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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04
Smith on the Job.

Walter J. Smith of Eveleth, state
treasurer, will take charge of his Of
flee Tuesday morning, succeeding
Elias S. Pettijohn, who retires. Mr..
Pettijohn, it is understood, will go
into business in St. Paul.
At the close of business on Dec.
81, 1910, the state treasury had ST.
194,967.74 cash on hand. The
revenue fund was overdrawn $44O,-
ia, which is considerably inside the
limit of overdraft allowed by law.
Atthe beginning of the fiscal year
1911, August I, 1910, the cash bal
ance was $4,261,231.67. In the
first five months of the fiscal year,
ending December 81, 1910, the re-
ceipts were $3,S77,038.91 and the
disbursements $6,943,3O2.S4.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04
A Serious Joke,

"What has happened to Mr.. White
who used to be such joker?"
"Well. he proposed to his present
wife as joke. She accepted him, and
he has given up making jokes ever
since."-DOrfbarbie
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04
WHAT OTHER PAPERS. SAY
Snow.

A good old snow storm does more
than anything else to help the old
timers remember the wonderful
things that never happened.-Larry
Ho in St. Paul Dispatch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04

That new song, every Little
Movement Has a Meaning All It's
Own" was probably inspired by the
thermometer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04
Receivinu,

Mr.. Closecoyne during his wife's
reception)-She gives 'em lights, she
gives 'em music, she gives 'em food.
flowers, champagne. and that's what
she calls receiving.-London Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04
A Rriuh+ Youth.

She s(archIy)-Whom should you call
the prettiest girl in the room? He
Cooking about him)-H'm! Well. TO
tell the, truth, there isn't pretty giri
In the place.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04

Have you got so you can write it
"1911" without saying words of a
loud and lawless character?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04

Those who wish to may become
aviators but we perfer to die nat
ural death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04

: Some will always be above others.
Destroy the inequality of today and It
will appear again tomorrow - Emerson
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-04

To the pessimist it is, "forest fires
in summer and the legislature in the
winter"
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
Doing the Best One Can.

Probably the best way to manage
home affairs is to be straight ahead
doing the best we can, regardless of
other folks opinion.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
PALOWALLA
NEW TOWNSHIP
Occupies Center of Vast Strip Orange
Lands on Mesa-NeW Town to Be
Connected With Blythe by Grand
Boulevard.

A party consisting of A. r. Hueth,
J. Monetten, A. Moon and b. Moon
were in from Los Angeles Sunday
looking over the new tOwnsite of Pal
owalla on the mesa just west OF
Blythe.
The townsite is we'll located about
seven miles west of Blythe and is the
center of vast strip Of fine mesa
lands, most of which is owned by
large orange-growers from various
parts of southern California, and when
water for irrigation is placed on this
land it will no doubt make some OF
the finest orange districts in the
state.
The townsite itself is owned by
Los Angeles and San Francisco capi-
talists who seem to have plenty OF
money behind them and they are go
ing to sink a we'll 1000 feet if neces-
sary to see if they can strike arte-
sian water.
The promoters are to connect the
new town with Blythe by a grand
boulevard, and as soon as they get
the water the street will be lined
with shade trees.
Quite a number of prominent men
have purchased lots, and upon the
completion of the railroad to Blythe
will erect winter homes there. There
is no doubt that the mesa will make
an ideal winter resort, and as the
new town is we'll located there is nc
reason why as the mesa is developed
it should not make one of the best
towns on the mesa. The Herald
wishes the new town the best OF sue
cess.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
CONTRACT LET---
BLYTHE TO CLAIMS
Contract Awarded for 16 Miles Rail-
road, Blythe to GIamis-Bids for
Balance of Road Turned ln-Work
Will Begin Soon.

The contract was let last week
for the first sixteen miles of railroad
between here and Glamis, and it is
understood that work will begin at
once. Bids for the next sixteen miles
are now in and the contract for this
stretch may be let before this article
goes to press. This will bring the
railroad to +he Palo Verde Valley,
but the recent high water has neces-
STATED some change in the first sur
vey as it was found that the high wa
ters might cause trouble if the first
survey were followed. AS soon as the
survey is completed the contracts for
the remainder will be let as it is in
tended to complete the work as soon
as possible. 1t is to be hoped that
the work will begin by the first OF
September at the farthest, for the
sooner the work is commenced the
quicker the people will begin to come
in. After seeing the actual work in
progress and taking a look over the
valley and seeing the wonderful re
sources here 1t will surely cause any,
one interested to get busy.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
SANTAFE TOBUILD
GYPSUM MINES
Arrangements Now Completed to
Build Raiiroad-Work to Be Fin
ished Within Six Mopths-Line
Should Extend to Blythe.

