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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-11
THE PREACHER
ALASKAN INDIANS MEANT TO DO
THEMSELVES PROUD.
Visiting Clergyman All Unknowina'y
Set style Which Tested His 0rav.
ity-ExpIanatlon Received
With Chaerln.

The wife of a missionary long sta
toned in Africa confessed the other
| day that she became h%ysterlcal with
! suppressed laughter at the first serv-
ice that her husband held at the sta
| ton after bringing her out. She had,
indeed, to leave the chapel lest she
should disgrace herself by an out
burst of u~nseernly mirth.
The cause Of her discontinue, says
the Youths Companion, was an i'm
p~ortant convert, an aged and veneer
able chief with snowy wool and q
~countenance of ferocious dignity. The
young wife had thrown away the day
before an outgrown pair of her tiny
daughters ankle ties. They were of
gay scarlet morocco, and when they
reappeared at church buttoned neat
! ly through the distended lobes Of the
old chiefs ears and dangling conspic-
uously against his withered ebony
shoulders the spectacle was too much
for her-especially In combination
| with the rest Of his costume, which
consisted Of a dirty blue loin cloth
and a headdress made of feathers
artistically combined with imported
| shirt buttons.
Missionary gravity is often severe
~ tested by the go-to-meeting best of
an unsophisticated congregation.
Even our wv country a supply in
stances in point. The tale comes
from Alaska Of an Indian settlement
the resident pastor of which prepared
the minds of his people for the COM
Ing Of a distinguished clergyman who
was going to preach to them by ex.
planning that not only would his
words be worth hearing but that his
character was such that he might be
considered an exemplar Of all the
Christian graces and eminently
worthy Of imitation.
During his earnest and eloquent ad.
dress the visiting preacher had occa'
sion to use his handkerchief; having
done so, he thrust it carelessly into
a coat tail pocket. He quite failed to
observe that the greater portion re-
manned hanging outside and streamed
backward as he gesticulated in a man
ner that the respectfully admirins
natives deemed peculiarly elegant and
effective. -
The next Sunday the decorum OF
their own pastor was severely strain
ed when he beheld a flock more sug'
gestive of Little 30 Peeps than any
other proudly advancing down the
aisle. Every man, woman and chile
had q handkerchief, rag or piece OF
white cloth CT any material from sail
cloth to muslin and of any size from
six inches square to a yard. These
they had sewed. or pinned securely to.
the rearward portion of their attire
to waggle as they moved in a man
ner as realistically tai!iike as possible
When 1t was tactfully explained to
them after service that this clerically
imported fashion was the result Of a
misunderstanding and not the latest
and most correct thing Of the east
they were greatly disappointed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-11
The Forty Year Test.

An article must have exceptional
merit to survive for a period of forty
years. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
was first offered to the public in 1872.
From a small beginning it has grown
in favor and popularity until it has
attained q world wide reputation.
You will find nothing better fora
cough or cold. Try it and you will
understand why it is a favorite after
a period of more. than forty years.
It not only gives relief-it cures. For
sale BY Barker's Drug Store. Bemidji,,
Minn.-Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-11

