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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-03

converted into a kindergarten de-
partment.
Il would like to call the special
attention of the parents to this
kindergarten department, which will
be conducted strictly as kinder
garten school, and not as First
grade. This department will be
placed under the care and direction
of a special teacher, in the Central
building, and all pupils under E
years of age must attend this school
and not one of the First grades. No
pupil known to be under S years of
age will be admitted to this de-
partment.
I shall also call the attention
of the parents of pupils to the new
compulsory attendance law. The law
provides that all children between
the ages of 8 and 18 shall attend
school during the ENTIRE time
that school is in session, unless such
pupil has completed the Eighth-grade
work, or is formally excused by the
school board for certain reasons.
Remember that no one else has the
right or power to excuse child for
non-attendance, and the excuse must
be made a part of the records of the
board meeting.
A full list of the teachers and
their assignments will be published
later.
Hoping that this will be the best
school year Bemidji has ever had, we
will enter upon our work with renewed
zest; at the termination of a. long
vacation.
Il have been asked to write a
descriptive plan for the new school
building.
On the basement floor, the follow
ing rooms have been provided for:
Two grade rooms, a manual training
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-03

room, gymnasium, girls toilet and
shower bath, and boys toilet and
shower bath.
"On the second, or main floor,
the following will be found: A large
assembly room for the Seventh and
Eighth grades, two recitation rooms,
two other grade rooms, library
room and a superintendent's room.
The third floor is occupied with
the following. A large high school
assembly room; a chemical labora-
tory; a physical laboratory; five
recitation rooms; a business Office; a
girls and a boys toilet.
Ample cloak rooms and drinking
fountains are provided on all floors.
The heating and ventilating
plant is located just outside the main
building, in a room 24x90 feet.'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-03

M. L. Toole of Cass Lake, one of
the veteran business men of that
place, was visitor in Bemidji yester-
day afternoon and last evening.
Mr.. Toole came over in the afternoon
and returned home on the east-bound
G.. N. night train. Mike" Toole is
one of the strong democrats of the
state, being of the old Jeffersonian
school; and his loyalty to the party
extends back to the time when the
famous %. K. P. H. K."' of P H.
Kelley was in vogue. There is pro-
badly no more popular man in Cass
county than Mr.. Toole. He has
friends everywhere.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-03
COLLEGE ATHLETES WILL
RUN At FAIR next WEEK
Will Use Tanbark Track at Hipp0-
dr0me.-S0me Good Races
Will Be Run.

Owing to the large number of
athletes who are using the hippo
drome track in prepa ration for the
coming intercollegiate events to be
held in connection with the horse
show and hippodrome at the state
fair next week, the board of mana
gers have made a special arrange
ment whereby all candidates for
honors in these events will be able
to use the track every day this week.
AS the fair grounds close on Thurs
day of this week, it will be necessary
for those whe desire to take advant-
age of this offer to secure passes at
the administration building on or
before Thursday morning. These
passes will be issued to all who make
application for them.
The tan bark track is now in fine
condition, and there is every reason
to expect some fast time at the meet.
Prof. lRothfus of the Y. M. C.. A..
says: The meet should become a
permanent feature of the state fair
and offers an excellent addition to
the regular horse show program, and
will in my opinion be decidedly popu-
lar with the crowds who attend the
fair, as it is one of the most impor-
tant amateur events of the year. "
The majority of the Twin City
schools and associations are now
represented in the entries and a
number of smaller colleges through.
out the state are also on the list.
The intercollegiate 10O.yard dash
for Monday evening promises to be
one of the fastest ever run in the
state. Capron of the Minneapolis
| West High, who won the inter.
ollegiate mile last winter, is picked
to clean up the slate, although some
of the Hamline men should be well
to the front, as two of them have al
ready done better than 10 Is. Bliss,
the star distance man of Hamline,
who holds the state record for a
mile in 4:33, and at the present ap.
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BEMIDJI PUBLIC SCHOOL
WILL BEGIN ON SEPT. 18TH
With Completion Of New High School Building, Lack Of
School Room Has Been Done Away WITH
Plenty of Room.

