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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15
SUE FOR S24,8oo;; GETS $34
Jury Makes Small Award in Nelson
Claim Against Bemidji Lumber Co.

In a suit brought by Sam B.
Benson as the administrator of the
estate of Erick Nelson for $4,000
damages against the Bemidji Lum.
Der Co., the jury made an award OF
$34.
Halvor Stevenson of Crookston,
a member of Congress-, and Charles
Loring represented the Nelson
estate and Z. E. Mcdonald appeared
for the defendant while Graham M.
Torrance looked after the incidental
interests of the Douglas Lumber
Co. and appeared as witness in the
case.
The action brought before Judge
C.. w. Stanton was brought on the
erourd that timber was taken from
the Nelson property at the head of
Lake Bemidji without proper CON-
pensation.
The testimony was voluminous
and its presentation to the jury
occupied three days time, the case
going to the jury late yesterday
afternoon.
Judge Stanton left on the l o'clock
train last night for Grand Rapids,
Mimi, where this morning he opened
the winter term of the Itasca county
court. The calendar there is heavy
one and probably will keep Judge
Stanton there for several weeks.
Judge B. F. Wright went on the
bench here this morning and he will
finish up what business there is in
connection with the present term of
court here which, it is thought, will
take no longer than two more days.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15
new PERIL FACES SALOON men
LIQUOR men TO FIGHT
zollman Declare. Courts Must Pass on
Justice Of Closing Order.

We are getting ready for a legal
battle" said F. w. ZoIlman, attorney
for the Minnesota Brewers associa-
ton, in St. Paul in discussing the lat
est phase of the controversy over
the shutting out of all liquor from a
large portion of northern Minnesota.
Are you first going to take up
the matter with Secretary of State
Ballinger" he was asked.
Il recently wrote to Mr.. Ballinger,
requesting hearing with him." he
replied, and telling him that 1 de-
sired to call his attention to certain
legal contentious of ours in regard to
the situation. I have not heard from
him, but may in few days. Per-
haps he wont care to hear our argu-
ments. / hardly think Mr.. Ballinger
will take any action in this matter.
"A careful reading of the treaty of
1855! on which the latest order is
based, shows that only existing laws
were intended to remain in force
within the coded territory. The
treaty in no way mentions or refers
to future laws upon the subject.
That statute law as it existed at the
time of the ratification of the treaty,
referred only to certain liquors.
Again. certain portions of this terr-
tory have, at various times since,
been coded to the government with.
out any Indian intercourse proviso,
and these, too, are covered by the
recent order. For instance, the
land on which Cass Lake is now
located, was coded to the govern
ment under the Nelson act, and
this session contains no inhibitory
liquor clause. This is also true of
other lands.
No attempt has been made for
more than fifty years to enforce the
liquor clause, during which time the
state of Minnesota has exercised the
police powers of the state con-
tinuously over all the territory except
the reservations themselves. The
country has been settled upon this
assumption and an immense amount
of money invested in plants and
other real and personal property, all
of which it is now proposed to wipe
out without any consideration what
ever. This fact certainly presents
strong equity features, which are en-.
titled to much consideration. They
have received none. The purpose
for which the treaties were passed
seems to have been lost sight of en-.
tirely. The liquor clauses in these
treaties were placed there primarily
for the protection of the white man,
while the country was sparsely
settled. That necessity has ceased
to exist by reason of the present
immense white population"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15
Mackenzie Pleads With Governor.

St. Paul, Nov. 15-W. R. Mac
kenzie of Bemidji, president of the
Northern Minnesota Development
association, was in conference yester-
day with Governor Fberhart relative
to reapportionment measures. Mr..
Mackenzie is anxious to have reap.
portionment form the keynote of
Governor Eberhart's message to the
next Legislature. His portion OF
the state is vitality interested in the
issue.
He also urged Governor Eber
hart to attend the meeting of the
Northern Minnesota Development
association at Brainerd December 1
to 3. Today he is in conference
with George w. Cooley, state high
way commissioner, relative 10 the
policy of that department on good
roads in Northern Minnesota.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15
NOTED MINING MAN DEAD
John Howell Developed the Comstock
Properties.

