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The Bemidji Pioneer. KAISER & GREELEY, Publishers Entered In the postoftice at Bemidji a second-class matter. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. Official County and City Paper. N O WIDE TIRES. IN THE YEAR 1889 some wise guy in the Indiana legislature succeeded in getting passed a law prohibiting the hauling over turnpike and gravel roads, in stormy or wet weather, loads of more than 2,000 pounds in nar row-tired wagons, or more than 2,500 pounds in broad-tired ones. The Indiana supreme court promptly declared the act void for uncertainty, because it failed to provide a standard of compar ison by which broad or narrow tires may be determined. The attention of Governor Van Sant is respectfully called to this Indiana law. He should at once secure the passage of such a law by the Minnesota legisla ture, and should follow it up by an immediate suit in equity in the supreme court of the state to restrain all teamsters in the state from overloading at this peculiar season of the year. The law might also provide that no "big" man should drive a team of "big" horses with a "big" wagon. And, also, that ail large freight cars be prohibited all this under a penalty of imprisonment or fine of $5,000. The list of "big" things that might be prohibited by such a law, and thus debarred from do ing business in the State of Min nesota, is enormous. If the su preme court could be induced to sustain such a law, it would be far better than an infusion of the weak tea of the Anti-Trust law of Congress, for it would cut closer to the bone, and all sorts and conditions of men and cor porations. It would, besides, be much more definite and certain than the Shermau law itself, which contains nothing half so definite as the words "narrow," "wide," "big" or "little." The Sherman law prohibits any persons or corporations from "combining to control any part of the trade and commerce" of the several states or "with for dgn nations." That is, no fellow shall grow bigger than he is now. Nor shall he help others to grow larger. Perhaps ,(large" is a better word than "big." No per son shall combine with any other person'to grow "large," at least sufficiently large to control any of the avenues of commercial in tercourse. Not any number of the avenues, but any avenue, or any part of one. No one person and his associ ates should build "large" eleva tors in Minneapolis or Duluth. Let him go to Superior and build, where the bay front is so wide that he could not possibly "con trol" any part of the trade and commerce coming through that port, no matter how many large elevators and docks he might build. He could, of course, only "share" the business over there, the Wisconsin governor not being so punctilious about words, while in Minnesota such operations would be denounced as "control ing" it. The fact of the matter is, the governor of Minnesota has made a donkey of the republican party of the state, has done so with his eyes wide open has openly em ployed the attorney of one rail road corporation to tight the bat tle of the state against another railroad, and been licked ridicu lously in the highest court in the land and has now begged the Attorney-General of the United States to save his bacon by mak ing himself ridiculous also,for there can be but one ridiculous result to the whole ridiculous business of trying 'to stem the flood of American growth by wild and indefinite and senseless cries against "big" things. JACOBSON'S TONNAGE TAX. YAKE" performed an acro batic feat in the house of representatives, when he per suaded that body to adopt his tax provision levying a tax- of 5 cents a gross ton on the iron ore output of St. Louis county, in stead of leaving the matter for the local communities to assess and tax. He ought now, as Bob Dunn says, provide a similar state tax on all pine saw-logs cut in Northern Minnesota, of say 15 cents per thousand feet, log measure, and that the lands now covered with standing pine should only be assessed the same as other adjacent unimproved lands. That would turn all pine land taxes into the state treasury, and keep it out of the hands of the local township and sch(x boards. We expect to hear that T. B. Walker and the rest of the Minneapolis gang have raised a fund with which to support Ja cobson. Of course it would be unconstitutional, but that would make no differenee to the Minne apolis gang, who are the loudest squealers and the quietest eaters in the state of Minnesota. Prince Henry, of royal blood, is visiting this country, and now imperialism will be the issue in the next campaign. For a na tion born in democracy and bred with a contempt for kings, Henry has been treated real neighborly. From the gushing sentiment of the press, we would imagine that the sun of liberty stands still on the hills of the capitol, while the moon of equality is stuck fast in Milwaukee's valley of Ajalon. But it is all a circus, and Amer ica, "the heir of all the ages and foremost in the tiles of time," is playing the part of a humbug host. Ezra Valentine at present seems to have the center of the stage of popularity with the newspaper congressmen-makers of this district. He certainly has friends everywhere, in the prai rie stretch or the pine belt. Senator Nelson has secured a favorable reportonan appopriation of $50,000 for the surveying