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CALENDAR OF SPORTS FOR j
THE WEEK
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Monday.
Meeting of the Minnesota-Wiscon-1
sin Baseball League at Eau Claire,!
Wis.
Annual championships of United
States Revolver association at Pine-:
hurst, N. C.
Opening of annual tournament of
the Camden Polo club, Camden, S.' C.
Mike Glover vs. George Chip, 10
round, at Albany, N\ Y.
Tommy Dixon vs. Tally Johns. 6
rounds, at Butte, Mont.
Billy Allen vs. "Knockout" Bren
nan. 10 rounds, at Hornell, N. Y.
CATCHER AS MANAGER
Problem as to Why They Make
Best Leaders Unsolved.
''Red" Dooln and Roger Breanahan De
Not Find Duties Too Arduous to
Prevent Them From
Playing In Game.
Every year somebody rises to re
mark that the bench manager is su
perior to the man who directs' his
club's aflairs from the field. You can
prove this by several cases. You can
prove it Isn't so by Just as many.
(Therefore, like the aacient query as
to the Age of Ann, the answer is not
yet.
But here is one line of dope you
have some foundation to argue on:
Catchers make good managers, wheth
er they lead from bench or behind the
bat. Of the 16 major clubs 6 of
them are piloted by catchers or ex
catchers. Why the backstop should
blossom forth as a manager Isn't ap
parent, unless, perhaps, he has been
IO busy bossing the pitchers that the
habit grows to Include the entire
club.
Two of the catcher-managers are ac
tively engaged behind the bat and do
not find their duties too laborious to
prevent them from being top-notchers
as participants. These two are Rog
er Bresnahan of the Cardinals and Red
Dooin of the Phillies.
Cornelius McGillicuddy, when he lug
ged that impossible name into the bis
league, was a receiver of rare worth.
The only reason he quit receiving was
to become head of a club. His work
with the Athletics has been a great
accomplishment.
Fiank Chance, termed the "Peerless
Leader," when the Cubs were at the
hey-day of their glory, started as a
catcher. Then he went to first base,
because there was nobody else on
hand to occupy that position. Harry
Davis also was a catcher, but gave It
up to play at the initial station.
It Is certain the catcher-manager
who can warm up his own pitchers is
going to have the inside track in se
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president will make on this trip, it is
regarded as practicaly certain that
he will not fail to include in his" ad
dresses some of the topics touched by
Colonel Roosevelt in his Columbus
spech.
The Senate committee appointed to
investigate the right of Senator Lori
mer of Illinois to his seat in the up
per house has named Saturday as the
day for proceeding with the" exami
nation of the matter with a view to
making a report.
Word comes from Lincoln that the
PXX.ES CUBED XV 6 TO 14 SATS
Your druggist will refund money if PA-
ZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case
of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud
ing Piles in 6 to 14 days. 60c.
BRINKMAN THEATRE
TO-NIGHT
HIGH GLASS VAUDEVILLE
AND MOVING PICTURES
Vaudeville Program
Billy Wyse
Comedian.
Griffin and Emmett
Comedy.
The Austins
Wonders in their line.
3 BIG ACTS
Moving Picture Pro
gram
30 00 FEET OF THE BEST.
Show starts at 7:10 sharp.
Admission Sc and 25c
RememberSave Your Tickets
F. E. Brinkman
Manager
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lecting the box artist. When one
works with a pitcher day in and day
out he comes to know the occasions
when he has the "stuff." The catch
er realizes if his pitcher's ball isn'l
breaking right or If the fast ball hasn't
the hop. Of course, a lot of flinger
are slaughtered on their best days, but
that is part of the game. In the long
run it works out that the pticher who
is right on a certain day does bettei
than a fellow who hasn't his best as
sortment of foolers.
No ball club ever went very fai
without a star oatcher, with the pos
sible exception of the Detroit Tigers,
and they possessed such an unusual
array of hitting talent that they were
exceptions to the rule. Lucky indeed
is the club that has the manager in
the strategic position behind the bat
ter and able to do sterling yeoman
duty day in and day out.
As a demonstration of what intelli
gent catching means, look what hap
pened to the Cardinals when Roger
Bresnahan quit working last autumn.
