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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
Articles of Incorporation Of
Big Fork & Northern
Ry. Co.. Are Filed.
TO CONDUCT LINE FROM NORTH.
ONE TO KOOCHICHING.
New Road Will Probably Be Sub.
sidary Line of Minnesota &
International.

It seems that while it has been
definitely decided that the NJ. &
l. will be extended this summer
north of Northome that the work
of the extension is under an en-.
tirely different head than the
managementof the Minnesota &
international, although it is pre-
sumed that the new road is a
subsidiary line of the M. & T.
Articles of Incorporation have
been filed with the secretary OF
state of the Big Fork and North
ern Railway company and the in
corporators are w. III. Gemmel,
Thomas Cooper, f. w. Clark, J.
L. Pryor and Edwin Irle. The
general nature Of the business of
course is to build, maintain and
operate a railroad line which
shall extend from Northome in
Itasca county to Koochiching in
said county, and the principal
place for the transaction Of bust,
ness of the corporation shall be
in St. Paul. It is presumed that
this organization is made for
some purpose, but that purpose
is not known to the general pub
lie. Like the M. & I. it is but a
subsidiary line Of the Northern
Pacific and sooner or later the
entire road from here to Kooch-
iching will be under the direct
control of the N. p.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
DIR ANK " It'll
ARIE TY GIRLS
But Kicked When Bartender
Tried to Charge Him %
Cents a Drink.

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John huntington, a waiter at
the Star Theater, this morning
paid fine Of SIS and costs before
Judge Pendergast for assault
committed Saturday night upon,
the person of Chas Heglund, a
Woodsmar who went to the thea.
ter early in the evening to 'see
the sights. g Heglund entered
the theater in company with a
friend and the two had several
drinks together at the bar, pay
ing the regular amount. Heg-
lund, however, wished to see
more of the place and he went
upstairs in the balcony, where
he invited one Of the girls to
drink with him. Adrink Of beer
and glass of brandy we're
brought to them, but when Heg-
.lund went to settle for the drinks
he was charged SO cents. He
thought the amount too much
and after some dispute the bar
tender returned IS cents to him.
The waiter who served the drinks,
however, continued the quarrel
and as Heglund started to go out
the waiter, huntington, struck
him in the face, causing ads
.colored optic. A warrant was
sworn out for his arrest and the
result was his subsequent ar
raignment and fine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
North Country People Ask
Legislature to appropriate
Money for Drainage.
LARGE AREAS OF SWAMP LANDS.
COULD BE REC LAIMED.
Representatives Cole, Swanson
and Maussen Asked to Use
Their Influence.

A petition which asks for an
approp riation by the legislature
for draining the swamp lands in
northern Beltrami and Itasca
counties has enforWarded to
Representative Cole of Walker.
The petition has been circulat-
Led all through the northern part
of the two counties and has re-
ceived the signatures of every
business man in Kooc hiching.
Spooner and Baudette, besides
those Of nearly every settler in
the north country. tt is address.
ed to Hon. a. L. Cole and S. A.
Swanson, representatives, and
Ole O. Mausten, senator, Of the
|52nd Legislative district, and pc
titions them to use their influence
in the passage of a bill which
appropriates money to be used
directly in the drainage Of lands
located in the northern part Of
the two counties.
1t represents that large areas
of lands in these counties are
practically worthless because of
he amount.of water in the large
sWamps and gives a number Of
reasons why the state should
pay for draining the land, one Of
which is that the homesteads Of
settlers living in close proximity
to the sWampy areas are damag-
ed by the water.
The paper states that the set.
tiers are barred from the coun-
try because Of the failure Of the
state to im prove the lands and as
a conseq uence the natural in
crease in value of the HON esteads
now owned by settlers is re
tard
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
OPEN TONIGHT
AT BLACKDUCK
Prentice Comedy Company
Will Make First Appear.
ance at Blackjack.

