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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26

be F1TzsiMMoNs IS BAEbWfH COM:
The genera! nature of the business of
this corporation shall be the engaging
in and carrying on Of a general mercan-
selling at wholesale and retail Of all
kinds of fruits, vegetables and products
of the soil, and doing a general commits
sion and brokerage business, including
and shipping of produce and live stock,
all kinds Of goods, wares and merchan-
mission or otherwise, and to act as sell
lers generally for the sale and dis
posal of products Of the soil generally,
ana also I'VE
be incidental thereto and, connected
herewith, and generally to do anything
and everything necessary and, lawful in
handling, storing and shipping of the
products of the soil, produce and live
stock, and to carry out the objects, uses
and purposes aforesaid.
And said corporation may buy, own,
lease and sell real estate and may &C;
quire title, hold, use and dispose Of all
ana nSn mxed ana to do ali t g pnd acts
usually incident, necessary, convenient,
expedient or conducive to the: attain
ment of any Of the purposes aforesaid,
or to the continuance and management
of the business of said corporation.
The principal place of business Of this
corporation shall be at Bemidji, Mime
sofa, but it may have an office and hold
meetings at Duluth, Minnesota, and
may have offices in other cities in Min
nesota, and elsewhere"
And that ARTICLE vi. of the Ger
ti6cate Of Incorporation Of MELGEs
BROS. COMPANY, be and the same
ARTICLE W..
The government of this corporation
and the management of it's affairs shall
be vested in a board of five directors,
all of whom shall be stockholders, and
who shall be elected annually by the
stockholders at their annual meeting to
be held on the second Monday in Janu-
airy Of each year, and in the President.
be elected by the Board Of Directors
at place and in a manner prescribed
by the Bylaws of this corporation.
The offices of President and Treasurer
may be held by the same person"
In Witness Whereof said corporation
has caused this certificate to be exc
cuted by it's President and Secretary,
and caused it's corporate seal to be. af-
fixed this 18th day Of January A. D.
1911. I
c. T. FITZS1MMONS
:. President
GEORGE w. NOLL
Signed Sealed and Delivered
IN PRESENCE OF:
H. g. Fulton,
c. E. Sphinx.
AS to c. T. F.
N Hendricks,
Harry KOors.
AS to G. w. N.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
Notice of Emergency Sale of Timber Stumpage
on State Lands.

cu s eas esr S s
e. 1911 10 o'clock the certain timber belonging State
Following upon situated
statement of the estimated quantity kind timber that
will offered of the appraised of
per M feet cord piece as the may be:
90 sS sSS Ss;$: S: 3 ssS} :s s$$
ss$ s:si 5 5 ::; ~ s:s|:
s & s5sss :ssss: 81; Sss es $50 sss:;
ny ~ ~ e ss* 81 e 81 e IL ;: cora:
ST.; :; s
sSss "a.
NJ SIS =: 4: En- "a ;:::
L. tie: se s:?9 9sss! pS5s. ss =.
eta
General by chapter ATS Of the
Laws for 1909
per feet will offered and sold per
estmae and appraised
as tie or. or pole post timber will, be
the several kinds timber in
any bidding
1nd cent an .b added N
be entertained - 49, - 80 va
ms sale 50 cent
eaete % uag s ss
kinds that less than the
ns s Sst sssms ssns De
1872 for the CUTTING and
removing Of timber Board by unan
good having the
All the land vhee GU bs
s State Land E1anne
on , %e scale a. "a and a. count -
- , NsRsoN
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY;
Why No Editor.

Why is it that from the inception
of this paper to the present time we
never had an editor to sojourn in our
midst? Other professions have been
represented. OF preachers we have
an African chief for a year; of doc
tors enough to depopulate a state
and lawyers enough to establish a
good sized colony in hades.-Still-
water State Prison Mirror.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
Enthusiasm Dulled.

