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•» 4 'writ-M" -*/ •J^ AN EGGSHELL IDYL, AN EASTER STORY. By J H. WALWORTH. [ConMi^rht 1 l H- b\ Amencan Pi e«s ^so- il 1 Ulon ] f.IKT tstood nies 0 1 nte on t li e thitMiold or Mis l"h nn -3 ImUeij '1 lioie \ \ J ^ a de cidod "nnongiu it\ between the »hni elen.mee of 1 oi uppo nance and the papti In-, ^ ie euiied tianklv luditteient in the pioti aditm tip of a loaf of bieid Tittle feet himh plant- ed in fc-habln 1 oo^ little hands clasp mg hei lo it of bread m glo\es that hid IKVU i!i'ni\ mended a s^eet, seisitne month e\ en thing abcnt hei dened iiei Ini'uble eriand Hoi atti tuJe v\as one of bstless abstnetion 2000 WORK ON LEVEE Stores Close in Kentucky Town and All Are Employed to Stop the Flood. WATER TEARS SIXTY FOOT GAP J-Jickman, Ky , April 6 — W i t h a roar that could be heard tor miles, the Mississippi river flood burst thiough the government levee, five miles Avest of Hickman late yesterday and is racing oAer the Roelfoot lake district. By tomorrow, 150 square miles of farming lands will be an in- land bea Gia\e apprehension is felt for the safetv of the farmers in remote sec- tions of the sparsely settled country The water when it came through, toie a gap 60 feet wide in the levee, and the swirling current is fnst eat- ing away the earthwork and widen- ing tne breach ' The stores in Caruthers^ille closed and all men, 2,000 in number w< rashed to the le^ee POLITICS FOR THE WEEK Outline of the Primaries to Be Held m Various States IHh PJ-^J-K WA«> TOR\ BY THE 150G S TEETH. She u'anced up the street and then down it as it the buying of that lonf of bieid hid lounded out her day's> pi o^i am and left her objectless A < hucUle of childish delight focused hei jjaine (i ''•lis Fh nn s fiont w t \ dou-the show window about which weie olnsteied halt a dozen happ\, du I \ ( lie fiee little ^aunns Their fret Ulet 1 fites wete piessed clo«e against the -,1 iss One snub nose was turned tip to hei I ook. 1 irl \ ain't them jus' the gor peouses't'' 'i he lidr looked She even stepped down tiom the dooisill to get a bettei wew The children laughed She •shuddeied Caster >\ is approaching and the an- nual miiacle Ind been wiought in Mis rivnn - fiont window A mam- moth wooden hen, comfortably nested in cuilv i?ieen excelsior, challenged the world to adnuip the fruitd of her in dustrv Lntold quantities of eggs that discounted the rainbow in ^ariet\ and viTidm ss of hue sunounded her—such puipleb, s' i h f c"^s, such yellows as were nerer seen on land or sea ' I'ooi little things'" said the lady un dei hei bteath, sweeping the whole joyous gioup with pitjtng ejes "How can they e\ei leain w T hat beauty raeans''" She turned away Thev were mon^tiOMties. those eggs, but people bought them They had given hei an ide i She was glad she had bought her hie. d at that particular bakei\ She stopped at a dairy to add a pint of milk to hei menu She had bought hei dinner * * * * * * * The first le&sou inculcated by the ladj managers of the exchange was smiling courtesy to all comers. Worn en alwajs smiled on Tom Worthing ton "He was su< h a dear " His big gray ejes weie so Uear and kindly and bis ruddy blown hair so perfectly crop ped Miss Crutchei smiled on Mr Worthmgton the \eiy next day. She had found hira bending over the case that held the Easter eggs 1 see j on have added to your collec- tion since I was here yesterday," he said "You moan «hat bo\ with a dozen in it' 1 can t saj 1 admire it as much as 1 do the flowei and fruits She bi< ught tt in this morning She calls it an egg- *hei! id\l Why. I am sure I don't know But people like to be puzzled, so it maj sell them The whole dozen ha\e to go together That will be bad tor the sale " Her comments fell on unheeding ears With bared bead Tom was lean- ing low over the box \ rich flush had mounted into his cheeks There was but one woman in the world who could have executed that exquisite idvl, and he bad spent a year in futile search for her. His heart was singing a paean to the egg artiste "'My deai, my dear! E\ery spot that was ours in common ' The little coral house, with its dazzling white root—it was there on the shell There was the sin. gle doorstep w here they had stopped to rest the day he told her that he loved her. No one in sight—just he and she There was another alabaster white egg, stained with the flaming crlrasoq of the hibiscus, growing against the old gray wall. He had climbed the wall to get it for her. No one in sight —just he and she, filling the whole germudan landscape And the ragged win<J slashed banana leaves, under which they bad taken shelter from the sun in the street of old St George Just one little brown native to stare at them—just he and she. It was the idyl of ' Washington, D. C , ApHl 6 —Next week will be a very important period in national politics Before the week is o\ ei more than half of the dele- gates to the Republican national con- \ention will have been chosen, while the list of Democratic delegates will be biought up almost to the half- v\a\ mark New York and Louisiana. The Republican state contention ot New York will assemble in Roch- ester Tuesday te adopt a platform and elect delegates-at-laige ami aJ^^v. ternates-nt-lafge txrtlie national coft- "\ention The results of the recent pumaries assure the selection of Tatt delegates. The so-called ' regular" Republican state con\ention of Louisiana will meet in Alexandria Monday and name Taft delegates to the Chicago convention The Roosevelt follow- ers will