The Prentice Comedy company
open tonight at Blackjack
for a weeks engagement.
The company gives very super
Tor entertainment and drew large
crowds here every night. Satur-
day evening the floor of the house
was filled and the gallery was
crowded while many stood. Miss
Wagner was the fortunate winner
of the diamond ring after a hot
contest in which Miss Olson and
Miss Bly, were close behind.
Everything that DR.. Prentice adj
vertised to do he did and more
and the return engagement of
the company here next week will
doubtless be literally ratronized.
Next week no medicine will be
sold from the stage. and entirely
new programs will be offered
each night.
The performances Of the train
ed birds and dogs Saturday even.
ing were very clever and were
roundly applauded.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
TOMORROW IS
THE LAST DAY
Personal Property Taxes
Must Be Paid to Avoid
Ten Per Cent Penalty.

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Tomorrow, being Feb. %, is
the last day for paying personal
property taxes before the ten per
cent penalty is added to the
amount, and County Treasurer
French anticipates big rush Of
business in his Office. For sew
5eral days past the treasurer's
office has been unusually busy
taking care Of tax matters, and
although no accurate estimate of
the amount now paid in can be
made, it is known to be large.
County Treasurer French has
decided, for the benefit Of those
who are engaged during the day,
to keep the Office open after sup
per until 8 CLOCK.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
When You Have a Cold.

The first action when you have
a cold should be to relieve the
lungs. This.is best omplished
by the free use of Chamberlain S
Cough Remed y. This remedy
liquefies he tough mucus and
causes its expulsion from the air
cells Of the lungs, produces a
free expect oration, and opens the
secreti5ns. A complete cure soon
follows. Sold at. Bankers drug
store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
The Medicine Show.

Akeley Tribune: The Modern
Remedy company, closed their
engagement here with a packed
house andlWere compelled to turn
many people away. The trained
birds and dogs were fine and
showed that their trainer, Mrs.
Prentice had put in much hard
work along that line. Mr.. and
Mrs. Prentice have a faculty for
drawing crowds and holding
them as they played to packed
houses every night. The dia-
mond ring was won by Mrs. =.
NJ. Giese, as being the most popu-
lar lady, having received the
honor at the hands Of her many
friends. A large number of
presents were given away on the.
last night.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
Estate Settled Up.

Judge NJ A. Clark Saturday
afternoon closed up the estate of
John j. Gordhamers, the aged
homesteader who died in Bemidji
over a year ago. The .entiYe value
of all the lands and personal pro-
perry Of which he was possessed
was $$44,120, which was divided be.
tween the widow and eight child
rem, the widows share being ST.
1913 3773 33 and the share Of each child
being $343.34.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27

II he Persist ice Of Jake
Becker Wins. Back His
Wife.

Fargo Call Jake Becker won
out II bis struggle to get back
his wife and be granted the
lopp ortunity Of making a home.
for his little hoy
esterday afternoon Judge.
Pollock consented to allow Mrs.
Becker her liberty fixing her.
bail at 81, 900, but permitting
Mrs. Becker to go with her hus-
band on the promise that they
would live ether and provide a
home for their hid. Mrs. Beck.
er was ordered to appear in dis.
trict courtd during the April erm,.
when she will be given a hearing.
on the charge against her. .
Mrs. Bee sef was released yes
Iterday afternoon and with Mr..
Becker they went to the Catholic
Orphans Home, and secured the
little boy, who had been left.
there pending the settlement Of.
the di Hlties. The family will
start lifesoyer again with the ex.
pressed determination to do bet
ter than IN the past. Becker had
arrived at the point where he
was determined to secure pos.
session Of the boy, if it was
necessary to take the matters in.
to thecourts. He appeared great.
Ily pleased with the turn of affairs.
For weak digestion, belching
or sour stomach use Cham berlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets and
you will get quick relief. For sale
at Bankers drug store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of
the ear. There is only one way
to cure deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies Deaf
ness is caused by an infamed
condition of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian tube. When this
tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing
and when it is entirely closed,
deafness is the res ult, and unless
the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to it's
normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out
Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed
condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dol
lars for any case Of deafness
Caused by catdrrh) that can not
be cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O:
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
Perfect Confidence.

