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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-26

To-Day saw for the first time this
year customers buying screen doors
and windows, number Of the pur.
chasers had the screens delivered at
their names Immediately that they
might be Installed before the arrival
of Mr.. Fly.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-26

Eggs and butter are plentiful In
the local market and the indications
are that the supply will keep up well
for some tfme.i;A dealer stated this
morning that there were no cold stor-
age eggs he knew OF on sale In Fair.
mont and vicinity, and II any dealer
had such he no doubt is having diff.
cult time disposing of this hen fruit at
any price, rs the people will not use
cold storage eggs at any price when
fresh eggs may be had SO cheaply.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-26

~ II. sSnider4 does not keep cheap
|fprniture but sells good furniture
cheap
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
LAND SHOW EXHIBITS CHOSEN
Baudette and Spooner Displays, How
ever, Yet to Be Picked.

The exhibitors of Beltrami county
at the Northwest states land show to
be held in St., Paul, December IL to
,23, have been named and their pro-
ducts selected as follows:
Herman Eichsteadt, Frohn-Wheat
and oats in sheaf; beans e varie-
ties), red top, blue joint, timothy.
j. w. Wilcox, Maple Ridge-Grass-
es, timothy and clover.
o. Fraggett, Liberty Timothy.
w. R. Mackenzie, Liberty-Clover
oats and grasses. -
j. H. Rendell, Northern-No. 20
corn.
A. L. Godbout, Bemidji-Alfalfa
grasses and corn.
N. G. Reynolds, Northern-Onions
/ G. H. Miller, Grant Valley
Threshed wheat, oats and barley
This list does not include displays
from Baudette and Spooner which are
to be chosen later. w. r. Mackenzie
!of this city has charge of collecting
these displays.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
A. p, WHITES CAR HITS NEGRO
Occupied by Harris and Bacon; All
Taken to Police Station.

While in Minneapolis with his au-
tomobile recently, A. P. White, presi-
dent of the Northern National Bank
of this city, accidentally ran into and
knocked down a negro. Register OF
deed, ]. o. Harris, and c. M. Bacon
were in the car at the time of the
accident, which is described by the
Minneapolis Tribune as follows:
"R. N. Curtiss, negro, was injured
by an automobile last night. The car
was owned and driven by A. B. White
a Bemidji banker White, accompa-
MED by ]. o Harris and c. M. Bacon,
of Bemidji and B. Snyder, 2416 Hum
boldt avenue south, was driving on
Humboldt avenue at a moderate rate
Of speed. AS the car neared Twelfth
street, White saw man start across
the street, almost in front OF the
car. He put on the brakes and sound
ed his horn. The car skidded and the
rear end struck Curtis.
:'The men in the car picked up Cur
tbs and telephoned to police head
quarters for information as to where
to take him. They were told to take
him to the City hospital.
Detectives Brunskill and Faltlco
were detailed to meet the car and
take White and his companions to
the police station. They were re-
leased by the chief after he had heard
their explanation. The hospital au-
thorities said Curtis wounds were
not serious. He lives at 432 Second
avenue south"
Mr.. White explains that the negro
was not seriously injured and that
complete settlement has been made
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
CAPTURE ASSAlLANT
OF PRETTY TEACHER

Hannah, N, d., Sept. tspec-
ial Wire Service Pioneer) A posse
of farmers working out of this place
captured man whom they are sure
is the person who held Eleanor
Gladys Price, the pretty SnoWbank,
Manitoba, schoolteacher a prisoner
for a week, subjecting her to every
kind of indignity and abuse. The
man caught today gives his name s'F.
Davis and confesses that he was in
the vicinity of Snowbank and on top
of this declares he is one of twelve
convicts who escaped from the Cali
fornia penitentiary in 1908. He says
he had rather go back to California
than to be taken to Canada. The
school teacher is on her way to iden-
tify him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
HIT BY AUTO; WANTS $1,000
Bernard Gibney Seeks to Collect
Damages From John Moberg-
$3.50 Verdict Against G. N.
CIVIL CALENDAR CLEANED UP

