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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-28


p. v. DcCraw, who is TIE Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General OF the
United States is an enthusiast on
horses he Is. in addition, a yeritahle
crank on th supict Of good RAIDS, That
Is ne explanation Of the wonderful work
which the PostoAice Department has
been doing in furthering the campaign
for improvement OF the public high
ways.
At first blush the connection between
the mail service and good roads for the
farmers doesn't appear. But when il is
considered that there are thousands Of
miles Of rural routes b be travelled BY
carriers Of the Department. then the as
ISOLATION Is complete The Rural Free
Delivery system is the greatest agent
for good roads that has been discovered.
For instance, the Department de-
mands that The roads over which the ri.
raj carriers travel must be in reasona-
bis good condition Poor roads delay
the carrier, delay the mail, and hinder
the service Therefore, wherever report
i made 20 the Department that roads
on which a rural route is established are
IN bad conditions, impeding the progress
OF the carrier the road officials, post
master. and patrons are immediately no
tilted that unless steps are taken to inn
prove this conditions, the service will
he withdrawn The threat Is usually
effective, and good roads are the rule
IN furtherance 0f THE Departments
policy for good roads--really, Ii ought
to Be called DeGww's own little policy
the Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral has been cooperating with road Off
ciala. federal and local. and with good
r0ads associations. The result has been
most gratifying. Il Is an established
fact Bhat there has been more money
and spent on good roads
during the thirteen years which rural
delivery has been IN operation than in
any other period 81 the country's his
tory
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-28

Now that the United States Govern.
ment owns really and truly flying
maohine III the Wright aernplaue, the
problem Of ascertaining just how val
liable that invention will be as an ad
iunet In war is 60 be determined. As
yet neither the Wriqhts nor the for
eign nations which purchased their ma
chimes have given much attention to
the utilization of the aeroplane a. an
agent Of destruction No one has act
uaIlv made the experiment Of determin.
ing whether it would be possible, for
instance, to drop a charge Of dynamite
from aloft and hit certain spot on
the ground Can this be done Can
the charge be dropped with any degree
of accuracy.
These are Just a few Of the new lines
Of experimentation which have suggest
ed themselves to the new aeronautical
branch the sigma Corps, which viii
operate the aeroplane Lieutenants
fahm and Fonlois, who will be Wilbur
Wriehts pupils, and the official sky
pilots Of the army in the Dayton boys
bipane, are already planning to try
out the machine As an agent Of destruc-
tion. While in the air they viii try
target practice III dropping dummy
shells and the like at targets below.
The Navy Department too, is intens-
" interested in the possibility Of the
aeorplane II it is ascertained that an
aviator can drop dynamite with GER
tain degree Of accuracy from q height
above Che reach Of small arms, and out
81 range Of the big guns Of battle
ship, they want to know IT. There Is
feeling that no aeroplane could posi-
bly accomplish the destrrstion Of a bat
tleship BIZ pouring charge Of dyna
mite aboard and that the task IS some
what feat Is admitted, since the
battleship would be moving at dit
ferent rate Of speed from the aeroplane,
and nobody knows how the air Cur
rents are above the oeean-at least not
up Ia the height that an aeropplane
would necessarily have 60 ascend to be
out Of gun range.
As soon as Leutenants Lahm and
Foulois become proficient in the art Of
aviation they will begin experiments
ton on their own account to deter
mine the practical usefulness Of the
aeroplane IN war; There may be some
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-28

Excursion to Montreal See adv. on
page g.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Locals Continued on Last Page.
Twain's Emancipation.

