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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

Mr.. Rockefeller has made his Will,
0 eventually the earth will learn what
disposition is to be made of 1t.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city TEN"
porarIIy should have The Bee
mailed TO them. Address VIII be
changed as often as requested
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

President Roosevelt would hardly be
ffered more advice If he were run
ing a newspaper.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

In other words. DR.. Roosevelt pre-
cribes the rest cure for Wall streets
ervous affection.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22
The cat had eaten the canary.

The cat had eaten the canary.
81 haven't any computations about IT,
either" she said, picking her teeth with
her claws. II couldn't eat the pianola on
the first floor or the graphophone on the
third but I could make a meal OF the
musician on the second floor and I've done
it,"
With a satisfied grin on her face she
curled up on the floor behind the gas range
and went to sleep.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

''In one respect, at least" murmured the
occupant OF the front row, II can SYM
pathize with a childless sovereign, for I
have no hair apparent baltimore Ameri-
can.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

"These" responded the famous oculist,
constitute my eye-deal writings" and he
laid his hand fondly on his bills.-Phiadel-
phia Press
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

When the ceiling fell in the Duma cham
Der that body was not In session
Consequently, the paragrapher will be
unable to remark that the impassioned elo-
quence Of Ivan Whiskerof brought down
the house.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

what do you consider the highest STAN
dards in contemporary llterature?" asked
the literary critic. '.ttf D..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

How is the old drama where the villain
still pursues herr"
"Oh. il is stili in the running.
delphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

Z Net total. ....s.s.s. s'''' 80 - -, .s,,
ally average. ...'..s. 49, 80 .. S@'~''
CHARLES G. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn 70
fore me this 1st day Of March, leC.
fseaD M. b. HUNGATB,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
ate OF Nebraska, Douglas County, s. car
Charles G Rosewater, genera ihl S,,iv
Z The Bee Publishing company, Delhe, u ..,ui
worm says that the actual numoeJ on To- IT,
ID complete copies OF The Daily, MOI .,' I'VE
vening and Sunday Bee printed ouIins NV
.ortb ~ TTobrparv 1907 was as follows.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22
SAID IN FUN.

Knicker-What do you conceive to be the
greatest fury OF the elements?
Bocker-A brain storm at sea.-New York
SIM
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

Two pet projects of School Superintendent
Maxwell have come to grief in the Board
Of Education. Maxwell wanted the city to
buy eyeglasses for all public school chill
dren who needed them. and also simple"
food to be sold to children Ut cost. Both
projects were rejected because the board
agreed with Commissioner Barrett that
parents still have some responsibility for
their own children and should supply them
with food. clothing and eyeglasses" That
Is undoubtedly the attitude of great
majority of taxpayers. There is no ques-
ton, however, that a large percentage OF
the 10000 school children Of New York
have defective eyesight, and that a large
number are insufficiently nourished Prof.
Maxwell intends to keep up his agitation,
and In time he may be successful. Com
missioner Stern, chairman Of the committee
on Elementary schools has consulted with
an expert optician and Wholesale dealer
Ia eyeglasses to learn what the cost would
be II eyeglasses were provided for every
child with defective vision. Superintendent
Maxwell says there are between $4,000
and 10000 such children The experts with
whom Mr.. Stern has consulted say that
even at Wholesale II would cost an aver
age Of 81 a pupil for eyeglasses. This
would make the initial cost between $685.
900 and $4,000.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

RIppIes on the Current Of Life In the
Metropolis.


Metropolis.
The first symptom Of spring nuttered into
New York last Saturday, and remained
over Sunday. II IL not safe TO bank on
forty-eight hours Of pleasant weather in
the metropolis until May day, but on this
occasion the unhappy residents, weary 81
winters storms, decided to take chances
and poured out Of their caves on Sunday
dressed In their best suit OF clothes. Fifth
avenue appeared In Easter dress. New
suits in daring hucs were in abundance.
Hats plainly intended for Easter christen-
ing we're 20 be seen on every side. All day
there was a steady procession Of fashion,
able carriages and automobiles In Central
park. The same was true Of other parks
throughout the city. The little breathing
spaces in the thickly populated sections
Of the city were overrun with tenement
dwellers The few streets on the lower east
side from which the Accommodations Of ice
and mud had been removed were so
thronged with children as to be almost i'm
passible for vehicles According to the
police one straw hat made a brief appear
ance in Grand street, near the Bowery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

Entered a, Omaha pystofioe as second
iss matter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-22

