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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
Uncle Dan'I Rural Comedy.

Frank O. Ireson, the eminent
actor as Uncle Dan'l or the Messen-
ger from Jarvis Section, will be the
offering at the city opera house one
night, Thursday, October 7.
This is the play in which Barney
McCauley and Mrs. Fisk first won
such marked popular success for SO
many years. 1t tells simple domes-
tic story of New England life and
has not a few genuinely effective
dramatic situations.
Several high class specialties are
introduced throughout the piece.
Special attention has been given
the scenic and electrical effects.
They do not write as good songs
nowadays as the old songs, and
Uncle Dan'l is proof that the real
good plays of a few years ago were
the real goods"
Prices rs, IS, so and rs cents
Reserved seats at city drug store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
MAHNOMEN WAS SCENE OF
A BAD MIX.UP YESTERDAY
Indian Police Attempted Put Saloons Out of Business
and Free.for.Ali Fight Resuted-Police
Taken to Erskine

Erskine, Oct. 7-(Special to Pho.
neer. - The sheriff of Mahnomen
county and his deputies reached here
on the 500 flyer last night, accom-
panied by ten u. S. Indian police.
whom they brought here for safe keep.
ing, fearing that the enraged citizens
of Mahomen would do them bodily
harm.
1t seems that the Indian police
dropped into Mahnomen unexpect-
edly, yesterday, and commenced to
clean out the saloons in accordance
with the recent order issued by the
U. S. Indian agent at White Earth.
Before the saloonkeepers were
hardly aware of what was happen
ing, the police had broken all the
glassware and emptied all the
liquors into the streets and alleys.
When asked to show their
authority, the police simply flashed
their guns and verbally referred
the saloonkeepers to the order
recently issued for the saloons to
close.
This so enraged the saloon
keepers and tough element at
Mahnomen that it looked for a
time as though a fair-size shoot
ing affraY would take place.
Knock, downs and gun displays
were the order of things until the
mayor and sheriff took a hand,
arfesting all the parties engaged.
including the U. S. Indian police.
A hearing will be given today at
Mahnomen to those interested.
The United States district attorney
was wired for, and he and his deputy
arrived at Mahnomen late last night.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
navigability of the river.

hoS16oOi1tJ VI tuS AlFSls
The delay in improving the river
is really a hardship to the settlers
living adjacent to Red lake and
also on the Red Lake river.
The dredging of the broad,
shallow stream of water in the Red
Lake river and the removal of the
bars at the outlet of Red lake
would simplify navigation on the
Red Lake river.
There is little doubt but that
the dredging of the river, together
with the digging of the proposed
drainage ditch, would lower the
water in Red lake sufficiently to
drain the swamp lands north of
Red lake, which would reclaim
many acres of both government
and state lands.
1t is hoped that Congressman
Steenerson will be successful in hav-
ing the purse strings" of that $780,
900 appropriation "loosened up'' so
that the farmers and homesteaders
in the Red Lake country may come
into their own"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
COMMISSIONERS TRANSACT
BUSINESS ExPEDITIOUSLY
Appointed County Board Of Health for
Unorganized District Much Busi. :
ness Of Importance.

At the afternoon session of the
board of county commissioners,
yesterday, the contract to build two
and one half miles of road from
Spur 106 towards Tenstrike was
awarded to Prosper Albee, at an
approximate cost of $1,75O, Mr..
Albee to furnish bonds in the sum
of $500 to complete the work, ac-
cording to plans and specifications,
by November 20.
The bid of R. E. Smyth to grade
a road from Nebish to Island Lake
at a cost of $4O0 per mile was re-
jected, the board deeming the price
too high.
The, application of the Town of
Spooner for $1,000 from the road
and bridge fund was laid over until
the next meeting, the board deemlng
it best that Commissioner Clement
son commissioner from the Spooner
district) be present at that time.
1t was shown that the Town of
Spooner has a valuation of $38,632
and that there has been levied
|$386.32 for road and bridge pur-
poses.
The board today appointed a
county board of health, which has
Jurisdiction only in unorganized
territory. This board will take
charge wherever necessary wher
there is no village or township boarc
of health. Commissioners Peterson
and Clementson and DR.. Henderson
were appointed to constitute the
county board of health. These gen
tlemen will be paid a reasonable
sum for their services, that being the
law in the matter of compensation
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
LENGBY IS
BURNING
Disastrous Fire Today Swept
the Little Village Near
Fosston.