Where there used to be feel
ing of uneasiness and worry in
the household when a child show
ed symptoms Of Group, there is
now perfect confidence. This is
owing to the uniform success of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy in
the treatment Of that disease.
Mrs. M. /. Basford of Poolesville
Md, in speaking of her expert
ence in the use Of that remedy
says: 81 have a world of conf
dence in Cham berlain's Cough
Remedy for I have used it with
perfect success. Ny child Gar
land is subject to severe attacks
of Group and it always gives him
promptrel For sale at Bark
er's drug store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
In Minneapolis.

People of Bemidji and Beltrami
county and others interested in
this section of the state will find
the Pioneer on sale at the news
stand of S. Q. Snyder, 1913 -
Fourth Ave, South, Minneapolis.
Subscribe for the Pioneer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
Lawyer a Homesteader.
j. R. Branson is in the city to-

r. Branson is in the city to-
day from Battle River township,
where be. owns a valuable home
stead. Mr.. Branson settled upon
the land four years ago and has
lived there ever since, giving up
his law practice IN Minneapolis,
where he practiced for seven
years. During his residence on
the homestead Mr.. Branson has
explored the entire northern part
of Beltrami and 1tasca counties
and has spent months in the
wilderness without seeing a liv-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
Notice.

The rattle Of the rife given BY
the Modern Woodmen of Wilton
will take place at Bowers Hall,
Wilton, Saturday night, March
4. All ticket holders take notice.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
Fed Big Crowd.

The special George Washing.
ton s o'clock dinner given last
night at the Grill restaurant was
the biggest success Of any Of the
dinners served at. the popular
restaurant and Mr., Stewart
feels grateful for the liberal pat
ronage of the people.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
Eighty.five Feet Long.

Mrs. Amy Mahoney has suffer.
ed for nearly a year with a tape
worm and has been unable to Sc.
cure relief. She was treated
Saturday by DR.. Prentice, who
has been here the past week adj.
vertising the remedies Of the
Modern Remedy company, and
this morning the tape worm was
secured. tits a monster measur.
ing over IS feet in length and Dr..
Prentice naturally feels much
much elated over his success in
securing it#in so short a time.
He has had a large experience in
this work and has been very sue
cessful in relieving patients.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-27
APPROPRIATE TIE
ROAD MONEY
County Commissioners Give
Bemidji and Turtle River
Townships $500 Each.

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The board of county commits
sioners met at the court house
this morning at 10 e'clock in.
regular session with all members
present. Several minor tax.
abatement matters we're taken
up for consid GRAFTON, after
which a resolution was intro
duced and carried appropriating
$500 out Of the county road fund
to the township Of Bemidjj il and a
like amount for Turtle River
township. The money will be.
used for road purposes. The
ssioners are still ins session
but up to a late hour this alter
noon no other business Of inn
portance had been transacted
Nothing can be BETTER than the
best Marks lung Balsam IS the
best.
George Brennan Of Wilton is q
visitor in the city today
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-28
A CITY OF MUD.
Peculiarfties of Yesa, Its People and
Its Houses.

Peculiarfties of Yesd, Its People and
Its Houses.
Zone of the most extraordinary cities
In the world is Yezd, In central Per-
sia," writes a traveller. 1T Is situated
in the midst Of vast salt desert which
stretches for hundreds of miles in all
directions. The nearest inhabited place
of any size is Ispahan, and that is 200
miles away The inhabitants Of Yezd
who have been away from Yezd dur
ing their lives number perhaps two or
three score, and the bulk of these have
not extended their travels farther than
to Shiraz or Kirman in the one direc-
tion or to Ispahan In the other Yet
between 10000 and 10000 people make
the place their home For ninety nine
out Of every hundred Of these the great
outside world has absolutely no exist
ence at ALL
"Yezd is city made almost entirely
Of mud. Not only are the houses built
of this material, but the very furni-
ture the fire pans, the barrels for grain,
the childrens toys, the bread recepta-
cles. even the beds, are simply mud
nodded into rough form and dried In
the sun.
I'm the Yezd shops the goods, mostly
mud, are displayed on tiers of mud
Lodges. and there Is mud room be-
hind. The bakers ovens are of mud,
down to the very doors. Many Of the
Yezdis even eat mud and develop an
unwholesome muddy complexion In
consequence"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-28
GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND.
How Their Claims Were Established
In the Middle Ages.

