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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
District Court at Walker.

Judge Stanton departed this morn
ing for Walker, where he presided
at the opening of the term of district
court for Cass county. Lee LeBaw,
court reporter for Judge Stanton, will
leave for Walker tomorrow morning.
The judge stated that he believed
the Walker term would be concluded
by the latter part of next week as
there were not many cases, either
criminal or civil on the calendar at
present. Judge Stanton has been
relieved at Grand Rapids by Judge
Wright, who will preside at the
Itasca court term until the conclu-
sion of the Walker term, when Judge
Stanton will return to the Rapids"
and take up the duties of the term
at that place. Judge Stanton esti-
mates that the Itasca county term
will last we'll on toward the month
of March as there are a large num-
Der of criminal and civil cases and
much heavy litigation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
Visits Old Friends at Hutchinson.


T. H. Pendergast, the veteran
farmer who tills the soil in Gran,
Valley township, departed this
morning for St. Paul, and after visit.
ing there few days will leave for
his old home at Hutchinson, Mimi,
where he will mingle with old friends
for month. Mfr. Pendergast
moved to Hutchinson on April 20,
1852, and lived there for many
years. At the time he first went to
Hutchinson there was but one white
man living between Hutchinson and
the Rocky Mountains, he being Joe
R. Brown, who lived at Brown.
Valley with a squaw wife. Mr..
Pendergast enlisted in the Unior
army at Hutchinson and acquitted
himself with honors in the war of the
rebellion. Mr.. Pendergast still has
lot of friends at Hutchinson and
he always receives a royal welcome
whenever he visits his old stamping
ground"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
THANKSGIVING DAY pRocLA.
NATION.
City Of Bemidji, office Of Mayor,
]. P. Poaue, Mayor.

It is a time-honored custom fol
the citizens Of the United States to
set aside one day In the year in
which to render thanks to Almighty
God for blessings received.
This custom was established by
our forefathers-those beloved
patriots who,:z at the risk of their
own lives, with the point of bayonet
drove the invading enemies from
our shores.
We are today enjoying the bless
infs of free institutions and of a
government which has been well
styled The Home Of the Free"
I To the: citizens Of Bemidji, the
past year has been replete with
prosperity and divine goodness; the
people of :BemidV have therefore
good cause fo rejoice and give thanks
to the Creator of Mankind for the
wonderful blessings bestowed upon
them. u .s..= :.
Now, therefore. inaccordance with
the proclamation Of the President o1
the United States and the Governor
of the State Of Minnesota, l hereby
set aside Thursday, November 25th
as day of: Thanksgiving for the
people Of Bemidji, to emulate the
example of our farefathers and
observe this one day appropriately
as a great national holiday.
= ~. P. PoGue, Mayor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
GAVE MINNESOTA SPLENDID
BOOST AT FARM CONGRESS
Congressman Seenerson Tells of Wonderful Productive.
Of Minnesota Lands and Needs Of This Section in
Promoting Agricultural Pursuits

The speech delivered by Congress-
man Halvor Steenerson before the
National Farm and Land congress
in Chicago last week is being highly
spoken of as a great boost" for
Minnesota. Mr.. Steenerson talked
on the opportunities for home seek
ers in northern Minnesota and
gave a fine outlineof the possibili-
ties of a vast territory in the north
western part of that state. Mr..
Steenerson said in part:
This area of more than ,12,OOO,-
600 acres is still in its infancy so
far al settlement and development
is concerned. Several millions of
acres in the eastern half were until
recently embraced in the Indian
country, and only in the last few
years been opened to occupation and
settlement.
Although the settlement of the
Red River valley began with the
building of the first railroad through
it, in the early seventies, yet these
settlements were confined to the
country adjacent to the railroad, and
it is only in the last decade that the
whole region has been supplied with
railroad facilities sufficient to bring
all the land within reasonable dis
tance of the market.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS
BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE
No Action Taken Last Night City and County Will Prob
ably Join in Building Steel Bridge at Mississippi
Outlet of Lake Bemid

