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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02
THE NATIONS PEACE
(New York Worldly

The Clayton-Bulwer treaty was a
convention to define the joint policy
of the United States and Great Brit
ain with reference to any means of
communication by ship-canal which
may be constructed between the At
lantic and Pacific oceans by way of
the river San Juan de Nicaragua and
either or both the Lakes of Nicaragua
or Managua to any port or place on
the Pacific ocean"
This treaty. which was ratified by
the senate May %, 1850, provided
that:
THE governments of the United
States and Great Britain hereby de-
clare that neither the one nor the 9TH
er will ever obtain or maintain for
itself any exclusive control over said
ship-canal; agreeing that neither will
ever erect nor maintain any fortifica-
tions commanding the same or in the
vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify,
or colonize, or assume or exercise any
dominion over Nicaragua. Costa Rica
the Mosquito coast or any part OF
Central America"
If the treaty had stopped there the
United States would have been spared
much controversy and vexation: but
1t did not stop there, In their anxiety
to extend the general principles OF
this treaty to every possible Isthmian
principles of this treaty to every pos
sible Isthmian route between the At
lantic and Pacific, and thereby pre-
vent interference on the part of other
governments, the American and Brit
ish diplomatists included in the con-
vention further provision that:
THE governments of the United
States and Great Britain, having not
only desired. in entering into this
convention, to accomplish particu-
lar object, but also to establish gen.
eral principle, they hereby agree tc
extend their protection. by treaty
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02
r Rent-Light housekeeping

For Rent-Light housekeeping
rooms 726 Alta street.
For Sale-Bootblack stand and
chair. Good condition. Call Hotel
Pendleton.
Wanted-A young lady to CORES
pond with a young man. Object
matrimony Address &C." care this
office.
Wanted-From private party, $4,000
on or before four years. I per
cent; $4,000 real estate security. Phone
260M.
For sale-Black Minorca eggs for
Matching. s1.25 per setting or 5000
per hundred. 500 E. Court street. p.
o. Box 3S. Pendleton. oregon.
"organized and paying long dis
lance auto truck business for sale.
Equipment two 3-ton Packard trucks
$4,000 will handle. Box 295, Bend.
Oregon"
See the girl in our window Friday
and learn how easy 1t is to brighten
your furniture and woodwork with
Chi-NameL You apply it yourself.
Murphy Bros Paint Store.
For sale-Good seven room house
with stone foundations: plenty Of room
II person wants to raise chickens. An
excellent opportunity to get nice
home at bargain. For further par
hculars inquire at this office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02
Notice to Stockholders,

The annual meeting. of the stock
holders of the Pendleton Hotel Com
pany will be held in the office of
Mark Moorhouse Company at $50 p.
m. on April 14th, 1914.
(Signed.) MARK MOORHOUSE.
(Adv) Secretary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02

For Boundary Siiryey-If a $4,000
appropriation which has been includ-
in the Indian appropriation bill, at
the instance of Major Swartzlander,
is allowed TO remain the southern
and eastern boundaries Of the Umatll-
Ia reservation will be resurveyed. 1t
is very probable the money will be
voted and the work done this sum-
mer. The need of a resurvey is felt
because at the present time IL is i'm
possible to locate the boundaries and
people living close to the line do not
know where the line runs A survey
will settle difficulties on this score.
After the survey has been made a
move to fence the reserve may be
taken up.
Stockman Seeks Mayo BrOs.-Per-
cy Jarmon, well known stockman of
Butter creek, was in Pendleton yes
terday and left on IS for Rochester,
Minnesota, where he will be operated
upon by Mayo Bros. for cancer or
ulcer OF the stomach. He was accom-
panied by his wife who is a sister of
Mrs. Asa B. Thomson of Echo.
Yakima Wool SOld-E. ]. Burke,
well known woolbuyer. arrived here
this forenoon from North Yakima
He states that the Yakima wool has
all been sold. He says he does not
know of any sales in this vicinity.
East End Fruit UntOuched-That
the fruit trees of the Milton -Freewa-
ter section have escaped any dam
age yet from frosts and freezes is the
report brought here by S. d. Peterson,
Milton lawyer
Grain Bags Sell Slowly-In the To-
cal market there is little activity in
grain bags these days. Most of the
farmers who buy bags early have done
so and the remainder are waiting un-
til the crop natures. In small lots
bags are selling here at IA cents.
Sold Wheat Crop-Sorrel Bros,
reservation farmers have sold their
crop of 10000 sacks to H w. Collins,
manager for Balfour- Guthrie. The
wheat was purchased on basis of so
cents.
Has Fine HOrse-L. B. Gilman. a
farmer of the Stanfield country who
was here early this week is the owner
of fine stallion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02
Notice to stockholders.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Pendleton Building
Association will be held in the office
of Mark Moorhouse Company at 2
o'clock p. m. on April 14th, 1924.
(Signed.) MARK MOORHOUSE,
(Adv.) Secretary
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02
Attention b. p O. Elks.

