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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
HELD Needed in Land Offices

Washington, June 16.-Chief Clerk
Parker Of the interior department in
explaining to the appropriations COM
mittee of the house the need for ad'
ditional contingent expenses at land
offices said the land office at Lewis.
town is very far behind in its work
owing to the large number of entries
under the three year homestead law.
and was asking for two more clerks
at 5000 a year each.
The Hayre land Office was also ask
ing for two more clerks at the same
pay. The Glasgow land Office was ask
ing for a Chief clerk at $500 and the
Great Falls land office had requested
two clerks at 5000 each. None of the
requests had been complied with be
cause of lack of funds although the
offices were greatly in need of them
because of the extra work. There was
a vacancy, 5000. at the Billings Of
flee. which had not been filled because
of lack of funds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
MORE MEXICAN TROUBLE
Military Leader Of Constituencies
Aspjres to Political Control

Ell Paso, June 16.-General Villa
rendered his resignation to General
Carranza within the fiscal week, it be-
came known tonight. To Villas mes
sage. the constitutionalist command
e%r.in.chief replied, asking who would
succeed him.
Following this. Villas various mill
tary commanders held a conference,
and sent a Ground robin" to Carran-
"a, declaring that they would accept
none other than Villa as leader. The
split of today resulted.
Tonight General Villa ordered all
commanders Of garrisons throughout
the territory he controls, to report at
once at l%'orreon. This order was &C.
cepted ominously by observers here.
Tie seizure of the offices in Juarez
tonight was taken here as conclusive
evidence o. the long predicted split
between Carranza, leader of the con
stitutionalist revolution, and Villa
his most successful chieftain. Private
advice received here at a late hour
told of the similar taking over of the
Carranza officers at Chihuahua City
and Torreon, evidently placing the en-
tire northern part of Mexico in the
power of Villas military leaders.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
PROGRESS ON RECLAMATION

Word comes from Washington that
contracts aggregating almost 5000 900
have been let by the department Of
the interior for work in connection
with the Milk river national irriga-
ton project. This will new the hope
OF the people of northern Montana
that the department will complete this
enterprise which was begun eleven
years ago.
At that time. says the Butte Post,
the settlers within the district pro-
posed to be reclaimed were induced
to give up their titles to land on the
assumption that the project would be
completed within a few years. Delay
followed delay until many of the set
tiers, discouraged at the outlook,
ed away from the district or disposed
of their claims at a sacrifice. Those
who remained appealed to the gov
eminent. sending delegations to Wash
inston for that purpose. but notwith-
standing the fact that assurances had
beer given that the work would be
prosecuted without unreasonable de-
lay, funds were not available for the
work, EXCEPT in very small amounts.
At the be ginning of last year only
W per cent of the land included in
that project was irrigated. The set
tiers located at the upper end Of the
district Wcrn particularly discouraged
Owe the discovery that Il quarter Of
a million of dollars had been expended
by the Eovernle nt to no purpose. \
very large promotion of that work
had to be abandoned because the ca
nails had noe heen properly located.
The mistake vas due in part to the
fact that work was done hurriedly in
luer to held TIC water as against the
cain CT the Canadian government.
Tie attempt to charge this additional
expense, for which the settlers We're
in EowiSe responsible. to the cost of
the plant whicl, is to be borne by
the Of water rights was met
by a vigorous protest, which found
expression in a resolution passed by
the Montana a%.is.a,ure in February
Of last year.
While the contracts just awarded
at Washington are small compared to
the amount of work remaining undone
on the project. the settlers in northern
Montana VIII find something of en-
cou agement in them. Any work, how.
eve small, is better than no work, as
it indicates that the government has
not abandoned the enterprise and that
it possesses to carry out the promises
made last year by the secretary Of the
interior in respect to the project.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
Congress May Soon Adjourn

