Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 26, 1912, Page 2

{ 1 | | T l 1 | | ~and vindictiveness. BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER : Pub!lshefl every afternoon except Sun- day by the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Company. @. B. CARSON. E. H. DENU. HAROLD J. DANE, Editor. In the City of Bemidjl the papers are delivered by carrier. Where the deliv- ery is irregular please make immediate complaint to this office. Telephone 31. Qut 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 ex- plicit order to discontinue is received, and until arreages are paid. Subscription Rat One month, by carrler . .8 .45 One y by carrier . 5.00 Three months, postage paid . 135 Six Months, postage paid . 250 One year, postage paid . . 5.00 The Weekly Plong Bight pages, containing a summary | of the news of the. week. Published every Thursday and sent postage pald | to any address for $1.60 in advance. . | ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS )lAT~] TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- MIDJI, MINN.,, UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879, | ,‘ “THIS DATE IN HISTORY" | MARCH 26 i 1788—Slave-trade prohibited in| Massachusett: | 797—James Hutton, one of the| great founders of geological science, | died in Scotland. Born there June 1804—First United States land| office opened in Detroit, under act of Congress. 1827—Ludwig von Beethoven, | celebrated composer, died in Vienna.! Born in Bohn, Dec. 16, 1770. | 1838——Gen. William H. Ashley who| was the first lieutenant-governor of | Missouri, died near Booneville, Mo.. | Born in Virginia about 1778. 1840—Royal Agricultural Society of England incorporated. 1861—Alfred B. Kittredge, U. S. senator from South Dakota, born in New Hampshire. Died at Hot Springs, Ark., May 4, 1911, 1874—House of Representatives passed the first interstate commerce bill, | 1885—Saskatchewan rebellion be-| gan with an attack of half-breeds up- | on the Northwest Mounted Police. | 1892—Walt Whitman, celebrated poet, died in Camden, N. J. Born at| West Hills, L. [. May 31. 1819. i “THIS IS MY 92ND BIRTHDAY" Mme. Marchesi Mme. Mathilde Machesi, probably the most celebrated singing teacher the world has ever known, was born March 26, 1820. At an early age she became a pupil of the late Man- uel Carcia in Paris. Afterwards in London she attained fame as a con- cert singer. But in 1854 she went to the Vienna conservatoire. Except for some years that she spent in Paris and at Cologne, where she held a professorship, Mme. Marchesi was at Vienna until 1878. During this period she made great singers, among them the famous Etelka (ierster. In 1881 the teacher return- ed to Paris and during the next decade or so she. produced such phenomental singers as Emma Calve, Melba. Emma Eames, Sybil Sander- son, Emma Nevada and Felice Lyne.! Mme. Marchesi is spending her de- clining years in London at the home of her daughter, who also is a well known singer. In spite of her ad- vanced age, the famous teacher is still alert and vigorous. Congratulations to: Lee McClung, treasurer of the United States, forty -two years old to-| day. Anselm J. McLaurin former U. 8. Senator from Mississippi, sixty-four years old today. Dr. James K. Patterson, for more than forty years president of Ken- tucky State University, seventy-nine vears old today, Flavel S. Luther, president of Trinity College, Hartford, Sixty-two years old today. Harper's Weekly puts it very briefly and neatly in this manner: The issue: Vox populi vox Dei! President Taft, Vox populi vox Mei! Theodore Roosevelt. That is all there is of it. An Answer The last issue of the Bemidji Ser.- tinel attacked the Pioneer on various grounds, but if the editor of that publication expects to force the Pio* neer into a “newspaper fight”, he is mistaken. The editor of the Pioneer not believe that newspaper readers are interested in the -personal does troubles of the people connected with the publications. The Pioneer has been expecting such an attack for some The Pioneer will neither answer the attack of the last Sentinel nor those that will be made in time. the future. Anyone interested and wanting to discuss the matter in any way will always be welcome to the editor’s office. A newspaper has other uses than personal vilification Always Welcome. March 26th; 1912, The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn. Gen- tlemen:—I am in receipt of several copies of the Pioneer containing an account of the fire prevention meet- ing in your city, for which piease ac- cept my thanks. The publicity given to this movement by your paper is certainly deserving - of -praise. In fact, it is the best write-up we ha' received in any city thus far visited by the association and I _belleye will be the means of hringing about much better conditions in Bemidji. This is certainly enterprising journalism and 1 want to assure you that the at- titude you have taken is fully appre- ciated by the members of the Minne- sota Fire Prevention® association. Yours very truly, E. L. COLBURN, State Ageént. You judgs a man not by what he | promises to do, but by what he has done. That is the only true test. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy judged by, this standard has no superior. People everywhere speak of it in the highest terms of praise. For sale by Barker's Drug Store. TO RETAIN MOISTURE Deep Plowing, - Followed With Drag, Will Do It. Fully Demonstrated That Conalderable Portion of Rainfall Can Be Con- served and Carried Over Inte Next Year. (By J. H. WORST, North Daketa Agri: cultural College.) - Plow deep and follow the plow with a drag. The drag will conserve more moisture than will get into the soll from melting snows. Besides wa- ter thus concerved is where it is need- ed, instead of on the surface where it will evaporate speedily. The question is sometimes raised, 8hall we -practice dry farming when there {8 plenty of rain? Most assul edly. The time to conserve moisture is when there is moisture. A farm: or remarked to me the other day: *1 have got the moisture on my farm down to a depth of more than thred feet already.” That farmer's idea if exactly right. He 1s conserving moisf ure now for next year’s crop while hix | meighbors are allowing the molsture that has recently fallen in abundance to go its usual way, acording to the | laws of chance. Next spring his neigh- bors will plant their wheat and other small grain and depend upon the clouds to furnish moisture as the grain may need it. This farmer will get just as much rain from the clouds as they and will, in addition, have a large quantity of water stored up in! 5 the subsoil to nourish the crop, should & dry spell occur during the growing season. And that dry spell is very apt to come. I will venture that this par ticular farmer will have a big crop next year whether his neighbors do or not. If they get a big crop, he will get & bigger one. It has been fully demonstrated that a considerable portion of the rainfall: of any one year can be conserved and carried over, in the soil, for the bene fle of next year's crop. - Where the av- erage rainfall is 18 inches it should be an easy matter to carry four or five inches of autumn rainwater over the winter for the next season’s crop. Four inches of water represents ap- proximately 350 tous of moisture per acre—a sufficient guantity to nourish the growing crop during weeks of pro- tracted drought. I am convinced that by means of suitable cultivation; which Includes deep plowing, the bogie of drought will he forever dispelled. | There is absolutely-no necessity for a single crop failure in -North Dakota on account of drought. The fault is | a0t with the soil, nor with the climate, nor with the plants; it is with our sys- tem of farming. As long: as we apply humid methods to semj-arid eonditions, we may expect repeated crop fallures, or partial failures that will materially lessen the profits which farmers should realize from their business. It requires approximately seven dol lars per acre to grow a crop. This in- cludes interest on investment, cost of seed, wear and tear of farm machin- ery, labor, otc. By adding one addition- al dollar's worth of labor to each acre, there is little question but that the average profits would be doubled. In other words, as much profit should be realized from the one additional dol- lar's worth of labor as is now’ real- ized from the seven dollars’ worth of unavoidable labor and investment, Consequently, if farmers would de- vote one-third of their land to the arawing of corn and alfalfa, néither of which interferes with the time and'la. bor employed in farming wheat, and put the one-third more labor, thus made avallable, on only two-thirds as many acres of wheat, they would grow more wheat than when they spread their, energies over the one-third la or area, The corn and alfaifa fed to live stock would insure them a large addi- tional income, and one that is not often adversely influenced by climatic conditions, while the fertllity deposited wpon the farm resuiting from feeding the corn and alfalfa to live stock would vastly improve the productive- ness of the soil. Corn and alfalfa usu- ally can be attended to when the wheat needs no care, thus distributing the labor more equltnhly throughout the season. Another thing, shock threshing- is generally bad business, for the reason that all cannot thresh at once when the ‘grain is ready'for the machi consequently all who cannot thresh early stand a good chance of having their grain injured in the shock and also are hindered from plowing until the grain is threshed.. Fully half the farmers are thus hindered from plowing early, many of them being compelled to postpone Mlowing opera- tons until the following spring. Bet- ter to stack the grain as soon as fit and starl to plow. You can say goodbye to conatipa- tion with a- clear conscience if you use Chamberlain’s Tablets. Many have been permanently cured by their. use. For sale by Barker's:Drug;Store. Home Course ———1In Road Making VIIL.