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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
GETTING A GOOD FIGURE.

Just at present the wasp waist 10
fashionable, but for health as well as
beauty ignore the extremes Of fash
ion, and follow such simple rules as
will tend to the making and keeping
of a good figure.
1t is, perhaps scarcely necessary to
remind readers that carriage is OF
first Importance. Round shoulders
and a STOPPING back are more often
due to carelessness than to constitu-
ton, and are easily cured by constant
care in keeping the chest up and the
shoulders and the hips back.
1t is the ambition OF most girls to
be tall and slender, and though we
cannot add to our inches, yet gym
nastics may do much to stretch the
limbs to their fullest extent, keep the
knees straight and tie spine erect,
and in this way give the figure the
benefit of it's full amount of inches.
Belts or stays or whatever sup
ports are used for the improvement
of the figure should afford no him
drance to the free flow of the blood
through the veins, but allow perfect
freedom of respiration. There Is no
reason that corsets should necessarily
be unhealthy" garments; on the
contrary, they may perform good
work in relieving the waist of the
pressure of the skirtband, ETC.; and
a well-cut corset, judiciously worn,
may also act as a check to an inch-
nation on the lower part of the fig
ure to expand. Any good corsetiere
makes a speciality of stays for stout
figures.
1t is a mistake to resort to the fool
ish cure" of tight lacing as a rem
edy for embOnpoint; it simply presses
the superfuous flesh from one place
to another, without. getting rid OF it.
A lack of grace is often due to a
cramped condition Of the waist more
than to anything else, but this Is
hardly to be wondered at when cor
sets are drawn to sixteen and nine
teen inches.
Women who have cause to bemoan
thin neck and chest should have
faith in vocal and chest gymnastics,
and in massage, coupled with the use
of good, nourishing skin food. The
treatment should be persevered
with daily In the same way thin
arms may be improved and rounded
by massage, ointment and gymnas-
tics.
The thin woman finds salvation in
pouched blouses and open coats with
full vests, and so forth, which con
ceaI deficiencies and apparently yield
roundness to a fiat figure. 1t is in
evening dress that she suffers most
from her appearance, but she is
helped much by to-day's fashions,
which admit of the arms being COW
cred with sleeves of pulled chiffon,
even when decollete bodice is worn;
and bony neck may be partly
smothered with strings of pearls and
other ornaments, or with pendants of
lace proceeding from collar band
of the same united to bertha of lace.
New York Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
Asking Her:


To the end OF his day Ellithorpe
will never forget his sensations when
he read the simple, cold-blooded an
nouncement in the society column
Of the newspaper. The sickening
feeling which overwhelmed him still
fingers wildly in his memory.
The notice was to the effect that
the engagement of Miss Rose Bur-
lingame to Doyle Jenkins was
announced. That was all, but it was
the end OF the world for Ellithorpe.
AS he glared at the crumpled
newspaper he admitted that he had
dallied. For two years ne has been
a constant caller at the Burlingame
home. For two years he lived in the
light Of her presence and hadn't
opened his mouth to tell her how he
felt about it. He had always meant to
do so, but he was shy. Never in his
maddest dreams had he pictured any
other girl wearing orange blossoms
and tulle veil for him. And now
If it had been any other man than
jenkins! But he was honest enough
to admit that he would have been
just as enraged and upset no matter
who had been his lucky rival. Still,
it did him good to pretend his wrath
was because Jenkins parted his hair
extensively in the middle and had a
tendency to lisp.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
PROOF.
Intelligent

ais he intelligent and well-in'
formed ?"
us he? Why, he's been summoned
&c a talesman a dozen times and new
er got on jury yet. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
SIRE PROOF.

