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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-26
GIRL IS KIDNAPPED AND
TAKEN TO RAT PORTAGE
Daughter Of Mrs. F. Freeman Taken at
Night from Her Home in
Nymore.

Some person, believed to be
Charles Woods, entered the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Freeman Wedncs.
day night and kidnapped Mrs. Free
mans 10-year-old daughter, taking
her away and leaving no trace be-
hind as to who did the kidnapping
or to where the child was taken.
Mrs. Freeman was formerly Mrs.
Charles Wood and secured divorce
from Woods several months ago,
subsequently marrying Mr.. Freeman.
When granted the divorce, Mrs.
Freeman was also given the custody
of her 1O-year-old daughter, who has
lived at the Freeman home since the
marriage with MI. Freeman.
Wednesday evening the Freeman
family retired as usual, the little
girl sleeping in the front parlor of
the house, while Mr.. and Mrs. Free
man slept in the chamber to the
rear.
At about midnight Mr.. and Mrs.
Freeman awoke and found that
someone had unlocked the front door
of the house and taken the little girl
| with them.
The authorities were notified but
no trace of the girl was found until
today, when it was ascertained that
she had been placed on the train by
Charles Woods and that they we're
bound for Rat Portage, Ont. It is
not just known what will be done in
the matter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-26
Coroner's Inquest Tomorrow.

Coroner Ibertson announced
this afternoon that a coroner's
inquest would be held tomorrow
forenoon to inquire into the cause
of the death of the deceased rob-
Der who was shot while resisting
arrest this morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-26

where the body of the robber was
found was a long corduroy Sheep
lined coat which had been thrown
off by the escaping desperate while
he was lodging the bullets from
Allen Benner's rifle. In the pockets
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-26

LOST-Five dollar bill between
Postofice and Express office.
Finder please return to this office
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-26
Unidentified HIGHWAY
MAN WAS KILLED,
FContinued from First Page.1

some nitro-glycerine in bottles, fuses,
dynamite caps, files and chisels, in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

OF the misuse of corporate power by the
INSCRIPTIONS This faith was shown,
as 1t never had been before in our his
tory, in the recent disastrous financial
panic, when hundreds of thousands OF
small investors came ipto the market
place with their savings to take rail-
road. industrial, and bank shares off
the hands Of thoroughly frightened
spectators and capitalists.
The popular fallacy regarding the
ownership of the corporations has been
in part due to very natural miscon-
ception. The rapid growth of indus
trial trusts" and railroad combina-
tons in the past ten years has central
lied control. and the careless observer
has mistaken this for centralized own
ership, But the Capitalization of con-
troll has been accompanied by the
spreading out Of ownership.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

Frank Fayant In Appleton's. These
two dry-as-dust statements of cold fact
contrast strangely with the highly col
ored figures of speech Of certain yellow
purveyors of written transformation
and with the fantastic fairy tale pic
lures of the yellow cartoonists. The
car-seat student of American affairs,
who assimilates pseudo-nolitical econ
omy from headlines and cartoons, has
been led to believe that a few mag
mates" own the railroads, the industries
and the banks of the country, and that
they are leagued together to enslave
'the common people" But the cold
figures, as revealed in the stock books
of the corporations, tell a very different
story. The widespread ownership of
the corporations is striking evidence of
the faith the great body of Industrious,
thrifty Americans have in corporate en-
terprise. despite all recent disclosures
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

hundred thousand dollars for the in
vestigation and conservation Of the
ancient remains to be endangered or
destroyed, particularly the early
cemeteries which will be flooded.
The beautiful temple Of Isis on the
Island of Philae, already sadly injured
by the invading waters, which at
present rise almost TO the capitals Of
the columns, will, after the raising OF
the dam, be completely submerged.
with the possible exception of the
very SUBMITS of the tall pylon towers.
Such submergence year by year must,
Of course, result in the slow disiu-
tegration Of the stone. and the ulti-
mate complete destruction of what
has been the loveliest building in
Egypt The loss to the modern Wis
itor Is but the beginning; for the nu-
merous records and Inscriptions on the
walls have never been properly copied
and published. The same is true Of
the other Ptolemalc temples. forming a
group extending along the river for
forty miles above the Assuan dam.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
orville Wright Goes to Paris.

