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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
School AppOrtiOnment.
Auditor Sylvester has receiv

Auditor Sylvester has received
from State Superintendent Olsen
the statement of-the March APP
portionment of school taxes. The
total amount whlch@will-g to
Beltrami county is S2,054.65, and
the total number of pupils en-
titled to state aid of 81 45 per
capita is 1,417. Of the total
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
Dentists to Have Association

A. move is on foot to organize
the dentists on the line of the
Great Northern between this
city and Crookston together with
the Crookston dentists and
others at various points in this
sectionsinto an association which
will have for its object the gen.
eral furtherance of the mutual
interests of the profession.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12

Bemidji is soon to be supplied
with pure drinking water from
one Of the springs at the head Of
the lake. Twowell known gentle
men are arranging to handle the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
Money in Dead Logs.

Dead logs to the value of Slo3
were recently taken out Of the
bed of the Mississippi river IN
Minneapolis in a space 12x6O feet
cleared up to nal et room for a
-bridg -eaSSion.--
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12

amount s745. 40 will go to the Be
midi school district and the total
number Of pupils who are en-
titled to the aid in thezlocal dis
trict is 514.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
Samaritan Dance.

The Modern Samaritans will
give a dance at the opera house
following the presentation of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
n three weeks NOR

cheney. In three weeks more
the entire contract of the S. A.
Gray Co. with the Red River
Lumber Co. will have been
wound up. The company have
been extensive operators in this
vicinity for the past two years
but have now filled all their CON
tracts
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12

water. 1t will be known as Pine
Spring water and there is every
prospect that it will have q ready
sale.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
Little Interest Manifested.

Little interest was manifested
in the Republican primaries this
afternoon. Less than twenty five
votes were polled in the First
ward and about fifty in the
Second. The delegation selected
from the First ward to attend
the county convention is VIM.
McCuaig, w. A. Cassler, George
McTaggart, I'll. G. Hays, p. -.
Mcdonald, w. A. Gould, |. B.
Olson and John Goodman. From
the Second ward the delegation
will be l.. I'll. Bailey, John Wash
burn, G.. b. Carson, Mat Mayer,
Andrew Warheld, G. S. Young,
Chris Christensen and Norman
Helmer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12

Advertise in the Daily Pioneer
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
Going in Turpentine Business

AS soon as the winters work
in the woods in this vicinity is
finished j. w. Irwin, the well
known -Iumbcrman, willleave for
Florida, Whcre=he will spend most
of the summer. The firm of
Irwin & O'Brien have extensive
interests in that section and are
going into the turpentine bust
ness quite extensively. Mr..
Irwin is an enthusiast for the
southern country. Mr.. O'Brien,
who spent~most Of the winter in
this section with headquarters at
Duluth. has already left for the
south. 2
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
Pure Drinking Water.

is a good investment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-12
FIRE SALE
The Bazaar Will Reopen Monday
Nth Some Very Unusual
Offerings.

