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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11
Blowing Ourselves.

The PIONEER yesterday proved
its hustling qualities by giving to
It's readers a detailed account of
the terrible fire in the West
Hotel at Minneapolis a few hours
after it had occurred. Our
subscri bers got this important
news fully twelve hours before it
could have reached them through
the medium of any other paper
and twenty-four hours before
any of the morning dailies, con
tanning the story, would have ar
rived. This is only sample Of
the activity in force on this paper,
to obtain all the reliable news
and present 1t to our patrons
while it is still news.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11
The attorneys who have beer

The attorneys who have been
examining Henry H. Rogers,
Vice president of the Standard
OH company, in connection with
the suits brought against the oil
trust by the state of Missouri,
have finally succeeded in getting
thai gentleman TO Omit that he
sold oil. It took several days to
get that much out of him aside
from admitting what his name
was and he even baked at
that at first. He declined to
answer or forgot when asked
numerous other questions al
though he confessed that his
memory was good. This seems
to bear out Lawson's statement
IN his recent articles on Frenzied
Finance. that "when it came to
getting any information out of
Rogers, he was like stone wall
as compared with Rockefeller
and anyone knew that he was
close moutbed enough for all pur-
poses. . The head of the oil
trust must be getting a tr1fe
worried when he is afraid to tell
who buys his products and it
must be a shady business trans
action when the seller refuses to
name his buyers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11
SU BSCRIPTION IS PER YEAR
He Who Makes Good.

He who makes good is a bless
ing to every community, be he a
public officer, business man,
mechanic or common laborer.
Each one in his place plays a
part. Let anything come up for
the common good of all and and
she who makes good" lends a
helping hand. He always has a
good word, his dollar or dollars.
and his energies on tap, to help
push an enterprise along. He is
never seen upon the street
corners. barrooms or hotel offices
complaining or finding fault. He
always sees the bright side of
life and breaches brotherly love,
push and get there to it-tive ness.
Today it may be a new railroad,
a sawmill, a pickle factory. a
wholesale h GU s e, a handle
factory, a hospital, a new public
library, a new brick block or a
water power and he is at the
front, pushing the good work
along.
How different with his brother,
she who never makes good. The
discontented mem Der of thecom-
munity, who wastes his time or
the time of his employer, or neg
lects his business, condemning
this or that public officer, this or
that public enterprise, this or
that person. We have but one or
two of this class in our COM
muniiy, but the one or two make
considerable noise at times. We
therefore offer these few re-
marks, old but true, for the
thoughtful consideration of all
who at times are disconnected
and inclined to join with the
kicker: "One coyote can hang
around a. camp at night and
create the impression that pack
of at least twenty big wolves are
looking for chance to eat the
cam pers. But nvestigation will
reveal that the single coyote is
lean, hungry and cuwardly, and
that he does not weigh over if,
teen pounds Likewise o.e
kicker or knocker in a town, will
create the impression that there
is much opposition and indigna-
ton against this or that enter
prise, citizen or. measure.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11

ROJESTvENSKY, of the i'll fated
fleet which was destroyed by Ad-
miral Togo in the battle of the
sea OF Japan, having lost fame as
a com mander, now steps forth
into the lime light as an eminent
dreamer of dreams. His latest
pipe dream and one which nearly
caused rupture with Great
Britain, was his statement that
the British fleet was waiting for
him at Wei.Hai- Wei to destroy
bis vessels if Togo had failed.
This statement implied official
consent, if not official approval,
but he declares that the assertion
was merely his personal opinion
land one with which his Govern
ment had nothing to do. This
may relieve the annoyance of any
explanation to Great Britain, but
it will be remem bered that he
had an awful scare on his way
over in the North Sea when he
fired on a few harmless fishing
boats, sinking some and killing Il
few men. His explanation for
this was that he thought they
were japanese torpedo boats.
1t is evident that Rojestvensky
Still sees thAt fl Let in his mind S
eye. He ought To take another
pill and plant that phantom feet
off The. coast Of Corea or in the
neighborhood of Vladivistock.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11

