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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19
Many Train Wrecks

1t 10 to be regretted that dangers
from railway travel appears to be
greater, instead of l.ss which the
conditions should be. One cannot
pick up paper, aow daye, but a
large portion of its news columns
are devoted to detailing horrible
disasters that are Of daily occurr-
ence on the various railway sys-
tens in this country. Hundreds OF
the travelIin. public are either b.
ing crippled up for life or killed
through defective trains or careless
ness in operating them. 1t would
seem a matter almost imperative
for tn. public safety that rigid in
spection be made CT every train be-
fore leaving every station and
this inspe :tor have police authority
to stop or hold all trains operating
which are considered unsafe, until
such time as they are put in proper
moving order. The otiicinls OF the
ailway system and all employees
he criminslly held for carefully aud
conscientiousIy attending to his
duties in connection with handling
passenger trains. No conductor,
engineer or brakeman should be
allowed to work On n train who is
known to have violent or uncon.
t,olable temper, for giving away 10
it might not only inv Dive the loss
Of his own lii. but hundreds more
However, We are OF the opinion
that the greatest fault lies with the
management Of the roads til I'm
selves. whereby they allow their
equipment to grew old and defec-
tive and keep the same in use long
after it should be taken cut OF sell
wise aud consigned to the waste
heap. Ther. cannot be any econo
my in sending ont an old car or an
engine in the hope that it will run
jhst one more trip safely and thus
taking the risk Of n wreck caused
by it's use, aud which may cost the
company many thousand dollars es
we'll as result in the loss Of life.
It has been said that many oil
Ne railway compauys have been
.dAaying construction and repairing
their systems on account OF adverse
legislation aud that after election a
new policy would be persued should
the result be satisfactory. We take
it for granted that the Issue has
been what was desired and now it
is hoped that there will be no delay
in putting every thing in thorough
repair in connection with each road
operating on the continent. 1t is
probable that the Rio Grsnde sys-
tenn needs as much criticism as any
unless it he the Colorado & South
ern. q line considered the limit"
Respecting the former road 1t is
said its employees are above tue
average and nine-tsnths M the
wrecks may be traced to poor roll
ing stock. There nre fewer wrecks
On the Rio Grande, however, thar
any mountain road in the world
and the past season has witnessed
no accidents in our locality
Az to train service, We certainly
have the worst in the county. This
is no fault of the train crew. as
they have to run according to tiieil
orders and have old worn out en
gipes FINISHED them that shoul1
Id e ieen condemned long ago.
0ur people hive put up with nc
re xular mail service for many year.
but this year has been the climax
We believe there is n kick coming
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19

Six room cottage and three lots
on the corner of main street in the
school house block. Best location
in the city can be bought very
cheap for cash.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19

Six hundred acre ranch property
Cutting two hundred ton. ut bsy
yearly. Within Two mj'r pi tnHu
and for sale with 81 neau of stoch
and complete farming equipment
A bargain to the party who wHnis to
locate permanently,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19

An improved ranch near the
mouth Of Cement creek, will be
sold for part cash and balance on
time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19

An elegant four room coItnge
almost new, with two lots. can be
purchased for one hall the original
cost.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19

For sale new first class sewing
machine. Call and examine the
same Mt the PILor office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19
DRIP PRICE'S
CREAM
BAKING
POWDER

For making quickly and perfectly
delicious hot biscuits, cake and
pastry. Renders the food more
tasty, nutritious and wholesome.
No alum, no lime phosphate
The government and food authorities have
enabled the housekeeper to- protect her
family from the alum baking powder
They require that the label shall give her
warning. She must buy from the label and
decline any powder which the label does
not show to be made from cream of tartar.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19
ReaI.Estate

List yonr property with th
PILs,r lit is for sale or trade.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19

over Alpine pass, and the G. & S.
mana sgement are to be commended
for hurry and dispatch with which
they push these shipments over
the pass and into Denver. Our
cattlemen appreciate this quick
time and the Colorado and South
ern is getting liberal share cf
their patronage.
-Pitkin Miner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
a Deal Ia Gum.

