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the it office at ’.mlflfl " seoon! tter under A O aram ot March 3, 1810, " g2 4 sbebabi ook ot Ak s nymous_con- fgeion it U8 Sas e -uolnor. but not. necessar- tinnl hr the Weekly Plon- cn-nm weer lice not later ofl to inaure 0, to any 4.0l ml%w summary o W blished every SO o e P fHIS PAPER “PRmNTED FOR FOREIGN % AP WmlNG BY THE ENERAL OFFICES NEW \'UKK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES [N ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES eVt it bl meaed el bt Wttt i Right on top of the suggestion that Bemid)l be provided with a “white way,” comes the proposal that an automobile truck apparatus ‘be provided to replace the fire team, What {s bothering a lotof our citizens the most just now s whether the same police force will be on the Job after March first, and if not, who the new cops will be. With no candidate in the field agalnst him, and the possibility that the Soclalists will not secure another in"place of Thomas Bell, who has re- fused to run, Alderman Tom Smart should worry. ‘The'program for the joint conven- tion of the Northwestern and North Central Educational associations, ‘whichiis to'be-held in Bemidji next week, has been announced; and com- prises features which will cause hundreds: of northern Minnesota in- structors to visit this city. l Plans: for the “Boys Congress” have been formed, and the kids will have entire control of the two day session. Many boys of all northern Miunesota, as well as those of Bemidji are'showing much' interest in the af- fair, and it 'will bring several hun- dred lads of between 14 and 20 years in age'to this city. The Brainerd Despatch says, “The Bemidji Ploneer is authority for the statement that Frank S. Lycan fis liable to be the sentorial candidate from that district, Therc is no bet- ter ‘timber’ in the northern part of the state for the position as Mr, Lycan Is one of the Beltraml county men' who accomplish things, just the kind of men this northern section needs In the state legislature,” On February 19 and 20, the mem- bers of the Minnesota Editorial as- soclation will meet at the Radisson hotel in Minneapolis for the forty- elghth annual meeting of the organi- zation. = Such men as former presi- dent Willlam H. Taft, President Vin- cent of the University of Minnesota; Allen D. Albert, associate publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune, and E. L. Clifford, advertising manager of the Minneapolis Journal, are on the program, to say nothing of cream of the talent from the ranks of the as- soclation. Bver dince he broke into: baseball Charles W. Murphy has been a fo- menter of trouble. Many have been the ‘enemies of the president of the Chicago Natlonal league club. But it remained for Frank L. Chance, pi- ; lot of four of the pennant winning Cubiteams, to make a deadly and di- Irect accusation'”™ against Murphy. Chance- declares: that Murphy more than: any other man In ibaseball stands: responaible for the Federal invasion. There are some who say that baseball would be better with- out C, W, M. AR KRR K KKK ¥ EDITORIAL EXPLOSIONS: & ERKHK KK KKK KKK KKK President Wilson’s advice to the trusts, summed up briefly, is: “Turn to the right and keep straight ahead.” Not such. bad advice for business of all kinds to take at the beginning of the year. —Red Wing Republican. —— Dr. Wiley says that American wo- men are the worst cooks in the world. What J. J. Hill heard when he criticized the public schools won’t be a touch to what Wiley will hear ‘when the women of America get at- ter him.—Albert Lea Tribune. —— The state Immigration commis- sioner is showing Minnesota in mov- ing pictures on the Minnesota ad- vertising car now touring the state. ‘Wonder -if' those who took the plo- tures thought of getting a picture of Northern Minnesota crops growing? ‘There i8 a subject for a pretty lively moving picture: --Gnnd Rapids In- Alfalfa adds humus to . Alfalfa increases the milk flow. Alfalfa is high in feeding value. Alfalfa balances the corn ratiof. Grow your protein—don’t buy it. larger Alfalfa sod grows 0 crops. Alfalfa-is the greatest of all sub- soilers. Alfalfa hag no equal as a hog pas- ture. Alfalfa keeps stock in tion. Alfalfa should be grown on every farm. An alfalfa field is a hog’s idea of heaven. Fox tail is the g'reatest enemy of alfalfa. Growing alfalfa is good farming. Alfalfa means more money and