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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-02
:,s4FARMSe FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-160, acres black. sandy
loan, 25- acres cleared, Is acres
under plow, 40 acres more easy to
clear: balance timber. IL miles
west of Kelliher; good log house
and we'll. $500 per acre Terms.
III. Kramer, Kelliher, MINI. :,. :
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-02

FOR d SALE --Five+year old to driving
horse with buggy and harness. In
quire Bemidji Auto Co. - .y.@
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-02

ed by an ingenius system of mortis-
ing. Il. >'.,- -.g =: =.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-02

FOR RENT Modern furnished room
- 1929 Minns Ave.n Phone 317-R.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-02

FOR SALE OR RENT-5-room house.
g:1OO5l, Mimi. r. A.: Mccall.
FOR SALE Burrough's adding MAJ
2Atchine:3~ Gennes g. Layon. &c.,.
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FOR ,SALE-Hotelo Nymore. Inquire
A. Cohen, Nymore, Mimi
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
A Fine Trip

H. L. Shepherd of Duluth is
arranging an excursion to the Isle
of Pines that will be one of the
best trips ever proposed and one
that will furnish an opportunity to
see country that promises to be
much sought in time to come.
The party will number thirty and
will leave Duluth on Jan. 5th,
1916. The itinerary embraces
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jacksonville,
Dayton and Miami, Florida,
Havana. Cuba, and the Isle of
Pines in the West Indies. The
party will remain a week on the
Isle of Pines. The total cost for
the trip will be $21O per person
which includes everything but the
meals on the trains going or re-
turning and the sleeper fares re-
turning. AS only thirty people
are to be taken it behooves all
those wishing to make the trip
to get their applications in early.
Write Mr.. Shepherd at 112 Man
haitian Bldg. Duluth.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
MANY ORDERS
More Steel Plants Necessary to
Handle Requirements

That marked congestion exists
in the iron and steel trade is
evidenced in the decision reached
by the United States Steel corpora
tion to erect additional plants in
the Pittsburgh district, as an
nounced at the end of last week.
Leading interests in the trade
have furthermore expressed the
opinion that activity will become
even more marked at the termina-
ton of the war. AS reason for
that view they contend that heavy
buying by the European belli-
gerents is to be counted upon to re-
place the enormous destruction
wrought through the war. 1t is
thought that the class of buying
will be in sufficient volume to make
up for the cutting off of the war
business upon which so many in
dustries are now thriving.
In the meantime the placing of
orders by the railroads for both
rails and equipment is increasing,
and that is regarded as an indis-
putable indication of the improve
ment that has come about in all
lines in this country. The placing
of some large contracts for rails is
expected within the next few days,
and the booking of contracts for
freight cars is mounting up into a
large volume.
On account of the more active
demand for steel in this country,
some of the companies are reported
to have withdrawn as sellers of
certain classes of material to
Europe. 1t is their desire to first
meet the demands of their regular
home customers.
In the meantime additional large
European inquiries for steel are
making their appearance, chiefly of
the grades used in shell manu-
facture. Russia has been heavy
buver of railroad equipment and
rails, total purchases of the latter
amounting to between 350,O00 and
100000 tons. That country has
also closed with the Tennessee
Copper company for about $4,000,
900 of trinitrotoluol, and the French
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
State School Aid

Special aid to Minnesota public
schools this year is being paid on a
basis of 80 per cent of the amount
the schools are entitled to under
the public education law.
Superintendent Schulz says the
schools should get 81, 1853, 900, but
must bow to legislative economy
and accept 81, ,74O,771. This
amount will be divided among
7,O86 schools.
St. Louis county schools are
entitled to the largest amount OF
aid of any of the counties, and
will obtain $50, $40 from Walter ].
Smith, state treasurer. Ten
counties are entitled to more than
$4,000. They are Cass, Itasca
Hennepin, Marshall. Otter Tail,
Pine, Polk. ST. Louis, Stearns and
Wright.
Ramsey county will receive $16,-
800 as its share of the purse con-
tributed by the state to foster better
on-------------------
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
TRACK MEETS
And Defamation Contests to Be
Held