An honorary degree was once con.
ferred on Mark Twain by humble in.
stitution in a Missouri town that had
known him when he was playing Tom
Sawyer there in real life.
1t happened that the degree confer.
ring ceremonies took place one lazy day
in June when newspapers generally
were suffering from a total collapse OF
everything in the way Of news.
One New York news editor raked
the land with a fgurative fine tooth
comb and got a dry haul for his pains
Then, recalling that Mark Twain was
getting his honorary degree that very
day, it occurred to him that a message
direct from the famous author might
relieve the situation in the news. Aft
er much scratching of the editorial
idea factory he evolved this query
which was transmitted to Mark Twain
by wire:
How does 1t feel to be a doctor of laws:
Please wire answer at our expense.
After wait Of several hours thi!
characteristic response came hot Over
the wire from Missouri:
It feels like emancipation from ignorance
and vice. MARK TWAIN.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Ridino q Camel In the Desert,


DR.. Nachtigal, the celebrated African
explorer, was the guest Of rich Ham
burg merchant. The merchants son, a
young man of somewhat sentimental
temperament, said among other things
that his dearest wish was to ride across
the desert on the back Of a camel. He
thought such a ride must be very poet
Zeal indeed.
my dear young friend" replied the
explorer, 81 can tell you how you can
get AZ partial idea Of what riding a
CAMEL non the deserts Of Africa is like
Takes an Office stool, screw it up as
high ais possible and put it in a wagon
without any springs. Then seat your.
self on fte stool and have 1t driven
over rocky and uneven ground during
the hottestAWeather of July or August
and after you have not had anything
to eat or drink for twenty four hours,
and then you will get faint idea of
how delightfully."- poetic It is to ride on
camel in the wilds of Africa y
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
How 9 Girl ThroWs.

Perhaps q better title would have
been How a Girl Doesn't Throw
because 1t is well known that girl
cannot propel a ball or anything else
like a boy. Most peopleand all boys
conclude that this defect arises from
clumsiness, but, that is a mistake.
The difference between a girls throw
ing and a boys Is substantially this:
The boy crooks his elbow and
reaches back, with the upper part OF
his arm abouttat a right angle Of forty,
five degrees. The direct act. Of throw.
ing is accompl ished by bringing the
arm back with a sort Of snap. working
every joint from shoulder to wrist.
The girl throws with her whole arm
rigid, the boy with his whole arm re-
Taxed. Why this marked and unmis-
taxable difference exists may be ex-
planned by the fact that the clavicle
or collar bone in the feminine anatomy
is some inches longer and set some de
grees lower down than in the mascu-
line frame. The long, crooked, awk.
ward bone interferes with the full and
free use of the arm This is the rea-
son why girl cannot throw a stone.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
First Victory Of the Revolution.

The Importance Of the assault upon
Fort William and Mary is generally
overlooked by historians. The demon.
STATIONS against various British armed
vessels, beginning with the firing upon
the schooner st. John in July, 1854, as
well as the battle Of Alamance, in
North Carolina, in 1771, were essential
~ local and were so far removed from
the Revolutionary period that they pro-
duced no appreciate effect upon the
war itself. The Boston massacre
was the repulse Of mob by squad
Of British regulars, but at Fort Will
liam and Mary the royal standard was
lowered for the first time, and the gun
powder taken therefrom was burned
by the patriots at Bunker Hill. The
king recognized in the daring assault
the inevitability Of the impending
struggle. There is truth in the claim
set forth on the tablet on the old Fort
Constitution of today that the site
marks "the first victory of the Amer
lean Revolution" Army and Navy
life
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Come to the Merka Festa for fancy

Come to the Merka Festa for fancy
and useful articles.
Mrs. K. Gibbs and child were in
the city today from Farley.
The Seniors will give a Japanese
play, Mitsu-yu- Nisse," at the opera
house. Friday night, May %.
Order your flowers early for Deco.
ration Day from the Lake Park
greenhouse. Phone 166.
DR.. E. H. Smith returned to the
| city last evening from trip to
| Minneapolis, where he had been
visiting with relatives and friends:
Do not fail to see the japanese
love story which the Seniors will
present at the opera house, May %.
w. H. Donaldson, the diplomat
who sells shoes for the Duluth Shoe
company, came to the city last
night from Farris, where he spent
yesterday. Donaldson also retails
carriers for all kinds of socks, and
made hit at Farris with his lucid
explanation of the uses of his goods.
Bill" came to town with a big red
rose attached to the top buttonhole
of his coat, explaining that it had
been put on him as reward for
good behavior while at Farris.
Archdeacon Parshall and Rev.
Davies went to Blackjack last even
ing and held Episcopalian services
at that place, returning to Bemid]i
on the night train. Rev. Parshall
remained in Bemidji until this noon,
when he departed for Cass Lake,
there to meet Rev. IF. Durant, rector
of the church at Hibbing. The two
dominies have fishing trip planned,
at Cass Lake, and Rev. Parshall has
laid in goodly supply of bait and
other necessaries for trip of that
character.
Locals Continued on Last Page.
4
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years
doctors pronounced it a local disease and
prescribed local rem" dies and by constantly
falling to cure with local treatment. pro-
nounced it incurable Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by f. J..
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. is the only con-
stitutsonal cure in the market 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address: +. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo Ohio
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
, bringing a hereto from Lon
Inspiring Hope.

