The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-07

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Pierre, S. D., Oct. THE elimina-
ton of the enlivening Mexican Pey-
ota bean from the diet of the South
Dakota reservation Indians is the
mission of Earl B. Putt, a chemist,
who left for Washington today to OBJ
tain anti-bean legislation. The bean
is supposedly a substitute for booze,
which, as booze is barred from the
Indians.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct 7.-Thou-
sands of spectators and many en-
trants were on hand today for the re-
newal of the "Giant's Despair" auto
mobile hill climbing contest up Wiki
toned by the A. A. A. are on the
card embracing stock and non-stock
and piston displacement from 100 to
900 cubic inches.
Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. six hun
dred men thoroughly experienced in
acknowledgements of them the keep
ers of prisons all over Uncle Sans
domain, including Alaska and the
Philippines assembled here today in
the congress of the American Prison
association with the avOwed purpose
of making it less easy for good per-
sons to become criminals than here
tofore.
New York, Oct. 7.--This is the day
the candidate for congress who has
not promised to vote to submit the
Susan B. Anthony Federal suffrage
amendment will be heralded to the
nation for what the woman say he is
An "anti." At the urging of the
National Women's Suffrage associa-
tion of local organizations all over
the country are here today holding
meetings at which the qualifications
of each candidate with direct refer
ence to his suffrage views is reviewed.
st. Paul, Minn., Oct. 1.-THE old
junk man was today blamed for the
high cost of paper. Dealers in this
great paper producing state explain
ed that when Europeans started
throwing so much metal at each
other, the demand here for metal be-
came high and junk men began gath
ering old iron rather than rags. High
grade papers are made from rags.
Shortage of them forced up the bet
ter grade of paper. The high cost
Of print paper and poorer grades of
paper are unexplained. Some dealers
thought it went up in sympathy.
Eau Claire, Wis, Oct. Zone hun
dred business men took a Saturday
afternoon off today to build a taber-
nacle. Armed with hammers, nails,
saws and other tools of the building
trade, they met this afternoon, pro-
ceeded to the city hay market in the
center of the city and proceeded to
erect a structure accommodating g.
600 for the revival Rev. James Rey-
burn will open tomorrow,
St. Paul, MIMI, Oct. 7.-Business
men want everybody in the United
States to disport in St. PauIs snow
when the thermometer stands at 81
below next January Minnesotans
gaily bedecked in costumes symbolic
of winter, fro1icked around in ice and
snow last January and seemed to en-
Joy it. Now Charles Patterson,
booster for the St. Paul Outdoor Win
ter Sport carnival, wants to make the
affair national, with headquarters i'm
every state capitol and special ar
to l1 %o%1 l11@
tions all over the United States.
Louis w. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railway and the carnival
association, sanctions the idea.
Cleveland, Oct. 1.-THE high cost
of living has driven Clevelanders to
goat meat, according to J. L. Hilder-
brand, a local wholesale meat dealer.
Goat meat at 16 cents pound is be-
ing consumed in large quantities in
Cleveland, Hilderbrand stated.
New York, Oct. 7.-Harking back
to the days of the little red school
house by the wayside, New York au-
thorities are considering installing
states and slate pencils in the city
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reason.
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 7.-With g.
100000 tons less coal in the Duluth
docks than the average ten-year con-
sumption, dealers today refused to
comment on the probability of a coal
famine through the Northwest where
the temperature reaches 40 and so
degrees below zero. It is certain,
however, that coal prices will soar,
despite reported federal investiga-
ton to start in St. Paul on coal
prices. Sugar and flour Joined coal
on the upward tendency today. With
wholesale sugar quotations opened to-
day at $7.45, an advance Of ten cents
in "a hours and 60 cents in thirty
days are shown. Retailers think a
sugar corner is being effected. Flour
at retail hit $3.50 today, an advance
of 60 cents this week.
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