Orville Wright left New York on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse for Paris
to join his brother. Wilhly, who with
the Wright aeroplane has conquered the
air and aroused the wonder of France.
Miss Wright accompanied her brother.
Wright walked with perceptible limp.
Il haven't recovered from the effects
Of that accident yet" he said. This
cane is still of use, and the surgeons
tell me may have to limp for two years
yet. / do not expect to make many
ascents in France. This will be a sort
of family reunion, and there are certain
business matters that must be attended
to. l do not know whether we shall
ROMAN in Paris, go to LIE Mans or to
the south of France, where the weather
may be more favorable for flying at this
time Of year. Anyhow. / probably shall
occupy myself with designing improve
brother and fell we can still improve
upon it,"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
WILL BE SUBMERGED.

Assuan Dam VIII Completely Cover
the Beautiful Temple of Isis.
1t has been decided by the govern
ment of Egypt to raise the great dam
at Assuan seven meters above its
present level. This means that the
country above the dam viii be mum
dated far beyond the limits Of the
present lake, already as large rs that
OF Geneva In Switzerland While the
results may be very gratifying in the
economic development of the Nile
valley below Assuan, such results are
not likely to compensate the archaeol-
ogists and the cultivated public inter
ested In the monuments and remains
of early civilization to be buried thus
under many feet of water. The gov
eminent has foreseen this dlssatis-
faction and has appropriated several
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
SPRUCE GUM CATERERS.
Work in Maine Woods Which Is Vaca'
ton at the Same Time.


Among those who are waiting patient
" for snow, and who are preparing for
operations in the Maine woods when II
finally does come are the gum pickers,
saws the Kennebec Journal. 1t is true,
there are not so many of the gum pick
ers as in years gone by, when 1t was
a somewhat extensive business, but there
are yet many who go into the woods for
this express purpose every winter, and
who pick up considerable money by their
operations.
During the past week several of these
men have been fitting out with wood
outfits and knapsacks for carrying the
gum. Just as soon as the snow comes,
they will hike for the spruce woods, and
begin their winters campaign. They take
along fishing tackle, and so are able to
live at very little expense. Many of those
who follow this practice of gum digging
are men who just desire to pass the
winter with as little work as possible,
and be comfortable in their own peculiar
way.
They have the freedom of the woods.
and are their own bosses. Ia the spring
they get good prices for the product of
their labors. if the gum, IS SOUND ana
well picked. Inferior product is difficult
to dispose Of Gum is getting scarcer
every year, and commands a higher price
than it formerly did
Good spruce gum cannot be obtained
at the drug stores at less than 20 cents
an ounce. The spots sought by the gum
pickers are the scenes of numbering
operations of the previous year. The
falling trees scratch and cut those that
are left standing, and the bleeding thatfol-
lows brings the clusters of gum. 1t is not
so easy as it sounds, either, this gum
picking, and if it were necessary to ac-
complish 1t by eight -hour days, few
would be found to take over the job.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
WHAT Ais OUR FARMsa
Chiefly, Say the Experts, the Greed of
the Farmers.

