Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1911, Page 2

'i: THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE R PUBLISNED EVERY AFTERNOOR EXCEFT SURBAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING €O. E. H. DENU. 0. E. GARSON. Catured It Puctefion ot Bemil, Mlaqasats, sunaposss xoslaes matter, n SUBSGRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR'W VANGE CITY OF BENIDJ1 County Seat. 2 ~ Population—In: -1900;:-1500 ; in 1910 5099. Summer, Resort-—Hundreds of ;ontsid- ers.make their .sumimer.home.on' Lake Bemidji. Fishing boating and bath- ing accommodations.are; gecond to, none in the United States. Area—Ten Square miles incorporated. Altitude—1400 feet above sea level. ‘Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississipoi river. ‘Water—Absolutely pure. sian wells. Water Mains—About ten 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 five miles. Coment . Sidewalks—Twelve -miles. Tak Two arte- Water Prontage—Ten miles, two lakes/ and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600. residences. Taxpayers—1200 Churches—S8. School Houses—Tour. Bank Deposits—$800,000. Manufacturers—Hardwood handles, lumber, lath, shingles and various other industries. Great Distributing Point—Lumber products, groceries, flour, feed gnd hay. Postal Recelpts—$20,376 for 1910; 10th place in the, state outside of St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, Postal, Savings . Bank—Only one in Minnesota. Railroads—Great -Northern, ' Minne- sota & Incernational, M, R. L. & M., Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, Wilton & Nerthern, Grand,Forks to Duluth and Bemidji-Sauk Centre. -2allroad. Pepots—Three. Passengor Trains—Fourteen daily. ‘Hospitals—One Distances—To St. Paul,-230.miles; to Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen. Breweries—One. Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. Boat Factories—One. ‘Wholesale Houscs—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—One. The Bemidji Pioneer -has- es- tablished and will maintain a legislative bureau at the-state capitol in St. Paul. ~Any of our. : readers wishing information of : any kind relative to _the work of : the. legislature: _.copies-of bills, : when introduced, by whom, votes on_measures, status-of pending : legislation or anything in connec- ¢ tion with the proceedings of the : lawmakers will be c erfully : furnished -without .cost.. - Suc : information will be confidential i if - desired. Address, - Bemidji Pioneer Bureau, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn, e REAPPORTIONMENT. The Pioneer has . endeavored to arouse its readers to the realization of the danger confronting the reap- portionment bill soon to be - .dealt Wwith by the Legislature. ‘We have done this in an effort to let the public know that now is the time for every friend of the North to rally to its aid and demand- from their servants in session at St. Paul,| a square deal. The footprints of the Beast lead us into the jungle, a jungle of tangled ambitions, beer barrels, pea- nut politics and pinhead politicians| and a maze of iniquitous underbrush| impossible to analyze but filled with the poison which means, if not coun- teracted, death tothe fond hopes of’ the North. Just how deep and perilous is the intrique against reapportionment is shown by the refreshingly bold de- clarations of the St. Paul and Min- neapolis papers. The Minneapolis-‘Tribune, which boasts -the highest priced and keen- est editorial writer in the Northwest, has this to say: “The Minnesota senate does not deserve the indiscriminate public contempt into which it is likely to sink, with prospective defeat of re- aportionment and crippling of other legislation in the public --interest bound up with that. “Yet -popular judgments are ‘so broad and sweeping that I fear that few will escape the general verdict. Individual members must -console themselves as best they can, some by the gratitude of. generous paymast- ers, some by the sympathy of con- stituants as narrow and--selfish as themselves. They are mighty lucky that the voters cannot - get after them for four years, and that citizens have short memories. “There is good generalship in, the opposition to reapportionment. Where local sentiment is strongest for it, alliance was made with the liquor interests, which ~went in.to . the market to buy a majority of the senators wherever they could be had cheapest to conserve their trade. These brewery chattles have been turned in- against reapportiopment. even in parts of the state where the people all demand it. You can smell them out, even in the Minneapolis and St. Paul delegations. “The natural alliance for reappor- nesota and the cities of the first class, all of which suffered unjust and unconstitutional disfranchise- ment. It was mighty clever to drive into this alliance the wedge of .