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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
See the Show, Tonioht.

"The Old Clothes Man." a
play which slightly borders on
the sensational, never steps far
beyond the line, it's comedy and
pathos being well balanced. It's
star Ting situations occur natur.
ally, while it's unusual and
spectacular features, ''the mar
riage in the snow and the prize
fight, in which the ''Yiddish
twist" comes into prominence,
are the most popular, and never
fail to arouse an audience to the
utmost enthusiasm. "The Old
Clothes Man." with the author,
James Kyrle MacCurdy in the
title role, will be seen at the
Opera house, tonight. Danny
Dougherty aud Kid Sharkey, the
prominent little boxers, are pre-
sented in the last act as special
features Of the arena scene.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
POPULAR TEACHER DIED
AT CASS LAKE TODAY
Miss Gertrude Yates, Aged 28, Sue.
cumbed to Hemorrhage Of
the Lungs.

Cass Lake, March Especial
to the Pioneer. Miss Gertrude
Yates, a teacher in the schools
here, died this morning at g
O'Clock. Miss Yates has been
i'll for several months, but her
condition was not thought to be
serious until the last few days.
The immediate cause of her
death this morning was a
hemorrhage Of the lungs.
The body will be taken to
Mankato tomorrow morning for
burial at that place.
Miss Yates haG lived in this
city with her parents for three
years past, during which time
she has been in charge of the
Fifth grade in the Cass Lake
schools. She was % years of
age, and was popular and re.
spected. Her death has caused
genuine sorrow here.
Miss Yates visited Bemidji on
several occasions and was known
to several Of the teachers in the
schools there.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
CASS LAKE B0WLERS
DEFEAT PARK RAPIDS
Game Played at Cass Lake Last Even.
ing.-visiting Players Entertained
After Game.

Cass Lake, March 1.-(Special
to the Pioneer The Park Rap
ids bowling club came up from
their home last evening and went
against the hardy aggregation
that represents this village and
went down to defeat, very grace
fully, by III pins. The game
was played at the Burns alleys,
and was witnessed by a large
number of people.
At the conclusion of the game,
there was social session, and a
general good time was had by
the mem bers of both teams. A
return game will be played at
Park Rapids in the near future.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
N. & !. Putting up Ice.

The NJ & I. railway is filling
the ice houses along the line and
preparatory to an increased de-
mand that will be made on the
supply next summer, there is
much more being putup this year
than previously. Two carload s
of ice are being shipped to Big
Falls, the present northern ter
minus of the M. & l., and more
will probably follow, the ice being
supplied by G.. e. Carson of Be,
midi.
One hundred tons of ice have
been stored in the M. & I. ice
house in South Bemidii, ready
for the warm weather.
When the Big Falls-Interna.
tional Falls extension of the road
is completed, there will be in.
creased demand for ice, and the
company is preparing for this
anticipated extra supply.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

Three days special sale on
waists and children's coats.
Greatest values ever offered in
Bemidji. Berman's EN- porium.
w. L. Preble, superintendent
of logging for the Walker & Axe
ley Logging company, came in
last evening from Akeley and
will remain here until Monday
morning. Mr.. Preble lad charge
of twelve work horses, which are
being sent to the company s
camps near Farley.
Our lines of ladies' and child.
ren's shoes are most complete.
Quality and values the best, at
Berman's.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
LOGGING THREE MILLION
ON INDIAN RESERVATION
Chris Burns Of Cass Lake, One of the
Successful Operators This
Winter.

Chris Burns of Cass Lake, who
has a sub.contract with Sam
Simpson to log on the Chippewa
reservation near Cass Lake was
in the city last evening.
Mr.. Burns has taken a con.
tract that Mr.. Simpson origin
ally made with the Northland
Pine company "a branch of the
Weyerhauser syndicate), which
calls for the cutting and hauling
of three million feet of pine, To-
Gated in Town 1859, eight miles
northeast of Cass Lake, most of
the tim ber being on the banks of
Cass (Mississippi) river, midway
between Cass Lake and Lake
Winnibigoshish. Mr.. Burns has
already cut about two and a
quarter million feet of his erigi-
nal contract for three million,
and expects to clean up nicely
before the spring thaw. The
logs are landed on the ice in Cass
river and on Cass Lake, and will
be driven down the Cass river in
the spring to Lake Winnibigosh-
ish, and from there taken on
down the Mississippi and it's
tribu taries out of this north
country to the Weyerhause mills
elsewhere, instead of being man
ufactured in Cass Lake, as they
should. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
Senator Nelson OverWorked.

