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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-07-17

" y aNk
Col. Roosevelt makes much
ado over what be calls the fail
ure of the Democratic admins
tration to reduce the cost Of liv.
ing. He is shout ting folly. The
cost Of many commodities has
been reduced and there has been
no increase in the general cost
Of living during the two years
Wilson has been president.
Col. Roosevelt was president sew
en- years and it was during that
period that the greatest increasr
in the cost Of living occurred
h;f ttlllrice Of any necessary
A z'ss Anl
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-07-17
Right, You are, Nelghbor.

Henderson county is going to
voteson . $160,O0O good roads
bond Issue next Monday. Hen.
.derson county needs good roads
as much az any county in the
state and the people will make
y grave niistake il they fail to
sgivea bic mai iority ia favor Of
|the bond issne. Good roads are
Ethe arteries OF civilization they
|inerease land values, make living
more worth while, bring the peo-
|ple closer together, help the far
liners to market their products,
pe> Increase the attendance at
nIsMa adison county
1hoaldn't
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-05
CHAPTER II-continued.

That's the rock" he said. "She
runs four hundred dollars to the ton,
and the ledge is eight inches wide be-
tween the walls. Nice ore, eh? And
she lays between shale and porphyry."
His eyes sparkled as he carefully
replaced the specimen, and then he
looked up at Bud.
III let you in on that" he said,
half and half-or I'll pay two hundred
dollars month and a bonus. You
alone. Now how about it,"
For moment Hooker looked at him
as If to read his thoughts, then he
shook his head and exhaled his smoke
regretfully.
Nope he said. me and Phil are
pardners. We work together"
"Ill give you three hundred!" cried
Kruger, half rising in his chair.
Nope grunted Bud, we're pard
ners."
"Huh!" snorted the mining man
and flung away in disgust. But as he
neared the door a new thought struck
him and he came as quickly back.
You can do what you please abou
your pardner,' he said. I'm talking
TO you! Now-will you think abou
it?"
Sure" returned Hooker.
We'll, then" snapped Kruger, "mee
ne at the Waldorf In an hour"
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-05

heres a sample Of it, and it's sure
rich"
he handed De Lancey the familiar
piece OF quartz and proceeded with his
story.
mat ore looked SO good to me that
| couldn't wait-I shipped it before
got my title. And right there / made
my mistake. When Aragon saw the
gold In that rock he just quietly re-
corded the concession in his own name
and told me to go to blazes. That's
the greaser Of it! So blew the whole
mine up and hit for the border. That's
the Dutch Of it, / reckon" he added
grimly. Anyway, my old man was
Dutch"
he paused, smiling over the mem
DRY OF his misplaced credulity. and
Hooker and De Lancey joined In a
| hearty laugh. From the town bum
that he had first seemed this shabby
little man had changed In their eyes
until now he was border Croesus,
the mere recital Of whose adventures
| conjured up In their minds visions of
gold and hidden treasure.
The rugged face of Bud Hooker,
which had been set in grim lines from
the first, relaxed as the tale proceeded
and his honest eyes glowed with ad.
m1ration as he heard the well-planned
scheme. AS for De Lancey, he could
hardly restrain his enthusiasm, and
drawn on by the contagion, Henry
Kruger made maps and answered cues
tons until every detail was settled.
After the location had been marked
and the lost tunnel charted from the
corner monuments, he babe them re
member 1t we'll and destroyed ever!
vestige of paper. Then, as a final ad
monition, he said:
Nov go in there quietly, boys
don't hurry. Prospect around a. littl,
and the Mexicans will all come to yo1
and try to ssll you lost mines Cru
Mendez Is the man you're looking 70
he's honest, and he'll take you to tn
Eagle Tail. After that you can us
, your own judgment. So good-by"-h
| took them by the hands-"and don
! talk"
, He held up warning finger as the
a parted, and Bud nodded briefly i
4 reply. Silence was habit with hin
I desert-bred, and he nodded his hea
for two.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-05
CHAPTER III.

