Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 22, 1911, Page 4

CURTAILS POWER OF COMMISSION Effect of Rate Decision by Supreme Court. ATNOSPHERE IS CLEARED Railroad Men Declare That While No Cases Are Pending Which Hinge on Decision It Is Bound to Have Im- portant Bearing on All Considera- tions of Rate Changes in the Future. St. Paul, Feb. 22—The decision of the United States supreme court that the interstate commerce commission cannot prevent a railroad restoring a just rate to a normal basis demon- strates that railroad officials are not to be hampered as much in their ac- tivities as they have been led to be- lieve they would under the additional authority granted to the interstate commerce commission by the new federal railroad law. A provision was added to the enact- ment last May which prevented a carrier from making any change what- ever in a rate without the sanction of the commission. Officials declared that | this would prevent them from making any reductions in rates temporarily to meet certain conditions and that the present rate system would be more rigid. But the supreme court. decision seems to rob officials and shippers of any such belief. According to the re- APPORTIONNENT BILL srines wan oF woros|OUTLO (Continued from Page 1.) erson, A. J., Peterson, O., Pfaender, Putnam, Ribenack, Rice. Rines, Robertson, Saggau, Samp- son, Skartum, Spooner, C. E. Stone, W. T. Stone, Sulerud, Sullivan, Un- tiedt, Utecht, Virtue, Voxland, C. H. Warner, Washburn, Webb, = White, ‘Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker. Nays— 2 G. W. Brown, Christie, Clarke, Conley, Crane, Davies, Denzer, Far- ley, Frankson. Harding, Hoffman, Hopkins, Hur- ley, Klemer, Libera. McDonald, McMartin, Moriarity, Nelson, H., Nygren, Papke, Peters, Peterson, J. E. keed, Robinson, Rustad, Schuler Schwartz, Thielen, E. Warner, We« cott. VETO BILL AGAIN UP IN COMMONS Premier Asquith Reintro= duces Measure. SANCTIONED BY PEOPLE ports from Washington the court| Government Leader Declares That Re. holds: “That the interstate commerce com- | mission does not possess power to re-| duce a rate as “unjust and unreason-| able,” merely because the rate is in- equitable under some circumstances, as in cases where railroads induce sult of Recent Election Indicates Ap- proval of the Proposed Legislation. Outcome of Battle Remains as Much in Doubt as Ever. Constitutional London, Feb. 22.—The government | shippers to enter a field by offering| bill to abolish the veto power of the rates so low as to be unremunerative| house of lords which, if the govern- and later increase the rates.” Reasons for Reduced Rates. Carriers of the Northwest have re- duced rates on certain commodities, not only so that the shippers along their lines could enter a certain field but also to maintain a more even bai- ance in car movement and to relieve a situation of overproduction or of scarcity. In a season where there has been a surplus of potatoes in the northern part of the state, for in- stance, the railroads have reduced the transportation rate to a market where there was a scarcity, to restore the rate to a normal basis the next sea- son. The railroads also reduced'the rate, say .officials, on lumber ship- ments from the North Pacific coast, in order to introduce the products in Eastern markets. It is claimed the rate was unremunerative. Finally a compromise was reached and the lum- ber rates now involved in litigation are simply questioned as to their “just and reasonable” features. But officials say that while no cases are pending which are hinging on the decision of the supreme court the action of the court clears the aimos- phere considerably. It is bound to have an important bearing on all con- siderations of rate changes, except as reduction to meet water competition is concerned which is controlled spe- cifically by the new provisions of the federal law. Shoots Wife’s Alleged Paramour. Pittsburg, Kan., Feb. 22.—Crazed by the report that his wife was consort: ing with Arthur Gassoway, a promi- nent citizen here, Joseph Reitzinger called Gassoway to his door and shot him twice through the head. Gasso way will die. THE Northwestern Building Association OF FERCUS FALLS OFFICERS: ELMER E. ADAMS, President JOHN LAURITZEN. Vice Pres. Ropermt HANNAH. Secretary . G. BARROWS, Treasurer W. L. PARSONS, Attorney ASSETS DEOEMBER 31, 1910, Mortgage Loans, $ 151, Stock_Loans Real Estate. Tax Certificates. Arrears, monthly payments Dec. 31,10.. 