How Their Claims Were Established
In the Middle Ages.
A curious meeting was held in Lyons
on Jan. 4, 1899. The royal commits
sioners solemnly sat in council to de
eide the question If lawyers and doc
tors could be regarded as gentlemen.
1t proved too hard a problem for the
wise heads, and the doctors and law
yers themselves were summoned to
prove their right to gentility. The mat
ter was settled to the satisfaction of
the professional parties.
In the middle ages of England her.
aids went through the counties to ex-
anime into the claims of landhoIders
to be called gentlemen. There is in ex-
istence an interesting list of the dis
qualified, and one reads today the
shame of a certain Thomas Robbins
who failed to establish the title and
was writ among the ignoble. Charles
Anscote. representative of one Of the
oldest families, is registered as "en-
titled to be styled a gentleman, al
though worth not more than $780,"
Brooke, an old writer, has given the
world his opinion of what constitutes
a gentleman, and his definition has
never been excelled:
1.-THE character, or, rather, quality, of
gentleman does not In any degree de-
pend on fashion or mode or state or
opinion; neither does it change with
customs, climates or ages. But, as the
spirit of God alone can inspire it, so it
is that quality Of heart which is the
same yesterday, today and forever"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-28
DARING OF LIONS.
Incidents to Prove That the Brute
Are Not Cowardly.

Incidents to Prove That the Brutes
Are Not Cowardly.
1t has been said many times that
lions are cowardly brutes, but of the
many lions with which l have had per-
sonal dealings, expectedly and unex-
pectedly, the epithet cowardly Is the
last | should consider appropriate in
describing them. l have been charged
by lion, and he certainly did not look
cowardly. 1 have come face to face
at distance of some twenty feet, with
family party of half a dozen, fortu-
nately full fed. They stood, with quiet
dignity, looking at US, and then slowly
moved away, stopping every few yards
to stand and look again There was
neither fear nor meanness in their ap-
pearance or behavior.
l have seen lions stalking game, and
I have myself been stalked by them.
If l could have encouraged myself with
the conviction of their cowardliness
when / was the quarry and they the
hunters, it would have put a different
aspect on the situation. We were at
this time living In station over seven
ty miles from the nearest connecting
link with the outside world, and when
man eating lions took possession of the
one road which led to this link things
became serious.
A large troop was reported, and the
natives maintained that this troop ran
along in the grass parallel with the
caravan road "a path some ten inches
wide), and, having selected the most
edible member of the caravan, jumped
upon him like fash, and, seizing him.
disappeared as quickly as they came.
Our mail runners, attached to whom
were couple of native police armed
with rifles, were several times attack
ed. Finally, as the wall party was
camping one night. fortunately for 1t,
with a native caravan, the lions be-
came so bold that, in spite of fires, they
sprang upon native and carried him
off into the bush.-Mrs. S. L. Hinde in
Blackwood's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-28
WASHING CLOCK FACES.
Some Timepteces Grow sofIed More
Quickly Than 0fher~

some T1mepteces Grow sofled More
Quickly Than Others.
1--WE been washing the faces Of the
city clocks nigh ON to ten years, 1
guess" said pleasant Scotch Irish
American, land before that 1 did it In
the old country. There aren't many face
washers In this land, and the few who
know the business do we'll at it." He
looked prosperous in his tweed suit and
derby hat.
rs your work anything like that of
the steeple climber" he was asked.
Bless you, no." he replied, with
twinkling eve, much amused, "only In
one thing, and that is that mostly sail
ors take up with the trade. That's be-
cause were good climbers, you know.
I've washed the faces of city and
church clocks that were $50 feet from
the ground, and it took me two and
three weeks to do it. I'm a practical
clock repairer, too-have to be, you
know-and do my work In a huge
wooden cradle made for the purpose.
Some clocks get their faces dirty in a
years, and so on. Old Ben, Westmin-
ster's great clock, is expected to keep
clean fifteen years.
I'm the old days the trade was more
dangerous. We used to work from
scaffolds and got many dangerous
falls. Now we have the cradles and all
the ixings and comforts, and If a man
keeps his head he can work as well as
on the curb. How is the pay? Well,
that's hard to figure, for we work by
the job. We don't clean clock faces in
winter, so we make enough in the
summer to last the year round OF
course sometimes the clocks are taken
out of their cases and repaired in the
shops. Last year 1 cleared $1,000 and
visited only two other cities, Chicago
and Boston. This year I'll make more,
because building operations have grim
ed the clocks and given our trade a
lift. New York Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-28
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1905
POISONED ARROWS.
Their Use In Warfare Dates Back to
Prehistoric Ages.