The public schools of Bemidji
will open on Monday, September
18th; and from present indications
there will be a much larger enroll
ment than ever before in the history
of the city.
Conditions at the opening of the
present school year were never
better for a most successful season,
as the school board has received the
cooperation of the taxpayers of the
district and furnished necessary
school room that was needed, in the
building of a new school house,
which will relieve the congested
condition that prevailed during the
past three years.
Professor A. P. Richie, superin-
teudent of the Bemidji city schools,
says of the schools:
The public schools of Bemidji
will open for work on Monday,
September 18th. The date is
week later than usual, owing to the
fact that the school board had
hoped the new school building would
be completed and ready for occu-
pancy by that time. It looks now,
however, that the building would
not be ready on that date, in which
case it may be possible to hold half
day sessions in some of the grades
for week or two.
when the new building is ready
for occupancy, the First and Second
grades that formerly occupied the
old Catholic church building, the
Seventh and Eighth grades and the
high school will be placed therein.
Some new features will be added
this year.
A manual training and normal
department have been provided for,
in the high school, and one of the
heretofore first primaries will be
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"SOME CJJSS BLEW
THE JESTER FARM DAM"
Between Midnight and Dawn, Last Night Dam at Outlet
OF Lake Plantagnet Was Destroyed-No Clue
to the ''Dynamiters.'' '<-4

At an early hour this morning
(sometime between midnight and
dawn some party or parties, whose
identity is at present unknown,
destroyed the combined dam and
bridge which spanned the School
craft river at the outlet of that
stream from Lake Plantagnet. Some
high explosive was used, probably
dynamite or quicksilver, and the
wrecking of the dam and bridge was
complete, as far as the main portion
of the structure was concerned.
The dam is located on the property
of A. H. Jester, who is conducting
summer resort in connection with his
farming operations, and who has
named the place The Jester Farm"
Mr.. TESTERS main building and
cottages are located but short dis
lance from the dam, and none of the
family or the guests heard any noise
during the night, indicating that the
work of blowing out the dam was
done very expeditiously and quietly.
AS number of the visitors at the
Farm" were awake until the mid
night hour, it is certain that the
wrecking of the dam occurred after
that hour, or the noise would have
been heard.
The dam was put in some eleven
years ago, by the Brainerd Lumber
company, and has been used nearly
every spring since that time for
the purpose of sluicing logs through
from Lake Plantagnet into the
Schoolcraft river. Some complaint
has been made that the dam at
times held the waters of the lake
back to such an extent that damage
was done to the hay crop of some of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-03
]. 0. Harris Returns from West.

+ 10. Harris ( "Jim') has returned
from an extended trip through the
western country, where he went to
see what truth, if any, there was in
the boom" stories which he had
heard of that section, and incident
ally to take a peep at the Seattle
exposition.
Mr.. Harris visited at Portland,
Seattle, Occur D'Alene and other
points. He registered at all the land
drawings and drew "blanks,' as far
as getting anything worth while was
concerned.
In speaking of the conditions as
he found them out west, Mr.. Harris
says:
That is fine country for a man
who has plenty of capital. The
poor man will not prosper, out there,
and it is veritable illustration that
It takes money to make the mare
co. The irrigated farm lands are
very high-priced, but with capital
the energetic people of this section
could undoubtedly prosper; but it
takes really too much money.
Out in that country, the state of
Minnesota is regarded as one of the
leading states Of the Union, from an
educational standpoint; and if a
person has graduated from the
University of Minnesota, he or she
is highly regarded as an educator of
! merit"
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the farmers living along the lake.
shore, but it was not thought that any
person would become so wrought up
over the matter as to wilfully destroy
the dam, which is private property,
belonging to Mr.. Jester.
Some covert threats were made
last year, relative to possible des-
truction of the dam, but they came
to naught. Mr.. Jester cannot
imagine who did the work of des-
truction, which has caused him an
estimated loss of $1,000.
For some time past, Mr.. Jester has
forbidden any persons taking min
nows from the water at the dam,
unless he was personally present, and
saw that the right kind were taken.
Mr.. Jester states that there were
always thousands of black bass
minnows, with which the waters
hereabouts have been stocked, and
that INSCRIPTIONS parties were in
the habit of taking the bass minnows
for bait as we'll as the Sinners" and
that he forbade this indiscriminate
destruction of the fry which had
been furnished by the Game and
Fish commission. Mr.. Jester thinks
that some of these persons may have
been vicious enough to have de-
stroyed the dam in return for the
refusal to allow the taking of the
bass minnows.
The blowing of the dam consti-
tutes felony, punishable by fine
of from $500 to $1,000 or imprison-
ment for not less than one year nor
more than ten years; and should the
guilty parties be detected, it is likely
that they will be prosecuted with the
utmost vigor.
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in their Investigations relative to
the proposed electric light franchise
and what the same should contain
when it is finally acted upon by the
city council.
Communications may be address,
ed to w. G.. Schroeder, City.
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Baptist Meeting Monday Evening.