10y ~ $50 A~APIAtob lAS 0ASCo Va
the Farmers.
In the closing decade of the last CEN
fury the land values of Ohio shrank
$60,OOO,O00. In Minnesota, the great
wheat state, the average yield an acre
has dropped one bushel in the last five
years. In Kansas the retrogression is
even more marked.
The census report gives the average
annual product an acre of all the farms
IN the United States as worth S11.3S.
ms Inquire, poor as it is, must owe d
great deal to the newly opened terri
tories, for the great agricultural states
OF Minnesota and Illinois fell consider
ally below it.
With Che most fertile land in the
world, says the Craftsman, we are pro-
ducing much less than other peoples ex-
tract from lands of poorer quality and
longer subsection to filth. During the
ten years ending with 1906 we raised
thirteen and five-tenths bushels of wheat
to the acre. In Austria and Hungary
the average was seventeen bushels; in
france 1T was nineteen and eight-tenths;
IN Germany. twenty-seven and six
tenths; and in the United Kingdom,
thirty-two and two-tenths bushels. The
hgures for barley, oats and other crops
show the same contrast.
AS an Illustration or what can be done
here under intensive farming, it may be
stated that in Yellowstone county, Mon
tana, the following yields an acre have
been secured: Wheat 53 bushels, oats.
163 bushels, and potatoes, 1913 bushels,
while 1920 tons of alfalfa have been
grown on 200 acres.
The impoverishment of our LANDS has
been brought about in the main by sin
gle cropping and the neg ,ect of fertiliza-
ton. Almost everywhere in the country
it has been the practice of our farmers
to select the crop which promised the
best immediate return and to plant their
fields in it year after year without rest
or change, and in spite of the protests
Of scientists and the demonstrations Of
agricultural colleges and experiment sta
tons.
Whereas arabic land should under
proper treatment grow richer and more
bountiful year by year, our agricultural
acres are deteriorating so fast that the
owner derives from them an annual in
come equal to no more than what would
be a moderate rental if they were in
ordinary condition and properly culti-
yated.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

For more than a week the man had
been out of work. One Monday night,
however. when he came back to the
lodging house he reported good luck"
What are you going to doT' asked
his friend.
Break eggs" was the reply. Tive got
a position in a cake and cracker factory.
They have people in those concerns who
do nothing but crack eggs. They begin
it at O'Clock in the morning and keep
ii up till at night. In that time, they
tell me, q man who has become an ex-
pert can break 5000 eggs, or an average
of 1000 an hour. And he doesn't smash
them all at one clip. either. He tackles
them singly and disposes of them in
groups of FIVE, That is, in order to avoid
any accident with over pc eggs, five OF
them are broken into bowl and then
added 10 the general stock"
Great heavens calculated his friend.
What a monotOnous grind. How much
do you get for it,"
''One dollar day TO start with" said
the lucky man. when l get up to the
thoussud-an-hour mark III get $780,
New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
WHY NOT OWN TANDP

One of the Best Ways to Make
Money Is to Tnvest in Western
Canada.
Deep down In the nature Of every
properly constituted man is the desire
to own some land" A writer in the
Iowa State Register thus tersely ex-
presses well-known truth. The ques-
ton is, Where is the best land to be
had at the lowest prices? and this the
same writer points out in the same
article. The fact is not disguised that
the writer has personal interest in
the statement of his case, and there is
no hidden meaning when he refers to
Western Canada as presenting greater
possibilities than any other part Of the
American Continent to the man who
is inclined to till the soil for liveli-
hood and possible competence. What
interests one are the arguments adj
vanced by this writer. and when fair
" analysed the conclusion is reached
that no matter what personal interest
the writer may have had his reasons
appear to have the quality of great
soundness. The climatic conditions OF
Western Canada are fully as good as
those of Minnesota, the Dakotas or
Iowa, the productiveness of the soil is
as great, the social conditions are ON
a parity, the laws are as well estab-
lished and as carefully observed. In
addition to these the price Of land is
much less, easier to secure. So, with
these advantages, why shouldn't this
the offer of Western Canada-be en-
braced? The hundreds of thousands
Of settlers now there, whose homes
were originally in the United States,
appear to be-are satisfied. Once in
while complaints are heard, but the
Canadians have never spoken of the
country as an Eldorado, no matter
what they may Fave thought. The
writer happened to have at hand
few letters, written by former residents
Of the United States, from which one
or two extracts are submitted. These
go to prove that the writer in the Reg
lister has a good basis of fact in sup
port of his statements regarding the
excellency of the grain growing area
of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alber-
ia. On the Doth of April of this year
w. r. Conley, Of Lougheed, Alberta,
wrote to a friend in Detroit. He says:
The weather has been just fine ever
since I came here in March, and be-
lieve one could find, if he wanted to,
some small punches Of snow around the
edge of the lake. There is q frost
nearly every morning; at sunrise it be-
gins ID fade away, then those blue
flowers open and look as fresh as If
there had been no frost for week.
There is no reason why this
country should not become a garden
of Eden; the wealth is in the ground
and only needs a little encouragement
from the government to induce capital
in here There is everything here to
build with-good clay for brick, coal
underneath, plenty of water in the
spring lakes, and good springs coming
out Of the banks"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
is THE HOME DISAPPEARANCE
One woman I'm Every Five in Amer.
lea Is n Wage Garner.