hold a state convention la- ter to name a contesting delegation. The New Yoik Democratic state convention will meet in New York city Thursday, but it is not at all cer- tain that the proceedings will di- vulge the real preference of the lead- ers for the presidential nomination. New York naturally wants to cast her ninety votes for the winner. At the same time she would prefer what she considers a "'safe" man which, fiom the New York point of view, means someone other than Woodrow Wilson. Either Harmon or Clark probably would be more acceptable than the New Jersey governor. It is thought likely that under the cir- cumstances New York will mask her emotions under instructions for her favorite son, Mayor Gaynor, and not let loose her strength until she can throw it where it will do New York the most good. THE MAYOR EXPLAINS Writes That City Should Have Car Service Whether or Not Jt Paid Dividends. CITES CASE OF CITY OF MANKATO Taft Claims Pennsylvania. On Saturday the primaries of both parties will be held in Pennsylvania. The Taft managers claim fifty-four of the sixty-four delegates for Taft, and predict also that the twelve del- egates-at-large to be selected by the state convention will be instructed for the president. The Roosevelt managers believe that the Taft esti- mate is greatly exaggerated. Wood- row Wilson is expected to win the Democratic vote. The Wilson man- agers go so far as to predict a solid delegation of sexenty-six r or the New Jersey governor. Illinois Elects Tuesday. - Presidential preference primaries will be held in Illinois Tuesday. The state is claimed by both Taft and Roosevelt on the Republican side and by Wilson, Clark and Harmon on the Democratic side. The same pri- maries will decide the party selections for United States senator?, represen- tatives in Congress and state and county officers. Other States to Get Busy. The lines will be sharply drawn between the Roosevelt and Taft forc- es in the state Republican conven- tion of Michigan, which wall meet in^ Bay City on Thursday. All of the Republican delegation In Congress are supporting Taft? whi'e Governor Osborn and the strength of the state administration will be on the Roose- velt side, The state conventions to select the delegates-at-large to the- Chicago con- vention will be held Wednesday in Maine and Vermont. The Repub- Mayor Malzahn has written to the Pioneer setting forth his views on the street car situation. His letter follows 1 Editor Pioneer: In that I have been requested to give my views regarding the prac- ticability and possibility of establish- ing a street car service in Bemidji, I will be pleased to express them as best I can, but I do not wish to be considered as an authority but mere- ly as one interested in the future wel- fare of our city. It is not a question of debate whether we need street car service. The possibilities for people to obtain property within a walking distance of their business at a price that the average man can afford is very lim- ited, and within a very few years we will have a crying need for those of us who can not afford conveyances of our own to live comfortably with- in our city. In that it must be viewed as a nec- essity as much or more than the paving of streets we must put aside the idea that it must create a big revenue and all contribute to its re- quired funds as cheerfully as we pay our light and telephone bill It really does not seem to make much difference, if you care to rea-j son it in this way, whether you con- tribute to a street car servicfe that does not bring us a revenue or pay $2.50 per month for a telephone or the electric light, neither of which gives us a revenue. I wish to quole in part trom a let- ter received from H E. Hance, vice- president and manager of the Man- kato Electric Traction company. Mr. Ilance savs that although ihe trolley line there did not make an ?ttracti\e investment for investors, tnose who took stocks did not grumble over the fact but were content with the great good it was doing the community, and added: "But I believe in towns the size of Mankato, it is to their inter- est to do what we have been doing here. We built an independent tele- phone line, also our railway, with 000000000ooooooooooooooooo WHEN EASTER COMES. g By MARGARET B SANGSTER w 'HEN Easter comes the vio- lets lift Their shyly hooded faces Where late the frozen snows adrift Heaped high the woodland spaces. When Easter comes the sunbeams dance On green leaves all aquiver, And grasses rally, spear and lance, By rippling brook and river. When Easter comes the lilies haste What time the bells are ringing To bring their perfumes, pure and chaste, From hallowed censers swinging. Shine dim church aisles on Easter day Beneath their serried whiteness, And happy children kneel and pray Amid the lilied brightness When Easter comes a merry tiain, The robin, wren and starling, With song and wing are here again, And many another darling The bluebird and the oriole, *The martin and the swallow, "Away," they chant, "with grief and dole! Here's spring, and summer '11 fol- low!" When Easter comes, when Easter comes, Then winter's spell is over! Ere long we'll hear the elfin drums Where bees are deep in clover, After we catch the swaying lilt Of wings among the daisies And see the rose cup's sweetness spilt Among the garden mazes. pomes—ah, happy When Easter day!