The Bazaar which has been
closed since the fire in the NAL
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''Does It pay you 70 nave the government
run the railroads.?
New Zealand through taking over the
railroads, telegraph lines, etc, as national
property has won great advantages. Such
action secures the people against combipa-
tons In regard to oppressive prices for
fares and freights, prevents 'discrimina
tons and gives back to the people the
profits made through the use of railways
and telegraphs by the people. On its be-
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ing our chat he told me what the
government was then doing to reconcile
the troubles of labor and capital; how 1t
had established the weekly half-holiday,
had practically fixed the forty-eight hour
week. and how it was to some extent reg
ulating trusts and the accumulation OF
large fortunes. He said that the working
men of the country had become the pre-
ponderating influence in political life, and
their success had been won not through
violence, but by reasoning out the matter
or the stump and thereby getting the bal
ance of power in parliament. MIR. Iregear
then thought that New Zealand's efforts
toward equaliZing the rights of man would
be initiated by other countries lie sald
the colony was steadily advancing, and
that he hoped great things for the future
THAT was in the year 1900. Here is what
be says of the situation today. The ques-
tons interspersed through the interview
are mine:
Industrial New Zealand in 1904.
Department of Labor.
wellington, N. T., 18th of March, 1904.
my Dear Mr.. Carpenter.
at is not easy to condense in a single
article answers to the large social and
economic questions you send me, but L will
do my best. You ask whether organized
labor has been for the good of this colony?
| believe that the organization of labor IN
New Zealand has been productive of much
has allowed industrial affairs to be looked
at from a calm, collective standpoint The
employers have met the organizations OF
their men by forming similar unions and
associations among themselves, SO that in
regard to the conditions of wages, hours.
etc, in a trade the personality of the in
dividual counts little and his energies have
to be turned to his own more perfect work
and the Improvement of methods and ma
terials rather than to the grosser sorts OF
trade competition.
''Thc sweater has been eliminated and
the honest employer, who wishes to pay
fair wages, is encouraged by the absence or
the commercial pirate. Moreover, employ
ers are not at the mercy of their men in
critical times.
ION the part of the workers themselves
organization has helped enormously to bet
ter their condition The trade unions have
been mostly superseded by industrial
unions, registered under the arbitration
act. and such unions do nothing dire ct
Iy to raise the wages of their members
They have, however, great political and
social influence"
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And 1 want little help. I'll tell you later
what he's done; but when we pull into dock
sort of hang on to the old lady and knock
her about and hold her back while / coul1
run down and get the Scotland Yard in
line, why. I'd be much obliged"
The captain nodded. III do anything IN
reason" he replied, ito bring a chap like
that to book. Tell me all about him, and
tell me just what you would like to haze
me do"
During the latter half OF the voyage ex-
narily discreet, had impaired some details
TO his mate; later the steward had heard
word or two, and 1t was not long before it
was generally understood that the man
dressed in the garments of a bishop was in
, reality a safe robber, and that the big man
in furs who paced the deck and who had
all the marks of blue-blooded plutocrat
was in reality central office detective
rounding the bishop up. Nobody thought
OF the man In 233 and the middle-aged
woman in 100 Nor, apparently, did they
think of each other.
But as the steamer neared the end of her
journey each in his and her way felt that
crisis was approaching. Atkinson of 233
became on his side the calmer: apparently
he had not care in the world, and If he
had had at the outset of the voyage. the
sea air had steadied his nerves The woman.
on the other hand, was nervous She show
ed her excitement by the many times she
Kept clasping and unclasping the reticule
she carried.
Once or twice the captain, to get a good
look at her, stepped close and asked her
some commonplace question.
Madam" ne said one day, "can get YOU
a glass of milk?"
The woman shook her head But" in
sisted the captain. Il refer to milk and
She smiled family. The captain brought
the milk and" 1t did her a world of good.
But on his way back the captain plucked
Atkinson by the sleeve
las- xs..t.s
for her"
I'm looking" replied Atkinson rhe
captain moved along. I'm a pretty sharp
piece of work myself" unused Atkinson
Thirty-six hours later the steamer was
being warped into her dock. Her pas
sengers crowded about the rail. OF all the
passengers, two were intent upon every
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NEW ZEALAND IN 1904
How the Colony Handles
Labor and Capital.
THE E1GHT-HoUR DAY
LAND WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE
THE REAL RULERS.
Industrial Unions-Government Own
ership-Old Age Pensions for
Working Men.
THE E1GHT-HoUR DAY

