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Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-09
Two Minnesota
Villages Are
Destroyed by Fire
Besudette and spOoner Wiped Out
and Number of Persons Are
Burned to Death.

WINNIPEG, Man, Oct. s.-The towns OF
Beaudette end Spooner, Mimi, have been
wiped out by fire. Many lives have been
reported lost and millions of dollars Of
property destroyed by forest fires, which
came from tho northwest.
Refugees coming to Rainy River, Ont,
say that corpses are lying along the rail-
way track and between the rails.
Many Beaudette residents escaped across
the river to the Canadian side.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-09
BEST AK-SAR-BEN
NOW Is HISTORY

Sixteenth King Goes Into SeolusiOn
at Midnight Saturday and Great
1910 Festival is Concluded.
ALL VOTE IT THE BEST YET
Big Mansuvers and Highway Friv-
Olity Conclude Week.
BARKERs EMIT LAST BARK
Shows on Highway Fold Up and
Depart, Rejoicing at Receipts.
BUSINESS MEN PROFITED
Merchants Say sales Have Broken
All Records and Hotels and
Restaurants Have ReRped
BiE Harvest.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14
CONSOLIDATION OF RURAL
SCHOOLS-SUGAR BETS.
Also County Fair, Potato Culture and
Soil Fertility were Discussed
at Meeting.

"The state of Minnesota should
give as literally to the support of
rural schools as it does to the sup
port of the high schools of the
state; and then the problem of
how to have better schools in the
country districts, as we'll as to
provide means of keeping the boys
and girls on the farm and put a
stop to the movement cityward
will have, in large measure,
been solved, and there will be
more of the cry that has become
popular of late, back to the farm, I"
said Professor A, M. Dunton,
principal Of the Mcintosh schools,
who delivered an address at a
meeting held in this city Saturday,
taking for his subject 1.-THE Con.
solidation of Rural Schools"
Professor Dunton advocated
the consolidation of the schools
of township into one central
school, and gave very excellent
reasons why this proposition was
not only desirable, but very
feasible.
He told of his work of teaching
agriculture in the Mcintosh schools
and assistance given to rural schools
in that vicinity, through teaching
agriculture and domestic science in
the schools, thereby making the
schools more attractive and more
practical.
w. R. Mackenzie spoke encour-
aging words to the farmers present
as to their work on the farm,
advanced methods of tilling the soil
and daiying, and requested them
to remember the fair to be held in
Bemidji next September, receiving
hearty assurance of cooperation in
making the fair of 1910 the very
best of all.
A. H. Jester spoke on sugar beets
and told the farmers how the raising
of beets could be made the most
profitable crop of any, as weather
conditions did not effect the crop,
and there was always a market at
fixed price.
Mr.. Jester also told of the Ship
pers' association and the commercial
club in interesting capital to build a
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14

Bemidji Pioneer selected it of the
Jewett Auto company who are the
agents for the Buick cars. Buick
cars are considered everywhere as
excellent value for the money, and
you can win this machine if you
have the ambition to and get into
the field. Every friend you have
will be glad to aid you with such
a purpose as this in view.
1t is difficult to conceive how
anybody can pass by such an
attractive offer as this contest pre-
sents. When there is a chance to
obtain this beautiful machine for
really nothing but few moments of
your spare time. All you need is a
little ambition and little energy.
Become a candidate at once and
you may become an owner of the
Buick automobile at no expense to
yourself. Do not delay for the
earlier you start the better chance
you have to pile up the votes.
You have a chances; don't let it
slipby. Enroll yourself in this Con-
test without delay. Get a nominal
ton blank and fill it out at once.
Call for any further information you
may need at the Contest Depart
ment, and the Contest Manager will
be glad to help you out.
The KimbeII Piano.
The grand prize is a $3.50 Kim
bell piano, mahogany finish, style 10.
This magnificent instrument was
purchased from Bisiar & Murphy
and is one that is familiar to all of
you; it is a rock-bottom value as
several residents of the city who
have one of these Instruments in
their homes will vouch to. !
Tone, the soul of the piano, can
not be pictured in newspaper articles.
For piano is, fundamentally, an
instrument of music, and the founda-
ton of all piano emminence lies in
its tone. The instrument now
offered to the contestant in this con-
test is the production of a persistent
scientific investigation and expert
ment in the field of acoustics by
renown experts and the result is that
this instrument is in tone a revela-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14
Held to Federal Jury.

