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The Bemidji-*Daily Pioneer s 7 i F. G. NEUMEIER, Editor. TELEPHONE 922 Entered at the post office at Bemldj!, Minn., as second-class matter under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. Published every afternoon except Sunday No attention :pald to anonymous: con- tributions! Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not necessarily tor publication. Communications for the Weekly Pio- peer should reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to lnsure publication in the current lssue. Subscription Rates. One mionth by carrier. . One year by carrier.... Three months, postage pald 8ix months, postage paid One year, postage paid... The Weekly Plonecr. Eight pages, containing a summary of the news of the week. Published every Thursday and sent postage pald to any address for $1.50 In advance. FERRE R R KR KK RE KKK K x * The Daily Pioneer receives % wire service of the United * Press Association. * IEEEEEE SRS RS S .§ .40 4.00 1.00 2.00 . 4.00 * ok ok ~'x FAPER REPRESENTLD FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE @ \SSOCTRTION:, GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGC SRANCHES N ALL THE PRINCIPAL CiTIEY FREKK KKK KKK KKK KK STATE GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND THEIR HIS- TORICAL SIGNIFICANCE * * * * * * (Prepared by the Minne- * sota Historical Society for the * United Press.) * CHISAGO COUNTY * “Ki-chi-saga,” meaning * large and beautiful, ‘vas the * Chippewa name for the larg- * est lake in this county. * When the county was estab- * lished in 1851, W. H. C. Fol- * som, a pioneer settler repre- ¥ sented the interests of the in- * habitants before the legisla- % ture and proposed ‘“Chisaga’ * for its name, the first sylla- * ble being dropped for euph- * onic reasons. ~Indian names ¥ were not popular with mem- * Dbers of the legislature then % and some opposition devel- % oped, but the committee ac- ¥ cepted the name. By a clerical ¥ error the final “a” was ¥ changed to “0” in the enrolled * law. x * * ok hk ok ko kk Kok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ko k ok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok k& KKK KK KK KK KKK KKK GOV. J. A. A, BURNQUIST. Governor J. A. A. Burnquist will be a candidate for re-election. In seeking the nomination he will em- phasize his claims for recognition in the promotion of efficiency and econ- omy in state government. Here are some of the things to prove that he is a tried advocate of efficiency and economy: a president this year,” says‘the Trib- une. “We are choosing which way the country shall go in the era that is now opening, just as our fathers chose the nation’s path in the days of 1860.” Hugh S. Fullerton in the May issue- of the American goes on record that the 1916 world's championship series Red Sox—and that the Red Sox will win, What we want is a prediction as to when Villa will be captured. Melrose Beacon—C. B. Buekman is the strongest candidate for congress among the Republicans and the Bea- con predicts that he will secure the nomination. Carranza’s slights and sneers ap- pear to slide off the White House back easily. I EE SRR SRR S SRR RS * BOILED NEWS x KEK KKK KKK KKK KK The French government is now in the market for a new American loan of approximately $200,000,000, ac- cording to Wall Street reports. Venice has nothing on Crookston, Minn. Water stands two feet deep in some of the principal streets. The Panama canal has been re- opened to traffic after months of dredging on slides. Sixteen ships passed through Saturday. Long litigation over the owner- ship of lands in the state forestry re- serve in northern Wisconstn was closed when the Wisconsin supreme court approved the filings of Judge S. D. Hastings, the referee, declaring that the state normal school fund owns practically 200,000 acres of these lands as a trust. Five of the grand lodge officers of the B. P. O. E. will go to