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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28
DEVIL WAGONS
ON THE WATER
The Amphibious Development of the Auto
mobilSt.
BY JAMES R. CALHOUN.

in few short years in upsetting sew
eral thousand rules of the road on land,
he is impatient of the rule of port and
starboard. the right of way and all the
other complicated elements of mari
time law.
Already the papers devoted to wa
ter sports are printing cartoons show
ing the autoboat careering cheerfully
over capsized craft, ramming contem-
plative fishermen and hurting canoes
and skiffs right and left. New as the
sport is, it boasts a good list of acct
dents, ranging from explosion to col
lision.
In New York waters the cry has been
raised for water bicycle" police to
catch the autoboat as the land bicycle
policeman catches the land autocar-
riage. It is certain that unless the
wiser elements in the auto world be-
stir themselves. there will be demand
for restrictive legislation on the wa
fer to parallel the mass of restrictive
legislation that has been passed on
land.
There is one thing, however, that op-
crates to restrict the destructive ca
pacities of the speed maniacs on the
water. It is the fearful and wonder
ful construction Of their craft or rath-
err to be more accurate, vehicles.
The autoboat is called a boat onlv nv
courtesy. She is a vastly different thing
from the launches and power boats that
are built first of all to withstand wind
and wave and only secondary for speed.
They are real vessels-boats with an
engine I'm them. But the genuine auto
boat is an engine of ferocious power.
with just enough thin timbering around
It to float IT,
drifting log can crumble up the
bow OF the typical autoboat like paper.
She doesn't ride the seas like a shin.
she either jumps and slides over them
or browns herself fore and aft. Her
naval architecture is largely that of a
dugout. Sometimes they put a bow on
her like a knife, and sometimes like a
spoon. The prevailing style in sterns
for her is fiat and square, appaIljngly
like the foot end Of a coffin. Second In
favor is "A stern shaped like the ram Of
a battleship. Sometimes she is cigar
shaped. Sometimes she is formed with
a hood I'm front like n torpedo DESTROYER.
Whatever her shape may be, her con-
struction Is as light as deyil-may-care
persons dare 70 build her. Her extreme
examples are built not Of planking. but
OF veneer. Sometimes they don't even
bolt or riyon her. but stitch her thin
wooden skin with copper wire.
The only man who N really al home
in her is a canOeist who rs accustomed
10 "a craft that crawls and wrlthes un-
der him.
Having neither the weight nor the
solidity ~ the autOcaTiaRe, the auto.
boat driver cannot charge on obsfaclea
living and inanimate with any degree
Of hope thar bic vehicle VIII ~ The
smashing. he VIII smash % himself
and he knows a. ~ ~ the only thing
that hae restrained the aufoiaf from
making the go 81 unsafe ~ hs hsa
made fha land.
@The question ~ 'utiify does not
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28
Not a Horse Thief,
But He Came Near Being Arrested for One

A native-born New Yorker. who is
also well-known man about town"
and who sometimes spends his week
ends in Vermont, near Brattleboro', has
just had an interesting experience up
there.
One Sunday night recently he found
himself twelve or fourteen miles away
from the railroad station at midnight.
The train by which he had to return
to New York was due at 2 o'clock or
Whereabouts. The only horse avail
able to haul him to the station was
not of much account in the daytime on
good roads. and when at his best. In
the night over hilly, crooked roads
and after a long day of hard driving,
there was little probability that the
poor beast could get the New Yorker
to the station in time.
However. the man had to be here
on Monday, for there was a crisis in
his business and so he started behind
the plug horse in the dark, over bad
roads. There was little hope, but he
was determined to try.
When still eight miles from the sta
ton the horse gave out. He seemed
to just sit down to rest in the middle
of the road" says the native-bor New
Yorker when he tells about it. land I
saw the case was hopeless. So l had
to do something"
What he did was to go into a pas
ture alongside the road, catch a fresh
horse that was grazing there, and aft
er turning the tired horse into the
pasture put the fresh one into the
shafts.
This was his salvation so far as
reaching the railroad station in time
was concerned. The fresh horse got
him there easily, and on reaching New
York, after fixing up the crisis in his
business, the native born New Yorker
had a whole lot of fun telling his
friends about it. Some of them eau
toned him about spending another
week end in the vicinity of Brattle-
boro, and the native-born laughed at
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28