Some Of these little newsboys are re-
sourceful little mites. A day or two
ago a business man dropped silver
mounted fountain pen through the
grating In front Of a building on West
Third street They told him in the
store that there was no access to the
hole from the inside. He seemed to
be up against it. Two neWsies saw
him peering down into the grating and
got interested.
.'I'll git it out fer you, mister" spoke
up one of them, eff you'll stand the ex-
pense. It'll take about a nickeps
worth O. chewin' gun"
The man said he would finance the
gum scheme, whatever it might be.
I A minute or two later the boy had
dashed into a store and got a yard
stick. He was chewing hard on an
entire 5 cents worth of gum. AS soon
as this was properly softened by the
process of mastication he placed it on
the end Of the yardstick, stuck the
stick through the grating until the gum
met the pen and brought the pen up
with the utmost dispatch.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer. ,...
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Sand Fish.

At low tide in midsummer on GER
tain parts of the Breton coast men and
boys with baskets and hoes descend
the white beach to the seas edge.
They are anglers, but the fish they
seek live on dry land. With his hoe
each fisherman makes swiftly in the
packed sand shallow parallel trenches,
very close together and about yard
long. If the luck be good every scratch
Of the hoe uncovers three or four sill
very fish, the size of sardines, that
leap up glittering into the air. They
must be seized quickly or at once they
bury themselves in the sand again.
They are called lancons. The smaller
ones are used for mackerel bait; the
larger, with their heads cut off, make,
fried, an excellent dish a good deal
like fried sme!ts. With daylight tides
the lancons are seldom bigger than a
mans middle finger, but with the
night tides, when promenaders have
not disturbed the sand, they run very
large indeed. Then, their lanterns flash
ing on the beach, the Breton fishermen
often capture lancons a foot long.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Names In Alaska.

Life in Alaska is uncouth in parts,
but it has its refnements. In Valdes
there lived man named Jake, who
kept boarding house for dogs. When
the prospectors returned from their
sled trips they would place their teams
in his charge until ready to start out
again. AS he fed his guests on gar
bage gathered by house to house can.
vass, he was known by every one as
''Slop Jake"
Once upon time he fell i'll, and the
newspaper wished to chronicle the fact
No one, however, knew Jake's other
name, and it didn't seem worth while
to waste the time of the editorial staff
on so insignificant a detail. So the
news was printed thus:
'Our well known fellow citizen, S.
Jake, is confined to his house with a
severe cold. It is hoped he will be out
soon."-New York Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Eoolinn the Beans

A Yankee of the quaint old time type
was preparing to bestow a coat Of
whitewash on his henhouse one spring
long ago. He had completed the mix
ing of the whitewash, writer in the
Manchester Union says, and, looking
round for something on which to try
it, picked up a bean pole and ran the
brush over it. Another local character,
who was driving by, stopped his horse
and called out: Hello! What We white
washing your bean poles for?''
Thought everybody knew that beans
grow better on birch poles," returned
the other without pausing in his work.
Eye don't expect to make birch poles
that way, 60 YEP"
"Mebbe not, but whitening of 'em IL
make the beans think the poles are
birch anyhow"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
PER ANNUM
He Told the LAWYER,

Lawyer S. is we'll known for his I'M
comely habits. He cuts his hair about
four times year and the rest of the
time looks decidedly ragged about the
ears. He was making witness de-
scribe barn which figured in his last
case.
GLOW long had the barn been
built?"
ooh, I don't know-about year
mebby, about nine" months p'r'aps."
':But just how long? Tell the jury
how long it had been built
swell, I don't know exactly-quite
awhile
''Now, Mr.. B., you pass for an intel
ligent farmer, and yet you can't tell
me how old this barn is, and you
have lived on the next farm for ten
years. Can you tell me how old your
own barn is? Come, now, tell us how
old your own house is, if you think
you know"
Quick as lightning the old farmer
replied:
"You want to know how old my
house is, do We? Well, it's just about
as old as you be, and the roof needs
seeing to about as bad"
In the roar that followed the witness
stepped down, and Lawyer S. didn't
call him back.-London Globe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
An ACCEPTABLE Clock.

