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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16
Is CHARGED
| WITH FORGERY
oTTo PETERSON OF sLAKEs.
BURG, UNDER INDICTMENTS,
GIVES BOND
That He Gave False TestI.
r1ony in a Civil Action and Also Be-
fore Grand Jury-Man, Said to be
Wanted for Forgery, Arrested Here.

Otto Peterson of B1akesburg, eharg-
ed by two indictments with perjury
gave bond this morning Peterson is
charged with giving false testimony in
the trial Of the civil case of William
Fritz VS.. T. w. Hall in the March term
of Court. In the second indictment he
is charged with perjury in that he gave
false evidence before the grand jury
while that body was hearing the evil
dence that later led to the Indictment
of F. w. Hall of Blakesburg for run
ming gambling house.
Gets Man For Forgery
Deputy Sheriff ]. D. Stephens yes
terday arrested Maurice Dwinger. q
man said to be wanted in York, Neb.,
for forgery The Nebraska sheriff Is
expected to arrive in the city this even
ing with reauisition papers and will
take Dwinger back with him Word
was received yesterday morning by the
local authorities giving Dwinger's
description and requesting his arrest.
Before evening the man was in the Wa
pelle county jail. 1t is said that Diving
er has teen in the city for the past
ten days during part of which time
he has been employed at a local hide
store.
Case to GO to Jury.
The arguments of the attorneys In
the case Of the state Of Iowa VS.. Guy
Hall. charged with conducting nuis-
ance, were practically finished at noon
today and it Is probable that the case
will go to the Jury some time during
the course Of the afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

Crop report statistics issued for July
indicate that the potato crop is about
$4,000 acres short Of the acreage Of last
year, while the tobacco crop is soma
10000 acres short.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

At the close Of the Spanish Ameri.
can war over 5000 Americans bought
farms in Cuba. The entire value of
the land purchased aggregated over
$5,O0O,OOO.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16
STREET CAR WRECK

One Man Killed and Eight Seriously
Injured.
Los Angeles, Oct. 13.-Eugene Pero-
mar was killed outright and eight other
persons were seriously injured, some
of them probably fatally, today, when
a street car plunged down a steep hill
at terrific speed and dashed into a
telegraph pole.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

Precaution both in the matter of dis.
ease epidemics and weed pests is vastly
cheaper than the process of eradica.
ton after either gets a foothold.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

That is most inconsiderate and un.
grateful employer or housewife that
compels hired help to earn money once
working for it and earn it a second
time begging for it. When money has
been fairly earned it in no sense be.
longs to the party for whom the service
was rendered, but should be handed to
its owner promptly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

The average boy is good deal moro
satisfactory proposition in the onion
patch July 2 than he is July 6, fact
that we have received most convincing
proof of this summer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

During the year 1904, s,o15,675 acres
of land in the United States were
planted to potatoes. The yield from
the same was 3S2, $50, 300 bushels, an
average of ITO bushels to the acre
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

we are this year going to get two
crops from a portion Of Our garden
patch early potatoes and a nice crop
of navy beans, which were planted be-
tween the hills in the row about June
l. The beans so planted are serving
to keep the weeds in check and will
more than furnish what we will need
for the winter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

If you want to have plants for win.
ter blooming or to carry over to anoth.
er year, now is the time to start your
slips. 1t seems little early to be
thinking about next year, but that is
the only way to do If you would have
nice flowers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

The purity Of salt, sugar, baking
soda and tartaric acid may be tested
by dissolving in water. If sediment
Of any kind is left impurities are
present.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

The difference between 1000 and
$4,000 germs to the cubic inch is the
scientific way of expressing the differ.
ence between clean and dirty milk.
Filth and germs are inseparable and
boon companions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16
WITH CIVIL CEREMONY
Fraulein Bertha krupp Is Married Il
Lieutenant,

Essen, Prussia, Oct. 13.-The civil
ceremony of the marriage of Fraulein
Bertha Krupp to Lieutenant Gustav
Won Bohlen und Halbach took place
today at the registry Office of the vii
lage of Bredeney. The proceedings
were strictly formal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

At a recent lumber dealers conyen-
ton at Memphis, Tenn. figures were
presented which showed that the pres
eht supply Of hard wood In the coun-
try, 475.000,ooO feet, would be CON
sumed In thlrty-five years If the pres
ent rate of consumption, 100000 900
feet per year, were kept up and no
mems were taken to renew the sup
ply.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

Good water means good health. II
you are looking for place 10 locats
bear this In mind.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

A Kentucky entomologist is said to
have propagated an insect of about the
size Of a horsehy which he, claims
wages a relentless warfare on the po-
tato beetle. He says that d dozen
Of them will keep an acre Of potatoes
free from the pest. If the fellow in
question doesn't belong to the vineless
potato class he has bright financial
future before him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