In district court today the last case
on the civil calendar is up for trial,
thus clearing the deck for quick ac-
ton in the Dumas case.
The case on today is suit for dam
ages to the amount of 81 900, brought
by Bernard Gibney against John Mo-
berg, alleging that he was badly in
jured by the latter's automobile while
crossing Bemidji street one day last
winter Attorney Henry Funkley ap-
pears for the plaintiff and P. ]. Rus
sell for the defendant.
In the case of Ovep Saley against
the Great Northern Railway COM
pany, on oral stipulation by Attorney
S. M. Koefod of Baudette represent
ing the plaintiff, and Judge M. A.
Spooner appearing for G.. M. Steb-
bins, attorney for the defendant. A
Judgment of 1925 was awarded.
Judge Stanton granted stay of exc
cution for forty days.
The personal injury case in which
Fred Moller sought to collect S 900
from -Henning Kirkhold was dis
missed on the ground that Moller
should have brought suit against the
Township in whose employ he was at
Tho TINA Of tho in i11rU
During the temporary absence OF
Bailiff B. F.. Lundgren, Andrew Rood
had been appointed by Sheriff Hazen
as special bailiff to guard the grand
jury.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
DUMAS HELD; WITNESS IN Tolls.
See Dumas Hand in Theater
Robbery.

: = 2 y 2 = =
st. Paul, Mimi, September Is.
(Daily Pioneer Special Wire
Service) Chief of Police O'Con-
nor today declared his belief that
DR.. D. T. Dumas of Cass Lake
could shed some light on the
Shubert theater robbery here last
January and for which crime II.
T. Robinson is now under arrest
in this city. Chief O'Conner said
today that he expected a confess
sion duplicating DR.. Dumas, who,
the chief said, has frequently
come to st. Paul.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
Following Arrangement Of Cass Lake Mayor on Charge
Of Attempted at Arson in Third Degree, Ole Fer
guson Of Deer River, is Arrested
TRIAL TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE STANTON
Judge Suggests An Order for Special Venire, But
Spooner Stops Move For Some Reason
Not Made Public

this afternoon in
simons said that
opened blasting
II 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16

grinding away today but not on any
angle of the Dumas case.
Assistant Attorney James and At
tOrney Mcdonald were in the grand
jury room for few minutes this
morning and then turned the jury
over to County Attorney Torrance,
who has several cases to present
The state will present more evil
dence of a Dumas angle Monday
morning.
Dumas in Court Yesterday
DR.. Dumas was first arraigned be-
fore Stanton yesterday afternoon at
2 o'clock, but his attorneys waived
a reading of the Indictment
and requested that the prisoner be
given until this morning in which to
prepare a plea and this request was
granted by the court.
Judge Gives Orders to Dumas.
"The prisoner will present himself
in this court at that hour and such
other times as his presence may be
necessary" said Judge Stanton, ad-
dressing Dr.. Dumas whom he has long
known. ~
It is generally understood that 9TH
er indictments were returned against
DR.. Dumas and that other persons are
to become involved in the charges,
as the grand jury presented four diff
ferent documents to the court. All,
however, are kept secret with the ex-
ception of the one indictment on
which DR.. Dumas is arraigned.
The grand jury did not complete
it's consideration of the testimony Of
Tered by the state until IL O'Clock
Yesterday morning, which meant that
for three days it has continually been
at work on the Dumas case and dur
ing this time recitals from, "a wit
nesses were listened to. The work
had been so trying on the jurors that
adjournment was taken at noon yes
terdav until 9 o'clock this morning.
Dumas Goes Home.
Following his arraignment in court
Yesterday, Dr.. Dumas held SNORT
consultation with his attorneys and
loft for Cass Lake where he spent
the night with his wife and lit
tie SON., He returned to Bemidji this
morning. His father is not here now
hnt is expected to be by his sons side
during the trial.
Both sides appear well satisfied
with the result of the grand jury de-
liberation, although neither has any
| comments to make for publication.
spooner's Attitude Puzzling.
At noon Judge Stanton called At
torneys James, Mcdonald and Judge
s:nooner into conference and suggest
cd that he issue an order for a spec
ial venire returnable Wednesday
morning, as two of the petit jury
men G. H. Smith of Moose Lake and
William Austin of Nebish, having
been excused, leaves only Is persons
lett for jury duty. 1t has been pre-
uicted that at least two weeks time
onld be consumed at the Dumas
trial and the judges suggestion was
taken as an effort to cause as little
,:elay as possible.
| No Order is Issued.
The special venire, however, caused
Judge Spooner to interpose an OBJ
lection, for reasons not made known.
ct might not be a wise thing TO
have Jurors standing around SAID
Judge Spooner, whose manner lndl-
Gated that there might be no need
of Jurors at that time.
This was taken to mean, that DR..
Dumas will ask for change of venue
at that time.
Judge Stanton said such an order
would not be issued at this time and
that counsel would be notified, if he
decides to issue one.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16