A we'll known professor sometimes
became so much interested in his lee
ture that when the noon bell rang he
kept the class five or ten minutes over
the hour. Certain restless spirits
among the students thought they would
give him a gentle hint, so they bought
an alarm clock, set it to go off precise
~ at noon and placed it on the profess
or's desk when they came in to the
next lecture. They knew that he was
a little absentminded and expected
that he would not notice it, AS the
noon hour struck the alarm went off
with a crash, and those of the class
not in the secret started and took in
the joke at once. There was round
Of applause. The professor waited un-
til the alarm and the applause were
over and then said: young gentle
men, thank you for this little gift. I
had forgotten it was my birthday. An
alarm clock is something my wife has
needed for our servant for some time.
It is very kind remembrance on your
part" The professor then went on to
finish demonstration interrupted by
the alarm.-London Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Too Wsii Initiated.

It is no easy matter for violin max
er to rival the famous Stradiyarius In
struments, but this an American maker
did, and did so effectively that experts
pronounced his violin genuine Stradi-
yarius.
The successful man was the late
George Gemunder, famous violin
maker Of New York His remarkable
ability as a preparer of yiolins was
known to many disting uished player,
such as Ole Bull, Remenyi and Will
helmj. But he made, so runs the story,
his greatest success at the Paris expo
sition of Eiffel tower fame. To that ex-
hibition he sent an imitation Stradiva-
RUS and to test it's merits had it placed
on exhibition as the genuine article.
A committee Of experts carefully ex-
lmined the instrument and pronounced
It Stradivarius. So far Mr.. Gemun-
der's triumph was complete. But now
came a difficulty When he claimed
that it was not an old violin, but new
one made by himself, the committee
would not believe him. They declared
he never made the instrument and pro-
nounced him an impostor. He had
done his work too we'll. -...1-- II
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Fickleness In Penmanship,

Speaking of check signatures and
forgery, downtown paying teller re-
marked: zone Of the most peculiar
points in our business is one little CON-
pretended by the public. mean the
embarrassment caused by the man
whose signature is seldom the same, or
nearly so, two weeks in succession. -.
"This fickleness is not intentional. It
is In almost every case Temperament
tai. The man guilty of it is generally
nervous and not infrequently is greatly
lacking in stability of character. At
times you, as layman, would hardly
believe it possible that his signature
on two different checks was the work
Of the same hand.
'Of course we come to know these
cases in. time, and there are always
certain characteristics in persons
handwriting which the expert can de-
tect and which go far to convince.
Nevertheless the changeable signature
is nuisance and involves an added
peril."-New York Globe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
. Can't IwiddIe Their Thumbs.

The gorilla and chimpanzee, which
belong to the higher order Of apes,
have many points of resemblance to
man, but there is one thing they can
not do-that is, twiddle their thumbs.
In the gorilla the thumb is short and
does not reach much beyond the bot
tom Of the first joint of the foreinger.
1t is very much restricted in it's move
ments, and the animal can neither
twiddle his thumbs nor turn them
round so that the tips describe circle
There are the same number of bones in
the hand of gorilla as in the hand Of
a man, but the thumbs of the monkey
have no separate f1exor or bending
muscle. This is why a monkey always
keeps the thumb on the same side as
the fingers and never bends it round
any object that may be grasped. In
the gorilla the web between the fingers
extends to the second joint, the fingers
taper to the tips, and there is callos-
ity on the knuckles on which the ami
NAL rests when walking on all tours.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Cut Heada,

The Liverpool Post has been making
observations with regard to the "cut
heads" which are treated at the hos
pitfalls between II and 2 a. m. The
Post says that the house surgeons
have noticed curious difference in
the sexes on different nights. On Sat-
urday nights the subjects are mostly
men who have received their wages,
redeemed their clothes from pawn and
drunk enough to lead to brawl. Mon
day night, however, is "ladies' night"
The men have gone to work, and the
wives have taken their husbands best
and only suit to the pawnshop, and
then it is their turn to drink the pro-
ceeds and cut one another's heads.
The usual answer to the question
'Who did it?" is, Another lady wot
lives in the same 'ouse."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
MANY LIVES lMPERlLLED.
lncendiary Twice Fires Big New York
FIathouSe,

