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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
Changing the Constitution.

If the legislature could amend the
state constitution at will it probably
would revise thoroughly that his
toric document every two years, is
the comment of the St. Paul Dis
patch. But being denied this power
because of a troublesome provision
in the organic act itself, put there
to prevent just such tinkering, it
confines it's attentions to devising
amendments for submission to the
people at the next succeeding cleo
ton.
The 1913 legislature submitted
eleven amendments. But one was
approved. This year nearly a score
of bills proposing constitutional
changes have been introduced.
In view of the experience at the
1914 election many of the legisla-
tors believe that amendments should
be made easier. 1t now requires q
majority of all the votes cast at an
election to approve constitutional
change. Others are proposing that
the people be asked to call a con-
vention to revise the constitution
from top to bottom.
Changes may be needed, but there
does not seem to be any great popu-
lar clamor for them. At past cleo
tions amendments concededly merit
orious, and sufficiently advertised to
become understood, have been ap-
proved under the present system.
Some perhaps equally good have
fallen short Of a majority. Others
of little consequence and some that
might be classed as ill-advised, mi
quitous or dangerous have also been
defeated. Had it been easier to
amend probably all would have pass
ed, good, bad and Indifferent alike.
That was the experience when a ma
jority of all those voting on an
amendment prevailed.
It is dangerous to- tinker with the
constitution and the legislature
should go slow. The state may have
outgrown some of the provisions, but
it is perhaps better to worry along
with the present organic act for a
while at least until other states have
ascertained, whether the government
al experiments they are making are
a success.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
GLASS OF SAL IS /.
. !. CLEANS Il. !. KIDNEYS XII
If your Back is aching OF Bladder
bothers, drink lots of=water
and eat less meat. y.

When your kidneys hurt and your back
feels sore, don't get scared and proceed
to load your stomach with a lot Of drugs
that excite the kidneys and irritate the
entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys
clean like you keep your bowels clean,
by flushing them with mild, harmless
salts which removes the body's urinous
waste and stimulates them to their nor
NAL activity. The function of the kid
ncys is to filter the blood: In "a hours
they strain from it 500 grains of acid
and waste SO We canr readily understand,
the vital Importance, Of keeping the kid.
neys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't drink
too much;; also get from any pharmacist
about four ounces, Of Jad Salts; take
9 tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast each morning for a few
days and your kidneys will act fine.
This famous salts is. made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for genera
tions to clean and stimulate clogged kid,
neys; also to neutralize the acids in
urine 50 it no longer is source of irrit
tation, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in.
jure; makes a. delightful effervescent
lithia-waters drink which exeryoneashould
take now and then to- keep their kid
neys clean and active. Try this, also
keep up. the water drinking, and no,
doubt YOU will wonder what became of
your kidney trouble and hackache.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
X X X X X X X K X X X X X X X y
x BELGIAN GOVERNMENT - x
x AT NICE-HAVRAIS X
X X K X X X X X X 4 X 4 X 4 X y
(By William G. Shepherd

u r
Havre, France.-(By Mail to- New
York. )-Squeezed into little SUI
burb, known as Nice-Havrais, is the
Belgian government. In the house
once occupied by rich German
shipper, the Belgian war department
carries on it's busy affairs. In an
other mansion, deserted by Ger
man, the foreign office holds sway
and on the second floor of long line
of store buildings most of the other
departments have their temporary
offices.
France has turned over this little
spot to Belgium. Nice-Havrais is not
French soil, but Belgian, and it will
remain so by the promise of France
until the king of Belgium rides
again into Brussels.
It is the Belgian postoffice that is
the most interesting spot in this lit
tie Belgium. The French postmaster
moved out, bag and baggage, when
the Belgians came and the Belgian
department of posts and telegraphs
took it over. The telegraph business
amounts to little, but in the matter
of posts this little office probably
holds all worlds records for it's size.
1t is a paradise for postage stamp
collectors. They besiege the place,
from the opening to the closing hour.
They come from all parts of the coun-
tries of the allies. Some of them live
at a nearby hotel and day after day
they repair to the little postoffice and
buy stamps of all Nominations which
they affix to postal cards and thrust
| into the letter slots. =
1t strikes an onlooker-especially
one who is not victim of the post
age stamp craZe-as a gruesome bust
ness, this matter of making the Bel
gian i'll wind blow we'll for them
| selves, but this is a thought that ap-
pears to have struck neither the good
looking young Belgian fellow with
| the brown mustache, who presides at
the stamp window. They have batch
es Of stamps including one of every
domino tion-ready for any person
who comes up and says Give me all
of them.'' ::
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

