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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09
CLUB MEETING THIS EVENING
Matters Of Importance to be Discuss.
ed at Athletic Association Session

AS large an attendance as possible
is urged to be present at the meet
ing of the Bemfdji Athletic club
which is to be held in the club rooms
this evening. There lis an abund-
ance Of talent for q winning base
ball team among the members OF the
club and at the meeting tonight plans
will i be made for the summer.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the securing of a downtown
park Will report, and other matters
of Importance will he discussed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09
QUESTIONS Y VALIDITY
OF CITY ORDINANCE
District Court to Decide Whether Ac-
ton Of Council in Passing New Law
/ Is Legal Hogansons' Start Case
DEALS WITH PROPERTY LINE
Buildings on North Side of Third
Street Ordered to be Constructed
Three Feet Back
DEALS WITH PROPERTY LINE

Claiming that the ordinance passed
by the City council on February %,
forbidding the erection of buildings
within three feet Of the property line
on the north side of Third street,
is unconstitutional. Hoganson
brothers through their attorney M. ].
Brown, have started suit.
It appears that upon investi ga
tion it was found that every busi-
ness block on the north side Of Third
street between Bemidji and America,
avenues is erected three feet from the
property line. This is taken to have
been "a mistake of the engineers who
located the first building, but in or
der that the real condition could not
be taken advantage of and structures
to be erected in the future stand out
in front of those already in place.
the council passed ordinance now
in question.
Intend TO Build
While Hoganson brothers, who are
planning the building of new busi-5
ness block on their Third street pro-
perty, do not object to the observing
of the law, they have started the
suit in order to see if it will in the
future "hOld water" fearing that
should they now build as the law re-
quires that later some one might find
the ordinance to be void and take ad-
vantage of the fact. Action Of this
kind would place the front of the
Hoganson block three feet in back of
the new building.
Order to Show Cause
The case will he heard by Judge
C.. w: Stanton in chambers Saturday
morning, when Attorney Brown will
request an order to show cause why
a temporary injunction should not be
issued prohibiting the council, may
or or chief Of police from enforcing
the ordinance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09

harm onious than the original plan
and is recognized apparently by all
the officials concerned as the most
practical arrangement. The fact
that they are willing to he neigh.
borly is one Of the most encourag.
ing things about this whole move
ment. III,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09

time. The gross income from one
COW in a year will pay for her in
most cases, without figuring the by
products
Il am more than willing to give you
any security that am able to, and
if you will make the loan, please lot
me know at once SO can get around
to- look at those cows which are for
sale, before the rush of spring is on.
Very respectfully yours,
"FARMER.'
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09
More Consolidation


Not because Mr.. Slade said so but
because it was working on the same
Lines, the efficiency commission has
already seen how a further consoli-
dation is possible since it's tentative
outline was first published. The de-
partment of health and safety then
proposed included the present health
department and a group of inspec-
ton duties. Closer study shows
that health measures, largely pre-
ventive, are more closely associated
with public welfare than with any
other branch of the government.
There is no reason why the same di-
rector, who has under him all the in
stitution, may not also have under
him department. of preventive med
icine managed in the same way and
with the same aggressive conduct
that has distinguished the Minneso-
ia department of health heretofore.
Form One Department
Also the inspection of ,buildin @
Tor fire safety, of factories for mech
anlcal safety, of market places as to
foods and oils, and so on, can be
handled to advantage in one de-
partment. Often these duties are
interchangeable, and often a gener-
al Inspector in going about can re-
port the places where technical in
spection is necessary and so save
time. Therefore, it seems feasible
to transfer all this group of inspcc-
tion duties now carried on under the
food and dairy department-but not
creamery inspeotion-the fire mar
shal's office, the oil inspector and
the hotel inspector, over to the de-
partment of commerce, where as at
present planned it will be under the
same roof with the labor department
with its factory inspectors. ..
More Harmonious
That looks more systematic, more
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09
.BEMIDJI BANKS
ASSIST FARMERS
Institutions Point out Way in Which
Loans May be Secured Ready and
Willing to Aid Hustlers
SHOULD TELL OF CONDITIONS
Cashier Brooks of Northern National
Receives What he Considers Model
Request for Money

