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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17

l am told that right here in Bemidji
milk is shipped in by raildroad from
quite distance, and it is costing
the people here from twenty to
twenty-five cents gallon. It seems
to me that the country tributary to
this thriving city should not alone
supply the milk and cream demands
Of this town, but should have a
surplus to send to other places.
AS an illustration of what can be
done on small farm, I was told
day before yesterday, of a man in
this north country who had a so
acre farm. He has one acre of
celery from which he received a
crop worth 5000. He has
100 chickens and 20 cows. The
total cash received from his celery
and vegetables, eggs and poultry and
milk during the present year was
more than $500. His expenses were
light as most of the work was
done by him and his family. Now
this man, in very few years, will
be independently well-to-do. This
experience is one in a thousand
that could be spoken Of. if we knew
of them.
It seems to me there is no part
of the country that offers the great
opportunity for a man of limited
means that northern Minnesota
offers to those who are workers and
know how to conduct a diversified
farm.
We are receiving a great many
Inquiries in the state land department
from the prairie states of the north
west for information about the lands
in northern. Minnesota. At every
land sale that I have conducted,
many buyers are from these states
and they tell me that they want to
buy a farm where they will have
plenty of their own timber, not
alone for fire wood, but where they
can get all the wood and timber they
want for farm building.
And the lakes of northern Min
nesota should not be overlooked.
In discussing the advantages Of
the region, surely it IS the sports.
mans paradise. It is land that
invites those who seek place for
rest and recreation, fishing and
hunting Of every kind. y. 8.
The climate is pleasing, even in
winter. While it sometimes, Of
coarse gets cold, it IS, nevertheless,
la healthy and vigorous climate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17
DISTRICT COUBT GRIND
AT GRAND RAPIDS
Case Of State vs.. J. ]. Mcdonald on
Trial.---SpeciaI venire Issued for
Additional Jurors.

Judge Spooner arrived in the
city on the morning train from
Grand Rapids, court ha1 ing ad-
journed there yesterday afternoon,
in order to give the sheriff time to
serve special venire for jurors. The
regular routine work of the court
has now been taken up.
Mrs. Aimee Foutak, who was in
dicted on charge of bigamy was on
trial yesterday. She produced a
witness, who swore to the fact that
Foutak, her first husband, was mar
ried at the time of her marriage to
him. Thereupon the defendant was
discharged and the case dismissed.
Marie A. Rosen. the notorious
woman in the Whit mudrer case,
who tried, by swearing falsely, to fix
the crime Of the murder onto David
Corchran of Deer River, entered a
plea not guilty. Her trial will be
taken up at later date.
The case of the state VS.. ]. j Nc
Donald Of Swan River for assault in
the first degree, Mcdonald having
figured in shooting scrape at Swan
River, some two years ago, and who
was tried and convicted before Judge
Nc Clenahan, and who later secured
a new trial, is now on trial and the
jury for same is being empaneled.
County Attorney Thwing was one of
the attorneys for the defendant,
therefore cannot act in this case aud
r. A. Stone of the attorney-general'ss
Office is conducting the case.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17
CHRISTMAS BUYING SHOULD
BE DONE EARLY THIS YEAR
Bemd Merchants Have Good Stocks and Are Advertising
Them Literally. ..-Ruy Early and Get the Better
Selection...-Mail Packages Early

Mr.. Peterson has handled this line
of goods for number of years and
needs no introduction to the Be-
midi Christmas shopper.
Today the Bazaar is advertising
reduced prices on fancy silks. They
also will give liberal discount on
dress goods, waistings and cloaks.
E. A. Barker offers a beautiful
collection of Christmas gifts in the
jewelry line and has excellent val
ues to suit every buyer. Their
line of goods are suitable for young
and old and they are in position
to supply your needs in this line of
goods.
The Pioneer has on sale Christ
mas tags an d stickers. These will
add attraction and make Christmas
packages look much better. At
the Pioneer Office you can also find
good line of Christmas postal
cards as we'll as the 1908 diaries.
Schneider Bros, in a neatly got
ten up ad, list number of articles
of clothing, which make suitable
gifts for men and they extend
special invitation to the ladies to
visit their store during the holiday
season in search of Christmas pres
ents.
O'Leary & Bowser are giving
special Christmas bargains in mems,
boys and childrens' suits, over
coats and trowsers and are giving a
rs per cent reduction sale on this
line of goods until January first.
The Model Bakery adyertises
Christmas fruit cakes, candies and
Christmas tree ornaments, and their
store presents an attractive line of
these goods.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17