ity stock and the interest shown in
them was worthy of note''
Mr.. Willard left last night for ST..
Paul. He could not say just when he
would return but declared it would
be some time this fall. eff my pres
ent intentions are carried out, there
will be no delay in getting my scheme
started" was his final assertion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
Gets $50 Cup, Ritchie's Cattle Sec
ond, Schroeder .Third-Checks
Being Mailed.
GIRL MAKES THE FASTEST TIME
Sends Automobile Around Mile Track
in AZ Seconds-All Races We're
Successes.

All persons who have claims
against the fair association, eth
er in connection with the county
display at the state fair or the
fair here, should present them to
me at once,
A. p. Richie, Secretary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16

"Attempted arson in the third de-
gree reads the indictment of thu
Beltrami county grand jury returned
yesterday against DR.. Delbert F. Du-
mas, mayor Of Cass Lake.
Although the maximum penalty on
this charge is but three and one-hal1
years, it is the most serious offense
| that can be charged as result OF
DR.. Dumas alleged conspiracy to rob
and burn the post Office and general
store building at Puposky on the
night of June 16 last when Martin
Behan and Mike Davis were fired
upon and Behan captured, DR.. Dumas
being arrested the next day in Hib-
bling and held up since that time
as "King of American cracksmen.''
Dr.. Dumas was arraigned in dis
trict court here before Judge G. w.
Stanton shortly after II a. m. today.
Trial Set for Wednesday.
| Judge Marshall A. Spooner, acting
for the defendant, entered plea of
not guilty and after short consul
tation with Assistant Attorney Gen
eral James and E.FiE. Mcdonald, of
this city, who is assisting the state,
it was agreed that the case should
come up for trial at 9 osclock next
Wednesday morning. There still is
a question as to whether the case will
be tried here, as Judge Spooner in
Inmates that it is possible that he
will ask for a change of venue, but
admits it is by no means certain that
he will make such request.
DR.. Dumas entered the court room
shortly before II o'clock in company
with his attorneys, Judge Spoone1
and A. A. Andrews, both of this city
What the Indictment Alleges.
The indictment, the reading OF
which was waived by the defendant
charges in part:
That DR.. Dumas wilfully,
wrongfully and feloniously en-
gagged and counseled with Mike
! Davis and Martin Behan to set
on fire and burn the postoffice
building at Puposky, and that he
furnished them with nitroglycer
inc and divers materials, and
afterwards counseled and en-
couraged, to induce and procure
! Davis and Behan :'to go in the
night time heavily armed with
/ dangerous weapons, candle wick
ing, matches, etc. to Puposky
on the night of June IS to the
store under control of R. E.
Smyth, not occupied at the night
time by human beings attempt
! ing crime of arson in the third
degree.
DR.. Dumas bond of $4,000 wa.
I continued and he was permitted t.
continue at liberty.
"We shall be ready for trial or
Wednesday," said Judge Spooner il
court, possibly Tuesday, SO that i
the court will set the case for Wed
nesday it will be entirely satisfactory
to us, although our constitutions
right gives us until Thursday" ant
this was decided upon.
i Stanton Likely to Preside.
There has been some doubt as tt
whether Judge Stanton would preside
at the trial, as in the natural order
. Of things Judge McClenahan would
j have this term of court, Judge Stan
ton opening the term while Judge
4 McClenahan was away on a short
honeymoon. 1t is now generally be.
. lieved that Judge Stanton will con.
tinue through with the Dumas case.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16

