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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17

It cost the various candidates for
county Offices $3217.81 to run for
county office, and in addition thereto,
the Republican County committee
of Beltrami county spent $174.OO,
during the late 'unpleasantness"-
the primary and general elections
according to expense accounts
filed with County Auditor John
Wilmann. The subjoined table
shows the different amounts spent
by the various candidates at the
election. According to these aft
davits of expenditures, none of the
candidates received any money from
any source whatsoever to assist
them in their campaign. The Bel
trami County Republican committee
however, acknowledges the receipt
of $4,000. The following is a list
of the expenditures according to
afidavits on file:
Viggo Peterson. commissioner 4th district
general election Is 25
A.W,i Danaher, commissioner 5th district
general election % Is
John Gilstad. commissioner End district
urinary e. general election 63 so
Il. Clementson. commissioner End district.
general election "a 50
O. S. Husett. commissioner 5th district.
general election. AZ 80
Chester McKusick County attorney primary
election 131 II
Chester McKusick, county attorney. gem
eral election 10S 81
P j. Russell. county attorney. general
election 22s 90
Geo. e. Ericsson. county attorney. primary
election
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
HARRY CARPENTER won
i. LAST: RACE LAST NIGHT
He Took Two Straight Contests from
Frank Schultz, the Champion
of Hibbing.

In a mile roller skating race, at
the Bemidji rink, last night, Harry
Carpenter. the champion of Crooks.
ton, won his second victory
over Frank Schultz, champion of
Hibbing, in their series of three
one-mile races. Schultz fell, turning
corner on: the fifteenth lap, and
before he could regain his feet,
Carpenter had caught and passed
him and was more than half lap
to the good" which lead the
Crookston boy easily retained to the
end of the race.
The time of the mile made by the
skaters last evening was 3 minutes
and IS seconds, which is very fast
for SO small rink.
AS Carpenter had won the first
race, on the previous evening, it
was agreed last evening that if
Schultz should win the race last
evening, another mile should be
skated, half hour later, to decide
the tie. The third heat was not
necessary.
Both started skating at top speed,
from the crack of the gun, and
starting from opposite sides of the
rink. Schultz got the jump, but
Carpenter went fast and was soon
leading by a few feet, This lead
the Crookston boy gradually in.
creased until on the fifteenth, when
he was six feet ahead, and when
Schultz fell Carpenter cinched the
race by passing him Schultz held on
until the close of the race, but Carpen-
ter nit up good clip and the Hibbing
skater could not regain any of the
distance he lost.
A. L. Wyler, ]. M. Markham and
Scott Stewart acted as judges, A.
G.. Rutledge was starter and G. Rub
called laps.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
For Sale, Cheap.

We have the following materials
we will sell at big bargains, as listed
below:
rs axes
10 two men says
so No. shove1s
so camp blankets
One 10 H. P. Traction engine
One rock crusher
One 1000 ID pile driver hammer
IS wheelbarrows
One Centrifugal pump
One hotel range, large size.
One gasoline engine and pump
attached
One concrete mixer.
Beltrami Electric Light & Power Co.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
Attention, EIks.

Regular meeting Of B. midi
Lodge, No. 1862, tonight
Every member should be pres
ent. Important.
E. H. JERRARD, E. R.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
WILL FIGHT ON MESABA
RANCE FRIDAY EVENING
"Kid" FIandrie Will Do Battle Against
Walter Whitehead, DuIuth's Co..
ored HeavYM eight.

