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, 1904-12-01
RAMBLER DoIHGs
Will Cut a Large Station and Install
Twin Pumps Patenting More
Ground.

The force at the Doane Rambler
are busily engaged in sinking the
shaft. A depth of 60 feet has
been obtained below the 4OO-foot
level and progress is being made
at the rate of from three to four
feet per day. A No. 6 sinking
pump lifts the water from the bot
tom to the four hundred-fo
level, while the large pump throws
1t from there to the tunnel 200
feet above, through which it passes
to the surface. The quantity of
water is such that it is impossible
to work in the ~crosscuts and shafts
too, so the drifts have been bulk
headed while sinking proceeds.
Three shifts are employed in
the shaft and it is the intention
on reaching the 50O-foot level to
cut a large station and put in two
large station pumps SO arranged
that if one gets out of order the
other will keep the water down
while repairs are made. This
precautlon is necessary to avoid
the loss of the pumping plant
under the large flow of water.
When this work is completed the
company can direct attention to
stopping the ore from the big
bodies already opened up.
AS 1t is now, every round of
shots in the workings adds to the
flow of water, and would soon
drown out the present pumping
facilities. particularly when the
surface water is bad. But when
the station pumps contemplated
are in action. the difficulty with
the water down to the 800 foot
level will be a thing of the past
Doublejack.
, 1904-12-01
General Merchandise
Store at E~ncampment
Burns Down.
600DS and STORE TOTAL LOSS
Fire Discovered 4 O'Clock Wednesday
Morning and Gotten Under Control
in Twenty Minutes.

The Bowen & Arnold general
merchandise store, at Encamp-
ment, burned early yesterday
morning. the building and stock
being an almost total loss,
amounting to several thousand
dollars. The loss is partially
covered by insurance.
The fire was discovered about
4 O'Clock in the morning and the
alarm turned in. The fire depart
ment had three lines of hose
flooding the fire in a very short
time, and had the fire completely
under control in twenty minutes
/ time. The fire had gained such
Roadway, however, before being
discovered that the building was
completely Quilted and is past
repairing. The stock was either
burned or SO damaged by water
that it is estimated nothing can
be saved.
This building was Just across
the alley from the Z. & H. build
ing, but the prompt action of the
fire department, and the absence
of wind, confined the fire to the
store building alone.
The origin of the fire is I'M
known, but it is supposed to have
4 started in the office. The entire
back portion of the building was
in flames when the fire was dis
covered.
Stanley Bowen. junior member
of the firm, is in Chicago, where
he has just purchased a large
stock of winter goods.
In all probability the company
will put up a larger and better
building than the one burned.
, 1904-12-01
PURCHASED BUNCH OF CATTLE
$50 Head Of Hereford Stock From ]. G.
Brewers Ranch Taken to Widow
field This Morning.

L. Meredith, a prominent
ranchman of Widdowfeld, came
in the first of the week and pur-
chased a bunch of $50 Herefords
from j. G. Brewer, on Spring
Greek, and will place them on his
ranch. The cattle were brought
in from the Brewer ranch yester-
day and started for Widdowfield
this morning.
Nh. Meredith also purchased
three Hereford bulls of Winthrop
Condict and will put them with
his bunch of cattle. The cattle
We're in good condition and will
winter in fine shape.
Mr.. Meredith was accompanied
by his two sons, Harry and Roy.
, 1904-12-01
Goes to Golddeld.

| Frank H. Kelsey, a freighter,
left here Monday, with two ten
lorse freight outfits for Gold6eld,
New. He expects to reach Gold
held in about three weeks. He
will load the outfit at Walcott and
from there he ships to some point
Pm Nevada on the Southern Pacific
hnd from there he will make an
overland drive of one hundred and
miles. Some place along
|thls route he will purchase all the
HAY and grain he can haul. By
this he will cut down his
Expenses for the trip as the hay
and grain can be sold so as to give
a large margin for hauling.
, 1904-12-01