That the city of Bemidji and the
County of Beltrami will join in the
building of wagon bridge across
the Mississippi river, at the outlet
of Lake Bemidji, seems a foregone
conclusionj judging from the favor
able reports which the committee
of the council and the committee
of the county board have made,
after investigating the feasibility of
putting in such a structure.
At the meeting of the city council
which was held last evening the
committee on streets and side.
walks, together with M. D. Stoner,
city engineer, presented an official
report recommending the building
of q bridge at the outlet on the
east side of the lake, being at the
south quarter post of Section 2-146-
50. The committee recommended
a steel bridge 200 feet in length and
also reported favorably on the build
ing of a wagon road for some dis
tancs north and south of the pro-
posed bridge.
1t is stated that the board of
county commissioners looks with
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23

Although in this territory there
has been rapid progress in building
up its farms, its towns and villages,
with churches and schools, roads
and bridges, with telephone lines
and daily mail, yet there are many
neighborhoods where the farms still
are too large and neighbors too far
apart, so that more farmers would
be very welcome. OF course, in
these parts, there are no free lands
to be had, but good farm land, either
improved or unimproved, can be
bought at very reasonable prices,
say on the average of SIS per acre.
For those who are not able to
purchase farms, there is ample op-,
portunity to rent on shares or buy on
the crop payment plan,' and if
they are good farmers, they can in a
very few years own the land they
rent. I have known actual instances
during the last season when the
crop of grain harvested was worth
more than the price of the land, and
with the phenomenal success of
dairy farming in this section in the
last few years, it is certain that any
of these farms devoted to dairying,
and mixed farming, would pay for
itself out of the net profits in two or
three days."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
One Of the Best Of its Kind.

One of the best plays of the sea-
son, Lone Star of Texas" will be at
the City Opera House, Tuesday,
Nov. %.
Lone Star of Texas" is an Amer
ican play of a melodramatic char
acter without being coarsely sensa-
tional. The interest of the audience
is not assaulted with vile sentiment
and exaggerated brutality, but on
the contrary is maintained very
clevely with plenty of comedy,
natuFlipathos, genuinely impressive
scenes, and a group of goood char
acters. Beaumont Claxton, the
author, has introduced love and
heroism, with triumphant virtue, in
four strong and picturesque acts of
surprising vividness. The play
comes under the personal direction
of Chas. Manville, who has taken
especial care in selecting the com
pany to present the drama.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
Father 0'Dwyer Is Injured.

Rev. Father John O'Dwyer, pastor
of St. Phillips church, had the mis-
fortune to slip on a slippery sidewalk
last evening, while on his way from
the hospital to the postofice and fell
heavily to the walk.
In falling, Father O'Dwyer
struck his right hand in such man
ner as to dislocate his wrist.
The injury was very painful one,
and is of such nature as to pre-
vent Father O'Dwyer from perform
ing his usual duties for some time to
come.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
J. W. Gregg Improving.

The nurses of st. Anthony's
hospital state that the condition of
J. w. Gregg of Cass Lake is steadily
improving, and that what was sur.
missed might have been fatal acci-
dent has developed into painful but
not serious injuries.
Mr.. Gregg carries the mail at
Cass Lake from the postoffice to the
depot, and was run over by a care.
less driver last Sunday, being
brought to the local hospital for
treatment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23

for the quarters ending April 80,
July 81 and October 81, 1909.
w. B. Stewart, on behalf of the
Security State Bank, was granted
the use of the street on the north
side of the building known as the
Winter Block, he to furnish the city
with bonds in the sum of $500 tc
save the city harmless from dam,
ages which might result from the
piling of rubbish in the street.
Mrs. w. B. Carlisle was employed
as janitress in the fremen's room
her time dating from October 10th
1909.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23

Baptist ,Women's Missionary Meetinu

Baptist 'Women's Missionary Meeting.
On next Friday evening Nov. 10th,
at the Baptist church, avery inter.
esting program will be given.
A study Of The Negro Problem"
will be taken UP, using as. a text
book From Darkness to Light"
written by southern woman-Mary
Helm.
The book is divided into six sec.
tions, namely, The Savage" THE
Bondsman," THE Freedman" THE
Citizen" THE Student" ''The
Christian"
The first section will be the study
for Friday evening, Leader, Mrs. H.
R. Mckee.
Prayer and opening of the subject
by the paatoL:
Paper by Mr.. Rice, Dark People
and Their Customs.
Paper by Mrs. Slater, "Women's
Work in Solving the Negro Problem.' u
Duet, Mrs. Rice and Miss Benner.
Paper by Mrs. Mckee, "Fetichism
and Witchcraft," .. 49,
A Soldiers Experience in the
South" Mr.. Geo. Smith.
A silver offering for the work.
Everybody is heartily invited to
attend.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23

