The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-11-19
NO SNAP PROVING up ON
CLAIM OUT IN CALIFORNIA
Truthful Witness Tell Of a Remarkable
Catechism WhichHe Barely
Survived.

! AS"'O AAoO 0ANho AAu 6O UAVOA
would-be settler who is trying to
make final proof on his claim, are
rather severe in their question.
ling, but these emissaries OF
Uncle Sam are not Sin it" for q
moment with the agents out in
California who probed and
brought to light the recent land
scandals that startled the entire
country:
A witness who was put
through the sweatbox out there,
AYERS that the subjoined list OF
questions was among those which
were propounded to him: ~
l When and where were you
born, and are you sorry: it hap.
pened? 81! T..
! 2 We're any Of your ancestors
EVER hung, and what for?
| 3 Are you taking up this land
10 defraud the government, and
if so, why are You so wicked?
4 If you build a mill on this
land will you sell the lumber or
| give it away? s'.s
| 5 What is your business, and
what do you save each month?
6 Do you know the difference
between speculation and the doc
trine Of infant damnation?
| z Were you ever married, and
If so, why did you happen to be
so careless? .-...
8 Who are the greatest
smashers, Del Norte timbe 10.
Gators or Carrie Hatchetnation:
9 WHAT'S your laundry mark,
and how often do you send your
clothes to wash?
|! s 10 Is the land Office greater
than the supre me court, and if
SO, why not? ~. ".
II Do you use Force, and
what is your opinion Of sawdust
,!s a breakfast food?
.12 What is home without an
auto? ..'.> ILL.,
| ,13 Are you in favor of expan-
sion, and what is your chest
measurement t? =.
II How far is it from here t.
there, and if not, why So?
Is We're you ever in jail, AID
who bailed you ou>?
]6 Is it true that you stole
the money out Of the little boy s
bank to pay for the claim?
II Were you ever baptized,
lnoculated or fumigated, and did
it take? I.
18 Do you know what made
Milwaukee famous, and what is
your liquid capacity?
19 Tell all your private aff.::rs
which have taken place sine.
childhood not revealed ty tht
above questions.
20 Are you a uniun man or .
scab?
FL Don't you feel ashamed OF
yourself for trying to keep the
poor script com pany syndicate
from getting hold Of Your claim!
% We're you ever in love, and
how long before you came to?
% How many running feet OF
logs is there on your claim, and
how long will it take you to cut
down all the trees, working 16
hours a day?
"a Who is the author Of the
! famous saying, Back to the
Wuods?"
25 Now will you be good?
26 Who hit Billy Paterson,
and what will be the outcome!
! Darwin relatcs that the Gnucilos OF
the American pampas live for months
on the fat meat Of the oxen they watch
over. The Eskimos can get along very
/ well by eating from five pounds to six
! pounds day Of reindeer or seaps flesh
SO long as it is not too lean, but co.l-
tains a due proportion Of fat Says the
8 author Of "Diet and Dletetics:' .a.Some
I men obliged to live a very fatiguing
life, the trappers and hunters Of the
I pampas of America aud Siberian
I steppes, the inhabitants OF very cod
climates, the fishermen living on the
d banks Of the frozen sea. can eat al
4 most exclusively without II suffering
from 1t enormous quantities Of meat or
fish, but on two conditions that the
meat be accompanied BY Its fat and
4 that the Individual subjected to. this
diet lead very active life IN the open