- II
The lakes and rivers of northern
Minnesota are nearly all fed by
springs, giving the greatest quantity
of the very best of water.
With the climatic advantages,
and the timber and meadows, and
tie wonderfully rich soil, the rail
road transportation facilities, and
the splendid local markets for every-
thing that the farmer wishes to sell,
surely there is no place that I know
of that offers the man of limited
capital such splendid opportunity
as northern Minnesota -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17
100000 ACRES OF STATE
LANDS TO BE SOLD IN JULY
State Auditor verson Will Offer for Sale Large Acreage
of State Lands in Northern Minnesota Of the
Richest Lands to Be Placed on the Market

farming, vegetables, seeds and
grasses of all kinds grow in the most
surprising manner and cannot be ex.
celled, either as to kinds of products
or quality of the product. It was
my good fortune to view the county
fair exhibits at Bemidji, held last
, fall, and I say, without fear of con
tradiction that the display of grain,
grasses and vegetables and fruits at
that exhibit could not be and has
not been excelled in any other
county, and this is but the beginning.
Think what it will be, when the en-.
tire northern country is occupied by
thousands and tens of thousands
! homes and home builders, and
think of the wealth that will there
be produced.
1t is fact that in some countries
especially the prairie districts, it
takes half to an entire section for
a farm to make comparatively good
living, while in northern Minnesota,
in the so-called timber and meadow
districts, intersrersed with prairie,
eighty acres, and in many cases forty
acres, is an ample size for the aver
age farm.
Speaking about getting along on
a farm, it must be the desire of every
tiller of the soil to produce that
which is the best adapted to the
climate and soil conditions.
We in this country have an idea
that wheat and the other small grain
crops are the biggest money pro-
ducers from the soil. This is un-
doubtedly true because they have
been the staple money producer for
many years in the northwest states,
but it may be interesting to know
that the figures show that wheat is
not the biggest money producer.
On the contrary, wheat seems to be
fourth on the list. The figures,
published by Secretary Wilson of the
department of agriculture for the
year 1907, show that the agricultural
products of the United States for the
year to have totaled the enormous
sum of $7,oo,ooo,0 show, that from
corn products about 81, ,5OO,OO0,O0O
hay,$7oo,ooo,ooo; cotton, $6oo,000,
600, and wheat about $525,O00,OOO
Next comes oats with about $500,
100000, and our own splendid staple
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17

crop, potatoes, comes next with
about $175,OOO,O0O. Dairy product.
total s7oo,oo0,oo and poultry $780,.
600, and so on.
1t occurs to me that northern
Minnesota is especially adapted fol
certain lines of agriculture. It i.
not best adapted, and the people ir
this country do not expect to com
pete with the prairie counties of the
west and northwest in wheat raising
but there are other lines far more
profitable than the cultivation o1
wheat.
The figures as given above show
that the poultry crop alone is as
large, and even greater than the
value of the wheat crop in the Unit
ed States.
It is difficult for us in this part
of the country, where wheat is such
staple, to realize that eggs and
poultry generally, produces more
money than our own leading crop
and it is safe to say that even in
Minnesota the value of the poultry
crop approaches from $25,0OO,OOC
to $30,000,O00, and the dairy pro.
ducts of Minnesota are far greater
than we comprehend. We have 900
or 700 creameries, and great
many thrifty cheese factories
besides thousand dairies
operating Independently. The
dairy products can safely be es
timated at between $5O,OOO,OOO tc
S60,000,000 a year.
It therefore seems to me that
they are lines of agriculture espec-
tally fitted for the soils of northern
Minnesota that will become the
greatest money makers to those who
will engage in them.
Holland, Denmark and many
other countries of Europe, have
grown rich from the products of the
dairy, and country so especially
adapted for dairying as northern
Minnesota should be developed
along these lines to the utmost.
Another thing that occurs t
me, for which northern Minnesota
is especially equipped, that here
are found great many large cen
ters of population, affording steady
and profitable markets for every
thing that the farmer can produce
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17
No Quorum

There was no quorum at the regu-
lar meeting of the city council last
night, and after a number of the
city fathers and people who had
business to bring before the atten-
ton of the honorable body, had
waited an hour, an adjournment was
taken.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17
Diaries.

The Pioneer has just received a
large line of 1908 diaries, suitable
for business and professional men.
An early selection should be made,
as they will not be carried in stock
after January first.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17
VALUATION OF BELTRAMI
co. INCREASED 557,475
Returns from State Board disqualification Bring County VAL
uation over Six Million. City Of Bemidji $l,l97,-
O24....19O7 Tax Books Being Made Out.

