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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-27
Don't forget the Catholic ladies'

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Don't forget the Catholic ladies'
supper at the armory, Tuesday,
September 20. Admission rs cents.
Mrs. Laith arrived in the city
yesterday from Tower, Mimi, where
she has been visiting with relatives
and friends, and will make her home
here with Mr.. Laith. Robert E..
Laith recently came to the city
from St. Louis, Mo-, to engage in
business here. Mr.. Laith is splen-
did musician and has just received
an elegant BIB bass horn which he
will use in playing with the local
band. The horn is special-make
Holton, and is valuable instrument.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-27
FOR monument TO JOHNSON
People Of Minnesota Eager to Aid by
Contributions.

st. Paul, Sept. 2.-The movement
to erect a monument to Governor
Johnson by popular subscription has
swept the state. In practically every
town and hamlet and in every place
Where there are two or three houses
close enough together to maintain in
tercourse there is an enthusiasm
which is a reflection of the popular
demand that this. thing be done to
commemorate the first native born
governor of the state.
Practically every newspaper in the
state is receiving subscriptions to be
forwarded to the general fund. Sub
scriptions of any amount up to 81
will be received.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-27
Curtiss Welcomed Home,

Bath, N. Y, Sept. 2.n-Glenn H.
C11rtiss, the aviator, was given a
hearty welcome on his return home
from his triumphs in France and
Italy. In the midst of downpour of
rain he was met at Bath by a crowd
of citizens headed by band.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-27
LOCAL HAPPENINGS =: - ;;;'".
- - /. - : ~ / Current
1909 diaries at the Pioneer office

1909 diaries at the Pioneer offic
at half-price.
Tom" Britton returned Saturda
evening from a business trip t
Brainerd.
A. w. Danaher went to Tenstrik
Saturday evening after spending th
day in Bemidji.
Bum T. Wilson, the Blackduc]
attorney, was visitor in the cit,
today on professional business.
A. E. Whiting came to the cit,
Saturday evening from Blackducl
and Sundayed here with his family
Miss Alice Mills returned Satur
day evening from Walker, where she
spent Saturday visiting with hel
sister, Beatrice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nils Otterstad and
children spent Saturday visiting
with friends in Bemidji, returning te
their home Saturday evening. 49,.
Try our india Sun Dried'' teas,
soc pound. Phone 423, Bemidii
Tea Store.
H. B. Southworth went to Black.
duck Saturday evening and will
spend several days in that vicinity,
looking after some matters for the
Crookston Lumber company.
John Gustafson, who conducts
the Christiana saloon at Black
duck, spent Saturday in Bemidji
and returned to his home at the
"tDuck" Saturday evening.
Edison records for October, now
on sale at N. w. Music Co.
H. S. Stevens, lineman for the
M. & I. Railway company, returned
Saturday evening from Brainerd,
where he spent a part of Satur-
day getting into touch with head
Office affairs.
County Auditor John Wilmann
went to Turtle River Saturday even
ing on business mission. Mr.. Viii.
mann spent Sunday at Turtle"
returning to Bemidji last night on
the south-bound M. & I. passenger
train.
Killarney, with its famed beauty
and an unfailing source of romance
and legend in the setting for the
first act of Beulah Poynter's new
play molly Bawn" to be seen at
City Opera House, Monday night,
Sept. 81.
T. R. Symons, the big, good
natured fellow who sells MINNEAPOLIS
beer in wholesale lots to local dealers
hereabouts, spent Saturday at
Laporte, returning to Bemidji Sat-
lrday evening and Sundaying
with his family here.
A gang of artists have painted
The big Beltrami Elevator CON-
2any's elevator and are putting a
'Fcoat" on the elevator that will
make it look "spick and span."
The Beltrami company has re-
Gently overhauled and repaired
most of its machineryand the eleva-
or and milling plant is now one
If the very best in this part of the
'tate.
For a pure flour use White
Jacket. For sale by Roe & Mar |
zusen, phone POI.
Judge M. A. Spooner returned
morning from Minneapolis.
where he spent several days on legal
business. The Judge reports the
500 excitement here as having
cached certain portions of Mime
polls, with the officials adhering
o their original statement made to |
he people of Bemidji-that the 500
will build into this city if the right
'f-way desired is purchased and |
urned over gratis to the company. |
Otherwise, the line will pass to the
forth of Lake Bemidji.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