Duluth News-Tribune: KID
Flandrie of St. Paul will meet Walker
Whitehead of Duluth on the Messaba
range next Friday night, The bout
will decide the heavy weight cham;
pionship of the northwest and will
be for side bet of $3.50. Both men
are in training and are in the pink
of condition A fast battle is ex-
pected.
In the semi-windup Chuck
O'Connell of Philadelphia will stack
up against Scraps" Costello of
Duluth.
Flandrie has several battles sched-
uled for next spring in the south,
and if he wins it will put big
white feather in his cap. White
head says he is confident of winning.
If he beats Flandrie it is said that
he will take on several men higher
up in the heavyweight class. The
fight will affect the careers of both
men as the loser will receive a
severe setback in his efforts to get
recognition from the bigger fellows.
kid" Flandrie is we'll known in
Bemidji,and the result of his scrap
with Whitehead will be watched with
considerable interest by local follow
ers of the ring.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17

The second annual charity ball OF
the Bemidji Lodge of Elks, No. 1852,
which was given at the City Hall
last night was one of the most sue
cessful balls, both from a social and
financial standpoint, of any similar
affair in the history of Bemidji.
One hundred couples participated
in the dance; the music was furnished
by the famous Ainsworth orchestra
of Minneapolis; the decorations in
the ball room we're superb, and the
various COMMITTEES enacted their
parts in such capable manner that
there was not hitch" anywhere,
and the the ball passed off smoothly
and with consequent hearty enjoy
ment of all who participated. In a
few words, the ball is described as
being simply grand" and that is the
general expression of the Elks'
guests.
AS one entered the ball room, he
or she could not withhold an
involuntary oh-h-h," as the gaze
was directed down the room. The
decorating committee had performed
their labors in a very efficient man.
ner, and the effect was very strik-
ing. Crepe paper, white and purple,
was suspended from the center of
the ceiling, extending to the tops Of
the windows, forming a purple and
white canopy from the rear of the
hall to the stage. The stage was
decorated along the same scheme,
forming a very beautiful canopy,
with large Elks' head in the cen
ter, below which was the clock, with
the hands pointing to the hour of
II o'clock-the emblem of the
order.
There were a number of deer and
moose heads which had been at
tached to the walls, lending a pleas
ing effect to the entire scheme.
In the rear of the hall was rest
room, which, had been curtained
of from the main hall. This cozy
corner" was decorated with a
splendid collection of Indian work.
which had been furnished by Crane
& Gould of this city. The room
was in charge of Mrs. John c.
Parker.
Refreshments in the form Of
punch and waters, were served.
The music was the especial
feature of The evening. The famous
Ainsworth orchestra of Minneapoli:
had lem engaged for the occasion
This splendid musical organization
is under the personal direction Of
w. D. Ainsworth, with ]. A. Belts
violinist; E. J. Dent, claironet; A. L
Clemens, harpist. The selection:
were all of the popular order, an<
occasionally Mr.. Ainsworth (who /
an old Elk would give lively one
in order that John c.. Parker and tn
remainder of the boys" could NOV
lively.
The orchestra played severa
popular selections prior to the dance
The proceeds of the dance will b
used by the Elks in providing goo'
cheer for needy families in the un
ostentious manner for which tn
Benevolent and Protective Order C
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
Married by Judge Clark.

M. A. Clarke, as judge of probate,
oficiated yesterday afternoon at the
marriage of Miss Hazel E. Rock,
who took for life partner Leonard
R. Luce. The judge performed the
ceremony with his well-known dig
nifty, and was noticed to wear a
semblance of a smile of appreciation.
Mr.. Luce is one of the prosperous
pioneer farmers of Solway and his
bride is also a resident of that
place. Mr.. and Mrs. Luce will
make their home on Mr.. Luce's farm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
Attention, Woodmen.

All members of the Bemidji Lodge
of Woodmen are requested to meet
at the I. o. 0. F. hall at one o'clock
Friday p. M, for the purpose of
attending the funeral of our late
brother, A. P. Henrionnet, which
will be held at the Presbyterian
church at 2 p. m.
Paul Foucault, V. C..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
Attention! Degree of Honor.

All members of the Degree of
Honor Lodge are requested to meet
at the I. O. o. F. Hall Friday at
100 O'Clock to attend the funeral of
Mr.. Henrionnet.
-.. Isabel Larson,
.sz3#s Chief of Honor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
Basketball Games Postponed

Owing to a ''mix-up" in dates
the Ada basketball team did not
arrive in the city today as ex-
pected, for. their first game this
evening. They will be here to-
morrow and will play two games,
one Friday evening and another
Saturday evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-17
A Daughter for Arne SoIberq.

