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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-15
From Depa rtment Of Public Works.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen---In compliance with a
resolution adopted by your Honorable
Body. October 20. 1907. 1 beg to report
for the week ending with Feb. IL. 1911.
received at this ONCE and the garbage
collection depot for the non collection
Of garbage and dead animals, or an
average Of Ave and four-sixths Is i-0
complaints per day.
Respectfully submitted,
J. j. HAARER.
Commissioner.
Referred to Committee on Health
and City Hospitals.
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To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen--we herewith transmit TO
your Honorable Body Assessment Rolls
constructing cement sidewalks I'm front
OF and adjoining the lots and parcels
OF land described therein.
The usual notice required by law
terest, as will appear by the annexed
notice and aff1davit Of publication. We
have. therefore, signed the same. and
report them to your Honorable BODY.
Very respectfully.
THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
President.
the following was offered:
BY Aid. Theisen:
Resolved. That Assessment Rolls
Nos. 26l4 to 2643, both inclusive, for
constructing cement sidewalks In front
OF and adjoining the lots and parcels
OF land described therein. are hereby
approved and confirmed, that the de-
scription of premises and the names
OF persons contained therein are re-
ceived as correct; and that the sums
set forth In the said assessment rolls
are the correct ones which each indi-
vidual or set of individuals should be
ASSESSED At and pay and , that the the said
eral persons liable 10 pay the same ac-
1 approve the form OF the above res
WALTER BARLOW,
Asst. Corporation Counsel
Adopted as fellows:
Yeas-Ald. Allan, Brozo. Burton.
Ellis. Field, Garvey, Gilman, Grindley,
HARPER, Hindle. Heating, Koenig.
Knapp. Littleneid. Lynch. McCarty.
Mason, oBrien, ostrowski. owen,
Rosenthsl. schultz, Skrzycki, Theiscn.
Thompson. Tossy. Vernon. Walsh. Wat
son, Zoeiler and the Presldeut.--3i.
Nays--None.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-15
From the Controller.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen-The following reports OF
City Onicers, for the week ending Sat-
urday. February IL, 1911, are respect
fully submitted:
CITY TraasurAr'a diahursa.
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Mason. o'Brisn. os,rowski Owen.
Kossnthal sehultz. skrzyck. Thsissn.
son, Zosllsr and the Prssideut.---si.
Nays-None.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-15
Referred to Committee e0 om s;s.sas.
From Department Of Parks ans
Bouievards.

r. - - Feb. IL, 1en.
To the Honorable the Common Councii:
Sentiemen--As per your reques by
resolution TO advertise for bids 10 the
operation OF the several park privileges
lions Tor the casino, skating pvillon,
boating and pony privileges on Bile Isle
park and the refreshment privhge mt
rainier park. for your approval before
the advertisement Is inserted.
Respectfully submitted
M. p. HURLET.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-15

Controller.
Accepted and referred TO the Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
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From the controIler.

To the Honorable the Common Council.
Gentlemen-The following approx ed
accounts are respectfully submitted:
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''s-HS cue. priasiSs'. @ 1. %
" co.. service S .. ..p"D IS 20
Copying Co.. a.
blue prints .,......... ~
7sb-Postal Telegraph Cable =,
Co, service. .......... al
7se--Richmond a Baekus Co.. =,
supplies ..,......... 90
7s7--superior Seal a stamp "A
Co, stamps. .......... ov
sss-Superior Seal \ stamp
Co, news boys badges a o.
Typewriter :.
Co. supplies $500. ~
Total ..............., 0i ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-15