of the unsurveyed public lands in Minnesota. Beltrami is interested in this jackpot. The bunt cure for cough is 1^1 W. Barker's Cough, Catarrh, Consump tion llemedy. At F. A. Mayo'a drug store. ilCIIJ Nature I Babies and children need I I proper food, rarc'y ever medi cine. If they do not thrive I on their food something is wrong. They need a little help to gtt their digestive machinery working properly. COD LIVER OIL WtTHttYPOPNOSPtttTESorLmetSOM will generally correct this difficulty. If you will put from one fourth to half a teaspoonful in baby's bottle three or four times a day you will soon see a marked improvement. For larger children, from half to a teaspoonful, according to age, dissolved in their milk, if you so desire, will very I soon show its great nourish ing power. If the mother's milk does not nourish the baby, she needs the emul sion. It will show an effect at once both upon mother and child. 50c nd Jt.oo, all druggist*. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York* Waif !!-'"II II II II II II LIES AM) SLANDER. THE NEEDS for and wisdom of building a court house for this county are so strong and conclusive that there is no legiti mate argument to be given against it. Out of the eleven newspapers in the county, only two have had the folly to offer advice against the bonding ques tion. And their position is so weak that they must bolster up their argument with lies and slander/ TheBlackduck A merican states that the pine owners do not pay the larger share of Beltrami county taxes. Anyone who has stayed over night in this county knows that statement is false. A glance at the treasurer's books will show that ten leading lumber firms last year paid sixty per cent of the taxes, not to mention the dozens of smaller pine owners. Then the Shevlin Advocate de votes four columns to abuse of Bemidji and its friends, and winds up with a cry of boodleism. Listen to this: "If Bonds should carry and the new court house and jail should be built under the direc tion and management of a county board and contractors who handled the funds in the same manner that board and contrac tors used the funds put into their hands with which to build the jail three years ago, about how much would a board of honest appraisers find thenewbuildings worth when completed? Probab ly $15,(300 or $20,000." Can this be called argument? Let us see. The commissioners into whose hands this fund will be placed are J. W. Johnson, Ed Gallagher, P. O. Sibley, John McDougald and Wes Wright. Can the Shevlin people say aught against the honesty of the first three? We guess not, as they placed the three upon their peti tion to be named as commission ers of their new county. Even the bond opponents at Blackduck will take oath that McDougald is incorruptable. And Wes Wright, even if he does live in hated Bemidji, has acquaintances all over the county who know that a dishonest thought never enters his head. THE PIONEER starts out on its seventh volume this week. But we are so busy doing job work and setting legals that we have neither time nor space to indulge in the usual birthday salutations. I Backwoods I Sketches... JJ A. M. CiKKKLEY A Decisive Move. "Great buttles are won by a decis ive move in the right direction at the right moment,'" a saying of Napole on which Gene Rickford had learned when a boy. And now Gene and Ted Moore are rival generals,laying siege to the heart of a fair backwoods dam sel. The siege requires strategy, for fair Edith treats both warriors with provoking neutrality. The persistent cannonade pflotfigives her no armis tice in which to cultivate a preference for either. This is the situation, when Gene, walking into Slabtown from his near by claim, beholds his rival entering the pest house on the edge of town. Upon the door is the familiar sign of "Smallpox." A frightened idea flut ters into Gene's brain, and with its wings brushes the cobwebs from the school-day motto hung upon memor y's walls, "Great battles are won by a decisive move.'' In a flash he draws the iron clasp over the staple outside the door, and Ted is a prisoner of war. Gene finds a five dollar note in his pocket and a health officer in the village marshal, which combination speedily maKes Ted a prisoner in quarantine- "It'll be ten days at least afore he can squirm outer there," Gene chuck les, "and if I cannot make Edith show her hand in that time. I'm no good." His next decisive move is towards Edith's home. The new Stockholm hotel is to be opened with a "grand ball, "and he asks her company. "Oh, sure! I would like to go with youbut I promised Ted only yester- day." Usually suchinformationproduces a mental oath, but to-day Gene seniles benevolently. "But you cant go with him this trip, for he's"doing time the pest house." "Whatl Has He come down with the Smallpox?" "No, jest exposed: but he's billed' for some time in the scale shack." "Funny how this Smallpox keeps a running. Man was brought in last night from a lumber camp, and now poor Ted Ml get it." He didn't like the sympathy in ner tone, but as she promised to change partuers for the dance, Gene goes awav hopeful of a speedy victory. But, alas! When he calls a few hours later, not surrender, but defi ance, plainly marks her attitude tow ards him. In his short absence, her heart has felt that one great throb that batters down the thin wall between af fection and