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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30

FOR SALE-Five Cornish Indian
Game hens and one rooster. Cheap
if taken at once. Call or phone Black
6S5.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30

PERSON taking muff by mistake from
McGrath Bros. drug store please re-
turn to this office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30

FOR SALE-Numerous used organs
which have been taken as part pay.
ment on a new piano. Prices very
low. Credit If desired. Duncan-Schell
Furniture Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Covered wagon. Apply
b at 1912 Carroll street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30

WANTED-At once, room and board
by man and wife. Address INN,
this office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30
Nurses Were Guests.

has been honor guest at number of
small parties during the week, was
given a miscellaneous shower at the
home of Mrs. VIM. HOgle on Satur
day evening. The guests were the
nurses OF. st. Joseph's hospital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30
Easter Party at B. U. Home.

Easter party at b. U. Home.
An Easter party was given this
afternoon for the old ladies who form
the household at the Birge Benevo-
lent Union home. The March divi-
sion Of the social committee. Mrs. J.
j. Chapman, Mrs. Earl Y. Wills and
Mrs. Charles Kirch we're hostesses.
Mrs. Chapman read number Of in
teresting stories and items, after
which refreshments were served. AT
one end of the table was jar of
Easter lilies and at the other a bou-
quet of johnquils. Instead Of place
cards, at each place was candy
Easter egg with the individual names
on them. The afternoon was one of
the most happy of the social after
moons provided for the residents OF
the home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30

WANTED = Experienced saleslady
Royal Cloak Co., 42O Main.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30

Trump Club Thursday.
Miss Fern Hood, 525 North Sixth
ST., will be hostess to the Trump
club on Thursday afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30

WANTED-Three rooms for light
housekeeping. Ground floor pre-
ferred. Call Red 1144.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30

A. o. II. Dance.
A post Easter dancing rarty will
be given on Monday evening, April 5
by the Ancient Order Of Hibernians
at their hall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30
Want Column
WANTED

WANTED-At once, furnished apart
ment for light housekeeping. Ad
dress NM" this office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
SoLWAY FARMERS MEET
Many Attend Get-To- Gether Session
to Discuss Development of
Beltrami Lands.
CLUB LADIES SERVE DINNER

That the .Solway Farmers club is
one of the most progressive in the
state; was made evident yesterday by
the success of the farmers institute
which was held in that village. Rural
residents from many miles around
gathered at Solway where the day
was spent in discussing topics of in
terest concerning the betterment of
the agricultural prospects: At noon
lunch was served by the ladies of
the club and short time was spent
for social purposes. :.s..
Interesting speeches were made by
G. o. Carlson of Erskine, L. H. Bug
bee of Carlton, and R. e. Olmstead
of Excelsior, Minnesota. The sub
jects selected by the speakers proved
of great interest to the farmers and
as they are all educated and expert
enced men, showed an unlimited
knowledge of questions relative to
improvements for the raising of bet
ter crops and the conditions of farm
life. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
TO HAVE NEW LOCATION.
.Akerber) & Kttleson Company Have
Third Street Store. ~

Robert Gulbranson, formerly trav-
cling salesman for the Northwestern
Oil company of Superior, Wisconsin,
and who has made his headquarters
in this city for the past month, has
purchased half interest in the Aker-
berg & Kittleson Clothing company.
This firm has leased the Bacon build
ing on Third street which was for
.merly occupied by the Larkin & Dale
saloon and will open for business at.
that stand on February 20. The
building is being remodeled and q
new front is being built that promises
to be one of the prettiest in that Sec
ton of the city. The interior Of the
building will be reprinted and dec
GRATED and slight changes made to
accommodate the clothiers. New.
fixtures will be purchased together
with a large stock OF clothing and
fsh0es.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
SENATE HITS MAT With
COUNTY OPTION BILL