A telephone message was received
from Bagley at l o'clock this after
noon, stating that the town of
Lengby (the first station east of
Fosston, on the G.. N. railway was
in danger of being entirely destroyed
by fire; that flames which had broken
out about IL o'clock in Riugstad's
store had gained much headway,
and famed by strong wind, had
already burned the entire eastern
section of the village, jumped to the
railroad tracks and reduced the G..
N. depot, coal sheds and water tank
to ashes and was turning to spread
on the western side of the town, with
every prospect of entirely wiping
out every building in the business
section of Lengby.
How the fire started, the informant
of the Pioneer did not state; but
during the progress of the fire, when
excitement was at its height, a ma n
named DeMers, who owned a hotel
at Lengby, fell from his building to
the ground below and sustained a
fractured skull, being taken to Bag
ley on this Moons train.
Lengby has always been a good
trading point for the farmers living
east of Fosston and on the borders
of the north end of the White Earth
reservation, and there were several
substantial business blocks in the
little trading center; consequently
the loss by fire will be very heavy
Moral: Insure with the T. ].
Miller Insurance Agency.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
THE 500 SUBSCRIPTIONS
HAVE REACHED $l6,930
Must Have 1000 More Insure Building of Road Into
Bemidji.-Soo Beginning Building Operations
At Leech Lake DAM

Word comes from Bena that two
huge steam shovels have been un-
loaded at Bena and that preparations
are now under way to transport
them to Leech Lake dam from
which place Contractor Nelson has
a long stretch of grading to con-
struct for the new 500 railroad,
which is headed this way. The dis.
tance to the dam is eight miles, and
in order to get the shovels there to
commence work it will be necessary
to lay track across country; the rails
being laid short distance ahead of
the cars and taken up again in the
rear as they 20 along.
1t is figured that this can be done
at the rate of mile a day. A crew
of so men are now engaged at the
dam and when the steam shovels
arrive the number of men employed
will be increased considerably. Men
are hard to get and as consequence
wages are high, $3.50 a day being
paid for common labor.
At Cass Lake several owners of
property along the right-of-way have
already let the contract for the re-
moval of their buildings. The route
selected through Cass Lake is most
feasible one, and as the owners OF
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
Registry Fee Raised to, 1Oc.

Postmaster Anton Erickson has
received a circular from the post
office department at Washington
which contains ruling to the effect
that, beginning Nov. /, the fee for
registering letters will be raised
from &c to 1Oc; that is, in order to
send a registered letter, it will be
necessary for the sender to affix
stamp OF stamps to the value of 1Oc
as the registry fee and an additional
&c stamp for carrying the letter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
Cass Lakers Have Hopes.

Cass Lake, Oct. 7.-(Special to
Pioneer. )-The saloon men of all
Cass county towns are eagerly
awaiting the 18TH of this month,
when the recent order of the In
dian department will go into effect,
whereby all saloons were ordered
to cease business.
The order, if it goes into effect,
is going to be a sad blow to the
villages, especially to Walker and
Cass Lake. The license money
which the villages have received
from the saloons has been a won
derful help in paying the village
expenses.
There are saloons in both Cass
Lake and Walker where liquor has
not been sold to Indians and people
interested have put this question up
to the Indian department.: why
should all suffer because a few have
disobeyed the Iaw?" The depart.
ment is thinking this matter owe,
seriously and it is quite firmly be-
lieved that the powers that be-
will make some concessions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
Elk Meeting Tonight.

A regular meeting of Bemidji
Lodge, No. 1852, B. P. O. E., will
be held on Thursday evening, Oct. 7,
at Masonic Hall, Bemidji, at 8
o'clock. AS there is much business
of Importance all Elks should be on
hand early.
There will be limitations.
Visiting Elks cordially welcomed.
F. S. Lycan, F. r.
M. S. Gillette, Sec.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
co, < FOOTBALL TEAM
TO PLAY PARK RAPIDS
Local ''Soldier Boys" Will Play Their
First Game at Park Rapids
Saturday.