Johnny Kling, who was taken over
from the Cubs by Boston and handed
the managerial reins after Fred Tenny
has failed, will get a chance to show
his worth this season. Kling is cer
tainly one of the best catchers in the
game, but just how he will work with
the manager's troubles will be seen
the coming campaign. Fred Tenney
himself broke into baseball as a
catcher.
annual Bryan birthday banquet to be
held in* that city Tuesday will be the
occasion of a nation-wide progressive
Democratic conference. Senator Gore
of Oklahoma, George Fred Williams
of Masschusetts, Frederick Townsend
Martin of New York and a number
of other prominent party men have
accepted invitations to attend the
gathering.
The first legislature of the state of
Arizona, which will elect two United
States Senators, will convene in
Phoenix Monday. Both of the Sena
tors Avill be Democrats, Henry F.
Ashurst and Marcus A. Smith having
received the popular indorsement at
the late election.
A special session of the Maine leg
islature will convene Wednesday to
revise the election laws, re-district
the state for the purpose of electing
representatives to congress and" to
prepare something in the way of liq
uor legislation.
Representatives of the United Mine
Workers and of the coal operators'
association in western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, will re
sume their joint conference in re
gards to wages and conditions of la
bor in Cleveland Wednesday. The
controversy between the two bodies
may result in a general walkout of
the bituminous mine workers on" Ap
ril 1, at which time the present
agreement expires.
Other events of the week will in
clude the consecration of Rt: Rev.
Dennis J. O'Connell, formerly of San
Francisco, as Roman Catholic bishop
of Richmond, Va. the steaming
trials of the super-dreadnought Flor
ida, the annual meeting of the Na
tional Congress of Mothers in St.
Louis, the Pacific Northwest Live
stock Show in Portland, and the an
nual convention and exhibition of
the Texas Cattle Raisers' association
at Fort Worth.
Where Extremes Meet.
Water freezes'every night the year
round in Alto Crucero. Bolivia, whiter
at 'noon each day the .sun is hot
enough to blister the flesh .tbove all.
others, it is the place where extremes
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CARTER ADVISES
ROADS BE REPAIRED
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where once was a barren spot, and
the receptacle for undesirable accu
mulation,
'y. Respectfully,
A. A. Carter,
Street Commissioner.
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there is no doubt that the amend
ment will be carried at the fall elec
tion in this state, when the question
will be submited to the voters.
Nevada and Texas are two. western
states in which women have no form
of suffrage. In Nevada, however, a
hill conferring the full franchise
on woman has been approved by the
legislature, and suffrage clubs are be
ing organized throughout the entire
state of Texas.
Colorado will send a large delega
tion to Washington, D. to take
part in the woman suffrage hearing
before Congress March 13.
Advocates of woman suffrage in
Nebraska are planning an extensive
campaign for the coming year. A
house to house canvass will be made
throughout the state, to register the
attitude of every voter and every
woman, and organizers will be sent
into the field ehrly in the spring.
According to Boston papers, the
women of Cambridge have just con
cluded a two weeks' campaign of re
gistration by increasing the wo
men's voting list 450 per cent. 6,-
229 women registered, as compared
to 1,778 last year. The election is
for officers of school committee.
Clergymen in many, parts of New
Jersey are receiving requests to set
aside a Sunday in March as "Equal
Suffrage Day" to address their con
gregation upon this topic.
A man's league for woman's suff
rage is in process of formation at
Princeton college, similar to those at
Harvard and Yale..
To Test Battleship Florida.
Washington, D. C, March 18The
steaming trials of the super-dreatf
nought Florida are expected to en
gross the undivided attention of nav
al men this week. The interest in
the trials is due partly to the fact
that the Florida is to be one of the
largest and most formidable fighting
machines afloat, but more especially
because she is the first battleship to
be built in a government yard in
many years. A close comparison na
turally will be made between her per
formances %nd those- of her sister
ship, the Utah, which has just been
turned out at a private yard.
The Florida and the Utah are the
latest and mightiest fighting units in
the United States Navy and one or
the other will supersede the Connecti
cut as the flagship of the North At
lantic fleet. If she comes up to the
expectations of her constructors, 22
knots will be reeled off by the Flori
da, propelled by the enormous tur
bine engines of the Parsons type.