Plans have been completed by
the Hamline University Inter
scholastic League of Minnesota to
hold contests in track and in
defamation on the subject of
Peace" in most of the High
schools in Minnesota. This week
letters have been received by super
intendents of all the state high
schools. announcing these con-
tests.
According to the plans of the
League, the state will be divided
into districts. the schools of each
district to hold initial meets and
then the winners to compete in a
final contest for the state champion
ship. The League will hold
annually the following contests
in public speaking and athletics:
sub-district contests between the
several high schools included in
the group; district meets between
the successful contestants in the
sub-districts. The final affair will
be held at Hamline University,
St. Paul. All the expenses aside
from railroad fare will be paid by
Hamline University.
The primary purpose of these
contests is to foster in the schools
of Minnesota the study and prac-
tice of public speaking as an aid
in the preparation of citizenship,
and to assist in organizing and
strengthening athletics. The
League exists not only for the
schools which may have excep-
tionally fine speakers, but also
to incite all the schools to
develop in their students a talent
for clearcut, sincere and effective
speech for an audience. Contests
in debate will be added later on.
A number of gold and silver
medals and cups will be given
away to winners in both the
declamatory and track contests.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

indicated tables, are discriminatory
to this part of the State and a
violation of the provisions of
Chapter 101, Laws of 1915, and.
therefore, you are asked to appear
at this office at 10 A. NJ, on the
10th day of November, 1915, and
show cause why the basis-rate
table now used by your bureau in
making rates for the Southern part
of the State, should not be made
to apply to the whole State.
Yours truly,
S. d. WORKS,
Commissioner.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Greatest Attraction

It is doubtful if another offering
will ever receive the vast amount
of newspaper and magazine COM
ment that Griffith's Birth of a
Nation" has.
To begin with, the nation wide
interest embodied in the three hours
of the dynamic action of this at
traction occasioned a good deal of
that, and then the fact that it was
based upon Thomas Dixon's The
Clansman," a novel and a play of
such exceptional sensation that it
stirred both north and south up;
still another reason was because it
was the first two dollar picture pro-
duction-the very first one that set
New York on fire and played one
of the leading theatres of that city
for months with seasss selling Cor
four weeks in advance and eagerly
sought after by frenzied mobs. but,
perhaps greatest of all was its
spectacular attractions, which, as
everyone knows, are the acknow-
ledged peer of all creations since
the genius of mankind has set it
self to the art.
Historical value alone does not
attract great crowds-history must
be set forth glaringly, in spectacular
and sensation. The Birth of a
Nation" grandly does all this and
much more.
Those who witness it will be
amazed at its multitudes of
wonders. Vision after vision of
grandeur and action and love and
tears, joy, charm hate and every
motion that the over-wrought
spectator is capable of will rock
you as you behold it.
All the metropolitan and other
dailies; all the noted periodicals
and magazines-all the recognized
authorities have aqually strong
words of praise, at least for its
wonders, although some take ex-
ception to the side it takes, and the
fancied racial prejudice they point
out it will create.
This mammoth and wonderful
attraction has been secured for an
indefinite run at the Lyceum
Theatre, Duluth, commencing
Sunday, November 14th with a
daily matinee, in all its details
the same magnificent production in
every way, including full
symphony orchestra and all the ef-
fects, that was given in the
metropolitan centres.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
PLAYGROUND CENTER
Tower and Ely Becoming Recreation
Spots

Do you realize that Northern
Minnesota is the only place in the
United States where moose mav be
legally hunted this year?' asked
G. c. Carlson. secretary of the
Tower Commercial club in Duluth
last week in conversation with a
Herald reporter. Mr.. Carlson
was in Duluth, together with A..
II. Lofgren, the president of the
club, and A. B. Gibbs, state forest
ranger, working to secure hydro
aeroplane for forest ranger work in
Northern Minnesota.
The moose are plentiful and
the deer very plentiful in Northern
Minnesota this year," continued
Mr.. Carlson. The Superior
national forest has ,25O,OOO acres
in it, and this is one great game
preserve. Then the state has
a state forest of 10000 acres.
and the deer and the moose
find this great shelter and breed
ing place. I have never seen the
deer more plentiful than this year.
Tower is getting to be one of
the big outdoor play ground
centers of the country. We have
sowed 1 900 pounds of rice in Lake
Vermilion this year and hope to
improve the duck hunting there.
Then it is the headquarters for the
greatest canoe country in the
world. The tourists are just be-
ginning to find this out. This
last summer was rather unpleasant
because of the bad weather the
whole country suffered from, but
next year the Vermilion and
Burnside lake country will come
into its own. We have everything
needed for the camper and sports
man.
We want to keep our Indians on
Vermilion lake. The government
agent is trying to send them back
to Nett lake to get their allott-
ments, but they are good, peaceful,
sober citizens. and we want them
to stay on Lake Vermilion on the
reservation there. They are big
attraction to tourists. The Tower
citizens have very friendly feeling
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