The Doctor-Bear up. l must tell
you the worst-you can't possibly re-
cover. The Client That's pity, for
if I'd lived a bit longer should have
come into fortune AS it is, haven't
penny to pay you with, doctor. The
Doctor-Well, now, don't give up hope.
Well try to mend you. Well try.-H
Illustrated Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Peanut Butter
Kaiser's Peanut Butter is on
sale at the following places:
Roe & Markusen'S
Downs & O'Leary's
Bemidji Tea Store
Model Bakery
VIM. McCuaig's
w. G. Schroeder's
j. Peterson Jr.'S
Scott T. Stewards
NOTICE OF SALE
OF $Io5,ooo Funding Bonds of Beltrami
COUNTY. Minnesota.

Notice Is Hereby Given. That meeting of
the County Board of Beltrami county, Minne-
sofa. will be held at the office of the county
auditor in the Court House in the City Of
Bemidji. Minnesota. at 10 o'clock a. m. on the
25th day of Nay. 1909. at which time bids will
be opened and considered for the sale of
$4,000 funding bonds of said county, said
bonds to bear date June 1. 1909. one-ffteenth
u-15th) in amount to be payable December L.
1917. and a like amount annually thereafter.
to and including December /. 1924. and
with interest at the rate of four and one
half per cent az per cent? per annum.
payable semi-annually. All bids must
be addressed to the County Auditor at
Bemidji, Minnesota, and marked bid for
$195.O0O Funding, Bonds of Beltrami county.
Minnesota and state the amount that the
bidder will pay for said bonds in the City of
ance; Of said bid. and be accompanied by a
certified check on National Bank in the
State of Minnesota, payable Internationally
to the county treasurer, for an amount equal
to one per cent Il per cent? of the full face
value of the bonds proposed to be bid for,
which amount will be retained by the county
as liquidated damages in case the successful
bidder does not take up and pay for said
bonds within the time specified.
The county board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
By Order of the County Board
Dated May 5th, 1909.
JOHN WILMANN,
County Auditor:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Startling.

A gentleman opened letter address.
ed to his son containing suggestions
from friend to the latter for a novel
which he (the SOM was privately writ
ing. The father was exceedingly sur.
prised and frightened upon reading the
following dreadful words:
Dear Bob You really must show more
caution in constructing your plots. or the
governor will be sure to discover the
dead body Of Geraldine in the cellar, and
then your secret will be out. You con-
suited me about the strychnine. GER
taihY think you are giving It him in
rather large doses. Let Emily put her
mother In madhouse. It Will answer
your purpose well to have the old girl
ont Of the way think your forgery Is
for TOO small a sum. Make Il three thou
sand. Leave the rest Of your particularly
nice family circle to me. will finish
them OF and send YOU back the fatal
dagger afterward by post. Yours.
JACK.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
AS to Stage Fright.

tStage fright" is surely among thu
most mysterious of sudden seizures
It begins when the actor or speaker
thinks "they are not interested in me-"
It ends when he determines 81 will in
terest them.'-London Chronicle
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25

John McDougald, mayor of Black
dvck and dealer in the crop-pro-
ducing lands of that vicinity, came
to Bemidji this morning and spent
the day in the city on business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
The Modern Child,

Little Girl Of -Four (standing en-.
tranced before the window Of toy
shop)-Oh, mother, if you was my lit
tie girl, wouldn't take you in and
buy you some of these lovely things!-
London Taller
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Her Preference.

