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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
The Mail Order Way.

A rather amusing story is told of
a man who went into a hardware
store in this city and wished to
purchase an axe. Being shown the
article and informed that the price
was $1.1O. he said, why, I can
get the same kind of an axe from a
mail.order house for 90 cents. "
Very well" said the hardware man,
I'll give it to you for the same
price provided that you will do the
same by me as you will do with it,
All right" replied the customer as
he handed over dollar bill, the
merchant giving him ten cents in
change.
Now" said the hardware man,
Il want Is cents more to the express
charges which the customer gave
him. How much did your axe cost
your" One dollar and fifteen cents, .
the man answered. very good.
Now give me S cents more for money
order fees and postage" which the
customer had to hand over. Nov
how much did your axe cost you9''
One dollar and twenty cents" said
the purchaser. Not so cheap after
ALL said the merchant, whereupon
he picked up the axe, put it back on
the shelf and told the customer to
call for it in ten DAYS as that would
be as soon as be could get it if be
ordered it from the mail order house.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
SWAMP SETTLERS FIND
ROAD CONDITIONS HARD
Few Men Have to Pay Total Tax
State Doe. not Pay for Part Thru
Its Own Land.

Mrs. May H. Bailey, of Happy
land, Minnesota, four miles south OF
Little Fork, is spending a, few days
in the city. She is homesteade,
there and is interested in the North.
ern Minnesota Development associa-
ton.
She reports that the condition o.
some of the settlers in the upper
part of Reltrami and Koo chichine
counties is pitiful. Much Of the
land is swamp land and belongs to
the state. These settlers, she says,
have gone in there and taken up
small sections between swamps.
After they have lived on them and
improved them, the state has re.
claimed them as swamp land, thus
leaving the settler absolutely nothing
for his work,
Mrs. Bailey says that not many
roads have been cut there as the
expense has to be bore by the few
farmers, and the vast areas of state
land do not contribute one cent.
These people have hard time get
ting to market and many of their
lands are surrounded by swamps.
The people up there, she says, are
vitality interested in Auditor Hay.
ner's petition to have the state pay
a part of the tax for building roads
past state land.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
STEVENSON won RACE
Defeated George Ralph Many Have
to 90 Some This Fall.

Crookston, August Congress
man STEVENSON is loosely Boosting
Of the championship foot race on
Sandy Beach, off Oak Island, in
Lake of the Woods, during the trip
with the state drainage commission,
in which he defeated George Ralph,
both running in their bathing suits
following plunge by the entire
party.
Congressman Stevenson has been
following Weston's advice Of late
and an 8 or 10 mile jaunt before
breakfast is regular thing with him,
never walking less than six miles
before breaking his fast. The con-
gresham was neverfin better health
and all admit he will certainly run
some next November. If Ole Sageng
was in the race this trip he would
discover what real race is like.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
A Winning Fish Story.

A big sturgeon that has been a
prisoner 80 years has just been re.
leased from his long captivity and
set free in the Columbia river. The
fish was taken from the Columbia
river, near Cascade locks, in the
spring, of 1880. 1t was caught in
fish wheel and was given to the late
DR.. w. H. Adams, of Hood River.
The sturgeon was placed in a
small pond on the Adams ranch,
says the Portland Journal. There
we're then two ponds on the place.
and the fish was changed from one
to the other from time to time.
Some years ago the ponds filled with
grass and weeds, and the water
became so shallow that the back of
the sturgeon was blistered by the
sun.
The fish was then moved to the
pool of fountain on the farm,
where it swan about in circle.
1t kept growing bigger, until it
was about six feet long and the
fountain was too small place for
it to be kept.
Mrs. Sue M. Adams Armstrong,
owner of the farm, ordered the re-
lease Of the pet fish, and the stur-
geon was carted to the Columbia
river and set free.
When released, the fish could not
break the habit of thirty years at
once and kept swimming in circle.
It finally worked into the channel
and then headed for deep water.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
WILL BE RE0RGANIzED
Three New Classes Want Membership
No Meeting Held for Several
Years.