Washington, June 17.-With Presi-
dent Wilson insisting upon the enact
ment of the full program of antitrust
legislation at the present session and
the fall campaigns calling Justify for
active work. democratic leaders In
the senate began preparations today
to put through the trust legislation
and get away from Washington late
in July.
There is every prospect that the
senate will pass all the annual appro-
priation bills by the end of June. AS
an evidence of the speed it can put
on when it desires. the senate put
through the diplomatic and pension
bills and got we'll along in considera-
ton of the Indian bill. After the In
dian bill is finished only the sundry
civil and rivers and harbors bills must
be passed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
Reform Kansas Boys

Topeka, June 16.-When Kansas
finds a small boy on a city's streets
and takes charge of him the state
makes this boy into a farmer. When
there is a country boy that the state
must take charge of he is taught a
trade that will take him to the city.
In nine out of ten cases at the Kansas
Industrial school for boys, the taking
of the city boy to the farm and the
country boy learning a trade has re-
suited in the complete reformation Of
the lads, and they have grown up
into useful citizens without further
criminal acts.
and Kansas has a big farm for the
boys and only a small building for
teaching trades. There r 225 boys
in the Kansas school and 1875 of them
are learning to be farmers, and when
l.aroled will go 10 some farmer. There
are twenty-seven country boys in the
school and twenty-fou- of them are
learn ne how to MAKE shoes or harness
or he carpenters or blacksmiths or me-
chanics and when they leave the school
it will he to go to the cities, where
they are provided with good homes
and put to work in shops. The state
looks after each 10y until he has
grown to manhood. and the state
leaves no stone rnturned to see that
he has every opportunity to make q
mar of himself and be a useful citi
zen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
THE VOTERS WANTED IT

Any attempt to nullify the express
ed will of Montana voters by making
an attack upon the initiative and ref
erendum amendment is likely to end
in failure. 1t is the opinion of the
Yellowstone Journal that the friends
of the reform measure need not be
alarmed concerning the reported pur-
pose of certain interests to test the
validity of the measure by bringing
suit in the courts, its comment upon
the subject being to this effect:
Isn't there mOre dust being kicked
up over this threatened ditching of
the initiative and referendum amend
ment than the situation warrants? 1t
looks that way to us. Surely it is not
to be presumed that our supreme court
to which the question must go in
the end-will be so supremely tech
nical as to defeat the expressed will
of six-tenths of the electorate of the
state, because some makeup man In
some newspaper office, omitted a pub
LEGATION of a perfunctory announce
ment. Such a thing is simply incon-
ceivable and therefore we decline to
get excited over the possibility of
the l. & r. getting knocked out.
The proposition before the people
at the time this amendment was vOt-
ed, was, did we want it, or we're we
opposed to it. The result was record
ed, most Enthusiastically, that we want
ed it, and that ought to settle it until
another vote is had on the same ques-
ton, but under peculiar customs, If 1t
becomes known that an "i' is not dott-
ed or a "t' not crossed, and some
trouble-maker raises the question,
then we must with all due solemnity
present the situation to the courts,
and commander or otherwise procure
the highest lagal talent in the state,
to explain to the court the awful sig
~nificance of this fatal omission.
1t is perfectly safe to say that not
one man of all the $4,000 who voted
for this measure cared a whOop in ha-
des whether it had been published in
his county paper once or a hundred
times, or knew of such publication. BY
some process of government that he
accepted as ample. he had a chance to
record his vote on it, and if we might
express his opinion, we would quote
him as saying that she would like to
his vote because some careless EN-
ploye of a newspaper had failed to dc
what he was paid fer"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
Drinking Cups for Horses

New York, June 16~.-Individual
drinking cups for horses is proposed
in an ordinance now before the com
mittee on health of the board of alder
men. The abolition of all public drink
ing troughs and the substitution OF
spring faucets is sought in the mea'
sure. Every driver of a commercial
vehicle will be required to carry a
pail to water his horses.
Introduction of the ordinance fol-
lowed an outbreak Of CHAMBERS for
which the public drinking troughs
were held partly responsible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
GASOLINE AND ALCOHOL