When she sails she will represent
an expenditure of nearly $10,000,-
000. As compared with the next
largest ships in the United States
Navythe Delaware and the North
Dakota typethe Florida and Utah
are ten feet longer, 1825 tons greater
displacement, on even terms as to the
main battery, but with two more of
the 5-inch guns in the secondary bat
tery. When completely manned the
Florida will carry 940 men and 60
officers, and will have a larger steam
ing radius than any vessel now in
commission.
Stock Show at Fort Worth.
Fort Worth, Texas, March 18.
Fort Worth is thronged with the ad
vance guard of visitors to the annual
Fat Stock Show given under the aus
pices of the Texas Cattle Raisers' as
sociation. The big convention of the
cattle raisers' association will not be
gin its sessions until tomorrow, but
the fat "stock show was opened to vis
itors today. The show this year em
braces a mammoth display of cattle,
horses, swine, sheep and poultry, tor
gether with a department devoted to
exhibits of special interest to home
seekers. Thousands of visitors are
expected here during the week from
all parts of Che West and Southwest.
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One of the teachers in the grades
was telling of lions. She said:' ^&&v
"Children, what if you should meet
something with a big mouth, large
white teeth, and glaring eyes coming
down the street. What would you
say it was?"
"Teddy Roosevelt."
One of the High school teachers
last week asked her class, "What are
the three greatest oaths in English?"
One of the boys held up his hand and
she called on him. After rishtg he
seemed diffident about answerJnjg.
"Well, Johnny/' she said, "you ivjjldh
teered and may tell us." He answer-
ed,'*4I
know them all right, Jdlaa
Blank, wit do-you want me to tell
i*em right out hero?"..,
THB EMIfcJI DAILY PIONEER.
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Riding ponies are a hobby at_Maple Bluff farm, Senator Robert M. La
Foliette's home near Madison, Wis. The senator started raising them some
years ago, for his children to ride. Now there are eight of them and in the
picture they are held by Senator La Follette's younger daughter, Mary, in
the boy's clothes ahe romps in, and his younger son Phillip.
ROCKY BOY IS HAPPY
Indian With Picturesque Name
and tribe Satisfied With
Home Life.
ONCE MUCH IN LIMELIGHT
Joke Brings Relief to Wandering and
Destitute IndiansBurrows' Place
on Monetary Commission Ex-
piresHonor for Maury,
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.Word came to the In
dian bureau the other day that Chief
Rocky Boy and his Indians in the far
northwest were satisfied with the
home life, being contented and happy.
Chief Rocky Boy once was very much
in the congressional limelight. For
years this Indian chief and his fol
lowing had'been wandering about the
country, homeless, unable to hunt and
doing little else but beg for a live
lihood. Finally congress took action
and the wandering mendicants were
given a place to live. Former Sena
tor Beveridge of Indiana is given
credit for having done something for
Rocky Boy, whose picturesque and
somewhat suggestive name attracted
more attention than did the supposed
starving condition of the man who
bore it.
Mr. Beveridge who Is now in pri
vate life, would have been given, If
Chief Rocky Boy had done ,his duty
and had had the material to make
them, a beaded hunting shirt, mocca
sins, leggings and eagle war bonnet
of chieftainship in recognition of serv
ices rendered.
Rocky Boy and his warriors and
women and children had never been
able to get a home. They had been
wandering through Montana living
fr6mshaiid
to mouth and spurned alike
by reds and whites. Bill after bill
had been introduced for their relief,
but no bill ever came within sight of
the passing stage.
The name Rocky Boy finally struck
a newspaper man's fancy. Possibly
he had had the feeling- himself. In
an idle moment he drew up a mock
measure and in It Senator Beveridge
figured as Chief Rocky Boy, while a
dozen or so other senators figured un
der other names as members of Rocky
Boy's band of wanderers. The names
fitted admirably or misfitted just as
admirably. Senator Allison, who in
no conceivable circumstances would
commit himself In words, was called
Chief Talks^Too-Much. Senator Aid
rich, for reasons which may be ap
parent to people who know something
of him, appeared in the relief measure
as Chief Smooth Medicine.
Joke Brought Results.
