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SWELL DoLL WANTS Yo SEE THE DRAMATIC CRITIC?- Ya-68, Tl BE RIGHT Down - N While ’ the opinion in the house was one way, the senate appears to be somewhat divid- of the news of the week. P“b“;hagg ed as Senator Dan Gunn, of Grand every Thursday and sent postage te any address for $1.50 in advance. Published every afternoon except Sun- fay by the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Company. @ N. CARSON. EAROLD J. DANE, Editor. Spring Term of Court. Rapids, yesterday blocked the pro- gress of the bill. ‘The measure was introduced by W. 1. Nolan, of Minneapolis, and amends the present public corporation law by allowing the governing body of anys| Judge C. W. Stanton presided|city or village to prescribe and limit throughout the February term of | the charges which any such corpora- district court. He is not only entitled | tjon may demand and receive for the to credit for having presided :flt one| commodities or services furnished. by of the shortest terms of court ever|it to the community. It is provided, held in this county but is also en-inhowever, that no charge shall be ‘titled to credit for bringing about|made lower than the price stated in that result. The expense of holding|any contract between the city and the court for jury trials costs the tax-|company. wpayers of this county at least $100 each day court is in session. The unanimity with which the bill Judge | passed the house should be an indica- Stanton realizes this fact keenly and |tion of its true worth. It is well from the time the petit jury reported known q:at the present senate is not on February 26 until the last case ‘was called the wheels of justice were as progressive as the house and Some of the old time senators are appar- ently trying to block the bill., It is kept grinding. Attorneys who show-|, peagyre for the common people and ed any signs of dilatory practice were |should be passed by the senate with- reminded of the fact that time was|out opposition. money and each case was tried as called or dismissed. The people of this county should dbe proud of County Attorney Tor- rance and they have right to feel proud. They elected a man who has proved to be working for the county Much credit is and and not for himself. due him for the promptness punctuality with which the cases were dispatched. The fact that not a single case was lost to the state is proof ,that the voters of Beltrami county have not made a mistake in their confidence of his ability. Realiz- ing that each day meant added ex- pense to the county, he used his ef- forts to urge speedy action at all times. payers will be saved over $1,000 of The result was that the tax- expense in this one term of court. The jurors justly earned their full They worked faithfully in a business like share of favorable comment. manner and their verdicts have met with the hearty approval of all those wuo have followed tne court’s pro- ceedings. There were no disagree- ments, no “soldiering,” no staying out for meals or for double time. This is true of not only those on the .\'egulai panel but also those selected by Sheriff'Andrew Johnson on special venires. There was no suggestion of playing politics, personal feeling, or anything except a desire to do jus- The jur: ors at this term of court have set a tice and to do-it promptly. high standard for other juries to fol- low. i “The best term of court I ever saw,” commented Sheriff Andrew | Johnson. “They certainly made us “go some,’ but that's what we like.” 'A number of special veniries were issued to the sheriff, returnable within from one to three hours. They were all returned on time— and the men summoned were the kind of men referred to above. House File 207. House File 207 is a bill which passed the house without a dissenting vote and which is now up to the sen- Had to Argue or Pay a Debt. “Temple Stanyon,” says Doctor Birch, “on some exigency borrowed a sum of money of Mr. Addison, with whom he lived on terms of intimacy and friendship, conversing on all sub- jects with' equal freedom. But from this time he agreed implicitly to ev- erything Addison advanced, and nev- er, as formerly, disputed his positions. This change. of behavior did not long eéscape the notice of so acute an ob- server, to whom it was by no means agreeable., It happened one day that a sublect