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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20
CITY COUNCIL is OFFERED
$4,000 FOR WATER BONDS
G. A. Elder Of Duluth Offers to Buy City Water Bonds, As
Soon As Issued At Par Value.-City Will Fight
Scrutchin Damage Suit.

There will be no trouble expert
enced in selling at par the bonds of the
City of Bemidji in the sum of $4,000
for the purpose of constructing a new
water works plant and laying addi-
tional water mains, provided the
election, which will be held February
10 for the purpose of voting on the
bonds results in sufficient affirma-
tive vote, and the other proceedings
in connection with the proposed
bond issue are conducted in legal
form.
The assurance that the bonds
would be taken at par was given by
G.. A. Elder of Duluth, who appeared
before the council on behalf of The
Commercial Investment company
of Duluth, and who offered to take
the bonds at par as soon as votedup-
on. Mr.. Elder agreed to deposit $500
before next Monday as q guarantee
of his good faith, which will be for
feited in case the company does
not buy the bonds.
The council also decided to
fight the $4,000 damage suit of
Laura P. Scrutchin against the City
of Bemidji. This case was tried in
the district court recently and a
verdict of S175 was awarded the
plaintiff. The court has granted
Mrs. Scrutchin a new trial. The
case will now be fought in the dis
trict court.
Several bills were allowed. The
bill of ]. H. Crouch for the con.
construction of F. w. Rhoda's &C.
ment walks was disallowed.
DR.. Blakeslee rendered his resig
nation last evening as city health
officer for the unexpired term, which
was accepted. A contract was then
entered into with DR.. F.. H. Smith
to act as city physician until March
1, at $50 per month.
A contract with Mrs. L. K. Knott
of this city, whereby Mrs. Knott
agrees to take the city poor at
S. per week for each person until
March /, was entered into.
Matt Thome was granted a liquor
license and his bond, with P. ].
Russell and P. J. O'Leary as sure
ties, was accepted and approved.
The library board rendered its
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20
Union Gospel Services.

There will be Union GOSPEL ser
vices tonight and each night this
week at 8 O'Clock in the Methodist
church. Services will open by a
song service, after which there will
be short address. We ask the
Interest of all the Christian people
in these meetings. We need your
help and Come Thou With Us and
We Will do Thee Good.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20
Died Of Pneumonia.

William McAloney 'lumberjack"
who lived near Tenstrike, died in
this city this morning of pneumonia.
The remains were shipped to Anoka
where the deceased has two brothers.
The body was accompanied by
Miss Florence McAloney of Ten
strike, sister of the deceased.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20
MORE INSTITUTES FOR
NE|GHBORING FARMERS
W. R. Mackenzie, Secretary Beltrami
County Agricultural Association,
Does Farmers Good Turn.

w. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the
Beltrami County Agricultural asso-
citation, writes from Minneapolis,
where he has been for some time,
stating that he has completed
arrangements with Mr.. A. d. Will
son, superintendent of the farmers
institute, University Farm, st. Paul,
whereby the institute will, during
the month of February, send
speaker to Beltrami county who will
address the farmers on the subject
of dairying, crop rotation, etc, in
hopes that the visit of the St. Paul
expert will be of considerable bene-
fit to the farmers of the county.
In his letter, which was addressed
to A. G. Rutledge of this city, Mr..
Mackenzie says he will arrange the
itinerary of Mr.. Wilson and requests
the names of the officers of the
different school districts in the
county SO that meetings can be held
in advantageous points. The names
have been sent to Mr. Mackenzie
and no doubt several successful
meetings will result from Mr.. Mac
kenzie's efforts to assist the farmers
Of this county.
I Mr.. Mackenzie attended a meet
ing Of the State Agricultural Society
in st. Paul, last week, and particle
pated in the election of officers, he
being entitled to representative as
secretary Of the Beltrami County
Agricultural association. Mr.. Mac
kenzie was instrumental in electing
as a member Of the board, Mr..
Robert Crickmore of Owatonna,
dairyman who it is believed will be
a very valuable member of the
society.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20
Appeals from Commissioners ResoIu.


ton.
County Attorney Chester Nc
Kusick has filed in the district court
an appeal from the resolution of the
board of county commissioners fix
ing the salary of the county attorney
at $1,000 per year, which was passed
by the board at their last meeting.
A hearing in this case will be had
in Bagley, Tuesday, January 26,
that being the first day of the gen.
eral term of district court for Clear
water county.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20

H. NJ. Clark, Of the Clark Pole &
Tie company Of this city, returned
to Bemidji last evening from Des
Moines, Ia, and points in the south
ern part Of the State where he spent
week transacting business for his
company.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20

Additional local matter will be found
on fourth page.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20
Home Cook Book.

