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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
Fairbanks Principal Speaker

Burlington, VT, Aug. 17.-Vermont's
state holiday, the anniversary of the
battle of Bennington, was signalized
during the day by the dedication of a
memorial tower to the revolutionary
patriot, Ethan Allen, in this city, with
Vice President Fairbanks as the prin-
cipal speaker.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
LIGHTNING
STRIKES HOTEL
Clearwater House at BagIey
Struck This Morning
Narrow Escapes.

The Clearwater hotel at Bag
ley, during the electrical storm
in that village this morning, was
struck by lightning and some
damage was done to the interior
of the building. The cook and
his wife were standing in the
kitchen when the bolt struck the
house, and the man received a
shock but recovered in a few
minutes after being carried into
another room of the building.
Several other bolts struck the
town and Albert Kaiser, cashier
OF the First National bank in that
village, had a narrow escape
from death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
District Meeting Held in Be-
midil Yesterday at Odd
Fellows Hall.
ATTENDED BY MEMBERS FROM
ALL PARTS OF DISTRICT.
Meeting Was Entirely. Success.
full Bemidji Lodge Enter.
tain Visitors.

The annual district convention
of the Daughters of the Rebekahs
of the l. 0. 0. F. was held in Be.
midi yesterday afternoon and
evening. Two sessions we're held
one during the afternoon and
the other in the evening and
both were attended by about SO
visiting members of the order
from other portions of the dis.
trict. Mrs. Mary Jenkins,
president of the district, was
present at the meeting and called
both sessions to order.
Much business of importance
to the lodges throughout the dis.
trict was transacted and the
meeting is considered an unq uali
fed success. The members of
the Bemidji lodge entertained the
visitors we'll, and after the even
ing session had been finished
gave an excursion on Lake Be.
midi. The boat carried IS pas
sengers and the visiting mem
bers we're taken all around the
lake and shown the places of in
terest. A class of six candidates
was initiated.
Following is a list of the visit.
ing members:
Tenstrike--Belle Krahn, Henry
Krahn, Matilda Knappen, Mrs.
Alice Fellows, Mrs. Belle Rey.
nolds, Mrs. May Carter, Mrs.
Della Carter.
Iron River, Wis.-Mrs. A. Nc
Cauley, W. J. McCauiey.
McIntosh-Maggie Drew, Ida
L. Southmayd, Rena Drew.
Ada-Mary Jenkins.
Park Rapids -Alma Annette,
Emily M. Kronquist, II. S. An
nette.
Bagley-Nora B. Wagner. Ida
M. Wiltse.
Akeley-Emma Ames, Mary
Brennan.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
Charge Of Arson in Second
Degree Against Mrs. Sill
yersack Passed Up.
DECISION OF JUDGE in OTHER
CASE is PENDING.
Mrs. SiIversack Declares Her In.
nOcence and Blames Fire to
Some One Else.

The charge Of arson in the sec
ond degree against Mrs. Frank
Silversack for firing the saloon
building of her husband at the
corner of Minnesota avenue and
Fourth street, was this after
noon dismissed on motion of
County Attorney Mcdonald in
Judge Pendergast's court.
The other charge against Mrs.
Silversack, that Of arson in the
third degree "a preliminary
hearing upon which was con-
Guided in Judge Pendergast's
court yesterday afternoon, and
has not been decided by the
court, and his decision as to
whether the evidence warrants
holding the defendant to the
grand jury or not will probably
not be made until 6 o'clock today,
Mrs. Silversack stated to the
Pioneer this afternoon that she
was entirely innocent of any part
in attempting to fire the property
of her husband. II did not set
the fire and never tried to com.
nit the crime with which I am
charged" said Mrs. Silversack
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
KLEIN TAKES
THE PALACE
Meat Market Man Takes
Charge of Restaurant on
Third Street.

A. Klein, proprietor Of a meat
market on Minnesota avenue,
yesterday took charge of the
Palace restaurant, heretofore op-
Grated by R. R. Bly,. It is un-
derstood that Mr.. Klein took the
restaurant because of certain
business relations between him
self and Mr.. Bly,, and that the
transfer was not the result of a
sale. Mr.. Klein states that he
is as yet undecided whether he
will operate the establishment or
lease it out.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
RECITAL BIG
MUSICAL TREAT
Tomorrow Nights Event is
Exciting a Widespread
Interest.