Duluth for the 12th annual convention of the Minnesota State Elks’ association on June 14 and 15. Czar Nicholas had a narrow escape from death Wednesday, according to reports received yesterday. A bomb hurled from an Austrian aeroplane, aimed at the Russian emperor, who was reviewing troops in the little C. G. JOHNSON AUTO LIVERY Day Call 581-W Night Call 472 In 1913, he eliminated eight sen- ate committees, and in 1915 he elim- inated 16 more. With fewer committees, 27 instead of 51, there was no “jam” on the closing day and no important legis- lation was lost or no ‘“woodchucks” put through as a result. As lieutenant govermor, he did without a private secretary and cut out one-third of his appointees. Senate expenses for employes and supplies, which had been $58,024 in 1911, were reduced to $47,252 in his first term and $40,362 in his second. -Properly organized committees, es- pecially the finance committee, made possible more careful consideration of appropriation bills and a conse- quent reduction in the tax rate. Bills in 1915 called for expenditures tot- alling. $18,019,503 as against $19,- 579,168 in 1913 and $18,512,308 in| 1911, GET BUSY NOW. It is time to clean up so get busy. To the end that Bemidji may be termed the “Spotless City” and to make the best possible impression on the many hundreds of visitors who will come to our fair city this sum- mer, we urge that a clean-up cam- paign be begun immediately. It is up to you, Mr. Citizen, to get busy and beautify your premises. Get out with a paint can and brush and paint everything in sight; use the rake in the front yard, in the back yard, in the alley and the adjoining vacant lot. Declare war on filth; train your heavy artillery on the army of microbes that infest all un- sanitary heaps of rubbish and rot- ten public b ildings and do not cease firing unti. every menace to public health and civic pride is routed. Let us break off relations with filth. An exchange of notes ought not to be necessary. FOR ROOSEVELT. The New York Tribune has de- clared itself for Theodore Roosevelt for president. This fact is consid- ered of political importance for that newspaper is considered as represen- tative of the conservative Republi- canism in the east. It fought Roose- velt four years ago. The declaration is taken to mean the shelving of any shadow of an Elihu Root movement. We Pa’ the best prices for hides, sheep pelts and wool. Also old rubbers, copper and brass. We also pay $4 to $6 a ton for secrap Goldbery’s Wide-A-WakeShoeShop 112 3rd St. Phone 638-W* Advertis- ing aSale! rOU don’t leave Eyour rig in the middle of the road'arid '§o'to a fence~ post'to Tead ‘aisale bill: do you? Then don't expect the other fel- low to do it. Putsn ad inthis psper.then, regutdless of the westher, the'fellow you want to reachreads yourannounce- mients while ‘seated ‘at his - fireside. If he is & prospective buyer you'll have him st yoursale. O xtra buyer often pays tire expense of the d-it"s & poor sd:that on’t pull that buyer. An ad in this paper reaches the people you sre after;” Bills may be s necessity, but the ad is the thing that ddes the business. Don't think of having. a speciil-sale without using * advertising ‘space in thi" paper. at a‘saleoften entireexpense of al Get That Buyer will be fought out by the Braves:and |} “We are doing more'than chosgingftown”of Iwantz on .the Bessnmuni border, fell a few yards from where the ‘monarch stood: A campaign to make' the Minne- sota forest parks the playgrounds of the country and prove that they are’|! the equal of any forest parks in the world, will be worked out by the Minnesota State Forestry assoeiation: at ‘the “annual* meeting April 27 at the West hotel, MinneapoHs. a raid on Washington Saturday night as a demonstration-of the need of preparedness-against aerial invasions. He dropped fireworks bombs. He' will make a raid unannounced on Min- neapolis soon. Three big -steel ‘companies’ employ- ing 20,000 men have