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The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
DO YOU KNOW THAT

There are 1887, ,533 100000 tons of
coal in the world, according to a care
full estimate made by the editor of
Coal Age
Apples, pears, lemons, oranges and
lines are of great value in improving
muddy complexion. Raw tomatoes
have fine effect on the liver.
The amount of iron ore mined in
the United States last year is officially
estimated at from 58,000,000 to co.
II new gas mantles be dipped into
vinegar and hung up to dry before be-
ing placed upon the gas fixtures they
will give a more brilliant light and
last longer.
A famous German physician proves
that infantile paralysis is often car
ried from one household to another
by domestic animals, such as chick
ems, ducks and steers
The railroads of Great Britain kill
In accidents for which the passenger
is in no way responsible one passen-
ger for every 72,OOO,OOO carried, while
those of the United States kill one
for every 100000 passengers car
ried.
An incipient cold can often be pre-
vented by taking ten or twenty deep,
slow. full breaths in the open air or
at an open window. The breath must
be drawn through the nose very slow.
~ till the lungs are filled. held sec.
ond and exhausted slowly till the
lungs are emptied.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Aili6 SAAoS SoOA
the luster fro m
her policewoman'si
star and the mill
tary n a t t | n g s 81
from her uniform
There was a
smudge Of SCOT on.
one of her white,
g ] ov @ s. S b O
twirled her club
until it struck her
on the crazy bone..
A little farther
down the street
she splashed into
a mn n Ill q N n
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Modern Lover.

Il say, old chap, you're an extrava-
CANT person. What you got there-a
hrysanthemum?
"Chrysanthemum! Dear me, no.
That's lavender wig for the adored
pne."
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Smashing Good Job.

Smashing Good Job.
Mrs. Church-Did you ever get your
husband to try to wash the dishes?
Mrs. Gotham-Only once.
why only once?'
Because the next day we had no
Dishes"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
AVERAGE WAS LOW.

'eHas she been married long?"
"Well, one of them lasted nearly
two years, but the average, l think,
has been six months"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
NOT SCARED BY BILLS.

'1t is said that women are braver
than men. Do you believe t."
"Well, / think more of them would
take a chance ct marriage"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
At the Theater.

A man acts in a funny way
Behind a girl; that's fiat.
He'd rather see q dollar play
Than her $40 hat.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
TRIED TO BRIBE HER /:
BY CHARLES PHELPS cUsHIN0.S
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Mamie Skaggs was in one of her
gloomy moods. 1t was muggy eve
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Three of our presidents, Van Buren,,
Fillmore and Roosevelt, were born In
New York.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Apples, pears, lemons, oranges and
lines are of great value in improving
muddy complexion. Raw tomatoes
have a fine effect on the liver.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

The amount of iron ore mined in
the United States last year is officially
estimated at from 58,OOO,000 to co.
100000 long tons, new high record
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

There are 1887, ,533 100000 tons of
coal in the world, according to care
full estimate made by the editor of
Coal Age
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Three of our presidents. Jackson.
Polk and Johnson. were born in North
Carolina
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Two presidents, Washington and
Monroe, were born in the same coun-
ty, Westmoreland, of Virginia.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Time heals our scars, but our wrinA
kles are more stubborn.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
LETTERS GIVEN PLAYERS
Football Warriors. Of High School
Rewarded for Seasons Work.

Letters were presented to members
of the football team yesterday morn
ing by Superintendent w. P. Dyer.
Captain Graham was called upon for
a speech and responded with short
talk concerning the work of the
team and thanked the Rooters' club
and the students for the loyal sup
port during the past season. Graham
urged the students to show SIM
liar spirit towards the 1915 team,
as the material for next season is
even better than that of the past
year and that the prospects for the
championship are excellent. Mr.. Dyer
also spoke to the boys and pictured
the result of athletic training.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
WILL PLACE NEW STORE.
Morris Lurie Says Brainerd Stock
Will Be Replaced.