635.50 Insurance Advanced. 71.30 Accrued Interest on Biils Re- ceivable. 675.21 Real Estate Contracts 1,227.60 Cash on Hand... 003.08 $185,936.81 The loans of the, association are in the following places: Alexandria. ,500|Hawley Audubon.. 300/Henning . Barpesville.. 6,000|Lake Park.... Breckenridge. 700/Moorhead... Bemidji....... 11.400|Melby. Calloway 3,150/0tter Tail Oampbel 1,600\ Perham. .. Dilworth 2,300/ Park Rapids.. 5,300 |Park Prairie.. 1,900/ Pel. Rapids 4,250|Richville Dalton ... Elbow Lake. . Fergus Falls.. Frazee .. . 18,850 Vergas 750/ Wadena. 1,200'Wendel] Funds on hand at all times to loan on Real Estate on very liberal and flexible terms. Write if in need of money. i ment is able to pass as it stands, promises to accompiish a historic | change in the parliamentary system of Great Britain, was introduced in the house of commons by Premier As- quith. No one professes to see the outcome of the constitutional battle. If the Lib- erals have any thought of a compro- mise they are keeping their intentions to themselves and the greatest con- troversy known in this country for several generations began with both sides apparently determined not to yield except to superior force. A full house faced Mr. Asquith when he rose to make the customary ex- planatory statement on the introduc- tion of a measure of such moment. Tickets for seats in the public gal- leries had been exhausted weeks be- fore and the diplomatic and peers’ balconies were thronged with interest- ed listeners. The premier lost no time in letting the opposition know that he felt the country was behind him and there- fore did not hesitate to reintroduce the bill without a change of a word in the form in which it had its first read- ing last year. Approved by the People. 0K SEEMS ~ T0 BE BRIGHTER Senate May Reach Vote on Canadian Reciprocity. PROGRESSIVES COOL DOWN Not Prepared to Shoulder the Respon- sibility for Nonaction at This Ses- sion—Four or Five Standpat Repub- licans Now the Only Obstacle to Fa- vorable Action in the Upper Branch of Congress. Washington, Feb. 22.—The oulook for the Canadian reciprocity agree- ment is a good deal brighter than it has been at any time since it came over to the senate from the house. Certain senators who had planned to resort to obstructive methods in or- der to prevent a vote at this session, it is said, have reached the decision that it will not be wise for them to stand in the way of a vote. Two or three of the progressive Republican senators, who a week ago were plan- ning to introduce amendments to the agreement enlarging the free list and who were at that time disposed to pre- pare themselves to talk at ‘great length in support of their amend- ments, have about reached the de- cision that they desire not to shoulder the responsibility for nonaction in the agreement at this time. Senator Cummins of lowa had given out his intention of proposing some amendments, but he is now making it plain that he will not stand in the way of a vote. With the progressive Re- publicans coming around in favor of permitting a vote the situation is somewhat simplified Holding out against a vote at this session are four or five standpat Re- publican senators. Senator Heyburn of Idaho is looked upon as the most stubborn man in the lot. So far the administration has not -been able to make any headway in its efforts to persuade him to consent to a vote. Senator Hale of Maine is just as bit- terly opposed to the agreement as is Heyburn, but he is not physically able to lead a fight against an agreement to vote. The president has made notable progress ir overcoming the opposition to the agreement among senators and the prevailing view is that if he con- tinues to make such headway for the next four or five days as he has made in the last week he will obtain a vote, and a vote, of course, means that the agreement will be ratified. ASKS DELAY ON RECIPROCITY Resolution Adopted Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 22.—After a debate which consumed practically all the forenoon and during the course of which Senator, McGrath hotly de- clared that President Taft either “lied” while making his tariff speech at Winona two years ago, or is “lying"” now when he proposes to remove the tariff on Canadian products, the sen- ate adopted the Rockne resolution re- by Minnesota TWO'OF THE FACULTY RESIGN Outcome of Students’ Rebellion at . 