Division No. l of the Presbyter-
ian Ladies Aid have in preparation
a home cook book, it being the
intention of the ladies to have a
complete cook book of home recipes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-20
In Probate Court.

s. ian. 10.
The bond and oath of w. A.
Gould as guardian Of Eta Gould
and Jessamine Gould, minors, was
filed and letters Of administration
issued. An order allowing the final
account Of w. A. Gould in the
matter Of the estate Of Elsie ].
Gould was issued.
Plain and fancy sewing done by
Mrs. Reynolds. Room SO, Brink
man hotel.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
Harvesting Food and
Fuel For the Polar Trip.
Narwhal Hunting an
Exciting Sport -
THIRD ARTIcLEI

moons. and the periods are named In
accord with the movements Of various
creatures OF the chase.
In early September at Annootok the
sun dips considerably under the north
ern horizon. There is no night. At
sunset and at sunrise storm clouds
hide the bursts Of color which dee the
glory of twilight, and the electric after
glow is generally lost in the dull gray
which bespeaks the torment of the
storms of the setting sun.
The gloom of the coming winter
night now thickens. The splendor OF
the summer day has gone. A day OF
six months and a night of six months
are often ascribed to the polar regions
as a whole, but this is only true of a
very small area about the pole.
As we come south the sur slips I'M
der the horizon for an ever increasing
part of each twepty-four hours. Pre-
ceding and following the night as we
come from the pole there is a period
of day and NIGHT which lengthens With
the descent of latitude.
1t is this period which enables us to
retain the names of the usual seasons
for the double days. fall for
the period of the setting sun. This
a begins when the sun first dips
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15

stories for the local newspapers. 1t
was not until four years ago that she
ventured on a higher literary plane.
A few months after her first maya
zine story appeared In Scribner's
Since then she has had recognition in
Success. the D~elineator, Munsey's, Lip
p~incott's. the American and other mag
azines. She has also done some dra-
matte work. and one of her plays was
produced in New York city. Another
is In the hands of Wagenhals &
Kemper. and 1t is reported that 1t has
been accepted by that firm.
ideas and hard work are the keys
to all success" is the motto above the
desk of Mrs. Rhinehart In her Pitts
burg home.
She follows the text. Sometimes
weeks elapse In which she does not
write. The time is consumed In the
arrangement of her story. When she
begins writing she works with rapid
ity. Seventy thousand words Of the
"Circular Staircase were turned out
In four weeks. All her work is done
ii the morning. She writes her stories
and all her correspondence In long
hand. The type machine does not APP
peal to her. and she never dictates.
That Mrs. Rhinehart has reached the
hearts of many is shown In the great
number of letters she has received in
which the writer's assure the author
that they have recognized the original
of some character in her novel. 9th
ers write to thank her for the comfort
they have received from her stories
Her correspondence has grown beyond
her reach. Her pleasing personality and
sunny nature, aside from her talent as
a fiction writer. have made her a So
cial favorite In her city.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
THE STORY OF A STORY.
Mary Roberts Rhinehart's Novel, 1.-THE
Man In lower Ten.n

