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X BECAUSE when i'll luck, mis- /
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-09
BO0TLEGGER IS TRAPPED
Cass County Officials Secure 40 Day
Jail Sentence for Edward
Mork.
HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT

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Cass Lake, April Especial to
Pioneer) County Attorney Funck
and Marshal Geo. Dederick have Sc
cured the conviction of another boot
logger. Edward Mork, who halls
from Eat large" was trapped and
caught in the act of giving an In
dian whiskey and Judge Ives has Civ
en- him forty days in the county Jail
to think 1t over.
Mork was seen coming in from the
Indian country with a gunny sack
full of empty whiskey bottles on his
back and Officer Dederick thought he
would bear watching, and he did.
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EXPRESSION IN MODERN HAND
Denotes Thoughtfulness to tho observ.
or, a. Well AZ Some Of the New
Virtues.

There is no doubt that the expires.
sion of the hand in higher civilized
races has changed, in hundred years,
said an observant woman the other
day, quite as much as that of the
face. The perfect hand of the paint.
ers," says Richard Pryce, in his novel,
christopher" "the Hand Beautiful Of
convention, lacked subtleties." Now
these subtleties may be preceived any
night at any dinner table where su.
perior Persons are gathered together.
The modern hand is a thoughtful hand.
and makes use of gestures which de-
note the new virtues Of pity and altru-
ism, as well as an extraordinary feel
ing for the arts, especially that Of
music. # you took an audience at
one OF the classical concerts and ex,
amined their hands, you would hardly
ind one Of the old, blunt, square-fin-
gered, brutal type among them. Sir
Henry Irving had beautiful and essen
tally modern hands," and he used
them with extraordinary effect in his
acting. How often one would look at
his hands instead Of his face in some
great scene-so expressive were they
OF his emotions. In medieval times
only saints and martyrs possessed the
kind Of a hand which you see nova.
days belonging to high school teach-
er or celebrated physician. Yet Mr..
Pryce's heroine bellies her intellectual
hands. She Is an arrant coquette, and,
IN spite Of her superfine and modern.
emotions, contrives to treat the hero
very shabbily. These modern hands.
with all their subtleties, are therefore
not to be trusted. Indeed, their very
complexities are snare to the up-
wary observer.
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TO COMPLETE PHONE LINE.
Line from Cass Lake to Norway
Beach To Be Started Within
Few Days.

Work on six mile stretch of tele-
phone line will begin within few
days, and another line ten miles long
will be built from Cut Foot Sioux
station to the extreme north edge
of the reserve. When completed the
forest reserve system will take in
Bena, Schley, Norway Beach, Star
Island, Round Lake and Winnibi-
goshish Dam.
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Region Editor Here.

w. T. Noonan, editor of the Bau-
dette Region of Baudette is in the
city on business. Mr.. Noonan re-
ports the rebuilt city of Baudette in
a very prospecting condition and pre-
diets busy season along building
and commercial lines the coming sea-
son. He is making plans to change
his paper from a six column, eight
page paper to a seven column, eight
page. The change will take place
about May first.
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Doubtful About the Joke.

Ny daughter had tried to inculcats
courage in her two-year-old boy by
telling him when any accident befell
him that ut was only joke" One
night a tornado struck the neighbor-
hood, and while trees were crashing
around them and they expected mo-
mentarily to be carried away he crept
up to his mother and, pulling her
dress, said, Mamma, Is this Just :
Joke ?--Exchange.
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Notables at BAY CITY BANQUET.

Bay City, Mich, April AT the
Mckinley club banquet, which is to
be given here tomorrow night on the
eve of the Republican state conven-
ton to select delegates to the Chica-
go convention, the Taft administra-
ton will be represented on the
speakers list by Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Nagel- Former
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of In
diana will appear as the chief spokes-
man for the Roosevelt candidacy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-09
Continent That Was Lost.