8t. Petersburg. 8t. Petersburg, Feb. 22.—The rebel- Hon against authority of the students at the University of St. Petersburg has become 8o serious that Professor David D. Grimm, the rector, and Pro- fessor Ivan D. Aldrejev, the pro-rec- tor, resigned. .. e % The students have continued their annoying tactics and one of the lec- ture rooms was so filled with the fumes of noxfous chemicals that the professor in charge fainted. The quarrel ‘between the faculty and the men began when certain priv- tleges .of the students were curtailed in punishment for demonstrations of- fensive to the ‘government. Yeggmen Secure $2,300. Amite City, La.; Feb. 22.—Two yegg- men blew the safe of the Amite City Bank and Trust company and escaped with $2,300. The robbers had fled when citizens, aroused by -an explo- sion that wrecked the safe, had reached the bank. Posses are search- ing the surrounding country. Prayer Mesting In the Commons. For many years a prayer meeting has been held in the house of com- mons once a week during every parlia- mentary session. No one knows who originated the idea, but the records of the proceedings, which are faithfully noted each week, show that in the year 1833 the well known Quaker Mr. T. Fowell Buxton and the evangel- leals Sir George' Grey and Mr. Zach- ary Macauley were in constant at- tendance. The prayer meeting is held in a room granted for the purpose by the sergeant-at-arms and is restricted to twenty ,minutes. ' The proceedings are very simple. At each weekly meet- ing a president for the following week i3 chosen. On the day of ‘assembling— Tuesday, at 5 o'clock—the president for the day opens the meeting, reads a portion of the. Scriptures and either offers an exteipore prayer or calls on one of the members to pray. Two or three others offer short prayers, and the meeting closes with the benedie- tion.—London ‘News._ He Begs Pardon No More. Jones had just trod on’ the toe of an old gentleman while getting into the tram car. . “I beg your pardon,” he said. “Hey? Speak:louder. I'm a trifle deaf.” i “I beg your pardon,” repeated Jones. “H'm! Peggy starving? Well, I'm sorry. Who's Peggy?” Jones was red n the face now. “You misunderstand, sir!” he shout- ed. “Hey?” “You misunderstood!” “Miss Underwood, is she? Peggy, who is starving, is' Miss Underwood? Well?” “l dldn’t say anything about- Miss Underwood!” screamed Jones. “I beg- ged your pardon, and you misunder- stood.” ; “Oh, now I dee!” said the old man sympathetically. “It is your Aunt Peggy who is' starving Miss Under- wood. Well, why don’t you report the case to the police?’—Pearson’s, Not In Her Class. While delivering an address at a woman’s club an actress told the story of a young woman prominent in New York soclety who desired to achieve histrionic honors. The manager to whom she confided her desire pointed out the inadvisabil- f :+++++++++’++++++:{;‘ + Benefits of b by Drainage. o+, <& 4 2 o+ % By John T. Stewart, Agricul- I tural Engineer. LR ER LR R X TEY The benefits accruing from drain- '| age are well illustrated in the improve- ment of a small farm, of 72.89 acres, recently purchased by the state ' of Minnesota. Six hundred and fifteen dollars were spent in draining this farm. The land had been bought by the state for the specific purpose of cultivation. The 72.89 acres cost $7,- 653.45. Out of this area there was used for highway purposes, four acres; non-productive land in sloughs, five acres; ten acres, producing half a crop, equal. in non-productive land, to five acres, or a total of fourteen non- tillable’ acres. This left 4 tillable area of fifty-nine acres, costing the state $129.72 per acre. A system of under-draining . was introduced, by which the five acres of non-productive land in sloughs, and the ten acres which produced half a crop, are made same area of the other tillable land. The total cultivable area is thus in- creased from fifty-nine to sixty-nine acres. The return to the farm, then, is $1,297.20, at a cost of $615; or a net gain of $682.20. In other words, '| ten additional acres has been added to the farm, at a cost of only $61.50 per acre, against $129.72 per acre, paid for tillable land in the original pur- chase. But this added value of $682.20 does not represent all the bemefits which