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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-10
COMMUNICATION

Last Friday night, February z, the
band gave a concert at the city hall
being the third concert this winter
The boys had worked hard during
the month, and the program was the
best one given this winter. A reel.
tation given by AL Neumann, and 8
clarinet solo by H e. Anderson, were
rendered in good style, and were full.
ly appreciated by the audience
which consisted of about twenty
people.
This fall, as in the past, the band
had concert books printed, which
were given to each subscriber, and
admit himself and family to the
band concerts free of charge. So far
very little use has been made of
these, books. In -city~of this size 1t
is reasonable to expect much larger
audiences than have been attending
our concerts. In order to give these
concerts, the band rehearsed all win
ter did it's best to get up a good
program, rented the city hall, and
advertised and the result was an
almost empty house. It is discour-
aging to say the least. Thanks are
due to the few who come to listen to
the band and who appreciate our et-
forts.
1t seems the interest in the band
is at it's height during the summer,
but dwindles down to almost moth
ing during the winter. It has been
suggested that the band stop CIV
ing concerts during the winter and
prepare for the summer. Were we
to do that the subscription list would
no doubt drop off, and the band
would have to disorganize. Then in
the spring Bemidji would have the
same old hard proposition of reor.
ganizing. The members, not having
practiced during the winter, would
be in no condition to play as good az
in the past. The band would practi-
cally have to start all over again.
AS it is, with the lack of interest
shown at present, it is enough to dis
courage the band to the point of Civ
ing up.
1t is customary to have people not
in the band on the program. But 1t
is embarrassing to ask anyone to
help, and then have them sing or
play to empty chairs. The subscrib-
ers ought to turn out more and en-
courage the band by their presence.
The members would feel more like
doing their best. It certainly isn't
too much to ask the people of Be-
midji to do this.> No. -. rs
Financial support is necessary to
the existence of a band, but it should
not stop there. Give the band your
moral support as we'll, and show
your appreciation of our efforts by
coming to our concerts, and you will
have better band We would like
to see a full house at our March
concert. Ill.,. Ia !. --.-asu e
(Signed) THE BAND,
A. Remfrey, director,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-10
Census Statistics.


One of the difficult questions con:
fronting the bureau of the census is
the extent to which census statistics
shall be tabulated and published
with reference to small areas. Nat
urally it is proper that more details
should be published for the United
States as a whole and for the states
as units than for such areas as coun-
ties, villages, wards of cities, or still
smaller areas. The drawing of the
line with respect to the amount of
detail to be tabulated for small
areas has for the most part been left
by congress to the judgment of the
director of the census. 49,.
The suggestion has often been
made that the census bureau should
compile and publish detailed inform
ation, when desired, at the expense
Of the local governments or individ-
uals desiring it. The director rec
!:ommends an amendment to the law
which would permit the employment
of additional clerks for this purpose,
provided the amount Of salaries
paid to such clerks, together with
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-10
Seniors Preparing Farewell Addresses
to Be Delivered at Rate of One
Each Week. .-*.~
READY WAS FILED SATURDAY NIGHT

Between now and the end Of the
school year the seniors that will
graduate this term will address the
High school students, one talking
each week. Their subjects will be
mainly those on which they have
been most interested during, their
High school course. The name of the
students and the dates on which they
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-10
k00RS MAY BE SHORT
Petition for Nomination for Second
Ward Alderman is Said to Have
Too. Few Names. -

Later POI votes for presi->
dent were cast in the Second
ward. Mr.. Koor's petition has
twenty.one bona fide signatures.
1t is the opinion of Mr.. Russell
that the nomination is valid.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-10

Tomorrow afternoon the Senior
Literary society will give
a Lincoln's birthday program. The
parents and friends of the students
will be invited to be present at the
program which will commence about
.2:15 or 1880. The program will be
as follows: .z... - -.
Piano solo. Jean Richards
Talk on Lincoln. Esther Freshman
Reading: Lincoln's Autobiography
........ Marie Larson
Song. Girls Glee club
Lincoln's View on Slavery. .....
:. Members of sophomore class
Anecdotes about Lincoln. .......
F .......,....: Margaret Anderson
Farewell speech to his friends at
Springfield =. Lucy Brooks
The Gettysburg address. .......
LIZ. $500. Delbert Elletson
Song ......... Girls Glee club
An English RetractiOn ........
F. -. .Hutl GetcHell
20 Captain, My Captain.
..... ......... Ina Robertson
America ....... ..'.<.s.s..... Scnool
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-10
Tabulating Machinery.