One Woman I'm Every Five in Amer
lea Is Wage Garner.
One woman in five In the United
States has abandoned the domestic life
and has become a wage-earner. Even
this does not accurately state the stu
alton. In country districts only two
women out of every eleven are at work.
but in cities-that is, wherever indus.
trial opportunities are present-two
women out Of every seven are at work.
nearly one-third Of the total woman
population. How far the father of the
family has ceased to be the sole sup
port thereof is shown In the statistics
gathered In twenty seven cities and tab
ulated by the Census Bureau. The to-
tai number of women at work in the
twenty-seven cities is 9O4,695 OF these
173,o30 are boarding or living in the
families of their employers. The re-
naming 731, 500 are described as fol-
lows:
Woman the sole wage Garner 80. 98,S61
One other wage Garner in family .218,41J
Two other wage earners in family 1SS, O89
More than two other wage earners
IN tamlIy ....--............ 226 800
Out of 731 500 women at work, 9S,-
S61 are supporting the family, and be-
tween 21S,415 and 532,S04 are contrib
uting to the family income Remem-
Der that these are city workers and
represent nearly one-third of all the
women in those cities. At last accounts
the number of women in industry was
increasing faster than the birth rate.
How long will it be before the home,
except for rich people, will be as OBJ
solete as stagecoaches, hoopskirts and
merry Christmas? asks Rheta Childe
Dorr in Hampton's Broadway Maya
zine.
Recurring periods of industrial de-
preston always bring poverty to the
surface. We have no permanent class
of unemployed in this country-as yet
but we have large population
which barely manages to keep its head
above water. When the tide rises ever
SO little above the average this big
population has to be rescued from
drowning. 1t has no foothold but the
shifting sand, and it cannot swim. AS
soon as normal conditions prevail it
rallies and is able to care for its own
again.
But this last panic brought some
thing new TO the surface. 1t brought
to light force at work In this land
Of boundless wealth and unlimited op-
portunities; force which If not met
will result in q wholesale wrecking of
homes. Already the silent force has
eaten far into the social fabric. Its
outward and visible sign is the fact
that on the shoulders of millions of
women has descended a monstrous dou-
BILE burden, under which not only they
but their children and their homes
are slowly sinking.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

doggedly doing the work of two and horse In the
same old, futile Arcadian way
But have high hopes Of him and of Laban. One Of
these days the Department of Agriculture will establish
demonstration farm in the White Mountains farm
only half as large Badgers, yet that will grow
two tons of hay to Asa Judds and five bushels of
potatoes to his two and plenty of grain into the bargain
And presently viii notice two teams in the old
Badger barn, and two young hired men at the dining
table, and that sleigh will actually materalize So will
that graphophone and "Ma" Badger will lose her
ious look and begin to feel as though her head
"wuth" than the longest doctors bill made
out And that dollar will rotating It's axis and
will be laid to rest in the bank to and tear
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

In Strasburg this month the canning
Of the famous goose livers begins and
will keep several thousand people busy
ill next April. The finest livers come
from geese that have never laid an egg.
Johann CLAUS In 1870 began to make
goose-liver pates In a small shop. He
succeeded, but competitor named
Doyen, adding trutfles to the goose-liver
pastry, soon outdistanced him. Now all
pates de foie gras contain trutiles: all
are made according to the recipe COM
posed by the talented Doyen over a
hundred years ago.-Philadelphia Bulle.
tin
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
A UNIQUE Farm.