Washington, D. c., March L.
Senator Knute Nelson was
obliged to leave his duties at the
capitol yesterday and go to bis
home. The senator is over
worked and his friends have ad-
vlsed him to stay away from the
senate during the remainder. of
this session.
He has been laboring night and
day and took a most prominent
part in discussing the currency
bill and also was in daily attend
ance on the river and har Dor con-
ference. He has scored a sue.
cess in putting through the fed
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
"Old Clothes Man" Toniuht.

It's easy enough to be pleasant
When life flows along like song.
But the man that's worth while
Is the man that can smile
When everything goes dead wrong"
The above is the motto of ''The
Old Clothes Man" who appears
at the City Opera house tonight.
"The Old Clothes Man" inher;ts
a fortune and becomes a million
aire. He believes his days of
poverty are over; but while
drinking toast to his golden
future, the rightful heir IAN
opium wreck-supposed to be
dead) bursts in like, a spectre
upon the happy grou p Of friends
brought together by The Old
Clothes Man. to enj 'y.a feast in
his honor. The opium wreck
proves his Identity, the old Jews
dream is over; the millionaire be.
comes once more a pauper. This
is the most cleverly enacted
scene ever attempted on the
stage, and James Kyrle Mac
Curdy, in the title role of "The
Old Clothes Man," has scored
the dramatic success of the
! season by his wonde rful por.
trayal of this character. At the
Opera house, tonight
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
Has a Good Plot.

The old Jew has staked every
dollar be has IN the world on his
protege, "Terry, the kid" but
at the last moment the kid is
drugged. To regain his fortune,
s'The Cd Clothes Man" Games
Kyrle MacCurdy) jumps into
the ring himself, and the de-
risive jeers of the spectators at
the ridiculous antics of the old
Jew are suddenly changed to
amazed cheers as be knocks out
his opponent with his trick blow.
the ''Yiddish twist thus win
ming a fortune.
'sThe Old Clothes Man" will be
at the City Opera house Friday
night, March l.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Richard M. G. Perkins, a we'll known
member of the American colony Of
Paris, is dead.
It is officially announced that two
cases of the plague have occurred at
Muanza, German East Africa.
Violent anti-Masonic rioting oc-
CURED at Reims, France, Thursday.
Many persons were injured and the
police made 150 arrests. i
Ship owners and exporters Of New
Orleans have launched movement to
bring about transfer of the quaran-
tine station for that port from state to
federal control.
The Porto Rican legislative assem-
bly, has adopted the bill providing fer
the abolishment Of the death pen
atty, thus saving the lives of several
persons who await execution.
Official returns of Argentine trade
for 1906 show the imports to be $685.
100000 and the exports $292,000,0 900
The imports increased $65,000,000 and
the exports decreased $30,00o,000.
Wendell Philips Garrison, son OF
William Lloyd Garrison, the abolition.
list, and for more than forty years
editor of the New York Nation, is
dead at South Orange, N. j., aged
sixty-six years.
An appeal to the Methodist Episco
pal church of the United States for
100000 for the current year has been
decided upon by the merged Freed
mans Aid, Sunday school and educa
tional boards of that denomination.
William Welch, believed to be the
oldest citizen Of New Hampshire, the
oldest member of the G.. A. r. and the
! oldest Mason in the United States
is dead at Claremont, N. H. Mr.
Welch was 106 years old on March 2s
last
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
Municipal Court at Grand Rapids.


The Duluth News s-Tribune of
yesterday printed the following
special telegram from Grand
Rapids relative to the proposed
establishing of a municipal court
iu that village:
"Grand Rapids, Feb. 27.-The
rumor that the village council is
contemplating the establishment
of a municipal court here, has
caused considerable uneasiness
among the taxpayers. Undoubt-
,edly such move would place an
additional heavy burden upon
them, and it is doubted if the
benefits to be derived would
Justify the expense to which the
village would be put in such an
event.
cit is argued that the justice
courts are in every way in
adeq quate to carry on the business
that would be required of local
court. Certainly no one would
consent to give his time and
brains to the work entailed for q
small remuneration, and the
village would therefore be forced
to pay a large salary to the judge
of the, court. A clerk would be
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
LANDS FOR DAIRY FARMS
in NORTHERN MINNESOTA
Experts Agree That Lands of This Part of the State
Afford Great Opportunities for Dairy Farmng-..
Finest Richest Glover Can Be Raised Here.