County Auditor Wilmann and his
corps of efficient deputies have CON-
pleted the changes on the assess
ment books as made by the State
Board of Equalization, and they are
busy making up the tax list and
extending the taxes for the coming
year. The total valuation of the
county is: real estate, S4,953, ,447.;
personal property, S1,072,341.;
making a grand total of $6,025,7SS.
This is an increase of S557,475. over
the total assessment of last year.
The city of Bemidji last year had
real estate valuation of SS11,723,
while this year the valuation is
SS14,99S. Last year in the city
limits the personal property was
valued at S265, 1872, while this years
valuation is S5S2.O26. The total
increased valuation is s12O,16S.
The total valuation of real and
personal property of the towns and
villages for the purpose of taxation
ic oc fo1lowc.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17

Christmas and New Years postal
cards can be had at the Pioneer
office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-12-17

Local news on last page
, 1907-11-11
GIRL OF THE STREETS"
Al OPERA HOUSE TON

Few melo-dramas in the last three
seasons have had so great a measure
of ucces as Girl of the Streets"
The work possesses many latent quail
tiles which guarantee it life for many
years. Miss Berna Reinhardt, who
heads the cast, made a very close study
of Kit" the girl of the streets, and
for six months before the production
of the play, went to New York and
lived in the slums there, studying the
life, habits, manners, characteristics
and slang of its habitues, and visited
all the scenes Introduced in the play.
Great care has been taken in giving
the play the necessary atmosphere,
and the production is a complete one.
The first act shows the beautiful home
of Nan Meadows; the second act is a
true reproduction of a New York coun-
terfeiting den, while the third act
shows New York city on a winters
night, and the last act gives one a
very good idea of the inside of Sing
Sing prison. There is considerable
comedy element all the way through
the piece and it also abounds with
specialties. At the Opera House to-
night. Seats on sale at IS, so and 80
cents.
, 1907-11-11
FISH COMMISSIONER
ON ALkAlI MATTER

S. II. Campbell, superintendent of
the fish hatchery here, has found upon
investigation that the state is power
less in the matter of the alleged pollu-
ton Of the Laramie river by alkali
water. He finds that the Diamond Cat
tie company, in making a reservoir
for the reclamation or some $4,000
acres OF land near Rock River, has
drained an alkali lake that some ex,
~cavating could be done in the bed CT
the lake. This water was drained
through a cut thirty feet deep into the
Laramie river, killing a large number
of fish and for a time making the wa
ter bad for the railroad company. The
Diamond company will complete the
work and the lake will fill with sweet
water, the impregnated water flowing
on down stream and the river purify,
ing itself in time. The commission,
er sees TO way for the state to prevent
this work being done.
, 1907-11-11
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE

A marriage license was issued late
Saturday afternoon to Harry Hunts
man and Rosa Stewart, both of this
city, and they were married at the
court house a few minutes later by
Will McMurray, a court stenographer
A motion for a new trial was flee
today by the attorney for the Consol
dated Plaster company in the suit
against the company by A. X. Walla
the plaintiff having been given judg.
ment in the district court.
G. Claussen, sent to the county jail
from Justice Phelan's court at Rock
River for assault. was discharged to
day, having served twenty-one days,
David Turnipseed, charged with the
theft of a purse from a Big Laramie
river woman, who served five months.
was also discharged today.
, 1907-11-11
Y. NC. A. FOR
THIS CITY
ENTHUSIASTIC CONFERENCE BE-
TWEEN LIBRARY TRUSTEES
AND WOMAN'S CLUB.
Great Interest Manifested and Plans
Outlined for the Commencement
of the Work-Two Rooms to Be
Furnished for the Benefit of the
Men and Boys of Laramie.
BY Mary Slavens Clark.

