Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 23, 1912, Page 2

et et ettt THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Published every afternoon except Sun- day by the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Company. @ R. CARSON. E. X. DENU. EAROLD J.-DANE, Baitor. —— e In the City:of“Bemidjl the papers are delivered by~ carrier. Where the dellv- ery is irregular please make immediate complaint to this office. Telephone 21. Out of town subscribers will confer a favor if they will report when they do not get thelr papers promptly. Al} papers' are: continued. until an ox- plieit-order ‘to- dlscontinue is’ recelved, | and-until.arreages are paid. Subscription Rates. One ‘mouth, by carrier $ .45 Oné 'year, by carrler . . . 5.00 Thred tqonths, poatagé pald . 1.26 Six Months, postage pald . 2.50 One’ ysuh postage pald . <ee. 6.00 ? The Weekly Pioneer. Elght pages, contalning a summary of the news of the week. Published every Thursday and sent postage pnid to any address for $1.50 in advance. ENTRRED AS SBCOND. CLASS MA' TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- SMINN., UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879. “THIS DATE IN HISTORY” MARCH 23 1660—Sir William Berkeley elected governor of Virginia. 1699—John Bartram, who founded in Philadelphia the first botanic garden in America, born. Died Sept. 22, 1777. 1752—First issue of the Hali- fax Gazette, first newspaper printed in Canada. 1823—Abdication of Iturbide, em- peror of Mexico. 1838—S8ir George Arthur appoint- ed Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. 1862—Battle of Winchester, be- tween the Federals under Gen. Shields and the. Confederates under Gen. “Stonewall’: Jackson. 1887—Paul Tulane, founder of Tulane University, died in Prince- ton, N. J. Born there May 10, 1801. 1903—Royal Geographical So- clety celebrated the tercentenary of! Queen’ Elizabeth’s death. “THIS IS MY 59TH BIRTHDAY” Sir Donald D| Mann Sir Donald D. Mann. the famous Canadian railroad builder, was born in Acton, Ont., March 23, 1853. Early in life he abandoned farming for lumbering and a few years later he went to Winnipeg as a contractor for the Canadian Pacific road. He remained in this employment for _five years. At the end of that per- jod the firm of Mackenzie, Mann. and Company was formed to engage in railroad construction. After con- strucing various roads for other parties, the firm purchased the charter of the Lake Manitoba Rail- way and Canal Company in 1895, from which has grown the Canadian * Northern Railway System of up- wards of 5,000 miles of lines in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. Of this system Sir Donald D. Mann is the first vice-president. Congratulations to: Sydney Grundy, noted English dramatist, 64 years old ‘today. Cardinal Bourne, archbishop of Westminister, 51 years old today. oAsvunrees el vt o s AR Compliments The Rioneer has received many compliments on its St. Patrick’s and fire prevention issues, but it does not publish & double column of them as the mere fact that they were re- ceived is deemed sufficient. The Northern Boom. In a recent interview, W. A. Mack- enzie stated that settlers were com- ing to Northern Minnesota by the carload. This is as it should be. Many - have tried the Canadian and western land farming and have come back to this section as-being: about tho best that they can find. With this land and climate a farmer can raise anything. The next. census will show a material increase in the population of Beltrami-county. = “A Subsoriber” 3 It the party who addressed this office under the caption of “A Sub- scriber” - will be kind- -enough and brave emough- to sign his - name to Wi articles or appear in person at this office, the editor will take pleas- ure in discussing any topic of inter- est to this locality with him. Ap- parently he takes exception to our method of advertising the Pioneer’s new rate as well as to the Fire Pre- vention edition of Thursday. The chances - are that he is no ‘subscriber at. all, or that. ke is in arrears on his'subseription, or that he lacks that quality in man which is termed as public spirited. At any rate, he was agshamed to sign his own!letter. Results of the Prevention Meeting. Thé luspection of the city by the men of the fire prevention soclety drew -attention to.many bad condi- tions which are fast being remedied. The immediate results are gratify- ing to those who had a part in ob- taining this meeting and giving the mater.