VICTOR RosEwATER, .1DIToR.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-17

ton, Supt; D. r. Bradford, Pres,
Topic to be supplied; discussion,
Supt. Stewart, Supt. Hattie Booth.
Graded schools section, Prof. H. H.
Hall, Pres. Topic, The Group
Method discussed and exemplihed
by Miss Kate Kranz, director of
Normal department, Crookston.
Friday evening.-Lecture, THE
Making of Literature" Pres. Weld,
of Moorhead Normal.
Saturday neutrality-suspicious. of
officers and routine business. Round
tables-Primary, Miss Eliza E.
Reddict, leader, Miss Stella Woods,
of Minneapolis kindergarten, will
tell stories, Grammar Department,
Mrs. Floy Donaldson, leader, Miss
Kate Kranz Of Crookston will lec-
ture. Latin Round Table, Mrs.
Woolly, leader; discussion by Miss
Follanbee. English Round Table,
to be supplied.
Teachers intending to attend this
NEE ting aud desire accommodations
should write to P. M. Larson, Cass
Lake, MINI.
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Teachers Association Meetinu,

The North Central Minnesota
Teachers association will meet at
Cass Lake, October 31st, November
1st and 2nd.
This meeting will be of great
benefit to all the teachers in
country, graded and high schools
throughout this section of the
country, and each teacher should
try to be present at this meeting.
An interesting and instructive
program has been prepared for the
meeting. Prominent educators from
all sections of the state will be
present to lecture and discuss sub.
jects of interest.
The following is the outline of the
program:
Thursday evening--Lecture," Some
Teachers of DID," Prof. F. H. Swift,
of the University of Minnesota.
Friday morning-A general ses:
sion. Subject for discussion, The
Efficiency of Our Public Schools.
Industrial Training, Sup. C. S.
Yeager; discussions, ,Supt. J. H. Hay.
Character Training, Supt. Hawkins;
discussion, Supt. Ross. Physical
Training, Supt. C. M. King.
Friday p. ma general discus.
sion from 1:3O to 800, at which
State Librarian King will read a
paper on THE School Library"
Following this there will be sections.
as follows: High school section.
Prof. Partridge, pres. Topic, The
High School Examinations, discussed
by Prof. Alton. Rural school sec.
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SUGGESTION AS TO HAVING
STATE PRISON HANGINGS
St. Paul Pioneer Press Sensi6y Suggests the Abolshing
Of the Custom Of County Hanengs in County Where
Crime Was Committed

public will be aroused to the essen
tial barbarity of the county execu-
ton. 1t is merely excepted now
because it has been the custom. It
is relic of the semi-barbarous sys-
tenn of hanging for theft, arson and
other felonies too numerous to cata-
logue. County hangings had some
excuse when the supply of victims
was large enough to support the
professional hangman. They have
no excuse today except the enertia
of custom and a slumbering public
conscience.
The virtue of electrocution, there
fore, lies even more in the fact that
it puts all executions in the hands
of the state prison authorities than
in the fact that it may be more
mercifal than hanging. No state
has undertaken to supply each of its
counties with electric chairs. It has
found one enough.
Minnesota may or may not want
an electric chair, but certainly needs
no more than one gallows. If it did
all of its hanging at the state prison
it would not be guilty either of
strangling its murderers because of
the incompetence of it's executioners
nor would it be troubled with the
disgusting habit of making execu-
tions festival occasions for the
friends of its sheriffs. Absolute
privacy would be assured as we'll as
skilled manipulation of the moose.
But since the prison authorities
seem unwilling to accept the respons-
ibility and have twice managed to
defeat bills for prison hangings it
might be we'll to find out whether
the institution of an electric chair
would be any more acceptable to
them.
Certainly the state ought not to
suffer7any more of such orgies as
have disgraced hangings in this and
other counties; nor ought it to main
tain longer a system that makes the
condemned murderer an object of
curiosity and amusement for the
morbid multitude.
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New Pioneer Advertisements.

Three new advertisements are
printed in this issue of the Pioneer,
by business men who believe in tell
ing the people concerning their
stocks of goods.
Gill Bros, in a neat ad. on the
first page, call attention to the "Cost
of Your Clothes," and relate story
as to their brands of clothing. They
have neat stock, at right prices.
Roe & Markusen, on the third
page, tell of the quality of their
groceries, calling special attention
to their creamery butter, teas and
coffees and fruit for canning.
w. M. Ross, the hardware man,
tells of the virtues of the Round
Oak" heating stove, in an ad. on the
first page; and the Round Oak" is
a good stove.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-17
JAMES G0DATTE INDICTED
MURDER IN FIRST DECREE
Man Who Killed Williams at Big Falls
Taken North Last Evening for
Trial.

