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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
Daniel Wilson, His House,

DR.. Daniel Wilson, afterward prin.
cipal Of the University of Toronto,
used in earlier days to live near Lau-
riston. in Scotland. One day DR.. John
Beddoe (who has written an, autobiog.
raphy) set out to find him. Having"
he says, mo clear idea of the situation
OF the house, l entered st. .Margaret's
lane, which conceived must lead In
the right direction, and, meeting gen
tleman just about to issue therefrom,
asked whether he could direct me to
DR.. Wilson's new house. He looked
hard at me and inquired:
"'Do you know Daniel Wilson" 4
do 'lntimately?' q. Yes, Intimately
Then follow this road till you see a
house that looks as if it belongs to
Daniel Wilson. and that will be it,
thanked him and, following his advice,
had no difficulty in identifying the
house. 1t had a window which con-
tanned some tracery of pattern which
l knew Wilson considered peculiarly
Scottish"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08

age with intent to conceal him from
his parent, guardian or other person
having lawful control oyer him, or to
extort or obtain money or reward
for his return or disposition, shall
be guilty of kidnapping and shall be
punished by imprisonment in the
state prison for not more than twenty
years.
While this is not so severe as the
Pennsylvania law which permits
life Imprisonment, it probably is
harsh enough to make would-be kid
nappers ponder we'll before attempt
ing to get "easy money" in this
fashion. Many persons, however,
are of the opinion that a more severe
law would come nearer to melting
out proper punishment.
In any event the home of the we'll
TODD or wealthy always is in danger
from this most detestable of all
criminals and it is a wise precaution
on the part of parents to keep a
watchful eye on their youngsters, es-
pecially after the publicity which
has been given the Las Vegas case.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
Postal Clerks Pay In Russia.

The remuneration OF postal clerks in
Russia includes emoluments which do
not appear in the form of money. They
are furnished quarters, heat and light,
and in addition allowances for uni
forms as we'll as medical attendance
and medicine for themselves and their
families. IN cities like Moscow large
hospital is maintained for the conven.
fence OF postal clerks and carriers.
Their children are admitted to the
schools free Of charge, which in Russia
is quite an item OF expense. especially
in preparatory schools for colleges. to
which the children OF the titled and
the wealthy only are admitted. The
pay Of clerks and carriers ranges from
$3.50 to $lS per month. They may.
moreover. receive gratuities from those
to whom they deliver mail.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
LORlM Err.

1t is too bad that Lorimer the
Blond Boss and illegal senator from
Illinois insists on being kicked out
instead of quietly Fesigning his seat
in the United States senate.
In an effort to thwart the newly
convened senate in its determination
to dislodge him, Senator Lorimer is
once more welding his forces and
making threats that there are
Others" He got away with this
+tonce, but the handwriting is now
plain upon the wall and Lorimer's
days in the senate are numbered.
This seems certain as the result
of the testimony given at Spring
field few days ago when it was
shown that a pool of 100000 had
been made up to pay for Lorimer's
election.
If there was any doubt that Lori
mer had been elected by corrupt
methods, those doubts now are dis
PEELED. Add to this the fact that
the new senate is made up Of men
who probably would have been will
ing to vote Lorimer out even on the
old evidence and you readily can see
what chance the Illinois politician
has Of holding on the job which has
cost his 80 much money and worry.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
He Had 4 Claim.

In a certain town was young law
yer whose father was very rich and
who had been sent to an eastern law
school. Since his graduation he had
done nothing except open an office be-
cause he had plenty Of money. This
young lawyer was proposed for mem
bership in the local fire company.
1--WE cannot elect him." one of the
members protested. "The constitution
Of our company says that the mem
bers Of it must sleep and live here in
the city, and he lives out Of town on
a farm and not in the city at all. He
would be Of no value at all in case of
a fire at night. He doesn't sleep here
at night
NO." replied his proposer; 1T is true
he doesn't sleep here at night, but he
sleeps here in his Office all day"
And they elected him on that ground.
PHILADELPHIA Saturday Evening Post
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
Stories of the Paris Courts,