A new tribe is going down TO the
sea in ships; and wonderful ships.
The new tribe is not attracted
by the beauty and mystery of the
sea. Not for it is the stately glide
of white pyramids of sail, or the
laborious thrash to windward. All
that it seeks the water for is to hurry
over it as fast as propellers and devil
engines can go.
The autoboat has arrived on the
scene so suddenly that the world at
large has not had time yet to dis
cover that it is not a new develop
ment of an old sport, but a new sport
by new people.
The men who have taken the lead
in the autoboat sport are not yachts
men, but racing automobilists. AS
they choose a road on land, not for
it's scenic beauty, but purely for it's
properties as a speedway, so they
choose the ocean purely because it
offers them a new road for making
velocity records.
If they could make better records
by driving their boats through a ditch,
they would choose that i'm preference
10 Itle IilOSL ElOilOuS ODtil ottb tohiSI
that ever gladdened a yachtsman.
The real sailor world is only just
waking up to the fact that its billOwy
domain, on sweet and bitter waters
both, is being invaded by a tribe with
out traditions or respect for tradi-
tions. The automobile is too new a
thing to have created any code of
ethics among it's adherents. And the
automobiles, having entered the wa
ter. are supremely Indifferent TO the
ethics of the water, which is a matter
of the oldest tradition, dating back to
the first man who ever padded log
over the paleolithic sea.
A Vnndal of the Sea.
The automobilist. having turned au-
toboatist, is even inclined to look light
~ on that most sacred thing, the rule
Of the road at sea, which is not only
a matter Of tradition. but Of all the in
telligence and experience Of all the
maritime nations. Having succeeded
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28
HOW THE PRIVATE
FOOLED THE CAPTAIN.
A Real Life Romance of Camp Life
at Fort SIOcum.
From the New York Times.


From the New York Times.
A romance i'm real life that fully
equals the best product of the imagi-
nation of writer of fiction was re-
lated by a captain of the National
Guard to a party of officers at the
state camp at Peekskill the other day
It happened during the recent Spanish
war, when he was lieutenant in the
Twenty-second Regiment At that
time the Twenty-second was stationed
at Fort Slocum, on David's Island, i'm
the sound. This island lies about -
mile from the New York main shore,
on a line with New Rochelle, about a
mile and half from Travers Island
the country home of the New York
Athletic Club, and perhaps three miles
from Larchmont, where is located the
club house Of the Larchmont Yacht
Club During the war many dances
were held at the yacht club house
which were always attended In full
force by the officers Of the regiment,
dancing being about the only recrea-
ton.
A constant attendant at these
dances, IL seems, was "A private Of one
OF the companies. Notwithstanding that
leave Of absence was never accorded
him. As he was punctually on hand
every morning for roll call, however,
no particular thought was given 70
the matter. EXCEPT some wonder as to
how he made his way 10 the main land.
The only communication between Dav-
IDS Island and the New York shore
was by means Of government tug
stationed there for that purpose and
he certainly did not use that Tor this
was the boat that carried the officers
10 Larchnont whenever the dances
took place.
But there he would he ms regularly
90 the affairs came around, IN all the
glory Of his white duck trousers and
blue yachting cap, having ln some
equally mysterious way DOTTED his sol
der rig. which WAS another source Of
speculation, az nothing but the regu-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28

them and went up there last week
At the railroad station the first man
he met was the livery stable man
whose tired horse had been turned
into the pasture alongside the road.
We'll" he declared, you have got
gaul! You'll be in Jail pretty quick
if you don't get out of here!"
What for?"
why for boss stealing, of course.
The maddest farmer in all Vermont
has been looking for you a whole
week. There was a time when boss
thieves had hard lines up here and
you'd a been took up sure if YOU'D
"a came here last Monday or Tuesday.
| ! had it in for you myself for that mat
/ ter. Better not go out to the hotel
better take the next train for N'York."
| 1t took an hour of persuasion and a
good many fingers of good red liquor
to convince the stable man that the
change of horses wasn't a criminal
offense, but simply in part an act of
dire necessity and in part a joke, but
in time he was mellowed into a forgiv-
ing spirit. The farmer hasn't been
seen as yet by the native New Yorker
but the stableman has promised to
help talk him over.
Anyway" he said on Monday
morning when the native born New
York, there wasn't any real harm
done. but farmer Brown was some
considerably riled when he seen my
boss in his lot, and couldn't find hide
nor hair of hisn.
He turned my boss out into the
road and hitched up and drove to Brat
tleboro'. where he had a piece about
boss thieves put in the paper. Also
he had some hand bills offering re-
ward for the thief struck off Just as
he was agoing to start home he seen
my boss, which had come home,
Affirming into my stable. That gave
him clue and he sleuthed my stable
right away. There he found his boss
as big as life and twice as natural. and
] let him take the beast away without
a kick. | was too glad to get my own
back again to make any fuss. Thanks,
/ guess ] will take another parting
drink on it,"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28

