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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13
WOULD PLACE CITY
COUNCIL ON SALARY
Committee Appointed By Council To
Make Recommendations For Revi-
sion Of Charter Make Report
TO LENGTHEN OFFICE TERMS
Recommend That Mayor Be Given $50
A Month And Alderman Three Dol.
lars For Each Meeting

That the members of the city
council be placed on salary; that the
terms of office be extended; that GER
tain funds be given certain levy
limit; that the city be given park
commission and that the initiative
referendum and recall clauses be
made part of the revised charter
is recommended in report which
was approved at the council meeting
last night and will be forwarded to
the charter commission. The report
is the result of work done by COM
mittee of alderman selected by the
council to recommend that changes
be made in the present charter.
The Mayors Salary
The councilman has some difficult
ty in reaching an agreement on the
recommendations, several other
plans being submitted, but after
lengthy discussion the proposed re-
visions were accepted.
The plan is to place the mayor
and each of the councilman on the
pay roll. 1t is recommended that
the mayor be given a salary of $50
per month, and that the alderman be
given three dollars for each meet
ing they attend, the amount to be
paid each alderman not to exceed
500 per year.
Lengthen Term
Another feature of the proposed
revisions is the scheme to hereafter
have the alderman serve four year
terms. The plan is to begin the long
term in March 1915, the alderman
receiving the highest number of
votes to serve four years and the
next highest to hold the two year
term. Thereafter the term would
be for four years for all alderman.
The mayor, city clerk, treasurer, as
SCISSOR and alderman at large would
serve for, two year terms.
A Park System
It is also recommended that a park
commission be provided for. This
commission would have charge of
system of parks. -
1t is also provided that tax levy
limits be fixed not to exceed mills
for the sinking fund, 5 mills for the
poor fund and 1 mill for the park
fund. a..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13

Suit by Taxpayers to Enjoin County
From Further Expense.
Kansas City, Jan. 13.-The fourth
trial Of DR.. B. Clarke Hyde, charged
with the murder of Colonel Thomas
H. Swope, was postponed again.
The county prosecutor set forth
that the case could not go to trial as
set because Of suit filed in the cir
cult court last Saturday by two Jack
son county taxpayers to enjoin the
county court from paying the ex.
penses of further prosecution of the
physician.
Judge Porterfield set the case for
Jan. 10. --
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13
ATTEND CONVENTION
A. P. Ritichie And Charles Schroeder
Leave For st. Paul

Charles Schroeder, secretary, and
A. P. Ritchie, vice president of the
Beltrami County Agricultural as
sociation, LETT last evening for ST..
Paul, where they will be in atten-
dance at meeting of the Federation
of County Fairs. They will be in
the city q few days.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13
OPENS OFFICES HERE
Dr.. Garlock, Eye, Ear, Nose And
Throat Specialist Comes to Bemidji

DR.. A. v. Garlock, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist has opened Of
fices in the Gibbons block. DR.. Gar
lock comes to Bemidji well recon-
mended by the community which ne
recently left in southern Minnesota.
He is graduate of the medical COL
lege Of Northwestern university and
of the Policlinic Hospital of Chicago.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13

Evelyn Thaw Expects Trouble Will
Follow Fugitive's Release.

st. Louis, Jan. 13.-"Something ter
rible will happen soon,', exclaimed
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in her dressing
room at local theater when informed
that Harry X. Thaw might soon be
at liberty.
II can't tell what it will be, but you
will not have to wait long. No one
can understand the vagaries of the
mind Of Harry Thaw.
"He will make for the bright lights
and champagne on the first opportu.
nifty and when he does you will hear
from him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13
POSTPONE Action

At the regular monthly meeting
held last evening of the school board
it was decided to postpone action in
the naming of member of the board
to succeed Edward Jackson, resigned.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13
'.MoTHER" JONES GOES BACK

Returns to Trinidad in Keeping With
Her Promise.
Trinidad, Colo, Jan. Mother"
Mary Jones, strike leader, deported
from the Southern Colorado coal
fields Jan. by the military authori-
ties, returned to Trinidad secretly and
registered at hotel.
General John Chase, who ordered
her deportation week ago, declared
at the time that Mother" Jones
would be arrested and held incom-
municado should she return.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13
Standing Of the Teams

Tomorrow evening the Orioles will
play the spillers. These teams are
now tied for third place.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-01-13
Andrews Returns.