With the breeder of light horses
the problem of hot blood and high
spirits is perennial, while the
breeder of drafters has troubles of
his own in attempting to maintain
scale. But the breeders of both
classes who run their horses on the
range have yet to solve the prob
lem of putting a docile well-man.
nered horse upon the market.
There is where the ranchman with
enclosed pasture and a small herd
has an advantage, and he must
pursue it if he would offset the adj
vantage of free pasture possessed
by the man who runs his horses
In the open. A herd within fences
should not be branded upon the
skin-it spoils their sale. Abrand
upon the hoof, after the manner
pursued in Europe, is a sufficient
identification in ease of theft, and
does not mar the appearance of
the animal. In any case the dan
ger of rustling is not as great in
the fenced portion of the country
as in the open. The horses of a
small herd can be gentled readily
and should be handled to some ex-
tent from the time they are colts
in or Ter that they may not require
the breaking process necessary to
range horses. a ranchman
pursuing these methods, and hav-
ing good judgement in breeding,
can place upon the market a horse
that will excel Eastern natives of
the same class, and one that will
bring his full value. The man
with a herd upon the open range
must content himself for "A time
with trying to get docility through
breeding. 1t seems impossible to
find stations of an established
breed which will correct all the
weaknesses or range mares. 1t is
difficult to correct one weakness
without accentuating another;
but all must be corrected if the
colt is to be of high value.-G E..
Morton, in Ranchman's Reminder.
, 1904-12-01
Has a New Piano.

Miss Ruth Scribner was the
recipient the first of the week of "A
handsome piano, the gift of her
FATHER, G. M. Scribner. Miss
Ruth was five years of age last
and her musical education
Ps as yet incomplete, but her
fnthcr and mother do not intend
hat branch of her education shall
be neglected. Ruth is a bright
fweet little girl and is the center
from which radiates the sunshine
for the rest of the family.
, 1904-12-01
IRRIGATION RUINS SEED
Artificial formulation Makes Fine
Vegetables, But Destroys the
Reproductive Power.

NJ. Spencer, a denver man, is
authority for the statement that
Irish potatoes grown at Greeley,
Colo, will not adequately repro
duce themselves, and states that
it has cost him $500 to learn it.
He says that seed potatoes;
raised by irrigation, will not
under any condition, reproduce
big 'spuds Invariably, a crop
from seed procured at Greeley
will result in small potatoes and
few in a hill" This he learned
after bitter experience and before
he was let into the secret by
Greeley men. He said that whilst
the Greeleyites were very indus
trious in furnishing seed to others
grown by irrigation-they
worked under the occult law of
procuring their seed from Mich.
gan or some where else in the rain
belt.
Mr.. Spencer advances the
tentative reason, that the arti-
fetal formulation incident to con.
slant application of water, whilst
greatly adding to the quantity of
the crop and size of root, in some
way impoverishes the germs"
This is in line with the history of
artificial formulation in both
animal and vegetable life. Any
interruption of the course of ma
ture, any hot house" help. etc,
has been proven by science to be
at the expense of the virility of
both. Neither scientifically bred
animals, nor transmitted flowers,
are ever as hardy and reproductive
as the original wild stock.
This is an important pointer fol-
those farmers in Wyoming who
are raising spuds. Mr.. Spencer
added that it is not the Greeley
soil, but their Eastern seed, that
gives Greeley potatoes theil
supremacy.
, 1904-12-01

to the bridge when he met a
freight wagon. His horses be-
came frightened and started to
back, cramping the spring wagon
and turning it completely over.
Mrs. Hyney and the two children
We're caught under the buggy but
were quickly released and every
body came off unframed, though
frightened.
, 1904-12-01
WEEKLY STOCKYARDS LETTER
Advantage Of Patronizing Home Mar
ket Becoming Impressed on
Shippers.

