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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25
VETERANS ANNUAL BALL

The Civil war veterans of Bemidji,
members of the G. A. r. post, will
give dance in the city hall tonight.
This is the fourth annual affair OF
It's kind to be given by the local vet
Grams. P. M. Dicaire, M. A. Aldrich,
J. Bisiar and G. A. Parker are on
the dance committee. Fife and drum
will furnish martial music and Re-
voirs' orchestra will play for the
dance program. Baked beans, hard
tack and coffee will be the bill OF
fare, the same rations as was served
the "boys of 81"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25
new 500 MILE DOG RACE.
tcontinusd nom Page H.
die of frozen Lake Winnipeg to the
fishing station. ...tE- r.
Dogs Husky Breed.


fishing station. vs.. .sf%..f.
Dogs Husky Breed.
The dogs selected for the Red
River Derby are the hardest of the
entire population of 1000" now reg
istered in the Canadian northwest.
They are all brothers., sisters and
cousins to the 100 dogs taken from
the Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay
districts by Sir Ernest Shakelton,
noted English explorer, on his trip
to the south pole two years ago. They
are of the husky breed. The husky
dog is bred from the timber wolf and
a Scotch collie. A few of the entries
are crossbred with St. Bernard and
hounds. I'll.
/. The rules of the Derby make it op-
tional for the drivers to ride or run
behind their dog teams, as they pre-
fer.
The object of the race, aside from
being an advertising feature for the
st. Paul carnival, is to show to the
world the utility Of these dog trains
which furnish such necessary
means of transportation to the trap
per and fishermen in the frozen
north.
The prizes for the race are:
First Prize-$50O cash and high
power rifle. ..-..
Second Prize-$15O cash and au-
tomato shotgun.
: Third Prize-$10O cash and gill
net.
Fourth Priests cash and six
dozen mink and beaver traps.
Fifth Prize-$5O cash and pair
snow shoes. .. W. -~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25
TEACHERS ARE PUPILS

Miss Swenson of Cedar Rapids, a.,
was in the city yesterday and gave
lessons in Palmer penmanship to the
teachers and pupils of the Bemidji
schools. This system is now re-
quired in the schools of the state.
Miss Swenson left this morning for
Walker where she will visit the
schools and give instruction in pen
manship.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

E. z. Mark and Wallipie will be at
Pogue's old barn, Wednesday, Janu-
airy 81, with carload of work horses
and mules which they will offer for
sale. 6-131
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25
BACK FROM FUNERAL

Rev. o. P. Grambo, pastor Of the
Lutheran Free church OF the Fifth
ward, will return today from Fargo,
N. D., where he attended the fu-
neral of his father, Paul Grambo,
who died at Wabaux, Mont. He was
"a years old at the time of his death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25
FUNERAL TOMORROW

Members of the M. w. A. are re.
uuested to attend the funeral OF
George Ostrander tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock from the Methodist
church.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

Miss Florence Huck returned this
morning from Nebish where she went
to attend, a wedding.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25
CLASSIFIED
WANTED

WANTED-Plain sewing by the
piece. Phone 478-J. 1-125
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

WANTED-Woman to work nights.
INQUIRE Third St. Cafe. 124tf
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

A. J. Naugle has gone to Indian
apolis, Ind, on business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

FOR SALE-Hens that are laying;
Is Rose Comb R. I. R., year old,
full blood; 10 Rose Comb r. I. r.
pullets, full blood; Is single comb
w. Leghorns, L year old, full
blood; 20 crosses with above,
year old; 80 dozen fresh eggs, 80
cents per dozen: George McTag-
CART, Turtle River, MINI. 7-131
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

FOR SALE-16-inch jackpine $3.50,
per cord delivered to any part OF
city. Phone 600. 1O-13O
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

FOR TRADE-One 1912 Cadillac to
trade for land. G. w. Jewett &
Co. : 4-127
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

FOR SALE-New bungalow in Fifth
ward. X. Hendrickson
SdWed. & Sat- to 21O
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-25