Word comes from Battle River
that new daughter has been born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Arne Solberg. Mr..
Soiberg is enjoying his new honors
with coming dignity. Mr.. and Mrs.
Solberg resided in Bemidji for some
time prior to moving to their home
stead in the Battle River country.
They have many friends here, as
we'll as in Battle River, and all will
join in wishing the new lassie" all
kinds of good health.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18

for the common good, and said that the workingmen
privileged to strike without violence and to in
duce others to strike through peaceful persuasion.
The boycott of the unions and the blacklist of the
employer condemned. Mr. Taft defended the
injunction, of which he was one of the pioneer ex-
ponents, while saying that it had been greatly abused
He declined to discuss the tariff and the Browns
vile incident, opposed Government ownership and
said it yet too early to enforce income tax
Mr.. Taft did not the attitude of that
would take up the policies of President Roosevelt
in the New York speech, and he has not in any
speech. If the people take him, they will do it on
faith and on the presumed recommendation of Mr.
Roosevelt, for he has committed himself to
the reforms that loudly demanded. His New
York speech was disappointment in its omission of
several expected declarations, without which the peo
pie will not rally to his support.
The President of the United States said, few
days ago. that Mr. Taft would have on the first bal
lot in the Republican convention 600 of the $50
votes. If So he will be nominated, and without much
doubt he will be defeated at the polls He is not
the strongest in the Republican party.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
President Parkinson Sustained.

Twice within the past few weeks The Scmitar
has suggested to the Mormon establishment the pro-
priety of taking action in the of George C.
Parkinson, president of one of the stakes of Zion
in Idaho, that the claim of President Hyde another
stake holder might be exemp1ihed. President Hyde
has assured the public that the church always pun
shes departures from the straight and narrow path
not in a while, but always
1t is said by the Pocatello Mail that the church
has taken action in the case of President Parkinson
that it took action at conference recently held
at Preston-that it decided to sustain him for the
ensuing three months, during which the financial
affairs of the irrigation district Mr.. Parkinson rep
resents officially to be investigated
The church is much tolerant than Governor
Goodng has manifested himself to be- 1t wants to
be shown, while he concluded he had seen enough
to warrant resignation and while Mr.. Parkinson
still president of stake, he is longer regent
of the State.
He will therefore continue to point the way to
salvation under the auspices of the hierarchy al
though he is not good enough for Gooding
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18

will be able to avoid such calamtes as the country
is now experiencing
For years past, Republicanism has been tempting
the fate it has finally encountered 1t has been leg
s1atng in the interest of favored class and ignor
ing the necessities of the great of the people.
Its crowning niquties were the enforcement of
new monetary standard after the struggle of and
the enactment of the Dngley tariff of 1897 both
procured by special interests and for the exclusive
benefit of those interests
The country was able to endure its legislative and
executive excesses for many years, being upheld by
its wonderful industrial resources and by its ability
to conceal real conditions and maintain fictitious
confidence in the present and future
But when the chief magistrate fearing the ultimate
effect of the policies of his party, undertook
dy palpable evils, he laid bare to the financial
world the dangerous weakness of system enthroned
in dishonesty and rapacity He ought not to be
severely blamed for the disasters that followed. He
might have concealed them until another presidential
election had continued the power of his party. But
their ultimate exposure certain, for nation
cannot follow the wrong road any great distance,
and the of the people beginning to exhibit
uneasness and dissatisfaction the party continued
to lead them astray.
year or two of adversely must ensue under the
most patriotic management of the affairs of the
Nation much longer period OF uncompensated
toll and attendant suffering will follow if the party
that caused the panic is continued in the position
of governing force. 1t is now engaged in effort
to bolster up the fortunes of the special interests
with characteristic disregard for the general inter
ests, by the enactment of currency law that
offers stone in place of the bread the people
demanding.
One cannot view the existing industrial condition
with any faith in the claim that the Republican
party is affording protection to American labor
to any of the producing classes that building
great fortunes for favored few.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Two Wrecked Railroads.