A potato grower Of whom we read
the other day has solved the problem
Of the weeds which usually so to seed
In his patch after the potatoes are ripe
by sowing buckwheat Just as the vines
begin to die. He puts his potatoes In
to a good depth SO that little killing is
necessary, cuts the buckwheat when
ripe and later digs his potatoes. This
gives him two crops from the same
piece Of land and, besides, the satisfac-
ton Of having his field kept free from
weeds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

The aesthetic two meal day indi
yidual is seldom found among wood.
choppers, day laborers or tillers Of the
sUfi.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

One Of the most attractive Of our
common American shade trees and yet
one about which one sees very little
IN the way Of commentator is the
linden or Eastwood. This tree is
quick grower, has large, handsome
leaf, and, while 1t sheds a few small
seeds, makes very slight litter when
it comes to dead twigs and branches.
We would rank it for shade purposes
well up toward the elm and hard ma
pie.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

The American Farm Products COM
pany is the name Of new combine
Of huge proportions which has in view
control of the dairy, poultry and egg
output Of the entire country. The aim
will be to give the farmer larger re-
turns by eliminating the middleman
and at the same time to do away with
speculation and consequent fuctuation
in the prices Of the commodities ham
died.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

The man who owns d valuable piece
of property and rents it to farm ten
ants year after year without giving it
his personal supervision occasionally
viii find III time that his property is
depfeeiating III value and iii the end
that it viii have to be sold at sac.
rifice.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

There is a stage Of bodily weariness
to which nothing contributes SO large
d measure Of comfort and refresh
ment as lying at full length on the
solid ground with arms and feet out
stretched. The very resistance felt in
this solid couch gives sense Of Sc
curity and restfulness that is found
In no other.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

The stalk worm, to use common
term, is no respecter Of plants and
shows no Partially, attacking the pig
weed with the same destructiyeness
that it does the potato vine, saliva or
aster. The worm is hard PROPOSE
ton, because there is no method Of
placing a poison III the places where
1t feeds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

France has taken pains to perpetuate
>Rer forest reserves by the adoption Of
az law which compels the planting OF
q tree in the place Of every one that is
cut down. In view Of the well nigh
wholesale md ruthless destruction Of
the magnificent forest reserves in this
country plan similar to that followed
Ii France might we'll be adopted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

A man in the neighborhood has been
filling In and grading his lawn. After
the rich, fertile top dressing had been
added and snoothed down 1t was COW
cred with blue grass clippings which
had already gone to seed. He said that
he got better results in this way than
could be obtained by sowing the seed
in the ordinary manner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

It is a noticeable fact that the
farmers wives and daughters do most
of the trading these days. On recent
Saturday it was observed that the
streets Of thriving western town
were almost lined with light buggies
and vehicles, whereas, as d rule, those
same streets were banked up with
heavy farm wagons. The farmers all
over the country are getting In their
heavy work these days.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

With view to isolating and pre-
serving the microbes which produce
epidemic diseases among mammals in
furious to agriculture, such as prairie
dogs, rabbits, spermophiles, field mice
and rats, the department Of agricul-
ture has sent out circular letter re-
questing that any information or data
relative to such epidemics, whether
present or future, be mailed to it, so
that the disease can be investigated
by the department specialists and mi
crobes producing it preserved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

If there is little toddler in your
home requiring constant watching and
entertainment try the plan Of build
ing a little yard or pen about ten feet
square in some shady, protected place,
filling 1t with sand and the child's
playthings, where he can play In hap
piness and safety. Dress the young
ster in cool, sensible way and don't
worry every time he gets his face
dirty. The child will spend great
many happy hours there, and you
mother folks will be the gamers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

! A western New York friend writes
that no flowers which he had the past
spring were source Of greater pleasure
to him than bed Of English violets
several rods square in his orchard,
which We're planted years ago by pre-
vious tenant Of the place. In addition
to floral fragrance and beauty in the
spring they will also be a source of
delight during October and November.
Start bed, for they are hardy, easily
cared for and pay for their keep.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22

Hawkins & Co. pays the high
est price for fresh lake fish.
County Commissioners A..
Danaher, J. Wagner and Charles
Saxerud drove out to the dam in
in the town of FROM, and will
examine same today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
Read the Daily Pioneer.