they shall go into court and prove
their innocence. Second, on ac-
count of the certain awakening Of
the japanese business men and
thoughtful agricultural workers to
"a realization that the program out
lined and partially carried out by
the Agitators means financial dis
Gster first for the laborers and then
the business men. Thirdly, the
wurkmen on the plantations can
readily understand that the sacri-
ice they are asked to make by the
AgitutOrs-departur from comfort
able homes to live on the charity Of
their friends-is neither necess lry
nor well advised.
From the planters standpoint tho
situation is the least distressing of
all DISCRIMINATION of his working
force is disagreeable and will ocCa-
sion some losses, but his future is
not tied up to one class of labor, and
he may rest confident that the entire
japanese population will not place
its future at the beck and call of the
enemies Of decency and good order
The planter does not refuse to dis
Cuss readiustment of wages with
law-ablding workmen. He does not
under any circumstances allow him
self to be ruled by the promoters of
e criminal organization operating
with PImps Thugs and Gamblers as
agents.
In this connection It may be well
to remind any doubtful ones that
while a false patriotism may cause
few misinformed Japanese to hold
together, the higher community in
terests fire every truly patriotic
American seconded by every law
abiding japanese, to stand in abso'
lutte unity for Law and Order and
Industrial Peace in the Territory Oi
Hawaii. The citizens of Hawaii
don't make much noise. but they are
very determined. and they intend ia
run this Territory.
In its primary issues the strike
situation is absolutely unchanged
II anything. conditions are improved
Common justice is about to be dis
ponsed in the courts and in the
fields. The only people striving &c
delay the dispensation are the Agi'
tators and Thugs.
The people are learning who
among them are law-abiding citizens
end residents That alone Is worth
while, since our population is to be
more permanent IN the future thar
in the past
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

one, man to keep the buildings clean.
6. That the reservoirs be not
placed too close to the camps on ac-
count of the mosquitoes that they
attract.
I. That one dollar be the mini
mum for days work.
These requests will probably be
presented to each plantation man.
ager on Monday morning bv repre-
sentatiyes of the branch OF the I'm
ion on each plantation.
Should these requests be refused
by the managers, two delegates will
proceed to Honolulu to present then
to w. o. Smith. secretary of the Su
gar Planters Association. Thos,
delegates, chosen yesterday in con
vention, are okado of Honomu ant
Suzuki of Papaikou.
Pending reply from the manag
ers and from Secretary W. o. Smitl
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

there will not be any cessation of
work, nor disorder, nor strike on any
plantation. The men rely upon the
fairness of the planters to discuss
the situation with them and the
points raised.
A further meeting of the mems
representatives in the Union will be
held upon the return of the two del
egates from Honolulu.
The foregoing are the results of
the sessions that are OF most imme-
diate concern and interest, verified
by three interpreters independently
from the records and resolutions Of
the session.
! Hawaii japanese are preparing to
present demands for consideration of
their wages in the most approved
manner, according to all the ac-
counts coming in from the big is
land.
The change in the manner of their
procedure brings up the question as
, to whether they are not getting ad-
vice from some white men in HilO
who believe In arbitration, and to
that extent have cut of from the
Honolulu Agitator outfit of Homo
lulu.
Information obtained this morn
ing from Japanese sources is to the
effect that the demands that were
framed at the meeting held in Hilo
last Saturday were to be presented
tC the plantation managers on the
island OF Hawaii yesterday, Wednes'
day. And II no satisfaction was
obtained from the managers the del
egates were to come to Honolulu and
present their claims to w. o. Smith
the secretary of the Planters Asso'
citation. ''.."
1 Agencies with plantations on Ha.
wall report that they have heard
nothing of any demands being pre-
sented. And w. o. Smith stated
this morning that he had received
no petition, or demand, and had
seen no delegates.
The Agitator organ publishes the
cablegram received from Ambassa'
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

