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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

Charles Rick, Jr,, of Sterling, IL
linois, claims the record for plucking
corn from cornstalks, having gently
gathered 170 bushels in nine hours
time. Hurrah for Chuch! Ear, ear!
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

lie instruction have conspired to inn
prove the condition Of the one-room
country school, and county superin-
tendents have cooperation in every
way. There has been Improvement.
Teachers are better educated, build
ings are better heated, lighted and
ventilated. Many an isolated rural
school now has a fairly good equip
ment Of necessary utensils and some
progress has been made in grading
and reducing the number Of classes
to be taught daily.
"The Holmberg act went into effect
April 21 Of the current year. Since
that date thirty schools have applied
for aid under the law. It will be re-
membered that the law provides a
minimum territory of twelve sections
for a consolidated school district
The average territory for these thirty
schools is we'll up toward the area of
a township. ., ~ 0s;s, 80
''The most notable feature Of this
list is the progress of consolidation
in the northern section of the state.
The greater number of the thirty
schools lie we'll up toward the north
ern boundary, and only four are south
of the twin cities. This evidence of
progress in our great undeveloped
north bespeaks a rapid opening Of
this region by desirable settlers and
thereby a measurable increase in the
states resources.
"It will take time to increase this
new class of schools for effective work
in Industrial subjects. There must be
always in view the purpose of making
instruction in these subjects serve a
community need. Courses of. study in
manual training and home economics
will not be good because they are like
those offered in urban communities.
They may be so shaped as to harmon
ize with the interests and activities of
the school locality. A bulletin has just
been issued by the state department,
outlining such a plan of industrial
work.
"Thus the children of the country
districts are coming into their own.
They are to have with in easy reach of
the home an equal opportunity with
the children of the city. They may
receive the elements of a good educa-
ton, and still spend the years of
childhood and youth under the pro-
tecting care of parents. The crime of
sending to the city the adolescent
youth of the country district among
Indifferent strangers, to secure an ed
ucation during that trying period
when they have all the passions and
impulses Of adults, and no knowledge;
of life, would of itself sufficiently JUS
tify the discontinunace of the one
room rural school system which gave
rise to it.
"The barbaric vault closet, the
breeder Of indelicacy, indecency, i'm
morality and disease, that also is to
disappear. The common drinking
cup, with it's rusty, repulsive, germ
lined rim, carrying it's yearly freight
age Of contagion into many homes,
and untimely death to some, it is to
be banished from the rural as it has
from the urban school. One fingers
lovingly over the memories which are
inseparably connected with the little
red schoolhouse of history and of per-
sonal experience. But the day of it's
usefulness is by. 1t has served it's
purpose, and it's successor, the modern
country graded school, equipped and
organized in harmony with modern
standards, is at hand"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14
Not Sure of Him.

INOt 0UTo OF fIITts =
"Why are you so sure that he loves
you?" .,~:... .....-
Because he stays away from me in
hopes he can overcome the fascination
Of my presence. And there is but one
thing that bothers mel fear he will
succeed. d."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

It must be admitted that Govern
or Eberhart is in a position to sue
the newspapers of Minnesota for nom
support
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14
o . . q 90 q . o 90 o q q o (
o Politics and Politicians. 4

Milwaukee probably will be an ap-
plicant for the Prohibition national
convention.
Democrats of Alabama are to give
a great banquet in Birmin CHAM on
Nov. %, in honor Of Congressman I'm
derwood, the Democratic leader in
the lower house.
A special election will be held in
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

There is every indication that our
friends, the Socialists, are going to
stick around a while.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

We trust our deer will not be SC
illmannerly as to step on the toes
of our friends from the city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

It is all right to shout about the
potato yield but give us a nice ripe
crop of waffles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

There's room for everybody in this
big world, but we can't all have front
roOms.-Exchange. 80
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

Both delegates Andrews of New
Mexico and Cameron Of Arizona have
made requests that new battleships
when constructed be named after the
new states, and it is understood that
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-14

