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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
Cost of Living in 1905.

A of the report just sent to
the printer by the United States Bureau
of Labor, of which Charles z. Neill is
the head, covering the year 1906, shows
that the prices of food were generally
higher during every month of that year
than in the corresponding month of 100.
The price in December was 4S-1Oths per
cent higher than the average for the year
1906, and the year as a whole showed a
higher average han any since 1880, the
period covered by the bureaus inyestiga-
ton. The increase of last year applied
uneqIally to twenty-five of the thirty ar
ticles showing the greatest advance were
lard, evaporated apples. pork. bacon, ham,
fish, mutton and butter. The retail prices
of food were 29-10ths per cent higher
than in the previous year.
The report deals also with the question
of wages for manual workers, and gives
figures showing that the advance in wages
per hour over the preceding year was
greater than the advance in the retail
prices of food. That is to say, the p,r.
chasing power of an hours wages as
measured by foo was greater last year
than the year before. The increase in
this purchasing power was / 41Oths per
cent. AS compared with the ten years'
average from 1890 to 1890, the wages per
hour were "a 2-10ths per cent higher, and
the number of employees AZ 9-1Oths per
cent greater, and the average hours OF
labor a week 4 Cloths per cent lower. In
the principal manufacturing Industries o.
the country the average wages wert
45-1Oths per cent higher than in 8
The greatest increase was in the manu-
facture of cotton goods, where the wage!
were II 2-10ths per cent higher, and il
only one industry. that of paper an
wood pulp, was there a decrease, namely
1 1-1Oth per cent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
CO.'S DRY.

Elcction nj Ar":n Nav state
Indicate Success of Prohibition.
Oklahoma has ratified tAe cabling act
Ind become a State 90 far as Oklahoma
and Indian Territory are concerned. Re
turns from the largest cities and coun-
ties Of Oklahoma aud Indian Territory
up to midnight Tuesday indicated that
the constitution of the proposed new
State has been adopted by 4 large major.
ity; that the prohibition clause OF the
constitution has been adopted and that
the Democratic State ticket, headed by
C. N. Haskell of Mnskogee for Gov
ernor, has been elected over Frank
Frantz, the present territorial governor
Of Oklahoma, who was the Republican
nominee. In the enabling act Congress
provided for prohibition in Indian Terri
tory for twenty-one years from Jan. /,
1905. The prohibition clause voted on
applies the same provision to the Okla.
homa side of the new State.
All of the elements of a national cam
paign were at hand in the canvass. Secre
tary of War Taft was the chief represent
alive of the Republican side and William
j. Bryan was brought in to answer Sec
rotary Taft and to lead the Democratic
fight for the constitution and the Demo
cratic ticket. 8
The election was held under the terms
of the act of Congress granting Join
statehood to Indian Territory and Okla.
homa Territory. The statehood bill was
passed at Washington after a strenuous
fight which was carried through severa
sessions of Congress. President Roose
welt INTERVIEWED on behalf of the peoplc
of the territories, and,~ while each terri
tory was anxious for separate statehood
a compromise was affected by which thu
friends of statehood accepted the join
bill rather than have none at all. 1mme
diately after the statehood bill was sign
ed by the President the battle for the po
litical control of the new State opened
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
Peak Rises from Sea,

DR.. G. Eakle aud A. B. Meyers, mem
bcrs of an expedition which left Seattle
Est year in the schooner Lydia to in
enire into the formation of Perry Island.
lave returned to San Francisco. During
their stay in Alaskan waters the scient-
lists discovered a new peak, which has
s'nce been named McCulloch Peak. BY
the formation of this peak Perry Island
has been transformed into a peninsula
connected with Bogoslog Island. The
whole formation is steaming hot. Sew
eral earthquakes due to volcanic disturb
ances which preceded the advent of Nc
Culloch Peak were felt by both men
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
photographinx Thoughts,

DR.. Hippolyte Baraduc, a noted French
physician, has recently published a series
of photographs purporting to represent
different thoughts or prayers, thus offer
ing some confirmation to the theories of
the Theosophists. DR.. Baraduc, on the
assumption that the human being is com
posed of fluid or gaseous bodies as well
as that of flesh and blood. exposed vari-
Gus sensitized plates in the dark near to
persons in varying states OF mind and got
differing results. He sometimes uses a
green electric light.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
Farme rand Consumer.