Morris Lurie, proprietor of the Be-
midi Paris store, announced this
morning that the Brainerd establish
ment of the firm, which was destroy
ed by fire night before last, will be
replaced and made ready for business
as soon as possible The building
in which the store was located, the
E. C. Bane block, was completely de-
stroyed. The second story of the
building was occupied by the Jour-
nal Press, nothing but the files and
books being saved, the large presses
crashing through the floor to the
ground.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
BAGLEY BOOZE DESTROYED
Deputies Brandt, Carson and LaMars
Confscate Liquor Found in Blind
Pig Joint -Shevlin Visited.
DETROIT LOST $4,000 WORTH

Bagley "blind-pigs" provided en-
tertainment for the government In
dian department special agents yes
terday and more than $50 worth
of liquor was destroyed. The raid
was made by Deputies Brandt, Car
son and LeMars. fresh from their in
vasion of Detroit, where booze, .
worth at least 5000. was dumped
in the streets.
= The agents have been Instructed
to strictly enforce the law and when
a shipment Of whisky was found In
the Bagley depot It was promptly
seized, carried outside and dumped,
rail being used as the destroying
instrument. :..8.5
At Shevlin the agents found that
they, had arrived too late, the
freight train conductor having just
loaded shipment Of whisky, kee
and bottle beer, into car, it III
being billed for SAT er and "wet-
ter" territory.
Agents Larson and LeMars are now
in Bemidji. it being believed that
they will remain here several days.
At Detroit the liquor Is reported
to have formed miniature river aa
it flowed down the streets after being
emptied from the kegs and barrels
as the heads were broken, making q
blend of whisky, flne bralAies and
champagne, never seen before in
that city. In several Instances. q
the mixture gathered II large hole
from which a rock had been lifted,
men with cups, secured their fill
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
BEMIDJI IS MODEL CITY.

Not to be outdone by the record
of the county's bastile in being left
without a single prisoner, the city
police have not made an arrest dur
ing the past twelve days, and the
call of the docket since December 2,
has been without the familiar char
acter known as Jag This is a
record for the Bemidji Jail, said
Chief Lane today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
Little Tot Entertains.

Little Miss Della Hannah, aged
five, entertained the, high students
yesterday by singing q Santa Claus
solo. She has very sweet voice
and was enthusiastically applauded
nv the students. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
Demand for Good Men Daily Increas-
ing and Red River Lumber Com
pa1y Needs Labor Immediately.
SEVERAL CAMPS UNDER WAY
Coming Of Forty-0ne Active Settlers
Indicates Passing Of Dull Times
and Brings Encouragement.

