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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Children of Charles Drake in
Destitute Circumstances
at RemOre Hotel.
CAME HERE TO FIND THEIR
FATHER TWO WEEKS AGO
Was Formerly Employed in This
Vicinity But Cannot Now
BE Located.

Harry and Helen Drake, aged
eight and ten years respectively,
are at the Remore hotel in this
city in destitute circum stances
and unless their father, Charles
Drake, can''be found the children
will have to be taken to the state
school for homeless children at
Red Wing.
The children tell a peculiar
story to the effect that their
father formerly worked in Be
midi and that he wrote for them
to come here from Glenwood,
Wis. He was to meet them at
the train here, but up to thepres-
ent time has not been located.
The police officers interested
themselves to find Drake, but
learned nothing that would lead
to his discovery except that a
man named Charles Drake had
up to about six weeks ago been
employed as a farm hand near
this city and went from here to
Northome. Northome has been
communicated with but there is
still no clue to Drake. An older
brother is employed at the Mark
ham hotel but he is unable to
care for the children. They are
exceptionally clever and their
case has attracted considerable
attention. The matter is being
investigated this afternoon and
steps are to be taken to have
them sent to Red Wing unless
[ the father turns up to claim
them.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
November Has the Belt.

Chief OF Police Bailey is author
ity for the statement that more
fines were paid into the city
treasury during the month OF
November than during any month
since la:s5 March. The total
figure will be about 1912. This
entities Novem Der to the belt fol
being the largest month III the
year. April comes next with a
total of $SO5.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Girls are Hustlers.

The little girls who were so
active in helping at the Catholic
fair did so to some purpose. No
one worked harder than they did
and few are able to show better
results for they this. morning
turned over to the treasurer of
the church $95 in cash. The
record is certainly one to be
proud of.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Ill of Typhoid.

Vim. Loughead, the popular
estimator for the Walker & AXE
ley Co., was brought to this city
Saturday evening suffering from
a severe attack of typhoid fever
and is at present being cared for
at st. Anthony's hospital. Mr..
Loughead was taken sick at
Nevis. Mr.. Loughead has many
Bemidji friends who hope for his
speedy recovery.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
GREAT SUCCESS
Catholic Fair Closed Saturday
Night Will Net Church $500
Clear Money.

The Catholic fair closed last
Saturday night and is on record
as having been the most success
full from financial standpoint
that has ever taken place in Be
midi. The proceeds clear of ex-
penses will be about $3.50 and the
money is to be used to pay OFT
the mortgage Of $1,000 which has
been hanging over the church
for some time. The closing Of
the contests was the feature of
the fair Saturday evening. "A The
cane contest between e. j. Willis
aud A. B. Hazen was won by the
latter gentleman and Melted the
sum Of $3.50. The contest for a
ladies gold watch between the
Misses Doran and Chamberlain
was won by the former and the
total receipts were $253. 40. The
contest for doll between the
little Misses Lappen and Maltby
was won by the former and netted
$47.25. The bazaar stock was
auctioned off at the close of the
fair and every article was dis
posed of.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Dry Bones Rattle.

The announcement that six sa-
loon men we're to be before the
city council the first of the month
to show cause why their IL
censes should not be revoked
has caused a great rafting ofdry
bones. All of block seventeen is
in a state Of commotion, but the
Investigation will be carried to a
conclusion nevertheless.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Out at Early Candle Light,

Biddy Blake was in police
court this morning charged with
violating an ordinance that pro
vides that certain women must
not be upon the streets after
dark. The Blake woman was
down town last night in an in
toxicated condition and paid a
fine of SIS and costs for the
privilege.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Pouch Service Established.

Pouch service to Northome,.
Houpt, Funkeley and other points
north of the city has been estab-
lished from the Bemidji post
Office and will be effective from
tonight. This will be conven--
fence to postofice patrons in the
UP line towns and insures safer.
and more satisfactory service all
around.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Ready Last of Week.

Joseph Burns announces that
the skating rink will be ready
for business about the last of the
present week. Mr.. Burns ex--
poets to have a fine rink when it
is finally completed. Season
tickets will be sold, several speed
contests are planned and there
will be afternoons for hockey and
polo.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Marriage Licenses Granted.