The Producers and Consumers Inter.
national Equity Union and Cooperative
Exchange has just been Incorporated I'M
der the laws of New Jersey, with $1,000
600 capital stock, and the articles OF in
corporation say the objects of the e1-
change are ito protect the interests and
rights of organized producers and con-
sumers to bring farmers. producers and
workers into closer communication with
the cooperative unions of the country,
and to cooperate with the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor in promoting the sale
and use of goods bearing union labels
The incerporators are Missourians.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
why American Marriages Fail.

Again a woman is finding fault with
American wives and complaining OF the
failure of American marriages. This time
it is Anna A. Rogers in the Atlantic
Monthly, who says that ''the excessive
education and excessive physical coddling
of young women" and their devotion to
physical culture and sports, has evolved
a hybrid feminine who is a cross between
a magnifed, rather unmannerly boy and
a spoiled, ~exacting creature who sincerely
loves herself alone. Thus. explains this
sociologist, "a slipshod, unchivalrous COM
partnership" has grown up between the
sexes which after marriage is found to
be "a cause for tears or temper" One
contributory cause, she says, is the exist
ence of 1921 courts empowered to grant
d;yorcoc
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
WORSE THAN BLACK PLAGUE.
Greatest Catastrophe World Ever
Knew Now In Progress.

Catastrophe World Ever
Knew Now In
The greatest catastrophe the world has
ever known is in progress at this present
moment and the world recks little OF
nothing of it.
This is the plague epidemic in India,
which has now been raging for more than
eleven years, mad which, SO far from
showing any tendency to die out, keeps
steadily increasing in intensity. Thus,
during the six weeks ending May IL last,
4S1,S92 persons persisted from 1t. or at
the rate of over $4,000 deaths a week.
Nothing approaching the appalling hos-
ror represented by these figures has ever
been recorded before. The nearest to it
was in 1905, when, during the last week
in March, the epidemic was responsible
for 5 1902 deaths.
No pestilence of ancient or modern
times, Of which we have any knowledge,
has slain SO many millions Of people as
has his one and the end Of which. mind.
is not yet.
The ..Great Plague Of London, for
example, about which everybody has
heard, killed at the outside some 10000
people in seven months, or about - many
as are dying weekly in India from . dis
ease which is identical with it in every
respect.
The "Black Death" is said to have
slain one-third of the then population Of
England-say 100000 persons !; but this
is doubtful. Even admitting the correct
ness Of the estimate, however, the NOR
tality of the present epidemic in India
has already more thar doubled this huge
total.
What will be the end no man can
foresee or venture to forecast. It may
be that al that has gon before, and all
that is happening now, inexpressibly aw-
full though it is, is but the prelude Of
worse to follow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
4 Diatinction and n difference.

He was young and thought that he
knew much, but he confessed an occa-
sional desire for further enlightenment.
This time it was a legal point, and he
~propounded the question to ais coun-
selor.
Mr.. Jacques. can a man get a d.
vorce from his wife because she is not
relisiauss l read the nther day that
infiGesity was a cause for divorce
Lippincott's.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
Meat wagon strike settled.

: The strike of the meat wagon drivers
of New York against the Employers As
ISOLATION has been settled upon the fol-
lowing terms Wages are to be the same
as before the strike; there is to be no
discrimination for or against union or
non-union men sixty-fve hours is to con-
stitute a weeks work, and all grievances
and the question of overtime are to be
left to arbitration. None of the compe-
tent strike breakers are to be discharged
to make room for the strikers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27

Judge De Haven in the Federal Dis
trict Court of San Francisco has SEN
fenced John A. Benson and E. D. Perrin.
leaders in extensive California land frauds
against the government, each to one years
Imprisonment and a fine of $1,000. At
the same time both men were released on
$500 each, pending review in the Court
of Appeals,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27

If you would be happy lend yourself
to god deeds and don't borrow trou-
BILE.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
Annendicitt, from r,our.