« thorough . publicity. As im- cmediate ‘results of the meeting, one firm has' had a galvanized iron tank house built for its oils and explos- ives, safety matches have been -adopted in the.cooking rooms of the High' school, defects in-the theaters | | 1 | { 1 i have been remedied, cellars have been cleaned up and a generally im- proved condition can be noted in the streets and alleys. The more permanent results looked for are an increased care’ in the storage of combustibles,” disposi~ tion of waste, care in building and especially wiring, and a higher civ- fc pride. General Review of Trade. Dry goods continues to ‘- show strength. Wide sheetings have tak- en an advance of two cents a yard; four yard sheetings from one quar- ter to one half a cent. The great scarceness of goods is the most per- plexing problem with which theé {are from six to eight weeks behind, wholesaler has to contend. Mills |especially in their northwestern de- liveries. However, retail merchants are fairly well supplied for the next thirty days. The above situation is not only true in plain goods, but in printed and woven fabrics as well. Standard prints are becoming scarce and it would be no surprise to hear of an advance. With signs of spring in the air there has been a rush of shipments in-hardware of all seasonable lines. | Wire nails are slow in shipments ow- ing to heavy deliveries wanted be- fore the advances. business is bbing done in black and galvanized sheets. In groceries, sugar and remain about the same. Canned goods and dried fruits are . very strong and scarce; tea market is un- changed.—Duluth Trade News. A fair amount of coffee Many sufferers from rheumatism have been surprised ' and delighted with the prompt relief afforded by | |applying Chamberlain's Liniment. Not one case of rheumatism in ten requires any internal treatment whatever. This liniment {s for sale by Barker’s Drug Store RAINFALL RETAINED IN SOIL Possible to Store Approximately 28 Inches of Water In the Upper Ten Feet of Ground. (By D. W. FREAR, Colorado Agricul- tural College.) Actual experiments show that the actual fleld water -capacity of arid solls varies from 14 per cent. for a very sandy loam to 18 per cent. for a clay loam, with.an average of about 16 per cent. The greatest water ca. pacity would be even more. At thig rate every 12 inches in depth of soil can hold from 2.25 to 2.65 inches of water, or an average of 2.45 inches, At this rate it is possible to store ap proximately 25 inches of water in the upper 10 feet of soil. This is from one and one-half to two times the an nual rainfall over the better dry- farming sections. Theretfore, it should be and 1s possible to store one or twa years’ rainfall in the soil, by using proper tillage methods. Culture of Alfaifa, The culture of alfalfa can only be successful under careful and intelll gent culture, or, in other words, high. class farming. In the dry farming sections alfalfa is now successfully grown. Under the irrigation system the crop is a sure and abundant one, In the Atlantic states the greatest re turns have only been secured by those following careful preparation of ground, heavy fertilizing and besy method of harvesting and feeding the crop. Small Oregon Eggs. An Oregon farmer collected 18 eggt #0 small that they could be-packed in a fourinch cylinder phonograph record box. They were lald by twa large hens of the mixed breeds from Home Course Road‘Maklng VI. — The . Construction ~andMaintenance of - Eartli- Roads. By LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture. Copyright by Amerlcan Press Asso- clation, 1812, States, not Including the roads in Alaska and our island pos- sessions. In’ other ‘words; we have enough earth roads-in this country to reach around the earth at the equator eighty times, and, what is: more, a very large percentage of theseroads | < " will remain as earth roads for a long time to come. Our earth roads cannot be made to take the place of gravel or macadam, but with proper construction and ade- quate maintenance they can be greatly improved, and this can be accomplish- ed without any considerable outlay of |* Good earth roads