st. Paul, Feb. 4.-Members of the
Minnesota, state senate are going to
the mat with the county option issue
this afternoon. It was made a spe-
cial order of business at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. The bill is known as the
official county option bill, and was
introduced by Senator Peterson. It
has the approval of the County OPP
ton League and large crowd is
present. The senate still has under
consideration Lobeck's statewide
prohibition bill.
Saloon men are in the galleries
betting on the outcome. 1t is prob
able that the bill will be amended
and pass the senate before dark. The
travelling mems enfranchisement bill
passed the senate A constitutional
amendment providing for farm land
loans from the state school fund, to
a revolving fund for drainage and
road making in Northern Minnesota,
was passed. -
A bill was introduced to retire
school teachers serving twenty years
or more, giving $3.50 pension after
serving that length of time and in
creased pensions with increased
length of service.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
BowL1Ne I. TO /
f.,(...' ~ ETE AT PEORIA

Peoria, Ill.,, Feb. 4.-More than
500 five-men teams will compete in
the American Bowling congress tour
nament here in March, according to
word received by local tournament
officials from Abe Langtry, the sec
rotary. Langtry says unusual in
terest is being shown in the Peoria
event and he expects a list that is
likely to equal or surpass the record
of six hundred teams at Chicago. E.
J. Ryan of Detroit, president of the
A. B. c., writes that the largest dele
cation that ever left Detroit for a
similar event will come to Peoria. At
least fifty teams are promised by
Charles M. Baker of St. Louis, a mem
Der of the executive committee. Ed
win H. Meyers of Indianapolis and
William E. Kelly of Ottumawo, Iowa,
write that they will accompany big
delegations. A special train will take
St. Paul and Minneapolis bowlers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
PUBLIC EXAMINER HIlEns
81, 000, 900 BACK TAXES
DUE loaTE TATE

Nearly $1,000, 900 g back taxes IL
in process of collection from railroad,
express, telephone, sleeping car,
freight line, and suburban railway
companies by the state. according to
a report made yesterday by Andrew
E. Fritz, public examiner.
In the past four years Mr.. Fritz
has been checking up on all compa-
MES paying gross earrings taxes. He
has discovered LII companies which
have not been paying these taxes.
In the past thirty days 500 COM
:panies were discovered which will
soon be called on to turn into the
states Golfers the taxes to which the
state is entitled: 5lss
More than 500 telephone companies
have been found which have never
paid any taxes. The companies are
small ones, formed mostly by farm
ers who neglected to report and pay
their gross earnings taxes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
PREDICTS LAKE CAR line
Thomas Roycraft of Grand Forks, La.
vinia Property Owner, Writes En-
Enthusiastically About Benlidji.
TO MAKE MANY IMPROVEMENTS

Thomas Roycraft, general manager
of the Grand Forks Street Railway
company, writes enthusiastically
about the future of Bemidji and the
surrounding country and makes the
prediction that an electric line will
be seen around Lake Bemidji before
many years. 49,
II own some property at Lavinia,
as you may know" reads his letter,
land I have erected a summer home
there and recently purchased a block
of that plat with improvements and
expect to improve this property still
further and some day help in build
ling an electric line around Lake Be-
midi -
IT am enclosing my, check for the
subscription to the Pioneer and feel
that your paper is doing a good work
for Bemidji and the surrounding
country" g. 4 .
Bemidji and it's beautiful lake: is
receiving lots of good boosting away
from home as we'll as In the city and
that the result will be materially felt
during the next two years, is the pre-
ulcllOn.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
High School Basketball Team Not to
Play This Week.

No game will be played by the Be-
midi High school basketball team
this week but regular practice will
be held every evening until the
Brainerd game which will be played
here on February Is. On this date
a double-header will be played, as
the big Bemidg" five will meet the
Two Harbors quint. The Brainerd
team has made an excellent record
this season and is considered one of
the closest aspirants for the cham
pionship of the sixth district. The
teams now leading in the race are,
Little Falls, Royalton, Sank Center,
Brainerd and Bemidji. AS the trans
portation accommodations for school
CUNTS between these cities are poor
it is probable that some of the games
will be played as preIiminaries to the
contests for the championship of the
state at Carleton. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
BEMIDJI NOT TO HAVE
SUNDAY PASSENGER