The grand jury for the term of
district court of Koochiching county
which is being held at international
Falls, yesterday returned an indict.
ment against James Godatte, on the
charge of murder in the first degree.
Sheriff Walsh of Koochiching
county took Godatte to international
Falls last evening, where he will be
given the chance to answer to the
charge of murder in the first degree.
Godatte killed Chas. Williams at
Big Falls on August 21st, and was
subsequently arrested and bound
over to await the action of the grand
jury on the charge of murder in the
first degree.
Godatte has retained Chas. w.
Scrutchin of this city to defend him
and will put up a vigorous fight in
an endeavor to show that the killing
of Williams was an. act of self.
defense.
There is considerable feeling in
Big Falls relative to the killing of
Williams. Both Williams and his
slayer, Godatte, have their friends at
Big Falls, who are active in their
behalf.
Godatte, who has been confined
in the Beltrami county jail in this
city, has borne up we'll, considering
the seriousness of the charge which
has been lodged against him. While
he undoubtedly worries considerably
concerning the possible outcome of
his trial, he exhibits much nerve in
concealing his feelings.
1t is more than likely that the
trial of Godatte will be continued
until the term of court that will be
held at. Big Falls in January.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-17
COUNTY commissioners
ADJOURNED LAST NIGHT
Held a Two.Days' Session and Trans.
acted Considerable Business Of
General importance.

The board of county commission
ers adjourned last night, after a ses.
sion lasting two days.
Considerable routine business was
transacted, including the allowing
of large amount of bills.
The sum of $500 was set aside
from the road and bridge fund, to
be used in erecting a bridge across
the east Turtle river in the town of
Birch.
Two hundred dollars was appro-
priated, to be expended on improv-
ing the road on the line between
sections four and five, in Town of
Port Hope.
A reorganization of school dis
tricts No. 56 and 80 was agreed
upon. Sections 9.1O-1k712-13-14, in
Town 1888, were ordered taken
from school district No. 80 and
added to school district No. So.
Two new school districts were
organized, No. 116, in town 1928,
and No. III, in town 1928. These
districts are near Zipple P. O., in
the extreme north end of Beltrami
county, Lake of the Woods.
Matt H. Hendrickson was awarded
a contract to construct road, be-
ginning at the northeast corner of
section 3 and extending to the south
east quarter, Town of Spooner,
thence running due two and one
half miles to the southeast corner of
section IS, thence west to the south
west corner of section IS. FIend-
rickson is to be paid forty cents per
cubic yard.
Several applications for abatement
of taxes were given favorable con-
sideration and recommended to the
state tax commission.
John Olson was allowed the sum
of $3.50 to apply on his contract for
the construction of the state road
south from Bemidji, the whole
amount of the contract being 81, ,92O.
The plat of the new towns1te of
Clementson, in the town of Gudrid,
was approved. The new townsite is
located on the Rapid river, in the
northeast corner of the county.
Ole Moen is to be awarded a
contract to construct road, begin
ming at the west quarter stake in
section 29 and running east two
miles to the east quarter stake in
section 29 in the town of Frohn.
The sum of 5000 was set aside to
be expended on the road beginning
at the northeast corner of section IS
and running west two miles to the
northwest corner of section IS, in
the town of Northern, and Arthur
Glidden was designated superin-
tendent of the work.
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In view of the fact that two men
are now lying in the county jail o1
Beltrami county awaiting the carry.
ing out of the death sentence, i'm
posed as penalty for murder in the
first degree, the following article con
corning hangings will be read with
interest by northern Minnesota
people.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: New
Jersey, by virtue of bill just passed,
is to substitute the electric chair fol-
the gallows as its instrument Of
executing condemned murderers
Whether execution by electricity is
more merciful than hanging when
properly managed may be a matter
of conjecture, but there is little room
for question that as hangings are
generally managed in practice cleo.
trocution is much more merciful
Altogether too many hangings are
bungled. Instead of breaking the
neck of the victim they often result
in slowly strangling him to death.
Nor does the blame lie with those
who conduct the execution. The
fault lies with the system generally
in vogue in this country. When we
require the execution to take place
in the county where the crime has
been committed, when we compel
the sheriff of that county to conduct
the execution and when we change
sheriffs every few years we have nc
right to expect the hangman to be
an expert.
The only way a sheriff would
have a chance to become an expert
hangman would be. to increase the
number of murders and convictions
in each county-a remedy which it
will probably be conceded would be
somewhat drastic.
Some day the conscience of the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-17
WILL SHOW THE STATES
RESOURCES TO THE WORLD
Mime sofa Delegation to National Farmers Congress Is
Armed With Samples of Products and Descriptive
Lterature....North Country Will Be Extoled

