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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-03

and they will be asked to come out
squarely on the issue. and If they
show a disposition to dodge, they will
be counted as belonging to the opposi-
ton and will be fought accordingly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
Miss Grazing at Masonic Hall Saturday.
Miss Florence Grazing of Mime.


Miss Florence Grazing of Mime
apolis, pupil of Emil Oberhofer
and Wilma, Anderson Gilman,
will give a piano recital at. the
Masonic Hall Saturday evening,
March S, under the auspices of the
5000 club" of the M. E. church.
Miss Grazing is an accomplished
pianiste and widely and favorably
known in the southern part of the
state. -~-
The 5000 club" is to be con.
graduated on securing Miss Ora.
ling for Bemidji audience. Miss
Reca Grazing will give several
pleasing readings during the even
ing. E..
The program for Saturday even
ing will be as follows: ...= .
Polonalse, Up. 44............ Chopin
Spinning Song ................ Raft
Etude, Op. IS No. 1......... Chopin
Reading, "The Going of The :
White Swan" Gilbert Parker
Miss Reca Grazing.
Romance, F Sharp. .Schumann
War Study. Chopin
Monologue, "What the Janitor
Heard". Marjorie Benton Cooke
Miss Reca Grazing
Scherzo ..................... Beethoven
Whims observation-disclosures. Schumann
Lorelei Seeing
Marche Grotesque. .Sinding
Seats IS and IS cents.
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him in his struggle against the
disease. Those who have gone
down into the valley Of suffering and
stood by the bedside of loved one,
as hope after hope dropped away as
the petals fall from a fading flower,
know that such anguish as is expert
enced by the good woman cannot
find solace in the tenderness of
words.
The wife, with devotion of which
only good women are capable
whose care and help was given
sweetly, tenderly to the invalid,
whose heroic devotion never fatered,
could not detain him by the clasp
of earthly love; but after the last
word had been spoken, the last sign
of recognition was gone, look of
peace settled on his face which pro-
claimed victory, and she knew he
was resting On mighty arm.
The Pioneer is informed that the
funeral services will be held at St.
Philips church Wednesday morning,
at 9 o'clock; and the body will be
laid to rest in Greenwood cemetery.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
''DICK" COLLINS PASSED
AWAY SUNDAY FORENOON
Had Been Making Brave Battle Against
Consumption for Some Eight
Years Past.

Wasted and worn by an unequal
contest of several years duration
against the dreaded white plague
consumption, D. F. Collins (better
known by host of friends in this
vicinity as 'Dick") surrendered to
the grim reaper" at ten O'Clock
yesterday morning, and passed to
the other shore, where his tired
body will no longer. be racked by
the ravages of the fatal disease that
has caused the untimely death of
thousands since the beginning of
time. t1.
The end was as peaceful as the
close of a beautiful summer day,
when daylight fades into night with
increasing loveliness. With his
faithful wife at his bedside, the tired
invalid sank into a deep sleep from
which he never awoke.
Dick" Collins has lived in Be-
midi during the past eleven years,
coming here in not the best of health,
which was at that time thought to
be only a-temporary cold and general
running down" from which he
would soon recover.
Some two years after coming to
Bemidji, unmistakeable signs of con.
sumption began to be manifest in
"Dick's' not feeling we'll, as he used
to call it, and from that time until
the final end yesterday, Mr.. Collins
put up battle against disease that
has few equals in the annals OF
medical science. Possessed of in.
dominatible will power, Dick
would not admit that he could not
master the disease, and he fought
every indication of increased inroads
on his constitution. -
During the past four years, Mr.
Collins failed very perceptibly; and
it was only through the exercise Of
the most determined vitality that he
did not break down entirely and
become helpless invalid.
Through it all, the brave wife Of
Mr.. Collins stood steadfastly by
him, and loyal friends encouraged
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
SEBEKA MAN is AWARDED
CONTRACT FOR DITCH NO. 2
Bids We're Opened Saturday aud Contract Awarded by
County Auditor Hayner.-Dtch Will Drain Valu.
able Land Within City Limits.

