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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
FIFTEEN BECOME MEMBERS
Admitted to Athletic Club Last Eve
ning-G. G. Winter Presents
Club with Rocker.
APPOINT THREE TO DECORATE

Fifteen applicants were admitted
as members to the Bemidji Athletic
club which met in the athletic
quarters last evening. Including
the young men who were admitted
last evening the total membership
of the club is now ITO. l..
The committee appointed by the
club for purchasing athletic para
phanalia was asked to report but
more time was asked as the COM
mittee stated that they were now
considering the purchasing Of an
outfit owned by a club in Duluth.
More time was granted and the COM
mitteo was asked to meet with the
board of control tonight. -
A motion was made to appoint a
committee of three to care for; the
decorating of the club rooms. Jack
Herbert was appointed as chairman
or the committee and James Malone
and Maurice Ryan as members
remnants, pillows and furniture Of
any description will be gladly &C.
cepted from any person wishing tt
make donation to the club.
G. G.. Winter, a loyal supporter Of
the Bemidji club has presented the
club with handsome leather
rocking chair for use in the clut
rooms. A motion to send Mr.. Win.
ter a vote of thanks was unanimous
and he has been credited as takine
the first step to equip the new athle,
tic quarters in home like manner
During the next week Mrs. Har
ley A. Hanson will paint large
picture in water colors for the clul
which will be framed and placed
in the club rooms. Mrs. Hanson i.
now studing art in Minneapolis ant
has painted many pictures which
are considered excellent.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
$50 MILLS IS TAX RATE
1914 Shows The Largest Increase
For Several Years 80 For
Revenue Purposes
SCHOOLS RECEIVES ONE MILL

+ 4 y b u q 4 = rl
The state tax rate for 1914 fol
general purposes Will be $50 mills,
according to the announcement
made by State Auditor Iverson last
night. This includes a statewide
tax of one mill for good roads and
ESQ mills for state revenue pur-
poses. The increase over the rate for
this year is 1.45 mills.
&. In addition to this amount the
property owners must pay the state
2.23 mills for schools, making to-
tai Of 600 mills for state purposes.
From this amount the city receives
one mill for its own schools, in adj
dition to a share Eof the general
school fund.
The rate announced is IT mills
lower than was anticipated by the
board of tax levy. Two weeks age
the rate for the state revenue and
good roads was estimated at 3.97
mills.
It is the largest increase in sever
al years. State Auditor Iverson said
that there were many reasons,
principally the new Dunn law, which
levied state wide tax Of one mill
for good roads.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
STATE WILL SELL TIMBER
Will Dispose OF 100000 Feet At
Auction

The State of Minnesota will offer
for sale at public auction October
%, 6o,000,o00 feet of timber on
state lands in Northern Minnesota.
This was decided on at a meeting of
the State Timber board in the office
of Governor Eberhart Monday morn
ing. The sale will be held at the
Capitol.
FIVE state timber cruisers report
ed on the condition of the timber to
be sold. The tracts contain no vir-
gin timber, most of them being on
isolated sections or on land which
has. been partly burned over.
The appraisements made by the
cruisers show the timber is worth
from Sc to $12 1000 feet.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
TONIGHT BEGINS new
YEAR OF THE JEWS
Day Will Be Observed From Sun
Set This Evening to Sun Set
Thursday Night.
TO OBSERVE ACHIEVEMENT HERE
Small Number Of Jews in Bemidji
Cause Holy Season to Be Light
II Considered.
TO OBSERVE ACHIEVEMENT HERE

