The daily pioneer. [volume], May 26, 1903, Image 3

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THE CITY
Old papers for sale at this office.
We mix paints to order. Jones. 6t
Harry Horsmau is in the city from
Blackduck.
John Bacon arrived from Phena
this mornins.
Charles Miles returned from Chi
cago last night.
H. J. Holmes of Bathgate is a guest
of the Markharn
Major Wilson returned from Red
Lake last night.
G. H. Price of Minneapolis is a
business visitor here.
Edwin French took his first degree
in Masonry last night.
S* Simpson and wife left for the.
twin cities this morning.
Jay Clark was an arrival from
Blackduck this morning.
O. D. Viekey of Nelson was a Be
rn idji visitor yesterday.
Miss Preble was an arrival from
Headquarters camp last night.
A. C. Baker and W. W Prichard
are in the city from Thief River Falls
C. E. Albrant is transacting busi
ness in Blackduck and vicinity.
H. J. Murray and B. D. Keck of
Crookston are registered at the Mark
ham.
Chief Bailey was initiated into the
Eagles last night. He reports a lively
time.
Schneider Bros, will remodel their
store as soon as their special sale is
over.
Bemidji band wants clarinet players
at once. No would-be players need
apply.
N. S. Daggart and J. Ellis of
Blackduck transacted business here
today.
C. C. Woodward has rented his
farm on the Little Mississippi to J.
Miller.
Cigarmaker King leaves tomorrow
for Phena, where he has a homestead
located.
S. Noble of Plankington, S. D., is
in the city looking over the real estate
situation. $
E. J. Conaty, N. Brown and P.
Nash represent Grand Forks in the
city today.
W H. Strachan and Charles A.
Rose are visitors in the city from
Brainerd.
R. McDougald has sold his inter
ests here and left for Montana this
afternoon.
Frank Jackson returned from St.
Paul yesterday, where he has been
visiting Mends.
B. Schneider returned to Iron River,
Wis last night. He is well pleased
-with the prospects here so far.
E. J. Geraghiy of Reynolds is look
ing over the city today with a view to
investing in Bemidji real estate.
Ice cream will be served in .J. Peter
son, Jr. 'a store temporarily until the
fixtures for the parlor on the pecond
floor arrives.
The Third street bowling alley is
offering prizes for the highest scores
made this week. See the ad else
where.
Fred Jordan left this morning for a
visit to Duluth and the twin cities.
Before returning he will pay a visit to
his old home at Wabasha.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brooks. Mrs.
A. P. White and C. F. Miller left this
morning for Walker to enjoy a days'
outing near the white city.
Robert Clark purchased the couch
inNaylor's window for $9. The price
of the couch was $24, and was reduced
"5 cents per day until sold.
Dan Tracy has sold his homestead
right in Canada and returned to Be
midji. He is undecided whether to in
vest here or go on to Washington.
J. T. Price, a logger of Grand Rap
ids, came down to secure a bunch of
men this morning. Employment Agent
Wheelock rounded up thirty for him.
Judges McClenahan and Spooner
have set the date for the first term of
the district court in Clearwater county
for the fourth Thursday in June of
each year.
The ladies of the city will give a
social for the benefit of the drum
members requested to attend. M, L.
Nye, Secretary.
corps at J. Russell's residence on
June 5. The proceeds to go toward pare plans and specifications for
buying uniforms for the boys. the institution. The site must be
The W. C. T. U. will hold its regu-1 near Walker, in Cass county,
lar business meeting in the lecture j.-
room of the Presbyterian church. Roseau Has Local Exchange.
Wednesday, May 27, at 4' p. m. All The village council has granted a
franchise to C. A. Pearson to put in a
local telephone system, and the in
struments are already in place in
eleven business places.