Among humorous stories of the Par
Is law courts it is told how a well
known lawyer, NJ Alem Rousseau,
was once pleading a rather tires ONE
case and, noticing that the judges Were
paying no attention to him, said, LAS
the president is falling asleep | sus-
pend my speech" But the judge had
just woke up and cried, And l sus-
pend you from practicing for six
months" Nothing daunted. the law.
yer retorted, well. suspend myself
forever and ever" and, gathering up
his brief and cap, he left the court
and never appeared again.
A Paris barrister, NJ. Clery, however,
was more vigorous. Seeing that the
president and the assessors were all
asleep, he stopped, and, dealing ire
mendous blow on the desk in front Of
him that woke everybody up with a
start, he cried, Yesterday at this same
hour was SAYING And the whole
bench rubbed their eyes and asked each
other if they had really slept through
twenty-four hours.
The satne COUNSEL was pleading at
Versailles On a cold day and remarked
that the judges were all turning more
and more around toward a stove that
gave out a welcome heat. The tribu-
nal behind which l have the honor Of
speaking" brought them all right about
face at once.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
Forbidden Ground.

A visit Of Gladstone to the Isle OF
Man is recalled by Agnes Herbert and
described in her book about that in
teresting little speck in the midst OF
the Irish sea.
Mr.. Gladstone had made a detoul
across small holding in Rushen, and
his way lay through the "haggart,'
where the stacks are harvested. A
strong, powerfully built Manxwoman
stood throwing up the straw to the
stack. using her fork as deity and
quickly as a farm laborer.
THAT is very hard work. my good
woman" the Grand Old Man is re-
ported to have said graciously. "but
you look well and strong. May I ask
how old you are?" ,~,. ..,,.g~' -
The toiler hardly turned as she an.
swered sharply:
How our art thou thyself, thou i'm
perent ouP mani" ...> f..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
CITY OF BEMIDJI

County Seat.
Population-In 1900. 1909 in 1910
6es9. .,
Summer Rosort-.-Hundreds' Of outsid-
ers make their summer home on Lake
Bemidji. Fishing boating and bath
ing accommodations are second to none
In the United States.
Area-Ten Square miles incorporated.
Altitude-14O0 FEET above sea level.
Water Power-2200 developed horse
power, Mississippi river.
Water-Absolutely pure. Two arte-
sian wells.
Water 11ains-Abo ten miles. @s
Boating-500 miles by lake and river.
Death Rats-5.4 a thousand in 1908.
Annual Rainfsll-33.7 inches.
Temperature-20 above, winter: rs
summer, mean.
Sewer Mains-About five miles.
Cement sidewalks-Twelve miles.
Lakeshore Drdve-Ten miles.
Farks-Two.
Water Frontage-Ten miles, two lakes
and Mississippi river.
4 Home Town-l6OO residences.
Taxpayers-1200
Churches-8.
School HouseS-Four.
Bank Depos1ts--S800,0O0
1Eanufacturers-Aard handles,
lumber, lath, shingles and various other
Industries. :.
Great Distributing Point-Lumber
products. groceries, flour, feed and hay.
Postal Receipts-$20.375 for 1910.
seth place in the state outside of St.
Paul, Minneapolis End Duluth.
Postal Savings Bank-Only one in
Minnesota
Railroads-Great Northern, Mime
sofa & International, M, r. L. & M,
Minneapolis. st. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie; Wilton & Northern, Grand Forks
to Duluth and Bemjdji-Sauk Centre.
Railroad Depots-Three.
Passenger Tra1ns-Fourteen daily.
8osp1ta1s-One
Distances-To st Paul, 23O miles; to
Duluth. 1877 miles.
Hotsls-Fifteen.
Brswertes-One.
8sWmi1ls-Four.
Handle Factoriss-Ono
Boat Factories-One.
Wholesale Houses-Four
BAnks-Three.
Auto Garages-One.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
Police Methods In Berlin.

