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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
NORTHOME FIRE DAMAGED
HOTEL BRANNON $1,5O0.OO
Flames Discovered In Office at 1880 This Morning
Guests Escape from Second Story Window, Using
lmpr0Yised Ladder

Northome, May 6. Especial to
Pioneer. Fire in the Brannon
hotel in this village, at an early
hour this morning, damaged the
hotel building to the extent of
$1,000, many Of the occupants
Of the rooms having hair breadt th
escapes from being sufocated or
incinirated in the flames.
The fire was discovered in the
office Of the hotel, at about 4:3O
o'clock, and had gained consider
able headway when first noticed.
The employees of the hotel quickly
spread the alarm of fire and soon
there was a scurrying of guests
from the upper-story rooms of
the hotel into the corridors, in
an effort to get out Of the build
ing.
A ladder, composed of sheets
and quilts hastily snatched from
the beds, was made and thrown
from a second.story room in the
rear Of the hotel. The roomers
went down to the ground from
the windows, hand over hand on
this improvised ladder, reaching
terra firma only after inhaling
considerable smoke and some
getting out of their rooms with
much difficulty. Not much care
was given to the making Of early
morning toilets, and the raj.
ment worn by some of the guests
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
CONGRESS MUST RELEASE
FOREST RESERVE LANDS
Interior Department Attorney Makes
Ruling Concerning Segregated
Lands Around Cass Lake.

Washington, May 6.-Assis-
tant Attorney General Wood.
ruff of the interior department.
has decided that congressional
action will be necessary before
any lands now included in the
Minnesota federal forest reserve
can be released and thrown open
to settlement.
At a conference with Con
gressman j. Adam Bede and
Captain A. G.. Bernard of Cass
Lake Saturday, Mr.. Woodruff
said:
''The one great obstacle in the
way of releasing the lands in
your government forest reserve
is that on all of the cut-over lands
there is 5 per cent of the total
original amount of standing tim.
Der left. In other words, 20
trees out of every 100 are still
standing. This standing tim
ber must be left under the pro-
visions Of the Morris act of 1902
for the purpose of reforestration.
The department. could not dis
pose Of the 5 per cent unless
by congress. If we
withdraw these lands and throw
them open to homestead entry,
the settlers would, of course, get
a nice lot of tim Der. Hence, we
will have to go to congress next
winter for some authority to
dispose of the 5 per cent
General Woodruff is very fa-
vorably impressed with a plan
suggested by Captain Bernard,
which would provide for sawmills
on the reservation and that all
timber be manufactured in the
vicinity of the place where it is
cut.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS
JUDGE SPO0NER'S ORDER
In Case Tried at Brainerd, a Year
Ago, Plaintiff Was Given
Damages.

One of the important decisions
rendered by the supreme court
last Friday was in the case OF
Ellen L. Merrill, as administra.
trix Of the estate of Truman D.
Merrill, deceased, respondent,
VS.. John Coates, doing business
as John Coates Liquor company,
appellant, in which the order OF
the lower court was affirmed.
Under this decision, Ellen L.
Merrill of Brainerd is entitled to
a verdict of $2,06I rendered in
her favor against the John Coates
Liquor company tor the death OF
her hus band.
Her husband, T. D. Merrill,
was thrown out of a bar room, ii
is alleged, by a bartender work.
ing for the Coates Liquor com.
pany, on Nov. Is, 1905.
The bartender, it is asserted,
knocked Merrill down and
dragged him out of the place.
He was found two hours later
sitting in the street and was
taken to the county jail, where
he died shortly after.
A post-mortem examination
was held and it was discovered
that the bruise received by being
knocked down by the bartender
was the cause of the death.
His widow sued the bartend.
er's employer, the Coates Liquor
company, and recovered the
above verdict. They appealed to
the supreme court, however,
which has sustained the verdict
of the lower court.
The case was tried before
Judge spooner, at Brainerd, q
year ago, the judge rendering
the verdict, from which an a. appeal
was taken, later.
This is the eighth appeal thai
has been taken from decisions
rendered by Judge Spoonel
since last October. OF the eight
the supreme court has reversed
but one.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
SARCASTIC POEM ON The
'LONE STAR STATE"
Fergus Falls Man Says Even the Devil
Has No Use For
Texas.

