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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-12-15

apple. InlS is one variety CudI L nave
been studying as growing in my
orchard in southern British Columbia
kettle River valley). 1t is a slow,
dwarf grower OF wood, being an early
and exceedingly prolific bearer.
Ranks three as being best in their
markets; and most profitable by the
we'll posted orchardists of that Sec
ton, and they are topgrafting other
standard varieties to it. | should
plant it in preference to any other
variety as filler. Mr.. Van Cochran,
formerly of East Sound, Orcas Island,
and one of the most intelligent, prac-
tical and we'll read pomologists of the
state, called my attention to the
general misnaming of this apple
twenty years ago. He thought it
very promising variety for that sec
is out of place."
Mr.. Cass' last remark is very sugges-
tive. While commencing this apple
very highly when grown in British
Columbia and on the authority of Mr..
Van Cochran, recommending it as
very promising on Orcas Island, yet
says it is out of place in the rich
Skagit valley. The lesson this teaches
is that we must study each locality to
know what is best to plant there. L
have repeatedly advised people about
to launch into apple growing in any
locality, to seek out the growers there
to learn what is suitable to that sec
ton. Don't be surprised, friends, if
I cannot tell what apples are best to
grow in every part of our great
country. Any one who claims such
ability proves himself unreliable.
BEST FRUIT FOR EASTERN
OREGON.
w. f. Schaeffer Thayer, ILL.,, under
date of October %, writes as follows:
GAS am Interested in orchard land
IN the Umatilla valley, Oregon, L am
very anxious to know what you con-
slider thesbest commercial variety of
apple to plant. Also il you advise
planting peach trees for filters.
l would not advise any one to plant
just on variety of apple in a COM
mercial orchard. l would plant at
least two varieties and mix them in
the orchard not unfortunately, but
1 would plant two or four rows OF
one variety and then the same number
of another variety. This mixing
| is done III Oruer 10 SEIZURE croSS-
poIlenation. Many varieties of the
apple are partly self-sterile and need
the pollen from some other varieties
to make them do their best bearing.
Ii I were going to plant an orchard
| in the Umatilla valley and did not
plant but two varieties, they would
be the Jonathan and WiDesap. Ii l
should add two more they would be
! the Rome Beauty and the Delicious.
/ should certainly not plant very
many varieties in a commercial
orchard. - We have just passed an
other season in apple growing and
find that the Jonathan, Rome Beauty
and Winesap have paid the best on
both my ranches. The reason 1 do
not include the Delicious is owing to
the fact that l have but few in bear
ing. Ina few years it will be differ
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Horticulture