: The population statistics of the
Thirteenth Census, like those Of the
two preceding censuses, have been
tabulated by means of a punched
card system. Prior to the Thirteenth
Census the punching machines, elec-
trical card-sorting machines, and
electrical tabulating machines re-
quired in connection with this meth
cd of tabulation were rented from
private concerns. Those used at the
Thirteenth Census, on the other
hand, were devised by experts en-
ployed by the bureau, and were eth
er constructed in the machine shop
of the bureau or by outside concerns
under contract. Thus the census
bureau now owns it's tabulating ma
chinery. These machines have been
greatly improved by the addition of
new devices, which materially re-
duces the expense of tabulation.
AS the result of the expenditures
Of the census bureau during the past
few years for devising and con-
STRUGGLING tabulating machinery, the
bureau now has in its possession ma
chimes which can be used with
little additional investment for fu-
ture census. The present tabulating
machines will, with little modifica-
ton, prove adequate to the needs of
the bureau for several censuses to
come.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-10
Director Says Schedules Are Too
Elaborate and Proposes Reduction
In Questions.
NEW BUILDING IS NEEDED
Clerks are Handicapped by Poor
Sanitation and Light-More
Storage Space Asked.
Special to The Pioneer.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 1O-One

Washington, D. c., Feb. 1O-One
of the most important subjects dis
cussed in the annual report of Direc-
tor Durand of the bureau of the CEN
sus recently submitted to the Sec
rotary Of commerce and labor, is that
of the proposed quinquennial census
Of agriculture in 1915.
The Thirteenth Census act con-
tains a. provision that there shall be
in 1915 and once every ten years
thereafter a census of agriculture
and live stock, acreage of farm land
and of principal crops, etc.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
MARRIED IN SALT LAKE

Miss Marvel Stratford, beautiful
and accomplished daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. E. c. 'Stratford of this city,
was married on July 80, in Salt Lake,
to o. J. Schaar, a prosperous jeweler
in the Utah capital. The ceremony
was performed at the home of a sister
of the brides mother, Mrs. Harold
Burton. The bride was born and
raised in Pocatello and numbers her
friends by the legion. Her father is
manage rof the Gate City Furniture
company. The young folks took no
one into their confidence, their marri-
age being most quiet one. The best
wishes funcountable friends of the
young folks go with them. They will
live in Salt Lake.-Pocatello Tribune.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
DISPOSAL OF THE INJUN LAND.
Million Acres to be Thrown Open in
Montana and Nebraska by Orders
President Wilson and Lane.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5-President
Wilson today by proclamation au-
thorized the disposal, under the regis
tration plan, of about million acres
of surplus land within the Fort Peck
Indian reservation, in northeastern
Montana. All applicants for regis
tration must be sworn to and pre-
sented at Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre
or Miles City, Mont, between Sep
tember1 and 20.
Secretary Lane of the interior de.
partment has issued regulations au.
thorizing the disposal, under the reg.
istration plan, Of about $4,000 acres
of land within the former Fort Mo.
brara military reservation in Nebras.
ka. Applications must be presented
at Valentine, Neb., between October
10 and rs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
FOUR IDAHO FALLS
LADIES FLAG THE
PASSENGER TRAIN
Winton Six Refused to Work
After Two Mile Run
0. S. l. WINS LADIES
All Clothed in Party Dresses, None
Volunteered to Climb Under the
Gar and Locate Cause of Trouble.