Read the Daily Pioneer.
Ronald Stewart Of Minneapolis
is in the city today inspecting
the Great Northern Express
office Of which he is the superin-
tendent.
The case Of James Wilson VS.
j. Hagadone for assault in the
third degree was dismissed this
morning in Judge Pendergast's
court.
The Misses M. Villeman, M.
Allan and H. Allan expect to
leave for Yellowstone Park in
about three weeks for short
pleasure trip.
Miss e btordahl left this
morning for her home at Hen
drum, Minnesota after spending
a week in tie city with her
sister, Mrs. K. K. Roe. Miss
Stordahl took Miss Dora Roe
home with her to visit her grand
mother.
The Ladies Aid Society Of the
Baptist church will serve supper
in the building formerly occupied
by the J. A. McConkey. grocery
store on Minnesota avenue. The
proceeds of the supper to be
used to pay for painting and re-
pairing the church.
Mrs. Fred Stillings leaves to-
morrow morning for Brainerd,
to pick up her household goods
to ship to this city, where she in
tends to make her future home.
They expect to live in the house
now being vacated by A. E.
Winters, on Minnesota avenue.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
THE CITY.
Read the Daily Pioneer.

Read the Daily Pioneer.
Hawlin S & Co. pays the high
est price for fresh lake fish. @
The Bemidji Elevator company
are exclusive agents for Barlow s
Best, Mascot and Cremo flour.
Judge Pendergast had one
drunk this morning, and as he
was good working man the
Judge let him off easy.
Life preservers that will hold
you up, standard government
test. Have them in your launch
in case you need them. For
sale by The Jerrard Plb. Co.
The employers Of the different
barber shops got together yes
terday afternoon and decided to
close their shops at 7:3O p. m.
hereafter.
1t is safe to say that the girls
of 1906 are swecter and more
beautiful than the girls of war
times. The up to-date girls take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
IS cents, Tea or Tablets. Bar
ker's Drug Store.
r. %. Norvell, who has been in
the employ Of w. A.. Gould for
the past few weeks, left yester-
day afternoon for Crookston.
After closing his business affairs
at Crookston he expects to 60 to
Hartford, Conn.,, where he will
make his future home.
A change in time is rumored
to go into effect on the G. N. road
the first OF June which will do
away with the local train now
running and give Walker the
Pacific coast flyer gong both
north and south. Agent Williams
says that if this schedule goes
into effect it will give US south
bound train at about 3 p. M
Walker Pilot.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
OUTCOME OF OLD FEUD.
Seven Men Engage in Bloody Battle
at Walton, Ky.


at Walton, KY.
Cincinnati, May pa bloody bat
tie was fought at the Southern depot
in Walton, KY, twenty miles south of
CovingtOn, and as result William
Merret lies in a precarious condition
at his home near Walton with his
throat cut from ear to ear by a pocket
knife, the arm of George Marchant
was fractured by a bullet from a re-
volver and Clayton Anderson is suf-
fering from conclusion of the brain
caused by several blows of pick
handle and others have many hurts.
The injured are recent settlers in
Walton from the feud district of the
Kentucky mountains. Seven men
were in the fight and they were not
interfered with Citizens of Walton
stood aside and watched the fight
fearing that any attempt at peacemak-
ing would result in harm to them.
After the fight it was said by those
who took part that the trouble arose
over an old mountain feud.
No arrests were made and the
wounded were taken to their homes
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
VoIiva Says He Is Running Zion City
Economically. =

Economically.
Chicago, May 22.-Wilbur G. b.
Iva, the present head of the Christian
Catholic church, announced to his fol-
lowers in Zion City Sunday that be-.
tween Jan. Is and May 10 he had re-
duced expenses to the financial depart
ment of the church from $4,000 per
month to 1882 per month. A saw
ing has been made also in the &C.
clesiastical department that will
amount to $4,000 annually Over
seers who had been receiving $500
per month were reduced to $50. The
pay of others was cut in proportion.
His own compensation under the new
adjustment, Voliva said, is 800 per
month. These facts, he said. were
some of the details of report which
he made to committee appointed
by Federal Judge Lands to investi-
gate the condition Of the industries in
Zion City.
The condition of John Alexander
Dowie is said to be practically I'M
changed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
Police Close House.

The Tyson house of unsavory
repute on the outskirts of town
was closed last night by the
police. Two of the inmates,
Bell Golf and Tutcy Miller, we're
fined 81 each and ordered out of
town.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22