Marriage licenses were grant
ed at the court house Saturday
to N. A. Lockwood and Lottie L..
Sisson, Tracy Noel and Eva Good
water, and James w. Ward and
Grace Ellis. All the contracting
parties are residents of Beltrami
county.
Advertise in the Pioneer.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-11-30
Report From Department OF
Agriculture Says They
Will Grow Timber.
WILL NEVER BE VALUABLE FOR
AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
Land is as Capable as Ever OF
Growing the Best Grades OF
Norway Pine.

Ii. IL. IAOlA r WI, :
from the department. of agricul-
ture, who recently visited this
section of Minnesota for The pur-
pose of reporting on the value OF
the jack pine barrens or "sand
dunes',, has submitted his report
and it is substantially as follows,
according to the Cass Lake Voice:
seThe area covered extended
from Wadena to Cass Lake, north
and south, and eastward for a
considerable distance from Lake
Itasca.
''The land examined was form
erly covered with white and Nor
way pine, which was cut more
than twenty years ago. Since
that time a growth of jack pine
has sprung up, which has
given the region It's name OF
.'jack pine barrens. /" Apparently
nothing else will grow there, and
the examination was for the pur.
pose of discovering, first, whether
the land was suitable for agricul-
ture, and second, whether it
would again support a vigorous
growth of commercial timber,
such as was on it a quarter of a
century ago.
"Careful analysis of the soil
disclosed the fact that more than
one-half of it is unsuitable for
agriculture. Mr.. Kempton says
at one time it would have grown
crops for three or four years,
and would then have become ex.
hausted, because the soil is most.
.ly sand. Crops would grow on
the smaller portion Of this area,
but not as abundantly as crops
on the purely agricultural land.
But the soils not worthless. Mr..
Kempton says that the portion
wholly unfit for agriculture will
support a vigorous forest growth
even of the best grades Of white
and Norway pine. Of course,
seedlings OF these varieties must
be carefully protected from fires
until they attain fair growth,
but with the danger of fire re-
moved there is noreason why the
land should not be nearly as
valuable as twenty years ago.
He says that if the forest floor is
shaded and free from grass and
there are no fires a good repro
duction almost always follows, in
spite of poor soil and lack of
moisture. AS to fires, Mr.. Kemp
ton says Norway pine is better
able to withstand it than jack
zine, and both are most resistant
than white pine. The conclusion
is therefore reached that prob
ably the better seedlings to plant
are Norways, as they seed once
in two or three years while white
pine seeds only once in four to
eight years.
"Concluding, Mr.. Kempton
says: I am convinced that
either Norway or white pine will
grow in any part of the sand bar
rens of the lake states, provided
they are properly handled. =
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
Built on Prehistoric Plans.

n Henneberg. a great silk manu-
facturer. who recently retired from
business. has built for himself on
Lake Constance a habitation exactly
after the model of prehistoric lake
dwelling shown in the Zurich museum.
Tho building. which is about 200 feet
on the coast of the lake, rests upon
piles. few yards above the level Of
the water. 1t consists of only one
room, and its framework is made from
the wood Of the yew tree. Round this
room gallery extends to a width Of
some fve feet or seven feet. The
walls consist of willow wickerwork
and mud plaster, the floor of hard
mud and plated willow. and the cell
ing Of pressed straw. The walls are
ornamented with designs drawn with
Goa; and bullock's blood.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
Don't Look for the Flaws.

Don't look for flaws as you go through
life;
And even when you find them
1t is wise and kind to be somewhat blind.
And look for the virtue behind them.
For the cloudiest night has q hint of the
light
Somewhere in its shadows hiding;
1t is better far to hunt for a star
Than the spots on the sun abiding.
The current OF life runs every way
To the bosom of Gods great ocean:
Don't set your force gainst the rivers
course
And think to alter its motion.
Don't waste curse on the universe:
Remember 1t lived before you:
Don't butt at the storm with your puny
form.
But bend. let It fly Ger you.
The world will never adjust itself
To suit your .whim to the letter:
Some things must 60 wrong your whole
life long.
And the sooner you know It the better.
1t II folly to hght with the Infinite,
And 20 under at last In the wrestle.
The wiser man shapes into Gods plan.
As the water shapes into the vessel.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Progressive
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
The Grave Of Byron.