Idaho Falls Register: At least
four ladies of Idaho Falls think that
the Oregon Short Line is "just as
nice as it can be-" and shows every
consideration for its patrons. The
four in question, Mesdames McLain,
G. R. Hit, Wipperman and Blevins,
left for Blackfoot yesterday morning
in Mrs. McLains big car, intent on
attending an auction bridge" party,
and the automobiles automobiles
will sometimes, eve a big Winton
six-refused to work after conveying
the party about two miles below
town. The ladies refused to argue
the matter with the car, and all be-
ing beautifully gowned in party
clothes, none volunteered to climb
under the car and figure out the trou-
BILE. The question was argued until
happy thought came to one of them,
she saying, Lets flag the train"
The southbound passenger was about
due, so nothing daunted, after quick
look around, the barbed wire fence
was vaulted, climbed over or under,
depending on circumstances, and the
red automobile coat Of one of the la
dies called into requisition. The four
stood in the midle of the track and
waved the coat when the train came
in sight. Immediately emergency
brakes were thrown on to all coaches
and the train brought to rafting,
jerky stop within few feet. The
passengers all had visions of holdups
and thoughts of Hugh Whitney, the
famous Idaho bandit, others dreamed
of horrible wrecks, while all members
of the train crew came racing down
the track with eyes wide open, expect
ing to see great sections of the track
gone, only to be greeted by four very
charming and smiling ladies, who
Immediately stated the fact that the
automobile had gone wrong and they
wanted to proceed to Blackfoot
What the conductor said to the engin-
eer and what the engineer said to the
conductor, and what the porter said
to the flagman, is not part of this
story. All that is known is that the
conductor smilingly took off his hat
to the ladies and said 1t would be a
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08

woman and she became partially
crazed with excitement and was de-
termined to run into the iron giant.
In order that the other relatives
might enjoy the unique sensation Of
watching the two big trains steam in,
they simply tied rope around the
excited woman's waist to keep her In
bounds, and continued their way to
gaze upon tho curiosity.
The scenery on this new route was
revelation to all the visitors. En-
gineer Carl Stradley Of the Short
Line remarked to one Boise passen-
ger that no road in America had more
beautiful scenery than this small
stretch which is to open the beauti-
full Payette region.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
GIRL ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT In THE Arm
Miss Jessie Thomas of Shelley Re
ceives Painful Injury When Her
Brother Accidently Shoots.

Miss Jessie Thomas of Shelley was
accidently shot in the arm at their
home at Shelley on the 9th Of July.
The shot gun was in the garrett Of the
summer kitchen, and one Of the boys
in handling it, accidently discharged
it through the thin floor. His sister
was engaged in cooking and received
the charge in the left arm, most of
the shot striking just below her ell
bow. Some of them scattered as far
up as the shoulder, and most Of them
lodged in the flesh.
Treating and dressing so many
wounds is very tedious process, and
the Thomas family have had hard
siege of it. Miss Jessie shows much
courage and grit, and it is hoped she
will fully recover.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
"CAWNT APPROACH IT."

You cawnt approach old Ft. Hall
just now unless you go with boat
or afoot. There is too much mud
and water and to many wash outs.
Some parties tried to get there last
Sunday but 100 per cent of them reg
istered failure. Some of them got
within six or seven miles and gave it
up. Others got within a couple of
miles and were cut off by streams and
swamps and timber.
There are so many new farms laid
out on the reservation and 80 many
new roads, that the man who knew
the way two or three years ago loses
his way now. Editor Trego and wife
and some friends from Blackfoot and
Idaho Falls with a surrey and a
bunch Of saddle horses had a very
good time trying the fords. They
spent considerable time transferring
the provisions from under the seats
to positions on top of the seats and
vice versa. When they crossed the
the occupants of the vehicle
would perch on the tops of the seat
backs in an effort to keep dry. Stretch
es of road that were fine for travel
two years ago are quivering swamps
now. One section of the road that
was fine rye grass Hat at that time
is the main ch ,nnaI ~ the Snake riy-
er now. Stretches q lrush and tim
Der have been Wished away. nU,i
bars have been built where roe u
once were, ali! IA the general Vi
rangement Old TT. 'iIil is isolated.
The swamp places dry up rap'G.y
II August, and persChS dcsiring a
days outing can probably reach the
place with a vehicle If they take a
shovel along to do little road work
where the banks need trimming.
The crop Of black haws is heavy
this year, and that is about the only
fruit in evidence in the bottoms.
These ripen late In the summer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
COMBINED HARVESTER
BEING TRIED AT SHELLEY
Machine is Manufactured at Moscow,
and Does Away With More Than
Half the Time Spent With Others.