was started, on which they had before controverted; but now Mr. Stanyon entirely acsquiesced in Mr. Addison’s opinion, without offering one word in defense of his own. Ad- dison was displeased, and vented his displeasure by saying with some emo- tion, ‘Sir, either contradict me or pay me my-money.’” At an Early Age. “When did your teeth first begin to —give you trouble?” asked the dent ist, just to make conversation, “Before I was a year old,” answer ed the patient, willing to help things along. After that everything proceed: ad in narfant silance = PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS four druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. K0c REPORTER -unto himself, it is in the matter. of .| tamales made from masa ‘prepared in ‘a late hour with -a few cronies, “evi- ‘ance—he'who. had- never ICE BECOMING DRAMATIC CRITIC - STAGE PUBLISHED A . SIRTS ~ THE, m MY FATAL UNDER SYANDING MADE WE. ; Y- PROOKLIN BRIDGE SUPPORTS, Public Men and Sleep. The declaration of Doctor Foertmey- or of Cincinnati, that seven hours of sleep are enough for any man, and that the fellow, who indulges himselt in the arms of Morpheus for a longer period every night is in danger of in- Jjuring himself, comes 80 closely upon the heels of President Wilson’s flat AO0K LIKE A COUPLE op DISAPPONTED NOsDLES) [/ ADVANTAGES OF .PARCEL POST ‘We wish to announce to the people of"this vicinity surrounding country, that we are p}'epa;‘ed to han- dle mail orders, and ‘can give you ex- cellent services by using the parcel post system. We will pay the return postage on all parcels of Laundry, and that he must have nine hours that it {Dry Cleaning and Shoe Repairing is certain to start a controversy al- most to end nowhere, for if there is one thing in which every man is-a law sleep. Ex-President Taft, normal man in ev- ery respect, enjoys as much sleep.as President Wilson needs. Apparently there is no reason why President Wil son should not sleep as long as he likes, for Mr. Taft does. He retires at midnight usually, and arises only in time for a nine o’clock breakfast; 80 it will be seen that the routine of a president’s day is not incompatible with feather bed indulgence. McKin- ley was a light sleeper, being a night owl and an early riser, while Grover Cleveland dearly loved to sit up until dently being of the opirion, as the poet has it, that the best way to lengthen one’s days is to steal a few hours from the night. Bashful Youth Obeyed Orders. He was a nervous and flustered! young man as he entered the court to _give evidence in an - important case. 5 It was his first experience of pub licity in any shape or form, and the amount of interest shown in his utter even ad dressed a meeting of the local debat: ing society—went straight to -his head. His replies, to say the le; of it, were unintelligible. G V “Speak up! Speak up!” called coun- sel irritably at last. “The lady short: hand writer cannot hear a single word of what you're saying. Kindly turn towards her and speak to her.” There was a moment’s pause, while the young man blushed- vividly. Then, to" the. amusement of the court, he rose from his chair, made a profound ebeisance in the direction of the aforesaid mentioned young woman, and murmured bashfully: I “How d&’you do?” | Chance for Inventors. The preparation of nixtamal by hand 1s quite: laborious, the, Mexican wom- en of the peon class spending a fair proportion of each day mashing the day’s supply of nixtamal on a metate with a stone rolling pin after it has been prepared for this process by be- ing boiled with lime. Nixtamal is the name of the corn itself after having been so treated; after grinding it is known as masa. As the tortillas and the manner described form the staple diet of the Mexican people, a machine for the easy preparation of nixtamal Sught to find a wide sale amounting to fifty cents or over. Give it a trial. Peerless Laundry, Co., 226 East First Street, Duluth, Minn. —Adv, 3 NOTICE. - Monuments at reduced prices for memorial day to all who place their orders during the next thirty days. Apply to J .M. Fuller, Bemidji, phone 524 or Thief River Falls Marble and Granite works, Thief Falls, Minn. Cream Cake Tuquiries among a large number of women using “The Cook’s Book” showed this to be their favorite cake recipe. It is easy to make, certain to turn out well if K C Bak- ing Powder