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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
ANOTHER BLIND
PIC RAIDED

Fred F. lie Roy, proprietor OF
the Marshall road house on the
reservation, was arrested last
night by Deputy Sheriffs H. J.
Doten and A. A. Hall for selling
liquor illicitly. He was released
on $500 cash bail. His trial took
place today before Justice Frank
H. Graham.
The officers found more wet
goods" than they expected and
had to hire an express wagon to
bring them all to the city. The
raid last night Is in keeping with
the determination of the sheriff
office to put a check to the pras.
tice of Illicit liquor selling In road
houess.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
BY Gibson Gardner

BILLINGS, Mont, Oct. O.
How great areas in this and other
countries, regions long looked up
on as arid, can be forced to con-
tribute their share to the worlds
supply of food will become a sub
ject of serious international dis
cussion when the fourth annual
Dry Farming congress opens here
for a three-day session on Oct. 26.
1t may surprise some farmers OF
the rain belt and those who irri-
gate to know that there are now
6, 900 members of the Dry Farming
association. Beginning in Denver
three years ago, the get-together
of those interested in
dry farming has grown until Can
ada, Mexico, Great Britain, Africa,
Russia, China and Jap
an are participants in the effort to
pool experiences and spread USE
full information on the subject. AT
the coming meeting no less than
Ia nations will be represented by
delegates or dry farm exhibits.
Dry farming is the science OF
raising crops without the normal
supply of rain. A few years ago
it was supposed that irrigation or
regular rain were essential to
crops. Now it has been discov-
cred that this superstition is in
correct. If properly handled, crops
can be raised on land with almost
the minimum of rainfall.
This discovery has come to the
world like a great invention. Not
without excitement, the farmer
has awakened to the fact that
lands regarded as arid-as "des-
ert"-are good for yearly cror
of grain-good grain running 80
bushels to the acre; also good or
chards, good potatoes and other
crops. Worthless lands have sud
denly become valuable and de-
serted wastes are being taken uI
and peopled with homestead set.
tiers.
What was the character of the
discovery by which the farmer is
enabled to raise crops with 8 to
IA inches of rain in the year?
"Soil culture" is the answer oil
Prof. H. w. Campbell, whose name
is one of the first to be identified
with the dry farming movement
Prof. Campbell now publishes 6
paper and has for several years
been lecturing on the subject. He
dates the beginning Of dry farming
to the construction of a particular
type of pillow which he had bull
in a blacksmith shop in South Da
kota back in the early eos. HI
says that pillow is the baiss of DIR,
farming.
BY all it is conceded that tn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
DON'T WAIT
Take Advantage of Tacoma Citi,
GEMS Experience Before It's
Too Late.

When the back begins to ache,
Don't wait until backache be-
comes chronic;
Till serious kidney trouble de-
velops;
Till urinary troubles destroy
nights rest.
, Profit by Tacoma citizens ex-
perience.
F. A. Cummings, 720 s. Fifty
eighth St., Tacoma, Wash, says:
THE exposure I endured during
the Civil War caused my kidneys
to become badly disordered and
after returning home, l was COM
pletely laid up with kidney trou-
BILE. My back ached so severely
that l could not rest we'll and
during the day l was in constant
misery. / could not bend or make
q quick movement without receiv-
ing sharp, knife-like twinges
throughout my body and though I
doctored extensively, I steadily
grew worse. The kidney secretions
plainly denoted that all my suf-
fering arose from disordered kid
ueys. w hcu DOdn hluHey IlliS
were recommended to. me. I pro-
cured a box at Malstrom Bros
drug store and on using them I
found immediate relief. have
since had occasion to take Doan's
Kidney Pills for a slight lameness
in my back, caused by overwork
and they have never failed to give
prompt relief. My advice to any,
one suffering from Kidney trou.
BILE is to give Doan's Kidney Pills
trial"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buff
falo, New York. sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name - Doan's
and take no other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
SERIES OF BLASTS AT NEW
DEPOT CAUSES A SCENE Of
WILD CONFUSION,

