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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-11
J. c. PARKER RESIDENCE
DAMAGED S4O0 BY FIRE
Flames, Of Unknown Origin, Extin.
guished Barely in Time to
Save the Building.

Fire at the residence Of ]. c..
Parker (Ninth and Mississippi this
morning damaged the kitchen and.
contents to the extent of $4OO, and
but for the quick work of Mr.. Parker
and other residents Of the house it
would have destroyed the building.
A laboring man, who works for
Mr.. Parker, had arisen in the morn
ing before the other members Of the
and, after lighting the kitchen fire,
left the house.
About Z o'clock the members Of
the family were awakened by a
suffocating smoke, which entirely
filled the house. Hastily dressing,
Mr.. Parker rushed to the kitchen, to
find the whole interior was in flames.
An alarm Of fire was turned in,
and the firemen responded as quickly
as possible, but effective work was
done with a small hose attached to
q faucet in the house, and the fire
was almost under control when the
fremen arrived. They quickly exs
tinguished the flames, but not before
considerable damage was done to
the walls and ceiling and the con
tents Of the kitchen.
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standing and conception.

standing and conception.
A blooming, fruit-bearing bush
grows before your eyes from a fresh
ly inferred mango seed.
A Hindu is buried under six
feet of earth and energies directly
from the midst of the audience.
A girl is confined in a small
wicker basket and apparently butch
cred, an 10, the receptacle is empty.
A lean dog is shut up in a box;
it is opened and litter of puppies
are found.
Balls are thrown in the air and
they fade slowly away from sight.
Deadly snakes bite grinning per-
formers to no purpose, but insort
their fangs in dumb animals and
they die on the spot.
Cannibals from the Ozark Con-
tinent" show their hesh-eating pro-
clivities. Australian Bushmen give
demonstrations of their prowess
with the boomerang. From the
Panama of South America are the
Gauchhus, whose skill with the bola
is the marvel and despair of every
nation. There are Hottentots,
Dahomians, South Sea Islanders,
Singales and bands of wild riding
Cossacks, Russia's cavalry depend
ence, bowling and dancing der
vishres and their tireless pious evo-
lutions; and Arabs, with their su-
perb native horses, show the Gus
toms and habits of the desert.
Pawnee Bill is, of course, the CEN
trail and conspicuous figure in the
Wild West division of the show. He
is a product of the days. of the
trall ana the range, and typifies
them calamity and picturesquely.
The annals of the early west afford
no more lively and adventurous ca
reer than his, and he reproduces
without illusion, under canvas, the
life and environment of the Amer
ican history which he had a con-
spicuous part in making.
Of Indians there are several hun
dred, fresh from their wigwams, real
children of nature, away from their
reservation for the first time. Mex
leo contributes quota of the cham
pions of the lasso, the vivid tourna.
ment toy.
A street parade will inaugurate
the date.
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PAWNEE BILLS WILD WEST
REST SHOW EVER IN CITY
The Show Only Comes Here Owing to Major llias Foht
With Circus Trust..-Has an Array Of Talent Un.
equaled By Any Other Tented Exhibition
-,l ersGs sE3a E

Pawnee Bills Historic Wild West
and Great Far East Show will
spread its tents here on Saturday
and give afternoon and evening per-
formances. Its owner is the man
who opened Oklahoma to public
settlement. who is the only White
Chief of the Indians, and who is
Historically famous as cowboy, guide,
explorer, plainsman and soldier.
He founded the city of Pawnee,
Okla, and is president of the Arkan-
sas National Bank of that place.
The organization travels in fifty
cars,and comes with a metropolitan
demonstration Of supremacy, full of
honors of Europe and with "a record
of more than score of years of ever
increasing popularity. Its crowning
feature, The Great Train Robbery"
is the melodramatic spectacle which
was the sensation of New York last
summer, locomotive, engine and
train of cars are employed. Pawnee
Bill has the exclusive travelling
rights. Nothing like it was ever
seen under canvas. it is said.
The other multifarious depart
ments of Pawnee Bill's institution
are an improvement in every way
over anything that has gone before.
The dreamy and imaginative Orient,
mysterious Hinduland and savage
Africa and Australia are mingled
with the whooping west-and it's cow
boys and cowgirls, Indians, soldiers,
Vacqurees and picturesque COM
panions and their concomitants.
PaWnee Bills explorers have
ransacked many remote countries in
their search for amusement novelties
and sensations and have returned
with heterogeneous horde.
India was the object of the
especial industry. For months they
sought the most adept men of magic
the country yielded, and the result
is an exposition which was never be-
fore granted and which has startled
American eyes. Every trick which
for centuries has puzzled western
scientists and laymen is performed
at all of Pawnee Bills performances
the marvel of the mango tree, the
basket; the snake, the sword, the
bird, the gun, the beast; they are
apparent miracles, passing all under
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UPPER MISSISSIPPI LOGS
ARE NEARLY ALL DRIVEN
Sch0olcraft Drive D0Wn-.-Remainder
Will Be in Lake Irving in Fiji.
teen Days.