are within - & money. PROPRRTY CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED EARTH ROAD. the financial means of nearly every community in the country. The oplnion is quite general through- out the country that it is useless to try to do anything to improve our earth roads. This is a mistaken idea. In fact, a good earth road is the step- ping stone to a macadam road. The earth road is the foundation for all future improvements. With proper plans for the future the earth road can be constructed at once. A com- paratively small annual outlay for maintenance will then serve to keep 1t in shape untll funds are avallable for further improvement with a hard surface. One of ‘the most frequent faults with [ our present earth roads is that they || are located where they should not be. Grades are too often unnecessarily steep; -drainage Is poor ot entirely: lack- || Ing and streams are seldom crossed at the most favorable bridge site. To relocate these roads entirely or even to ailarge extent is out of the question. The general:location of the present roads must be maintained be- cause of the farm improvements which| |} have been made along them. But won- derful improvements.can be made by modifying the location of short sec- tions here and there. Instead of going over a steep hill it is often-feasible to go around it on a much easler grade ‘without materially increasing the dis- tance. The elimination of one or two. steep hills on a line of road will frequently enable horses to draw three or four times as much to market as they could | i draw on- the old road. It takes ap-||| proximately four times as much power to draw loads on 10 per cent grades as on a level. The earth road should have at least six hours of sunshine each day. Brush and trees which impede the drying ac- tion of the sun should be removed. The southern and western_exposures should | i Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. A HARMLESS WAY TO DARKEN THE HAIR A Little Sage and Sulphur Makes Gray Hair Vanish—A Remedy For All Hair Troubles Who does not know the value of Sage and Sulphur for keeping the hair dark, soft and glossy and in good conditlon? As a matter of fact, Sulphur is a natural element of hair, and a deficlency of it in the hair is held by many scalp specialists to be connected with loss of color and vi- tality of the hair. Unquestionably, there is no better remedy for hair and scalp troubles, especially prema- ture, grayness, than Sage and Sul- phur, if properly prepared. The Wyeth Chemical Company of New York put out an ideal prepara- tion of this kind, called Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, in which Sage and Sulphur are combin- ed with other valuable remedies for keeping the hair and scalp in clean, healthy condition. If your hair is loosing its color or constantly coming out, or if you are troubled with dandruff er dry, itehy scalp, get a fifty cent bottle of Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur from your ‘druggist, use. it according to the simple directions, and see what a difterence a few days’ treatment will make in the appearance of your hair. All drugglsts sell it, under guaran- tee, that the money will be refunded it the remedy 18 not' exuctly 88 rep- e as complete as possible. - With'grave! d macadam roads this is not so nec- essary, as a‘certain amount of mols- ture is needed:to-keep down the dust. But-comparatively few of our-earth roads- have been-dignified by any im- provement which could be termed con- struction. To expect a good earth: road ‘where none has ever been bulilt is-like expecting a harvest from ground which has never been-tilled. “An' earth-road must be built; just as ‘a macadam or gravel road must be ‘bullt, and skill and experlence are required in order to secure the best results. The first and last requisite in road ‘courge, must be modified to suit the conditions ‘of soil and: climate. ‘Where the goll 1s: heavy and retentive care must be taken to get rid of the water quickly and completely. For this pur- pose thie roadway must be raised eight- een to thirty inches above the side ditches and well ‘crowned, that the water will flow freely to the side ditch- es. The side ditches should be of am- ple size: and provided with: sufficient fall to properly care for the heavieat rains. Ordinarily