Jews throughout the world are
again preparing to observe the holy
season, which begins with Rosn
Hashanah, or New Years day this
evening, and ends with Shemini
Atzereth-the Feast of Conclusion
on Thursday evening, Oct. 90.
Because of the small number OF
Jews in Bemidji and there being
no synagogue here the holy season
will not be as strictly followed as
in most places. BemidJi Jews, will
however, observe the Day Of Atone.
nlent and they will fast and atone
for their sins committed during the
previous year.
In the Jewish tradition, Rosh
Hashanah marks the anniversary OF
the creation OF the world, supposed
to have taken place 5,674 years ago
The present Rosh Hashanah marks
the beginning of the year 1878.
Rosh Hashanah means not only q
change of date, but it stands as one
OF the hottest days in the Jewish
calendar. 1t is a day set apart fol
introspection and self-examination.
The Rosh Hashanah derives its
significance from the fact that it i
but the introduction to the Day ot
Atonement, which follows ten days
later, falling this year on Oct. Il
Before one can realize the need 81
atonement, it is necessary that BIZ
become conscious of his shortcom.
ings, so on Rosh Hashanah thu
Jew weighs himself in the balance
and finds himself wanting
The essential ceremony of the ser:
vices in the synagogues on ,Rust
Hashanah is the blowing OF The
trumpets, in accordance with the In
functions In Leviticus xiii, q
which reads: SIN the seventh
month, on the first day of the month
shall We have a Sabbath, a memorial
of the blowing Of the trumpet, ant
holy conyocation.'
The Feast Of Tabernacles, OF
Thanksgiving, will be observed this
year by the Orthodox Jews on Oct
16 and II and by the reformed Jew:
on Oct. 20. This ends the holy sea
son for the Jew, there being ne
special observance until Passover
| which falls on April II of mex
year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01

Eight real estate transfers were
made yesterday in the Office of the
register of deeds of Beltrami coun-
ty.
NJ. N. Kohl of Cass Lake sold his
property in blocks three and four.
at Blackjack to Charles Nolan for
a consideration of 5000: sr.
Margaret Anderson sold her land
in southwest quarter of the north
east quarter of section 12 to c. o.
Moon for 500.
A transaction was also made
whereby Edward LaFluer became
the owner of lots IS and Sc in
block three in North Park addition
which were formerly owned by r.
H. Shumaker. The consideration
for the deal was 500.
Lots five and six in Second addi-
ton were sold by Ruth l.. Williams
to Jane L. Mucy for $1,000.
John Goodman purchased the one
half interest in the west half of the
south west quarter Of section Is and
south half of the southeast quarter
of section IA, from Clara Nelson for
a consideration of $500.
Rowland Gilmore sold to 3. e.
Mcdonald lot eight in block four IN
Pine Beach Park for $50.
The Pine Beach Townsite COM
pany sold to Samuel D. Works lot
nine block four in Pine Beach Park
for 500.
The same company sold to E. E.
Mcdonald, lots nine and ten in block
four for $500.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
Fair A Success /,

According to reports received
from Bagley, Minnesota, the Clear
water county fair which was held
in that city on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of last week was the
biggest and best of any ever held in
that county. The attendance exceed
ed the total of former years and the
exhibits were larger in number and
celled in grade any of those ever
brought to fair in Clearwater
county. Friday was dedicated farm
ers' day and races and games Of
every description were scheduled to
make the day feature of the fair.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
JUVENILE BAND MEETS TONIGHT
Young Men Who Wish To Become
Musicians Invited To Attend

Alden Remfrey, director of the
Bemidji band will call a meeting of
young men Of the city tonight at
the Bemidji Athletic club quarters
at 1880 for the purpose of organizing
juvenile band. Definite dates for
regular practice will be set this
evening and each one allowed to pick
the instrument he wishes to play.
Mr.. Remfrey believes that if regular
practices are held the new organiza-
tion will be prepared to give an en-
tertainment early in the spring.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
BRAINERD next VICTIMS
Foot Ball Team Of That City To
Tackle Bemidji Pigskin Chasers
Week From Sunday
MAY MEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Bemidjis Athletic club football
eleven will be given an opportunity
of participating in gridiron battle
a week from Sunday which may re-
suit in either the winning or the
losing of the championship of nor
thern Minnesota, when the husky
team from Brainerd will be brough
here.
BY last Sundays tie with Grand
Rapids on foreign grounds the Be-
midi athletics proved that they are
at least on a even footing with the
Itasca county boys, and the situa-
tion seems to point toward a victory
for tBemidji when the teams meet
here in few weeks for the return
contest.
Il, Brainerd is considered one of the
best football towns in the state, and
from it's high school ranks have
come some of the college stars of
the state. Its city team is comprised
of players who have made name
on the gridiron, and are confident of
landing the championship in their
class this year. e..~- -.
With victories over Brainerd and
Grand Rapids the Bemidji eleven
will have an excellent opportunity Of
landing the flag. ..-.s
Brainerd was scheduled to play
here next Sunday but for several
reasons requested Manager Jacobson
to postpone the contest until a
week from Sunday. Grand Rapids
will follow the Sunday following.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
Bemidji Man Claims Relatives En-
ticed Wife Away From Home
In May
NAMES SEVERAL DEFENDANTS