A special business meeting will be
held in the Baptist church Monday
evening, Sept. 9th. All members
are requested to be present.
Done by order of trustees.
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1909 Diaries.

The Pioneer still has a few 1909
diariesleft which will be closed out at
half price. The assortment includes
some of the best aswell as the cheap
er books.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-03
GOV, JOHNSON WILL HEAR
BELTRAMI CASES SEPT. 9
Has Received the Copy Of the Iesti-
mony, Which Covers Some
- 495 Pages.

St. Paul. Sept. 3.-Gov. Johnson
will hear arguments on the Beltrami
county commissioners cases Sept.
9, at 10 O'Clock, according to ar
rangements made yesterday when
M. E. Ryan of Brainerd presented
his report as commissioner appointed
to take testimony against the county
officers.
The testimony fills 495 pages,
together with a mass of exhibits.
Charges of malfeasance and nom
feasance against the county auditor
and three of the county commission
ers were preferred after an examin-
alton of the county record by men,
bers of the public examiners office.
The governor gave out none of the
testimony, but set the date when
arguments will be heard. The COM
missioners will also be present then.
The testimony is said to show ex-
travagance. The affairs of the
county are in a bad muddle, accord
ing 10 testimony before the CON-
missioner, and have been so for
some time. Efforts were made during
the session of the legislature to per-
nit the county to issue. additional
bonds to clear up the floating in
debtedness.
The above is taken from the ST..
Paul Pioneer Press and is simply a
news item as to the date set for
hearing.
E. E. Mcdonald is attorney for
Auditor Wilmann and A. w. Dana
her, and P. ]. Russell is counsel for
Yves Wright and F. O. sSibley.r
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To Detroit and Return $500.

Via the South Shore in connection
with steamers of the D. & C.. Line.
Excursions leave Duluth on Night
Express Sept. 18th, 18th, 10Th, 22nd.
Rate to Toledo $3.50, Cleveland
$3.50, Buffalo $14.OO.
Apply early for reservation to
A. J. Perrin,
General Agent,
Duluth, MINI.
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Money to Loan.

I have $500 to loan on improved
city property. Inquire of Attorney
A. A. Andrews.
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Will Welcome Suggestions.
The citizens committee which
was appointed at the mass meeting
Tuesday evening will welcome any
suggestions that any citizen or tax
payers may give them to aid them
Arizona republican., 1909-02-23
HE WAS AN ARlZONlAN.
The Navajo Who Ran Amuck at Gin
 cinnati.

Ciincnnati. O., Feb. 22-The most seriously of the injured victims of the Navajo Indian who ran amucll in the Grand Central station last night were today reported still in a critical con- dition.
 The Indian knife used was identified from a pass found at the depot as Chief Becody of Sanders, Ariz., sta tion of the Navajo Indians. He is a noted chief of his race, and has been in Washington as a witness in the federal land fraud investigation. The other Indians on the train with Be- cody were not detained after failure to secure identification of him through them.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-23

