The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-02
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! Mankato has prohibited the dis
play of fruit on the sidewalk
| At Ypsilanti, Mich, Ernes
Thompson-Seton is instructing Bo.
Scouts who have camped in largt
numbers. -
Sir Robert Laurier has opened hi:
reciprocity campaign in Canada ant
from now on until election he will
make daily speeches in behalf Of the
proposed treaty with the United
States.
The condition of Pope Plus con.
tinues unsatisfactory. Sinking spells
continue and it is feared that the
aged pontiff who has been weak fol
some time may pass away at any
moment.
There should be a line on glasses
indicating where solid beer ends -
says Harvey w. Wiley who is in
vestigating the brewers of the coun-
try in an examination now no in
Washington.
Bovine tuberculosis primarily is to
blame for the high cost of living
declares DR.. Merazenel who as
serts that the large losses of cattle
from this disease has caused the re-
duction in the meat supply of the
country.
At Prairie Du Chen, Wis, Harry
Schmidt, IS, whose mother has been
confined to the hospital for weeks
and just returned home allowed her
son to go to the river bank and gath
er CLANS In one of these clans the
lad found pearl for which jewel
er gave him $500 in cash.
In the poll of editors of 1000 wes-
tern newspapers on their attitude
revision 222 Minnesota editors voted
for revision, "a were against it, 10
favored revision of the tariff COM
mission and Is gave qualified reply
to queries sent out by the Chicago
Tribune An overwhelming number
of the editors to whom the Tribune
addressed it queries replied in favor
of tariff revision
Resolutions reiterating a request
of an opinion from the attorney gen.
eral as to the constitutionality as to
Legislative act making appropriations
for the Muscinka and Snake River
ditcheswere adopted by state
drainage at it's meeting on Monday.
The resolutions recite that a request
for ruling on this point was made
as early as May but no work has
as yet be received from the attorney
general
With not one account overdrawn
and the permanent school fund en-
riched by more than 100000 from
the sale of lands during the calendar
year and by $6O7,627.9S during the
year, the state of Minnesota closes
the fiscal year in better shape than
ever before in her history. There was
an increase during the last year of
$735, 486.43 over the receipts of the
previous year. The total increase in
revenue during the last year will
approximate $1,000,00O. The school
fund at the present time is approx
mately $26,OOO,O00, probably the
largest school fund in the United
States.
Several new laws went into effect
in Minnesota on August ]. 1t is
now a misdemeanor for book COM
panies to discriminate against small
school districts in favor of large ones
Additional state aid of $1,000 a
year hereafter will be given ali
schools maintaining Industrial and
home economics courses. Schoo!
certificates for teachers can now be
revoked for the following reasons:
Immoral character, or conduct unbe.
coming teacher; failure without
justiflable excuse to teach for the
full term of the contract without
procuring a written release from the
board; tuberculosis or some Other
communicable disease Another Of
the new laws extends the tenure OF
state Office for the warehouse com.
missioner to six ears.Incidentally
appropriations approximating$ 900
900 is now available for different
state departments.
Seven persons were drowned late
yesterday afternoon in the St. Law.
renee river when the steamer Siru:
struck a shoal eight miles below Mas
sena, N. Y, capsized and hurled it:
rs passengers into the river. Foul
| bodies have been recovered. The
steamer Sirius left here YESTERDAY
morning for Cornwall on the Cana
dian side with Is persons bound fol
a days outing there. Most of those
aboard were residents of Ogdensburs
and Massena. The Sirius started OF
the return trip about p. m. and he1
passengers were seated on the decl
when the crash came. The deck wa.
swept bare in moment. The WON