DAVID Il. HEINEMAN.
Controller. /.
Referred TO Committee ON Claims and
Accounts.
From Department Of Public Works,
To the Honora BILE the Common Councii'
Gentiemsn-the sub-fund In the Gen,
eral Road Fund. known a, go Sn ,Ss sum H
of 81 900 will be required In order 10
meet pay rolls. etc. 1 would rscon
mend that this amount be trsn ,h. Ises
as H hs Road Fund
1" J. J, HAARER,
Commissioner.
Resolved. That the city conrtoiisr'
be, and 10 hereby authorized ana al
rected to make the proper sntriss on
600 from the surplus remaining In the
1903 General Road Fund 10 the credit
OF the sub-fund In the General hoaa
adopted as follows;
Yeas-Ald. Allan. Brozo. Burton.
HARPER. Hindle. keatins. koenis.
Msscn. oBrien. ostrowski owen,
Rosenthal, Schultz, skrzycki, Theisen'
Thompson: Tossy. Vernon. walsh. Wat
son. Zoeller and the President--Sl
From Department Of Public Works.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
Conference.-The sub-fund In the
Garbage Collection Fund. known as 3
Horses Replaced. Is depleted and l
would recommend the transfer or the
5000 remaining In the sub-fund or
the same fund. known as - New
Horses" to the credit OF the sub-fund.
known as Horses Replaced.
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. HAARER.
Commi ssioner.
BY Aid. Gilman:
Resolved. That the City Controller
be, and Is hereby authorized and d.
rected TO make the proper entry on
his books TO effect the transfer OF $50,
the balance remaining In the sub-fund
OF the Garbage Fund, known as %
New Horses" to the credit OF the sub
fund In the same fund. known as IS
Horses Replaced.
Adopted as follows:
Yeas---Ald. Allan, Brozo. Burton.
Ellis. Field. Garvey. Gilman, Grindley,
HARPER, Hindle, Heating. Koenig.
Knapp. Littleheld. Lynch. McCarty.
NJ q on. O'Brien. Ostrowski. Owen,
Rossnthsl, Sehultz, Skrzycki. The zen,
Thompson, Tossy. Vernon. Walsh. Wat
son. Zoeller ard the President-3l.
Nays-None.
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Controller.
Referred TO Committee on Claims ana
Accounts
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From Department Of public werka

Gentlemen--In reply to a notice from
this once a number of bids were re-
ceived from which the department has
selected the lowest bidder: for furnish
Ing all the Binder Stone that may be
required and ordered for the Asphalt
Plant. for the year ending with Jan.
s1st, 1912:
Fairview Coal Il supply
Co. .................s4 sac per ton.
Respectfully submitted.
III HAARER.
Commissioner.
By Aid. Theisen:
Resolved. That. the contract entered
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To the Honorable the Common CouncII:
0entlemen--In reply TO q notice from
this once the following proposal vas
received for furnishing all the sand
that may be required and ordered for
the Asphalt Plant, for the year ending
with Jan. 31st. 1912:
c.. III. Little CO.. zoe per Gu. yd.
c. II. Little Co. Is the lowest and
only bidder
The Department OF Public Works has
entered into contract with the said
lowe bidder and hereby asks the ap-
prevail and confirmationi OF the same
by your honorable body.
Rsspectfully submitted
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BY AID. Theisen:
Resolved, That, the contract entered
into by the Department OF Public
Works with the Fairview Coal q Sup
ply Co, for furnishing all the Binder
Stone that may be required and or
deIsd for the Asphalt Plant for the
year ending with Jan. slst. 1912. be,
and the same IL hereby approved and
Rsfsrred to Committee on streets.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-18
.Rotate===But Manure Also
Every Farmer Should Keep Enough
Live Stock to Produce Stuff. :
cient Fertilizer. .--..

Excellent as are the results which
follow the adoption of a good system
of rotation of crops, as compared with
the single-cropping system, rotation
alone cannot be depended on to keep
the soil in high state of fertility. To
do this on an ordinary farm of 100
acres, sufficient live stock must be
kept to permit the application of ma
nure, at the rate of say eight tons per
acre, at least once in five years. The
production of such quantity of ma
nure would require at least forty cows.
Since labor difficulties make it imprac-
ticable for most farmers to properly
care for so many COWS, Professor A.
D. Wilson suggests, in a recent adj
dress, that the owner of such farm
keep only twelve good mich cows.
and the equivalent of the remaining
twenty weight in horses, calves and
colts raised for marketing, brood-sows
and their annual litter, and poultry
This would permit the thorough ma
nuring, every year, of say one-ffth of
the tillable land on the farm in con-
nection with the corn planted in a
five-year rotation. A course of pro-
cedure like this, at University Farm,
has brought an increase of 6.10 BUSH
els of wheat, 1876 bushels of corn, and
g tons of hay per acre over the re-
suits secured by a system of rotation
without manuring. ~ =. :@
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through the absorption of the heat

