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The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-01
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Blaze Editor Disappointed.
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BY
Al Nj M.
GREELEY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


The Shutdown Blaze Office was In the
throes Of producing a boom edition,
and when wandering printer with 81
faded look but vigorous breath, came
along and asked for work the editor
listened with silent JOY TO his tale OF
woe.
IL never bumped against this north
ern country before, but I've got my
moneys worth on the first start out.
Say, it's a corker to spring on an UNI
suspecting. It's forty miles between
meal tickets and a row Of Sundays be-
tween drinks. We fellows VINO drift
Ia soon get SO nutty that we can't tell
double-leaded editorial from med
icine sd. Il
1--WE are all prospering here, 4 says
the Blaze editor.
.Prospering? So Is the devil OF
course YOU make money cause you
must work to drown your grief. IN ater
up to your chin In summer, icicles
down your back In the winter: sand
blowing through your ears and feas
Waiting across your back; mosquitoes
|iabbing your eyes out and frogs dent-
| ing your ears. The trees are SO thick
that the sun can't shine and the trees
are SO everlastingly green, from J an
uarv to the first OF the year, that i get
the painters collie. And here you
sprout and go to seed and have moth
| ing to do but print land notices and
drink booze that would put Coxey's.
army TO rout. q VIZ.
s1This will be the finest country on
earth some day says the Blaze ed
| itor.
Some day. But thank you, I'm
no hitching post, Some day this
lIcounbry may be q phat take, but what
worries me, is it good for hand-out
to-day? Future prospects il q thin
soup, and cannot get fat on boiled
sunbeams. Why, ! haven't made
Ienough money on this trip to keep
/ ointment on my blistered feet between
stations. "
The Blaze editor has to use much
persuasion to get the traveller to con-
I sent to write glowing article for his
i boom edition. But after few drinks
/ and many a groan tine iourneyman be-
gins to write. He. soon finishes one
7 page and reads 1t aloud to the editor:
s.Seeketh thou q land where truant
I streams murmer and the sparkling lakes
CLEAN through ad azzling wall OF cedar,
where the native gold Of buttercups
mingles with the white bloom Of the
clover? Then. I will lead you to-
Hand fairer than your dreams, q
4 country gently undulating ike the
i pillows Of the sea, heaped with grasses
A wild which tame the shepherds long.
4 ings; soil composed Of sand and
4 clay, red with iron and gray with
4 lime; fertile as the valley OF the Nile,
l. beautiful as the garden Of the gods
\ The Blaze editor was enthusi astie
SssA column of this stuff will make the
4. Blaze famous. Go on, grind ou'
some more, and I'll give you 3d. 90
Butthe writerneeded another abracer,
/ and stepping out with borrowed
Il dime, he returned no more.
He was seen by some settlers, walk
ling rapidly up the railroad track, NUT
tering to himself: What! boom this
!. country? I'd rather write immigra
Il ton ads for he'll
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-01
LEON LOCALS.

T. Haugen proved up on his val
liable claim Saturday.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-01


We. have received the latest re-
portof the Board Of Drainage
Commissioners Of Minnesota
which shows the condition Of
the state bitches, cost Of con-
struction, recommendations, his
tory, etc, in 50 far as itinterests
the Red River Valley The com
mission has done great work 10
the interest Of the settlers and
this report will be strong cam !
paign document for the candi-
didacy Of it's president, Ezra
Valentine, for congress il this
district. For ten yeors Mr.. Val
entine has served without COM
pensation and has inspected ey-
cry ditch in the valley.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-01