Perry w. Rathbun of this
city has brought an action in
Duluth against relatives and friends
of his wife, charging them with en-
,tlcing her away from his home and
attempting to ALLEVIATE her affec-
tons.
The defendants named in the petit
ton are Edward S. Shook and Thelia
Shook, his wife, or Northome;
Percy r. Scribner and Florence
Scribner, his wife, of Northome !;
Charles S. Carter and Nellie Carter,
his wife, of Hines, and Mae Shook
Of Duluth. The plaintiff asks dam
ages of $4,000.
The petition states that the plain
tiff and his wife were married JUNE
3, 1912, at Hines, and that he sup
ported her and treated her as a hus-
band should all the time he lived
with her. On May L, 1913, the petit
ton says, the defendants malici-
ously enticed the wife away and
have kept her away from her hus-
band ever since.
She has become the mother of a
child since leaving him, and that
defendants refuse to allow him to
see either his wife or child. Rath-
bun and his wife, according to the
petition, We're residing here when
the separation took place.
Mrs. Rathbun is well known in
Bemidji and her many friends will
watch the case with interest.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
MORRISON VISITS BEM1DH
Official Interpreter And Wife Leave
For Thief River And Detroit

John Morrison, accompanied by
his wife, spent yesterday in Benz
idji, coming from his home at Red
Lake in the morning.
They left in the afternoon for
Thief River Falls, from where they
will go to Detroit, at which place
Mr.. Morrison has business to trans
act. Mr.. Morrison is perhaps the best
informed man in Minnesota as to
the Red Lake reservation Indians
and is their official interpreter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
Denly Accompanies Prisoners

George Denly, deputy sheriff. left
this morning for st. Cloud with. Wal
ter L. Barth, who was sentenced to
an inderterminate term in the state
reformatory at that city. This is the
second trip to St. Cloud Mr.. Denly
has taken in the past two days as
he accompanied Tom Mashik to the
same city. The two men were found
guilty Of being implicated in the
Baker Jewelry store robbery.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
ENGLAND APPOINTED MANAGER
To Cover Four Counties For Two
Insurance Companies

Call England has been appointed
district. manager by the Union Gen.
trail Life Insurance company of Cin-
cinnati and the Aetna Insurance
Company of Hartford, Connecticut.
Mr.. England's territory will include
four counties, Beltrami, Koochi-
ching, Cass and Itasca. Mr.. Eng
land left today for tour OF these
counties where he will establish
agencies in the larger cities.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
Nymore To Have Movies

EARLY next week Nymore theatre
goers will have moving picture
show in their own village when Mr..
Wilcox of Poposky opens a theatre a
the William Doughtrey building next
to the Nymore Independent office.
The building has been wired and is
now ready for use. a definite open
ing date has not been set as yet.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
FOOTBALL PRACTICE TONIGHT
Athletic Club Eleven To Work Out
At Library

Both regulars and candidates for
Athletic club foot ball eleven are re-
quested to be at the Library this
evening at o'clock sharp, when
practice will be held.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
Takes Charge At Hospital

viggo Peterson. Of Puposky,. for
merly chairman Of the county board
Of commissioners, has accepted a
position as business manager Of the
Samaritan hospital.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01