Every author, man or woman, has
a story of the inspiration Of his or her
book. Mrs. Mary Roberts Rhinehart's
inspiration for her latest novel, ."The
Man In Lower Ten," was In this wise:
An editor who was her friend sent her
q picture of Anna Katharine Green.
with the suggestion that she hang 1t
over her desk and study 1t and then
produce a detective story. Some time
after Mrs. Rhinehart went to Wash
ington ON a visit. On her return home
she occupied lower berth 10 Of the
sleeping car. She was a victim OF in
somnia, and as she remained in that
condition the possibilities of a Pull
man sleeping car for a crime and mys-
terry gradually unfolded. 1.-THE Man
In Lower Ten" was evolved before she
returned to her destination.
Mrs. Rhinehart vas born in Pitts
burg and is that city's first writer of
popular fiction. When she was fifteen
years of g she wrote several short
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
Nv TITH a basty farewell to Mr..
NV Bradley and the officers and

Nv YITH a basty farewell to Mr..
Nv Bradley and the officers and
encouraged with a cheer
from all on board, we left
the motherly Yacht for our new home
and mission. The yacht stood of to
avoid drifting ice and await the re-
turn Of the motorboat.
When we were set ashore we sat
do~r and watched with saddened eyes
the departnre of our friends and the
severing of the bond which bad held
ms to the known world of life and
happiness.
The village OF Annootok is placed In
n small bay just inside OF Cape Ingle-
field. Its population changes much
from year to year, according to the
known luck of the chase or the ambi-
tfon of the men to obtain new bear
skin trousers.
Scattered about 1t were twelve seal
ettn tents, which served as a summer
shelter for an equal number of vigor-
Gus families. In other places nearer
the sea were seven stone igloos. Upon
these the work of reconstruction for
winter shelter had already begun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15

In the immediate vicinity there were
some turf and moss. but everywhere
else within a few hundred feet OF the
e the land rose abruptly in steep
slopes of barren rock.
To the westward across Smith
sound in a blue haze were seen Cape
Sabine, Bache peninsula and some Of
the land beyond which we hoped to
Cross in our prospective venture.
The construction of a winter house
and workshop called for immediate at
ttention after the wind subsidized. Men.
women and children offered strong
hands to gather the stones strewn
along the shore.
When the cargo Is packed In this
manner the things can be quickly
TOSSED on deck and transported ~
floating Ice or land. Later 1t is posi-.
Bile. with packing boxes of uniform
size as building material, to erect Ell.
cient shelter wherein the calamities
OF arctic disaster can be avoided.
Building Winter Quarters.
This %precaution against ultimate mis-.
JUMP uOW Sci GU u fCAJ uoCluA pun OoCs
Enclosing a space 10 by 16 feet, the
cases were quickly piled in. The walls
were held together by strips Of wood
or the joints sealed with pasted paper
with the addition of a few long boards.
A really good roof vas made by
using the covers of the boxes as shin.
giles. A blanket of turf over this con.
Grad fhn hnof md tNornnftfnH or thu
same time healthful circulation of air.
We slept under our own roof at the
end of the first day, and u new house
had the very great advantage of con
tanning within its walls all our posses.
sions within easy reach at all times.
AS the winter advanced with its
stormy ferocity and frightful darkness
It was not necessary to venture out
end dig up supplies from great depths
of snowdrift. Meat and blubber were
stored in large quantities about the
camp.
Much Work In Sight.
But our expedition was In need of
skins and furs. Furthermore, as men
engaged for the northern venture would
NC away 0htAl6 thC SpiiuH hiOhthSs thC
best hunting a of the year, 1t was
necessary to make provision for house
needs later. There was therefore much
work before us. for we had not only to
prepare our equipment. but to provide
tor the families of the workers.
In the polar cycle of the seasons
there are peculiar conditions which APP
ply to circumstances and movements.
AS the word seasons is ordinarily IN
derstood there are but two. a winter
season and a summer seasonal winter
season of nine months and a summer
OF three months.
Sut for more convenient division of
the yearly periods II is best to retain
the usual cycle of four seasons. Eski-
mos call the winter ookiah. which also
means year. and the summer onsah.
Days are 'slee. he months are
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
OTTENS TRACT NOTES
A Number OF new Cottages TO be
Erected AT Once. Visitors are
Numerous

