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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30
STATE OFFICIALS GAINING
VALUABLE INFORMATION
Members Of State Drainage Board and Others Touring
Red Lake County, Learn Much Which Will Doubt.
less Bring Good Results for North Country.

The trip of the members of the
State Drainage Board and others to
advantageous points on Upper and
Lower Red Lakes and their tribu-
taries, in order that the members of
the board might have personal
knowledge of the conditions which
prevail in the country drained by
Red Lake, will undoubtedly prove of
immense value to the board IN max
ing an intelligent report to the next
legislature relative to the method to
be pursued in making the Red
Lakes a reservoir for storing the
food-waters of that section and in
creasing and conserving the water
power developed by the uniform
releasing of these waters.
Frank A. Day, representing Cover
nor Johnson. as Chairman of the
board; State Auditor Samuel G..
1verson, secretary of the board;
SECRETARY of State Julius Schmahl,
member of the drainage board; and
George A. Ralph, state drainage
engineer, on Saturday began visit
to different outlets and inlets of the
Red Lakes. They were accompanied
by George WEIGH, commissioner of
the State immigration Board, and
Carlos Avery, executive agent of
the State Game and Fish Commission,
who desired more comprehensive
knowledge of the section which the
members of the Drainage Board
desired to visit. With the party were
J. J. Opsahl of Bemidji, representa-
tive from the 81 district, chairman
of the house drainage committee,
and who knows every foot of land in
Beltrami county; E. E. Mcdonald,
who has traversed much of the Red
Lake section; S. C.. Bailey of Bemidji,
the present game warden for Beltrami
county; and A. G. Rutledge of the
Bemidji Pioneer, who, as game
warden for six years, made frequent
trips through the section.
Saturday, the party left the Red
Lake agency aboard the government
steamboat chippewa" in charge of
Captain A. G.. Goddard: with
Engineer Frank English and Chef
Patsy Needham.
It was the intention of the party
to 60 down the Red Lake river from
the outlet of Red Lake to Thief
River Falls, but a strong wind blew
directly across Lower Red Lake
from the mouth of the river leaving
the water at the bar but little more
than three feet deep, it being i'm
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30
ORGANIZED The FIRST
STATE BANK OF LAP0RTE
Charles Roman, Formerly in First
National Bank Here, Launches
Out for Himself. -. ~~

Charles Roman, an energeti,
young man of Bemidji who, unit
recently, was member of the force
in the First National Bank of this
city, has succeeded in forming :
company to open UP bank in La
porte, growing village on the Min
nesota & international railway south
of Bemidji. III 4
Mr.. Roman returned Saturday
from St. Paul where he completed
the organization of the new institu
ton, which will be known as the
First State Bank of Laporte.
The new banking establishment
will be capitalized at $4,000 and
the stock holders are w. ]. Markham
and Charles Roman of Bemidji:
H. r. Elliott, member of a steel
corporation of Duluth; Fred Solder:
berg and P. J. Engberg, of the First
National Bank of Braham; S. P.
Crosby, of the First State Bank Of
Braham; A. w. AImquist and A.
Gohres of Laporte.
Messrs. Markham, Roman, Crosby
and A|mquist comprise the board OF
directors. w. ]. Markham, who was
elected president, is a prominent
young business man of Bemidji and
will doubtless add energy and
push" to the new bank. Mr..
Roman is cashier and Mr.. Almquist,
vice-president:
The First State Bank of Laporte
will openfos business on the morn.
ing Of SeFfhber 18th. mr.. Roman
has been the recipient of many con-
CALCULATIONS upon his successful or.
ganization of this Institution and
has the best wishes Of asIarge mum
Der OF fIienus ia-Bssaidji for his
future success.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30
IS VERY WELL PLEASED
WITH LOCAL BUSINESS
T. A. Boye, Albert Lea Real Estate
Dealer, Will Locate Here.
Erects Dwellings.