The London Lancet has published an
article asserting that appendicitis can be
traced to the use of american flour made
by the iron roller process.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27

Wise men miss a lot Of real pleasure
1 becau8e they are not foolish.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-27
New Life-RestorIng Appnrntu..

3UG|Emperor Of China issued an edic'
promising constitutional government
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
"NORTHERN MINNES0TAIS
GOOD ENOUGH FOR Me-
A. H. kIavin Returns from Visit to
Northwest Canada. Prefers
This Country.

A. H. Klavin returned yesterday
from the Canadian Northwest. Mr..
Klavin visited Edmonton and other
cities of the western part of King
Edwards domain and met many
former residents of the Red River
Valley and some from this COM
munity.
Mr.. Klavin ran across L. G..
Kinch, who left here last winter.
That gentleman has not yet entered
into any active business out there,
but appears contented with his lot.
Relative to the country and his
opinion of the conditions out there,
Mr.. ,Klavin very briefly sums up the
matter in a few but expressive words:
I saw the whole country. It is
much over.estimated, and not in it.
with northern Minnesota. This part
of the Lords footstool is good
enough for me-"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
IS NOW DEPUTY SHERIFF
OF kooCH|CH|AG COUNTY
Thomas Bailey, jr., in the City from
international Falls. Will
Make Good Officer. -.

Thomas Bailey, Jr., deputy sheriff
of Koochiching county, came down
from International Falls this morn
ing and met Sheriff Walsh at the M.
& I. depot, afterwards spending the
day in this city. Toms appointment
by Sheriff Walsh as a deputy in the
new county of Koochiching is a
source of considerable satisfaction to
Mr.. Bailey's Bemidji friends. Tom
has had considerable official expert
ence while employed as deputy by
his father, Sheriff Thomas Bailey,
and will undoubtedly make an eff.
cient aid to Sheriff Walsh.
Mr.. Bailey is now making his
home at international Falls, where
he will be joined by Mrs. Bailey
when the M. & /. extension is COM
pleted to the boundary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
Attention Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.

Installation of the officers will
take place at I. O. O.. F. hall on
Friday evening, July 19. All mem.
bers of Bemidji Lodge, No. 119, and
all Rebekahs Of Star of the West
Lodge, No. 1873, are cordially invited
to meet with us and hold joint in
stallation on that date, and all visit
ing Rebekahs, and members of the
subordinate lodges are especially
invited to meet with US and parti-
cipate in this part of our work. Ice
cream, cake, coffee and sandwiches
will be served in the dining room
Immediately after the installation.
BY request of the members of Be,
midi Lodge, No. 119.
H. S. Annette, N. G.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
.bo1shro 50 Oh saI1ia lE1ansD
Harry BIiler Out West.

Harry Bliler, who recently left for
the western country to do some work
for the U. S. forest service, writes
the editor Of the Pioneer as follows.
Enroute to Glenwood Springs,
Col, July 12.-Mr. A. G. Rutledge,
Bemidji, Mimi: We are having a
hard pull, at present, having four
heavy locomotives on train of seven
coaches.
Next time you make a story of a
Fourth of July ball game, please give
the final score, so subscribers who
are unable to attend may know the
result.
Have been very busy since 1 last
saw Bemidji. From St. Anthony,
Idaho, I made a trip to the western
boundary of Yellowstone park, COW
ering nearly 200 miles, with light
wagon and in saddle. Will spend
about week on Holy Cross forest;
then 60 to Leadville. ... II
Kindly send Pioneer upon re-
ceipt of this, beginning with July 6,
to Leadville, Colorado"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
Locating a Party on Claims.

J. J. Opsahl and Andrew Johnson
left last night for Duluth and Ely.
They were accompanied by,.a party
of fifteen men whom they will locate
on stone and timber claims north of
Ely. ~ .-- ~. -
Messrs. Opsahl and Johnson re.
turned a few days ago from trip to
the boundary north from Ely. They
report a most delightful trip, with
the finest scenery to be found in the
state. They saw at least twenty
moose while on their travels. The
animals are very tame, and they are
not molested, as the people who go
into that country realize that it
would be next to impossible to get
the carcasses of the moose out to
civilization" and no good sports
man would kill one of them simply
for the sport CD of the killing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
Fred Was Absent.Minded.