II want to make gift to Miss Pas.
say" said Dumley II wonder what
sort Of animal she'd prefer for pet?
"a man." promptly suggested Miss
Philadelphia Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25

The only real thing is to study how
to rid life Of lamentation and com.
plaint.-Epictetus
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Burninq Heretics.

The following items, copied from the
municipal records of Canterbury by an
English magazine, show that the burn
ing of heretics in 1886, the time Of the
genial King Henry Will, was an in.
expensive amusement:
To bringing hereto from Lon
don Observation-Disclosures. Ids. Sd.
For wood to burn him. .............. Is. 3D.
For gunpowder. Observation-Disclosures. Id.
A stake and staple. Sd.
Total ...................... lis. sd.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03

der the school regulations II the boys
smoke while going TO or from the
schools. Inasmuch as the state laws
make II misdemeanr for a boy un.
der Is years TO use tobacco, il GER
tainly would seem that the board has
the perfect right to make any reason.
able regulation providing for the sus.
pension Of a pupil who does not live
up to the criminal or penal laws OF
the state.
AT all events any Of the Astoria
school boys who now smoke on the
school grounds or while going to or
from their classes will be suspended
if found guilty.
The two boys who were suspended
by Principal Incl are to be permit.
ted TO return to school next week
providing they state in writing their
willingness to abide by the school
laws in the future.
The resignation OF Miss Goddard
teacher in the eighth grade in the
Taylor school, was accepted. Miss
Goddard resigns to be married. 1t is
understood that another one OF the
well known teachers is contemplating
matrimony. The committee on teach.
ers will provide for a successor to
Miss Goddard.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03

Swepson Morton, OF the Columbia
mills. at Knappton, was in the city
Yesterday, and in course of converse
ton with reporter for the Astorian'
made some interesting comments on
the quiet, and steady growth, Of for
sisn lumber shipments from the Co
hmbia river, Knappton, Astoria and
Portland, being at this time, with
vessels loading in this behalf. II is
a ma,icr worth studying, for the good
that rlay come Of it later on, with
the prcpe- encouragement at the
hands Of the leaders Of such move
ments. il arose from his suggestion
that the Russian bark Dundee. now at
Callao. Peru, has been chartered by
the American Trading Company, to
load 2,Gtc,000 feet Of lumber at the
Columbia mills, foS the United King.
dom. She is expected to berth at
Knappton on or about the 10th Of
March next.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03
PROHIBIT SMOKING ON
SCHOOL GROUNDS
BOARD OF EDUCATION SAYS
DOWN A RIGID RULING.

To use mixed metaphor the board
Of eduaction last night put its foot
down on smoking with a rigorous
hand.
The recent complaint made by one
or more members Of the w. c. T.
U, several articles that have appeared
in the newspapers, and the suspen-
sion Of two of the High School boys
for smoking on the grounds, all com.
bined to cali attention to the matter
and last night the board acted with
decision. Smoking and the use OF to-
bacco in any form must go if the
rule laid down can be enforced.
A resolution was adopted providing
that the use Of tobacco in any form
is prohibited to the students on the
school grounds, or while going to and
from the schools.
The resolution was made by DR..
Ball, and all agreed to it. There was
some discussion as to the right of
the board extending the application
of the rule beyond the school
grounds; that is, whether there was
any right to extend its scope to the
pupils while on their way to and from
the schools. 1t was pointed out that
a former school law gave the right,
but it was not clearly stated wheth-
er this law is in effect now or not
The query was made, whether the
board would not have the right to i
forbid smoking to all pupils while
they were pupils, irrespective Of
where they might happen to be; in
their own homes, even. But it was
admitted that such a rule, even If
possible to enforce it, was not advis-
able, 1t seemed to be the opinion
that the rule as made can be enforce.
ed; that pupils can be punished un-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03
JESUITS FIGHT FIRE.