- s@- 1--WE 70" ~ -"-N. - ---rs- 49, -"- r~ r
Miss Pauline Markham returned
from Virginia, Minnesota, this morn
ing. !
Erick Ives of the Bazaar store,
went to. the cities on business last
evening. w.
A son was born to Mr., and Mrs.
CIR: Martin, on Bixby avenue, Sum
day night.
Mrs. G. w. Cochran will return
Friday from an extended visit with
friends and relatives. :
Mrs. Margaret Markham is very
i'll and was taken to the St. An
thongs hospital today. =
Charles Cominsky of the Schneid-
er brothers store is in Duluth on
Popular sport roller skating
Adv.
G.. w. Jewett of the Northern
Auto company returned this morn
ing from a four days visit to the twin
cities.
Tom Mccain and e. H. Dea, con-
nected with the Shevlin lumber in
terests were International Falls WISH
tors Saturday.
Mrs. R. B. Hamilton, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Voltz, for the past few days,
returned to her home in Brainerd
this morning.
Brainerd Daily Dispatch: Mr.. and
Mrs. George Kreatz of Bemidji, on
their way home from a visit in CAL
~ifornia, called on Mrs. Fred D. Still
ings this afternoon.
John G.. .Ziegler> has leased the
basement of the Swedback building,
adjoining the Rex hotel for storage
purposes. The basement is rs X 70
and has a good cement floor, brick
walls, is dry and there is little fire
risk.
Mrs. Theo. Tharladson has return
ed from Crookston where she has
spent several days visiting friends.
Mrs. Thoraldson's name was unin-
te%ntionally spelled Mrs. Thompson in
yesterdays issue.
H. F. Cleveland went to Turtle
River yesterday afternoon, where he
will be the guest of his daughter,
he returns from Turtle River he will
go to Nebish to look after his land
interests up there.
1t is a good thing for you to fig
ure out carefully just how your mon
ey goes and then to consider how it
will grow when once you begin saw
ing Systematically. 1t will earn 4
per cent annually at the Northern
National Bank.-Adv.
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Aid of the Methodist church will be
held in the church basement We'd
nesday afternoon, March IL. The
first division will serve. The Febru-
airy calendar money will be due at
this meeting. Visitors are welcome.
Rev. T. S. Kolste returned from a
ten days trip to the twin cities,
.LaPorte and Cyprus last evening.
He conducted services at the two lat
ter places and ofticiated at a wedding
at Cyprus yesterday. The contract
ing parties were George H. Byers-
dorfer and Miss Clara Hovelson.
Brainerd Daily Dispatch: Among
those who are to take part in the
concert for the benefit of the Child
ren's Hour next Wednesday evening
at the library hall, are Mrs. Woel-
fert Use, who is visiting in the city,
and is known as an accomplished
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-11
Chronic Stomach Trouble Cured.

VnTO1llC OtV1udcu 1VUUA OuACu'
There is nothing more discouraging
than a chronic disorder Of the stom-
ach. Is it not surprising that many
suffer for years with such ar ailment
when a permanent cure is within
their reach and may be had for a
trife? "About n year ago." says
P. H. Beck, Of Wakelee, Mich, IT
bought a package Of Chamberlain's
Tablets, and since using them I have
felt perfectly we'll. I had previously
used any number of different medi-
cines, but none of them were Of any
lasting benefit" For sale by Bark
er's Drug Store, Bemidji, Mimi
Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-11
NOTICE.

Monuments at reduced prices for
memorial day to all who place their
orders during the next thirty days.
Apply to J M. Fuller, Bemidji, phone
534 or Thief River Falls Marble and
Granite works, Thief River Falls,
MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-11
By Practising
Economy You
Can Buy Future
independence
By JOHN D, FALLON

By JOHN D. FALLON
Every time you practice economy,
whether in the purchase of a spool
of cotton at a penny less than usual,
or in the buying of a home at the
right time and in the right place,
you are buying Independence for
yourself. ..,..
Save a penny here and a dollar
there and the foundation for your
future Independence will be safely
laid. g.
One of the best and quickest
ways to secure independence
through economy is to read the ad-
vertisements in THE PIONEER
every day. They tell you how to
get the fnll value for your money
when you can buy most economic
ally, where you can secure the
things you need at the low est
prices. 5".
Follow the advertisements in
THE PIONEER carefully and con-
stantly so you will be able to pur-
chase everything you buy most
economic lily. =.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

One of the best jobs at the disposal
of the Wilson administration has been
placed under the civil service. 1t is the
position of chief forester, which pays
$1,000.
The Democratic national congress
sionaI committee will be reorganized
at a meeting to be held in Washing
ton, probably April 9, to carry on cam
paign work.
The public health service through
Surgeon General Blue, has issued the
first statement relative to the govern
ment investigation of DR.. F. F. Fried
manns tuberculosis cure. The state
ment, emphasizes the governments
policy to proceed cautiously.
The greatest count of money and Sc
curities in the history of the world will
begin at the Treasury Department on
April l when John Burke, former gov
ernor of North Dakota, takes the oath
of office as treasurer of the United
States, succeeding Carmi A. Thompson.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
WEST ERN.