FOR SALE-Five-acre lots on easy
terms. Phone 249, Mathew Lar
son, Nymore, MINI. 31-222
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
NEW UIM, BROWN COUNTY. MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, OCT %
TELEPHONE TOLL LINES
ARE BEING INVENTORIED
Railway Commission Making Phys
zeal Valuation Of Property.

q. %. Hoy of st. Paul is at the head of
men in the employ Of the Minnesota
Railway and Warehouse commission
which is taking an inventory of all the
long distance telephone lines in Brown
county. The work is being done in ac-
scordance with an act of the legislature
last winter, which authorized the COM
mission to make a physical valuation OF
the long distance telephone lines in the
state. This appraisal when completed,
the commission claims, will constitute
an important factor in the determination
of what is a fair value Of the toll prop
critics in the consid raticn of the reason
ableness Of long distance telephone
charges in this state.
D. r. Jurgenson, chief engineer Of the
commission, has given the men doing
the work a thoro training as to theil
duties before starting on their mission.
There are about 10000 miles Of tele-
phone lines in this state. all of which
must be examined and reported upon by
the men on the job. They must note
not only every pole, with its size, elias.
and condition, and in fact every detail
Of crossa1ms, pins, insulators, wires, etc
When the outside work is completed
the notes are sent to headquarters TO
final analyzaticn and compilation b!
the engineers Of the commission.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
NEW ULM IN DARKNESS
DURING BUSIEST HOURS
Shopping is Done by Candle-Light
When Power Fails.


! Where was Moses when the light
went out p Then again where was New
#Ulm when all the lights went out? In
the dark!
It happened at 500 Saturday night,
when most of the stores were filled with
late in the week shoppers and the streets
were filled to overlooking with auto
mobiles from all the country round
about. The only business places to
escape short suspension of business,
where those that had been provided
with gas fixtures and were served by the
New Ulm Gas company.
Something went wrong with the city
lighting plant. Only fifteen minutes
were required to remedy the trouble,
but no one knew how long the lights
would be of. Belated marketers didn't
care to be cheated out Of their Sunday
dinner, just because of the antics Of an
unruly lighting plant, and merchants
We're loath to lose the trade that they
had within their grasp. AS a result a
raid was made on the candle supply
and very shortly one dropping suddenly
into town would have thot New Ulm
was really back number, and that even
the kerosene lamp hadn't yet bsen heard
OF in these parts,
Soon, however, Superintendent Mueller
and his assistents had the trouble recti-
fed and New Ulm was an up-to-date
city once more. -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
summer.
H.s rsasH -gH.Ha 80

family, made trip to California, and
almost Immediately upon his arrival there
he suffered an attack of typhoid fever
and was i'll until his return to Minnesota.
Mr.. Ottomeyer has always been an
ardent worker for the welfare Of the
city, and as president Of the Com
mercial club during the past four years,
has expended great deal Of time and
energy in advancing the interests Of
New Ulm.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
WILL FRITSCHB IS
TO GET DISCHARGE
NEW ULM YOUNG MAN PERMIT
TED TO CONTINUE MEDICAL
STUDIES.
EXEMPTION BOARD RECEIVES
SMALL NUMBER OF cERTI-
FLED NAMES.

Chairman w. j. julius OF the Brown
county exemption board has received
notice from the War Department to de.
1 liver to William III. Fritsche his dis.
charge from the list of drafted men. and
to receive his enlistment in the Medical
Enlisted Reserve Corps. The order
also states that Mr.. Fritsche should be
permitted to resume his medical studies
at the Marquette School of Medicine at
! Milwaukee. He was called to leave
with the other drafted men on September
Fl, but was relieved at the last moment
on telegraph order from the state war
board.
Fifty-Three in Next Call.
Adjutant General Rhinow has noti-
fled the local board that the next call
will take ffty-three more men from this
county, but so far there has been no
indication as to the exact date of their
departure. It will probably be some
time in the latter part Of, this month,
however.
The cause of the delay is said to be the
inability of the contractors to get the
barracks at Camp Dodge ready to house
more men earlier.
General Crowder, who is in charge OF
the draft machinery, has said that the
exemption boards will proceed soon to.
examine, physically, all of the other
men who have been drafted, but SO far.
no action has been taken. This will
likely be started soon after the departure
of the next quota Of those already ex-
amined.
In this county the board has a suffi-.
Gent number Of men accepted to fill the
original quota Of 156 men, but this is
not the case in most Of the other counties,
In Nicollet county it was necessary to
call for one hundred more men for ex-z
animation before the number could be
reached.
Thirteen More Accepted.
The district board at Mankato has
certified to thirteen more Brown county:
men. leaving about tWertv-f1vo ,,,nro IN,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
SUPPLY THIRSTY SOLDIERS.

