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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

Griswold took the handkerchief
bundle, and the mere touch Of it put
new life into him.
Where is the fellow who vas chas'
ing you. Mose?" he asked.
rs new gwine tell you dat; no, sub.
Las time l seed him, he's des t'arin'
of strips up de levee after, turrer fel.
lah."
What other fellow"
The negro laughed and did a double
shuttle at the mere recollection OF II.
"Htyah! Turner fellah is de fellah
what done TUX my job. Hit was des'
away: when | tink dat white man
gwine catch me, sholy. l des drap
down in de darkes' cawneh kin fin;
OATS what ! done. vas. sub. He des
keep on a-goin', spat, spat, spat, an
when he come out front de Gineral
jackson over yondeh, N dem boys
what's wukkin' on her, he TUX out.
an dat white man des tY'n hisself
loose an mex his laigs go lax he
| gwine shek 'um plum off; vas, sah!"
J SElSNulu GuhtiSu aLolliSh iakSS Ai'o
( the humanities when he saw the list
Of participants in his act growing
| steadily with each fresh complication,
and he said, I'm sorry for that,
Nose"
New you min bout dat, Cap'm.
Dat boy he been doin' somepin to mex
him touchous, less'n he new TUX out
~dat-a-way. no, subj"
Maybe so. Well, We can't help 1t
now. Here is the twenty l promised
you"
Tank you, sub; tank you kin1y,
Cap'm. You-all's des de whites white
man ev' / knowed. You sholy is"
What are you going to do with
yourself. now?" Griswold inquired.
Who, me? Is gwine up yondeh to
dat resteraw an git me de bigges'
/ mess O. fried fish l can hol'-dat's me;
vas. subj"
"McGrath says he'll pay you levee
wages If you'll come back to the boat
and help get the cargo out of her"
Reckon / amt gwine back to de
Julie; NO, sub. Dat'd be gittin' rich
too fas' for dis niggeh. Goodnight,
Cap'm Gravitt; an tank you kin'ly.
subj"
Griswold went his way musing upon
the little object lesson afforded by
the negro's determination. Here was
a fellow man who was one of the
feeblest of the u~nderdogs in the great
social fight; and with money enough
in hand to give him at least a breath
ing interval, his highest ambition was
a mess Of fried fish.
The object lesson was suggestive, If
not specially encouraging, and Girls
void made a mental note of 1t for
further study when the question OF
present safety should be more salts
factorily answered.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
X
The Goths and vandals

In the day of its beginnings, Wa.
haska was a minor trading post on
the northwestern frontier, and an out
fitting station for the hunters and
trappers of the upper Mississippi and
Minnesota lake region.
Later, it became the market town
of a wheat-growing district, and a
foundation of modest prosperity was
laid by well.to-do farmers gravitating
to that county seat to give their chill
dren the benefit of a graded school.
Later still came the passing of the
wheat, a T%e-peopling Of the farms by
a fresh influx of home-seekers from
the Old World, and the birth. in Wa
haska and elsewhere, of the industrial
era.
Jasper Grierson was a product of he
wheat-growing period. The son OF one
of the earliest of the New York state
homesteaders in the wheat belt, he
came of age In the year Of the CIVIL
war draft, and was unpatriotic enough,
some said, to dodge CONSUMPTION, or
Ine CuduCc VI H. W tuioWih6 uP "Ao
hostler's Job in a Wahaska livery sta
BILE and vanishing into the dim limbo
Of the farther West. Also, tradition
added that he was well-spared by
most; that he was ill-spared, indeed,
by only one, and that one a woman.
After the westward vanishing, Wa
haska saw him no more until he re-
turned in his vigorous prime, a vet.
eran soldier Of fortune upon whom the
goddess had poured a golden shower
out Of some cornucopia of the Colorado
mines. Although rumor, occasionally
naming him during the years Of alb
sence had never mentioned a wife. he
was accompanied by a daughter, a
dark.eyed, red-lipped young woman. a
rather striking beauty Of a type IN
familiar to Wahaska and owing moth
ing, 1t would seem, to the grim, gray
wolf Jasper.
Since the time was ripe, Wahaska
did presently burst its swaddling
bands. Commercial enterprise ia
sheeplike; where one leads, others
will follow; and the mere following
breeds success, II only by the sheer
impetus Of the massed forward move
ment. Jasper Grierson was the mar
| of the hour, but the price paid for lead
! ership by the led Is apt to be high
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
SUPERIORITY OF WIDE TIRES
It Has Been Found by Actual Test
That eroad-Tired Wagon Pulls 81
Per Cent Easier.