A copy of the skit fell under Sena
tor Beveridge's eye. It amused him.
He hung it on the wall of his room.
He showed it to people, and finally
one day it occurred to him that Rocky
Boy and his band had done him a
service, and he resolved to look into
Rocky Boy's case. He did look Into
it and found that the chief and hie
wandering Montana band were wor
thy of consideration. The Indiana
senator made their cause his own.
Objecting senators were asked to "be
good," and a bill* "for the relief of
the wandering American-born Indiana
of Rocky Boy's band" passed the sen
ate of the United StateB.
Former Senator Julius Caesar Bur
rows of Michigan still lives in Wash
ington in the winter. It was only six
weeks ago that his place on the mon
etary commission expired by the limi
tation of law. Mr. Burrows has been
called here 'Julius Caesar Burrows.
That is his name, but he does not al
together like it. Mr. Burrows was
elected for several tonus to the Unit
ed States senate and every time ex
cept one when his credentials were
read from the desk his name was giv
en as Julius Caesar Burrows. The
last time Mr. Burrows was elected the
credentials bore the name Of Julius
C. Burrrows, and it is said that thia
was done by the Michigan man's ex
pressed request.
Throughout almost the entire time
that he held office Mr. BurroW was
known throughout the length and
breadth of Michigan simply as "Julius
Ca*iR"f ~$fe got tired of it.\ His
friends say |that he,thought the "Cae
sar" part suggested life tenure of of
fice and smacked of imperialism.
Would Honor Maury.
To how many men today does' the
nameffwf '..ifrathew Fontaine Maury
mean ah^t|||hg? Scientists probably
will recognize the name at once, but
to the ordinary layman it perhapB sug
gests nothing but a name. Represen
tative $hWfW. Martin of North Da
kota has be^n seeking government aid
foj thj jgrfetion of^a monument _in
Maury's memory. Virginia was the.
scene W'ihe birth, life and death of
this maor whom now it Is sought to
honor.? B|e was a geologist, a meteor
ologist and jone of the discoverers of
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rents .and routes of the ocean.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
now has teen a member of the cab*
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history of the government, and de
spite constant rumors of resignation
because of a desire to retire to private
life after haying broken the record,
there seems to be every reason to be
lieve that the secretary will stay in
the cabinet until the end of Presi
dent Taft's term, and If the gods
should be propitious to the Republican
party it is possible that he may stay
as a member of the official body for
another fpur years, thereby not only
breaking the record, but smashing It
into bits.
NEW OCCUPATION FOR "COP"
Guardian of the Peace Also Called
Upon to Act as Dispeller of
Nightmares.
Occasionally householders require
services of policemen that seem ex
traordinary, even to men who have
grown old on the force. Said a boy tc
a patrolman:
"Are you the new night policeman
on this beat?"
The policeman said he was.
"Then there's a man around at our
house would like to fix things up with
you," said the boy. "Can you come?"
Mentally rehearsing the crushing re
buke that he should deliver if request
ed to condone counterfeiting or kin
dred illegal practices, the patrolman
accompanied his guide to the first
floor flat, where a very innocuous
looking young man sat reading a
newspaper. Having satisfied himself
that the officer would be on duty that
night, the young man said:
"I shall sleep in this room, and if
you should happen past here about 2
o'clock and hear me yelling my lungs
out don't get scared and think some
body is murdering me, but just reach
In through the window and shake me
good and hard. I shall be in the
throes of nightmare, that's all, and as
these folks are all strangers to me,
maybe they wouldn't like to come in
and wake me up. The night patrol
man in the street I just moved away
from used to perform that little job
for me, and I shall be much obliged
If you will do the same."
The policeman seemed disinclined
to assume the role of disperser of
nightmares, but he finally accepted
the unique commission.
WERE NOT TO BE CONVINCED
Violin Maker's Work So Good the
Critics Would Not Accept It
as His Own.
While it is no easy matter for a
violin maker to rival the famous
Stradivarius instruments, an Ameri
can maker once did this, and did it
In so effectual a manner that experts
pronounced his violin a genuine
Stradivarius. The successful man
was George Gemunder, who died some
ten years ago. His remarkable abil
ity as a maker of viogsts was known
to many a distinguished player, such
as Ole Bull, Remenyl and Wilhelmj,
but he achcievedso runs the story
his greatest success at the last Paris
exposition. To that exhibition he sent
an imitation Stradivarius, and, to test
Its merits, had it placed on exhibition
as the genuine article.