It is charged that an automobile line
has been established between Mankato
and Des Moines. by which liquor IS
transported to be smuggled into Camp
Dodge. Secretary Libby Of the Public
Safety Commission has notified the
federal authorities and an investigation
is being made.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10

The St. Peter Free Press says that
Capt. Joseph Hofmeister has indicated
that he expects to secure the services
Of Ed. stoll fer a series Of solos for the
Chautauqua program in that city next
summer. &
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
Thirteen More Accepted.

: = y
The district board at Mankato has
certified to thirteen more Brown county
men, leaving about twenty-five more to
be heard from, Of those who are now
being considered by that body.
The fel lowing are those accepted:
Afeie G. Hanson, SLEEPY Eye.
Hsrold G. Minneek, Sleepy Eye.
Wilia m 81. Siebel, Sleepy Eye.
Esry Brand, New uIn.
Anton Pelain. Spring field,
Clifford Simmons, Comfrey.
Mike Weiss, Sleepy Eye.
Milton G. Sssee, Sleepy Eye.
Theodore Stueber. New Ulm.
Leo Lipitzky. Springfield.
Ernest T. Stark. Springfield.
Carl Plantx, New Ulm.
E. Leonard Raverty, Sleepy Eye.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
Started Small Business.

1NAl lilSC -VSuGUI6# III
business for himself was in the building
!. now occupied by the American Express
z company, and he used only part Of
Z the small front room. That was in
August, 1889. Six years previous he
had arrived from his native land, Ger
many, when 18 years of age.
After his arrival here he worked for
one summer as wagon and carriage
painter, for II. G. Kiesling. He then
became clerk in a general store at
that time conducted by Charles Sem
mers in the building now occupied by
Hummel Bros. He received the prince
ly salary Of $6 month and his board
He next became clerk in Kuetzing's
5 and 10 cent sore, in the building now
occupied by w. II. Bierbaum.s grocery
store. He was with tie concern for
scme four or five years, one of which
was spent in conducting branch store
at Winthrop. He next spent few
months with merchant tailoring con-
Germ in Chicago, but seen became tired
of life in a large city and returned to
New Ulm and engaged in business for
himself
Soon after embarking in the merchan-
aiIe business for himself, Mr.. OttomeyeY,
in company with his brother, the late
Alexander Ottomeyer, purchased the
store at the corner of Minnesota and Cen
ter streets, and later they interested
DR.. J.. L. ScEoch in the enterprise
and built the balance of the Ottomeyer
Block, one store Of which is occupied
by J. M. Meyers jewelry store and
r. r. Kemsk's stationery store and
printing Office.
Will Remain in New Ulm
Mr.. Ottomeyer says that he has no
intention of leaving New Ulm, but will
continue to make this city his residence.
In the sale Of his business he is to retain
the Ottomeyer block, and to accommo-
date his successor will extend the length
If the building to the end Of the property
adjoining the Burg building, occupied
hy the New Ulm Gas Co., on Center
street. Work on this addition will be
hecun as soon as the plans which are now
being prepared are completed.
Mr.. Ottomeyer intends to take
-ast &c six months, after which he will
,,.oc;de on his future activities. He does
~ believe in idleness and will take up
"a soma new line Of work next summer. He
saws that during his long business career
be has taken but one vacation, and that
was spoiled by illness. He, with his
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
SCHOOL CHILDREN
FOR HOOVER PLAN
GREAT CONFERENCE WILL BE
HELD AT FARM SCHOOL
OCT. Il AMI. IL.
FOOD CONSERVATION PLEDGES
TO BE SECURED IN
NATION.

