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The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-05-24

March % April 10
ii. s. Land Office, crookston, Mipu March
18, 1900.
Al sufficient contest affidavit having been
fled in this ofhce by LAWRENCE CE SNap' AZ
contestant, agai INST Homestead Entry no lS6S6.
made March 49, 1899, for s5S; swa,
northwest n, southwest q, zee. 10 snw4
NV ~, Sec. 22. Twp. 147 NJ, r. pa w.. by Hen,
nv al. Meinert, Contestee, I, In which 1t is alleged
that the said Henry A. Meinert has wholly
abandone6isaid tract formorethan SIX months
last past and next prior to the date herein;
and that said tract Is not settled on and cul-
tivated by said party rs BY law required;
said abandonment not being caused by SAID
entryman 9 enlistment in the army. navy or
marine corps OF the U. s. as q private soldier Ell
offcer. seaman or marine during the war with
Spain orsduring any other war ID whlch bhe
United States IDtsy hc engd geti. q Z
Said parties are hereby n0titea 20 appear.
respond and offer evidence touching sald AZ
legation at 10 o'clock am. on MAY ~:
1900, before the Judge Of Probate Court of
Beltrami Co.. at Bemidji. Beltraml CO. !, ,M mn,
5 And that final hearing
will be held at 10 o'clock a. M. Oh lay z4tf,
1900. before the register and recelyef at tne
su. 8. Land office In Crookston, hllnn y
The said con testant having In q proper alIz
dayit fled March $1,000. set forth facts WhlcI,
show that after due diligence PERSONA SER
vice or this notice can not be made II Is mere
BY ordered and directed that snch notice pe
given by due and proper publicatiQI
SYLVESTER PETERSON. Registef g
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HAGALI NOTES.

John Johnson Of Medicine Lake,
moved his family on his home 4
stead. He was formerly Of Thief
River Falls.
VIM. Hines passed here Monday
with a fine herd of cattle for his
Black Duck farm.
Harris Omit and Nels Loburg
drove to Bemidii Friday.
John and Dalos Wilcox have
been making Improvements on
their claims.
Several large fires are reported
west Of White Fish lake. They
are doing g great deal of damage
to the timber.
Knute Mugas and Harris Omit
subscribed for the PIONEER last
week.
The people from Nebish expect
to picnic at White Fish lake next
Sunday.
George Oslenburger has COM
ipleted his new house.
Knnte Mugas went to Buena
Vista Monday
Sam Randel and family moved
on their claim Tuesday, but owing
to sickness in the family returned
to Bemidji Friday.
Leslie and Theodore Gile had
quite an experience with a bear
Thursday.
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MAPLE RIDGE.

Sam Hose has gone for 4 drive
on the Mississippi.
Oliver Hill has a guide hired to
guide him through the woods.
James Raveny and Joseph Tis-
dell have each cleared fye acres
and seeded the same to timothy.
The Thorn brothers ran against
bear the other night. Dave took
a shot at him, but it was too dark
for the bullets to bite.
Roadmaster Oman is calling
his men to axes.
B. A. Nelson is in charge Of
Blakeslee & Co.'s lumber and saw
mill at this place.
Sam Hose bought driving
team Of Osborne, the Black Duck
stage driver.
A man has been in this vicinity
locking up saw mill plants, Of
which he has fiye.
News is scarce this week as the
noisy boy is looking for the re-
porter. He says he has a brother
who is q scientific boxer.
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vision point Of three divisions Of
the Great Northern railway, the
Fosston line being intersected
there By line from St.Panl. The
numbering operations in that vi
cinitY are large. Bemidji, the
county seat Of Beltrami county,
lis fifteen miles beyond Cass Lake.
Bemidji has grown with wonder
Iful rapidity during the last two
years, and is still growing. Be-
sides being on the Fosston line it
ls at the northern terminus Of the
Brainerd and Northern Minnesota
road, and is the outftting point
for the vast tributary region. The
county contains great areas Of
pine and also much good agricul-
tural land. numbering is carried
Son very extensively. Solway,
.SheYlin and Bagley are prosperous
Beltranli villages beyond Bemidii;
and Fosston, in Polk county, is
reached at q distance Of 222 miles
from Superior. It is IN the midst
Il
of q rich farming country, and is
a very prosperous village.
The unsettled portion Of north
ern Minnesota is very rich in re-
sources, and is now attracting
settlers. Al large amount Of rail-.
way construction is expected in
the near. future.-H. G. Stiyers in.
Superior Inland Ocean.
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q, 9; Land nd Once, crookston, Minnesota