South Omaha, Nov. 30.-A con-
versation held in Chicago a few
days ago between your CORES.
pondent and one of the leading
commission men of that city indi-
Gates that the Chicago livestock
dealers are Seeing the hand
writing on the wall" This dealer
said: "As time passes, business is
becoming more concentrated.
Every month we find our lines
drawn closer to Chicago. The
growth of the Missouri river la
kets and the advantages which
they, so apparently have over us.
as regards distance to market, are
rapidly curtailing our operations.
The time will come, and not so far
away either, when Chicago will
rely for its livestock on the stock
raising districts Immediately sur
rounding us. The western a
kets will get all that is raised in
their own territory"
The advantages of patronizing
a home market, shown SO fire.
quently is this correspondence,
are becoming impressed upon the
minds Of shippers and a contin
uance of present policies of divid-
ing shipments, will, within another
year, break the power of Chicago
to control the country's prices.
Market conditions at South
Omaha the past week have been
fairly satisfactory. The inter-
vention of Thanksgiving day
shortened the market week. but
the balance of the time the de.
mand has been reasonably good
and prices in just proportion.
Quotations for the week follow:
Cattle-Cornfed steers, steady
to strong, running around S. 40
to $3.50; cows, 81 to 50 so, with
grades at $3.50; calves, good
stock, $3.50. Good to choice
grades were scarce in all lines.
Hogs-The liberal supply toned
down prices somewhat. The bulk
has been selling from $445 to
81 80, with good grades at "a 529.
Sheep-Market steady. Feed
ers in good demand. Good to
choice yearlings, 81 80 to S4.75;
good to choice wethers, 1926 to
$3.50; good to choice ewes 81 to
S4.25; good to choice lambs, $3.50
to $3.50; feeder yearlings, 1915
to $4.25; feeder lambs, 1925 to So.
With normal receipts the mar
ket should continue steady from
now on.
, 1904-12-01
Successor Appointed.

II. X. Weston, who came to Wyo-
ming two years ago and has held a
responsible position with the Cody
Trading Co at Cody, Wyo., has been
appointed cashier of the First Nation
al bank at Cody in place OF |. o. Mid
daugh, recently killed by bandits in
a raid on the bank.
, 1904-12-01

Jesse ID. Fouts offers his ranch
for sale at $1,000. This is a bar
gain for someone, as he has one of
the best cattle ranches in the coun-
try for its size, a fine house. and if
we are not mistaken there is $1,000
worth of loose property goes with
the place.
, 1904-12-01
.. 8. Court in Session.

The November term of the United
States court convened Tuesday morn
ing in the court room in the new gov
eminent building in Cheyenne with
Judge j. A. Riner on the bench. The
converting of the court on Monday
was postponed while some minor
matters were being arranged in the
court room.
, 1904-12-01

Programme of music at st.
Barnabas' Church for second Sun
day in Advent, Dec. 4, 1904:
Organ prelude. johnson
2-Processional hymn. e. Lutkin
3-Nenite. Oliver
l-Glorias .... Gregorian Chant
-Benedicite Matthews
6-Benedictus 80. Dudley Buck
Booth
S-Offertory Solo, Hymn to
God the Father. ..... Patti
DIR. l.. Senior.
9-Recessional hymn. .Conkey
lO-Organ postlude 49,. johnson
The Rector and Choir, members
of "St. Barnabas," desire TO ex-
press their appreciation of the
kind assistance rendered at the
Union Service on Thanksgiving
day by the members of the Pres
byter:an Choir, and to thank them
most cordially,
, 1904-12-01
OF Wyoming Interest
ingly Reviewed by
G.. E.. Morton.
MORE ATTENTION TO BREEDING
Why Branded Horses are Viewed With
Suspicion By Eastern
Buyers.

For some time previous 10 the
present writing the Chicago horse
market has held steady at about
the following prices for good to
best animals:
Draft (drafters) 49,. $3.50 to 1925
Draft (chunks) ...... 100 to 40
Horses farm mares
and small chunks). so to lis
Light factors and
coachers) ....... 200 to 400
Horses (light drivers) 40 to $50
Western (branded) 40 to Is
Plugs and scrubs. % to 40
Men who rear range horses are
well aware that the range horse
does not bring ever an average
price on the market. The only
class bringing IA lower. price is
that of plugs and scrubs. And
yet the range can produce a fair
horse if proper attention is given
the process. Too many men are
satisfied with raising mere horses.
without caring whether they are
good horses. Undoubtedly there
is some money at present in grow
ing almost any sort of a range
horse, but when prices fall the
first man to feel the effect is the
man with a low grade herd, for
a $40 horse will not stand as hard
a squeeze as a horse worth S75.
1t is evident from the prices
quoted above that the Eastern
market is not willing to pay up
for the general run of branded
horses, and there must be a reason
for it. For one thing, most range
horses are not bred with a view to
supplying any N market class.
Many men with large herds are
now using first class stations up
on selected mares of considerable
quality, and it is these men who
are getting the good to best prices
ranging from $40 to $75. The
other fellows are getting the poor
to fair prices, which range from
80 to $50. The export trade in
horses, combined with an active
home trade along the same lines
as the export trade, resulting in a
wholesale market and exchange,
has brought about the standard
izing or classification of market
horses; and a horse which readily
fits into n of the special purpose
classes will sell much better than
the horse of similar conformation
which is relocated to a lower class
because of the lack of certain
desirable points. Moreover, the
horse which is bred for a purpose
is usually found in a higher class
than the one which is bred merely
as horse flesh, and must seek his
own level.
Wyoming as a whole is supply
ing the Eastern market with four
classes of horses: ponies, saddle
and light harness horses, chunks,
and uubroken branded stuff. The
ponies go mostly to the farmers
for farm riding, or to city men for
polo purposes. There is not a
very heavy demand for farm
ponies, and there is not an ade-
quate supply of polo ponies. 1t
takes a sound pony of many good
points to become "A polo pony,
) and only one now and then is
found in the West. The ones
found are the best of their kind,
| however, and show the possibili-
. ties in this line Of breeding,
, 1904-12-01