Attorney A. A. Andrews returned
this morning from st. Paul where he.
has spent the past week on business
before the state drainage Commits
|sion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
Easy Cooking

Tho modern cookers cannot only
boil and stew but they cen also BAKE
fry and roast. Tho process OF roast
ing meat Is particularly interesting.
The radiators are heated sizzling hot
on the stove-so hot that Dit OK
white paper will shivel and brown
almost instantly II placed upon them
the meat is placed In the rooster
nail and the rack put inside the pail.
Then one hot radiator is put In tho
bottom of the roasting compartment
the other on top tho rack inside tho
roasting pail and the cover securely
clamped down.
The pail Is then placed in tho COM
partment on top Of the other radiator
and the cooker tightly closed. If the
roast does not weigh over four pounds.
three or four hours will cook 1t per-
fectly and deliciously, browning 1t IN
the most appetizing fashion.
II the roast Is larger 1t may DO
necessary to. heat the radiators once
till the meat Is thoroughly done.
There will be a quantity OF tho pure
Juice Of the meat as we'll as fat that
has been tried out In the bottom OF
the rooster pail which makes the most
delicious gravy imaginable, but need
ing the addition Of little water to
keep it from being too rich for ready
digestion.
This is but one example Of what can
be done with the f1reless cooker.
Housewives all know that an oven
roast needs constant supervision, but
when the roast is consigned to the
care of the cooker 1t need not be even
thought Of until the designated time
for cooking Is up.
The relief "hIe affords every woman
can appreciate. Too. the item of econ
omy in fuel is by no means an unim-
portant one. Aside from the money
saving which is large enough to pay
for the cooker in comparatively
short time, the comfort Of having no
fre for cooking during the hot
weather is beyond expression. Less
work, less heat, less anxiety may all
be credited to the cooker. The amount
Of leisure it affords to the busy house.
wife can only be realized by actual
proof.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
A Moving-Picture
Show At Home

About dusk a few weeks ago, 1t was
noticed that our Night Blooming
Cereus gave unmistakable evidence Of
doing something" and soon, so the
two plants which we possessed were
brought into the front room and
placed on a table, near the electric
light.
After supper a moving picture
camera which we had held in readi-
ness for this event. was focused on
them at a distance of about 10 feet.
and the plate exposed for 80 minutes.
During this time the petals slowly
unfolded, and the flowers gradually
turned away from the strong light;
this double motion caused a slight
blur around some of the buds, but all
other parts of the flower were clear
and sharp.
One little bud was too bashful to
perform before such large COM
pany Of interested neighbors, who by
this time had assembled to witness
the novel and, to many Of them, new
and interesting spectacle.
The story would be incomplete and
somewhat unsatisfactory without fur
Their mention Of our bashful little
beauty who, on the following night,
of-doors, under the starlit skies,
developed into large and beautiful
f1ower.-B. Lara.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
GOOD FARMERS ALIVE TO MONEY
VALUE OF GARDEN CROP.

No longer do the farm rs OF the bet-a
ter class content themselves with rails
ing a few rows of potatoes, calling that
their garden It is not necessary
longer for the busy farmers wife to
look after these neglected corn and
potato spots for the farmer has come
to understand that there is good money
in them.
Time was when the farmer con-
tented himself with raising grain
crops, considering It beneath his Dig
nifty to spend time on the garden. II
there was garden on the place 1t was
usually left to his wife and children to
pull the weeds and to do any other
work that was actually required.
Now, the, farmer himself, with q
work horse and modern garden ma
chinery can do more work IN an hour,
than his wife could do in week and
do it better. BY careful cultivation he
can make his half acre or acre garden
paw more cash money than any other
acre on the farm. f.
The high cost Of living has also
reused the inhabitants Of the small
towns and those who live in the sub
urbs of the cities make use OF every
foot of ground possible to produce
vegetables to piece out the table sup
plies and as first aid to their pocket
books.-J. w. Lloyd.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
POULTRY HYGIENE IN HOUSE AND YARD
Importance Only High Constitutional Vigor and Health
In the Stock Is Attention Rules of Sanitation
BY RAYMOND PEARL.