o winds, that ripple the long grass,
Grow still and lingering as you pass
o Winds that kiss the jeweled sea;
About this laurel tree.
For him I pluck the laurel crown;
II ripened in the western breeze.
Where 6ausalito's hills look down
Upon the golden seas.
And sunlight fingered In its leaves
From dawn until the scarce-dhsnmed sky
Changed to the light of stars, and wavei
Sang to II constantly.
weave, and strive to weave tone,
A touch, that somehow when It lies
Under his sacred dust alone
Beneath the English skies.
The sunshine Of the arch It knew,
The calm that wrapt its native hill
The love that wreathed Its glossy hue,
May breathe around II still.
by Ina d. Coolbrith.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
NOVEL TRICK OF swlNoLER.
Whole TraInIoad Of Passengers Were
His Victims.


Senator Quay of Pennsylvania was
once riding from Cleveland to Toledo
on train to the rear Of which were
hitched two immigrant cars. At 8
O'Clock In the evening man entered
the Pullman car where the senator sat
and said:
Ladies and Gentleman-A child has
Just been born IN one of the immigrant
cars. It's boy, and though we are
In Ohio, am a. Pennsylvania. AS
Senator Quay is on the train 1t is pro-
posed to name the baby Quay Cobel-
eski, and that we all chip in and raise
a purse for him"
They Clipped. Quay contributed IS.
saying he was r. ,ud of the honor. The
man passed on into the car with $35.
An hour later it was learned that no
child had been born on the train. and
that the fellow had raised $50 and
dropped on at a way station.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
A Model for Mothers.

With unceasing devotion and zeal
Queen Wilhelmina's brave and clever
mother-who during Wilhelmina's
later girlhood was the Queen Regent
did whatever she could to make her
daughters education q truly excellent
one. Among the names Of those who
taught the young queen. Queen EN-
mas name deserves q fair place. It
was the Queen Regent herself who
regulated and superintended all the
lessons Of Wilhelmina. being present
at most of them and taking quite as
much interest in them as her little
dsughter.-October st. Nicholas.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
Auto Grab.

Gen. Andre. the French minister Of
war, has decided to take steps to 20.
cure the registration Of automobiles
owned by all Frenchmen liable TO
army service, 90 that the military au.
thorities could Immediately reQuisi.
ton them in time Of war. During the
annual training Of reserve and terri.
torial regiments ofhcsrs are to ascer.
tain and register the names Of all men
holding chaufEeur's certificates. and
these names are then to be communi.
Gated to depot commanders 20 - to
facilitate automobile mobilization.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
Baggage smasher Defended.

The baggage smasher, who has been
bearing public condemnation for many
yearB and who has been cartooned and
paragraphed as q menace to anything
in the shape of . trunk. has found a
defender in H. p. Dearing. general bag
gage agent Of the Michigan Central
railroad.
At the convention Of general passen-
ger agents in New Orleans the other
day Mr.. Dearing declared that the rail-
roads were to blame for eighty per cent
Of the trunk smashing that has aroused
such general complaint. He summar-
lied the case of the baggage man
against the railroads as follows: "Un-
derpaid help. no opportunity for pro-
motion. inadequate facilities. lack of
time in which to handle baggage, and
. too heavy baggage allowance"
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
REVIVAL OF THE STONE AGE.
Much Of rnat Material Now Used In
London Building.

London Building.
Tho "stone age" is fast reviving in
London, though in more welcome
form than that Of old. There Is q
growing tendency to spend money
more freely on business premises. and
consequently architects, generally
speaking, are enjoying more scope in
designing structures with imposing
elevations. To obtain the most hand
some effect white stone has become
the favorite and wherever monetary
considerations will permit this Is al
most universally stipulated for in
specifications.
IF this liberality continues" said a
prominent contractor. London will
within a comparatively short period
become the finest city in the world.
architecturally speaking. At the pres
ent time two-thirds Of the contracts
in our hands specify for the use Of
stone frontages."
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
Why "paiIy Bread"

A teacher in q private class In q
West Philadelphia school was explain.
ing the petition in the Lords Prayer:
I'VE ask for our daily bread" she said
ito teach US not to be greedy. but only
prudent In providing for our wants. and
that we are to have great confidence
in .he providence OF God" After she
was through she asked one boy why
we did not say. Give us this month
our bread" To her astonishment. he
quickly replied. Because 1t would get
stale and mouldy."
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
SPOILED CHILDREN
Usually Max. sIekIy Men and WON.