M. & M.
Read the Daily Pioneer.
| Hawkins & Go. pays the high.
est price for fresh lake fish.
r. w. Hitchcock took the Du.
luth train for eastern points this
noon. -.
A. A. Reed of Grand Rapids
is in the city, the guest of George
Fleming.
There will be services at the
Methodist church this evening
commencing at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. e. E. Mcdonald arrived
in the city this morning from
the claim at Maple Ridge.
County Auditor Wilmanr has
issued an order for wolf bounty
to Bert Howard of the town of
Williams.
Miss B. Stems of New York
is visiting at the home of w.
Titus and will remain during the
summer.
Hawkins & Go. pays the high
est price for fresh lake fish.
The BrinkmaD hotel has just
put anew wagonette coach in
use, to run between the depots
and the hotel.
Rev. S. b. P. White launched
his new boat this morning. 1t
is eighteen feet long and has a
four-horse-power engine.
The board Of audit for the
county will meet at the auditors
office Wednesday, June 6, for
the purpose of designating addi-
tional repositories for the county
money.
Charles G.. Reitz, the district
agent for the Remington Type
writer Co., is in the city and will
remain for several days. While
here he expects to place several
now machines.
Great reduction in rates to
Nor way and Sweden on account
Of Growing of King Haakon VII.
Tickets on sale from May Is to
June 26. Single ticket $54.60
Round trip $104. 20. For further
information write Anderson &
Johnson, Agents, Bemidji, MINI.
George O. Walton, travelling
passenger agent for the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway
company is in the city today in
the interest of the road. He
took the east bound train for
Cass Lake.
Men and women who eat fat
meats and drink strong coffee
usually have course, horid skins.
Holliter's Rocky Mountain Tea
makes your skin soft and fair.
IS cents, Tea or Tablets. Bar
ker's Drug Store.
Owing to the failure to get
coaches, the new Winnipeg train
out of Brainerd which was SEIZED
uled to go into OBJECT on May 20,
will not be put on till June 10. 1t
is expected that a night train will
be put on over the NJ. & I. when
this new time table is in force.
It has been rumored that a bi.
weekly night train will be run
up this way as all experiment.
Walker Pilot.
Hawkins & Go. pays the high
est price for fresh lake fish.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
REV JERSEY TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Engineer Stays Daughter, Fatally In
lures Wife and Suicides,

Woodcliffe, N. j., May 22.-John
Cole, an engineer, killed his daughter
Maria with an axe, attacked his wife
with the same weapon, striking her
in the head and probably fatally in
juring her, and then killed himself by
shooting. The tragedy followed the
departure from Coles house of a
young man to. whom it is said the
daughter was engaged.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
Vessel Captured by Pirates.

Gibraltar, May pa British vessel
has been captured off the Anghera
coast by pirates, who are adherents
of the brigand chief, Valiente. The
sum of $4,000 is demanded as ransom
for the vessel and the release of her
crew.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, May 21.-Wheat--To arrive
and on track-No. 1 Northern, 84Kc;
No. 9 Northern, S27sc; May, S41hc;
July, S43sc; Sept, S1Ac. Flax-To
arrive, on track and May, S1.15%;
July, s1.171s; Sept, Sly; Oct, ST.
15A.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat,

Minneapolis, May 21.-Wheat-May,
S3Ac; July, 1925 @S3hc; Sept, SO5s q
SG&c. On track-No. 1 hard, S5Ac:
No. l Northern, S4Ac; No. North
ern, S3Ac.
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STILL RECOGNIZABLE.

Railroad Rate Bill Returned to the
House.
Washington, May 22.-Without the
faintest show of interest either by
members of the house or galleries the
child of the house, the railroad rate
bill, came back to that body during
the day from the senate, somewhat
disfigured but still recognizable.
The bill went to the speakers table.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
WANTED FOR LAND FRAUDS
S. A. D. Puter Captured on Eve Of De
parture for China.


parture for China.
San Francisco, May 22.-S. A. D..
Puter, accused of completely in the
Oregon land frauds and who has been
hunted for months by the federal au
thorities since he escaped from detec-
tives at Boston, has been arrested at
Alameda by secret service men. Puter
did not willingly submit to arrest, but
attempted to draw a revolver The
detectives quickly covered him with
their pistols, but even then had much
trouble in getting their prisoner to
the police station.
Puter had taken the name of James
William Barr and travelled under that
alias since leaving the East. He in
formed the detectives that he had en-
gagged passage on steamer for China
and intended leaving for that country
in a few days.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
Sale or Rent.

Elegant 4room cottage all new,
painted white, fine cellar. Two
acres beautiful ground. East
front. 1907 Irwin Avenue, Wag-
ners addition. Near ball park.
Apply to owner on premises.
Geo, E.. Richardson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-22
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.

.r.-N-~<T
- -, S1ss--i
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CALL FOR TROOPS EXPECTED
Illinois Striking Miners Said to Be
GETTING Troublesome,

Bloomington, Ill.,, May 22.-Striking
miners, it is reported here, have made
several attempts to burn the shaft
and other property of the Cardiff Coal
company, Chicago. concern, at Car
diff. Sheriff C. H. Hoke, with armed
deputies defending the mime
A call for troops is expected and
militia companies are being held in
readiness.