On the untrammeled frontier, where
most men are willing to pass for what |
they are without keeping up any
'front.'" much Of the private business,
as we'll as the general devilment, is
transacted in the back rooms Of sa-
looms. The Waldorf was nicely fur
nished in this regard.
After drink at the bar, in which
De Lancey and Hooker joined, Henry
Kruger led the way casually to the
rear, and in few moments they were
safely closeted.
Now" began Kruger. as he took a
seat by the table and faced them with
swapping eyes, "the first thing l want
to make plain to you gentlemen Is, II
| make any deal today it's to be with
Mr.. Hooker. If you boys are pardners
you can talk 1t over together, but l
deal with one man, and that's Hooker.
"All right?" he inquired, glancing at
De Lancey, and that young man
nodded indulgently.
Very we'll, them" resumed Kruger,
now to get down to business. This
mine that I'm talking about is located
down here in Sonora within three
hours ride of a big American camp.
1t isn't any old Spanish mine, or lost
padre layout; it's well-defned ledge
running three or four hundred dollars
to the ton-and know right where it
Is. too.
What l want to do Is to establish
the title to 1t now, while this revolu'
ton Is going on, and make a bonanza
out of it afterward. OF course, If you
boys don't want to go back into Mex
leo, that settles it; but if you do go
and let you in on the deal, you've got
to see it through or I'll lose the whole
II you say you'll 60, want you to sticl
to it,"
We'll go, all right" spoke up d.
Lancey, If It's rich enough"
How about you?" inquired Kruger
turning impatiently on Bud; will yo'
go?"
Yes, I'll co." answered Bud sullen
ly. But I amt stuck on the job" h
added. Jest about get it opened u
when bunch of rebels will jump i
and take everything we've got"
Well, you get title to it and pa
your taxes and you can come GU
then," conceded Henry Kruger.
No." grumbled Hooker, IF go T.
stay with It," He glanced at his pare
ner at this. but he. for one. did n:
seem to be worried.
IN try anything-once!" he 81
served with sprightly air. and Blu
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-05
CHAPTER ~.

From the times of David and Jona-
than down to the present day the
world has been full of young men |
sworn to friendship and seeking ad
venture IN pairs. "Pardners," they call
them in the west, and though the word
has not crept into the dictionary yet,
1t Is as different from partner" as a
friend is from business associate.
They travel together, these pardners
Of the West, and whether they be cow
boys or Cousin Jacks the boss who
fires one of them fires both of them,
and they go share and share in every
thing.
Bud Hooker and Philip De Lancey
had met by chance in Ell Paso when
the revolution was just beginning to
boil and the city was swarming with
adventures. The agents of the rebels
were everywhere, urging Americans to
join their cause. Military preferment,
cash payments, and grants of land
were the bats they used, but Hooker
stood out from the first and took De
Lancey with him. A Mexican promise
did not pass current where he was
born and they went to the mines in
stead
J. Then the war broke out and, while
fugitives streamed out of stricken
| Chihuahua, they finally struck out
against the tide, fighting their way to
| a certain mine far back in the Sierra
Madres, where they could dig the gold
on shares.
| Behind them the battle waged;
Casas Grandes was taken and retaken !;
Juarez, Aqua Negra and Chihuahua
| fell; Don Porfirio, the Old Man of Mex
leo, went out and Madero took his
place: and still they worked for their
! stake.
Then new arms and ammunition
| flowed in from across the border;
Orozco and his rebel chiefs went out
and the breath of war famed higher
against the hills. At last tbs first
broken band of rebels came struggling
by. and, reading hate and envy
in their lawless eyes, the Americans
dug up their gold at shutdown and rode
all the night for their lives.
And now, welded together by all tina
toll and danger, they were Inrdners
cherishing no decisions as to eacl
/ others strength or weaknesses, bu
, Joined together for better or worse.
, It was the last thing that either O
them expected, but three days ate
| they fed out of Mexico, an6 with al
| their money unspent, the hand of fat
| seized upon them and sent tnem bac]
4 TO another adventure.
! It was early morning again, wit
l crowds along the street, ard as the
j, ambled slowly along toward the lin
Q the men on the corners stared at then
i The bunch of cowboys gaz1ed at But
a who sported new pair Of aigh-heele
:. boots. and knew him by the way
:. rode: and the mining raen locke
) searchingly at De Lance@, as II
v guess the secret of his quest.
81 A squad of mounted troopers, ridin
d out on border patrol, gazes after the1
4 questioningly, but Bud ard Phil rod
= on soherly. leading their pack. an
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-05
Copyright. 1914. by Frank A. Munsey.l
SYNOPSIS.