The Bride-How do you know that
man across the aisle is a pugilist?
The Groom-Why just listen how
ruently he talk.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13

In the North Central States there
is a percentage of thirty unmarried
men out of every 100, to 1913 of un-
uRrVis1 yemen
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13

EllithoTpe pushed his dinner away
without look 1t the tempting chop
and left the club. He wanted to
walk and think it over. There was
plenty to think about-what a fool
he had been, for instance. He might
have known others admired her as
we'll as himself. What q conceited
chump he had been to fancy it didn't
matter when he spoke! Why, there
were always plenty Of callers hover
ing about Rose, but he had been so
wrapped up in his own liking for her
he had not thought about anything
else. Now he was well paid for it.
Where on earth would he spend
joyful evenings now? For he never
could sit in the same room with the
successful Jenkins without stran-
Cling him, he was grimly certain. And
Rose wouldn't care to have him call
now that she had picked out Jenkins.
Ellithorpe groaned aloud.
Suddenly an overpowering desire
TO see her again, to view her in the
light of this stupendous change, came
over him and he boarded a car. 1t
was quite right he should call and
offer his congratulations, he told
himself miserably. All the way out
there he was reheSrsing different
ways of doing this without giving her
a hint of the anguish in his soul-for
he had resolved never to let her
know.
When he reached her street he had
not decided whether to begin the con-
versation in calm and everyday
manner, gradually leading up in an
Incidental way to the news of her en-
gagement as though he merely re-
membered to speak of it along with
other pleasant news, or whether, in a
sprightly and testing manner, to
plunge into the subject at once. He
rather inclined toward the former as
the more likely to give Roses vanity
a letting down and to show her if
she had any lingering suspicious as
to his caring deeply for her that she
was wholly mistaken
The maid had ushered him into the
Burlingame library, and at sight of
the familiar room his heart dropped
several more notches. Decidedly he
would choose the first way; maybe
he would even apparently forget to
mention her engagement till he was
ready to go home, just as though it
had nearly slipped his memory.
Good evening, Dick, she said Just
behind him.
Ellithorpe sprang to his feet. She
was looking perfectly natural, happy
and placid, not at all important as he
had fancied she would, and she
walked over to a chair as though
nothing had happened.
Enithorpe's eyes blurred and he
realized to his horror that he couldn't
follow out his program.
Il can't believe it. Rose, he heard
himself saying, huskily.
Believe what?" she asked in sur
prise, which grew as she noted his
tragic attitude.
This, said Ellithorpe dramati-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-06
Return From St, Paul.

Mayor A. A. Carter and Sena
tor E J. Swed back returned last
evening from St. Paul where
they have been the past week
in the interest of the city in
securing Bemidji as the location
for the proposed sixth state
Normal school.
While there they received con
siderable encouragement from
those who know the beauties of
our city, and explained to N any
others why Bemidji should have
the location of this school.
Bemidji is the ideal location
for this school and her citizens
should put forth their best
efforts in having this as the
location.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-06

end OF the final round he can be
confident of at least an even
break, and ifhe manages to keep
things moving about evenly the
victory is his. Frisco and Mil
waukee aren't in it with Mime
apolis when it comes to the
favorite son stunt and many Of
his friends think that Curley is
careless in agreeing to take Potts
on in his home town. But, then,
you can't get Potts away from
Minneapolis with a four-;nch
steel cable and a donkey engine,
and victory will be all the more
to Curley's credit if he can
achieve it.
Curley is now in Superior, but
will 80 down to the Twins the
middle of the week, staying
there until the fight and perfect
ing himself in the manly art
from the clean break stand point.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-06
.PENDERGAST RETURNS
FROM SOUTHERN TRIP
He Enjoyed "Trip and is Pleased With
Climate to Furnish Pioneer
Another Letter.

Judge L. G.. Pendergast re.
turned last evening from trip
to the south.
The Judge has been gone for
over'a month and during this
time has visited mum Der of
places in the south.
He is well pleased with the
lands in Texas and Nebraska
and says the Nebraska lands are
the highest, though he believes
he likes the climate better in
Texas. "Texas has considerable
agricultural lands which are yet
to be settled and are being
rapidly taken up by northern
people.
Judge Pendergast has prom
ised to give the readers Of the
Pioneer another letter regarding
his trip and it will appear in the
columns Of the paper soon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-06
TWO BASKETBALL GAMES
HERE ON FRI DAY NIGHT
Girls Teams of Bemidji and Park
Rapids High schools and
City Teams.