NEW YORK, Feb, 2.-Fire last
night did 5000 damage at the rectory
of the Paulist Fathers at 59th Street
and Columbus Avenue, Forty con-
verts who were being instructed in
a chapel on the ground floor became
panicky and several young women
attempted to leap from a window but
were restrained. Both priests and
converts joined in fighting the flames.
When the firemen arrived it required
more than an hours work to get the
flames under control.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03
SOMETHING IS WRONG,
MIGHTY WRONG
COMPLAINT is MADE THAT
cLATSop FARMERS AREN'T
TREATED JUSTLY,

The fact thar the electric line be-
tween this city and Seaside now Is
taken BY many as being on the verge
OF an accomplished fact calls atten-
tion TO another matter in correlation
thereto.
There has been so much talk Of
the advantages that would be reaped
by the farmers OF the county when
the electric line went through" said
man yesterday who owns property
along the right OF way but the
farmers themselves may be permit
ted to have their doubts,
why" asked the reporter.
Because there Is no market here
for farm produce, Just try to sell
garden truck, farm produce, meats or
anything else to the Astoria mer-
chants aud see what you get, Condi-
tions seem in a preposterous shape
ridiculous, almost. Your paper had
an account few days ago OF an
Olney farmer who tried TO sell some
produce here, but being offered so
little, he shipped his stuff to Portland
and then what was his surprise a
few days later to see his own stuff in
the local store where he had tried TO
sell it; having been shipped back here
from Portland. That sounds like
joke, but let me tell you it isn't A
relative OF mine tried to sell some
chickens last Fall. No, they couldn't
offer the market prices, II was cheap
er for the merchants to send to Port
land or up in the valley and pay the
freight and market price, also, rather
than patronize the Clatsop farmer
How they can afford to do this is one
of the funny things. It strikes me
that there is simply concerted move
ment among all OF the Astoria mer-
chants to keep prices down here in
everything they buy. What good
will the electric line do the ranchers,
then?
"There was another man who had
some mighty fine bacon, some OF the
finest, probably, that ever was raised
in this neck of the woods. He was
offered 10 cents for it, while the
stores were selling inferior bacon for
just twice that. OF course If these
were merely isolated facts you could
put them down as merely the express
sions Of a knocker, but ask anybody
who has lived here ten years.
"Did you hear that Mayor Smith
had intended to say something about
grocers' trusts in his message to the
council? Well, the story is around
that he intended to, and had even
written something about it in the
message, but crossed it out at the
last moment. Sorry he didn't let it
60"
The suggestion was made yester-
day by one Of the prominent men of
the city that a public market would
be an excellent thing, and that
market day-once week or once
month-whereon the farmers could
bring their stuff in to town and sell
directly TO the housewives, would
prove big factor, in Strengthening
things out The suggestion of a pub
lie market and Of a market day seem
to be Of much value.
s---=-.s---~--
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03
LINCOLN NIGHT.

NEW YORK, Feb 2-The Pres.
byterian Union Of New York cele,
brated Lincoln Night at the Hotel
Savoy last evening, in commemora.
ton Of the approaching Tooth ami
yersary Of the Birth Of Abraham
Lincoln, General 0. O. Howard
told Of many personal "reminiscences
Of Lincoln and Horace White, who
was a reporter on the Chicago Trib,
une at the time Of the joint debates
between Lincoln and Douglass, re-
counted many interesting incidents
concerning Lincoln's character.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03
THEY TRIED possUM.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Deter-
mined that President-elect Taft
should not have a monopoly Of pos
sum and sweet potatoes and declar-
ing that the West Virginia variety
of these toothsome edibles Is equal
to the product Of Georgia, Senator
Scott yesterday provided feast for
his colleagues, who visited the SEN
ate restaurants There was "Possum
for all those who desired to sample
the meat, although but two Of the ami
mails composed the feast
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03
Notice to Mariners.

Captain J. G. Nord of the Ameri-
can steamship Jefferson" reports
that on January % the lights on Hog
Rock and Battery Point, Alaska, have
not been burning for some time.
Also that buoy No. 7 in Wrangell
Narrows is out Of place. John Nc
Nulty, N. E.