Bud Hooker and Phil Delaney are
.orced, owing to the revolution in Mexico,
10 give up their mining claim and return
to the United States. In the border town
OK Gadsden Hooker meets Henry Kruger.
d wealthy miner, who hints of big min
ing proposition In Mexico that he wants
Hooker to take charge Of
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-05

me out Of the mine once, and he'll do
It again If he can When went down
there-it was ten years and more ago
i wasn't on to those Spanish ways OF
| his. and he was so dog-goned polite
and friendly l thought l could trust
him anywhere.
"He owns big ranch and mescal
still, runs cattle, works few placers,
sends out pack-trains, and has every
Mexican and Indian in the country In
! debt to him through his store, so 1f~he
happens to want any rough work done
there's always somebody to do it.
.Well. just to show you how he did
me. | got to nosing round those old
Snanish workings east of Fortuna and
finally I run across the ledge that I'm
telling you about, not far from an
ohandoned shaft But the Mexican
mining laws are different from ours,
and an American has lots of trouble
ANYWAY so / made trade with old
Aragon that he should locate the claim
for me under a power OF attorney
Didn't know him then like l DO now
The papers had to be sent to Mocte
zuma and Hermosillo, and to the CITY
! Of Mexico and back. and while was
waiting around dug In on this ieae
and opened up the prettiest vein o
quartz you ever saw In your ll1e
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-05

came back De Lancey, that we're go
ing to make killing"
Eyes, and speaking about killings"
said Bud, 'you don't want to overlook
that
He pointed at a group Of disman-
| tied adobe buildings standing out on
| the edge of the town and f1anked by a
segment Of whitewashed wall all spat-
tered and preached with bullet-holes.
There's where these prize Mexicans
of yourn pulled off the biggest killing
in Sonora / was over here yesterday
with that old prospector and he told
ME that that wall is the bull-ring.
After the first big fight they gathered
up three hundred and fifty men, more
or less, and throwed 'em in trench
along by the wall-then they blowed it
over on 'em with a few sticks of dyna
mite and let 'em pass for buried. No
crosses or nothing Excuse me, if they
ever break loose like that-we might
get planted with the rest!"
"By Jove, old top" exclaimed De
ILancey, laughing teasingly, you've
certainly got the blues today. Here
take something out of this bottle an(
see if it won't help"
He brought out quart bottle from
his saddle-bags and Bud drank, ant
shuddered at the bite of it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
COULD DOUBLE MONEY.
North Dakota Man Urges Farmers to
Standardize Their Crops.


J. II. Deskins Of Voltaire, North
Dakota, arrived in the city Tuesday
evening for the purpose of looking
over this section of the country. Mr..
Deskins is being entertained by
Phibbs & Cross, land men. In the
year. 1908 was in the state of ok
-lahoma and the people down there
were very anxious to get hold of
northern grown seed potatoes. said
Mr.. Deskins. .aThey paid at that
time $3.50 for northern potatoes,
while the home product brought but
rs cents. If the farmers here would
standardize their crops and ship re-
liable produce only, they could
double the price for them as COM
pared with mixed produce. Mr..
Deskins appears to be enthusiastic
about Bemidji and isfof the opinion
that this country, with its diversity
farming will be thesscoming farm
ing community of the northwest.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
ELkS NAME ARCHITECT
R. G. Buckley of St. Cloud Selected at
Special Meeting Last Night to
Draw Plans for New Building. =
o. H. ROUND TO BE ASSOCIATE

R. G. Buckley of ST. Cloud, the ar
chitect who drew the plan for the
Elks home of that city, was named
at special meeting of the Bemidji
Elks held last evening to draw plans
for the 100000 building which is to
be constructed by the Bemidji lodge,
no. 1852, at Fourth and Beltrami.
At the meeting Of the building
committee, which comprises A.. P.
White, 2. H. Jerrard, David Gill,
Anton Erickson and AL H. Jester, to-
gether with the advisory board Of
George Kreatz and Edward Jackson,
held Monday night, it was decided
to recommend that the plans of Ar
chitects Buckley and o. H. Round of
st. Paul be incorporated, their sket-
ches containing features which were
the unanimous choice of the COM
mittee. This report and recommen-
dation was accepted at the meeting
last night.
Mr.. Buckley will be the architect
of the new home and Mr.. Round will
be his associate in drawing plans.
The plans are to be submitted in ten
days, and it is expected that bids for
the construction work will be adv,r-
tised for by the first of August. This
means that work on the building will
begin about September first 1t will
be ready for use the first of the year.
The general plan for the erection
of the building is that the first floor
will be divided into two stories facing
|Beltrami avenue, and one store open
ing on Fourth street The second
floor will be used entirely for lodge
purposes. The lodge room will be
4S feet by So feet and will have a
stage at one end and a balcony at the
other. With this arrangement the
room may be used for entertain
ments, theatricals and dancing par
ties. Settles will be provided in
stead of chairs in the lodge room.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
new SHOP FOR BEMIDJ
Paul Brosvik Making Arrangements
for Locating Tailoring Es-
tablishment Here.
TO BEGIN BUSINESS NEXT WEEK