The Compa ny K football team
will play its initial game this season
at Park Rapids, Saturday, when the
soldier boys" will clash with the
Park Rapids city football eleven.
Heretofore Company K has always
won from Park Rapids and the
local boys expect. to defeat the
Hubbard county boys on Saturday.
Captain Getchell has been putting
his team through some strenuous
stunts of forward passes, on side
kicks, quarterback and halfback
runs, etc., and the team is getting
into splendid condition.
1t had been the intention to have
the. Grand Rapids football team play
here next Saturday, and all of the
arrangements had been practically
completed for the game, but yester-
day the manager of the Grand
Rapids team telegraphed to John
Hillaby, manager of the Company K
team, that Bemidjl owed Grand
Rapids a game and they would ex-
pect Company K there next Satur-
day.
Manager Hillaby states. EMPHATIC
ally, that he will not 90 to Grand
Rapids for the initial game; that if
the city team at that place is so
anxious to demonstrate its superior
ity over Company K the Rapids"
players should live up to their word
and come. to Bemidji, as they had
originally agreed.
Owing to the fact that there is
much feeling between the Ora nd
Rapids city team and Company K
it is probable that no game will be
played between the two elevens this
fall. s."-.
AIAs<:n~oI IanoI ,,no<<n~ 30
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07

the property affected were willing
and anxious to have the 500 locate
there, it was an easy matter to secure
the right-of-way.
The work of securing options on
right-of-way through the City of Be-
midi for the 500 is progressing
nicely; but there are still several
pieces of property that are desired,
and while the committee is willing
to pay reasonable price for the
same, the owners should bear in
mind that the money to pay for the
land and buildings comes from the
general subscriptions and should
not attempt to hold up the prices
beyond reason.
Up to date, the sum of S16,93O
has been received, not including
the value of the lots donated by the
Bemidji Townsite company (esti-
mated at about $7O,0OO) and lots
given by Lee Heffron, about 5000.
Tho C,,hccrintione
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07

This move on the part of the
government will no doubt bring the
saloon matter to head and it will
be soon settled whether or not the
saloonkeepers will be permitted to
continue business in the different
towns on the White Earth reserva-
ton.
The decision will also effect the
saloons at Cass Lake and other
points on Minnesota reservation
"ceded" lands.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07

Additional local matter on
ast page.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
Notice to Band Members,

Owing to the militia dance Fri
day night, there will be no band
rehearsal until Monday evening oi
next week. a. - ..=.1
". L. Ellis, Manager Band.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07

there will no doubt be large crowd.
The tickets are placed at the
small sum of SO cents; and all who
possibly can should attend the dance
and help Company K derive sufi-
cient funds to pay the expenses of
the football team.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07

Moral: Insure with the T. ].
Miller Insurance Agency.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-10-07
Football Benefit Dance.

A dance will be given in the
Armory Friday night for the benefit
of the Company K football team.
The boys have secured Masten's
orchestra to furnish the music, and
as the public is generally invited,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11

sr have xained In strength ana ] { feel like . different person. Al { believe Peruna is all that is claim { ed for tt.s
 Nerviness such as coal tar prepars-
 tions, are doing . great deal of harm. Sleep medicines and. headache
 1. powders are all alike.--heart deprGs- sants, and should not be used. The nerves would be all right. if the d. xestion were good. Peruna corrects [the' digestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11

the ends meet. so while held one end of the wire in one hand and the other end in the other hand my assistant went for more wire. While thus wait- ing and holding the wire felt a stinging sensation in my muscles which believed to be, q slight indnc- tion from lightning; but I held on for fear, the wire would kink up again if let go. After the connection waf made we hastened back to the drug store, which was the central ofiice, te make the delayed connection. only to find the doctor had ordered his buggy and had gone to. visit his patient about thirty minutes before.
 Through- His Body.
 T then realized that he must have spoken through my body while was holdisg both ends of the wire. This Incident turned out to be quite q phe- nomenon, and many experiments were made later to talk through. the human body, the possibility of which is not known to many people today.
 'Tn the latter part of 1879 the gen. eral public became interested in the new and useful wonder, Take" no longer and hundreds became "tele. ph one struck" daily. !, ThSn came the period of rapid development which did not culminate until 1906 in which year one concern alone. the Western Elec- tric Company shipped approximately two million telephones. N During the course of the business depression the telephone business like all other lines of business fell off rap- idly. but during the glast several months 1t has again picked up and rural lines particularly are being rap idly extended all over the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11
How l Keep My Hair Young and
 Beautiful
By Mabel Graham.