U. 8. Land Once, crookston, Minnesota,
Apr Goth. 1900. 3sf Z
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by yWILLIAM HOEFER, Com
testant, against Homestead entry No. I9997,
made May 3 1898, for the SEX section 8, twp.
contestee. in which it is alleged that. the said
Marshall DsNoyelles has wholly abandoned
said tractor more than six months last past
and next prior to the date herein, and that
said tract Is not settled on and cultivated
by said party as by law required; said aband-
onment not being caused BY said entry mans
enlistment in the United States army. navy or
marine corps during the late war with Spain
or in any other war now In progress.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear
respond and offer evidence touching said al
legation at 10 O'clock a. m on June Z. 1860,
before utage of Probate Court, ,.t Bemfdj ii Bel
trami county, Minnesota, and that final hear
ing will be held at 10 O'Clock q. m. on June IA
1900. before the register and receiver at the
u. s. land office in Crookston, Mimi.
The said contestant having in proper aff1-
dnvit, fled Feb. 20, 1900. set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be CIV
en- by due and proper publication.
SYLVESTER PETERSON, Register
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w s y 40 ~
Elias Larson returned from
Fosston on Saturday last. He Is
nov at work in Shevlin. #
Ole Grimstad has gone to Otter
'Tail county.
Miss Martha johnson has been
on the sick list for the past two
weeks.
Mrs. Ostby is sick.
The schools of Districts No. Ill
and 14 will close on the same day
Decoration Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlson, Of Shev-
lin town, gave a dance last Satur-
day evening.
Messrs. Olson and Ostby were
in Sheylin last Sunday.
Mr.. Lindgren, Of Itasca. has
gone to Otter Tail county
The dance at the home Of Mr..
Bergkyist last Saturday evening
was s assuccess, as indeed every un-
dertaking in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Bergkvist are interested is bound
to be.
The bell for the north school
house has been ordered. together
with some more blackboards.
MINNA.
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State Of Minnesota.

County OF Beltrami, Probate Court
Special Term, May 22nd. 1900.
In the matter Of the estate Of Fossten q.
yaae, deceased.
On receiving and fling the
petition OF Peder Vaae.
Of Elbow Lake, Grant County. Minn., repre-
senting, among other things, TINT Fossten ~
vaae late Of Twp. lac. R.sO, Beitrami Co. N,nn.
on the 10th day Of Jsn., AID. 1890, at the
City uf Tower, St. Louis County. Minnesota,
died intestate, and being resident of
this County at the time of his death, leaving
goods. chattels and estate within this county,
and that the said petitioner is q brother Of
said deceased and praying thai administra-
tion Of said estate be to him said Peder
Vaae granted: @s
It is ordered, that said peti ition be heard be-
fore this court on Saturday the 10th day OF
June, A. ID. 1000. at 10 o'clock q, M, at
Bemidji, in said County.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all per-
sons interested, by publishing this order once
in each week, for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing, in the Bemidji
Pioneer, weekly newspaper printed
and published at Bemidii, insaid County.
Dated at Bemidji, Mimi, the 22nd day Of
May, "a. d. 1900.
BY the Court,
g. NJ. CARSON,
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TINE TABLE.
South Bound.

North Bound. South Bound.
arrive 5:35 p. m, Bemidii 7:ooa. m Leave
sig.. $40 p. m. Nary 7::2s q. m.
Depart 4:42 pm. Lakeport 500 =. m
I. 4 4:10 p. m. Walker 8;45 .. M
3:42 p. m. Lothrop 9:19 a. m.
q $40 p. m. Backus 9:45 y. M.
2:51 pm. Pine River i0:01 .. m. 5
I. 2:3i p. m. Pequot 1890 d. m.
\. 1:30p m. Brainerd 1850 q, n. Arrive
Arrive 1876 p. m. Brainerd 1858 p. Depart
aepart Is55 am. Little Falls 1:55 :.
S.s iS'..s4 1885 st CIoHd 500
Minneapolis 525 !.
Sis st. Paul 500 6 Arrive
\ cave sos a. m. Dulu.h 4.s5 pm, Arrive
save 80 an. Fargo 1850 u. m. Arrive
1 Ample timei is given for dinner az Brainerd2 (
E.nd connections are sure
We GEMMELL.s Gen. III
Brainerd. MINI
\ II. Mel LEHMAN, Agent.
Be.lidii. Mum
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STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County Of RelGram1, sss.
ViIiapp of Pam ia III

