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The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-03
OKLAHOMA PLAN
What II Means When Applied to.
the Opening of Public Lands
to Settlement.

There are many Beltraml peo-
pie who hope to secure a home
stead on the Red Lake reserVa-
ton when the lands are opened
to the public and the PIONEER PIo>7. u j
answers some of the questions OF
their minds by publishing this
clipping from the Crookston
Journal:
There is little doubt that the
person who secures a l6O acre
tract will III addition to comply
ing with the homestead laws
have to pay the amount per acre
that the government pays the In 4
dians. viz So. 80.
The plan popularity known as
the aOklahoma lottery system =
will probably be adopted in the
disposal Of the newly ceded lands
and the following brief synopsis
Of the method used at that sale
will be Of interest:
At the time appointed and nu !
merous booths erected for the
purpose each person desiring q
claim appeared personally and
upon the deposit Of a fee Of s1,oO
his name, personal description
and p. O. address was placed up
on card which card was IN
closed in a plain envelope. The
registration occupied fifteen days
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-03

and the last man had the same
chance as the first so there was
no disorder or lighting for pre-
.cedence.
Some days later, when all ar
rangements had been made. the
envelopes containing the cards
were publicly mixed and shuffied
and all placed in q revolving box
where they were further mixed
beyond any possibility Of recog-
milton. Young men under age
then drew from the box a num-
Der Of envelopes equal to the
number Of available claims and
each envelope was numbered pro-
gressively beginning with No. !
and then publicly opened, the
name and number being recorded
BY the clerks and the newspaper
men present. These lists were
at once published and the parties
notified by mail.
On the day Of entry each per-
son holding a number entitling
him to claim presented himself
at the land office and beginning
with No. l each selected the
claim he desired providing it did
not conflict with previous selec-
tions, AS each claim was chos-
emit was marked off on the plat
and no further entries We're al
lowed on that piece of land. The
claims selected were protected
by the government and no con con-
tests were allowed except for
fraudulent entry or subsequent.
", for abandonment. Several
squatters contests were begun
but all were turned down.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-03

noncompliance with the con-
ditions and requirements invali-
dates title to- the land and leaves
the claim subject to cancellation.
Any person making sworn
statement that he has fulfilled
the requirements when he has
not may not only lose bis claim
butts liable to prosecutions for
perjury and for trespass.
The special agents Of the gen
eral land offices have received
specific instructions to examine
with extreme care into the mat
ter of homestead entries on
public lands IN this state ana
they arc at work.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-03
LOOSE METHODS
Adopted by Many Homesteaders
in Holding Claims.

Al special government agent
who desires his name kept
sacred has been Inspecting
.hoinesteads in this and Itasca
county. He sounds a note of
warning to those who have taken
claims expecting to comply with
the laws as loosely as in older
times. The government is look
ing closely into this matter and
sucfficient evidence has been Sc
cured to make trouble for scores
of CLAIM holders when they apply
for title. Claim-holders, study
the law.
The law governing the taking
up Of homestead claims is very
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-03
Residence For Sale,

For sale, finely furnished b-room
house on the lakeshore. Fine frontage
and attractive surroundings. Good
neighborhood, Also, one Chickering
piano. Bargains. Call on or write G.
=. Jackson, Bemidji. 80
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-03
"A FTER C ROO X S
The Work of the Grand Jury in.
Indicting Several of the
Worst of the Crooks.