In the City Of Bemidji the papers are
delivered by carrier. Where the deliv-
cry is irregular please make immediate
complaint to this Office. Telephone 81.
Out of town subscribers will confer a
favor If they will report when they
do not get their papers promptly. 5
All papers are continued until an ex-
plicit order to discontinue is received,
and until arrearages are paid.
~. Subscription Rates.
One month, by carrier. ........s AS
One year, by carrier. 500
Three months, postage paid. 49,. 1925
Six Months, postage paid. $50
One year, postage paid. 500
The Weekly Pioneer.
Eight pages, containing summary
of the news. of the week. Published
every Thursday and sent postage paid
to any address for $1.50 in advance i:
ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAT
TER AT THE POSTOFFlCE AT BE-
MARCH 3, 1879. --7- |sa5s4-@ -, 81 :.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Operate Like Green Goods Men.

Evidence is accommodating that a
shady group of the shadiest kind Of
green goods men. namely. fake land
scheme promoters. have been able 70
cause a suppression Of a government
report which threatened to iniure
their business.
Their business consists Of sending
out literature bearing fine pictures Of
FLORIDA orange groves" On the
strength of which they already have
sold millions OF dollars worth Of Flor
ida land at prices ranging all the
way from 90 cents 10 a $50 an acre
The only drawback TO this Florida
land. from the standpoint Of the in
vestor is the fact that il lies in the
middle Of famous Florida everglades.
the largest swamp in the country.
The state Of Florida is engaged in
the greatest reclamation enterprise
ever undertaken: the reclamation Of
some four thousand square miles Of
the great swamp that covers a large
part OF the peninsula. The federal
government is not concerned with this
enterprise. Nevertheless. the govern
ment sent a corps OF engineers 10 in
vestigate the project and these engi-
neers. at great expense. prepared
report.
That report aroused the hostility Of
certain land promoters who are en-
gagged IN the nefarious business Of
selling Florida orange groves 10 PEG
PIE who never were within a thousand
miles OF Florida, and who have no way
&c knowing that these beautiful and
r-ostable orange groves are all the
" from TO so feet under water.
CC-zeQ uently, by some mysterious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

The man with the houseboat is TO
be envied. He has tied it to a ring
bolt in the leyee with a couple of inch
ropes, and has no closer ties than
these 10 bind him to any particular
place in more than 1000 miles OF
river. He will stay in st. Louis until
his supplies are slowed away, and
then cast of, to follow the autumn to
more genial climes. He will get
aground on golden sandbars. but this
prospect troubles him not, for he has
no schedule, and is captain, mate and
the crew of the captains gig. He has
all the water he wants on wash day,
and may fish out of the parlor window
when so disposed. says the ST Louis
Republic An age of time-clocks and
split-seCond watches is not worthy of
him. The deck Of the houseboat is
farther from the trammels of Civiliza-
ton than the cabin of the ocean liner
May we never see the day when the
houseboat owner shall install a wire
less outfit and cease to believe that
the latter end Of week after next is as
surely his as the present
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Taft 5 PredicaInent.

President Taft now has an oppor.
tunity to name a member Of the United
States supreme court to succeed Jus.
tice Harlan. AS a result of this situa-
ton there will be a majority of the
members of that august tribunal who
are indebted TO President Taft for
their appointment. He already
has named Associate Justices Lamar,
Hughes and Lurton and has elevated
70 the chief justiceship Justice White
This is a situation unprecedented in
the history of any president of the
United States. II will require very
careful action on the part Of the presi-
dent 10 avoid any charge that may
come up during the next campaign
when the trials of the court are re-
viewed.
Nobody who knows anything about
the decisions OF a chief executive will
envy President Taft his position at
the present time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
A Starring Industry.

