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The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
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Il q newspaper for bright and intelligent peo'
pie. II ID made up 70 attract people who think
Is not neutral or colorless, constantly trim.
ming In an endeavor 10 please both sides. but
It is independent in the best sense Of the word
It has pronounced opinions and 10 fearless ~
expressing them, but 1t is always fair TO its
opponents.
Matters OF national or vital public interest
get more space in TIE TRIBUNE than IN any
other paper In the West
For these reasons It IL tho newsraper you
should read during the forthcoming political
campaign. # S
TaE TRIBUNE's financial columns never
mislead the public.
It's facilities for gathering news. both local
and foreign, are far superior TO those OF any
other newspaper In the West. II
II presents the news In as fair q way as pos
sible, and let's its readers form their opinions.
While Il publishes the most comprehensive
articles on all news features. IL You are busy
the Summary Of TEE DAILY TRIBUNE"
published daily on the first page gives you
briefly all the news Of the day within one col.
umn. &y RI.
Its sporting news is always the best. and Its
Sunday Pink Sporting Section is better than
any sporting paper in the country.
lis the "cleanest" daily printed in the West
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
SOLW AY SNAPS.
From the Press. J

A. D. Mowers is nursinga badly
strained shoulder resulting from a
squeeze given by a horse which he
was shoeing. ..I.s
Mrs. 2. Ritter, of Wahpeton, N.
D., arrived for a visit with the
family of her brother-in law
Chas. Ritter.
Andrew Olberg has purchased
the restaurant building OF H. r.
Mcdonald and will shortly open a
saloon and restaurant.
"Skip" Knouf came up from
Cass Lake and is making arrange
ments to open saloon in the
Whipple building.
Another chair has been added to
J. NJ. Near's tonsorial parlors on
hammers avenue, and Jack
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
NSESgGSEGS:g;
BAGLEY BLOSSOMS.
From the Independent.


Dora Aarbit is able to be up
and out of doors once more, after
a long and severe attack of ty-
phoid fever.
Miss Sarah Moen and Walter
Day have been chosen by the
s hool board as teachers for the
coming term of school.
FL. Fl. Espeseth who has been
out on his farm at Sletten, put
ting up hay and taking care Of the
golden harvest, returned home. y
The new engine boiler has ar
rived for the Bagley Roller Mills
and has been put in place. The
remainder Of the machinery will
arrive next month.
A road is being opened up lust
north of town which starts from
Main street and strikes the main
road near w. D. Near's place.
This will do away with. driving
around by the lake and climbing
various hills.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
1gGGGE
\ COUNTY NEWS,
AZ AS CLEANED FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Vanhouse presides over same.

1t is reported that John O'Brien,
who was so seriously cut about the
face and body in drunken row
south Of town, has died from the
effects Of his injuries.
Wade Platt is having the int.
rior Of his saloon and restaurant
remodeled, and hereafter the bar
will occupy the west room Of the
building, and the present bar
room will be made into an Office
and dining room.
VIM. Stringer, the young man
spoken of last week as having had
stroke Of appoplexy, is now in
the hospital at Bemidji suffering
with severe attack Of typhoid
fever, but it is thought that he
will recover.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23

generous offer Of Messrs. Crowell
& Croker leaves all the fault with
the producers if we do not have
one Of the very best displays on
exhibition at the fair.
A new school district has been
formed in the northwest quarter
Of the town Of Hoist with John
Hanson director; N. Abrahamson,
treasurer, and Erick Holmgren,
clerk. The district voted to have
five months school.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
CONGRESS SIGNAL COMMITTEE.

