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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
The Persistency of Colds.

Why is it. that we are so heavily
subject to colds: Other epidemic dis
eases-measles. typhoid, scarlet fever,
diphtheria-may get hold on us once
and there is an end; it is not usual to
have any of them twice. We brew in
our blood immunity. The poison of the
disease evokes in us it's proper anti
dote. Our blood cells make sort of
natural antitOXin and keep it in stock,
so that we are henceforth protected
against the disease. A we'll vaccinated
nurse, for example. works with safety
in smallpox hospital. where the very
air is infertive. but her blood is so
changed by vaccination that the small
pOX cannot affect her. BY scarlet fe-
YER. again. we are. as it were. vacci-
mated against scarlet fever. The reac-
ton of our blood against the disease
immuniZes us. No such result follows
influenza or a common cold. We brew
nothing that is permanent. We are
just as susceptible to il later invasion
as we were TO the invasion that is just
Over.-LondOn Spectator.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
His Athletic Neiahbor.,

A young man inmate Of a boarding
house had been disturbed night after
night by the boarder in the next room
doing things with punching bag he'd
rugged up. in the room some way. At
breakfast each morning the young man
would look over the crowd and Won
der who the bag puncher might be.
but there was no one in sight but d
bunch of women and eight or ten men
with narrow chests and retreating
chins. One night he made up his mind
to. knock on the bag punching room
ers door and ask him to put over his
exercise until daylight when all the
worlds awake The man might be
small enough to bulldoze even with all
his athletics. The door opened and
there, clad in tight fitting red Jersey,
was a robust, buxom woman of per-
haps thirty summers
And what did you say to herr" the
young man was asked.
IL was so startled" replied he, that
l asked what afterWard seemed to me
the most natural request l could have
made. l asked her if she'd lend me
a couple of tches.1-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
I wonder if the taxpayers of Be-
midi realize that by: electing the re-
publican candidate in the first dis.
trict to the county board of COM
missioners the city will, in no way be
represented on this board.
With due respects to the present
republican nominee the voters should
not overlook this fact. J.. P Omich,
the nominee on the Public Owner.
ship ticket, has been resident of
Bemidji for the past fifteen years
and would make an ideal commission
er as we'll as an able representative
of the taxpayers of this city, he him.
self being one of the oldest taxpay.
ers.
Think it over, and help elect a
resident of Bemidji as a member of
the Board of County Commissioners.
A Taxpayer +
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
The Festive Goldfish.

A correspondent Of the New York
FOSt says that the Goldfish freQuents
1.-The tablelan(lS of the sea-" The cod
fish no doubt does this to secure as
nearly as possible a dry. bracing at
mosphere. This pure air of the sub
marine tablelands gives to the Goldfish
that breadth of chest and depth of
lungs that we have so often noticed
The glad. free smile of the Goldfish is
largely attributed to the eXhilaration
of this oceanic altitoodleum The cor.
respondent further says that the cod
fish subsists largely on the sea cherry"
Those who have not had the pleasure
Of seeing the goldfish climb the cherry
tree in search of food or clubbing the
fruit from the heavily laden branches
with chunks Of coral have missed a
very fine sight. The Goldfish when at
home rambling through the submarine
forests does not wear his vest unbut-
toned as be does while Ioating around
the grocery stores: of the United States.
Bill Nye.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

Near Hancock, Mimi, twenty
farmers have organized themselves
into a "Meat Club" through
which they are enable to have
fresh meat at all seasons, in hot
as we'll as in cold weather. On
Friday of each week a beef is
killed and cut up into twenty
pieces; each being numbered.
Each person takes a different num-
Der each week, so that, at the end
of twenty weeks, each one has
had a whole beef. The beeves
are furnished by the members OF
the club, and tile meat is sold t
from five to eleven cents per
pound; the owner retaining the
hide and paying two dollars for
the killing and cutting. The kill
ing and delivering is all done at a
central point in the neighborhood.
The beef is hung up in cool
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
Is There ANY Law?

