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ite county, Montana"
The Barnes-King company made a
cleanup Saturday, and the result was
four bars Of gold bullion. Their
value is said to be $4,000. Work in
the mine is progressing as usual. The
hoisting engine at the new shaft is In
place and will be ready to operate
very shortly.
Fred B. Parish. the Colorado min
ing expert, who examined the Barnes
King property for the eastern syndi.
cate, left camp early last week. His
inspection was very thorough. While
he made no intimation while here as
to what his report was likely to be,
it is known. however, that he was
greatly impressed with the wonderful
showing OF ore. II was something of
revelation to him. He was free to
say that the ore development so far
made in the North Moccasins was
most remarkable. II was a very
unique formation and quite distinct
from anything heretofore discovered
in the United States.-Kendall Chron-
icfe.
The North Moccasin Mining COM
pany has made arrangements to COM
mence work Immediately on its new
150-ton mill. The site was selected
few days ago. The place chosen is
the ground just below the old black.
smith shop in one of the little draws
between the Perhaps claim and the
Kendall mill. The slums will run onto
the fat below. The location is a good
one, admitting of the ore being sent
to the mill on cars from every part
of the property.
The Montana Hardware company
has the contract for furnishing .he
lumber. Hauling will commence very
shortly. The machinery was pur.
chased in Chicago by Geo. Wiedeman
three weeks gao. The new mill is to
be built on the plan of the one in
Whisky gulch, which is cosidered a
model in effectiveness.-Kendall
Chronicle.
Articles Of Incorporation Filed.
The Kendall King Cyanide Gold
Mining G. Milling Co. filed articles ol
incorporation in the clerk and record
er's Office this week to which the sig
natures of the following incorpora
tors were appended: Moses Solomon
Fred Elliott, w. c. Archer, G. A. Tay
lor and Alexander Wilson. The capi
talization Of the company is $500, 900
consisting of 100000 shares at a pal
value of 10 cents per share. 1t is or
ganized for the purpose of acquiring
and dealing in mining property in the
North Moccasin mining district and
especially for the purpose of work
ing the Minnie Healy and the Baby
Boy. two well situated mining claims
situated a short distance from Ken
dali.
Rev. Pfaus Heard From.
]. M. Croft received a letter from
the Rev. Pfaus, who is in Minneapolis
this week. which seems to indicate
that the reverend gentleman is en-
joying himslf immensely and partak
ing freely of worldly Joys and pleas
ures. As he says my lines have
fallen in very pleasant places and
am having a good time" Mr.. Pfaus
states that he intends spending three
months at Cedar Lake, Minn.. this
summer with large party of friends
and anticipates a very enjoyable va
cation.
The Gladys Fraction.
A deal was consummated last weel
whereby Miss Adelia Mccoy and Mrs
Bessie Polly of Utica acquired THIRD
Fergus County argus., 1902-05-07
Fergus County Gems.

The report Of the United States ge-
ological survey for 1901 shows that
Montana produced in that year $780,
900 worth of sapphires. Nearly the
whole number of these stones were
mined in the Yogo fields In Fergus
county. The value Of the sapphires
mined in Montana exceed the value
of any other precious stones mined
except turquoise. The value Of the
turquoise product amounted to $118,.
900.
George F. Kunz. special agent In
charge of precious stones, who Wis
tied the Montana fields more than a
year ago. says in his report:
"The yield Of sapphires in Fergus
county. Montana, was greater this
year than in 1900, and two companies
are now mining in that region where
the blue stones are found. Explora-
tions for the many fancy colored sap
phires has been carried on still fur
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

pions. The season while sometimes
short for corn, is always long and hot
enough for full crop OF corn fodder.
The Yields obtained twice that Of
hay-make it valuable on farms with
only small area cleared, and great
" increases the capacity OF such
farms for livestock. Cornfodder is
equal In feeding value to timothy hay,
and for milk cows it has the advan--s.
tage Of being succulent and maintain
ING the flow of milk. 1t may be fed to-
sheep as the chief portion OF their
diet, but they will do somewhat better
if hay is also fed OCCASIONALLY.
Horses relish an occasional feed OF it,.
Cornfodder may be sown at any time
from the last week in May till nearly
July 1st. The seed should be obtained
from southern Minnesota, either di-
rect or through dealers. Any dent
corn which ripens there will be suit
able for fodder. Large Southern or
Ensilage corn should be avoided as it
grows too coarse and is late, and the
smaller northern kinds do not give as
much fodder per acre.
HERMAN Ell. CHAPMAN.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