Two men sustained severe in
1uries and several hundred people
were badly scared yesterday after
noon a little after 5 O'Clock. when
six blasts of dynamite at the
Northern Pacific depot hurled
rocks, pieces of timber and huge
clods of dirt in every direction.
The explosion resulted when fuses
were lighted leading to dynamite
In six holes in an embankment
which is being cut down for the
ne wdepot. Six reports followed
In quick succession, scattering
missiles on every side.
w. Fulton, 507 M street, who
was sitting on bench outside tne
A street entrance to the deport
when the explosion took place,
sustained severe scalp wound.
A flying pebble struck William
Miller, hack driver, living at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
PUYALLUP FAIR TO
OPEN ON TUESDAY

talks on soil and climate and how
to accomplish results in the grow
ing of crops in Pierce county.
s. B. Nelson, state veterinarian
and Professor Adam Carlisle will
also discusse stock raising and
the Ills that afflict cattle in this
section.
A lot of the prize winning stock
at the A.-Y.-P. exposition is being
transferred to the Puyallup fair
and the stock show promises 10
eclipse all former exhibits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09

trick lies i'm saving the moisture
of whatever rain may fall. There
are different ways of doing this,
but the result is the same. In the
main. also, il consists in very
frequent stirring of the surface of
the ground. The farmer first
plows very deeply; then he char
rows, harrOws, harrows."
Geo. l.. Farrell of Smithfield,
Utah, is another dry farming pio-
neer. He made wheat grow on
dry area in that state nearly 40
years ago and he credits the dis
covery to broken pillow clumsily
mended. The repaired pillow re-
quired four horses to drag 1t, but
1t plowed the field eight inches
deep. The result was a crop where
there had been three successive
failures.
Another authority on dry farm
ing is V. T. Cooke, director of ex-
perimental stations in Wyoming
Mr.. Cooke started in 1905 to farm
the dry country near Cheyenne.
He was ridiculed openly, but he
had the satisfaction of threshing
So to 40 bushels of wheat to the
acre the three succeeding years.
In 1880 e. R. Parsons came to
the United States from South Afri-
ca. He had seen something in that
country of crop raising in a semi
arid soil. He took up 1850 acres
in Colorado, near Denver, and has
since shown how wheat, corn,
oats and even the orchard crops
may be wrested from soil which
was formerly regarded as fit only
for cattle range.
The "get together for education"
movement, which is back of the
coming dry farm congress, began
in 1906 in Denver. 1t was the
outgrGwtb of a charge that the
railroads were recklessly bringing
in settlers and dumping them on
worthless lands, where they ex-
|pected in vain to grow enough to
keep them from starvation.
In answer to the charge the gov
ernor of Colorado called meeting
of all in the state interested in the
farming of semi-arid lands. The
response was unexpected. A hall
had to be secured hurriedly to
take care of the crowd.
This affair started with an ex-
perience meeting and developed
into a convention, with a session
at Salt Lake the following year.
The third year saw the congress in
ternational in it's scope. 1t met at
Cheyenne, Wyo., with delegates
from Australia, Mexico, Brazil
Canada, the Transvaal and Russia
The officers of the congress
now include Gov. e. l.. Norris OF
Montana, president; Jno. T. Burns
of Denver, secretary, and B. p
Moss, chairman of the board oil
control. Congressman Mondell oil
Wyoming has become an ardent
dry farmer and now lives in a
home surrounded by crops grown
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
TY COBB MAY BE
PUT UNDER ARREST
RUMORED THAT DETROIT
WILL LOSE ONE OF IT'S VAL
UABLE PLAYERS TODAY.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
CLEVELAND, o., Oct. 9.-It is
persistently reported at the court
house today that the grand jury
Will indict Tyrus Cobb, Detroit )
sensational ball player, during the
afternoon.
The outfielder, It Is charged,
stabbed Waterman George Stan
kfield of the Hotel Euclid, while
the Tigers were playing here re-
Gently.
Rumor has It that the Georgia
cracker will be arrested by a dep
uty sheriff when the train from
Pittsburg, bearing the ball play
ers, passes into Ohio tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
IA Nations Plan Conquest Of the Desert at
Coming Dry Farm Congress in Montana

also that the great stumbling block
of irrigation farming is the use OF
too much water.
If one were to credit all the en-
thusiastic utterances of dry-farm
converts, he would be convinced
that only the semi-arid regions
can grow the really good toma-
toes, the finely favored fruits and
the hard, well-keeping grains.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
SIX WEEKS MORE
OF THE BIG FAIR