— E'en tears like dewdrops glisten, And songs climb up the heavenward way While angels bend -to listen, For love and life and ioy untold Arfe in the age long slory That spells itself on harps of gold And thrills with endless glorv oooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COMES FROM OLD ROOT Easter Derived From "Estra," As the Goddess of the Early Saxons. - . , RESURRECTION IS CELEBRATED OSBORN BLOCKS BOND ISSUE. The Pere Marquette R. R. in Hands " oi Reeeiver as Result. Detroit, Mich., April 6. —The pass- age of the Pere Marquette Railroad company into a receiver^ hands to- day was not unexpected, after the action of the state's railroad commis- sion yesterday*4n refusing to author- ize a $4,000,000 bond issue, request- ed by the company to meet maturi- ties due April 1,. .and other require- mentB.' &'&*£ ** . ,,- ^ * Governor Osborn appeared before the commission and opposed the is- sue. He urged that J. P. Morgan or other heavy stockholders come to the In order that the readers of the Pioneer may know something of why Easter is celebrated. Rev. Chas. Flesher has contributed the follow- ing article on "The Easter Festival": The term "Easter" as used by Christian churches is a misnomer. Among the early Saxons, there was a goddess "Estra" in honor of whom sacrifices were offered. This Saxon festival occurred about the time of the year that the Passover was cele- brated by the Jews and the Resur- rection was commemorated by the Christians. The Passover festival may have had something in common with the Saxons but the Resurrec- tion did not. It was a festival of restoring rather than taking of life. The only place in the Bible where the word "Easter" is found is Acts 12:4 where Herod intended "after Easter" to bring Peter before the peo- ple. By error, the translators wrote "Easter" meaning "Passover" and the latest editions of the Bible now use "Passover"- at least as a marginal reading. To be consistent, Christians should cease referring to the festival as Easter and speak of it with true Christian significance, namely the commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. All other Bible state- ments refer to it with this meaning. Matthew says: "He is not here, for he is risen as he said. Come, -pee the place where the Lord lay" Mark says: "He is risen. He is not here; behold the j>lace whera they laid him." • ' * "fS . " 'I Luke says- "Why seek ye Him that liveth among the dead? He is not here but is risen. Remember how he said, "The Son of Man must be de- livered into the hands of sinfulness, and be crucified, and the third day i risen again. '\ r John refers ta it in the j same vein, i;* ^. #, The resurrection festival comes to . the world with a significance that has its realization in the ealities* of another life, or as-Jesus suggested, "If a man die,- he shall Jive again." To us, in this northern country, the <$>3><j><S><S><$><£<3><$><$><$> <8> EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES. <3> <§><8><»^<$<8><$<»<8><S><S><8>^4><g. Episcopal. The evening service will be held at 8 o'clock at which the Cass Lake choir will sing. All Sunday school children are urged to be present at this service. Methodist Church. Beginning April 14th the evening services will be one-half hour later. The Epworth League will meet at 7 p. m. and the preaching service will be at 8 p m. First Scandinavian Lutheran. There will be Easter services in the morning at 10:30, SUrday school will be held at 12 o'clock. No even- ing services will be held as the pas- tor will be in Solway where he will conduct services. Baptist. Morning sermon at 11 o'clock; sub- ject: "The Triumph of the Son of God." Evening sermon at 8 o'clock; subject: "The Value of the Resurrec- tion." Sunday school will be held at 12:15 and B. Y. P. U. will be held at 7 o'clock. • * Swedish Lutheran. Usual Sunday service will be held at 10:30. Sunday school at 3:30\ Evening service will be held at 8 o'clock. The choir will sing at both morning and evening services and the Sunday school children will also sing at the evening service. All are cor- dially invited to attend. .1 H . R a n - dahl, pastor. First Methodist Episcopal. The First Methodist Episcopal church services wfll be at 1-0:45 and 7:30. In the morning the subject will be "The Resurrection." As spec- ial music the male quartet will sing, "Bright, Beautiful Morning." An- drew Rood will sing "The Palms," and Mrs. Dunning will sing, "The Lord is My Light." At 7:30 the sub- ject will be "A Balm in Gilead." The male quartet will sing and two of the Sunday school classes will sing spec- ial numbers. Sunday school at 12. Epworth League 6:30. Dr. Smith, Jafrfl^^ffrwr- mooting, TfoiTflgag: 8 U u i h * p. m. Everybody welcome Ctsaj8,-U. f Flesher, pastor. Presbyterian. Easter will be appropriately ob- served tomorrow ^morning and even- ing. Morning worship at 11. Ser- mon by the pastor. Special music for the morning by double quartet, "Te Demum" in E flat, Dudley Buck. "Christ Hath Won the Victory," J. B. Hubert. Bible class and Sunday school 12:15. Young People's meet- ing at 7. In tb,e evening there will be a song service when the choir will render the following: Short Te Deum, Buck; "Great Is the Lord," Ed. L. Cranmer; "Praise Ye the Father," Gound; solo, "Jesus Lover of My Soul," sung by Miss Lizzie Srickson; "Why Seek Ye," Caleb Simpers. The public is invited. Friends are asked to bring their flowers to the church for the day. S. E. P. White, pastor. Sunday School Lesson, April 14. By Rev. C. W. Foley. Subject: "The Use of the Sab- bath," Mark 2:23-3:6. Golden Text—Mark 2:27. A Rule for Study—We must not treat these incidents as separate, in- dependent