ern fruit, which is far superior in
grading. The prejudice against boxes
is being rapidly overcome; in fact,
we are now in a process of distribut-
in between 400 and 500 cars of boxed
apples from the northwest and find
the demand much more extensive
than it has ever been in the past,
and we are able to sell cars in markets
that had practically no consumption
of this commodity in previous years.
H. WOODS & co.
Chicago, Ill.
The box apple is becoming very
popular in our market. Our firm
has this season handled more cars of
western box apples than this market
has taken in an entire season in
former years. Regarding the popu-
Iaritv of boxes as packages for the
handling of apples in the states OF
New York, Virginia and the New
England states, it is true that the
boxes as packages are not as popular,
but this is simply due to the fact
that they are not put up with the
same care as are the apples in the
western states, the box AS package
for use in the eastern section would,
we feel confident. become equally as
popular as in the western states.
What the Rural New Yorker should
do is to endeavor to educate the
growers and packers of the eastern
states to be more careful in the grad
ing and packing of their apples
Otherwise the western states will
soon put our eastern states out OF
business as far as the apple industry
is concerned. 1t is actually a crime
the way our eastern farmers are
putting up their crop of apples, and
if you will make an investigation
among the orchards in the eastern
states you will soon learn that we
are giving you the facts. There is
a great opportunity for agitation
among the apple growers to take
better care of their orchards and take
more pride in their fruit.
F. BRENNlSON & SON
Buffalo, N. Y.
think may safely say that these
statements from three leading houses
in three of our large cities show just
the opposite to the statements that
the trend of the trade is away from
the use of the boxes. Take the state
ment from HI Woods u Co., Chicago:
"The prejudice against boxes is being
rapidly overcome; in fact we are now
In the process of distributing between
400 and 500 cars of boxed apples from
the northwest and find the demand
much more extensive than it has ever
been in the past and we are able to
sell Gals in markets that had practi
callyg no consumption of this COM
modify in previous years. Does this
look like apple dealers are clamoring
for barrels instead of boxes? Re-
member that all these statements
we're sent to a New York paper and
could not have been intended as
flattery TO men who use apple boxes.
The statement of Ed. Paulhan that
apples packed in barrels could be
easily inspected by removing a stave
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Rae 4 Hatfield of New York, when
they say: GAS you are probably
aware, there is about one bushe1 of
good apples usually found in the
barrel, the balance being mostly off
grades and as this off stuff is usually
found in the middle OF the barrel, it
cannot be seen by the buyer, whereas
if the same stuff is packed in boxes,
opening top, side or bottom exposes
the poor fruit with the result that
the apple growers in the east prefer
shipping in barr els rather than boxes. F."
| The idea that you can easily inspect
barrel of apples is about as silly
thing as ever got into. print. 1t would
| be a credit to man making such a
statement to say that he was crazy.
| But the statement is made that it is
quite job to carefully inspect BOXES
of apples that are wrapped. True,
but wrapping apples is no necessary
part of packing them in boxes. Then
why did we change? Simply to meet
the demands of the trade and when
ever the trade demands unwrapped
apples we can and will furnish them.
1t is reported that Mr.. Thompson said
| that he was in favor of boxes for
fancy apples but that rs per cent of
the Yakima apples would in few
years be shipped in barrels. That
means, if it means anything that
three-fourths of the apples raised in
the Yakima valley cannot be classed
as fancy stock. If that should prove
true prophecy, then the apple bust
ness in Yakima valley will be doomed.
The only hope for the sale of so large
an amount of apples as will be raised
in that and other similar valleys is
that they can be shipped to the cities
Of the Atlantic coast and to Europe,
with some to China and Japan and
to Australia, but nothing but fancy
stock can be successfully shipped to
those markets. We must top work
our Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin and
all common grade apples and grow
only fancy stock have top worked
$500 of my trees to Spitzenberg,
Newtown, Winesap, Arkansas Black
and Rome Beauty with this very end
in view. In future issues | intend
to submit some additional proof from
eastern apple buyers and others to
show that the tendency is toward the
apple box and not toward barrels and
also that barrels will cost more than
boxes. Watch the man who wants to
substitute barrels for boxes in handl-
ing western apples.
THE WAGNER APPLE.
Recently l answered an inquiry
about the ACCESSIBILITY of top working
Wagner apple trees to something
else. Mry old friend, j. F. Cass, Mt.
Vernon, Skagit county, writes the
following interesting letter about this
apple: a notice what you say in
The Ranch relative to the Wagner
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
MAYOR GAYNOR SHOT AND
WOUNDED ON BOARD SHIP
Was About to Leave New York On a
Months Vacation Condition
Not Critical.

. New York, August 9-(Special to
the Pioneer)-Mayor William J.
Gaynor was shot and seriously
wounded this morning on board the
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse as he
was about to sail for Europe on a
months vacation. His assailant was
arrested and gave the name of il.
Gallagher. When asked why he
shot the mayor, he said that Gaynor
had deprived him of his bread and
butter.
Gaynor was taken to St. Marys
hospital where it is said his condi-
ton did not appear critical.
Mr.. Gaynor was shot in the heshy
part of the left side of the neck and
was knocked unconscious.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
The MAJESTIC PRoGAM "
SATISFIES SHOW G0ERS

A crowded house and one that
was we'll pleased with the perform
ance left the moving picture show
at the Majestic theatre last evening.
The bill will be the same tonight.
The Spanish Frontier" is one of
the most beautiful scenes ever re-
produced in this city.
Film No. is the drawing
card of the entire performance,
the title of which is Esther
and Mordecai" Last week they
showed a film entitled the Marriage
of Esther The one tonight is the
second part Of this story and should
not be missed by any one having
seen film No. l.
Making Salt" film No. 3 is very
interesting and educational film. It
gives one an idea of how salt is really
made into useable form. It is an
educational feature especially for the
children.
Her Life for Her Love" is the
title Of film No. 4 and is a pathetic
yet interesting picture. It holds
the attention from start to finish.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
cASS LAKE STORE ROBBED
c. E. Battles Lost SIS From Cash Till
Hams Taken From Butcher Shop.

