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The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
Patronizlna Home People.

An exchange says that war has been
declared on the great catalogue
houses of Chicago and other cities
jy the 800 retail merchants of the
west. In one of the most striking eco
lomic movements this country has
ever known the small dealers are
lighting, they say, for their lives. The
mammoth institutions, employing
thousands Of workers, doing their
business entirely through the medium
)f their bulky catalogues, spending
no money in the communities whence
hey derive annually millions Of dol.
lars Of patronage, are forcing in
creasing numbers of home merchants
TO the wall and so their opponents
claim, are making commercial
graveyards OF once prosperous towns"
People living in country towns ought
to get wise and trade at home.-Phil-
adelphia Episcopal Recorder.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
Pettis County Grand jury.

The Pettis county grand jury ad-
journed after an eight-day session.
The jury report condemned Judge
Hoffman for abuse of the parole sys-
TEN; condemned the city and county
officers for using street car passes and
permitting the car company to tear UP
the paved streets; intimated strongly
that there was lack OF diligence in
law enforcement as regards gambling
and vice. and recommends to the
prosecuting attorney that he search
for a section of law that will enable
him to close the Sunday theaters.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
Something to sraa About.

If YOU want to brag, says the Prince
ton Press, remember that Missouri
has % state institutions; it never had
Il general crop failure; it is the lead
ing clover state in the Union; it has
more stock farms than any other
state; it has the largest acreage OF
bluegrass of any state; it has the
largest permanent school fund in the
United States; it raises one-tenth Of
all the corn in the world; it produces
so per cent of all the zinc mined in
the world; 1t has one-third more apple
trees than any other state; its farm
land has advanced 40 per cent in the
last four years; it has the largest
yield Of cotton per acre of any state
in the Union; it has the lowest rate
of taxation of any state.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

Railroad men are telling a story Of
4 fortune being piled on the opri
country between Pattonshurg and Mo-
Fall, some miles east Of st, Joseph,
several days ago, according to the st.
Joe Gazette. IN all, $l,50O.O0O In sill
yer bullion lay scattered about but
the curious ones, who were drawn by
n railroad wrecK, believed that the
pigs were lead and paid little at
tenttOn to them. The fortune was
spilled as the result Of a collision be-
tween freight trains on the Wabash.
The car containing the bullion was
smashed into a mass Of broken boards
and the contents scattered.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
Raised In Rank,

Sir Chentung Liang.cheng, until re-
Gently Chinese minister at Washing.
ton, has been received by the EN-
press in audience for three successive
days. He has been raised from the
second TO the first rank and appointed
director of the Southern railroad
with headquarters at Shanghai. He
will also act as traffic superintendent
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
Put in a Good Word.

Lord Arlington was arrested the
other day in England for speeding his
auto. Said the arresting policeman
in court the next day: His lordship
was most civil; in fact, it was a
pleasure TO meet him, and that is
moro than can be said of some motor.
lists Still, his lordship had. to pay
fine Of SIS and costs.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
A Ducking for College Girls.

Because they attended a ghost" re,
ception given at McCullagh cottage. a
dormitory for young women at Drury
college, Springfield, three academy
girls we're "ducked' that night after
the collegians had departed and the
goods were ready to retire. The en-.
tertainment was for college students.
and all were masked in sheets and nil.
low cases. The three academy girls
saw their chance and. masking in the
sheets and pillow cases, they attended
the reception and secured q snare Of
the refreshments.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
The Wrong Man Convicted,

l.. o. Griffin, who came to the peni-
tentiary in October, 1906, from Jasper
county for five years for forgery, was
released from the penitentiary under
a parole communication by Gov. Folk.
W. n. Andrews prosecuting attorney
of Jasper county, says that he is salts
fled from recent developments that
this is case Of mistaken Identity.
He asked that Griffin be released.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
Larue Number of Nets Used.

According TO Consul-General Scren
Listoe, Of Rotterdam, about 100000
nets are in use during the herring
season by the 500 fishing smacks Of
the Netherlands. A net lasts about
three seasons, but owing to losses
from storms and other causes, be-.
tween 10000 and $4,000 new nets are
purchased annually.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
Doqs in Paris.