Properties.
Denver, Nov. 15.-John Howell, who
for the last twenty-five years has been
one of the leading figures in the min
ing world, is dead at St. Joseph's hos
pital here. Mr.. Howell, who was sew
enty-seven years old, came to Denver
from his home in Los Angeles about
month ago. ..s...-.f~s-
Howell, who was born in Canada,
joined the gold rush to California in
1849, when but fifteen; years of age.
Later he became famous in the West
through his development of the Com
stock properties in Nevada.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15

The Swedish Ladies' Aid Society
will meet at the home of Mrs. Lind
void, Mill Park on Thursday after
noon at 2:30. All are cordially in
vited. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15
Basley Places Closed, Liquor Dumped
and Owners Warned They and
Others to Be Prosecuted.
KELLlHER ALSO In DANGER
Car Load of Beer Unloaded and Brents
Threatens to Close Every Place
in Town.
For Sale.

First class saloon; splendid loca.
ton, doing good business, for sale
cheap. All out of gin. Terms.
Good reasons for selling. Apply to
Frank Lane, 307, Third street, Be-
midi, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15
BemidU Man Determined to Have Census
Figures Early Receives Aid From
the President
NOW MAKES SECOND APPEAL
Wires Director Durand Results Should
Be Made Public Not Later Than
November rs.

AS the result of an appeal direct
to President Taft by w. R. Macken-
zie, secretary of the Northern Min
nesota Development Association,
the census of Minnesota by counties
will be announced not later than
December /, instead of January l
as previously planned by the director
of the census.
On December 1 and 2, the devel-
ment association holds its conven-
ton in Brainerd, and the most i'm
portant work at that time will be the
drafting of a reapportionment bill
which the association hopes will be
passed at the coming session of the
state legislature.
Secretary Mackenzie realized the
importance of obtaining the official
census figures in time to present at
the Brainerd meeting so that intelli-
gent and fair redistricting of the
state might be provided for in the
measure to be drawn at that time.
The matter Was taken up with
census officials in Washington and
Congressman SteenersoE was mott.
fled that the total for Minnesota
would be out November IS and de-
tailed figures the first of the year.
Mackenzie then wrote a personal
letter to President Taft and in re-
spouse word now comes to the effect
that the president has directed that
the figures which mean so much to
northern Minnesota be supplied not
later than December 1.
And still the indefatigable Mr..
Mackenzie is not satisfied. He
wants the census results in time to
properly compile before the Brainerd
convention assemblies and has there
fore wired Census Director Durand
that, if possible, they should be Civ
en- out on November rs. The an
swer to this latest request has not
been received.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15
.Farrasut's Flag Lieutenant Dead.

Orange, N. j., Nov. 15.-Captain
Thomas Mason, who was Admiral Far
ragut's flag lieutenant on board the
flagship Hartford at the battle Of Mo-
bile bay, Is dead here OF heart disease.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15

Sheriff-Hazen, 1,341;t Bailey, l..
200. '71<*>Esttj'%. q r.
County attorney-Funkley. 1914;
Croweh, 1875. 80 @z5.rt.>I>.2 - ID
II -: 4dj a32AsA9 ON
,Coroner-1bertson 1,347; Lar
son 1855. j. = @E,1t1 l-@S@}J6
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-15