County Attorney Street is Wig.
orously following up the work
laid out by the grand jury, and is
after Martin Nelson, Theodore
Wilson and j. Il. Johnson, as we'll
as others. Joe Look got zone
year in the penitentiary for
breaking open the warehouse Of
the Markham Hotel in the night
time and stealing seven turkeys.
William Oliver pleaded guilty to
taking another mans suit of
clothes, and, being under age,
will probably get sentence IN
the state reformatory. The jury
in the case against Bert Angel
FOR stealing 1920 from Anton Kel-
Ilenhoefer in the nighttime had q
disagreement, and although the
county attorney desired to go to
trial in the case at once with a
new jury the court thought that
there was too much criminal
business on hand for one term Of
court, and so continued the case
until the next term and put the
defendant under bonds for APP
pearance then. In the rape case
against Arthur Brannick, which
Mr.. Crowford tried with so much.
ability, the prisoner was convict
ed and sentenced to eight years
in the penitentiary, a light SEN
tence, which the court thought
was warranted by Brannick's
age, he being but nineteen years
of age. In the case against Sam
Austin Chg Sam) accused of
stealing $40 from the pocket Of
d. z. Erickson, the chief witness
/ for the state proved stubborn,
frightened and unwilling on the
stand, and was SO indefinite in
his memory OF what he had seen
that the jury brought in ver-
dict Of not guilty.
In the case against Martin
NELSON, Thomas Smith and Theo.
Wilson for huncoing M. 0. Linda
lout Of a $500 bank certificate by
means of the Big Mitt Game Of
cards, the evidence as to the ex-
act "hand" held and played by
Linda was not clear enough in,
the Judges opinion to warrant
the case in going to the jury. In
the case against B. FL. Major for
burglarizing Great Northern
RAILROAD car at the station Of
Selkce, the jury, brought in a
verdict of not guilty, Mr.. Chas.
Scrutchin acting as attorney for
the defendent.
In the case against ]. G. Smith
for committing adultery with the
wife of Henry George mot the
immortal Henry the case went
to the jury Tuesday afternoon
with a lot Of filthy testimony for
them to digest, and they re-
NAMED out all Tuesday night.
In the matter Of the indict.
ments against J. e. Johnson,
Martin Nelson and Theodore
Wilson, fors swindling John Pogue
and robbing Q. F. Carver, Attor
Ineys Loud and Bailey demurred
| to the indictments, and upon
brief argument the demurrers
were promptly disallowed. At
torney Loud made ithis business
in all the cases represented by
him to go after the county attor-
ney's indictments, but he failed
to make more than one Of his OBJ
iections stick, and the most i'm
portant of the cases are now on
trial.
If the county attorney succeeds
! in convicting two or three OF
those high handed robbers and
bunco men, he will again entitle
himself to the gratitude of the
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-03

State high school inspector Mfr.
Rankin, and graded school fnspt cor
Geo. B Alton, were around inspecting
the school Thursday afternoon.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16
THE corn crop of Kansas will reach

THE corn crop of Kansas will reach
100000, 900 bushels this year according
to reports. This is considerable in
excess OF the banner yield of 1889 when
Kansas broke all previous records and
the value of the crop that year was
oyer S50,000,00O. Corn is being con-
tracted for in the state of Kansas at
the present time for forty cents "a
bushel. The price is as low as twenty
five cents however and millions of BUSH
els will be cribbed at thirty cents and
better. The Kansas farmers will feed
a lot of corn to stock the coming win
ter. Some of the corn stories about
Kansas are indeed wonderful. Corn
grew so fast down there last summer
that crow that was feeding on a
young growing ear was completely
buried by the rapidly growing husk
which completely enveloped the crow
before it could get away, and it was
discovered dead when the corn was
husked. ....t =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

IT begins to look as if the coal min
ers' strike would end soon. The oper-
nators have at last through the efforts
of J. P. Morgan and others agreed to
have the whole matter submitted to a
commission to be named by President
Roosevelt. The commission is to- be
composed of an army engineer, an ex-
pert mining engineer and one of the
judges Of the United States courts OF
Eastern district Of Pennsylvania, "a
man of prominence, eminent as so.
biologist and q man who by active par
ticipation in mining and selling coal is
familiar with the. business. It is
thought that the miners will agree to
accept the proposition.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