In Paris dogs are treated as we'll as
human beings are. They wear auto
mobile togs when they go motoring,
they have a hospital, and they even
have a good-sized cemetery. with mon
uments and headstones and inscr.p.
tons and mortuary wreaths.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

Cows and hogs like pumpkins and
they are good for them
Coid water first then scalding water
to cleanse the milking utensils,
Cant get the hogs to market too
soon now, if you are going to ship At
all.
Economy in feeding is the secret
of success in all branches Of stock
raising
he honest at heart and the mouth
will not speak lies when dealing with
your nciEhbOrs.
Learn to do things right first time
and save the time and trouble of IN.
learning and learning over again
You will keep your flock of sheep
more thrifty if You give it a ration Of
roots-mangcls or turnipa--cach day.
No after treatment of milk can
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"auaiIlS Iile pFoHUc' d"fliiE anu aIt'f
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In "CIpan tho land hpTprn II ie fouI,
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an" "I"'N'''"S ui'lcui'''S mako II
i''''5 H''" 10 SECURE S'i''''ihl'S.
II would seem as though the tim
o'f NdIu' "I hlchor\, walnut ana
!"' I''"h''hE o. S'ch 'arI"n'S by 'h'
idIH''I.
Stockmcn are coming moro ana
moro to YrailZ" the necessity ot plenty
7I light and ventilation Tor the stables.
tiow is it with your barns? Can they
NJ improved upon?
Chores by lantern light Hard 10
prevent il during the short days Of
winter But reduce the atlerdark work
lantern with clean chimney
Old orchard trees may be reiuvcnat.
ID by trimming back and manuring
he ground heavily The trimming
should be done during fall or winter
ss good growth of wood Is thus in
iucrd
Old sod land intended for corn next
season should be fail plowcd in order
that the frost can helm 10 nuIycri2c
The soil Turning the sod under also
puts the grass surface in rottcd con.
Iition for the crop next season
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The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

to have on the farm.
Honest dealing will establish rep.
utation which will prove an inyalu.
able asset in future transactions.
The cooling of milk Immediately af
ter it is drawn from the cow is rccog.
nized as necessary to its long keep
ing,
The poorly.fcd calf will never make
good COW Neglect in the early
months of growth will affect all the
after life
Did you ever try to figure how
much of the disease which attacks
your stock was chargcable to your
care OF the animals?
Coic in horses is produced by wa
tering them too freely when warm or
feeding indigcstibe food and then
putting the animals to work too soon
aitorward,
Many a farmer who finds time to
niger over the noiShbor Inc fence
i'iilnS now the country should be run,
lailS Tar short oi running his own al
fairs sUCCrssnIly
Leaves have a value. They make
also max" good manure for the
plants ana shrubs. Pile them mp in
suitable place and let them rot.
Straining the milk through stcril.
lied chcosocloth is good but it is bet. .
ter TO milk right through such cloth. .
TRY putting a piece over the milk nail. .
Everything snug about the barn and
other BUILDINGS whore stock j, shell. .
tered? If not. get things fixed with .
ont dolav. 4 bad storm catching You
uuprcpaycd NAV cost yon many a
dollar.
This Is thr season or tho yoa, when
Tho farmer who has thn gnol warm
worlshon will he ahia IN mt in his
the farm machinery and getfinr in Al .
shane for nryl seasons work
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wotor which cortoipe . variety ot
guhst,nces IN suspengion and solution
Tho erhetorcne larpeIv dissoIvod in
tbc water are cascin and olbumen
milk euoor and thn ash mr. IMMORAL
matter whicb toce,hnr form tho mill,
yorur Tho rat is .rerordod in tho
mill, IN nicrogcoric gIobulce w,ich .
oro en,,i.so,id and with ,ho eorrn
for,, what is formed an nrn,sj,r /
Immature or freshly gothercd ecod
CORN wiu ,,rop, mr. mold if n,acod in .
ni,os in warm room Tbie ruire il
fo, Good rrrpnoae IIarp II nm In a |
windows may he left onor for free
of air Seed corn racks of
varinue kind can he caslIv proyidrd
Some nrerer the tray arrangement
others provide racks on which are
series of rows Of sharpencd nails on
which tbn ears of corn are nlacpd
1T Is sood i"ed 10 select ana cu'
sclohS now lot srai'lhs purposes next
SptIils' ihose cut III autumn VIII
nave more Visor III spring tiali II CUT
aiter exposure 10 severe coId' Gut
only the pest ripehed "ood OF the
past season sro"tii' ana Seiect from
trees known 10 pear Wen Marx
sciohs careluily ana PACK III smalI
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