the only ditches needed are those made with a road (i scraper, which are wide and compara- tively shallow. Culverts of sufficient capacity should be provided at low places or for mat- oral watercourses. Wood and terra cotta tile do not, as & general rule, make satisfactory culverts. The firet will soon decay, and the latter s llable to break unless it is very carefully laid. Stone or concrete culverts are the best main things to bear in mind in build- ing culverts are that they should have sufficlent capacity to quickly dispose of/ the: maximum flow. of rainwater it and that they are given sufficient: fall to ‘keep themselves clean. ' Increased fall also increases the capacity, but if [} much' fall is given the spillway shnuld be paved and the outlet and intake pro- tectsd with suitable wing AUl matorial subject to HERE are about 2,000,000 miles of earth roads In the United [/ a8 §0q, grass or weeds und vegotable mold; must Le earefully excluded. The aim must always be to build a road- way ‘a8 solid and impervious to mofs- ture as possible. Water from every source, surface or underground, must be got rid of. ' Except in sandy or very arid reglons, water is the great enemy -of: earth roads. The earth road can best be crown- ed and ditched with a reversible road machine or scraper and not with picks and shovels, scoops and plows. One road scraper with suitable power and “operator will do the work of many men with picks and shovels and do it bet- ter. The road scraper should be used ‘when the soil is damp, so that the soil will pack and bake. If it is worked dry it takes more power to operate the machine, and, furthermore, dry earth and dust retain moisture and quickly rut after rains. Shoulders are often formed on hoth sides of the road by constant travel in one place, which prevents storm water from flowing into side ditches, retain- ing it in the ruts and softening the roadway. These ruts and shoulders can usually be eutirely eliminated by a judicious use of the split log drag. The price of.good roads is eternal :vigilance in maintenance. This is per- haps even more true of earth roads than any other. The rains and melt- ing snow soften the surface more or less. and passing traffie forms_ ruts construction is ‘drainage, = This, of, and cheapest in the long run. The |l 0. C. Rood E. F. Netzer The only Baking Powder ~made:from Royal Grape Cream. of Tarlar - Saves Buiter, ‘Flour, Eggs, and makes ‘home baking :easy { the surface with a thin layer of plastic | : - If you knew just where you could buy:the you would “do it without much ‘coaxing—wouldn't Arrangements- are--being -made with every first class ‘Sold now at Barker's Drug and Jewelry Sinre ‘Wm, McCuaig J. P. Omich’s Cigar Store Roe & Markusen ‘Bemi_dji Pioneer Office- Retailer will receive umnedmte shipment in gross- lots (more or less) by calling Phone 81. Atrang | been made to i}ve(‘rvuse, as above the:names. e&alhbflers i MARCH 23, 1912., tlon #he- earth Toad needs - given promptly and at the proper time 1f the best results are to be obtained. ‘We have become g0 accustomed to the old -habit of dolog our road work <+ {'at our comvenience that we can hardly |- force ‘ourseives -to ‘realize that any-| | thing "else - ahould be: even suggested. _{:One. thing is“absoldtely certain, and ‘| that is that we Wil never have any- thing like improved earth roads until LODGEDOM IN BEMIDJI, © G 2 OB 8 O R R R R RO OO} uiid A A N A.0. V. W. Bemidjl. Lodge -~ No. 77. - ‘Regular meeting “nights—first and third Monday, at 8 v'clock, —at_0da_-Fellows hail, 402 Beltrami Ave. B.P. 0 B Bemidji Lodge No. 1052. Regular meeting ~nights— _first and"third’ Thursdays, 8 o'clock—at- Masonic hall, gtelt.rnml Ave,,-and. -Fifth B 2 C. 0. ¥ every second and fourth Sunday - evening, at 8 o'clock in ‘basement of Catholic church. Meeting nights every day evenings, at Odd Fellows Hall, . ¥. 0. B Regular meeting nights every 1st and 2nd Wednes- day evening at 8 o'clock. Eagles hall, G AR Regular meetings—First and- third Saturday after- noons, at 2:30—at Odd Fel- lows Halls, 402 Beltrami ? Ave, L 0. 0. P. Bemid§i Lodge No. 110 Regular meeting nights —every Friday, 8 o’clock at 0dd Fellows Hall, 402 Beltrami. and Gepressions. ‘tnese, 1t aliowed to remain, will reuiin more water at the uext vuin. and more mud and deeper [ We adopt & system of continuous ruts and Jurger depressions will be | Maidtenance. The amount of work formed. 