keepers for feeding chicks during the
first two or three weeks OF life. AS
the chicks grow older this Slated
front can be put on the trough and
held in place with hooks.
A second improvement consists &,
Ringing the top rather than making It
all In one. This trough is open only
from one side. It can thus be placed
in holes cut In fences with the back
part of the trough and the hinged
cover extending into a long walk
running the length of the range be-
hind the yards. In this way the
troughs may be filled from the OUT
side without the necessity OF going in
to the yard.
OF course 1t Is entirely possible to
make troughs in accordance with the
principle of this improvement with
removable Slated openings on both
sides, to be set down in the middle of
the yards so that the birds can get at
the feed from both directions. Con-
venient dimensions are as follows:
Length. feet inches: height to
peak, foot inches: width at bot
tom, 3 inches; width at widest part,
eH inches: height Of front opening,
12h inches: width of roof boards
(front and back the same} II inches.
A strip of canvas keeps the hinged
Joint Of the roof dry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
FENCES AND PENS FOR THE SHEEP
All the and Feed Given the Farm Flock Generally
Yields the Greatest Returns.
BY f. L. SHAW.

The lots and pastures upon sheep
farm require considerable fencing.
Lack of adequate fences has been one
factor in the decline Of the sheep in
dustry in many localities. woven
wire fence is the cheapest and most
ga tisfactoiy. all things considered. II
It must be dog-proof the meshes
should be close enough together to
prevent the dogs passing through, and
II should be at least feet high,
which is a desirable height for all out
side fences. Care should be taken in
putting up tho fence to see that the
wire 10 close enough to the ground to
prevent dogs from crawling under 1t.
For temporary fences there are a
number manufactured from 80 to AZ
inches high. A 36-inch fence is very
satisfactory ana 10 used extensively.
An advantage Of wire fencing Is that
neither sheep nor dogs will Jump it so
readily. Barbed wire is undesirable.
except at tho top, because the sheep
tear out their wool upon the barbs.
Hurdles are q great aid in handling
sheep under certain circumstances
They are convenient In pasturing on
rape and similar crops where the
sheep arc to be confined to a portion
OF tho fseld. This 10 desirable in that
at prevents tho sheep picking out the
choicest pasture hrst and leaving the
IdofoN for the last when, as matter
o6 fact under fattening conditions. the
hest should b available.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
A Ely's Progeny

The three kinds of flies commonly
found in dwelling houses have similar
or identical histories. The female de-
posts from 12O to $50 eggs at time.
and may repeat this performances as
often as four times in a season: q
prolificity which, If unchecked, would
leave little room for other forms OF
life upon the earth. The eggs are de-
posted by choice in horse-dung. but
when that is not available. in any de-
scription Ct excremental or decaying
refuse, in which the larvae bury them.s
selves as soln as hatcheds and on
which they feed until they assume tho
pupa stage. The complete insect
emerges in ten to twelve days, more
or less according to temperature and
other external conditions and res
quires about ten days more in order to
become seSually mature.
Dr. Howard give a calculation OF
prolif1city based upon the hypothesis
that all the eggs are Matched and all the
larvae come to maturity, and showsthat
under these conditions female surviv-
ing the winter and depositing 120
eggs on April 18th might occasion the
issue Of the 10th Of the following Sep.
TENDER of 5.5ss,72o,ooo.o0o Of adult
flies, of which one-half would be
Standardization Times. n
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
Save The Birds

