Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1912, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Published every afternoon except Sun- day by the Bemidjl Ploneer Publishing Company. @. E. CAREON. E. H. DENU. HAROLD J. DANE, Editor, “In_the Gity of BemldJl the papers are delivered by carrier. Where the deliv- ery is irregular please make immediate complaint to this office. Telephone 81. Out of town subscribers will confer a favor If they will report when they do not get their papers promptly. AIl papers are continued until an ex- plicit order to discontinue is received, and until arreages are paid. Subscription Rates. One month, by One year, by carrier Three months, postage Six Months, postage paid One vear, postage pald .. The Weekly Ploneer. ght puges, containing o summary of the news of the *week. Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for $1.50 in advance. NTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAT- TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- MIDJI, MINN.,, UNDER TIE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879, THIS DATE IN HISTORY. Mareh 27. 1632—By the treaty of St. Ger- main-en-Laye, the whole of Canada, Cape Breton and Acadia was restored to the French. 1712—Claude Bourgelet, who founded the first school of veterinary medicine and surgery, born at Lyons, France. Died near Paris, Jan. 3, 1779 1785—Louis XVII, France, during the French Revolu- tion, born at Versailles. Died in Par- June 8, 17 1804—Nav; established. 1849—Daniel is, ard at Washington Appleton, pioneer American book publisher, died in New York. Born in Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 10, 1785. 1854—France declared war against Russia. . 1857—Memphis and Charleston railroad completed, joining the At- lantic ocean with the Mississippi riv- er. 1861—Cavour claimed the capital of Italy. 1889—John Bright,. famous Eng- lish statesman, died. Born Nov. 16, 1811, 1911—King Vietor Emml\mlel in- Rome as augurated at Rome the celebration of | the semi-centennial of Italian unity. Spring hats are in the ring—also father's pocketbook. . l Did you see it snow this morning? Wouldn't that frost you? For all of Teddy’s experience on the plains, that North Dakota bron- cho proved a little too much. Yet, it was rough riding. The Auditor Corrects. e information on leases of state land for hay purposes published by the Pioneer Monday night, was ob- tained from the county auditor’s of- fice, although not from the auditor personally. It appears that the in- formant was not entirely correct in his statement of the matter and in order to make the case clear, the let- ter from the state auditor to Auditor (ieorge is quoted below: “St. Paul, March 14, 1912, “County Auditor, Bemidji, Minn. “Dear Sir: I inclose herein blank on which to report leases of state lands for hay purposes for 1912 as is authorized by Chapter 191, general laws of 1909, all leases being sub- Jject to sale of the land, and must be for the full acreage of each deserip- tion, the minimum price fixed by law being ten cents an acre. Parties holding leases issued by you in form- er years have a prior right under the law to such lease for five years, and by paying up the rental each year before the second Tuesday in April can protect that right, and in such case a lease should be issued this year on blank for “Second Year” or “Third Year” as the case may be. “Care should be taken not to lease any lands that have been sold. Kind- ly make a report May 1. “Yours very truly, “S. G. Iverson, “State Auditor.” Why Coat Lapels Have Nicks. The following is said to be the story of the origin of the nick in the lapel of men's coats: When Napoleon first felt the sway of ambition he tried to implicate General Moreau in a con- spiracy. Moreau had been Napoleon's superior, and was exceedingly popular, but in the circumstances, with the; Man of Destiny in power, it was not sufe 1o express publicly sympathy with Moreau. His admirers and supporters quietly agreed to nick their lapels to show their fellowship, the outlines of the coat, after the nick was made, forming the letter M. Laughed Out His Name. It is hard to be laughed out of one's surname. That s what happened to an inoffensive gentleman, Charles Sains- bury Pickwick, Esq., who after the pub- lication ‘of Dickens’ famous novel felt constrained to advertise in the Times informing the world that owing to its ‘having heen brought into ridicule and made a byword by the novelist he in- tended to abandon his name forever. This was the more hard in his case because he proudly traced his name to a knightly o 1gln—rrom “Plquez Honest medicine—made to make you well and happy. Tubbs Bilious Man’s Friend—makes the whole fam- ily better and. better natured. Drug Store. City titular king of | For colds that settle all over you, ‘Tubbs Bilious Man's Friend. City Drug Store. PLAN FOR SAVING RAINFALL Plow the Field as Soon as Crop Has Been Harvested and Follow This Up With Drag. Moisture conservation is not a sure cure for crop fallure. Every farmer, though, knows what three or four inches of additional rain during a dry season will do, and when it 18 realized that it is possible and feasible to con: serve molsture to that extent it beging to look as though the saving of mols- ture from one year to another would help some In case of short rainfall, Three or four inches of rain carried over from one season to the mnext means