J. B. Sage of Shelley has purchas-
ed one of the Idaho harvesters for
use on his dry farm west of that
place. He has 400 acres of grain
and in taking it from the field by the
combined thresher he saves the cost
of binding, the cost of the twine it.
self, shocking, hauling, stacking, TAX
ing from the stack, cutting the bands
and feeding.
The machine is manufactured in
Moscow, Idaho, and is operated by
three men and eight horses. 1t re-
sembles the header with the thresh-
ing cylinder added, and covers about
seventeen acres day on good ground
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
GIRL MEANT BUSINESS.
(Statesman.)


Drew Boutwell, thought a good
story of an up-to-date romance home
with him from New Meadows when
he returned Tuesday. It was the
story of a young man who didn't
want to commit marriage and 4
young woman who did.
According to the story the couple
lived at Mccall and the young lady
finally succeeded in talking her gen.
tleman friend into the notion of mar
riage. She hired rig and in thov
1love to New Meadows, arriving
there in the evening. When she
IL oked for him early the next morn
i.,g she discovered the bird had
flown. She hired another rig and
started back to Mccall. After going
a few miles she was told that the
young man had not been seen any
/ place in that direction, 80 she re-
turned to New Meadows and tele'
lLoned to higgins and there she in
st'ucted the authorities to tell this
sc ung man when he arrived ON the
Salmon river stage that she was on
Ter way to that place with gun and
desired him to be there when she ar.
rived.
The message was delivered and the
young lady hired an auto and went
to higgins. There she secured the
man of her choice and returned with
him to New Meadows.
The next morning they took thu
train to Council and whether the
marriage license was secured had moi
been learned when Boutwell, was cut
, off from further communication with
them.
From the sample of determination
displayed by the young lady there il
little doubt that they secured The
permit, were married and will live
long and happily ever after-Weisel
Signal.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
SAW TRAIN FOR THE FIRST TINE
Woman Becomes Partially Crazcd nj
Sight of Huge Engine and Eight
Coaches and is Tied to Tree.
(Statesman.)


Visitors who took the delightful
trip to Smiths ferry Sunday on the
occasion of the opening of the rail-
road to that point, tell an amusing
and yet pathetic incident which oc-
Cured.
When the second train steamed into
the ferry tho passengers noticed a
plain looking woman gowned in the
fashion of the polonnaisc period, with
a rope tied around her waist, and
struggling vainly to get away. They
learned that the woman had never
seen an engine before. The sight of
the two big mogul engines when one
had never before seen one, with eight
coaches, was too much for the poor
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
RICH FAMILIES CELEBRATE

Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. C. Rich return
ed this week from a visit with rela-
tives in Bear Lake county, and
brought home with them Mrs. Rich's
mother who is 82 years old. Mr.. and
Mrs Rich made the trip in their car
and had a delightful time
Mrs. s. J. Rich and daughters left
Wednesday for Payson, Utah, to at
tend the 80th birthday of Mrs. Rich's
mither, Mrs. John 8. Page.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
TO EXTEND AMERICAN
FAILS CANAL AT HEAD
At Meeting Held Monday Evening
Changes We're Suggested on Ac-
count of the New Channel in River.

At a meeting of the Aberdeen
Springfield Canal company held at
Aberdeen Monday, it was announced
that it might be necessary to extend
the head of the canal half a mile UP
stream and build new headgates, to
enable them to tap the main chan
mel.
The company completed very ex-
pensive headgates four or five years
ago, and the formation of gravel
bars that changed the channel comes
as another hard blow upon the stock
holders.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
UNION SERVICE SUNDAY.

Arrangements have been made fol
union services on Sunday evenings
for few weeks, the service August
10th to be held at the Baptist church
Rev. Mr.. Barnstable of the Methodist
church delivering the sermon. On
the following Sunday evening it will
be at the Methodist church and Rev.
Mr.. Jewell will preach.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
SHERIFF JONES MAKES
A RAID AT SHELLEY
Mcclure Drug Store Again Charged With Serving the
Amber Fluid to Party Of Its Customers
JUNIOR SAYS THIEVES GOT 400 BOTTLES In TENI
NEW STEPS COURT HOUSE ALMOST COMPLETED-POWER
COUNTY PAYS-BONNEVILLE COUNTY SHRINKS-MARRIAGE
CENsE-AssAULT GROvELAND-DD SOME STEALING.

