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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-09
The PRO Department.

Every property holder IN town should
read aud understand the constitution
anl bylaws OF the EIko Fire Depart-
ment found elsewhere. Space Is given
II FOR the purpose OF preparing the way
for those mos; interested in the depart.
ment's success to assist in its equipment
aud m~aintaiaance.
The young men of the town are will.
ing aud and anxious to Join the hose
companies and do the actual work OF
the department, ont without the assis.
anceo OF those who own the property
they eau accomplish nothing.
In order to raise tie necessary funds
to properly equip the department the
constitution and bylaws provide for
two classes Of membe:sllir. honorary
and active. All that &c = ssarv t" be-
an honorary member and have n
voice III the management OF the 4 epari
uert is Tor an iudi yidugl /" sign the
roll OF huTOrar! membership aud pay
81 i year as dues. This sum Is collect
Ell systematically and gees into the treas.
ury 10 provide the necessary equipment
for tie active members who do the
work and are exempt from paying dues.
II Will, therefore. he seen that. lulesS
the property holders o! the town Join
the association as honorary members
and pay their dues, the nrtive members
will be without tle means 70 successful.
~ fight fires and the fire department
will be a failure.
As another inducement for the prop
erty holders to join the organization.
Mr.. Hayden Henderson stated at the
meeting Saturday night that III coaver.
salion with special fire insurance agents
he had been informed that when the
fire plugs were III and tie fire depart
ment thoroughly organized and equip.
ped. insurance rates in iowa onght to
he decreased from twenty TO thirty per
cent. This alone would more than pay
the yearly dues OF Il citizen whose
property is insured.
The INDEPENDENT hopes that the citi-
zens o. the town will look a; this mat
ter III its proper light aud be ready to
sign the honorary role when the com.
mittce. consisting Of the officers Of the
nsso"ia'inD. calls upon them.
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BIT by "a Dog.

About . o'clock yesterday afternoon
rs Alton Wightman and Gerald Miller,
little boys about 6 years OF age. were
playing ball in the street in front OF the
Central Meat Market "A vicious dog be-
longing to the proprietors rushed ont
and bit the little Wightman boy in the
left side. The little fellow had s.oopci
down to pick up the ball when the dog
caught him and dragged h.m several
feet. Parties passing az the time drove
the vicious brute away md carried the
boy home. Dr.. Hood was called and
found thu prints Of fonr OF the dogs
teeth in the boys side. The wound waa
cauterized and no serious results are aII-
ticipatcd. The little fellow is doing
nicely today.
Constable Mc'ioy was soon notified of
the affair and started ont to kill The dog.
lie took one shot nt him, but the bullet
went wild and the dog struck out Tor
tall timbera nj "a pace that distanccd
tie constable. When the dog came
home last night his owners tied him
up md turned him over this morning TO
the constable and Mr.. WiuhtInan. who
took him down by thc river and killch
him.
Last week tie same dog attacked
Constable McCoy's little boy anil tore
his clothes and ia said to have severely
bitten n little Indian boy. He's a good
dog now.
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ART AND ARTISTS.

The Copley society. OF Boston, intends
TO hold a memorial Whistler exhibition
in February which will be representa-
tive Of the artists life work.
Charles II. Niehaus. OF New York.
has been commissioned TO execute the
statue Of John J. Ingalls, which Is To
represent the state Of Kansas in tho
statuary hall Of the United States cap
itol.
The committee for Great Britain and
Ireland to represent the fine art OF the
empire At the Louisiana Purchase cx-
hibition has boon widencd so as to in
Jude other art organizations beside the
Royal academy.
The German emperor has conferred
upon John S. Sargent. the American
painter, Il large gold medal for art in
connection with the Berlin art exhibit
ton. a small gold medal also was con-
fcrred upon Edwin a. Abbey.
There are. II would seem. many fine
points In Scuiptural criticism which the
art worii O~"erlooks. for Mr.. ST. GaudCns
has told how recently he heard an Irish
man. passing his Sherman statue. but
lately unveiled In New York. remark
that II was all wrong; for" said he.
world an illigant military gintlemnn
like the gineral be riding and let the
lady flannel Wake"
The Mozart union. OF Dresden, OF
which Alois Schmidt Is the chief spirit.
decided some years ago TO erect n monu-
ment to the composer in Dresden. and
$1,000 has been raised for TINT purpose.
Recently designs were invited from
Dresden sculpiors. and q site In tho
Burgc"icsc. one OF tho prcttIcst Of tho
smaller Dresden parks. was awarded to
the union III the city authorities. Eight
designs have been received 30 far. not
one OF which has proved TO DO satIsfac-
tory enough to warrant the committee
In accepting II.
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j. B. MEL.
Hospital Steward
The strike Situation.