Farmers of the territory surround
ing Bemidji are daily learning to APP
preciate more and more the efforts
which are being made by the bank
ling institutions of this city in their
behalf, and as a consequence loans
are being made to tillers of the soil
who heretofore felt it hopless to ask
favors. ,..
Bank officials of Benidji are ex-
tremely anxious to be of assistance
i'm the advancement Of the commun-
ity and feel that by cooperation
much can be done to aid in progress
which is bound to come. 1T
Receives Model Letter
In speaking Of a letter which lie
has just received from a farmer ask
ing that The be allowed to borrow
several hundred dollars w. L.
Brooks, cashier of the Northern Ma
tional bank. this morning said:
"A better letter than this has nev-
er been brought to my attention. 1t
is as near being a model as could
possibly be, written. The farmer
who wrote it has given every detail
of his situation and it is needless to
say that he was forwarded the money
on the next mail. 1t is such letters
that we like ito receive, and men that
show the progressive spirit demon
lIstrated in it are the ones we like to
accommodate ~
The letter follows, the name of the
sender being omitted: : s.
A Letter That Brought a Loan
w. L.. Brooks, ass.
! t.2:S Bemidji, Minn.
Dear Sir: IA
q am a young farmer. and have
had a farm here for little over two
years. The farm consists of 12O
acres of land, - acres under the
plow, balance timber and pasture.
There were practically no improve
ments on it when I got it tbut I have
now managed to build a house, 6x
| "a, two story, with cement cellar
and barn 32x32. also have fenced
in 80 acres for pastures The next
thing is to get more stock on it
(which I realize l must have in order
to succeed.
% ., Wants Added Stock
Il am writing you this to find out
|if [ can secure the money at your
bank to buy at least two milk COWS!
| have two cows and heifer, but
would have barnroom, HAY and pas
ture enough for that many more
right now. I also have cream sep
orator and all l need is, the cows. I
would then be able to patronize the
Bemidji creamery and get cash every
week. &c.,.
Il also have a. team of good horses,
worth about $500. Both horses
and cattle are paid for and free
from any encum brances, but there is
a mortgage against my land for $3.50.
Taxes and interest have been paid
promptly.
Cows Bring Income
Il also have $50 cords of wood cut
this winter which will he worth. ap-
proximately $500 next fall, and I can
haul it to market myself besides tax
ing care of the stock. I also have
rented a field of 2O-25 acres and
have the necessary tools and machin-
cry to work it with so I feel sure I
would be able, to meet an obligation
of a hundred dollars or even two
hundred if I get about 8 months
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09
Postoffice to Close

Tomorrow, being Good Friday, the.
postoffice will be closed all day. with
the exception of between 10 and 1
q. IN. according to an announcement
made by Postmaster Erickson this
morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09

Charles W. Bryan, brother of the
secretary of state, is preparing to an.
nounce himself a gubernatorial candi-
date in Nebraska, according to good
authority. Mr.. Bryan has demanded
that progressive Democrat be named
as the candidate and has told close
friends he is so anxious to see pro-
gressive candidate that in order to
insure a Democrat of that class he
will himself enter the ring.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09

Canton, O., washerwomen have
banded together so as ITO raise prices.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09

Mrs. Louis Ounce, of Tarentum,
Pa., recently gave birth to her fourth
set of twins in as man years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-04-09
PLACE BOARDS in
ONE DEPARTMENT
Efficiency Commission Sees Where
Further Consolidation is Possible
on Tentative Outline Il
SLADE OFFERS SUGGESTIONS
Railroad Man Makes But One Chief
Criticis1n-Inspectors Could be
More Closely Connected -"

St. Paul, April 9,-(Special to the
Pioneer) one criticism I
would make at first glance" says
George T. Slade looking over one of
the efficiency commissions charts,
sis that an even greater concentra-
tion would be desirable" Mr. Slade,
Vice president of the Northern Pa
cific is known among railroad men
as an expert on organization. ''In
a business organization" says Mr.
Slade, sit is not considered at all a
disadvantage to lay diverse duties on
one man. There would he nothing
to hinder making the same man, un-
der your scheme, direct or of public
domain, and labor and commerce, or
public welfare and agriculture, or
any such consolidation in a business
organization. 1t would simply be
a question of getting big enough
man."
"It would not disturb us in a
business organization ito have officers
nominally of the same rank with
wide differences in responsibility and
in pay. There might be one man
with small department at a salary
of $4,000 and another with a larger
department and salary of $4,000
or $4,000 reporting directly to the
general manager or to the vice presi-
dentn in charge of some branch of
the service. Probably in the scheme
of government you would be oblig-
ed to equalize your departments and
make them as near as possible uni
form" u...ls
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13