From Fergus Falls Journal:
Since the Texas fever broke out
in this locality, Hon. p. 3. Cor
liss, of this city, has been look.
ing into his archives and found a
copy Of a touching poem which
he composed while a private sol
dier in Texas. The poem is
modelled after the Shakespear-
can Odes and the Tennysonian
Idylls, but surpasses these in
beauty and delicacy of senti-
ment, in force of diction and
symmetry of rythm. Better
still, Mr.. Corliss assures US that
it is the exact and literal truth,
and he has rededicated it to
those who are about to leave for
the Sunny Southland. It reads
as follows:
TEXAS
The devil in he'll. we're told was chained.
And thousand years he there rem aimed:
He never complained. nor did he groan.
But determined to start hell Of his own
Where he could torment the souls Of men
Without being chained in prison pen.
So he asked the Lord if he had on hand
Anything left when he made the land
The Lord said: 'Yes. I have plenty on hand.
But I left it down on the Rio Grande:
The fact is my boy the land is so poor.
I don't think you cd use it in hell any more o
But the devil went down to look at the truck
And said if it came as a gift he was stuck.
For after examining it carefully and we'll.
He concluded the place was too dry for hell
So in order to get it off OF his hands.
The Lord promised the devil to water the
lands.
For he had some water-or rather some
dregs
A regular cathartic, and smelled like bad
eggs.
Hence the deal was closed and the deed was
given
And the Lord went back to his home in
heaven,
And the devil then said: Il have all that is
needed
To make a good hell and hence he sue
ceeded.
He began to put thorns ON all Of the trees,
And mixed up the sand with millions of heas.
And scattered tarantulas along all the roads,
Put thorns on the cactus and horns on the
toads;
He heightened the horns Of the Texas steers
And put an addition on the rabbits ears:
He put little devil on broncho steed,
And poisoned the feet OF the centipede.
The rattle snake bites you. the scorpion
stings.
The mosquito delights you with buzzing
wings;
The sand burrs prevail and so do the ants.
And those who sit down need half soles on
their pants,
The devil then said that throughout the
land
He'd manage to keep up the devils own
brand.
And all would be mavericks unless they bore
Marks of scratches and bites and thorns by
the score.
The heat in the summer is 11O,
Too hot for the devil and too hot for men,
The black bear roams through the black
chaparrel,
It's hell Of a place he has for hell.
The red pepper grows on the banks of the
brook:
The Mexicans use it in all that they cook.
just dine with "Greaser.' and then you
will shout
I've hell on the inside as we'll as the
. out
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
DECLAMATORY CONTEST
WAS HELD AT CASS LAKE
Park Rapids Won, But Contestants
Representing Other Schools
Did Very Well.

The first declamatory contest
between the high schools of the
north central part of the state
was held in the village Of Cass
Lake last Friday evening. The
following schools we're repre-
sented: Akeley, Bemidji, Cass
Lake, Grand Rapids and Park
Rapids. Each school was repre-
sented by two contestants, one
giving a serious and one a humor-
Gus selection. Akeley was repre-.
sented by Ruth Holcomb and
Myrtle Ramsdell; Bemidji by
Ethel Knox and Clarence Shan
non; Cass Lake by May Christen.
son and Roxie Utley; Grand
Rapids by Katherine Gilbert and
Allen Doran; Park Rapids by
F'reda Rlce and Car win Meyers.
All contestants acquitted them.
selves with much credit. It was
difficult task for the judges to
make a decision as to the win
ners, in fact it is doubtful if an
other set of judges could have
been found in the entire audience
who would have rendered a like
decision.
While the judges were deliber.
ating, Senator O'Neil was called
upon to make a few remarks.
He stated that he could not
imagine what method the judges
could take to deter mine which
school had won. He gave special
mention of Miss Ethel Knox, who
gave the "Famine' from
'Hiawatha," stating he could not
see how it could have been i'm
proved upon, Her Interpretation,
voice, manner of delivery and
general appearance were all that
one could desire.
Clarence Shannon gave "HoW
Ruby played" in a splendid
manner. Time and place will
not allow discussion of all who
took part. It was, however, the
general opinion of those present
that it was the best contest oil
kind they had ever listened to.
BY the decision of judges PARK
Rapids won the banner having
attained the highest average
The judges also gave Cass Lake
first place on numerous selection
Park Rapids second. The frs
place on serious selection wen
to Akeley, second to Park Rap
ids.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
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ty.
Elmer Bigham, cedar inspector
| for the Naugle Pole & Tie COM
pany Of Chicago. was one Of the
last to leave the upstairs, and
he was nearly suffocated. He
roomed directly over the office,
and flames began to eat through
the floor before he was able to
make his exit. He found the
smoke so thick that he leaped
from the window and was some.
what bruised in falling to the
ground.
Although the guests were con-
siderable frightened by the fire,
no one was really seriously in
jured although several only es-
capped by the merest margin.
The work Of the Northome fire
Is :. -
department deserves the highest
praise. The fire laddies re-
sponded very quickly to the
alarm, although all were asleep
at the time the bell was rung.
They worked intelIigently and
rapidly and by determined
efforts kept the fire confined to
the Office of the hotel.
The damage to the hotel is es-
timated at ST., 500, and it is an
nounced that the necessary re-
pairs will be made at once and
the hotel will resume business
within few days.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06

Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. Hurley and
little daughter Katherine. left this
morning for their home at
Seattle, Washington. Mrs. Hur-
ley is the daughter of w. A.
Walker Of this city, and the Hur-
ley's have been visiting with Mr..
Walker and his family for a fort
night past. They will visit at
Brainerd for a few days with the
parents of Mr.. Hurley, after
which they will go to Jamestown,
N. D., for stay Of several days,
and will then proceed to their
home at Seattle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
The Pioneer at all times has in
stock Office supplies Of every
description
Tag Judgment Sale,

Pursuant to real estate tax Judgment OF
the district court. OF the county Of Beltrami,
March. 1907, in proceedings for enforcing
payment of taxes and penalties upon real
estate in the county Of Beltrami remaining
delinquent on the first Monday in January.
1907. and OF the statutes in such case made
and provided. shaH on Monday, the 18Th
day OF May at ten o'clock in the forenoon at
Bemidji and county OF Beltrami sell the
lands which are charged with taxes, pen nalties
and cost in said Judgment and on which
taxes shall not have been previously paid.
lSEALl JOHN WILLMANN,
Auditor
Of Beltrami.C County.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
LIABLE TO DEADLOCK
ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS
New County of Koochiching Has But
Four Members Board County
Commissioners.

Judging from the following
article, taken from the Interna-
tional Falls Press, a unique state
of affairs exists in Koochiching
county relative to the present
board of county commissioners:
"Under the captain sTook a
Tumble the Littlefork Times
says that the com ssioners of
Koochiching county have decided
that it would be better to have a
fifth commissioner appointed to
fill the vacancy caused by the
failure of Mr.. Bowman, of Big
Falls, to qualify.
1T may interest the Times to
know that each of the four COM
missioners Of the county has
been willing and desirous, ever
since the organization of the
county, to have a fifth commits
sioner named. The trouble has
been, and is, that no legal author
ity exists to fill such vacancy.
An effort was made by the COM
missioners to have a new law
enacted which would give the
governor the power to make such
appointment but on account Of
the late period IN the session
when the attempt was made the
law was not enacted. The four
mmissioners therefore consti.
tute the full board for the
county and this situation must
continue until January 1909. In
the meantime it will be the duty
of the board to divide the county
into five districts, each of which
will elect a com missioner at the
general election in November,
1908"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06

r. G. Spooner, president of the
Donald Land & Lumbe COM
pany, returned Saturday from a
business trip to st. Paul. He
was accompanied by Mrs.
Spooner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06

The Pioneers numerous
phones are all on the same line
No. Bland we will be pleased
to print any items of a social
nature that may be sent in over
the 'shellO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
Has Drive on Clearwater River.