I know that every woman desires beautiful hair. and if they. will follow my rules they will have as long, soft and fiuffy hair as I have. In the first place I wash my head we'll once or twice a month. with shampoo made as follows: Take half of a ten-cent cake of pure castle soap, shave fine. dissolve this in half a pint of water with aid of gentle heat: when dis solved beat in the yolk of one egg and juice of one lemon; stir until cold. Rub a littl eof this into the roots of the hair, and rinse thoroughly with warm water aud dry also use a quinIne hair tonic freely, which keeps the scalp clean and the hair in a beautiful and healthy condition, and Is especial ly good for dandruf and falling hair. I ind the hest tonic can be made by mixing a half pintN Of alcohol with half a pint of water and adding one ounce of beta quinol (liqpid.) This makes a quinine hair tonic better than the high priced imported makes, and q whole pint only costs eb to 75 cents. I ana sure if eNerS lady will try thls rscipe they win always have young and beautiful hair. and plenty of if.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11

ct lsast. not as much e might bs rs- Quired of him, and an easy. positton In the ssrvice I hops he will be able to securs. IF he had the same course to TO over again. don't think he would be caught leaving home again. He and Juie both want to see home awful. 1y. but laugh ct them sonsstfmes and tell. them they ought to be made re- main in the army for ten years.
 John HArdwick has been discharged from, the army. He will. expect. be q cripple the rest of his life. He was shot between the instep and toe, the ball coming out at the heel and infiicting . very painful wound. He was very much neglected and at the time he left here it was seriously contemplated to amputate his foot. Hugh caney's old skull Is about we'll. believe. It was too hard to be broken by e Yankee bullet. but he may have worse luck next time. Tim and Willie Dunkiin are both well. am informed by Hooper. They are stationed about one mile from our camp. but I have never seen them yet.
 NEWS FROM OTHERS
 WHO ARE AT THE FRONT.
 I received letter from william a few days ago; he is at Drury's Blun In the brigade ofGcneral Wright and the division of General Armstrons. He IS very anxious. to get into an Alabama brigade. but my advice to him Is to content himself where he is.
 1t is about as much as . fellow can do here now to keep body and soul to- gether. Cabbage are selling at $i per head. onions fifteen cents each. apples t1 per dozen, tomatoes $l per dozen. squashes fifteen cents each. meal ten cents per pound. moiasses $7.bo per =. rJnx, o,.sor Aar n0nud. eRRQ Al 26 per dozen. When 1t is taken into con- sideration that the government only furnishes the troops with nour and ba- con the above may be called starva- ton prices and we poor fellows are ai- most debarred entirely of vegetable diet Of course, we cannot be healthy with, such diet as we get. ard the won- der to me is that more do not die than have. Orders have been given by General Ripley to furnish the troops with fresh beef three times per week, and if this is' done 1t will be of great benefft to all of us. While we have money we manage to get along toier- ably well. but the small pittance al- lowed by the government is not inex- haustible and 1t Is, often the case that we don't have asred cent.
 do not live on the fiat of the land" but sill you have houses to live in and vegetables in plenty. We have neither. and when you feel like com plaining remember how many of the country's defenders are lying out in the woods with hard crackers and fat meat to sustain life. and know you will :'dry up" or you ought at least to do so.
 [ hope we will soon get another chance at the Yankees. give them an- other whaling and end the war. '''rhe good time" we have heard of So often as coming will then be more highly appreciated than in ordinary times. and of course all would be duly thank fui. How are the love marks the Yam kees gave John and Willie getting? The former has been promoted Nto first corporal and the latter third sergeant Give love to all at home. Write soon.
 @ & Your brother.
 Thomaa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11

1t is perhaps not a matter of com mon knowledge that the first modern books given to any of the war Chris tian nations are almost invariably writ ten by missionaries. These are. in a sense. the greatest missionary books. even though the mlssionary's support CTS cannot read them and do not usu- ally know about them. The grammars and dictionaries in China. Japan and India were first produced by missiona- ries. The earliest. unless upon modern science. were from the same pens. It Is no exaggeration to say that 1t was the missionary who first unlocked the treasures of modern Knowledge in the uon- Christian world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11