| universal_jealousy. between country|" and city, Bnd4riends of ;reapportion- ment»in citiesshavesbeensrather slow 4 with theeounter.move-of-submission to some degree of the inequality that cities always must suffer. “The outcome cannot be guessed. tice, :but- you mever can tell till it has been tested.. Anyway it will no egcape its share of public odium should re- apportionment fail. The whole ‘legislature and-the whole state gov- ernment.will have to;answer for it. “It will be a good time for Mr. Gordon to run for governor on a county option . 'platform. - County option is a sort of tyranny, but is better than the tyranny of beer bar- rels full of bribe money.” Says the Minneapolis Journal: “Have the brewing interests of Minnesota-determined to defeat re- apportionment at all hazards? An analysis of. the: test-vote in ithe sen- ate yesterday shows that who: took this early opportunity to deal reap- portionment a blow mostly fall in| one of two classes—Senators from outhern districts likely to lose by reapportionment, - and Senators known .to. be.nnder: ;brewery - influ- ence. . Almost every democrat in the Senate voted against the resolution. Six Twin City Senators enrolled themselves with the opposition, four of- whom -are-democrats. “Some - of -these votes’ will prob- ably be cast for reapportionment in the end. - -Senator Elwell for in- stance, admits that he made a mis- take, and will._support the. resolu- tion when it comes up in regular or- der. Senator Pauly, a Hennepin democrat, says he is: for-reapportion- ment—yet he voted against it at the very first opportunity. Senator L’Herault, another Hennepin demo- crat, did likewise. How can these gentlemen justify themselves-to their constituents, -unless they line up for reapportionment .and justice? = The voters of the districts they -repre- sent under the present apportion- ment are largely disfranchised. © Do Messrs. Pauly and L’Herault desire to take the responsibility for per- petuating-the-present outrageous in- Justice? “The brewery interests are pur- suing -a-short-sighted policy. They are not -taking the best possible way to- solidify public sentiment against them. They are sowing the seed of an uprising against saloon domina- tion in the politics of the state. The retention of the present anti- roption - senate for four years may seem to them a sufficiently large prize to-warrant their evident de- sire- todefeat reapportionment, but in the end they will pay heavily for their interference. “Meanwhile, it is, the duty of the ‘heuse to-coerce the senate into giving: up its selfish and unpatriotic course. The situation presages a long dead- lock: between-the two chambers, but with right and justice and -popular sentiment behind it the house ought to win.” St. Paul Dispatch: “The subject of state reapportionment can be ap- proached only in a spirit of fairness and a sense of duty. In previous discyssions of the imperative neces- sity of recasting the legislative lines and districts, the Dispatch has.laid emphasis upon the fairness and un- selfishness which must characterize the course of the Legislature if a satisfactory reapportionment - were to result. The senator and repre- sentative must lay aside the selfish | considerations of home - localities. and act in the broad capacity of a state official .if he would do his duty in this conunection. . Patriotism and self-abnegation are. qualities. which must distinguish the member who acts_ conscientiously. “And, yet we. have.the right to ex- Dpect .patriote and .unselffish proceed- ings of.the, men sent to.the. Legisla- ture.in a capacity of trust and honor. - We:have.the right-to expect of- them a.fair and square,deal in every. mat- ter and particularily in those mat- ters which -effect the well being of the entire state....We:have-the right to. assume ;that. men ‘of honor: have been.sent ito.the legislature and that the, oath of obedience to the Consti- tution.will be binding. . And fnally we have the right.to.believe that the greatest number. will prevail over all personal and sectiona) considerations in the minds of the men honored by having been chosen to sit in the leg- islative councils of the state.” St. Paul Pioneer Press: “The Minensota Republican State tionment was between northern Min- Convention, in session at St. Paul ‘The house-seems to -be ready for jus- |’ on June 21, 191 & plai form which contained the following plank: * . Believing that each and every section of the state should be fairly represented in the law- making bodies, as provided in section 2, anticle 4, of ithe con- stitution, we pledge the Repub- lican party to the passage of an apportionment law-by. the .next legislature, based on population, as shown by the United States census for 1910, to take :effect on- or -before January 1, 1912, that -will give to:each county the: xepresentation -it is justly entitled to in both branches of the legislature. “The Minnesota .democratic state convention, in session at Minnéapolis on-July 28, 1910, adopted a platform