Harry Bogart, business manager
Of the san Francisco Associated
Charities. is quoted as follows re-
garding certain Porto Ricans and
Spanish now In San Francisco:
These families were brought 20 Ha-
wall by sugar planters and others
through promises Of WORK. but the
promises were indefinite. no wage
Icing stipulated ard the length Of
employment being left unmentioned.
hose who .n. % JOBS lost them
after a uru ia with just enough
money LETT 90 pay for their passage
they came to San Francisco
u these people came from Hawaii
Mr. Bogart has been previously mis-
informed. The definite promise Of
work on the plantations at good
wages is held out to every Spaniard
on Porto Ricau who ever arrived in
the Territory of Hawaii This they
can have during good behavior.
Erother Bogart probably secured his
misinformation from the people who
have noated into San Francisco be-
cause they don't want no work"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

dor Takahira. and II amounts TO
goro's cable What favorable mat
ter there is in this is hard to see I'M
less the Agitators expected that they
would be treated with scant courte-
sy in the first place and were glad to
get anything.
Independent Movement.
There is talk of the Yamaguchi-
Hiroshima men among the Japanese
organizing independently of the Ag-
ltator crowd and presenting their
views of the labor situation to the
planters so that n re-adjustment of
wages may be brought about In a
decent manner.
The men of these provinces were
the first to break away from the
Maxine Negoro crowd on account of
the violence that accompanied the
procedure. Men of this association
In Honolulu had a meeting while the
Eva strike was on and boldly declar-
ed in favor of the men returning to
work. II took some nerve to dc
this in the midst of the violent agi-
tation the Higher-Wage crowd is
stirring up. Just what the plans OF
these men are cannot now be stated
but It seems entirely probable that
their influence will be exerted on
the side of Industrial peace and re-
pudiation of the campaign Of VIC
lence into which the Makino-Ne
goro movement has developed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17
THE STRIKE SITUATION TODAY.

What is the strike situation?
This query is not surprising since
50 many stirring events have devel
oped in the last ten days.
Despite the incidents more or less
exciting Of the past week the issues
are absolutely unchanged, and there
is no good reason for holding that
the conditions are more serious than
when the strike first started.
The protest of the Agitators
against arrest, the fight for the re-
lease Of the Thugs, and the appeal
20 Washington on the part Of those
who have instiEated the campaign
of violence and intimidation, all
these are more or less discOnCerting
to the public mind but that is all.
They are OcCurr'ICcs incident to the
proper enforcement of law and or
der and the endeavOr of criminal
organizers and AgiJators to escape
the penalty they so richly deserve.
The march of many laburers to
town and their cheers for the Agi-
tators under arrest are spectacular
and keep the minds Of strikers occu-
pied. These events may give a tenn
porary prestige of "martyrdom" 10
leaders drawing their followers into
bottomless pit of poverty.
The truth, the undeniable facts,
must, however. prevail.
There can be no permanent mar
tyrdom' for the man or men who
are promoting a great organization
for graft, and whose cause is sup,
ported by threats against the lives
of their fellow workmen. There 1,
nothing to it. The deception may
work for a while. Some clear-head
ed men may be fooled for a time, bu
not long.
1t is still the case of the AgitatO
and the Thug using every energy t
control the working people amonl
our japanese residents and through
them the entire industry Of the Ter
ritory Against them stands in alb
solutely solid rank the forces o
Law and Order
The Agitators have been beating
about the bush" with their threat
from the outset. They are playinl
to the timid ones First the striker
were to go to South America Tina
didn't work, so they made It a return
TO Japan. This proved preposter
Gus -- meanwhile acts Of violenC
led to the arrest of Agltators and tn
Thug agents -- so the play of al
appeal TO Washington is made, &C
eompanied by most outrageous in
depreciation of the expected arriva
of Admiral Ijichi's squadron.
Every one of these successiv
threats and claims is an additions
proof of the failing cause Of tn
Agitators. For them the strike SIT
uation is indeed serious. First, be
cause they are about to be brough
TO trial for alleged violation OF law
and they are apparently doing thei
utmost to postpone the day whe
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17
STRIKE
Continued from Page IL