4 ~ sISCOIliuCliAso s1 l e1oAAN Y 4
marriages Of men and women
perfectly suited mentally and
physically. The matrimonially
inclined should possess q high.
levelof character, intellect, en-
ergy and physique, he says, and l1
these only should be encouraged
to marry.
We indorse the idea, inasmuch
as ii refers to bonus. Nearly
every married man will indorse
the bonus plan-he needs il at
the altar and the need keeps on
growing. A bonus would be
doubly priced by the young man
who played the matrimonial
wheel on the system that two.
!. can live cheaper than one.
The government has built up
I its sugar cane culture and steel.
plate industry by giving bonuses.
Why can it not build up well
balanced families by the same
means? The policy Of the ship
subsidy Is less worthy. for IT
tends to make happy only the
few homes Of wealthy steamship
owners. Yes, we endorse the
bonus plan, for it means butter
and biscuits to many people who
soon tire OF the light diet OF hugs
and kisses.
Buff the bonus Is paid only
to couples mentally and physicT
ally mated, the government
treasurer will not cash many
orders. Scientific marriages is
only d dream Of the future-aa
pipe vision Of scientific cranlfs.
Science IL the dissecting room
of romance, where the keenknife
Of reason would cody dissect the
fondest hearts. On the altar Of
equally mated the orange
blossoms Wither.
Love is Gods own currency,
coined in the mint OF the heart
and backed by sentiments I'M
limited gold reserve. In It's
proper place, it is legal tender
for any amount, but is heavily
discounted by the scientific
world. Reason cool, calcuiat-
ing reason is a base counterfeit,
and only fools can be deceived
by il.
The only scientific marriages
that have been proven q success
are those when an American
heiress Weds aforeign nobleman.
Then Sentiment Is left at the
carriage and Cash Settlement
marches up to the altar. One
GETS d equity husband with 9
musty title, the other negotiable
and later on a divorce.
They have played the only gamb-
ling game where both canllose.
The mingling Of hills and val
leys, the meeting Of forest and
plain, the unibn Of lake and
stream, delights the lover OF
nature and fires his brain with
poetry and song. But the end
less prairies, tame and unbroken,
is forsalSen by poet Or painter.
1T is so with the landscapes OF
human life. 1T is the abnormal
that interests. It is the mental
contracts that enliyen life and at
tract one person to another.
Mans greatness lies in his mag
ination, not in the weight of his
arm.
If mankind were evenly mated
.smentally and physically" in
few generations the human race
would become a fine herd OF
Jerseys, a magnificent lot Of
Berkshires, q we'll balanced fam
lily Of st. Bernards. Scientific
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-01

marriages would improve the
physique of men, but destroy
their mental energy The world
would be content to use wooden
spades and crawling oxen.
So the bonus idea should be
planted beside the ashipsubsidy'
bill.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-01

An inferior printing Office is called
a blacksmith shop. We know several
papers that ought to be called foun-
dries as their best productions are q
.cold steal
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

may be seen loading Il ear near the de-
pot. In the view "A Glimpse Of the
Dolores Valley" stretch of the val
ley two and One-half miles in lengti
is shown. This picture was taken from
n hill above A. A. Ruscs sawmill road
The ranches of j. ii. Lynton and T.. l.
Wilber are shown in the foreground
On the former will be seen the switci
at which lumber from the Rust mil
isploaded and on the latter will b
seen the afternoon freight train wenG
ing its way toward Rico. In the di.
tance can be dimiy seen the town
Dolores.
In the other ranch views an endeavo
has been made to give general ide
of the agricultural interests and tn
town pictures speak for themselve.
Nearly all of the pictures were take
by the Koch Art Company and the ell
cravings were made by the App-Sutl
erland Engraving Company of Denve.
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

give the exact amount, as II large part
of it is shipped by local freight Mos,
of these products 20 to the nearby
mining camps. which afford an unex-
cellel cash market.
The agricultural resources of this vi
cini,y are unsurpassed. There has nev-
cr been !: total failure in crops and the
average years yield II very neat in,
come to the farmers. The principal
crop is hay-alfalfa ana timothy: still
a large amount of grain is raised, most
of it in the MonteZuma valley. the up
,er end of which is about five miles
outhwest of Dolores A large part of
the hay is used to feed the large herds
of cattle during the winter months, but
there is always Il surplus for shipping
Fruit raising is an industry that is
asst gaining prominence. For many
years it was thought that fruit would
rot mature in this altitude, but numer-
)us experiments with the harder varie-
ties have proven the contrary and at
present almost every farmer has
small orchard. These are being in
creased in size every year. almost 80.
100 trees having been set out this year
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

Colorado, Captain II. A. Naylor. won
first prize of $1.50O. The second prize
of $500 Went to Terre Haute Company
No. of Indiana. Captain A. c. Dud-
dleston. Nigo Company No. s. of
Ierre Haute. Captain Coombs. cap
tured third prize. and Kokomo Com
pany No. OF Indiana. Captain Il. L.
Jacobs. was awarded fourth prize.
In the cavalry drill u. ID. Burns Com
pnny No. AZ of Missouri was given the
prize. there being no other contestant.
In the Class Il competition Riverside
Company won first prize and Liberty
Company of Oakland second prize
Both are California teams.
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