which containedsthe following plank: ‘We are unequivocally in favor of a reapportionment of repre- sentation in the state legisla- ture, with a view to making the composition of that body a true reflection of the distri- bution of population. “Both-candidates fox governor per- sistantly. approved and commended the reapportionment planks of their platforms, Governor Eberhart going so far in one address as to declare that if the legislature did not pass a reapportionment 'bill at its. regular sesgion- he might find it necessary to call that body in special session for that_purpose. “There is no record that any can- didate for either branch of the legis- lature opposed reapportionment in the campaign. “Do platform pledges mean any- thing? “Will the legislature keep with the voters?” faith COMMUNICATIONS. Letters to the editor of not more than 200 words on topics of interest are solicited. . names of . the writers must be signed, but not necessarily for publication. To the Editor: It evidently does not pay for a amember of the Legislature to: be on the wrong side of the fight for Speak- er.of the state,House of Representa- tives when it comes to appointments for any of his_ constituents. Re- presentative O’Neil of this district has;just learned this. His recom- - mendation for an appointment was turned down and given—not to a .Republican—but to a Democrat. And. this in:the face of the fact that Speaker Dunn had. stated. positively it would not be done.—Such is poli- tics. OBSERVER. Too Much For Her. “The -newest laws of hygiene,” said & medical, man, ‘“can’t be inculcated save among those whe thoroughly un- derstand them. Take the case of Dash. “Dash, a rich country scientist, de- cided to encourage cremation among the villagers. So when the old ash man died Dash urged his widow to havye the-corpse cremated. **No, sir, said the old woman, ‘I'll not cremate him. I'll put him under :the.sod.” “‘But the crematlon- won't.cost you a cent’ said Dash. ‘I'll pay all the expenses if you'll let me have him cre- mated.’ “{Well, 1 agree,’ said: the-old woman in a hesitating voice. ‘I'm too poor not to agree, sir’ Then she gave Dash a puzzled- look, half of pity, half of contempt. *“‘But why do you do it, sir? she said. ‘Is it a hobby like golf or stamp collectin’?" "—Washington Star. The:Author’s vance. ‘The magazine editor looked up. “I--want to protest, sir,” sald the caller, “against the way in .which one of your reckless proofreaders man- gled my copy.’ See here. The. judge in the story.looks -down .at-the detec- tive.. ‘Are you Pendleton King? he asks, and the détective, removing his -beard,-replies, ‘I am.' Now, just see ‘what your-proofreader made him say.” The; editor. glanced at.the line-and read it aloud: ‘/The; detective, removing his -beard, replies, 1 a. m'" : The unhappy author.groaned. ‘Where does that leave the. readers?’ he demanded. The editor slowly smiled. “At 1 a. m.. they. are, naturally left in the.dark,” he replied. . “Take.an extra.chapter and get.them. out of if.” The author suddenly-laughed. “Happy. thought!” he cried. - “I will.” . —Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Complicated Csse. ) “Of course, doctor, German measles are seldom serious?” “I never met but one fatal case.” #Fatal?” /*Yes. It was a Frenchman, and swhen. he. discovered it was German :measles:that .he had mortification set 0" . How to avoid it. Listen to your pains. Try_ our .way. Reid the booklets, ‘General Health Discovers Himself" furnished free by Tubbs Medicive . Co,, River . Falls, Wis. Worth;mpney.to the ;man-who. has you? e time to set upand takenotice;- Have| is this: When the subject is in the hyp. notle sleep the operator, standing ‘be- hind bim, places the tips of his fingers upon the subject’s head and ‘waits, sing or speak. Any one acquainted with the phrenological system of local. Ieation 'will recognize at once that. the actlons or words of the subject corre- spond to the ‘“organ” on the head “which has been touched by the opera- tor: Fhus if youtouch-combativeness the subject is very apt to square off ~|-and strike some one or speak of war or a drum. If you touch veneration .| he 18 18 very apt to lift his eyes and pray. 1 bave heard a very eloquent sermon thus inspired in a subject who wasgifted with a ready tongue. Touch the organ of color and he will;speak of beautiful colors. Touch tune sind he “will sing or whistle. Touch caution and ‘bis:face-will‘express vivid fear, I remember that one subject startled-me by shouting “Look out!” and making. & leap that he could scarcely have equaled in his waking state. When I touched : the -faculty of -caution he thought he saw a snake.