"The time has come when every
sportsman should put away his gun
for five years at least" said lecturer
upon Birds and Animals Of America"
He argued that drastic measures
must be put into effect If quail, grouse,
pheasants, and prairie chickens are to
be saved from extinction. The ami
hilation of these birds, he said. would
mean untold poverty resulting from
the scarcity of cr,ps which would ba
eaten by insects.
"Men who are fond Of killing things
should vent their lust on the proving
house cats House cats destroy more
birds annually than any other amman
except man. Over 100000 birds are
killed each year in New England by
cats; 100000 birds are killed IN New
York state by cats every year.
ITO lessen this enormous slaughter
OF birds and thus save the crops and
the people who are dependent upon
the crops we must shorten the open
seasons We must make closed sea-
sons of several years for several kinds
Of game. We must reduce bag limits
We must stop the sale of game of all
kinds, everywhere and at all times.
We must prohibit spring shooting.
We must prohibit unnaturalized for
eigners from hunting at any time.
We must provide federal protection
for migratory birds We must pro-
vide game refugees In all states.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
Raising Beef Cattle

The shorthorn, Aberdeen-Angus,
Hereford, Red Polled and Devon
breeds of cattle all do we'll in the
south. The Shorthorn does we'll on
all lands where the pastures are good
and feed is plentiful. The cows usu-
ally prove to be very good mixers.
giving milk enough for the calf and
to supply the home as we'll. The re-
suit Of the good milking qualities Of
the cows is usually a good growthy
calf. The Herefords and Angus are
good grazers and will do well under
range conditions. as we'll as on the
small farm. The Hereford stands
ahead Of all breeds as a range ami
NAL, but the Angus have the advan-
tage over all breeds in the feed-lot.
as they finish out very smoothly, are
high in quality and kill out a high
percentage of marketable meat. The
Devon is slower Of growth than the
other breeds, but are great rustlers
and fatten on pastures which are so
thin that some Of the beef breeds
could hardly subsist. The Red Po1led
Is dual purpose breed which ranks
next to the milking strain of Short
horns in the production Of milk and
beef. They are not as well known,
nor as popular as the Shorthorn, but
have done we'll wherever tried in the
south. Any Of the breeds cross we'll
with the native cattle, and can be
used advantageously in breeding up
the scrub herds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

ditions. But every civilized country
in the world believes that the most
economical insurance against the
steady loss Of national wealth which
the prevalence Of disease involves, is
the enforcement Of sanitary regula-
tons throughout its domain. In
poultry keeping many may be success
full for a time in managing their birds
in defiance of the laws of sanitation
and hygiene. A very few may be sue
cessful in this practice for long time,
but in the long run the vast majority
will find that thorough. careful and
intelligent attention to these laws will
be one Of the best guarantees OF per-
manent success that they can find. 1t
may be said that the essentials in the
correct management OF poultry are:
Clean houses; clean air; clean food;
clean water: clean yards and clean
range; clean incubators and brooders;
clean birds, outside and inside.
Too great stress can not be laid on
the Importance Of fresh air in the
poultry house If the birds are to be
kept in good condition. And it must
be remembered that fresh" air and
cold stagnant air/are two very differ
ent things. Sunlight is natures great
disinfectant. It's importance is no less
in poultry than in human sanitation.
Probably there is no greater assistance
to the diseases Of poultry than dark
and damp houses. and dark houses are
frequently damp. The poultry house
must be airy, light and dry, The place
where poultry are housed must be
kept dry If the flock is to be productive
and free from disease.
Along with housing az prime fac
tor in poultry sanitation goes feeding.
Detailed discussion Of the compound
ing of rations and such topics will not
be considered here, i but there are,
however. certain basic principles OF
hygienic feeding which must always
be looked after if one is to avoid dis
eases These are: Purity of food;
overlooking; green food; fresh drink
ing water, and clean troughs or re-
ceptacles for the food.
The type of Slated feed trough, used
by many poultrymen. in feeding
growing chickens Is open to certain
objections. It is very difficult to keep
the grain dry in it In wet, stormy
weather. Furthermore, the fact that
very small chickens cannot use this
type of trough entails additional labor.
An improved trough devised by Mr..
F. W. Tenney, obviates all disadvan-
tages and has many points to RECON-
| mend 1t. The improvements consist
first, in making the Slated front OF
the trough removable as a whole,
loa wing then fat board bottom with
a rail in front of it an inch high to
| hold the grain In rlace. With the
slat front removed the trough dupli-
Gates the conditions of the fiat chick
feeding board. used by many poultry
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