81 County Superintendent of Schools
r. B. Kennedy and possibly Superint
ent H. G.. Hess and others Of the county
will attend conference of school officers
called by State Superinte c.. G.
Schulz, for next Friday and Saturday,
t October IL and 10, at which scme six
hundred leading school officials Of the
state are expected to be present. The
conference which will be the largest
gathering of school officers ever held in
the state, will convene at the state
agricultural college, midway between
Minneapolis and st. Paul.
Start Hoover Pie dge Campaign.
The immediate purpose Of this great
conference is to work cut the plans for
food conservation which will guide the
half million school children Of the state
in helping to inaugu1ate the gigantic
Hoover pledge card campaign in this
state, November 4 to 10. An effort will
be made to induce every hcme in Mime
sofa to sign the national pledge to sub
stitute as many vegetables, fruits, fish
and breads, other than wheat bread, as
possible for wheat bread, flour, meats
and ether foods which can be shipped
readily to the United States armies
across the sea from now until the end
of the war.
Will Be a Big Drive.
The, 10, O00 public and private schools,
5000 school officers, $4,000 teachers and
$4,000 school children, are all to be
placed at the service of the nation in
the effort to put Minnesota at the head
of all the states in the food conservation
movement. It is the first instance
since the war began where the brunt
of "a campaign has been placed on the
shoulders Of the boys and girls, and
the outcome will be watched with interest
all over the country. No other state
has planned such a campaign, it is
said by those who are at the head
of the movement.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
LACK OF CHRISTIANITY

DO YOU know of other countries
with greater culture and human attain
ments than some of the European
countries that are now warning, and
at the same time exhibiting savag-
cry and inhumanity that appals the
world? Why is this? 1t is because the
people have forgotten our Lord Jesus"
said Ri. Rev. Harry S. Longley, suffra-
gan bishop of the Episcopal church OF
Iowa, during his address on THE Es-
.sential Foundation" at the opening
session of the fifty-second annual con-
vention of the Iowa State Sunday
school convention at Council Bluffs.
Bishop Longley also declared that
the proper foundation of Christians
belief is in our Lord Jesus, and with
the true basis for his belief, life's task
il easy and the promise of salvation
assured.
"The great trouble with many men
who have automobiles is that from
Nav / to November /, they forget
about their God. There is one sin Of
professionalism, that of exalting the
preacher and forgetting God.
Wendell Phillips wrote a great
treatise of lost arts, but he overlooked
one lost art-that of worship.
mo matter how poor may be the
church, or how unsatisfactory the min
lister if the man who attends church
bases his belief in the Lord Jesus and
enters into the service with earnest
ress and the true spirit. that man is
satisfied. He has gotten from the
church and religion all that it means
to him.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
THE IOWA cANToNM EMIT.

The United States Recruiting Sta
ton being established in Des Moines
will be a big affair, costing several
million dollars. Iowa men have re
ceived the contracts for the buildings
to be erected and the other improve
ments to be made,-and Iowa mater
ials as for as possible are to be used
in the construction. An idea of what
the cantonment means may be CLEANED
from these figures:
Twenty-six million feet OF lumber.
Twenty carloads OF nails and hard
ware.
Sixty carloads OF roofing.
Ten cars of electric light poles and
wiring.
Five miles of railway sidings.
One hundred and ninety-two cars OF
stoves, ranges, tanks, piping, refriger.
ators, etc.
Five thousand barrels of cement.
Twenty-Five miles of insulated wire.
Two thousand shower heads.
The cantonment will be complete
city in itself. 1t will have streets,
blocks, sewers, electric lights, water
system, railroad facilities, garbage in
Generators and practically every other
facility that goes to make up a modern
municipality. 1t will require approxi-
mately 5000 men to erect the build
ings in the time specified.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
TALKED TO DEATH.