St. Paul, Oct. 17.-(Special tc
Pioneer. )-When the annual con
Nention of the farmers national
congress opens at Oklahoma
City today, Minnesota will be
represented by three delegates who
90 prepared to demonstrate tina NO
state in the union can surpaSs Min
nesota in natural resources and
conditions favorable for the develop.
ment of those resources.
Minnesota's delegation, which
left last night on the Minnesota &
St. Louis road, consists Of julius
Schmahl, secretary CT state; George
Welsh, commissioner of immigration,
and Senator L. 0. Cooke of Kellogg.
Mr.. Welch, who keeps in close touch
with the conditions in all parts of
the state, has prepared for the
gathering by sending down a lot
of samples of the grain and vege-
tables produced in the northern
part of the state. The fertility of
the southern counties and their
prosperity as great farming COM
munity are we'll known throughout
the land and the purpose of these
exhibits is to show that the northern
part of the state is just as pro.
ductive.
In addition to these physical
proofs Of the agricultural possibili-
ties of the northern part of the
state, Commissioner Welsh has pre-
pared pamphlet setting forth the
advantages which this state affords
in the commercial and manufacture
ing lines, as we'll as in agricultural
pursuits. 1t is illustrated with
variety of scenes which emphasize
the great diversity of resources the
state possesses, from the fields of
grain to the great open pit mines.
A large supply of these books will
be taken along for distribution
among the delegates from the other
states.
Too many people, even among
the residents of our own state, have
an idea that Northern Minnesota is
a sandy waste from which the tim
Der has been removed and which
now has little value," said Mr.. Welsh
yesterday. Nothing could be fur
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Local news on last page
new FAIR ASSOCIATION u,
FOR: kO0CHICnING COUNTY
Organization Perfected at Northome.- -
Pioneer Resident Dead.-Loqqinq
Operations Brisk at Northome.

Northome, Minn., Oct. 1f:-At
the close of a recent meeting of the
Northern Farmers Association held
at this place, the organization of the
Koochiching County Agricultural
Society was perfected for the pur-
pose of promoting agriculture in this
county The following officers were
elected to manage the affairs of the
society for the ensuing year:
President. w. S. Potter. Vice
President, w. N. Durrin; Secretary,
T. L. Duncan; Treasurer, ]. E.
Cowan.
1t was decided that the new organ
ization should give county fairs
annually, but no definite place for
holding them was agreed upon, and
in all probability the first one will
be held in Northome in conjunction
with the annual fair of the Northern
Farmers Association, next fall.
The woods adjacent to Northome
will be the scene of considerable
activity the coming winter as regards
logging operations. Contractors
have already begun preliminary work
on their lumber camps and expect
to have everything in readiness to
begin operations by the time the
snow begins to fly. There will be
at least eight or ten large camps in
operation in this Immediate vicinity
this winter and the outlook for a
very successful season generally was
never so favorable.
Jess Johnson, a pioneer resident
of this section, passed away early
Tuesday morning at the home of his
son, Hans Johnson, after an illness
of but eleven days, death being due
to Bright's disease. The deceased
came to this country about five years
ago and has since made his home
with his son, who lives on a home
stead eighteen miles east of here.
He was II years old and is survived
by eleven children. Interment was
made in the Northome cemetery
Wednesday afternoon.
Additional local matter will be found
on fourth pauo.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-17

Call at Abercrombie's and see
their new line of Books, Stationery,
Pipes, etc., which has just been
received.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-17
Not the Ghost of a Chance

do you take when you buy genuiue ROUND OAK heat
ing stove. It's all right-peope like it, We have conf
dence in it. We had dissatisfied customer vet
The ROUND OAK is moderate in price and IS worth everv
cent of It's COST is du able because it the best made
stove known 1t airtght aud will hold the fire lust as
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-17

When Messrs. Schmahl: Welsh
and Cooke we're in Bemidji on Oct.
5th, they secured samples of pro-
ducts that we're grown in Beltrami
and Clearwater counties, and also
took with them samples of the soil,
which they will show the farmers at
the national congress, as indicative
of the falsity Of the impression gen.
orally accepted that this north
country is unproductive. The results
will be of great benefit to this
country.
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ther from the truth and we want to
demonstrate in every way possible
that the northern counties cannot
be surpassed. Others have an idea
that a great portion of the northern
counties is nothing but a sw mp. 1t
is true that there are large areas of
swamp lands there, but in many
cases what are known as swamps
are not flooded with water, but the
vegetation simply holds it in the
ground and the building of small
drainage ditch will drain the land.
In some cases the building of a
small ditch, with small side bitches,
has been sufficient to drain con-
siderable area, and this land is then
found to be exceedingly productive.
One of the best proofs of the
value of this land when drained is
that on one farm, which has been
converted out of a real bad and
undesirable looking swamp, the crops
now raised include not alone small
grains and vegetables, but celery
of an unusually fine quality.
There is no good reason whv
people should leave this state to find
cheap land. They can get land in
the northern part of this state upon
which there is considerable amonnt
of standing timber for $40 an acre.
IN the winter a man who owned
such tract could easily make S.
a day by cutting timber, and he
would at the same time be clearing
his land and providing for the crops
of the year to come.
We want to show the people the
actual conditions in this state, and
when these are known, there is no
doubt there will be a greater num-
Der of settlers coming to the state
and fewer old settlers leaving"
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Additional local matter will be found
on fourth page.