favor on the proposition of a joint
bridge within the limits of the City
of Bemidji spanning the Mississippi
river, and that there is every
probability that at the meeting of
the county board to be held Decem-
Der I committee from the city
council will consult with the county
board relative to the building of a
bridge and the construction of the
roads.
Prior to his removal from office,
Commissioner Wes Wright recon.
mended a bridge to be built some
distance down the Mississippi river
beyond the limits of the City of
Bemidji. This proposition has been
considered as entirely impracticable
and would entail big expense to
the county without obviating the
necessity of a bridge within the
limits of the City of Bemidji.
Ordinance No. 43, tablishing a
new grade for Irving avenue, was
given its second reading.
The auditing committee was given
additional time to report upon the
quarterly reports of the city treasurer
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
N. E. Congregation Pushing Things.

The Methodist constituency of
Bemidji will be pleased to know that
its members and friends have taken
on a new lease of life in the commun-
ity. For the first time in the history
of the church, they are able to say
that every indebtedness has been
cleaned off, and everyone has been
paid up in full.
Under the leadership of the new
pastor, the congregation again did
themselves proud. The budget for
the new year had been prepared by
the official board, which amounts to
about 81, 500. The pastor and
board at the morning service yester-
day put the financial obligation of
the church for the ensuing year
before the congregation and asked
them to get under it, which they
willingly did, so that the pastor
was able to raise about $1,000, and
it is expected that in few days the
entire $1,500 will be covered. This
enables the board to promise that
its affairs will be conducted in q
business-like way. They expect to
pay and be paid. They wish to
thank all who have made it possible
for the board to adequately take
care of this years current expenses.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
APPEAL TO PUBLIC FOR
THANKSGIVING "CHEER''
The Sisters Of St. Benedict Desire
= Donations for Sufferers at St.
AnthonYs Hospital.

The Sisters of the st. Benedict
have issued the following relative to
Thanksgiving offerings that will be
thankfully received at the local
hospital (St. Anthony's) for the
purpose of frightening Thanksgiving
for the suffering inmates of the in.
stitution:
T. Dear Friend:- Thanksgiving Day
being the Donation Day" for our
hospital, it gives an opportunity to
our good friends to aid us in the
cause of suffering humanity. We,
therefore, earnestly appeal to yonr
charity in behalf of the sick poor.
I'VE are daily called upon to care
for patients who are entirely desti.
tute of means, and have no friends,
and the result is a considerable
financial strain upon our Institution,
besides the dept on the building it.
self, and it requires a great effort
for US to keep paid the current
expenses and the interest on the
loan, with a Title hope of reducing
the principal.
Anything in the line of groceries,
eatables, bed-clothes, night-dresses,
night-shirts, as we'll as money, will
be accepted with much gratitude.
"Thanking you in advance for
kind favors, and invoking Gods
blessing upon you in our daily
prayers, we remain,
Yours very respectfully,
Sisters of St. Benedict.
st. Anthony's Hospital, Bemidji,
Minn."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
Funeral Yesterday Afternoon.

The body of the late Mrs. Senear
was shipped yesterday afternoon to
Rockford, Minn., to be buried in
the cemetery at her old home.
Prior to the shipment of the body,
funeral services we're held at the
late home of the deceased, 913
Mississippi avenue, Rev. c. E,
White, pastor of the local M. E.
church. officiating.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
WERE BURNED TO DEATH
IN BED THIS MORNING
Representative David Dearmond, Promi-
nent Democrat, and Grandson
Met Horrible Fate.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. a.
Especial to Pioneer.)-Representa.
tive David A. Dearmond, one of the
eldest democratic members of con-
gress, and his grandson, Waddie
aged 6, were burned to death today
in fire that destroyed the Dear.
mond home, at Butler, Mo. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23

The Swedish ladies will give a
hot dinner and supper in the Odd
Fellows hall on Saturday, Decem.
Der 4.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23
"SweII' Thanksgiving Dinner at Hotel
Markham,