Every few days the public is
treated to a new story as to what
Pussyfoot" Johnson, of the Indian
bureau, has done over in Minnesota,
or to some guess as to what he is
going to do next. One day he is
going to close all the saloons in the
so-called Indian territory. The next
day he is going to close them parti.
ally, that is, to put a stop to the
practice of selling liquor to Indians.
Still later, he proposes to close all
the saloons within certain arbitrary
limits, and leave the others open.
Is there any law governing this
situation, and if so, why is it not
proclaimed and enforced? Why is
there all this uncertainty? Is there
a department of our government
which is superior to law, and not
amenable to it?
Is there any subject pertaining to
American government in which
official action and the rights of in
dividuals are dependent on the
within or caprice of some jack-in.
office? We would be heartily glad
to learn that there is legal warrant
for the closing of every saloon in
Minnesota outside of the three great
cities, and there we do not believe
that closure would be feasible at
this time. But outside of these
cities we do not believe that there is
locality in Minnesota where proper
regulations against the sale of in
toxicants cannot be reasonably we'll
enforced. If there is such a law
covering the territory in question,
and the interior department is
charged with it's enforcement, let the
department get busy and go at the
thing in sane and orderly manner.
If the department has no authority,
let it quit blufing.-Grand Forks
Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
A Bismarck Incident.

1t used to be the privilege of Aus.
trials representative at any conference
of representatives Of the German
states to smoke. the others refraining.
This was supposed to be an acknowl-
edgment of Austria's supremacy. At the
first conference that Bismarck attend
ed us Prussia's representative he be-
gan to puff smoke across the confer:
ence table as soon as the Austrian dip
lolnat lit up. That set everybody pres
emf to smoking on equal terms, and
Austria's supremacy got blow.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
cellar Friday night and cut up for
delivery Saturday morning. y
OUR VANISHING DESERT.

A quarter of a century ago any
mention of the Great American des.
ert called up visions of region of
limitless extent, sun-baked, parched
aud desolate. A country associated
always with tales of suffering and
death. of unfriendly savages. and
deadly reptiles, for years it was pass.
ed over by congress as worthless.
The marvellous Transformation
which has been wrought up in two
decades in this land of silence and
sunshine furnishes one of the most
interesting and inspiring pages in
the annals of our republics develop
ment.
The great American desert is van
ishing from the map. Its boundaries
have shrunken and it no longer pre-.
sents a formidable barrier to the
growth and progress of the far West.
Twelve million acres of this rainless
country have been subdued by means
of agriculture and irrigation and are
producing bountiful and assured
harvests every year.
A quarter of a million families are
residing on farms and as many more
have found homes and occupations
in the cities, towns, and villages
which have sprung up in the midst
of the agricultural areas.
Pioneering in this new country
calls for a good deal of grit and not
little hard work and compensation
is far below like exertions in other
parts Of the country, and northern
Minnesota is splendid example
Nevertheless American industry
has caused the desert to work.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
Our Eccentric Phrases.

+ Why do we always talk of putting
on coat and vest? Who puts on E
coat before vest? We also say put
ting on shoes and stockings. Who
puts on shoes before the stockings
We also put up signs telling people to
wipe their feet when we mean their
boots or. shoes. And father tells a
boy he will warm his jacket when he
means to warm his pantaloons. We
are little eccentric in our phrases at
times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
Don't Get Run Down.

Weak and miserable. II you have Kidney
or Bladder trouble. Dull head pains. Dizzi-
ness: Nervousness. Pains in the back. and
feel tired all over. get package Of Mother
cure. 1t never falls. We have many testi-
monials from grateful people who haue used
this wonderful remedy. AS regulator it
has no equal. Ask for Mother Gray's Aus
tFaHan-Leaf at Druggists or sent by mail
for so cts. Sample FREE. Address. The
Mother Gray Co.. LIE Roy, N, Y.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
SHERIFF HAzEN, BEL1RAmrs DISGRACE.

SHERIFF HAzEN, BELTRAMrs DISGRACE.
Water will seek its own level. A
leopard cannot change its spots nor
an Ethiopian, his skin. Neither
can a candidate whose career is i'm
mersed in the slime of deceit, sus.
picion and untruth be expected to
conduct clean political campaign.
The mantle of charity has been
Sheriff Hazen's greatest protection
and he has but his own stupidity
and continued conniving to blame
for the election eve indignation
which has left him blackened,
bowling cringing creature in the
white light of publicity.
Of his palpably unjust and false
attack on Thomas Bailey we need
say but little as Mr.. Bailey him.
self has stripped the Hazen cloak
of deception clear of its malicious
insinuations, leaving the unnamed
and unclaimed "circular" but an
other evidence of the rottenness of
regime uneqUalled in Beitrami
county for the depths to which
unprincipled and schemirg poll:
ticians can 60. !
There is one point in connection
with the distribution of the Hazen
sheets of shame" to which we wish
to call attention as a glazing evid-
dence of the deceit practiced by our
present sheriff-the sheriff who con-
ducts his duties so "tearlessly" that
when a jury list is to be made up
aA6davits of prejudice are filed
against him so that the coroner or
some other honest person is required
to do the duty of the sheriff in order
that criminals may be given a fair
trial.
We call attention to the part of
the Hazen circular of illepitimate
parentage where the bold head lines
read: "A. B. Hazen, the present
sheriff, received during 1909" and
then follows the names of the differ
ent departments with total fee COL
lection amounting to $4,778.73. This
is the amount the circular says
Sheriff Hazen secured in fees during
the year 1909. The statement is
absolutely and unqualifedly untrue.
The amount Mr.. Hazen did receive
was $7,7)2.84 which is SOCIAL
more than the deceptive Mr.. Hazen
cares to admit 10 the voters of Bel.
trami county. In still bolder type,
the Hazen offspring says: Thomas
Bailey received from all sources
while sheriff $54,895.77." Mr.. Bail
ey was sheriff for eight years. If he
had received $7,792.S4 for each year
of office, as Mr.. Hazen received dur
ing the year 1909, his total fees for
the same time it took Sheriff Bailey
to collect $54,895.77 would amount
to $62, 342.72, which would be ST.
446.95 more than Mr.. Bailey re-
ceived.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
CITY OF BEMIDJI