announced a ten per cent wage increase, effective May 1. The companies are the Youngstown Steel & Tube company, the Brier Hill Steel company, all of Youngstown, O. A riot and strike followed a previous increase, Jan. 1, the men asserting that it was insuf- ficient. Federal appropriations for na- tional guard maintenance have been #shamefully and disgracefully wasted or in some instances actually em- bezzled,” Senator William E. Borah charges:: He made the charges on the senate floor Saturday. MINNEAPOLIS ‘MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER ESCAPES Minneapolis, Minn., April 17.— Carl Swanson, charged with murder- ing Godfrey Carlson, made a blanket rope and slid down from the fifth floor-and escaped yesterday. - SYMONS' Dairy Lunch Formerly known as Armstrong's Dairy Lunch; now under new ownership and new manageinent. Our aim will be to always serve yowwgood; fresh. whole- some foods in the cleanest De Lloyd Thompson, aviator, made | and ‘miost sanitary manner. ACupofCoffee that’s better We want to welcome all out of town friends as well as home people to dine at our tables. SYMONS DAIRY LUNCH Beltrami-Ave,, FARMERS I am making-3 and 5 year loans: on improved farms, owupi‘ed by owners at 7 per cent . Annual Interest. Clayton C. Cross Markham Hotel Bullding Near City Drug Store " Dwight D. Miller Insurance Specialist I can Insure . Anything-Anywhere Telephone 360-W. Offices 506 BELTRAMI AVE. . . G.-F. HICKS 1 Painting Paperhanging. Kalsomining JPHONE... . . 231 Is Good samples of our busi- visiting cards, ™ wedding starements; shipping - tags, envi ;- et carried=in: stock” for your Ge:_our figures on that printing:you have been thinking of i THE DAILY PIONEER 3 Coupons ZIEGLER’S Clothing: -- Hardwars. - Furniturs 'BUSINESS MEN _ Hides: - Furs -- Junk: SCHOOL CHILDREN ALL USE “NEW BEMIDJI” LEAD PENCIL Yes, you can buy them at almost every store in town and some stores out of town. They are five cents apiece, and when you buy a NEW BEMIDJI for a nickle, you get your moneys worth. to your merchant. sell ’em. Eduard Netzer Pharmacy Barker’s Drug and Jewelry Store S. T. Stewart’s Grocery Store Henry Miller W. G. Schroeder Just say “NEW BEMIDJI” He'll know. Where they The Fair Store Abercrombie & Mtfrady, Third St. Carlson’s Variety Store AImfcrombie & McCready, Beltrami Ave. The Bemidji Pioneer Publishing:Co. William H. Schmitt’s Grocery Otto G. Schwandt Mrs. E. L. 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WANTED—Housework in Protestant family by young girl that is will- ing to work. Address H. A. W, ¢lo Pioneer. 24418 Read the Pioneer want ads. FOR SALE— 240 acres first class land in Beltrami county, Minnesota. Lo- cated within 4 miles of two good, live towns. 25 acres in hay and crops. 60 acres seeded to clover. ‘We will sell this in 40, 80 or 160- acre tracts. This land is dirt cheap at $30 per acre. Never has been offered for sale before and at the price we quote, $20 per acre, should be snapped up by those In search of a real snap. Terms of sale: One-half cash, balance to suit at 6 per cent interest. W. M. Vail, Blackduck, Minn. date FOR SALE—40 acres, with house and other out buildings; also a good well. There are about 5 acres cleared ready for crop. This place is about 4 miles south of Bemidji, on good road and near a school house. M. E. Ibertson, administra- tor. 4d418 WANTED. WANTED—To buy second hand fur- niture and household goods of all kinds. Ed Anderson. Phone 300. 6d41¢ Read the want ads. NOTICE School District Number 84 is now prepared to pay outstanding orders and expect same to be presented as early as possible. GEO. J. BECKER, Treas. Dist. No. 84. x _¥*|FoR "SALE OR BXCHANGE My ¥ CLOSING HOURS—Want. ~ *| pome, 1021 Bemidji Avenue, for a *x Ads to pe classified prop= ¥| oer place. I also have some ¥ erly in the Pioneer want col- * of the best improved and unim- * u'mn must be in before 11 & proved land in Beltrami County for ¥ o'clock. Ads received later * sale cheap and on easy terms. K. i * will appear on another page * J. Swedback, 1021 Bemidji Ave. % that day. * 264d65 x * KKK KKK KKK X KX KKK¥|FOR SALE—Buff Orpington eggs, 75¢ for 13 eggs. Indian Runner duck eggs at $1.00 for nine. Tou- louse geese eggs, $2.50 for seven. Clifford Smart, 612 America Ave., phone 58. 