The driving of logs that were cut
from lands along the upper Missis-
sippi river is nearing an end, and
the drivers state that the last of the
logs will be out of the river within
the next fifteen or twenty days.
A. T. Hatcher, who has charge of
two drives, states that he has
brought down the last of the School
craft drive, which contained six
million feet of logs, and that the up
per Mississippi drive, which has ten
million feet, will be clear of the
river at Lake Irving within fifteen
days. The rear of the latter drive
is now below what is known as the
Rapids DAM"
The logs in the drive are owned
by the Crookston and Grand Forks
companies.
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years Great Northern conductor. on
the Crookston-Grand Forks passen-
ger run, and will undoubtedly be
pleased to learn that Mr.. Burns is
again in the employ of the G. N.
Jim" was canned" about two
years ago, along with several other
old ticket-punchers, and it was
thought that their lay-off was per-
manent. However, Burns was rein
stated several days ago, and is in
charge of a train on the Greenbush-
Crookston branch.
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The Pioneer is now at liberty tc
substantiate the announcement
made in the daily issue of Tuesday
evening, when the mere statement
was printed that Bemidji would
have another sawmill, and that the
plans for the plant were already
matured and put into execution.
The new mill will be erected on
property which has been purchased
from DR.. Henderson, being fifty
acres located along the southeastern
shore of Lake Bemidji, in Sections
10 and 15-146-33, across the lake,
exactly opposite Second street of
this city. The site is in close
to the CroOkStOn Lum-
Der company's property, there being
a piece of land owned by DR.. Ward
which lies between the two sites.
The promoters of the new enter
prise are w. A. Gould and J. M.
together with. D. M.
Winton Of Thief River Falls and
several others.
1t is announced that the plant will
have a capacity for saving from
100000 to 5o,ooo,ooo feet Of
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BEL TRAMl COUNTY LANDS
ARE UNRIVALED BY ANY.
J. P. Carlton Of St. Paul Realizes
that the ''Half Has Ne'er
Been Told"

]. P. Carlton of St. Paul, secretary
and treasurer of the Surety Mort
gage and Load company, has re-
turned to st. Paul after visiting in
the city with the family of w. R.
TAFT for several days. Mr.. Carlton
was accompanied by his wife.
Mr.. Carlton is with one of the
largest loan companies in the North
west,and he was induced to look over
parts of Beltrami and Clearwater
counties while here, in order that he
might form a correct idea of the
true value of the lands of these
counties for agricultural purposes
and for investments.
Before Mr.. Carlton left for his
home he expressed himself as greatly
surprised at what he had seen rela-
tive to the farm values hereabouts,
and said:
# you had come into my Office
and told me that Beltrami and Clear
water lands were good for agricul-
tural purposes / would have been in
clined to laugh wouldn't have be-
lieved it; but when you see several
fields of the finest clover, wheat and
other cereals one must sit up and
take notice. / am certain that, when
once the twin cities investment
companies become acquainted with
the true status Of conditions that
prevail IN this north country, they
will be more than willing to loosen
up their purse strings and seek in
vestments IN this part Of the state.
I am certainly surprised at what
have seer. Z Z
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FACTS ABOUT THE
NEW SAW MILL
W. A. Gould and M Richards Of This City, D. M Winton
of Thief River Falls and Several Others Interested
in the Enterprise.Work on Plant to
Begin Right Away.