of the Republican party ofMinne-
sofa when there was SO much
need Of a few strong men to lead
off in it's affairs. That so weak
a man as Van SAINT, and SO anti
republican a newspaper as the
Minneapolis Times, should have
succeeded in 50 completely razzle-
dazzling a committee of twenty
five of the leading republicans Of
the state, does not bode well for
the party in the coming cam
paign. There are a whole lot Of
fellows who have contemplated
running on the republican ticket
for different Offices, legislative
and otherwise, who will proceed
to hesitate and daily and doubt
about doing so.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22
4 ~ Northeast
4 pTnCC Experiment.
u GSAssSs Farm,
kE1BGAfIn Grand Rapids,
OAAAOCAA Minnesota.
Corn for Fodder.

Perhaps the most marked change IN
farming methods during the past ten
wears has followed the Introduction OF
corn grown solely for fodder. At
tempts were frequently made to utilize
the cornstalks after the ears were har-
vested, and people we're slow to realize
that one cannot harvest a corn crop
and have left fodder of any feeding
value. Cattle fed on ripe corn stalks
from which the ears have been re-
moved cannot thrive, nor is the yield
of such fodder per acre large enough
to pay for its handling. The custom
is now to SOW the corn thick and cut
it while the stocks are yet succulent.
The ears will be either lacking alto
gether or very small and immature.
In this way, five to seven TONS OF cured
fodder are obtained per acre, which
may be economically handled and
makes valuable feed. s@.
The advantages of growing fodder
corn apply even with greater force to
this section than to more southern re-
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

The Bemidji Sentinel rings in
w. r. Street this week with the
already announced prominentRe-
publican candidates for senatorial
honors in this district, and en-
deayors to give him "black eye
in that direction. AttorneyStreet
it has been generally understood,
has had no thought Of taking a
seat in congress, but that he is
willing to fill a chair in the state
senate is quite possible, and this
senatorial district will make no
mistake in placing him there.
Men Of energy, activityand ability
are required in our state legisla-
tive halls at all times. w. +.
Street is one of these fellows.
He is one of the kind who accom-
plish things. That's the kind OF
a senator this district wants. =
Fosston Thirteen Towns.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

her face, although a happy smile how
cred upon her lips. Then decided TO
defeat death Ito preserve life OF her
natural body. In my holy task, you
may Judge my success. There are her
own eyes, natural as life, kept bril-
liant by my discovery which no man
will know. the flush OF health is on
her face. on her lips the smile with
which she greeted me on my return
from hunting trips. But, Oh! she -
dead, dead, dead! No discovery out
side of the hand Of God can call back
the soul. This room ] have fitted Tor
her tomb. AS for me, seek me not. !
feel that soon my soul will be seeking
hers and we shall embrace again to
live in love, love, love. Reason burns 7.
low, Paul Labree.
/Tha andy
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22
Blood.

We live by our blood, and on
it. We thrive or starve, as
our blood is rich or poor.
There is nothing else to live
on or by.
When strength is full and
spirits high, we are being re.
freshed, bonemuscle and brain,
in body and mind, with con-
tinual flow of rich blood.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits,
no cheer, no spring, when rest
is not rest and sleep is not
sleep, we are starved our blood
is poor; there is little nutri-
ment in it.
Back of the blood, is food,
to keep the blood rich. When
it fails, take SCOTS Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil. 1t sets the
whole body going again--man
woman and child.
If you have not tried it, send for free sample.
its agreeable taste will surprise you.
SCOTT s. BOVINE, Chemists
4o94I5 Pearl Street, New York.
SOC. and sIoo; all druggists
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