The wooden trust IS the most In
sistent OF all the trusts in its demand
for q high tariff. This trust still calls
itself al infant industry" and It's
agents told the members Of the ways
and means committee that the trust
would sJarve to death II the tariff were
taken OF OF wool
At Boston, on Oct. &c, William Wood,
president Of the wooden trust, was a
witness in e suit fled against him by
q man whom he had knocked down
and run over. The Judge asked Wood
how many automobiles he owned
4 don't know Wood replied.
How many chsufeu-s do you en-
ploy?" asked the court
= never tried e keep track Of
them" Wood answered.
Imagine q man so rich he cannot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

Now it's said that Eleanor Sears and
| Harold Vanderbilt are making it only
a trial engagement. They don't want
| to be considered as formally engaged
until they try each other out for a
year and see whether or not they
think they will like to hitch up to-
gether for good.
The trial engagement isn't anything
really new in this country. The aver
age engagement is something along
that line-a sort of tryOut of each
other. And it is much better than
the foreign custom, where two young
people. hardly acquainted with each
other. are formally betrothed as soon
as they-or rather their parents-de-
eide they Will marry.
It's a serious matter 10 get engaged
in the old country. The beIothal is
considered as binding as a marriage
and the man or woman who backs out
is under the ban of society.
1t is particularly hard on the girl
when the formal betroJhal is broken.
Il the man breaks il, it is almost i'm
possible for her to find another fan
&c, unless her marriage portion is
very large
If she breaks it, the situation is al
most as bad for her. The man does
mt fare quite so badly-somehOw a
man always comes out better off than
the woman in affairs OF this sort; but
still he is under a social cloud and
other girls mothers and fathers are
prone TO inquire even more rigidIy
than ordinary into his affairs before
they trust their daughter land her
"dot'D TO his keeping.
Our American custom is much bet
ter. The young people though they
engage themselves and the engage
menU is recognized by their respec-
tive families are left free to Olsen
gage when they find that they are
really uncongenial. There is no for.
mality about it. Everybody breathes
sigh of relief-thats all and the
two young people are just as eligible
as ever.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Talks viii
=
ow,\>brn11o1)
ooder3S

It should be recorded in the annals
Of the woman's suffrage societies OF
the world that 1t was the sane, clean
people in the country-"rubes," We
called them once in our ignorance
who put power into the hands Of Cal
ifornia women.
Nowhere in the world is woman so
much a partner in the home and the
business Of man, as in the country.
There she is truly his better half
not a parasite but a working think
ing partner. There an intelligent man
learns TO appreciate what an intelli-
gent woman is worth.
The intelligent city man has the
same appreciation, but too often he
is indifferent as a voter, or his vote
is over-ridden by the hordes Of buns
organized by the INSCRIPTIONS poll
tician.
The farmer takes time to read and
think. He is growing wiser every
minute and his womenfolk along With
him. Anybody who will take the
trouble 10 visit the oranges when they
meet will agree to this.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
A DIFFERENCE IN WOVEN.

Lena Cavalieri, the italian prima
donna who married Bob Chanler a
while ago and whose matrimonial
Iy gossiped about. says she would
rather be a makebelieve on the stage
than the wife of Chanler. She is ask
ing for a divorce and $4,000, which
she claims is the amount of money
she has lost by not singing during the
past year.
At the same time our own beloved
Mary Anderson de Navarro, upon her
arrival in New York with her hus-
band smilingIy denied that she intend
ed to appear upon the stage again.
Il have two babies at home and all
my interests are wrapped up in
them" she declared.
Bob Chanler may not be the best
man il the world as a husband. And
if Mary. Anderson had had the poor
taste TO marry such a man she would
probab- lave been unable 10 be hap
py with lin.
At the same time there's a great
difference il women.
Lena -syaieTi, from all we ha
heard. vas jazzled b. t e Chanler
promises 1f wealth IIs supposei
er0wn If god ID from hcr the req
man.
our Mary" as she was lovingly
known to thousands Of worshipers in
this country while she remained on
the stage married The man and not
4. ,,
" omauhOod in her. so rlicn ricLras5
of resource, that she found happiness
Is a wife without the blarc and glare
of the stage, and the intoxicating
fgttery OF public applause.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