Copyright. 1904, by Guy T. Visknisk.
XII.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28

The House of Commons is losing
its dignity. Black and White hears
that members have been seen around
the premises in shirt sleeves in warm
weather. 1t expects to find a member
with musical tastes entertaining friends
at tea on the terrace by playing Good
by, Dolly Gray" on a mouth organ.
The Londoners have just heard OF
Dolly Gray" and 1t is popular.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28
Royal Foot Wash
stops Chatting, cures

stops chshnE, sweating, Itching
bach ~ nos sffisne1 Simple for 2-ceDt
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-28

Rem ogs q ~ ones
from mrmpiia,
feet. etc. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

UNLESS John 3. King of Red
Lake Falls, democratic candi-
date for secretary of state has
changed his opinion since Feb
ruary 10, 1904, he believes that
Robert G. Dunn made the best
state auditor Minnesota ever had.
In the Red Lake Courier, Mr..
Kings paper, on the foregoing
date he paid Mr.. Dunn one of the
warmest tributes that the former
state auditor ever received.
Among other things, Mr.. King
said: "Robert c.. Dunn seems
to come in for a lot of praise from
prominent men of all political
parties. Mr.. Dunn made the
best auditor the state ever had,
and every person familiar with
the work of that Office cannot
help admiring the position he
has taken with reference to mat
tiers affecting the people Of the
state.''
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31
johnson and Good Roads.

johnson and food Roads.
John A. johnson, the Demo
cratic candidate for governor, in
commenting upon a speech made
by Robert G. Dunn, the Republi-
can candidate for governor at
at West Duluth, Aug. 26, notes
the Crookston Times, sneered at
a statement made by Mr.. Dunn
regarding the necessity for good
roads in northern Minnesota.
Apparently Mr.. Johnson failed
to comprehend the facts and
figures quoted by Mr.. Dunn at
that time or to appreciate the i'm
portance that the constructionof
good roads is for the settlers of
the partially developed counties
in the northern part of the state.
Mr.. Johnson passed off the ques.
ton with a flippant remark that
"the bicycle people would take
care Of that" Mr.. Dunn on the
other hand, expressed himself as
strongly in favor Of securing bet
legislation to enable counties and
townships to construct better
roads where needed, and in the
speech referred to he said: "The
only state fund available for the
improvement of roads is the in
terest derived from the internal
improvement land fund of about
$3.50, 900 and the per cent Of the
proceeds of the sale of govern
ment lands; the receipts of the
latter source will diminish grad
Ially as the area of the public
lands decreases. This fund is
frittered away among the several
counties of the state by piece
meal appropriations and the pub
lie derives but very little benefit
therefrom. In my Judgment this
fund should be used for the con-
struction of roads in the sparsely
settled districts. A cons5itu-
tional amendment adopted in
1898 which provides for a tax not
exceeding one-twentieth of one
mill was bungling piece of leg
islation, and the legislature has
failed to act under it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

The democrats are everlast-
ingly referring to jackson and
Jefferson as the political demi.
gods of the past. No one can
tell what Jefferson would dc
were he alive to-day. He was a
good man, and a schemer and
dreamer in politics. Any one
can tell you what Jackson would
do we're he alive today. He
would be with Roosevelt. He in
a less educated way was the same
kind of man.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

state gained millions of dollars
through the business sagicity
with which Mr.. Dunn protected
his interests; that he collected
more money from the sale Of
state tim Der during the eight
years he held office than was col
lected in the thirty one years
previous; and that he collected
ten times as much from tress-
passerS on state timber lands
than ever before collected in the
history of the state.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31
REGARD To tho