Three more local dealers in
liquors have been held to the
federal grand jury on the charge of
having sold liquor to Indians; and
their cases will be considered by
the grand jurythat will be convened
at Fergus Falls in April.
Andrew Lysacker, A. Burke,
lens Hanson and ''BuH" Govereau
were arraigned before Court Com
missioner Slocum, and testimony
was introduced on the part of the
prosecution.
Lysacker's case was dismissed,
but Burke, Govereau and Hanson
were held to the federal grand
jury, bail, which was furnished,
being placed in the sum of $500,
in each case.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14
new and NOVEL ACTS AT
The BRINKMAN THEATRE
The Best Bills Booked in Bemidji for
Months, on for This
Week.

The headliners this week are the
Crescent City Comedy Four, a
male quartette of vocal musicians of
unusual merit. They consist of a
black face character in the person
of Mr.. Lew Briggs, a RUDE with a
male alto voice, Mr.. Ed. Blume,
tenor, Mr.. Reese Robinson, and
basso, Mr.. A. D. Hosler.
Their program consists of some
very laughable dialogue and acting
and some very good part singing,
and when they sing in harmony
they need no accompaniment, their
rich voices blending like a church
organ.
The bass solo and chorus (Mr.
A. D. Hosiery "The Lighthouse
Bell" is especially fine, and a
comic rendering of "The Old
Oaken Bucket" is very funny and
ELECTS tremendous applause.
They are an entertainment by
themselves and will attract every
music lover in town.
Brothers DeVan, acrobats, and
their dogs, one of the best attrac-
tons ever brought to this city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14
Continued on Last Page.]
Body Taken to Crow Wing.

The body of the late Mrs.
Elizabeth Chisholm, mother of Mrs.
M. E. Brinkman, was taken to Crow
Wing, near Brainerd, last night, for
burial in the family lots at that
place, beside the graves of three of
the sons of the deceased who are
buried there. Mrs. Brinkman &C.
companied the body to Crow Wing.
Mrs. Chisholm died Saturday
noon, after an illness of several
weeks, at the advanced age of IL
years.
The funeral was held at Crow
Wing today, being attended by a
large number of the residents of
that place, where Mrs. Chisholm
lived for thirty years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT:
IS HELD TO GRAND JURY
Andrew Leistheim Accused of Shoot
ing Carl Burcklund.- Crime Com
mitted in Roosevelt Twp.

On the charge of assault in the
first degree, Andrew Leistheim, who
lives in the Town of Roosevelt,
this county, was this morning
arraigned before M. G.. Slocum, court
commissioner, and held to await the
action of the grand jury at the next
term of court, being refused bail.
It is alleged that there has been
some differences between Leistheim
and Carl Burcklund, who lives near
Azure postoffice, Town of Roosevelt,
and that Leistheim shot Burcklund,
inhicting a very painful though not
dangerous wound, and would have
riddled Burcklund with bullets but
for the latter making escape by a
desperate run of nearly a mile.
The trouble occurred last Satur-
day, about noon, when Burcklund
was hauling a load of hay. He met
Leistheim, and after exchanging a
few friendly words of greeting turned
his back on Leistheim, when Lest
helm drew a revolver and shot
Burcklund in the left shoulder, the
bullet entering near the shoulder
blade and passing out at a point on
the right shoulder blade.
Burcklund alleges that he grabbed
a fork and knocked the revolver
from Leistheim's hands, and that his
assailant then unslung rife which
he was carrying and began a
fusillade from the gun. Burcklund
ran for his life, and succeeded in
making his escape into the woods to
a neighbours house, being accom-
panied by his 1O-year-old son.
Leistheim was arrested by S. 0.
Jallen, constable of Roosevelt town.
ship, and brought to Bemidii, being
given his hearing today.
1t is said that Leistheim is not
exactly well balanced, mentally,
and that he has already been an
inmate of an asylum for feeble
minded. He is now in custody, at
the county Jail, and will await the
action of the grand jury.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14
Died This Morning.