From private sources it has been
authentically reported that the Santa
Fe will build their line to the gypsum
mines between here and Blythe uJnc-
ton. The arrangements are now
completed and the line will be fin
ished within the next six months
This would make the line in sight OF
the valley and there is no doubt that
the people would welcome the Santa
Fe, and steps should be taken at once
to see that they continue their line
to Blythe at least, for competition is
the life of trade, and the Santa Fe
has always given the best service to
its patrons. There is no doubt that
the people would assist in the matter
of rights of way, and the matter
should be taken in hand for we want
the Santa Fe in the valley.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
SENATE PASSES
RECIPROCITY
Reciprocal Trade With Csnada Pass
es Senate-BiIl Goes to House
Wood Pulp and Paper Section I'M
medateIy Effective if Signed.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-The re-
ciprocal trade agreement with Canada
passed the senate this afternoon by
a vote of SO to 27. Of the votes for
reciprocity, 80 were democrats and
21 were republicans, while the meas
ure was against "a republicans and 3
democrats.
The bill now goes to the house for
angrossment This will be Wednes-
day. Taft will then sign it, and af-
ter ratification by the Canadian par
lament, it will be a law. One Sec
ton, however, is effective Immediate
ly after the president signs the bill.
This refers to wood pulp and paper.
The others must await ratification.
President Taft watched the vote
with interest from the White House.
At the conclusion he said: 81 am
very much gratified. The bill indl-
Gates the increase of mutually bene-
ficial relations of the two countries .
He said also that he had received
too much praise, as Secretary Knox
was entitled to the greater share
In passing the bill the senate OBJ
liberated party lines and gave support
to the measure in precisely the form
advocated by the president. The fight
for reciprocity, the supreme cam
paign of the present administration
began sixteen months ago at Albany
when President Taft conferred with
Minister of Finance Fielding Of Can,
ida-Star.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
skit was done very neatly on the top
of table, without breaking bottle.

You can never fatten a shOrt-wind,
ed gelding on musty hay. You might
as we'll feed him calcium powder. AT,
ter a horse has STEPPED himself in
dusty hay, his lungs will shrink fast
er than a new set of undercolthes af-
ter hard rain. A roadster which has
acquired the reputation OF being a
roarer is about as salable as a Sec
ond-hand cuspidor. Many man has
had to have his ear drums held in
place with safetypins after a drive
behind a roarer. We had a neighbOI
who tried to make love behind a
brood mare with asthma, and when he
popped the question it sounded like
opening a small cold bottle in a roll
er mill. A flat-chested gelding should
always be fed baled hay soaked in
cod liver oil, which will lubricate his
bellows until they become as noise
less as felt shoes at funeral.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
THE COMPETITIVE SYSTEM.

There is no need for poverty or
want and it's consequent misery
There is enough and more, for all, if
We will but see to it that each man
has fair play and a square deal, and
that the game of life be played ac-
cOrding to the rules of honor, writes
Temple Scott in July Forum. If leis-
ure be the gentleman's privilege, as
We are told it is, let us all be gen
tlemen. Instead of competing against
each other for the largest poss ession
OF wealth, let us compete for the best
expression of self. Our public schools
colleges and universities are the prop
er palces for obtaining the right un-
derstanding of this kind of competi-
ton; but, unfortunately, are not SO
advantaged as to be freed from the
dogmatism Of system on the one
hand, and the pressure of the de-
mands of business life on the 9th
The humanities are sacrificed to the
inhumanities, so that education is
directed to fitting young man for
ing himself. This system of making
business soldiers out of our college
undergraduates requires that the fac
ulties be composed of professional
drill sergeants, and that the presi-
dents be executive business men.
The undergraduates sense of no
noblesse oblige is, therefore, neither
stimulated by example nor nursed by
tutorial companionship. Instead, he
is taught to be alert and quick to
seize an advantage and to keep it at
any price; and his home life empha-
sizes this teaching. So that when.
later, he takes his own place in the
march of life, he is unable to impose
the laws of honor in his business deal
ingS, but falls in line with the rest
and succeeds by taking advantage of
others failings rather than by any
noble virtue of his own. Place a Har-
ward, Yale or a Princeton graduate
in Wall street, or in business, or in
any of the professions, and in six
months he will either be a failure and
move out west (where he ought to
have gone at the outset), or he will
be undistinguishable from the rest
of the fighting, scrambling, chicaning
crowd. It is not his fault; it is his
He is the product of the competitive
system that makes things dear and
human souls cheap-that sets more
ness.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
FORGOT HE WAS
In ARIZONA
'nnsglned He Was Freezing-Eccen-
trio Man Loads Bed With Blankets
and Overcoats Found Smothered
With Head in WooIen Night-Cap.