In REGARD to the reports
made by Public examiner Sam.
uel T. Johnson as to the accounts
and business of the state audi
tors Office during the admins.
tration of R. G. Dunn, after all is
said and done, there is not a
word or charge which has been
sustained that shows that the
state ever lost one dollar in
money or one acre Of land
through any action of Mr.. Dunn;
but on the other hand il has been
shown beyond dispute that the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31


s BITS N O r I H !
+ ! i pE Z COUNTRY !
On to Kelliher!
Hail to Halloween!
Ski U-Mah! Hu-Rah!
Big snow storm due Novem-
Der 8.
Get ready to say, Good morn
ing Carrie. y
And still the travelling man
ravels out his voice. .
The Grand Rapids Magnet
fails to draw buyer.s
Indian Summer is a cold and
heartless maiden this year.
This is the night when the old
folks don't have a ghost of a
show.
Tonight the maid will learn her
fate and the householder lose his
gate.
The big game season opens
November 10, but the biggest
game will be bagged two days
cal lier.
A Cunningham farmer is smart
enough to raise a fifteen pound
rutabaga with a waist measure
of thirty-two inches.
Moorhead has still got the
best of Sodom and Gemorrahit
furnishes prohibition candidate
for the state of Washington.
The big Fork Compass digs
right into the heart of the sub
ject with an issue this week of
three solid pages on state drain
age.
The Border Budget calls the
Koochiching Echo a gutter, a
faker, a liar and a little yellow
doggie. This is budget enough
for one week. We'll get the Echo
next week.
Charles Klein homesteader
Of Hornet township is the father
Of eleven girls, most of them six
years DID,, 9 says the Funkley |
Bugle. We fear that the Bugle)
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

FOR SALE-Eight horse power
gasoline saw rig. Complete
and in good running order.
Will SELL cheap to responsible
party on easy terms. T. w.
Bell, at Office of b. j. Swed-
back.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

TO RENT-Rooms suitable for
office purposes over Crother's
Barber shop.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

FOR SALE Good hind quart
ers of beef at 5 Is cents and
good front quarters at 4 IL
cents. Other meat at whole
sale prices. Any amount de-
livered. Schaefer, City meat
market, Sank Rapids, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31
BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOR EXCHANGE = Team of
horses, harness, wagon and
pair of sleighs for forty acres
Of land close to the city. Call
at this office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

FOR SALE-Part cash and part
exchange, first class saw mill
property with contracts for
saving tim Der. Box z Med
ford, MINI.
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HELP WANTED.

WANTED To fill your wants.
Nothing does it like a Pioneer
want ad -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

FOR SALE-Limited mum Der of
copies of the Pioneers souvenir
edition. Pioneer Office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

WANTED TO RENT Good pay.
ing meat market. Joe Truit
ness, st. Clear, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

WANTED-At once, apprentice
girl to learn to set type and to
learn the newspaper business
generally. Pioneer office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

FOR SALE Household goods,
call Monday and Tuesday, at
residence of A. p. White Be-
midi avenue and Sixth ST.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-31

WANTED-For u. S. army able
bodied, unmarried men be-
tween ages of Fl and IS, citi-
zens Of United States, of
good character and temperate
habits, who can speak, read
and write English. For in
formation apply to Recruiting
Officer, Miles block, Bemidji
Minnesota.
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FOR SALE-A new mich COW.
A snap. Inquire of Thome &
Meyer.
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s CO.. PIONEER e,:..
x.,,. WANT COLUMN Than
EoR SAL e.

FOR SALE Two COWS. A. L
Coliard, 910 Minnesota Ave.
The daily tribune., 1904-10-22
!. PweIy Rssssal .

Il. ?. Oelliss ~ AsWs froo
oasaa cttU ssaay issksas aesr bis oil
intsrssea
-Aass Moors. a the Portland
Ososss wests. W. In ths city teasS
@ bas3neo.
-Ar. I'D Ars- Thooas Oaznody
have rssarnsd from . three weeks
v,sis q The d. Loais fair asd Other
poists.
Rev. ssA Mnl Milne returned
last svssiss from Pssblo whsrs they
astssdsd the Baptiss cosvsntion in
Pusble shis vssk.
-Nn- Sarah Quipis will move
70 Rcckvals IN order 70 b more con.
vsrisut ~ the coal mine where her
two boys arc now working.
Rev. Ward Russsil returned from .
trip 70 the worlds fair and National
Congress Of the Christian church. and
will all his pulpit here Sunday.
-Ars. A. n. Smith leave, tomor-
row for her old homo in raris, Texas.
where she will spend the winter
Mr.. Smith will accompany her ~ lar
~ Pueblo.
Mrs Annie Ward and little
daughter. Inez, who has been visiting
NJ. and Ars. z. L. Bevsrstsck. left
today for their home in Deadwood.
South Dakota
E. r. Stanley representing the
American Polyscope Go. which is to
show at Elks ball Monday night will
give free show on the streets this
evening. Don't fail to 500 IL.
-Charles Brainerd, who has been
visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. O.
". Brainerd for the last two months.
returned today to British Columbia
whore he hes found . position in An
ore mill.
George W Bixler. representing
Kawin q Co.. glassware. silverware.
etc.. Chicago. was In the city last
night the guest of Prof. r. n. Jones.
Mr.. Bixler and Mr.. Jones were school
ma tes and life long friends.
The daily tribune., 1904-10-22
Prize Puzzle.