timber year, and will give employ.
ment to from 200 to 800 men.
Negotiations have been under
way for some time for the purchase
of the machinery for the plant, which
it is announced will be of the very
latest pattern and the best that can
be bought. It is expected that the
deal for the machinery will be closed
before the end of the present
week. -. -. T.. -
The property which has been pur-
chased gives the new concern a saw
mill site which borders on Lake
Bemidji, where most excellent BOOM
age facilities can be had. The M. &
I. railway tracks intersect the prop
erty for a short distance at the ex-
treme northwestern end. On the
east side of the track, there are
almost fifty acres that will be
occupied by an up-to-date planning
mill and large, commodious yards.
&. The fact that the M. & I. yards,
with a large number of tracks adjoins
the property, assures unequaled ship
ping facilities.
Could, who has been
superintendent of the logging depart
ment for the Crookston Lumber
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company, and ]. M. Richards, who
has been general manager for the
same company, have rendered their
designations to the Crookston COM
pany, and the same have been
accepted. Both gentlemen are first
class lumbermen. and loggers, and
the new concern gets the benefit of
their experience. Who will succeed
them with the Crookston company
has not been announced.
The work of clearing the site for
the mill has already commenced and
the building of the sawmill and
planning mill plants and other build
ings and the installing Of the
machinery will be rushed as rapidly
as possible.
Messrs. Could and Richards have
leased office rooms in the Markham
hotel building for the present.
The building of another sawmill
means much to Bemidji. There
will be at least 200 more men en-
ployed in the city, and as undoubted-
ly most of them will have families,
there will be large increase in the
business Of the local merchants.
1t is announced that the new COM
pany has been quietly purchasing
timber for some time past and has
in sight enough logs to run the mill
for the next fifteen or twenty years.
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John D. Brady Here.

John D. Brady, the Compliant
rep resentative for a wet goods es-
tablishment in Duluth, and in every
wrinkle of whose generous counte-
nance there turks smile of good
nature, was in the city to day. r.
Mr.. Brady is awaiting the deci-
sion from the state supreme court
in his case against Sheriff Bates of
Duluth, he having instituted quo
warranto proceedings to have Bates
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-11
AGED WOMAN is MISSING;
FOUL PLAY is SUSPECTED
Mrs. Emily Chase, Known as "Grandma'' Chase, Dis.
appeared From Her Home at Yola June 27Dili-
gent Search Fails to Find Her.