Eont5nent lnat wa Eo3t:
One Of the wonders Of the word that
men hear little about is the Lost Con:
tinent. Sea,going men are familiar
with the chain Of little islands that ex-
tend from the continent Of Asia down
to Australia. Should the ocean go
down five hundred feet this Lost Conti-
snent would be restored. It is believed
that few aeons ago the Lost Cont
nent really existed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-09
WEEDS Roosevelt's Secretary,

Toronto, Ont, April 9.-The we'd
ding of Miss Dora Augusta Prime,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
A. Prime of this city, and Frank Har-
per, private secretary to Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, took place this after
noon in st. Thomas's church. The
ceremony was followed by large
reception at the home of the brides
parents.
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5000 POUNDS MOSS GOES WEST.
TO Be Gathered Near Cass Lake By
Supervisor G. E. Marshall.

Cass Lake, April Especial to
Pioneer) u. s. Forest Superior G.
E. Marshall received orders to ship
5000 pounds of dry moss to the
Western reserves, which will be used
for shipping young nursery stock.
He will also ship some Norway nur-
sery stock to the state of Michigan.
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Report Shows Minnesota Per Capita
Expense Greater Than 9th
er States.
WRITES TO DULUTH HERALD
Resents Statement Made By Eber-
hart That State is Econ
omical.

The Duluth Herald on March 20
published the following letter from
Chester A. Congdon. Mr.. Congdon
is a prominent business man of Du-
luth, has served in the state legisla-
ture and is qualified to speak with
authority. In the view of recent
statements by Governor Eberhart
that the state business is economical
ly administered, the letter is timely
To the Editor of the Herald:
[ note from .ecent address of
Governor Eberhart, delivered at
Mankato, that he is under the i'm
preston that the government of Min
nesota is economically conducted.
AS proof of this he gives the cost
per capita of what he terms "admin-
istrative expenses" of Minnesota and
neighboring states, as follows:
Minnesota PA cents
wisconsin ..32 cents
Michigan 80 cents
The value of these facts depends
entirely upon the meaning of the
words administrative expenses
Whatever they mean, they cover
less than four per cent of the states
disbursements.
1t is not wildly exhilarating to the
taxpayer to know that four per cent
of his taxes are frugally administer
ed, if the other ninety-six per cent is
spent like the wages of a drunken
sailor.
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LEE VISITS cAss LAKE.
Long Prairie Man to Speak at Grand
Rapids Tonight.

VIM. E. Lee of Long Prairie, can
didate for the republican nomination
for governor of the state, will speak
at Grand Rapids tonight. He was at
Cass Lake today looking over the po-
litical situation and expects later on
to make speeches In both Cass Lake
and Bemidji.
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Two LEADING .Jan.nasa IND,

Two Leading Japanese lndustriss,
Nearly 9 million and q half families
IN Japan devote all or part Of their
time to silk culture. "A million per-
sons are exclusively engaged 10 fish,
cries, while another million and Z
half combine fishing with> some other
occupations.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-09
ha Alsn Serves Who

II you want to serve the people" Il
Isn't necessary to run for an office.
Work hard, attend to your own busi-5
ness. and pay your bills on the first
sof the month. Follow that plan and
you Will be more popular than any
statesman. and will have less gr1ef
Emporia Gazette.
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Of himself in an absolutely independ-
ont national existence.


Representative w. A. Jones has pre-
pared a bill which will let the Fill
pinos begin course of qualified in
dependence" on April 4, 1913 By the
terms Of the bill Philippine con-
gress IL created and q system of gov
eminent modelled upon that Of the
United States IL established. Suffrage
Is to be granted to all the natives
with certain well-dehned restrictions.
This condition it is INTENDED, If the
bill becomes q law, shall continue
until 1921, when full independence
will be granted. The bill probably
will not pass congress. The plea will
be that I'VE must not cut the leading
strings until they can guide thsm-
solves.
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Japan Fosters Home Industries,
q The Japanese are making great
strides in the WOODEN industry, and
by importing the latest modern ma.
chinery are striving to manufacture
all classes Of WOODEN goods that find
q market in Japan. IS
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has reduced it's per capita expenses
except Minnesota. This may be ex-
planned by the fact that in the first
table the cost of recent years was di-
vided by the population of 1900,
while in the last table the cost of
the same or Immediately succeeding
years was divided by the population
of 1910. In spite of this increase in
the diyisor of Minnesota's expenses
In order to compare the per capita
expenses of Minnesota for different
years, we divide the disbursement of
each year by the population in 1900,
with these results:
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3 8 o o o o o o o o O o o {
> CURRENT EVENTS.