County Auditor Hayner has lei
the contract for the construction oil
Judicial Ditch No. g." which i:
within the limits of the city of Be.
midi, and for the construction Of
which several contractors offered
bids. The contract was let to Peter
Nehl of Sebeka, whose bid was fol-
$4,000. Three others offered bids
to construct the ditch, the bids being
as follows: Carl Hefferon, Bemidji
$4,000; Kahle's Contracting COM
pany, Little Falls. $2445.13; A. D.
Peterson, Brainerd, 1884.
The bids which were submitted
by the contractors were accompanied
by certified check, the successful
bidder giving check for $500.
The county auditor will later set the
date for signing the contract be-
tween the county and the success
full bidder, Mr.. Nehl. .a
The construction of this ditch will
be of great benefit to the low lands
directly west of the residence Sec
ton of the city, which has been
called swamp" and will drain the
lands and make them very valuable.
The ditch will commence in the
center of the south line of the NE d
of the SWA of Sec. 5-146-33, extend
ing southwesterly direct to the
southwest corner of the SEX of the
SWA of Sec. S, thence due south
80 rods to the northwest corner of
the SEX of the NWA Of Sec. 8.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
JOHN WOODS WAS KILLED
WHILE WORKING IN CAMP
Logs Rolled on Him and Crushed
Out Life. No Inquest Was
Necessary.


County Coroner M. E. 1bertson
has returned from a visit to the
logging camps of William Gibson,
east of Kithi lake, and north of
Cass Lake, in the southeastern
end of Beltrami county, where he
was called to examine the body of
John Woods, who was accidentally
killed while working in the camp
The coroner found that the death
had been caused by an accident
and deemed it unnecessary to hold
an inquest; and the body was
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ment law, such data to be gathered
by the parent development asso
citation, and the matter pushed
to favorable result.
There were in attendance at the
meeting delegates from all parts
of the county, even the most
remote, Spooner and Baudette, on
the international boundary, and
other northern and northwestern
townships being represented.
The meeting was called to order
by L. G.. Townsend of Blackjack,
who had been recommended as
president of the association, at a
temporary meeting held February
10, and he stated the objects of the
meeting, being followed by w. R.
Mackenzie, secretary of the parent
organization, who told of the method
used in making the call for the
meeting and gave information as to
who were entitled to representation
in the convention.
The chair appointed George E.
Ericsson of Spooner, Al. H. Jester OF
Bemidji and G.. R. Middleton OF
Baudette, committee on credentials,
and their report was adopted, show
ing delegates present as given at
head of this article.
In the matter of choosing a per-
manent name for the organization,
the delegates unanimously selected
The Beltrami County Development
Association" to conform with the
suggestions of the recent meeting in
Bemidji of the northern Minnesota
representatives.
The convention unanimously Sc.
lected the temporary officers for per-
mant officials, as follows:
President, L. G.. Townsend Of
Blackjack; Vice President, J. E.
Huss, Spooner; Secretary-Treasurer
w. R. Mackenzie, Bemidji.
The chair appointed as a com
mite of five on resolutions the fol-
lowing: Charles S. Carter of Hines,
c. E. Hagen of Bemidjl township,
C. o. Espe of Shotley, A. P. Bloom
of Liberty township and w. R. Cas-
sler of Grant Valley township, who
retired to prepare their report.
While the resolutions committee
was working on their report, some
very interesting addresses were made
Representative ]. J. Opsahl stated
that he believed the convention
should 90 on record as favoring The
securing all data possible bearing or
the 1910 census of northern Mime
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
Editor Davies in the CITY.