Berlin is the most strictly governed
city in the world. and a stranger will
be continually violating the ordinances
and regulations without being con-
scious Of his offenses. But the penal
ties are not severe, and the policeman
who arrests you is prepared to i'm
pose the fine on the spot instead Of
calling a patrol wagon and taking you
to the police station. You pay him a
few marks. for which he gives you a
receipt. and within twentysfour hours
you must appear before the captain
in charge Of that precinct and turn
in the receipt as check upon the po-
liceman who has arrested you.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
A Story Pepys Tells.

Pepys tells in his diary that In the
reign Of King Charles II. customer
bargaining with London merchant
for claret hired a confederate to "thun-
der (Which he had the art Of doing
upon deal board) and to rain and
hail-that is, make the noise ot-so as
to give them a pretense Of undervalu:
ing their merchants wines, by saying
this thunder would spoil and turn
them, which was so reasonable to the
merchant that he did abate two pis-
tolls per tun for the wine in belief OF
that"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
NOW FOR 4 KIDNAPPING EPIDEMIC.

Aside from the human emotions
stirred by the theft of child from
it's mothers breast, the public has
other interest in the kidnapping case
at Las Vegas, New Mexico, when two
Aenious hounds, after robbing a wo-
man of her two year old son at the
hour of midnight, afterward wrung
$4,000 as ransom for the return of
the infant.
The public is interested because
the escape of the knaves is almost
sure to mean that there is to be an
epidemic of kidnapping in all parts
of the country. 1t will be remember
ed that in the case of little Willie
Witlaw, who was stolen from his
Pennsylvania home two years ago,
the papers were filled with accounts
of other such attempts. The cap
ture of the man and woman, how
ever, to blame for this outrage and
the long prison sentences quickly
imposed had the effe of putting a
crimp in the nefarious business, at
least in states protected by stringent
laws bearing on the crime.
In Minnesota the statutes provide
that "every person who shall will
fully lead, take, entice away or de-
tain child under sixteen years OF
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
A Snake Story.

: This story j. is told Of the late DR..
Emil Reich. One day when travelling
he lay down to rest in the shadow OF
a bush and fell asleep. he awoke with
a start to find that night was coming
on and that rain had begun to fall.
Quickly snatching up his umbrella. he
tried to open it and. finding it worked
stiffly. he pressed the spring vigorous
ly. Suddenly there was sound of
ripping and tearing and snake fell to
the ground split in two. The reptile
had apparently swallowed the umbrel-
Ia as far as it could:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
ORIGINAL Era Of Good Feeiinu.

The phrase applied to the administra-
good feeling" first appeared in a Bos-
ton newspaper. the Columbian Sentinel
of July TO- 1917. From that time until
the present hour the two administra-
tons of Monroe-a period of eight
years, 1717 to 1S25-are referred to in
the terms of the newspaper paragraph
which so aptly expressed the public
sentiment of the day.-Magazine of
American History.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
An Alternative.

"Now. them" said the professor of
logic, "give us an idea of your knowl-
edge of the question in plain words"
"Why-er-Im afraid" stammered
the student. that l can't. just exact
ly'- -
"Perhaps. then. you may give us an
idea of your ignorance of it in any old
words:''- Philadelphia Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
EouivocaI.

Cholly Softboy-I suppose looked
veway angwy at the ZOO today when
that nawsty Dick Dandy said when I
stood by the big monkeys cage how
much | was like it. Candid Friend
You certainly looked beside yourself
Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
o o o o 9 o o o o o o 90 {
POINTED PARAGRAPHS


After an old dog loses his teeth
he is an advocate of peace at any
price.
Ever notice how much better a
stolen kiss doesn't taste than the
real thing?
She's smart woman who tries
to make man believe he is smarter
than she is.
The woman who refused to marry
a man because he didn't ask her
does marry.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
leW-CaSh- Want Rate
1! 1-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 z word will
be charged.
EVERY NOME HAS A WANT AD
For Rent-.for Saio..ExchanRo
--Aelp Wanted--Work Wanted
t-.Etc...Etc.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
Nothino New.

Wife-Don't you like my new hat,
dearest? Husband-Yes-s. it's all
right. Wife-Weu, bought it on your
account, dear. Husband-Yes, YOU
usually do!
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
Sandy and the Glass.