On Wednesday another raid was
made on McGuires drug store at
Shelley by dropping in during bust
ness hours, and the officers found a
bunch of men drinking beer, served
by Mr.. MCGUIRE himself, says Sheriff
Jones. According to information Civ
has lost about 400 bottles of wet
goods in ten days by confiscation and
theft, for it seems that some of the
local fellows have been successful in
the search and seizure" act on their
own account.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
WASLEY REUNION.

There was a reunion of the Wasley
family at the home of John Wasley
east of Blackfoot Sunday. Howard
Wasley and his mother, Mrs. Kath-
ryn Wasley and his children came up
from Pocatello, and number of 9TH
er relatives, including a son of
John Wasley from Butte, were in at
tendance.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08

The council completed their work
and adjourned at half past twelve
The Assessed Valuation.
The assessed valuation of property
in the city for 1913 is $1,41s,435'
The value for Independent school No
g. which is Blackfoot and some ad-
ditienal territory, is $1,7s4,495.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
ADJUST WATER TROUBLES.

Attorney G. F. Hansbrough and
Senator Coates, now water commits
sioner, went out to Arco Wednesday
to try to adjust water troubles on
Dry Creek, Little Lost river.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
SETTLERS FROM INDIANA.

Half a dozen settlers are here from
Sullivan, Indian, and are getting To-
Gated. Lon Hunter, Hoke Cruthers,
Allison Holt Isaac Maxwell and others
make up the Hoosier party.
Mr.. Cruthers has purchased SO
acres of Mr.. Whitman who lives out
across Snake river.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
JOINS INDIAN TRIBE.
(Pocatello Tribune)

(Pocatello Tribune)-
w. S. Machold the printer, has pur-
chased from the Nelson brothers, To-
cal agents, 1913 model Indian mo-
torcycle, and is the latest addition to
the Indian tribe in Pocatello.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08

pleasure aid to escort them to the
waiting coaches and all proceeded to
Blackfoot and the waiting bridge
whist game.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
More Sprinkling Needed.

More Sprinkling Neeueu'
The proposition to put on an extra
street sprinkler was discussed and
left to the committee. The addition
a, expense for water will be $35 a
month and wages for operating.
The committee hired a man to op-
crate the wagon at night
Extension of Sewer.
Extension of the sewer in the Atm
ward was discussed and held up ror
the approval of the councilmen OF
that ward.
New Feed Sheds.
Mr.. Mowrey talked to the
council about the privilege of putting
in a full block of feed sheds west OF
the city hall, and it was left to the
improvement committee.
SprinkIing Lawns.
An ordinance regulating the sprink
ling privilege and confining 1t to j
evenings per week was read and left
to committee.
Bon Fires in Alleys.
The question of what to do with
rubbish in the business district was
discussed. Burning paper and other
trash in the alleys is to be discarded.
but no ISOLATION was agreed upon.
No Veranda.
Alex. Younie asked permission to
build a wooden veranda at the rear
of the Younie block, but it was de
clined. ~ vee
Federal Building Coming Up.
The council adopted resolutions
committing the town to the work OF
securing federal building for Black
foot.
Another Walk to Depot.
Mr.. Frank Garvin appeared on be-
half of some busines smen on Main
street to say that the railway COM
Dany Is WlllluS W 10y GA SAoA~
walk from the main entrance of the
depot to the edge of their right-of-
way, and that the local business men
interested would pay half of the e<-
pense of laying it across the street.
It was referred to the street and al
ley committee.
Guard for Crossing.
EN- Kennedy requested the couu
Gil to ask the railway company for a
warning signal at the crossing OF Tag
Tor street by Bond Bros office. He
said it was dangerous by reason af
the high grade and the presence OF
cars most of the time which hide the
view. The mater was left tc the
mayor.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08

Miss Kinnard, one Of Blackfoot's
teachers, returned this week from her
vacation, and says she is glad to be
back again.