County Seat.
Popuiation-ln 1900. 1900: in 1910
1000.
Summer Resort-Hundreds of outsider.
make their summer homes on Lake Be-
midi. Fishing, boating and bathing &C
commodations are second to none in thu
United States.
Area-Ten square, miles incorporated.
Altitude -140O feet above sea level.
Water Power-22OO developed horse
power, Mississippi river.
Water-Absolutely pure. Two artesia1
wells.
Water Mains-About ten miles.
Boatine-5OO miles by lake and river.
Death Rate-5.4 thousand in 1908.
Annual Rainfall-33.7 inches.
Temperature-2O above, winter: u
summer, mean.
Sewer Mains-Aboutgfive miles.
Cement Sidewalks-Twelve miles.
Lakeshore Drives-Ten miles.
Parks-Tw0.
Water Frontafe--Ten miles, two lakes
and Mississippi river.
A Home Town-16OO residences.
Taxpayers-12OO.
Churches-S.
School Houses-Four.
Bank Deposits-$8OO,OOO.
Manufactures-Har handles, lum
Der. lath. shingles, and various othel
industries.
Great Distributing Point-Lumber prod
ucts, groceries -four, feed and hay.
Postal Receipts-$17, 900 for 1909. 10th
place in state outside of St. Paul, Mime
apolis and Duluth.
Railroads-Great Northern. Minnesota &
International, M, R. L. & M, Minneapolis
ST. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie. Wilton &
Northern, Grand Forks to Duluth, and
Bemidji-Sauk Centre.
Railroad Depots-Three.
Passenger ns-Fourteen.daily.
Hospitals
Distances-To St. Paul, $50 miles; to
Duluth, 1877 miles.
Hotels-Fifteen.
Breweries-One.
Sawmills-FOur.
Handle Factories-One.
Wholesale Houses-Four.
Banks-Three.
Auto Garages-One.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
The Dollar Mark.

"Have you seen the Washington mon
ument?"', -.
Yes" replied the New Yorker. Its
pretty tall building. but what's the
good of it without any Offices for rentT'
Washington Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
An Odd Epitaph.

The following epitaph is to be found
in a cemetery within seven miles OF
New York's city hall: o..
Reader, pass on: don't waste your time
Ger bad biography and bitter rhyme.
For what | am this crumbling clay ir
SureS.
And what I was is no affair of yours.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
Worse Than Rats.

A Big Stone, S. D., story tells of a
grocery store where the rats carried
off the chewing tobacco and nibbled
1t. That is not much. In certain
Minnesota town human beings did
that very thing and what is worse
they spat upon the sidewalk.-Min.
neaplis Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

With Warden Bailey on the job.
and backed by stern judge ready
to make law breakers fork over real
money, the dear" season seems to
have opened.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

Persons desiring to visit Saltwater
are, under certain conditions, insured
swift, safe Journey by the state.
One of the easiest ways to get there
is to give an Indian whiskey.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
Go To 1t.

Go To It.
The combat deepens. On, we
brave, - =. i
Who rush to glory or the gravel!
Wave Eberhart! all thy banners
wave, ".
And, Day, charge with all thy
chivalry.-Princeton Union. g~..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
The Proper Tree.

Curious Charley-Do nuts grow on
trees. father? Father-They do, my
son. Curious Charley-Then what tree
does the doughnut grow on? Father
The ''paDtree." my son.-Purple Cow.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
In tho Game.

