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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-28

the way from cents to "a cents per
car, according to the distances be-
tween different points on the road
The witness charged that certain
freight employees of the Lake Shore
road received monthly salaries from
the Union Tank Line company, a
Standard concern, for making special
efforts to facilitate the movement of
Standard Oil shipments.
Z. D. Ellis, an independent oil dealer
of Cincinnati, gave evidence showing
that the names Of his customers were
Systematically obtained by the Stand
were by nefariOus means induced to
take Standard goods.
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HIGH GALE AT DULUTH.
Lifesavers Rescue Seven Men En-
gagged in Wrecking Work.

lifesavers Rescue Seven Men En-
gagged in Wrecking Work.
Duluth, May 28.-Memories of the
awful gale of last November were re-
vived during the morning when the
iifesaving crew was called on to res
cue seven firemen from the steamer
Mataafa, from which nine men We're
drowned last fall Wrecking opera
tons have been in progress for sew
efal weeks on the steamer and seven
men We're left aboard the vessel to
keep the pumps going. The gale in
creased SO during the night that the
waves again broke over the wreck,
putting out the fires and placing the.
men III peril. So high was the sea in.
the morning that the Wrecking tugs
could not approach the vessel and the
slifesayers We're summoned The life.
boat was launched and the men taken
off safely. -----z.--.s.-
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Buys Additional Ground.

6 The Northland Trade company
has purchased lot from G. Car
son on Park avenue running back
to the Red Lake road and giving
the company trackage on both
lines of railroad and also addition
al grounds for stables and other
buildings.
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FIGURED ON DIFFERENT BASIS.
Standard Given Big Advantage ir
Computing Mileage.

Cleveland, May 2S-W. E. Mac
Even, former chief clerk in the car
department OF the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern general offices in
Cleveland, was the first witness Of
the day in the Standard Oil investiga
ton by the interstate commerce com
mission. He testified that he had
charge Of the compiling Of the mile
age of the cars of the Union Tank
line. He said that reports were for
warded each day at noon to the Cleve-
land Office Of the Standard Oil COM
pany, The Lake Shore company, he
declared. gave the Standard a big ad-
vantage in tabulating records of tank
cars in that the mileage of Standard
tank cars were figured On a different
basis than the cars of competing COM
nenins Tho ADVANTAGE annuntnd oil
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DEER RIVER Is
BADLY TROUNCED.
Bemidji Ball Players Do Visitors
Up by Score Of
II to l.

The Bemidji ball team played
another game yesterday and it.
was again case Of too much Be.
midji-score, Bemidji II, Deer
River /
During the past two weeks the
locals have been resting, princi-
pally for the reason that it has
been impossible to arrange a
game with any outside team that
could give our ball tossers any
thing like a contest. The boys
had become restless from their.
enforced idleness, and yesterday
they gave the fans here an ex-
hibition Of ginger that made
them glad, and they had visions
of something like Bemidji 10,
Hibbing.0.
But to resume: Earlier in the
season, Bemidji and Deer River
clashed Chat is the proper term
to use, as there was i'll feeling)
and Bemidji won the game,
easily. Deer River, later, shut
out Cass Lake, 10 to O, and again,
a week ago, to demonstrate that
the first game had been no acct
dent, trimmed Cass Lake, by a
large majority. But, alas, and
alack, they grew somewhat
chesty and like all pride which
goeth before a fall, they tackled
Bemidji-with the usual result.
The weather man (who had
been handing out an assortment
of weather that made the oldest
settler shlver, for several days
previous to Sunday decided to
favor the Sabbath with some real
summer atmosphere-with the
result that there was fair-sized
crowd out to those grounds
which are only removed from
being at the extreme end of the
city limits by the fact that the
city cemetery is an insurmount.
able obstacle,
Those same fans and their
friends Wearied of the frightful
slaughter which Leigh LeGore
and his aids were handing out to
the visitors and INDUCED in the
less strenuous pastime of horse
races, political discussions and
song.
But, in passing, Leigh LeGore
should be given credit for having
pitched fine game and he was
given good support. The locals
hit the ball, felded in a sensa-
tional manner, and were encour-
aging each other at all times.
They stole bases with an audac-
ity that would make a Philadel-
phia alderman blush with shame;
and when Berg (the new man
from DULUTH deliberately walked
from third base to the home
plate while the two Deer River
Indians (from Tomah, Wis., were
flashing signals to the sun, the
fans broke forth into melody that
was both loud and deep, and
John Doran and George Elem
ming started for the stable for
consultation. -.
We are, like Caesar, looking for
more baseball worlds to con
principally bbing.
1t is understood that the Walk
er team will play here next Sun
day. It will be the entire Walk
er team-and there will be a real
10 -, - ~,
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Charles e. Casey, we'll known club
man, was found dead in the Palmer
House at Chicago.
Dispatches to DunS Trade Review
indicate that business activity is
maintained and the outlook is most
encouraging.
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Some Burke characteristics.