"W. F. Street, Beltrami county's lead
ing lawyer, townsite promoter and
politician, was a passenger on Satur-j Rev. E. Higgins offers to fish
-nay night's train homeward bound to against any man in the city for chalk,
Bemidji from a trip below, having money or marbles. The only condi-
come via the Forks.Crookston Times, tion is that the stakes shall ero to
Some of our citizens who have been some charitable institution. The
netting out trees this spring are trying reverend gentleman is a great fisher-
to establish a uniform rule so that man, and any one who takes him up
all the trees set out may line up. The ^ill have to "fish some."
idea is a good one and should be car- Five shocks were required to dec-
ried out. Most of the trees set out this trocute a dago in New York. The
spring are about three feet from the term legal murder out to apply in that
sidewalk. case.
LOSE THEIR CLAIMS.
Da!*ii and Superior Men Lose
Oregon Timber ClaimsNum
ber About Twentv-Five.
About twenty-live Superior and
Duluth people and abou* twenty
Pennsylvania residents, who
made the trip to Oregon a short
time ago for the purpose of tak
ing up homestead and stone and
timber claims, seem to be up
against it. They have paid out
money for locations on about
sixty claims and paid their travel
ing expenses now to find that
their applications have been re
jected. The state of Oregon se
ctifted from the government the
right to pick out a lot of desert
land for irrigation. This right
was given by the state to the
Oregon Ditch company, and that
company sheeted the timber
land upon which the Wisconsin
and Pennsylvania parties have
filed their entries. These men
will contest, as the land is heavily
timbered, and there is no reason
at all for calling the land desert
land. A large number of Minne
sota and Wisconsin people have
located in this region in contro
versy.
Fishermen, Attention!
Attention, ye fishermen of Be
midji! The annual fishing contest
between the saints and sinners
of Bemidji will take place tomor
row evening on Lake Irvine and
Lake Bemidji between the hours
of 6 and 8 p. m. All prepar
ations are completed for one%f
the most interesting events that
has ever taken place in this com
munity.
The rules of the contest are* as
follows: Twenty-five on each side.
All are to leave the dock at 6 and
are to fish with diligence until 8.
The only fish to count are pike
and pickerel. Pike count ten
points and pickerel five. The
one making the largest number
of points is to be presented with
the largest fish caught by either
side the one making the smallest
number of points to be presented
with the baby fish. Any person
caught using language unbecom
ing a Bemidji sinner during the
contest will be fined the sum of
ten cents for each offence. Ladies
are to bait their own hooks, pro
viding they cannot get gentlemen
to do so for them. Upon arriving
at the dock, four men, two from
each side, will count the fish and
the crowd will then proceed to
the parlor of the Presbyterian
church, where the ladies of the
church will have a fine supper
prepared, and the entire party
will dine, the losing side paying
for the supper of the winning
side. For further information
apply to F. E. Higgins or Miss
Haldeman.
New Appointments.
Gov. Van Sant's appointments
to the a visory board for the pro
posed sanatorium for consump
tives to be located near Walker
have been announced. They are
Dr. George B. Weisser of New
Ulm, one year Dr. W. P. William
son of Minneapolis, two years
Dr. James L. Camp of Brainerd,
three years Dr. George S. Wat
tam of Warren, four years, and
Dr. H. Longstreet Taylor of St.
Paul, five years. The receit leg
islature appropriated $5,000 to
enable the state board of conto),
with the approval of the commis
sion, to purchase a site and pre-
The Stroller
What Ho Saw In a Ramble
Through Bailey's Addition
In a ramble through Bailey's
addition this morning a surpris
ingly large number of improve
ments were found to have been
made in the past two months.
Hardly a day passes but a new
house is seen going up some
where in the city, and the num
ber of new residences that have
gone up in this city since the
first of the year is astonishing
to the old settlers.
The following improvements
were noted:
Wes Wright's two new cottages
were the first on the route, and
he is showing his confidence in
the future of Bemidji b3r
putting
up a number of residences in the
city.
I. T. Brown made a record in
house building. Ten days ago
he purchased two lots of Lang &
Carter, and rys we passed the
place this morning fa noticed
two comfortable cottages were
completed.