N. S. Davies, the managing editor
of the Crookston Times, has been a
visitor in Bemidji for several days
past, being a guest at the home of
his sister, Mrs. E. H. Marcum.
Mon" Davies has been con.
nected with the Crookston papers
for several years, going to Crooks
ton from Grand Forks. at which
latter place he was identified with
the Grand Forks Daily Herald. He
is hustler and good fellow; and
the Pioneer hopes he will enjoy his
brief respite from the nerve-destroy-
ing labors of the daily paper routine.
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thence to the center of Sec. 8, thence
southeasterly to a point 265 feet
west of the center of the SEA of
Sec. 8, thence south through the
Great Northern culvert to the north
ern head of Lake Irving.
Four lateral or branch small
bitches will be constructed to con.
meet with the main ditch, which,
with the large ditch will give
splendid drain to the land through
which the ditch is built.
1t is estimated that the ditch and
its latterals will drain about 800
acres of land adjacent to the city
and part within the city limits. The
ditch will especially drain some 40
acres of lands belonging to Carl
Hebron; and Mr.. Hebron states
that he will put in thing on the
larger part of this land. According
to the state engineer, George
Ralph, the ditch and the thing will
will so drain the land that the same
will be in condition to till within
ninety days after the ditch and til
ing are in place and completed.
The construction of this judicial
ditch and it's laterals or branches
will open the city limits to the west
ward and allow the building of
residences in the low land which
has heretofore been looked upon as
being almost useless.
Mr.. Hebron did much to secure
the ditch, and to him much credit is
due. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
Daughter for A. E. Harris.

Il - t.
The broad expanse of simle which
literally covers the urbane counten-
ance of A. E. Harris, manager of the
Bemidji exchange of the North
western Telephone Exchange COM
pany, is not occasioned by pro-
motion or raise in salary. Nope;
not much. There's new baby girl
up at Mr.. Harris house, and the
bright bit of femininity arrived Sum
day. Congratulations have been
heaped on the genial manager since
yesterday, and he is bit proud in
his actions, which is excusable.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
co. DEVELOPMENT ASSN.
PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED
Large Number of Delegates We're Present at Meeting Held
Saturday, and There Was Enthusiasm and
Hearty Cooperation from All.
These Became Members Saturday.

These Became Members Saturday.
Albert Berg, John Weeks, George
E. Ericsson, Spooner; A. P. Blom
Liberty; E. G.. Estenson, Battle
River; Albert Randlien, Baudette
Township; Nils A. Otterstad, Turtle
River Village, L. G.. Townsend, D.
D. Rolfe, Charles Hayden, Black.
duck Village; Charles S. Carter,
Hines; J. A. Thoren, hammers Town.
ship; w. A. Worth, Northern Town.
ship; D. P. Powers, Solway Village;
w. A. Cassler, F. M. Pendergast, H.
N. Wilson, Grant Valley; c. c. Copp,
Hagali Township; A. H. Swedberg,
Turtle Lake Township; L. L.
Reynolds, Village of Tenstrike;
Albert Chilgrep, McDougald Town.
ship; Frank S. Patterson, Eckles
Township; A. H. Jester. Henry
Funkley, w. R. Mackenzie; Bemidji;
c. C.Hagen, Bemidji Township;M. I.
Stoke, Minnie Township; Andrew
Hendricksou, During Township;
John Guthrie. Turtle River Town
ship; Jacob Detling, Langor Town.
ship; William Gerlinger, Port Hope
Township; o. C. Hoff, Benville
Township; Ben Anderson, Spruce
Grove Township; Nels Sorenson,
Jones Township; E. o. Espe, Shotley.
Imbued with the spirit of reap
ortionment and development, har-
mony and enthusiasm, which was 50
manifest at the recent development.
reapportionment meeting which was
held in Bemidji, more than 100 resi-.
dents of Beltrami county met in this
city Saturday afternoon and per-
fected the permanent organization
of the Beltrami County Development
association, and formed plans for the
further organization of development
reapportionment associations in every
township IN the county.
The meeting was one of the
most harmonious, yet determined,
gatherings ever held in Beltrami
county; and the delegates who
participated adopted strong reso-
lutions anent reapportionment and
other matters, Incorporating in the
resolutions the entire matter
adopted by the parent organiza-
ton, and going on record further as
favoring the collecting of sufficient
information from the 1910 census
of the counties of the state with a
view to petitioning Governor Eber.
hart to call special session of the
legislature to enact a reaPPortion-
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taken to Cass Lake to be shipped
to Grand Rapids, MIMI, for
burial. Woods having brother
and sister residing at that place.
Woods was driving team at a
dangerous point where logs were
being landed, and in some manner
got in the way of some timber and
was killed, his head and arm be-
ing crushed, and death ensuing
almost instantly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
"CoIonel" Allen in Town.