Opinions differ about Governor elect
Burke, as they do about Governor Sarles.
You will hear on the one hand that he
is not much Of a reformer. that Jud
La Moure things he is a good fellow.
as if this was enough to damn man:
that he will be a good business GOV,
ernor, but that he will not run am1ck.
The opposite view, which is one iusti-
fed by his rise in politics, is that he
has been brought up in a school which
makes character, and that while he will
be slow to start fight until he is sure
of his ground, he will be a bulldog for
tenacity when the struggle comes. -.
Governor John Burke is AZ years old.
He has been in North Dakota eighteen
years and practiced law in all her
courts. He has never had ANYTHING
but general practice, and the testi-
mony of attorneys who have met him
is that he is perfectly square as law
yer and a man. He used to be called
'fThe Lincoln Of North Dakota" but
Burke stopped that by saying:
. ." Nothing makes me feel SO mean as
to be called the Lincoln Of North
Dakota. It is sacrilege to call any
man Lincoln. There never was but
one. Please don t. say that any
more.''
Likewise he frowned down the nick
name Of Honest john
CIT is can't he said. 81 am as
honest as I know how to be-, and at
that l am no more honest than
thousands of others. I don't like to
be called something which seems to set
me out as claiming special brand Of
honor among my fellows. 4
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regulating. carrying charges on Ignite
by many considered the key to the fuel
question, which had been brazenly ig-
nored by the railroads The use Of
Ignite had been discontinued, because
the people could not get it. One con
Germ, the Central Heating & Lighting
plant of Fargo, told me that lit burned
10000 tons Of Ignite annually for
three years, but now was burning none
BECAUSE the carrying charges on the
zoo miles from Bismarck to Fargo were
prohlbitive. while Ignite was carried
to Minneapolis at reasonable rates.
The only reason given was that to
Fargo it was one-way haul and meant
return Of f!t.empties.' But this
would hardly have excused the rail-
road from its legal duties. The real
reason was that the state Commission
let the railroads do as they pleased.
>. Third, the state board of euuaiiza-
ton was assessing the railroads at
$9,oo0 mile for their main line.
5000, for branches and $1.5OO a mia
for side tracks. The next state west
Montana, was valuing main line at
SIo,Ooo mile. In addition, it was
shown in the campaign that the rail.
ROADS were assessed about 1914 Der cent
OF their real valuation, while other
glasses e. OF property together averaged
81 per cent.
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Towner county was no longer theirs.
But John Burke continued to 90 to the
legislature, because the Norwegians
were not whit behind the Missourians
in admiration of the tall, engaging
young Irishman with the captivating
smile and sympathetic disposition. In
time, the Missourians became only his
flying squadron, while the new immi-
grants were his main fleet. -
extraordinarily successful esl man an = wi ah
juries and has done much court work in
murder cases, representing sometimes
the state and sometimes the defense.
In either. event he has been always a
power with the juries, who believed
implicitly in his candor. He is a good
NmixerV also. and, while very quiet in
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Correspondence of The Journal.