Wide tires build up roads and save
horse labor, according to the depart
ment of agricultural engineering at the
University Of Nebraska. They have
the same effect upon a country road
as a roller on a plowed field. On the
other hand, the narrow tire cuts up
q road like a disk.
1t has been found by actual test IN
this department that the wide-tired
wagon pulls easier in nearly all cases
than the narrow-tired wagon. In deep
mud on a country road the wide-tired
wagon pulls So per cent easier.
On a country road with a thin sur.
face of mud or deep dust, however,
the narrow tires pull 49, per cent cas-
Ter. In a corn field the wide tires pull
3O.5 per cent easier, in a dry alfalfa
field 1T per cent easier, and on a dry
country road 1912 per cent easier.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
CHAPTER VH-Continued.

McGrath found his handouts and
tried the key in those upon Griswold's
wrists. 1t fitted.
Now ye're fut and hand loose. I'll
say to We what l wouldn't say to a
cripple. Wan is that ye're not Gavitt;
ys're no more like him than l am. Let
that go. Ye've been up to some devil
try. But that's all over and gone.
What'l We be doing next?"
Griswold took a leaf out of the past.
Safety in a former peril had grown
out of a breakfast deliberately eaten
Security.
What would l do but finish my job
on the Julie?" he said. pushing the
theory TO its logical conclusion.
The mate shook his head. "Ye
needn't do that; the cops might be
coming down here and running you in
again. How much pay have ye DRAWN"
Not any,"
McGrath took a greasy wallet from
his pocket and counted out a deck
hands wages for the trip.
Take this. and I'll be getting 1t
back from the clerk. 1t might not be
good RI ye to show up at the Office"
Griswold suffered a sudden return
to the meliorating humanities.
I've been calling you all the hard
names ! could lay tongue to, McGrath,
and there have been times when |
would have given the price of a good
farm for the privilege of standing up
to you on a bit of green grass with no.
body looking on. | take it all back.
You say you haven't forgotten; nei-
Their Will / forget. and maybe my turn
will come again, some day"
Go along with you" growled the
rough-tongued Irishman, whose cry
Kindness had a tang of brutality in it.
eff you're coming across the naygur.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
Good Roads Day In Missouri.

which the people may live their nor
NAL social life, a better state for the
school child, a better state in which
to spend a working life and live out
a contented old age. The good roads
movement in Missouri has passed the
boom stage and become a settled pol
icy, finding its strongest aso for
being in the silent argument of good
roads already built. Its goal is a state
in which every market shall be &C
cessible to the farmers wagon the
year around and a public sentiment in
favor Of good roads 80 strong that no
other condition will be tolerated.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth Griswold. an unsuccessful
writer because OF socialistic tendencies,
sups with his friend cambridge at Chau-
declares that II necessary he will steal to
keep from starving. He holds up Andrew
Galbraith, president of the Bayou State
Security, In his private office and escapes
with Sko,0o In cash. BY original methods
he escapes the hue and cry aud goes
aboard the Belle Julie as a deckhand. He
unexpectedly confronts Charlotte Farm
ham OF Wahaska- MINI, who had seen
him cash Galbraith's check In the bank.
Charlotte recognizes Griswold. but de-
cides to write TO Galbralth rather than
d~enounce the robber 10 the captain. h
sees the brutal mate rescued from drown
ing by Griswold and delays sending her
letter to Galhraith. She talks to Girls
void and by his advice sends her letter
Of betrayal to Galbraith anonymously.
Griswold is arrested on the arrival of the
boat at 81. Louis but escapes from his
CdptOTS.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