Usually Make sIekiy Men and Women
The spoiled child" usually makes
. weak. sickly man or woman be-
cause such youngster has its own
way about diet and eats and drinks
things that are untitled for any stom-
ach and sickness results.
Il was always q delicate. spoiled
child and my parents used to let mo
drink coffee because / would cry for
It," says . Georgia young woman.
when entered school my nervous
ness increased and my parents
thought It was due to my going to
school. % they took me out again.
But I did not get any better and my
headaches got worse and weakened
me SO that was unit for any duty.
Sometimes I would go q whole day
without any other nourishment than
. cup of coffee.
last spring had . bad attack OF
the Grippe and when I recovered I
found that coffee nauseated me q
! could not drink It and even Q few
swallows would cause a terrible burn.
Ing In my stomach. II was at this
time that friend who had been much
benefited by the use of Postum sug.
gested that try this food drink. I
found It simply delicious and have
used 1t ever since and the results
speak for themselves. I have gained
~ pounds and my nerves are a.
steady ~ any ones.
Il consider myself we'll and strong
and I make It q point now to take =
cup OF Postum with q cracker or two
~ soon ~ come homo from school
In the afternoon. Postum with crack.
ers or . biscuit makes my luncheon,
It certainly saved my life for I
know coffee would have killed me IN
time had continued drinking it.
II have . young girl friend, Q stem.
oGapher. who declares nothing
strengthens and refreshes her like
Postum and she has littla-uti stove
In her once and makes cup OF Pos
eum ut noontime. have recommend.
Cd this wonderful beverage to many
OF my friends who know what Il has
done for me-" Name given By Pos-
tum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Look In each package for COPY oS
the famous little book The Road "a
Wellville."
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
4 MIGHTY MAD WOMAN
She Did Not Appreciate Ride on
Street Car Fender.

=
Street Car Fender.
A cable train was scooting down
State street as fast as the wire rope
could drag it. The gripman was rat
Ting OF "Hiawatha" on the gong,
and Just ahead q woman, who was
almost as broad as she was tall, had
pre-emptied the track. The gripman
released the hold on the cable and
switched from Hiawatha to q break.
down Jig. but the woman never
stirred
The next instant the street car
Bumped" the p1e-empted claim in the
street and $50 pounds of mighty mad
woman was taking a ride on the fen
der. The gripman stopped the cable
train, leaped over the dashboard Of
the car and expected to fnd dead
woman. But she wasn't dead. In
deed. she was sitting there adjusting
her hat. When she caught sight of
the gripman she ground her teeth
together. leaned forward. shook her
ast at him and said. Blame you.
anyhow!"
A minute later she was up and
away without saying another word
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
srARLlNos 70 rtoHr rIcks.
Insects from South America Have Be.
come q Nuisance In jamaica.

insects from South America Have Be.
como Nuisance In jamaica.
An interesting experiment in natur.
alization is now under trial In the
country districts of jamaica, where
the plant-ticks first introduced about
80 years ago with cattle from South
America have multiplied till they have
become an almost intolerable pest.
A number Of ordinary English star
lings have been introduced into the
island, in the hope that they may 70
far retain their native tastes as to
take kindly to the task Of destroying
these omnipresent and repulsive crea-
lures, which In comparatively few
years have made the forests and pas
lures of the island almost impossible.
It will be curious to see how the
starlings fall In with their introducers'
expectations. and how far they sue
ceed in making an impression ON the
nuisance they are intended to combat.
1t is never possible to predict with
any certainty how any foreign species.
whether animal or vegetable, will get
on when suddenly transplanted into
wholly new surroundings. = Country
Life.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
Promises unsupported.

A good story is told of Prof. Jebb. In
the classroom. Immediately above his
own Prof. Veitch lectured on logic.
One day the peroration of, the profes.
sor was greeted with such rapturous
applause that 1t brought down some
pieces Of ceiling in the room below.
As the bits Of plaster dropped about
the room Prof. Jebb quietly remarked
Gentlemen. our premises will not SUP.
port the conclusion OF the professor OF
logic.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
AntiauIt:e. in tn. Colonies.