Two snver rings mold the odo Iilrle
silver coin bag. The purse at the
left 10 Of striped moire, of which the
silver top is heavily set with precious
stones.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
.ITCHED AND BURNED AWFULLY

Middleport, N. WHEN my little
daughter was n year old her head
commenced breaking out in little red
spots which soon grew larger and
sore and they must have itched very
much as she would put up her little
hands and dig them in her head. In
a short time pimples seemed to APP
pear on and around the red spots
which she used to scratch and a
watery discharge seemed to come
from them. Wherever this water
touched o spots and pimples came
till her head was nearly covered She
was very cross and f%retful, more so
at night, as it must have itched and
burned something awful, for when
sleeping she would roll her head from
one side to the other and scratch till
the blood came. / was forced to tie
up her head; it looked very badly.
Her hair came out in patches. They
called it a bad case of eczema.
Il got n cake Of Cuticura Soap
and n box Of Cuticura Ointment. In
wv uoyo 1hmO l AOllCSu a Shou6C' eAO
spots were not SO red and she slept a
great deal better. In about two weeks
time 1t all disappeared and in a
months time the hair started to come
in and she has never been troubled
since" (Signed) Mrs. Emma Norman.
Mar. 20, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston."-Adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
LIFE PREsERvER A COMFORT
Seattle Man Invents One That Keeps
the Wearer Warm While Ii Is
Being Useda

Seattle, Wash.-A life preserver that
will not only support the wearer in the
water, but will keep him warm, no
matter what the temperature of the
water, has been patented by James
Scarlet, a Seattle man.
The new device consists of a bag,
which may be slipped on over ones
ordinary clothing. 1t is made of rub
Der and other material as nearly non
conducting as the inventor has been
able to utilize for his purposes. Buoy
ancy is obtained by means of a flexible
rubber tube within the suit at the
waist line, which may be quickly in
iated. The suit is lined with wool
and has a hood with transparent eye
pieces, which may be drawn over the
head in such a manner as to protect
the wearer's face from the water.
Mr.. Scarlet says that a person may
initiate the rubber tube in less than one
minute, step into the suit, draw the
hood over the head, and jump from a,
vessel without any danger of drown
ing. If the user should happen to
come up under the vesesl, there is
enough air in the suit to sustain life
for several minutes until, by the use of
arms and legs. which are free. the
user may work his way to the surface,
and then lower the hood.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13

ing throat and lungs and in the treat
ment of coughs and colds. Father
Johns Medicine is a doctors prescrip-
tion-pure and wholesome. Guaranteed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
MEDIcl COLLAR WINS FAVOR
Excellent Reasons for Popularity Of
This Almost Universal Evening
Adornment.

Medici collars flourish at evening
functions, where they appear On fully
half of the lately launched model
gowns. The reason for their vogue is
obvious, since they conceal the ugly
back which disfigures many an other
wise pretty woman, or the scrawny
shoulders of the immature girl. Jew
eled net or chiffon, beaded malines or
tinsel lace are made into these quaint
collars. which are of even height at
the back and sides and only flare
broadly at their ends, where the wired
edge is bent into a decided curve.
Antique laces - the wonderful
creamy-toned meshes of French. Span
ish or Italian origin-make up into
the most stunning of Medici collars.
They frequently are the only touches
OF lace about evening gowns or the
equally stunning CONNECTIONS worn at
afternoon receptions.
Plain and white linen, ajour Dor
dered, is the chic thing in Medici col
lars for afternoon house gowns in
velvet or satin. At first, this COM
bination impresses the beholder as
very odd, but the very simplicity of
the humble neck finishing on a gown
of handsome fabric, proves attractive.
Moreover, it has the allure of the un-
expected.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
ANCIENT CITY OF THE INCAS
Ruins Discovered on the Summit Of
the Peruvian Andes May Reveal
Much of History.