that the yields Of such truck
farms will, in the hands of skill
ed garden workers, far surpass
even the famous yields of Maine
and Ontario. The steady growth
of the cities of this section and
the present high cost of import.
ing "garden sass" from other
states assures ready and steady
markets for all vegetables at
good profits.
Of course, tho heavily tim bered
nature of most of the land will
necessitate considera ble work in
clearing, but an expert farmer
and dairyman would welcome an
encircling belt of tim Der as the
best of wind and storm breaks
and as affordlng shelter for cattle
in SUNNI and whenever the in
clemency Of the season does not
necessitate confinement in barns.
The experiences of those who
have so far made eminent suc-
cesses of dairy places in this re-
gion prove these claims.
To the objection that there are
few roads through Northern
Minnesota aud that rail COM
munication is of the poorest, it
may safely be answered that
roads will be constructed and
electric steam lines will follow
quickly on the demand for SER
vice. That has been the expert
ence everywhere else and there
is no reason for thinking that it
will fail in this section. That all
of Northern Minnesota, except,
OF course, the forest reserve,
will be a string of dairy and
truck farms before many years
is a safe speculation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
GOVERNOR ASKED TO GUST
SHERIFF OF CASS COUNTY
Pr. M Ringdah Chairman of the B ard ef Control Files
Lengthy Complaint, With Serious Charges
Against Alex B. RiddeIl of Walker

| st. Paul, March Especial 10
Pioneer )-P. M. Ringdahl, chair
man of the state board of con.
trol, today filed charges Of NAL
feasance in Office against Sheriff
Alex B. Rlddell of Cass county.
Mr.. Ringdahl filed lengthy
complaint with specific charges
and asked that Governor John
son remove Sheriff Riddell from
Office.
In his complaint Mr.. Ringdahl
states that Sheriff Riddell made
false reports of expenses in
Cured while in pursuance of his
duties in removing prisoners
from Walker, Cass county, to the
reformatory at St. Cloud, and
that he was paid this money by
the state on these false reports.
! -
It is alleged that on Nov. q,
1906, Sheriff Riddell took a
prisoner from Walker to ST..
Cloud and that in his statement
to the state auditor, he certified
that he was accompanied from
Walker to ST. Cloud by one Fred:
Reitz who acted as a guard and
that the additional aggregate ex-
pense incurred by this guard
was SIG 40. The bill was pre-.
sented to the state auditor, was
allowed and paid. Mr.. Ringdahl
alleges that Sheriff Riddell was
not ccompanied on this trip by
Fred Reitz and that the sheriff
appropriated this money for his
own use.
Mr.. Ringdabl also cited SINH
Lar case several months in which
he alleges that Sheriff Riddell
obtained similar amount from
the state upon presenting false
items in his bill. It is said that
the trick was being tried again
when Sheriff Riddell was de-
tected and the bill headed off and
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

Nor thernss ssMinnesota lands,
experts and authorities who have
made personal Investigations de.
clare, should be in great demand
right now for dairy farms, while
all Of the tracts within five or
I'm miles of the cities and towns
h 'uld be held at goodly prices
ior truck gardens. That these
are not present conditions is due
to the fault of some one in not
setting these advantages before
eastern homeseekers versed in
the arts of dairying and raising
garden produce.
Experts agree that the lands of
Northern Minnesota afford in
tinitely better opportunities for
premium dairy farms than do
those of Denmark and Sweden.
1t is declared that the finest,
richest, most succulent clover
of any in the world can be pro-
duced on the ground that has
been mulched for centuries by
the forest trees. Such clover
will,' beyond all manner of doubt,
produce the best of milk and
cream and the butter products
by experience and care, can be
made to take rank even above
the world renowned butter of
Denmark.
AS for the truck farming in
dustry in the vicinity Of the cities
and towns, Northern Minnesota
will certainly produce everything
that Southern Canada, Northern
Vermont and New mpshire
and central Maine will. There is
almost undisputable evidence
from limited experience, as we'll
as from the nature of the soil
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
Knox Will Be Chief,

G. J. Knox and wife came
down this morning from North
ONE and will remain in the city
at least during the balance of the
winter. It is said that Mr.. Knox
will receive the appointment Of
chief of police from Mayor
Pogue, next Tuesday. Mr.. Knox
has been in the employ of the
Crookston Lum Der company for
some time past, and has been
stationed at NOrthome.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
M. B. A. Attention.