For some time previous 10 the
present writing the Chicago horse
market has held steady at about
the following prices for good to
best animals:
, 1904-12-01
Tipped Buggy Over.

Leroy Hyney and family had
m experience this morning which
hey will not care to have happen
lgain soon. Mr.. Hyney was
IRVING up onto the east approach
, 1904-12-01
THE SUN SHINES FOR ALL.

demand for good ponies. Western
horses that are fit to enter this
class show blood and breeding.
If they are well broken and
unbranded. they sell on a par with
natives; but a brand on a horse
has become associated in the
Eastern mind with poor manners.
''cheapness," and to some extent
with viciousness, So that it is only
the best of the branded horses
hat sell directly to the user at
fair prices. The great majority
go to the country to be properly
broken and hammered before re-
turning to the retail market, thus
involving the taking of two COM
missions by the commission men,
and a profit by the trainer. The
best of the Western light horses
make fair drivers and excellent
saddlers, and many saddlers of the
best type go into the United
States cavalry, some even being
exported to Great Britain for
cavalry purposes.
Chunks, or small horses of the
draft type, weighing l,1Oc to
1,40O pounds, are often reared on
the range and find an outlet on
the farms of the East and Central
West. they do not bring the
price of native chunks, however.
because of being poorly broken
and because of their brands. The
brand puts an Eastern buyer on
his guard. and if a doubt exists in
his mind as to the desirability of
a branded horse. he gives himself
the benefit of the doubt. Thus,
unbroken branded horses sell far
below their finished value, and a
horse must be either well broken
or show surprising quality as an
offset to his brand, in order to
bring good money.
Yet there is no doubt that Wyo-
ming and the west in general pos
sesses the hardest race of native
horses in existence. The horse
native to the Rocky Mountain reg
ion has better wind, bone, sounder
hoofs, more grit, and better stay
ing qualities than any other class
of horses of mixed preceding in
the world. In some of these quail
tiles the thoroughbred is probably
their only rival, even among old
established breeds. But with all
their good qualities, there is some
thing radically wrong when the
market does not demand western
horses at good prices. Certain
other desirable features are lack
ing The man looking for a
draft horse wants the sound wind,
bone and hoof of the Western
horse, but he also wants the
quality, the easy action, the style
and the docility which the West
erner does not as a rule possess.
The man looking for a saddle
horse or a light harness horse
would be only too glad to avail
himself of the good qualities of
the Western bred horse if only he
could get with them the other
good qualities essential in this
class of horse. All in all the
Western chunk comes nearer to
supplying a definite want of East
ern buyers than any other West
ern horse. Weight, quality and
action are expected only in a mod
crate degree in this class, and the
ability to keep plugging away and
stand hard knocks is paramount.
but many a horse designed by ma
ture to enter this class does not
bring the price of his class because
he is unmanageable or is not a
good locker. There are too many
slab-sided, ungainly. headed, par
TALLY broken, ill-tempered West
ern horses upon Eastern markets.
Some of our ranchmen are demon
rtrntin.r Tint q nool hnrSa Of nithor
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-22
Says Freight Is Excessive.