Some OF the British colonies are suf-
ficiently old for an antiquarian value
to attach to their coinage. At the MUIR
doch sale recently 500 gold piece of
British Columbia. dated 1862. made
$500. and the SO piece Of the same
type realized 5000. 1t is believed that
no specimens Of these two coins have
ever been offered for sale by public
auction: in fact. the only other speci-
mers known are In the British mu.
scum.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
wonderful SALT Formations.

Some remarkable salt formations
are found extending for thirty miles
along the Virginia river in Nevada
The salt forms mountains of crystal,
and is SO pure and clear that fna
print can be read through a foot OF
1t. This region was evidently once
occupied by q great salt lake. as close
by are some wonderful wells. one OF
which. 75 feet in diameter, contains
water SO intensely saline that q per
son bathing there will float like .
cork.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
EXHIBIT OF RADIUM
EXAMINED BY COLORADO DOCTOR
First Sample Of Marvellous New Metal
Shown at Denver-some Of lts Re
: markabIe Properties.


First Sample Of Marvellous New Metal
Shown At Denver-some Of lts Re,
markabIe Properties.
At the recent meeting of the Colo
RADIO State Medical Society, a treatise
on radium, the element that at the
present time is occupying the attention
Of the scientific world, read by DR.. G.
H. Slower, caused much discussion. DR..
Stover has the only piece Of chloride Of
radium In the West and has made
many experiments with 1t in treatment
Of cancer. DR.. Stover has not tested
radium in cases of blindness, though
Eastern physicians have reported that
blind patients have received some ben
efits from radium applications. During
his remarks, DR.. Stover said:
I'VE are at present immersed in an
ocean Of rays, vibrations OF one kind
or another, some Of which are recog-
nized by the senses, as light by the eye,
sound by the ear, warmth by the touch.
There are. however, some kinds that
cannot be perceived by the senses, and
we have to use intermediate devices.
A number Of substances give on these
rays. Uranium was the first to be dis
covered. Thorium and actinium also
give on rays.
Mons. and Nine. Curie, in France,
were the first to study the subject Of
radio activity. Mons. Curie found
radium, which is the most powerful Of
the group. Nine. Curie discovered po-
lonium, named after Poland, her ma
tive land.
Radium is one Of the alkaline earth
ly metals, atomic weight 225, which is
heavier than gold. the latter being
1867. 1t is bi-vallent element. Lit
tie pure radium is in existence, it be-
ing found mostly in combination with
some other element, chiefly a chloride
or bromide of radium.
Three different kinds of rays are
given on by radium: one identical with
the X-ray, the other two being like the
cathode ray. except they have exactly
the opposite effect on a magnet. The
radium rays are given of more like a
mist than having any definite direc-
ton. They penetrate many of the So
called Opaque substances and affect q
Photographic plate much like the x
rays.
They have a destructive action on
living tissue; mice and rabbits have
been killed by exposure to the rays.
Frogs developed from tadpoles exposed
to radium develop into deformed ami
mails"
The specimen of radium which the
doctor exhibited was a whitish pow
der sealed in glass tube, which is
kept in a rubber tube, and this inside
q brass tube one-tenth of an inch
thick; but even this was not enough to
confine the rays. They penetrated the
case. as well as a sheet of lead one
tenth Of an inch thick. The naked
tube Of radium is plainly visible in the
dark by its own light. 1t is computed
that 1t would take billion years for
a piece Of radium to wear itself out,
and 1t will melt its own weight in ice
, every hour. One pound of chloride of
radium is worth $1O0. 700, and pure ra-
dunn is quoted at $1,000. 900 pound.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
Wlse,e Ingenious Plan.

Tears ago Sir ko.ger Hill and his
son lay dying 1t the same time. II
was Of the utmost Importance to the
sons wife to keep her husband alive
beyond his father. Just suflicient time
to enable him to sign . will. This
she did by killing one pigeon after an.
other. keeping his feet incased in the
body Of the hot steaming bird and -
soon - Il became chillo1 changins
II for another. The plan was success.
full and the property was left TO the
ingenious wife who was 20 soon .
widow after the execution Of her plaA.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-22
New WsddIno cu.tom.

At recent society wedding Q nov.
city was introduced. Instead Of the
throwing Of the conventional and un.
doubtedly hard-hitting rice, the pret.
tiest and softest Of tiny shoes made
Of silver paper. with Good Luck
printed inside, and tiny silver horse.
shoes made Of the same harmless ma.
terial. were used by the brides we'll.
wishers, and thrown at parting.