Z ts (. $50. & @ :
SPEAKING of Rockefeller, an
article in one of this months
magazines, on the "Concentra-
ton of Riches, $ gives one a CON
ception Of Rockefeller's vast
fortune. Its conceded to amount
to one billion dollars. AS the old
saying goes. this isn't much if
you say it quickly, but how few
can conceive Of the immensity Of
this sum. The article states, and
truthfully, that 'sif,. at the birth
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan -Wheat-May, S75s>
@S7Ac; July, s4% @s4Mc. Corn
May, 45c; July, 1890 Oats-May,
32Ac c; July, 3OAc. Porl-Jan., $13.75;
May, $14.02R @1405. Flax = Cash,
Northwestern, s119 Southwestern,
S1.13; May, $1.23 Butter-Creamer-
les, 1SD26hc; dairies, 1896 Eggs
-1S@23c. Poultry Turkeys, lac;
chickens and springs, lie.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that there is money
in the Treasury of Beltrami County. Mime
sofa to pay.the following numbered Road &
Bridge Warrants. 1920 1906. 15015. 1923,
15N31.i 1924. 1502s. 1925.
Dated Bemidii Mimi. Jan. il tn. 1906
GEO. II. FRENCH.
Treasurer Beltrami County. Mimi.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11

of Christ, Mr.. Rockefeller had
begun making a dollar minute
and had let all these dollars &C.
cumulate day and night for all
these centuries, be would notyet,
at this time, have amassed the
sum he possesses now. In seven
years his fortune will double, so
in 1912, he will have two billions,
in 1919, four billions,i in 1926, eight
billions and he will then be a
younger man than Russell Sage
is to-day 1t certainly seems as
if they were horrible slip some
where in the working of nature
which would permit one man to
acquire such wealth and is there
any wonder that the people be-
gin to ask each other, did he get
it honestly?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11
Notice..

There is money in the treasury to pay all
warrants registered prior to January 4. 1902
and parties are requested to present these
warrants for payment as interest ceases
from this date. ~
Dated Bend il. anuary II. 1905.
EARL CELL.
Treasurer. City Of Bemidji,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11

PUBLIC LIBRARY - Open
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays, 2:30 to 6 p. 10. Thurs
day to 8 p. m. also. Ii
hrary in basement of court
House. Mrs. E. r. Ryan, IL
brarian.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

WRITE A. D. STEPHENS, Crooks
ton, Mimi, about the new
towns of Holt, Middle River,
Strathcona and Grenbush OF
the Thief River Fails extension.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

The promoters of legitimate mining com panies are pleased to note that Postmas- ter-General Cortelyou is stirring up his department to run down the fake promot- CTS who put out wildcat companies to fleece the public. MT. Cortelyou in his annual report pointed out that it is often difficult to get convicting evidence against fake promoters, even though 1t is plain on the surface that they are robbing the public. The postoffice department is send ing to Mexico a corps of trained men to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

that any one In the room could hear him: Then I guess you will have to clear out of this
 "Peng accustomed to civilized countries and ways, I immediately sent a waiter for the manager, who coolly sent word that I had better come to see him, and the only satisfaction I could get from this gentleman was: Well. I guess l cant in- terfere That is one of our hotel detec- tives' Fearing even greater insults in less world-renowned establishments, the lady implored me to leave New York that night for the west, which we did under conditions of the greatest discomfort
 '"rhis is by no means an unusual oc- currence in the best New York hotels, as any one who has travelled in the states will bear witness. These so-called detee- tives, or rather blackmailers, have no re- spect for anything but physical force and woe betide the helpless unprotected En- glish lady who falls into their clutches
 But how can such disgraceful state of things be tolerated? No wonder Eng land is an earthly paradise to the rich American.
 "P. S.--I may add that the New York hotel referred to is quite on par with the Carlton and Savoy hotels in London"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
AN ENGLISH CRITIC.
Of How They Do Things in the Swell
 Hotels of Gay New York.