—The Sand-Clay Road. e By LOGAN WALLER PAGE., Director Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture. Gopyright by American Press Asso- clation, 1912 - i ND-CLAY road is composed of sand and clay such pgoportions to form a compact and firp support to traflic. The perfect sand-clay road should be ueither sticky nor sandy. The sand and clay may form a natural mixture, in which case the road Is termed a “natural sand-clay road.” The two materials may have become mixed in the fields along the road by MIXING THE SAND AND CLAY. successive cultivation of the soil, and if this soil is used in the construction of a road it is known as “top soil road.” There are many varieties of clay and consequently a wide. variation in the characteristics of a sand-clay road. The- quality of the sand is a variable factor, as it may rvange all the way from fine, dust-like particles to coarse grains snd gravel and may be perfect Iy clean or mixed with loam and other material. In consequence of these wide differences in the materials constitut- ing sand-clay roads it is impossible to maintain a uniform standard as to quality of the road or methods of con- struction. Not all but most sand consists of tiny “graing of quartz. While quarts is one of the hardest minerals known, 1t possesses: practically no binding or cementing power. The grains of sand, instend of cohering in a tough mass under the impact of traffic and the ac- tion of water, remain loose and shift- ing. Fine sand’ when dry is easily displaced by thg wind. which pro- duces In this way the ever shifting sand hills,. No road is so difficult to travel as one through fine sand. If clay has been carrvied in small quantities by running water and de- posited as sediment it is known as “sedimentary clay.” TIf the feldspathic rock has been disintegrated in place hy water the clay is known as “residual clay.” The sedimentary clay, -having been carried in the form of fine par- ticles, is finer grained than the résidnal clay and-is more sticky ‘and -plastic. In contrast’ with sand, which possesses no binding power, but is very- hard. clay is a powerful binder, but-does not possess the quality of hardness. It is evident that in the construction of a sand-clay road the important property in the clay is its plasticity or tendency to become sticky and elastic when mixed with water. The clays which are most plastic are called “ball clays” Another important property which is possessed by clays in widely varying degrees is the porosity or ca- pacity for rapid absorption of water. Clays which possess this ‘quality in the highest degree fall to pieces under the action of water. These clays are called “slaking clays.” - It will read- ily be seen that the plastic or ball clays will form a better and more powerful binder for sand-clay roads than will the slaking clays; but, on the other band, they will be much more difficult to mix, as they disintegrate with fir less rapidity. The shrinkage of clay is an impor- tant characteristic in connection with the building of roads. When water is mixed with clay expansion results, and when the water evaporates the clay contracts. -This characteristic of ex- pansion is much more pronounced in some clays than in others, and it inust be apparent that the clays which ex- pand the least are preferable for rond huilding. i The theory of the sand-clay road i very similar to the theory of the mac- adam road. In the latter rock dust nnd screenings fill the volds between the angular fragments of stone and when wet serve as a cement or hinder. The graine of sand may he lkened to the angular fragments of stone and clay to the rock dust binder. In the most successful sand-clay road just a sufficient amount of clay is used to fili the voids between the grains of sand. In this way the sand sustains the wear. while the ‘clay serves as a binder. If too\much sand is used the result will be loose sand on the sur- face; if too much clay Is used the sur- face of the road will hecome sHcky after rains, The best mixture of sand and clay can be made when the materials are wet, and particularly is '(his' true of tha plastic or ball clays. " It the ¢lay is a-plastic or ball clay. much greatér effort will be necessary: to obtain-4 complete mixture; £ it is A slaking clay the mixthre . wiil be B [ e '|to eight inches in the center, sloping THE BEMIDJI DAILY. PIONEER Ing po Ing clay for road purposes It s always best to select the stickiest clay avall: able.. A common test is to wet the thumb and place it against*a plece of clay. 1f the clay will'not stick to the “thumb it is safe to assume that it will be a poor binder jn a sand-clay road. ' As the desirable proportions of sand and’clay ate such (hat the particles of clay barely fill the voids between the graing of sand, -t 1s well in delermin ing the quumitity