~ peaA
Esnoang Oh part Of the neld in this
wv afDo makes moro frequent tho
rotation Of pasture. In England net
ing has Largely taken the place OF
hurdles. Both cord and wire netting
aso used, the netting being fastened to
temporary stakes by ropes or staples.
ehsep farming In this country has not
been intensive enough to warrant
very extensive use Of these appliances,
but they will be moro In evidence IN
the future. Hurdles or panels are
very convenient in making temporary
pens. Light hurdles that can be
handled readily should have place
upon every sheep farm. They are
we'll worth their cost Every sheep
owner should be prepared to make
pens for his sheep on short notice.
After lambing, some ewes refuse to
own their offspring. II left loose tho
lamb wanders about, becomes lost
among the flock. and loses its char
scteristic smell by which the eve
recognizes It. She may then refuse to
claim 1t, and the trouble begins. BY
having some panels or hurdles at
hind the eve and lamb may be
quickly placed by themselves and
close watch can be kept upon them
TO see that all il we'll. The length Of
time they should be kept In this
claiming pen VIII depend upon how
long It takes tho owe to become
reconciled to her lamb. II the eve
persists in buttirg tho lamb away, she
should be tied so as to allow the lamb
TO suck. This soon brings about
agreeable relations between the two.
This IL but one Of the emergency
Gases where It il advantageous to have
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
Preserving Foods

Juicy foods, such as vegetables.
fruits, and meats, spoil very quickly
when left in the open air. especially
in summer time The decay Of such
foods Is the result Of the action OF
heterogeneous which are always
present in the air and hence infect
any food material which is open to It.
These heterogeneous, commonly
known as bacteria germs, or
microbes are all alike in that IN
order to grow, and SO produce the
decay Of the food with which they
may be in contact, they must have
moisture. the proper temperature, and
plenty Of air, and must not be In con-
tact with certain chemicals which
hinder their growth and are known
as "antiseptics' or preservatives.
Drying is the easiest and most eff
cient method Of preserving food from
decay; but the necessary heat to dry
the material rapidly usually partially
cooks the food and so changes its
flavor. But thoroughly dried foods
will keep indefinitely, If kept from
getting damp.
The next most efficient means OF
preservation is to exclude the air. as
canning fruits and vegetables. Heat
ing the material before 1t is sealed up
does two things. % kills most OF the
bacteria which are in the food. and
ca drives out the air from 1t, 80 that
when the can is sealed up alright
any bacteria which may not be killed
by the heat cannot grow because they
rave no air.
The use of chemical preservatives,
except such harmless ones as salt.
sugar. or the products in wood smoke,
is Objectionable because any chemical
which will prevent fermentation will
almost certainly hinder digestion.
Moreover, foods which have been
properly heated and then carefully
sealed do not need added preservatives
to keep them from spoiling.-R. w.
Thatcher.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
PROFIT IN GOOD
DRAFT HORSES

It costs but very little more to raise
good draft horses than the ordinary
scrub and the drafter will sell for
three or four times as much.
A we'll bred draft horse Is almost
as good as cash in the bank. because
he sells on sight and brings good
price. A farmer who breeds good
drafters, using first class stations, can
in a few years make reputation
which will add from 10 to Is per cent
to the price of his animals over the
prices Of others equally good bred by
men without reputation.
There is always good money to be
made in raising horses Of this class,
although many farmers seem to think
that it does not pay. Most OF them
are right about this as far as their
own experiences go because they 90
not raise the right kind.
It is true that horses Of nonde-
script character, lacking proper form,
weight or style for any particular pur-
pose, never bring high prices and are,
therefore, not profitable to raise. The
average farmer has no business to at
tempt to raise fancy carriage or sad
special knowledge Of breeding and
training and are profitable only to
men who thoroughly understand the
business Of preparing them for mar
ket
The draft horse, however, Is the
animal that does the hard work not
only on the farm but in the big cities
and he is always in demand. The
reason there have been so few good
drafters raised in the past few years,
is because too many farmers took up
with the craze several years ago OF
trying to produce roadsters by breed
ing their mares to light stations and
as most Of them were not willing to
pay for the service Of a first class ami
NAL, the result is that the country IS
filed with second and third rate