Numerous
The outlook for a prosperous winter
and spring on the Ottens tract is un-
usually bright. Many lots have been
disposed of during the past season and
a number of the buyers have decided
to build cottages during the fall and
winter. A Millville contractor and
builder who recently purchased a num-
Der of lots on the Ottens New
York venue tract, near 14th avenue,
has plans ready for the immediate erec-
ton of four houses. Robert Kennedy
last week secured a lot on 18th street near
New Jersey venue and has a cottage
we'll under way. G. H. R~odebaugh,
the Garage proprietor, will erect a fine
bungalow on the 18th street lot he re-
Gently purchased. Several Philadel-
phians will build cottages on 10th
street, between New Jersey and New
York avenues, while along the Ottens
Canal half a dozen bungalows will be
erected.
Mr.. and Mr.. William G. Duncan,
of Philadelphia, we're guests at the cot
tage of Mr.. and Mr-. Henry H. Ottens
from Friday till Tuesday.
Eddie Let's, the twelve-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Let's, of 18th
street, is at WHY'S Eye Hospital, Phil
adelphia, where he will probably have
10 have an eye removed. A few days
ago he was struck in the eye with a
green tomato thro wn at him by a COM
panion.
Several streets along the Oltens
Canal have been opened and gravelled
during the past week.
Crabs are unusually plentiful at nu-
merous points in Grassy Sound. They
are coming in from the sea in great
numbers preparatory to bedding for
the Water and are of spTSnd{d Size and
in prime condition. A party com posed
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. IL. Rodebaueh, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Hoffman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry H. Ottens, Mrs. M. G.
Ottens and Charles S. Shick caught
26o fine crabs near Nummy's Island on
a recent afternoon.
Leverett Newcomb, the well known
Vineland lawyer and a large land own
er In North Wildwood, Is at an ATTAIN
tic City sanitarlum, recovering from a
serious surgic Il operation, which he re-
Gently underwent at Jefferson Hos
pital, Philadelphia.
MI. and Mrs. Samuel Eakins and
family of Philadelphia, spent Sunday
at their cottage on 18th avenue.
MI. and Mrs. George ]. Ehmann, of
West Philadelphia, were recent visitors
TO their cottage OIL Seventeenth avenue.
Horace r. Leidig, a Philadelphia
business man, has joined the Wildwood
Yacht Club and has purchased several
lots on the Ottens Canal, upon which
he will build a fine bungalow.
G. P. Albertson and family moved to
Vineland this week where they have
property at 513 Park avenue They
expect to return here again in the
spring.
The North Wild wood Sunday school
held an enjoyable social in the fire
house on Wednesday evening when a
fine program was rendered and refresh
ments were served.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15

Ntn9 , 0iohCI . dieHN9 NJ 9SaHHa
Princess Louise. duchess of Argyll,
has given the recruiting movement III
England a decided impetus. She is the
second sister of King Edward. Her
love for British soldiers is inherited
from her mother, Queen Victoria. Hel
appeal for volunteers has evoked a
generous response. All the society
leaders of London and the provinces
are following the steps of Princess
Louise. The call for lads of brawI
and brain to the colors, not for war.
but for the ability to prevent 1t. has
stirred England. The spirit of the
kingdom has been aroused largely BY
"An Englishman's Home" a play that
has had an unprecedented run in Lon
don. Princess Louise is one of the
most popular members of the royal
family.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
The Raid was on the State Treas
ury
Trenton Times:

Trenton Times:
The Democratic Executive Commit
of Monmouth county, in its platform,
condemns "the raid made upon the
public school funds by the last Repub-
lican Legislature in the intere st of a
wasted and depleted State treasury"
Condemnation of the stupidity that
turned from the treasury several
millions of dollars of public
in the face of a threatened deficit,
would be more to the point. While
nearly every State department and in
stitution has been handicapped for
lack Of money, the schools have had
more than they could judiciously use..
That "raid of the school fund" is all
bosh, and If the Legislature had any
ginger 1t would order an investigation
to be made the results of which would
send some persons into hiding.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
A woman's Success on a Farm.

