members regide .in;every portion. of the state, -and.even-if they:| could be assembled- at.any:.one time and place it would be extremely dif- ficult to agree on any single:proposi- | tion_and to_secure uniform:support in the execntion. thereof. RESPONSIBIL]TY SHOULD BE PLACED-DIRECT: Acconiing to the report of the state auditor. the state . collects and :dis- burses-aver $2,000,000-annuelly. If a private business; institution-transacted its business: by - similar -methods:-it could :not _long .exist in- the present.| field of active:competition. Qur state has been exceptionally - fortunate 4n securing honest-and inteiligent officers: and the factthat the state-has-made such great progress Wwith -s0: few charges. of mismanagement or-graft-is a great.credit to the men..in charge: but positively no argument in-fayor-of the system and cannot possibly cen- vey any assurance for the - future, Bearing in mind the two essential ‘eley ments of successful business-adminis- tration, fixed responsibility and-active co-operation ‘there; are, several -depart- ments of state that can be cited.as models. The dairy and food, insur- ance, banking and public examiner’s departments are all properly -organ: ized with.a.responsible Lead in charge of each @nd-deputies as well as in- spectors especially ‘skilled in their work and devoting all of--their. time|.* thereto. In the board of centrol and. tax-commission every member-is-espe- cially skilled in the performance of the-duties-of- his-office, devotes all his time thereto and-the business-of each | board is organized and transacted along lines of efficiency and merit. In all these cases there is no question as to responsibility and if ‘all the busi- ness of the state-were transacted along similar-lines the results would unquestionably be far greater. WOULD CONSOLIDATE SOME- DEPARTMENTS: Perhaps the only remnant of the theory. that purely political considera- tions are sufficient for reward at pub- lic expensc is the present fee-office. There is no possible defense for the existence of this office today. -Fees collected do not belong to the officer, but to the state, and the state owes. the officer a sufficient : compensation for his work, including. necessary-ex- penses, and no more. No state-officer should be dependent for his support upon the amount of fees collected. If these fees aggregate a larger amount than necessary to amply compensate him for his work and necessary- ex- penses, he is appropriating money that belongs to the state, and if they are insufficient for that purpose, he -is rendering services to the state with- out proper compensation. Perhaps no offices.in this state can illustrate this more forcibly than those -connected with the oil and boiler inspection; and surveyingof logs and lumber. The in- spection of illuminating oils could-be turned. over to the dairy and. food de- partment . with practically: no addi- tional expense, which would. result-in saving the state in fees disbursed for the inspection of oil approximately $40,000 annually; the total amount of fees collected during the fiscal year snding July 31, 1910, being $53,660.60. The dairy. and. food .inspectors.should test the oil in making their inspection trips throughout the state. - This ‘would. make the ;inapeetion. more. rigid and effective, as the inspectors would be free from local influence and inde- pendent of the -amount of fees eollect- ed, all of which:should :go._ivtocthe state treasury. With reference to the boiler inspection: the ‘same -argument can -be used. WOULD ABOLISH OIL INSPECTJON DEPARTMENT. In the case of oil inspection, this de- partment should be entirely abolished and its work performed by the:dairy and food department. In the case.of hoiler inspection, this work should be performed -by expert-inspectors-in: the jabor -department, ; who. -should.. be pmply compensated for their work and who should-travel- throughout -the state in the performance of.their du- | ties, devoting all their time thereto. The fees collected.should -be based:on hoiler capacity and.paid info-the state treasury, With reference to .the in- spection of logs and lumber, this could be perfermed by inspectors un- der the forestry commigsioner, and.the fees collected therefor turned over to the state as in other cases. According to a conservative -estl- mate not less than §100,000 now paid for inspection service in-the three de partments -mentioned. should -be used by the state for much better purpose; and it is safe to say that the same in- specfion could be made with botter results for less than half of the pres- ent cost. 1t should be distinctly un- derstood that this is not reflection up- on the men in charge of this work. They are uniformly good men and dis- charge the duties of their respective offices as fur as the law permits. The inherent defect is in the system itself. For the purpose of bringing this scheme of reorganization definitely be- fore the legislature I shall discuss the contemplated changes in the adminis- trative affuirs of the state with refer- rence to four great subdivisions or bu- reaus, those of public domain, public ‘health and safety, education, and reve- nue and accounting. SUBDIVISION-OF THE DEPARTMENTS. ‘| :ment:assigned.to Minnesota 54,196,480 1 shall discuss a department of state lands, a department of forestry, de: partment of geology and mines, a de partment of game and fish, a depart- ment of waterways, a department of sgriculture and immigration and a de- partmept of public highways; within the buzeau of puhlic health and safety; a departmant of spublic health, a de- department -of- ‘labor; within the bu reau of education a department of edu- cation, and a department of state in stitution, :and i withim ithe sbureau . of revenue and .accounting.a. tax. com mission, a raflway and warehouse com- wission,; a public examiner, a depart- “ment of. banks- and-a department of insurance. It 48 not cssential that the various, subdiyisions - should be arranged as .herein-suggested, or that the depart- ments--thereunder -should ~be- 8o de- nominated, nor-it.is essential-that the - officer in charge: should be known as a commissioner. These are only means of designationand.other termscanbe used as.conveniently and effectively, but the classificationvherein suggested is only one::of the many -that might be ar- rapged, and-one -that would seem to be the most logical. The working out of such a.scheme.is one for the legis- lature;.and..my-only purpose in sub- mitting this plan is to secure greater -administrative efficiency by fixing re- THE:STATE BUREAU-OF PUBLIC DOMAIN. In: the. organic, act-establishing: our state.boundaries: the- general govern- acres of the national domain. :The :government survey describes 2,447,360 .Acres.of this.as water surface, leaving 2 land-surface of 51,749,120 acres.: Un- der-the homestead, timber culture and timber and: stone acts actual settlers have received from the gemeral gov- ernment. about 45 per cent of Minne- sota’s total: domain, or approximately 23,400,000 acres. Grants: to railreads, including both. state.and congressional grants, aggregate something over 13,- 000,000 acres,.which is a fraction more {han. 25.-per cent of the total land area. i ‘About 6,000,000 acres have been ;sold or otherwise transferred to lumber and mining companies, speculators, . soldiers and settlers by cash sales.or various: kinds of scrip and the remain- der represents public land helonging to the general government and to the state of Minnesota. The amount of unappropriated lands belonging to the general government open to settlement in Minnesota, as shown -by the land office report of 1909, is 1,450,955 acres, ot which 187, 000 acres are unsurveyed. In national forest reserve Minnesota has approxi- mately 1,304,486 acres. The total un- surveyed acreage of the general gov- ernment in Minnesota, including lands in reservations, is estimated at 2. 290,000 acres, ~whieh, with 1,260,000 acres surveyed and open to-settle- ment, bring: the total Minnesota hold- ings of the general government up to 3,550,000 acres. LANDS BELONGING TO "'STATE OF MINNESOTA. Under the various acts of congress granting lands to the several states Minnesota is entitled to 9,600,119.47 acres. Up to July 31, 1910, patents had been received from the general government for the several classes of state. lands aggregating 8,181,102.72 acres. This leaves a balance of 1,419, 015.75 acres, according. to the record of the state, yet to be approved and patented. Approximately 2,800,000 acres of school, umversity, agricultural, col- lege, - interpal improvement, swamp and :salt.spring lands have been sold and:the proceeds: invested. for the va- rious educational and other permanent trust . funds, which en July 31, 1910, are reported by the auditor. as aggre: gating $27,077,223.41. The auditor, as ex-officio state land ‘commissioner, reports on hand unsold in the possession of the state and its institutions . at this time - 2,486,405 acres. In. addition :to the . above holdlngs the auditor, estimates that.there is still due from the general government 600,000 acres of selected .swamp -and indemnity. school lands, bringing.the total up to approximately 3,000,000 ‘acres,-as the total public domain to be administered in the interest of our puble-scheols and other state insti- tutions;.as well as the general public. DEPARTMENT::OF STATE-LANDS: NECESSARY. Fhe necessity of amending our pres ent laws and methods —of handling state lands, with the organization to that -end-of a separate state land de- ment; is now. generally .admitted: | er, :State Auditor :Iverson, advocated such change in: his report of two.years ARO,: reiterating Mis position -at this time,apd a bill to: that.end: was intro- | failed: of passage .because:of certain constitutional . difficulties. : The. attor- | pey-general, in his report to your body, condemns the present land-laws and methods of land sales as archaic and obsolete. Among the yital and. practical rea- sons for the propoged reform in. our jand laws and administration, there fore, are the following: First—To make the state agricul tural lands accessible and available to sctual intending settlers. Becond—To realize for our schools and other public ingtitutions full and Just values for their lands. Third—To place -unsold lands, with their timber-and -other products, un: der -businesslike administration, im proving and-developing their resources and protecting® them from fire, depre- dation and- waste. Fourth—To provide for a thorough survey of the lands and-their resources, Fifth—To. co-operate with other re- spective- public domain departments of the state with- reference to the va. rious lines of development and im: provement, such- as, drainage, high- ways, forestry, - agriculture, - water. powers, waterways, geology and mines. Sixth—In separating the land depart- ment from the auditor’s office to make the latter an independent check upon the accounts and business transactions) of the land department as contemplat. “the total land surface of the state, or sponsibility-and. securing co-operation.