A b asketball game will be
played at the ope ra house Friday
evening between the girls team
of the Bemidji High School and
the Park Rapids High girls. And
as a "side issue" of the feature
of the evening, there will be a
game between tho fire depart
ment five and the retail clerks
team. All of which will be con-
cluded with a dance IN the hall,
to which a general invitation has
been extended to the public.
The game between the two
girls teams gives promise of be-
ing an exciting contest. The
Park Rapids Highs have the re.
putation of being very clever
at the game, while the local con.
tingent have demonstrated that
they are very we'll versed in the
rudiments of basketball, and are
willing to try conclusions with
the girls from the "Rapids. !"
Harry Cell, coach for the girls,
has been giving his charges some
hard practice.
The two city mems teams are
composed of very good players,
and there is keen rivalry between
the two organizations. The last
game resulted in a victory for
the fremen, but the clerks
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Continued Coal Famine Strikes Wadena.

Continued Coal Famine Strikes Wadena.
Wadena residents are unable
to get coal and have to resort to
wood stoves. Sash and door
factory closed for want of fuel.
Wadena, Mimi, Feb. 5.-(Spe-
Icial to the Pioneer. )-Wadena is
facing a coal famine. There is
not ton of coal on sale. The
Electric Light company has only
a few tons left and if relief is not
received by tomorrow the plant
will have to shut down. The
sash and door factory was forced
to shut down last Monday on
account of the lack of fuel. The
residents have taken out all their
coal stoves and are replacing
them with wood stoves. At Per-
ham the coal supply is also Civ.
ing out, according to the state
ment Of Mr.. Sturre. One of the
coal dealers in the village stated
that they have about enough fuel
to last one week.
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gained such headway that it was
impossible to check them until
all buildings had been razed tc
the alley.
It is not exactly known how
the fire origina ted. Severe
claim the distinction of having
discovered the fire, but all agree
that when they first saw the
flames they were bursting forth
from the rear of the saloon build
ing occupied by J. E. Kinney.
Some there be who are bold
enough to vouch safe the opinion
that the fire was the work of an
incendiary. Be that as it may
there is no definite knowledge in
the matter. ....,....-.....
In addition to the buildings
destroyed the Northwestern
Telephone Exchange company
suffered to the extent of about
81, 900, IN the loss of phones and
fixtures and damage to the
switchboard and connections;
and the Warfeld Electric CON-
pany also was damaged in the
SUN of $500. -; ,.- =
The following is a list of the
estimated losses on<the buildings
and their contents: -
Thome & Mayer, loss on build
ing $4,000, stock $4,000, insur-
ance none; W. E: Hazen, hotel
fixtures, $1, 900, insurance none.
Thome & Mayer building,
$4,000; J. E. Kinney, contents,
$1,000; insurance none.
Mondeau estate, building,
81, 900; no insurance; P.J. Rus.
sci, nominal loss, 5000; no insur-
ance. >
Mondeau estate, building, $500,
no insurance; Andrew Dahl,
stock, $500, insurance $500.
r. M. Dudley, building, $4,000,
stock and fixtures. $4,000, insur:
ance, $500: H., ..
Northwestern Telephone Ex-
change company, $1,000. -. 2:
! Warfeld Electric company
$500. -. ~ .ss:.:s>-. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-06
CURLEY ULRICH WILL
TAKE ON POTTS AGAIN
Superior PugiIist, Who is we'll Known
Here, Comedies Much for a
Return Match.

Curley Ulrich, theprize fighter,
who is we'll known in Bemidii,
has signed articles for a return
match with Jimmie Potts Of
Minneapolis. Bemidji i fight
fans" will be interested in the
following taken from the Duluth
News Tribune:
Curley Ulrich has at last forced
Jimmie Potts of Minneapolis
to give him another fight, but as
in their fistic encounter of Dec.
%, the local man has had knuckle
under to Jimmie at all points of
the game. Clean breaks, ten
rounds, so per cent of the gross
receipts to be divided 60 and 40,
and 1877 pounds or under is the
way the articles read, the mill
to be pulled off in Normanna hall
Minneapolis, on the evening of
Feb. Is.
Curley made a fine showing
against the Mill City pugilist in
their first fight, and the fight
fans of the Twin Cities have been
trying to get the two men toget-
her ever since.
Curley hung out for time in
the hope of getting little better
deal, as he is not a clean break
fighter, but Potts would not co me
to it, so it was up to Curley, as
he happens to be the under dog,
thanks to the little vial of oil
of mustard which stopped the
other little altercation with a
hard, dull thud in the tenth
round.
Then, too. Curley is up against
ityas far as the question of a re-
feree is concerned, as bunch of.
Minneapolis newspaper men are
doing the promoter stunt and
will probably insist on having
one of the "de gang" as the third
man in the ring. What that means
Kid Farmer found out to his sor-
row when he chased Potts all
over the ring a week ago, only
to have the referee announce a
draw at the end of the ten and to
divide the money between the
boys. =
If Curley gets the big end of
the wallet he will have to land
a haymaker that will put Potts
to the mat for about Is seconds.
AS long as the former laundry
wagon driver is on his feet at the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-06
COAL FAMINE RAISES.
PRICE OF WOOD
Wood Dealers Of Northern Minnesota
Getting Good Prices for Their
H. s.
Timber this Winter.