More than 1900 persons flocked
to the Beltrami County fair grounds
yesterday afternoon to witness the
closing events of the 1911 exhibition.
The weather was perfect and roth
ing occurred to mar the pleasures of
the day.
The award of prizes had been COM
pleted and the spectators took keen
interest in noting what had won the
awards.
Says Alfalfa Seed is Valuable.
Thomas Cooper, assistant agricul-
turist of the state college of St. An
thony, who came to judge the farm
products, found several things of I'M
usual interest, chief among them be-
ing display of alfalfa seed. ~.
=. st is worthy of extraordinary
MENTION" said Mr. Cooper, that
there should be a display of two
quarts of alfalfa seed. 1t was graft
flying to learn that this could be done
and it is prize winner in more ways
than one for it means the develop
ment of alfalfa raised from seed best
adapted here. The two quarts will
SOW good tract next year and
should be the means of perfecting the
raising of this product in Beltrami
County,"
Mr.. Cooper also made special men,
ton of the exhibits of No. %, White
Capped yellow dent corn and said the
potato exhibits showed more class
and type than year ago. He also
called attention to the fact that the
first prize on oats had gone. to the
same man three years in succession
and said the competition of corn was
keen and interesting. The man who
last year won second prize took first
place this year, while last years prize
winner fell back to second place.
Blakely Wins Dairy Prize.
w. T. Blakely of Farley won the
state dairy association fifty dollar
prize silver cup for the best dairy
herd exhibited, while A. P. Ritchie's
herd took second prize, $40 in cash
w. G. Schroeder third, $40; and L.
A. Gould, fourth, IS. The first herds
were Holsteins. ~
The automobile races and other
events proved of much interest to the
spectators, who applauded two young
women automobile drivers who made
the fastest time of the afternoon,
one of them going mile in forty
two seconds.
The results follow: -.
Bicycle race-Ed. Simons, Simons
Head. r.: -s~7 ~
Ladies automobile race-Miss Har-
riet Cochrane won first and third
heat, Miss Curtiss winning second
Miss Cochrane made mile in AZ Sec
ocds.
John Moberg in his E. M. F. and
CndQ Jewell Ill LIS DUN i e1NOA, A'AA
Jewett winning first and third. This
was the three mile race.
! In the Australian Pursuit Jewett
Moberg, Kreatz, Hamilton and Bark
err. Barker's machine went dead and
he was unable to get a start in the
race. -:.-
Dog race-Dogs hitched to sulky
Frank Stafford, first, Willie Begsley
second.
Pony race-Best two in three
Tufford, Tanner and Pogue.
Boys fifty yard dash-Arthul
Breen first; Chester Otto second.
Secretary Richie announced today
that he and F. E. Arnold, chairman
of the premium committee We're busy
making out check to prize winners
and that most of them would be
mailed by Monday.
There were 1900 paid admissions
yesterday which means $500 in cash
to the fair association. The attend.
Eance Friday was light.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
Governor Names Mackenzie.

St. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 16-William
R. Mackenzie of Bemidji has been
named by Governor Eberhart as a
delegate to the National Conserva-
ton congress to be held in Kansas
City. September 21-26.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
Following Visit at Fair and Trip to
Red Lake, He Announces Def
mite Campaign.
BEST SOIL TYPE" HE SAYS
Declares Farms and Villages Will Dot
This Section Within the Next
Three Years.

81 was astonished today to find an
empire containing one of the best
soil types in Northern Minnesota ly-
ing at your doors, and l was so much
impressed with it that l shall recs
ommend that our people assist in the
development of this country and at
the present moment ! have we'll
thought out scheme for the carrying
on of this work. declared D. E. Will
lard, development agent of the
Northern Pacific who came to Bemid-
il to make an Investigation as to
conditions here relative to the posi-
bilities of bringing in homeseekers.
Expresses His Astonishment.
"Why, l wonder if your people rea-
lie the assets that this land, north
of here along the Red Lake line to
Red Lake, is to Bemidji and this part
of the state. 1 thoroughly believe
that year from now will see
string of actual settlers coming and
that three years from now your
stretches of untitled fertile land will
be dotted by farms and thriving viii
lagos.
81 saw your county fair for the
first time and the exhibits were en-
couraging, then visited this stretch
north of your city and there l found
a country easy to clear and surpris-
ingly fertile
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
Will Come Back.