I Globe: Claude NJ Hinkel, John D Champaign, John J. Miller. Bisbee; J J. OLoughlin, Warren; B. T. Watkins Bisbee; R. C. Barnard, Williams; James A. Lanport, Flagstaff. Having decided in the afternoon that there would be no parade, the man. agers utilized such portions of it as might be practicable to liven up things during a nice, sunshiny but muddy aft l ernoon- There were all manner oi vehicles, some old fashioned, some SC l ancient it was amazing that they would hold together. One of them, ir fact, did not, and had to be dragged out of the streets on thre wheels. Ar ancient hack that probably same to the territory when Coronado's expedition was improvised as a carryall for cart ing around and exposing to public view one after another the Infortu- nate novitiates who were recognized and captured on the streets.
 The biggest figure of the. day was cut by G. ". P. Hunt, president of the council He was arrayed in a Merry Widow hat, the biggest on record, and in a color scheme of yellow Below the hat peeped a winrow of artificial hair that could be seen a block away. His tailor made suit was of streaked calico, cut Mother Hubbard and a little short, with directoire sits in the side. The dress looked a good deal shorter when 1t was later put on a man about seven feet high. Both these men, and others, were led up and down the sidewalks and introduced to people generally, whether they wanted 10 be or not.
 The high court was held in the bowling alley under the Aztec club, and each candidate in turn was brought before 1t for punishment. It kept the guards busy administering it. One of the wheeled features was a Ben Hur outfit, Roman chariot made of the tongue, doubletrees and front machine wheels on it, wooden box to ride in and, drawn by four lively burros.
 Possibly one of the most unique in cidents of the day was the lynching of Charles A. Stauffer, who was hanged to a telegraph pole at the intersection of Washington and Center streets. He was cut down later in the day and revived for the evening ceremony.
 Prof. Georgemintzofsky of Berlin gave a hypnotic exhibition in the Hub window, Ernest Lewis being the sub ject. He refused to go under the in nuence of the wizards eye until the latter hit him over the head with a club, when he dropped like a railroad tie, and was bound and gagged so he could not come to until he was sent for
 These and a score of similar stunts were engaged in for the merriment of all, whether Shriner or sinner, or both, and all enjoyed 1t.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-23
FESTIVITIES
 IF SHR|NERS
They Made the 1908 CeremO'
 niaIS Memorable

Declining the cordial invitation giv- en the Shriners to march through the muddy streets last night, the fantastic parade that had been planned was dis pensed with and the entire night was given up 10 the weird transactions scheduled to take place in the hall.
 The freedom of the city, however, was accepted enthusiastically and the Shriners were the whole thing yester day. Business was suspended on ac- count of the holiday. Those who de- sired to be ultra patriotic attended the Illinois picnic and the baseball game. The rest of the people were divided into two classes. One was composed of Shriners and candidates and the other comprised the unfaithful, nearly all of whom seemed as much interest ed in the ceremOnials as the shiekS themselves The attendance from other parts of the territory was large and one would have had a hard time yes terday trying to get into a crowd in which Masonry was not represented. Forty eight candidates for the tor lures appeared and twenty of them came from Globe. The rest were from all the varied points of the compass the Globe delegation being much the largest. The names of the novitiates are:
 Perry Benson Lady, Robert Russell Boyd, Taylor Ely Sweet, George Stone man, Ronald Herbert. Jacobs, John WOg, Globe; Alvin Luther Reese, Je- rome; Richard Maximilian O. Buehler. Phoenix; Frank Justice Thomas, Ash Fork; John Edward Leeper, Lee P. Kraull, Jams A Prosser. Jerome; James A. Pitts, Phoenix; Alfred Hauser, Globe; Amos A. Betts, Abel F. Nye, L. NJ. Christofferson, Ernest W. Lewis, Phoenix; F. J. Brechan, Tempe; John B. Coplen, Globe; Harvey D. Ste vens, Prescott; George W. P. Hunt. Globe; Willard Smith, Phoenix; L. G. Movers, Globe; L T. Hosey, Phoenix; William E. Brooks, Globe: Charles Stauffer, D. O. Johnson, Phoenix; Jesse Gregg, John w. Francis, Flag staff; s. s. Preston, Tuba; Joseph B. Garfield, Williams; Angus McAlpin. Globe; Charles E. Kadell, Charles Padelford, Tucson; John D. Wick Jr., Solomonville; P. C. Anderson, Globe; Howardp T. Wayne, Globe; Ben J. Mo Kinney. Cochise; William S. Sultan.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-23

thronged Golden Gate Park stadium, and the discordant hoOting of count less automobile horns Otto Boeddiker of the Olympic club, ran the la/ 500 yards of the long Marathon course today, winning his race in the remarkable time of ? hours, 40 minutes, 31 3-5 seconds, nearly 15 minutes faster than the time made over the classic course by John Hayes
Arizona republican., 1909-02-23
A KANSAS STORM.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. 22.-Passengers who have reached this city from Fl Dorado, Kan, say they learned that the Missouri Pacific depot and four buildings at Reece, Kan, were de- stroyed by a wind storm this morn ing. No one was killed and no one seriously injured. The storm was the most severe from fifteen to twen- ty miles northwest of Reece. Four persons were seriously injured there Property loss in the district northwest of Reece will be heavy.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-23
cAuLE AND sHEEP MARKED.