t1ous ooAus ROOu business, 1OI sale
cheap. All out of gin. Terms.
Good reasons for selling. Apply to
Frank Lane, 3O7, Third street, Be-
midi, MINI.
Sensational and serious develop
ments today marked the govern
ment's determination to crush out of
existence every saloon in the Indian
Treaty district, a raid and des-
truction of liquor at Bagley where
two saloons were closed, revealing
the fact that criminal prosecution
faces saloonkeepers who obtained
licenses after the closing order of
Oct. Is and afterward nullified by
Secretary Ballinger, even though
such saloonkeepers were granted a
government license.
At -Kelliher where seven saloons
are operating, a carload of beer con-
signed by the Hamm Brewing CON-
pany to A. A. McGill, mayor of the
town, and also agent for the Hamm
company, may be the cause of not
only closing every saloon there but
of causing government agents to
dump all the liquor into the street.
The car of beer was unloaded. w.
H. Gemmell, general manager of the
Minnesota & International, on which
line Kelliher is located, learned of
this. He conferred with T. E.
Brents in charge of the Indian
bureaus sub agency in Bemidji, who
told MIR. Gemmell that unless the
beer was reloaded and on its way
back to St.. Paul by the time his men
could get to Kelliher, he would close
every saloon and confscate every
drop of liquor. Mr.. Gemmell has
wired this information to Mayor Me-
Gill.
The most important event of the
day, however took place at Bagley
the county seat of Clearwater, when
Government Agent N. A. Way and
two deputies confscated every drop
of liquor in that village with the ex-
ception of beer, took it out into the
street and dumped it in the snow.
Three barrels of whiskey, "a
cases of bottled goods and several
casks of brandy and wine were de-
stroyed.
The saloons to thus suffer the
wrath of the government were operat-
ed by Charles Heiser and Mayors
& Omdahl. Both places had been
doing business for only fifteen days.
On November 1 they each paid the
village of Barley a license fee of
1850. At that time they also
secured a government license to sell
liquor.
Agent Way told the two saloon
keepers that the village had no
authority to grant the licenses and
that they both would have to answer
to the government in court proceed
ings. He also said that all the
saloons in Bemidii were to be treat
ed in the same manner which took
out licenses since the original order
went into effect. .
This is taken to mean that the
government will prosecute every
saloonkeeper who has obtained a
liquor license since October IS,
and that it applies to every town
in the restricted territory.
About the most exciting incident
in Bemidji of the day was the re-
loading of beer from the saloon at
Minnesota avenue and Third
street, conducted by Harry Gun
salus. This liquor was slowed
away Sunday, the proprietor of
the place presuming that mas
much as the beer had been ordered
previous to the thunderbolt of last
Saturday, that he would be en-
titled to the property. Under III
structions from w. E. Johnson,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-06

near the present site of Great Bend
thence following in a general way
the Arkansas River Valley, until the
point for a more southerly route wal
reached.
The next notable trails established
we're those reaching from the states
| to the Pacific coast country. There
was one route via the Santa Fe Trail
thence ever the deserts Of Arizona
| into Southern California.
But the most notable, and most
used was one from several points on
the Missouri River, converging on the
Platte River, and crossing the Rocky
Mountains, at the South Pass, and
after reaching the basin Of Great
salt Lake, diving into two trails, the
main one passing directly north of the
lake and over the precipitous Cas-
cade Mountains, descended into the
valley of the Sacramento River near
the city Of that name. The other fork
of the great trail, bore off to the
northwest, from Green River Of og-
den, Utah, reaching and in q general
way, passing down the basin Of the
Snake River, thence over q spur of
the Blue Mountains. reaching the Col
umbia River a hundred and more
miles above The Dalles. Gold Seek
ers followed the straight trail whilst
prospective settlers took the Snake
River route to Oregon.
A more recent but quite as nota-
BILE and important a trail was the
one established in 1867 between Tex
as livestock ranges and the state Of
Kansas, which tran was used for
twenty-one years, until 1887. 1t was
distinctlvely q livestock trail.
In order for the reader to have al
intelligent comprehension Of the rea.
sons for the establishment and con-
tlnued existence Of this trail. Il 4
needfuI to set forth the conditions
resultant from the Civil War, reia'
tive 10 the livestock Industry in the
United States.
At the outbreak Of the war, Toxal
ranges contained several million head
Of cattle. the chief market for which
In addition to local cities, were New
osieEns, Mobile, and Havana, Cuba
soon ths 1Union gunboats % elcseiS
patrOlled the Mississippi River thai
Herds could not Be taken across &
feed the Confederate armies, mol
could they be marketed at southern
coast cities. nor at Havana for cap
ture on the gulf would have beer
certain. They could hot Be success
faIIy driven North OF West. for con
fscatiOn would have been Inevitable
50 came the conditions that 20 mat
Ter how large a stock Of cattle
rtnchman nay have Owned, Ne c11ll
not by IN Of stsek ct enough
I e. ~ f.1'1 = - ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-06