b.. srB y . . = Z 4 . Z
G.. S. Benson, chairman OF the
late republican congressional
convention held at Duluth, has an
anounced the personnel Of the repub-
lican congressional committee which
will manage the campaignin the Sixth
district this fall. Many Of the mem
bers are reappointed and bring to the
committee ripe experience in matters
political Z. E. Searle is chairman
and the committeeman by counties are
as follows:
Aitken, Carlton Graves, Aitken:
Anoka, Henry Lee, Anoka, Beltrami,
W. F. Street, Bemidii; Benton, John
Burski, Sanx Rapids; Carlton, Fred
D. Vibert, Cloquet; Cass, A. Mcbride,
Walker; Cook, Charles J. Johnson,
Grand Grand Marias; Grow Wing, A..
F. Ferris, Brainerd; Hubbard, E. r.
Hines, Hubbard; Itasca, G. G.. Nc
Carly, Grand Rapids; Lake, Thomas
Gwen, Two Harbors; Mile Laos, L.
S. Briggs, Princeton; Morrison, J.H.
Rhodes, Little Falls; Pipe, ]. y.
Breckenridge, Pine City; St. Louis,
William Getty, Duluth; Sherburne,
Frank B. Knapp, Big Lake; Stearns,
C. S. Benson, St. Cloud; Todd, A.
w. Sheets, Long Prairie: w adena, G..
c. Eastman, Wadena; Wright, Geo.
G. Carpenter, Buffalo.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
THE CRACK TRAIN

: ----
OF the Northwest is what the Northern
Pacifc's new "North Coast Limited"
is called. It embodies the latest of
everything in train building and is a
marvel of train construction. 1t re-
quires nearly 300 electric lights to
light it at night. fg
Connection with this train in. both
directions is made by B. & N. M. Ry.
trains at Brainerd. When you go
west use the North Coast Limited.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
THE "NoRTH COAST LIMITED, )

THE ssNORTHN COAST LIMITED, !"
The new train of the Northern Pacific,
makes such connections with B. & N.
NJ. trains at Brainerd that Walker,
Bemidji, etc. passengers can use it to
and from Duluth and Superior and to
points on the main line of the N. p.
r. west of Brainerd. The morning
and evening train service daily in
both directions between Duluth and
the west should be of great benefit to
Leech Lake country people.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23

| have now for sale II inch town
ship pl ats. showing names OF org anized
towns, all school districts, school
houses, postoffice sssnd wagon roads,
all in Beltrami county.
F.. 49, Nj n
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
OFFER NO. 3.
Special Clubbing Offer.

To parties who will club Of five MEMBERS each taking
1000 shares will make the following liberal offer:
SIS covering the total purchase price the 1000 shares which
may paid $25 and the balance days. This
the liberal offer stock which represents
valuable property is owned by this company
who wish form such club will please giving
and residences the parties COMPOSING such club
On receipt of the first payment will issue each member
option contract and the time certificates of will
sued but will be held by the company until the pay
has been made when the will be forwarded promptly
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
OFFER NO. ..
Special InStallment Offer.

AS this offer made under the conditions
object in special cash offer it will good for
days. fla . f# % ~
To those who will purchase $50 worth of stock will
payment Of oneh down and oneh per month until the total
purchase price has been paid #Su, .# #G .s~
To those purchasing from $50 to 800 worth ofsock will
cep oneh payment down and the balance divided into equal
payments r." . #. a.#, ID.
those purchasing 500 worth of stock will accept
oneh payment down and the balance at IS per month until the
total purchase price is paid. 5# ~ i 4 s@. a@
Upon the last being made each Of the above
will promptly execute and forward certificate stock Thstok
will be issued the first payment being made but will be held in
escrow the until the total purchase price paid
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23

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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
SMALLPOX.

Wahpeton, Feb. GA pest
house has been established in
this city, and three residents
who have developed cases of
small pox have been sent
there. The disease is supposed
to have been brought to Wah.
peton by young man attend.
ing school at Minneapolis.
Since his return to school
small pox has developed.
Papers all over the country
have for two weeks contained
itt m like this, in which there
is not one word of truth. The
pest house is not in the city,
and there has been but one
patient in it and he was pro-
nounced to have chicken pox
by the only doctor who exam
ined him and he has been prac-
tically we'll several days. The
disorder is known to have come
from Minneapolis, and since
the return of the student no
small pox has developed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
Not the Right Vacation,

The Frank Filk divorce case
reached the district court again
yesterday. Frank was granted
a divorce from his wife during
last summer and the arrange
nent was then that the three
children should stay with the
father during school vacation.
At present there is a vacation
and the children were not al
lowed to 20 by the mother.
Fix asked the court to enforce
it's order, aid udge Pollock de-
cided against him, the children
remaining with the mother un-
til the three-month vacation in
the summer time.-Argus.
10 this vacation" here men,
toned caused by chicken pox
in Fargo7 We suspect it is.
But how quiet and sensibly the
authorities handle it. This,
however, 10 the only thing we
have seen in any Fargo paper
intimatinR such a thing as q
sordersainongt the children or
people There md II is not even
ptiaAted ljess
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
Falsehood Kept Going.
The Minor Teller of the 9th