BemidHj high schools alumni
association will be reorganized at
a meeting which will be held next
Friday evening, according to the
plans of several alumni who are in
the city. -.
The old general alumni association,
of which Lee Hebron is president,
has not held meeting for several
years and the classes of 1908, 1909,
and 1910 have not been admitted
to its membership. Three years
ago eleven students graduated from
the Bemidii high school; thirteen
more followed last year and the
Class of 1910 numbered seventeen,
making a total of forty-one graduates
not belonging to- the alumni associa.
ton. =.
The alumni are planning on here.
after taking a more active interest
in the local high sch DOL, both for
the good of the school itself and to
advertise Bemidji more thoroughly.
All the members of the general
association, as we'll as those who
graduated from the Bemidji high
school during the last three years,
are expected to attend the meeting
next Friday. With the reorganiza.
ton of the association the members
will plan a banquet for some date in
the near future.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
GOVERNOR WAS PLEASED .
WITH BEMIDJI COUNTRY
Enthusiastic Over Future of This City
Expects to Speak Here in the
Fall.

St. Paul, August 1-(Special to
Pioneer -" My trip north has
made a wonderful impression upon
me and especially am l enthusiast
tic about Beltrami county and the
splendid little city of Bemidjl,"
said Governor Eberhart on his re-
turn from his trip of inspection to
the Northwest Angle.
'While it was impossible for me
to spend as much time in Bemidji
as should like to have done, l
was there long enough to view her
natural beauties, partake Of her
hospitality and witness that com
2mercial activity which, believe
foreshadows great things in the flu,
ture for that town and the sur
rounding country,
The governor returned the picture
of health aud was so well pleased
that he hopes to 60 back some time.
He established the record of having
been farther north than any other
governor.
Bemidji may figure on seeing the
governor again before the campaign
is over, and the next time he comes
he probably will be as anxious TO
talk politics as be was this time to
avoid them. He is amused over the
predicament the democrats are: in
by nominating man who refuses to
run, and predicts q complete republi.
can victory in November.
The governor next goes to Beverly
with 4 Twin City delegation to in
vite President Taft to address the
conservation congress here in Sep.
tember.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO -
RAISE HALF OF MONEY
Has Subscribed $3.50 of the $4,000
That is Needed by Development Z.
Association. :

St. Louis county has agreed to
raise $3.50 of the $4,000 which it is
estimated will be needed to run the
Northern Minnesota Development
association during the coming year.
The total amount to be raised in the
thirty other counties is S1460. 90
This action was taken in Duluth
recently at meeting of the finance
committee'o the association. After
the committee had carefully consid-
cred what each county could raise, it.
was seen that less than half of the
amount required had been taken up.
Gill Hartley, of Duluth, then said
that St. Louis county would make
up the difference. It is expected
that this amount is all that will be
required to run the association until
the meeting next summer. -.
The counties were divided into
groups and assigned to the following
men: F. A. Farras, of Brainerd, was
given Todd, Wadena, Crow Wing,
Morrison, Aitken, Mile Laos. Ben
ton and Stearns; J. w. Wheeler, of
Crookston, Kittson, .Roseau, Polk,
Marshall, Red Lake, Norman, Clay,
Wilken and Ottertail; w. L. Brooks,
of Bemidji, Beltrami, Becker, Clear.
water, Mahnomen, Koochlching
and Cass; A. G. Harding, of Eveleth,
Cook, Lake Itasca, Carlton, Pine,
Kanabec, Isanti and St. Louis. 1T
The above men consist the finance
committee and will meet in. the
rooms of the Duluth Commercial
club on Saturday, August 27. They
are to audit and 0. K. all bills and
the treasurer is to pay such bills as
have been audited. = LII. l.. 81.
Counties are urged to get the
amount they are asked for into the
hands of the treasurer. w. J. Smith,
of Eveleth, at once as the associa-
ton cannot carry on its work with.
out funds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
AGENT WAY ACTIVE IN
The CASS LAKE REGION
Inspected Dance Saturday Night and
Ordered Malt out of two Pool
Rooms.
Cass Lake, August 1-(Special to