Harold Winklesky, the 4-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Winklesky,
died this morning, death being
caused by Bright's disease. The
little one had been i'll for several
days and everything was done for
its relief; but the Master willed
otherwise and the spirit winged its
flight to the mystic beyond.
The funeral will be held at St.
Phillips church Wednesday after
noon, Rev. Father O'Dwyer oficiat-
ing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14

Formal announcement is made by
the Bemidji Daily and Weekly
Pioneer of the most interesting
prize contest ever undertaken by
any paper in the northern part of
the great state of Minnesota, a con-
test that will be absolutely unique in
every particular.
To many who will soon be engaged
in this mammoth contest, the
Bemidji Pioneer pledges generosity
of treatment such as have never
been experienced by contestants
participating in similar ventures.
Fairness and good faith will be
the policy with regard to every
contestant; to each and all of them
will be given an equal attention
and a square deal. In this in
terestine race for prizes aggregat-
ing in value more than the sum of
So, 10000 it is worth anybody's
spare time and anybodys effort to
be in this mammoth contest. The
richness of the rewards and the
liberality of its terms surpasses
anything ever put before the people
of Northern Minnesota. Not only
is it rich in material value, but it
will be singularly attractive to
those who seek a musical educa-
ton that means for the recipient
the knowledge that means power,
that means money and social
supremacy.
This is no something-for-nothing
scheme; the fact of the matter is it
is not a scheme at all, but a means
whereby the Bemidji Pioneer hopes
to extend its already large field of
usefulness, make friends for itself
and for Bemidji and Northern Mime
sofa. And win a welcome in every
household that it enters, and at the
same time reward those who help it
in a way that has never been
attempted before by a paper in the
Nortbland. .
The object the Bemidji Pioneer
has in view is to advertise itself to
the people of the Northland, and a
desire that everyone may know it to
be a newspaper that prints all the
news for all the people all the time.
To that end the .Bemidji
Pioneer has arranged this contest,
in which every lady residing in the
territory included in this CONTEST
may take part. Prizes are offered
that will appeal to every lady from
the $1050.OO Buick automobile to a
gold watch, from a piano to a
scholarship.
Buick Touring Car.
The capital prize of the Bemidji
Pioneers Mammoth Contest will be
a $1,050.0O Buick automobile, Model
10, touring car. This car is one
that any lady may be proud to call
her own. The Buick has made some
extraordinary records for speed and
reliability, and has shown up promi-
nently in every contest for the past
two years. We need not go into
detail as to the qualities of the Buick;
we know them; you know them, and
anything we might say here would
add little. to, the already good
opinion everyone holds of this
machine. .-....
Model 10 is four. passenge1 tour
ing car with thirty-four-inch wheel
base. 1t is fast, staunch and power
full enough for trans-con1inental
trip, and handsome enough for a
park parade. In every respect, this
car is hummer; one you wouldn't
be ashamed of; its an automobile
that delivers the goods. Everybody
knows it, and that's the reason the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14

factory here and the desirability of
raising beets this season for demon
'stration purpopes.
f. w. Smith of Parkers Prairie
gave two interesting and profitable
talks on potato culture and fertility
of the soil.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14

divided, the field covered by the
Bemidji Pioneer has been appor-
toned into two prize districts, each
district being sub.divided as follows:
Prize District a." City Of Bemidji.
Sub-District No. ALI that terri
tory included in the First ward.
Sub-District No. 2-All that
territory included in Second ward.
Sub-Distriet No. 3-All that
territory included in the Third ward.
Sub-District No. ALI that terri
tory included in the Fourth ward.
Prize District 3D."
Sub-District No. 5-All that terri
tory north and south of the city
limits of Bemidji, and east of Range
80. s.-
Sub.District No. GAIL that
territory north and south of the City
limits of Bemidji and west of Range
80. .--
Distribution Of Prizes.
The $2,5OO.OO worth prizes will be
rewarded at the end of the contest,
as follows: the $1,O5O.O0 Buick
automobile will be rewarded as the
capital prize to the contestant hav-
ing the greatest number of votes.
The $4,000 Kimbell piano will
be rewarded as the grand prize to
the contestant having the second
highest number of votes.
The $4,000 diamond ring will be
rewarded as the district prize to the
contestant having the greatest num-
Der of votes in Prize District B after
the capital and grand prizes are
rewarded. -. <...,
The musical scholarships will be
rewarded one to each sub.district to
the contestant having the greatest
number of votes in each sub.district,
after the capital, grand and district
prizes have been rewarded.
The gold watches will be rewarded,
one to each sub-district to the con.
testant whose standing is next to
the winner of the musical scholar.
ships. -=. ->...... .-...-. p.
------ Two Special Prizes.
To the candidate in prize district
A securing the largest number Of
yearly subscriptions during the en-
tire contest will be given a $3.50
Ansco camera, each two-year sub.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14

C.. w. Conway, the Blackjack
sawmill man, was business visitor
in Bemidji today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-14
Two Special Prizes .