The local M. B. A. lodge will
initiate several candidates at the
regular nesting to be held to.
morrow evening. A New England
supper will be served after the
initiation ceremonies. All mem.
bers of the order are earnestly
requested to be present.
IN. A. Clark,
Secretary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

that t IS led to an Investigation
which resulted in the charges
being filed with the governor.
Governor Johnson will investi-
gate the charges and has ap.
pointed Harvey W. Grimmer spe.
cial commissioner to investigate
the charges. He will receive
testimony at St Cloud, Stearns
county, on March 2.
Sheriff Rlddell was appointed
sheriff of Cass county less than
a year ago to fill the unexpired
term Of George T.. Hardy, de-
ceased. He was elected to the
Office for new term at the last
election.
The state authorities have
been aware of the charges pend
ing against Sheriff Riddell for
some time but the formal COM
plant was deferred as it was not
known whether he, could be re-
moved from flee because of al.
legged irregularities committed
during a previous term. Spe-
cial Counsel Jelly of the attorney
generals Office investigated the
matter and gave it as his opinion
that it made no difference in
what term the offense was COM
mitted SO far as the governors
power of removing him was con-
cerned.
Alexander B. Riddell, the
sheriff of Cass county, is well
known to many people in Be
midi, having visited here on sew
eral occasions since he was ap-
pointed to it'll the Office Of sheriff,
and also since his election last
fall.
His friends in this vicinity hope
that he may be able to clear him
self of the charges recited above,
which are very direct.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
A Good Record.

Out of all the external remedies
On the market we doub if there
is one that has the record of that
world-renowned porous plaster
It has now been in
use for sixty years, and still con-
tinues to be as popular as ever
in doing it's great work of re-
lieving our pains and aches. It
is the remedy we all need when
suffering from any form of ache
or pain resulting from taking
cold or over strain.
Allcock's Plasters are sold by
all druggists in every part of the
civilized world.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

necessary, and that also would
cost money. 1t is true that the
fines collected would be turned
over to the city but it is not be-
lieved that the conditions here
are such that they would amount
to enough to defray even the
ma jor part of the expense"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
Musical Yesterday.

Miss Dickinson and her pupils
held a musical at her studio,
yesterday afternoon. The pro.
gram was as follows:
Joyful Greetings ......... Gladys WYE
Sweet Dreams-Klabler. :. .Lottie Mcdonald
Country Smiles-Pascal.. ....:.... Mae Cowgirl
Birthday Party-Sabathil.. 49,. ;. Callie Arnold
The Bell in the Valley-Herman ann ...
Annie Klein -
Vanished Dreams-ScoOt Eta Gould
May Day Dance-Richl ........ Lillian Signel
Lark's Song-TchakOvsky. -. Amanda Klein
Staccti-Lichter. ........... ..Rubie Henrionette
Waltz-Chopin. n.................N Nellie Shannon
The Merry Mill-Dranz. Mary Klein
Barcarolle-Scharwenk .Nettie Dangerfield
Merriment tWaltz-Bachmann. W Mydia Knutze
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

eral criminal appeals bill where.
by the government can appeal it's
suit in criminal cases.
Mrs. Nelson has been quite i'll
for some weeks with a bad attack
of grip. At the senator's home
last night it was said that be was
in good spirits and only needed a
rest.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Feb. 2S.-Cattle-G Good to
choice steers, $5.50@625; common to
good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows
and heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $4,000
5.75. Hogs-$6.65@6.75. Sheep-Weth-
ers, $4.75@5.25; good to prime lambs,
$6.50@7.2O.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, Feb. 8.-Wheat-To arrive
md on track-No. 1 hard, size; No.
i Northern, 80Ac; No. 2 Northern,
78Ac; May, s0Ac; July, SOAc; Sept,
7SAc. Flax-To arrive and on track,
s1.2O%; May, $1.227s; July. s1.22k;
Oct, $1.18k.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