The Minor Teller of the 9th
inst, says:
In the Minneapolis Tribune
of Tuesday last we note that
the state examining physician
has been at Wahpeton and pro-
nounced the cases small pox.
Now what are the facts. This
eye and ear specialist, Quarry,
Of the state board, came here
in the middle of the night and
returned at 3:18 a. m. of the
same night, and, making no ex-
animation whatever of the one
case he merely looked at, SIM
ply agreed with the majority
Of the physicians accompany
ing him, THAT it was small pox.
The man Quarry's opinion as
expressed was not aud is not
worth straw, but simply
backed some of the local ply
eicians who had not nor have
they yet made any examina-
ttot1 whatever of the patient.
Yet it serves TO scare people
out of Wahpeton by the sys.
stematic plans of repeatedly
/ Publishing this scare in the
daily papers of the country.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
Schools to Open Monday.
It is hoped that the schools


It is hoped that the schools
may be opened Monday. We
feel sure that every patron will
be interested in keeping down
the renewal of chicken pox as
far as possible. All cases are
practically wiped out. But
children recently having shown
the disorder ought not to be
started at once, and undoubt-
edly all parents will be pleased
to be governed by the best
judgment of the board of health
and the board of education.
There ought to be a union
meeting of those boards at once
and an agreement on a judici-
Gus plan of procedure,and then
all observe it,as to what parents
should do and authority vested
in teachers in the premises.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15

The Times does not think
any more of vaccination this
week than it did last week.
Each vaccine farm, three or
four of them in the United
States, claims that all the
other vaccine farms put up vile
dangerous stuff, and that makes
them all out vile and dangerous
to our mind, not to mention the
ill effects we frequently see
from vaccination.
In detecting small pox it will
will be noticed that for two or
three days before eruption there
will be small kernels under the
skin like small shot-wherever
there is- to be an eruption.
When the eruption occurs it
will be dented in the centre,
and will be of a dirty milk color
and soon the pestules will "run
together" in punches of three
or four pestules; and it will be
noticed that the eruptions will
all come at.once and dry up at
once, or nearly so. Chicken
pox will suddenly show itself
in blotches about the body in
watery eruptions much like
little blisters except that there
will be yellowish spot in the
center surrounded by a scarlet
appearance, the scarlet, per-
haps, covering three times as
much surface as the yellowish
spot, the whole varying from
the size of a small pea to a
large one. You press your finger
on one of these spots and
taking it away note that the
scarlet disappears for moment
but very soon reappears. And
the eruptions in chicken pox
do not all come out at once as
in smallpox,but come scattered
along so that while some y
be healing and quite we'll,
others will be fresh. Some of
the pestules of chicken pox
may dry up with nothing more
than water having shown in
them, while others will finally
show matter.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
About 40 tons of straw d,

About 40 tons of straw per
day is being used at present in
the fibre mill at Fargo and the
fibre, which is one-fourth this
amount, is being stored in the
large warehouse of the COM
panv south of the mill to be
held until their Niagara Falls
pulp mill plant is ready to con-
sumo it, which will be by
September 1st, this year.
Wilton News.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
Change of Time On N. P.

Under the new time card effect.
i've February 1st our west bound
train connects at Wyndmere with
the 500 passenger going east and
west bound passenger. You can
points on the 500 east of Wynd-
mere aud return to Wahpeton use
same day. This fills. q long felt
want. l.. p. GELLERMAN,Ageut
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
Unclaimed Letters.