Tourist referring to the barometer)
II see the glass is going up again, San
dy. Sandy-Dae ye tell me that? A
body will soon no. be able to afford .
dram at all!-Dundee Advertiser.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
He EXPLAINS.

"Why do they call Washington the
city Of magnificent distances?"
because" answered the Office seek
er. lit is such a long way between
what you go after and what you gel"
st. Paul Pioneer Press. a5 -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
The Lesson.

He-Yes. it's very true, man doesn't
learn what happiness is until he's mar
ried. She-I'm glad you've discovered
that at last. He-Yes. and when he's
married it's too late.-Dorfbarbier
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
Made Him Cross.

Made Him Cross.
II made my husband cross this aft
ernoon," said Mrs. Caller.
How was that?" Queried Mrs. Ho.
mer.
HE was on the opposite side Of the
street, and l beckoned him to come
over" explained the other.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08

Life is no dream. but life is nothing
without its great dreams
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08
No Sympathy.

y :'Here, waiter, there's fly in my
soup" ..-.....
Serves the brute right. He's been
buzzin' round here all the mornin'."-
Life. .e ....
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08

One bad example spoils good man,
excellent precepts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. 81
Bemidji Ave. Inquire at Brownies
Dairy Lunch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08

FOR SALE-Cheap E room house.
Lot so x 40. Inquire 7O9 Irvine
Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08

FOR SALE-$6OO sail boat for 500.
Inquire at this office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-08

FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
. Pioneer will procure any kind of 4
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-13

The legislature last winter appro-
priated money for the building OF a
bridge over the snake river between
Lincoln and Twin Falls counties.
The logical place for this bridge il
straight south Of Wendell. Situat-
ed at the foot Of Clark's grade il
would be very CONVENIENT for all the
people of the Wendell district, and
would also be OF service to a larger
number OF people of the South Side
than if it is located at any other
point. The people Of Wendell
should take this matter in hand and
see to it that the bridge is so located
as to be Of the greatest benefit "a
the largest number of people.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-13
PITHY POINTS.

The following selections are taken from
the short hand notes OF Frank s. Reid
on a lecture given by Prof. J. II. Frans-
don at the Movable School Of Agricul-
ture. The entire set OF notes is published
in book form and may be had at the
Irrigationist Office.
A COW needs four different kinds OF
feed, water, mineral protein and carbohy-
drates.
All feeds contain about the right
amounts OF mineral.
Protein is the thing that the COW needs
for the building up Of muscle tissue. A
cow will not give much milk ii she doe'
not have protein.
Carbohydrates supply energy to get hel
from place to place, and to supply thu
fat OF the milk.
There is nothing that will supply pro
tein as cheaply and as good as alfalfa
So Idaho has the very best OF dair,
foods.
The balanced rations mean feeding TIN
right amounts Of protein and carbon
drates to get the best results.
For the best results feed about 81,
times as much CARBOHYDRATES as protein
Corn has nine times as much carbon
drates as protein.
Timothy hay has sixteen times a
lmuch CARBOHYDRATES as protein.
The following indicates in genera
way the amounts 10 be fed. Weigh TIN
amounts to be fed. Feed all the rough
age the COW will clean up at all times
Feed one pound of grain per day TO
each pound Of butter fat produced pc
/ week, or one pound Of grain per day 10
each three pounds Of milk produced
Feed all the COW will take without gain
ing in weight.
wendell news continued on next pagc.)
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-13