The opening of the new year, bringing the Gus
tonlary annual settlement period and producing
scarcity of ready money in good times left upon
the breakers that the harbor OF safety the
wreck of two extensive railroad properties. The
Seaboard Air Line, financed into inextricabe con-
fusion by Thomas F. Ryan, passed first into the hands
of receivers, and the Chicago Great Western, man
aged by A. B. Stickney, followed few days later
The Seaboard Air Line represents a consolidation
of several Southern railroads, with 1900 miles OF
track the main line running between Richmond,
Virginia and Tampa, Florida. This railroad serves
the States of Virginia, North Carolina Georgia and
Alabama and an allied steamboat line connects Bat-
more and Norfolk. The liabilities of the company
amount to $58OOO,OOO, upon which interest matured
on the 1st of January and the interest and other de-
mands could not be met. The court ordered the
receivers to meet all demands upon the company and
to borrow money for that purpose. Meanwhile, they
are to control and operate the property
The Chicago Great Western main line runs from
Chicago to Omaha with branch line to Kansas
City and another to Minneapolis This company
schedules an Indebtedness of $1O653,414, of which
So 3342545 is due or will be due during the current
wear. About million and half of the obligations
matured the first of the year and money could not
be procured with which to meet demands.
During the past tel ycdlS lllC COMPANY hN' 10
pended $19OOOOO in rebuilding and otherwise I'M
proving the property and it getting along very
we'll until the financial squeeze closed the shops to
which the big operators repair when they are IN
need of more money than they possess Both OF these
railroad coapses can be attributed to the panic and
the boast of the optimistic that the usual slaughter
of railroad enterprises would not accompany the
existing financial distress has not been made good
The failure of the Chicago Great Western will be
more generally regretted than that of the Seaboard
Air Line for it was Independent railroad and
was source of great annoyance to the Rockefeller
Morgan Ryan interests 1t built markets where the
combine said no markets should exist and 1t out
rebated the rebatng lines of the West.
Mr. Stickney its president has been an open ad-
vocate of the policy of Government regulation OF rail-
roads and has advanced many reform ideas that have
met the approval of the of the people, generally
considered the legitimate victims of the robber COM
bine of New York.
That Mr.. Stickney appointed one of the re-
cevers of his own road is evidence Of the confidence
Of the court in the integrity and capacity of the man.
He may be able to place the Chicago Great Western
On its feet
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Industrial Disaster.

The Appeal to Reason, socialstic newspaper of
extreme views and rather violent conclusions, yet
as reliable, probably, in its information department
as any publication, makes a statement in recent
issue that has bearing on the hard times prec1p1-
tated by the panic of October.
1t asked its readers to report bank failures, the
closing of mills and mines and factories and wage
reductions in their respective localities and it says
it is unable to follow out its intention to publish
the reports, because they would take up room
than spare 1t says the information it intended
to give to the public would occupy sixteen news
paper pages of seven columns each set in the smallest
type.
In the same connection there is published
tract from the Wall Street Journal of December
18th, which says:
For the four months, beginning with August and
ending with November, the hand of adversely has
not been lightly laid upon the manufacturing enter
prises of the country. During these 1872 days the
amount of Indebtedness represented in the failures
averages $378,000 day, as figured in Dun's Review.
Not in six years has there been so heavy total
of failures as these in which the monthly average
was $11,3OO,0OO The corresponding monthly
age for 1906 was approximately $3,75oooo.
The information given by these two authorities,
representing opposite extremes of society," inclines
one the belief that the dinner pail that slowly
filled under the auspices of the Republican party has
been suddenly emptied, with the party in con-
troll of all branches of the Government and with the
highest protective tariff law the country ever ex-
perienced upon the statute books.
The conditions that have Frustrated the country
prove very conc1usive1y that it has placed far too
much dependence party that has had a remark
able run of luck during the half century of its
istence and far too much dependence the prize
policy of that party.
No political party can guarantee the full measure
of prosperity to the various classes of our popula-
tion but any party that will honestly and conscen-
tiously exercise the wisdom impaired by experience
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Taft At New York.