The pas; Week has shown little or no
change III the strike situation. The
Quartcttc Company has run Its ten.stamp
mill steadily eight hours IA day and II
having no trouble in keeping it supplied
with ore. Az soon rs the shines are
removed and the tailIpgs pond ls IL
condition, So rs to allow pumping back
the water, two shifts will he put in the
mill. NJ. T.. Paddock has succeeded
James Laprin rs foreman Of the mine.
The union i'll spite Of the successful
working Of The Quartette property de-
clares that its chances OF winning have
never looked more promising aud TINT
its members are well satisfied with their
prospects,.
Tho union il milking n strenuous
effort tn keep ont n%On.nuion men. Herr.
ing that thirty men were expected to ar
rive In Marvel Wednesday,, fully half
the union left S~carchlight at 8 o'clock
Tuesday night and walked in II body to
Marvel. Il distance Of &c miles. No
"nou-uDion men arrived Wednesday, but
the union delegation IL still in Marvel.
Tn" Western Federation Of Miners IL
stirling directly at the source OF the
uon-uuion ruTrly ~ men. II has or.
ganiz"rE Mt work in aud around joplin,
Wis OurI. md n is claimed that five
unions were OrgnnizgG this wccP. The
existing labor troubles are being thor.
onghlv advertised in order lha, men
who ship will do so with II clear under.
standing Of the prevailing conditions 10
the West Lincoln Comfy SrarchIight.
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Western Pacific.

G. 5. Rogers of the Western Pacific
survey WIS here this morning buying
supplies aud doing other things looking
tn the building Of a r-w trauscontinenl-
al railway. When questioned hy n Ga
2stte reporter Mr.. Rogers SAID, @AIl !
can tell you is there is great acuvity in
the Field north Of Reno. and that the
level and compass are beng set up on
many different lines IN Nevada.
i know nothing about what is in.
tended and wouldn't tell il | did know.
| don't desire 20 be rude, but 50 long us
| follow instructions and do my work
we'll and get my none! for doing it, ]
am not supposed to draw conclusions
and peddle them about ihc country
e. Reno GaZsttc.
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THIRD DAY

Running for Saddle Horses-4 mile
Dash. Entries must be proven to be saddle
or COW horses. Weight l22 pounds, seven
to enter aud five TO start. Purse. 500: TO
first, $50; TO second, $50; to third, $50.
Running mile dash, for three.ycar
oldS; five to enter and three to start. Purse
$50; to first, 500; TO second, $50.
Running-E mile dash, free for al.
Weight for agc; five TO enter and three TO
start. Purse. 500; to first. SOS; to second.
S55.
Trotting or Paeing-l mile heats. best 2
in 8; for single buggy horses and npn.win.
hers. Five To enter and three to start.
Purse, s7S; TO first. $50; TO second, SIS.
Consolation Race, Running-}s mile
dash; weight fOr age. Purse, SIS; TO first,
$50; 10 second. SIS.
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Lord Monsoon and Mrs. Turrur

Lord Mons"n and Mrs. Turnu,o
daughter 81 Gen. Roy Stone. T.. & A.
will he married soon. according 20 m
n"nnccmcni made nt London. Lord
Monson Is the nephew ~ Sir Edmund
M"nson, the british ambassador IN
Paris. md was at one time iufcudcJ
for the diplomatic service. He wn, an.
pointed {" ih" household of the loic
duke OF SnNc.C"burg. but 10y the dcoth
OF his father In 1900 he found hi,n,cIf
a peer OF the realm. the owner Of tbc
country seats and cntailcd estates. IIc
- Is years Of age.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-09

CampIor is "A poison, and yet it If
usch largely in hllcviatmg pain and cur
ing sores. 1t is Il nervous i~rritant: if
taken in small doses it acts like alec.
hol and opium. If taken in large 4uan-
titles it rxcites the nervous system even
to the extent OF camphor spasm and
death. On these accounts it should not
be used internally without the advice OF
a physIcinn.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-09
EIRS1 DAY

Trotting or PACING mile, best 3 In ;,
for double teams. Horses must be owned
by party entering. Three TO enter, two TO
start. Purse $50; 10 first. SIS; second, SIS.
Running! mile dash, free for all;
weight for age; five TO enter and three to
start. Purse, slCO: to FIRST. sos; to second.
SIS.
Running-B mile dash, for two.yedr
olds; FIVE to enter AMI three TO start. Purse
500; Ia first, SOS; to second SIS.
Running-A mile dash, free Tor all;
weight for age; FIVE to enter and three To
start. Purse, 500; TO first, sos: second, s35.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-09

A Missouri country editor ~,cfuscs to
publish obituary notices Of people who.
while living, failed to subecdbc 10 his
paper. and gives the pointed rcnsop;
"PGople who do not take their home
paper arc dead anyway, md their mere
passing away 10 Of no new value"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-09
" hat Salt VIII DO.