Mrs. Hester e. Pinkham Of Far.
mington. N. H., operates a f1fty-tive
acre farm and makes it pay. She can
handle an ak, scythe or crosscut saw
as well as a man. She trades cattle.
swaps "hosses." raises pigs, poultry,
Belgian hares and vegetables. al
though she weighs but ITO pounds and
Is a grandmother. she says her way OF
living has improved her health.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15

One sees nothing of the narwhal and
very little of the kayak, for dashing
seas wash over the little craft. but the
double bladed paddles seesaw with the
regularity of a pendulum.
Homecoming takes many hours and
engenders a prodigious amount of hard
work, but there is energy to spare. for
a wealth of meat and fat is the cul-
mination of all Eskimo ambition.
Seven of these 'ponderous animals
were brought In during five days.
making n heap Of more than 10000
pounds of food and fuel. Then the
narwhals suddenly disappeared. and
we saw no more of them.
Three white whales were also obtain
ed In a similar way at Etah at about
the same tine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
The Grid Iron Society

The Grid Iron society of the Wild
wood high school met last Friday
afternoon in the school room. The
meeting was opened by singing after
which the minutes were read and APP
proved. The following program was
then rendered: Recitation, Marion
MCKINLEY; composition, Foster Goslin;
local hits, Annie Larcompe; singing;
violin solo, William Todd; recitation +,
Stephen Puff; reading, Mr.. Myers;
piano solo, Glace Allen; reading, Eli
Saltzman. Censor had no report to
make. The critic hen reported and as
signed readings to Mr.. Davis, Helen
Daggan, Beatric Staples, Annie Lar
combe and himself; and Rotations to
Leah Streaker and Leon Wheaton, the
current events to Mary Scully and a
composition to Rosalie Washburn.
Three good subjects we're then selected
for future debating. The meeting
was then adjourned by a vote of the
school.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
Tommy Atkins on the Rance.

Subaltern-What on earth are you
fellows doing? There hasn't been a hit
signaled for the last half hour. Pri-
vate-I think we must ave shot the
marker, siri-London Punch.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
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under the Ice at midnight for a few
moments.
The Arctic Night.
These moments increase rapidly. yet
n hardly appreciates that the sun Is
departing until day and night are Of
equal length, for the night remains
light, though not cheerful. Then the
day rapidly shortens and darkens. and
the sun sinks until Mt least there is
but a mere glimmer of the glory of
day.
Winter is limited to the long night.
and spring applies to the days of the
rising sun. a period corresponding to
the autumn days or the setting sun.
At Ann0otok the midnight sun Is first
seen over the sea horizon on April %
1t dips In the sea on Aug. 10. 1t thus
encircles the horizon, giving summei
and continuous day for 11S days. II
sets at midday on Oct. "a and is alb
sent a period of prolonged night cor.
responding to the day and rises on
Feb. 20.
IaFNoSAtHS tooo anu fueIs
Then follow the eye opening days OF
spring. In the fall, when the harmon
izing influence of the sun is withdrawn
there begins a battle of the elements
which continues its smoky agitation
until stilled by the hopeless frost OF
early night.
At this time, though field work was
painful. the needs of our venture forced
us to persistent action In the chase OF
walrus. seal. narwhal and white whale
We harvested food and fuel.
Before winter ice spread over the
hunting grounds ptarmigan, hare and
reindeer were sought to supply the ia.
BILE during the long night with deliea.
cies. while bear and fox pleased the
palates of the Eskimos and their pelts
clothed all.
Many long journeys were made to Sc.
cure an important supply OF grass to
pad boots and mittens and also to Sc
cure moss, which serves as wick for
the Eskimo lamp. The months of Sep
TENDER and October were indeed i'm
portant periods of anxious seeking for
reserve supplies.
Aid From the Eskimos.
There was a complex activity sud
denly stimulated along the Greenland
coast which did not require general su-
pervision. The Eskimos knew what
was required without a word from us
and knew better than we did where to
find the things worth while. An out
line of the polar campaign was sent
from village to village, with a few
general instructions.
Each local group OF natives was to
ill an important duty and bring to-
gether the tremendous amount of ma
terial required for our house and sled
equipment. Each Eskimo village has.
a rule, certain game advantages.
In some places foxes and hares were
Their skins were in great
demand for coats and stockings. and
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
The Conquest of the Pole
By DR.. FREDERICK A. COOK

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