Mrs. Clark, who purchased the
Bierskw property some time ago,
has commenced making some im
provements on the buildings.
The property is located on Ninth
street and Mississippi avenue.
Gaines' residence on American
avenue is undergoing some very
extensive improvements and mak
a very nice residence property.
H. F. Schmidt has purchased
lot 2., in block 4, on the corner of
Seventh street and Irvine avenue,
and is moving his house onto it
and made some extensive im
provements.
Mrs. Prank Abear recently
purchased lot 9, in block 3, on
Mississippi avenue, and contem
lates erecting a residence on the
same this season.
John Cline, one of our popular
and hustling night policemen,
purchased a corner lot on the
corner of Mississippi avenue
with the intention of erecting a
residen thereon in the near
fjture.
Lewis Robideau is building an
addition on his house on Missis
sippi avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Teet
ers have greatly improved their
residence on Irvine avenue, and
are making a fine home.
Jesse Scarrott has erected a
new dwelling on lot -4, in blcck t,
and intends making his future
home with us.
David Booth has built an addi
tion to his residence on Irvine
avenue, and when interviewed
this morning, said that he was
more than satisfied with our
town and was with us to stay.
Mr. Booth has not been a resi
dent of our city but a short time,
but shows that he is a hustlei.
A. Grey has his new residence
on American avenue nearly com
pleted, and lias a very choice
residence property.
K. P. CONVENTION
To be Held in This City on June
2Large Delegation
Expected.
The annual K. P. convention
for the Second district will be
held in Bemidji on June 2. Dele
gations from Park Rapids, Mc
intosh, Grand Rapids and Cass
Lake will be here, and a good
time is promised the visitors by
the local lodge. Elaborate prep
arations are being made, and the
lodge will try and outdo all
previous efforts in this line.
Grand Chancellor Robertson of
Minneapolis and several other
grand lodge officers will be here,
and W. I. Nolan will deliver an
other of his irrepressible humor
us lectures.
HAND SMASHED.
W. L. McKiernan Had His Hand
Smashed This Morning While
Saving Team.
\V. L. McKiernan had his hand
smashed this morning while un
loading a car of lumber on the
Industry track near the Great
Northern depot. There was a
string of cars standing on the
track and a switch engine backed
down on the track without giving
warning. The team which Mc
Kiernan was driving was caught
by the car and were being
dragged under. In his efforts to
release the team McKiernan sus
tained an ugly bruise on his
right hand. The team was
dragged a considerable distance
and one of the horses pretty
badly hurt. The team belonged
to E. J. Swedback. It was a
narrow escape for all, and seems
to have been due to carelessness
on the part of the engine crew.
FOR SALETamarack w6od any
length. G. E. Carson S-tf.
Jade Found in Oregou.
"Jade, the sacred and rare stone
used by the Chinese in making brace
lets, rings, vases, etc., has been found
recently in large quantities in the
state of Oregon," said S. T. Taliaferro
of Portland to a Star man at the Ar
lington this morning. "The discov
ery is considered quite an important
one from a mineral as well as a com
mercial standpoint. This find is said
by geologists to be the first of the
kind in the United States. The Ore
gon jade is tough and compact and
varies in cok-a- from a pure white to a
dark green. The bulk of the supply
heretofore used has come from Turke
stan, but some little ..as been found
in New Zealand and in the islands of
the Pacific."Washington Star.
Did Not Mean Disapproval.
In an Iowa law court au attorney
was arguing with great earnestness
and eloquence. In the midst of his
argument he paused a moment, ac
cording to the Green Bag, and said:
"I see your honor shakes his head at
that statement. I desire to reaffirm
It, although your honor dissents." "1
have not intimated," replied the
judge, "how I should construe the
evidence of what my decision will
be in the case, and your remark is
uncalled for." "You shook your
head." "That may be true," the
court replied. "There was a fly on
my ear, and I reserved the right to
remove it in any manner I saw lit.
Proceed with your argument."
Los Angeles' Wants.