If there is one thing which F. D.
Stillings, the M. & I. engineer, who
is better known as Fred" prides
himself on it is his ability to prop.
erly distinguish colors; but when he
told his better half to 60 to the
train and meet lady who was wear
ing blue dress and black hat
with white feather" and the lady
referred to was clothed in a dress of
beautiful green, it took considerable
explaining on the. part of Fred to
square matters. Fred's mind was
very evidently on the wrong party.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
The interior Department Has Warned
Teachers Concerning the Taking
Of Government Lands.
WARNING 0cCAsl0NED BY LATE
DECISION AFFECTING TEACHERS
May Be Decided That Fourteen Weeks
a Year Is Not Enough
Residence.

The interior department is re-
ceiving a flood of inquiries regarding
the effect of recent decision of the
department relative to the rights of
the school teachers in the matter of
taking up public lands under the
homestead law The decision was
rendered in a contest made against
the entry of woman teacher en-
ployed in Minnesota, and, while it
was shown that she had lived on
the land only during her vacations,
covering about only fourteen weeks
for each of the four years she had
held it, the department failed to
sustain the contestant.
This holding has been construed
throughout the public land states as
equivalent to a declaration that
teachers may be permitted to make
homestead entries and to make final
proof without complying with the re-.
quirements made Of other appli-
cants, and the large number of let
tiers received on the subject prom
ises numerous entries, under that
construction.
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Woodruff and Acting Commissioner
bennett of the general land office
have united in 4 statement that the
decision has received construction
which was not contemplated by the
department. They call attention to
the fact that the decision did not ap-
ply to communication case, but to a
case in which the applicant had held
the land for four of the five years
required by law.
They point out that the decision
was not final, and that it dealt with
the rights of the contestant rather
than those of the contestee, merely
holding that the improvements were
adequate, but not attempting to say
whether title will be granted at the
end of five years if the proof shows
only fourteen weeks occupancy for
each year. They, therefore, warn
teachers that disappointment is liza
BILE to be the fate of those who may
attempt to secure land by living on
it only during vacation time, and
especially of those who attempt to
secure it under such plan with the
communication feature added. -
Crookston Journal. ~-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
E0RT9,s h Tsf,,I ,GHNrs Ill sfsE1 sREKg Kg1MS oNEH
sonst7sqxs sTssy OS

Mr.chaseehh'Hf : sfs q \ I SD f2ger
Chase woman, has made different
statements relative t584 Of day
when he returned home on June 20.
In one instance he has saKdthe
time as having been 2:30 a1the
afternoon, and at another time he
places the hour at 4:3O. 5e=ss@s@ s
Since the discovery was made that
Grandma" Chase had disappeared.
E. M. Chase Cher SOM and wife
have apparently been Indifferent as
to whether she was found or not.
Chase has been to Bemidji on .sev-
eral occasions.
Chase joined in the search which
was made for his mother on Friday.
but made no especial effort to find
any clue; in fact, he appeared un-
naturally Indifferent as, to the out
come of the search. His indiffer-
ence was very noticeable and has
aroused the ire of every resident of
Yola and the country surrounding to
such an extent that there are ugly
mutterings as to Chase having had a
hand in the disappearance of his
mother.
Chase and his family went to Be.
midi Saturday and attended a cir
Gus, not at all worried over the con.
tinued non-success in locating his
mother.
The search for Grandma" Chase
will be continued until something
tangible is found to indicate her
whereabouts and the manner in
which she disappeared. The people
OF this vicinity are determined to
fathom the mystery surrounding the
disappearance of the good old woman
and are in accord as to their feelings
IN this matter, which are bitter
against the son and his wife.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
Or. Cleveland to Lecture,

s DR.. H. A. Cleveland, of Long
Prairie, will deliver lecture at the
court house hall Thursday evening
ats O'Clock. He comes in the inter-
est of the Summer School and has
chosen for his subject why Shake
speare is Still Interesting"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
SESSIONS ARE EXECUTIVE
Federation OF Catholic Societies Meets
at 1ndiananolle.