Don't you feel as If you would like
to leave footprints in the sands OF
time ?'' asked the ambitious citizen. -.
NO." answered Mr.. Crosslots gloom
fly; tout where live the mud Is eight
cen inches deep, and l don't feel as II
L wanted to see another footprint az
long as i washington Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26

When buying a cough medicine
for children bear in mind that Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is most
effectual for colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough and that it contains no,
harmful drug. For sale byllBarkers
Drug Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
J CITY OF BEMIDU

County Seat.
Population-In 1900, 1900; in 1910
5000. .
Summer Resort---Hundredst Of soutsid-
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-1400 feet above sea level.
Water Power-22O0 developed horse
power, Mississippi river.
Water-Absolutely pure. Two arte-
sian wells.
Water 16ains-About ten miles.
Boating-500 miles by lake and river.
Death Rate-5.4 thousand in 1908
Annual Rainfall-33.7 inches.
Temperature-20 above, winter; IS
summer, mean.
Sewer Adains-About five miles,
Cement Sidewalks-Twelve,t miles.
Lakeshore Drive-Ten miles.
Parks-Two.
Water Frontage-Ten miles, two lakes
and Mississippi river.
A Home Town-16O0 residences.
Taxpayers-1200
Churches-S.
School Houses-Four.
Bank Deposits-sS00,000
Manufacturers-Iard handles,
lumber, lath, shingles and various other
industries.
Great Distributing Point-Lumber
products, groceries, flour, feed and hay.
Postal Receipts-$20,375 for 1910,
10th place in the state outside of st.
Paul, Minneapolis and 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 Bemidji-Sauk Centre.
Railroad Depots-Three.
Passenger Trains-Fourteen daily.
Hospitals-One
Distances-To St Paul, 23O miles; to
Duluth, 167 miles.
Hotels-Fifteen.
Breweries-One.
Sawmil1s-Four.
Handle Factories-One.
Boat Factories-One.
Wholesale Houses-Four
Banks-Three.
Auto Ga~ages-One.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26

The Bemidjl Pioneer has es-
tablished and will maintain a.
legislative bureau at the state
capitol in St. Paul. Any Of our
readers wishing information Of
any kind relative to the work of
the legislature: copies of bills,
when introduced, by whom, votes
legislation or anything in connec-
ton with the proceedings Of the
lawmakers will be cheerfully
furnished without cost. Such
information will be confidential
If desired. Address, Bemidjt
Pioneer Bureau, State Capitol,
st. Paul, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
Felt Sure it Was ""Yohnson",

Felt Sure it Was "Yohnson".
The Foley Independent says that
the Y in Sam Y. Gordon's name
stands for "Ypsilanti." If the people
had discovered that during the cam
spaign@ Sam would not have received
so many votes as he did. Thous-
ands who voted for him felt sure that
the Y stood for "Yohnson."- Prince
ton Union.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
REST ARD HEALTRTumoIHER ANpeHIlp.,

MRS. W1NsLow's4 SOOTHING SYRUP has beer.
used Tor over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of
TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It
sOOIHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the G UMS
Ati,AYS all PAIN CURES WIND COLIC and
IS the best remedy for DIARRHQSA. 4 1t Is abb
solutely harmless. Be sure and ask for MRS.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no other
sind Twenty-Five centsa bottle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
Question of Smoking Up.

Pierp Morgan spent $4,000 for
5000 cigars for Christmas remem-
brances for his friends. We ad-
vised him early that we'd take ''peer-
less" for ours, as dollar cigars are a
triflle high-reaching for this class of
financial endeavor.- Ore
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
When They Pass the Hat.

When They Pass the Hat.
That was mean trick some villain
played on the pastor of a Philedel-
phia church who hung up a sign,
"Do not cough" The miscreant
added the word cup" to the legend
Princeton Union.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
OF CERTIFICATE o.
INCORPORATION OF MELaEs
BROS. COMPANY.

at meeting, of the stockholders of the
Melges Bros. Company, held at the Office
Of the Company in the City Of Bemidji,
Minnesota, on the 10th day of January,
1911, at o'clock P. M. of said day, at
which meeting all the stockholders of
said Melges Bros. Company were pre-
sent and voted at said meeting, the fol-
ed.
"BE 1T RESOLVED, That ARTICLE
T, of the Certificate of Incorporation of
MELGES BROS! COMPANY, be and the
same hereby is amended to read as fol-
lows:
ARTICLE 1.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
STATE OF MINNESOTA,)