The trouble with Los Angeles, saf
the Los Angeles Times, is that we
want so many things, and we want
them all ,t oncegood telephone ser
vice, more shade, clean streets, more
paved streets, wires of all kinds un
derground, bigger water mains, mors
school houses, "another sewer to the
sea, no third rail in the streets, a
convenient hall, a speed ordinance
that is strictly enforced, fewer sa
loons, no bucket shops and no pool
rooms, less oil on the streets, less dust
and a few other things too numerous
fc catalogue. They will all come along
in time, no doubt.
Has Had Long Span of Life.
Amos Martin of Princeton, Pa., has
just passed his one hundred and
s/xth birthday. He was a Highland
piper at the battle of Waterloo.
When he married his first wife, who
was a spinster and owned a farm,
he drove to her place with a blind
horse, found her in a shed milking a
cow, held an umbrella over her
while he proposed in a manner most
unconventionalfor it was raining
and wedded her next day. She died
when he was ninety-six years old.
Five years ago he wedded a widow
who was sixty years old
The Ruler of Morocco.
The Sultan of Morocco is described
as a progressive young man whose
misfortunes are quite undeservedu
Though he grew up in the swl
of an Oriental palace and had n.
education from the western ^0U
vieiM&e has thro^froff the era
influence of early training and
to acquire knowledge. Europe
have visited his court ha1*-
struck by his unusual inteili?itoryB
they say he actually does
rough working aequaintanc
practical side of modern
1
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wa
ut,
ro
Presidenti'icn\
lthout the
says that.
Lady Curzon's Bloodn nihilist, is
Lady Curzon, the Indils a common
is exceedingly fond of arrested at
kennels some time ago some Butte
beautiful bloodhound pi. a nobleman,
been presented to her
prince. A friend of I
who was being taken arjERS.
hels the other day ask
hound's name. "Oh, that ract
Foreigners Who Spea
the Dis
Morgan," replied Lady 'ses.
mad you call bim Mr. Glanders
the unsuspecting visitof Simon Wil
replled the ricereine, in this city.
a Ece*tM
'recorded here
peculiar
being'otdis
hunia
A!fre(
Every state in the
who can speak no l*
hMeyer,
Carolina has fewest
65 of its people are 1
English. Minnesota, os to Idaho,
band, has 75,000. May 27.Pres-
sed 6,000 peo-
thp Whitman
"Faithful" Service KewAnted.
The late Judge Smyth^ so much bet
ter known as "the Recorder," used to
have a reminiscence of another law
yer who now enjoys much distinction
at the bar and for a time rejoiced in
judicial houors, but who was at the
time the managing clerk of a law of
fice on the same corridor with that of
the future recorder.
"I met him in the hail one day,"
said the old judge, "and he was evi-
dent!) rery much agitated. I inquired
the nature of his trouble. Almost
weeping, he answered: 'I have been
discharged, \,ischarge without a word
of explanation, after five years of
faithful service. It is very hard.' And
then he quite gave way, and added, in
Lears: 'And you know, Mr. Smyth
you know what affidavits I have made
for that man.'
Mr. Hrown's Wild Hide on Shove*
C. Henry Brown 60 years old, of
Heitt, Ohio, was persuaded by frienda
t.o go coasting. The old man procured
a scoop shovel and said be preferred
to ride on that instead of a sled. He
started down a steep incline and rode
for half a mile. When the bottom
of the hill was reached Brown ran into
a stone wall. He was rendered uncon
scious and lay in the snow for six
hours. He was ilnally picked up and
taken to his home, vher he is in a
critical condition. The track Brown
rode on is almost straight up and
oown, and composed of solid ice.
She Wanted a Change.
The latest argument against sky
scrapers comes from the kitchen. A
cook in a West Side top-door flat gave
warning the other day. "Shure an' it's
no Intertainmint 1 have," was her an
swer when asked her reason for leav
ing. "It's too high fur me to see any
thing of ghat's.goin' on in the street
iown below. If," magnanimously, "yez
will take a ground-lloor flat some
wheres I'd stay wid yez. Then I could
look put* the winder and see what's
goin' tn an' 'twould be more inter
tainin* fur me."New York Eveuing
Sun.