happenings, but as having a living, vital relationship given by the Holy Spirit, interfe r ence with which not only mars, but absolutely destroys their value. .There can be no true understanding of our lesson portion before us unless viewed in the light of what has immediately preceded it in this gospel. The gos- pels mark a transition period, that is a change from law to grace, and therefore we find them partaking of both law and grace, law indeed pre- ponderating so far as the volume of matter is concerned; but the moral and spiritual excellency of grace ra- diantly shining forth, time and again, in Him through whom grace and truth did come. We find here one born under the law, and living and dying under it, but al< the while greater than the law. This is shown in the healing of the leper, where the priest, the representative of the law testifies to the power and author- ity of one under the law. All of the second chapter has been preparatory to this change, until the section comprising verses 13-22, when inadequate and therefore must not be patched up, for this could only result in greater disaster^. Grace is not law remodeled and patched up, but that for which law was prepar- ing all who would consent to be pre- pared. The law, like the old wine akin bottle, had "been stretched to Its utmost capacity, and now to put ex- pansive grace in it would mean its destruction, and Jesus did not come to destroy, but to fulfill the law. The law of the Sabbath, has been a Subject of much controversy, and MORE BELTRAMI SETTLERS COMING Crookston Lumber Company's Local Office Sells to Many - Fanners. SEVENTY-TWO DURING MARCH Have Bought and Will Locate in the District Contributary to ' Bemidji. COME FROM SEVERAL STATES Buyers From Wisconsin, the Dako- tas and Iowa—Like Gopher Land. Twenty-two farmers who will lo- cate near Bemidji were sold land by the Crookston Lumber company dur- ing the month of March and the ma- jority of them are either on their land now or will be within a short time. Others were sold who will not be in the immediate territory. George G. Winters has charge of the Crookston Lumber company land office here. He formerly had his headquarters in Minneapolis but a few weeks ago the office was moved to Bemidji and is now located in the Markham hotel building. All of the correspondence of the company's land business ia being handled from the Bemidji office. Following is a list of the men who have bought farms, where they were located when they bought and when they will be on the land: Mackey Bros., Puposky, Minn., on land. Frank Alexander, Puposky, Minn., "Morris E. 'Marshall, MJtchelir'S: D. John J. Foster, St. Paul, Minn. A. H. Watson, Nebish, Minn., on land. Geo. F. Tierney, Minneapolis, Minn. Jos. St. Peter, Puposky, Minn., will open store at Fowlds. Joseph Sherik, Wheatland, N. D., will come on land in fall. Ernest Phillips, Neenah, Wis., will be on land in May John Miska, Strain, N. D., will come in fall. Wm. McClallan, Wahpeton, N. D., will be on land in thirty days. Emil C. Lenth, Struble, Iowa, will be around Bemidji. Karl T. Kluck, Puposky, Minn., on land. Jos. Huncovsky, Strain, N D., will be on land in fall. E. D. Caudill, Belmond, Iowa, working for Schroeder. Aug. W. Blank, Rosemount, Minn., will be on land in fall. Herman C. Becker, Quinn., S. D., will come later. Cyril Beliveau, Puposky, Minn., on land. Henry Baumgart, Puposky, Minn., on land. Frank Trnka, Strain, N. D., come in fall. Frank McAloney, Puposky, Minn., on land. Jos Tomanek, Strain, N. D., come in fall. GUGGENHEIMS MEET TAFT. Want Action on Alaskan Coal Land Development. . . Washington, April 6.—President Taft gave a hearing to Alaska and*, her prospects for development, to Senator Guggenheim of Colorado, his brother, Daniel, and several experts of the Guggenheim company. Secre- tary Fisher was present and vice- president Sherman, at the invitation of the president, was^ an interested - listener. ^ "-~^> i*'-*-j- ' - The Guggenheims are anxious to- know, it was said, what might be ex- pected in the way of legislation that' ~ would allow- the development or - Alaska's natural resources and par- ticularly the coal. K^TsSfcJ* ij*i*»v -MS^-' Fifty Years Old. J: kl. *a# Indianapolis, Ind., April 6.—Rt. Rev. Joseph M;r*Franci3, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Indiana, celebrat- ed his fiftieth birthday annlversaryg% tnHav Xlfcihrvrk 17Sft«kms»ie ixract hnrn InrJi ^-^ Pennsylvania and was ordained i 1886. He filled pastorates in Mil- waukee, Wis., and Evansvllle, Ind., and for several years was in charge^ of the cathedral in Tokyo, Japan. He «£f was elected bishop of Indiana in June, still- is, regardless of the simplicity 1*899, and was consecrated In Sep*
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AN EGGSHELL IDYL, AN EASTER STORY.
By J H. WALWORTH.
[ConMi^rht 1lH- b\ Amencan Pi e«s ^ s o il 1 Ulon ]
f.IKT tstood n i e s 0 1 n t e on t li e thitMiold or Mis l"h nn -3 ImUeij '1 lioie \ \ J ^ a de cidod " n n o n g i u it\ between the »hni elen.mee of 1 oi uppo n a n c e
and the papti In-, ^ ie e u i i e d t ianklv ludit teient in the pioti aditm tip of a loaf of b ie id Tittle feet h i m h planted in fc-habln 1 o o ^ little hands clasp mg hei lo it of bread m glo\es that h id IKVU i!i'ni\ mended a s^ee t , s e i s i t n e month e\ e n thing abcnt hei dened iiei Ini'uble er iand Hoi at t i t u Je v\as one of bstless a b s t n e t i o n
2000 WORK ON LEVEE
Stores Close in Kentucky Town and
All Are Employed to Stop
the Flood.