bet- ter homes. you raise. - on the job. makes good. for the privilege. feed for beef cattle. Alfalfa insures larger the crops that follow. Alfalfa contains more ton thap clover or corn. times as much as clover dred million dollars for eight hundred million jewelry, one billion and last item alome exceeds tra cost of living, The ordina professor in Montpelli . By Chafles M. Carroll, Alfalfa enriches the ground. AlMalta is a drought resister. " Alfalfa i the best sofl doctor. - Raige what you feed and feed what Alfalfa does things and never loafs ‘Alfalfa with a fair chance always Alfalfa fills the hay mow and pays| Alfalfa is the cheapest and best Alfalfa yields from two to three and is more valuable hay. million dollars for candy, five hun- dred million dollars for liquor, we spend for bread, meat and cloth- ing. A little curtailing in these lux- uries would soon make up for the ex- although seems to.be no disposition in that di- rection.—¥airmont Independent. Antiquity of Spectaclés. with convex I to use seme |appear. By morning! . the catarrh,|ning nose, foul ‘' mucous dropping time near the end of the thirteenth |cold-in-head - or - catarrhal sore|into the throat, and raw dryness is century. Tleir fnvention is generally | throat will be gone, % distressing but truly needless. attributed to two Italinns, Armati and | g0 o misery now! Get the| Put your faith—just once—in z‘;‘)‘;‘"Ql‘i‘“,;‘w::g"‘,‘"’ ‘(’}‘m“:;:”,’"“f('_‘,‘: small bottle of “Ely's Cream Balm”|“Ely’s Cream Balm” and your cold wearing glasses. According to G. H, |at any drug store. This sweet, fra-|or catarrh will surely disappear. Oliver, writing in the British Medical Journal, the. first use of concuve lenses was of much later date. probably not until the widdie of the sixteenth cen- "_———-'_—-— tury. It appears that at fiest the doe- 5 ¥ tors were down on glasses because £ they Interfered with the sule of lotions OI" for wenk eyes. Their first mention by 3 a doctor is credited to Bernard Gordon, who informed the world that they were unnec the sou corn | and tavigarate goad condi- ‘fllvzmr- sive. 'For example, Dr. Oliver says, “At the end of the sixteenth century the price per pair, expressed in terms of present day value, was tmm $50 to $100.” sons n iu m that the small ofthermjalnafl the rest of a part:ofithe produet: Bréaking off ‘|:such little: heads. reduces the value of the root in the Chinese market by tully Ginseng In China. * half, as a rule.—Chicago News. Much of the American ginseng sent to China brings small prices becanse it shows cultivation,. being smooth, round and Ilight in- color.. What is wanted is the wild looking root. The central theory of the use of ginseng decoction is.that it combines n itself the virtues ‘of nature—wind, water, woods, the elements and wild pature generally; hence the gnarled, twisted wild root is the ideal, and any domes- ticated or cultivated variety is merely:| a substitute. This substitute ought to be as mear like the wild as possible. If ‘the root grows in the shape of or seems to bear some resemblance, even by severe stretch of the imagination, to some animal it has increased virtue im the trade. For this and similar rea-: business South Next to guld nd’ dhmond: feather’ raising 3. the most-profitable:of ‘South Afrie: ndustries. The ostrich ylelds between £2,000,000. and. £3,000,000 per annum to the subcontinent. ‘There are some 500,000 birds {n South Africa, and they yield an average of from £4 to £ Wortli‘of feathers per’ bead per annum 8tood on-Her Rights. Coroner—You say you told the serv antto get ont df the house the minute you found it was ‘on fire’ and she re fused to go? Mrs. Burns—Yes. She €ald she must bave a month’s notice before-shie: would think - of leaving.- Natlonal Food Magasine. NOSE AND HEAD STOPPED UP FROM COLD OR GATARRH, OPER AT llNGE ylelds trom protein per or timothy, automobile, dollars for e two hun-|My Cleaning, Healing Balm In. grant balm dissolves by ‘the heat of The| stantly Clears Nose, Head and|the nostrils; penetrates and 'heals 1re . atniontit Throat—stopl Nasty Catarrhal [the inflamed, swollen membrane | Discharges. Dull Headache Goes. |Which lines the nose, head and throat; elears " the air passages; Try “Ely’s Cream Balm.” . Get a small bottle anyway, just to try it—Apply a little in the nostrils and -instantly your clogged moae and stopped up alr passages of the head will open; you will breathe