Paul Brosvik, who is soon to open
a first class tailoring establishment
in this city, came here from Detroit,
Minnesota, where for the past eight
years he has conducted similar
business, meeting with a decided
success in that city. He sold his bust
ness there for a handsome sum and
upon looking over this section of the
state decided upon Bemidji as the
best little, big city in the northwest.
This tailoring establishment will be
located in the old Lumberman's bank
building next door to the O'Leary-
Bowser store, having rented the en-
tire second floor, formerly occupied
by the Northwestern telephone ex-
change.
Reports from Detroit indicate that
Mr.. Brosvik conducted a reliable, up
to-the-minute tailor shop and that
the citizens of that city regretted his
leaving. He will carry a complete
line of material for suits and over
coats and will begin operations with
five tailors about July Is. Con-
tractors are now remodeling his
quarters for occupancy at once.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
READY TO ENFORCE LAW
Order Of United States Supreme Court
Kept Indian Department From
Closing Treaty of 1855 Territory
AGENTS PREPARED FOR ACTION

Had the United States court re-
fused to grant permission for the
placing of a motion requesting new
hearing in the Indian ':lid" cases
several weeks ago, it is probable that
every saloon in the territory COW
cred by the 1855 treaty would have
been closed at this time. This in
formation is brought by E. E. Nc
Donald, the Bemidji attorney, who
has just returned from Washington,
where he conferred with government
officials and members of the senate
and house of representatives.
while found that it had been the
intention of the Indian department,
under Cato Sells" said Mcdonald, Ito
close the territory, believe that the
state will be given full power in the
matter~an that the government will
not Interfere as long as the state Of
fcials make it clear that it. is their
intention to enforce the laws dealing
with the sale of liquor to the In
dians."
A large number of agents were
held in readiness to visit the terri
tory included and close the saloons in
short time, giving the liquor deal.
ers opportunity to dispose of their
stock. Several agents visited Be-
midi and daily expected to receive
orders to enforce the treaty provi-
sions. The action of the supreme
court in granting permission to argue
a motion for rehearing did away
with the possibilities of the closing
order and the Indian department is
now awaiting the October decision OF
the high tribunal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
WOMEN WANT EQUAL PAY
Resolution Urging Suffrage and High
Wages Expected to Pass Conven-
ton Of N. E. A. Tomorrow,
FAVOR SELF-RESTRAINT POLICY

st. Paul, July 8.-Resolutions ap-
proving woman suffrage and equal
pay for equal work, regardless of sex,
will be presented to the National
Education association at the general
session in the Auditorium Thursday
morning by the resolutions commit.
tee, and as women delegates are far
in the majority it is safe to predict
the resolution will be adopted. It
will be presented as the beginning OF
a peace movement" within the con.
vention.
The Minnesota Equal Franchise
league was the first organization to
take UP the suffrage question with the
resolutions committee.
In view Of the stand the associa
ton has taken on international peace
resolutions will be presented endors
ing the work Of peace societies.
Another resolution presented to the
committee endorses the policy of self
restraint of the president and Secre
tary Bryan in the Mexican difficulties
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
REBUILD STATE ON
CORPORATION Lines
Magazine Advises Minnesota to Fol
low Shont's Traction Methods in
Reorganizing Government.
COMBINE DEPARTMENTS IS KEY
No Ornaments in Attorney Gen
erals Office-Rapid Growth Causes
Need of New System.