New York, Sept. 1.-THE lives OF
more than one hundred persons were
twice imperilled when an incendiary
attempted to burn big >fve-story fat
house in West One Hundred and
Twentieth street. The first blaze was
extinguished easily, but had it not
been for the presence of mind of Mar
garet Raubert, eight years old, the Sec
end fire might have caused a STAN
pede among the sleeping jewellers in
the house.
Through a plate glass panel in the
apartment of her parents on the Sec
ond floor she saw a man start a blaze
In the vacant rooms across the hall.
Instead of screaming she ran on tiptoe
to her fathers bedroom and told him
the house was afire.
Evidently the man heard Raubert
leap from his bed, for he took to the
stairs and escaped before the house
was aroused. -<.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Married Paupers and Divorce.

can odd thing about married paupers
is that they like to live separate" said
a single pauper.
"You know how almshouses are ar
ranged. There's Il mems ward, wom-
ems ward and a mixed or married
ward. Well, the mixed ward is always
nearly empty. Not that we lack mar
ried paupers. Oh, no. But the hus-
bands prefer to bachelor it among the
men and the wives to old maid it
among the women. The older our mar
ried paupers get the more vehement is
their insistence on separate living.
"'She's allus a-naggin',' the octogena-
rian will growl.
Nobody can't sleep O. nights with
sech snorin' as hisn,' shifts the septua-
genarian female.
"And so they separate-to all intents
divorced" -Philadelph1a Bulletin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
How Men and Women Face Death.

How do men and women face death
when the sentence is pronounced by
the doctor? A medical man tells us
his experience. Tell the man of higher
type and greater intelligence, he says,
that he is facing death and he begins
to fight, demands consultation, talks
about going to specialists and fights
grimly to the finish. Tell a woman
the same facts, and she lies back to
await her fate. All women are fatal
lists. On the other hand, tell man
that he has one chance in a thousand
to recover if he will undergo an opera
ton, and he will trust to his own
strength and endurance rather than
undergo the knife. The woman will
choose the thousandth chance and SUBJ
nit to the operation with astounding
calmness.-Woman's Life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
A Great Financier.

A man who occupied little back
room in poor quarter Of the east end
of London was evicted for nonpayment
Of rent. He had nothing but valise
and few clothes, and while they were
throwing him and his belongings out
Of the house a bulky manuscript fell
out of his pocket. Nobody noticed it
at the time, but after he had gathered
his clothes and taken his departure
one of the bystanders saw the big roll
Of paper, picked it up and on opening
it was surprised and amused to find
it contained an elaborate scheme for
refunding the national debt of the
British empire.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Oriuin of Cemeteries.

In ancient times burials were always
outside the walls Of city or town.
Indeed, before the time of Christianity
it was not lawful to bury the dead
within the limits. About the end of
the sixth century st. Augustine obtain
ed of King Ethelbert temple of idols
used by the king before his CONVEX
sion-and made burying place of it,
and st. Cuthbert afterward obtained
leave of the pope "a. D. 1872 to have
yards made to the churches suitable
for the burial of the dead.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Burning With Curiosity,

A certain famous authoress who is
much worried by unknown correspond
ents has taken her revenge in a some
what eccentric fashion. She received
a letter from woman informing her
that the writer had named her last baby
after her and requesting the authoress'
views on her choice She received a
thick envelope, heavily sealed, with
this inscription: 'Not to be opened till
baby's thirtieth birthday" Now the
mother is worrying herself day and
night as to the contents Of the envel-
one.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
The Little Ones,

1t was bright and very original lit
tie boy named Barber, who, upon hear
ing his father speak of ''their neighbor,
Mr.. Wood and his children, the little
splfnters," and Of another neighbor,
'Mr. Stone and the little pebbles" re-
marked: Il suppose if they met papa
they would say: Good morning, Mr..
Barber. How are all the little shay
ars2',,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Gross Frauds AIleued,

Chicago, Sept. 17.-Handwriting ex-
perts have begun an examination of
primary election ballots cast in the
states attorneyship contest between
Wayman and Healy in the Ninth
ward, where Healy alleges gross
frauds were perpetrated in favor of
Wayman, who gained the Republican
nomination. This work will require
over a month, when the ballots of
other wards must be examined.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Knew His Riahts.