Don't fail to be at lodge Thursday
tainment and refreshments. Some:
thing doing that you should not miss.
BY order Of Exalted Ruler.
Attest: THOS. FITZ GERALD, Sec.
(Adv.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02
An Animated Tick Tick.

LOS ANGELES. April 2.-Asked
the time in local hotel lobby, DR.
Andrew Deyo created mild panic by
drawing out eight watches. DR.. De-
yo explained that watches are his
hobby. He frequently carries 20 and
has special pockets made for them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02
Gard OF Thanks.

We wish to thank our friends for
their Kindness and sympathy during
the sickness and death of our little
daughter. Edith.
MR.. AND MRS. WARREN CRAW-
FORD. (Adv.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-02
What To Eat During Lent

in the way Of meats. fish, shell fish.
to be found in appetizing variety at
oregon Market. Received fresh daily.
Phone 444. Govt. inspected. Pay
cash and get more.--Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07

Liesen Building Destroyed Over
heated Furnace Responsible

st. Cloud, Mimi, Feb IA fire
that for a time threatened the de-
struction Of the entire block OF build
ings from Filth = Sixth avenues on
st. German street, started 8 o'clock
yesterday morning. but after a hard
fight by the frednen was brought un-
der control three hours later.
The Lessen building, used for cloth
ing store and bil1iard hall on the
first floor and for professional offices
on the second, was destroyed. The
loss on building, stock. fixtures
libraries, ETC., will reach $685.
An overheated furnace is supposed
to have been responsible for the fire.
The fire started in the basement
of the clothing store conducted by
Magnuson & Ran, and spread rap
idly through the entire building. The
offices and effects OF. Senator J. d.
Sullivan, jerks & Quigley, lawyers;
Hoyt & Davis, dentists; James III.
Maybury, lawyer. and w. H. Alden,
justice Of the peace. were burned.
Magnuson & Rau carried stock
worth $4,000, which was partially
covered by insurance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
RED WING TEAM COMING
Fast Southern Minnesota Five To
Play Three Games in Bemidji Next
Week-February IL, Is and n
BEM1DH ATHLETICS PREPARING

After three weeks Of unsuccessful
attempts to bring basketball teams to
Bemidji the manager Of the Bemidji
athletics has booked a series Of
games to be played in Bemidji on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week. The Mcneil basketball
team of Red Wing win be the OPP
ponents and through their consist
ant playing and hard work have won
a place among the fastest CUNTS
in the southern part Of the state.
The players comprising the local
team are in the pink of condition and
will be prepared for a fast, snappy
contest. New signals will be practic-
ed next week and everything possible
done to make the games the best ever
played In this section OF the state. The
Red Wing boys who will come here
are, H. Vollmers, Raymond Hanson,
Elmer Peterson, Clarence Render, Al
Grinde, Seig and Irwin G. Olson.
manager.
The Bemidji team will consist Of
the following men, Newman, Peck.
Bestul, Brandon. Howe, Bell and
Ripple.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07

In this period five insurance COM
panies collected premiums aggregat-
ngfapproximately $42,588,00O, and
the losses paid, as stated above, ap-
proximate $22,311,243.
The average loss ratio Of all fire
insurance companies, excepting town
ship mutuals, on Minnesota business
during the last five years, has been
approximately 81 per cent" said Mr..
Preus. ''The premiums collected by
fire insurance companies in the en-
tire United States during the last five
years, aggregate approximately ST.
100000, and losses paid approx
innate $4,000, 900, showing a ratio
of losses to premiums collected of ap-
proximately Sc per cent The av-
erage loss ratio in the state of Mime
sofa during the last two years has
been As per cent. If this loss ratio
continues, Minnesota policy molders
will be entitled to very material
reducation in the rates of premiums
paid as compared with the United
States as WHOLE"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
FRANK c. BERRY DEAD
Duluth Business Man, Well Known In
Bemidji, Subject to Nervous Break
down, Expires in Biloxi, Miss.
FUNERAL HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS

Frenk G. Berry, Minnesota pioneer,
travelling salesman, prominent Mason
and for many years a resident of
Duluth, died Friday morning at
Biloxi, Miss, whittier, with Mrs.
Berry, he went in October in an eff
fort to regain health. No word con-
corning funeral arrangements fur
Their than that the remains will be
brought to Minneapolis for burial,
was contained in the death message.
He was well known in Bemidji, hav-
ing been here often on business, in a
travelling capacity.
Mrs. Berry, the widow; Mrs. Harry
Johnson of Coleraine, a daughter,
and two sons, Blayton Berry, age
25, employed at the steel plant, and
Lawrence Berry, age 16, and who
lives with Mrs. Johnson, survive.
Frank c. Berry was born in Min
neapolis SIS years ago. He received
his early education in the Mill City
public schools and later attended the
University of Minnesota.
Less than two years ago Mr.. Berry
was made sales manager of the
Wright-Clarkson Mercantile COM
pany and continued in the same ca
pacity after it was merged into the
Observation-Disclosures company.
Forced by continued i'll health to
give up active work in December,
1912, MIR. Berry and his family
moved to Fond du Lac, Mimi, where
they have since made their home.
About year ago they passed some
time in Florida and later went ia
California.
BY his most intimate friends Mr..
Berry's breakdown is attributed d.
rectly to overwork. He was a thirty
third degree Mason.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
CAN NOT POSTPONE MEET
State Tax Commission Unable To
Come Here Later Than March 81
Auditor George is Informed
FARE TO BE PAID ASSESSORS

=
]. L. George, county auditor, has
received notice from the State Tax
Commissioners, informing him that
t:..'!' will be unable to change the
date of their visit to Bemidji for the
purpose of meeting the assessors of
the county.
Owing to the fact that the law of
1913, Chapter 558, provides for mile
age for assessors attending any nee
essary meeting, as we'll as perdiem
of $500, Mr.. George looks for the
attendance at this meeting on March
31st, of every Assessor in the Coun-
ty.
AS the laws governing assess
ments have been materially changed
since last year, it is absolutely neces-
sary for every Assessor to obtain all
the information he can from all
sources And this meeting Is the
very. best opportEaity that VIII b
Offered. The member Of the COM
mission who will attend this meeting
is fully acquainted with the laws and
their operation, and will spend the
entire day with the Assessors.
AS it requires considerable time to
write up the sixty nine assessment
books of this county, they may not
all be ready for the assessors to take
home with them, but Mr.. George pro-
misses that those not ready on March
81 will be. sent to the Assessors By
mail soon after that time.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
FIRE LOSSES MUCH LOWER
Insurance Commissioners Table
Shows Minnesota Record Since
1902 Beats National Average
TWO YEAR LOSS RATIO SMALL

With fire losses for 1913 of 1920
Sal, Minnesota makes the lowest fire
record since 1907, according to fl
CURES tabulated by J. A. O. Preus,
state insurance commission. This ia
Bile shows that there has been a
sharp decrease in fire losses in the
last two years as compared with the
previous two years. These results are
believed to be. due in great measure
to campaign for fire prevention
conducted by the state and local au-
thorities in cooperation with the in
surance underwriters and others in
terested in the reduction Of the great
annual waste by fire.
Following are the official figures of
the fire losses in Minnesota for the
last five years ...# -.s.-z
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TO TEACH BETTER
FARMING METHODS
Lever Agricultural Extension Bill
Now Being Considered by Congress
Will be Beneficial To County
BUILD DEMONSTRATION PLOTS
Will Be So Located That Farmers On
Way To Town Will Pass Them
Experts Will Be Assigned