Murder is no longer capital Of
treason is.
A man believed to be H. E. Weber OF
Greeley, Colo, was found dead in bed
at the Russell hotel in St. Louis.
The bill passed by the Utah Legis'
lature two weeks ago to legalize III
teen-round boxing exhibitions was We
toed by Governor William Spry.
Governor Oddie has signed the act
repeating the law permitting finish
fights in Nevada. The act permits
ten-round boxing matches on payment
of nominal license.
The worst prairie fire in Kansas in
many years has swept over Ford
Hodgeman, Gray, Scott and Finney
counties. The damage to property was
great but little stock was burned
A tornado swept through Omaha
shortly after 6 O'Clock on the 23rd
cutting a path four to six blocks wide
and eight miles long, causing an ap
palling loss of life and immense de
The jury in the case of the Rev. W
L. Beers, Methodist minister
charged with Staying his wife by fore
ing her false teeth down her throat
reported disagreement at Topeka
Kan, and was discharged.
That John Weber, held at Provo
Utah, for vagrancy is merely trying to
obtain transportation to Denver
through his assertions that he is the
slayer of Jesse Stingley, the murdered
railroad detective, is the belief of the
Denver police.
In the biggest meet of the year in
southern California, between the Uni
yersities of California and Southern
California. w. Bradley, formerly OF
the East Denver High school, won
first place in the 100-yard dash in
10 is seconds.
A child with three heads was born
TO Mrs. Louis Palm of Appleton, Wis
The main head is longer than the 9th
er two and Is the one closest to the
trunk of the body. On top of the
main head is neck which is mounted
by the other two heads. Physicians
say the child cannot live. it having
been born with a broken spine.
Albert Prince, convicted of the muir
der of Deputy Warden K. D. Davis, at
the Nebraska state penitentiary a
year ago. heard the warrant for execu
tion read. "All right, gentlemen" he
said "go ahead with the execution.
Prince stabbed the deputy warden at
the close Of chapel exercises at the
state prison on February II, 1912.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
GEN ERAl.

A bill creating a state bureau of
public utilities has been passed by the
Maine Legislature. The Wisconsin
law was used as model.
Frederick William Devoe, one of the
pioneers in the paint manufacturing
industry of the. country, died in New
York in his eighty-fifth year.
Maxine Elliott, the actress, cabled
from Cannes denial of her reported
engagement and marriage to A. F.
Wilding, the English tennis player.
Dorothy Arnold, for whom nation
wide search was made few years
ago, is near death in her home in New
York, according to a report from Phil
adelphia.
Morals of girl students Of the Uni
yersity of Illinois will be the subject
of a sweeping inquiry conducted by
the next grand jury in Champaign
county.
There are 15.15415S Roman Cath
olics in the United States proper, ac-
cording to the 1918 edition of the Of
ficial Catholic directory, and total
of 23,329,O47 under the protection of
the United States flag.
George D. Varien, a waiter, must
nav a fine of $500 or serve $50 days
in the penitentiary, the heaviest SEN
tence ever imposed on a "masher." "
yarien was convicted Of pressing un-
welcome attentions on a sixteen-year-
old girl at Buffalo. N. Y.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
sPoRT.

Captain A. n. Bogardus, for seven
teen years the champion wing shot OF
the world, died at his home in Lincoln,
III.
The Federal Baseball League, which
will play independent ball in six cities
of the country during the coming
summer. will open on May with In
dianapolis at Covington, Ky; Cleve-
land at Pittsburg and Chicago at st.
Louis.
The Chicago American regulars de-
feated the Los Angeles Coast leaguers
at Los Angeles in contest character
ized by ragged fielding, good pitching
Chicago team as the mob and Umpire
Frank Newhouse as the prospective
victim.
The sale by Joseph w Hartman to
Edward B. Mclean of Washington for
$50 900 of the three high-stepping har-
ness horses, Nala, Lady Dilham and
Elegant Dilham, winners OF scores Of
blue ribbons. championship prizes and
challenge cups at the American Horse
show, was announced in New York.
In order to defend his title when he
found he was up against an unknown"
of unusual ability, Mike Yokel of Salt
Lake City, middleweight champion,
was forced to use flying arm hold
and slam his opponent so heavily to
the mat that he was rendered uncon-
scious for half an hour and was unable
to resume the contest at Fort Collins,
Colo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
FOREIGN.