Oats, thiity-five acres, forty bushels
per acre
This ranch is located on the Dolores
river about four and one-half miles be-
low Dolores.
The ranch of l.. l.. Wilber, one and
ohe-half miles above town, on the Do
iores river. produces hay as follows:
Alfalfa, twenty-five acres, three tons
per acre.
Timothy, three acres, two tons Der
acre.
There are many acres of unclaimed
mhd, part of which is still held by
the government and open to homestead
entry that can be made to equal any
OF that now under cultivation. All it
needs is good quantity Of muscle, the
grubblng hoe and plow. and no section
offers better opportunities for the man
Of energy and push.
Some of the finest timber to be found
in Colorado surrounds Dolores on three
sides. north. east and south, and sew
eral sawmills are located near town.
These furnish another excellent market
Tor farm products and give a large
volume of business to the railroad.
shipping between 300 and 400 cars of
lumber that is billed from this station.
In business lines Dolores has the fol
lowing: Three general stores, meat
market, two hotels, two livery stables,
two saloons, blacksmith shop. forty
barrel flour mill, harness and shoe
shop. barber shop. a doctor and news.
paper. There are good opportunities
open in almost every line of business
for those who desire to locate here.
The schools are above the average
and give children chance to procure
good common school education. The
district is almost free from debt and
Its warrants go as cash. Two churches
baptist and Catholic-grace the city
and lend to its growth and moral
standing. There are four fraternal or
ganizations in the town-Woodmen Of
the World and the ladies' auxiliary and
the knights of Pythias and auxiliary.
A Word About the Pictures.
The birdseye view of Dolores shows
only the business portion or less than
Of the city. 1t was taken
from the hill south Of town and one
the Monticello. Utah, wool teams
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

To illustrate the possibii:tcs in this
line. clipping from The Star of May
30, 1902, is given as follows:
Speaking of fruit. one of MontcZuma
county's farmers realized S4.jO from Il
thrce-year-oid tree last season. and one
acre of ground will easily take care OF
100 trees in every way which would
yield profit of $3.50 per acre for one
season. This. of course. will increase
every year as the trees grow older and
is very strong argument in favor of
fruit raising. What other crop will do
as well:"
This is not an exaggerated picture,
but is based upon the tally of sales
made and there are numerous other
instances of like and better results
Regarding the ordinary farm prod
ucts, the acreage and yield from two
average ranches are given below. OF
course there are Il few that will show
better results and some not as good,
but the possibilities are thoroughly il
lustrated in these:
The ranch of August Kuhlman, a pic
turc of which appears elsewhere, pro-
duccs as follows:
Hay, alfalfa, thirty acres, two tons
per acre.
Hay. timothy, twenty acres, one ton
per acre.
Potatoes, five acres. 300 bushels per
acre.
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

miles from Kansas City. The promot-
ers. it is said. hold an option on LOO
acres of land at Holiday. Not only
Will the mill and buildings directly
pertaining to the industry be built I'M.
on this land. but the project is said to
involve the construction of Il village
where the 5000 employees which it is
estimated will be employed in the mill,
with their families. will live.
Among the directors of the proposed
company are .Ioab and ]. Il. Mulyane
of Topeka. Edward Wilder, treasurer
OF the Santa Fe railroad. and A. A.
Robinson. president of the Mexican
Central railroad.
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

graZes on the vast country nearby. and
for the people of southeastern Utah.
The altitude is $3.50 feet, which brings
1t within the snow belt of winter and
furnishes climate unsurpassed.
Originally the town was situated
about one and one-half miles down the
river from its present location and was
known as the Big Bend" so named
because as this point the Dolores river
makes n tremendous curve. changing
from course almost due east and west
to almost due north and south.
In 1891, on Thanksgiving Day. the
hio Grande Southern construction crew
laid the track across the present site.
Then occupied by Mr.. Sherman Phelps
as ranch. The land had previously
peen purchased by the Dolores Town
company and the residents of the old
town began to move. the first building
erected being the warehouse of j. ].
harris X Co. Since then the town has
mad a steady, permanent growth. as
Will be seen by the numerous illustra-
tons.
Among the most important improve
'hehts in recent years are the erection
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