In a decision which was filed in
the Ramsey county district court this
morning. the Great Northern railroad
was upheld in it's action whereby the
Sunday trains running between
Grand Forks and Duluth, through Be-
midi, were discontinued.
The opinion was the outcome of
an appeal which had been made from
an order of the Railroad and Ware
house commission directing the rail-
road to replace the trains.
In the decision it is stated that a
railroad need not run Sunday trains
for baseball fans, ball players or ice
cream vendors as such things are lux
uries, not necessities
: 1t is the opinion of many that the
train will again be placed in service
during the summer months.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
EIGHT CHANGES ARE URGED
Bemidji Sportsmen With Others of
Northern Minnesota Will Insist
That Game Laws Be Revised.
ASK CLOSED SEASON FOR MOOSE

Several Bemidji sportsmen are
uniting with others of Northern Min
nesota in a move which it. is hoped
will result in drastic revision of the
state game laws, including the advo-
cacy of a three-year closed season for
moose.
Petitions are being sent to St. Paul
which will be used in an attempt to
cause the legislature to make the re-
quired changes. Among the most
important recommendations contain
ed are the following:
No netting in stocked lakes.
A closed season for moose for three
years.
A provision forbidding aliens to
carry firearms or to obtain hunting
license.
That the season for ducks and
other aquatic fowls, prairie chickens,
grouse and rabbits shall open Sept.
1 5 and close Nov. Is.
That sportsman obtaining a Ii
cense shall be entitled to one buck
deer only, on this animals horns to
show.
That no hunting be allowed from
automobiles. If gun or rifle be
carried in the. automobile it must be
taken down in the same manner as
when carried on train.
The netting of all fish in inland
waters of the state, except .Whitefish,
be prohibited. +~e.- -,
That a universal license for which
a fee of So shall be charged, be is
sued to any citizen of legal age, and
that 100 metal tags be provided with
license, so of which shall be of one
color or design and the remaining
SO to be of another color, or different
design
That a bag for the season of prai-
RE chicken, partridge and grouse be
limited to SO birds per individual,
and that bag of ducks and other
aquatic fowls be limited to so; that
a metal seal be attached to each bird
that is taken.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
RUSSIAN TROOPS DRIVE
GERMANSFROM VILLAGE

London, Feb 4.-Russians have
abandoned their march on Konigs-
berg. For. three days, ,unmentioned
progress has marked the campaign
northeast Of Insterberg and was con-
tanned in official dispatches from Pet
rograd. Advices today say that the
Gears army has encountered several
forces of the enemy west Of pillkal-
len and were forced to halt their adj
vance.
Southeast of Insterberg, the Rus
sian forces were assigned to push in
"a northwesterly direction along the
railway leading through Insterberg
to Konigsberg, making desperate
efforts to cross the Angerap at Dark
helm on the railway. The Germans
suffered heavy losses when they occu-
pied strong positions on the west
bank of the river. The Russian cav
airy, however, drove the Germans
from the small village on the west
bank of the Agerap, south of Dark
helm, and the village was held by
the Cars troops northeast of Inster-
berg.
The Russians encountered unex-
pectedly large forces of Germans
concentrated along the Laddehenon-
Mallwischken line, west of Pillkillen
German prisoners were taken in that
vicinity and reported reinforcements
were brought into East Prussia from
Flanders along the western battle
line. Military experts are chief
ly concerned over the new German
attacks near Verdun where the army
of the crown prince resumed efforts
to drive in the French infantry which
was entrenched outside of the be.
sieged city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
BUT FEW TAXES PAID.
County Treasurer Expects That Work
Will Be Heavy Soon.