three or four hundred tons ot water an acre In the subsoll—water enough to carry a growing crop through any ordinary dry weather. It 1s possible to carry even more than this from one year to another, saya A. H. Leldigh, assistant professor of crops at the Kansas agricultural col lege. How can the rainfall be saved? Plow the field as soon as.the erop has been harvested. If 1t is spring or sum- mer, follow the plow with a drag. The rains will soak into the soll in- stead of running off the surface or evaporating. Fall plowing should not be dragged, as there is danger of the sofl either packing or becoming dry and blowing. The extra expense of following such a plan ought not to cost more than a dollar an acre at most. Many places it could be done at a much smaller cost. It pays big interest on the investment even at the higher figure. - The corn grader is a necessity on every farm where the corn planter 1s | used. As to. garden seeds, it is usually | best to buy direct of responsible seed houses. Seed selection is the oldest and most common method of attempting to improve our crops. The grasshopper situation is a difr- ficult one to cope with where vast acreages of idle land exist. Do not pile manure around the barn and do not pile it in the fields. Spread it as fast as it can be taken out. Good roads are the reward of com- mon sense applied to the local man- agement of town or county affairs. The business that grows rapidly may well be watched closely. Con- cerns of slow growth are usually more stable. Better copy the farmer who pro- duces his ylelds at the lowest cost than the man who produces the larg: est yields. Farm success comes to the man Who runs his little bit of land on the same plan that the englneer does his train—right on the dot. The land that was plowed in the fall for next year’s garden will work up better than that that must be plowed in the spring. Don’t wait till planting time to se- cure seeds, and then buy package- seed from the grocery store. This seed is apt to be of inferfor quality, Corn and alfalfa usually can be at- tended to when the wheat needs no care, thus distributing the labor more equitably throughout the sea- son, Are you testing youy, seed for germ- Inating qualities? It is a simpfe mat- ter, and the state experiment station will send you full directions for doing it at home. Rough, stormy weather should be utilized in preparing frames ana placing broken glass in the hot-bed and cold frame sash. It is desirable to paint the sash at least every other year. YOUR GRAY HAIRS QUICKLY VANISH A Harmless Remedy, Made from Gar- den Sage, Restores Color to Gray Hair A- feeling of sadness accompanies the discovery of the first gray hairs which unfortunately are looked upon as aeralds of advancing age. Grey hair, however handssme it maybe, makes a person look old. We all know the advantages cf being young. Aside from the good impression a youthful appearance makes on others simply knowing that you are “look- ing fit” gives one courage to under- take and accomplish things. So why suffer the handicap of looking old on account of gray hairs, when a simple remedy will give your hair youthful and color and heauty in a few days’ time? Most people know that common garden sage acts as a color restorer and scalp tonic as well. Our grand- mothers used a “Sage Tea” for keep- ing their hair dark, solft and Juxur- fant. In Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy we have an ideal pre- pafation of Sage, combined with Sul- phur and other valuanle remedies for dandruff, itching scalp and thin, weak halr that is split at the ends or constantly coming out. A few appli- cations of this valuable remedy will bring back the color, and in a short time it will remove every trace of dandruff and greatly improve the growth and appearance of the hair. Get a fifty cent bottle from your druggist today, and notice that differ- ence .in your hair aftor a few ‘days’ treatment. All druggists sell it, un- der guarantee that the money will be refunded if the remedy is not exactly as represented. ~ Home Course Road fiaking 1X. -—The Gravel Road. By LOGAN WALLER PAGE, " Director Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture. Copyright by American Press Asso- clation, 1912, RAVEL may be defined as a mass of small fragments of stotie which have been more or less vounded through the ac- tlon of water and which have been deposited by the same agency along river chanmels or about the of lakes or other bodies of It may have been formed from the hard rocks along the séashore, the fragments of which, dislodged by the elements, fall into the water and are washed back and forth through the action of the waves, gradually becom- Ing rounded and smaller. In the New England states and oth- er of the states Iying north of the Po- tomac and Ohlo river vegion gravel A POORLY BUILT GRAVEL ROAD. pits, which are frequently termed gla- cial gravels on account of their direct or indirect association with ice action, are quite widely distributed, and these have“heen ‘and may be used to a greater or less extent in road improve- ment. During recent geological history of the continent the Atlantic and gulf borders have been submerged at inter- vals. The ocean has advanced inland a number of times. During each of these periods of continental submer- gence the harder rock remanents along the inner margins of the ocean’s ad- vance have been rounded, worn down, deposited