ference should not be removed
Should anyone in Ely wish to at.
tend the hearing cordial invita-.
ton is extended them to do so.
The letter of Commissioner
Works reads as follows:
Mr.. Walter I. Fisher, Manager,
General Inspection Company,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Dear Sir:-As indicated in basis
schedules Nos. and for Mime
sofa, filed by your Company with
this department on the 28th OF
June, the State of Minnesota is
divided into two parts; Southern
and Northern Minnesota; and in
your general basis schedule No. 1,
filed by your Company with this
Department on the same date, you
have marked various basis-raie
tables to apply in the different por-
tions of the State: Brick Table so,
Fire-proof Table 37z and Frame
Table 95, for Southern Minnesota;
Brick Table 90, Fire-proof Table
47K and Frame Table lis, for
Northern Minnesota. In addition,
you advised this Department on
the 10Th ult of changes in basis
rate for a number of cities and
towns in the Northeastern part OF
the State, stating that Brick Table
70, Fire proof Table SO and Frame
Table 125 would apply there.
This division of the State into
several parts, with different basis
tables applying. results in rates
of different amounts on buildings
of similar kind and character, de.
pending on location of towns in
either part of the State.
l have given this matter con.
siderable thought and have come
to the conclusion that the rates
established by your bureau for the
Northern part of the State, in con
tormity with this division ant
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
5.2 MILLS LEVY
County Tax Levy Increased This
Year

St. Louis county's tax levy for
1916 will amount to 81 .692 900.
The creation of an item of $1O4,-
900 for the purchase of a site and
the erection of a courthouse at
Hibbing and increased appropria-
tions for the work farm, the poor
commission, the Nopeming sani-
tarium and the county roads, helps
boost the levy more than half a
million dollars over last year.
The levy for 1915 was 81, 116, 500.
The county tax rate for 1916 will
be $50 mills as against 3.45 mills
this year.
The estimated assessed valuation
of county property is 1887, $40.
A year ago taxable property in the
county was valued at 1928, 1854. $40.
The county roads budget for
1916 received the highest increase
of any item. The appropriation
for construction and maintenance
of roads was $615, 900 as against
$5OO,OOO for 1915. This increase
was not unexpected.
With this half million dollar
appropriation this year, County
Engineer Edward K. Coe was un-
able to complete much of his
scheduled work. Several new
roads had to be discontinued in
the course of construction months
ago because of the lack of funds.
The road budget increase is
smaller proportionally than manv
other of the items. According to
County Engineer Coe last night,
St. Louis county is one of the few
counties in the United States
where the legally allowed road
fund is not exhausted. This
county is allowed by law three
mills for construction and mainte-
nance of roads. The 1916 ap-
preparation is slightly under 2
mills.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

government has inquired in Pitts
burgh for 1000, 900 gallons OF
benZol.
Advances in quotations are still
the order. The National Tube
company has just announced an
advance of So per ton in standard
steel pipe. Similar raises were
made in February and May, so that
the total advance in piping has
been IS ton.
Commenting upon the situation
in the steel trade, the Iron Age
says: Never has the steel trade
seen demand SO overwhelming as
at present and at the same time
output expanding on such scale,
under steadily advancing prices.
The tide has risen rapidly this week
with increasing signs of excitement.
In pig iron history October
goes down as the month in which
the country's yield first reached
8 3,OOO,O 900 tons and the daily out
put crossed the 100, ,00O-ton mark.
When war order tonnages of six
figures are banded about so COM
monty, it is hard to believe that
the year opened with daily pig
iron production of only 81 900 tons
or half what it is now.
On Nov. 1. with 576 furnaces
going, the capacity in blast was
1O1, ,S1o tons day, against 87,535
tons day for 268 furnaces on Oct.
L. Thus, including charcoal iron,
our pig iron output is now at the
staggering rate of 81 100000 tons
a year, or l 500. 900 tons more than
the rate of one month ago.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Shop and Mail Early