A costly mass meeting was held in
Chicago last week, designed to enlist
515 recruits needed to complete the
Great Lakes Marine Corps. 1t is esti-
mated that 10000 people attended.
fully one thousand of the number be.
ing young men eligible to service.
Only seven recruits were obtained.
The people of Chicago we're dumb
founded over results. and many people
cried "slackers" and criticised the
young men Of Chicago in no uncertain
terms. All the papers took up the mat
ter and assigned all sorts OF reasons
for the poor showing.
1t has remained for writer in the
Tribune to set forth the most plaus-
ible reason for the faildre Of the
meeting. Here is diagnosis: "A
pacifist was chairman - politician
who publicly in Chicago thanked God
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
To CONSERVE FOOD.
NEXT SUNDAY WILL BE o5sERv
ED BY THE CHURCHES.

Next Sunday, July first, has been
set aside as special day for the
spreading before the people of the
land through the medium of the
church the Importance of food conser.
walton.
United States Food commissioner
Herbert C.. Hoover has requested all
ministers in the United States to talk
from their pulpIts on Sunday, July LIST,
with reference to the importance and
The necessity for conservation of food
and the outstanding of resources of
the land.
The telephone has been enlisted in
the campaign and has entered hear
tIly into the effort of spreading the
news. The Oskaloosa Home Telephone
Company in response to request has
communicated with twenty-one local
churches and ministers and has re-
celved assurances from eleven of
these that the subject will be taken
UP next Sunday as per the request of
Mr.. Hoover. This report is to be for
warded to National headquarters.
Ministers and churches of Oskaloosa
reporting favorably for Sunday service
TO manager George Gordon of the Os-
Ealoosa Home Telephone Company
are:'
Rev. In Grigsby, M. E. church.
Rev. c. H. DeVoe, Christian Church
Rev. A. McFerran, First Presbyter'
ian church.
Rev. E. II. Stranahan, Friends
church.
Rev. Wayne Lee Waters, Congrega
tional church.
Rev. S. ]. Malone, United Presbyter
ian church.
Father Thomas F. LOTUS, st. Mary'S
Catholic church.
Rev. p. Bloem, Christian Reformed
church.
Rev. J. A. Duerr, German Lutheran
church.
J Rev. Arthur M. Lewis, rector st
james Episcopal church.
| Rev. j. H. Wood, African M. r
church. g..
Rev. J. M. Lemon, Friends Mission
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
NO INAUGURATION.

The Washington, Iowa, Journal is
inclined to doubt the truth of an ar
ticle which appeared in the Herald
the other day concerning the possibili
ties of the Great White Way being
converted into Military road. OF
coure there is no immediate possibili
ty of the people of Washington wax
ing up some of these fine summer
mornings to find their streets damned
with mules, men, cannon and devil
wagons, but just the same your Uncle
Sam is not going to be caught mapping
and he proposes to help put the road
in shape so he could move his armies
over it if necessity arises.
The new bridge over Spring Greek
and the new one over South river have
already been inspected by Federal
agents and accepted as efficient, and
now the Oskaloosa City Council and
the Mahaska County Board of Super
visors are with State and Federal aid
going to do lot more work on the
road and make it sufficient for any
emergency. The spirit of improvement
will reach Washington county in due
time, and the Journal will find out the
story is no pipe dream.
Preparing the way TO hedge, if il
must, the Journal,-even in its first
outbreak of doubt,-adds:
This story sounds rather visionary
but these are strange times in mill
tary affairs, and it is just possible
that there might be occasion for the
use of the road as indicated in the
above paragraph. 1t is believed that
the commissioners would find the
White Way the best road in the state
for such purposes.
Across Washington county the
White Way is in the best of shape
this summer. 1t has been brought tC
grade, hills have been cut down anC
ether engineering done to make it cas-
Ter for travel, and the farmers along
the route keep the highway well drag
ged. If it were rolled and oiled the
White Way in Washington county
would be an almost perfect, section OF
dirt road.
This summer will see Washington
county's roads the best they have ey
er been. The progressive work of the
last few years will be continued, and
improvements kept up. Several gangs
of men and two engine and grader
outfits will be kept at work by the
county all summer and several of the
townships plan 10 do lot of work"