'I am quite at your SERVICE" he
fastened to say. Shall ! show you a
plan of the sittings?"
When the sittings were finally de-
cided upon she opened her purse.
ut Is SO good of you to take time
from your business to wait on me"
she told him: and then, in naive con-
fusion: Il asked poppa to make out
a check, but ! don't know whether 1t
Is big enough"
Raymer took the order to pay,
glanced at the amount, and from that
to the velvety eyes with the half
abashed query In them. Miss Grier-
sons eyes were her most effective
weapon. With them she could look
anything, from daggers drawn to
kisses. Just now the look was OF
childlike beseeching, but Raymer with
stood it-or thought he did.
at is more than twice as much as
we get for the best locations" he de-
INJURED. wait a minute and I'll write
you a check for the difference and give
you a receipt"
But at the word she was on her feet
in an eager flutter of protest.
"Oh, please don't!" she pleaded. III
It is really too much, cant you put the
difference in the missionary box. or in
them the minister's salary?-as a lit
tie donation from US, you know?'
Thus the small matter Of business
was concluded; but Miss Margery was
not yet ready to go. From st. Johns
and its affairs official she passed deity
to the treasurer of st. Johns and
his affairs personal. Was the machine
works the place where they made
steam engines and things? And did
the sign, mo Admittance." on the
doors mean that no visitors were al
lowed? If not, she would so much like
to"
Raymer smiled and put himself once
more at her service. this time as guide
and megaphonist. 1t was all very
noisy and grimy. but II she cared to go
through the works he would be glad
to go with her.
He did not know how glad he was
going to be until they had passed
through the clamorous machine shop
and had reached the comparatively
quiet foundry. One of Miss Margery's
gifts was the ability to become for the
moment an active and sympathetic
sharer in %anyone's enthusiasms. In
the foundry she looked and listened.
and was unsophisticated only to the
degree that invites explanation. 1t
was a master-stroke of finesse. A man
is never so transparent as when he
forgets himself in his own trade talk;
and Raymer was unrolling himself as
a scroll for Miss Grierson to read as
she ran
The tour Of the works which had be.
gun in passing acquaintance ended in
friendship, precisely as Miss Grierson
had meant it should; and when Ray.
mer was tucking her into the cutter
and wrapping her in the fur robes, she
added the finishing touch, or rather
the touch for which all the other
touches had been the preliminaries.
I'm so glad l had the courage to
come and see you this morning. We
have been dreadfully remiss in church
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

'I've had an overdose OF excitement.
I guess" he said to himself. fiinging
the cigar away. The best thing for
me to do is to so down to the train
and get to bed"
He went about It listlessly, with a
curious buzzing in his ears and a GER
tain dimness of sight which was quite
disconcerting; and when n cab was
summoned he was glad enough to let
a respectfully sympathetic porter lend
him a shoulder to the sidewalk.
The drive in the open air was sum.
GENTLY tonic to help him through the
details Of ticket.buying and embarka-
ton; and afterward sleep came so
quickly that he did not know when the
Pullman porter drew the curtains to
adjust the screen in the window at his
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

deed in certain fire emergencies, es.
pecially in cases where little volumes
Of gasoline or other infammable
liquids have become ignited. The
motorist in particular will be glad to
know that there is perhaps nothing
within reach more effective in such
cases. The principle upon which saw.
dust works Is obvious. Combustion
ceases az soon as there is not enough
oxygen to support 1t. That is the rea.
son that one may extinguish a small
fire by simply covering 1t with a cloth.
The sawdust, indeed, works precisely
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

handle. Just as she sat down the car
rave a jolt-the lid flew of the tin
box and out shot a streak of blurred
gray and brown fur. Rats" called a
cheerful man. A dozen shrieks pierced
the air and "a pairs OF the latest style
shoes climbed up on the seats. But
Il wasn't a rat after ALT was a
squirrel. He went tearing down the
car, scurried up the new spring suit
OF a woman in the corner and made
the return trip over the hats OF the
astonished passengers. Then he dis.
appeared. Finally a small boy crawled
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
A Good Roads Advocate.

aren't you in favor of good roads?"
"Of course / am" answered the toll
gate keeper.
But this road Of yours is miser-
able"
Maybe. But I'm in favor Of good
roads. II the road hadn't been pretty
good this far you mightn't have got
here to pay your toll"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
Best Way to Make Coffee.

Take an iron tea kettle, pour in cold
water to the amount required, put in
coffee freshly parched and ground, set
on fire and let 1t come To a boil slowly.
After boiling about five minutes, take
off, settle by pouring out a cupful and
pouring back again. and then. in about
five minutes more, your coffee will be
ready-coffee for the gods.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
SAWDUST TO PUT OUT FIRE
Probably Most Valuable Of Extinsuish-
ere In Dealing With a
Small Blaze.