freely; dullness and headache dis- stops nasty discharges and a feeling of cleamsing, soothing relief comes immediately. Don’t lay awake to-night strug- gling for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils closed, hawking and blow- ing. Catarrh or a cold, with its run- there spectucles The Universal Car arding I hesitatingly ro sceiption, Drop to our store today, nmend D, ¥, e L S thanks..to his wonderful lotious. in B Y It B 1 It for many S. They were clumsy : R0 fistasel aeiae B e Better Car spicuous and subjectiug bim to ridicule J oftentimes of far from gentle type. Model: T And above all they were very expen- Touring Car f. 0. b. Detroit What Cures Eczema? We have hm 50 many Inguiri e 4. and other ful investiga- simple wash Get particufars from Northern Automobite Co. Bemidji, Minn, Iust to talk Over the merits of ti ul. P; over the his wonderful Pra- Barker’s Drug Store 217 midji Minn. 3rd St Be- SSERL sper * issue, cash with ©cop; x ¥ Regular- -charge ~rate ‘ome % ¥ centi per ‘word-per Ainsertfen. ‘No ¥ . ad-taken: for ' less thlll 10K X cents Phone 31 Tk I remain *iki#&l*‘*i*lkdli i*flii*iiiiifli& Ifll e mi'! DENTIST First Natlonal Bank Blds. - cent pe: wori per i & isstie, cash With copy. ~ * x ogular charge ~ rate omec ¥ % cent per word per insertion. No * x taken for less than 10 i ¥ cents Phone 31. Tel 152 mwm e eveer S M s Ul ‘WANTED-—GIrl to work in Ahe Lumberman’s hmel at. Benn., M'Inn Wages $20.00 per ‘month.- »Guod g place for the right girl. - WANTED_Gisl for €eneral house: | work. ‘all 711, Minnesota:av_e_nue. & WANTED—Dighwasher at Pilsener. Hotel. . WANTED—Bell boys ai Hotel Mark- ham, POSITIONS WANTED. POSITION WANTED—By licensed steam engineer. Address Steam En- gineer Funkley, Minn. FOR SALE ; FOR QUICK SALE—Good six’ room house with hardwood floors, 1209 “Irvine avenue. Good ~well. - cemented sidewalks, Barn for four head, Lot 82x300 feet. The lot alone- will soon. ‘bring the price asked for, the whole - property. Price only $1,785. ' Terms $100.00 cash and $20.00 per month. 10 Der. cent cash - discount for any “amount paid cash'down above the first' $100. ‘Will consider accept- ing good farm or timber land;. in part payment. Act quick. J. Ji Opsahl, Bemidji, Minn, Phone 177. FOR SALE—Officfal’ 1913 automo- bile guides showing 500 Red Line trips connected including maps and Instructions “Indicating - roads, crossings, ‘guide posts, etc. Book has 500 pages showing distance’in miles between cities. Apply at Pioneer Office Supply Store, FOR SALE—RuDber stamps, The Ploneer wifl procurs any kind of rubber stamp xor you on short mo- tice. FOR SALE.OR RENT—Remington typewriter. Bemldfi Business Col- lege. FOR RENT FOR RENT—Good uptown building with basement. ' On 11th st be- tween Bemidji and ‘Beltrami av- enues, 24ft front. Rent $16.00 per month, Suitable for grocery, or ‘warehouse. J. J. Opsahl, FOR RENT—Suite of rooms suitable for office or rooming purposes. Over Edwards Sisters’ Millinery store. See Carl L. Heffron. ‘Good |- FARMS FOR SALE. FOR SALE—T5 and 30-100 acres on |- famous twin lakes, one of the best locations {n Minnesota for a-sum: er home or resort, having lake front' and mice high banks with fine grove of Norway Dines’ near] the water, - Good level clay land about 100,000 feet of good -pine timber and- 100,000 feet ‘of hard wood timber on the land. Only six| miles from Hines and Tenstrike and O6h good wagon road. Fine _fishing in these lakes. - Price, if. ‘taken with the timber on, .$1, 600.00. - $600.00 down and if taken with timber reserved, $1,- 200.00. ~ $400 down and balance on time at 6% interest. Address " V.M, Owen, Hines, Minn. FOR SALE—320 acres of good hard ‘wood dand clay soil some na- tural meadow. Only six miles from Hines, on good road, mnear Nice River.and Lakes. Several hundred cords of birch and tamar- ack wood. Thig will make an 1d- eal stock farm, and iftaken soon can be had for $7.50 per acre, % cash, balance back on the land at 6 per cent interest, to sult pur- chaser. Write V.M. Owen, Hines, Minp, ° FOR SALE—No."21—260 acres. 40 Acres under cultivation, 25 acres meadow. 