The executive committee has
decided on an admission charge
of 25 cents for adults and 10
cents for children, to go into eff
feet on the day following the Of
fetal ending of the fair.
During the post-exposition per-
iod the beauty of the grounds will
remain intact.
Toward it's close, work will be.
gin in wrecking those buildings
which are not chosen for preserva-
ton by the regents of the state
university. The Pay Streak will
be a deserted village by the MOI
day following the close.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09

by the most approved methods of
moisture conservation.
There is no antagonism between
irrigation and dry farming. The
one is supplemental to the other
Practically every irrigated farm
has some land which. might to
greater advantage be cultivated by
dry farm methods. This is admit
ted by Director Newell. who says
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
TAFT REVELS IN
BEAUTIES OF
NATURE
(By United Press Leased Wire.


GLACIER POINT, Cal, Oct. 8
Taft and his party
left Glacier Point on foot for the
floor of the Yosemite valley at
O'Clock this morning. The new
observation station on the brink
of the precipice has been named
Point Taft, in honor of the presI
dent.
AS further celebration of Mr..
Taft's visit, huge bonfire was
lit last night on the pinnacle. of
Glacier point.
President Tfat was most en-
thusiastic over the view when he
reached Glacier point, and he told
John Muir, his guide, that he had
never seen anything in his life to
equal the Yosemitel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
PoST-EXPOSITION SEASON To
BE INAUGURATED-ALL Ey-
HIBITS TO BE OPEN-NO
PAY STREAK ATTRACTIONS.
(By United Press Leased Wire. !

tBy United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Oct. "a post-ex-
position season will be inaugural
ed at the Alaska Yukon-Pacific
fair, beginning Sunday, October
H. and lasting for probably six
weeks, while exhibits are being
packed and buildings cleared out.
me directors of the exposition
promise a show almost as good as
during the regular season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
STOCK SHOW PROMISES TO
ECLIPSE ALL THE PREV.
IOUS RECORDS.

The Puyallup valley fair opens
next Tuesday with prospects for
the largest show in the history of
the institution.
The educational feature will be
prominent this year. Professor
Severance of the state college and
Professor Lawrence of the expert
ment farm will both give several
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09

International Get Together Spirit
Back of Movement to Spread In
formation on Successful Meth
DDS of Forcing Crops from Great
Areas Long Looked Upon as
Arid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09

AS heretofore, the Eilers Music
House is accepting the latest issue
of Lucore prize piano bonds at a
premium. *s*
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09

Will gentleman who took wrong
coat and hat from dance at Mason
10 Temple, Thursday evening,
please call 1920 @ street. Phone
Main 1855, M. 1920. s*+
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09

Mrs. F. Kloss, 1922 No. 9th.
Phone $3.50. Knitted and GRO
cheted baby articles. **+
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09

Guns and ammunition at E. e.
Peterson, 924 Tacoma ave. asa
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
Cowgill's Store Destroyed.

Fire, yesterday afternoon totally
destroyed the general merchandise
store belonging to John Cowgirl, in
Nymore.
The Cowgirl family lived in rooms
on the floor above the store and it
appears that while Mrs. Cowgirl
went downstairs to wait on Gus
toner, some hot grease in which she
had been cooking doughnuts, boiled
over onto the floor setting fire to the
place. "
A neighbor noticed smoke coming
out of the windows and notified Mrs.
Cowgirl, who attempted to get up
stairs, but was forced back because
of the flames and smoke. =.
The entire building was DESTROYED,
together with the stock and fixtures
in the store and the household
goods and utensils. ~-
Moral: Insure with the T. J. Miller
Insurance agency. p.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22

was 9 to 8; on Friday, 10 to-. The
boys are delighted at the outcome
and easy victory.
Mrs. A. E. Noble and three chill
dren left Thursday in company with
Miss Elsie VanCamp, a sister OF
Mrs. Noble, for the parental home
at St. Thomas, N. D.
Mr.. Mcnamara, Mrs. S. Carlton,
Percy Robertson of Rainy River and
Mr.. and George Ericsson of Spooner
returned Friday from Winnipeg,
where they had been taking in the
fair. q.
An exciting game of league ball
was played on the Spooner diamond
Sunday, between the fans of War.
road and Spooner. The score stood
l to l in the third inning. The
fourth inning brought the victory
to Spooner, when four runs were
made. The final score was E to 1 in
favor of Spoo ner.. Batteries
Spooner, Martin and Alfred; War.
road, TAFT and Wright.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
in Bemldji Saturday.