London Cable to the New York Times.
 The following appears in letter to the editor in The St. James Gazette today:
 sir: In view of Caruso's recent experi- ences in New York, may l briefly state my own? They may serve as a warning to those deluded mortals who contemplate a so-called pleasure tour to the United States of America.
 "A short time ago I went on business to America The wife of an old friend was proceeding to Yokohama to join her hus- band, and the latter asked me to escort her as far as San Francisco. On our ar rival in New York we secured rooms at what Is generally considered the best ho- tel, in Fifth avenue, where we naturally took our meals together. Our apartments were on different landings and we regis tered under our different names.
 Judge of my amazement when on the evening of our arrival and while we were at dinner in the restaurant. a shabby looking individual walked up to our table and inquired in loud, insolent tones whether my companion was my wife. On receiving a curt and indignant reply in the negative, the man shouted out, SC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

killed himself, when he knew that death would come to him in lingering suffering
 He was 21 years old, student of the College of Physicians and Surgeons ana the son of a wel-to-do real estate broker of Brooklyn. He had taken up the stuoy of medicine to gratify his desire for sel- ence and the enigma of the great white plague attracted him when he had pro gressed into pathology. He gave hllhseli over to the study of the germs or the dread disease that causes more dealhs than any other. He experimented in the culture of the tubercular germ and dreamed of the time when he should be- come a world benefactor in discovering serum that would cure tuberculosis.
 If is said that he became inoculated with fhe germs he studied. and before he was aware Of 1t the disease had made him its martyr At first refusing to believe and then hoping against hope and questioning the same principles he had taken as the Fundamentals of his study, he fought against the development of the disease. Several weeks ago he was forced to give up hope.
 His parents tried to persuade him that he would not die and that he must move to some other climate in hopes of effect ing q cure He listened to them, but de- spondently replied that he could do noth- ing but die.
 Sunday night he appeared in his usual frame of mind, speaking cheerfuly to his father, and venturing the hope that he might live to be well and strong again.
 A maid went to his room to call him for luncheon at noon yesterday and found him dead He had drunk of bottle of car bolic acid, and had been dead several hours when found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
A LONG WAR.
One of Two Hundred and Forty-three
 Years Duration at an End.

From the New York Journal.
 A little cable dispatch of not more than fifty words from The Hague. in Holland, tells in matter of-fact fashion of the end- \ ing of a war which has lasted 2f3 years, \probably the longest in the history of the iworld. waged ceaselessly. decade after de- cade, by the stout-hearted, dogged Dutch bgainst the savage Macassars for the pos session of the diamond-dusted, gold-crust- led island of Celebes. in the East Indies.
 This war was begun when New York had been settled by these same Dutchmen only thirty years before. Peter Stuyve- sant was then stumpng about it's half dozen streets edging the bay on his wood en leg, lording it over the handful of peo- ple who, before the war was ended. were to become the 100000 of the great metrop- oils of the west.
 The Pilgrims had been in Massachusetts only forty years. A locomotive was as unknown as a flying machine or an auto mobile electricity was. not dreamed of and steam was not driving a single wheel anywhere. The world has awakened from 3 great sleep and girded itself with the myriad modern devices while the Dutch have been subjugating these far eastern Macassars.
 Charles II. the profiigate, was rioting on fhe throne of England in the beginning Of |, fhe Restoration; Napoleon. who was to
 
 X Caesar had before him. was not to be 11born on the little isle of Corsica for an- other hundred years; England was only l,beginning to realize that Shakespeare had Just completed the greatest literary work lin the language Rembrandt. Murillo and 5velasquez were painting their master spieces in different parts of Europe, and 3Queen Victoria. still to be born, might shave been merely a little, insignificant Herman princess. instead of Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. by the grace of tGod, Defender of the Faith and Empress sof India" if William Henry, the Stadt- Ynolder of Holland, who began this war Against the, Macassars, had not become William III of England.
 1 The last thousand of the duslSy Malay tribe. driven back foot by foot from the southern coast of the island, made their final stand in wild fastness on the top- most crag of the crater of one of Celebes extinct volcanoes. With it's natural bat dement's of solid rock and up on "the roof of the world" it was more like an eagles eyrie than a fortress.
 But the Dutch soldiers. trained to meet their enemy by the lessons of the almost lnterminable war. pushed their way up . the mountain side, through the tangled tropical forest and ringed themselves laround the crater.
 \ At last the natives surrendered ending A war of more than two centuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Agriculture in Africa.
the Southern Workman.