is used, and may be put to- gether with almost any filling or icing. . K C Cream Cake By Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill, Editor of the Boston Cooking School Magazine, River Ono-half cup butter; 1 cup- sugar; | yolks of 2 eggs, beaten light; 13 cups gifted flour; 2 level oonfuls K C Baking Powder; & cup cold water; whites of 2 eggs, beaten dry. i Cream the butter; add the sugar, yolks of eggs and water; then the flour, sifted three times with the baking powder; lastly the whites of eggs. Bake in two ' or gz three layers; put these together B with cream , and dredge the top with confectioner’s sugar. § Cream Filling evorm s 1 oup ot etk 3 eage salt; 1 cup hot milk; 1 eg, beaten light; % cup sugar; 1 zeaxpooqt&i vanilla extract; 1 ounce chocolate. Mix flour and salt ‘with a very little cold milk; stir into the hot milk and cook ten minutes; add the chocolate and stir until it is melted and evenly blended with the flour mixture, then beat in the egg mixed with the sugar, and lastly the vanilla. Youneed the K C Cook’s Book, contain- ing this and 89 other delicious recipes—sent ze upon receipt of the colored certificate ‘Packed in every 25-cent can of K C Baking Powder. Send to the Jaques Mfg. Co., Chicago. “ ¥ 3 . (Coanvright) NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? coop Ever Wrote now ........ ing boots size 9... BEMIDJI, ! INQUIRE OF Bemidji, or write . BETIDJI TOWNSITE & IMPROVEMENT CO. 620 Capital Bank Bullding 87. PAUL WORTH TRYING! SAYS SAGE TEA DARKENS - o FADED, GRAY HAIR JUST BEAUTIFULLY - HARMLESS = BUT = EFFECTIVE—| Sulphur Hair Remedy” for about fifty MIXED WITH SULPHUR MAKES HAIR SOFT AND LUXURIANT The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray streaked and faded hair is coming in vogue again, says a well-known down-town druggist. It. was our grandmother’s treatment and hun- dreds of women and men too, are again using it to keep their hair a| good, even color which is quite sen- sible, as we are living in an age when a youthful appearance is of the greatest advantage. - Nowadays, though, we domn’t have the troublesome task of gathering the| sage and the mussy mixing at home, All drug stores sell the ready-to-use product called “Wyeth’s Sage and|busy; look years younger.—Adv. HERE BosS-TAKE BACK YouR 0B OF DRAMATIC. > CRITIC-TD HAVE Yo 7 MaKE 180 POUNDs RING-SIDE. Yo ReaLry BE A successRuL N CR\TIC — - @ 1913 ivi—svb -BaLT- 05, Shoe Barsgains We are cleaning up a lot of odds and ends in men’s work shoes. 1s an exceptional chance for the farmer to get cheap foot wear. 2 pair men’s tan 18-inch top, single sole boot, size 9, $4.00 values, 3 pair men’s $5.00 18-inch packs, 2 pair sizell, 1 pair size 12, now 3 pair men’s $3.75'10-inch packs, ’ sizes 11, 12, 13, n0w$2-85 2 pair men’s. $5.50 18-inch stitch down cruisers, sizes 11 12, now..$4"25 3 pair men’s $6.50 16-inch hunt- ing boot, 2 pair 10, 1 pair 10 1-2 1 pair men’s $7.00 18-inch oil tan boot, size 101-2, now................. $5-25 - 1 pair men’s $5.00 14-inch tan boots size 9$3-95 1 pair men’s $5.04) 18-inch black cruising boots, size 10.............. 1 pair men’s $4.00 18-inch driv- 1 pair men’s $3.50 14-inch driv- ing boots, size- 10 1-2$2-50 In the Basement OLary- : MINNESOTA SUPERIOR LOTS “The New Steel Center” SOLD ON EASY TERMS Prices from $lO(_).oo to $300.00 _ ~ Information--Bradley Brink Co. (Inc.) 909 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis. K. K. ROE, Agent, Bemidji, Minn. 3T his space reserved by the Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co, For Price of Lots, Terms, Etc., By "HOP" z ik This $2.59 $3.50 $4.95 $3.65 $3.25 T. C. BAILEY, MINNESOTA { cents a bottle. It is the most popular because nobody can discover it has been applied. Simply dampen & soft brush or sponge with “Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur” and draw this through your hair, taking one small.sétrand at a time. Do this tonight, and by morning the gray hair dig:ppearl and after another application’ it is restor ed to its natural color. What delights the ladies with ~ ‘Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur is that be- sides beautifully darkening the hair they say it produces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which is 80 attractive: besides prevents dandruff; itching scalp -and falling hair. Here, you gray. haired folks, get