through the absorption of the heat
rays. The cells become active, take
up moisture, and become distended
The temperature drops rapidly with
the going down of the sun. The cells
freeze, and, as water expands when
freezing, the cellwalls are ruptured.
This destroys or seriously Injuries the
cambium, or. growth layer, between
the bark and the wood. Fungous
growth then enters and the bark de-
Gays and drops off, as on, the maple
trunk presented in the cut herewith
The trouble is more prevalent in GER
tain smooth-bark species. It is quite
common on many of our naples and
birches. The scalding is more apt to
occur on southwest hillsides, because
the suns rays strike such an exposure
more directly, and consequently more
of the heat rays are absorbed: The
same may be said of trunks and
branches forming right angles with
the line of the suns rays.
In the case of street and ornamental
trees, avoid those smooth barked sorts
which scald readily, or protect the
trunks and larger branches until the
head is large enough to thoroughly
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-18
A Lucky Game of Chess,

A story is told of the Moorish prince
Abul Hejex, who was thrown into
prison for sedition by his brother Mo-
manned, king of Granada. There he
remained for several years until the
king, fearing he might escape, placed
himself st the head Of fresh revolt
and seized the crown, ordering one of
his pashas to see to his immediate ex-
ecution. Abul Hejex was playing at
chess when the pasha came and babe
him prepare for death. The prince
asked for two hours respite, which
was refused. After earnest entreaty
he obtained permission to finish his
game. He was in no hurry about the
moves, we are told, and we'll for him
he was not, for before an hour had
elapsed a messenger brought the news
that Mohammed had been struck dead
by apoplexy, and Abul was forthwith
proclaimed king of Granada. It was
indeed a small favor for the pasta to
grant, but it altered the whole current
Of the kings career.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-18
EIephant Humor.

The courage Of a lion at bay, great
as it is, is no greater than that Of the
buffalo, and he must yield his scepter
to the elephant, declares H. L. Tangye
in his book, I'm the Torrid Sudan" as
to courage, size, strength and intelli-
gence. It is a temptation to declare
that the elephant possesses sense of
humor. A herd Of elephants once fell
in with train Of donkeys. Their
attention concentrated on the load the
donkeys carried. With all the mischief
of monkeys, the loads were torn
asunder and their contents distributed
over half the province. At Dor, on
the Mountain Nile, the elephants were
at one time full of practical Jokes.
Passing at night time through the vii
lage, they would knock the sleepers
up BY demolishing their huts above
their heads, then contentedly march
away.
IF
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= = : = = = + = =
Profit From Good
Care and Feeding.
~ Lg.-%-Ss -. * ,-r--r sd "
BY J. A. Mcclure, superintend-
ent Northeast Experiment
Farm, Grand Rapids, MINI.
!. = \ + = J. + + !. !. j. !. !. .

: - .-
Roxy, the~cow whose picture accom-
panies this article, is one Of a herd of
thirteen so-called common cows at
the Northeast Experiment Station,
Grand Rapids, Minn.-a herd whose
record affords striking illustration
of the fact that few Minnesota farmers
are realizing from their COWS the an
nual profit which might be theirs. For
the average amount of butter from
each COW, in Minnesota, is only 100
lbs, while the average from this Elk
pertinent Station herd is 279 lbs. Here
is difference of 119 lbs. per COW,
equal, at q cents a pound, to $32.13
annually. To the farmer with only
twelve COWS the difference would az.
gregate $3S5.53., .....r...
Please take note that this difference
has not been secured because of SUI.
perior breed or because, in gross
amount, the feed given the thirteen
COWS was greater than the ordinary
farmer gives his herd. 1t has come
altogether from good care and correct
rather than lavish feeding. The COWS
freshened in the fall and were MIXED
ten months of the year. During Octo.
Der and November they were fed on
fodder corn, stock carrots and bran
and shorts half and half" From Dec
1, corn ensilage was fed in. place Of
roots. They were Stalled from Oct
5 to May During the summer they
were pastured on cut-over and. brush
land by day, and in a small. tame
grass pasture at night. When the flies
were bad, the COWS were always put
in the barn at noon. In winter the
temperature of the barn went below
the freezing point. The cows were
turned out of doors only in fair
weather, and kept out only so long as
they cared to remain. They were fed
twice a day and watered once a day.
The feed for each animal was weighed;
also the milk she produced. Each COW
was fed, in grain, two-ffths the num-
Der of pounds that she gave in milk
The feeding and milking were done at
the same time every day. What is
there, in all this, impossible to any
farmer?
- Roxy, the most profitable COW in the
bunch, cost only $40. She probably
has some Jersey blood, and possibly
some Holstein. The fact that she is
black, with white markings. shows
that the Jersey strain is not pre-
dominant: but she has buff nose
and a Jersey type of head. Her, av-
erage production, for three years, was
377 pounds of butter per year.
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is KILLED BY
DECISIVE VOTE.
House Committee Squelches
Annexation Talk.
PROMPT ACTION WANTED