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 13.-As was ex-
pected, the labor unions in eastern
Canada are passing indignant resolu-
lions against Earl Grey, on account of
his recent statement in Toronto that
what Canada needed most was an album
dance of cheap labor.
There seems to be general misap-
prehension among labor men that the
governor general contemplated the in
PRODUCTION into the country Of labor
that would come into competition with
Canadian labor. But as Ralph Smith,
MP, former ex-president of the Do
minion Trades and Labor Congress,
points out in an interview, Earl Grey
has in view the importation of cheap,
unskilled labor for railway construc-
ton, oå land and generally the
rough part of industrial development;
and this kind Of labor does not conflict
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hip was tempting, but to man Of Mr..

ship was tempting, but to man Of Mr..
Ml1ackenzie-King 8 active temperament,
the prospects held out by the new
post at Ottawa proved more alluring.
The Canadian government never made
a better appointment
Since his appointment, Mr.. Macken-
zie-King has BY the sheer force Of his
own personality, by his shrewd COM
mon sense, his knowledge of human ma
ture, and the democratic way in which
he approached all parties, done more
to settle disputes between labor and
employer than the old-fashioned Off
Gals ever dreamed possible.
fHis success has been largely due to
the fact that he has earned the trust
and sympathy Of the better elements
on both sides. Both the employers and
the unions know by experience that he
can be counted on to take a lust and
impartial view of. the questions that
50 often divide them. He comes by
his character honestly, for he is a d.
rect descendant Of the famous leader
Of the upper Canadian rebellion, VIII
liam Lyon Mackenzie, who fought the
great battle Of self-goyernment=
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LAURIER TARIFF POLICY
JOLTS MANUFACTURERS
Government Is Standing by Its Guns and Seems to
Have the Popular Approval of the Country-Presi-
dents Message Read Across the Border.
with the interests of any Canadian

with the interests of any Canadian
union. = = g. - =
Manufacturers and the Tariff,
Canadian manufacturers seem to have
been taken by surprise as to the ma
ture of the government new tariff
policy; or if they were not, they are
cleverly creating that impression, for
reasons best known to themselves. In
any case, they have not by any means
thrown up the sponge. 81
Deputation after deputation. repre-
ddent1ng one M or Or other Of the great in
lobbies Of the house Of commons: and
the usually suave features Of the min.
ister of finance today wears worried
look, as Of one who is fencing for wind
with a weighty antagonist.
It is safe to say, however, that the
government will stick to its guns. It
has been made pretty clear, since the
tariff policy was announced in parlia-
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his manner, is a ready conversational.
list on many subjects. He has never
the appearance Of trying to. make hit
with people he meets. There is none
OF the pretty man about him. He is
q good organizer as well. He led the
Roach to the United States senate in
1898. The combination back Of Roach
! lna forty votes. It needed seven more.
Ihe seven were found in Grand Forks
county and people at that time gave
the young man from the north country
the credit Of naming United States
senator. ...m> !, g r.. - I. S-.4-1
:, Mr.. Burke has been frequently on the
democratic state ticket. He ran for
attorney general in 1894, for congress
IN 1896 with Bryan, for Judge in the
second district in 1900 Mr.. Burke de-
mes that he ran these times on a for.
Torn hope. He had no hone. He ran
to make the democratic ticket complete
and to hold up its banner when it was
worst rlddled with the enemies bull.
This Is the appealing brains Of the
last democratic fight in North Dakota.
Senator 0ashel, tho Organizer.
The organizing brains were those ~
Senator J: =. Cashel Of Grafton. sena..
tor Cashel is a product of political evo.,
luton. He appears in the second and
third sessions of the legislature as q
republican. In the sixth, he showed
up as fusiohist and since as demo-
GRAFT. Senator Cashel is man Of sub
stance, which he has accumulated by
hard work, His interests are IN lands
and manufactures and banks. He has
been q fighter for North Dakota and il
one of the best-posted men in the state
on questions Of taxation f3nanco ord.
railroads. he Is strong man in tho
legislature. - -.
In speaking Of the fight that had
been made, Senator Cashel said: esI
want first to disclaim this as demo-
cratic victory: It was victory Of the
people; The insurgent republicans
must be- allowed their full share Of
credit. MI. Burke made model cam
pa1gn. He was good soldier and
never refused an order from his COM
m1ttee, nor failed to meet an engage
ment made for him.
snWhat were the issues on which Won
laid down the campaignf'
Mainly home rule, but they In
Guided number Of other things. They
included, L think. an anti-pass law, re-
valuation Of property and more
vigorous administration Of railroad
This. in brief, is the story Of the
battle Of the ballots which means much
for North Dakota, a state which has
been patient even to somnolence under
intolerable conditions, but which, hav-
Ing found itself, will never 90 back to
the serfdom Of the Mckenzie machine.
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president. Such institutions in Canada
are compelled by law to make returns