Chicago. Feb. 22.-Cattle receipts 19.OOO; market steady to 10c higher. Reeves s4.25G6.90, Texas steers S4.20 m5.25, western steers s4.006 $50, stockers and feeders $3.35Q5.40, cows and heifers SLS5q5.60.
 Sheep receipts 1S,0OO, market steady to strong Natives S3.2545.6O, west ern s3.50G 5.60. yearlings s6.0O@6.90. lambs, native s5.75G775, western s575677O
Arizona republican., 1909-02-23
WEATHER TODAY

Washington, Feb. 22.-Weather forecast for Arizona: Fair Tuesday; warmer in south, Wednesday fair, warmer
Arizona republican., 1909-02-23
A FRISCO MARATHON

San Francisco, Feb. 22.-Cheered on by shouts of the great crowd which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-22
EXILE FROM ISTHMUS.
Exporter Of Laborers to Pre-
sent Case at Washington.

The Royal Mail steam packet Nagdalsna
arrived yesterday from Jamaica. haV-
ing left behind her most distinguished pas
ssngsT. william p, Spiller. whom the gov
sTnment Of Panama dismissed from the
islhmus fer exporting laborers 20 Brazil.
AIT. Spiller. with ois bag Of gold. got of
at Kingston 10 take a two weeks rest be-
fore continuing 20 Washington to put his
case before the authorities.
4 friend CT the exile who was a pas
serger On the Magdalena said that Spill
lers contention was that he was exporting
free labore-s from tree port (Colonl. and
was therefore acting within the Law. he
was upheld by the Supreme Court az Pan
anna. but the Pansman government acted
il spite OF this decision.
According 70 Spiders friend the latter
bought the steamer Oteri in Cuba. brought
her over u Colon. and shipped three hun
d-ed laboFers on her 10 Para. Brazil, 20
work there on a new railroad On the
Oteri's return the Panarnan government
refused 70 let her dock at Colon. 50 = sec
ond consignment q three hundred iaborers
was shipped frCm Colon TO Carthazena by
the Royal Mail steam packet Atrato.
There they were pat aboard the Oteri and
taken 10 Para.
The Niscountess Torrington and her son
the young viscount, were also passengers
On the Magdalena. having made the trip
on her from Southampton. They went 70
the Hotel Astcr. and viii sail for home on
the Oceanic to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-22
TALK or HOOKWORM
-HGny Cases az Ne1C York is
ScTbed to SubuaU York.

Inc medical profession was brought into
comparatively close contact with bottled
and slide specimens of hookvorrn AZ the
meeting CT the New York Academy OF
MeTlcine last night The papers read BY
DIS. r g Wood. Fl. c. Patterson and
Harlow Brooks proved that this city had
large nurnber CT cases. The hookwornn
was getting into New York through en-
ployment OF foreign labor and colorsd men
rom me South. according 20 the speakers.
VINO showed that the magnlrude OF subway
operations in and about the city ENCOURAGED
ths spread or the disease. as Il exists 10
great extent among diggsrs OF the sol!
ana among those working In the mines in
other countries.
Drs- strong ard Ashton King. OF tha
United States army. have reported the
nookWo Frn 20 be very prevalent in the ser
vice. ~ Fort Sio9um S. per cent Of the
resro troops recruited frcna the Carolinas
and Georgia were infected
As result OF the Rockefeller zist 20
COMBAT the disease in the South. the atten
toa OF medical science has been generally
alrected 10 IL. and 70 has been found 70
exist among the Porto Rican children and
IN tie Philippines. Several cases were cited
last night which resulted fatally in thrae
months. these being in New York hospitals.