{-improved: forest-administration. Qur present exofficio.land commission | duced in -the last legislature, but]| office of auaior. Before the above reform in our iand laws can be carried into legislative effect however, it appears wise and apparently legally necessary to sub- mit the proposition to the people in thesform of a constitutional :amend- ment: THE:STATE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. The. original forest area of Minne- Bota, is. estimated: at-over one-half. of approximately 28,000,000 acres, of which perhaps 18,000,000 represented pine and evergreens. -About one-half of the original.forest-area yet-remains, though materially depleted by fires .and. -cuttings. : Part .of this is hard «wood,: though- the /greater: portion is pine and pulpwood, chiefly located on the northern wooded plateau of the state, where it is of inestimable serv- ice in protecting -the -sources of our streams. It would seem .as though the neces- sity of placing the public forest under scientific and: businesslike: administra- tion were so plain to the general pub- lic and to the members of this legis- lature ‘that argument should be un- necessary.. The state has just experi- enced another chapter of horrors in connection with the Rainy River val- ley forest fires, which should be suffi- cient to demonstrate the necessity of But the Hinckley, Chisholm and Baudette fires, -with their- losses aggregating millions. of ,dollars’ .worth- of property and many human lives, tell only a part of the sad story. To this we must add losses by trespass and depreda- tion and loss by neglect of growing forests, as well as loss of opportuni- ties for reforestation. It is estimated that the aggregate forest resources of Minnesota are worth $100,000,000, which is the strongest possible argu- ment for adequate methods of protec- tion, development and -administration. The forest- problems of our state have been sadly neglected. For pro- tection. against forest fires Minnesota spends less than one-fourth of what is required for effective results and in the way of practical forest adminls-l tration conducts only a few scattered experiments, with nothing like a com- prehensive, scientific and businesslike system of forestry. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINES. After mining and shipping to the furnaces 254,000,000 tons of iron ore, the world’s record of production, Min- nesota has now definitely located a body of ors, amounting to 1,347,596,000 | tons, which is one-third of the avail| able and merchantable ore of the Unit| ed States and upon which taxes are paid into the state treasury. And yet Minnesota has no state department of mines, and not even, in operation at this time, the usual geological survey found in most of the states of the Union, Our educational institutions, notably the public schools, university and agri- cultural college, lead the world in wealth and income from these mines. It has long been apparent that mineral resources which promise our schools and university a future income of more than $100,000,000 require detailed expert administration. Other North- western and Mississippi Valley states, such as Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Towa and Missouri, which together possess and control -for educational purposes but a small portion of our wealth, all conduct permanent geologi- cal surveys and some of these states, as well as many Eastern and Western states, have separate departments of mines and Minnesota should do the same. The expense of such adminis- tration will be returned in revenue to the state many fold. STATE DEPARTMENT OF GAME.AND FISH. Nature has richly endowed the state of Minnesota with game and fish. It is one of our natural resources, in the conservation of which the state has been: most fortunate. The total disbursements of the de- partment for the year 1910 amount to $95,407.17. Out of 504 prosecutions there have been wonly thirty-two ac- quittals and the sum total of fines for the year 1910 amounts to $8,624.45. A suggestion is made in the report of the commission which 1 believe worthy of particular = consideration, namely, that some method be institut- ed .whereby it may determine the amount of game killed in_the state - The Red-River of the North has a fall | veloped, is from year to year in order that it may determine with greater accuracy what ought to be done to preserve the game in the future. Minnesota has a larger number and also a larger area of inland lakes than any.other state in the Union and fish- ing both as a sport and an industry is constantly increasing. The fame of our. summer resorts and beautiful lakes attracts thousands of visitors from distant states annually. One of the best investments made by the state is the improvement of our fish. hatcheries so as to increase the supply of fish. The total distribution of fish fry for the years 1909 and 1910 amounts to 199,886,967, which is an in- crease of 100,505,667 over the years 1907 and 1908. STATE DEPARTMENT . OF WATERWAYS. One-fifteenth of Minnesota’s surface consists of lakes and streams. Our Wwater area approximates 4,000,000 acres. The elevation of this water area ranges from 700 to 1,800 feet above the sea, the average altitude o* our lake and stream reservoirs being about 1,200 feet above sea level. We have 'about 7,500 meandered lakes, most of them future sources of power and transportation facilities. The| source of the Mississippi lines 900 feet above the point where it leaves the southern boundary of the state. of 700 feet within the state, the Rainy river 600 feet, and {ke Minnesota and St. Croix about 300 feet each. In ad- dition to these weil known streams Backache Means Dying Kidneys A mhblo