of a forty barrel -four mill. an opera
house and two churches and the incor-
porating of the town.
The railroad stock yards are located
about mile from town in what is
yards numerous carloads of cattle are
shipped every year to the eastern mar
kct and it would be impossible to give
the exact number.
Every year witnesses the shipment
of from 100 to 80 carloads of hay.
both alfalfa and timothy. Oats. fruit.
potatoes and vegetables of all kinds
in large lots and it is impossible to
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22
VISIT KING EDWARD.
6oer Generals Received on Board tn,
Royal Yacht.

ooeT SeheralS received on Board tht
Royal Yacht.
London, Aug. 1.-THE Boer generals
Botha, De Wet and De la Rey, VIII
reached here yesterday from Sout
Africa, left London at 9:3O O'Clock TN
morning for Cowes, Isle of Wight, ,
see King Edward on board the roya
yacht, Victoria and Albert.
Upon arriving at Southampton til
Boer generals We're welcomed on boar
the ommander-in-chief's yacht Wilt
fire, by Earl Roberts and Lord Kltcl
ener. Theey Immediately visited Kin
Edward on board the Victoria and A
bert, and We're then taken for a tri
around the fleet in the Wildtire.
In an interview with a represent;
tive of the Associated Press, Gener:
BOtha's secretary described the visit
his majesty. He said that when til
Boer generals boarded the royal yach
King Edward came forward and. aft,
they had been introduced. shook hand
with each of them. The Beers wei
highly pleased with their reception
After brief and informal talk wit.
King Edward they We're introduced
Queen Alexandra and Princess Vic
toria.
The reception by his majesty laste,
quarter of an hour. The King spok,
of the gallant and brave manner" il
which the generals had fought through
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22
DOLORES
Its Resources and Advan-
tages
The Pictures Tell in the Story of It's
Growth and Possibilities

II Is not the intention of The Star to
give long descriptive article in this
issue. but to let the pictures tell the
story. A few facts regarding the town
of Dolores and its surroundings, how
ever, will be briefly stated.
Dolores is located at about the center
of Montezuma county. in the south
western corner Of Colorado, on that
part of the Rio Grandc Southern rail
The location is all that could be asked.
both for convenience and beauty of its
natural surroundings. Situated as it
is. it is the outtitting point for the
numerous cattle raisers, whose stock
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

In Class c Furniture City Company
of Grand Rapids. Michigan. Captain
X. X. Moore, won the prize, also the
long g-distance prize.
petition the Shrevc trophy was won
by Chevalier Company of San Diego.
In the Class \ contest the judges de-
clared Captain A. c. Duddleston of
Terrc Haute Company No. 3 to be the
best company commander.
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22
Great Kansas Cotton Mill.

Kansas City. Aug. 1G.-It is under
stood that II site for the proposed S1O.-
100000 cotton mill. projected by east
ern and southern capital, has been Sc
lected ut Holiday. Kansas, fourteen
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22
VICTOR COMPANY WINS.
Colorado Men Capture Prize of Fiji.
teen Hundred Dollars.

San Francisco. Aug. Edwards of
prizes in the Pythnn competition drills
were made last evening. In Glass a
competition Victor Company No. s of
The Dolores star., 1902-08-22

the consideration and kindness with
which the general had treated British
wounded. His majesty expressed his
warm wishes for their future 1t was
NJ the Kings suggestion thai the Beers
took the trip around the fleet aboard
the Wildtire
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
LAW ENACTED BY POETRY'S AID.
Arguments Before Iona Legislature Made in Verse.

A campaign of poetry has just been
successfully prosecuted before the leg
islature in this state, and as more than
$4,000 was involved the evidence is
pretty conclusive that the muse is far
from being back number and that
the effectiveness of Homer is once
more abroad in the land.
In this Iowa campaign, instead of
long, formal petitions being presented
to the legislature, poetic effusion
made its appearance, was read in open
session of the senate, and referred to
the proper committee. When the mat
ter reached the house one of the men,
bers himslf took up the pen and met
rically indited response to the appeal
OF the poet. An answer was forthcom-
ing, the house. through its poet laure-
ate, again replied, and finally, the bill
having passed both houses, the first
sweet singer lifted up his voice in
praise and added "FEnvoi" to what he
had written
Steamboat Project That Failed.
Soon after Iowa became state its
legislature became interested in pro.
ject to build up a magnificent steam
boat line on the Des Moines river,
which was then navigable. In 1852, at
Bonaparte, was completed a large and
costly dam, containing locks for the
passage of boats up the river Hardly
was it finished before the whistle of
the railroad engine sounded the doom
OF the river navigation idea and in
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Political War Grows Fierce.