house. 1t was too late that night
to inform any one else of Mrs.
Chase's absence and the two men
went to their homes.
Early Sunday morning Mr.. Church
and Mr.. Clapp went to the home of
f. NJ. Chase, son of the missing
woman. They asked Mr.. Chase's
wife as to the whereabouts of
Grandma Chase" and we're told
that she knew nothing as to where
the old lady was. Mrs. Chase told
of being at the home of the elder
Mrs. Chase the previous Tuesday
night and finding no one there, but
supposed the old lady was at the
home of Mrs. Clapp.
After the visit to the home of E.
M. Chase, Mr.. Clapp organized a
searching party of thirty men who
began looking for the missing
woman.
Mrs. Chase's claim is covered
mostly with poplar underground
which is very heavy and thick all
over the place, making it difficult to
travel over the premises; however, a
thorough search of the house and
the grounds surrounding the house
was made all day Sunday, but no
trace was found of the missing
woman, and subsequent search for
her has been unsuccessful.
The old lady's claim is in a lonely
and unsettled part of the country, so
thick and dense is the underbrush
which covers the land that it is
very difficult matter for any one to
pass through the timber, and it
would seem almost impossible for a
feeble woman of eighty-fve years to
have gone far through such a
country. Mrs. Chase was becoming
very feeble and it is believed that
she could not have wandered far
from her house. AS a consequence
of these facts, there are some sus-
picions entertained by residents here
that there has been foul play in con-
nection with the disappearance of
Mrs. Chase.
There are also rumors that the
missing old lady has received harsh
treatment at the hands of her
relatives.
The search for Mrs. Chase will
continue until every foot of her pro-
perty has been thoroughly ira
versed, and if no trace of her body
is found the rumors of foul play
will be traced to their origin and
there may be some startling re-
suits. 1t is said that reliable wit
nesses will swear that threats have
been made against the old lady's
life, and these will also be taken
cognizance of.
Telephone messages have been
sent to the police at Bemidji to
locate the son, E. M. Chase, but so
far his whereabouts are unknown.
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Yola, July 11.-(Special to Pio-
neer.)-The entire neighborhood of
Yola and the north half of Hubbard
county is greatly exercised over the
mysterious disappearance of Grand
mother" Chase, an aged resident of
this community, 50 years old, whose
absence was discovered Monday,
and whom it is said has been miss
ing since June 9th.
Mrs. Emily Chase, the missing
woman has been living by herself on
an eighty-acre homestead four miles
west of Yola. Her nearest neighbor
was half a mile distant, and two
others lived three quarters of a mile
and one and one-half miles away,
respectively.
Thursday, June 9th, Mrs. Chase
walked to the home of ]. w. Spauld-
ing, neighbor living one and one
half miles from her home. The old
lady started from her home in the
afternoon, and the last person who
saw her alive was Mr.. J. w. Church,
who lives three-quarters of a mile
from Mrs. Chase's home. Mr.Church
saw Mrs. Chase pass his home and
60 up the road toward her home,
about two hours before sunset.
On Tuesday, July End, E. M.
Chase, son of Mrs. Chase, and
Mr.. Chase's wife went to
Mrs. Chase's claim, taking with
them water and food. When they
arrived at the house they found no
one at home, and there were no
signs anywhere to indicate the pres
ence of the elder Mrs. Chase.
1t is stated here that Chase and
his wife returned to their home with
out making any prolonged search
for the elder Mrs. Chase; also that
the next morning after visiting the
home of his mother, Mr.. Chase went
to another place and moved a driv-
ing camp, and from that place went
to Bemidji, which was the last point
at which anything is known of his
whereabouts.
Last Saturday evening, Mr..
Church, not having seen Mrs. Chase
since the previous Thursday evening,
became anxious about her, and
walked to her house to investigate.
Mr.. Church made diligent
search about the premises but found
no trace of the old lady. A skunk
had gotten into the house and was
it's sole occupant. The food brought
there on Tuesday night was un-
touched, and there was no indica-
ton that Mrs. Chase had been in
the house for some time past.
A little pail which the old lady
used to get water from the swamp
near by, was the only article missing
from the house.
Mr.. Church went to the home of
a neighbor named Clapp, who lives
a half mile east of Mrs. Chase's
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HOSTING TEN MILLION
LOGS FROM Lake IRVING
Grand Forks Lumber Company Taking
Its Timber to Mill at the
Forks.

The Grand Forks Lumber COM
pany has commenced to hoist it's logs
from Lake Irving on to- cars, at the
southwest shore of the lake, and is
transporting the logs to East Grand
Forks to be sawed in the company's
mill at that place.
G. E. Croker, the north-country
manager for the Grand Forks COM
pany, states that the company has
about ten million feet of logs that
will be taken from Lake Irving.
These logs were cut from the timber
which the company owns in the up
per Mississippi river country and
were logged last winter, being
driven down the Mississippi to Lake
Irving.
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Visiting Cards.

A neat line of up-to-date visiting
cards can always be found at this
office. New and up-to-date type
from which to select style of print
ing. .
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Notice.

All parties having claims against
the Commercial Club for expenses
incurred or prizes earned during the
Fourth of July celebration are re-
quested to present them to the
undersigned at once.
Clyde ]. Pryor, Secretary.
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ousted from office.

ousted from office. -
The case has been submitted to
the supreme court and argued be-
fore that tribunal; and it is expected
that the court will hand down a
decision in the case this week. Mr..
Brady is confident that the decision
will be against Bates. - H..
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Burns ''Working" Again.