Madame Romano, who keeps the
cafe at the corner nearby, is making
small fortune in picture postal
cards: 1t is to her that the stamp
collectors go for cards to stick their
stamps on. The collectors say that
stamps which are placed on letters
are never so clearly and thoroughly
cancelled as are those which are filed
to the hard surface of cards, and the
cancelling marks make all the diff
ference in the value of a postage
stamp, from the collectors view
point.
Three men work at cancelling in
the Belgian postoffice at Havre, and
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

they seem to have caught thes spirit
of the stamp collectors for they work
.painstakingly and seem to be care
full, in spite, Of the mass of work
they have, to be careful to put the
cancelling mark right over the CEN
ter of the stamp.
twenty-five years from now" ex-
planned an English stamp collector,
these Belgian stamps with the
Havre postmark will be worth,a great
deal. It's one of the few stamps that
will tell the history of the great war.
There's only one stamp that the war
has made valuable as this Havre
stamp and that is the Belgian, with
German cancellation on it, For q
while after they entered Belgium the
Germans permitted the use of Bel
gian stamps but now, understand,
only German stamps are used in that
territory" .-... r. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
Our Slogan:
"Bemidji $4,000
Population
in 1925"

An amendment to the ElWell road
law to meet the most serious objec-
ton urged against it by those now
seeking it's repeal is proposed in d
new bill by Senator Leonard H.
Nord, International Falls Instead of
the Elwell road proceedings being
initiated by six petition signers, rs
now, the Nord bill would require a
petition of rs per cent of the prop
erty owners to be benefited, provid-
ing this number should not be re-
CURED to exceed twenty-five.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

John Ball Osborne, the American
consul at Havre, receives scores of
requests weekly from mysterious per-
sons in the United States who want
him to write them a letter or a pos
tai card, and it doesn't matter what
he writes, they explain, so lang as
the missive card carries a Belgian
stamp. Mr.. Osborne suspects such
persons of being stamp collectors and
he is particularly suspicious of let
ters addressed to him in schoolboy
handwriting. -~
A round trip to the Belgian post
Office from Havre means a journey
of fives miles in an automobile
which, in Mr.. Osborne's case-he be-
ing only a consul, means a taxicab
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
NISCELLANEOUs

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{ the day eof publication: it is the
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
HEADACHE STOPS,
NEURALGIA GONE
Dr. James Headache Powders
give instant relief Cost
dime a package

Nerve-racking, splitting or dull,
throbbing headaches yield in just few
moments to DR.. James Headache Pow
ders which cost only 10 cents pack
age at any drug store. It's the quick
est, surest headache relief in the whole
world. Don't suffer! Relieve the
agony and distress now! You can.
Millions Of men and women have
found that headache and neuralgia
misery is needless. Get what you ask
for.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

Nevada was again the greatest sill
yer producing state last year, fol-
lowed in order by Idaho, Montana,
Utah and Colorado. viz: .~.S.... ..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
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Andrew Carnegie has given away
have held out the $399.-Wheelock S.
Weekly.
The tax-paying public is keeping
sharp eye on the Minnesota legis-
lature to see if that body will carry
out the promises of Economy in the
expenditure of the peoples money
that were so eloquently and force
fully made by candidates for the SEN
ate and house during the late cam
paign. It. is one of the easy things
to do-talk .economy-but it is ra-
Their difficult matter for everyone
to practice the art of holding tight
the purse strings when the peoples
money is so near at hand and the
barrel can be tapped with one fell
stroke of the extravaganza hammer.
-Mankato Free Press.
Representative Searls Of Carlton
has the right idea. We have always
advocated that land speculator who
holds his lands until some farmer
comes alongside him and digs out a
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

FOR Stationary birds, both male
~ and female. Mrs. Geo. Kirk. Phone
1886.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

Paris will erect two plans for the
publication of drinking water with
ozone, each with a capacity of $780,
600 gallons day. - 49,.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

Russia has a woman aviator who
has been sent to the front for active
duty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
FARMS FOR, SALE.

FOR CSALE-320-acre dairy farm in
q Marhsal1 county, Mimi. Good build
ings with nice poplar grove. Good
we'll. Rich soil, no stumps. High
and low land, 100 acres fenced pas
ture. so acres in field, 10 acres
hay meadow, ready for plow. 4
miles to creamery. Price $25 per
acre, easy terms Inquire 9O6 Be-
midi Ave..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
Results are most Always certain
ahen you use Pioneer want ad.
One-half cent a word. Phone 81.
Notice..