Common Salt is useful rs Il tonic. I'm
internal antiscptic, m external stimu
liant. etc. besides possessing other med
icinal virtues too little known and an.
prcciated. !. bag nf lao, sal: ls very
soothing i0r neuralgia, toUthachr, ear.
it is Il reliable and harmless remedy. the
dose being IA te~aspGuuful mixed with a
tablespoon o! honey. frequently and
freely. For a Erraiu nothing will give
relief more quickly thai cold salt water;
swelling may often he reduced very
quickly by freqn .ri hathIm. oi the
par. affected III strong b1ue; aud taken
moderately, it is an excellent hair tonic.
Salt and water will remove tartar from
the teeth, and mixed, in equal proper.
tons with soda, salt makes an excellent
dcntriticc. In cascs "f ~dystentery, salt
taken ~ vinegar and hot water usually
gives great relief; and for cholera NOR.
bus add a teaspoon t.! the strongest Yep.
per la tie dose. For dyspepsia and
many other disorders 81 the stomach,
sal: and water viii prove and effective
remedy; and for collie, - tea@ponnful IN a
half cup Of cold water, taken as soon M
possible, is a speedy cure. The same
quantity taken before break fast ls very
good. Tho West Indian negroes declare
that plenty Of salt administered ut once,
will stop a coming attack Of cholera.-
Ex.
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COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.

Following are the proceedings II the
commissioners at the meeting hello
Monday, Oct. = 1903:
Pesent-w. W. WcatheH, Stanley
Rissby and Phi! Snyder.
Minutes Of previous meeting read
aud approved.
The money in the county treasury
Was counted and found correct.
Tie official reports VI the several
county officers wee received. read and
fled.
Auditor and Treasurer were authorized
to make the following transfers from
the General fund into the following
finds.
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i'm Purses

to start. Purse, 800; to first. SOS: 10
second; S5S.
Running, for mules mile and repeat,
six to enter, four 10 start. Purse, SIS: to
first, so: to second, SIS; to third, $40.
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CONDITIONS.

Rules Of California Agricultural Association to govern.
Entries close night Of October II, 1903.
Entrance fec for each race 20 per cent Of purse.
The Races will begin promptly at 1870 p. m. each day
DGA REINHART, THOMAS
Secretary. President.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-25

TO TRADE Two teams, har-
ness, wagons and sleighs for
cordwood. Yves Wright, City
draw line.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-25
MAIL POUCH RIFLED.
Several Hundred Letters Opened and
Contents Taken.

St Louis. Nov PA mail pouch
that Was rlnet near OeiWein. Ia. has
been received at the office Of Chief
Postofice Inspector Dice. The pouch
had contained several hundred letters
from points in,the West and had been
cut open and the contents taken.
Every letter had been opened and the
money In the letters taken, Money
orders and checks amounting to s10,-
600 were left. Nearly all the letters
were torn or nutilated in such a man
ner that 1t will be impossible to for
ward them to their destinations. The
only clew the government has regard,
ing the robbery is that the sack was
taken from the car somewhere be
tween St Joseph. Mo-. and Oelwein.
Ia. it being last seen intact at the
former city.
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No Family Journal Tomorrow.

In accordance with time
Ihonored custom the Pioneer
force will be given a vacation to-
morrow and there will be no
paper issued from the Office.
Newspaper people generally are
all the better for relaxing for a
day from the grind that is Incl
dent to publishing a daily news
lpapser bosWeavee9,, ssnoalls II The 2oa,sas
hopes that the arrangement will
be found generally agreeable to
its patrons.
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Delivery Team Scampers,

The delivery team Of. Joe Young
INDUCED in a lively runaway
this morning. The team started
from the Lebleau residence on
Mississippi avenue and ran down
town ending up in the swamp in
front of the postofice. No
damage was done but the horses
occasioned considerable excite
ment in their scamper.
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WANTED 70 fill your wants.
Nothing does it like a Pioneer
want ad
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MORE wARsHIPs FOR PANAMA.
Naval Force There to Be Increased to
Eleven Vessels