Gearlds Jury Completed.
Up till noon today eleven jurors on
the Gearlds case had been drawn and
the twelfth man was selected short
ly after two O'Clock.
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Honor for Dubuque Priest.

Dubuque, Ia, April 9.-The inves-
titure of Rev. George w. Heer, pas
tor of st. Mary's church, with the
title of prothonotary apostolic, re-
Gently bestowed upon him by Pope
Plus x took place today and was at
tended with elaborate ceremonies in
which many prelates and priests Of
the Roman Catholic church took
part. Incidental to the investiture,
which consisted in the giving Of the
mitre, the pectoral cross and the
ring, sermon appropriate to the oc-
casion was preached by Archbishop
Keane.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-09
Roosevelt Invades Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh, Pa, April 9.-Begin-
ming with a speech in this city to-
night, Col. Roosevelt plans to make
whirlwind tour of Pennsylvania in
an effort to secure as many as pos
sible of the sixty-four delegates to
the Republican national convention
who will be selected In the state pri-
maries next Saturday. In addition
to delivering set speeches in Pitts
burgh, Philadelphia and Scranton,
he will make numerous caf-end adj
dresses in the large cities and towns.
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III ner COST OF government.
The per capita expenses of 1900
were thirty-nine per cent greater
than those Of 1906.
''''.. ...'....
: The per capita cost Of operat-
: ing the state of Minnesota is
: twice that Of Michigan; two and
: four-tenths that of Wisconsin;
: three times that Of Iowa and
/: South Dakota, and more than:
: four times that of North Dako-.:
ia.
There are only three states in the
Union which expend a larger sum of
money annually than does Minneso-
ia. They are the following:
Annual
State Expenditure Population
New York .::$39,Q12,6S7 9,113,614
Pennsylvania 27,562,962 7,665,111
Massachusetts 18,776,s42 3,366,416
Minnesota -. 13,322,963 2,O75,70S
Why should Minnesota spend more
money annually than the following
states, which are more populous and
wealthy than is Minnesota: =
Annual - ~. ~.
State Expenditure Population
California .$12,236,998 2,377,549
0hiN, q KIN 1o1
Michigan =. 9,046,Q9O 2,S19,173
Illinois 49,. 8,S3O,5OO 5,6SS,591
Indiana -. S,567,OO2 2,7OO,S76
New Jersey -. 4,68O,596 2,537,167
Our neighbor on the south, Iowa,
has a population of 2,224,771 and
annually expends $4,165,64O.
Wisconsin, on our east, with a
population of 2,323,seO, expends &c.
129,337. j. + y.
What reason is there why Mime
sofa should annually. expend so per
cent more money than do any of the
states of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio
and Illinois, and twice as much as
Wisconsin,, and three times as much
as Iowa?
What do the people of Minnesota
get for their money, which the peo-
pie of these states do not have?
1t would seem as if there were
much work which the governor and
legislators of Minnesota could we'll
DO to the advantage of it's people.
You will pardon the length of this
letter; but as have known for three
years that the government Of Min
nesota is grossly extravagant, I am
compelled to demonstrate the fact
when its official head holds it up as
pattern of economy. Yours truly,
Chester A. Congdon.
Duluth, March Is.
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The Tax commission gave me a
table for forty-three states.
l divided the receipts and dis
bursements of each state by the
population of that state for the year
1900 (this was before the taking of
the census of 1910, and thereby OBJ
tanned the per capita expense of each
state: The seven highest were as fol-
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IC VIII De nOCed Inat M1nneSOta
has passed Washington, California,
Utah and Massachusetts,, and if it
keeps up it's present gait it will pass
Nevada within a year or two. The
last named state is a mining camp
with a population of only Sl,975.
Dividing the cost of running state
among 50 few people necessarily
gives high per capita results. There
fore, relatively, Nevada is more
cheaply operated than is Minnesota.
It will be noted that every state
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Minnesota has a constant increase
in her cost of government.
The per capita expenses of 1900
were thirty-nine per cent greater
than those Of 1906.
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On the per capita basis select
ed by Governor Eberhart it can
be demonstrated that, taking all
things into consideration, the
governmental expenses for each
inhabitant of Minnesota is great
er than that of any other state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