1t was understood when Secretary TAFT accepted
an invitation to deliver an address at the Peoples
Institute in New York that he would define his po-
stion on the important issues before the people His
address was delivered last Friday night and the
secretary did not very clearly commit himself in the
important particulars.
Great aggregations of wealth, he dclared, were
both good and bad. They good when properly
employed and bad when improperly employed. He
was in favor of labor organizations when they were
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13

One of the most striking signs OF
this age is the entrance of science into
every department of life. A symbolic
picture of the twentieth century might
represent the spirit of science stretch.
ing her hand out over the temples Of
learning, religion and law. The state
of Chihuahua, in Mexico, has passed a
sanitary law regulating theaters,
churches and other public buildings.
All such buildings must have ample
fire protection, be properly ventilated,
and provide sufficient seats. In the
churches it has been the custom of
worshipers to sit and kneel on the
floors. This is forbidden by the new
law, which looks to the health of the
people. Old customs are suddenly,
sometimes violently, upset by new
knowledge, but there never was an
age more confident of its new knowl-
edge and more competent to produce
the facts than the present age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
EVANS VOYAGE NEAR END
SAN DIEGO, CAL, IN WIRELESS
RANGE OF FLEET.
Special Dispatch for Navy Department
Taken by Pacific Coast Station
Location of Vessels.

San Diego, CAL, Mar. Sunday the
Point Iona (Cal.) wireless station re.
ported a dispatch for the navy de.
partment from Admiral Evans on
board his flagship, the Connecticut,
which with the remainder of the bat
tleships comprising the Atlantic squad.
ron, left Callao, Peru, for Magdalena
learned as to the contents of the mes.
sage. The early communication with
the Connecticut as far as known, came
direct from the flagship and was dis.
tinct surprise. 1t was one of the
vagaries of the wireless service which
are to be expected from time to time.
The naval authorities here do not look
for the battleships at Magdalena bay
before next Sunday, the 18th, as the
fleet was one day behind its scheduled
time in leaving Callao and there is no
occasion to crowd the engines on the
run through the torrid zone. The
crews have a month of hard work be.
fore them at the southern drill ground
and their best energies will be saved
for it. From reports that have reached
here the men Of the fleet are likely to
find an unexpected welcome waiting
them at Magdalena, where it is said
the Mexican traders have established
bazars.
Washington, Mar. 9.-While naval
officers are unable to give the exact
location of the fleet at this time, it
is believed that it is near the equator
southwest of the Isthmus of Panama.
The estimate puts the fleet about 1,400
or 1900 miles from Magdalena bay.
Under ordinary conditions the fleet
averages about $40 miles day, so
that it is figured it will reach Mag
dalena bay about the 14th of March.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
The Effort of Life.

Charles Erskine Scott Wood voices
his creed of life and the hereafter in
the Pacific Monthly in these words: 81
like to insist again and yet again that
the effort of life is virtue, not vice
(if virtue be the upward flight. That
the decree of life is happiness and
that as one mode of happiness there
is beauty everywhere-by day and
night, in summer and winter, storm
or sunshine, in desert or mountains,
or on the salt and restless sea. The
earth is marred by man, not man by
the earthly life. The earth is kind to
man. 1t is man who is ferocious unto
man, and ravenously covetous. If
heaven be not found in this life, on
this earth, it will never be found any
where. He who believes it will be
found here and seeks to realize 1t is
no dreamer, but the builder of solid
edifice; and he who seeks it in some
vague hereafter, content to submit to
the tyrannies of this life, in hope Of
q reward in another, is the visionary