Cass Lake, August 9-(Special to
the Pioneer,-Some time during last
night, burglars entered the c. E.
Battles hardware store and touched
the cash register for its contents,
amounting to about SIS. Entrance
was gained through a rear window.
Nothing else was missing. The
butcher or Blattman Bros. next door
was also broken into and several
hams taken. Several clews have
been run down but nothing certain
has been found out. Suspicion point
ed to a gang of tramps who were
camping on the outskirts of town
and investigation this morning
showed that they had left.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
SETTLERS DAY At SP0OMER
Valuable Cash Prizes Posted-Best
Exhibits for State Fair.

Posters have been tackled up
around the city to advertise the
Settlers Day at Spooner next
Thursday. The program advertis-
ed says that cash prizes are to be
given for the best things and that
speakers will be there to present
topics of vital interest. The COM
mittee in charge of the day will buy
the best exhibits and take them to
the State Fair.
: The prizes advertised are as fol-
lows: Largest family, IS; family
coming the farthest, S.; family with
the largest number of boys, 50;
family with largest number of
girls, 81; heaviest man and lady,
each 81; So each for the best
collection of fruit, flowers, grasses,
grains and vegetables; 81 for the
best five pound jar of butter; 81 for
best exhibits of timothy, millet, red
clover, blue Joint, red top, fodder
corn, wheat, oats, rye, spells, to-
bacco, turnips, rutabagas, carrots,
parsnips, onions, beets, cucumbers,
rhubarb and potatoes.
Bemidji may have a market day
in the near future.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
TRoUBAD0URS TONIGHT
To Give Concert and Dance in Armory
Opera House.

The Troubadors Amusement com
will give a concert and dance in the
Armory Opera house this evening.
Last evening, the company played at
Cass Lake, and Saturday at Grand
Rapids. At both towns they were
greeted by filled houses which said
they were well satisfied.
The concert this evening will be-
gin promptly at $3.50 as the concert
must be finished by 10 o'clock.
Dancing will not stop until 2 a. m.
when the company takes the train
west. Following is the program:
1. UNeAR1soHE Observation-Disclosures
\. Orchestra
e SPOKEN SONGS
a. Jest Wearyin' for You.
b. S Some Day When Dreams Come True.
Miss Helen Hardness
3. FLUTE SoLo-The Butterfly
Mr.. NichOl Briglia
1. ALPINE VIOLETS ...... &C.. Ludwig Andre
Orchestra
). The AMPHITHEATRE SCENE-From the
Last Days Of Pompeii."
Miss Helen Hardness
6. HARP SOLO-The Troubadours
Mr.. Michael Varallo
7. VIOLIN SOLO-Mazurka de Concert
Mr. Michael Briglia
5. IMPBRSONATIONS-
a. Old Men.
b. Types Of Negroes.
c. Small Children and Boys.
Miss Helen II arkness
9. BRIDAL ROsE--Overture ........ Lavelle
Orchestra
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
COMMERCIAL CLUB IS TO
MEET THURSDAY EVENING
Important That All Members Attend in
Person-Regular Sessions to Be
~ Held Monthly.

~ The Bemidj j Commercial club.will
meet at the club rooms in the
.O'Leary-B owser bull ding Thursday
evening, August II. The meeting
will be called at 8 o'clock.
It has been a long time since the
entire club has been assembled for
business purposes. This meeting
Thursday evening is one of great
importance and every member of the
club is urgently requested to be pre-
sent, not by proxy but by person.
Secretary H. E. Reynolds stated
today that he will make an effort
to fix a suitable meeting night of
commercial club for at least once a
month. He says that this night
should be on some fixed day and
all regular business should be trans
acted at this regular monthly meet
ing.
= Heretofore the club has had no
regular meeting night and all bust
ness transacted was done mostly by
the directors of the club. The
directors have been very willing to
bear the burden of this work but
have always felt thst the entire men,
bership of the club should have a
voice in the transaction of club bust
ness.
It is a known fact that there are
many who are members of the Com
mercial club and have not attended a
single meeting. This probably due
to the fact that the club has had no
regular fixed meetingt ime.
The work done in the past by
the Commercial club would be
credit to commercial clubs in cit
les many times the size of Be-
midi. There are many who have
devoted valuable time toward &C.
complishing so much but the larg-
er portion of the credit belongs to
the officers and directors of the
club especially to President w. L.
Brooks and former Secretary Al
Jester.
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Pool Room Opens Thursday.