The industries are filled with ro-
mances. Practically every great dis
covery, every invention, every splen-
did achievement has had its romantic
phases and perhaps in all the list
there is nothing more replete with
interest than the development of the
oil business and it's subsidiary lines.
A score of years ago there was a
product on the market which was
thought to have comparatively little
value. Indeed, a great deal of it was
thrown away for want of a market.
Today this product is of almost uni.
yersal use and so great and growing
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
An On:on Eatino Contest

Davenport. la. June l6.-Edwin
Meyer. Il young farmer, twenty years
olu, oat-distanced five competitors in
an onion race by consuming 213 onions
ore acre Of LARD in Pleasant valley.
an embarrassing cnptre north Of here.
The lana is worth 81 900 per acre.
Meyer grew the oHiCns eaten in the
confess His carest competitor ate
hut rs onions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
Chained Herself to Statue

London. June 1S.-A militant suf-
fragette created a diversion today in
the center of the city by claiming her
self to the statue of the Duke of Well
ington, in front of the Royal En-
change. She then shouted to the pass
ing business men, calling on them to
intervene in behalf of imprisoned
women. She was eventually removed
by the police amid the jeers of a large
crowd,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
WILL INVITE CONVENTION
,Bemidji to Make Effort to Secure 1915
Meeting of Minnesota League
of Municipalities.
THREE DELEGATES TO ATTEND

Bemidji is to make an effort at the
meeting Of the Minnesota League of
Municipalities which is to be held
in Mankato next week, to obtain the
1915 convention of that association
and at the meeting of the council
last evening named delegates and ap-
propriated expense money for the
trip.
William McCuaig, mayor, explained
to the council last evening that Be-
midi was in a position to secure the
convention of this year when Man
kato was named a year ago, but be-
cause of insufficient hotel accommoda-
tions, about 800 delegates attending,
no invitation was given. ,'tThis year,
however," said the mayor, eve are
able to promise proper accommoda-
tons, the Markham hotel annex solv-
ing the problem, and am in favor of
issuing an invitation" i. 5s,..s
The aldermen Joined the mayor.in
his plan and the three cityeofTf fTfcials+to
make the trip will be Mayor Mc-
Cuaig, Ray Murphy, president of the
council, and P. j. Russell, city attor-
ney. They were appropriated SIS
for expenses. .
October 81 and 20 are the dates of
the meeting One hundred towns
are members of the league. Other
towns will also ask for the meeting.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
HARD TO ARRANGE GAMES.
Athletic Club Football Eleven May
Disband for Season.

The management Of the Bemidji
Athletic club football team finds it
almost impossible to arrange games.
Gridiron contests with Grand Rapids
and Brainerd had been scheduled, but
both elevens have disbanded, while it
is impossible to bring Duluth or
Superior team to Bemidji because Of
the heavy expense. Crookston has
no team and Thief River Falls will
not play a return game. An effort
is being made to arrange a game to
be played at either Duluth or Min
neapolis with some team of those
cities The Bemidji lineup is strong
this year and by the large score roll
ed up against Thief River showed
its power. Lepley, former high school
star, who completely outplayed his
Thief River opponent, both on the
offensive and defensive, will play
centre in future contests if the eleven
is not forced to disband for want of
games.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
BIsIAR LEAVES COUNCIL
Third Ward Alderman, After Nearly
Six Years Of Service, Loses Office
by Change Of Residence.
HAS BEEN COMPETENT OFFICIAL

After nearly six years of service
as member of the Bemidji city
council, Joseph Bisiar, owner of the
Bemidji Music House, last night re,
signed as alderman from the Third
ward. The resignation takes effect
at once. Mr.. Bisiar today taking up
his residence at I'LL Dewey avenue,
located in the First ward He for
merly lived at 519 Irvine avenue.
Alderman Bisiar was three times
elected to represent the citizens of
the Third ward on the council, be-
ing selected by the voters in 1909.
At the meeting of the council last
evening his fellow aldermen express
ed regret at losing his services and ex-
tended him vote of thanks for the
interest he has taken in his work
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
premium ON LARCENY
City Attorney Says Children Encour'
aged in Petit Crimes.