Unclaimed letters in the
Wahpeton post Office for the
week ending February IA, 1900.
Adams, Ernest (9
Duble Joe (N
Holemb David.
Mcdonald Charles.
Mcmillan, r. o.
Robertson, Vim.
Springer, Daniel.
Williams, J. +.
Call for advertised letters.
DON r. DAVIDSON, P. NJ.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
THE CITY COUNCIL
Transacts Routine Business and
Allows Bills,

Regular meeting of city coun-
Gil held February 5, 1900. Meet
ing called to order by. Mayor
Reeder. Members present:
Rittenhouse, Hingtgen, Risch-
ard and Sauer. Minutes of
previous meeting read and ap-
proved.
Motion made and carried that
report of finance committee be
approved.
Motion made and carried that
Justice Sleeper's report be ap-
proved.
Motion made and carried that
the following bills be allowed
and ordered paid out of their
respective funds:
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
AN oFF1o1oUs OFFICIAL
Could Not Take the Word Of the
Family or Physician.

Mrs. Ponath was in The
Times office, Tuesday. and said
that she felt aggrieved at the
way she and her family were
being treated. She said that
in the first place the Gazette
last week made the statement
that her son, Otto, had small
pox, while the doctor in attend
ance said he had congestion of
the liver. Tuesday DIR. Neck
stroth of the board of health
called at Miss Ponath's photo
graph gallery and asked the
young lady if her brother Otto
was i'll. Miss Ponath answered
yes. Wanted to know what
the trouble was. The young
lad y did not know but said the
doctor called it fever and con.
gestion of the liver. "Yes,"
said Meckstroth, "that's what
the doctor said but 1 want to
know if there is any rash or
eruptions on the boys face or
body" Miss Ponath said no.
"Well," he said. II guess Til
have to go and see," and left
the gallery. The doctor went
down to Mr.. and Mrs. Ponath's
residence. Asked to see the
sick boy. Mrs. Ponath called
her son, 10 years of age, from
an adjoining room. Otto had
about recovered, apparently,
and the doctor looked him over,
inspected his chest, could not
find any signs of small pox
and said so. Mrs. Ponath
showed little vexation at the
disposition of DR.. Meckstroth
in not taking the attending
phy sician's word as to the
trouble, when the health officer
turned on the lady and need
lessly ridiculed her and hurt
her feelings. Mrs. Ponath is a
trained nurse and knows more
about some things than good
many doctors. But the ques-
tion which seemed to interest
Mrs. Ponath most was, wheth-
er people had any rights in
their own home, and whether
they must submit TO insult and
ridicule. She thought not.
The least Meckstroth could
have done when he had doubt
ed everybody, including the
attending physician, and found
he had made a fool of himself
was to have apologized to the
lady and to the doctor, when
he met the latter. 1t would
seem that Dr. Meckstroth has
done the town enough harm in
the senseless way he has han
died this disorder without in
sulting members of the medical
profession and people generally
and individually.
And the Gazette ought not
to have published that a family
had small pox on mere rumor.
This was needless insult and
positive harm and wholly in
excusable.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
WATER WORKS.

John Marsh, labor 1. ........$ 1s 20
Thos. NOvak, labor. $40
Albert Granroth, labor. ..... 60
Anton Giles, salary rs 10
Joe Votova, labor. -. ......... IL AZ
v. Stovik, labor. 52
Sidney Cohen, labor. ......... ~
b. A. Aspinwall, salary ...... Is co
]. + Norris, wood. ......... 50 90
John Rischard, labor ........ z 80
National Tube Works, ndse. S 49,
w. w. Jameson. nidse. ....... 2IOi
Star & Huppeler, mdse I SO.
Youngquist & Co, trucks. 90 90
Oscar Carlson, salary. 81 CO.
Albert Chezik, oats. s......s....se 20
Thos. McCabe, salary.. q 90
Jacob 1ehpa, sslsry .,.,.... ~ %
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15
GENERAL.