called the ships Of the desert, trav-
cling in long extended caravans.
BY reason Of the building Of rail-
roads, and the Suez Canal, the over
land traffic has been greatly reduced
but not altogether abolished. In the
Ihpse Of centuries, cities succeed
Ia each other. as the tayorite Of this
Overland commerce, each one waxing
tich in brief time. only to be over
thrown BY ! sncceszful competitor.
Damascus alone, outllves other fav.
orlte cities, and yet thrives upon the
commerce arriving at her gates upon
the backs u homeIy comels, which
may have travelled over any one Of q
half dozen routes OF trails across the
interior deserts Of Asia, -
So in the New World, before the
iron horse won his way to the border
81, and across many states and ter
ritories Of the Union, Canada and Old
Mexico as we'll, travel and traffic
we're along specific routes, in these
latter days called trails. The FEEDER
Ii Government in the early half OF
the Eighteenth Century projected and
partly built a broad highway, grad
irg and matchmaking II to great
amoothness, which was projected
from the Potomac River to st. Louis,
ana completed II across Maryland,
western virginia, ohio, and into In
diana, establishing and securing the
broad right Of way across Illinois to
fhe banks Of the Mississippi River,
bnt the western portion was never
t6mpleted, River transportation, a
superior southern demand for west
sfn products, and impending railroad
development, called a halt on the
completlou or the National Road"
IL ii was called and widely known.
ola men who lived in the decades
Of Islo and 80. upon the line Of the
eastern end Of the National Road,
lsIl wonderful stoTies Of the long
ines Of four. six. and eight horse
sams that, attached to stout wagons
i5aded with the products Of the In
earior-wheat. corn, bacon, flour
ana other products-to be sold or en-
changed at tidewatsr, for such arti'
tIes Is we're sold IN grocery and dry
foods stores n the interior In laesi
Years that great highway would have
probably been called the National
Ttail." But the East alone did moi
have Ell the great. almost Information
Al trails Perhaps the earliest, most
notable western trail vas that known
he santa Re trail, extending
from Indspsndencs. and Wet Port
rfl.rouri. 70 santa Fs. NsW Mexico
TeIu great hisioEic tap bone Z
irbiy eommSr,a 81 alno.i. = not
4 hali 4 century. hetaeen ~
.url River aat ths rssi ncuth'
1 Ilr.1' % .4N
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-06

(The following story of the Great
Cattle Trails appears in the Kansas
Magazine and is republished by per-
mission. J.. G. Mccoy. an early Abb
lena resident, is Its author and will
be remembered by all the old-tim-
ers.)
Before the advent Of canals and
railroads, every country, old and new
developed lines Of travel and COM
merce. TO this day, though less than
IN earlier centuries, internal por-
lions Of Asia seek traffic and travel
over well marked routes, to tidewater
or established commercial cities or
Seaports. For centuries the commerce
Of Central Asia, the midas, and large
portions Of Arabia and Persia, and
islands of Indian Ocean, sought mar
ket in northwestern cities, transport
ing their rich products and spices
upon the backs of camels, often
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-06
THE GREAT ABILENE TRAIL
By ]. G. Mccoy in ''Kansas Magazine

Mexico. Over 1t in spring, summer
and fall seasons, trains Of numerous
freight wagons, drawn chiefly by
oxen, and mules, wendell their weary
way. going east loaded chiefly with
sacks Of wool and bales Of hides and
west with dry goods and groceries.
Mostly owned and operated by Mexi-
cans, whose native drivers using a
short handled. long dashed whip, be-
came 50 expert in Its use; that they
prlded themselves on their ability to
kill large black hersefly at ten to
fifteen feet distance, without the
whip hitting the animal, upon which
the luckIess fly was feastlng.
The Santa Fe Trail followed pref
ty closely the divide between the
waters of the Kaw and Smoky Hill
Rivers on the north; and the tribu-
tarIes of the Great Arkansas River
on the south, descending therefrom
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-06


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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-10-08
The PASTIM

A rare treat is in store fer thp
crowds that are coming to the Pas
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We have a thrilling wild west stO-
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Boeraph.
"A Postal Substitute" a thrilling
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delivery of letter, which is frus-
trated by a brave girl in a very ro-
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cowboys is one of the most enter
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tonight.
In Lies Cycle" superb Bio
Graph drama. A picture with a NOR
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every one who sees it tonight
Her First Long Dress, here is a
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flashes of humor. A picture work
ed ont with full appreciation Of the
fun concealed in it.
"Shrimps." yes, plain shrimps. Our
shrimns. Few people realized that
the shrimp was worthy motion pc
trre explanation, but this picture will
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done. Everybody is Going to be talk
ing about shrimps tomorrow Don't
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Our Saturday nieht programs are
always good. Int this SURPRISES any
thing ever offered before
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-10-08
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