have come to the farm from the intro- duction of under-drainage. The dis- appearance of the sloughs, and of the superfluous water in other places, per- mits the division,of the land into regu- lar, and therefore more easily culti- vated fields. Such fields, having now a uniform soil, can be cultivated in less time, and crop rotations can be arranged to better advantage, than where the land is broken up by non- cultivable areas. A dry, loose soil can be worked more easily than a wet, _aticky soil Furthermore, a field which in some seasons is productive, and in others non-productive by reason of excessive moisture, may be more detrimental to SYSTEM IN USE AT MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY FARM. B ridges through it may be necessary to equal in productive qualities to the| The measure, he said, had gone be-| questing the Minnesota senators and fore the electorate at the recent elec-| representatives in congress to use all tions'and had been endorsed by the re- | the power at their command to post- turn of its supporters to the house of | pone until next December action on commons with a majority of 226. , { the Canadian reciprocity treaty. Mr. Asquith declared that when the| The debate brought out the fact that lords rejected the budget of 1909 they | a majority of the senators are not fa- the farmer's success tham swamp ity of te e et e e e | 18nd; for such lands are often plowed, glve her the chance she coveted he | Planted, cultivated, and then the crop would still be in doubt whether her [ 18 destroyed by an influx of water; talents were such as to justify such [ Whereby not only are they made non- action on his part. productive, but labor and seed “What is particularly desired by us | 8T® lost. Drainage mot only committed political suicide. History would say that it was the most stu- pendous act of political blindness ever perpetrated. - Hereditary in origin, irresponsible in the exercise of its powers and over- whelmingly partisan in its actual com- position; that was the body to which the law entrusted the right to delay and check the considered decisions of elected representatives of the people. The prem sald that he did not propose to pense with a second chamber. They had already suffered enough from the evils of what was practically a single chamber govern- ment, but the country required an im- mediate remedy for the present evil and could not await a release for the dangerous and intolerable situation until the long and laborous process necessary for the creation of a new #econd chamber had been completed. RUSSIAN TROOPS ASSEMBLING Concentrating in Siberia Close to the Chinese Frontier. St. Petersburg, Feb. 22.—A dispatch from Harbin says that Russian troops are being concentrated at Kiakhta, a settlement in Siberia close to the Chi- nese frontier and opposite the Chinese town of Maimichin. Orders have been issued to strengthen the watch on the frontier. The Chinese residents of Mongolia have received orders from Peking to mobilize the banner troops. Man Existed 170,000 Years Ago. London, Feb. 22.—Dr. Arthur Keith, lecturing Lefore the Royal College of Surgeons, expressed the opinion that humans whereof modern Englishman is a type existed at least 170,000 years ago. He discussed the probable age of the skeleton found recently in Nortlifieet and deduced its antiquity from calculable geological changes in the Thames valley. JOHN G. ZIEGLER “THE LAND MAN” Fire==Life==ITN SUR A N CE---Accident ————— e REAL ESTATE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES FARM LANDS BOUCHT AND SOLD Go to Him for Farm Loans Office--Schroeder Bullding wiliar with the terms of the treaty and they want the measure laid over until the farmers of the state learn its provisions. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 26 to 36. The house passed the Congdon re- apportionment bill by a-vote of 85 to 31. at the present time,” he sald, “is the service of people who know the me- chanics of the stage.” “Merciful heavens!” exclaimed the young woman, throwing up her hands. “You don’t mean to tell me that it is necessary 1 should be on terms of In- timacy with those dreadful stage hands ?”