Is. A. Aspinwall, salary. l6 60
>: IL. Snyder, salary y.......... 20 SO
Northern l.. Is. Co., lights.... 232 so
Fornlan Tel. Co, rent. AGO
JOS. Eoves, salary............ % IL
gohn McCulloch L. Co. luln.. 10 90
". w. Jameson. mose....... % IS
Chrlstenson u kutter, fuel. 3 90
Sitar d HuPpeler, q. N. fire.. 2 90
Edelbrock Massoth, nldse. 4 80
Mahpeton Globe, printing. $50
Henry Mlller, mdse .......... 49l
l0hn Donovan, salary. so 90
John Broderick, salary ...... 50 60
Gern1ania Hose Co., &. N. fire 8 80
-. "A. Hazen. insurance. ...... 18 55
henry Miller, mdse........... II 62
Reeder, Wolfe e. w., mdse.... IL 81
Fred Barrett, labor........... 500
Anton Giles, salary ......... 81 IS
A. ]. Bessie, rent 938
SEWER DIST. NO. 1 FUND.
]. + Gilloley, book. ......... IL 90
Geo. p. CARED, printing. % 20
Notion made and carried that
the street commissioner pro-
ceed to repair the sidewalk
from Seventh street to the Mil
waukee track on Dakota aven-
ue, according to law.
On motion council adjourned
to February 6, 1900.
Adjourned meeting of city
council held February G, 1900.
Meeting called to order by
Mayor Reeder. Members pres
ent: Rittenhouse, Hingtgen,
Rischard, Sauer and Hodel.
An ordinance changing the
width of Wisconsin avenue was
on motion read for the first
time.
Motion made and carried
that the teamster's salary be
fixed at $40 per month for the
ensuing year.
Pursuant to call from the
county auditor the following
named persons were drawn as
jurors for the ensuing year:
Adam VanBuren, G.. H. Sleep
er, w. D. Henry, John Junge,P
A. Whitney.
On motion council adjourned.
E. A. AsPINwALL,
City Auditor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-15

"a. n. Nalloy OF danklnsOn
has been appointed receiver of
the business and bankrupt
stock of goods of W. HI. Wood
of the firm of Wood & Hen
bricks of Hankinson. Messrs.
Theo. Albrecht, NJ. A. Wipper-
man and Henry Tiedeman were
appointed appraisers. Assets
$4,000, liabilities $4,000. These
gentlemen some time since
succeeded to the Voight stock
of goods which were removed
from WahpetonA to Hankinson
some two years ago, and it's no
wonder they had to quit.
fnother point indicating that
it was not small pox distribut-
ed among the public school
children by the Rickert chill
dren, is found in the fact that
not a single case is to this time
found among the st. Johns
school children of this city.
And in addition to this, the
origin of every case so. far in
the city can be and is traced
directly to Mr.. Rickert's chill
dren,and DIR. O'Brien says there
is no doubt about that family
of children having had chicken
pox,and The Times submits that
DIR. O'Brien's Judgment is first
class and no question about it.
DIR. Quick says that Capt.
Purdon's little girl, nine years
of age, possibly shows more
eruption on her body than any
patient he has seen in the city
in this season of chicken pox.
1t was noted that Tuesday DR..
Meckstroth took DR.. Quarry of
the state board Of health round
to see this little girl. They
said: ooh, yes, that's small
pox." Wednesday DR.. Quick
happened in to see the girl and
found DR.. Meckstroth there
with DR.. Devine, assured the
gentlemen that he was pleased
to see them there aud asked
DR.. Devine what he called the
disease. DIR. Devine was quite
emphatic in declaring that he
thought it chicken pox. And
this is possibly the worst
"broken out" case thus far in
the city, 80 far as that ,s con-
cerned.
This chicken pox was known
at Grand Forks most of last
summer and there are cases
there now; and it has been in
Fargo since last October. 1t is
at Fergus Falls and all the
other towns in the north west,
and the chances are there will
be other outbreaks of the dis
ease at Wahpeton after this in-
voice shall have been stamped
out. In which event the thing
to do will be to put up cards
warning people to keep the dis
ease confined as much as pos
sible without making any blow
or demonstration about it.
There will be more harm than
virtue, latter this lot is stamped
out, if men be paraded about
peoples houses who may
chance hereafter to have the
disease. This is of course on
the supposition that all people
will hereafter undertake to pre-
vent as much as possible the
further spread of the disease.
Under date of the 7th inst,
Jake Rickert writing to his
sister from Minneapolis, Incl
dentally remarked: "If small
pox is claimed don't let anyone
bluff you a bit. The doctors
here became fully convinced of
the fact, finally, that it was
nothing more than chicken
pox. The case that attracted
so much attention here was the
one to which 1 was exposed the
one that was found in the
house where Harry Kramer
stays. The doctors agreed that
that case was nothing more
than chicken pox. The only