and redeposited with vary- ing proportions of sands and loams and clays, thus forming beds of grav- el, which are today available for road bullding purposes. Gravel roads and macadam roads alike have often received sweeping con- demnations as unsatisfactory when the cause of failure was poor construction and not the character of the material used. The need of care in grading and drainage in the construction of macad- am roads is being quite generally rec- ognized, but unfortunately many ama- teur road builders seem to think that gravel roads may be constructed by simply piling gravel on the surface and leaving it to be packed by the passing traffic. In point of fact, the grading and drainage and other detalls in con- nection with the construction of a gravel road should be dome with as much care and-thoroughness as in the case of a macadam road. Moreover, in the one case as in the other specifica- tlons must be adapted to varying local conditions. Of course, the gravel itself must be selected with care. That which contains a sufficient quantity of bind- ing material so that it stands as a ver- tical wall when it is being exeavated is generally the best, for the reason that this same’ binding material will re-cement the gravel when used for road building. There are three important qualities which should be possessed by road building gravel—hardness, toughness and cementing or binding power. Of these three qualities the last is the most important.” This binding quality is due in part to the presence of oxide of iron, lime or ferrugineous clay and in part to the angular shape and size of the pebbles composing the gravel. Blue gravel is universally conceded to be the best for road construction, be- cause it is usually derived from trap rock. As the pebbles composing the gravel retain the characteristics which they formerly possessed as a part of the larger rock itself, it follows that as trap rock is considered an excellent material for road building, trap rock gravel should occupy tlhe same relative rank among the gravels. Limestone is, generally speaking, a soft rock, and consequently limestone gravel, which Is quite rare, will usually be found soft and will ‘wear rapidly. Quartz possesses practically no binding. power, although it is very hard. Therefore gravel which contains an exception- ally large percentage of quartz will not prove successful, as it will fail to con- golidate unless it contains binding ma- terial, or unless a good binder is added. In order that the material may bind readily the pebbles should be angular and shonld vary in size so that the maller” [ragments may - fill “the .voids between the larger pleces. Gravel ob- tained from streams is usually inferior to pit gravel for the reason that the ac- tion of the water has worn the pebbles smooth and practically all the fine binding material has been removed. by the same agency. Even if clay or loam is mixed with river or creck gravel the result is not likely to be as satistactory. as that obtained by the use of pit grav- el. Pit gravel frequently contains too much clay or earthy matter, while river gravel may have too much sand. In ich cases it 1s sometimes advisable to || screen the gravel so as fo eliminate the ‘| will often be found ady Makes Home No Alum No other aid to' the housewife is 30 great, no other agent so useful and. certain - in making dellcloln, wholesome foods T"hg only Baking Powder made from ' Royal Grape Cream of Tartar (lo Lime Phosphates Baking Easy used in pre- macadam road. ing of the gravel sed not to seps binding material from it, nor this binding material be ailowed to eare settle to the hottora In spreading the wface. It 1l material over the hle to a thin layer of such binding mates over the surface after the material béen distribiited and rolied, and after e should be sprinkled win or else roiled while still damp from the rains. A large part of the gravel found in the Atlantic coastal plane ix sufficient- Iy fine and uniform to render unneces- sary any assorfing for road building purposes, hut when the gravel, espe- cially tbat which is to constitute the surface laver, contains large pebbles thrown aside or el raked into the foundation or recrushed. At least 60 per cent by weight of the gravel should be pebbles above one-eighth inch in size, and there should be no pebbles in the bottom layer that will not pass through a two @ind a half or three inch ring, and in the top r there should be no pebbles whic will not pass through a one and one-half inch ring. Not over 20 per cent of the mass i gravel from shoulder to shoulder. It these should be removed and either | 0. C. Rood E. F. Netzer Wm. McCuaig d P Omn:h’ | Ro | | I [ | I I | | ‘read commencinz at the end nearest e should Te clay. and thix should be uni- formly mixed and shouid contain no large lumyps. Ten or 15 per cent of clay produces better resnits than 20 per cent. If the foundation or roadbed is loose it should he cavefully rolled. Tt is quite as important to have a solid foundation for a gravel road as for a macadam road. Gravel will compact to about 80 per cent of its depth, loose measure, provided earth shounlde e placed on both sides of the road to prevent the w: ng away of the gravel on the sides. If gravel is abun- dant, however, these shoulders may be built of gravel instead of with earth, or the road may be surfaced with the compacted depth of the gravel road is to he eight