Washington. Nov 25.-The United
States naval feet near Colon will be
augmented shortly by the gunboats
Castine and Bancroft, which have been
specially fitted out for service in 18th.
milan waters The navy department
is informed that the work on these
two vessels is practically finished and
Il is expected that they will both start
on their cruise to the South in few
days Their arrival will increase the
naval feet at the isthmus to eleven
warships of which number seven Will
guard the north or Caribbean coast
and four the Pacific coast. The cruiser
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WANTED Purchasers for old
papers. Ten cents a hundred.
Pioneer office.
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THE CITY

S>~-~>~-~~-~>~~>
We mix paints toorder. Jones
Hot oyster stew. Peterson s
parlors.
Clyde Bacon went to Black
duck on business last night.
Biggest stock best groceries,
fairest prices. Peterson fruit
and confectionery store.
Chas. Woodward has returned
from his hunting trip. He
brought back two fine bucks,
Call on A e. Winter the lead
ing jeweler for up-to-date goods.
Next door to First National
bank.
The law offices Of Bailey &
Mcdonald are being removed to
new quarters in the Swedback
block today.
Fred Hall has taken out Ii
cense to hunt big game and ex-
poets to tear tothe tall timber in
a few days.
A marriage license was grant
ed to Dell ODleche and Miss
Grace Nelson at the clerk of
courts Office today.
Everything in fruit, confection-
cry, fancy groceries, cigars, read
ing matter, too much to specify.
Kindly call or send US your or
ders. Peterson.
Harry Usher was in the city re-
neWing acquaintance yesterday.
Mr.. Usher will be in the employ
of the Hatcher Logging Co. near
Bena during the coming winter.
Changes come to all. Some
are pleasant-some otherwise.
Marks Lung Balsam will stop
that cough the change is pleas
ant, thereby making a pleasant
change,
Days sTen Nights in a Bar
Room" comes to the city opera
house Dec. 5. The company
travels in it's own special car and
carries a band and orchestra. 1t
will open the new Blackjack
opera house Dec. 4.
Bertha Myers, who has been
an inmate Of the Tyson resort,
was taken to the county hospital
yesterday for medical treatment.
The woman has been i'll for some
time, and the county authorities
we're inforA bed that the woman
could not OF would not be allowed
proper medical attention. For
this reason she was taken to the
poor farm.
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INDICTED FOR PEoNAeE.
Georgia Men Alleged to Be Selling Ne
uroes Into Servitude.

Savannah. Ga, Nov. 25.-lndict-
ments have been returned against
some Of the most prominent people of
South Georgia. one Of them member
of the Georgia legislature, charging
peonage~ on twenty-six counts and the
selling OF negroes into servitude
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olympia, now undergoing repairs AT
the Norfolk maynard also will sail
for Colombia in about two weeks and
will replace the naval yacht May
flower on that station as the flagship
of Rear Admiral Coghlan, command
ing the Caribbean squadron. 1t is ex-
pected that the Mayfl a or will return
to this city, which is her regular win
for station
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Vote Of Confidence in Redmond.