The Markham Hotel will serve an
elaborate Thanksgiving dinner
Thursday evening from E to 8 o'clock.
sMasten's full orchestra will furnish
the music. Seats may be reserved
by phone up to Thursday morning.
A, charge of IS cents per plate will
be made.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-23

mond home, at Butler, Mo.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
LESSON FOR SOUVENIR PEND.
Captains Remarkable Action Designed
 ''to Avoid Scandal"

"On the slow and cheap ships" said a purser, the souvenir thief does no harm: but on famous liner like the Ruritania, where records are broken and tip-top priceE abound, the amount of stuff that disappears is shocking. :.
 Only things with the boats name on go-champagne glasses. inkwells. curling tongs. buttonhooks and 50 forth. And what are we to do about it?
 We had an American peeress aboard last voyage. The day we reached New York stewardess came to me and said:
 Oh. Mir. Meet, I just seen Lady Blanks cabin trunk, and she's taken two of our finest silver inkwells.
 Here was a quandary, eh? The cap- tain was called in, and he settled the matter in the unsatisfactory way such things are usually settled.
 We must teach Lady Blank a les son. he growled. At the same time scandal must be avoided He thought a moment, then said to the stew ardness: Take one of the inkwells and leave the other That'l show her!"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
ASKED MUCH IN SHORT PRAYER.
Remarkable Invocation of Scotch Minister, Reported by Magazine.

70 Lord, we approach thee this mornin' in the attitude O prayer, and likewise O complaint. When we cam tae the Ian O Canady we expected tae i'm Ian fiowin' wi milk and honey, but instead O that we foun' a Ian peopled wi ungodly Irish. o Lord, in thy great mercy, drive them tae the uttermost pairts O Canady; mak' them hewers O wood and drawers O waiter; gle them nae emoluments; gie them nae place O abode; n'er mak' them magistrates or rulers among thy people.
 But if ys hae any fayors to bestow, or any guid Ian, tae gie ava gie 1t tae thine ain, thy peculiar people, the Scots. Max them members O paxlia- ment an magistrates an rulers among thy people. An as for she Irish, talk them by the heels an shak them ower the mouth Q hell, but aisas let them ia in, anGIa' the glory shall be thine. Amen. Success Magazine.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
SALARY OF DEPUTY JUDGE BARNES.
Judiciary Committee will Report Favoraby Resolution Calling for $3OO-Board of Education Wants to Annex School District at Occum to Taftville.

the right to separate that portion or the Shetucket school district lying within it's borders and annex it to the adjoining district The bill provides that whenever portions of two or more towns are joined in a joint school dis trict it shall be legal for either town in the combination to withdraw and join it's portion of the district to a district wholly within it's borders and was introduced by Mir. TibbitS.
 The point is that the school facill- ties of the Shetucket district, which includes that portion of the town of Norwich known as the village of Oc- cum, are poor, and the Norwich board of education desires to better them, but finds itself up against opposition on the part of the towns of Sprague and Lisbon, portions of the territory of which belong in this school district. These towns do not wish to go to the expense which would be necessary, and Norwich would like to join it's poF- tion of the Shetucket district with the Taftville district.
 There is, on the part of the secre- tary of the state board of education. c. D. Hine, some question whether or not the law as to property interests of joint school district may not com- plicate this matter so as to make the proposed law impracticable. The law provides that when joint school dis tricts come into existence the prop critics of the several towns parties to the joint district shall be merged and Norwich may have to sacrifice some thing in order to get out.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
CLEARS THE COMPLEXION
 OVER MIGHT
Pimples. Hash, Eruptions, Etc, Quick ly Eradicated by New skin Rem- edy.

Since it's discovery one year ago poslam, the new skin remedy. has, in It's extraordinary accomplishments, ex- ceeded the most sangline expectations CT the eminent specialist who gave il 70 the world. It has cured thousands or cases Of eczema and eradicated facial and other disfigurements of years standing. The terrible itching attend ing eczema IS stopped with the first application. giving proof of its cura- tive properties at the very outset.
 Tn less serious skin affections, such as plmples, rash. herpes, blackheads, acne. barber's itch, etc, results show after, after an overnight application, only 3 small quantity being required to effect a cure. Those who use poslam for these minor skin troubles can now avail Themselves of the special 50-cent package, recently adopted to meet such needs. Both the 50-cent package and the regular $2 jar may now be obtain ed In Norwich at Lee & Osgood's, smiths. and other leading drug stores.
 Posiam Is also on sale in Putnam at Laruesi in Danielson at Woodward's, and In Willimantic at Chesebro's.
 Samples for experimental purposes may be had free of charge by writing direct to the Emergency Laboratories, e2 West Twenty-f1fth street. New York City.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
NERVOUS REGISTRATION
Indigestion Causes It. M-O-na
 Will Cure It.