Decision Made Following Conference
Between President Taft and Promi-
nent Members of the House-Feared
Discussion of Subject Might Affect
F., Ratification of Reciprocity Pact.
Washington, Feb. 18.-To offset the
Canadian annexation talk which the
administration feared might effect the
reciprocity agreement, the house COM
mittee on foreign affairs, by a vote of
9 to 1, reported adversely on the reso-
luton introduced by Representative
William S Bennett of New York for
the opening of negotiations with Great
Britain looking to the annexation of
Canada. 81, -
Mr.. Bennett was the only member Of
the committee who voted for the reso-
luton and the committees action fol-
lowed conferences of Chairman, Eos.
ter of the committee and Acting
Chairman Mccall of the ways and
means committee with President Taft
Chairman Tawney of the appropria-
tons committee suggested to Chair
man Foster of the foreign affairs COM
mittee that the committee be called to-
gether and hear Secretary of State
Knox with view to meeting the an
nexation talk. The meeting was called,
but it was deemed unnecessary for Mr..
Knox to appear. ~
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EDITORS ELECT OFFICERS
Lieutenant Governor Gordon Head of
Minnesota Scribes.

.iV0sVhoII NOVC SoIOOU OF
Minnesota Scribes.
st. Paul, Feb. 1S.-The State Edi-
torial association has elected the fol-
lowing officers:
President, S. Y. Gordon, Browns
Valley Tribune; first vice president,
F. E. Hadley, Winnebago Enterprise;
second vice president, w. F. Mailer,
Springfield Advance; third vice presi-
dent, R. P. Chase, Anoka Herald; sec
rotary, G. P. Slime, st. Paul; treasur-
er, D. Ramaley, st. Paul; executive
committee, c. G. Whitney, Marshall
News-Messenger; F. J. Meyst, North
western Newspaper Union, Minneap-
oils, and w. E. Easton, Saltwater
Gazette.
The resolutions adopted declare for
the formation of district editorial as
sociations; conservation of natural re-
sources and good roads; consolidation
of rural schools and extension of .agri-
cultural high schools; native material
In construction of public buildings; op.
position to railroad rate discrimination
against smaller towns in favor of lar
ger centers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-18
How q Dying Man Feels.

Numerous experiments made in hos.
pitfalls and upon heroic scientists who
have permitted tests to be made upon
themselves right down to the moment
OF death warrant these conclusions:
That dying man may be burned with
redhot irons; and vet not feel the least
pain: that consciousness may remain
IN the dying almost to the moment of
actual dissolution, but that most peo-
pie generally lose the power of thought
long before death: that in cases of
death where there seems to be extreme
suffering. with writhing and spasms.
such phenomena are generally due to
reflex muscular action: also that fear
Weakens the muscular system and has
tens death. while the reverse may
prolong life =
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SUNSCALD.
BY <. a. Kirkpatrick, Mime
sofa University Farm.
j. .i.a..s. i. j. j. j. j. j. ). ). ).

4 !. !. 4 !.
From this time on until freezing
weather stops, the apple orchards and
ornamental trees are liable to receive
injury from sunscald. This trouble,
which some persons think of as being
caused by the sun and hot winds of
summer, is really due to certain win
ter conditions. -
It is we'll known that, a branch OF
dormant tree, when given local condi-
tions Of warmth, as by drawing it in
through a small opening in window
OF the wall of a greenhouse, will start
into growth. If the conditions are IA
7vorable inside, the branch will do this
even though there be zero weather out
side. The reason is that the cells of
the portion protected are stimulated
into activity by the warmth; cell divi.
sion takes place. and growth actually
begins.
On a warm, sunshiny afternoon, in
winter or early spring, tree has con-
ditions present approximating those
just stated. The bright sunshine on
the southwest side. of the trunks and
the larger branches warns those parts
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shorn by the N Oh.