—Lippincott’s. removes the risk of such losses, but improves the landscape by substituting broad, fully-cultivated areas for such as are dotted with sloughs, breeding frogs and mosqui- toes and giving forth ill odors from dead fish and decaying vegetation. It is a first step in good road-building; and, as a permanent improvement, it HEAD OF GRANGE PROTESTS Senate Committee Told Agreement Will Harm American Farmers. ‘Washington, Feb. 22.—Farmers reg- istered protests against the Canadian reciprocity agreement in the hearing before the senate committee on fi- nance. Former Governor N. J. Bach- elder of New Hampshire, master of the National Grange, made the open- ing argument. ) The witnesses received valuable as- sistance from Senators Hale, McCum- ber and Smoot; who evidenced sym- pathy with their attacks upon the agreement and aided them with ques- tions. Senator Stone took the lead in cross-examination and as a result interesting colloquies were heard. EXPENSE ACCOUNTS FILED It Costs Money to Run for Mayor of Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 22.—Statements cov- ering campaign expenditures to date were issued by four of 'the five Re- publican candidates for mayor at the primary next Tuesday and by two of the three Democratic candidates. Charles E. Merriam (Republican) has so far made the largest expendi- tures—$26,288. Of this Sum, he says, two men contributed $15,000. Dis- bursements of other Republican can- didates are: John F. Smulski, $8,000; John R. Thompson, $14,486; Tom Mur- ray, $908. Disbursements by the Democratic candidates are as follows: Carter H. Harrison, $12,276; Edward F. Dunne, $9,000. - Charged With Embezzlement. Crandon, Wis., Feb. 22.—Willlam B. St. Johm, treasurer of Forest county for four years and now sheriff of the county, has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement of county funds, but has been released on bail of $5,000. He i is charged with a shortage of funds { during his last term-as treasurer of $3,689 and is sald to have admitted a difference of $2,600. increases the value of all neighbor- Proud of His Prospects. ing lands, and benefits the entire Louls Pierre was one of a number | cOmmunity. g of Canadian immigrants who settled | All of these benefits are illustrated at Fitzgerald, Ga. As he spoke both |1l the case of the state farm referred French and English he rapidly be- to; and the management feels that came a man of importance and was they fully justify the cost of the im- successively elected to the offices of provement without considering the city marshal, cororer and justice of value of the land reclaimed. the peace. A dispute arose between the French and English settlers as to the superlority of the United States | ghould be done with the same care. over the Canadian- provinces. . They | fylness that is bestowed on other im- finally agreed to leave the decision to'| provements. When a large building Judge Plerre, who handed down this | §g to be constructed, an architect is decision: consulted, plans are carefully drawn, “Yoost tage a loog at me. Ferst dey | all the detalls are looked into, and mage me constabul, den coroner, und | material is selected which will be suit- now joostis of de pees. .Soon I be ze | able for the location, the climate and governair,.den genator, den president. { the purpose for which the building I would be:ze long time in Canadaire | should be used. During its construc- 'fore dey mage me queen.”—Circle | tlon, inspectors see that the details Magazine. are carried out and -the ‘requirements of thespecifications enforced, regard- A of Wild Honey. less -of the fact that the contractor ‘Wild honey as a change is an agree- | may be losing money and cheaper ma- able sweetmeat; but after a few days | terials might be used. But in drain- constantly partaking of it the Euro- | age enterprises, the evidences of such pean palate rejects it as nauseous and | care are too often painfully lacking. almost disgusting. Our experience ex- | even though the cost be ‘as great or tended over a fortnight, during which | greater than that of a large building. period our.food consisted solely of it | In many cases an engineer is em- and maize. It'has escaped the Biblical | ployed to stake out a drain on a route commentators that one of the princi- | which has been selected only because pal_hardships that John the Baptist | it is “supposed to be” the best one. must have undergone was his diet of | No examination is made for another wild honey.