43tt WANTED TO TRADE—Cadillac four, 1914 model, first class condition, 7-passenger car, for 400 shares of 6d419 stock. John Moberg. FOR SALE—Five-room cottage on 50 ft. lot, 2 blocks from high school and Central school. Herbert Wood, 819 America Ave. tr FOR SALE—Corner lots, 50-foot east front. A bargain if taken at once. Herbert Wood, 819 America Ave. tf FOR SALE—Bay gelding, nine years old, weight 1,200 lbs. Geo. Car- ver, 516 13th Street. 6d417 FOR SALE—Five acre lots in Ny- more, on easy terms. Tel. 249. Mathew Larson. da44it FOR SALE—Lumber, partially burn- ed. Cor. Minn. & Eleventh St. Geo. Smith. 6d422 FOR SALE—Piano, cheap, if taken at once. Address No. 99, Pioneer. 44tf FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Nine-room house, suit- able for one or two families. Phone 26-F-11. 2d418 LOST AND FOUND. LOST — Butterfly brooch. 570-W for reward. Phone 4d417 NOTICE To be sold at Public Auction, Tues- day, April 25, 1916, ten o’clock A. M., at the Red Lake Agency Office: Three Boar Pigs, Poland Chinas, eligible to registry. Two Yearling Durham Bulls, high grades, one of which will be suitable for breeding purposes, and Three Yearling Holstein high grades, suitable for purposes. This stock can be seen at the Red Lake Indian Agency. WALTER F. DICKENS, Supt. & Spl. Disb. Agent. 6d420 Bulls, breeding Subscribe for the Ploneer. Take advantage of a want ad. PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS DR. ROWLAND GILMORE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block Business and Professional LAWYERS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE, LAWYER Miles Block Phone 560 DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block Phone 396 Res. Phone 3917 D. H. FISK, Court Commissioner ATTORNEY AT LAW Office second floor O’Leary-Bowser Building. DR. C. R. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block DR. L. A. WARD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Over First National Bank Bemidji, Minn. DR. E. H, SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Security Bank Block DR. EINER JOHNSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. A. V. GARLOCK, M. D. SPECIALIST Practice Limited EYE EAR NOSE THROAT Glasses Fitted Office Gibbons Bldg. North of Markham Hotel. Phone 105. A, DANNENBERG CHIROPRACTOR First Nationai Bank Bldg. I remove the cause of acute and chronic diseases Office hours: 10-12, 1:30-5, 7 to 8 Phone 406-W. 1 DEAN LAND CO. LAND, LOANS INSURANCE AND CITY PROPERTY 117 Third St. Bemidji DWIGHT D. MILLER —=Special Agent— Midland Insurance-Co., Life, Acci- dent, Health Insurance Agents Wanted 606 Beltrami Ave. Bemidji, Minn. Hiffman & 0’Leary FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING H N. McKEE, Funeral Director . Phone 178-W or R Res. Phone 58 VETERINARY SURGEON W. K. DENISON, D. V. M. VETERINARIAN Phone 3 403 Irvine Ave. DRS. WARNINGER & HOEY LICENSED VETERINARIANS Phone 209 Bemidji, Minn. DRAY LINE TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER Safe and Piano Moving 818 America Ave. Office Phone 12. DENTISTS. DR. G. M. PALMER DENTIST Office Phone 124, Residence 346 Miles Block, Bemidji DR. D. L STANTON, DENTIST Office in Winter Block DR. J. T. TUOMY, DENTIST Gibbons Block Tel. 250 North of Markham Hotel DRS. LARSON & LARSON REGISTERED OPTOMETRISTS Specialists the Eye, Fitting of Glasses We have all the facilities for dupli- cating broken lenses Offices: Postoffice Block KRR KKK KKK K KKK % Subscribe for the Ploneer. KHHKKKKK KKK KKK KKK K FUNERAL DIRECTOR M. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER 405 Beltrami Ave. Bemidji, Minn, { Consolidated Vermillion mining