Mike David will open new pool
and billiard hall on Minnesota ave-
nue. near the Rex hotel on Thurs.
day morning. He is from Duluth
and claims the pool championship of
that city. A few weeks ago, he de-
feated Frank Burns, one arm cham
pion of the world, in Gillette's
parlors.
Mr.. David announces that he has
five pool tables and one for billiards.
On the opening day, Thursday,
cigars will be free in the .parlors.
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a new Jail, the same to be approved
by the state board of control. These
will probably be ready in two weeks.
AS soon as the plans have been &C
copied bids will be advertised and
the work started at once.
The council voted $3.50 for decor
ating the city during the days of the
County Fair. Carl Borsvold was
granted a license for a saloon, good
until August II, 1911. His bond
was accepted. The street commit
tee were given another week to in
vestigate the Irvine avenue opening
and report at the next meeting of
the council. Joe Harrington, chief
of police, requested through the
council that merchants having rear
doors on dark alleys place lights
over them so that they could be
better watched. Charlie Warfeld
reported that the poles for the Mill
Park lights were in place. Alder.
man Klein said that the dynamite
was nearly all out of the house and
no more would be put in.
Petition for Light. Granted.
A petition from residents on Irvine
avenue between Fourteenth street
and the cemetary was read asking
that lights be installed every 400
feet. The council granted the
petition and directed that the light:
be put in on the corner of every
block.
Reports of the city treasurer anc
clerk were on hand but were MOI
read. The council made the meet
ing an adjourned one until Monda.
night.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
Hunt Lost Treasure of 1892.

Paris, August 8.-A French Cap.
tain Kidd's Treasure" is being
searched for at Cherbourg by divers.
The search results from the washing
ashore of two bars of silver last
March. Markings on the bars
showed that they were on the Dutch
ships that engaged in battle off
.Cherbourg in 1922.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
MORE IRON IS FOUND
North American Company Strikes Orr
In Tower Junction Property,

Minneapolis, August 9 ACCORD:
ing to a telegram received today by
H: c. Scribner, ore has been en-.
countered on the property Of the
North American Iron Mining com.
pany, which he represents. The
propertyis at Tower Junction and
the message bringing news Of the
strike said:
We have struck Bessemer stell
ore in shaft at " feet. e(signed)
T. ]. Walsh"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
CITY WANTS COUNTY TO
CARE FOR ITS own POOR
Is Now Paying Over 500 Per Week
for Care of Infirm Change Must
Be Voted.

On Thursday afternoon, the
council, Commercial club, and
prominent business men will meet
in the court house at 2 o'clock and
in a body ask the board of county
commissioners to place the question
of city or county care of poor on
the fall election ballots. This was
decided at a meeting of the council
last night.
1t was first planned to circulate
a petition as it was thought that if
twenty-five per cent of the voters
signed. the commissioner would have
to put the question on the ballots,
but it had to be twenty-five per cent
of the voters of the county.
The question of the disposition of
the poor has been troubling the
council for several months. At
present, the city is paying $4,000 a
year, or about 500 a week, for the
care of poor. The councllmen say
that they would not care if the
money was all spent on Bemidji
poor, but the poor flock in here from
all parts of the county to be cared
for.
If the question is put on the bal.
lots this fall, the voters will be asked
whether they want the cities to take
care of the poor, or whether they
want the county to establish a poor
house and care for all the county
poor at one place. Other villages
in this county are paying very little
for poor support and all that want
the support come to Bemidji.
George Knott, who has been TAX
ing care of the city poor, said that it
was impossible to get work out of
even those who were able. One man
when asked to do some garden work,
told Mr.. Knott he would not. He
said that Knott was paid by the city
to care for him and he intended to
be cared for.
The city poor bill has not shown
any decrease during the warm wealth
er when many of those who could
not work in the cold were able to get
out and earn something. The city
pays $5.25 per week for those quart
cred with Mr.. Knott and also takes
care of several infirm people who
live in their own homes.
The council are all determined
that the question shall be submitted
to a vote this fall and the citizens
given a chance to rid themselves of
the burden of caring for the poor of
the county. They say that it is not
just and the county commissioners
should give the city a chance. The
council wants all those interested to
meet with it in the court house
Thursday afternoon. - =,
1t is expected that considerable
pressure will have to be brought to
bear on the commissioners as they
will not take the burden of the poor
on the county if they can help it.
The county has soft snap now and
the commissioners are not anxious
to change the present system.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
Putting Clay on the Streets.