love. "Gene," she says frankly, "I've made up my mind to marry Ted if he comes out of the pest house alive. I've just found out that he is a real nero, a good, big-hearted hero. I've heard all about the pest hpuse affair." Oh, Gene! Do not look so guilty she suspects not your duplicityshe knows not all, or she could not call Ted a hero. And do not lose faith in your mottoGreat battlesAKE won by decisive moves, unless checked by ac cident. It was an accident that took Ted to the pest house this morning he went to steal an axe from a desert ed building. As soon as he dis covered that the building contained a patient, the "big-hearledhero" rushed for the door, but .someonehe knew not whohad locked the door. No, Gene, neither you nor Edith know all, but she thinks she does, which settles your fate. Her heart is speaking now: "I told you of a man being brought from the camp last night. He was deadly sick, and was put in thlre with no one to tend him. As soon as Ted heard of it, he must have rushed there to nurse him. Brave, true Teddy! The sick man, I've just heard, is my brother Bill. Surgeon's Knife Not Needed. Surgery is uo longer necessary to cure piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures such cases at once, re moving the necessity for dangerous, painful and expensive operations. For scalds, cuts, burns, wounds, bruises, sores and skin diseases it is unequalled. Beware of counterfeits. F. A. Mayo. For the Complexion. The complexion always suffers from biliousness or constipation. Unless the bowels are kept open the impuri ties from the body appear in the form of unsightly orupiions. DeWitt's Lit tle Early Risers keep the liver and bowels in healthy condition and re moves the cause of such troubles. C. E. Hooper, Albany, Ga., says: "I took DeWitt's Little Early Risers for biliousness. They were just what I needed. I am feeling better now than in years." Never gripe or distress, sale, thorough and gentle. The very best pills. F. A. Mayo. Practically Starving. "After using a few bottles of Kodol Dispepsia Cure my wife received per fect and permanent relief from a se vere and chronic case of stomach trouble," says J. K. Holly, real es tate, insurance and loan agent, of Macomb, 111. Before using Kodol Dyssepsia Cure she could not eat an ordinary meal without intense suffer ing. She is now entirely cured. Sev eral physicians and many remedies had failed to give relief." You don't have to diet. Eat any good food you want, but don't overload the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will always digest it for you. F. A. Mayo. ft ft S ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 3^ M.E. SMITH Lumber Yard. A SPECIALTY ON FINISHING- f* MATERIAL Doors, Sash, Mouldings, Glass, Building Papers, Brick, Cement, Adamant. Carpenter Shop in Connection. M. & I. Tracks and 2nd St. Phone 100. N7M^ WATGHMAKER AND JEWEIrER Largest Stock and Best Workmanship MARKHAM HOTEL BUILD'G. HERBERT J. LOUD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. MILES BUILDING. BEMIDJI, MINN. LESLIE H. BAILEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. MILES BUILDING. BRMIDJI. MINN. SWEDBACK DEALER IN G-eneral Merchandise FREE DELIVERY PHONE 130 BEMIDJI, MINN. For Farm Lands, Timber Lands and Meadow Lands -CALL ON- T. J. Nary, BEMIDJI, MINN. 200,000 acres to pick from in Hubbard, Beltrami, Itasca and Cass counties. Inquire at the Pioneer office. Economy is Wealth WHY NOT ECONOMIZE BY BUYING YOUR Supplies and Family Groceries FROM YOUNG & CAHILL We can save you money and time, as we always have one price, and that one is always the lowest. "Quick Sales and Small Profits" is our motto, so kindly bear this in mind and "get up early some morning" and give us a call. Our "Bertha" Creamery Butter Is seldom equalled and never excelled. The children cry for it. Why not buy it and save those bitter tears and keep peace in an otherwise happy family? SOME ARE WISE and some are otherwise, but the wise ones buy of YOUNG & CAHILL And They Never Do Otherwise Cor. Minnesota Avenue and Third Street A. E. Henderson, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office over MavoVDrug Store, BKMlD.If. MINN. C. Adamson, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office upstairs next door e*s of City Drug Store, BEMIDJI, MINN. E. H. Smith, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office two doors oelow City Drug Sjore. TelephoneOffice, 73 residence, 132. BEMIDJI, MINN. D. H. FISK, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office over First National Bank, BEMIDJI. MINN. C. W. HASTINGS. President. P. P. SHELDON, Vice-Pres. A. WHITE Cashier. P. J. KENNEDY. AsBt, Cash. NO. 5582. First National Bank Bemidji, Minnesota. GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Every Accommodation Consistent with Con servative Bankmx will be Granted. Business Solicited Fire Insurance M. DORAN &.CO. THE OLDEST FIRM OF BANKERS AND BROKERS IN THE NORTHWEST. Dealers in Bonds. Stock, Grain & Provisions, Members Chicago Board of Trade. Private Wires to All Leading Markets. GERMANIA LI KE INHURANBE BUILDIN G. Cor. 4th and Minnesota Sts.. ST. PAUL. Minn MONEYtoLOAN on Timber Lands for Final Proof H. J. LOUD, BEMIDJI, MINN. Bemidji Hotel.... RATES. $ 1 IS NEWLY 9 PER DAY FURNiSHEl Open Day and Night. Anton Aller, Prop. ffc1 w' to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to J*