continued from rage ~
been attracted to Honolulu by the
$3.50 wage offered. They have not
been received with open arms, as
the city can furnish all the strike
breakers needed.
What Hilo Meeting Did.
A special edition of the Hawai-
Herald, issued Saturday, June IL.
gives the following detail of the
meeting of japanese at HllD, the
general outlines of which were pub
lished exclusively in the Bulle-
in on Saturday as received by
wireless:
Forty-five delegates of the Hawaii
japanese Labor Union, representing
total membership of 1890 latorers,
on plantations extending fro!l KuL
kuihaele to Puma, have been ~ ses-
sion at the Kimura Hotel in lilo Tor
four days and nights, concluding
4 their work last night. A represcn-
tative of the Herald was present ut
all the sessions, the only newspaper
man admitted outside of the repre-
sentatives of the japanese press.
I The first business considered on
T Tuesday was an Interpretation OF
the bylaws of the Union, this main
point being unanimously determine
that they stood independent OF
other unions and had no alliance
with the High-Wage Association.
Yesterday it was unanimously de
cided to make the following requests
of the plantation managers:
/. That ten hours be regarded al
a days work.
?. That fifteen cents an hour bt
paid for overtime.
3. That a day ana a naif's wag
es be paid for work done on Sunday
4. 'That the buildings for thu
use of the Japanese be similar Il
those constructed for the Spanish
and Portuguese labOrers. ..---.-
.. That each plantation eRmlo!
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

Bicycle oficer Mcdonald. who is on
strike duty at Waipahu, reports the
loss of his gold watch and fob. which
disappeared from the police quarters
at the plantation on Tuesday last.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

Honokaa intends having great
days sport on July and the program
is now being arranged by the residents
of the village
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

II should be q very simple matter
90 settle the wage question Of the
plantations once the Agitators and
Thugs are eliminated
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

Give the Agitators common jus
ticc. which means speedy trial.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
Which we ascribe to heaven.
Shakespeare.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17
OHIO CLOTHES CLEANING co.
l3g Bcretania ST,

ladies and gents clothes and
gloves cleaned, Contracts $3.50 per
month, four suits. Dyeing and dry
cleaning. Telephone 4aR. ssNssvs
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-17
NEW TO-DAY
NOTICE OF co.PARTNERsHiP.

The undersigned. G.. Nakamura, |.
Yamamoto, NJ. Komeya. Y. lshii, L
lwashita. T. Mitmura, and U. kobaya
shi. all of the City and County OF HO
nolulu, Territory of Hawaii. and 5.
Kushima, of Hilo, Hawaii: NJ. Oyama
of Wailuku, Maui, and S. Kobayashi, OF
Kahu!ui. Maui, hereby give notice that
they have entered into and formed Il
general partnership; that the names
and residences of each Of the members
Of said co-partnership are as aforesaid,
that the nature of the business of such
partnership is to maintain and carry
ON q banking business In all II
branches except as a bank of issue;
that the firm name of said co-partner
ship Is :.
THE JAPANESE BANK"
and that the place of business of said
co-partnership is at the mauka-ewa cor
ner Of Smith and Hotel streets in the
District of Honolulu, Island of Oahu
and City and County OF Honolulu, Ter
ritory of Hawaii.
Dated at Honolulu this 18th day of
June. A. ID. 1909.
G. NAKAMURA. l. YAHAMOTO. NJ.
KOMEYA, Y. ISHlI Il. IVA.
sHITA, T. MITAMURA. U. Ko.
BAYASHl. S KUSHIMA NJ.
OYAMA. and S. KOBAYASHI,
co-partners doing business under the
firm name and style of THE JAPAN
ESE BANK"
4S39-lw
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

in others it is soft, especially in warm
weather, and here and there the tar
oozes out through cracks and holes in
the surface. Water forms in pools in
many places. with the sticky tar around
the edges.
Into this treacherous quagmire birds
and small animals for thousands of
years past have been lured by pros
pect of food, only to become hopelessly
mired when the soft tar was en-
countered. Struggling in their death
throes they attracted the attention OF
larger carnivorous' animals and birds,
which, seeing their prey caught, leaped
into the trap themselves, and in turn
became helpless, to die from exhaus-
tion or starvation in their prison.
For aeons this process has been go
ing on, until the great asphalt bed is
densely populated with every form of
animal. bird and insect life known to
southern California for long geologic
ages. Most of the specimens thus far
discovered belongs to the present age,
the quaternary period which imme-
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