From the Southern Workman.
 Excepting, perhaps, some Malayan tribes the African negroes are said to lac the finest agriculturists of all the natu- ral races. The Bongos are said to have greater variety of garden plants around their huts than are found in the fields and gardens of German village. Irrigation ie practiced The Angolos. in the Congo dis triot, have practical irrigation. The Wa changu show wonderful skill in irrigatng their terraced hillsides by tunnels of wa ter diverted from the main stream. They have a clear mode of irrigating equally a given surface. As the little canals of water are always elevated above the cul- tivated plants. they will tap them at a convenient spot above the beds to be wa tered. and then turn the stream into d rough conduit made of the hollow stems of bananas cut In half. the end of each stem overlapping the next Then, as the water enters the last joint, 1t is freely turned right and left, distributing the vlv- flying stream in all directions
 All forms of scrofula, salt rheum and eszema are cured by Hoods Sarsapa- rilla. the blood puriher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

The speculation in mining shares has abated somewhat since the Nipissing fias co, but new companies continue to come on the market. The future of the Nipis- sing mine is still a mystery. It is difficult to believe that John Hays Hammond, when he said six weeks ago that the Nj pissing was conservatively worth $30,000,- 000 could have been so far wrong as seems to be indicated by the current mar ket prices for the stock. The mine that Mir. Hammond said was worth more than S3O, ,O00, 600 was selling in the curb market this week at a valuation of less than $l5, 00O GOO. The known fact that the Guggen
 helms are entirely out of the property, and refuse to re-enter it, together with the fact that several of the largest owners in the property at the time of the Guggen- helm purchase have sold all their stock, naturally makes investors timid about buying the stock, even after it has had such violent decline. The sentimental effect of the decline in Nipissing stock has been naturally to check the rise in other Cobalt stocks, and in many of the other new mining stocks. but there are some notable exceptions among the more sea- soned mining shares. Greene Concentrated Copper, for example, which is very widely held by the public, and in which the puo- lie has made a great deal of money, has been strong this week on rumors of rights to the stockholders and the rise in the subsidiary Greene mine, the Cananea Gen. tral. The shares of the Davs-Daly com pany traded fin principally on the Boston market, have also been very strong on the report of the cutting of big vein of high grade copper ore, the existence of which had been unknown. The strike in the Da vis-Daly apexees is one of Senator Clark's properties and the Davis-Daly therefore only shares in a part of it's value. The Davis-Daly is of peculiar interest, because stc lot ri in fIo art of ha Butte business district In excavating for the foundation of an office building being erected by the State Savings Bank of Butte the rock was so rich in copper, sil- yer and gold that it was shipped to the smeter. This is on one of the Davis-Daly claims
 of Toe ta mir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
D 6 E l. B R Q E C M U
Helps in key-Makinq.

Remember the key-WOrd may be either
 The name of a piece of furniture
 Or the name of a part of a piece
 Or part of the name of piece of Furniture.
 The big capital letters in this series of ''ads"-or rather, some of them spell that name. The last letter will not appear until December "A. It is better to save the ads" until then, when you may cut out the capital les- .ters and see what words they will spell. When you have decided on what you believe to be the key word, paste the letters forming it on blank sheet of paper, write your name and address, together with the day of the month and the hour and minute, and mail to us. At first we suggested the arrange mentf of the key-word in the form of key but this is not necessary. The right word, made from letters which have appeared in our ads" will un- lock the desk.
 Read the ads" carefully. Those published already contain some valu able hints, as will those to come. And in each ad is an excellent suggestion as to gift-buying
 N Don't fail to visit our store and look around. The key to the key-word is constantly in evidence somewhere on one of the four floors.
 Suggestions for Holiday ShOppeLS.
 A Gift from the HOUSE OF
 JACOBS will carry with it the pres
 tige of being the best article that can be bought for the money. Ben M. Jacobs X Bros. Everything in Furniture For
 Everybody
 1911-13 Third Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