T: A. Boye, a prominent real es-
tate man of Albert Lea, in the
southern part of the state, returned
to Bemidji last light from Interna-
tional Falls, where he went to look
over the real estate business, and
spent today viewing Bemidji before
returning home this evening".
Mr.. Boye stated this morning, in
an interview with a representative of
the Pioneer, that he was very favor
ably impressed with the business
activity to be seen in Bemidji and
was pleased with the outlook for the
future business-in this vicinity.
So strong was the good impression
made by Bemidji on Mr.. Boye that
he has decided to return to Albert
Lea and wind up his affairs there
this winter, preparatory to moving
to Bemidji next spring. Mr.. .Boye's
activity lies principally in the
direction of purchasing lots and erect.
ing houses on them either to sell or to
rent and he believes that there is an
excellent opportunity for this line oil
business in Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30

possible to take the boat over the
bar into the river; and the trip to
Thief River Falls was abandoned.
1t was noted that there is a spleu-
did opportunity at the mouth of the
Red Lake river to build and main
tain dam and locks for regulating
the flow of the water from the lake
toward the Red River Valley.
The party was taken to the Cross
Lake Indian school, six miles west
of the 'Narrows, between the two
| Red Lakes, on the north shore of
the lower lake. At the Cross Lake
school Superintendent Lawrence has
raised model garden. as a demon
stration to the.aboriginees of what
great vegetable and root crops can
be raised on the Red Lake lands.
Here were six acres of all kinds of
vegetables, fully matured and of
exceptionally fine quality. These
vegetables. together with two fine
fields of dent corn, were of great
interest to immigration Commissioner
Welsh, State Auditor Iverson, Secre-
tary of State Schmahl and Private
Secretary Frank Day, who gathered
samples of the corn to take along
with them to the state capitol to
show intending settlers, relative to
the agricultural possibilities of Red
Lake soil.
The party rounded the mar
rows" the chippewa" behaving
beautifully and riding the lake in the
teeth" of a wind storm which rolled
the waves ten feet high. Landing
was made at Shotley, the party pass
ing the night in the Rogers hotel.
Sunday was spent on Upper Red
Lake, the party getting an early
start from Shotley and visiting at
Tamarac river, where the Tamarac
flows into Red Lake, Moose Creek
and Deer River, and noting the
swampy condition of the country on
the north shore.
The party returned to Shotley
Sunday afternoon, where Secretary
Schmahl, Auditor Iverson, Engineer
Ralph and Commissioner Welsh
were landed, they going overland to
Kelliher, with the intention of de-
parting for St. Paul, over the M. &
l., Sunday night.
The balance of the party remained
on the boat intending to 60 up the
Tamarac river, where Executive
Agent Avery could investigate con-
ditions with reference to the preser.
walton of game and fish.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30

100000 acres, where, as yet, little
agricultural development has taken
place. Not to exceed 100000
acres of this extensive territory has
been ploughed. 1t is a tract that
has been almost entirely unknown
to agricultural workers, yet it con-
tains as many natural advantages as
any section. Timber for fuel, build
ing purposes and export affords en-
ployment for every man who is
desirious of securing same during
the entire year. The miners and
timber workers in this section of
! Minnesota are consuming a vastly
greater amount of agricultural pro-
ducts than the present development
of the district can supply so that
prices are high.
When denuded of its timber this
district makes such prolific growth
of clover, timothy, bluejoint, broom
grass and alfalfa that it far surpasses
the expectations or the most not
able agriculturists, and experienced
farmers view it with such wonder
and amazement as to the question
their own eyes as to its reality.
Yields of $40 and $50 per acre in
clover seed alone are the common
bounties of the farmer, while ruta-
bagas, carrots, sugar beets, and
similar varieties of root crops are
frequently gataered at from 1000 to
1000 bushels from single acre of
land. At the Beltrami County Fair
in 1908 prize was awarded for the
greatest amount of potatoes raised
upon a single half acre. The yield
was 232-1-2 bushels or 465 bushels
per acre. -T
The northeastern S e Ct on is
particularly adapted to the pro.
duction of dairy products, and no
better demonstration of its ability
can be shown than the record OF
the village of Milaca, Mile Lac
County, in 1908. Ten years ago
this village, and practically the en-.
tire district, was dependent upon
the revenues derived from the sale oil
timber, while in 1908 the bankers in
Milaca paid to farmers S246,OO0 fol-
butter fat alone. Small grains OF
all kinds are produced in abundance
and are of such excellent quality
that they are sought after by the
older sections for seed purposes.
Small fruits grow in great abundance,
and thousands Of hands are employ.
ed each season in gathering these
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30
BL ACk D i OK