4 y
Noticeiis hereby given, that applications
have. been made in writing to the village
courel of the said Village of Bemidii and
fled in my Office, praying for license to setl
liquors for the term commence
ing on Nav 18th, 1860, and terminating on
May 25th. 1901, by the following person, and al
the blowing places, as stated in said applica-
iton, respectively. to wit:
a. u COLLARD
front room, ground floor, of the one story
frame building situated on part lot North
12 III. rs, 16, H. block seventeen Oh original
fownsIte of sBemidji. Mimi.
Said application will be heard and deter-
mined by said village council of thu village
of Bemidji a5 the council rnosn IN the city
hall in eaid village of Bemidji in Beltrami
County and State of Minnesota. on Thursday,
the 24th day of Ma A. ID. 1900, at s o'clock p.
m, Of thot day.
Witness my hand and seal of Village of Be-
midi, this 10th day of,May A. d. 1909.
NEWTON HOLROYD,
Villag Recorder.
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The BraiIlerd & Northern

MINNESOTA ISSAILWA \ #ls38
In connection with the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RY.,
Provides the best train service from BEMID- =
JI, Walker and points north OF Brainerd
& to the Twin Cities, Duluth, st, Cloud. Far
go, Wadena & points East, South 4 West.
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over her head she rode at the lion,
which started TO beat hasty retreat.
SummOning all the strength of her
lungs, the girl screamed ut the lion
and urged her pony to pursue him. The
beast frequently looked back and
snarled threateningly, but he failed to
find courage enough to offer battle.
Suddenly 1t occurred to the girl that
there was no reason why she could not
choke the lion to death. An attempt
was worth making, for this one mon
ster was capable of destroying a hun
dred young calves and yearlings in a
single night
Sutlng her actions to her thoughts
she swung her lariat over her head,
and as the trained pony sprang for
ward at his greatest speed. she sent
the rope kissing through the air and
dropped the moose with certain pre-
cislon about the lions neck. The pony
instantly braced himself on his
launches digging his forefeet in the
ground, and the lion turned a somer-
sault, striking the earth with his head
toward his pursuers. Crouching and
emitting a roar that chilled the blood
OF the young girl, he sprang into the
air with all his strength, expecting to
land on the pOny's neck and tear his
pursuers to fragments. The agile little
horse turned just In time to feel the
claws of the lion grazing his launches.
Realizing that her life depended upon
the strength and speed of her pony,
for she had not time to release the
lariat from the saddle, leaned forward
and urged her frightened pony to do
his best. She reached the ranch gate
at her home just as her sisters. accom-.
panied by two young men Of the neigh
borhood, were about to pass through II
on their way to church.
One Of the young men put a bullet
through the animals head. AS n ra
ward for her bravery the Texas Cattl,
Association has presented Miss Norms
with handsome silver-mounted revoI
yer.
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HE HAD PITCHED BALL.
That Was How the Slender Man Won
at Tenpins.