Prehistoric Ages.
The use of poisoned arrows In primi-
tive warfare is undoubtedly of very
ancient origin The custom Is men,
toned by strabo, Pliny and Aristotle
all of whom agree that 1t was well
known In both prehistoric Europe and
Asia. In later times the Celts and
Gauls envenomed their arrow and
spear shafts with the juices of the
heilebore, and the American and Aus
tralian sayages with serpent venom
and virus from decaying flesh.
The very earliest mention Of the
Scythians refers to them as "a people
who prepare arrow poison by mixing
serpent venom with the virus of putrid
blood serum" At the time Of the dis
covery Of America the Indians were as
well skilled In the science of preparing
arrow poison as the scythians or any
other early tribe of European or Ash
attic people. The favorite mode as
practiced by the American aborigines
was to kill some wild animal, deer
or buffalo preferred, remove its liver
and cause a heavily snvenomed rep
tile to strike its fangs into 1t until the
meat turned green with poison. II one
serpent did not supply enough. others
were obtained, and the work of enrag-
ing the creatures and causing them 10
strike the liver was kept up until the
desired results were obtained One
large liver thus prepared would furnish
poison enough to coat the shafts of TO-
600 arrows. The Smithsonian institute
has hundreds Of these poisoned arrows,
the microscope showing that most of
them have been poisoned with rattle
snake venom.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-28

Although difficult to believe, It is
nevertheless true that the death OF
two half sisters, the daughters Of the
same father, occurred ITO years apart.
The grandfather of the British minis
ter, Charles James Fox, Sir Stephen
Fox, married In 1854 and had a daugh-
ter born to him in 1855 who died in
the course Of the same year. He had
several other children who grew up
and married, but all of them died be-
fore the father and without issue. Sir
Stephen, not wishing his large fortune
to fall into the hands Of distant rela-
tives, married again at very advanc-
ed age, and his youngest daughter was
born In 1927. She reached the age OF
ninety eight years and died In 1926
that is, 40 years after the death Of her
al - .fe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-28
BABES IN The WOOD.
A Seventeenth Century Incident In
the state of Maine

A Seventeenth Century Incident In
the State of Maine.
In 1879 James Adams of York be-
came affronted with one of his neigh
bors, Henry Simpson, and determined
to avenge himself upon two of Simp-
sons children, whose ages were six
and nine years. In a solitary place
four or five miles from the dwelling
houses of The inhabitants he built of
logs beside a ledge of perpendicular
rocks pen or pound several feet high,
with walls inclined inward from bot
tom to top. After he had built this he
decoyed the children into the woods
under pretense of searching for birds
nests and caused them to enter within
the pound, where he left them confined
to perish. The place has since been
called the Devils Invention
The children were soon missed, and
the alarmed inhabitants searched for
them more than forty eight hours. The
boys, when aware of their wretched
situation, made various attempts to
get out, and at length, by digging away
with their hands the surface of the
earth underneath one OF the bottom
logs, effected their escape. They wan
dered in the woods three days, being
at last attracted to the seashore by the
noise Of the surf, where they were
found.
The depraved criminal was con-
demned to have thirty stripes well laid
on, to pay the father of the children
f5, the treasurer FLO, besides fees and
charges of the prison, and remain a
close prisoner during the courts pleas
ure or till further order. The same
month he recognized before two of the
judges, conditioned to send him, with
in twenty-one days, out Of the jurisdic-
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