65 acres fenced for pas- _ture. 9 room frame house with ATTORNEY AT LAW Office socond floor O’Leary-Bowser Bldy " PHYSICIAN, SURGEONS DR.. ROWLAND' GILMORE PHYSICIAN: AND SURGRON Office—Miles Block: DR. E. A, SHANNON, M. D: PHYSICIAN AND' SURGHON Frione 236> % MATO ROk e DE. C. R SANHOEW PHYSICIAN' AND SURGHON Offtice-Miles Blook, ‘DR, L. A.. WARD. : PHYSICIAN: AND- SURGEON Over First National bank, Bem!djl, Miwn DE. A, E. BENDERSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON e Prons 30" Heibonde’ FhbRe T8 DR. E, H, SMITH . PHYSICIAN -AND 'SURGEON- Office In Winter Block DE E H MARCUM PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Ofilce in Mayo Bleck s ‘Residcuse Phoms 313 Phone ‘12 basement. | Large hip roof barn | DR, EINER JOHNSON with ‘hay fork. Granary: Store AT and" bullding.” ~ $1000 stock of mer- Shysioim dnd Surgech Bemidji, Minn, A. V. GARIOCK, M. D. Practlce Limfted EYE EAR NOSE THROAT chandise, 1 team of horses, 6 cows. Complete line of farm-machinery. Price $8,000.00. Address H. B. Roynolds, Hemidjf, Minn. FOR SALE—The S.W. 1/ of the S. B/ of Section 21-146-32, This forty has e fair house and barr " and a few acres under cultivation and is on a mail, telephone and “eream route. Price $20.00 per acre, Time given to suit purchaser ~interest 6 per cent. For further particulars: call on or address A, Kaiser, Bagley, Minn. FOR SALB—We have a fine 120 acre tract of land which we will sell for a reasonable price. Terms $1.50 per acre cash balance on or before ten years at six percent. Security State Bank of Bemldji, Minn, @lasses Fitted - Office Gibbons Bldg., North Markham Hotel, Telephone 105. KATHARINE GEHRET EXPERIENCED NURSE Phone 215. MISS- MABEL HYLAND Teacher of Voice Studio 501 America Ave. Phone §99 Bemidji Minnesota FOR RENT—House inquire ‘Frank Lane. % B TP TS oniviow PSSO WANTED—Dressmaking at home or g0 out by the day: Mre. F. Head. Phoneg 150. LOST AND FOUND FOUND—Small new testament with the. name “Hiram: Thompson Xmas 1907.” Owner may have same. by: paying for this and and proving property. Pioneer. Quite. a Word. What word Is there In the Engiish language the first two letters of which signify a male, the first three u female, dependent, —_—— There 18 & good deal of talk about the high cost of lving and yet this vost could be easily reduced in the average if the people were desirous ‘when we look at the enmormous amounts annually spent for things most of whicli come under the head of luxuritel: For instance, the Am- sriosw:pople:spend’ - two hundred munh"lu and competed in the ma‘te | Everybody ought to go In for the up- the first four a great man, and the whole a great woman? Herofne: The Uplift. “1 belleve Il go in for the uplift. Hft, don't you think?’ “1 s'pose so. What oftice do’ you. mn"—lebnrgh Post. mopey.” | Through tickets; good pna.mhctsnnemtnnfiflnp first honors for ntuelf giying to it Bad Fnrm‘ Beggar—Kind sir, i’m hungry. Chol- ly Van Violet—But you certafnly cawn't be intending fo- dine at this time of the evening In those. elothesi— l’vnken Statesman. » “By the wny. uld chnp. l _Deed a little “You may muflder yourself for- ‘tunate. - | meed a whole lot.”—Boston Transcript. 8 “Are You Going to the: e Y FOR:SALE—Typewriter ribbons for “Norweglan cmonnlal Expolltlon,"m y 1 th? et mfir nw Ans- 8 R. l-fllfllfim..‘ntfir‘mx ekl FOR SALE—120 acres farm land, 1 N about 500 cords wood half hay land on good stream one mile from & town terms liberal price 12 1-2 Pr. acre. W. G. Schroeder. MISCELLANEOUS every make of typewriter on the market at 50 cents and 76 cents each, Every ribbon sold for 76 cents guaranteed. Phone- orders promptly filled. Mail orders given the same careful attention as when | F: you: appear in' person. Pohne 31. The Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply Store, ADVERTISERS—The great siate of North Dakota offers unllmlted.op— portunities for business to classi- fled advertisers. The recognized advértising medium fn the Fargo Dajly and Sunday . Courier-News the only seven-day paper in the state and the paper which carries the largest amount of classified advertising. ~ The Courler-News covers North Dakota like a blank- ot; reaching all-parts of the state {he. day of publication; it is the paper to use in order to get re- sults; rates one cent pér word first insertion, oneshaif cent per word succeeding insertions; fifty cents per line per month. Address the Courier-News, Fargo,-N. D. a—: Hotel dl:’lebropol& Opened under new management, Hot and cold running water in every soomy - ‘ROOMS 50c AND UP PER DAY E. L. WEITZFL, Prop. Grand 908-. Melrose 4266 STOVE WooD_ FéR suxf mm lz—zt in. loag’ Dfiv-d o -| “. D.limd‘ hllnnn, $2.00 and €5 m WoeD lidfi, 200w -‘FUHF!H.’ DIRECTOR |¥. E. IBERTSON|