Dublin. Nov. 25s-At meeting Of
the Irish parliamentary party here, at
which John Redmond presided. vote
of cordial confidence in Mr.. Redmond
was unanimously adopted, as was a
resolution. proposed by Mr.. Redmond,
asking that William O'Brien withdraw
mis- resignation as member of parla-
ment for Cork city
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ICC CIS LII JUN VI OliShS, u
Peterson, Jr.
j. w. White, the Park Rapids
life insurance man, is in town.
We put this here because you'll
see it. Marks Lung Balsam
will cure your cough or cold.
Bert Getchell went to Black
duck last night to stake out some
tim Der for the Burlington Co.
A fresh supply of Lowney's
chocolate bon bons, specially for
Thanksgiving. Only at Peter
sons.
Why buy the second bestwhen
the best costs no more? Marks
Lung Balsam IS the best for
coughs.
J. F. Essler and family re-
turned yesterday from St. Peter,
where they have been visiting
relatives for some time.
Ted Naylor went to Blackjack
last night to prepare the remains
of M. 0. Fisk, who died sudden
ly yesterday morning, for burial.
By mutual agreement the
various barber shops of the city
will close at noon tomorrow and
remain closed throughout the
day.
Large parlor over store for
rent for parties by the evening.
Oyster suppers, ice cream
lunches, or other refreshments
to order. J. Peterson, il.
The gasoline famine which has
prevailed for the past week, is
abated today by the arrival of a
car which was delayed in transit
between Duluth and Cass Lake.
Fred Olson and F. ]. Wilmot
are down from Blackjack today
on their way to the Cass Lake
land office, where they have
business before Commissioner
Jones.
Turnkey Wright, of the county
jail, who has been i'll Of infam
matory rheumatism, writes from
his home at Little Falls that he
lis improving and that he expects
to return to Bemidji the latter
part of the week.
George Wetsel, one of the
pioneers of Beltrami county,is in
the city from Tenstrike. Mr..
Wetsel was the first white settler
in the town of Port Hope, named
the town and has lived there for
a number of years.
]. z. Lyons was in from Maple
Ridge today to see his little son
who recer tly sustained severe in
juries by being kicked in the
face by horse and is at present
at St. Anthony's hospital. The
little fellow is doing very nicely
at present. q
Last night was the coolest
night of the present season, when
the government thermometer of
A. Gilmour recorded a minimum
temperature of Is degrees below
zero. This morning at 8 o'clock
the instrument showed a temper
allure of Is degrees below.
Architect Wilkinson, the man
who built the Crookston mill and
has several patents on machinery
at the mill, passed through the
city yesterday on his way to
Washington, where he will build
a large mill this winter. He will
return to Bemidji to make some
repairs at the Crookston mill be-
fore it is opened for business
next spring.
= ..=..d6} A S Ss's :s;ss
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Advertise in the Pioneer.

Advertise in the Pioneer.
Sam Corrigan of Farley is in
town.
Hot chocolate and beef tea.
Peterson s.
L. H. Bailey is at Cass Lake on
business.
Apples twelve best varieties.
Peterson s.
I H. M. Greenfield is in the city
from Buena Vista. y @'.'.@ s..-.e. =. :.
E. ]. Morrisety, the Crookston
telephone man, is in the city on
business today.
Frank Smith is down from
Solway to spend Thanksgiving
! | with his sister, Mrs Reeve
Miller.
| You have a right, to the bess
that can be had for your money.
Marks Lung Balsam is the best
| for coughs.
M. r. Bright and sister, Miss
Adelia, left at noon today to
spend Thanksgiving, the guests
of friends at Duluth.
E. w. Hitchcock, special agent
of the American Fire Insurance
Company, is looking over the
company's risks in Bemidji.
Your Thanksgiving dinner will
not be complete without a brick
of the Milton Dairy company's
ice cream. For sale only by /.
B. Olson.
A valuable opal stud was lost
yesterday between Graham's
meat market and the court house.
I. Finder please leave at this office
| for reward.
Editor Bohannan, of the NAL
lard Call, was in the city last
night arranging for the opening
of the new Bohannan thirst par
| lor at Mallard.
The smallest want ad is care
fully read each day by hundreds
Of people. A few cents expend-
|iture puts you in close touch with
those hundreds
There aretwenty eight inmates
of the county poor house at pres
ent. Three arrived yesterday.
This is the largest number ever
at the county farm.
John McDougal, who has been
in the employ of the Shevlin-
Carpenter Lumber Co. at Winni-
peg during the past few months,
has returned to Bemidji.
James Kirk is down from the
Kirk & Smith camp at the head
Of the lake today. Mr.. Kirk re-
ports that everything is running
along very nicely at camp.
Roy Loveland, who is confined
! at the county Jail awaiting the
action Of the grand jury under a
charge of highway robbery and
who has been very ill, is recover
ing nicely.
Vice President Baumbach of
the Lumbermens State Bank has
returned from a business trip to
Milwaukee. Tomorrow he goes
to Wadena to spend Thanksgiv
ing with his family
A car load of hogs, chickens
and turkeys will be received the
latter part of this week by Joe
NORTH. Call at James Dorans
barn, Fifth street, between Bel
trami and Minnesota avenues.
Gust Braarud who claimed to
be from Bemidji was found in an
unconscious condition near Sixth
street at Minneapolis yesterday
morning. He was removed to
the city hospital where it was
found he had sustained a bad
fracture Of the skull probably re-
ceived from falling.
Yesterdays Pioneer stated
that Mrs. j. A. ,Ludington was
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DR.. Thomas, Osteopath licensed,

wishes to announce to the
people of Bemidji and vicinity,
that she has opened offices in the
Swedback block, and will be
pleased to see all who are seek
ing health. Osteopathy treats
all chronic diseases. Among the
many cases handled successfully
Nervous Prostation, Rheumatism,
Lumbago, Asthma, Catarrh,
Dyspepsia, yield readily to our