The coal famine throughout
the northwest was a good thing
for the wood cutters of Northern
Minnesota. -r.#
Wood is most easily carried on
fiat cars and as fat cars are not
good for much in winter except
for hauling wood, or tim Der pro-
ducts there e':was no. shortage of
them, as was the case with the
regular freight cars. While the
coal docks were crying for some.
thing on wheels in which to move
the coal the settler in the woods
Was using the fat car to ship his
wood to a market, which this
winter was an easy matter to
get.
The news of the coal shortage
soon reached, these men as is
evidence by the sharp advance
in wood early in the winter, and
flat cars were soon loaded with
stove wood for the Dakota's. ~-
The congestion of business
made the moving of the cars
slower than it would otherwise
have been. Otherwise they had
been far ahead of the coal ship
pers and in many of the Dakota
towns a fair supply of wood was
to be had when the coal famine
struck the towns. This of course
meant good prices to dealers as
we'll as to cutters. The dealers
have been in such a position that
it has not been question of hag-
Cling over prices and they as well
as the individual have paid the
prices asked for the wood.
In these days a settler can get
a very good price for cutting
wood for there are so many good
jobs for the individual that the
matter of working cheap is not
considered. Logging camps and
-pulp wood dealers are Offering
settlers good pay for cutting and
this is one of the reasons for the
advance in the price of wood.
Then again the wood is ad
vanced on account of the paper
mills which have agents here
buying up at fancy prices all
desirable timber.
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right along.
"Farm lana is a good invest
ment, no matter where it is
located, but when 1t is situated
as that in the Big Fork aud
Little Fork valleys, or most any
where else in the northern half
of the state, it offers better in
vestment than anything I know
of, not excluding copper stock.
When you buy land in Minnesota
you can be sure it will go up,
and that cannot always be said
of copper stock.
"rhe settlers are getting along
in good shape this winter and
making money to carry them
through the summer. Most of
them are engaged in getting out
tim ber products in one form or
another. A great many are
cutting pulp wood and ties.
There is a big demand for ties
owing to the fact that there is so
much railroad construction work
to be done in the north the com.
ing season. Some of the settlers
work on their own hook while
others work for the logging com
panies.
"Northome is a good town but
| look to see Ripple, on the Big
Fork one Of the best towns be.
tween Bemidji and the boundary.
There is a big water power at
Ripple and the mills that are to
be established there will give
employment to a lot of people.
The farm land tributary to
Ripple is especially productive
and l look for a good farming
community to spring up in that
vicinity
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half of the block.

half of the block.
The intensity of the heat
threatened to do damage to the
row of buildings across the
street from where the fire origi
mated, and much of the contents
of these places we're removed
AS it was, the saloon building
owned by Naish McKinnon was
damaged, the front being demol.
ished.
The contents of the buildings
north of the alley at Dudley s
were removed, the danger of the
fire spreading still further in
that direction being very i'm mi
nent. However, the fire was
gotten under control at the alley
and no further loss was occas.
stoned.
The fire did not spread in ar
easterly direction, mainly due to
the fact that a large space inter
vened between the Thome &
Mayer. building and the Star
theater.
There were seven buildings,
in all destroyed, as follows:
Thome & Mayer, double build
ing, one part saloon other hotel
conducted by W. E Hazen;
Thome & Mayer, saloon operated
by J. E. Kinney; Mondeau estate,
Office of Attorney P. J. Russell;
Mondeau estate, saloon operated
by Andrew Dahl; F. M. Dudley,
double building operated as
salooon and hotel.
The building in which the fire
originated was occ upied by J. E.
Kinney with a stock of liquors.
At the time the fire was dis.
covered by outsiders, there were
four or five men in the saloon,
besides the bartenders, none OF
whom knew the building was in
flames until notified from out.
side. Every effort was made tc
extinguish the fire before ii
caused any great amount OF
damage, but the flames had
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-06
EXTENSION OF TINE
GRANTED HoMES1TEADERS
Persons Who Made Homestead Entries
Six Months Prior 10 Dec. l
Granted Until May 10.