—Dr. George F. Laldlaw in Metropolitan Magazine. He :8aved the-Patent Office. ‘When in the war of 1812 the British, who -had: taken - Washington, trained their guns upon the patent office, Dr. Thornton, throwing himself directly before the guns, cried: “Are you Englishmen or Goths and Vandals? This is the patent office—a depesitory of the:ingenuity and inven- tions of the Amerlcan nation, in which the whole civilized world is interested. Would you destroy it? Then let the charge pass through my body.” And the building was spared. Twen- ty-four -years afterward, however, it was- destroyed by fire, together with everything in it. { THE TEST OF MERIT Bemidji People Are Given Convinc- ing Proof, No better test of any article can be -made than the test of time and this is particularly true of a kidney medicine. . Doan’s Kidney Pills have stood the test and stood it well. What better proof of the merits of this remedy could you demand, than the statement of a Bemidji resident who has been cured and has stayed cured? Read the following: Mrs. Ella Barett, 723 Irvine Ave., Bemidji, -Minn,, says: “Since Doan’s Kidney Pills cured me three years ago I have been as free from: kidney trouble as if I had never had it. My system.was filled with uric poison that my kidneys failed to re- move and at_times I was very ner- vous. I had dull pains in the smPll of my back and I knew that I was in need of a kidney medicine. 1In a short time after I begun using Doan’s Kidney" Pills, I improved and it q!d not take them long to restore me good health.” | For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Bufla{o, Ney York, sole agents for the United States. 5 Remember the name—Doan’s. and take no other. \to R. F. MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office 313 Beitrami Ave. Phone 319-2. Watch- This List for | Investments Buy some Stocks in Proven Properties NOW A Few Specials Keating Gold, Red Warrior Vermillion Tuolumne Nevada-Shamrock Denn Mineral and Timber Lands Crow Wing Co., 61 Acres, T. 45, R. 28 Crow Wing Co,, 160 Acres, T. 43, R. 30. St. Louis Co., 120 Acres, T. 61. R. 16 160. Acres, T. 65, R.-14 Cass Co., 360 Acres, T.134, R. 30 Koochiching Co., 180 Acres, T. 67,R. 24 ‘Write or Phone C. G. JOHNSON BROKER Office 0'Leary-Sewser Ridg. BEMIDJI, MINN. Phone 841 Soon the subject-will begin to act or b “ Kickapoo Worm Killer, . the .gentle, |7 Ladies' and Gents' Suits to Order. Dry.:Cleaning,; <Bressing and. Repairing a William C. Klein your child “téething” powders ‘or “soothing syrup” or “quieting drops.” Such things often contain ‘“dope.” They. are almostialways dangerous. Clean |: out the'“cause of .the trouble’ with ~safe laxative, syatem. cleanser, liver stimulant and general health-builder for . children. . Price,. 25c., sold by drugglsts everywhere, and by i | | | i § BEAUDETTE | * Merchant - Tailor French .. Bpecialty. 315 Beltrami Avenue Real Estate Insurance Rez_ll Estate & Farm Loans O’Leary-Bowser Bldg. Phone 19 t<Peor Men’s Prices That’s our clothing proposition in a nut- shell. We have been having a big suit and overcoat sale and it is going to continue to be bigger: than ever, because we will again slash the prices which will enable you to buy. Distinctive Suits-and-Coals. For men and boys at one-half original prices. We have included our complete line of furnish- ings in these price reductions. ‘M. 0. Madson & Co. One-Priced Clothiers ‘Daily-Reports: from - Stock ixflluu,‘ FACIAL Defects QuICKLY GORIIEG»'.I'ED The chief surgeon of the Plastic Surgery Institute quickly rights all wrongs with the human face or features without knife or pain to the entire satisfaction and de- light of every patient. The work is as lasting as lifeitself. If you have a facial irregularity of any kind write Plastic Surgery lnsfituie Corner Sixth and Hennepin YOUR OVERCOAT WILL NEED PRESSING At frequent intervals this - winter to keep it in fresh, neat, attractive condition. Whea it is in“need of this service send itto us and have it thoroughly dry cleaned as well. The two ¢ervices will freshen up both color and fabrie, raise the nap, and give the garment the same perfect fit, shap= and appearance that it had when new. The Model Dry Cleaning House 106 Second St. Tel. N. W. 537 @ MINNEAPOL'S, MINN. Sfibscriha for The Pioneer Bemidji Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Jobbers The Following Firms Are hsicugh') Reliable-and Orders Sent to Them Will Be Promptly Filled at Lowest Prices The Crooks . . Lumber C Wholesale Lumber, Lath : rd Building Mat ::°al Melges Bros. Co. ‘Wholesale Commission Fruit and Produce Wholesale and Retail Hardware Phone 57 Manufacturers of Creamery Butter Fourth Street NORTHERN GROGERY COMPANY WHOLESALE GROGERS Ghe Given, Hardware Co. Buying Bargains BY ~Buying Blank Books At 1-2, 1-3 and 1-4 off Regular Prices Take advantage of these discounts Mr. Business Man. It will pay you to.lay by a journal, ledger or other blank book at these figures. Pioneer Office Supply - 316 Minncssta Ave. Model Ice Cream, Snowflake Bread and Deehlishus * Candies Made at The Model Wholesale Bakery, Man- facturing Confectionery and Ice Cream Factory 316 Minnesota Ave. BEMIDJI, MINN. 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