The larger part Of milk consists of
water which contains a variety OF
substances in suspension and solution
The substances largely dissolved in
the water are Cascin and aibumcn.
milk sugar, and the ash or mineral
matter, which together form the milk
serum, The fat is suspended in the
milk in microscopic gIobulcs, which
are snmi-solid and with the serum,
form what is termed an emulsion.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

Remember the Sabbath day TO keep
II holy" was meant for the farmer
as well as the business man, And we
think without exception the farmer
who seeks to obey this Divine iniunc-
tion finds that it works to the good
Of the farm and everything connected
herewith. Truly in the keeping of
the commandments of the Lord there
Is great reward.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

One Of the things which YOU ought
to do this winter is to study over the
difficulties and problems which you
encountered during the past season.
You never can make any hcadway in
your farming methods unless you let
one season teach you lessons for the
next seasons use.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

If You are not getting the bulletins
issued by the experiment station Of
your state you are missing much
which will help you in the farming
business. You are entitled to them
and the station will gladly place you
IN the mailing list Send in your name
At once.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

Immature or freshly gathered seed
corn will sprout or mold if placed in
piles in a warm room This ruins it
for seed purposes. Hang it up in a
room where in dry, clear weather the
windows may be left open for free
circulation of air. Seed corn racks of
various kind can be easily provided.
Some prefer the tray arrangement,
others provide racks on which are
series of rows of sharpencd nails on
which the ears of corn are placed,
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

The COW must have good health ii
she is going to be a good producer.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

This is the season Of the year when
The farmer who has the good warm
workshop viii be able tn put in his
time TO good advantage in repairing
the farm machinery and getting in Al
shape for next seasons work.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

Old sod land intended for corn next
season should be fall powcd in order
that the frost can help to pulycrzc
The soil Turning the sod under also
puts the grass surface in rottcd con.
1ition for the crop next season
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

A dry bed is appreciated by the
sheep as well as by the farmer him
self
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

Road dust for the poultry house
Have You laid in a supply?
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

Keep the pumpkins and squashes
dry, and in a room or place which is
not TOO cool A pumpkin will keep
better beside kitchen stove than in
the ordinary cellar. Even immature
squashcs will keep for long time
If they are in warm. dry room.
Those who have difficulty in keeping
either sQuashes or pumpkins should
look to their store room The prob
abilities are that It is too damp for
the purpose.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
NOZES, nnoor
Nhh h''> FARM
BY MGuzs;> III

Molasses Is good for the horses and
other livestock.
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28

Old orchard trees may be reiuvcnat-
ID by trimming back aud manurng
lhc ground heavily. The trimming
should be done during fall or winter
ss a good growth of wood is thus in
iuced
The Taney County republican., 1907-11-28
Again lot us repeat. nDo It now.n

Air,slacked lime in the COW stable
is 4 good thing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03

wide open plan, and low men and
lower painted women, in dance
hall and variety theater, in
drunken orgie and sdebauched
carousal, turned night into hid.
eous day.
But most of that class OF
people have passed on to other
lumber camps and other new
towns; steady, reliable and indus.
trious citizens have located here,
men of thrift, enterprise and
means; business and professional
men, seeing the advantages OF
the situation have come with
their families, and they can well
feel proud Of Bemidji today, for
it is one Of the finest little cities
in all the northwest, with a court
house and public school building
equal to any in the state, outside
of the large cities of Minneapolis,
ST. Paul and Duluth, while the
streets are lined with substantial
business blocks and beautiful
homes, with neat lawns and
flower gardens, and the citizens
are laWabiding, thrifty and pro.
gressive.
The Indian trails leading to the
lake have been replaced by pub.
lie highways and railroads reach.
ing out in all directions, making
the place easy of access and
bringing the people into immedi.
ate touch with surrounding
towns and cities; the whirl OF
the wheels in mill and factory is
heard, stone sidewalks are
rapidly taking the place of those
made of boards, which have in
their turn covered the well-worn
paths through dirt and sand; gas
and electric lights illuminate the
streets at night; shops, stores
and markets supply all with the
necessities and many Of the lux.
uries of life; the merchant and
business man has his account at
the bank; the visitor and travel.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03