—Geographic Magazine. route or outlet; the area of the water- shed is not measured. As a result, A Cent. the size of the ditch is determined by A cent is a little thing, but in th: :f & were guess. Time may develop the hty. . We k of the fi;g;:. l:_::::’gb“t{ it is :‘:"en(lmly fact that the best route was not se- copper. Its composition Is 95 per cent lected, and that the ditch was too copper., 8 per cent tin and 2 per cent | large or too small, and consequently zinc. That alloy is in reality bronze, | does not perform the work satisfactor- and the official name of the cent is | ily. A ditch, being improperly located, “bronze: There used to be a copper | either does not drain all the land it cent, but an act discontinulng fts coln- | Should or it is expensive to construct age was passed In 1857 For seven | 80d maintain, One that is too large years (1857-84) we had a nickel cent | Will not clean itself properly; while and up to'1857 a copper half cent. one that is too small will’ not carry 2 the required volume of water. * At the Box Offics. - Maps and Surveys. Ticket Seller—How many? Absent-| mpe pasis for every correctly- minded Student—Two standing room— | yignneq drainage improvement fs ‘an together,—Columbla Jest: accurate map of the area to be Planning Drainage Systems. The planning of drainage works THE “‘BEMIDJI SPECIAL WATCH” OUR SUCGESS in selling the Bemidji Special Watch is largely due to the fact that we endeavored to place on the market the best 17-Jeweled Watch made, and not the cheapest 17-jeweled. TIMED-TO THE SECOND All Bemidji Special Watches are ad- justed at the factory and timed ononr- own Regulating Rack, We do not allow one watch to leave our store which has not been proved by thorough tests, to be an accurate time piece. Made for and sold by GEO, T. BAKER & GO, The Exclusive Jewelry Store Naw—flasn-Waill-Rale ',-Gent-a-Word Where cash accompanies copy we will publish all “Want ‘Ads" for half- cent a word per insertion. Where cash does not accompany copy the regular rate of one ceuta word will be charged. ZVERY HOME HAS A WANT AD For Rent--For Sale--Exchange --Help Wanted--Work Wanted --Etc.--Etc. drained. Such a map, known as a “topographic map,” will show all the local improvements, the boundaries of the lands to be benefited by the drain- age project, and the boundary of- the watershed. It should also show the elevation, above a fixed point, of all sloughs, lowlands, and the tops of construct the outlet channel. On this map the best location for the pro- posed drains can be laid out, and their grade, size and approximate cost de- termined; after which the ditch may be staked out on the ground; making such minor changes as are found nec- essary by a closer study of the route. Perpetuating the Survey. Where a detalled survey has been made, and the notes platted, it is well to establish a few permanent marks, from which the survey may be con- tinued, or which may enable another engineer, at some future time, to take up the work without having to dupli- cate that which has already been done. Land-owners should select points for these marks where there is little dan- ger of their being molested, and then see to it that they are preserved. Farm- ers, as a rule, do not realize the im- portance of preserving survey monu- ments. This has been the cause of a waste of much money in the dupli- cation of work.—Minnesota Extension Bulletin No. 13. | = SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION Benefits to Be Gained Clearly Demon- strated. The farmers who make up the pro- gressive community surrounding the little crossroads village of Scandia. in Washington county, Minn., afford such an example of successful co-op- eration, in a number of lines of rural enterprise, as may well be held up for emulation by farmers all over the state. First—They have a co-operative creamery, the business of which has steadily grown, from its first estab- lishment, in 1891, until it now reaches $70,000 annually, with a prospect of a furthef increase with each successive year. Second—They have a co-operative store, in a building which cost them |y a i ; m $5,000, and which carries an $18,000 WANTED—Good girl for house stock of goods work. Mrs. L. G. Crothers, 713 Third—They have built a co-opera- | DBeltrami. tive telephone line at a cost of $4,500. 