of clay 'to be applied to a sand road or sand to be applied to & cluy road. to: kpow approximately how mucli i3 peeded. A simple method for-(otermining the relative quantity:| 18 to (ake two glisses of the same size and fill one with dry sand whieh it is proposcd to use and the other with wa- ter. The watershould then be poured carefully in the-glass of sand and al- lowed to trickle down through the sand until it reaches the bottom of the glass. mixed ‘in{ When the water has been-poured fnto ithe glass of sand to the point of over- ‘flowing we may assume that the voids' between the grains of sand tave been filled, and conseguently the amount of water taken from the full glass would represent the volumne of clay needed to fill the voids in.a volume of sand equal to that'in the other glass. It is better to use a little less clay than would ap-| pear to be necessary, as the tendency is to overestimate the amount needed: Good' drainnge is the most essentil feature of the sand-clay road just as it is of all other types of road. A sandy or gravelly soll affords better natural drainage, and if the sand is present to an ‘exceptional extent the only “provi- slon necessary for drainage will be to crown the surface’ of the road in the same manner as prescribed for earth, gravel or macadam roads. If the road 1s located through land that is so low as to he continvally wet it will be nec- ary in addition to erowning the road to provide wide ditches on each side and to ra theroadbed a little higher than the surrounding country, After proper drainage has been se- cured the roadbed should be crowned, beginning mear the source of supply of the clay or sand. The clay should then be spread to a depth of from six off gradually to a thin layer at the sldes. Tpon the clay should be placed | a thin covering of sand. If the eclay| is of the plastic kind it will then he .necessary to plow and harrow it, ad- vantage being taken of rains to puddle the surface with a disk harrow. Sand should be gradually added until the surface of the v ceases to ball ana cake. 1f the ‘clay is-placed on sand to a depth of six inciies a cubie yard of clay will covers fifty-four lineal feet: consequently a sjxteen foot rond treat- ed in this mauner would require one cubic yard of clay for each three feet of length. A mile of sixteen foot road wonld therefore !'Pmlil'e 1,760 cuble yards of clay. If the clay subsoil is to be treated with sand it should be plowed and harrowed to a depih of about four inches. On this prepared subsurface should be placed from six to eight inches of clean sand, spread thickest garker.' E. F. Netzer ‘Ym McCuaig been “The at the center and slopiug to the sides in much the same manner as the clay. is applied to a sand rond. These ma- terials should then be 'mixed dry in- stead of the wet mixing, which I8 preferable when clay is applied to sand. This'is preferable becaunse the clay can:be better pulverized when in’ a dry state. ‘After'dry mixing thie road should be puddled following the first heavy rain, thoroughly mixed and puddled a road A SAND-CEAY ROAD. machine or grader should be used' to glve proper crown to the road, and it a roller is available the road can be improved by the use ‘of it. As it is Impossible to” detérmine exactly the proportions of ‘sand and clay to he used in the first place, it is necessary to give: careful attention to the sand- clay road for a considerable time after it is completed, in order that addition- al sand or elay may be applied as needed. In 1904 there were only 2,900 miles of sand-clay roads in the United States, | but at the present time there are ap- proximately 25.000 miles. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great reputation and exten- sive sale by its remarkable cures of coughs, colds and croup. It can be depended upon. Try it. Sold by :Barker’s Drug Store. Taking No Chances. Friend—Do you wish me as your mouthpiece to give out a statement about your willingness or refusal to be a candidate? The Political Sphinx—Say that no friend is authorized to speak for me, and then make sure that if the people rall, the line won’t be busy. v PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS Your druggist will refund money. if PA- ZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud- ing Piles in 6 to 14 davs. 6oe. When' the materinls are! Charcoal fér Llttie Chicks. The greatest problem with chicks in brooders is bowel trouble, but if you will feed charcoal every day the trou- ble will guickly disappear, provided: ‘other faults are remedied. For little ohicks whieh need it at once, it should be mixed in their food in small quan- tities untdl’ some -effect is seen and en the quantity modérated to a reg- ular portion each day. Charcoal is a corrective and not a medicine. It ab- sorbs gases and promotes digestion of the food. EASY AND SURE WAY 10 GURE COLDS {| Dont’ lleglect 8 Cold, Ely's Cream Balm Will Stop it in the Sneezing Stage. A cold generally