J. G. Parker, he of the elong-
ated form and tireless disposi-
tion relative to the 'tsweat of his
brow" arrived in the city Sat.
urday from along the banks of
the Clearwater river, where he
has been doing some strenuous
work getting out a drive of tim
Der for the Donald Land & Lum-
ber company.
The drive, which was dumped
originally on Clearwater lake,
will be driven to Plummer dam,
and Mr.. Parker expects to have
the drive at the dam within the
next two weeks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06

1t is the intention of those in
terested to make these contests
a. permanent feature in nor thern
Minnesota school.
The program as rendered is
given below:
Instrumental Solo..............Ma Mabel Dugas
How Ruby Played" ....... Clarence Shannon
Herve Riel'.. ........... GaGwin Meyers
Vocal Solo ................... Miss Gardner
Birds Christmas CarOll". Myrtle Ramsdell
Mary Elizabeth ... ........ May Christensen
w adm in de Crick in the Morning" ....
Katherine Gilbert
Uncle Ben Ruth HolcOmb
'Dickey at the Dancing School" .Freda Rice
Vocal Solo. .......... .......... CLARA Hanson
The Famine" e"......................Et 80. Ethel Knox
"Riley's Bear Story y'.......... RoXie Utley
Instrumental Solo. Mabel Dugas
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06

Harry Mills, roadmaster for
the M. & T., went to 1Gemmell
and Big Falls today. The M. &
I. is installing a new steam
shovel to work along the north
line Of the M. & I. and Mr.. Mills
went up for the purpose Of
watching the workings of the
scoop" The shovel will be used
to load the gravel train which
will ballast the track from Gem
nell north to Big Falls.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06

Mrs. W. r. TAFT arrived in the
city yesterday afternoon from
st. Paul, where she has been
visiting for a month past, and
will make her home in this city
with her husband. Mrs. TAFT
encountered a blizzard at Duluth
and was agreeably surprised te
find the weather even as fair as
it was here yesterday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-06
''Ian Mac Laren" Dead.

Burlington, Ia, May 6.--(Spe.
cial to Pioneer. DIR. John Wat.
son, Clan MacLaren) the famous
Scotch author and preacher, died
at 11:15 a. m. today at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa. The cause was
blood poisoning, resulting from
tonsilitis. He was taken i'll at
Mount Pleasant on April 25th.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, e COUNTY OF Los ANGELES. ~ On this 4th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, before me, John P. Reed, Jr., Notary Public in and TOT Los Angeles County, personally ap- peared P. w. Powers, T, w. Phelps, D. s. Pat terson, B. N, Powers John R. Powers, M II. Hannas and Ida M Powers, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to and who executed the within instrument, and &C., knowledged to me that they executed the same.
 In witness whereof have hercunto set my
 hand and affixed my official seal (SEAL) the day and year last above
 written. JOHN F. REED. Jr., Notary Public in and for Los Angeles County, State of California. STATE OFS SCALZFORNIA. SC COUNTY OF Los ANGNLES. ' I, c. G. Reyes. County Clerk of the County of Los Angeles. State of California do hereby certify the within to be q full. true and correct copy of Articles Of Incorporation of the Juniata Gold and Copper Company as remains on file in this office.
 In whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
 affixed my official seal this 5th day (SEAL) of March, 4. D 1907.
 c G. KEYES, By w. c. WATSON. Clerk.
 Deputy Clerk. 1St pub. April 10. 1907.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22

men in each state to travel, distribute samples of our goods and tack signs. Salary SS0.00 per month; s % per day for expens- es. SAUNDERS CO.,. Department F., No. 46 Jackson Boulevard, Chica- go, Illinois.
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Desert Land, Final Proof. No
 tice for Publication.
Jnited States Land Omce

United States Land Of1ce,
 Phoenix, Arizona. May I4 1907. Notice is hereby given that George Sylvester Peterkin, of Yuma, una County, Arizona, has filed notice of intention to make proof on his deSert-land claim No. 3l98, for the South west quarter of Sec. 8, T. 8-S. k. p. w., G. and S. R. B. and M., before the Clerk of the Dis trict Court in his office at Yuma, Arizona on Wednesday. the 26th day of June Iy07, He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said land:
 Frank Keppler. John Syverson, Harry Mo KibbinS and Oliver Quick, all of Yuma, Arl- Zona.
 MILTON R. MOORE,
 Register. First pub May 22 1907,
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22
Department of the Interior, Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona,