According to County. Treasurer
Earl Cell. only 200 of the $500 per-
sonal property taxes have been paid
to date, which means that the latter
portion of this month will be an ex-
ceedingly busy time for the clerks
in this Office. AS a ten per cent PEN
atty will be added after March first,
it is expected that during the last
few days of the month it will be
necessary for all late personal prop
erty owners to crowd the court house
corridors from early morning until
dark, awaiting their turn at the win
dow. Unless many taxes are not
paid within the next few days it will
mean delay in sending the receipts
and also will delay the March settle
ment ~ .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
GLE Announces
1915 CROP PRIZES
Local Business Men Offer Liberal
Cash Rewards for Winners Of
Producing Contest.
WILL FURNISH POTATO sEE1
Local Banks to Give Fifty Dollars
to "spud' and Corn Raisers-
Barker Offers Watches. {

Bueford M. Gile, instructor of ag-
riculture in the Bemidji schools, has
mailed invitations to over 1000 boys
and girls Of Beltrami county to enter
a crop producing contest to be con-
Quoted next summer. Prizes have
been solicited from Bemidji business
men and the Fair association and the
winners will be we'll rewarded for
their efforts. According to Mr.. Gile,
the premiums on corn, potatoes,
bread, poultry and many other things
are higher than ever before. Every
boy and girl between the ages of ten
and eighteen years may enter the con-
tst. The following are a few ex-
tracts from Mr.. Giles letter to the
eligible contestants: =.
.->z New Potato Contest. $.
The first $50 boys and girls who
enter the contest will be given five
seed potatoes of either the Early
Ohio or Carmen No. 1 variety. They
will raise all the potatoes it is posi-
BILE to raise from these five, and then
bring the entire product, all sizes, to
the county fair next fall. The pro-
duct will be judged on the following
points: :
Largest Number of Pounds of Po-
tatoes Grown 10
Largest Number of Pounds of Mar.
ketable Potatoes 20
Story, How I Grew My Potatoes"
(250 to 400 words) ....... 10
(a) Preparation of ground and
seed.
(b) Time and method of planting
Co Cultivation and general care.
.(d) Number pounds raised
Amount of ground and yield per acre.
Northern National to Give $25.
Prizes for. the potato contest are
as follows: LIST premium, $500;
second premium, $1,000, both given
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
'BEMIDG' TO MEET 0SWEGO
Eastern Championship CUNT Will
Find Stiff Opposition in Contest
With Local Organization Tonight
THREE GAMES TO BE PLAYED
Oswego won from the Duluth
Rotary club last night by a score
of 80 to 80.

Oswego, the crack basketball team
Of New York state, will meet the
strong big Bemidg" quint in the
Armory this evening for what will be
the first of three-game series. The
are rated as the strong
est team in the United States, and
the remarkable record of the Eastern
quint proves this claim to be valid
one.
But Oswego will meet stiff opposi-
ton in Big Bemidg." The local
basket shooters have been perform
ing in brilliant style during the past
several weeks, the entire team show
ing speed and splendid teamwork.
Looking at the contest of this ev-
ening from all angles, it looks as if
the Eastern quint, with all its class
and the prestige of perhaps the great
est record ever made by any, team
in this country, should have the call.
Any team thatswas able to :decisive1y
defeat the Buffalo Germans. is some
team.
: Manager jacobson of the Bemidji
team believes that his aggregation
has an excellent chance of winning.
Special interest is aroused here
over the appearance of "Swede''
Grimstad. This giant stands six feet
three in height, according to ad-
vance reports, and is said to be the
greatest basketball player in the
world. go
The game will be called at 8:15.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
Was Largely Attended.

The funeral of George Dyer was
held from the First Methodist church
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
and was one of the most largely at
tended of any ever held in Bemidji
The church was we'll filled, the mem
bers of the Eastern Star and Georges
Sunday school class members being
there in body. The hundreds OF
beautiful flowers were a token of the
esteem in which the boy was held in
the community. The pail bearers
were M. J. Brown, A. T. Carlson, w
z. Robinson and Bueford M. Gile
The body was laid at rest in Green.
wood cemetery.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
WILL U. 5. FLAG
GUARD PALESTINE
Effect of War on Turkish Possession
Puzzling-Will the United States
Get Sacred Country?
ALLIES MAY DRIVE OUT TURKEY
Russia to Grab Asia Minor and North.
ern Persia, Leaving Syria and
the Holy Land.
By P. M. Sarle.
(Unite1 Press STAFF Correspondent