Clay is being spread over the deep
sand on, Bemidji avenue and has
made the road firm again. It was
also spread on Irvine avenue some
time ago. The street gang is work
ing as rapidly as possible to keep the
city streets in shape for travel.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
NEWS FROM |TASCA PARK
Various Items of General and Particular
Interest.

Dean w. Martin, of Minneapolis,
earlier in the season a forest school
student and at present fire ranger
for Clearwater, Becker and Hubbard
counties, visited here for three days
after travelling on saddle horse
through Hubbard. August 3rd he
left for inspection OF the fire warden
force in the Mallard and Bagley
country. Lacking rain, the country
is fre-dangerous.
Hugh Campbell of Saltwater en-
tertajned Friday evening at his
tent, at the Sign of the Deer
Antlers, Camp Row, a few of his
friends IN the Forest School; among
those present were Arthur Chase,
University of Minnesota 1912, F. w.
Beard of Canada and Doc Williams.
A pleasant evening was spent by
all. The host awarded appropriate
prizes as the clock struck twelve.
The cook house funkies. next tent,
reported late next morning for duty,
having passed any uneasy night.
A cub bear that was eating the east
line frebreak construction party out
of bacon, butter and other handy
grub for the last week, was captured
alive early Monday morning in a pit.
fall. 1t walked on the brush and fell
in bawling for its last years mother.
The bunch were called out of their
blankets by the noise and proceeded
to snake the cub out of the hole
with logging chain into a secure
cage, in which it is now on exhibi-
ton at the new Forest School barn.
In few days the bear will be turned
loose over west, to enrich the faunal
attractions of Itasca State Park with
one entirely black beast, not white
hair on him except his nose.
D. LANCE, principal of
the Humboldt high school, St.
Paul, new lecturing on animals
and woods life to the Itasca sum-
mer school, with Prof. E. " Robin
son, and John A Stillwell, foreman
of the improvement work on Itasca
Park Forest experiment station,
returned this evening from fish.
ing trip over west at Twin Lake.
A fine 50 ID. catch of 3 ID. black
bass, muscallonge, and pickerel.
The big muscallonge refused six
times to come into the boat with
Robinson and his light rod, but
was gated after half an hour OF
sport.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
Card Of Thanks.

Members Of the Bemidji band
wish to publicly thank those who
assisted them Friday night at the
concert and lawn fete. Y
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
FARMERS TO MEET WITH
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB

Saturday Aug. Goth at 1850
o'clock is the time set for meeting
of all the farmers around Bemidji
with the Commercial Club.
The main subject for discussion
will be the building of commission
warehouse. Everybody should at
tend this meeting.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
BIRTHS and DEATHS

Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. Otto John
son, twin boys on Monday morning.
They weigh nine and ten pounds
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-09
Results Yesterdays.
National League
tshyrd 6-RO2tOn a.

National League ill.,
PittsburG 6-Boston 0,
American League T..
New Yopk detroit 2. a.....--..
Boston 1-Cleveland 8. '*
Washington 3-Chicago q :
Philadelphia est. Louis 2.
American Association
Indianapolis 5-Milwaukee 6.
Columbus minneapolis S.
Toledo 8-St. Paul 1. s...~. NJ
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Sunday Games

. ,~- American League
Detroit 4-NewYOrk /.
Chicago 4-Washington 0.
Philadelphia est. Louis O.
American Association
Milwaukee indianapolis S..
Minneapolis 3-Toledo S.
Kansas City louisville OF
St. Paul 1-Columbus 2.
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Maximum today 20.
Minimum today so.
Maximum yesterday-74.
Minimum yestetday-66.
Forecast--F and warmer.
City Drug Store readings.
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Wanted girls for kitchen work Al
the Markham.