done it will be possible to offer added
inducements that will place the three
cities in the very front rank among
the manufacturing centers OF the
world.
Ten years ago, on arriving at it's
60th anniversary, The Argus issued a
comprehensive golden jubilee number
in which the citys history was re-
viewed and its advantages at that time
set forth with considerable attention
to detail. During the decade that has
interviewed the city has marched stead
lily forward, never for a moment lag
ging by the way. The amount ex-
pended annually In improvements has
seldom fallen below a million and a.
half and usually it has been nearer
two millions. This is at the rate OF
nearly 5000 for each resident and
there are few cities that maintain SO
high an average year after year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

surrounding territory is becoming
more populous and more productive.
Industrial progress is certain because
little outside of the staples are manu-
featured here and there will be no de-
crease in the demand for them, while
the community is not dependent upon
sources of supply of either raw mate
rial or fuel that can fail under other
than extraordinary circumstances. In
fact, one of the strongest assets of
the three cities In general and Rock
Island in particular is the water pow
er already developed or certain of de-
velopment within the next decade.
The Rock Island rapids in the Mis-
sissippi furnish ideal conditions for
the building of a power plant yield
ing at least a hundred thousand horse
power-a never ending source of en-
ergy that is sure to be taken advan-
tage of very shortly. When this is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

class.
The population of the three cit
les is made up of men and women
whose intelligence, steadiness, thrift,
and sobriety are above the average.
The native born American element
predominates heavily, while the for
eign element is drawn from the best
nations of the old world.
Is WELL ADVERTISED.
No community is better advertised.
It's manufactured products. go to the
remotest points On four continents,
while Rock Island arsenal is Of more
than nation wide fame and the Rock
Island road carries the city's name
from ocean to ocean, and the rail-
ways securities are largely owned
abroad.
In the very nature of things it fol-
lows that there must be rapid future
growth. Trade must increase, because
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
IMPROVEMENTS
IN CITY FOR 1912
TOSET new MARk
Much Over 100000 Being
Expended in Permanent
Betterments.
SPURRED BY MISFORTUNE
Events Growing Out Of Political Un-
rest In Spring Aid, Rather
Than Retard Progress.

Had The Argus no occasion Of its
own such as the observance OF its
Goth anniversary to warrant the fssu-
ing OF a special achievement edition,
such a publication would have been
justified by the civic progress that
Rock Island has made In this year OF
1912. Though the season opened bad
ly, with a spirit Of political unrest
among the people which was taken ad-
vantage Of in certain quarters to bring
the city into unpleasant notoriety
throughout the land, misfortune PROV
ed 10 be no bar to progress. In the
midst OF disorder paralle,ed in the an
nails OF few ordinarily peaceable COM
munities, with state militia encamped
in the streets and martial law pre-
vailing a new spirit was born-a de-
termination to Justify Rock Island in
the eyes OF the woodland the results
have more than met the fondest ex-
pectations.
BIG SUMS sUBSCRIBED.
At the time when the clouds Of mis-
fortune hung darkest over the city a
campaign TO raise funds for a new Y.
M. c. A. was started and within two
weeks $4,000 was subscribed. Hard
upon this came the securing by the
same means OF $4,000 for a new st.
Joseph's school About the same time
the Central Presbyterian congregation
completed the campaign which result
cd in a now $4,000 church. The Ma
sonic bodies OF the city. aided by the
impetus given, realized their long
cherished plans for a home, and the
Odd Fellows, not 10 be outdone, quick.
ly followed their example. An unus-
ually comprehensive program OF mu.
nicipal improvement was adopted. and
public utilities corporations, manufac.
turers, business firms and private cit
liens, taking the cue, laid plans for
construction work that has made 1912
The busiest year in the building line
that Rock Island ever has known.
The total expended for improvements
will far exceed two millions OF dollars
and set now mark
MANY LARGE BUILDINGS.
Buildings OF a public nature now In
course Of construction or completed
This year include 100000 postofice.
100000 Mesonic temple, $4,000 Odd
Fellows headquarters, SIS, 900 manual
arts building for the public schools,
$4,000 school for ST. Joseph's parish
$125.000 Y. VI. c. A, $4,000 church
for the Central Presbyterian congrega
ton, and a German Evangelical Erie
dens church costing $4,000. The State
Bank Of Rock Island has completed
improvements costing $4,000.
Among the manufacturing and com.
sierrial Improvements are a $1,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