A. B. Allen, better known as the
Colonel" is visitor in the city.
Mr.. Allen has of late been engaged
in the insurance and land business;
and he is said to be doing very
we'll.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
District Court Today.

The libel suit of Chester Nc
Kusick VS.. j.. Opsahl, was dis
missed in district court this morn.
ing on motion of the plaintiff.
This suit will be brought again,
the Sentinel Printing Company
being made the defendant, and
will be on for the next term of
court.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
Wild Hay for Sale.

A few cars good wild hay for
sale at 5000 +. Q. b, car, Be-
midi. IS. E. Thompson,
Tenstrike, MINI.
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A box Of candy free. With
every cash want ad Of 25 cents
or more, the Pioneer will give q
.half-pound box Of McDOnald's
chocolate candy. This for one
week only.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-28
SEND PRODUCTS TO W. R. MAC.
..@ KENZIE.

Residents of Beltrami county who
have agricultural products which
they wish to have exhibited at the
conservation meeting to be held in
St. Paul March 1919, are requested
to leave the same with W. R. Mac
kenzie, at his office in the Schroeder
block. and the same will be for
warded to St. Paul.
Mr.. Mackenzie especially desires
exhibits Of barley, oats. clover and
other grasses in stock. {,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-26
THOMPSON WINS HANDICAP.
Missouri Man Gets Trophy For Record
limo.

Des Moines, May 26.-M. Thompson.
of Gainesville, Mo-, yesterday won the
preliminary handicap at the Western
Handicap tournament now in progress
at Des Moines. After breaking ninety
four targets in the 100-bird match he
made a run Of twenty without a miss
| in shooting off the tie with c. e. Tap
pan, of Candy, Neb. Among the pro-
fessionals, Fred Bills, Of Chicago, who
had shot the high gun on each of the
| two first days of the tournament, re-
| tanned that honor for the third day,
but was forced to share first place
among the pros in the handicap event
with Walter Huff, of Macon, Ga. Each
fnised with a score of 80 in the big
event.
| Bills score of 80 out of 100 birds In
the morning events. including eighty
singles and ten doubles, is claimed as
worlds record of shooting.
No better wea Their than that of yes
terday could have been asked for by
the shooters. The wind which played
havoc with the scores on the previous
day was absent yesterday and the
moderate temperature made conditions
all that could be desired.
Thompson, who won the preliminary
handicap, won the same event in 1908
in Des Moines, shooting against a Ne
| braskan. On that occasion he was
compelled to shoot twenty extra birds
after the main event in order to de-
eide the ownership Of the trophy. In
the present shoot he will be awarded
the trophy as the winner, while the
money for first and second guns will
be divided between him and Tappan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-26
GARNER NEWS eRlsr.
High School Commencement Features
Local Miscellany.