The musicale to be given to.
morrow evening at the city opera
house by Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson
of Sioux City for the benefit of
the Bemidi! public library will be
a rare musical treat. Mr.. Thomp-
son has a magnificent tenor voice
and Mrs. Thompson S piano play
ing is revelation. In addition
to the numbers by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson, Mrs. Thompson and
Mrs. r. B. Foster of this city
will render a duet. The entire
proceeds of the event go to the
public library, excepting only
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson's bare
expenses.
The Ladies Library Associa.
tion is doing everything in it's
power to make the library a sue.
cess and it has succeeded admir-
able thus far. The management
however does not wish the public
to consider that it is doing them
a favor by purchasing tickets for
these library benefits. Quite the
contrary is true. The association
is doing great work for Bemid il
and citizens generally should be
happy of these little opportunities
to assist the library.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
BONDS NOT FOR
THE RAILROAD
Money to Be Voted Aug. 20
Will Be Used to Pay Out
standing Orders.

The members of the city coun-
Gil state that, contrary to the
opinions expressed by some citi.
zens of the city, the money Sc
cured from the sale of the $4,000
bonds to be voted Aug. 20 will be
used to take up the outstanding
orders against the city treasury.
A number of people in the city
have the idea that the money will
not be used for the puspose ex-
pressed in the call for the special
election, but rather that it will be
paid to those who have given up
lands for right of way purposes
for the Minneapolis, Red Lake &
Manitoba railway. There is no
manner, state the city council
members, in which the money
realized from the sale of bonds
could be applied for this purpose,
as a state law governs the is
suance of bonds and if the money,
or the smallest portion of t,were
paid to the railway company the
council would be acting against
the law. About $4,000 in city
orders are now outstanding,
These orders are drawing 6 per
cent interest per annum. The
bonds to be voted will run for Il
years at per cent per annum,
and it is expected that the city
will receive a good bonus when
the bonds are disposed of. It is
plain to be seen that to vote for
the bonds is to work for the best
interests Of the city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
Work Started on CesspOoI.

+. b. Brinkman today started
a crew of men at work on the
cesspool which will be used in
connection with his new hotel on
Third street. An effort will be
made by Mr.. Brinkman and
others to obtain sewerage as
soon as possible in order to elm
mate the necessity of digging
cesspools.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
RUN ON LAND
AND WATER
Amphibi0us Boat Planned to
Carry Passengers at
Buena Vista.
VESSEL WILL BE OPERATED ON
LAND AND SEA.
Only One Other of It's Kind in Ex
istvnce Is Near Copenhagen,
Denmark.

AL dill pulOlOuS OOdO, WHlCA
will be run on land and water, is
the latest thing planned for Bel.
trami county. The vessel, it is
claimed, will cross a lake with a
load of passengers, run up on
shore, and, without once stop
ping, cross a divide between two
lakes and again enter the water
and proceed on it's way.
The boat of this kind which it
is planned to construct will be
operated on Big Turtle lake and
Lake Julia, and on the contin-
entail divide which separates
these two bodies of water. Ac-
cording to one of the promoters,
the vessel will be made to carry
about so passengers and will be
run between Puposky and the
lower end of Big Turtle lake,
and it is possible that the line
may be extended to Moval lake
down to Bemidji lake and to the
Third street dock in Bemidji.
The queer craft which 1t is in
tended to put into commission
will be amphibious in the strict
est sense of the word. 1t will be
shaped after fashion of a modern
steam vessel, with propeller and
rudder, but, differing from the
ordinary water craft, it will also
be provided with wheels fore and
aft. While running on land
these wheels will connect with
rails like the ordinary railroad
steels. The rails will be laid in
to the water at an angle of 30 de-
grees and extend therefrom over.
land to the other body of water
with which it is wished to con-
meet. A trough.shaped arrange
ment will protect the boat when
it energies from the water so
that the wheels will strike the
rails. The machinery will be
composed of an engine and the
other attachments of an ordinary
steam boat, but added to this will
be a chain which will connect the
wheels with The engine. When
the boat runs upon the rails the
power that has been applied to
the propeller will be connected
with the wheels by pulling a lever,
and the craft will proceed upon
it's journey.
There is only one of these yes
sells now in operation in the en-
tire world. This is now being
run near Copenhagen, Denmark.
1t has proven to be a decided
novelty and thousands of persons
annually take trip in the boat.
Among the passengers that have
tried the vessel are several of the
crowned heads of Europe.
Arrangements have already
been made by the promoters of
the Beltrami county boat to pur-
chase steel from the Minneapolis,
Red Lake & Manitoba railway
company, which recently tore up
a large number of rails that have
been in use on the old Led Lake
Transportation company's line
near Nebish. It'll probable that
a corporation to finance the ven.
ture will be formed this fall.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
Seven Coaches Derailed.