president. Such institutions in Canada
are compelled by law to make returns
70 the government showing the extent
OF their capitalization, etc. The diff
cult question Of subsidiary corporations
IS now being investigated by COM
mission which is expected to make GER
tain radical Recommendation to the
government.
The question Of bank circulation is
now before the dominion government.
The difficulty here, however, is not SO
much the need for an increase in bills
of small denominations, as in a freer
circulation of the larger bills.
President Roosevelt's recommends
tion in connection with the packing
house inspection law that the label be
dated and that the cost Of inspection
be charged to the packers, meets with
the cordial approval of Canadian gov
eminent inspectors, who are advocating
similar measures in the dominion
Where Canada Leads.
!. So far as the presidents recommen-
dations as to the national target ranges
and rifles clubs are concerned, Canada
is rather in advance Of the United
States. The dominion has already spent
many hundred thousands Of dollars on
rifle ranges, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific; it encourages independent rife
clubs as well as regimental shooting in
the militia; and there is today hardly
a town of any size in the country that
does not maintain one or more cadet
corps in connection with its public
schools.
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So he has been thru all his life

thoroly democratic. 81
And besides being democratic, he is
q democrat. When Burke reached
North Dakota eighteen years ago, he
went up into the northern portion of
the state, to Cando first, and then to
ceded him band of Missourians who
brought their democracy with them and
they ruled the region. John Burke was
their young hero. He went to the
legislature, first to the house and then
to the senate. But immigration kept
pouring in and it was not from Mis-
souri,. It was from Norway and the
men from Norway were republicans.
find that they were in the minority.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
TURTLE HUNTERS DO WELL
Five Gents a Pound Live Weight Makes
the Industry Profitable.
Special to The Journal.

esSS~sSe s
Special to The Journal.
Clinton, Iowa, Dec. 15.-The turtle
catching industry is being followed by
Clinton fishermen with much profit.
Turtles are unusually abundant in the
sloughs hereabouts, and the big hard
shell, or 5mossback, y turtles are being
brought to local markets in large mum.
bers.
The fishermen use a spear Of their
own invention and manufacture. It
consists Of shaft with long iron
the other. The spearing is done thru
the thin ice in the sldughs. The tur-
ties are plainly visible under the ice,
and the fishermen make a hole with the
prong, catch the turtle with the crook,
and then chop hole in the ice large
enough to allow the passage Of the tur-
tie.
Local dealers are paying 5 cents !
pound live weight for turtles, or %
cents, dressed. The legs and neck alone
are fit for use. Turtles weighing thirty
five and forty pounds are being caught.
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Message Thru Canadian Eyes.