II am in the hands of my friends"
said the political sidestepper.
''Yes," replied the harsh critic, land
every time your friends look over their
hands they seem impatient for new
deal" -WashingtOn Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

Mr.. Hayner admits that he has
fought to the last ditch. We hazard
the guess that on next Tuesday he
will fall into it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

If it is true that Minnesota has a
population of 100000, Eberhart is
scheduled to receive p!urolity of
about 100000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

And that reminds US: whatever
became of that fire department that
was to shoot the government full of
holes?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

What we meant to say in last
nights Pioneer was that Major Nc
Laughlin had completed a tour of
inquiry but the commpositor in
sisted on making it tour of injury"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
Economy,

Observation-Disclosures me. dear, but don't
you cook much more for dinner than
we can use?-Wife-Of course! If l
didn't how could economic by utiliz.
Ing leftover dishes ?-Cleveland Leader
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
Never Good.

Fogg-That'S bad cold you have.
old man. Henderson - Did you ever
hear of a good cold. you idiot?-Bos-
ton Transcript
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
The First Step.

Young Woman Qbefore m1lliner's
window. to her maid)-That hat is per-
fectly lovely. l must have it. Marie.
be sure to remind me to kiss my hus-
band when l get home.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
COMMUNICATIONS.

Letters to the editor of not more than
200 words on topics of interest are
solicited. The names of the writers
must be signed. but not necessarily for.
publication.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

A FOOLS heart is in his tongue. but a
wise mans tongue is in his heart
Quarles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

Cass Lake saloonkeepers are still
seeing stars.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
Not So Absurd.

"How absurdv'
"What's absurd?"
give years are supposed to have
elapsed since the last act, and that
man is wearing the same overcoat."
''Nothin' absurd about that. He's
takin' the part of a married man, isn't
hep"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05

Laziness travels so slowly that pow
erty soon OvertakeS him.-Franklin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-05
Sniteful.

SpitefuI.
Patience Did you enjoy my last
song? Patrice-I might have if I had
known it was your last. - Yonkers
Statesman.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
COTTON MARKETS.

Now York, January i7.-Although the cot
ton market WAS less active Than last week
there was continued excitement and prices
had Violest break during the afternoon. 4
recovery OF about 81 per bale occurred In
the last few minutes, but while the closing
tone was steady last prices were 3.St46
points net lower on the old and from lao 80
points lower on new crop positions Tho
market opened barely steady al an advance
OF points on September. but generally I'M
changed TO l. points lower, ana the active
months sold S@lS points lower during the
first few minutes under commission house
cables, however. made a steady showing,
there was some demand from spot people,
oyer-Sunday news from the South claimed
a generally irm interior spot situation, and
Liverpool houses We're good buyers here 10
cover straddles, Prices consequently sold
up to about or u shade over the CLOSING.
prices of Saturday during the middle OF thu
morning, but after the close of Liverpool
and the withdrawal of arbitrage business
the market again became very unsettled.
Possibly approximations that southern banks
might call loans on spot cotton in the liz
Ierior and thus cause weakness had u sen
timental influence. although nothing of this
sort was reflected in tho news to-day. a a
renewal Of bear pressure drove the market
into stop-loss orders, and for time prices
turnbled almost as rapidly as they had done
last week, Before the decline was check,
ed March sold al 1899, May at l.0l and
July at 1903, or 5ia64 points below the clos
ing figures OF Saturday. At this level tht
market received support from the strong
interests whose purchases below the II cont
level helped 10 check the panic OF -four
days ago Southern spots officially reported
early were nominaily unchanged to &c
higher.
Receipts at the ports to-day were l6 iG
bales against SOTO last week and 1881 las,
year For the week 10000 bales against
10000 last week and AG7s0 last year TO-
days receipts at New orleans 1857 bales
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
.ALMsHOUSE FIGHT
RESULTS FATALLY
Aged Inmate Held on Charge Of
Murder of Com
panion.
Especial to The Timeg-Dispatch. /

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
elizabeth City, N. c., January IL
Griffin NJ. Jennings. seventy-fivc years
old. and an inmate of the Pasquotank
county almshouse is in Jail. charged
with the murder of r. II. j. Ellis, an
other aged inmate of the county home
Yesterday morning 1t is reported
that Jennings and ELLIS fell out over
some discussion at the breakfast table.
a fight followed and Ellis was beaten
up terribly and his arm broken by a
hoe. The combatants were separated
and medical attention summoned. Ellis
lived until late yesterday afternoon
Jennings is in jail awaiting prelimi-
nary trial in the Police Court to-
morrow morning.
Both parties have been inmates of
the county home for several years.
and had never gotten along well to-
getlier. Ellis came here from chowan
county. and SO far as it is known he
had no relatives living. Jennings has
son and stepdaughter living here.
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