Written for The Evening Star.
/ give you today an interview which !
have just received from the leading author
ity on capital and labor of what many
consider the most advanced labor country
of the world. It, comes from the other side
of the globe, away down below the equator,
from the colony of New Zealand. 1t IL
written by Mr. Edward Tregear, who for
the past fifteen years has been Sec
rotary of labor for that colony, and VINO
has always been one of the prime movers
in New Zealand's experiments on the labor
problem. The interview is in response 10
questions which sent Mr.. Tregear several
months ago, and it gives the situation as
regards labor and capital in that country
In 1904.
1t is now four years since met Secre-
tary Tregear in his Office at the labor de-
partment in Wellington, New Zealand. he
Is a bright-eyed. scholarly looking man OF
perhaps forty-five years of age. He is
thoroughly posted on the labor situa ton
and especially on all things connected with
labor in Australia and New Zealand Dur
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up the gangplank, even though its angle
was dangerous one, and insisted upon
passage. There was an instant's parley in
loud tones. and the steamship company
surrendered
Perhaps the most Interesting spectator
OF all this was a man who leaned against
the RAN smoking cigar and wearing a
tourists cap with a pointed peak upon
each end He waited until the woman had
stepped upon the deck, and then he mingled
quietly with the crowd in the background
This man was booked for passage under
the name of VIM. T. Atkinson He had
been assigned to state room No. 233
There was one thing peculiar about the
woman. She had regularly booked for pas
sage upon the steamer, and she had also
booked for passage upon four other liners,
all about to sail on that same day Upon
the Baltic she was booked as Mrs. Sarah
Sanderson, and she occupied stateroom 10
1.-The steward told me-" he conf1ded to his
fellow
VIM. T. Atkinson the man with the peak
ed cap. sat one day In stateroom 233 and
looked earnestly at his reflection In the
mirror
THE question is" he said to himself,
scratching his head, Just how to do it best
That's the whole thing. It's got to be done
best, or not at all
At the end of ten minutes he strolled into
the captains saloon. The captain, recogniZ-
ing in him a man out of the ordinary run,
welcomed him and offered him cigar
I'll tell You who 1 am" said VIM. T.
Atkinson. coming to the point at once Il m
Bcneset Smith, plain clothes man of the
force That's who am.
You don't say so,'' said the captain, in
terested at once. Don't see much of you
people crossing and recrossing They keep
you pretty close to home" He pulled
bit. Whats doing?'' he inquired.
VIM. T. Atkinson shook his head you
got the slickest chap on board" he an
swered. that ever was. His name is
Shandy-Solomon Shandy. That's one of
'em. l sppose he's got Others
Whats he done?' inquired the captain.
Everybody returned the other, land
everything Again the captain scratched
asked. The other man smiled and cooked
his head to one side.
From general appearances now" he in
quired, do you think you could pick him
out, yourself?" The captain pulled and
puffed and puffed.
I've thought has acted queer. He's booked
as PEBBLES and sleeps in 43. That might be
the man."
The other shook his head PEBBLES" he
answered. lis only a poker sharp, and his
name is PEBBLES. He's new one, too, by
the way. You'd better look him up. But
no, you got the wrong pig by the ear he
smiled again. What would you say" he
asked the captain, 'to Mrs. Sarah Sander
son of No. 1913? What do you think of
her?"
The captain gasped "Whatr he ex-
late at starting? No-thunder. mol She
amt man.
IF she isn't" returned the other man,
I'll eat my hat and I'll eat yours for des-
sert." He leaned forward. IN tell you,"
he went on, I'm special on this case. There
may be some other of our people aboard
who are rounding this chap up also, but
want to nail him myself, and no mistake.
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AT Fischer's the latest notable acquisi
ton is q still life painting by William NJ
Chase. This is a comparatively small can,
vas. picuring copper coffee urn. a blue
and white ginger jar and group Of fruit
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dressed man presented to the cashier of the
Lafayette National Bank check to the
order OF James b. Birdsall. signed by Nc
Cormick. Hunt & Biddle. The check called
for the sum of 1868. just one-tenth the
amount of the larger check 1t was in
dorsed by James b. Birdsall, and McCor-
mick. Hunt q Biddle had guaranteed the
Endorsement on the back. The cashier gave
the check a fiirt on its face, another on its
back. "impaled In on file, and looked at
the well-dressed man.
How'll you have ii, Mr. Birdsall?" he In
quired Mr.. Birdsall took 1t any way; he
was not particular. Then he left the bank.
Ten minutes later the cashier was called
up on the wire. Mccormick. Hunt & Biddle
there's a big check. nearly ten thousand,
gone astray. It's Jones & Birdsalfs check
and some other messenger has got II by
mistake We call you up to stop payment.
It's for nine thousand six hundred and
thirty dollars exact, Has II come In YETI
1T has not" returned the cashier. II
haven't had any big checks of yours today.
though a lot of small ones. I'll keep my
weather eye out for It, though. Let me
know II you get 1t back"
So II was all right, except that II was all
wrong. And that was Mr.. Shandy's little
game based upon the carelesSnesS and
recklessness and confidence of the New
York business public. But unfortunately
for him. II was just the twenty-frst time he
had worked the game And the next morn
ing the police department suddenly woke
up.
Mr.. Shandy made himself unusually
scarce. "You can't fool all the people
all the time" he murmured to himself, as
he packed his dress suit case and left.
About the same time another man was
packing another dress suit case. The name
OF this other man was Boneset Smith He
was the head and front Of the plain clothes
force of the New York police department.
THAT Shandy fellow" said Boneset Smith
unto himself. may be a CRATER. I am a
grabber of grafters. and nothing less, by
George"
The last bell on the Baltic had been
rung. All were ashore who were going
ashore. Her gang plank was on the point
OF being raised-all were aboard who were
going aboard. All but one-a woman, who,
umbrella in hand. frantically waved for
passage. She had come in cab whose
horse was lathered with foam. She sprang
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Mr.. Solomon Shandy was great In the
line of graft. He was great because he
was invariably the pioneer. the inventor
Of new games. He set the styles IN swirl
dies. Few know that Mr.. Shandy was the
originator of the great green goods game,
but he was. He was the only orlsihdi
wire tanner. too. But the public does not
know these things, because just as soon as
the police departments learned that there
was a new movement on foot Mr.. Shandy
Immediately dropped it,
Shandy's present graft was quite as
great and novel as any he had ever set on
foot. 1t consisted in reducing the amount
OF checks. All over the country men or
his Xix were engaged in raising the amounts
on checks. it took n Shandy to reverse the
process and make it pay. For instance:
Mccormick, the board member of Nc
Cormick. Hunt & Biddle, went on change
one day and bought in open market of
Jones & Birdsall 100 C. T. A. McCor-
mick, Hunt d Biddle were important
bankers and brokers, and so were Jones
e. Birdsall. Their dealings were enor
nous. The price of the 100 c. I. A. was
just 50 $50 1t was payable at pm. on the
following day. Payments were made after
this fashion: The messenger of Jones q
Birdsall attended at the office of McCor-
mick, Hunt & Biddle, and from his wallet
latter firm. He had, perhaps, fifty others
for delivery to other firms. He entered
the delivery room of Mccormick Hunt &
Biddle-a room consisting of four hard
wood walls, with a shelf ana slit on one
side. He showed the certificates through
the slit, and poking his nose Qf 1t wete
long enough through the slit at the same
time. he informed the representative in
side that he would be back in half an hour.
Then he left. He had delivered the GER
tifcates. but he had no check This trans
action takes place everywhere in the Wall
street district every day at 3 o'clock.
Upon the occasion in question a man
bearing the semtlance Of Mr.. Solomon
Shandy was in the room when the mes
senger delivered the certificates. He was
seated on bench smoking cigar. He was
at peace with all the world. From time to
time messengers would enter and deliver
certificates snatch checks from the WIN
dow. Mr.. Shandy waited for some fifteen
minutes. then he approached the slit, and
In pleasant voice inquired whether the
check for Jones & Birdsall had been signed
There was nc audible answer, but in a
few seconds there was a swish, and the
Jones-Birdsall check came sliding through
the slit. and Mr. Shandy picked 1t up and
put 1t in his pocket. Then he walked out.
The situation was now quite unique. Nc
Cormick, Hunt & Biddle had the GER
tihcates. For these they had signed a
check for S9,630 to the order Of Jones &
Birdsall. Jones & Brdsalls messenger was
out upon his rounds And Shandy had
the check. What could Solomon Shandy
do with a check for 50 $50 drawn to the
order of another? Nothing. He quite ap-
preciated that fact 1t was at this stage
of the game that time became to be of
the essence of the transaction.
New York banks close at pm. But for
those who know the ropes they are open
for a longer time than that. 1t was not
however, later than 800 pm. that we'll
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Adjustable Spring Poem.