Cass Lake, August 1-(Special to
the Pioneer).
N. A. Way, special Indian agent
located at Akeley, is spending a
couple days at Cass Lake and
vicinity. Mr.. Way, together with J.
J. Matulys, special agent with head.
quarters here, made trip to Farris.
little village five miles west of
here, Saturday evening where a
dance was in progress and the repre-
sentatives of the Indian department
were on the lookout for any illegal
sale or possession of liquors. After
looking over the dance hall they de-
parted afoot for Cass Lake, meeting
several rigs on the way to the hall.
Each rig was stopped and the occu-
pants searched, but nothing in the
line of liquor was found in their
possession.
The local pool rooms we're notified
this afternoon not to sell any more
of the malt they were handling and
were given until Monday noon to
ship whatever stock of this kind
they had on hand. This action is
peculiar, as one of the proprietors of
a pool hall received information last
evening to the effect that the grade
of malt being sold was alright and
he could keep on selling. But to-
day noon orders were issued to
cease selling and ship whatever
stock on hand. -.. 49,
The grade of malt handled by
the dealers here was of the L" two
per cent Variety and guaranteed
Notwithstanding" The contents
were also guaranteed to meet with
the pure food laws and the com
panies furnishing the malt gave
her dealers to understand that
the goods were Stree from state,
government and city tax"
The pool rooms effected are the
Great Northern, and the mer-
chants.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
Former Bemidji Couple Married.

Miss Helen Mercedes McCrea
and Raymond w. Sprague were
married July Fl in Kalispell, Mon
tana. Miss McCrea:is' a daughter
Of MIR. and Mrs. George McCrea,
formerly of Bemidji. Both young
people are we'll known here and
their many friends will be pleased
to learn OF their happy marriage.
They will make their home in
Seattle, Washington, after Oct. I.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01

Barometer 3O.40 inches Fair.
Maximum today76.
Minimum today-66.
Maximum yesterday-8O.
Minimum yesterday-66.
Forecast = Continued cool and
cloudy. i. f..
City Drug Store readings.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
Card Of Thanks.

We herewith extend to our
friends, neighbors and others, our
appreciation and thanks for their
kindness and assistance during
The sickness and death Of our in
FAINT son, also for the many floral
tributes received.
Charles Hammond and Family.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
.BRAINERD IN DANGER
If RIVER GOES LOWER
Will Not Have Enough Water to Fight
Serious Fire If Mississippi Fall.
One Foot.

Brainerd, MINI. August Il T. J.s
Johnson, superintendent Of the
Northwestern Paper company pulp.
mill here. says the water in the.
Mississippi river is very low, his.
mill has not been bothered any for
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
Killed in Auto Accident.

Rolette, N. D., Aug. is. B. Law
was killed in an automobile accident,
his car turning turtle into ditch
while he was running at high rate
of speed. Laws death was almost
instantaneous.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.
Brabetz, Doud avenue, daughter
on Saturday morning. The baby
weighed nine pounds. Both mother
and child are reported in fine con-
dition.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01

American League
New York 4-BOStOn 5.
Washington 5-Philadelphia 7.
Cleveland 2-St. Louis 1.
Chicago 2-Detroit 4.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01

H. J. Magnusson of the American
Exchange National bank of Duluth,
is the guest of his sister, Mrs. M. F.
Wilson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01

Born-To Mr.. and A. E. Otto, a
daughter early this morning. The
baby weighs nine pounds and mother
and child are doing we'll. -,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
FIRMLY REFUSES TO
ACCEPT NOMINATION
John Lind Sticks to First Statement
Democrats May Call Another
Convention.

Everett, WASH, Aug. 1.-Former
Governor John Lind of Minnesota,
Democratic nominee for governor of
that state, refused to discuss the
his statement in which he announced
that he would not accept the nominal
ton contains his final decision.
To escape intervieWers and mes
sages from Minnesota, the former GOV
ernor went on a trip to the woods.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
National League

National League
Philadelphia 2-Brooklyn /.
Boston 1-0--New York "a.
Cincinnati 4-Pittsburg 2.
Chicago 4-St. Louis 1,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-01
Results SATURDAY..
American Association

AMERICAN ASSOC1at10n
Toledo 4-Milwaukee 3.TQ2 innings)
Columbus 3-Kansas City4.
Minneapolis 3-7-Indianapolis Ito.
Louisville 3-St. Paul 6.
The north Mississippi herald., 1910-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. BarI oi Ada,
Oklahoma arrived in our city Tlli 'lf
spend the holidays with relatiy2s and
friends. They are the guesss of Mr..
and Mrs. T. G. Barry.
Mrs. H. G. Buckley and two :hildren
left Tuesday to visit friends "a rela-
tives at Kosciusko and WinoRe
Miss Laura Lownes Miller Vest
Point, Miss Bula Boswell, Of Mnmphis,
and Miss Willie Anderson, Of Canton
will visit Mrs. |. T. Blount I'll Holiday
week. Mrs. Blount will open the
weeks festivities with recehtion in
their honor on the evening of Decem-
Der the 26th.
DR.. J:C. Armstrong deliyereil fine
lecture on tuberculosis before the pub
lie schools of the city Tues5,y fore
noon.
Messrs. Geo. Frost and ]. \, White
each received % votes for city MARSHAL
of Coffeeville at the municipst section,
and last week the gentlemen cat lots
to see who should be the marshal. Mr..
Frost won and will wear the star.
Prize winners in the boys d6xn club
contests in the South received m,rked
attention ip Washington lnat ke6k &C
cordinC RI Thoa A Eorlxy ~ -. -,
The north Mississippi herald., 1910-12-23
nesday for 6 weeks visit to Mrs. A