$50 impressed am with these con-
ditions that I shall return to Bemid-
il in the near future and confer with
your business men and farmers rela-,
tive to assisting us in carrying on an
active campaign of publicity and de-
velOpment. Just what my plans are,
| can not say as l want my scheme
complete and accepted before making
it public However, the opening up
of these lands for settlement is so
big a task that 1 am free to say that
it will mean the presence of man
continually, and l shall devote all the
time l personally can, and we shall
work in harmony with all forces look
ing forward to a development of this
part of the state.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
.MACKEN zE MAKES REPLY
Cites Figures to Show That 1911 Dis
play at State Fair Was Not In
Keeping With Others.
BUT BELIEVES HONOR FOR ALI

Inc following explanation regard
ing Beltramf's display at the state
fair in 19lOi4and 1911 is offered by
w. R. Mackenzie of this city:
GAS there seems to be studied at
tempt to belittle the Beltrami county
state exhibit of 1910 by stating that
the county exhibit Of 1911 scored
more points than that of 1910, I offer
the following corrections:
Il am one of those who believe
there is enough honor for all, but as
the facts are in this case, so far diff
ferent from those which are being
made public. am compelled to give
the credit to those who exhibited in
1910 their due praise.
although, 1910 was generally a
dry year and 1911 an exceptional
year for all our products, the real
standing of Beltrami county is as
follows: r.
"Thes TOTAL points to score on
were the same in both years, but
the points both years were distribut-
ed differently; for instance, the
points on corn in 1910 eve scored
within 5 RENTS of perfect) were SO
and in 191l they were 100 (Beltra-
mi scored 35 points less than per-
fect), and SO on all along the line.
'sThe only way to honestly COM
pare both exhibits is by the relative
standing of both exhibits as follows:
1910 1911
Grains threshed 9Th place 9TH place
Grains sheaf 4th place 9th place
Corn 1st place 7th place
Native grasses Bird place tied 9Th
Tame grasses tied End Itasca Co.
tied 18th
Forages tied 7th Polk Co. tied 9TH
Potatoes tied LIST Itasca 4th place
Stock vegetabl 5th place 18th place
Culinary veg. 1st. place tied for list
Fresh fruits 9Th tied for 9th
Canned fruits 5th Bird place
u =
Beltrami and Itasca scored 91S
points in 1910 and on account of the
fact that the Itasca county ex-
hibit was from Professor McGuire's
farm, the Third prize was awarded to
Beltrami county. This year Clear
water county which was Fifth in
1910 took Beltrami county's place as
Third. Itasca county not being al
lowed to show exhibits from the Ex-
detrimental Farm dropped to Eighth
place. TIE"
"The winning County's this year
gained the following points:
Points
gained
~. ..r... 1910 1911
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
Mackenzie. Elected Vice President

Mackenzie. Elected Vice President.
At a meeting of the County Exhibit
ton Association of the Minnesota
State Fair the last day of the Fair
the following were elected officers:
F. C. Logan, Morrison, President; w.
R. Mackenzie, Beltrami, Vice Presi-
dent; c.. M. Howe, Aitkin, Treasurer;
J. H. Beckman, Wright, Secretary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16

These figures ought to speak Tor
themselves ~-
In letter to the Bagely Crystal,
e. H. Ref, who had charge Of the
Clearwater county display says:
"Give w. R. Mckenzie a boost for
what he has done for our. section.
He helped me the first day put up
my grains and grasses and altho we
were scored on our goods and not
on beauty he certainly did his part. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16
Wants Settlers Instructed.

"There is another point. We don't
want to go down east and drag men
up here and turn them loose and say,
now go it, but we want to show
them how to proceed and succeed un-
der their new conditions and in this
work the agricultural experts, like
Cooper here, should be supplied.
"Only yesterday we saw man who
had the wrong idea all the way
through. We asked him what kind
of corn he was planting, and he
didn't know; we asked him the var
iety of his potatoes and he didn't
know. To be successful in it's fullest
meaning, the farmers must learn that
seed adapted to this part of the coun-
try must be chosen"
Cooper Was There.
Mr.. Willard in company with
Thomas Cooper, assistant agriculture
ist of the Minnesota Agricultural col
lege had just returned from a tour
of inspection in the townships OF
Liberty, Maple Ridge, Nebish ano
Turtle Lake.
Although Mr. Wizards work as
development agent carries him to all
parts of the northwest, this part OF
the state of Minnesota caused him tc
come here at this time, and he ad'
mitted that his attendance at the
county fair was significant, and ther
came his prophecy of a new era IL
home building. ..
Praises Fair, and Chickens.
OF the Beltrami county fair Mr.
Willard said:
"You had mighty good display
an encouraging display. It could b.
made larger, but there was a grea
variety of displays and the qualit!
show bespeaks we'll of the soil. The!
rang me in as judge of poultry ant
l was pleased to see so favorable
showing. The birds were good util