M. J. Sweeley, of Sioux City, men,
Der of the house of representatives
from Woodbury. county, replied to Hus
sey's elegy in the following manner
through the local newspapers, where
the poetical combat was thereafter
waged:
Said the statesmen to the poet:
I'VE have read our elegy,
Telling how the finny tribe
Have held jamboree
At the stoppage in the river,
Gainst which their heads they jam,
Making all of them most wicked
BY continually saying DAM
We will very gladly help you,
If you'll show an easy way
How to get the damned stream open
Without furnishing the pay.
We appreciate the troubles
Stated in your elegy,
But we really can't remove them,
When it pulls our Leg.
You have fought the battle nobly,
But you cannot count it won
Till you show us how to do it
Without putting up the 'mon.'"
Dam Elegy No. 3" by Tactius Hus'
sey, made its appearance in due time
as follows:
Said the Fishes to the Statesmen:
I'VE were very much amused
At the poultice you are placing
On our heads SO long confused
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Incident Closed in Verse.

After the house had passed the fish.
way bill Hussey closed the incident in
the following words:
Said the Fishes to the Statesmen
OF the Twenty-ninth G. A:
you've caused our hearts to sing fol
joy
Because we feel so gay!
You have promised us our passes
And our joy we cannot name;
But We flip our fins in gladness
And hope you'll do the same!
"our King. the big mud catfish,
About Jim Brenton's size;
With his wealth of corpulency
And looking quite as wise,
is waiting, self-appointed,
In some cool, shady nook
For the first chance that is offered
To swallow Lambert's hook!
with the general wish expressing,
Which now seems to prevail,
That when Blanchard goes a-fishing
He may always catch whale.
Then the fish and game committee
Of the house has done first-rate-
Though it may have Cruikshank,
You bet it's heart is straight!
"And now, to our new dam poet,
Away out on the Sioux,
iFor his rhyming words of comfort
) Here's a word of love for YOU
May you scale to top flames ladder.
For you're not one with us, yol
know,
Well not play you for sucker
But, Are you a Buffalo?'"
L'ENVOI.
1.-THE needed brain food we'll supply
OF this there's no denyin'
And will furnish fish on Fridays
To the members from O'Brien
All baited hooks you drop us
! Well swallow without fuss;
And as for you we'll ever pray
So may you prey on u.s..
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Celebrating Bits PASSAGE.

During the interim before Dam
Elegy No. 4" the senate passed the
bill, the measure was messaged over
to the house, referred to the commit
tee on Fish and Game, and reported
out favorably. When the bill was fin.
ally on the house calendar Mr.. Sweet
ey took occasion to reply in the follow
ing language:
Said the Statesmen to the Fishes:
1--WE have heard your latest call,
Saying that to get your freedom
The expenses will be small;
We are always sympathetic
To do good we're ever tryin'-
If a doubt of that you harbor
Ask the member from O'Brien!
There's a feeling now existing
That for happiness to gain
We must have our duties ended
And be headed for the trainl
Speaking of the train reminds us
That like you we'd have the blues
Had the amendment not been tabled
To that bill prepared by Hughes!
1t is now our understanding
That you're strictly in our class.
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The gentleman from O'Brien is Tim
othy Donahue, an Irishman from the
"ould Sod" and the wit of the house.
The Hughes bill was a bill to make it
q crime for any railroad to issue pass
es to members of the general assem-
bly,, State or county officers or judges
of the district or supreme court. An
amendment was added making it also
apply to minister of the gospel or
priest in holy order" and on vote to
table the amendment the whole bill
died Donahue, as joke, Immediate
ly introduced a bill compelling rail
roads to issue passes to all state off
GERS, Judges, and members of the gen
eral assembly
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