nesday for 6 weeks visit to Mrs. A.
Erickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Bartlett of Banner,
Miss, is spending the week in the city
the guests of their daughter, Mrs. W.
J. Askew and family.
The largest line of fruits, nuts and
candies in town. NoLEN Bros.
Mrs. Edmond Stephens, of Water
Valley, will spend part of the holidays
with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. E. B.
Miller. Miss Laura 7. Miller will ac-
company her home for few days visit.
West Point Leader.
Miss Mammie Sumner has been ap-
pointed postmistress at Airmount, this
county.
Mrs. j. D. Peacock and daughter,
Miss Ray, visited friends in Memphis
last week.
Mr.. Hal Backstrom came home to
spend Christmas.
DR.. H. R. Carr left Tuesday for Dallas,
Texas to visit friends.
We are giving our customers the
benefit of the decline in prices on flour,
meat, lard and feed stuff. Ask for
prices. NoLEN Bros.
Mr.. Roy Meyer from Holly Springs
spent few days visiting in the city on
the account of the illness of his wife
at the home of R. W. Hellums.
BIG MONEY-We want an agent in
every town; salary and commission; re-
ferences required; for full particulars,
address subscription Dept, NATION
AL SPORTSMAN, Inc., Is Federal St.
Boston, Mass.
Mr.. w. c. Southwick left. for Louis
vile, KY. last week tospend several days
the guests of his son. Mr.. G. G. South
wick.
Mrs. M. ]. Overton will spend the
Holidays with her daughter, Mrs. Ga
nong in Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss Ethel Shires, of Jackson, Tenn. !,
visited her sister Mrs. Albert Benson.
She returned home last Tuesday.
Mrs. S. J. Browning Of Taylor re-
turned home Monday she was the
guest Of her daughter Mrs. 1. A,
Norris.
ALWAYS ON THE WATCH IA first
class A,.o ,v>.,,r. - v,nlsrv, e A. =. i,
The north Mississippi herald., 1910-12-23
Local and Personal
SocxNxx1oooooooooooooo 1000

DR.. H. R. Carr went to Dallas, Texas,
Monday and will remain the guest of
friends until after Christmas.
Mr.. w. T. Hutchinson made bust
ness trip to Marked Tree, Ark, Satur-
day, returning home Monday.
Ask Nolen Bros, they have it.
Mr.. Lucius Blount, the popular deputy
sheriff of Yalobusha county, was here
on the 9th and 10th collecting taxes,
and reported that a large number of
the people were ready to pay there
taxes. He collected about four thous-
and dollars while among us. The state
and county tax levy is sixteen mills,
which is right good amount to pay,
and if the money is judiciously used it
seems that the county ought to be out
Of debt.--Oakland cor. for Herald.
Elegant China and Glassware for
Christmas presents at Nolen Bros.
Miss Mary Tyree who is student at
Whitwofth College of Brookhaven ar
rived home today and will remain with
her parents until after the Holidays.
Miss Mary is delighted with Whitworth
College.
For SALE: My seven-room residence
on Simmons Street.
]. FRANK CARR.
The city school closes Friday for a
weeks vacation during the Holidays,
opening again on Monday, Jan. 2, 1911.
The Mississippi Live Stock and Dairy
Assn will hold their annual meeting at
Starkville on Dec. 20 and 80, 1910. A
fine program has been prepared for the
two days meet.
Kodak Competition "A prize given
every month for the BEST Kodak pic
lures, BY Gish, maker Of the BEST pho
tos. General for Dec. Enter yours
now.
Hon. R. H. Henry, editor Of the
Clarion Ledger, in defending his BROTH
er, the trial judge in the Dulaney case
from the charge of unfairness, says
that If the followers Of Vardaman are
not satisfied with the rulings Of the
court to take them up to the
Supreme Court. Or, in other words
70 carry them mp to the Nesr-Beer
Anderson and that bunch Of Noel a.
pointees. Columbus dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-05-06
HEAT FOR INSOMNIA.