Albany, N. Y, Oct. T.
The books of the stock ey-
change firm of Harris & Full
Ter, with whom Governor Sui
Ter dealt for three years, were
changed two days before his
Inauguration so that it ap-
peared instead Of his account
being speculative one the
firm had merely loaned the
governor money, according to
evidence adduced at his i'm
parchment trial.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
Commission Loses In The Mill City

Commission Loses In The Mill City
Minneapolis, Oct. Unofficial
returns from 80 out of lis precincts
give over 5000 votes fos, and nearly
10000 votes against the new city
charter which would provide the
commission form of government.
The election was preceded by a
bitter campaign.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
F. And A. NJ. Meeting

There, will be a regular meeting
of F. and A. M. this evening. Work
in first degree.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
BROKERS' BOOKS
ARE DOCTORED
Changed Two Days Before Suffers
1nauguration-Big Deals In
Wall Street
TRANSACTIONS REACH 100000
Half Million Dollars In Speculations
Changed On Books Of Firm To
Appear As Loan

!. + + ]. + j. ]. j. j. j. J. J. !. j. J. i.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-09

ing the introduction OF the lady's
name into the conversation. And
what did the Black Seigneur do them"
he asked coldly, when he found his
lands gomez"
Claimed It was a ploti-that his
mother was an honest woman, though
neither the priest who performed the
ceremony nor the marriage records
could be found. He even resisted at
first-refused to be turned out-and,
skulking about the forest with his
gun, kept the deputies at bay. But
they surrounded him at last; drove
him to his castle, and would have cap
tured him, only he escaped that night,
and took to the high seas, where he
has been making trouble ever sincei"
''Trouble?"
HE has seriously hampered his
Excellency's commerce.; interfered
with his ships, and crippled his trade
with the Orient"
"But-the governor has many boats,
many men. Why have they failed to
capture him7"
| TUT VI LtdbOhh. III the
first place he is one of the most skill
full pilots on the coast; when hard
| pressed, he does not hesitate to use
even the Isles des Rockers as place
of refuge"
THE Isles des Rochers7" queriec
the nobleman.
"A chevaux-defrise of the sea, my
lord!" continued the commandant;
where fifty barren isles are fortified
by a thousand rocks; frothing fangs
when the tide is low; sharp teeth that
lie in wait to bite when the smiling
lips Of the treacherous waters have
clc7ed above! There, the governors
ships have followed him on several
occasions, and-few of them have
come backi"
But surely there must be times
when he can not depend on that re
treat2"
There are, my lord. His principal
harbor and resort is little isle far
Their north-English, they call it-thai
offers refuge at any time to mis-
creants from France. There may they
lie peacefully, as in q cradle; or &c
ashore with impunity, and the like
Oh, he is safe enough there. Home
for French exiles, they designate the
place. Exiles! Bah! 1t was there
he first found means to get his ship
sharing his profits, no doubt, with th'
islander who built her. There, too, ht
mustered his crew-savage peasants
Who had been turned off the lands o.
the old Seigneur; fisher-folk who haC
become outlaws rather than pay tt
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-09
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Toll of the Iceberas.

The list of vessels battered or sunk
by icebergs is long one, and 1t ia
we'll to recall 1t at a time when all
the world is thinking of the Titanic.
Thus, to take an example or so at
haphazard, in the spring of 1890 four
steamers Of the England-America
route utterly vanished. and in 1899 ten
steamers disappeared
In 1908 the Monaghan was impris-
oned for two days in the ice. but es-
capped; in 1909 the Lake Champlain,
the Regulus. the Bonavista, and the
Montrose were 80 battered by the float
ing ice, that each escaped calamity by
very narrow margin, while none can
tell how many fishing smacks are
yearly dashed to pieces by these tow
ering. CLASSY craRs.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-09