On motion by Alderman Tom
Smart and seconded by several alder
men, the council last night decided
to compel all second hand and junk
dealers to secure licenses before do
ing business in Bemidji. This action
was taken because of the many stolen
articles which have been purchased
by such concerns from children
and others. In the future all artf-
cles will be tagged, and no minors
will be allowed to dispose Of any
thing unless accompanied by par
ent or guardian. A record will be
kept by dealers. children are en-
couraged in petit crimes by the ra-
pid purchase of articles solen," said
P. J. Russell, city attorney, when the
matter came up for discussion,
thereby in reality placing a prem
ium on larceny
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
and colleges. Now contrast this
prospect with the desolatlon that
would have resulted had We gone in
to Mexico and reduced the country
to ruins.
No Time 70 Change.


The people OF the United States are
now all anxious that this nation keep
out of any ENHANCEMENT that might
involve us in the European war.
President. Wilson can be trusted in
this crisis: He will never permit us
to be drawn into the awful conflict
across the Atlantic IT Is only right,
however. that the pebble should give
him a house and senate Of his own
political faith. Soms Of the more
partisan of the opposition party are
advising the people to elect to con
gress men Of different political
faith than the president. in order to
throw monkey wrench in the ma
chinery so that he cannot turn 8
wheel: II there ever was time when
the president should not be harassed
by a congress of 9 different party
than his own, it Is now. To threw
a monkey wrench inEthe machinery
SO that the president. cannot turn q
Wheel" might be the means OF In
volving this nation IA the great
worldwide war. Theadvice OF Pres
ident Lincoln mot to trade horses
in the middle Of a stream, is very
obviously applicable at the present
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
AT WORK ON. EcKLEs ROAD.
Smart Completes Belrami- Hubbard
Stretch and Begins New Job.

Tom Smart yesterday sent twelve
teams and thirty men to the town
of Eckles where work was immedf-
ately started on the construction Of
a two and half mile county road.
It is expected that the work will take
at least month. Smart also had the
contract for the two-mile stretch
along the county line Of what is
known as the Beltrami-Hubbard
county road through Rosby. The
same crew did the work in nineteen
days. Jack Kirk is experimenting
the work for Smart.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
ENJOYED LARGE AUDIENCES
Beaton Stock Company Leaves Be-
midi After Successful Engagement

After successful engagement of
six weeks, the Margot Beaton Stock
company, which has been appearing
at the Brinkman theatre, closed its
engagement here Sunday evening.
Three of the players of the Beaton
company, Margot Beaton, leading
lady; Boris Karloff, leading man, and
Stewart Kemp, character artist, ap-
|peared in Bemidji during the engage
ment Of the st. Clair Stock company
here During the stay of the Bea-
ton company the Brinkman has en-
joyed large audiences and the actors
and actresses have made many
friends. A large variety Of plays
were successfully produced.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
BOSTON v IN
CHAM Mp ION SHIP
OF The WORLD