Near the town of Jasper a settler has
a farm which probably is unlike any 9TH
er in the world. This farm occupies the
tableland on the summit of a ridge and
Is inclosed with fence which no animal
has ever broken through. 1t does not
rise above the surface of the farm, but
falls sheer from the edge distance of
many feet The man who homesteaded
the tableland had hard climb up the
face of the cliff to reach the comparative
ly level summit. BY blasting and drilling
the discoverer made a path by which
stock could be brought up, and now has
horses, cattle and hogs i'll his fertile lit
tie kingdom, but no wheeled vehicle has
ever been taken there.--Kansas City
Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
His Deficiency.

A certain Chicago merchant died. leay-
ing to his only son the conduct of nn
extensive business, and great doubt was
expressed in some quarters whether the
young man possessed the ability to carry
out the fathers policies.
We'll" said one kindly disposed
friend, for my part, l think Harry is
very bright and capable. I'm sure he
will succeed"
Perhaps you're right" said another
friend. Henry is undoubtedly a clever
fellow; but take 1t from me, old man,
he hasn't got the head to fill his father 5
shoes. "-Harner'a Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

would never get more than temper
airy relief. A dragging pain and lame
ness in my back almost disabled me.
Dizzy spells came and went and the
kidney secretions were irregular.
Doan's Kidney Pills rid me of these
troubles and / feel better than for
years past"
Sold by all dealers SOC box.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

ney disease. There
Is a way to end these
troubles quickl Y.
Mrs. John II.
Wright, COG East
First ST., Mitchell,
s. D., says: II suf-
fered ten years with
kidne y complaint,
and q doctor told me
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
The other Boy, FauIt

Mother-I hear you were at the foot
Of the class last week, Tommy Tom
mv--'Twasn't my fault. Johnny Smith.
who's always at the foot, was sick at
home.-Circle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

The Methodist Book Concern In the
last four years has shown profits and
dividends amounting to S2O24,377, a
showing that 1t is believed is unequaled
by another publishing house of this class
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
Two sides.

Shelf 4 man loves his wife as
much as she loves him he will stop
wasting his money on cigars If she
asks him. He-Yes, but If his wife
loves him as much as she ought to love
a man vino loves her enough to stop If
she asks him she won't ask him.-Puck.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
PATIENT SUFFERING.

Many Women Think They Are
Doomed TO Baci<ache.
1t is not right for women to be al
ways ailing with backache urinary Ills,
headache and other symptoms of kid
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
OWNERS OF CORPORATIONS.

Figures Which show Widespread
Faith in Corporate Enterprise.
Two and half million investors own
the American corporations. Twenty
million thrifty Americans are Indirect
partners in corporate ventures. SAYS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

in the next eighty years He finds the beginnings Of
him and his cabinet in the petty officials connected
with The Hague tribunal and the outgrowths of The
Hague peace conferences
Some international government officials exist now
And they have existed for years. Only they so
silently and unobtrusiyely that knows about
But the significance Of their position dis
glorihed
They-these humble world oficias-are the attaches
the international postal service with headquarters
at Bern Switzerland They supervise and negotiate
many momentous little matters which affect you and me
and which know nothing about. And they are held
by the zealos of the world state to be the first fore
runners of the world government departments.
Overweening love of country is ceasing to be virtue
among the officially modern, among the ethical elite
They prefer worldism, cosmopolitanism They have
evolved beyond the thought of the "bloody furrner"
Foreigner and native alike desirable citizens Some
body has written patriotism as a primitive ideal
The civilized and cultured prefer the world state
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

from the blue and life under such conditions often be-
comes almost unbearable
When two go about together let them each note the
of the other to strangers, to old people and
children In crowded cars, to beggars-nay, the
manner of a towards a stray dog sometimes may
be an udex of character well worth observing.
usually can his ladyove in her home where
her towards her family and theirs to her. espe
cially of the younger children, should be noted.
There is no more desirable trait for a companion In
the journey of life than that Of cheefuness the yokefe
low of gooG temper. "A merry heart doeth good" But
cheerfuness not merely hiarity and fun 1t includes
the ability to look the bright side, to make the
of everything to refuse to meet trouble half way
and to do ones best bravey and hopefully. Such dis
position invaluable and the worth of its truly
is above rubes.