County of st. Louis
c. T. rFitzsimmons and George w.
Noll, being first duly sworn depose and
say, that they are the President and
Secretary respectively of FITZSIM-
MONS BALDWIN COMPANY; that the
foregoing Certificate by them subscrib-
ed. contains a true statement ;of the
action of the stockholders of said COR
poration at the meeting Of said stock
holders as set. forth in said certificate;
that each and every statement contain
ed in said certificate is true and made
by; the direction Of the FITZSIMMONS
BALDWIN COMPANY, and it's stock
holders; that the seal affixed hereto is
the corporate seal of said corporation.
c. T. FITZSIMMONS
GEORGE W.. NOLL
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
"a, SSko

"
I hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this Of
flee on the 18th day Of January A. D.
1911, = at 8 O'Clock AN, and was duly
recorded in Book T-3 Of Interpretations
on page Gil.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL,
b j.. Secretary of State.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26
Gets Next.

:"Bemidji Pioneer: Bemidji wants
it and won't be happy till she gets. it
the commission form of govrn-
ment"
Which demonstrates that Bemidji
knows what's good for him.-Duluth
Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26

Gone With the Skirts.
The polka, hoop skirts and honesty
in politics went out of style many
years ago.-AnOka Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26

this 18th day of January A. D. 1911.
H. C. FULTON,
Notary Public, st. Louis County,
Minnesota. MY Commission
expires April %, 1914.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26

-, Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 14th day of January A. D. 1911.
- GRAHAM M. TORRANCE,
Notary Public, Beltrami county,
Minnesota. My commission
expires Aug. "a, 1917.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-26


Signed, Sealed and Delivered
IN PRESENCE OF:
H. C. Fulton,
c. e. Sphinx.
AS to c. T. F.
N. Hendricks,
Harry Koors.
AS to G.. w. N.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-23
BUTTON WORKERS ARE
s-z MAKING GREAT FIGHT

Continued From Page 1.
good citizens are found encouraging
lawlessness. and even the dignified
commercial club has passed resolu-i
ttons heaping embers on the flames.
a. Forget Their Manhood
Men who stand high commercially,
professionally, and socially have So
far forgotten themselves as to encour-s
age, in the name of the law, crimes
that rdinarily send n en- to the peni-3
Tertiary. 53 f.S$ "a
IA a crime is q crime whether 1t Is
committed by q button manufacturer
q patrol gilman, . police il dge or sher-s
IF, and the sooner time realizes
that they are hypnotized into condor
ing worse acts than any they are able
to lay at the door Of boz, the sooner
st will regain its feet. q s5B
They have only To ask themselves
Just how much more consid Iteration,
SHOULD be extended button ma nal-I
,facturs than gs III busl nel q
I.ll'a q 4
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-23
WAGE FIGHT AGAINST
PHOSPHORUS MATCHES
Continued from Page 1,

in regard to legislative prevention of
"phossy Jaw" which is now called an
American disease. Great Britain and
Ireland. France. the Netherlands, Fin
land. Italy. Madagascar. Spain, many
OF the countries in Africa, even the
Fiji Islands, supposedly most uncilv-
ilized of places, have laws protecting
match workers from phosphorus
poisoning. This legislation in some
places was enacted over 40 years ago.
PrOhibitivc Laws Necessary.
When the American Association for
Labor Legislation started it's cam
paign for the passage Of a law against
the use of phosphorus it was pointed
out that the right to use substitute
for it in the United States was held
by the Diamond Match company, and
that independent manufacturers might
be: put out of business by the passage
Of the bill.
Cancelled Patent Not Sufficient.
Upon the personal request of Presi-
Gent Taft the trust has Cancelled this
patent and the substitute is now avail
able to all other factories.
But until law is passed prohibit
ing the making of matches with the
poison in it will continue to be used.
Tor ever If all the present. factories
in the country should enter into an
agreement against it, as matches so
made are little cheaper new factor
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-23