Gave Them a Heat.
"I don't see," she complained, "why
they always set me alongside of some
awfully wise professor or philosopher
or writer or something of that kind
whenever I'm invited out to dinner."
"I suppose," her friend answervd,
'that they do It for tho benefit of the
great men they set you next to. Most
men who are engaged in intellectual
pursuits like,to relax at such affairs
and not have-to talk sense, jrou know."
How Gold Nuggets Grow.
Gold In its natural state, like many
other products of the earth, is an
article of development. What its
original elements are is still a mat
ter of some speculation, but tho fact
has been demonstrated that a nug
get of the precious metal left in its
original environments will gradually,
though slowly attract to itself min
ute particles of gold
the lapse of yej
valu
ThirdStreet BowlingAlley
For week ending Tuesday. June 3rd, the follow
ing prizes will be oftered:
HiaH SCOjWJ. TR PI.YS
One pair of $3.00 Shoes, offered bv 1. Meyer
Si Company.
UK SCORE L\[SI^I^XB.JCK
S
A valuable Scarf Pin, furnished by E. A.
Barker.
G. VVEETMAN, Proprietor
A line i fresh baked
goods constant!]?
hand.
Goods Delivered Promptly
Engine Has Had Long Service.
One of the earliest, steam engines
over built Is still the main source of
power in some rolling mills in Bir
mingham. It was set up in 1767, and
the original wooden beam has lately
been replaced by an iron one, after
136 years of continuous service. Aside
from this iron beam and a cyliuder
that was put in new in 1802
the engine is the same as
at llrst, even to the con
necting rod. For its special purpose
the old engine has been pronounced
more economical than many modern
engines, and it is likely to do duty
many years more.
"Sired Up" His Man.
"Brother" Sheldon, author of "In
His Steps," has a sense of humor. He
tells this story on himself of a young
couple who applied to him to be mar
ried. Ho performed the ceremony
with due solemnity and congratulated
the bride. Then he observed the
bridegroom searching through hie
pockets and looking a bit humiliated
and ashamed. "1 am afraid, parson,"
he said, "that I ain't got any money
to pay you with." Then, after a mo
ment of deep thought, looking up
cheerfully, ho added: Tut I can.
tell you how to fix your gas meter so
it won't register."
Cure for Smallpox.
A subscriber requests the publica
tion of the following: "I am willing
to risk my reputation as a public
man," wrote Edward Hiaes to the
Liverpool Mercury, "if the worst cas
of smallpox cannot be cured in threw
days, simply liy the use of cream e?
tartar. One ounce of cream of tar
tar dissolved at intervals when cold
is a certain, never-failing remedy. It
has cured thousands, never leaves a
mark, never causes blindness aud
avoids tedious lingering."Canton
Saturday Roller.
A Pointer for Women.
Queen Alexandra's laces, linens and
silks are perfumed by a method which
almost any woman can copy. The
drawers in which they are kept are
lined with white paper, strewn with
rose petals. On this is placed a layer
of the fabrics to be scented, over that
a layer of rose leaves, aid so on in
alternation until tho drawer is filled.
At the end ofctwenty-four hours every*
thing in the drawer will have a deli
cato perfume that will cling to It for
a long time.
Pleasure In Doing Good.
Rev. A. P. Doyle of New York re
marked the other day: "A woman who
has an abundance of the good things
of this world appreciates them all the
more when she tries to uplift the
fallen or bring comfort to the heart
broken, and it sweetens her enjoyment
of God's gifts. On the other hand,
there is no more useless creature on
God'a earth than the woman of wealtn
who lives for herself alone."
Lignite as Smokeless Fuel.
Thousands o' *-v nlles of lignite
r~~ *'iua,
Lioty. Admr.
Telephone 118