varnish factory for the Standard Ia
BILE Oil Cloth company, $4,000 worth
Of machinery and minor additions to
the pant of the Rock Island Plow
company, a $4,000 plant for the
Rock Island Bridge & Iron company
on Mil street In the west end Of the
city, a $4,000 equipment being in
stalled by the Gravity Coal Bin COM
pany at Twentieth street and Second
avenue. a $4,000 establishment by the
Korn Baking company at Twenty-frst
street and Fifth avenue, and a $780,
600 bakery and store by F. ]. Math
at Seventeenth street between Fifth
and Sixth avenues. w. J. Sweeney has
built a $4,000 garage for Trevor &
Snider at Third avenue between
Twentieth and Twenty-frst streets,
the Campbell hotel and store building
at Fifth avenue and Thirty-first street
costing $4,000. Henry Lamp built a
$4,000 store and fat building on
Seventeenth street between Sixth and
Seventh avenues, William Klockau
added a $4,000 structure to his wag-
on repair shop and garage at Six
teenth street and Fourth avenue, and
L. s. McCabe is remodeling his build
ing az Third avenue and Eighteenth
street at an expense of $4,000, the
structure TO be known as the Colonial
hotel when completed.
MUNICIPAL WORK KEEPS PACE
Municipal improvements have been
undertaken on an unusual scale. Ap-
proximately 100000 has been expend-
ed in paving. one-half for asphalt
principally on Second avenue. and the
other half for brick. laid mainly on
Fourth avenue, Twenty-seventh street.
Forty-fourth street. and Twenty-fourth
street The repaving OF Third avenue
and the laying Of new paving on Thir-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

ty-eighth street are projects ready to
be taken up next year.
There has been heavy expenditure
for water mains, the total amount be-
ing over $4,000. Most of the mains
have been laid in the districts former
ly known as the Seventh and Second
wards. Thirty thousand dollars has
been expended for sewers, the greater
part in the Seventh ward.
NEW STREET RAILWAY LINE.
The Tri-City Railway company has
done two miles of construction work,
including Second avenue lines from
Fourteenth to Twentieth streets,
Twentieth to Sixth avenue Sixth ave
nue. to Twenty-first street, and the
new Long View loop from Ninth ave-
nue. and Twenty-fifth street to Thir-
tieth street and Thirteenth avenue
via Twenty-fifth street and Thirteenth
avenue. In all $4,000 has been put
into track and paving and $4,000 has
been expended in grading for the loop.
new carpenter, paint and machine
shop. 250x21o is to be erected at Thir-
ty-hfth street and Fifth avenue. The
cost being $4,000. Twenty new pay
as-you-enter cars have been purchased
at cost OF 100000. giving equipment
to meet demands of an increasingly
heavy travel.
BETTER ROADS MOVEMENT.
With the close OF the season there
has been launched a well organized
movement TO better the main roads
leading to the city, work that has
been long neglected, and while the
amount expended probably will be
comparatively Insignificant, when con.
sidered in connection with the cost
of other improvements, the results, If
the plans are carried out, will have
an important bearing upon the city's
future development.
The number of new homes built will
be in excess of that of the average
year In the last decade, and the type
Of construction is better. Growth in
this respect has not been sectional 10
the detriment OF less favored parts, of
the city. but there has been a sprink-
ling of new homes everywhere in the
residence section.