attacks the weak- est part, affecting the eyes ‘and ears in some and producing nasal catarrh i{and: throat troubles in others. A cold is- due-to an inflammation &f the membrane lining the air passages, and may be promptly cured with a litt1é Ely’s Cream Balm, which im- i'mediately relieves the inflammation and all the distressing symptoms, such as sneezing, coughing, running at the nose and eyes, hoarseness, sore throat, fever and headache. One rea- son why this pure antiseptic Balm acts' so quickly is because it is ap- plied directly to the tender, sore sur- face. Even in severe, chronic cases of catarrh Ely’s Cream Balm never fails to quickly and effectually check the poisonous discharge which clogs the head and throat, causing the disgust- ing hawking, spitting and blowing of the nose. This remedy not only drives out the disease, but heals and strengthens the weakened mem- branes, thus ending catarrh. Catarrh is a filthy, disgusting dis- ease. day. Get a 50 cent bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm from your druggist to- Cream Balm from your druggist and see how quicRly you will be relieved. I is perfectly harmless. Don’t put up with it another| - ® . LODGEDOM IN BEMIDJI. © 200600006009 060666 A. 0. U. W Bemiaji Lodge - No. 277, Regular meeting nights—first and third Monday, at 8 o'clock, —at _Odd Fellows hall, 402 Beltrami Ave. B. P. 0. B Bomidji Lodge No. 1052. Regular meeting ~ nights— first and third Thursdays, 8 o'clock—at Masonic hall, gellrnml Ave., and . Fifth St. 7 C. 0. P every second and fourth Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock in basement of Catholic church. DEGREE OF HONOR Meeting nights every second and fourth Monday ]e\'en!ngs, at 0dd Fellows Tall. o.x Regular meeting_nights .every 1st and 2nd Wednes- day evening at 8 o'clock. Bagles hall. G. A. R. Regular meetings—First and third Saturday after- noons, at 2:30—at 0dd Fel- Beltrami L 0. 0. F. Bemidji Lodge No. 110 Regular meeting nights —every Friday, 8 o'clock at Odd Tellows ~Hall, 402 Beltrami. L 0. 0.TF. Camp No. 34 Regular meeling every second and fourth Wednesdays at § o'clock at Odd Fellows Hall. Rtebecea Lodge. Regular meeting nights — first and third Wednesday at 8o'clock. —L 0. 0. F. Hall. ENIGHTS OF FYTHIAS Bemidjl Lodge No. 168. Regular meeting nights—ex- ery Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock—at the Eagles' Hall, Third street. THE SPALDING EUROPEAN PLAN Duluth’s Largest and Best Hotel DULUTH MINNESOTA Mbre than $100,000.00 recently expeaded onimprovements, 250 rooms, 135 private ‘baths, 60 sample rooms. rfi modern convenience: Luxurious lnd ellzhbiu! restaurants and buffet, Fl Palm Room. Men’s Grill, Uolonhl Buffet Magnificent lobby and public - rooms: Ballroom, banquet rooms and private dining rooms; Sun parlor aod observa tory. ated In heart of business sec- tion but overlooking the harbor and Lake Superior. Convenient to everything. On of the Great Hotels of the Northwsst If you knew just where you could buy the Best 5 Cent Pencil In the World you would“do it without ‘much coaxing—wouldn’t you? .Arrangements are -being made with every first class dealer to sell (The best]nickel pencil i and Jewelry Sold now at s Drug | C.Rood & Co. P, Ilmmh’s clgar Store | Roe & Markusen Bemldu Pioneer Office S:mnly Sore Retmler will ‘receivi (more or less) by calling Phone' 31. immediate. ‘made’ to advertise, as abov Bem1d' L in the world) Store shipment in gross lots Arrangements have the names of all dealers TADIES OF THE MAC- CABEES. Regular meeting night last Wednesday evening in each month. MASONIC. A. F. & A. M, Bemidj, 233. Regular = meeting nights — first and third Wedriesdays, 8 o'clock—at Masonic "Hall, Beltrami Ave, and Fifth St. Bemidjl Chapter No. 70, R. A. M. Stated convocations —first and third Mondays, 8 o'clock p. m.—at Masonic Hall Zeltrami Ave., and Fifth street. Elkanah Commandery No. 30 K. T. Stated conclave—second and fourth Fridays, 8 o’clock b. m.—at Musonic Temple, Bel- trami Ave., and Fifth O. E. S. Chapter No. 171, Regu meeting nights— first and third Fridays, 8 o'clock — at Masonic Hall, Beltrami Ave,, and Fifth St. M. B A Roosevelt, No. 1523. Regular meeting nights Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock in 0dd Fellows Hall. M. W. A . 2R Bemiaji Camp No. 5013. (OAGAP Regular meeting aights — KQo ) F first and third Tuesdays at 8 oclock at 0dd Fellows Hall, 402 Beltrami Ave. MODE; SAMARITANS. Regular meeting nights on the first and third Thursdays in the I O. O. F. Hall at 8 . m. ) SONS OF HERMAX. Meetings held third Sunday afternoon of each month at Troppman's Hall, N YEOMANS. Meetings the first Friday evening of the month at the home of Mrs. H. I. Schmidt, 806 Third street. Try a Want Ad 12 Cent a Word--=Cash " R.F. MURPHY ¢UNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER 3_Beitram! Ave. William C. Kiein INSURANCE Rentals, Bonds, Real Estate First Mortgage Loanss - on QCity and Farm l:'roperty g