Cory, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE Pittsburg
express on the Allegheny Valley rail,
road was wrecked by a spreading rail
near Hydetown. The rear engine and
seven cars left the rails. The pas
sengers had narrow escapes, but only
two received slight injuries.
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''The fact that my husband made
the complaint against me shows
that he thought me guilty at
first, but I believe the influence
af others had largely to do with
the state of his mind. He has
now changed his opinion and
does not wish to prosecute me,
but wants to find out who the
real perpetrator of the crime is.
Mrs. Silversack has been con-
fined to the county jail ever since
her arrest and naturally she is
very anxious to be released.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
THE HUNTERS
LICENSED.
New Law Provides That
Hunters Going Outside Their
Own County Must Pay.

For the first time in the history
of the state all persons hunting
prairie chickens outside their
home counties must pay for that
privelage the sum Of twenty five
cents. Licenses mustbeprocured
from the county auditor, to
whom is paid the license fee.
The open season begins Sept. l,
and as there will be many licenses
issued this fall, all hunters are
advised to call at the Office of the
county auditor as early as possible
Under the old law no licenses
were required to hunt chickens
in the open season, but this was
changed by the last legislature.
County Auditor Wilmann is ex-
pecting to receive the blank
licenses this week from the state.
Mrs. s.. H. Drew and daughter
Rena, of Mcintosh are in the city
for a weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. S. Rosholt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
Northern League

GAMES YESTERDAY.
Grand Forks IS, Crookston 7,
Superior 1, Duluth 8.
Fargo Winnipeg. Rain.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
MAY BECOME A REPUBLIC.

Plan to Seat Danish Prince on Nor
ways Throne Failure.
Berlin, Aug. 1.-THE plan, sup
ported by Great Britain, for Prince
Charles of Denmark to ascend the
Norwegian throne has failed, accord
ing to information received from Co.
penhagen. The expectation is that
Norway will establish republic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-17
American Association.

At Minneapolis, 4; st. Paul, 2.
At Kansas City, 2; Milwaukee, s.
At Columbus, 4; Louisville, 8. Sec
ond game-Columbus 6; Louisville, 8.
AT Toledo, 2; indianapolis, 1. Sec
ond tgame-Toledo, g.; Indianapolis, 2.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
The Herd Boar,

The man that expects to succeed
with swine must be careful in his Sc.
lection of the herd boar. If he selects
an animal of little vitality the progeny
will always lack stamina or are likely
to lack it. This will be the cause OF
great financial losses. Disease finds
it easier to establish itself among
such animals than to get a foothold
among animals of great vigor. Ma.
lures plan is to kill off the weakest,
and If man tries to run against nature
in this regard he will find it a diff.
cult task. It is far better to fall in
with the natural plan and select fo1
heading the herd a vigorous animal.
When hogs ran wild the boars did
their own selecting by fighting fol-
existence and leadership. Thus the
strongest prevailed, and the weak
ones were kept from reproducing their
kind. But man has come in and the
males Of the lower orders can no long.
er measure strength for leadership.
Whether the right animal is selected
for the leader depends on man. Many
man makes the mistake of putting
at the head of his swine an animal
that in a state of nature would have
been driven off by the more vigorous
males.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
The Hoof.