A special message to the
Pioneer today brings information
OF q j int resolution which was
passed yesterday by congress
that will prove veri5able God
send to the thousands of home
steaders throughout this state
and the state Of North Dakota
who had made entry for govern
ment tlands uring the six months
prior to Dec. 1st, and Who have
not yet taken up their actual
residence upon them. This law
allows an extension Of time in
which to establish residence to
May 18th. As a general rule
homestsaders are required to
esta blish residence within six
mouths after they make entry
Tor the land, but through the
passage Of this bill all persons
having made homestead entry,
whose six months within which
to establish residence upon a
claim did not expire prior to
Dec. 1st have their time ex-
tended to May 18th.
The passage Of the joint reso-
luton was broughta bout through
the efforts Of Senator Hans
brough Of North Dakota. and the
information was received through
a telegram which was received
from the senator at the Fargo
land Office yesterday. The tele-
gram is as follows;
'.The joint resolution extend
ing to May 10Th, 19U7, the time
within which residence can be
established by entry men who
were required to go upon their
lands after Decsm ber;l, 1906, is,
now a law.
H. G. Hansbrough. y.
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FlRE CAUSES loss
OF ABOUT $4,000
Early Morning Conflagration Destroys Seven
Buildings Before Being Checked. Very
Little Insurance Carried.

Fire which was discovered al
about S o'clock this morning anc
burned fiercely until 10 O'Clock
this forenoon before being ex
tiDgulshed, destroyed prac tically
seven buildings and caused &
total loss of $4,000, which was
only partially covered by insur
ance.
The buildings destroyed were
located on Minnesota avenue
reaching from the corner o1
Second street to the alley, mid
way between Second and Third
streets.
The fire started in the buildin 2
located between p. J. Russel's
Office and the Merchants hotel,
and was first discovered by
Clarence Huck, night clerk at
the Markham hotel, who saw
the flames issuing from the rear
of the structure.
An alarm was quickly turned
in, and the firemen responded
with the apparatus. Although
the fire boys worked diligently,
the labors were much handi-
capped by an inadequate supply
of water with which to cope with
the fire. The flames, which had
gained much headway before be.
ing discovered, spread rapidly,
the Merchants hotel building
and Thome & Mayors saloon,
soon being enveloped and doomed
to destruction. P. J. Russell s
Office building and the saloon
building adjoining on the north
were soon in flames and the
efforts to check the fire we're un-
availing, although the fire engine
was brought to the scene aud
pressed into service.
The fire ate through the
wooden structures until 1t
reached the double block belong
ing to 2. M. Dudley. This was
soon a mass of flames, but the
fremen made a stand at this
point and stopped the fire before
it leaped the alley to the north
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-06
EXTENSION ON M.& |.
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
H. L. Patrick of Northome Says Road
Will Probably be
Completed.

"In spite of the snow and cold
weather, construction work on
the extension of the Minnesota
Il international road is progress
ing quite rapidly" said H. L..
Patrick, of Northome, Mimi.
"There is no doubt the road will
be completed through to Inter-
national Falls early in the sum-
mer. The new line will mean a
lot to Northern Minnesota.
''The lack of a railroad through
that section of the country has
been a retard to the development
of that section of the country but
even with the difficulties that
have retarded its growth, the
settlement of that section of the
country has continually been 60
ing on and at a rapid rate, and
hundreds of people have made
their homes there.
"All those who have made their
homes in the region tributary to
the Minnesota & International,
whether by purchasing or by
settling on government home.
steads, will have no cause to re-
gret such action.
"Most of the acreage through
out this district has increased in
value during the past year or
two and the price is going up