To the candidate in prize district
A securing the largest number of
yearly subscriptions during the en-.
tire contest will be given a $3.50
Ansco camera, each two-year SUBJ
scriptions counting the same as two
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

character Of employment, receiving
the same injuries. should not have re-
ceiyed similtr recompense.
Another substantial criticism to the
present method is that the injured per
sons, or, in case of death, those who
are entitled to recover, receive their
compensation in a lump sum. If the
principle upon which the employer is
made liable is that there shall be mon.
ey recompense for the injury, SO that
the person made dependent, or those
who are dependent upon one killed
shall receive the support and main
tenance which they would have re-.
ceiyed without the injury, then the law
Tails for short of accomplishing that
purpose, for this reason. Large
sums of money paid in lump sum
TO persons who are unaccustomed to
handling amounts OF this charactes.
are soon dissipated In a great MANY
Instances the money is spent in riot
and dissipation, and after few years.
the parties are not only without mon
ey but they have destroyed what little
health they may have had by the dis.
sipation Of what they have received.
II they are not unfortunate enough to
sauander tseir money in habits of dis
sipation, the same people are frequent
~ the victims Of the agent of get rich
quick schemes, and, in that way. the
money which was intended to compen.
safe for lasting and permanent In.
jury is In the end only an aggravation
giving but temporary relief.
Concluded Tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21
General Ordinance No. ss7.

An ordinance amending chapter No
IS Of Revised Ordinance No. 30s Per.
tanning 10 election and appointment OF
officers.
Be il ordained by the city council of
the city OF Keokuk, Iowa.
That Section 3s2 of Chapter IS OF
revised ordinance No. 309 be repealed
and thar the following be enacted in
lieu thereof
Section Ss2. Al the first meeting
OF the council. or as soon as practical
BILE thereafter, they shall elect BY q
majority vote, a clerk OF city council.
attorney, collector, treasurer. engin-
Ger. street supervisor, clerk OF superior
court and light inspector. and such
other officers and assistants as shall
be necessary TO the proper and eff
Gent conduct of the affairs Of the city.
Any officer CT assistant elected or ap-
pointed BIZ the council may be re-
moved from the office at any time By
vote OF majority OF the members of
the council. except as otherwise pro-
rided by law
Passed March Z. 1910
CHARLES OFF,
Mayor OF the City of Keokuk. Iowa
Attest
H. r MOORE, Clerk of the City Coua-
ell OF the City of KeokuE. Iowa.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas Butler, Christi DeYong Hick-
ey. johnson. Kiefer, Lindstrand. Nc
Cormick. Roberts. Tigue Total, 10.
Nays None.
Absent Annable, Swanson. Total,
CHARLES OFF.
Attest: Mayor.
n. 7. MOORE, Clerk Of the Council,
City Of Keokuk, Iowa.
BY AID. HICKEY:
Resolved, That warrant for the fol.
lowing amount be drawn in favor OF
H 7 Moore, clerk. to pay overdrafts
in clerk Of council accounts, viz.
Fire account ........ $685.. %
On motion of Alderman Hickey the
warrant was allowed 80
BY AID. HICKEY
Whereas, the sum OF 1882 having
been spent on roads outside the city
and same having been paid out of the
street fund.
Resolved, That the sum of s349. 50
be paid out Of the county road fund
TO the said city street fund.
( Adopted.
I BY AID. KIEFER:
I Ito be Constinued)
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