4 - Fourth—They have “pooled” their | WVANTED—Girl fer religious preferences, along with their | 716 Minnesota Ave. O’Leary. money, and erected a fine church edi WANTED—Gaurl for general house- :=LP WANTED, DUV WSS ST WANTED—For the United States army, ablebodied unmarried men between ages of 18 and 35; citizens of the United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write thc English language. For in- formation apply to Recruiting Officer, 4th Sr., and Minnesota Ave., Bemidji, Minne:ota. WANTED — Competent girl for general housework. Gooa wages. 700 Minnesota. housework. Mrs. P. J. fice costing $30,000; where other places, without the spirit of Christian co-operation, have five or six inferior | WOrk. Good wages. 1206 Dewey buildings and support—or rather,| avenue. starve—as many pastors. = e Fifth—The young people, co'oper- W’}‘JIN;%’D—SUHD girl at Hotel arkham. ating, have built a hall for soctal gath- erings, at a cost of $4,000; the edifice being also used for school purposes. Sixth—They have united in a Farm- ers’ Club, through which they co- operate in raising one breed of stock, one kind of potatoes, and in market- ing ‘the same in carload lots. By this plan their potatoes bring them 10 cents a bushel more than in the home market. When forced by the scarcity of feed to buy hay, the mem- bers of the club employed a purchas- ing agent; and, by pooling their or- ders, they got hay $2 a ton cheaper. The results of this happy spirit of co-operation are seen in prosperous farmsteads on every hand; a cheer- ful, aspiring population, and an ad- vance in land values to $75 and $80 per acre and upwards: while in other places with even better soil and a larger ‘population, land can be had for about: half those figures. The over-intense individualism which has been so marked a feature of American life, has proved, in the out- come, detrimental to the best interest of the farm, and destructive to the ideals of democracy. . Co-operation, which blends individual energies in' an effort for the general good, restores those ideals; and at the same time it demonstrates that the best advance- ment of the individual comes from the endeavor to uplift others along with one’s self—C. R. Barns, Minnesota University. Farm. FOR SALE FOR SALE—Case stands and racks, number 6, double news stand with rack for 8 full sized cases. Good as new. Sell regularly for $3:75. We have 6 of these at $1 50 each. Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. Bemidji, Minn, FOR SALE—Lot 5 Sec. 58 T 148 R 33, 6% Acre Island in Turtle Lake, and ideal for a summer re- sort, good road from Bemidji or Turtle River. A. O. Johnson, Turtle River, Minn. FOR SALE—Job type and body type. Fonts of 6 point to 72 Ppoint, Prices furnished with proof sheets upon request. Ad- dress Pioneer Publishing Co., Be- widji, Mion. FOR SALE—A $55.00 coal stove nearly new for $35.00. Also a new Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet. Inquire at 317 Minn. Ave. (up- stairs.) . FOR SALE—$30000 handles 6 room house, bal. small monthly payment. Hard wood finish. A snap. See H. M. Young, City. Ancient Oath Taking. A’ method of taking the oath far more hygienic than kissing the book was that observed at the Forest of Dean Mine court for about 500 years, beginning in the thirteenth century. It was not for any hygienic reasons, but to prevent soiling the book that the miners before giving evidence touched the four gospels with a stick of holly. The witnesses wore their hats to show that they were free min- ers.—London Chronicle. FOR SALE—]Job cases, triple cases, quadrupple cases and lead and slug cases, 40c each. Pioneer Publishing Co. Bemidj FOR SALE — Piano and sewing machine. Both in first class con- ditions. Inguire at 914 Beltrami avenue or telephone 570. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice, ' Only Part of the Truth. ! Ives—I saw Captain Deepeeres today. Beers—Well, what if yon did? Ives— ‘What if I did? Didn’t .you tell me that he was with his vessel when she went down last week with all on board? Beers—Yes, but I didn't tell *FOR RENT ! FOR RENT—A seven room house on Beltrami Avenue, two blocks you his vessel was a submarine.—Chi- from post office. For particulars cago News. % 5 see, Albert Worth, at post office. An Exception. Binks—Here i3 somebody who says that no woman is a suffragist unless she has a grouch on some man. Sinks —That's queer. My wife isn't a suf- MISCELLANEOUS WANTED—Position as bookkeeper or clerk in store by 2 young man. Address X, care Pioneer.