On and after Feb. 1, credit will
be extended to our patrons on
monthly basis only. All accounts
will be closed each 80 days and the
payment of each account must be
made in full every 80 days.
The nature of credit store is such
that it has numerous small accounts
scattered among all classes of people
and the problem of regulating credits
so as to extend every accommodation
possible and at the same time con-
duct safe and sane business, is no
small part of the business and we
trust you will appreciate our efforts
and cooperate with us, thus enabling
us to conduct our accounts on a bust
ness basis.
w. G. SCHROEDER.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

FOR SALE-The J. o. Harris resi-
dence, a 11-room house at 703 Be-
midi Ave. Apply at residence.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

A valve is fitted to the bottom of a
new cooking kettle so that water may
be drained from vegetables without
endangering its user.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

An Englishman has invented a coin
In the slot machine to enable a per-
son riding In q train to ascertain at
what speed he Is going. z.5s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE have the following
farm machinery to exchange for
live stock, one two horse corn cul-
tivator, one, one horse corn culti-
vator, 9one potatoe sprayer. Two
farm wagons, Two one horse bug
gdes. one garden drill, one, two
/ horse Kentucky single disk harrow
and other farm machinery. w. G,
Schroeder ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

Pioneer waIIs-one-half cent q
word cash.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

There are about 100000 acres
of tillable lands in the Philippines, Of
which only about 100000 acres are
cultivated.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

FOR SALE-Fisher Baby Grand
Piano, good as new. Address Pho
neer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

FOR SALE-1O00-pound horse, or
will trade in on one weighing
about 1900 pounds. Koors Bros.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Open daily, except Sunday. to So
NJ, to 9 p. m. Sunday, reading reen
only, 3 to s p IN.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-17

"A Texas inventors hair drying
brush that is heated by electricity is
provided with a screen to prevent it
burning the scalp.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-20
MORPHINE F|END
ESSAYS BURGLARY
BREAKS INTO PIERCY'S
DRUG STORE
EVIDENTLY SAME BURGLAR WHO
ENTERED TWO OFFICES
RECENTLY

Piercy's drug store was burglarized
last night and undoubtedly by the
same person who entered DR.. Rulison
and DR.. Masterson's offices recently.
AS in the former cases, SIMPLIFYING
drugs were sought, while valuable
goods. such as imported perfumes,
were not touched.
The burglar entered through the
rear door He was a patient Grim
inal. for he must have worked an
hour with his pocketknife cutting a
hole through the door, into which he
reached and drew back the bolt. He
took about so worth of morphine and
cocaine in tablet form. as well as a
hypodermic syringe. In the cash
register he found and appropriated
about SO in change and 35 cents worth
of stamps The burglary was commit
ted after IL o'clock, Tor the store was
open until that time.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-20
LABORATORY FOR
MINING SCHOOL
TOTAL REGISTRATION is
FORTY-SEVFN
CHEMISTRY COURSE TO START
WITH BEGINNING OF
FALL TERM

The work of the Tonopah school of
mines is going ahead with encourag-
ing results, according to Principal e.
r. Bennett. Despite the warm wealth
Ter the students are attending very
regularly. However. they are looking
forward to the August vacation and
a rest after three months of bene-
fetal work number of the stu.
dents win take advantage of the vaca-
ton by going to the exposition.
The total registration of the school
TO date is AZ men. Fully so per cent
of this number are in regular atten-
dance. A number of the men have
had the work which is being taken up
this term and are waiting TO take up
the courses which will be inaugural.
ed with the September term
During the past few weeks the stu.
dents have been putting in extra
time remodeling the old high school
chemistry laboratory so that II can
be used for their work in chemistry
This course win start with the fall
term, A large number OF men have
signined their intention OF taking up
work beginning with the next term
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-20
PERSONAL

LEE HOWE and wife left for Reno
on this mornings train.
MISS E. L, URQUHART is in New
York City, where she is purchasing
her fall goods.
MRS. A. B. RoNZoNE and daugh-
ter were passengers on No 20 for San
Francisco.
MRS. l.. B. COLEMAN, mother-in-
law of Frank Pittman, departed this
morning for Sacramento.
MRS. w. ]. LEWIS and daughter
went to Sacramento on No. 23 today,
intending to stay several weeks.
MRS. e. GUTTERIDGE and two
children left today for Goldfeld to
visit friends for couple of days.
MRS. Il. A. KELLIHER and baby de-
parted last night for Goldfeld on No.
"a, intending to stay several weeks.
C. F. GEYER, wife and two children
were passengers on No. % for San
Francisco expecting to stay several
weeks.
b. SHEMANSKl, the jeweler. went
through here today from Goldfield on
his way to the coast to enjoy his va
cation.
MISS ZETA SMITH was an arrival
Loot niobt on tba Train from Gan Fran
cisco, where she has been staying fol
the past six months.
MRS. d. PRESS arrived last night
from San Francisco to attend her hus
band who is dangerously Ill at the
Miners hospital.
LOWE BROTHERS, mining men Of
Republic, after spending several days
in Tonopah on a business trip, re
turned this morning.
ED MALMQUIST returned thii
morning from Los Angeles, where h,
visited his father and mother. HI
also took in the exposition.
f., G. WATERHOUSE. general man
ager for the Nevada Telephone-Tele
graph company. returned last nigh
on train No "a from San Francisco
NJ. l.. NIXON and wife departe,
this morning on a vacation. They in
tend to take in the exposition at Sal
Francisco and later on go to Kansa
City.
MRS. A. L. BROWN and littl
daughter. Gloria. arrived this mornin
from San Francisco and Los Angeles
where they have been visiting for tn
past few months.
H. II. BACON left this morning 10
San Francisco in his auto He 20
poets To be gone for several month,
After visiting the fair city he viii &
up in the mountains around LAX
Tahoe. Frank Meyers will accompan
him as far as Carson City.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-20
10y Associated Pre...l