IF j. Adam Bede and G. B. Buck
man are chosen from the Eighth and
Sixth congressional districts north
eastern Minnesota will be ably repre-
sented in the national legislature.
They are men of action. They are
men OF ability. They are men who can
90 things for their constituents. Bet
ter have no representation in congress
than to be represented by men of the
Kittel. Halvorson type. The best in
terests of the Sixth and Eighth con.
gressional districts will be served bv
the election of G. B. Buchanan and
J.Adam Bede. y r. e. < !. ~ :, - %. 4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

IT is said that Morgan was given the
underwriting Of the S100,OOO,0O0 bonds
necessary to organize and float the big
packers combine and that he got S1O,-
100000 for the job. The packers had
made an agreement with Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., of New York city to finance the
combine for $4,000 900 but when Nor
gan came back from Europe and found
the status of affairs he informed the
packers that unless he got $40, OOO,-
900 rake-off from the big deal he would
put up steamship and railroad export
rates ten cents a hundred pounds on
dressed meat and packing house pro-
ducts and reduce the export rate on
live stock ten cents a hundred. This
would cripple the export trade of the
big packers and they could not stand
it. M0rgan's bluff worked and he was
allowed to finance the deal. This piece
of news may not be quite the truth, for
we are frank to admit that all newspa-
per articles are not nickel plated with
truth. But if the statements correct
and the chances are that Morgan did
make some such deal, it only shows
how powerful is Morgan and his rail-
way and steamship lines which he uses
as clubs. He can say "Simon says
thumbs up and up go the thumbs, or
he can say ''Simon says thumbs down."
and down they come. It's great game
that defies the natural laws of trade
and commerce, and it will end only
when this very wonderful era of grab
and speculation and world consolida-
ton ends.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

SAMUEL r. VAN SAINT is the Repub-
lican nominee for governor. He was
the unanimous choice of the Republi-
can State convention. He is entitled
to and should receive the support of
every Republican in the State. :, We
know of no valid reason why any Re
publican should vote against him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

MR.. FAY, the Democratic nominee
for congress in the Ell hth congress
sional district is a nice pleasant old
gentleman and has a fat bank account.
He will be wiser but somewhat poorer
on the 5th of November next.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

Mr.. stickpey rather disparages the
usefulness OF labor organizations in
general. He says that during the last
century the wages of the common la
borer have increased from fifty cents a
day to $3.50 per day. The wages of
carpenters have increased during the
same time from ST. so per day to So. so,
and this increase in the wages of the
carpenters has been made under an
organized system of labor. But Mr..
Stickney could hardly expect that or
gained labor could subvert the natural
laws to an extent that would give car
penters 81 SO per day, which would be-
an embargo on building. There can
be no true parallel between the in
creased wages of a laborer 100 years
ago and in the increase of wages of the
so-called skilled laborer in the same
time. Education and the betterment
of social conditions has made the fifty
cents-per-day laborer an extinct class.
In fact, Mr.. Stickney sees the follow
ing Ethiopian condition of affairs:
When the common schools, school of mechan-
lcal arts, the technical schools, the colleges
and other influences which make for the up
building of mankind, shall have done their per-
feet work so that all men shall be equally ed
ucated and equally skillful, the supply of COM
mon labor will be so small relatively to the
demand that the street cleaner will be able to
command larger wages than skilled mechanics,
doctors, lawyers or railroad presidents, and it
will be found beyond the power of labor organ
izations to prevent it, because any man having
the ability to do both would demand larger
wage for digging in the filth of the ditch than
for professional services.
In that great and glorious day when
the street cleaner lives like railroad
president labor organizations as we'll
as railroad presidents will be thing
OF the past, and natures economic law
will reign supreme. There will be no
employer nor employe, but all will be
citizens of the Great Republic of King
dom Come.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

IF the people of the Sixth congress
sional district desire to be represented
in congress by live energetic man
they will support Hon. G. B. Buchanan
of Little Falls. No one has ever &C.
cused Mr.. Buchanan of neglecting' the
interests of his constituents in the
State legislature.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

J. PIERPONT MORGAN controls over
$4,000, 100000 worth of railroad cor
poration securities, and nearly s2,00O,-
100000 worth of industrial corporation
securities. He certainly cuts quite a
figure in the industrial world.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16
Not to be SneeZed at.