inches and the width twelve feet it” wiil take absut 2,250 cubic yards of gravel to the mile, and it is best to make the first layer about six inches in depth, loose me: ure, and the second layer about four inches in depth, loose meagure. Gravel should not be dumped direct- 1y on'the road, as this will usually re- sult in a rough, uneven surface. If specially devised spreading wagons are not used the gravel should be dumpéd on boards and spread from them on to the road. The gravel should be placed on the Best 5 the gravel pif, In order That the teams will aid in packing the material. A spike or tootl harrow may be used to advantage in spreading ‘the material, ‘but 1f the gravel contains only a small amount of binding material the har- row should not he used, as it will have the effect of bringing the larger peb- bles to the surface and shaking the binding material to the bottom. Each layer of gravel should be rolled separately. The rolling should bhegin at the sides and continue toward the center until the surface is thoroughly compacted. The surface layer should A PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED GRAVEL ROAD. be sprinkied while “the rolling in progress, but if a roller and sprinkler are not available the road should be constructed if poseible in the spring of the year, as the successive rains will cause the material to pack much better than if the road were built in.the dry hot summer or carly fall. . If the gravel is lacking in suitable binding material and élay or doam is available a limited quantity of such material may be spread over ghe sur- face. The clay should be used very sparingly, however, as it absorbs.wa- ter and causes (he 4 to become soft and muddy in wet weather and dusty in dry weafher. When the ¢ dries it contracts and canses the road to crack, (! also affected by frost. The same may be said of loam. The best binder of all is iron oxide, which s frequently found coating the pebbles, Very satisfactory results may be ol- tained by surfacing the gravel road with a thin er of limestone or trap- rock screenings. The split log drag or some similar device may be used to good advantage {1n maintaining the gravel road. A GOOD TIME TO GET BUSY. Protect yourself and family against the effects of exposure. Keep your system working right with Tubbs Bilious Man’s Friend. Much sickness-avoided through keeping fit, | good natured and active. Store. Subscribe for The Pioneer City Drug You Use a Lead Pencil? We All Do If you knew just where you could buy the Cent Pencil In the World oA you would ‘do it without much coaxing—wouldn’t you? : Arrangements are being made with every first class dealer to sell Sold now at Barker's Drug and Jewslry Store Co. bigar. Smre & Markusen | Bomidji Pioneer Offics Supply Store | Bemidji™ (The bestfnickel pencil in the world) it { .~ _Retailer will receive lmmedlate shipment in gross lots f : * . (more or less) by calling Phone 31. Arrangements have I . S 'been made to adv‘ tise, as above, the names of all dealers 5606660006600 0 0 & LODGEDOM IN BEMIDJI. ¢ POPOOOOOOOOOOS® A 0. U W. Bemidjl Lodge No. 217, Mhr‘ 402 Beltrami Ave. B.P 0. B Bemidji Lodge No. 1052. Regular meeting nights— first and thfrd Thursdays, 8 o'clock—at Masonic hall, Beltrami Ave, and Fifth (2% 2 every second and fourth Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock in basement of Catholie church. DRaREE OF mONOR Meeting nights every second and fourth Monday !e!clliungs, at 0dd Fellows all. ®. 0.1 Regular meeting_nights every 1st and 2nd_ Wednes- day ‘evening at 8 o'clock. Eagles hall. G A R Regular - meetings—First and third Saturday after- noons, at 2:30—at Odd Fel- lows Halls, 402 Beltrami Ave. L 0. 0. F. Bemidjl Lodge No. 110 Regular meeting nights —every Friday, 8 o’clock at Odd TFellows Hall, 402 Beltrami. 1 0. O.'F. Camp No. 34 Regular meeting every second and fourth Wednesdays at 8 o'clock at 0dd Fellows Hall. Hebecca Lodge.. Regular meeting nights — first wnd third Wednesday at 8o'clock. —L 0. 0. F. Hall ENIGHETS OF PYTHIAS Bemidji "Lodge No. 168. Regular meeting nights—ex- ery Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock—at the Eagles’ Hall, ‘Third street. LADIES OF THE MAC- CABEES. Regular meeting night last Wednesday evening in each month. MASONIC. A. F.-& A. M., Bemidji, 233, Regular meeting nights — first and- third Wednesdays, 8 o'clock—at Masonic. Hall, - Beltrami fth St. Bemidjl Chapter No. 70, R. A. M. Stated convocations —first and third Mondays, 8 oclock 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 p. m.—at Masonic Temple, Bel- trami Ave., and Fifth St. O. E. S. Chapter No. 171, Regular meeting nights— first and third Fridays, 8 o'clock — at Masonic Hall, Belt_rnmi Ave,, and Tifth M. B. A Roosevelt, No. 1523. Regular meeting nights Thursday evenings at 8§ in 0dd Fellows o'clock Hall. . W A Bemidji Camp No. 5012. Regular 'meeting nights — first and third 7Tuesdays at 8 o'clock at 0d4d Fellows Hall, 402 Beltrami Ave. ANS. Regular meeting nights on the first and third Thursdays in the L 0. O. F. Hall at 8 . m. 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. I. Schmidt, 306 Third - street. NTry a Want Ad 1-2 Cent a Word==Cash R. F. MURPHY °~ FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office Beitrami Ave. Phohe 819-2. William C. Kiein INSURANGCE Rentals, Bonds, Real Estate First Mortgage Loans on City and Farm Property 8 and 6, O’Leary-Rowser plu- 3 rmm‘ o