in Bemldji Saturday.
A baby boy arrived at the home
of ]. G. McGhei's last Wednesday.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs
Edward West died last Friday morn.
ing.
Thomas McMahan of Steven
Mimi, visited his brother, Johr
McMahan a couple of days last
week.
Miss Lottie Brennan spent Satur
day and Sunday in Bemidji with
friends.
c. F. Rogers left for Montana,
where he goes in hope of benifting
his health.
Mrs. Richard Teske of Fosston is
visiting her brother w. M. Foote
and family.
Mrs. Jas. Brennan and children oil
International Falls are visiting with
ACldIlVCS uClc. = =" j. E~-.i
The annual school meeting in dis.
trlct No. 10 was largely attended,
Harry Bowers was elected treasurer.
Mr.. H. w. and L. w. Aldrich
returned from Canada last Wednes
day and report the cropsare looking
fine in that section.
Misses Oma and Nora Hannah,
who are attending summer school in
Bemidji, spent Saturday and Sunday
with their parents here.
Mrs. Hans Evenson and Miss
Jennie Stortwen left for Climax Sat.
urday, where they intend to spend
the summer visiting relatives.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
Telephone Manners.

Do telephones lead to politeness or
otherwise? When they first came into
use the answer to this question would
have been emphatically in the mega.
tive, but now that they are almost uni.
versally prevalent an era of good
manners and "thank you's' seems to
be in full swing. In some communities
it is not even possible to quarrel over
the telephone, although the two women
who took part in the following CONVEX
sation came near it:
"Hello! Is this Mrs. WestonY
EYES,"
"This is your next door neighbor,
Mrs. Lawrence. I thought you might
be interested to know that at the pres
ent moment your son Thomas is sitting
on one of the sheets which are bleach.
ing on my lawn and is building large
pile Of mud on it,
"Oh, thank you, Mrs. Lawrencew ex-
claimed the mother. "And may 1 re-
turn the favor by informing you that
your setter Rab has just rooted up my
two new rosebushes and that he seems
to be chewing the buds!'
"Oh, indeed! Thank you! Goodbye
mot at all. Thank you! Goodby"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
SalIy's Iron.

SalIy's Iron.
In describing some of her associates
Of the stage, Ellen Terry, in McClure's
Magazine, tells of her dresser, Sarah
Holland. She had an extraordinarily
open mind, writes Miss Terry, and
was ready to grasp each new play as
1t came along as separate and entire
~ different field Of operations.
She was extremely methodical and
only got Hurried once in a blue moon.
When we went to America and made
the acquaintance of that dreadful
thing, zone night stand" she was as
precise and particular about having
everything nice and in order for me
as If we were going to stay in the town
a month. Down went my neat square
of white drugget. All the lights in
my dressing room were arranged as
l wished. Everything was unpacked
and ironed.
One day when l came into some
American theater to dress I found
Sally nearly in tears.
''What's the matter with you, Sally?'
| asked
81 'aven't 'ad a morsel to heat all
day, dear, and can't 'eat my iron"
Eat your iron, Sally! What do you
mean?'
SOW am to iron all this, dearT'
walled my faithful Sally, picking up
my Nance Oldfeld apron and a few
other trif1es. 1T won't get 'ot!'
Until then really thought that Sally
was being sardonic about an iron as a
substitute for victuals.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
FEW men RETURN TO WORK
Strikers Not Satisfied With Compro-
mise Agreement.

Butler, Pa, July 22.-Notwithstand-
Ing an agreement was reached not
more than one-fourth of the foreigners
employed at the Standard Steel Car
company's plant returned to work.
The men declared they had no definite
assurance Of increased wages within
sixty or ninety days and gave as an.
other reason the continued presence
of the state constabulary. They said
also that they did not understand the
agreement as ratified.
Rev. Father Beczewski of the Polish
Catholic church, who was instrumen.
tai in persuading the strikers to agree
to the terms of the company, is using
his influence to have the men return
to work and says that he believes all
will be at their places within a day
or two.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
Writers ApnIause.