Special to Times Republican.
Garner. May 26.--The exercises of
the high school commencement week
opened Sunday evening at the Z. r.
church, with the class sermon by Rev.
S. NJ. Mcconnell. This evening the
seniors give their class play program
in the high school assembly room and
on Friday evening Marshall c. Crouch.
of st. Louis. will deliver the graduating
address in the opera house. The sub
ject of this address is The Simple
Lite" The alumni banquet will be
held the evening OF June 4, in the din
ing room OF the new NJ. e. church.
This has been very successful year
and the nine graduates have finished
their work In very satisfactory man
ner.
The juniors gave banquet to the
seniors Friday evening at the Charles
Bailey home with a reception after
wards at the Rhiems residence.
Promotion exercises OF the eighth
| grade were held in the high school
Tuesday evening. School closes Friday.
May 81, for the summer vacation and
the lower rooms have prepared pro-
grams for that afternoon.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Algona district held a
convention here over Sunday About
| forty delegates attended and Miss
Carrie Bartlett, a returned missionary
from China, was present. Mrs. Oner
Dow, vice president of the Des Moines
branch. gave two addresses. She re-
manned here Wednesday, when she left
for Edinburgh. Scotland, where she
goes as a delegate to the worlds con-
gress of foreign missions.
| The first ball game OF the season
here was played Friday afternoon be-
tween Goodell and Garner. in which
Garner was victorious 5 to O.
| The last meeting of the year for the
Recital Club was held Monday even
! ing, with Mrs Alice Hahn hostess. The
club secured the art exhibit of the Iowa
Travelling Library Association and in
vited the Progressive Club to the meet
| ing.
j. r. Fleenor attended the state con-
vention of undertakers at Des Moines
| this week.
Memorial exercises will be observed
| May 30 and so. On Sunday the ser
! vices will be held in the opera house
when Rev. w. f. Sauerman will preach
the sermon. On Monday the usual ex-
ercises will be carried out at the GENE
J terry in the morning and program will
be given In the opera house in the af-
ternoon, with an address by Rev b. J.
| Rhodes. of Oakland
Rev William Klaus returned Mon
day from the sanatorium at Prairie du
Chen. where he has been for severa-
| weeks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-26
SUIT BROUGHT IN WRIGHT coUN.
~ 70 HAVE DEED SET
ASIDE.
HEIRS TO T. c. ToMPsoN
CLAIM THEY WERE vlcTIMlzED
AIIeee That BeImond Man Secured Ad-
ministration Papers Thru Misrepre-
sentation and Land Was Sold at
Fraudulent Appraisement-Defe
ants Enter Denial.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Clarion, May 26.-An interesting case
is set for trial in the district court this
week in which it is sought to have the
sale of a quarter section of land set
aside. Fraud in the appraisement and
sale is alleged.
r. C. Tompson, of Belmond, died
Aug. 8. 1908, and the heirs to the es=
tate, Ingaborg Tompson, OF Polk coun-
ty, and an alien sister in Norway have
brought action to set aside the sale of
certain real estate, about one-fourth
section of land In Hancock county,
Iowa. which they claim was fraudu-
lently made by the administrator OF
the estate. Miss Tompson claims that
the day following the death OF her
brother, and while she was here to at
tend the funeral, Val Griesy, then
mayor of Belmond, told her that by
virtue of his office he was the man to
take charge of deceased's property, and
persuaded her to sign certain papers
which she didn't understand and could
not read, not being able to read the
English language. 1t seems these pa
pers were a request to have Mr.. Grlesy
appointed administrator of the estate
of L. c. Tompson, and that she didn'l
understand that she was waving heI
rights to the premises of deceased.
Plaintiff further charges that hei
brother had plenty of personal prop
erty to pay off all Indebtedness and
that it wasn't necessary to sell any rea
estate
Mr.. Griesy obtained an order to have
the land appraised and sell the same
at private sale. The plaintiff claims
she had made a standing offer of $50
per acre Or $50 if necessary to get it
and that Mr.. Griesy and w. l. Rose.
Grams appraised the land at $55 and die
make the sale to w. l. Rosecrans FOL
| S25 or $50 per acre less than the mar
| ketable value. w. I. Rosecrans Dough
| the land at a small advance Of the APP
praised value.
Mr.. Griesy in his defense claims tina
| Mr.. Rosecrans was one of the apprais-
ors but that the matter of his owl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-26

"Junking" Without License.
Keokuk, May 26.-William Kelley,
the 23-year-o youth who has been in
court 1o1 times in the past several