The postoffice department is re-
questing patrons to not lose sight
of the holiday rushes and not only
to shop early but also to mail early.
Many obey the early shopping in
junction but keep their purchases
until the last minute and then con-
gest the mails. The department
has ruled that the words. Not to
be opened until Christmas" may
be written on the packages.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
TO SHOW CAUSE
The General Insurance Inspection
Company Cited Before Commissioner

Insurance Commissioner Works
has been doing just little investi-
eating on his own hook following
the complaint of several people in
the northern part of the state that
they were being Disseminated
against in the matter of rates in
favor of the southern end of
Minnesota.
In consequence he has cited the
General Inspection Bureau to ap-
pear and show cause why the diff.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Annual Ball

Advertising matter has been
distributed and tickets are on sale
for the annual ball of the Ely Fire
Department which takes place on
Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday,
Nov. "a, at the Opera House.
Knutson's Orchestra will furnish
the music and supper will be sery-
ed. These annual events are look
ed forward to and are always a
guarantee of a good time.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Another Large Glass

Deputies Strand and Swenson of
Duluth are again in the city in the
interests of the Modern Samaritans
and report that another large class
will be initiated on the evening of
Friday, Nov. 10.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Attended BANQUET

Supt. H. E. White and DR.. F.
D. Cerveny attended the Alumni
banquet at Virginia Saturday
evening. The banquet was a
range affair for the alumni of the
State U' and was well attended
and enjoyed.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

toward the Indians, and they are
doing we'll where they are. There
is no reason for making them
move, and that is one matter on
which we have come to Duluth to
see Congressman Miller
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

7. B. Balkan of Mason City,
Iowa and 7. B. Benno of Mime
apolis were in the city Monday.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Notice to Hunters

| will skin your legally killed
deer and moose free of charge.
| am prepared to do all the taxi
dermy work l can get this coming
season at reasonable prices.
All work guaranteed to be as
good as human skill can make it.
JOHN SCHAEFER,
Ely, Mimi. The Taxidermist. !.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-08
Carranza Commander at
Leon Says Rebel Leader
Is Not Now Factor.
ONLY BODY GUARD
WITH FORMER LEADER
Villa Followers Reported to Have Cap
tured Tixrsn.-Brit;.h Subject. Kill
ed or Wounded During BattIe-villa
Losses in Killed, Wounded and Cap
tives At Leon Said to Exceed 10000
General Gonzales Continues March.

Washington, June S.-Advices to the
state department today from Vera
Cruz, transmitted by wireless mes
sage from Tampico, reported the cap
ture of Tuxpam by Villa forces Sun
day. One British citizen was killed
and four were wounded during the
fighting. S. p. Jones was killed and
Thomas Mallard, Mrs. Mallard, their
infant child and A. T. Graves were
wounded while seeking cover
Consul Silliman at Vera Cruz re-
victory over the Villa forces at Leon
appeared to be confirmed. He said 1t
was reported that Obregon had los;
mis- right arm i'll the fighting.
Tie Vera Cruz adv!ces said Mallard
had been badly wounded. that Mrs.
Mallard and the Mallard infant had
been shot thru the stomach, and that
Graves was shot thru the spine. Of
ficials here assumed that Jones, NAL
lard and Graves had been employed at
the British owned oil wells in the VI
cinity of Tuxpam.
Carranza officials here today re-
ceived telegram from General Obre-
gon In Leon. approximating Villas
dead, wounded and captured at 10000.
Villa and Angeles, he says, have only
small body guards with them. He made
no mention of injury to himself
From Vera Cruz, Carranza dis
patches say. General Gonzales is con-
tinuing his march to Mexico City,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-08
UTAH HERDS eRAssHopPERs.
Farmers Instructed in Driving Pests az
IL They Were Sheep.