1t is self evident, therefore, | Féquired at-the time is usually smau, that the main thing in maintaining | DUt it 18 imperative that it be done heavy soil_roads must be to keep the | PFOmPtly or-not-only-will the amount drainage good. For this purpose there be'large, but the:roads will ‘be'bad for is nothing. which equals the split log | 1008 beriods of:time, drng or other similar devices ‘When -the traffic is not too heavy The principle of the action of the | ©UF €arth road, rwhen -properly. con- drag is simply this: The clays and | #Fucted and rightly maintalned, can most heavy soils will puddle and set | 10 general be kept fairly good most of very hard if worked when wet. The | the Year and:passable at all times. drag is essentially a puddling machine, | Yhen ther traffic 18 very- heavy the After ench rain and while the earth is | ®3rth road.must give. way.to.a hard still plastic. but not sticky enough to’| SUrface, such as gravel, macadam. adhere to the drag, one or two trips brick. ste. But gven t.hm‘x A gdod anrth up and down the road are made with road is a great galn, as ," provides the the drag. Only a small amount of | f0Undation for the hard ‘road. earth is moved, just enough to fill the ! ruts and depressions and smooth over | ‘USPLIT LOG DRAG. I 0. O. F. Camp No. 34 Regular meeting every second and fourth Wednesdays at 8 o'clock at Odd Fellows Hall Rebecca Lodge. Regular meetng nights — first und third Wednesday at 8o'clock. —L 0. 0. F. Hall. ANIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Bemidjl Lodge - No. - 168. Regular meeting nights—ex- ery Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock—at the- Eagles'~Hall, Third street. Children are much more likely to clay, which packs very hard, so that the | contract the contagious diseases when next rain, instead of finding ruts unfl’they have colds. Whooping cough, depressions in which to ‘collect, "‘“"diphtheria, scarlet fever, and con- off, leaving the surface but little af- fected. sumption are diseases that are often ' The tim;et 1:md ];\hor lnvlolged in keep- | contracted when the child has a cold. Ing an ea: road properly dragged are 1 small. Five dollars per mile per year That is why all medical authorities seems to be about the average cost'In |88y beware of.colds. For the quick the middle states. The essential req-| cure of colds you will find nothing uisite is that the work shall be done|better than -Chamberlain’s Cough at the time it is needed. This Is the| Remedy. It can:always be depended point which seems hardest to impress |y on "y 1ot on the average man. -The little atten- | or dole;pleasant andseaterte mke‘r 4 3 —first and third Mondays, 8 LADIES OF THE MAC- CABEES. Regular meeting night last - Wednesday evening in each month. motxc. A. F. & A. M., Bemidji, 233. * Regular maelh{g nights — first and third Wednesdays, 8 o'clock—at Masonic Hall, - Beltrami Ave., and Fifth St. Bemdel Chapter No. 70, A. M. Stated convocations For sale by Barker’s-Drug Store. oclock p. m.—at . Masonic I{nll Zeltrami Ave., and Fifth street. ‘Elkanah Commandery No. K. T. Stated conclav;cecosg and fourth Fridays, 8 o'clotk D. m.—at Masonic Temple, Bel- trami Ave., and Fifth St. O. £. S, Chapter No. 171, Regular meeting: nights— first and third:Fridays, 8 o'clock -— at Masonic Hall, Beltrnml Ave, and Fifth M. B. A Roosevelt, No. 1523, Regular - meeting = nights Thursday evenings at 8§ o'clock in ~Oda 11 Hall, Poleve 4 A, Bemidjl - Camp No. - 5012. Regular meeting -nights — first and third Tuesdays at 8 o'clock at 0Odd‘ Fellows Hall, 402 ‘Beltrami Ave. MODERN SAMARITANS. Regular. meeting nights on the first and third Thursdays in the I O. O. F. Hall'at 8 p. m. Best SONS OF HERMAN. Meetings held - third Sunday afternoon of each month at Troppman's Hall. YEOMANS. Meetings the first Friday evening of the “month at the home of - Mrs. H. F. Schmidt, 808 Third street. you? dealer to sell € Bemrd' L /(The'bestinickel pencil in the world) R. Fi MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND-EMBALMER | Oftice 313 Beitrami Ave. Phone 319-2. William C. Klein INSURANCE Rontals, Bonds; Rea Estaty First Mortgage Loans on City and Farm Property - 6o, y.Store '6:and 6, O'Leary-Bowser Bidg. SRR