A committee of experts carefully ex
amined the instrument and pronounced
It a Stradivarius. So far Gemunder's
trumph was complete, but now came
a difficulty. When he claimed that it
was hot an old violin but a new one
made by himself, the committee
would not believe him. They declared
that he had never made the instru
ment and pronounced hint an impos
tor. He had done his work too well.
Meteor's Rings.
In the entrance to the American
Museum of Natural History in New
York stands a large meteor brought tc
that city and presented to the museum
by the Peary Expedition company. To
handle the immense mass of metal
and stone large iron hooks and rings
were made fast at several places.
"The other day," said a museum
guard, "a young New Yorker about
seven years old stood with his moth
er admiring the exhibit. The mothei
read the description, saying that this
came from another planet and was
hurled through space, finally landing
in the arctic regions."
"Mamma," asked the little Knicker
bocker, "was that stone hung to th
i-ther planet by those rings?"'
Policeman's Novel Excuse.
Policemen on trial at headquarters
are apt at excuses, says the New York
Sun. Former Inspector Williams UBed
to tell of an officer who was charged
with having lost his whistle. When
asked to explain he said. "You see, 1
went home last night and put my whis
tle on the table. I turned round and,
bless me, one of my kids was choking
and nearly black in the face. You see
commissioner, he'd swallowed the
whistle?" "Is he dead?" asked the
sympathetic commissioner. "No, sir,"
was the reply, "He isn^t ..dead,: but
he's got the whooping cough, and now
every time he coughs the whistle
blows and Use cop on the pott oomef
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Tremendous Cash Purchase
We purchased the entire lot of Watches from one Large Jobber at a
Great Reduction in Price. THEY HAD O HAVE
THE CASH We bought them and are going to give you
the benefit of the purchase.
WE LIST ONE OF THE MANY BARGAINS:
We are in a position to sell Watches Much Lower in price than
most jewelers and undersell any catalogue house in the Large Cities.
We have the FINEST'EQUIPPED WORKSHOP in Northern Minne^
sota. CARE and PROMPTNESS ALWAYS ASSURED.
HE LP WANTED
WANTEDReliable man and wife
to run farm during summer. The
Great Northern Timber Co., Miles
Building.
WANTEDGirl for chamber and
laundry work. Apply Hotel Rex.*
WANTEDCook, Palace Hotel,
good wages, Blackduck, Minn.
WANTEDGirl by Mrs. Ray Murphy,
703 Minnnesota Ave.
FOR SALEAt a bargain, a piano
in good condition. Nicollet Hotel.
FOR SALEFurniture at a bargain.
Call at 916 Mississippi Aye.
FOR RE NT
FOR RENT-r-Unfurnished rooms for
light housekeeping over Gill
Brothers.
FOR RENTOne furnished room for
rent. 917 Minnesota Ave. Phone
16S.
FOR RENTOne furnished room for
rent. 515 Bemidji Ave.
Two small offices for rentgood lo
cation. AddresB Box 385.
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GEORGE T. BAKER AND CO.,
Manufacturing Jewelers,
BEMIDJf, (116 THIRD ST.)
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FOR SALE
FOR SALEBlack, Buff and White
Orpingtons. Eggs $1.50, $2 and
$3 per 15. Send for my mating
list. My birds won 11 first, 5 sec
ond and a number of 3, 4, 5 and
special prizes last season. R. A.
Lawrence Orpington Yards, Crook
ston, Minn.
FOR SALEPure blood Rhode Island
Red and Barred Plymouth Rock
eggs for breeding purposes. Jack
Williams, 1015 America Ave.
FOR SALEBemidji residence prop
erty for sale or exchange for land.
E. J. Swedback.
FOR SALEFull blooded Golden
Laced Wyandotte eggs, for 15.
507 Irvin Ave.
FOR SALEHand-made folding
screen. A. D.. Bailey, ?9 Ameri
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furniture. Odd Fellows building,
across from postoffice, phone 129.
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