So many points in President =Roose.
velt's message touch problems that are
common to both countries, that It has
been read with almost as much interest
In i, Canada as IN the United States.
Canada as well as across the line. tho
of course on a very much smaller scale.
In Canada the government already has
to some extent the control over indus
trial corporations advocated by che
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CORPORATE GREED.
Chicago Tribune,

Elevator Boy yte-P hist & Co. have
raised yer pay cent an hour, have
Office Boy Yes; but have to work
longer hours. Old Tyte- Phist has
changed the regulator Of the clock IS
it runs slower.
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lind the western American nanufac-
turer more anxious to meet their needs
than their own countrymen in, the east,
they naturally feel that the time has
come to look after their own interests
and let the eastern manufacturer shift
for himself. f<<
A Tempest in Teapot.
The action of w. L. King,
Canada s deputy minister of labor, in
going to Indianapolis to secure the APP
prevail of Mr.. Mitchell Of the settle
ment Of the coal strike at Lethbridge,
created for time much irritation. It
was felt that a Canadian official should
not have gone out Of the country to
settle a purely domestic affair Mr..
action, however, swung public opinion
around to the more common-sense view.
The situation was desperate; the peo-
pie Of western Canada were freezing
for want of coal, and it was no time
to stand upon official dignity. The
shortest road to settlement was the
only one to follow.
Canada's OFFICIAL Peacemaker.
Mr.. Mackenzie King is one Of the
most brilliant members Of the younger
group Of officials at Ottawa. He was
graduated from Harvard some years
ago, capturing travelling scholarship
While in Europe he got two cables.
within day or two of each other.
One offered him lectureship at Har-
ward The other, from the Canadian
government, offered him the important
post, just then created, Of deputy, min
lister Of labor. The Harvard lecture
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ment, that the country approves Of it's
main features. The western farmer just
now bulks large in the eyes Of the
Canadian public He is making the
country rich; he is bringing population
in at rate undreamed Of decade
ago; and he has done more than any
other single class of the community to
give Canada an assured position in the
commercial world. Self interest, as well
as gratitude, compel the rest of the
population to concede at least such a
western farmer as is embodied in the
new tariff.
Standing in Their Own Light.
The manufacturer will have to strug-
gle along as best he may; and there Is
shrewd suspicion that he can make
both ends meet even with such protec.
ton as he has as present. AS matter
Of fact, Canadian manufacturers have
had their eyes glued to telescope,
foreign markets, and all the time have
practically ignored the splendid and
rapidly increasing prospects of their,
own west.
As a result any sympathy western
Canadians might have felt for the de-
mands Of the eastern manufacturer has
been wiped out. When the merchants
of Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary or Ed
monitor, the farmers Of Saskatchewan
and Alberta find that they can not
only get goods quicker and in many
cases cheaper in Minneapolis or Chi
cago than in Toronto and Montreal:
and besidesand this is the serious
point for the Canadian manufacturer-
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A Wonderful Camnaien

These were the economic questions
advanced, and they greatly interested
the farmers. On the political side. f.
was shown that the RAILROADS III
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Where Canada Leads.

B Taking all crimes. more are committed In the
autumn than during any other Of the seasons Of
the rear. ~
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-05
slulceways of tho World.

Siuiceways Of the world! A low,
deep babel in dozen different tongues.
Close squeezed here are races that
have been apart for tens of thousands
of years-races now to be slowly
welded together. How absolutely diff
ferent are the faces. A broad, stolid
Polish face close by an excited little
Italian mother, who fills the air with
gestures. Gestures rise from all the
sideways. For the southeast of
Europe loves gestures, and 1t is from
the southeast that most of our immi-
grants come. Three-fourths are from
Italy. Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, Po-
land and south Russia. Three.fourths
are peasants from farms and little ham
lets. Three-fourths are unskilled la
borers bringing an average of only $22
each. Three-fourths are men under
forty coming first alone, their wives
and children to follow them later
They are strong men of their coun
tries; you can see it as you look down
into the sluiccways. They are the
healthy picked out of the vast poverty
stricken areas of the southeast-the
peasants on whose shoulders for cen
turtles Europe has rested.-Ernest
Poole in Everybody's Magazine.