Blackjack, Aug. 3o.-(special cor.
respondence of the Pioneer.
Charles Hayden spent Friday at
Funkley on business. ~
Mark Foster is back from a two
weeks visit at Saltwater.
E. E. Mcdonald of Bemidji, was
a Blackjack visitor last Thursday.
JIM. Reed has fine assortment
of new-fall suits on display at his
store.
Mrs. J. c. Koch, who is ill, has
been taken to a private sanitarium
at Hudson, Wis.
J. M. Reed and family, who
have been camping at the lake,
moved back to town on Thursday.
Mrs. A. E. Swain IS in Mime
apolis this week selecting her fall
and winter stock of millinery
goods. -r.
Mrs. Bisbee~who has been here
to help care for her daughter,
Mrs. J: c. Koch, returned home
to Duluth Thursday evening.
is Mrs. F. ]. Barackman and
children returned Friday night
from their annual visit to her
parents near Granite Falls, MINI.
At a meeting of the business men
on last Thursday evening M. D.
Stoner of Bemidji appeared for the
promoters of the proposed wooden
ware factory and asked for evidence
of the good faith of the business
men. There is no doubt but what
it will be granted for the factory will
mean a good thing for the town.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30
Little Baby Died.

Marian, the one-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Young of
this city, died this afternoon with
stomach trouble. Yesterday was the
first anniversary of little Marian's
birthday. The funeral arrangements
have not yet been completed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30
Episcopal Sunday School Picnic.

The Episcopal Sunday School will
picnic at Diamond Point Wednesday
September 1. All members are re-
quested to meet at Mrs. A. E. Otto S
residence, 921 Lake Boulevard at
ten O'Clock.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30

North Park Lots are all
sold but about 10, and
they will be sold by night.
There are always a few
who fail to come to the
office and secure contract
for their lots and any one
wishing to get lots in
North Park had better
leave their address at the
office of Tuttle Bros. &
Bruce, 32I MINES ota
Ave., and they will notify
you of any unclaimed lots
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-30

Local news on last page.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27

hope we will, and all over the
earth these men have trained their
telescopes. Every effort will be
made next month.
Almost any day now we may ex-
pect to hear some startling news
from one of these men, and the sig
nal that is flashed from one world
to another will mean more to us
than the invention OF the tele-
phone, telegraph or wireless teleg-
raphy.
It will mark new step forward
in the history Of the universe.
1t may be that sage old philoso-
piers of that higher civilization
have been signaling to us. but our
receiving apparatus has been dull
and not sensitive enough to catch
the message.
That the men of the red planet
vet may communicate with us is
more than within the realms of
possibility, scientists think.
,ss Professor Tod's Attempt.
Leo Stevens, aeronaut, and Pro-
fessor David Tod believe that up
above the film of atmosphere they
may signal Mars. Yet they ,canRot
escape the earth because the bal
loon would be heavier than the up
Der air.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
POOR ASPHALT
STREETS NOW

The asphalt paving companies
have had their way in cutting the
term of maintenance for street
pavement from five to 10 years.
The action was forced by the sur
ETY. companies refusing to risk
guarantees longer than five years
on the asphalt. From the appear
ance of a good many of the streets,
five years is longer than they will
last.
Meanwhile the taxpayer who
digs up for the street improvement
will have to pay the freight. 1t
amounts to a decision that the
companies will no longer build
streets that can be insured for 10
years, and the ity authorities have
tacitly consented to this arrange
ment without consulting the peo-
pie who cause streets to be paved
and pay for the paving.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27

principle in Mars that the old
Egyptians and the Texas Farmer
found useful later.
The telescope shows wonderful
things on Mars. The four seasons
there are much like Earth's. In
winter there are big caps Of snow
and ice seen through the telescope
on Mars. AS warmer weather
comes the snowcaps begin to grow
smaller and the canals show more
plainly. That is because there is
water running through them which
reflects the sunlight.
Later big brown vacancies begin
to take on greenish tint. The
water from the canals, having
flooded the fields after trip from
the poles, is beginning to raise
crops for the Martians. The lakes
around the equator oftMars grow
wider and wider & ~. ~ ~. 4.
Unless. the Martfans we're very
intelligent and Ingenious It would
be difficult, for them to live. The
air, being 30 rare, would resemble
the atmosphere of Colorado and
would not permit Of much personal
exertion.
Messages to Mars.
Will we ever be able to send
messages to Mars? Astronomers
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27