A procession Of the unemployed
thai took place in London In 1764 did
not meet with any great success or
public sympathy. In that year wigs
went out Of fashion. and the wigmak-
ers of London were thrown out Of
work and reduced to distress They
petitioned George III. to compel gen
tlemen to wear wigs by law. AS the
wigmakers went in procession to St.
James to present their petition it was
noticed that most of those persons
who wanted to compel other people to
wear wigs wore no wigs themselves.
This striking the London mob as very
Inconsistent, they seized the process.
sionists and forcibly cut off all their
hair.-London Express.
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The exclusive and almost feudal.
character Of the English peerage was
DESTROYED finally and of set purpose
by Pitt when he declared that every
man who had. an estate of $4,000
year had right to be a peer. In Lord
Beaconsield's words: HE created a
plebeian aristocracy and blended it
with the patrician oligarchy. He made
peers OF second rate squires and fat
graziers He caught them in the al.
leys OF Lombard street and clntched
them from the counting houses of,
Cornhill. From COLLECTIONS and Rec
elections" "
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-18
One Woman Fatally Injured.

Chicago, Feb. 1S.-Seven women
End children were rescued with diff
rulty from the third floor of a burn
ing apartment house. Mrs. Georgia
Skivvins was probably fatally injured
when she jumped from the second
floor Several others were slightly
-nurt.
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Meditation.

Try to secure some part Of each day
for meditation. Apart from men we
can look ourselves more honestly in
the face, lift up our hearts to God and
give our painting lives a chance
Stevenson
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New Cash Want-Rate
l. -Cent-a-wOrd

Where cash accompanies copy we
will publish all "Want Ads" for half
cent a word per insertion. Where
cash does not accompany copy the
regular rate of one ceut word will
be charged. ~os<,.
every HOME HAS A WANT AD
For Rent--For SaIe-.Exchange
--Aelp Wanted--Work Wanted
..Etc...Etc.
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Sale
!. of
Zion
.lace,s

and display Of illustrations Of mechanical de-
wees requisite in the art Of fine lace making.
t his sale offers an exceptional opportunity fer
economy purchases Of durable fine laces Of ex>
quisite beauty 1t will prove very interesting
even to those not intending to purchase. q Zicn
. aces manufactured in the most modern lace
factory in the world are the best Of their kind
the. best wash laces ever placed before the
American az women and sold without a customs
duty Of 70% added to the cost as are all imported
laces. Ct All machines Of Zion Lace Industries
are and have been operating Is hours daily,
except Sunday, for about three years, with the
product Of each machine sold ahead several
weeks New machines are continually being
installed. fVVomen wanting laces for p1ese1t
OF future use will experience marked sav.ray
BY visiting our lace counters
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i = > ~ a MIS-

the United States
army. ablebodied unmarried men
between ages of IS and S.; citizen $
of the United States, of good
character and temperate habits,
who can speak, read and write
the English language. For in.
formation apply to Recruiting
Officer. 4th St., and Minnesota
Ave-. Bemidji, Minnesota.
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BRITISH VIEW OF SITUATION
London Paper Says All Americans
Want to Annex Canada.

Lonuon Faper Gays All Americans
Want to Annex Canada.
London, Feb. 18.-"We need not
suppose that Speaker Elect Clark and
Representative William S. Bennett
have unfriendly sentiments toward
England, or propose to accomplish
their designs illegitimately.
"But they were not joking when
they expressed annexation sentiments
in the American congress. They we're
only saying publicly what thousands
of Americans have already been say
ing privately"
This is the way the Conservative
Evening Standard sized up the latest
development in the reciprocity situa'
ton. 1t is a fair sample of the atti-
tude of the Conservative press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-18

FOR SALE-Household furniture,
including dining room table and
chairs, Majestic range and heater,
childs bed and baby carriage. 423
Bemidii avenue.