Land Otnce at PnOenlX, arHona
 May If. 1907 Notice is hereby given that Bernard C. Croft of Somerton, Yuma county, Arizona, has filed notice of his intention to make final Five-year proof ill support of his claim viz: Homestead Entry No. 4047, made Nov. IT, 1901, for the lotS and z and East half of Southwest quarter, Sec. 6, T. TO- South Range 24-W., and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the Probate Court, in his office at Yuma, Arizona, on June 25 1907.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of the land, viz:
 Newton s. Parks, Perry O. Spittl:r, John L. Huffman and Martin Morris, all of Yuma, All ZOna.
 First publication May % 1907.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22
Notice for Publication
Department Of the Interior, Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona,

Department Of the InteriOr,
 Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona,
 May Ii, l017. Notice is hereby given that Harry Brown stetter, of Yuma Yuma county, Arizona, has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim viz; Hon1 eStead Entry No 4242. made July s. 1902, for the Soul asst quarter of Section 29. Township g, South, Range 22-West, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court. in his office at Yuma, Arizona, on June 26 1907. lie names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of the land viz:
 Pablo PinO, Alexander BalSZ, Joseph D. Bell and Edmund T. Maddox, all of Yuma, Arizona.
 MILTON R. MOORE.
 Register. T7...
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22
Desert Land, Final Proof. No.
 tice for Publication.

United States Land Ofice, Phoenix, Arizona
 May If, 1907. Notice is hereby given that Adam Ludy, of Yuma, Arizona, has filed notice of intention to make proof on his deSert-land claim No. 5277, for the Northeast quarter, Sec, 27 T. 9, $. k. 24 w, G. and $. +. B. and M., before the Clerk of the District Court in his office at Yuma Arizona, on Thursday, the 27th day of June, 1907.
 He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said land:
 Albert E. Baldwin, of Somerton, Arizona Richard P. Marable of Yuma, Arizona; Rob- ert H. Theilmann. of SomertOn, Arizona; liar vey l.. Wiley, of SomertOn, Arizona.
 MILTON K. MOORE, Register. First publication May % 1907.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22

pears of record in Book Two of Articles of In corporation, records of Yuma County. In witness whereof, I have hcreunto set my hand and affixed my official seal of (SEAL) office, this 3rd day of My, A. D., 1907.
 J. M. POLHAMUS,
 County Recorder Yuma County. First pub May s, 1907
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22
ARTICLE VT.

The highest amount of indebtedness and liability to which this corporation shall sub- ject itself shall be the sum Of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22

The Yuma Ice Co. s soda water is the best. Only pure, distilled water is used in its manufacture, therefore it is also the most healthtul. Drink ne other.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-05-22
ARTICLE VIII.

The stockholders of this corporation rel re senting majority of the subscribed capital stock thereof may adopt a code of bylaws for it's government, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States and the organic act and statutes of the terri tory of Arizona. Said code of bylaws may be adopted at the first meeting of the stock holders Of said corporation or at any subse- auent meeting thereof; or said code of bylaws may be adopted by the written assent of two thirds of the subscribed capital stock of sSid corporation, without meeting for that pur- pose. Said code of bylaws may be amended by the assent of stockholders representing a majority of all of the subscribed capital stock at any meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, or the same may be amended by the written assent of the holders Of two-thirds of the subscribed capital stock of said corporation without meeting for that purpose.
 In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this 2nd day of May, X. D. 1907.
 T. G. Gordon,
 F. s. Gordon,
 John w. Engelkc,
 A. V. SandOz,
 Frank l.. Goyette. STATE OF CALIFORNIA. s
 COUNTY OF Los AVG
 On this 2nd day of May, A. D. 1907, before me, N. NJ. Butler, a notary public in and for the county of Los Angeles, state of California, personally appeared T. G. Gordon. F. $. Gordon, John w. Engelke, A. V Sandoz and Frank l.. Goyette, personally known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they each acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the pur- pose and consideration therein expressed. In witness wheI, O.. have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in said county of Los Angeles the day and year in this certificate first above written. N. NJ. Butler, lNotariaI Notary Public in and for the SeaIl County of Los Angeles, State of California.
 | TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, cs COUNTY OF YUMA.
 J. NJ. PolhamuS. County Recorder in and for the County aLd Territory aforesaid, do here by certify that the within and foregoing is a trucand correct copy of the Articles of IncOrpo- ration of the New York and Inyo Copper Company as filed for record in my office on the Srd day of May, A. D., 1907. and as ap-