A letter was received this
morning by Attorney Henry
Funkley of this city from John
Beulow of Hovey Junction which
asked Mr.. Funkley to act as at
torney in a replevin action which
Mr.. Beulow is about to institute
against the Minnesota & Interna-
tional Railway company to recov-
er team of horses, household
goods. ETC., which he shipped
from Mankato some time ago. At
the time the goods were shipped,
Mr.. Beulow claims, he paid $67
freight charges but upon the ar
rival of the car at it's destination
the agent there received orders
from the company's officials to
collect $3.50 additional, as the
amount which Beulow had paid
was too small. Mr.. Funkley will
begin the action at once, as Mr..
Beulow holds a receipt from the
agent Of the company at Mankato
for the amount he paid at the
time the goods we're shipped,
which he supposed was the full
charge for the use of the car.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-22
.Bemidji Commercial College
Not a Sick Day Since.

81 was taken severely sick
with kidney trou BILE. [ tried all
sorts of medicines, none of which
relieved me. One day I saw an
AID of your Electric Bitters and
determined to try that. After
taking a few doses I felt relieved
aud soon thereafter was entirely
cured, and have not seen a sick
day since. Neighbors Of mine
have been cured of rheumatism,
neuralgia, liver and kidney
troubles and general debility. !"
This is what B. r. Bass, of FIRE.
mont, n. O., writes. Only SOC at
all druggists.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-22
Say That Employment Of
fees Are Too Hasty in
Sending Men to Woods.
SHOULD ALLOW LIVE ONES" TO
SPEND THEIR MONEY.
Instead of That Meet the Men at
Trains and Hurry Them
Off to Work.

Much complaint has bernhard
from saloon men in Bemidji about
the manner in which the local
employment offices send out men
to the woods without allowing
them to spend a few days here
before going to the woods, and
expressions from proprietors Of
liquor esta blishments in the city
indicate that no good feeling ex-
lists among the fraternity for
those who are instrumental in
sending the men out to the woods
before they have a chance to
spend any money in the city.
The same troubles has been
experienced nearly every fall
about the time that the festive
lumberiack returns from the
harvest fields with his pockets
we'll lined with shekels, and
while the saloon men admit that
the employment Offices have as
much a right to do business as
anybody else, they think that it
would be a great scheme to allow
the men to remain here for few
days before shipping them out
the woods to spend the win
ter.
The employers, however, think
that the practice of sending out
the men who hire out at the
employment offices does not in
terfere with the business of the
saloons, as this class very sci
dom spend their money in liquor
houses and conseq uently it does
not matter to the saloons whether
the men remain in town for only
a daV or two weeks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-22
Closing Up Land Deal,

Crookston Journal: Attorney
b. r. Crawford Of Bemidji, who
spent yesterday in the city clos
ing up matters in connection
with the sale of a tract of land
near Bemidji during the late
campaign was an ardent Dunn
man and the defeat of his candi-
date is greatly regretted by him.
He believes Dunn's activity
against the large corporations in
regard to complete taxation was
the cause of his downfall. Mr..
Crawford closed up his business
transactions for the sale Of his
land through the Merchants Ma
tiOnal bank of this CITY.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-22
DR.. Larson Here.

Dr.J.C.Larson, the eminent eye
specialist, is in the city and has
been very busy throughout Che
day attending to his patients
here. He will be in Bemidji but
two days concluding his visit
here tomorrow night, but up to
that time he may be found at the
Remore Hotel. DIR. Larson has
been exceptionally successful in
the treatment Of the eye and his
visits here are continually bring.
ing him a larger practice. Fully
a dozen people were waiting to
see him when he arrived this
morning. He will visit Bemidji
again in about a month.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-22
The Best Liniment.

G Chamberlain S Pain Balm is
consid the best liniment. on
the market, " write Post & Bliss,
of Georgia, vt. No other liniment
will heal a cut or a bruise so
promptly. No other affords such
quick relief from rheumatic
pains. No other is SO valuable
for deep seated pains like lame
back and pains in the chest.
Give this liniment a trial and you
will never wish to be without it.
Sold by Barker's Drug store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-22
BEMIDU VS..
PARK RAPIDS.
Local Foot Ball Team Will
Play at Park Rapids
Thanksgiving Day.

The local foot ball team will
leave Thursday morning for Park.
Rapids to play a game on the.
Park Rapids field Thursday after
noon. The game will in all prob
ability be one Of the most inter-
esting games played during the.
season and large crowd of Be
midji rooters will accompany the
Bemidji team to see them win
out. It is confidently believed
that Bend i's eleven will defeat
the Park Rapids bunch in a
larger score than the game play
ed two weeks ago.