at Tenpins.
They were making up opposing
teams in one of the swagger bowling
clubs. Both Of the captains were Il
little wary about choosing the tall.
slender man whose hair was tinged
with gray and whose outward appear
ance suggested a lack of physical
stamina. He said nothing and quietly
accepted a place with the eleventh
hour fellows. says the Detroit Free
Press.
When the first match came off he
did only fairly well, until he appeared
as the last man on the last frame, and
with POO TO beat Enthusiastic mem
bers of the team now tell that when he
let go of the first ball 1t left streak
of fire all the way down the alley. Pins
flew as though in an explosion. He
piled up strikes and spares till the on
lockers held their breath, and the boy
who set up the pins wanted to resign
while he was alive. Only a raise in
salary held him.
But all was not good luck, for an oc-
casionAl pin would stand up in appar-
ent defiance of all natures laws. AT
the last there were the corner ones.
Two would tie all would win Take
your timer STEADY, old man. Hold
your nerve!' Roll slow One"' were
among the things he heard. He did
everything but roll slow one The
ball went like a rifle shot, struck the
head pin just right It knocked down
another one and the ball cRromed on
the third. The rest OF the team shout
ed themselves hoarse and the asked
how ON earth he kept that terrific
pace.
Plaster on my back" he whispered
Next time all the others wore plas
tiers, some as high as three. judicious
~ distributed They We're practically
in straitjackets; the team lost, and the
old man vowed he would never jok,
again.
He had worn no plaster NJ all. but h,
had pitched fourteen years in an anna
tpur baseball team
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OF roaring, fiery dragon that comes
at you at the rate Of fifty miles an
hour.
How were we to stop her? We hadn't
thought OF that before. 1t wouldn't do
to stand in the middle of the track till
the engineer should see us, and we had
Just two matches and nothing to make
a blaze with. 1t was here that Duifey
showed his genius. Quick as flash
he had jerked Off his coat and touched
a match to the fiimsy cotton lining. The
first match went out. He tried the
second. 1t caught; a tiny flame crept
up and grew larger and larger. In ten
seconds that coat was one solid flame
and Duffey was swinging 1t wildly
around his head
The engine was bearing down on us
with a frightful screech. The engi-
neer saw US, and not second too soon.
There was II swapping Of air brakes, a
grinding Of wheels and a grooming and
shaking Of the whole train as she
slowed up. But even then we had to
jump quick to save ourselves.
The train came to standstlll and
crew and passengers poured out to see
what was up. l suppose we were a
funny-loOking couple. | was still grip
ping my revolver, and If | looked half
as queer as | felt must have been Il
sight. And as for Duffey, the bowie
knife was sticking conspicuously out Of
his back pocket His face was pale
beneath the smoke, his eyebrows were
singed and his hand blistered. The
coat was n ruin.
We told our story as well as we
could, which wasn't very well, because
we were still frightened. but they un-
derstood what the trouble was when
we said Robbers, bridge" and KILLED
the Waterman"
They put us into the train and a
crowd of men with guns and revOlvers
piled onto the engine and front cars.
But by the time the train reached the
bridge the robbers had skipped with
out leaving a trace, except Mr.. Stuntz,
who was bound and gagged and knock
ed insensible with coupling pin. They
picked him up and put him on the
baggage car. There was a doctor
aboard who soon had him fixed up in
good shape. lie wasn't very badly
hurt
At the first station they telegraphed
back to GAINESVILLE and a posse was
sent after the robbers, but did not get
them.
SO we didn't sleep outdoors after all
that night They carried us clear up 10
st. Paul on the sleeping car and treat
ed up royalty, too. and gave Duffey Il
whole new suit Of clothes.-Chicago
| Rnnord
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Worthy OF Imitation.

The Animal Protective League Of
New York City is composed OF "cban.
'ers OF children who are banded to-
gether for the purpose Of making IN.
HE OF dumb animals pleasanter states
the Boston Home journal. The renorts
are excellent reading, ami show that
'"e average small boy is not kept from
deeds OF kindness by the dignity that
prevents much good work amono
ADULTS For instance, one small how
saw horse trying to feed while tho
, VI It's nosebag was broken. The
,au was too short TO fix the strap. so he
put the bag on his head and held n
e'''re while the horse finished its din.
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night but a little before sunset took
a blanket from our house and started.
My big brother had variety OF hunt
Ing implements In his room. and out Of
this store | had borrowed ii thirty two
calibre revolver and big hunting
knife took the revolver myself and
loaned the knife to Dnffy
/ reached the shanty all right, but
had TO walt quite awhile for Mr..
smntz to arrive on his machine. but he
came at last and we sat outside talk
ing. while the sun went down and the
stars came out. MIR. Stuntz wasn't
much OF a conversatiOnalist, and Il
wasn't long before began to wish that
puffey would hurry. Nine O'clack
came and no Duffey. 1t was lonely
walk over that railroad track, with
dangerous bridges and deep cuts every
little way. and | couldn't have blamed
him II he did not come at all: only he
had never failed me before So | sat
and listened for the sound Of his du-
pick whistle BY and by l heard Il
down the track, half mile away in
the darkness, and pretty soon he came
into the light OF the lantern. brandlsh-
ing "A hickory club in one hand and the
hunting knife In the other. and singing
bravely to make sure that he was not
afraid.
But even with Duffey there and Mr..
stuntz II seemed awful lonesome The
only sounds were the ripping OF the
creek down below. the tlnkling Of a
COW bell far OF. aud the hooting OF
some old owl across the track.
There was no good place for us t.
lie down inside the shanty. and besides
we had come FOR adventure and prefer
red 20 stay out OF doors. We found q
grassy place on the embankment
about fifteen feet away. whore tn,
ground sloped gently down. We use,
railroad tie for ii pillow and tried &,
make believe that II was heaps Of fun
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,AssogD A MOUNTAIN LION.
Texas Girl Captured Wild Beast anu
Took Him Home