This new form OF verse is called the .Radio
m ter and is easily adjustable to suit the mos
chanseable climate1 sC
Cone May, with,a all thy early flowers,
II ~ (snows)
Thy singing birds and bursting flowers
Cubber bootst winter clothesl
Tha. may lift roundelay
lmighty wheeze)
For one intending holiday
cough and sneeze)
See, gentle Flora,s daffodils
(fell pneumonias microbes lush)
Ale sprouting from the smiling hills,
tnud and slush)
And woodland fairies gayiy trip
tbusy doctors)
With Mary buds and sweet cowsiip
mustard baths and anti grippe)
How can the poet then, express
The springtime thrill Of bliesfulness
VIII Natures music breathes around
(he is lying sick abed)
An0 be IL swooning In the sound?
with influenza in his head
Then welcome, Spring, nor let me fall
thow Ill ami
To raise one heartfelt. lingering Hanl
(d-!iD
WALLACE IRWIN.
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In the current exhibition of the Royal
Academy, London, Sargent's portrait of
the Duchess of Sutherland is said to be
the star picture, though some believe
that his more simple likeness of Mrs.
Asher Wertheimer shares honors with it,
E. A Abbey, in the same exhibition is
represented by the central panel of a
triptych which he is painting as rere-
dos for the Church of the Holy Trinity
in Paris.
The Richmond Art Clubs exhibition
opens the last OF this month, and for it
the Washington collection will be made
on Monday.
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High.