les using the poison would at once
spring up. 81 ( :...sF
The annual increase in the cost of
matches made without the poison has
been estimated at 1 cent, to every
match user. "
The injurious effects Of. this: pois-
on are perhaps more horrible than
that of any other known occupational
disease. The disfigurement,! odor, hu-
initiation, and permanent disa bility
are even worse than the acute agony
which is usually a. matter of a few
years.
One Wisconsin woman, however,
has been sick for the past nine years
and the bones of her mouth are still
breaking up with the dread necrosis.
They pass away in the form Of pus
which keeps her in a. state of nausea
and requires constant sanitary atten-
ton in order to keep it from dripping
into her throat.
If in the face of all this, legisla-
ton canot be secured in regard to
this awful menace to health, what
hope has labor that it's good is ever to
be considered by congress?
The American Association for La
Dor Legislation is planning to take
some 'phossy jaw victims to Wash
ington when the legisla ton is asked
for comes before congress. Only those
rear Washington can come, however,
as the Odor from the disease, even
with the greatest personal attention to
cleanliness, is so unspeakable that
transportation by railroad is out Of
the question.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-23
LAFoILETTE DEALS
BLOW 70 OLD GUARD
Continued From PouA

Continued From Page 1.
the bosses, by the. politicians, not by
the people," i, 81. &. 49, 9 -
Compromises Turned Down. 80.
Senator La Toilette says that be-
fore the committee met it. was sup
posed there would he compromise
between the old method majority and
the presidential primary minority.
What was looked for, > he declared,
was a reference Of the question to the
committees in each state.
--. old Methods Scored.
But not even that concession to
popular preferences. was. permitted"
continues Senator La Toilette. Tn
stead, the committee decided that all
delegates must be elected by the old
nlethod, except in states having presi-
Dental primary laws
''Steam Roller" at Work.
The Senator declares, that the en-
tire program ofss2the national Repub-
lican committee was so worked out
that the steam roller. will be put ito
work to stifle the sentiment of the
people when 1t appears to be against
"stand-pnt" interests. He calls upon
al governors of states that have not
presidential primary laws to call
special sessions of the legislature TO,
enact state statutes. ,v%#
Eber1,art Won't Respond. ,y-
where there will be no regular
session Of the legislature, have a spec
fal session called for this purpose
concludes Senator La Toilette. Let
the enactment of presidential primary
laws be the answer Of progressive
Republicans to this arrogant fiat OF
the system controlled national COM.
nitt =: ''''$#*s5sFs &:a.s a @ ~ s S 1as
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-23

President Taft's message on the
trust question is only one more Of
the many examples he has furnished
Of dense economic ignorance. It's
suggestions and recommendations
are unworthy OF serious considera-
ton. He bases the whole thing on the
childish fallacy that legislation of
the nature of the Sherman antitrust
law. can abolish trusts. 1t Is unfortu-
nate that he has been encouraged in
this stand by progressive Democrats
and Republicans. These have their
share of responsibility to bear for
making discussion of the trust evil
resolve itself mainly into a debate
whether it should be made more
drastic or less so, or whether some
substitute equally wrong in principle
should be enacted. The congressman
merits of any of these propositions
have no cause to laugh at the folly
Of ancient legislators who solemnly
Wrangled over the question whether
ySitchcraft could best be ended by
burning witches at the stake or boil
ing them in oil.
Can't Trusts Be Stopped?
If the formation of trusts can not
he prevented by any other means
than the passage of prohibitory laws,
then nothing but harm can come
from interfering with them, even if
it can be shown that such interfer-
ence will prove effective. If monopo-
lies and trusts could actually exist
and flourish under a system where
there would be no tariffs, no taxa
ton on industry and its products, no
monopoly of natural resource, no
highway monopoly, no patent monop-
oily or no special privilege of any
kind, then we might as we'll admit
that the contention of those is cor
rect, who insist that trusts are a
product of evolution as inevitable
as the tides Of the ocean. That puts
Mr.. Taft and both reactionary and
progressive shouters for. anti trust
legislation in the same class with the
late King Canute.
II it is not true that monopolistic
trusts could exist in the absence of
special privileges then the, logical
thing to do is to stop fooling with
antitrust laws and abolish privilege.
In this case Mr.. Taft and his allies
whether followers of Cannon, Of
Roosevelt, of Bryan, Of LaFollette,
or of Harmon are all in the same boat
with Cotton Mat1er and the old
time witch burners.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-23
old |. age | i ]. Pensions En- :
AND RELIEF FUNDS.
Movement for Pensioning Aged
Workmen Is Yet In It's In
fancy In America.
American Employers Have Not
Approached Question AS
Have Those Abroad.