Enormous damage was done by a
cyclone which swept across England
from the southwest to the northeast
on the 22nd.
Three more adherents of the late
President Madero have been executed
ical followers of the former president.
Governor Walter E. Clark signed
the bill. giving the ballot to the wo-
men of Alaska. This was the first
and will become effective in ninety
days.
The Princess Teresa Colonna, wild
ow of Marc Antonio Colonna, late
head of the Colonna family. attempt
cd to commit suicide at hotel in
Rome. where she had been staying
with companion.
An official dispatch from Monterey.
Mexico. says that between 800 and 400
of the followers of Venustiano Carran-
"a, rebel governor of the state OF
Coahuila, were killed or injured ip a
battle with federal troops near Saltillo.
Owing to the weak condition of Pope
Plus, Professor Marchiafava decided
after consultation that no further au-
diences can be given by the pontiff
until April 5. The pope is much de-
pressed by the death OF Cardinal Pc
ter Reispghi, the vicar general.
That the dead and wounded might
be removed from the field after a day
of desperate fighting with no advan-
tage, state troops attacking and fed
erals defending Cananea, agreed to a
days armistice. The defenders lost
sixty killed, while the Constitutional
lists dead number thirty in the battle.
which lasted eleven hours, when the
armistice took effect.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
WASHINGTON.

The Supreme Court has recessed un.
til April Z.
Democrats expressed the view that
the extra session of Congress would
be a prolonged affair
Colorado marble may be used in the
construction of the magnificent Greek
temple to be erected in Washington
as a monument to Abraham Lincoln.
The total excavations in the Pana.
ma canal up to March l, 1918, are es.
timated at 192,996,071 cubic yards,
leaving 25,142,272 cubic yards to be
oxcavated.
Loss from forest fires during the
last calendar year is estimated by the
department to total less than s1OO, 900.
which is one of the lowest aggregates
ever recorded.
Abnormal storm activity and moder-
ate fluctuations in temperature will
prevail the country over during the
coming week Of March "a, according to
the weather bureau experts.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
COLORADO STATE NEWS

! Because of her superior enunciatlon,
Miss Agnes F. Lille OF Denver. was
awarded the Morey prize for the eight.
eenth annual reading contest at the
Manual Training High School
The Rev Dana C. Colegrove. assist
ant rector of St Johns Episcopal Ca
thedral parish, died at his residence
in Denver of pneumonia. following an
illness OF less than three days.
j. NJ. Schissler. a patrolman- was
suspended from the police department
at Colorado Springs. making the
fourth officer against whom action has
been taken in the past few days.
Clarence Sears. aged thirty-five. a
negro porter. was shot through the
neck by Rose O'Grady. aged forty. in
/ the rear room of a restaurant in Den
YER He was removed to the hospital
| by Police Surgeon Campbell, where he
died
| Since everybody's doing it, the Den
yer Press Club has decided to give a
prize to the couple who can rag in
the cleverest fashion. The prize con
test will take place at the Twentieth
/ Century dance at the Denver Auditori-
um, April s.
State Commissioner OF Mines Hena-
hen went to Leadville. After short
stop there he will go to Eagle to make
further investigation Of conditions at
the new camp which is springing up
as a result of the rich silver strikes
reported there.
John Spomer, living at Elm, sta
ton on the Denver, Laramie and
Northwestern, was struck by Denver
bound motor on that road and is now
at the Greeley hospital with one shoul-
der broken, several ribs fractured and
is suffering from internal injuries.
Forest rangers from practically all
parts of northwestern Colorado, In
Guiding Garfield, Rio Blanco and Moi
fat counties, report a goodly depth Of
snow in the mountains and that there
will be sufficient moisture for this
years dry farm crops, even if there is
no more precipitation.
The Colorado branch of the National
Society of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution expects to be repre-
sented at the Twenty-second Continen-
tai congress of the society to be held
In Washington. d. c.. April IA to April
10, by the largest delegation in the his
tory OF the Colorado order.
The first step has been taken by the
Legislature to bring determination OF
Colorado's rights to its own waters
and test finally, and in the highest
court if necessary, the legality and
reasonableness of the conservation
policies of the federal government.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29

DR.. Charles w. Eliot said it was true
he has declined the post of ambassa-
dor to Great Britain
The simplified spelling board has Is
sued its fourth list of words to appear
in new fashioned orthography. Ap-
proximately 1000 words are shortened
or changed in spelling.
Wedding bells will soon be ringing
for Miss Mary Belle Shedd of Lowell.
who will thus take the first step in
on effort to win legacy of $4,000, 900.
Under the terms of the strangest will
ever filed in New England court
Miss Shedd will lose 100000 unless
she marries and bears children.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
yrportant to mothers
siIaoe From Forage Plants.