has been wanton and criminal,
but of recent years some very
wholesome laws have been
passed, and the officials of the
Game and Fish Commission are
seeing that they are strictly en-
forced for the protection of wild
animals, birds and fish, and the
days are over and gone, when the
hunter had himself photographed
standing by the deer he was so
proud of killing, or the fisher
man, to prove the number Of fish
caught by him, displayed both
himself and his catch in a taking
picture.
Situated upon the shores of the
lake, both city and lake take
their name from an Indian
chief, Bemidji, but for just what
he was noted, if for anything, I
have not yet ascertained. How
ever, the red chief has long since
passed to the happy hunting
grounds, little dreaming, per-
haps, when he departed that his
name would be given to this
thriving city. The citizens are
now considering the matter of
erecting a suitable monument to
further perpetuate his name.
There are many of his descend
ants in this city,a happy,go.lucky
crowd, some Of them seeming to
be quite thrifty and earning a
living at this season of the year
by picking wild raspLerries and
blueberries in the woods and dis
posing of them to merchants in
the city, but many are lazy and
shiftless, and all, seemingly, are
very fond of fire water.
Today, I took stroll up
around the lake shore in the
woods and came upon an Indian
tepee, in which sat a squaw
working upon moccasin, while
her lord and master, with his
scalping knife in his belt, lay
under nearby tree dead-dead
drunk, while the flies and buffalo
gnats cheWed his bronze face.
Lo, the poor Indian! No one can
get drunken than Lo.
It is hard to go anywhere that
you will not find someone from
Indiana and they are always glad
to greet a fellow Hoosier.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
RAILROADS WILL ALWAYS
FIND A WAY. TO "HEDGE'
How the 2Cent Fare Will Work. and Some Things Public
Should KnoW-.Agents Cautioned Against Selling
Split Tickets to Points in Other States

Saturday morning the local
agents for the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern roads re-
ceived instructions relative to the
2-cent passenger rate which went
into effect May /, says the Wa
dena Pioneer Journal. The rail
roads, having made a bluff, have
accepted the situation and will
not fight the new rate.
The instructions direct agents
to sell tickets at 2 cents per mile
between all points wholly within
the state of Minnesota. The
companies hold, however, that
tickets sold to points outside
this state, come under the head
of interstate business and that
the old rates may be maintained.
The rates heretofore charged to
outside points will remain in
force and the agents are instruct
ed not to sell the "split tickets. "
By "split tickets" are meant
the charging of 2 cents per mile
from a point within the boundar-
les Of Minnesota, to the state
line, and then charging at the
rate prevailing in an adjoining
state, where the rate may be
higher, as in North Dakota. The
price of tickets from Wadena to
points in North Dakota, will re-
main unchanged. North Dakota
has passed a law reducing the
passenger rate from 8 cents to
% cents per mile. This rate
does not go into effect until May
Is. However, regardless of what
ratesthe legislatures may fix with
in their own states, the railroads
take the position that on tickets
sold from points within one
state to points within another
state, the rates to be charged
shall not be governed by the state
rates. In other words this is
inter state business, over which
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
a state has no jurisdiction.