From Congressman c. H. Tayenner.
Washington February THE AM
erican farmer. like the Missourian,
has to be shown. And the Lever
agricultural extension bill, recently
passed by the Houce, proposes to
show him by ocular demonstration
just what the latest scientific dis
coveries in agriculture can accom-
plish in his own farm. Under this
bill at least one expert and possibly
two will be assigned to each coun-
ty, and will spend his entire time
throughout the year personally de-
monstrating on the farms under the
eyes Of the farmers, the latest and
best ideas of agriculture.
For years the American govern
ment has been pursuing the scien-
tific study of farming. Wonderful
results have been obtained-in the
laboratories and on the experiment
farms. Probably no nation on earth
has as much valuable farming infor-
nation at it's disposal as has the
United States. Yet farming here is
on lower plane of excellence than
that Of almost every other advanced
nation
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07

George Rupert Oppde entertained
at luncheon in the dining room at
the Pilsener hotel today the occasion
being his tenth birthday. The guests
were Vera Cutter, Gladys Jester, Ca
Uterine Jester, Helen Hayner. Ralph
Moberg, Rueben Dalton, Leland
Knight, John Richards and John o.
Grady. Mesdames A. H. Jester, John
Dalton and John Oppie were chaper-
ons. The hours were from 2 till 4.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
TEAcHER-MOTHER is LOSER
Defeated In Appeal Of Custer Pro.
ceedings.

Now York, Feb. Mrs. Bridget
Peioxtto, a school teacher, who won
q preliminary contest in the state SUI
preme court, after having been dis
missed by the school board because
she absented herself to become q
mother, met with reversal by the ap-
pellate court.
This court unanimously upset JUS
toe Seabury's decision which had or
lsred the board to reinstate the teach
er.
The higher court held that Mrs.
Peixotto should have applied to the
state commissioner Of education for
relief rather than to tie courts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
.LlTERACY TEST IN SENATE
Conference With President Awaited
Before Action Is Taken.

Washington. Feb. THE new i'm
migration bill, with it's literacy test.
as passed by the house, was before
the senate committee awaiting con-
ferences with President Wilson. SEN
ator Smith of South Carolina, chair
man Of the committee, expects to talk
With the president to set his view on
the test for aliens.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
STATE TO INQUIRE
into KE|L, LINER FIRE
Marshall Keller Sends Deputy To In
ve.tigate Fatal Burning Of Hestelry
Is On Ground Today
CASE FOR HOTEL INSPECTOR
Crozier Expected To Act Under Re-
cent Legislation On Protection Of
Guests Rigid Investigation

State Fire Marshall Charles. e.
Keller last night sent deputy to
investigate the hotel fire at Kelliher,
in which six persons met death and
three others are missing. Mr.. KEEL
Ter has as yet no information as to
the cause of the fire. He wishes to
learn this, and also whether protec-
tion was afforded guests.
II shall insist on a rigid investiga-
tion, to determine if the hotel COM
piled with all the state laws regard
ing safety devices, chemical extin-
guishers and fire hose in the hall
ways" said the fire marshall yester-
day.
Hotel Inspector May Act
Alexander Crozier, State Hotel In
spector, probably will join Mr. Keller
in the investigation. The last Legis-
lature revised the law governing the
duties of the hotel inspector and Sec
tion of this act says:
Fire Protection to be Provided
In all hotels and restaurants two
stories high, with ten or more sleep
ing rooms where sleeping accommo-
dations are furnished to the public,
there shall be provided for each
$500 feet of area an efficient chemi-
cal fire extinguisher."
Stand-pipe Is Required
The next section provides that
there must be stand-pipe to give
water pressure for fire hose which
must be provided in the Railways.
The section regarding fire escapes
applies only to hotels more than
three stories in height.
Frank 0'Neil Escaped.
Although Frank O'Neil, a travelling
man, was a guest at the hotel on the
night Of the fire, he escaped. He was
reported as being one Of the six men
killed. Late reports from Kelliher
show that G.. M. Marc is the sixth of
those who met death.
Jury Report.
At the coroner's inquest which
was attended by Graham M Torrance,
county attorney, and M. E. Ibertson,
coroner, the following finding was
made:
ave, the coroner's jury, hereby
agree that in our opinion o. P. Mccall
son and others, came to their death
by a fire, which started, according
to the evidence of witnesses, in the
basement of the Grace hotel on the
morning of February A."
The jury comprised e. J. Taylor
John Hartman, L. ]. Kramer, q. c.
LANCE, G.. Keen, c. johnson and M.
E. Tbertson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07