Visions of departed glory are con-
jured by the news that the ruins of an
Inca city, hitherto unknown to arch
biologists, have been discovered on the
summit of the Peruvian Andes. There
Is, perhaps, nc more fascinating chap
ter in the history of the western hemi-
sphere than that which deals with the
remarkable civilization of this South
American race.
Prof. Hiram Bingham Of Yale de-
clares the ruins to be the largest, with
the exception of Cuzco, that have
yet been discovered. They derive
additional interest from the fact that
they have remained unoccupied since
they were deserted by their original in
habitants, and may thus be counted
upon to tell a story unmarried by the
alterations of human design.
A~rcheologists think the Cuzco val
ley Of Peru was settled by the Incas
some 800 years before Pizarro landed
on the coast. 1t was in 1927 he first
cast envious Eyes upon the wealth and
glory Of this new world empire. He
returned to Spain with his story, and
made a contract to conquer the
empire. He paid the price of his life
to crafty his ambition, but the Inca
empire fell and the glories of a great
people passed when Spain took pos
session.
The city of Machu Piehu escaped
SPANS discovery, hidden in it's noun
tain f~astness, and we await with inter-
est the revelations its undisturbed
treasures may afford. A~ssuredly
archaeology will be enriched, and there
is a to hope that art may gain
by exploration. of the ruins.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
Moo Good.

ITO say that honesty is the best pol
icy-to say in other words, that the
nor honest you are the richer you
will become-that is a silly and self
evident lie"
The speaker, Harvey Woodruff, the
wellknown G. A. R. historian of Hous-
ton, had been discussing the honesty
of George Washington. He continued:
TO be virtuous means to be poor
and wretched. Take the case of Auntie
Martha Washington Clay.
'Auntie Martha visited the office Of
a Nola Chucky lawyer and said:
"Ah wants a divorce from nah hus-
band CAL
Why, a%untie, what has Cal been
doing?'
Hes done got religion, sab, an ah
hain't tasted chicken fo' free months. /"
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13

Avoid fried foods, for the sake of
your complexion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
THE RIVER NILE VERY LOW
Government Studying How Best to
Distribute the Water to the
Best Effect.

Cairo, Egypt-It is expected that
this year the Nile level will be very
low, and the government has been
engaged in studying the best meas
ures to be taken to minimize it's bad
effects.
1t has been decided to distribute
water from the Assuan reservoir after
the dry season, that is after February
10; to start summer rotations on and
after March %, six days water and
IL days %stoppage. subject to the re-
quiremepts of each locality. and to
fix on the districts where rice can be
cultivated only after the total area
under cotton cultivation has been as
certained.
In other words 1t is expected that
scarcely any rice will be cultivated
next year, al 1t Is thought that the
water available will scarcely suffice
for the cotton fields.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
MAKES PRETTY COLLAR BOW
Smart Neckwear Easily Fashioned
From Two Yards of Satin Ribbon
With Knots of Contrasting Color.

A natty little bow can be made from
about two yards of satin ribbon, halt
an inch wide. Cut pieces of three and
a half inches each. Double each one
and sew across the end, then gather
along n edge taking the two folds
together, pull the thread tight, and
fasten. This makes a little round
piece like a flower. In and about the
center of this make five French knots
of some contrasting color. Sew four
of these on to a short narrow bit of
something stiff, like .whalebone, COW
cred with silk. Cut two more pieces
of ribbon three and a half inches long
and n Of four inches. Fasten one
end of each to the covered whalebone,
under the round pieces, the longest
being in the center. On each of the
free ends sew d round flower piece,
with an additional one in the middle
of the center bit. Sew a small safety
pin on the back of the whalebone.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
PRESERVING SAVIOR OF LIFE
Undue Curiosity, If Gratified, Would
Inevitably Develop a Race
Of Fatalists.