Did you ever think of the amount of
snuff sold in Isanti? The news finds
that about 800 pounds are sold here
every month, valued at S21O-S2, $50 a
year for the snuff sold by five Isanti
merchants .-Isanti News. s-so.ss.e, .sss..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

NITRE deposits have been discovered
in Death valley. But a prospector will
only last a night or two in the valley
just the same.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

AT the county fair at Aitkin recently
one farmer in Aitkin county showed
fifty-6ve and another sixty samples
of homegrown apples. Good for Ait
kin county.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

The earnings of the steel trust last
year amounted to $4,000, O0O-quite
enough to keep the wolf from the door
and buy a few pecks of coal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

The postmaster at Garvin, State of
Minnesota, S., has written the post
master general that his office is over.
run with cockroaches and he desires to
have something that will extinguish
them. The matter has been referred
TO the secretary of bugology.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

J. ADAM BEDE has no bar'l on tap,
but he has what is far better-the good
will of the unbought and unpurchas-
able voters of the Eight congressional
district.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

MEssRs Barker, Mark, Craig and
McLain will represent the 45th legis-
lative district in the State legislature
ably and honestly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16
Gone Back to Enderlin.

Ed. Thompson who has been work
ing for Glidden's bakery since it
started, returned to Enderlin, N. D.,
Monday. Otis Johnstonr:of st. Paul
has takenaMr.s Thompson's. place at
the bakery. zes-ss.s~..:::s.s2.z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16

The Democratic party has lost it's
Hall of fame.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-16
State would seem to be- q step il the

s
!, Under this method
4 the money the newer
tout the State Sta that
= eprese ntat lie, in the
J suffer, and it is just
iced assistance in the
] roads and bridges.
ndment had better be
lin in and I: the proposed
Id be voted down.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-08
ESCAPE or 4 MTRDFRER.
Charles Grether Gets Out of StroudsburS
.Iaii--W al Gilman Left Door Unlocked.

STRoUDsBuRG. Pa, Dec. 7-Charlcs
Grether, the convicted murderer of Con-
stable Adam Strunk, escaped this morning
for the second time from the county Jail.
Daniel Van Buskirk, another prisoner,
escaped with him.
This morning. after breakfasting.
Grether was asked by Reinhart, the watch
man. If he did not wish to take a bath.
He replied that he did, and Reinhardt UNI
locked his cell door and led the prisoner
to the bathroom. near by. Reinhart then
walked out of the Jail corridor to the read
ing room, failing TO lock the big iron doors
Grether was quick enough to notice the
Waterman mistake. and in a few minutes
after Reinhart had settled himself down
to read the morning papers, he and Van
Buskirk quietly stole out and ran upstairs
to a room In the second story of the dwelling
adjoining the Jail and jumped from the
window.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-08
WHERE rs MRS. gro. WALLACEp
Her Daughter Thinks She Has Been Stolen
LEFT Her Home I'm Nilkcs.Barre.