.-f. x = . . 5. EEL=
as to other parts of the United
States, following the cry Of hard
times, the war scare and dull period
which the nation has just passed
through.
The demand for labor is growing
daily and the employment Offices are
with 3dfmculty filling their orders, all
showing renewed activity along In
dustrfal lines:
Since November, ]. J. Opsahl, OF
this city, colonization agent for the
Red River Lumber company, has re-
ceived orders from that organization,
and the Walker e Akeley company,
to compfete several jobs which will
employ 200 men and 100 head Of
horses if the work is to be COM
pleted this winter. +
1: campss Being Plaesd. !
& Two camps are now being estab-
ltshed at Spur s22, on the 500 Line,
and at Spur 327, with three farm
outfits ut Remer and Shovel Lake,
for the Red Lake company:
The Walker e Akeley people have
had two small crews working at Ka-
bekona, on the Minnesota & Inter
national, and will soon place several
more If the men and teams are OBJ
|tainab1e. .2y IL
s Want Fifty Piece Makers.
f I'VE want fifty piece-makers to
!tut pulp wood, posts and ties" said
Mr. Opsahl today. 1--WE are offer
ing the same prices we paid four and
five years ago I find that good men
are very scarce .
Asked as to how land sales are
runnSns he safds They have been
very active during October, Novem-
ber2 and December, many of of the
purchasers moving right onto their
newly acquired lands, beginning to
clear it and erect substantial homes
and buildings, taking every possible
advantage of the open weather, as
we'll as to produce forest products.
Some of our fall customers that have
bought and are improving their
lands are these
Pulls Ont Long List.
| He then asked his clerk for list
of those who had bought since Oc-
tober. most of the land taken being
in Cass, Beltrami, Hubbard and
Clearwater counties. It included
the following, together with the num-
ber of acres they have bought:
L. J. Dean, 100; John Fertig, 80;
Martin Brock, 40; Ross Nelson, 40;
Carl Hegg, 80; Halvor Olson, 40; J.
Simonson. 40: Leland Stiles, 40; r.
D. Bird. 40; ]. Raymond, so; V. P.
Swenson, 80; ]. Henderson, 40; J
O. Irish; 40; c. E.: Wyncoop, 40;
Frank Stone, 40; Sam Lund, 40;
Ezra Smith, 40; Fay Sutton, 40; S.
Legreid, 100; J.. Belamo, 80; George
B. Cramp. 1872; Melvin Hoff, 80; A.
Bates, so; ]. Davies, 80; Earl Ne
meyer. 40; o. S. Meleen, 80: D. An
derson, 80; J. O. Johnson, 80; J. w.
Dye, 200; Mabel Peterson, 40; c.
G. Holden, so: R. r.. Roadway, 200;
George Knott, so; ]. w. Welman, 80;
w. L. Welman, 100; Maude Schwartz
$50; Albert Bartz, 100; E. Smith,
100; A. L. Minton, 200; C. L. Nor
row. 40; C. Wilson, 80; Fred Cob
bert, 80. -.
The Future Bright.
Besides these we have large
number OF parties who will. develop
farms and lakeshore tracts later" !"
continued Mr.. Opsahl. Northern
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
STAPLES HERE TONIGHT
Affiliations Basketball Five Will
.~.-
Play big Bemidg' For Right to
Participate in Title Meet. i.
BOTH CUNTS EXPECT VICTORY

With the players Of each team con-
fident of victory, big Bemidg" and
the "All-Nations' Of Staples, will
meet on the Armory floor this even
ing, the contest being one of two
games to decide which quint has the
right to participate in the, national
championship. meet which is to be
held in Minneapolis, soon after
Christmas.
The second game will be played
tomorrow night, and should the Wis
itors secure victory tonight claDs
of basketball seldom witnessed here
may be expected.
The Affiliations comprise three
Irishmen, two swedes, one Dago and
q Dutchman. They have established
an enviable record and come to Be
midji determined to win both en-
counters. .~$ z.s. q
The lineup this evening will be as
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
$2,OOO,OOO FIRE AT = .
POTTsv1LLE, PENNsYLvANLE
.(By American Press),

Pottsville, Pa. Dec. 17.-Fire
swept the business section of this
city today, causing a loss of about
$2.00O.O0O. -. =, :. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17

Minnesota's prospective future is
bright in and all around Bemidji.
All that is needed is for us all to
take hold and make the farm fac
tories productive
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17