= A news story in the Herald the
other evening told of the organizatio
Cf the employees of the Erie railroad
to pay old age pensions to aged rail-
ROAD men employed on that railroad.
Old age pensions are being adYo-5
Gated considerably throughout Annar-
lea just now where the movement IS
practically in it's infancy.
Students of this question should in
form themselves now of the. advan-
tages of a. syctem of old age pensions,
but they also should learn; to distin-:
gutsh between mutual organizations
Of employees for relief. purposes and
old age pensions. -. - ~. ! n
The plan OF the employees Of the
Erie railroad does not create PEN
sion: fund. but a relief fund. Old age
pensions would be something, paid
direct by the railroad as a: reward for
long and con- nued service. In this
instance the Erie railroad according
to the newspaper accounts pays moth
Ing into the fund. The. employers bear
the whole burden. - 80, ..., s:,..: =.
: Members of the association are d.
vided into five classes, according to
the amount. of salary drawn. The
classes and ten amount Of, cost to
each are: Glass A. SO cents per. month
B., IS. cents; G: ST. D.. $3.50 and: E.
50. This is the rate for employees
Under SO years sof age. Those over.5O
will pay per cent more than the
regular rate Of the class in which
they belong. The lowest amount paid
Is $15 a month and the highest $500.
4 Application for retirement and al
pension: can be made, and allowed,
when the member reaches the age Of
IS years, The age: of 10. years is:,the
limit and the member then draws HIS:
pension. regardless of employment. I. !
American employers have, not ap-:
preached the, question Of. old age pen
sions as generously as have the en-
ployers of England and Germany -:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-23
President Taft and the Trusts.
a:f Sindle Tax View
A Single Tax View

. ~ 81
which others who wish to embark in
the same line must have. There is
nothing wrong or harmful in the
holding by the Standard Oil company
of New Jersey. of stock in other oil
refining concerns. What is wrong is
the fact that the government has CIV
en- a monopoly Of rallied railways and
Of pipe lines. which oil refiners must
use, to certain corporations and in
dlviduals who have found it to their
interest to favor the Standard Oil
company and, discriminate against
competitors. '... y. i ;
There is nothing wrong about a
combination Of steel manufacturers.
What is wrong is a protective tariff
which prevents consumers from deal
What is wrong is the holding by pri-
vate parties Of coal beds and ore
beds which steel producers must use
&c compete with the trust on equal
terms. = -. = a.. p :,,
Instead Of attacking the essential
wrong, the things that give a. combi-
nation power to shut out competitors,
the Sherman antitrust law is directed
at the non essential thing. It forbids
under pains and penalties the forma-
ton of combinations, but here is no
penalty the government can inflict
which can counteract the lure of the
reward, which government-created
special privilege has to offer to vio-
lators of the silly statute. H..
During the sos the formation of
trusts had proceeded far enough to
cause considerable agitation against
them. Attention was called to the
tariff as q, breeder of trusts. To d.
1ect attention otherwise, the Sherman
law was enacted in 1890 by a. trust
controlled congress. Then the peo-
pie were told to wait until the law
would be enforced when. all trusts
would be knocked sky high. The peo-
rle waited a.. while and then got i'm
patient. I So some litigation was
started and the people were. told to
wait until the courts got good and
ready to- decide. The lower courts
final y decided different cases in so
many different ways that the people
were told to wait until the supreme
court could be heard from. Now the
supreme court has been. heard from
and the people are being told to wait
until it's decree can be carried out.
There are still several things in re-
serve for which the. people may be
told to wait. One is for. criminal action
against trust heads, Il another for
amendment of the law to be followed
as the original law: was by long Sc
ries of waits for court: action. In the
meantime the tariff remains undis-
turbed and other trust-producing in
situations are receiving seven less at
tention: The predatory work of the
trusts remains uninterrupted. This
will continue as, long*as the game of
kicking up. q cloudsof dust through
monkeying with the antitrust law
remains attractives.tor people ana
popular lead srsw tusht$ to be less
gullible. i a&3~;<ss y i
Z If the present ctn1sress contained
majority possessed.of even. a rude
,nentary knowledgem economic prin-
ciples, the efforts S0f Taft and the
trust representative to keep up this
same, would be contemptuously ig-
nored and the trust question dealt
with In the manner that common
sense dictates. z.@e 49, >.