1t is given out from from Fer
gus Falls that Cyrus Little
Smith, who, it is claimed, halls
from Beltrami county, will also
be a candidate for the republican
congressional nomination. Who
is Smith? No one knows. but If
he can pay the freight, the joys
Of the contest are open to him
Crookston Times.
Who is Smith? A nice question
to ask. Anybody who doesn't
know Smith is too blind to know
his mother-in-law eff he can
pay the freight" What does the
Times mean? Does it expect a
bo..us for supporting Smith? If
it does, it is high time Mr.. Smith
knew it. For if Polk county
papers require s'the stuff to in
sure their support for him, there
are a number of Beltrami county
papers that can treat Mr.. Stee-
nerson to the same kind of medi-
cine. Tit for tat is fair play in
politics. Mr.. Smith is an old
War-horse Of the republican par
ty in Minnesota, and stumped
the Red River valley in it's inter-
est when the Polk county giant
was shivering in his tent be-
cause Of the populist uprising.
If Smith is nominated, It will be
by republican votes, and not by
those of men who have been re-
Wiling that party or sulking or
freezing in their Ajax tents.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

The Republican State Central
Committee failed to -develope
backbone enough to resist the
campaign shouts of the Mime.
apolis Times, but fell into line
with that populistic journal and
ordered the State convention to
be held July 1st at st. Paul. The
committee will now proceed to
devote all it's energies to the
nomination of a man for governor
whom a large majority of the
committee believe cannot by any
possibility be elected There
has not been a time in the history
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

ley, he must carry from 1oko-
hama to Seattle for nothing.
And between Seattle and Yoko-
hama he must compete with
French and German vessels earn
ing subsidies and employing sea
men at a low rate of wages. 1t
is inevitable that he must also
build up along the lines Of his
two railway systems an enor-
mours short-haul or local traffic
from which to make up the
losses which he must sustain
upon the ocean. To these prob
lens he has addressed himself.
And to the problem OF embarrass-
ing him in this vast undertaking
in the interest of Minnesota,
where all his eastern terminals
are, the governor Of Minnesota
has addressed himself and the
republican party Of the state.
So that whether the PIONEER
considers the question from the
viewpoint Of the settlers in Itasca
and Beltrami counties, or as a
newspaper interested in Mime
sofa and it's welfare, it is still
bound to conclude that so shall
low a governor should not be per-
mitted to lead the republican
party of the state into those
quicksands which it has SO skill
fully and wisely eyaded for the
last twenty-five years.
The commonest s'sucker" of a
farmer in Beltrami county knows
that Governor Van SAINTS fight
upon. Mr.. Hill is a useless grand
stand play which can accomplish
nothing except to restrain rail
road development in Northern
Minnesota, and perhaps embar-
rass Mr.. Hill and compel him to
go TO Europe for money upon
~ u 4 4 y ~ ~ y. \ u y Ii
bonds when he might otherwise
have secured it in the open stock
marketin America
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22
Memorial Day,

The following program will be OBJ
served on Memorial Day, Friday, May
80, 1902:
AT 1920 a. m. the members OF the
post, all soldiers of the Civil war,
soldiers Of the Spanish war: members
of the Circle, Ladies of the G. A.. r..
and all citizens are requested to meet
at the city hall and proceed to Green
wood cemetery, to assist in the SER
vices at the graves of departed COM n.
rades. At 200 P. N. appropriate ex-
ercises will be held at the city hall,
consisting Of orations, essays, music music
etc. Ell. w. BAILEY, 81,
Commander.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

Our fellow townsman, @. i.
Smith has announced himself
candidate for congress from the
ninth district. Our information
comes from circular sent out
from ,Crookston If what we
hear is true Mr.. Smith will make
a vigorous campaign.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

The st. Paul Dispatch is rapid
~ becoming an ardent trade
journal, thus son the side"play-
ing into the hands of the merger
of which James J. Hill is the
head. Mr.. Hill is understood to
have become again converted to
the democracy, and the Dispatch
is falling into line in fine form.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22
Spiritualistic Meeting.