WATER TEARS SIXTY FOOT GAP
J-Jickman, Ky , Apr i l 6 — W i t h a r oa r t h a t could be h e a r d tor miles, t h e Mississippi r iver flood burs t t h i o u g h t h e g o v e r n m e n t levee, five miles Avest of H i c k m a n la te yes te rday and is r a c i n g oAer t h e Roelfoot l ake d i s t r ic t . By tomorrow, 150 square miles of f a rming l ands will be an inland bea
G i a \ e apprehens ion is felt for t he safetv of t he fa rmers in remote sect ions of t h e sparsely se t t led coun t ry T h e w a t e r w h e n i t came t h r o u g h , to ie a gap 60 feet wide in t h e levee, and t h e s w i r l i n g c u r r e n t is fnst ea t ing a w a y the e a r t h w o r k a n d widening t n e breach '
T h e s tores in Caru the r s^ i l l e closed and all men, 2,000 in number w< r a shed to the le^ee
POLITICS FOR THE WEEK
Outline of the Primaries to Be Held
m Various States
IHh PJ-^J-K WA«> TOR\ BY THE 150G S TEETH.
She u'anced up the street and then down it as it the buying of that lonf of b ie id h id lounded out her day's> pi o^i am and left her objectless
A < hucUle of childish delight focused hei j j a i n e ( i ''•lis Fh nn s fiont w t \ d o u - t h e show window about which weie olnsteied halt a dozen happ \ , du I \ ( l ie fiee little ^aunns Their fret Ulet 1 f i t e s wete piessed clo«e against the -,1 iss One snub nose was turned tip to hei
I ook. 1 irl \ ain ' t them jus ' the gor peouses't ' '
'i he l i d r looked She even stepped down t iom the dooisill to get a bettei wew The children laughed She •shuddeied
Caster >\ is approaching and the annual miiacle Ind been wiought in Mis r i v n n - fiont window A mammoth wooden hen, comfortably nested in cuilv i?ieen excelsior, challenged the world to adnuip the fruitd of her in dustrv Lntold quanti t ies of eggs tha t discounted the rainbow in ^ariet\ and viTidm ss of hue sunounded her—such puipleb, s' i h f c"^s, such yellows as were nere r seen on land or sea
' I'ooi little th ings ' " said the lady un dei hei bteath, sweeping the whole joyous gioup with pi t j tng e jes "How can they e\ei leain wThat beauty raeans''" She turned away Thev were mon^tiOMties. those eggs, but people bought them They had given hei an ide i She was glad she had bought her hie. d at that part icular bake i \ She stopped at a dairy to add a pint of milk to hei menu She had bought hei dinner
* * * * * * * The first le&sou inculcated by the
ladj managers of the exchange was smiling courtesy to all comers. Worn en a lwa j s smiled on Tom Worthing ton "He was su< h a dear " His big gray e jes weie so Uear and kindly and bis ruddy blown hair so perfectly crop ped Miss Crutchei smiled on Mr Worthmgton the \ e i y next day. She had found hira bending over the case that held the Easter eggs
1 see j on have added to your collection since I was here yesterday," he said
"You moan «hat b o \ with a dozen in i t ' 1 can t saj 1 admire it as much as 1 do the flowei and fruits She bi< ught tt in this morning She calls it an egg-*hei! id\l Why. I am sure I don't know But people like to be puzzled, so it maj sell them The whole dozen h a \ e to go together That will be bad tor the sale "
Her comments fell on unheeding ears With bared bead Tom was leaning low over the box \ rich flush had mounted into his cheeks There was but one woman in the world who could have executed that exquisite idvl, and he bad spent a year in futile
search for her. His heart was singing a paean to the egg art is te "'My deai, my dear! E \e ry spot t ha t was ours in common ' The little coral house, with its dazzling white root—it was there on the shell There was the sin. gle doorstep w here they had stopped to rest the day he told her tha t he loved her. No one in sight—just he and she There was another a labaster white egg, stained with the flaming crlrasoq of the hibiscus, growing against the old gray wall. He had climbed the wall to get it for her. No one in sight —just he and she, filling the whole ge rmudan landscape And the ragged win<J slashed banana leaves, under which they bad taken shelter from the sun in the street of old St George Jus t one little brown native to s tare a t them—just he and she .
I t was the idyl of '
Wash ing ton , D. C , ApHl 6 — N e x t week wil l be a very i m p o r t a n t per iod in na t iona l poli t ics Before the week is o\ ei more t h a n half of t he delega tes to t h e Republ ican na t iona l con-\ e n t i o n will have been chosen, wh i l e the list of Democra t ic de legates wil l be b i o u g h t up a lmost to t h e half-v\a\ m a r k
N e w York a n d Louis iana .
The Republ ican s t a t e c o n t e n t i o n ot New York wil l assemble in Rochester Tuesday te adopt a p la t form and elect de lega tes -a t - l a ige a m i a J ^ ^ v . t e rna tes -n t - l a fge txr t l ie n a t i o n a l coft-"\ention The resu l t s of t h e recen t p u m a r i e s assure the selection of T a t t delegates .