st. Paul, July 8. 194.- Especial /;
the Pioneer. "a current magazine
article tells how Theodore P. Shonts
rescued the New York traction sys-
TEN from incomprehensibl chaos.
| You see corporations have got into
the same mess as the state govern
ment by growing up haphazard. The
corporation has the alvan tage that
its officers can turn things inside
out without taking the stockholders
very much into their confidence. The
state must proceed more slowly. The
state cannot remodel itself unless the
public takes the trouble to compre.
bend the problem and to call fo1
action. ..-
When shonts camessnIo the Inter
borough there was fifteen or twenty
presidents of separate corporations
just as Minneapolis has sixty or sew.
enty SEPARATE governments. There
were twelve treasurers The COR.
poration was spending half million
dollars year on it's legal depart
ments. Each Of these corporations
was going it alone as far as possible
and the waste and confusion was
something appalling. In fact the
system as whole was bankrupt.
1t was his job to. line up these cor.
porations and bring them into sin
gle administration. That is the same
as the job now before the people o.
Minnesota. 1t was his job to fire
a lot of high-priced lawyers wht
were receiving liberal retainers, il
some cases for being friends of the
men who were running the thing ant
in some cases for the influence it wa:
supposed they could command. II
that respect Minnesota's position i:
far better than that of the traction
company. Minnesota legal depart.
ment costs altogether about fifty
thousand dollars a year and none O.
it's legal officers are there for or.
namental purposes. s..S ~
+ In fact when you come right dowr
to it many of these corporations have
been spending great deal more thar
the state for what would be pla!1
graft or political extravaganza if {
state did it. Comparing one will
the other, we don't have to b.
ashamed of our state government.
But the interesting thing is tina
because both the body polite and TIT
body corporate have grown so fas
and have taken on so much in sucl
a haphazard way, that each of then
needs fairly reshaping- There il
hardly big corporation that ha
not had occasion to overhaul it's gov
ernmental apparatus in the last fiji
teen years. There is probably no
a state in the Union but needs suc1
an overhauling right now.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
CANNOT GIVE LIQUOR AWAY
New Ordinance Provides That To Do
So Is Unlawful.

Section three of the proposed new
Bemidji ordinance which was read
for the first time at the council
meeting of Monday evening, says, 1T
shall be unlawful for any person to
sell or give away any intoxicating
liquor when contained in a bottle or
Jug This clause was omitted in
last evenings Pioneer in which the.
new ordinance was printed. It is
aimed at the bootlegger in particular
and its chief purpose is to keep Ii
.quor away from the Indian. The
guilty of midemeanor should he re-
quest another to purchase liquor for
him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
BIG SRn!NAAGE~ III INCOME
Great Northern Falls Off Nearly Four
Million Dollars.

Great Northern Falls Off Nearly Four
Million Dollars.
st. Paul, July 9-The Great North
ern railway has issued it's earnings
statement, showing decreases in op-
Grating income of S1,044, 4o64O in May
and 1885,. 471.36 for the first eleven
months of the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1913.
May was the poorest month in tie
eleven, when the operating revenue
was S5,867, 55715, or $1,14O,3S284 less
than in May, 1913.
+ For the eleven months operating
revenue was s69, 1929, 922.e7. For the
corresponding period the previous
year it was $71,S56,S9O.S7. Operating
expenses were s42,2s2,31245; net op-
Grating revenue, S27,O47, 6SO.22; op-
Grating income, $22,s17, 1882. Taxes
for the eleven months increased
$495, 823.65. s.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
To Spend Summer Here.

Calvin L. Brown of MINNEAPOLIS,
chief justice of the state supreme
court, accompanied by his family,
Will arrive in Bemidji this evening
for the purpose of spending the sum-
mer. They will occupy the Diamond
Point cottage. Judge Brown is the
father Of Attorney M. j. Brown Of
this city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
May Locate Here.

Edward Reeve of London, Eng
land, cousin of George Denley. de-
putty sheriff. has decided to locate
here. Mr.. Reeves was much sur
prised to find the many opportuni-
ties offered here and is much enthus-
iastic over Bemidii.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
WELSH BEATS WILLIE RICHIE
Champion Leaves Ring in Tears
Following Decision.

Fred Welsh, lightweight champion
Of England, last night outboxed Will
lit Richie, American champion, in
their London encounter, and on the
referees decision, won the champion
ship of the world Richie left the
ring in tears following the decision.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-08
"A MILLION BID"
Feature Picture to be Shown al
Grand Theatre Tomorrow. !

"A Million Bid" is the title of a
feature film which will be shown at
the Grand theatre tomorrow after
noon and tomorrow evening. It is
four-reel Vitagraph picture and has
just closed two hundrey-day run in
New York. The story is extremely
interesting and the acting in the pho
todrama if of high order throughout.