With respect to solidity, the differ
ent parts Of the hoof vary widely
The middle layer of the wall is hard
er and more tenacious than the sole,
for the latter crumbles away or passes
off in larger or smaller flakes on its
under surface, while no such spontane
GUS shortening Of the wall occurs. The
white line and the frog are soft horn
structures, and differ from hard horn
in that their horn cells do not. under
natural conditions, become hard and
hornlike. They are very elastic, abb
sorb moisture rapidly, and as readily
dry out and become hard, brittle and
easily assured. Horn of good quality
is fine-grained and tough, while bad
horn is coarse-grained, and either mel
low and friable or hard and brittle
All horn is poor conductor of heat
and the harder (dryer) the horn. the
more slowly does it transmit extremes
of temperature.-Prof. John w. Ad.
ans.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Enemies of Fruit Trees.

For long time horticulturists and
1rult growers Of the advanced tyne
have been urging the desirability of
tllllng orchards more thoroughly than
IS usually the custom, says a Cornell
paper. Their advice was based upon
common experience and observation.
but exact data have been wanting. Cor
nell Experiment Station, during the
last season, conducted an orchard sur
vey or critical study of the western
counties of the state of New York.
This survey examined every orchard
in three townships, comprising some
three thousand acres Of fruit land. and
in addition examined every orchard of
importance in the entire county-one
of the largest in the state. The results
of this survey (Which are now being
worked out) are exceedingly instruct
i've and valuable
Among the chief enemies of the
orchard the greatest was found to be
the apple tree. In other words, the
trees were injuring each other in the
struggle for food and sustenance. They
were planted too closely An exami-
nation of the yields of orchards plant
ed at different distances disclosed
the fact that the more Trees to the
acre the smaller the yield in every
case, and that the yield increased
gradually and proportionately with the
distance at which the trees were Set
The next enemy of Importance was
sod. The loss to the tract examined
in 1902 by the influence of sod in or
chards amounted to over 100000 BUSH
els. Pastured orchards were better
than meadow orchards, but markedly
poorer than titled orchards. The Gull
tiYated orchard gave an average of 30
bushels more than sod orchard, and
this record covered period of three
years; it was not taken at haphazard
and should be considered fairly indi.
catiye.
''The next enemy of Importance was
found to be poor drainage. Young
trees very often do not S. w the ef-
fects of surplus moisture in the soil,
but invariably old trees developed
various types of diseases, unquestion-
ably directly chargeable to the unfa-
vorable soil condition. Where stiff, i'm
penetrable subsoil obtains, drainage
pays"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Cured Her Diabetes.

Halo, Ind, Feb. 27th.-(Special.)-
If what will cure Diabetes will cure
any form of Kidney Disease, as so
many physicians say, then Dodd's
Kidney Pills will cure any form of
Kidney Disease. For Mrs. L. G. Bow
ers of this place has proved that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure Dia-
betes.
81 had Diabetes,' Mrs. Bowers says,
my teeth all became loose and part
of them came out. I passed a great
Ceal of water with such burning SEN
sations l could hardly bear it. I lost
about 40 pounds in weight. I used
many medicines and doctored with
two local doctors but never got any
better till I started to use Dodd's
Kidney Pills. They cured me so com.
pletely that in three years l have had
no return Of the disease. l am a
we'll woman now, thanks to Dodds
Kidney Pills"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ailments from Backache to Bright's
Disease. Cure your backache with
them and you will never have Bright's
Disease, Diabetes or Rheumatism.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
The Duai.purpose Cow.