Federation Of Catholic Societies Meets
at indianapolis.
Indianapolis, July 16.-The sixth
annual convention Of the American
Federation of Catholic Societies held
its first business session following the
celebration Of solemn high mass Of
requiem at st. Johns church. Three
hundred delegates are attending the
convention, representing member
ship Of 100000. Among the visitors
are some Of the most noted OF the
Catholic clergy. Mgr. DiomeAe Fal-
oonio. apostolic delegate to the United
States, bears to the delegates the
blessing Of Pope Plus Z.
The sessions are executive. Pres
ident Edward Feeney Of Brooklyn was
In the chair. The morning session
was devoted to the organisation Of
the convention, the reading Of reports
and the appointment Of standing com.
mittees. s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
City Council Opened Bids Last Evening for Construction
of New Sewer, to Be Completed October Sth..'
Council Saves $29S by Re.advertising
Sewer Bids Submitted to Council.

At the regular meeting of the
city council held last evening, the
Jerrard Plumbing company of this
city was awarded the contract for
constructing 1920 feet of sewer and
twelve manholes in the city, their
bid for doing their work being
$5,143.70.
There were three other bidders, ].
D. O'Connell, of Duluth; Bosworth
Bros, of Ada, and Doran Bros, of
Bemidji.
The plans and specifications for
the construction of the sewer called
for the laying of 1870 feet of TO-
inch pipe, 1860 feet of 9-inch pipe
and 100 feet of 8-inch pipe, and the
bids as submitted to the council
were as given above.
There was a little difference of
s1,464.30 between the highest and
lowest bid offered. and the bid of
the Jerrard Plumbing company was
SSO3.3O lower then the next lowest
bidder, Bosworth Bros. of Ada.
The council awarded the contract
for the building of sewer to the
Jerrard company, the company to
furnish a good and sufficient bond
in the sum of $4,000 for the faith
full performance of the work. The
checks of the other bidders we're
returned to them.
The awarding of the contract last
evening was the second time that
bids have been considered for build
ing the same sewer, bids being asked
for again as the result of an injunc-
tion which was obtained forbidding
the council to award the contract to
Mr.. O'Connell on the strength of
his bid which was the lowest filed
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16

Yola, July 16.-(Special to the
Pioneer. The continued absence
of Mrs. Emily Chase from the cabin
on her claim near this postohice and
the inability to locate her, despite
diligent search of many neighbors
for a week past, continues to be the
absorbing topic in this vicinity,
and as one search after another
proves fruitless, the belief is be.
coming general that the aged woman
has been murdered and her body
concealed. II
For some time after the disap.
pearance of the woman, on June
9th, it was the general opinion
that she had wandered into the
woods and would soon be found,
but there have been several occur
anceS recently that tend to dispell
this theory.
When w. H. .Clapp stated that he
had seen Mrs. Chase on June 9th,
it was presumed that he was the last
person who saw her alive, but it ap.
pears that the old lady was seen after
that date.
According to Mrs. E. Nj. Chase,
daughter-in-law of the missing
woman, Grandma" Chase was at he1
(Mrs. E.. MS home on Friday,
June 28th. III
The younger Chase woman says
that she and man named Flanagan
were at the Chase. home alone, the
children having gone to the home OF
Mr.. c.. D. Steele to meet thei,
father. Mrs. Chase says that Grand
ma" Chase came to her home and
ate dinner with her and Flannigan
that she and the old lady had some
words" Mrs. Chase further states
that Grandma" started for hel
home about - o'clock in the after
noon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
Baptist Sunday School Picnic.

The members Of the Baptist Sun
day school will hold their annual
picnic at Diamond Point, leaving
the church at $50. The Baptist
Aid society will also meet at Dia-
mond Point in the afternoon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16
At Grand Forks Bav.

Miss Helen Hayes arrived this
noon from Grand Forks and will be
the guest of Judge Templeton's
family at Grand Forks Bay for few
days.
Mrs. Will O'Connor, Miss Mosley
and Miss Mable Collins returned to
Grand Forks today, after spending
a delightful outing at Grand Forks
Bay.