Treatment That Saves Kuw You May ‘ourself Quickly cm and Thoroughly. ‘With the_progress of science comes one remarkable treatment for kidney diseases. - It has been so thoroughly tested and its results have proven so revolutionary that a well-known firm in Michigan ¢has undertaken :ts distri- bution into every part of the country. Those who_suffer from kidney trou- ble and the diseases resulting from it will be pleased to know. that every package of this treatment is thorough- ly guaranteed. This should assure at last a positive cure to every sufferer. Every man and woman. should.know that backache is usually a well-defined symptom of advancing kidney disease which may end fatally unless treated in time; that rheumatism and bladder trouble are caused from nothing more nor less than kidneys that do not filter the poison from the blood; that dropsy, Bright's disease, diabetes and bladder- stones are caused by bld kldneyl. Once they are.made ‘WOrk: prop- erly, these diseases lhl‘)lll(l quickly dis- appear. This is done by the new treatment, Dr. Derbys Kidney Pills. i I n in We urge everyone who has pain ack, scanty urination, pains in tge bladder. the smail of the cloudfi or foul urine, not to fail to get | age today of Dr. Derby’s Kidney Pllll, and drop all other kidney treat- ments. Senator Stevenson, of llllinf. ton, writes from Olympia: ~There ls no ‘question about the _eflicacy Derby's Pure Kidney Pllll in curll‘l‘ kidney and bladder trouble. I know whereof 1 spea i Dr. Derby’s Kldney Pills are now gold.. a% IIt drl‘lggglorEI—flfl Dfll:l—-lfl ays' treatment—25 cents, Derby Medicine Co., Eaton Rapids, Mich. If you would like to try them first, ask your druggist fo1 a free sam- great water powers exist on the St.| Louis and a score of rivers which| flow fram our northern watered pla- | | teau into the Great Lakes and Hudson | bay systen. It is estimated that the | aggregate power of known available | falls and rapids in Minnesota is abm\u 500,000 horsepower, of which consid- | erably less than one-half is now| utilized for industrial purposes. In other words, the available waterpower of the state, as at present surveyed, is equivalent to over 8,000,000 tons of coal per annum, developed into indus- trial power. Minnesota has no coal mines, but its waterpower, which is never consumed, and should be as great one hundred years from now as today, if properly conserved and de- approximately equal, in amount of available horsepower, to the average coal product per state of | the twenty-eight coal producing states. RESOURCES WORTHY OF DEVELOPMENT. | The water resources of Minnesota, | therefore, comprise a big chapter in | our scheme of conservation and de- velopment. Waterpowers, waterways, drainage and artesian supply are a source of wealth, income, life and de- velopment worthy of high recognition on the part of the state and give am- ple field for the organization and ac- tivity of the best scientific and busi- ness talent. It goes without saying that a department in charge of at least, one commissioner, devoted to the con- servation and development of our wa- ter resources, will earn its cost mani- fold. The revenue resulting from a single waterpower or the commercial advantage of a single waterway may warrant the support of such a depart- ment for a decade. Among the lines of‘'work which this department should at once uadertake are the following: A complete survey of the navigable | streams of the state, including the| gauging of the currents; a census of the developed waterpowers; a survey and estimate of undeveloped water- powers; a survey of the entire drain- age area of the state and of the sec- tions which need drainage; a complete map of Minnesota lakes and streams showing elevations and topography and indicating the location of water- powers and navigable channels; a | [Continued on Page 3] $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to | learn that there s at least one dreaded disease that sience has been able to cure in known to the medical fraternity. ~Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con- stitutional treatment. Hall's Oatarrh Cure {staken Intornaily, acting directly upon the blood d mucous surfaces of the system, | thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors ' have so much falth in {ts curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case thag It fails to cure. Send for list of mltlmonhls Address T J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Drug; 8, 75¢. Take Hall's F-mny Bills tor constipation. JOHN G. ZIEGLER “THE LAND MAN”? Fire=: Life-=-IIN SUR A N CE---Accident ‘REAL ESTATE IN ALL ITS -BRANCHES FARM LANDS BOUGHT AND SOLD o _to Him for Farm Loans MR. RENTER Have you ever stopped to think that every few years you practically p. ‘{for the house you live in and yet do not own it Thecdore Roosevelt says: i3 so safe, so sure, #0 certain to enrich its owners as undeveloped realty.” We will be glad to tell you about the City of Be- midji. and quote you prices with .eagy 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 partcu- lars or if you prefer to see the property, call on H. A. Simons, at Bemidji. The Soo Railroad is now running its freight and nger trains into Bemidj tunities off>red for business on a small or large scale. Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co, 404 New York Life Buliding ST. PAUL Office--Schroeder Building Figure it up for yourself. “No Investment on earth ; investigate the oppor- MINNESOTA * ple package. T}len uy a package; you | will not regret it. M. 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