From Puck.
The father, who had got rich making sau-
sages that were old at once, was nothing
if not democratic.
His highness indeed he exclaimed,
with fine scorn.
"Faugh! Why do you say his highness?'
well he won't look at a cent less than
ten millions" replied the beautiful young
girl. his daughter, willing to justify her
self.
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The People Run New Zealand.

hC COPAC ASo1A ANCW x<CdldhQs
"I have understood that the trade unions
run the country"
"The unions do not run the country as
their enemies assert There are only % 900
nnionists workers in New Zealand out of
a population of $4,000 persons having adult
suffrage of both sexes so their votes could
not run the country. Their influence, how
ever from their solidarity and intelligence
Is very great and no politician can disre-
gard It, therefore they can bring pressure
on legislation.
ECONOMICALLY the unions Advantage labor
indirectly, but very weightily through the
Industrial Cancellation boards and arbitra-
ton court. Unions induce a feeling of COM
radeship; they have helped to advance
wages, shorten hours. gain paid holidays
ana half-holidays, and limited the number
of boy workers.
"The third party, the public generally
unconsidered in such matters. no longer
has to bear the danger. annoyance and loss
through disturbance of trade and of society
caused by employer and employee fighting
out their ouarrels and pretending to decide
Questions of right and wrong by methods
of brute force-for the cheque book can be
as brutal weapon as the club"
"How about wages?
wages In the colony rise and fall but
little: they have been steadily advancing
of late years. They differ according to eli
matte conditions in different parts of the
colony, but they average fairly as follows:
Ordinary laborers. 50 day; farm la
borers, S. to $3.50 a week and found; car
penters $3.50 a day; plumbers, $3.50; brick
layers, So to 81; painters. $2.25; bootmakers,
SO so to SIS per week Out most on piece
work.; order tailors. $3.50 day; plasterers,
IS; station hands (cowboys), IS to Sc week
and found; shepherds. 1915 to $425 a year
and found.
Women as Labor Factor.
..Give me some idea of your women union
lists"
"Our women take but little share in organ
lied labor. With the exception of the Dune
din tailoresses, who number about 500. there
are no influential or active women's unions
This arises partly because the inspectors of
factories and shops look with unremitting
vigilance after the wages, overtime pay
holidays, ETC., Of the women and girls SO
that there IL no pressure necessitating
unionism. Moreover, probably the want OF
cohesion In the sex when engaged in the
Industrial work. Of this country has effect
here as elsewhere There are no women
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= = =
i Unlucky.
From, Puck.

From Puck.
Publisher-"Your hook is fine up to the
seventeenth chapter.1i After that it is
mere drivel" sb'aLo9
Author-"Sir, It Is my misfortune not
my fault. just as e was beginning the
seventeenth chapter l discovered, quite
accidentally, what was driving att