(Unitee Press STAFF Correspondent
London.-(By Mail to New York. }
WHO is going to have Palestine
when the war is over?" is one of the
questions which is already beginning
to worry the Allied Association of
New Map Makers, and the responsive
query "Shall it be the United States?"
is receiving more consideration than
at first thought might seem possible.
Whatever happens to Germany and
Austria, the Allies are determined
that Turkey shall be pushed COM
pletely off the map of Europe, and off
the greater part of Asia Minor, and
there will be rare old scramble for
"leg portions when the Ottoman
bird is carved.
Certain portions of the turkey have
already been hooked. England has
annexed Egypt and Cyprus and will
almost certainly insist on retaining
that part of the Persian Gulf and Eu-
pirates valley captured by the Anglo
Indian troops. Arabia won't be
Of much use to anybody, as it's inhab-
itants are bit too lively for Chris
tian government and anyway Eng
land could not afford to have any
other nation planted along the route
to India. Russia will grab off most
of Asia Minor and northern Persia,
and there only remains Syria and the
Holy Land.
Power Broken in 1910.
Continued on last page).
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
TAKE 1000 RUSSIANS
And MACHINE GUNS

Vienna, Feb. 4.-The Austria-Ger
man forces operating in the Carpa-
thians, have captured thousand
Russians and several machine guns,
and made an assault upon a strong
position held by the enemy, near
Mountain Range. The attacks were
very stubborn and all repulsed.. The
situation in southern Poland and
western Galicia are unchanged.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
TO RACE WITH STORK.

Berlin, Feb. 4.-The stork is ex-
pected by the Crown Princess Cecelie
in few weeks. Arrangements for
special train to hurry the crown
prince from the firing line for the
event are complete. The couple was
married in 1905, in Berlin. They
have four sons.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
REFUSE GIFTS FROM u. S.

Amsterdam, Feb. 4.-On account of
the assertions made that American
neutrality was merely hypocritical,
the war committee at the German
city of Zwickau has refused gifts
from the United States. They de-
clare our neutrality farce, because
we have been furnishing arms and
ammunition to Germany's enemies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
New Bus Makes Hit.

Bemidji's "Jitney Bus" is making
hit. The bus, which in reality of
an auto-street car, has been in ser
vice for several days, being operated
by Carter Bros, between Nymore and
Bemidji. It is electric lighted, heat
ed by hot air and will easily accom-
modate 16 passengers. e., :.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
To Sprinkle Sand.

Complaints were made by citizens
this morning of the slippery side
walks and the attention of the Off
Gals called to the fact that many in
juries caused from this source may
mean a lawsuit for the city. Sand
will be sprinkled throughout the
downtown district today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
Few "Sleepers" Now,

Comparing the records at the City
hall today of the sleepers using the
city Jail during the month of January,
showed remarkable decrease from
those of last year. In January, 1914,
over 200 sleepers were accommodated
which is more than have asked for
lodging all this winter. Three men
were given sleeping quarters last
night. >z:@rs. - z, @ e =.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
SESSION OF CONGRESS ENDS
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY

Washington, Feb. 4.-Congress
ends it's session one month from to-
day. Democratic leader Underwood
says that unless the ship purchase
bill be Immediately disposed of, an
extra session is certain on account of
appropriation measures. The immi-
grafton bill is expected to come up
today
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
To Encourage Its Growth.

With the money that is to be
made through~th producing Of eel
cry the Northern Celery company
will make special offers to new set
tiers with the provision that they
raise celery, paying for the land with
a certain percentage of the earnings.
The expert of the company will su-
perintend the working Of the crop,
assuring success.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
Held on Robbery Charge.

Deputy Sheriff George Denley will
leave tonight for. Walker where he
will take charge of G. G. Scott and
Tom Doyle, who are being held by
Sheriff Kennedy of Cass county on a
charge of robbing the Erickson hotel
of this city. ...
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-04
IS HELD ON MURDER CHARGE

Plainview, Mimi, Feb 4.-Chade-
line Weinerskirck, IS, is being held
this morning charged, with murder
ing her own infant child by strangu-
latiOn.