The so-called ' r e g u l a r " Repub l i can s ta te c o n \ e n t i o n of Louis iana wil l meet in A lexandr i a Monday a n d name Taft delegates to t h e Chicago convent ion The Roosevelt followers will hold a s t a t e convent ion later to name a con tes t ing delegat ion.
The New Yoik Democra t ic s t a t e convent ion will meet in New York ci ty Thu r sday , bu t i t is no t a t all cert a in t h a t t h e proceedings wil l divulge t h e rea l preference of t h e leaders for t he p res iden t ia l nomina t ion . New York n a t u r a l l y w a n t s to cast he r n ine ty votes for t he w i n n e r . At the same t ime she would prefer w h a t she considers a "'safe" m a n which , fiom t h e New York po in t of view, means someone o the r t h a n Woodrow Wilson. E i t h e r H a r m o n or Clark probably would be more acceptable t h a n t h e New Jersey governor . I t is t h o u g h t l ikely t h a t u n d e r t h e circumstances New York wi l l mask he r emot ions u n d e r i n s t ruc t ions for h e r favor i te son, Mayor Gaynor , and n o t let loose he r s t r e n g t h u n t i l she can t h row i t w h e r e i t wil l do New York the most good.
THE MAYOR EXPLAINS
Writes That City Should Have Car
Service Whether or Not Jt Paid
Dividends.
CITES CASE OF CITY OF MANKATO
Taft Claims Pennsylvania. On Sa tu rday the p r imar i e s of both
par t i es will be held in Pennsy lvan ia . The Taft m a n a g e r s claim fifty-four of t he sixty-four delegates for Taf t , and predict also t h a t t h e twe lve del-ega tes -a t - la rge to be selected by t h e s t a t e convent ion will be i n s t ruc t ed for t he pres ident . The Roosevel t m a n a g e r s believe t h a t t h e Taf t es t i ma te is g rea t ly exaggera ted . Wood-row Wilson is expected to w i n t h e Democra t ic vote. The Wilson m a n agers go so far as to p red ic t a solid de legat ion of sexenty-six r or the New Jersey governor .
Illinois Elects Tuesday. -Pres iden t i a l preference p r imar i e s
wil l be he ld in I l l inois Tuesday. The s t a t e is c la imed by both Taf t and Roosevelt on t h e Republ ican side and by Wilson, Clark and H a r m o n on t h e Democra t ic side. The same pr i mar ies will decide t h e p a r t y selections for Uni ted S ta tes sena tor? , representa t ives in Congress a n d s t a t e and county officers.
Other States to Get Busy. The l ines wil l be sha rp ly d r a w n
between the Roosevel t a n d Taf t forces in the s t a t e Republ ican convent ion of Michigan, wh ich wall meet in^ Bay City on T h u r s d a y . All of t h e Republ ican delegat ion In Congress a re suppor t ing Taft? w h i ' e Governor Osborn and t h e s t r e n g t h of t h e s t a t e admin i s t r a t i on will be on t h e Roosevel t side,
The s t a t e convent ions to select t h e de lega tes-a t - la rge to the- Chicago convent ion wi l l be held Wednesday in Maine and Vermon t . T h e R e p u b -
Mayor Ma lzahn h a s w r i t t e n t o t h e P ioneer s e t t i n g for th h i s v iews on t h e s t r ee t car s i tua t ion . H i s l e t t e r follows1
Edi to r P ionee r : In t h a t I have been reques ted to
give my views r e g a r d i n g t h e p r ac t i cab i l i ty and possibi l i ty of es tab l i shi n g a s t r ee t ca r service in Bemidji , I wi l l be pleased to express t h e m as best I can , b u t I do n o t wish to be considered as a n a u t h o r i t y b u t mere ly as one in te res ted in the fu tu re wel fare of our ci ty.
I t i s no t a ques t ion of deba te w h e t h e r we need s t r ee t car service. T h e poss ib i l i t ies for people to ob ta in p rope r ty w i t h i n a w a l k i n g d i s tance of t h e i r bus iness a t a pr ice t h a t t h e ave rage m a n can afford is ve ry l imi ted, a n d w i t h i n a very few years w e wi l l have a c ry ing need for those of u s w h o can n o t afford conveyances of our own to l ive comfortably w i t h in our ci ty .
In t h a t i t m u s t be viewed as a necessi ty a s m u c h or more t h a n t h e p a v i n g of s t r ee t s we m u s t p u t aside t h e idea t h a t i t m u s t c rea te a b ig revenue a n d al l con t r ibu te to i t s r e qui red funds as cheerful ly as we pay our l i gh t and te lephone bill
I t rea l ly does no t seem to make much difference, if you care to r ea - j son it in t h i s way, w h e t h e r you cont r i b u t e to a s t r ee t car servicfe t h a t does no t b r i n g u s a revenue or pay $2.50 per m o n t h for a t e lephone or t h e electr ic l ight , ne i t he r of which gives u s a revenue .