girls; Christmas Wishes, students;
recitation, My Grandpa, Owen Web
ster; song, Oh, Little Town of Bethle-
hem, school; recitation, An Important
Note, Sherwood Tibbets; recitation,
Johnnie's Letter, Lawrence Lamont; !;
Christmas Dream, six boys and girls !;
song, Hurrah! Hurrah! students
Third Grade Program.
Katherine Chance and Elsie
Schmitt prepared the entertainment
to be given by the Third grade stu
dents. The following is list of the
numbers to be given:
Grandma's Christmas Dinner, nine
boys and girls; Looking for Santa,
twelve children; recitation, Helen
Darragh; recitation by Ruth
Caskey; recitation, Mindred Daniel
son; song, eight girls; A Visit to
Santa Claus, sixteen pupils; Ever
green drill, twelve pupils; recitation,
Just a Little Empty Stocking, Vir-
|ginia Whiting; dialogue, A Visit From
Uncle Sam, Charles Vandersluis and
Fred Boucier; Santa and His Fairies,
five children; Why We Keep Christ
mas, story by Catherine Brown; song,
school.
Fourth Grade Program.
Pupils of the Fourth grade prepar.
ed the following program under the
dlrectlon or Wlnnlrred McDermott ano
Clara Folkstead:
Song, Christmas Bells, by school;
recitation, While Shepherds Watch
Their Flocks by Night, Harlan Stew.
art; song, Merry Xmas Bells, school;
Hans and Gretchen, students; reci,
tation, Wish You a Merry Christ.
mas: Helen Erickson; song, How VIZ
Caught Santa, school.
= Fifth Grade Program.
Under the direction of Margaret
Mcdonald and Magdalen Pfeifer, the
students of the Fifth grade prepared
the following program:
Christmas song, school; Hanse1
and Grettle, fifteen boys and girls;
song, Christmas Story, school,; play
Santa Claus Junior, Substitute, thirty
boys and girls; song, Merry Christmas
Bells, school,.
Sixth. Grade Program.
In the |Asth grade, Josephine os:
'tfsm anu Dagny Grimsgard hat
charge Of the preparations for the
Christmas entertainment and the fol.
lowing program was prepared: j:
Song, Chimes, school; play, All His
Fault, twelve Boys and girls; reading
Verna Barker, violin solo, Hurnor-
esque, Louis Brown; song, Christmas
Bells, school,; play, Ruggles' Christ
mas Party, ten pupils; Christmas Quo
tations, several students; closing
song, by school.
At the North Side.
Combined programs will be giveI
at the North side school, Misse:
Drummer and Lowham, teachers o.
the fifth and sixth, and third ant
fourth grades, respectively, having
drilled their pupils in the following
Songs, Christmas Chimes, Tht
Bells, school; play, A Test in Santa
Claus Land; Lullaby song, Sleel
Little Baby of Mine, six girls; play
| Hansel and Gretel; song, "Still;
Nacht," school. ..
"The Dolly Show"
The little tots at the North side
under Misses Boylan and Hollander
first and second grade teachers, viii
give the following program:
Song, Santa Claus, school; recita
ton, Doctor Cure-All, Lysle Kicker
son; song and drill, Santa Claus
fourteen boys; The Dolly Show
seven girls and two boys; song
! Christmas Carol, school; solo, Moth
ing But Big Wax Doll. Myrtle
Harding; recitation and Folk dance
The Dolly and the Jumping Jack, I
girl and boy; song, A Letter to Santa
Claus, school; Goodnight drill, eigh
girls.
$2,OOO,0O0 FIRE AT
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17

A large score board has been
placed for the benefit of spectators
and another section of bleachers put
in to care for the crowds attending
the game. The floor has been pro-
perly marked off and all games will
be played strictly as the rules direct:
The visitors will reach Bemidji
this evening and the game will start
at 8:15.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
BrMIDJI STUDENTS
t>yEPRoGRAMs $!
All Grades OF 'chools to Present
Appropriate t. as Enter
tainments To- |frow.
SEVERAL ARE TO HAVE TREES
Teachers Invite Parents and Others to
Attend-Many Scholars Are
To Take Part.