To find that the earth itself is but a
queer little appanage of a rather sec
ond-rate star; to know by actual vision
that we are all plunging through
space, perchance, during the period of
known history. having accomplished a
small arc of some immense orbit
whose magnificent center burns be-
yond the farthest nebulae; to feel that
stars have famed and died whose light
has Eve reached us-is not all this
knowledge a fierce Indictment to our
desire? Whittier are we bound, and
why? What fate awaits us at the end of
the awful journey? Are we placed
amidst this mighty universe for a pur-
pose. to watch. to wonder, to worship?
Is the whole scheme built round US, so
that, though we are not its physical
center. we may be its spiritual center.
and for US all its tremendous opera
tons are carried on. for us its pro-
foundest mysteries shall some day be
disclosed? Or are we the subject of a
triiing experiment by great unknown
gods, who, curious in their turn, spy
at us for their diversion, and will in
a moment destroy 1t all, as a child
wipes out a drawing on his slate?
We say ~unthinkingly that we wish
we knew the to these III
tons. But, If we did. the keen SAVIOR
of life would vanish; curiosity killed,
we should become utter fatalists, and
that would be the end Of us. For the
thought that by increased knowledge
comes access of power, and that we
can, even to eve so slight an extent,
shape the future to our will and thus
bear our part in the destiny of human
ity, is the inspiration of all thinkers,
the burden of all philosophers. and the
belief of all the great dreamers who
have moved the world.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
SPINELESs, DOES MANS WORK
Farmer Lost Backbone When Boy; Is
Not Only Robust, but
Co~ntented.

Westchester, Pa.-Minus that most
important of human bones, the verte-
bral column, William Binks, aged
eighteen, is not only robust and con
tented, but accomplishes the work of
a normal man on the farm OF Miss
Miranda Lee, near Elksview, Pa.
At the age Of seven years Binks
sustained an injury to his backbone.
At that time it was not considered
serious, but later tuberculosis devel-
oped at the point of injury, and sur
geons removed practically the entire
backbone. They told Binks' relatives
he would be helpless for life-if he
lived.
By means Of a bandage of wide
cloth, measuring over Is yards, which
is wrapped closely about his body
from the thighs to his armpits, Binks
does all the various tasks which fall
to the lot of a farmer. Miss Lee, who
has adopted him. declares he Is the
best hired man" she has ever en-
ployed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
DIVIDES WORLD OF FASHION
Question of voIuminous Wrap or XII
mono Is Agitating the Paris
ian Smart Set.

A secret war is being waged in Paris
in the world of wraps. On one side we
have the old-world "hoppelande" coat,
which is immensely wide at the hem
and which recalls the garments of the
mid-Victorian period; on the other side
we find the adorers, of kimono out
lines. And for the kimono there is
very much to be said of a favorable
description.
1t is a curious fact that though
almost all kimonos are alike in out
line. each one becomes individual
when draped on the figure. l know
of no other garment which so lends
itself to individual arrangement.
Worn by women of ordinary mind and
little imagination, a simple satin XII.
mono will seem the most ordinary Of
ordinary garments. But let the same
wrap be worn by a oma of different
temperament and Immediately it be
comes filled with malicious charm
New York Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
DEPICTS SCENE ON CALVARY
Crosses Set Up on Wayslde In Aus
trian TyroI to Remind the Faith
full Of Their Duties.

Innsbruck.-Like many others, W,
have just made the pilgrimage to OBJ
Lads in the Austrian Tyrol, writes a
correspondent. On leaving the line
one climbs a steep, hr-clad hill and
near the top the ancient village of
Lads. with its medieval castle, comes
in view; but a stranger and ven more
dramatic scene is met with on the
highway leading to the village. In
almost all the continental countries
France and Italy especiaIly-shrines
on the wayside are OF common occur
renee They are met with every
where. most frequently a statue OF the
Madonna, though occasionally the pa
tron saint of the village is thus COM
memorated. Few pass these humble
shrines without pausing to say a
prayer.
In the Tyrol these shrines take the
form of a depletion of Calvary, with
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-13
No Joke.

At the Chicago Athletic club a
game had been put up on a cynical
old bachelor. The man had waited
from eight to ten in the park on a
snowy evening in obedience to a
pale pink, violet-scented note that his
friends had faxed in order to see if
he was really as confirmed a woman
hater as he claimed.
Turning up at the club for a night
cap, the duped and frozen bachelor
was yer sullen and sulky when his
friends derided him. He saw no fun
whatever in the fake note.
George AIDE, noticing his black and
lowering looks, gave a loud laugh and
said:
What a skinfiint you must be.
Won't even laugh at a joke. Ell, if it's
at your W expense?"