I wish to quole in p a r t t rom a le t t e r received from H E. Hance , vice-pres iden t and m a n a g e r of t h e Man-k a t o Elec t r ic Trac t ion company . Mr. I l ance savs t h a t a l t hough ihe t ro l ley l ine the re did not m a k e a n ? t t r a c t i \ e i nves tmen t for inves tors , tnose who took s tocks did no t g rumble over t h e fact b u t were con ten t w i t h t h e g rea t good it was do ing t h e communi ty , and added : "Bu t I bel ieve in t owns t h e size of Manka to , i t is to t h e i r i n t e r est to do w h a t we h a v e been do ing h e r e . W e bu i l t a n independen t te lephone l ine , also our r a i lway , w i t h
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WHEN EASTER COMES.
g By M A R G A R E T B S A N G S T E R
w 'HEN Easter comes the violets lift
Their shyly hooded faces Where late the frozen snows
adrift Heaped high the woodland spaces.
When Easter comes the sunbeams dance
On green leaves all aquiver, And grasses rally, spear and lance,
By rippling brook and river.
When Easter comes the lilies haste What time the bells are ringing
To bring their perfumes, pure and chaste,
From hallowed censers swinging. Shine dim church aisles on Easter
day Beneath their serried whiteness,
And happy children kneel and pray Amid the lilied brightness
When Easter comes a merry tiain, The robin, wren and starling,
With song and wing are here again, And many another darling
The bluebird and the oriole, *The martin and the swallow, "Away," they chant, "with grief
and dole! Here's spring, and summer '11 fol
low!"
When Easter comes, when Easter comes,
Then winter's spell is over! Ere long we'll hear the elfin drums
Where bees are deep in clover, After we catch the swaying lilt
Of wings among the daisies And see the rose cup's sweetness
spilt Among the garden mazes.
pomes—ah, happy When Easter day!—
E'en tears like dewdrops glisten, And songs climb up the heavenward
way While angels bend -to listen,
For love and life and ioy untold Arfe in the age long slory
That spells itself on harps of gold And thrills with endless glorv
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COMES FROM OLD ROOT
Easter Derived From "Estra," As the
Goddess of the Early
Saxons. - . ,
RESURRECTION IS CELEBRATED
OSBORN BLOCKS BOND ISSUE.
The Pere Marquette R. R. in Hands
" oi Reeeiver as Result.
Detroi t , Mich., Apri l 6. —The pass
age of t h e P e r e M a r q u e t t e Ra i l road
company in to a r e c e i v e r ^ h a n d s to
day w a s no t unexpected , af ter t h e
act ion of t h e s t a t e ' s ra i l road commis
sion yesterday*4n refus ing to a u t h o r
ize a $4,000,000 bond issue, reques t
ed by the company to meet m a t u r i
t i es due Apr i l 1,. .and o ther r equ i re -
m e n t B . ' &'&*£ ** . , , - ^
* Governor Osborn appeared before
t h e commission a n d opposed t h e is
sue. He u rged t h a t J . P . Morgan or
o the r heavy s tockholders come to t h e
In o rde r t h a t t h e r eade r s of t h e P i o n e e r may k n o w s o m e t h i n g of w h y E a s t e r is ce lebra ted . Rev . Chas . F lesher h a s con t r ibu ted the following a r t i c le on "The E a s t e r F e s t i v a l " :
T h e t e r m " E a s t e r " a s used by Chr i s t i an churches is a misnomer . Among t h e ea r ly Saxons, t h e r e w a s a goddess " E s t r a " in honor of whom sacrifices were offered. Th i s Saxon fest ival occurred abou t t h e t ime of t h e yea r t h a t t h e Passover w a s celeb ra t ed by t h e J e w s a n d t h e Resur rec t ion w a s commemora ted by t h e Chr i s t i ans . The Passover festival may have h a d some th ing in common w i t h t h e Saxons b u t t h e Resu r rec t ion did no t . I t w a s a fest ival of r e s to r ing r a t h e r t h a n t a k i n g of life.
T h e only place in t h e Bible w h e r e t h e word " E a s t e r " is found is Acts 1 2 : 4 w h e r e Herod in tended "af ter E a s t e r " to b r i n g P e t e r before t h e people. By er ror , t h e t r a n s l a t o r s w r o t e " E a s t e r " m e a n i n g "Passove r" a n d t h e la tes t ed i t ions of t h e Bible now use "Passove r" - a t l eas t as a m a r g i n a l r ead ing .
To be cons is tent , Chr i s t i ans should cease r e f e r r i ng to t h e fest ival as E a s t e r a n d speak of i t w i t h t r u e Chr i s t i an significance, name ly t h e commemora t ion of t h e resur rec t ion of Jesus Chr is t . All o the r Bible s t a t e m e n t s refer t o i t w i t h t h i s mean ing . M a t t h e w says : "He is n o t he re , for he is r isen as he said. Come, -pee t h e place w h e r e t h e Lord l a y " M a r k says : "He is r i sen . H e is no t h e r e ; behold t h e j>lace w h e r a t hey la id him." • ' * "fS . " 'I
Luke says- "Why seek ye H i m t h a t l iveth a m o n g t h e dead? He is no t here bu t is r i sen . Remember how he said, "The Son of Man m u s t b e del ivered in to t h e h a n d s of s infulness , and be crucified, and t h e t h i r d day
i r isen a g a i n . ' \ r J o h n refers t a i t in t h e j same vein, i;* ^. # ,
The resur rec t ion festival comes to . t he world w i t h a significance t h a t
h a s i ts rea l iza t ion in t h e ealities* of a n o t h e r life, or a s - J e s u s suggested , "If a m a n die,- h e sha l l Jive a g a i n . " To us , i n t h i s n o r t h e r n coun t ry , t h e
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<8> EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES. <3> < § > < 8 > < » ^ < $ < 8 > < $ < » < 8 > < S > < S > < 8 > ^ 4 > < g .