l have heard great deal during
the last few years about the dual~pur-
pose COW. First it was the general
purpose cow, but people poked so
much fun at that poor animal that
she disappeared and a dualpurpose
COW took her place. If a man can sell
his butter or milk or even his cream
l fail to see the good of keeping a
dual-purpose COW. Why do I want to
be paying tribute to the king of beef
when l am not trying to produce beef?
l can keep good COW till she would
be too old to make tender beef any.
way. Does any man expect that even
dual-purpose cow that has been
MIXED for dozen years will bring
even a fair price for beef? I believe
that the fattening up of such a COW
would take about all the profit at the
present high price for corn. The
sooner our farmers get out Of the no.
ton of trying to walk two different
ways at the same time the sooner will
they reach some kind of a destin.
alton. l can conceive of a man
making dual-purpose COW profitable.
l will suppose him to be on an island
in the middle of the Pacific ocean,
with only his family to support. He
would not want much milk and we
would not be able to use much beef,
and the dual-purpose COW would be
just the thing for him, as his market
for both beef and milk would be de.
cidedly limited.
John Stearns.
Dane County, Wisconsin.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
! "A Ig1l1I
5{|baElaZa'
Road Foundations.

Whenever the question of good
roads comes up, and that Is pretty
often in Illinois, where bad roads are
the rule in many sections, the argu-
ments for or against usually hinge on
the relative cost of the top dressing
which distinguishes the stone or
gravel road from the earth road. The
debaters rarely get below the surface
or show practical knowledge OF the
first steps, from an engineers point
OF view, in the making of good roads.
In the consideration of the top dress
ing, the foundation and most essen
tlal feature of any road is lost sight
OF. In many districts, where crushed
stone or even gravel are not avail
able, where land values are low, and
where the population is scattering, it
Is not possible to persuade the inhab-
ltants that they can afford the ex-
pense OF macadam or other costly
roads. They are willing to admit the
advantages of such highways in en-
HANGING the value of farms, facilitat-
ing the marketing of crops and pro-
noting the personal comfort of trav-
eIers, but when all has been said,
they fall back upon the unanswerable
argument that they can no better af-
lord fine roads than fire houses and
that their situation does not justify
the outlay. If these people understood
that the foundation of good road,
which, by the way, is not ruinously
expensive, is the main thing, not the
top dressing, they could perhaps be
started in rational movement for
road Improvement that could even.
tually be carried to perfection. Most
of the money and time now expend.
ed upon country roads is spent in
tlnkerlng with their surfaces, with re-
suits so temporary that it is practi
cally wasted. The great enemy OF
roads is water The chief factor in
their improvement, therefore, is drain
age. In districts characterized by
light, gravelly or sandy soils, we hear
little complaint of roads, because the
SOIL itself affords natural drainage;
but in Illinois, where clay subsoils are
the rule, under drainage with tile is
usually necessary to the securing OF
4 dry, firm, foundation. For this reas
on the first item to be considered in
good roads agitation should be The
amount and cost of the tile needed
to properly underdrain the road bed
the expense of laying same and OF
grading and side ditching. With the
foundation properly laid the tor
| dressing of gravel may be postponed
II necessary. Undetermined roads
without gravel are better than gray
eled roads without underdrainage
and undertakings is the best posi-
bic preparation for a gravel or stone
road.-Farmers' Review.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Bringing Up Land.

Recently, in an agricultural paper, I
saw an article that intimated that
there was much land in the United
States, both in what we term the
South and in what we call the North,
that man had better let alone; that
it would cost more to bring it up to a
state of productivity than it would be
worth. He expressed the opinion that
land that did not naturally grow sod
could not be depended on to grow any,
thing.
I have travelled extensively in the
South and also in the southern part of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
BULLION S. GRASS

Agricultural Editors wrote about it..
Agr. College Professors lectured about st.,
Ayr: Institute Orators talked about it.,
while in the farm home by the quiet fire.
side, in the corner grocery, in the village
post-ohice, at the creamery, at the depot,
in fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer' s
Billion Dollar Grass, that marvellous grass,
good for to IA tons hay per acre and
lots of pasture besides, is always a theme
worthy of the farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis, than which
there is no better grass or better perma-
nent hay producer on earth. Grows wher-
ever soil is found. Then the farmer talks
about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces
100 stocks from one kernel of seed, IL it,
high, in 100 days, rich in nutrition and
greedly eaten by cattle, hogs, etc., and is
good for 80 tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for
hogs and sheep, which can be grown at
Csc a ton, and Speltz at zoe bu., both
great food for sheep, hogs and cattle, also
come in for their share in the discussion.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, for their big catalog
and many farm seed samples. NV. N. VI
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