The spirit of the time Is increasing ly favorable to international peace. but the sense of obligation to wage war upon all the forces that make for hu- man hurt is growing by leaps and bounds. The great conflicts of our time are between science and disease, between new spirit of altruism and unforward social cohditions. between truth and error in all departments of human life. So the new war corre- spondent of the better day that is dawning is he who chronicles the vic- tories of light over darkness. good over evil. progress over reaction. brother Illness over selfishness. It is not a too violent stretching of the figure to say that the wealth of missionary litera- ture which our day fs producing is the modern war correspondence. It re- cords the victories of the forces of the Kingdom of Heaven over the op- posite legions of evil
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11
AGAIN THE PoPULlsTs ARE
 INsULTED. TAls ThinG Is Dsing Carried Tse Far. He Fears tie Beuth Is
 Fsrgetting Some sf Its Tsaehlnes.
BY !. CULPEPPER


 Perhaps an apology Is due the read ing public for my skip of Sunday or two. It must be rccoilected that Con- gress 10 in. session and furnishing en- tertaipment ("very good what there is of 1t. and plenty of 1t such as it is'') 2. and Tel like 1t Is imDolite to "but' are SO many pleasant surprises.' and, occasionally. some perfdiss that one has to hold himself. phflosophicaliy, to take green and ripe as it comes."
 The tariff is . matter which the more you know the more you can't under stand. It is general for revenue, local for gain and personal for profit, It ia something like the quality of mercy. sIt blesses him that takes and him that receives%
 The man who gets the bsnefit. iikes It. It stimulates his patriotism. It Is right to encourage patriotism. even t 1t takes ''protection'' to do it. It fs recognized that special favors have to be shown the very rich as a stimulans to love of country.
 1t has been suggested. as . plea against an Income Tax. that perjury ia stronger than patriotism--among ths rich. The wise statesman Is so abhor. rent of false swearing. he eschews all legislation that generates it. Nobody cares how much a poor fellow liea about his income and therefore the poor fellow has no friend, st court.
 In the intelligent discussion. in Con gress, that makes body more ignor ant the more he reads, there was one happy deyaaopment. It was Southern suggestion. which makes 1t more pleasant and us more proud.
 What Ts He wortht
 It was on the line of economical administration of the government" which is another .sockdoiloger" for the think 1t was a agentleman of Geor, gia that propos6d to "ciip" the salary. He thinks his services are not worth more than $5.000 year!
 So much modesty is surely surpris- ing. It will astonish more and more if he succeeds in converting the other members to his way of thinking. I was sorry the modesty did not develop in the Alabama delegation, for, if I recollect alright. an Alabamian was motierator of the, association that re- iterated the Economically admfnfs- tered" along with revenue only"
 However, since the question of value of service has been sprung, all those in favor of economy will conscientious Iy return to the treasury any surpius above personal value of servfce.
 One of the surprises is coming from the tarin discussion. that even "the South" Is getting in touch with the tariff--It wants some of the blessings of a paternal government. once and protection" appeal to an awakening
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11

A great many of the skirts hint at drapery. which emphasizes the fact also that the tendency is toward more full ness. s-
 In spite of the rage for tones of law ender and purple which has existed all winter, there Is more of 1t than ever on the spring hats.
 The huge bows of the past season proved, so universally becoming that the milliners are beginning to fashion them again for the season to come.
 For women who cannot anord root wear to match their different gowns, slippers of patent leather, with rhtns- stone buckles are good investment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11
Peruna h not . nervfns n0r . stimuIant. It benefits tho nerves by henefting diEe~tfon.

pefuna frees the stomach of catarrhal compositions and normal digestion Is the result. hottom of the whole diffcuity.. when inc disagreeable symptoms disapper.
 Mrs. J. c. Jamison. sf Marchanf street. watsonviile. Cal. writes:
 .T was troubled with my stomach for six years. tried many kinds of medicine, also was treated by three doctors.
 nepsia. I was put on e liquid oiet fov three months.
 T improved under the treatment.