Our new arrivals of spring
1907 dress goods are marvels of
beauty. The assortment un-
usually large now on display at
Berman Emporium.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
chicauo Grain and Provisions.

i Chicago, Feb. Wheat May,
77ssc; July, 78Ac. Corn-May, 4711a
@475sc; July, 46Bc. Oats-May, 4251s
@42Ac; July, 37Ac. Pork-May,
$16.52K; July, $16.65. Butter Cream
cries, 22@32Rc; dairies, 20@30c.
Eggs s-20@2O1sc Poultry Turkeys,
10c; chickens and springs, lie.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
chicauo Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Feb. 2s.- Cattle Beeves,
$415@6.9O; cows and heifers, $16O@
5.25; stockers and feeders, $4,000
4S5; Texans, .$3.75@4.75; calves, $500
@7.5O. Hogs-Mixed and butchers,
S6.S0@7.05; good heavy, $1,000
7071k; rough heavy, $6.8O@6.90;
light, $6.s0@7.02k; pigs, s6.15@6.75.
Sheep, $3.55@5.70; lambs, $4.75@7.65.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
"Prunes" Can Skate a few.

Billy "Prunes" Newton of car
toon fame who has been spending
a few days in the city on bust
nesshas been skating at the roller
rink every night for several
nights now. When the roller
skating craze was in It's height
just twenty years ago, Mr.. New
ton Travelled all over the country
giving exhibits of fancy skating
and trick bicycle-riding. He has,
however not had rollers on for
over twenty years ua5il he put
them on in the Crookston rink a
few nights ago, but he soon got
back some of the old tricks and
last night did a few fancy
"~1unts" on the rollers. He
states that the pew steel skates
are much better and faster than
the old bnxWOOds.
"Prunes" is known among his
fellows up in this "reck O. the
woods; aud when we get our
skating rink going be will be got
ton up here for an exhibition.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Feb -Wheat-May,
79@791sc; July, soc; Sept, 7S1sc. On
track-No. 1 hard, 815s @82Ac; No. 1
Northern, s05s @S1Mc; No. 2 North.
ern, 1875 @79Ac; No. 8 Northern, rs
TIC
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

A shipment of suits and coats
in the most beautiful new spring
styles on display at Berman's.
Joseph Springer, engineer on
the M. & I. has returned from
Spokane, where he spent the
past six weeks visiting with rela-
tives.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

LOST = Pocketbook containing
bills and silver. Finder re-
turn to Challenge Hotel.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

Saturday and Monday extra
ordinary values in underwear,
hose and wrappers, Berman's.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

WANTED Competent girl for
general house work. Highest
wages paid. Inquire at Ber-
man Emporium.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-03-01

Call at the Pioneer when you
are in need of Office supplies.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-04-11
The boosters.

For a long time there has been in
this city an organization composed OF
employees of the Government Print
ing Office known as "The Knockers
Club" The feature of it's annual din
ners is the number of knocks" that
are administered to those present and
to some that are not present. At the
last feast of the Knockers" the Pub.
lie Printer, who was among those
about the board, is said to have re.
ceived several good natured raps at
the hands Of the typos.
AS a counterpart of the Knockers
Club" several Government clerks are
said to have formed an organization
which has been christened "The Boo
sters' Aggregation" The motto of the
association will be, it is said, Don't
knock a man, but boost him." 1t is
also said the Boosters" will give a
dinner early in the new year, and that
next summer when the tropical
zephyrs are being waited about Wash
ington they will invite all their good
natured friends" to a ~new-fangled func.
ton down the Potomac to be known
as a Hope and Help Social" One
Of the axioms of the aggregation is
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
sigh and you fade away."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-04-11
drudge Against Columbus.

The late Bishop McCabe related the
following story about an incident in
which he participated:
"Once upon a time | was in a rail-
road accident. 1t was one Of the only
two | have ever experienced, and l
have travelled more than 100000 miles
on trains and steamers. A broken
wheel threw the train off the track.
Behind us as we left the car came a
noble-looking English woman with her
husband by her side. She was scold-
ing him well for starting on their
journey on Friday.
"I told you, James, she said, that
something would happen If we should
start on Friday
Madam said l, do you know that
Columbus set sail to discover Ameri.
ca on Friday"
"she looked at me with indignation
and said:
".Sir, in my opinion it is a great
pity that America was ever discovered
at all.,'-Northwestern Christian Ad.
vocate.