The First Spiritualist church of Be
midi will hold their closing meeting
Sunday night May 25. Mrs. Ted
Smith will deliver her farewell lecture
for the season, subject will be given
by the audience and spirit greetings
after the lecture. All are kindly in
vised to be present.
Any one wishing to unite with the
developing circle, which will be held
at the homes of the different members,
may hand their name in after the
meeting to Mrs. Ted Smith, chaplain.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
! ! s s2et,sss .. !! J; J: ;
A TRIUMPH I'm TAXIDERMY.
A Morbid Story in Three Morris.
MORR III.

His supposition proves correct. On
the table is a letter addressed $40
Him Who Finds This Message. !"
When we reach the upper air and when
our nerves have partially recovered
from the shock, we read the message
which shocks us more:
February, '99.
~, Paul I.abree, suffering all the
tortures of the damned, set down these
words before grief shall totally crush
me. Within me the flames Of sorrow
are at white heat remorse Is gripping
my throat memory is struggling to
fly away. The spell of lost soul is
upon me--.the curse of my life even
now jeers at me like an imp of hell as
/ pen these words. | only pray for
time to finish this message to some
wanderer who may come and wonder
at what he sees. 1t is not we'll that a
soul goes down to the grave wrapped
in too much mystery. While reason
yet burns dimly, write this, my last
farewell to the world.
~ was born in Montreal of French
ancestry. My mind was we'll fed with
books. NV life was the common run
of men, but l did not fully exist until
/ reached the age Of thirty. Then !
met Josephine. From the first loved
with love that drives vice from a
mans nature, that scourges religious
doubt from the atheist, that inaketh
the>weak mighty. And Josephine re-
turned love for love. z.
It was then that the great sorrow
(no matter WHAT fell upen me. But
for every burn of hell, heaven has a
salVe. Josephine cleaved to me. To.
gether we turned our backs upon So
ciety and fortune. We sought the
black woods Of the West, each to live
for the other. .
IT made use of my knowledge of
chemistry and anatomy by mounting
birds and animals. In a short time I
could do good work which was much
admired in the towns where 7 went to
sell them. Instead Of using glass, as
other taxidermists do, endeav ored to
discover method to preserve the eyes
of my specimen. In this I succeeded.
I not only preserved the eyes, but
learned to give them any natural ex-
preston.
"All this time my wife loved me as
a saint loves his God. Trouble, and
not years, has made me an old mani
am hardly forty. We never pined for
the world. Never was there a more
happy love. So many times has she
said TO me: Paul, what care we for
the world I'VE are the world to each
other But must ha stem. Reason
burns more dimly.
"Some days ago / was cleaning my
rifle. Oh, God / do not know how it
happened-the ball pierced her poor
body. Wild with fear and remorse, I
caught her in my arms to hear her
whisper last farewell. For hours
was a maniac. I could not look upon
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

{ TE Z 4 { I
Notwithstanding the friendly
feeling which exists between
Governor Van SAINTS forces and
those Of Auditor Halden Of
Duluth, who is q candidate for
State auditor, Sam Iverson
seems to be holding his own in
all parts Of southern Minnesota,
and will get his share of the
votes out Of the northern part Of
the state Sam is good enough
stuff for anybody, having both
capacity and honesty.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

After all, Morris and Eddy
had their wisdom teeth along
with them when they declined
denomination TO Congress. The
situation is not encouraging to
old time republicans, many Of
whom readily understand what
Van SAINTS denomination means
to the republican party Of the
state.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

The Crookston Press was
printed last week on a new
Cottren cylinder press, and the
general appearance of that paper
is greatly improved.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22
PLAIN TALK.