DR.. and Mrs. e. H. Marcum, A. M.
Bagley, q. H. Denu, A. L. Molander,
G. e. Battles, A. A. Warfie1d and his
brother, John Warfield Of Princeton,
Illinois, arrived from Minneapolis
this morning where they attended
the automombile show.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
Three Witnesses.

n At the coroner's inquest three wit
nesses of the fire were examined and
their stories were practically the
same. According to their evidence
the entire building was in ashes As
minutes after the flames had been
discovered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07

w. L. Brooks, e. A. Barker and B.
w. Lakin will return from Minnea-
polls on the morning train. They
have all attended the auto show held
in Minneapolis this week,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
Episcopal

Sunday school at $50 a. m. Holy
Communion and sermon at 1890.
Archdeacon Parshaal.''
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
Swedish Lutheran

Sunday school at IL o'clock. There
will be no other services on account.
of the pastors absence. J. H. Ran
dahl, pastor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
NEGRO TO BE ORATOR OF
HARVARD SENIORS.

New York, Feb. 7-.Engle-
wood, N. j., is proud of the
fact that one Of its sons, col
ored though he be, will be
graduated from Harvard univer-
sity next June with the honor
of being class orator, a distinc-
ton for which there were six
candidates. The young man
is Alexander L. Jackson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
Not Complete Failure

The trouble is that the American
farm lore is locked up in libraries
of bulletins and other publications.
The system of distribution so as to
put it in use on every American farm
while not a complete failure, is not
as much of practical success as
our farm economists would like.
The reason is that the American
farmer is slow to adopt farming
methods from books. The oldest hui
man art, in his opinion, has existed
long time with the old methods. He
Is naturally slow to make changes in
methods which, at least, have given
him and his family their living.
The Lever bill is designed to take
farming science out of the books and
translate it into bigger crops at bet
ter markets prices demonstrated un-
der the farmers own nose, in the
field, perhaps, that he passes every
time he drives to town. At a cost of
$3,48O,O0O year, it Is planned to
conduct continuous demonstration
work in every rural county of the
United States.
Governmental patronage of agri-
culture is an old thing with this
country. 1t began years ago when
Congress passed the Morrill, Act, do
mating public lands to found an agri-
cultural college in every state in the
Union. This was the first step in the
policy of appropriating public money
for the extension of agriculture. 1T
was followed Jby the creation of the
Department of Agriculture and the
establishment of state experiment
stations.
Were Not Adopted
The findings of these bodies Of
scientists We're published in bulle-
tins and in the farm journals. But
the farmers did not adopt the new
methods with enthusiasm. The next
step was to begin the system of lee
ture-institutes, at which experts
would give advice to the farmers. But
even this plan did not meet the sue
cess hoped for it.
The appearance in the South of
boil weevil created a situation so
serious that different methods had to
be adopted. The scientists discover
ed how to grow cotton in spite of the
weevil. One of the great products
of the nation was threatened, and
the government could not rely upon
printed bulletins to combat it. So the
Department sent experts actually to
demonstrate how cotton could be
grown in the midst of weevil.
.--@z Start Of New Type
That was the start of the new type
of instruction. Since then the work
has been continued by the various
farming clubs for children in the
South, and agents from the Depart,
ment were appointed to begin dem.
onstration work in northern coun.
ties. The latest development is now
shown in the Lever bill which pro.
poses to make demonstration univer.
sal, by putting the demonstration o.
the work into the lands of every
state under federal supervision.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
CONTEST GETTING WARM
Schroeder Makes Special Offer to Con-
testants Who Wish to Enter Final
Squirt for Claxton Piano.
$1.OO, WILL BRING 10000 VOTES

Interest manifested in the Schroe-
der-Pioneer piano contest is now
reaching the boiling point as only
one more week remains for the con-
testants to gather in votes. Every
rival is noW making the final squirt
and every available opportunity to
increase their total is used. Sew
eral contestants who are not credited
with many votes, are holding back
thousands to register on the last
day. So far No. ISL is in the lead
and is credited with s,0OO,409 votes.
The girls who are still working arc
credited with the following votes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-07
First scandinavian Lutheran

There will be no services in the,
morning. Sunday school at IL o'clock
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\ \ 4 4 4 4 X kk y \ = y y y
= SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES. \
X 4 X 4 x X 4 4 4 4 4 4 X 4 4 4

Salvation Army
Sunday school at $3.50. Services at
8 p. m.
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