The matter of organizing a Young
Mems Christian association and pro-
viding suitable temporary quarters for
it was discussed with intense interest
on Sunday afternoon, at a joint meet
ing of the committee having the mat
ter in charge and the board of trus-
tees of the Carnegie library.
To Confer With Officers.
A member of the conference was
appointed to write to Y. M. C. A.
headquarters for details of the work
and for instructions as to proper moth
DDS for organizing and getting into
suitable comfortable quarters for
the present. He agreed to put the
correspondence through with the ut
most dispatch.
To Furnish Two Rooms.
The interest and enthusiasm mani
Tested upon every side during the two
Or three weeks hal the matter has
been agitated is both gratifying and
significant. The plan on foot is to
provide not less than two good rooms
right down town, making an amuse-
ment room and a reading room. The
amusement room is to be provided
with games and to be made a cosy,
attractive place for men and boys to
get together and enjoy each others
society in comradeship and good fell
lowship. The second room is to be
provided with books and periodicals,
and is to be used by those who wish
to read or write.
Money Already Pledged.
No building whatever is thought of.
There is no building project connected
with the matter. We are not planning
on building at all. With a splendid,
strong organization of the men of the
city, the association will take care of
itself, n can be safely trusted to
provide itself, within the next five
years. with a splendid building. Sew
eral thousand dollars are already vol
unteered for the enterprise, when it
natures in due fullness of time.
Vital Part of the Plan.
The vital part of the plan is the
selection of the best man in the city
to take direct personal charge of the
rooms. We don't know yet who is the
very best man in the city, but Mr..
Crumrine and Mr.. Holiday are run
ming neck and neck, with Mr.. Arnold
coming in a close second.
, 1907-11-11
Caught in a Fog.

Portsmouth, England, Nov. low
ing to an impenetrable fog, the i'm
perial yacht. having on board Emperor
William, the empress and other mem
bers of the imperial party who are to
visit King Edward anu Queen Alex
andria, was unable to cross the harbor
bar here on the early tide, and did not
reach the jetty until three hours after
the appointed time this afternoon.
Prince Reaches Royal Yacht.
The Prince of Wales, who was dele
gated by King Edward to welcome the
German emperor and empress, accom-
panied by Field Marshal Lord Roberts,
boarded a torpedo boat, which went
out in the darkness and succeeded in
getting on board the imperial yacht
just as the fog lifted sufficiently to
enable the Hohenzollern to proceed
to Portsmouth.
, 1907-11-11
NARROW ESCAPE FOR
a JEWEJRY MAN,

A. X. Chamblin, the matchmaker at
Louis Miller's iewelry store, is thank.
ing his lucky star this afternoon. Mr.,
Chamblin sleeps in the rear of the
store, on Thornburgh street, and yes
terday Strengthened up his room in tho
best ann possible. At 1920 this
morning a large section of the ceiling
of the room fell, burying the bed un.
der several hundred pounds of NOR
tar, breaking the bedstead and a lounge
standing near and practically running
some of the bedding. Mr.. Chamblin
slept in the last night and is glad
that he did not oversleep himself this
morning.
, 1907-11-11
THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN OF
NASHVILLE DENIES ACCURA-
CY OF THE DE ROSSET
PUBLICATION.
Editor Finds no Proof for Assertion
That Generals Grant and Thomas
and Admiral Farrasut Applied to
jefferson Davis Three Months Be.
fore War Began for Commission
in the Southern Army.

g Nashville, Tenn, Nov. lis. G
8 A. Cunningham, publisher of the 6
% Confederate Veteran of this city, 6
9 the official organ of the United 6
9 Confederacy, stated today in re- &
@ gard to the publication that Gen c
. erals Grant and Thomas and Adj G
9 miral Farragut applied to Presi- 6
g dent Davis for commissions in the .
g Confederate army, that at the .
9 time of the publication of Captain 6
g De Rosset's communication in the 9
@ Veteran he had misgivings as to 6
9 the correctness of the statement g
G and ar investigation convinced 9
9 him that it was AS a 6
9 result, the December number of G
9 the Veteran will contain a correc- G
9 ton. G
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, 1907-11-11
Oakland Bank Closes.

Oakland, Cal, Nov. 1.-THE Union
National bank, the Oldest bank of Oak
land, closed its doors today. 1t IL
claimed the bank closed OF
Its connection with the California Safe
Deposit and Trust company. The
statement of the assets and liabilities
will be given out later.
Statement by Officers.
1t Is impossible to say whether the
bank will reopen again Or not. Off
GERS say they are only taking advan'
tage of a legal holiday to strengthen
out the business.
, 1907-11-11

Joplin, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE American
Mining congress was called to order
today in eleventh annual session. Sew
eral hundred delegates were in attend
men are on the program for addresses
Laramie Man On Hand.
Among the delegates is Mortimer N.
Garnt of Laramie, Wyo., a relative of
the late General u. S. Grant and a ma
tive of Lexington, Mo.
, 1907-11-11
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TO MEET SATURDAY.