Besides corn, excellent silage may
be made from alfalfa, clover, oats and
peas, rye, sorghum, kaffir-corn, millet
and milo maize. While corn is the
principal crop for silage, it is often
found advisable to make silage from
other plants, especially during drouth
seasons, when excellent sorghum and
kaffircorn can be grown as catch
up. The first cutting OF alfalfa hay
during a wet season is often lost This
could be put in the silo and saved, and
by feeding out during the summer
months, the silo can be refilled in the
fall with corn and kaffir-corn.
During recent years. we have noted
a steady increase in the price OF hay,
in fact all forage has commanded
very high price. and 1t is necessary
for the stock keeper to produce for
age at less money than hay II he
wishes to realize a good profit on his
stock. In this capacity the silo comes
as great boon.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE
MRS. PETERS TELLS OF KILLING
McMANUS ON RANCH.
Declares She Killed Him While Pro
tectino Her Honor, and Is
Not Sorry.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Greeley, Colo.-"I shot and killed
Thomas McManus like the dog that he
was, in defense of that which a woman
holds most dear-her honor, and
would do the same thing again under
similar circumstances, as would any
other woman placed in my position.
tried the pump gun out first to make.
sure it would work and when l found
that 1t was in good order ! took aim
and fired. He was probably eight or
ten feet away.
Sorry? What have l to be sorry
for? He was not a man. He was
without honor and had made life mis-
cradle for me in one way or another
for weeks. shot him and | guess
that that is all there is to it."
This was the statement made by
Mrs. Olive G. Peters. wife of Henry X.
Peters, who is foreman OF the Union
Pacific machine shops at Cheyenne.
She is now in the county Jail held as
the result of coroner's jury verdict
which blamed her for the killing just
as he had forced an entrance to her
home.
Mrs. Peters and her husband and
two children were brought to Greeley
from the Peters ranch, twelve miles
from Keota, in an automobile. On the
way Mrs. Peters talked but little, but
was perfectly composed and at no time
she lost her selfpossesion for an in
slant
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29

and Jesse Carmen have been found
guilty of the killing of Samuel TRULY,
November 10, 1912, by a jury in the
District Court. This marks one of the
closing chapters in the famous Cox
TRULY feud on Trouble Mesa" which
has been raging in this vicinity for
more than three years. Three men
have been slain, one. who was wealthy
has been impoverished in defending
himself from conviction for killing,
and thousands have been spent by La
Plata county in prosecutions as the
result of the Cox-Truby feud.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
Bandits Take Mans ciothino.

Pueblo.-Two bandits held up Frank
Kersin. steel worker, took his watch
and IS and then decided they wanted
his clothes. Kersin willingly gave up
the watch and cash, but when he OBJ
jected to being undressed he was
dubbed almost to death. The bandits
removed all of Kersin's clothing ex-
cept his socks, leaving him naked and
bleeding. The police later found the
bandits castoff clothing in an alley
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
Husband Drops Dead as Wife Eiopes

Steamboat Springs.-Word that his
wife had eloped with another man in
stead of being on her way to Los An
geles to join him, caused the death in
the coast city of Clyde Williams, for
merly a well-known business man OF
Steamboat Springs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
Burning Weeds Cost Him 81, 900.

Severance-Burning weeds on his
ranch near here cost William Eldrich
a thousand dollars, as sparks from the
fire carried by high wind set fire
to his barn. Grain, hay and imple-
ments were stored in the barn
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-29
Arrested as "vae:" Inherits $4,000

Pueblo.-Serving out his fine of So
which he was ordered to pay upon con.
viction of vagrancy in the local Police
Court. John Crahy received word that
he has inherited $4,000 from his
fathers estate.