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TYHE PIONEER is not ready to
IL concede that the man who
has set back the railroad develop
ment in Beltrami and ! tasca
counties for at least one year, II
not two, will be unanimously
nominated for governor In the
republican state convention
which will meet on July 1st 1t
has not been customary for repre-
sentatives of southern Minnesota
constituencies to do more than
they were absolutely compelled
towards assisting the northern
part of the state. State institu-
tions Of all kinds, road and bridge
funds by the hundreds OF thous-
ands Of dollars, have been freely
built and literally maintained
and beautifully expended In
southern Minnesota for the last
fifty years: but all that northern
Minnesota is able to get is very
limited supply of money for the
digging of bitches in the Red
River Valley. And at a time
when what has heretofore been
considered a wilderness, in Bel
tranli and Itasca counties, is be-
ing settled by thousands Of
would be industrious citizens and
farmers; and when the railroad
owners are exerting themselves
to the utmost to raise funds in
the American market to build
branch lines into these counties,
and similar lines from here to
the Pacific ocean, a southern
man in the governors chair sets
up an old fashioned and tagged.
out populistic howl against the
railroads, and calls off the whole
scheme OF development between
here and the coast and between
here and the boundary line.
The PIONEER will not cease te
protest against such a course on
the part of a republican Cover,
nor of the state. 1t has never
been the policy of the republican
party, even in the rankest days
Of farmer legislation in this
state, to array itself as a party
machine against those elements
which have gone most largely
and intelligently towards the de-
velopment Of the state. The
PIONEER regards it as party
suicide to renominate a man who
swells himself up with a sense OF
public virtue on the score Of hav.
ing embarrassed the greatest
financial and industrial genius
that the state and the northwest
has ever produced and who is
constantly straining every re
source for the continued develop:
ment Of the country that lies be-
tween Lake Superior and Puget
Sound.
From Seattle to ST. Paul, by
either line of road whichIis now
under Mr.. Hills direction and
control Regardless of what
Governor Van SAINT may or may
not do) is distance of 1900
miles. That is tantamount to a
steamship haul of $4,000 miles.
In other words, from Yokohama
to New York by the nearest
steamship route mot by way of
Panama), Oriental freights can
be carried for exactly the freight
charge which Mr.. Hill must
make from Seattle to st. Paul by
rail. For it costs, as all the COM
mercial, railroad and steamship
reports go to show, only one
tenth as much to carry goods by
deep-water steamship as by rail,
So that when Mr.. Hill under.
takes to delievr Oriental stuffs
in st. Paul for distribution
throughout the Mississippi Val
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-05-22

The end).
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-28

"Dye think we're going to let you live
in hencoop?"
At town meeting, called for the
purpose, it was resolved to have the
widows house rebuilt ready for occu-
patton on Thanksgiving day. Some
furnished money, others contributed
materials, and others still volunteered
to do the work.
There were delays and setbacks,
however, as is usual whenever any
work is promised at certain, fixed
time, so that when Thanksgiving
morning arrived the problem of COM
pleting the job became knotty, but
having been promised and undertaken.
it had to be finished. BY hard think
ing Squire Hobbs conceived the idea,
and to carry it into effect, he sum-
moned his fellow townsmen and laid
the matter before them.
"You women folks" said he by way
of consulting them, you women folks
go home and cook up what you've got
in the house just the same as If you
were going to get dinner-Turkeys,
chickens, geese, ducks, anything, and
cranberry sauce. The pumpkin and
mince pies are already ripe on the
pantry shelves. Then bring every
thing here by 4 o'clock. We men will
finish this house for the widow by
that time, and we'll all eat our
Thanksgiving dinner on the spot. 1t
will be house warming Thanksgiving
dinner and an old-fashioned barn-rais-
ing combined. There'H be board ia
bles laid outside for those who can't
get inside the house. You boys and
girls, get all the boxes and barrels
you can find-there's lot of cord
wood in my back yard that won't be
missed-and if we don't finish eating
by dark, We'll have bonfires to see by
and warm up up. Widow, you just SIT
or stand around and boss things, it
being your house. No remarks, please!
Scatter!
The house was on hand at the hour
named, so were the women and the
combined Thanksgiving dinners.
OF course, the house was not big
enough to accommodate all the merry
crowd that wanted to get into 1t, but
those who could not squeeze in gath
cred around it as close as they could
to eat and hear the speeches of the no
tables, who practiced oratory until
the small boys notified them that the
fuel had given out. Then they all
went home tired, but full and happy.
Was the widow happy? Not bit
more than the others.