The only business transacted at the
meeting of the Albany County Sheep
and Wool Growers association after
The Republican had gone to press Sat
urday afternoon was to fix the date OF
the first meeting of the new executive:
committee for 2 O'Clock next Saturday
afternoon, at the city hall, when it Is
hoped that George S. Walker of Chey-
enne, secretary of the state association
will be present and assist in formulat-
ing a program for the state meeting
here in January.
, 1907-11-11
Injured in an Accident.

Mrs. Lola Nowlin Of this city, who
has just returned from a visit with
friends and relatives in Nebraska. is
suffering from a badly cut lip, a
sprained ankle and other injuries, sus-
tanned in Nebraska a little while be-
fore she came home. A party of four
girls were riding on railroad veloci-
pedes, two girls on each car. when the
two cars raj together, derailing both
and injuring two of the occupants.
Mrs. Nowlin is able to be about, but
her lip is giving her some trouble even
vet.
, 1907-11-11
Custodian's Statement.

New Orleans, La, Nov. lin re-
gard to the above dispatch from Chi
cago, Colonel j. A. Chalaron, custodian
of Memorial hall in this city, said:
Mrs. Jefferson Davis consigned sew
eral packages of letters to the care OF
this hall and these are to be opened
only when authority is given us to dc
SO. This authority rests with her
daughter, Mrs. Hayes, of Colorado
Springs. l do not know the contents
of these letters"
, 1907-11-11
sullivan to Go to Ogden.

Doniel e. Sullivan Of this city, who
is now holding the position to super
intendent of the shops at Cheyenne
has been made master mechanic for
the new Utah division, with headquar
tiers at Ogden and with jurisdiction
between that city and Rawlins, Wyo.
effective on the 18th. P. A. Beck
supervisor Of bridges and buildings
for the Wyoming division, will also
go to the Utah division, in a similar
capacity. Both gentlemen are warm
personal friends Of superintendent w
A. Whitney.
, 1907-11-11
CASE POSTPONED
BY JUDGES DEATH
HEARING OF WOMAN WHO KILL,
Ed UTAH MAN CONTINUED
UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
Judge Mccomas Was Formerly Unit
ed States Senator n Four Terms
Congressman from Maryland-Wi.
dow Of Late Augustin Daily Dies at
Her Home in New York.

Washington, Nov. lion account OF
the death of Justice McComas of the
district court of appeals, criminal
court No. l, where Mrs. Bradley was to
have been put on trial today. charged
thur Brown of Utah, adjourned until
Wednesday, at 10 o'clock.
Was Once enator.
Judge McComas was formerly Unit.
ed States senator and for four terms
congressman from Maryland. His
death was due to heart disease.
, 1907-11-11
Convention Began Today.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 1.-THE twenty,
American Federation of Labor conyen,
ed here today for a session of two
weeks. The morning session was TAX,
en- up with addresses of welcome and
responses. President Gompers, Secre-
expect to make their annual reports
this afternoon.
, 1907-11-11
switchman Killed.

Last Friday evening W. R. Johnson
a switchman, while working in the
yards, was caught between the cars
and was badly crushed, says the Green
River Star. He was Immediately sent
to the general hospital at Rock
Springs, but he was injured SO badly
that he died in a short time. Mr..
Johnson came to Green River from
Cheyenne about four months ago. His
home is in Alabama, but he had been
working in the west several years.
, 1907-11-11
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. TOWN DESTROYED. 6
Hundred Thousand Dollars Dam
age at Worland on Sunday.

. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. ia c
. special to the Tribune from Wor- c
. land says hat the greater part 6
. of the town IA destroyed by fire 6
. Sunday. Loss, $1O0, 900. Wor- G.
. land is the terminus of the Bur c
= lington railroads extension into c
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, 1907-11-11
Business Stopped for Funeral.

During the funeral of former Presi-
dent C. E. Perkins, founder of the
Burlington system, which was held at
3 p. m ]. this afternoon at Westwood,
Mass, all employees of the company
stopped work for five minutes. All
train movements were also stopped.
In central time territory the order ap-
piled to the first five minutes after 2
D.. M, and in western time territory
to the first five minutes after 1 p. m.
, 1907-11-11
WILL PRESENT PRIZE
TO BE SHOT FOR.

W. c. Brown of Denver was in the
city yesterday. He is the representa-.
tive of the Dupont Powder company,
and notified local sportsmen that the
company would present a handsome
silver mounted watch fob to be com
peted for at the Thanksgiving shoot by
the Laramie Rod and Gun club. The
club was to nave held a shoot yester
day, but the attendance was too small
owing to the cold weather.