a state has no jurisdiction.
Travellers can take advantage
of the new 2-cent rate, even when
makinga a journey into another
Estate. For instance if a person
in Wadena wished to go to Bis
marck, he could buy a ticket as
far as Moorhead at the rate of 2
cents per mile. Arriving at
Moorhead, which is on the state
line, he could buy another ticket
through to Bismarck at the pre-.
vailing rate in North Dakota,
which after May Is, will be q
cents per mile.
This will probably be done,
but it will cause a lot of trouble.
At stations on the boundaries of
the state there will be a rush of
business at train time. Many
travellers will be in a rush to get
new tickets for the balance of
their journey in time to catch
the same train on which they
came in. Their baggage must
also be rechecked, and unless the
companies will allow long stops
at boundary towns great deal
of confusion will ensue. Persons
having no baggage to check may
remain in the train and purchase
a ticket from the conductor.
At the present time a charge of
ten cents is made in cases where
passengers have failed to buy
tickets of the regular station
agents. The new law does away
with this penalty, and it will cost
|no more to buy a ticket from the
conductor than from the station
agent.
The public should remem Der
that in making trips into adjoin-
ing states they should buy a local
ticket to the state boundary, and
then buy another ticket to their
destination. They can save
money by SO doing.
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AkeieY 0rganlzlnq.

Akeley is starting in on base
ball talk, and the Herald of that
place says that they will have the
fastest bunch up among the
northern pines. These will play:
Newman Stanford of Elbow Lake:
Billie Hendricks, Thomas Dame,
Geo. Martin, Hall Zim norman,
Rod ParkiIl, Dutchie Hop, Min.
neapolis; JOS. Peterson, Mass
City, and Rabbit.
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Fargo, N. D., May 2, 1907.
Mr.. Frank S. Lycan,

Mr.. Frank S. Lycan,
Bemidji, Mlnn.
Dear Sir: I regret to an
nounce that after several weeks
of~negotiating by mail and tele-
gram and three personal visits, [
was unable to arouse enough en-
thusiasm in any of the so-called
sports or fans (D in either Grand
Forks or East Grand Forks to
organize a base ball club. There
were not enough public-spirited
citizens in East Grand Forks to
raise the small sum of $600-all
that would be needed. Five times
that amount would have been re-
turned to the business interests
of East Grand Forks during the
summer, in the advertising their
town would receive from connec-
tlons with a league such as ours
would have been, but the
sports (D were afraid of the cars.
AS East Grand Forks was ab-
solutely necessary for the sue
cess of the league, and as they
have quit, it of course follows
that the attempt to organize the
Prairie League has failed. I re-
gret such is the case and beg to
thank you for the spirit shown,
and the co operation in attempt
ing to form what would have
been successful league of base
ball towns, three in Minnesota
aud three in North Dakota.
There will be no further effort
on my part representing Fargo
to organize league as I know of
no territory that could equal for
minor ball, Minot, Devils Lake,
East Grand Forks, Crookston,
Bemidji, and Fargo.
Again expressing regret of our
failure, I am,
Very truly yours,
W. j. PRICE.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received up to
and including May z, 1907, at
2:3O p. NJ, for the moving of the
Congregational church from it's
present site, to lot /, of block Is,
of the Village of Nymore.
Successful bidder must give
bond for faithful performance of
contract. "
The society reserves the right
to reject any all bids.
MRS. W. b. MARTIN,
Church Clerk,
Lock Box 26, Nymore, MINI.
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.BEMIDJI WAS EULoGIzED
EVEN In HER EARLY DAYS
The Prospects Of the s'Best Town on
Earth Were Recognized and
Appreciated.

The editor of the Pioneer was
today handed paper which con.
tanned a write up of Bemidji and
her wonderful resources and ad
vantages as they were apparent
during the fall of 1905.
AS the conditions which pre-.
vailed then do not vary mater
tally from those which prevail at
the present time we give the let.
ter in full:
Bemidjl, MINI, Aug. %, 1905.
Bemidji is young city, a
young giant Of marvellous growth
up here in the pine woods OF
northern Minnesota, and it's site
only a few years ago was covered
with pine timber. But man
needed that same pine, the ''lum.
ber jack" and the sawyer came,
and here on beautiful lake Be
midi they made their camp, the
mill was built, axe and saw
brought the towering trees
crashing to the ground and the
lumber shacks soon grew into a
town, and the town soon became
a city.
And what change has been
made in the past few years.
When [ was first here five years
ago, the town was on the border,
it was known as slough town.
and deserved it's reputation; the
"bad man" paraded the streets,
loaded with bad booze; every
other building was a gam bling
den, a saloon or a disreputAble
dive; the town was run on the