In his declining years the poet Whit
tier was extremely absentminded. He
attended church meeting where there
were a large number Of persons. AS
his presence was known, it was deemed
fitting by one Of the speakers to quote
the poets lines:
know not where his islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
only know cannot drift
Beyond his love and care.
Great applause greeted the quotation,
and Whittier was noticed to join in
the handclapping. II suppose must
have had my mind on something else.
l had no recollection Of having written
the verse;" he said apologetically when
his attention was called to the author
ship.-Boston Post. .~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
DAMAGE TOTALS J
half A MILLION
Destructive Cloudburst in
Northern Wisconsin.
ALL LINES ARE TIED UP

Railroad and Wagon Bridges for Miles
Around Ashland Have Gone Out and
No Trains Can Enter That City
From Any Direction-Light and
Power Cut off as Result of Destruc.
ton of White River Dam.
Ashland, Wis, July PA cloud
burst caused heavy loss to all kinds of
property in Northern Wisconsin.
It is estimated that the total loss
will be 100000. The power plant at
White River, built two years ago, was
washed out completely. The plant
furnished power and light to the city
of Ashland and the loss is estimated
at 100000.
The state fish hatchery near Bay
field was nearly washed away and the
millions of fish carried into the lake.
The loss to the state will be heavy, as
the ponds appear to be destroyed.
The Northwestern, Wisconsin Cen.
trains are all held up and no trains
can get into Ashland from any direc.
tion. The southbound train from Ash.
land on the Central reached High
bridge, where it was found that
wagon bridge had washed down
stream and lay against the railroad
bridge. The river valley was a rag.
ing flood, over which the train dare
not attempt to pass. Railroad and
wagon bridges for miles around are
down. It is believed that the people
living in the valley of the White river
escaped, although from Highbridge
houses can be seen standing with wa
ter up to the roof.
The dam breaking at White River
imperils Odanah and the people there
have been warned to leave their
homes.
Several persons are reported
drowned at Odanah. Six families near
the ore docks in Ashland had to be
taken from their homes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
In Great Luck,

II have been looking over my finan-
cial operations" said Mr.. Easigo. II
must say they are more successful
than usual"
"Have you been making large prof.
tsp
mo. don't expect anything like
that"
"But you say you were successful?"
Comparatively successful. During
the month have loaned money to
five friends, and only three of them
have quit speaking to me."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
Bemidji Town.

Mrs. E. E. Chamberlain gave a
lunch to Mrs. Gray, recently returned
from Washington, and Mrs. Ed
Rako and Mrs. Sam Marin, Monday
afternoon
One of A. L. Goobouts most valu-
able COWS died from paris green
poisoning last week, where the
animal gained access to the poison
is still mystery, but symptoms of
poisoning we're so evident as to be
beyond question.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
Warrants Payable.

Notice is hereby given that there
is money!in- the treasury of School
District No. 10 Beltrami county, to
pay outstanding warrants from No.
485 to SIG; inclusive and that inter-
est ceases from and after the date of
this publication.
Dated at'Wilton, MIMI, July Fl,
1909.
William Dandliker
Wilton, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJPS
COUNTRY NEIGHBORS
Live Correspondents of the Pioneer
Write the News from Their
Localities. r. ".0,.-
SpOOner and Baudette.

July FL.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Knute Mel.
son on Wednesday last, a girl.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. C.. L. listed
a baby boy on Saturday, July II.
Services were conducted at the M.
E. church by Rev. Hall on Sunday
last.
Attorneys c.. R. Middleton and S.
M. Koeford returned from a short
business trip at International Falls
Thursday.
Arthur Street has been grubbed
and cleared and is now presenting a
fine appearance to those who en- Joy
a walk or drive on the river front.
H. c.. Habsbritt returned the lat.
ter part of the week from Roseau
where he had been looking after his
farming interests in that vicinity.
The Baudette baseball nine played
at Roseau Thursday and Friday,
defeating the Roseau nine at both
games. The score on Thursday
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22

Bids to be opened Monday August
End. at 1000 a. m.
The committee reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
Dated July 10TH, 1909.
w. A. Mcdonald, Secretary,
SIS Minnesota ave.,
Bemidji, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22
Papke Will Not FIuht a Neqro

Salt Lake City, July 22.-"Say for
me to the entire world I'll never fight
negro. Langford has no chance with
me; that's final. My game is Ketchel."
This was the declaration of Billy Pap
Ike when the question of match with
Langford was discussed here.