y n the surface of the earth, or
but q few inches or feet below it.
there lies, nine miles west OF
Los Angeles. a Yeritable treasury
of prehistoric remains, remains Of long
extinct mammals, birds and insects
which have recently caused nothing
less than a sensation IN the usually
placid scientific world. many of the dis
coveries made shedding new and bright
light upon the fauna of bygone geologic
periods.
The repository of these relics Of the
earth's ancient history is the great
asphalt lake on the Rancho Ia Brea
near Rosemary station, on the railroad
between Hollywood and Sawtelle, Cal
The ranch is owned by Mrs. Ida Han
cock.
IT was in 1906 that the attention of
Prof. John c. Merriam OF the Univer-
sity Of California was called TO this
remarkable locality. The asphalt lake
covers an area of 500 or 500 acres, the
richest part being about 200 acres in
extent From time immemorial the
lake has been like a gigantic fypaper
for all forms of animal life, ancient
and modern. While the asphalt is
{ more or less hardened IN some spots.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

In monograph just issued by the
University of California Loye Holmes
Miller of the class OF 1899 at the uni
versity, who made the discovery while
exploring the asphalt lake, says:
The phasianinae (to which the pea
cocks, pheasants and similar birds be-
long) constitute a group hitherto un-
recorded from the geological horizons
represented on this continent, and, as
far as / am able to determine, nn-
known on the western hemisphere.
The genus pavo seems not to have been
the occurrence in the squaternary OF
California of the remains described,
which seem sunquestionably to repre-
sent this genus. suggests an interest
Ing problem in the history of geo
graphical distribution
The encountering of the California
peacock so far out of the previously
known range OF the genus payoe be-
comes, then, matter of interest in
this connection. The present range of
the subfamily in which the peacock is
placed is exceedingly limited compared
with its former distribution. Phasia-
nine forms are now limited to the In
dian region, but fossil forms are re-
corded from the miocene pliocene and
quaternary of Europe and from the
Siwaliks beds of India"
And then there is the giant ground
sioth, great beast as large as an OK
or the present day, huge and ungainly
and armed with long claws with which
to tear up the earth in search Of its
food, 1t was an herbivorous animal,
It's clumsiness evidently preventing IT
from ,preying upon living creatures.
Hitherto. remains of this sloth have
been found principally in South Amer
lea as far south as, Patagonia. The
species is now extinct, the sloths of
today being remote. relatives of this
gigantic animal
Most interesting of all is the an
nouncement by Professor Merriam that
man must have been contemporary
of the giant ground sloth, for the re-
mains Of the latter, which include
pieces of skin as we'll as of borfes,
show wounds and other marks which
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

could hardly have been produced in any
other way than by the weapons of man.
Indeed. there is weird tradition
among the Indians of animal an
swering the description of the giant
ground sloth, which was said to have
inhabited the mountains in remote
ages. The skin of this animal was
exceedingly tough, almost like armor,
and it has been suggested that the
long tusks of the saber tooth tiger
were developed for the express pur-
pose of penetrating the sloths cuticle
in the conflicts that occurred between
these two ancient monsters.
Lately, too, the skull of mammoth
was found In the asphalt lake, and
with numerous other specimens is
now. in the archaeological museum
of the University of California
From the revelations of the asphalt
lake. it has been learned that wolves
of various kinds and many of great
size were once as common in California
as coyotes. Between so and 100 skulls,
besides other bones, of huge wolf
have been found. 1t was evidently a
formidable beast, with heavy skull and
Jaws and massive teeth. 1t was larger
than any existing wolf or dog.
The remains of species of the dog
family range all the way from this
big wolf down to the coyote of the
present.
1t will be remembered that about so
years ago the United States govern
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

ment imported some camels from Asia
Minor to be used as draft animals on
the deserts of Arizona and New Mex
co. The remains found in the asphalt
Jake include those or a species of an
cient camel. showing that that animal
was indigenous to the southwest long
before the United States government
was ever dreamed Of Indeed, the col
lection found on Rancho la Brea is so
varied that it gives field for the widest
speculation as to the character of Cali
fornia some tens or hundreds of thou
sands of years ago. The fauna of Cali
fornia there revealed includes animals