influence, the report, or part Of it
was suppressed. Now the question
arises: How can certain men, when il
suits their interests TO do so, manipu-
| late government reports to suit their
pleasure?
This IS the question that democratic
| leaders IN congress have been asking
since the party came into power, and
IL is more than likely that they will
continue 10 ask it, perhaps with more
persistency than ever, when an investi-
cation of this Florida project Is taken
up, as It most assuredly win be.
Out of the suppression Of this gov
eminent report has developed a num-
Der of rumors, aside from the well au-
thenticated one that the orange
grove" promoters were influential in
preventing its publication. One Of
these rumors is to the effect that pow
erful railroad and financial interests
which have been opposed to the state
plan of retaining the swamp, brought
about the suppression of the report as
one means Of making a failure Of the
states scheme in order that they
themselves might drain the swamp and
then get possession of the underlying
lands.
At any rate the fact stands out that
certain men, from purely selfish mo-
tives, were able to step in and tell the
government that ii should not publish
a report which in the nature of things
contained information of great inter
est to the people at large.
1t is this sort of meddling with gov
eminent reports by selfish interests
that the democrats in congress pro
pose to stop. and it is curious to note
that the further they proceed along
that line the greater they are finding
the necessity for such procedure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

court here. This judgment ends IA
nous case which has been on the fed
craI and district court dockets since
1903. being held on continUances and
negotiations ont of court. The plain
tiff. who receives the $1,000 is julius
Dcel. Dcel sued for $4,000 damages.
He alleged he sustained a sprain of the
spine and many cuts, bruises, and
decorations when he was initiated into
the order at Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
The Dinerence.

A rhymster wrought
IN frenzy fine,
And he produced
A perfect line.
And he received
For it a dime.
Now, wasn't that
Almost a crime?
Ten lines in all
The space to fill
Which made his pay
A dollar bill,
Enough TO buy
A half a hat
If he had spent
His pay for that
Another wrote
In praise of soap
Some fragrant lines
OF fancy dope.
Five heavy bones
He made them toss
For every line
He put across.
The first one starved,
But people read
The lines he wrote
When he was dead.
To raise for him
A monument
The other one
Clipped in his cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Hu1I7Or and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
NJ 0VNcA5w ~. SHIFTS

TEMPERAMENT is the thing that
times you have it and sometimes he
does.
A blessing in disguise isn't even rec
ogniZed.
Many a misfortune gets a knockout
blow when 1t meets the optimistic man.
Being happy is just a matter of not
being miserable.
Make believe you are good anyway;
1t helps some.
Being worried is Just the normal con.
dftion OF some persons.
Reformers are often politicians who
are temporarily out OF job.
Being able to do without help is a
sistance.
The fellow who can lick you doesn't
have to.
Having a grudge against yourself is
almost as foolish as having one against
the other fellow.
Don't get mixed up with the law
yers. You are apt TO find all the dol
lars on their side when you get sorted
out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
TIE RTREs DID II.

BY the way. have you noticed that
it was the rural population Of Cali
fornia which handed suffrage to the
women of the state?
Without the votes from the country.
California women would still be vote
less.
1t is claimed that the saloon Gle
ment in the cities voted down the
women. It was feared that women, if
able to vote, would put the "kibosh"
on intOxicants
But the farmers and country people.
bless EN-, had higher ideas. They
voted for cleaner government, and so
they voted to give the franchise to
women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
LODGE LOSES "GOAT" SUIT
WOOdmen Must Pay ST 900 to Man
Injured in Initiation.

Sioux City, Iowa, oct. 90
For making a candidate ride the
goat TO his alleged physical damage.
the Modern Woodmeu of America
lodge was ordered to pay $1,000 b.
Judge Henry 7. Reed in the fed raj
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Knew When He Had Enough.