Lying under several heavy Wooler
blankets and three overcoats and with
every door and window in the room
tightly closed, the dead body of d.
H. Fitzgibbon was found late one af
ternoon of last week by Mrs. H. S.
Thomas, landlady at the Capital no
tel, on East Washington, Phoenix. It
is believed that Fitzgibbon was a
hypochondriac and fancied that he
was freezing to death, with the result
that he smothered himself.
Fiztgibbon had got into bed and
covered himself as though to resist
the cold of a New England winter
night. Even in New Engalnd his
rigorous measures to exclude the out
side air would be a little severe. Over
his head was a heavy woolen night
cap.
For several years FitzgibbOn has
been familiar figure about the
streets of Phoenix. He has attracted
much attention because of his habit
of wearing a heavy OvercOat winter
and summer He always wore the
heaviest wooden underwear that he
could procure and was constantly
proclaiming that he could not keeI
warm.
Last summer Fitzgibbon stayed al
the Moss house, Washington street
and Fourth avenue. He was asked
to move because the chambermaid
could not make up his bed, due to
his habit of putting redpeppers be
tween the sheets Fitzgibbon had al
idea that the peppers made the bed
warmer and would take a fresh sup
ply to bed with him every night He
pinched the peppers between hiG
fingers and when the chambermaid
attempted to make his bed the dust
would fly in her eyes, nOstrils and
mouth, producing inflammation and
sneezing- Daily Star.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29

the reel screams. Bolts of forked
lightning, but he's going some! Out
OF the water he leaps clear two feet
and a half, and tries to shake that
singing hook from his mouth. My,
what fish! Straight to the bottom
he goes, sulks, and then another dash,
leap-but, why picture the scene
further? The seasoned angler can
see it all now, even to the cautious
landing of the big fellow; he can even
see the rainbow on his beautiful sides
as he gasps exhausted in the creel.
And the uninitiated could not feel the
ecstacy of it anyway, even though he
should read of it till doomsday. If
the reader belongs to the class of
the uninitiated, let him go to Oak
Creek and experience it for himself.
w. Edgar Woodruff, in Arizona Mag
azine.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
She Knew How to Reason.

A little girl six years old visited her
grandfather, who was a minister of
the gospel. He is man who has con
tributed something to controversial
theology, and is well known as a
logician. His granddaughter opened
on him in this wise:
Grandpa, Uncle Herbert says the
moon is made of green cheese!"
well, dearie, if you want to con-
trovert Uncle Herbert, suppose you
look it up in your Bible
"Where'll l look, grandpa?"
Right at the beginning"
The little girl sat down and started
in. Before she had finished the Sec
ond chapter of Genesis, she shouted,
1--WE found it, and it amt true, gram
pa! 1t says God made the moon be-
fore he made any cows"
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
ANTS WIN
IN TEXAS


DALLAS, Tex, July 2.-Final Off
cial returns of Saturdays statewide
prohibition election, today show each
side in unanimous agreement upon
from 5000 to 5000 as the anti-prohi
bition majority.
A meeting of the statewide pro
hibitiOn campaign committee at Ft
Worth Saturday, will decide whether
the prohibitionists will contest the
election in the courts or lay plans fOl
another election The ants are ac
cuSed of fraud.
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
Vol. II.
ORDINANCE
GOVERNS ELECTION
U, S. Senators From Arizona Now to
Be Elected in Direct Primary BY
Popular BalIot-This Just What
Arizona Wants.