Professor Percival Lowell, noted
astronomer. who firmly believed
that people live in Mars. favors tho
telescope for looking at the planet
and awaiting the long sought sig|
nal.
Professor Lowell has erected q
wonderful telescope at Flagstaff
Ariz., for there the air Is cleared
than any other part of the countryI
And yet, with all the strange sigj
nificance of the word from Mars
staring the world in the face, I'd
goes along its accustomed wayI
caring little whether It comes Oh
not. For nothing excites us now
We are living in an age OF wOn1
ders, among which many are held
more wonderful than the story Of
Mars itself.
No mortal knows why the earth
man and the Marian man should
not yet speak as though face I'd
face, the mysteries OF space be|
made plain, and possibly interplan1
etary communication established
so that worlds would be as neigh
bors, and countless other inhabited
planets call unto planets, even
unto the solving of the enigma oG
life itself.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
WILL WE READ MARS
SECRETS THIS TIME?

its peeling and less water.
While three-fourths of Earth
surface is water, only half Mars is.
Immense amounts Oh snow and ice
accumulate at the north ana south
poles of Mars, so this in winter
cuts down the water supply still
more. tts..t
Origin of Canals.
1t is an interesting story, this of
the canals, as the men OF astron-
omy tell it. Many thousands of
years ago the Martians we're much
like We are now. Then the water
got scarcer and the atmosphere
rarer, just as the Earth's will some
day far in the future.
Once easy to cultivate, land on
Mars became less fertile as the
water ebbed. The Martians were
at a crisis. To raise enough to
keep alive they had to irrigate arid
lands which were getting more ex-
tensive all the time. So these can
ais were dug, no one knows how.
They were acting on the same
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27

Special Correspondence to The Press
NOME, Alaska. July 27.-Ohly
weird totem-poles mark the spot.
Over the village of Kasaan is the
stiffness of death. The suns rays
warm by day, and the moons shad-
ows cool by night, but both fall
on silent places.
Every crumbling ruin and weed
grown patch, every mark of Time
erasion in that moss-grown grave
yard, is eloquent with it's single
word of explanation
"Whisky!"
Not many years ago this little
Indian village near Ketchikan,
Alaska, was teeming with life. Con-
tentment was on every hand.
Against the coming of winter there
were ample stocks of the dried sal
mon, and the game could be found
at all times. In the summer the
natives fished, picked the wild
huckleberries, grew vegetables and
lived their simple lives in the full
est measure of pleasure their
natures knew.
Then came the white man, and
with the pale-faced brother came
bad whisky. Inscriptions men
with greedy hearts piled their
trade, and twas not long before
the firewater was destroying the
simple people of Kansas as the sun
eats into the bank of snow They
melted away under the ravages of
the liquor. They forgot their gods,
save those which breathed of war,
and hatred, and pesulence.
Disease followed, then want.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
Continued from page y
Mars has 6s7 DAYS in It.

Mars has 6S7 days in it.
Were it not for the canals on
Mars, people on the earth would
cease to hope ever to communicate
with the Martians. But people who
can build canals like theirs must
be Of high intelligence and there
fore able to get some word to
Earth or receive some word from
Earth. ~.
These remarkable canals aver
age 80 miles wide and 1900 miles
long, and one of the largest canals
has been traced out $500 miles.
Everyone agrees that the older a
planet grows, the more 1t will
shrink. The surface of Mars is
notified and must have mountains,
but very small ones compared to
the Rockies or the Himalayas of
Asia. Compared, the Earth is like
a large ripe apple, while Mars is
like an older, withered apple.
smaller, and with more rlssures on
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
HOLDS DRUGGIST FOR
SUNDAY BOOZE SALE

]. w. Walters, conducting a drup
store at Washington and Indiana,
was arrested yesterday afternoon
for selling liquor Sunday, but was
released on his own recognizance,
to appear before Judge Mann to-
day.
Ed Hawley, arrested for vagran-
cy, told the court that he had pur-
chased liquor from Walters store.
Walter admitted four sales Of
liquor Sunday, but declared he be-
lieved he had complied with the
law in compelling each purchaser
to register his name on the sales
record
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
BOARD NAMES TEACHERS.