Driving grasshoppers, almost as
sheep or cattle are driven. is said to be
the best way to get them out of field
Of growing corn or wheat, according
to f. D. Ball, of the experiment station
Of the Utah Agricultural College. who
recently issued bulletin on How to
Control the Grasshoppers."
So destructive are the hoppers In the
dry districts OF the middle west that
since 1904 Utah has been paying
homntv for every pound caught, and In
the years 1904, 1905 and 1aDb oounties
were paid for q total Of 571 tons. This
gives an idea Of the extent OF the pest.
there being about 100000 to the ton.
making a total Of about 4,56S, ,000. 900.
Since 1906 the destruction of hoppers
has increased, and 1t Is roughly esti-
mated that nearly three thousand tons
have been destroyed.
To drive them successfully ono must
make use Of every advantage possible.
Drive down hill or on a level. with q
gentle wind and only during the heat
OF the day. With conditions favorable
they are easily driven II not hurried
too much. The best method OF driving
them IL to take moderately long will
low pole with the leaves on for about
two feet at tho top and starting ut the
top Of the field work back and forth at
right angles to the direction the hop
pers arc to 60, crowding them over one
row at time. In this way they will
not be turned out and will continue to
move over each time the person driving
passes along. BY this method a swarm
can be moved over about thirty or
forty rods = ay.-Ssssse;%:; York York Times
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-08
Cabinet Gives Its Approy1&
and Document win Go
Forward Soon.
SECRETARY - AN
DELAYS .ERENCE
Sends Pr = ~e's rh.. He !. D.~
tains< : nportant Work and cab4
met Wa..s an Hour on sscrstary-
Few Slight Changes Made In Phrase
eoIosy Of Doeumsnt-No Modilieatieo
Of General Character Of Nets.

! Washington. June 8. After two
hours discussion OF the note to Ger<
many at the cabinet meeting todays
Secretary Tumulty. at the direction Of
President Wilson. made this announces.
nent: Z
The note was gone over and disc
cussed and put in final form. 1t probe
ably will go forward to Germany too
morrow" ,
1t was learned definitely that only
a few slight changes OF phaseologN
were made at the cabinet meeting. The
note was taken UP In the form in
which it came from Secretary Bryan
after his conference with Presidene
Wilson yesterday.
Cabinet members said that whil0
! possibly few words might be changed
1t would go forward In practically the
form agreed upon at today, meetingl
No Delay in Framing Nets.
President Wilson announced that tho
note to Germany was about finished
and would go forward shortly. He did
not specify the day but said tho docuS
ment would be gone over IN final re<
vision today by the cabinet.
The president explained there had
Deen no Oolhy III tuO pEcptAAuSbVu " Ssl0
note, that he had brought only rough
draft Of It to the cabinet meeting FriS
day. and there had been all sorts oe
suggestions since the cabinet last metz
The general character Of the docul
ment, however. he said, had not been
modified. He believed It has the entire
| approval Of the cabinet. No one hAA
held up the note. ho said. work ON tho.
document being AZ expeditions ~ WAn
! possible with due regard to cAyefulnosAG
German Note "Nok UnsatisS1etery.s ;
The arrival of the note from GerS
many, offering to pay for the Attack on
the Gulflight and asking for further
| information concerning the Dropping
Of bombs on tho Cushing. waI 1Szsz1sd
| to by the president a. not unsatisfac-9
tory. :
The president said he had learned
| thru press dispatches Of tho mission OF
| Jan Gkell Geldemeester. who affNedO
here in the interest Of neutral medi-.
alton In the European war. Tho presf|
dent added that individual officials
have information about Geldemeestse'as -
| trip here.
Bryan Delays Meeting.
| When the cabinet assembled to disAS
cuss the note Secretary Bryan was not
present. He remained at his offlcesx
closeted with Councillor Lansing. and
sent word to the president that he was
detained by private work. Mr.. Bryan
| has, however. conferred frequently
with the president.
At noon. when the meeting had been
under way an hour, Secretary Bryan
| arrived.
I'm sorry I'm late" he said a. he
entered. II sent word to the president
would be detained by important work.
| There were indication that the dis
cussion Of the note might have been
DELAYED until Mr.. Bryan's arrival.