The general, but mistaken impress
sion has spread all over Arizona that
at the first state election, held fol-
lowing the adoption of the Nelson
amendment, providing for the elimln-
alton of the recall of the Judiciary
by both houses of congress, and the
approval thereof by the president,
the election laws of 1905 will govern
A number of leading republican, dem
ocratic and labor politicians in Phoe-
Dix have been talking very loudly to
the effect that the provisions of the
enabling act nullify the provisions
for a direct primary to govern the
choice of United States senators.
Nothing could be further from the
facts. The will of the whole people
of Arizona will rule in the choice OF
senators, as the direct primary is
provided for very clearly in ordinance
No. 2, adopted by the constitutional
convention in direct response to the
provisions of section % of the enab-
ling act, which says:
Section %. That said constitution
al convention shall, by ordinance, pro-
vide that in case of the ratification
of said constitution by the people,
and in case the president of the Uni
ted States and congress approve the
same, or in case the president ap-
proves the same and congress fails
to act in it's next regular session, all
as in hereinbefore provided and cleo
ton shall be held at the time named
in the proclamation of the governor
of Arizona, provided for in the pre-
ceding section, at which election OF
officers for a full state government,
including a governor, members OF the
legislature, one representative in con-
gress, and such other officers as such
constitutional convention shall pre-
scribe, shall be chosen by the people
Section %. of the enabling act pro-
vides clearly that after the provis-
ions of the constitution, or any parts
thereof have been approved by the
president and congress, that APPROX
al shall be certified by the acting gov
ernor of Arizona, 'who shall within
thirty days after the receipt of said
notification of the president of the
United States, issue his proclamation
for the election of state and county
officers, members of the state leglS-
lature, and representative in congress,
and all others provided for in said
constitution, all as hereinafter pro-
vided; said election to take place not
earlier than sixty days, nor later than
ninety days after said proclamation
by the governor of Arizona ordering
the same
The Nelson amendment throws the
whole matter of the election right
back to the sections quoted above.
The approval of the constitution by
o large majority of vters of Arizona
was the one act necessary to make
the provisions of the constitution
govern the first Arizona state elec-
ton, provided the constitution was
in full or in part approved by the
president and congress. The consti-
tational convention passed ordinance
No. 2 to govern state elections, and
this ordinance specifically provides
for the direct primary in the election
os United States senators.-Democrat
The Parker post., 1911-07-29

Quite a number of Parker men are
now widowers, at least for the sum
mer. The women have been extremely
active in deserting their lords the
past few weeks and their lords are
now having a high old time. Several
meetings of fOrlOrn and deserted hus-
bands have been held recently and the
heavy pail of depression was momen-
tarily lifted by cheering refreshments
At the last high jinks" given by the
deserted husbands union two of the
younger members of the oragniZa-
ton, it is said, made quite a hit in
rendering that pathetic ballad, "My
Wife Has Gone to the Coast" Said
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
What He Was At,

"Ha!" shouted the rich man, peer
ing cautiously over the stairway. 81
want you!" Well" chuckled the
burglar, reaching for the silver, 81 am
at your service, sir"
The Parker post., 1911-07-29
Not For Hers.

Maud Muller had just refused the
Judge.
Marry a fellow who may lose his
job any moment on the recall?" she
shifted "Not much.''
Herewith she smiled on a farmer
instead.-New York Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-12
The Evening Chit-C Chat
By RUTH CAMERON