Here and elsewhere the people who
read and understand the political sitl-
alton are beginning to not care If a
candidate for public office Is not a
public speaker The Quincy Wing re-
calls that it was different in the days
when there were few daily papers and
fewer weeklies than there are now,
and adds:
Then voters relied upon what the
candidates said for information in a
large degree Now so many are read.
Ing the daily papers that one under
stands the political issues of the times
about as clearly as another Actions
ON the part of public servants speak
louder these days than their words.
The First district of Iowa is forum.
ate in having for its representative
a gentleman who is doer and not a
talker
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

The action Of the house at Washing
ton in everything Speaker Cannon sim.
ply confirms what The Gate city has
maintained all along, that the speaker
had no power beyond what was con.
ferred on him by a majority Of the
house and that he could not compel
that body to do things against the
viii of a majority Of It's members.
Happily II was not majority of the
Republican members that rebelled
against him and the rules they had
themselves adopted. The appeal from
his ruling was successful only through
a combinatiol Of all the Democrats in
the house and a lot Of half breed Re
publicans. Defeat al the hands OF
such an unholy alliance is an honor
rather than otherwise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

Lieut.. Coy George w. Clarke. of
Abel, has removed himself from the
list Of possible candidates for COVER.
nor by announcing his candi-
dacy for second term as lieutenant
governor. II Is believed by politicians
now that Warren Garst will probably
be the lnsurgent candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor
In opposition to Governor Carroll,
within few days. 1t Is understood
that A. 3 Funk has declined to con
slider the suggestion Of his name for
the nomination
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

Farm york Ia exceptionally we'll adj
yanced fer The time Of year. The mid
dr. weather HIS enabled the farmers
10 get into their fields earlier than
usual ard has been favorable 10 prog
ress in preparing the ground for an
other years crops.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

A inajority Of the Republican mem.
hers Of tie house gave Speaker Can.
son his power, and majority, com
posed Of Democrats and insurgent Re.
Dubllcans. took II away from him. One
deesn't haye to institute any sort Of
investigation TO be able to decide
which is the more worthy Of public
confidence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

The Waterloo Reporter recalls
that there we're many knocks on the
Mckinley tarfG Iaw the first year Of
i,s operation, but the full dinner
pair resulted and opposition died
away Tire Payne BIZ is sin better
Iaw and viii yindicate itself no Iess
certainly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

The regular Republicans in congress
stand for constructive legislation and
redemption Of party pledges IN line
with The wise recommendations Of
President Taft The insurgents stand
for disorganizafion Of the rarity and
defeat o. It's principles and policies.
party Loyalty means nothing TO the
latter and part honor still less.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

The vinton Eagle says the greatest
comfort the Democrats OF Iowa
have Is reading the Des Moines Reg.
liter and Leader.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

Congressman Dawson Of the Second
district voted With the insurgents Of
the house in overruling Speaker Can
mon Mr. Dawson IN not candidate
for reelection and is disposed TO be
reckless.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

s1r BRYAN SAYS be will not go TO the
senate. That settles the matter. Il is
yery certain the senate viii not come
10 Mr Bran.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

NEWSPAPER MAKING.

A newspaper Eosn who does Ills I
task rightly IA rasn Who far
Efsbeg TIC facss AZ hey are. With
oilt respect To ahorn they hgrt or
help D1t the man who 4 preach
ing an eYangel Or WHO Is ieiping
4 cause. and especially tire ons
s.fso takes himself seriously, ID
tne sorst witnesses u the eyents I
With TesDect 10 which his views
} react the. you can possibly have
- Prezidsnt Taft IN Chicago
4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

It is becoming more and more ap-
parent TO the Sioux City Journal that
the title Of the case Is to be Cum.
MINIS End Dolliver VI. Taft.~et all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

Hurrsh for Uncle Joe. He was
game 70 The last and sublime in defeat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21
Published by Order Of the City For
the BENEFIT and lnforma-
sson Of the citi-
zens
FOB THE LAST MEETING
The Proceedings Of the Last Session
are Herewith Given in
Fun Detail and
Complete.


iContinued)
Yeas-Butler, Christys De Yong.
Kicker, johnson, Kiefer, Mccormick.
Roberts. Tigue-Total. 2.
Nays-L fadstrand. Total, /
Absant-Annable, Swanson - Total
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21
CHARLES OFF

CHARLES OFF
Attest Mayor.
r. MOORE, Clerk Of the Council,
City OF Keoauk, Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21

Neokgs. Io0s 1900, Rarrn q, 1910