NEW YORK, July 20.-Two notable
battles for first place are in progress
in the two major leagues, in each of
which a Chicago team figures. As it
chances, the rivals for the lead are in
both cases just now matched against
each other. and every game won or
lost figures appreciably in the rela-
tive positions of the clubs engaged in
the struggle.
AS the week closed, the advantage
lay with Philadelphia in the National
league, which led its Chicago rival by
three points, while in the American
league the White Sox retained the top
position which they have so long held
The struggle in the senior organ
ization is. on the whole, more inter
esting. Most of the clubs are within
striking distance of the top. Boston
in next to the last place, is less than
100 points behind the Phillies; Brook
Ign is but IL points behind the Cubs,
while st. Louis, Pittsburg and New
York are closely punched, short dis.
lance away from the first three. II
Is anybody's race yet, even Cincinnati
not being hopelessly last.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-20
RELIC Of WHITES
IN EARLY TIMES
ANCIENT COLTS PISTOL
FOUND BURIED
LOADED GUN UNCOVERED IN Elk.
cAvATIoN ON SLOPE OF
MT. oDDiE

Jim Butler was far from being a
pioneer of Tonopah. He was one of
the late Corners like ourselves. If you
don't believe it, ask j. A. INLAND
to show you Colts revolver that was
dug up day or two ago. 1t was either
carried by white man, or by an In
dian who secured it from white man
by barter or theft, possibly by murder.
An excavation was being made on
the southern slope of Mount Oddie, in
ground that seemingly had been un
disturbed for many years, when the
relic came to sight 1t is rust eaten
as to the metallic parts, while the
wooden handle shows the passage OF
time. The gun is still loaded, the
caps and balls showing through the
corrosion The gun is said to be OF
ante bellum vintage.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-20
MILE OF SNOW
SHEDS BURNED
TRAINS DELAYED IN THE
SIERRA NEvADAS
TRACK LAID TO PER.
NIT DEFERRED TRAFFIC TO
BE RESUMED

The train from San Francisco ar
rived last night at 6;i0 o'clock, being
more than ten hours late. The cause
of the delay was the burning of over
a mile of snowsheds ON the Southern
Pacific line. The fire wiped out the
entire lot of sheds between two tun-
nels that are situated this side of the
summit and near Cisco. The confia-
grafton Is supposed to have originated
about 10 O'Clock Sunday morning from
a spark from an engMe. The blaze
lasted until that afternoon. When
the rails had cooled down to tenn
perature to permit section hands to
lay track it was found that about a
half mile of track had to be laid tenn
porarily and the rest of it patched up
to enable the string of trains to pass
The west bound trains we're held at
Truckee while the ones going east
stopped at Sacramento. The fast
trains going to Chicago and other
eastern cities had the right of way
leaving No. "a near the end of the
long list After leaving Sparks con
siderable time was made up but ow
ing to an immense load of parcel post
II did not succeed in reaching Tonopan
until the o'clock whistles blew.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-20
ADJUSTMENTS
BUTLER THEArER

Something new for the lovers of
pictures, a five-part japanese photo
play act by star cast of the Para.
mount picture company, the title being
THE Typhoon. This feature picture
comes with very good recommends.
tons and all press notices give II a
wonderful boost. 1t has played to
crowded houses every place it has
been shown, and several times played
return engagements. 1t is the story of
young Jap who was sent to Paris by
his country to secure the plans of the
French military forces. The Jap is
working night and day trying to Sc
cure the military plans of the French
but his work is interfered with by a
young chorus girl who has heartlessly
thrown over her fiance for the young
Jap who has fallen in love with her
The Jap and her lover have quar-
rel. Toxic, the Jap, strangles his
sweetheart and leaves her lying life
| less on his bed. The remainder of
the story shows graphically how the
Japs countrymen rally for their coun.
try Toxic must do his work. One of
them must plead guilty, and this is
chosen by mere boy who is finally
guillotined In the end, as Toxic has
completed his work. he too. dies
ADV