A warm bed and hot water bot
tie, or, failing that, a hot iron, are
excellent remedies for insomnia in
cold weather. The bed should be
warmed with the hot water bottle
before one gets into it and if there
is a radiator in the room the pillows
should be placed upon it for few
minutes. Otherwise they should be
warmed with the bottle. 1t is Won
derfully soothing to get into warm
bed on cold night-much more so
than warming the bed with ones
body-and may make all the differ
ence between peaceful slumbers and
wakefulness. Then if one wakes in
the dead watch and middle of the
night there is wonderful sense of
companionship in the warm bottle
at ones feet and under this infu-
ence one may soon drop off to sleep
again. The practice in summer
should be just the reverse. Then
GOODNESS will induce sleep just as
warmth does in winter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-05-06
TO CLEAN A CLOCK.

The following method of clean.
ing a clock is simple and inexpen-
sive: Take bit of ordinary cotton
wool about the size Of an egg, pour
about teaspoonful of coal oil on
the wool and after placing it inside
the clock wait three or four days. If
the clock is in working order so
much the better. Your clock will, if
going, strike as of old and at the end
of the specified time, if the wool is
examined, it will be found black
with dust. The explanation is that
the fumes of the oil loosen the par
ticles of dust and they fall, leaving
the clock quite clean.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-05-06
CONVENTIONS
Republican Conventions for
State and County.

An official call has been received
her for the Republican state con-
ZION, which will be held at St.
!. June FL. There will be !, O6e
ates. apportioned about the
OH q basis of a delegate for
~ Z20 votes cast for Republican
officers in 1908.
st. Louis county will have 43
-legates. These will be named
1t 4 county Republican convention
which will be held at Hibbing
friday, June II, which has been
lied by the Republican county
-Ommittee.
At the St. Paul convention, four
candidates for judge of the sup
RENE court are to be nominated
also candidates for governor, lieu-
tenant governor, secretary of state,
auditor, treasurer, attorney gener-
al, clerk of supreme court and one
member of the railroad and ware
house commission.
The only St. Louis county man
who will seek the favor of the con-
vention is w. ]. Smith, of Eveleth,
who asks that he be nominated for
treasurer. Politicians who are in
close touch with conditions say
that it now looks as if he will win.
The same persons are confident
that Governor Eberhart will be re-
nominated with practically no OPP
position.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-05-06
SCARLET FEVER
Preyalent--SOme New Cases
This Week.

Scarlet fever, in mild form has
broken out among the pupils OF
the Ely schools and many cases
are reported. The health author
tiles acting in conjunction with the
school authorities have had all
pupils examined this week and
many were sent to their homes.
Six private homes were quaran-
tined Tuesday making in all twelve
places where quarantine is being
enforced. None are seriously i'll
but the quarantine is being en-
forced to keep the disease from
spreading.
The Central school building is
being fumigated, this school hav-
ing chosen for this purpose yester-
day morning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-05-06
order to Examine Final Account

STATE OF MINNESOTA Tn Probate cosrt
County of ST. Louis. IL fiooa'e Soui'
In the matter of the estate of J Order
John Stream, to Examine Final
D>cedent.) Account
The Petition of Andrew D. Ellefson, as
representative of the above named de.
cedent, together with his final account
of the special administration of said estate.
having been filed in this Court and praying
that said final account of said special admin
istration be examined, adjusted and allowed
by the Court, and that the Court make and enter
its order allowing his said account, and for the
discharge of the special representative and the
sureties ON his bond.
is Ordered. That said petition be heard. and
said final account examined, adjusted and allowed
by the Court, at the Probate Court Rooms in the
Court House, in the City of Duluth in said County
on Monday, the 10th day of May, 1910, at ten
o'clock A. M, and all persons interested in said
hearing and in said matter are hereby cited and
required at said time and place to show cause. if
any there be, why said petition should not be
granted.
Ordered further, That this order be served by
publication in the Ely Miner according to law.
Dated at Duluth. MIMI, April 14th, 1910.
BY the Court,
J.B. MIDDLEcoFF.
42o 513 Judge of Probate
W. Osborne, Atty. for Representative.