Took linn Home
The girl Of the Southwest II repoi'H
are 70 he credited, Is a marvel OF per
sonal bravery. one girl In Texas mas
been made famous in the country
around Marble Falls by an achieVe-
ment that would daunt the hardest
rrontiersman in the land. Her name Is
Norma Diorn and she lives win her
father near the headwaters OF the
Guodoloupe. She, with two sisters
was accustomed to go out on the range
TO look after her fathers cattle. one
Sunday morning recently Miss Norma,
who is the Oldest and most daring or
the three, started to ride the fence OF
small pasture, expecting to return IN
time to attend church, and not WISH
ing to desecrate the Sabbath she swung
her winchester on gate post, remark
ing that she guessed she would not
have any use for a gun as she was not
going very far.
She had Travelled hardly out OF sight
of the ranch house before she serious
Nv regretted that she had left the
weapon mt home. A monster Mexican
lion sprang over the wire fence just IN
front of the girls pony, and. after look
ing at her for a moment out Of glaring
eyes it uttered one Of its wild shrieks
and sprang away in the direction OF
small bunch Of cows and calves
The old cows instantly charged the
lion and the mother Of the calf gave
him such an ugly thrust with her sharp
horns that he was forced to relinquish
his hold on his prey. The sight of the
frightened little calf aroused Miss
Normas ire, and swinging her rope
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AT THE THREE-MILE BRIDGE.


On UT we don't take any great cred
ISNit to ourselves, even IL the news
papers did write whole lot
about II and about us. 1t was Just
what any one else would have done.
most likely. We didn't know that there
was going to he big load Of bullion
on the express car that night. and we
hadn't any idea that the other things
would happen, II we had had, you bet
we would have been somewhere else.
And then It seems funny that 1t
should be u.s. Duffey and me, who dis
covered It. But that isn't so strange,
after all. when you remember that we
were always doing Just such crazy
things navigating In an old birch
bark canoe. exploring abandoned lead
mines and stealing rides on the blind
baggage" to Koshgonong and back,
once in awhile Among other ex-
ploits, we liked to get up early mud en-
Joy the freshness of the summer morn
ings. when the birds sing and the sun
rises and the dew on the grass IS damp
and cold to your feet More than once
We have walked clear out to the rail-
road bridge over the "three-mlle creek"
before breakfast. just for the sake Of
riding back on the little hand car Of
Mr.. Stuntz, the Waterman.
You see. where the Northwestern
road crosses the three-mile creek there
used to be a very high wooden trestle.
] guess It was sixty feet HIGH built ON
a sharp curve. IL was dangerous
place for bridge, and the railroad
company always kept man there at
night to watch and signal the engi-
neers that everything was all right.
1t used to brighten me just to stand
at the door of MIR. STUNTS shanty be-
side the track when the big trains flew
by. You would think that they must
surely jump the rails on the curve and
rush right into you, or at least that the
wind they raised would suck you in
under the roaring wheels.
IL occurred TO us that we might walk
out to the bridge some afternoon,
sleep there all night and In the morn
ing ride back with Mr.. Stuntz on the
hand car. Duffy was working In town
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ChristIanIty and Theolorr.

One of the most unfortunate mis-
takes ever made by the Christian
church was to slide into the habit OF
identifying Christianity with theology.
We have had brains given us to use.
and there are no themes that so magni
ticently challenge mans intellectual
powers as the themes that associate
themselves with religions and with the
Christian religion. But even so, the
ology is not Christianity. Rev DR..
Parkhurst.
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Around the Capitol building Uncle
Sam has a great garden of spring deli
cacles The first garden delcac es Of
the season are found there. On the
southern slope OF the lawn. under the
protection OF the terrace and exposed tn
the sun. dandeliOns sprout In very early
spring. Mushrooms Of the best variety
as well as dandelions. grow In great
abundance on this broad lawn. and II
is n source Of supply of greens" or
mushrooms almost from the time snow
disappears until winter comes again.
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The whIskx rrnmo

Henry W. Grady once said of the
whisky traffic: 1t is the mortal enc.
my OF peace and order, the despoiler OF
men and terror of women, the cIoud
that shadows the faces Of children. the
demon that has dug more graves and
sent more souls unshrived to judgment
than all the pestilences that have
wasted life since God sent the plague
to Egypt, and all the wars since
Joshua stood beyond Jericho.n
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Skill in the dairy is important, but
the art of butter making does not de-
pend altogether upon skill in the ma
nipulatiOn of the milk, cream and but
ter. Inferior cows, that are half fed,
or not fed properly, will not furnish
milk Of the desired quality for produc-
ing the best butter. On some farms,
during the warm days OF summer, the
cows suffer from lack OF water. 1t
will not do to simply water them
morning and night, but they must
have an abundant supply. The food
should also be varied and OF the best
quality.