With the coming Of Christmas, joy
is brought to the heart of every boy
and girl, and in order that the occa-
sion might be properly observed by
pupils Of the Bemidji schools, pro-
grams have been prepared by the stu
dents, under the supervision of their
teachers, which will be given in every
grade, including those of the North
side and East Bemidji, tomorrow af-
ternoon.
The high school program, that Of
the literary society, is being given
this afternoon, and tomorrow after
noon that of the junior high school
will be presented. The public is in
vited to the programs.
Two Programs at Central.
i. In the Central school, two prog
rams will be given to accommodate
all of the parents who wish to be
present at the entertainment in the
high school in the afternoon. The
first entertainment will commence at
10 o'clock Friday morning, and the
second at 1880 p. m. The same num-
bers will be rendered on both occa-
sions.
kindergarten Program.
In the kindergarten a fine enter
tainment has been prepared by Esther
Nixen, who has spent a great deal
of time coaching the youngsters who
are to participate. The room has
been decorated for the occasion and
among the attractions will be q
Christmas tree The following prog
ram will be given:
Christmas Song, by entire class;
recitation, Christmas Dilemma, Edith
Erickson; play, Mother Goose, Kind
Christmas Doll, Nancy Evelyn Sta
venau; solo, Della Hannah; song,
Stanta Is Coming, by school; reci-
tation, A Christmas Stocking, Glen
dor Boucher; story, An Old Woman
and Her Pig, told by Denice Blonde;
play, What Happened One Xmas
Night, students; Christmas Carol, en-
tire class.
In the First Grade.
In the First grade Abbie Murphy
and Catherine Budelman have pre-
pared the following entertainment
for the students.
Mother Goose Play, Kathleen
Downs, Catherine Gilmore, Vincent
Johnson, Dora Jordan, Harry Towers,
Milton Rolkey, Angus Vandersluis,
Eugene Chase and Rudolph Bowen.
The following will act as toy men: {:
Kenneth Caskey, Irene Lahr, Imo-
gene Harrington, Edna Moore and
Kenneth Mohler. Music, both First
grade classes; Christmas play, twelve
small boys and girls; Christmas exer-
cises, twelve boys and girls; Finger
play, students: recitation, Harold
Richie; exercise, Waiting for Santa,
Margaret Fitzgerald and Glenwood
Hieve: closing number, Christmas
song.
Second Grade Program.
Florence Wright and Laura Welsh
have prepared the following program
for the Second grade classes:
Song, Santa Land, Second grade
classes; play, Visit Of julie Tomter,
Swedish play, by students; recitation,
Mammals Present, Leslie Boucher;
song, Santa Claus Will Come Tonight,
Sherwood Tibbets and Bernice Han
nah: concert recitation. Santa Claus
and the Mouse, students; song, In a
Lonely Manager, Second grade;
The Dolly Show, twelve boys and
C~~~D THE CUE
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
Elks to Meet Tonight.

There will be regular meeting
of the Bemidji lodge of Elks, 1852,
this evening. All members are
urged to be present
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17

Paris, Nov. 17.-With violent
shelling of German trenches and re-
peated attacks by infantry, the allies
advances have continued against the
Germans for the past forty-eight
hours. Warships are shelling Ger
man positions from the sea-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17

Efforts of James L.. George, Bel
trami county's auditor, are likely to
save the county treasury approxi-i
mately $4,000 this year, and many.
thousands more in future years, as
as the result of his activity in the
controversy involving excess money
derived from the sale at auction Of
government lands for drainage
charges. a.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
The Future Bright.

Besides these we have a large
number of-paFties- who will develop
farms and lakeshore tracts later"
continued Mr.. Opsahl. Northern
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17
ENGLISH ARE ARoUsEDI|
Indignant Because German Vessels
Were Permitted to Escape After
Attack on British Ports.
ADVANCE OF ALLIES CONTINUES
}(American Press)

London, Dec. TIA revised list
Of casualties in yesterdays raid of
the German warships on English
coast towns shows ninety-six dead
and $50 wounded. The entire coun-
try is aroused over the navy permit
ting the escape of the German ves-
sels
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17

Vienna, Dec. 1.-THE recapture
of Bochnia, thirty-five miles west of
Cracow, and advance of Austrian
troops moving eastward in Galicia to
within sixty miles of the beseiged
fortress, Przemysl, was officially an
nounced by the war Office
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-17

Continued on last page,
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Guaranteed for Lame Muscles

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Georgia Can Require
Electric Headlights

Washington, June st h G
State of Georgia has the right to
compel railroads operating within
its borders to equip all locomo-
tives on main line traffic with
electric headlights, the United
States Supreme Court decided.
The fight on the legislative
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er safety, was carried to the
highest courts on behalf of num-
erous short-line roads, which OBJ
jected to the additional expense
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U. S. Supreme Court
Gets Thaw Bail Plea

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pvernor William Stone of Penn.
ania today appeard before the
all bench of the Supreme Court
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Thaw now is in custody of Sher-
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the highest court the question of
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Impeachment Or
Nothing For Speel

Washington. June 8.-Judge
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or no further steps taken. This
declaration of the subcommittee
in charge of the impeachment pro-
ceedings against the Georgia fed
eral judge was made today.
Chairman Webb said that an
agreement had not yet been reach
ed.
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