Determined to win today's game,
thereby gaining the worlds cham.
pionship in four straight contests, q
record which has never been accom-.
pished in baseball history, stallings,
the wonder man Of the diamond
sport, today sent Rudolph, the pitcher
who held the hard hitting Athletics
helpless in the initial game of the
SERIES to the mound. Again those who
predicted that Connie Mack would
pin his last hope on Bender, the In
dian, were wrong in their predic-
tons for the silent one named Shaw
key, one Of his young pitchers, to
win the game, loss Of which meant
the eiinquishment Of the highest
honor in the world of baseball, the
Worlds Championship. Gowdy, the
hero Of the series, and who has been
directly responsible for two Of the
three Boston victories, was again
sent behind the. bat, while Schang
was once more called upon to catch
for Philadelphia. For three innings
the game was nip and tuck, but in
the fourth the Braves counted once.
In their half Of the fifth the Ath-.
letics tied the score, only to allow
the Boston men to come back with
two more scores. Pennock was sent
in to relieve Shawkey in the sixth.
Neither team scored in the sixth, sew
enth, eighth or ninth. Final score,
Beston 8, Athletics /, Boston winning
the championship Of the world in four
straight games, the only ones played.
Score by innings.
RHE
Athletics .o0o010000-l7 O
Braves .O0O12OO0x-36 6 o
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13

At all times during his official
career Alderman Bisiar has been
prominent in council affairs. He has
been regular in his attendance at
meetings and always has made known
his position on matters of import
ance. Mr.. Bisiar has at all times
favored economy in the operation OF
the city's business affairs and attend
ed to his various committee work with
care.
Just who will be appointed to fill
the unexpired term, which ends next
March, is not known.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
DRY FARMING MEET OPENS

Kansas Governor Heads Procession
Inaugurating Session.
Wichita, Kan, Oct, 13.-With a pa
rade headed by George H. Hodges.
governor of Kansas, executives Of
other Western states and battalion
of the Kansas national guard, the
ninth international Dry Farming con-
gress convened here.
Representatives of England, Aus
tralia, Canada, Greece. Turkey, Spain.
Russia, China, Cuba and Mexico are
participating.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13

London, Oct. 13.-Li1le, town in
northern France, which, according
to Paris advises, was yesterday held
by territorial detachment, was at
tackled and occupied by German
army corps, and is today center of
fighting lon western wing. On the
allies right wing an artillery duel
is in progress near Belfort, French
stronghold, according to advises from
Zurich, Switzerland.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
Hammond Club Grows.

Membership in the Beltrami coun-
ty Hammond club continues to grow
and now totals nearly one hundred
members, large portion being Be
midi residents. It is expected that
a series Of speeches will be given
throughout the county before cleo
tion day.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
MOVE GOVERNMENT SEAT
(American Press. J

Bordeaux, Oct. 13.-It has been
decided to transfer the Belgian gov
ernment to France in order that it
may have full liberty of action. The
foregoing was officially announced in
Bordeaux today. The Belgian Off
cials are now on their way to Havre
where the French government has
prepared temporary offices for them
King Albert remains at the head of
his army.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
THREATENED LIFE IS CLAIM.
Grant Valley Farmer Charged With
Serious Crime Hearing Tuesday.

Charged with having threatened
to kill colored man, Oslo Kinley, of
Grant Valley, was arraigned before
Judge CreWeH in municipal court this
morning. The case was continued
until Tuesday. Kinley was arrested
by George Den1ey, deputy sheriff,
yesterday
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
BELlTTLES NACO FIGHTING
"Local Difficulty" Declares President
Wilson. 81.

Washington, Oct. 13.-Firing across
the international border at Naco
Ariz., by American patrol troopers
and Mexican soldiers was character
lied by President Wilson as a local
difficulty"
The president said that although
arrangements are being made to With
draw the United States forces from
Vera Cruz Immediately the details
of the transfer of municipal govern
ment must first be arranged.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-13
People Are Usually
Friendly to Advertised Goods
These Days

4 DYER1ISED goods Of standard quality have stood
= out against the raise in prices that came with
he war
They have kept faith with the public and won
measure Of esteem greater than ever before.
The retailers who join in the contnent-wide
Newspaper Window Display Week, beginning next
Monday, putting their stores in the limelight
of public approval
During week retailers are asked to make
window displays of the national products adver-
tsed in this and other good newspapers
1t means linking the push of the store with the
pull of the newspapers. and it means gaining the
good will of the public
The advertising department Of this paper will
gladly furnish further information.
National Newspaper Window Display Week
October IO-24