go through the mining regions there and find out how many of the Mexican mining companies promoted in this country are really genuine. The postoffice depart ment has evidence that 100000 has been invested in the last three years by Ameri- cans in more or less worthless Mexican mines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
A MARTYR TO SCIENCE.
Youth Experimented With Germs Un-
 til He Got Mortal Disease.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 A victim of the same disease to whose cure he would have devoted a life of study and heroic self-denial, Jacob Tara rosky, young medical student, of 2 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
A BARGAIN IN BUSINESS
 PROPERTY

S23,00O-50x140 with mod ern, new two- story brick build ing, rented for 5 years at S1, 800 per year, End Ave, near 24th St.
 T. L. ANGLIN & co.
 Phones 1923 2117 1st Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

unlocks the elegant
 WRITING DESK
 (valued at S40) which We will give away January l. The large capital letter in M this space may be one of those which make 8 the key word. Cut out this advertisement and W come to our store for a "key-maker."
 Suggestions to Holiday
 Shoppers
 --O2)- The letters preceding today's are:
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-03
FROM DRYDEN.

Dryden. Va, Sept. 80. Mrs.
Phoebe Smith. OF Bristol. re-
turned nome Sunday after a
short visit 20 friends and rela-
tiveS in Dryden.
Miss Willie Wilson came up
from Rocky Station Saturday
and spent Sunday with her
cousin, Miss Winnie Orr, of this
place.
Mrs. Umbarger and daugh-
ter. Miss Kate. OF Pennington
Gap, spent Sunday in Dryden.
Mrs. Umbarger is considering
locating IN Dryden for { n e
winter.
Mr.. John Debusk, of Indian
apolis, Ind. who has been Wis
iting friends and relatives in
this section for several DAYS. re-
turned home Sunday.
The three sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Wygal, who have
been i'm the west for number
of years, are visiting their
parents at this place.
The High School was entered
Thursday after school was dis.
missed, and a number of knives.
pencils, &c, stolen from the
pupils desks. Such vandalism
Is TO be deplored. and strenu0u.
efforts are being made to locat,
the guilty party.
Mesdames j. b. Wolfe an,
/ a. b. Saflie, of Green Hill. wer,
shopping in town Saturday.
Dryden will be well repre-
scented at the J0neSville FaiI
next week. Master Paul Gilly
o, this place, is expected {,
carry OIL the prize at the baby
show.
/ Barton Young, who is teach
ing at Stickleyville IN the Rock
Station District. was in tow
j Saturday and reports his schoo
TO be in a fiourishing condition
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-03
INCREASED COURT BUSINESS.

Judge Henry G. Mcdowell,
Judge of the Western District
of Virginia, has issued an order
requiring the Commissioners in
Lee, Wise, Scott, Dickinson,
Russell and Tazewell counties
10 send all their business to Big
Stone Gap, now that this place
has two courts each year. This
means that the business of the
court will be largely increased a.,
and Will be one of the largest
and most important courts in
the District. The next term Of
court at this place will be held
in January.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-03
NEW OFFICERS GO IN.

Mayor Bowling and his cohn-
ell, after having consulted their
attorneys Monday, turned over
the papers and records of the
town and gave full possession
to Mr.. Lyon and the new coun-
Gil. This ends a long bitter
fight and the people will be
glad TO know that it is over.
We do not know whether Mr..
Ballou will proceed with his
contest or not. We have heard
that he will not.-Norton Free
Press.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-03
NOTICE.

| have this day (Oct. list. 1906, }
sold out my entire interest in
the Appalachia Bottling Com
pany 10 Messrs. Johnson *
Hale, and all accounts TO this
date are payable TO me. Ac-
counts past due will be placed
out for collection.
IL +. WHITEHEAD,
Oct J.. 1906. Appalachia. Va
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