Many residents of Bemidj il remem-
Der James Burns, who was for several
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-08-24

than tn. telegraph IL has become
part and parcel Of the commercial
welfare. and each DAYS interruption
of this most important ari"T} oi
means loss. tnron-
yenisnce and ruin Did the weight {"
consequence fan altogether upon
the two eonteuding interests the
public we're willing enough 70 Keep
hands off and demand fair pis1. ons
We have been taught TO rely upon
the telegraph aud must. therefore,
have every assurance OF Its stability
Tn. telegraph and postal systems
are TOO nearly related for us TO al
tempt 10 make them members OF
separate families otheg nations
have nj once seen this relationship
and bound them together. and this
would have been don. Ia the United
States were ~e not bit too umor'
uus as to what constituted . polth'
cal issue and what did not. II has
B
as well been intimated that a moFt
of this sort would be step In ih'
direction of socialism, but thinking
people have ceased to look upon true
socialism as ghost at which "a
shy. If the telegraphers have a well
founded grievance. and IL appear
that they have. il were time that ",
Quit playing with gun powder ana
demand that prompt settlement "'
made with the men. In lieu Of which
the national government should be
invited to step in and remove ana
yer-preseut meuance 10 oar com
mercial growth Galveston lFip-
une.
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,onerrn Organized Ca Hniid fr"'''
u,pp~a.-aiis to Gulf

According 10 the street HaIl~a1
Journal of Angus, -. COMPANY
has been formed 90 pa, through =
gigantic tntcrufhan usogref. tho 81
innate purpose beius to build an
electric railroad from Minneapolis
MINI. To The Golf 81 Mexico. aad
passing through many large citl~s
The article iu question, ~hssh n
termed by the street Railway ioat-
nal A. a rreseut!ous Westryu Pro-
jeyi. foliows
FOR the purpose - building an
electric railway b.twaen Hlnnoapo.
fls. Milan. and the gajf. a COMPANY
has been chartered w3,h $50. eco so0o
eapltal stock under the name "t the
| Minneapolis. Kansas CITY aud Call
| Railway company, eith headqn@r'
tcrs AT Minneapolis The proposed
| route Ia via Dea NotHca, Kansas
ruv. wichita. Guthrie. uslshomH
city. Dallas. Waco. Houston and
| Galveston. with branch lines con
Meeting Topeka. Omaha. 81. Joseph
aud Lawrence, kas. The maia line
as routed. runs direct from Mime
apolls and St Paul 20 Dee Moiues
! la. thence to Kansas City aud Ia
wichita via ottawa. kRs. From WI
ehita south Il viii pass through
ponca city. Guthrie and Oklahoma
City TO Dallas. thence south to Cal
weston. where connection will be
made with the gulf steamship lines.
The stock Of the company Is in the
hands of the Northern Securities
company Of Minneapolis. which is
acting as the fiscal agent for the
company c. p. Holmes, former
president of the Chicago City Rail
way. is chairman of the board Of di-
rectors,'
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Or. f. +. Stands and family. Bert
Stands and family aud MI and
Mrs. Percy Stands returned TINS
morning from Dougherty Lake.
near Forucy Ina kaufman county
where they spent this week camping
aud fishing They report "a most de
'IiehtW outing and say that all the
usb they could use were caught
Tfey brought several fine ONES
hum. with them and did not forget
I.r end some 90 them to thei'
/ fHert..
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W. A. OWNBf Clty Eulto'
(Residence Phone, Bell No 2S9.)
THE TELEGRAPH AND THE
GOVERNMENT.

The existing strike Of the CONNER
cial telegraphers has brought to the
front gain the talk OF government
ownership Of the telegraph system
as a means OF avoiding future in
terruptions to the commerce Of the
country bv the suspension Of wire
communication while two separate /
interests settle certain differences !
with which the business world Is not
the least concerned So far as the
merits Of the two contending sides
are concerned. IL would appear that
nothing irrenooncilable exists in po-
sition assumed by either, and a dis
position TO arbitrate on the part OF
the two telegraph corporations, II
would appear could have ayefted
ANYTHING Iu the nature ~ the life or
death struggle uoV soiuE uu.
The cry for uauou5. proprietor
ship comes at fhF uwe from
source which hitherto has been Hr.
ruat against far proposition
from .t. fsI.afaube# -1rmseIsr
f.- 1861 fu .as time urr bad Hrsu 1l
most . au.t against fHv transfer o
control rHm .f. private ...paraiio.
fiji. fs. government I. u.. .. .u.' F.
rU. ...ue. .f ...... ..r ...
Esr Influenced . .H. .HauH H.'
.s. .f F-... Roosevelt. a..
|t.uIu. .....H arbitration