II fine you," said the police justice,
$3.50 and costs.''
Tyr honor" protested Tuffold Knutt,
who had been hauled up for vagrancy,
call the prop'ty I've got in the world
is a plugged nickel an me clo'es, an
they hain't with more'n about two
bits. That fines unreasonable. It's con-
fistication, an it won't never stand the
test O. the fed'ral courts. I shall take
an appeal, y'r honor" - Chicago Trib-
une
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17

Masquerader explaining who he is
supposed to represenD-I'm that fellow
who fought the battle of what do you
call 1t, you know. What's his name
says all about him in his great book
You remember, every one took him for
ehe other chap until they found he
couldn't be; then they knew he wasn't.
Think look the part?-London Sketch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Electric FIatiron Starts Fire.

Chicago, Sept. 17.-Fire caused by
an electric fatiren left in pile of
linen with. the current accidentally
running through it destroyed the home
of John G.. Fetzer at Hinsdale, a
suburb. Mr.. Fetzer, who is a capitalist
and receiver for the Central Life Sc
curities company, and members of his
family were driven from their beds by
the flames. The loss is placed at $780,
0nn "..5--..- - EFF--=
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
His ADVANTAGE.

"You can't spell long words like hip.
popotamus and parallelogram,' said
the little boy who wore spectacles and
sailor suit. D..
"Well," answered the boy who was
leading dog by a piece of rope, "dats
where I'm lucky. don't have to-"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Two Well Diaaers AsPhyxiated.

Winnipeg, Man, Sept. 1.-Two res
idents Of Windsor, Ont, William Re-
gan and John Richardson, were as.
phyxiated in a well they were digging
for farmer twelve miles south of
Regina, Sask. They, were down forty
feet and dynamite was then used to
remove the rock, but this opened a
pocket of gas and before the men
could be brought to the surface life,
was extinct.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
Lines by a Sick Poet.

Mr.. William Watson, when i'll in
London and attempting a dinner for
which he had no appetite, scrubbed
these lines on scrap Of paper, which
he threw to his attendant:
Strange sauce that's mingled with the
meat,
Strange meat that's mingled with the
sauce-in vain.
I eat and, wond'ring what and why eat,
Long for the ~porridge Of my youth
again.
-. London Chronicle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions,

Chicago, Sept 16.-Wheat-Sept.
$1.01%; Dec, s1.o1A; May, $1.O3A a
1.O1A. Corn-Sept., zoe; Dec, 67%c;
May, 66Ac. Oats-Sept., 4SA @4S%c;
Dec, 49Kc; May, 51%c. Pork-Sept
$14.95; Oct, $15.O2k; JAM, $16.92k.
Butter-Creameries, 1Sh@23c; dair
les, 17@20c. Eggs-21c. Poultry
Turkeys, 15c; chickens, 10kc;
springs, 14hc.
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Chicago. Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Ca ttle-Beeves,
s8.eO@7.6O; Texans, $350@5.00; West
ern cattle, $3.20@5S5; stockers and
feeders, $2.e0@4.40; cows and heifers,
$1.70@5.65; calves, $6.00@S.5o. Hess
Light, $6.65@7.35; mixed, $6.sB@
7.421s; heavy, $G.65@745; rough,
$6.e5@6.85; pigs, $4.60@6.40; good to
choice heavy, $6.S5@745; porkers,
S7.25@7.35. Sheep. $2.2b@425; year
lings, $4.20@4.75: lambs. $3.25@5.70.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-17
DEATH LIST NOW nine.
Result Of Powder Explosion at Wind.
sor, Mo-

sor, Mo.
sedalia, Mo-, Sept. 1.-TWO addi-
tional deaths have occurred as a re-
suit of the explosion of several hum
dred pounds of powder and dynamite
In a freight car at Windsor, Mo. This
brings the total death list up to nine
and it is believed that the other in
jured will recover.
Physicians stated that A. F. Hersch
berger, the freight conductor who is
accused of causing the explosion by
attempting practical joke, will re-
cover. Herschberger is able to talk
and emphatically denied that he was
responsible for the disaster. He laid
the blame to one of the negroes, who,
he declared, had thrown a lighted
match into small pile of powder that
had been spilled