Sarah Hart Ross has been Sc
lected by the board of education as
superintendent of the high school
department of domestic arts and
science, with Imogene Lindsey as
assistant. James Burke will be
principal of the Logan school, M
II. Miller principal of the Hamilton
school and Alice Brechtel English
instructor at the north central high
school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
A CLOSE SHAVE
Many of Them Happening Every
Day but Soon Forgotten.

Day but soon Forgotten.
Close shaves would be of more
frequent occurrence but for the
tender faces of many men which
will not permit of shaving often.
Heretofore, nothing has been said
in these columns about poslam,
a new skin discovery, in connection
with it's use after shaving. It's pub
licity and sales have been confined
almost exclusively to it's remarka-
BILE properties as an eczema cure,
it stops the itching at once and
cures the worst cases in few days.
While the application OF poslam
after shaving is one Of its minor
uses, such as for pimples. the COM
plexion, ETC.. shavers will find 1t a
revelation. as it does for abrasions,
roughness and severe scrapings
what it does 70 rail- manner of skin
difficulties-heals and cures in a
few hours. 1t Is the only article
possessing real antiseptic and cura-
tive value that has ever been ex-
plotted for this purpose, and will
soothe and tone up the skin as no
toilet preparation could possibly
do.
Poslam can be had for so cents
at any reliable druggists, particu-
larly Murgittroyd's and Ritter's,
who make a specially of it. Or the
Emergency Laboratories, No. 80
West 25th street, New York city,
will send a trial supply free by
mail to anyone who writes for 1t.
This is sufficient to show results
in "a hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
DIVORCED FROM MAN
SHE NEVER SAW
(By United Press.)

SEATTLE, July 27.-Getting
divorce from man she did not
know is the experience Mrs. Mary
L. Owens had in the superior court
here. She has fired the attorney
who made the mistake and is suing
again for divorce from j. F. Owens,
her husband.
The man she was divorced from
Is F. j. Owen. She was awarded a
share of his property.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
"SHOW GIRL" BACK,

THE Show Girl company went
to Occur d'Alene last night to give
Pastor Russell long arranged for
opportunity to lecture at the Audi
forum. Tonight the Girl" will
again resume her engagement,
which will be uninterrupted from
now on this week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27
FOUND $l,270 In OLD
MAIDS FEATHER BED
(By United Press.)

PETERSBURG, Ind, July 81
Lee Thurman told his wife to emp
ty the feathers out of a feather bed
which was formerly the property of
Miss Kittie McGraw, an aged spin
ster who died few weeks ago.
Hidden in the center of the bed
was $1270 in paper money. Just
before the spinster died she with
drew large sums from local banks,
none of which could be found at
her death. Treasure-seekers are
digging the McGraw premises in
hopes of locating more of the hid
den wealth.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27

For short spurts, the salmon is
the fastest swimmer of the fish
tribe. rNs
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27

ALL THAT is LEFT OF ONCE
PROSPEROUS VILLAGE OF
KASAAN.
And with the last, the white men
with their firewater slipped away.
Today there is not a living soul
| in Kasaan.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-20

Rev. L R. Burress, pastor of
the First Baptist church, Browns
vile, Tex, formerly many years
pastor of the Baptist church at
at this place, spent several hours
Tuesday with his old friends in
Iuka. He is in excellent health
and is we'll pleased with his Tex
as charge. He was on his return
from attending the Southern Bap-
fist Convention OF Louisville, KY,
and went from here to Prentiss
county where he will spend some
time with relatives.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-20

A horse belonging to G. NJ San
ders, Route /, became frightened
May 18th, while being plowed by
Ben Mitchell (c) and ran away,
dragging the negro some 60 yards
finally getting loose and shedding
gears and pillow, yet he was not Sc
riously injured.