the governor just dues from the sea;
men fed from the baDalite OF the mill.
Of the oven, of the wine-press-"
"Still must he be redoubtable fel-
low, to have done what he did to-
night; to have dared mingle with the
people, under the governors very
gunsl"
THE people! He has nothing to
fear from them. An ignorant. low,
disloyal lot! They look upon this fell
low as a hero. He has played his
cards well. sends money to the lazy.
worthless ones, under pretext that
they are poor, over-taxed. over-bur-
dened. In his company is one Gabriel
Gabarie. poet OF the people, as he is
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-09

styled, who keeps in touch with those
stirring trouble in Paris. Perhaps
they hope for an instruction there,
and then"
"An insurrection?" The marquis
delicate features expressed ironical
protest; he dismissed the possibility
with an airy wave of the hand. "One
should never anticipate trouble, Mon
sieur le Commandant," he said lightly
and rose. Good night"
Good night, Monsieur lie Marquis"
returned the officer with due defer
ence, and accompanied his noble Wis
itor to the door.
At first, without the barracks. the
marquis walked easily on, but soon
the steepness Of the narrow road,
becoming more marked as 1t ap-
preached the commanding structures
at the top of the Mount, caused his
gait gradually to slacken; then he
paused altogether, at an upper plat
| form.
From where he stood, by day could
be seen, almost directly beneath, the
tiny habitations Of men clinging like
limpets to the precipitous sides of the
rocks at the base; now was visible
only a void, an abyss, out of which
swan the sea; so far below, boat
looked no larger than a gull on its
silver surface; 80 immense, the dane
in3 waves seemed receding to limit
beyond the reach of the heavens.
| A yfrIra al
voice broke suddenly upon him. HC
] wheeled.
elise! You'll"
Yes! why not2 You found him
The commandant?"
"At your command, but"
And learned all?"
"All he could tell"
1T is reported at the castle that the
man escaped" quickly.
ut is true. But" in a voice of Ian
guild surprise, II believe you are
glad"
mo, mol" She shook her head
Only" smile curved her lips, Dep
pc will be so disappointed Now
seating herself lightly on the low wal
of the giant rampant, tell me al
you have learned about this Blacl
Seigneur."
The marquis considered; with Ger
tain reservations obeyed. At the con
clusion Of his narrative, she spoke nj
word and he turned to her inquiring
ly. Her brows were knit; her eye
down-bent. A moment he regarded
her in silence; then she looked up a
him suddenly.
II WONDER" she said, her fac,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-09
CHAPTER vi.
A Messenger for Ny Lady.

A Messenger for My Lady.
$50 you failed to capture him. Mon
sieur lie Commandant"
The speaker, the Marquis de Beau
villers. leaned more comfortably back
IN his chair in the small, rather barely
furnished barracks sittfng-room in
which he found himself later that
night and languidly surveyed the
fiorid, irate countenance of the man
In uniform before him.
mo, Monsieur lie MARQUIS" said
the latter. endeavoring to conceal any
evidence of modification or Ill humor
in the presence Of visitor so dis
tinguished; I'VE didn't. But" as If to
turn the conversation. with a gesture
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-09
SYNOPSIS.
STROllERC, UND[R TIL ROCL liz
Igoe ~ M poee1 -glERRll.A 60.

Comtesse Elise, daughter Of the govern
nor of the Mount, has chance encounter
with peasant boy. The Mount" a small
reck-bound island, stood in vast bay on
during the time of Louis XVI was gov
eminent stronghold. Develops that the
peasant boy was the son Of Seigneur De-
mines to secure an education and become
a gentleman; sees the governors daugh-
ter depart for Paris. Lady Elise returns
after seven years schooling, and enter
tains many mobiles. Her Ladyship dances
with strange fisherman, and call to
arms is made in an effort to capture q
mysterious lie Seigneur Noir.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-09

bathed in the moonlight, 'if-if 1t was
this Black Seigneur l danced within"
"The Black Selgneur?" My lord
started; frowned. Nonsense! What
an absurd fancyl He would not have
dared!"
True" said the girl quickly. You
are right. my lord. 1t is absurd. He
would not have dared"