If you- have indigestion, you don't get all the nutriment out of your food that you should.
 Your worn out stomach passes the food on without extracting enough nutritious substance to supply the blood and nerves.
 And if the nerves are not supplied with nourishnent, they begin to rebel They kick up a great disturbance. They make you irritable and cranky, you worry about trifies. and you have bad dreams, and you get up tired in tne morning.
 Try Mi-o-na tablets, the money back cure. Mi-o-na will cure your nerv- ousness by driving out the cause. Mi-o-na will give you relief the t1rst hour. It win cure acute cases in a few days, and chronic cases in a few weeks.
 BeIching of gas, heartburn, sour taste of food, waterbrash, foul breath and other dyspeptic symptoms vanish before the mighty power of Mi-o-na.
 Try Mi-o-na- The Lee & Osgood co sells 1t and will refund your money if it doesn't cure, and only 50 cents a large box.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
eeoaraphlcal pistinetlens.

Inhabitants of the Isle of Wight speak of going to England when they leave theiF own fragment of the kingdom. A patriotic coFnishman also "goes to England" when he crosses the Tamar. Similarly inhabitants of the Balkan peninsula talk of going to Europe" when they leave their own corner Of the eontiDent--in curious contrast with the people of Great Brit ain, who regard themselves as both of and in Europe" and 1t is only the continent" that they visit. There is an old story of a Scottish minister who prayed for blessing upon "the inhabitants of Great and Little Cum brae Oslands in the Firth of Clyde) and the adjacent islands of Great Brit ain and Ireland" Massachusetts peo- pie speak of going down east when they start for the Maine coast.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
fspeclal to The Bulletin.l )

Hartford, March 11.-Mayor Costel- 10 Lippitt of Norwich had a private consultation with Senator Searls sen- ate chairman of the judiciary commit tee. yesterday, regarding the granting of a salary of $500 per year for the deputy judge of the Norwich city court and it is understood that there will be no difficulty in getting a favorable report. on the bill from the commit tee. ~The measure fixing this salary at such a sum was heard by the judiciary committee this afternoon, when Rep resentative Tibbits appeared and ex- plained the conditions that exist.
 It seems that Deputy Judge John H. Barnes, whose office is the creation of a recent legislature and has not had a salary attached to it. has been acting as judge of the court in the absence of Judge Brown and the latter has paid him from his own pocket. Now it is felt that there should be created a salary for the office and $500 has been agreed upon as 8 proper sum.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
Charles Robert Darwin. Born February F. 1909.

Charles Robert Darwin.
 Born February F. 1909.
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 Biographical and Critical. Bolton, Sarah K. Famous Men of Sci Clodd. E. Pioneers of Evolution, from Thales to Huxley. 1897. Darwin. fduGlS. ISIlG dllu LGLlGlS VI Charles Darwin. vols. 1889.
 More Letters, ? vols. 1903. Ffske, J. Excursions of an Evolution ist, p. 397.
 Darwinism and Other Essays, Gray Asa. Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism. 1876. Griswold. H. T. Personal Sketches of Recent Authors 1898. Huxley. T. H. On the Origin of Spe- cies, pp. 127-150 Poulton, E. s. Charles Darwin, and the Theory of Natural Selection smaliey, G. W. London Letters, vol. 1, p. s9.
 Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
 Born August G. 1909. Editions of Tennyson's Poems in the
 Library. Ballads and Other Poems. 1880. Demeter and Other Poems. 1889. Enoch Arden and Other Poems. 1864. Gareth and Lynette. 1872. Harold a Drama. 1877. The Hold Grail and Other Poems. 1870. In Memorian annotated by the author 1906.
 Poems 1868. Queen Mary; a Drama. 1875. Works 1893 Tennyson; Alfred and Charles Poems. by two brothers; Timbuctoo and other poems. (Reprint) nd. .
 Biographical and Critical. Benson. A. (. Alfred Tennyson, 1907.