The prize pussls Il now for sale At
~ Chamber Of Commerce. Prioe 10
q. There are two prises 70 be award
sd-one for guessing tho majority Of
votss Of the successful presidential
candidate, and the other for filling
out the chart correctly. Directions
accompany each punsle. The Chamb-
or Of Commerce will set aside ~ re-
ceived. and deposit in the First Ma
sional bank Of Florenoe, 20 per cent
Of the net receipts from the sales of
the pussle, 1.-THE Nan Of Commerce.
the Missing Link" to be distributed
in prises ~ follows:
Twenty i've per cent Of the prize fund
Accumulated from sales up TO and in
November 7th. 1904. will be
awarded and paid to the person guess
ing tho nearest 10 the majority Of the
popular vots or plurality. for the suc-
ce1sful candidate for president Of the
United States. Il
The daily tribune., 1904-10-22
St. Albans.

St. Albans.
Divine services tomorrow with
sermon At II O'Clock.
Subject, 1.-THE Golden Rule.
In the evening by request the REQ.
tor will rereat his sermon OH "voices
Of the Harvest. - Appropriate music
1t both services.
Sunday school meets at 10 O'Clock.
All are welcome.
The daily tribune., 1904-10-22
Rol. COUNTY 1R1AsuR1R.

c. ]. gsslz,ekssa, n Aaabas
oWvnne e ~ pseDae.
q , 1bo1xiskssa. no0inso - ~
suVuh1anns eiskes ~ ssss1y tssasarsf.
= ~ pssssss sassaAsss - ssrvins
~ - tsRD. H ~ ss.neainoAsA
- assaanassss ~ ~ vrsssas ssrn.
llF. Dts1rSeksss y but ~ ysass q
~. - ~ - istsssssins family
sl vils - I've shillrsa. The
49, - ssasey tssassrsr usdsr Mr..
RssAselskssa's tern has bssa . splss-
81 ssnnpas q esopstses ssd CO.,
ssssssssss s0ssr. . ssss ssrvant a shs
psssas.
TAs pesssst 1ss systso. sn1sr
WhSsA ~ eoaDty trsassrsss are paid.
Wsos isse eject IL July 1909. which
psoviAss . spsoiAsa aalary according
- ths caastAeatioa q cosntiss- n
~ ssssty srsasarsr sazns It froO
ths proceeds asd earnings Of bis once.
by changing TIE Ssss - provided for
by Law. I'D sftsr pain salaries for
psesnasy help in the once. 70 transfer
ths balance Into shs general county
fsDd.
The record shows thas from July !.
lseo. - Jss. I. 1909. there was paid
iste shs esseral eosnty fund. the net
peecesds a TIE county tssasarss of1scs
sAs sesal saa u el.leo.s4 thss 10.
ehis y the ADoast IN sxeso Of The
sapssss of The once daring that
time.
Daring Mr.. Ersdricksons term.
which oonnsnosd Jan. 1. 1904. be
hes alrsady paid Into the general
eoenty fand. the sum Of ei.sas. o..
and by ths end Of the year there will
b the additiooal sum Of q. 800. max.
ing . total Of q. .09s o.. after all sal.
sr,ss and sxpsusas for the hrst. term
have been paid. 70 bs transfsrred TO
shs oounty's general fund. being g..
90. 10 more earned for the county dur
ing his term than has been paid
by al Of bis predecessor for tho last
ten ysars. Ought not such . mans
servioss 10 the county are appreciated
By the voters.
Mr.. Frsdrickson's opponent on the
demooratic ticket, Kent l.. Eldred. 10
chronic olice holder. He has served
two terms. or six years ~ county
judge. having held ofiioe longer than
elective ofiiosr in the county. except
q. L. White. ard the county has
paid to him In salaries the enor.
nous sum Of tls. .ooo. 90 to the pres
ant time. He il . single man and
hes never invested one cent in
property In this county in his own
name. and never paid penny OF
taxes.
Take Jour choics dear voter. and
rsmsmber that Jones don't foot the
bills in this instance. but Fremont
county docs. and It IL certainly to
the interests Of the taxpayers and
thoss who foot the bills to have Mr..
Erederickson ~ treasurer Of this ooun.
u. He will certainly bs reelected.