WILKES BARRE. Pa. Dec. II think
mamma must be held by some one for
ransom, II cannot be that she has done
away with herself rs some people say,
because there was no reason for her taking
such a course, and az to her clipping, il is
out of the quest ion as the house was hers"
Thus spoke Miss Wallace. the daughter Of
Mrs. George Wallace, whose husband, a
merchant and politician, died here two
years ago, leaving the family in good
circumstances.
On Nov rs Mrs Wallace left her home,
on South Welles street, and her six children
TO go shopping. Since then her whereabouts,
despite the efforts of the police, detectives
and frie' DIS, has been unknown. II was
about S O'Clock in the evening that she
the corner Of Northampton and Main
streets, apparently cheerful and expressing
the intention of going home.
The Black Diamond Express leaves this
city about the hour mentioned and by
hurrying she might have caught it, but
despite earnest effort. Mrs. Wallace has
neither been traced to the depot nor TO
other line. Whether she is detained by
some one in the city or has been carried
of! as her daughter indicates. il the ques-
ton that confronts the authorities. The
chief Of police coniesses TO being befogged
on the whole matter.
The missing woman had no more than
81 In her possession. so far as can be learned
when she left. She was well known. She
WAS about 10 years old. coInely, with dark
hair and eyes.
Miss Wallace now appeals to the news
papers for solution OF the mystery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-08
ADDICKS IN RIG NINE SUIT.
Sues W. e. Greene and Copper Companies
for 81 200 900 Equities.

PuTSIX, AriZ., Dec. John Edward
Addicks of Delaware has entered field
OF litigation as complex AZ his politioa
campaigns az home. In company with
A. W Hallenborg. New York broker
he has sued William {. Greene for equities
in mines in Sonora 10 the value Of about
81. 200, 900. The Greene Consolidated Cop
per Company and it, Mexican collateral
corporation, the Cananea Consolidated
Copper Company. are included a. Defend
ants. a. we'll a. the Phpnix National Bank.
which had acted as trustee in transaction
whereby Greene acquired control of the
stock Of the Cobr. Grande Copper Com
pany in manner charged as conspiracy
by the plaintiffs. Eastern attorneys for
,hn plaintiff are Atwater Cruik shank
43 Cedar street. New York.
Halpnborg alleges that he IL entitled 70
the possession Of 500 and Addicks Of 5000
shares of the original 100000 captaliza-
ton Of the Cotnc Grande, sold to Greene by
the trustee for g. 80 share. Shares in the
Greene company, capitalized at q. 900. 600,
are now worth more than ten times this
sum per share. Greene spent an nor
nous sum in lis attempt 20 settle al sG-
verse litigation but IL TOW appears that the
trouble is TO break out rs violently a. ever.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-08
2 DEAD IN NOVA SCOTIA WRECK
Experience OF Robert II. Brown. One OF
the Injured.


HALIFAX, N. S, Dec. The dead in the
1ntcr-Colonial wreck now number seven
and the list Of injured Ia twelve. Among
the injured Is Robert II. Brown Of New
York, who had been OH visit TO 81. Johns,
y. F., and was returning 20 his home at Il
Leroy place, New Rochelle To sun
reporter he said:
Il was NJ the end Of the car talking to
Miss Crooke. the only woman killed. Sud-
denly the train gave jump followed by
a terrific crash. The snoCk was a. If some
thing had ~ ruck or "a If the train had been
in violent collision. Almost Immediately
the car VEN into pieces Fragments
Of imber frw from one end of the car 10 the
other. The car collapsed and l saw other
passengers buried under the debris. l
was knocked down and hurled TO the centre
OF NJ car, badly cut about the head. one OF
my legs was broken and my hip badly in
jured, | could not move and | suffered
intense agony.
Miss Crooke was carried away when
the second terrific shock came. II was
like clap Of thunder followed hy a light
from the locomotive like lightning.
heard the diving cries of the woman who
family called for help. was pinned down
by the wreckage. The sole was torn Of
ono of my boots. Passengers called for
help and made attempts to clear myself
ance most. ! found thai | could not move
my leg because II was broken. Can't
you come to mc?' voice asked thought
IL call for help from the woman who after
ward died Al last | heard the voices Of
the rescucrs. Had the cars been heated
by stoves wo would have been burned 10
death and none Of the occupants Of the sec
ond-clasl car would have escaped
Mr. Brown j. in the hospital in charge
Of lnter-C olonial RAILWAY physicians.