We are not accustomed to regard
sawdust In the light OF a fire extin-
guisher. On the contrary, most OF
Us look upon II as fuel for the flames
and would never dream OF throwing
It upon a FIRE which we were anxious
70 put out.
Nevertheless 4. Is very valuable In
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
Queer SIahts on Cars.

You see some queer sights on the
street carl here, writes a New York
correspondent. Today a well.dressed
woman boarded a Madison avenue
car, carrying a peculiar looking square
tin box suspended from a leather
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

In this manner Its particles adhere
80 closely together that they effect
ually blanket the burning body upon
which they are thrown, thus robbing
the fire Of the oxygen necessary for
It's support.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

under the seat and restored the squir-
rel to its owner. MY baby! My
baby!" cried the owner Of the tin box
as she kissed her pet ecstatically. The
car stopped at Forty.third street. A
woman stood grasping the rather
foot on the lower step. as this the
regular Madison avenue carr she
asked anxiously. mo-" said the con.
ductor scornfully. "it's the nut special
get right on"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
chanea for Greater Fame.

A New York physician claims to
have discovered a harmless bichloride
of mercury tablet. Now he may try
his hand at inventing a harmless I'M
loaded gun.-Detroit Free Press.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
Road Drao an Aid,

The great farm builders are live
stock, alfalfa and silage, aided by the
n %spreader and the road drag.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

When setting any Of the bush fruits
the top should be pruned to CORE
spond to the root pruning the plant
gets In transplanting.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
Hon In Good Pasture,

A hog in a good pasture or one that
is fed regularly seldom does much
damage by roofing.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02
Insure Healthy Litters.

Watchful care and good Judgment in
handling the sows will insure healthy
filters.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

Optimistic Thought.
Today for money, tomorrow for
nothing.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

Optimistic Thought.
Shame lasts longer than poverty.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-02

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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
CH|PPEWAS HOLD
GENERAL COUNCIL
Chief John Morrison, Red Lake, and
Edward Rogers, Walker, Former
Chief, in Attendance.

The General Council of the Chip
pewa Indians Is in session In Bemidji
at the city hall today.
Plans for sending a committee to
Washington to confer with Congress
at the next session OF Congress to
secure the passage of several laws ia
vorable to the Indians was the most
important business transacted. The
committee will be named before the
council completes it's meeting.
Plan Summer Meeting.
Plans for the annual meeting to
be held here next summer were also
discussed.
John Morrison Of Red Lake, chief
of the Chippewas, and Edward Rog-
ers, of Walker, county attorney of
Cass county, formerly chief Of the
Chippewas, are attending the meet
ing. Among the other members of
the council in attendance are B. L:
Fairbanks, F. D. Beaulieu and Geo.
H. Berry of White Earth; Joseph
Louis, Grand Portage, o. r. Gravelle,
George Gravelle, Paul H. Beaulieu,
N. J. Head and ODE jaum exc zhig,
all of Red Lake.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
DIARIES MUST HAVE
CLEAN HEALTH BILL
DR.. w. K. Denison Accepts Dairy
Inspection Appointment-To
Begin Duties Immediately.

All dairies making application to
sell milk and cream in Bemidji will
before they will be allowed to begin
business.
DR.. w. K. Denison has accepted his
appointment of dairy inspector in
Bemidji. He will begin his duties
Immediately.
Under his direct charge will be the
applying of the tuberculine test of
all dairy herds.
His appointment was made by DR..
g. A. Shannon, chairman of the board
of health in Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
CAGN0N IS FOUND
Gull | | FIXTURES /
sEIz z|EO TO Be SOLD
Quart Of Booze Found il Soft
Drink Parlor When the
Place is Raided.
GIVEN FINE OF. $50 OR
=..... s.>..... Il 80 DAYS IMPRISONMENT
Officials Demand That Liquor Laws
and Indian Treaty Be Strictly
Il. ..s..-s. .... Enforced.