Knew When He Had Enough.
"The first time l was married" - be-
gan Uncle Benny.
Were you married more than once,
Uncle Benz" they chorused.
The first time l was married. as l
was saying, was the last time. Don't
l look like a person of ordinary horse
sense?'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

A Harvard professor in defending
rag-time says tina: 'syncopation in
characterization has no immoral con
notation" and now we wish some
body to tell us if the disintegration
of financial combinations will tend to
the elevation Of industrial aspira-
tons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

Nick Longworth says Taft will be
the next republican nominee for
president beyond the shadow of a
doubt" Perhaps; but when the gen
eral election in November approaches
that will be the time the shadows will
lengtheu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

Now that the Chinese are beginning
TO act as if they really wanted to hurt
somebody, its about time the foreign
powers organized another anti-boxer
expedition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
HoaFseness

Group is a sure indication Of the ap-
preach Of the disease. II Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is given al once
or even after the croupy cough has ap-
peared. it viii prevent the attack
Contains no poison. Sold By all drug
gtstsz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

One Theodore Roosevelt has finally
succeeded in getting on the front
page Of the metropolitan papers. It
is with discussion of the speed
mania-not race suicide this time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

keep track of the automobiles he
owns, Then reflect on how many Of
the wOrkingmen who purchase Mr..
Woods highly protected products are
unable to keep track of the number Of
wooden suits they or their children
own
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

Brazil not many moons ago had a
navy which turned its guns against
1t, and now China has an army it
cannot trust. History repeats Itself
in unexpected ways.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Affect.

No slaves, you say. in this fair land
You have another guess.
Just cast your eyes about you and
Observe the slaves to dress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Makinn q TnunI

81 never go back on a friend"
II notice you go back TO a friend,
though, with great regularity"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Case OIL NecsssitY.

"Was his wife rich =
'She hadn't a cent to her name"
How do you know"
"She wouldn't have married him If
she had, would sheg"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Quitn Rinht

What made Frank quit his posi-
tfonT
THE boss"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
It Is EXPENSIVE Also.

your daughter is just at the 70
mantle age"
You would think so if you could see
her bills"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Getting Used to

Getting Used to
IL.
"Jones got of
today"
New baby al
his house z"
Didn't S h o "
me any cigars or
exhibit undue ella
ton"
1T is his thir-
tenth"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Johnnie Was a Reasoner,

''My papa is in heaven"
"Why. Johnnie"
as too
"Wasn't his death rather sudden"
Amt dead. Ma said papa is in a
state of mind and Aunt Minerva says
heaven is only a state of mind"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Oct. 20 in American
History

1s91-Sailors Of the United States
cruiser Baltimore mobbed at Val
paraiso.
1890 Charles Dudley Warner, noted
author died: born 1880.
191O-Thomas T. Eckert, who had
charge Of the government tele-
graph in the civil war. died; born
1922. David Bennett Hill. ex-gOv-
ernor Of New York died. born 1Si3
The necessity Of circumstances provel
friends and detects enemies.-Eplc.
tetus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

His Successes His Own.
'Do you believe in luck?"
"Only In bad luck"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

Showing Her Economical Mind.
How is he progressing with his
courtship?"
''She is dead in love with him"
What makes you think sO:'
''She pretends to like five cent
shows"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
The Argus Daily Story

His Man Friday-By Clarissa ackie.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Bureau
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

Having a grudge against yourself is
almost as foolish as having one against
the other fellow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

The fellow who can lick you doesn't
have to.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12
AURTh BENNINGTON

Miss Boynton spent Sunday at her
home in Manchester with her par
ents.
Mrs. Fred S. Babson arrived at
home today after visiting in Science
tady
Mrs. Arthur Bassett has been Wis
iting friends in Manchester for some
days.
Charles Hinsdill and family of
Troy are making their annual stay at
the home farm.
Rev William Bailey and wife are
now on a visit to Mrs. Bailey's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Walbridge
George h. Colvin is absent on a
business trip, including Boston and
the principal cities in Massachusetts
en- route.
Rev and Mrs. James Il. Clarke are
the happy parents of a baby girl who
came on Childrens day to grace
their home.
George Walbridge and wife who
have been stopping at the home Of
his aged father Col. James Wal
bridge, have left North Bennington.
His daughter still remains here.
Fillmore & Slade-s mill team at
tempted to run away while three
trains and number of vehicles were
present at the station, but dashed in
to young tree and serious harm
was prevented.