N a little comic opera, which 1 saw the other night, was a verva musing
Il scene in which half a dozen chorus girls and the leading man sudden
" break loose, return to their childhood and indulge in an unroari-
tpus game Of Follow the Leader"
Among the chorus girls vas a little girl in a bright green dress at
whom everyone seemed to be looking with especial interest.
and one stately blonde, who went through the gyrat1ons in a very bored
|Way, was distinctly beautiful. -
The reason everyone watched the little girl in the bright green dress
was simply because she seemed to be enjoying herself SC Thoroughly
fWhether the leaders stunt" was to hop a chair or slide down the
bannisters Or jump out of the window she did it with a appearance of
lzest and enthusiasm and roIickng aFover-ness that was simply capt-
waiting. Before the end of the act she actually received an especial round
of applause. And all this without saving a word or doing anything differ
ent from the others.
There is seldom a girl, pretty or home1y, who doesn't value to the
extreme the power of beauty in winning popularity. Most of them decfd-
eny overrate it,
But how few girls realize the value Of vivacIty as a attraction!
Why don't like her beter?" a young man said the other day.
when I wondered that he wasn't more enthusiastic over a very pretty girl
whom be had just met. why, because she's sc dead and alive all the time.
l don't care if she is pretty. I'd rather have a palmer girl with more go
to her"
aren't girls with go, girls with zest and enthusiasm.
y Laugh and the world laughs with you and, what is more, loves you
1or giving 1t the opportunity.
Enjoyment and enthusiasm are contagious and 1t Is inevitable that
we should like to be with those who expose us to the delightful conta-
gion.
Some people are born with a gift for enthusiasm and hearty enjoy
.ment. l think the little girl in the bright green dress must have been one
and yes. and go are things that. to a certain extent, may be
cultivated. II you aren't lucky enough to possess them naturally, my
heartfelt advice is to do what you can to acquire them.
- And, like n good habit acquired for its effect o others, I have no
doubt that In the end this one will have a desirable effect on your own
character. The vvaciy which at first Is a n effort of the mind will finally
become a habit of the heart and you will be doubly repaid-not only will
people like you better but you will probably like yourself better.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-12

Jack as daddy came In to say good night.
why, what hs Evelyn been doing3
H 1Eunivn Ia afraid of cowu cha oera,oh,d4 thno e. IT. Alan
: "Did I ever tell you how ws scared by a muney cowF' asKed DADDY
swell it vas when 1 a a boy. l happened to b visiting Uncle zeph. WIG
lived in the country. I spent every vacation 1 could o n thu farm, fr uncle
and aunt had n children of their W and came pretty near to spelling me
when was with them.
81 had a invitation to go coo hunting with a party of men and boys II
the neghborhood. Uncle Zeph wasn't going. He didn't car or muhg
Said he hated to see things killed.
AFTER upper I headed for the next farm, where the party vas ito meet
7 suppose I had to walk a mile an a half l thought nothing II the whk IN
the DAYTIME but I had been late In starting. 1t was twilight n L thought L
would take q short cut through some woods. Have you EVER ben alone elm the
woods at night7 Well. everything is very quiet Now and then will hear
a abroad. The leaves rusled werdly overhead. In a distant tree an IVY
was hootngd ismaIy. A rabbit nee or twice startled M by dash1ng u almost
# nv feet Far away I could hear the faint tnke of bells.
"SuddenIy, lust ahead of me I noticed something queer moving anong the
bushes II seemed to be watching and following me. Once a white head "as
poked out among the bushes, and two huge eyes peered at me. l began to
IN. Then l heard heavy footsteps coming after me- l glanced ack over my
shoulder and there as a gigantic white figure following m at nat seemed
to m huge strides. Yelling with fear, l dashed aheao' ahd "nen L reaeneu
the farm 1 had In awful tale to tell
"The whole party turned out in search of the strange monster, the coon
was forgotten. Well, they found the ghost down by the brook, mighty
PLAID It val to be found. The ghost was a white GOV which had got out OF u
ndphbors pasture and had been unable to find Its way home at milking une
You should have heard those men and boys laugh. 1 went hon early tat
Blly If I had seen q ghost lately. -
80 you see wen boys-hg boys are liable to be frightened at M
by q cow"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-12
The Hay Pillow.

81 wish mothers would. first of all,
throw away those feather pillows and
wool mattresses which their children
sleep on and substitute holsters and
beds Of hav. IT wonld cost nnlr ahan+
clan. 1.-THE profuse perspiradon OF a
enid at hight wo11 a5Es aTa55
with. Children should not be roasted
night after night as they are The
hay is cool and sweet smelling, and
the child couldn't do anything but
sleep comfortably.
1.-THE mothers could get long tuft1ng
needles and tuft the hay so it wouldn't
form in mounds or slide to one end
completely. 1t would be a good thing
IL grownups also tried it. Once hay
ing experimental with it they never
would pass through another hot wave
without 1t. 1t is hygenic, cooling, arc
matte. 1t is an easy matter to establish
hay beds and pillows in the home.
"On hot nights a child should be
wrapped in a wet sheet, with cold COM
presses on his head. 1t would save
him great discomfort"