Frank Gagnon was found guilty
before Judge A. M. Crowell this !
morning of conducting an unlicensed
drinking place and was given fine
Of $50 or Imprisonment for 80 days. 5
This afternoon he entered an ap-
peal and was released under 5000
bonds.
The court also ordered the seizure
of the fixtures of Gagnon's soft drink
parlor. The fixtures which are valued
at nearly $1,000 will be sold at pub
lie auction, one-third of the sale
money going to the state school fund.
Quart of Alcohol Found.
Gagnon's place was ~raided Sunday
night by Chief of Police Frank Rip
pie and United States Deputy Special
Officers w. w. Thomson and A. j.:
Carson. A quart bottle of alcohol
was found, besides half dozen empty
bottles and jugs which had been
emptied but a short time before the
raid
Treaty Must Be Enforced.
Government officials and city Off
cials are making vigorous campaign
for the enforcement of the Indian
treaty of 1856 which provides that
no liquor shall be introduced in this
territory -.:..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
OATS YIELD IS so
Bu. NEAR TENSTRIkE

A. c. Suense, a prosperous farmer
near Tenstrike, transacted business
At the court house in this city today
and was also a caller at the Pioneer
office
Mr.. Suense reports crop conditions
in his section fine, his oats field hav-
ing yielded sixty bushels to the acre
and his clover crop standing five feet
high.
Other farmers are doing just as
we'll or better, according to Mr.
Suense, and indications for hundreds
of new settlers in that section the
coming year are bright.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
NAVAL MI TIA
IS Mlll'e GOOD
Glen Peck is Made Master Of
Arms and Fred. Graham il
Gunner's Mate.
Especial to the Pioneer. J

Especial to the Pioneer.)
Ashland Lake Superior, on board
good ship Gopher. Aug. 31.-The
Bemidji naval militia on board the
Gopher training boat that arrived
here today is more than making
good. It has the largest crew on
board.
Peck Master of Arms.
Glen Peck has been made master
of arms and Fred Graham is the gun
ner's mate. The division also has
four men in the captains gig:
Four of their men: are members of
the Gopher baseball nine. ~
The boys all report that they are
having an excellent time, the only
regret being that. the cruise will not
last long enough. They will re-
turn to Bemidji Monday.
To Isle Royal Today.
The boat will leave for Isle Royal
this afternoon.
The cruise began at Duluth Sat
urday night and Sunday at Grand
Marais a base.-yall game was played
between the boats nine and team
from that village. The former team
won by a score Of IL to 10. .ss
The boat left Grand Marais Sun
day night and docked at Hougton,
Mich, early Monday morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
MODERN EGG TESTER
IS PLACED ON MARKET

A modern factory recently COM
pleted this week put the first electric
egg testing machines of the Star
Electric Egg Tester company, which
was organized following the success
full experiment of Frank w. Schroeder
of this city, on the market.
The machines are being used In the
Bemidji grocery stores with much
success and the new factory is now
operating to full capacity for OUT
side trade.
The machines are built cabinet
style and in the bottom Of the cab
met two electric lights are placed 80
that when the eggs are. to be tested
all that has to be done is to push
an ordinary delivery crate into the
tester, which automatically turns on
the light and the eggs are tested by
the work of a few seconds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
4. N. LOCKER TO .
o.. 49,. ...- SPEAK At RALLY

"A. M. Locker, general secretary Of
the Minnesota Sunday School asso-
citation, will give an address in the
Methodist church, Sept. 6.
The meeting will be in the nature
of Teachers Training rally. There
will be recognition of the Teachers
Training graduates of 1915, who will
receive diplomas for the first course.
A reunion of the alumni will also
be held and special music will be
provided for the occasion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
sen. M'6ARRY PLANS
AMENDMENT CAMPAIGN

State Senator p. H. McGarry of
Walker is planning the campaign to
be waged for the adoption of Amend
ment No. / at the next state cleo
tion, authorizing a revolving fund
for improvement of state land. A
campaign committee for each county
in the state will be appointed soon
and the work will be organized more
thoroughly after the winter meeting
of the Northern Minnesota Develop
ment association in this city, Dec.
70 and 10.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-31
Want
HUNTING LICENSES
Minors Can Hunt Without Licenses
Though Subject to Other
Game Laws. s.= S

!. ~ sITWenty-tWee- 7 persens.=A adess
application to the county auditor for
hunting licenses. The season opens
September z. 49, = / -.
According to ruling made by At
torney General Smith minors are not
required to have licenses although
they are subject to other laws regu-
lating the shooting of game. u.
Parents Must Accompany.
There is law, however, which for
bids any person IA years of age or
younger to- carry fire arms unless ac-
companied by a parent or guardian.