The Railway committee is in re-
ceipt of letter from Mr.. J. ;.
Clark informing them that Mr.. A.
A. Frazier, solicitor for Messrs
Clark IL Noble, succeeded in show
ing Judge Walters, at Shoshone,
that the whole contention of those
opposed to the Hagerman Valley Il
Western Ry coming to Wendell,
was absolutely unfounded and
wrong, so the court threw the whole
thing out. The restraining order
was dissolved and the case dismissed
completely. Not only so, but Mr..
Frazier argued a third demurrer, in
which he set out that those people
should not be permitted to issue any
further suit in this connection, a,
the contract let is absolutely valid
and that it cannot be attacked fol
at least one year, a., until the eX-
piration of the contract, it is abso-
lutely impossible for them to show
any damage.
The Hagerman Valley people vii
have all costs to pay and Clark anc
Noble will not even be required t
call witnesses or produce documents
as the other side produced the con
tract itself, which showed they wer'
absolutely wrong The matter o
permitting any further action ha
been taken under advisement b,
Judge Walters.
This action of the court improve
the outlook for an electric line iron
this point to Hagerman Valley
Wendell is certainly the logica
place for terminal Of such a line
and the value it will be to this cit
cannot be exaggerated.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-13
GEO. G.. BARRETT, Editor.
NO MORE SAMPLES

For the last few weeks we have
been sending out some sample cop
les of the paper to addresses all over
the tract. This has been done with
the purpose in view of making the
public acquainted with the kind of
paper we intend to put out. As
has been said before, the purpose
in the establishment of the Lincoln
County Times, was the advance
ment of the enterests of the Settlers
on the North Side. There is no
ambition to make the Times Je-
rome paper, and there is no inten-
ton of making it a Wendell paper (;
but the entire purpose is to make
it a paper devoted to the mutual
interest of the entire tract. The
sample copies will be discontinued
with this issue, and in order not to
miss a number, if you have not yet
subscribed, you should do so before
next Thursday, at either the Wen
dell or Jerome office. At this time
we wish to thank the public for the
very cordial support which it ha.
given the undertaking thus far, and
in turn will give the assurance that
such support encourages us to g
ahead with the enlargement and
improvement Of the paper.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-13
Base Ball.

The baseball fever has struck Or
chard Valley. Every day now, hot
or cold, embroyo Three Fingered
Browns and John Killings may be
seen shooting the pigskin back and
forth across the back yards at all
the farms down there.
They have raised a purse of one
hundred and fifty dollars that they
can beat any team in southern
Idaho. They particularly wish a
chance to walk over Wendell and
Jerome. 1t has been rumored around
that they have several ex-majol
league players down there under
assumed names. This rumor easily
explains the willingness witt
which they put up their money.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-13
Office with Shepard x Barrett
Experimental Work on The
North Side.

Mr.. G. r. Jones, who is associa
ted with Don Bark in the expert
mental work carried on co-opera-
lively by the state and national
governments, is making arrange
ments for extensive experimental
work which is to be carried on in
the Wendell district this season. L.
An expert in irrigation work will
be established at each of the exper-
iment stations who has oversight of
the work. Arrangement is made
with different farmers for tracts to
be experimental with, usually
about fifteen acres in each tract
which is all planted to the same
crop. The tract is sub-divided into
smaller tracts of five acres each
On one of the five acres the farmer
uses the amount of water he thinks
best, and uses it in the way he
thinks best; on another five the ex-
perimenters use more water than
the farmer does, and on the re-
manning five they use less. Head
weirs are put in to measure the
amo unit of water that goes onto the
land, and waste weirs to measure
the amount OF water that goes off.
At the end of the season the amount
OF crop on each of the pieces is care
fully measured separately and know
ing the amount of water used on
each one, they are enable to work
up data as to the proper amount OF
water to be used. At the end OF
the season, if the land the expert
mentors have used has not produced
as much crop a. that of the farmer
they make up the difference.
At this plant they have arranged
to experiment with fifteen acres OF
alfalfa IN DR.. PeMy's land, fifteen
acres of oats for ). NJ. Eaton, fifteen
acres of oats for the Leland Brothers
twenty acres Of rye for Carl Sehome
and ten acres of orchard for Dor
Mckay. The work with the or
chard will be simply to determin,
the amount Of watar necessary I,
get the best growth and all parts o
it will be watered the same. Al
automatic weir will be used on this
which will have to be looked afte
only once every eight days. Ever,
eighth day the meter will be reat
aud the recorder set at zero again
The outcome OF this test will b
watched with interest and no doub
will be of great benefit to the farm
ers Of the tract.