Episcopal. T h e e v e n i n g service wil l be he ld a t
8 o'clock a t wh ich t h e Cass L a k e choi r wi l l s ing . All S u n d a y school ch i ld ren a re u rged to be p re sen t a t t h i s service .
Methodist Church. B e g i n n i n g Apr i l 14 th t h e e v e n i n g
services wi l l be one-half h o u r l a t e r . The E p w o r t h League wi l l mee t a t 7 p . m. a n d t h e p r e a c h i n g service wi l l be a t 8 p m.
First Scandinavian Lutheran. T h e r e wi l l be E a s t e r services in
t h e m o r n i n g a t 1 0 : 3 0 , SUrday school wi l l be held a t 12 o'clock. N o evening services wi l l be held a s t h e pas tor wil l be in Solway w h e r e he wil l conduct services.
Baptist. Morn ing se rmon a t 11 o 'clock; sub
jec t : "The T r i u m p h of t h e Son of God." E v e n i n g se rmon a t 8 o 'clock; subjec t : "The Va lue of t h e Resu r r ec t i on . " Sunday school wi l l be he ld a t 12 :15 a n d B. Y. P . U. wil l be held a t 7 o'clock. •
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Swedish L u t h e r a n . Usual Sunday service wi l l be he ld
a t 10 :30 . Sunday school a t 3:30\ E v e n i n g service wi l l be held a t 8 o'clock. T h e choir wi l l s i n g a t bo th m o r n i n g a n d even ing services a n d t h e Sunday school ch i ld ren wil l also s i n g a t t he even ing service. All a r e cordial ly inv i ted t o a t t e n d . .1 H. R a n -dahl , pas tor .
F i r s t Method i s t Episcopal . The F i r s t Methodis t Episcopal
chu rch services wfll be a t 1-0:45 a n d 7 :30 . I n t h e m o r n i n g t h e sub jec t wil l be "The Resu r r ec t i on . " As special music t h e ma le q u a r t e t wi l l s ing , "Br igh t , Beaut i fu l M o r n i n g . " Andrew Rood wi l l s ing "The P a l m s , " and Mrs. D u n n i n g wi l l s ing, "The Lord is My L i g h t . " A t 7 :30 t h e s u b jec t wil l be "A Ba lm in Gi lead ." T h e male q u a r t e t wi l l s i n g and t w o of t h e Sunday school classes wi l l s i ng special n u m b e r s . Sunday school a t 12. E p w o r t h L e a g u e 6 :30 . Dr . Smi th , J a f r f l ^ ^ f f r w r - moo t ing , TfoiTflgag: 8 U u i h * p. m. Everybody welcome Ctsaj8,-U. f F lesher , pas tor .
Presbyterian. E a s t e r wi l l be app rop r i a t e ly ob
served tomor row ^morning a n d evening . M o r n i n g worsh ip a t 1 1 . Sermon by t h e pas tor . Special mus ic for t h e m o r n i n g by double q u a r t e t , "Te D e m u m " in E flat, Dudley Buck . "Chr is t H a t h W o n t h e Vic to ry , " J . B. H u b e r t . Bible class a n d Sunday school 1 2 : 1 5 . Y o u n g People ' s mee t i n g a t 7. I n tb,e even ing t h e r e wi l l be a song service w h e n t h e choi r wi l l r ende r t h e fo l lowing: Shor t Te Deum, Buck ; "Grea t Is t h e Lo rd , " Ed . L. C r a n m e r ; " P r a i s e Ye t h e F a t h e r , " Gound; solo, " J e sus Lover of My Soul , " s u n g by Miss Lizzie S r i ckson ; " W h y Seek Y e , " Caleb Simpers . T h e publ ic is inv i ted . F r i e n d s a r e asked to b r i n g t h e i r flowers to t h e c h u r c h for t h e day . S. E . P . W h i t e , pas to r .
Sunday School Lesson, April 14. By Rev . C. W. Fo ley .
Subjec t : "The Use of t h e Sabb a t h , " M a r k 2 : 2 3 - 3 : 6 .
Golden T e x t — M a r k 2 : 2 7 . A Rule for S t u d y — W e m u s t n o t
t r e a t these i nc iden t s as s epa ra t e , i n dependen t happen ings , b u t as h a v i n g a l iv ing , v i t a l r e l a t ionsh ip g iven by t h e Holy Spir i t , i n t e r f e r ence w i t h wh ich no t only m a r s , b u t absolu te ly des t roys t h e i r va lue . .There can be no t r u e u n d e r s t a n d i n g of ou r lesson por t ion before u s un less viewed in the l i gh t of w h a t h a s immedia te ly preceded i t in t h i s gospel. T h e gospels m a r k a t r an s i t i on period, t h a t is a c h a n g e from l aw t o grace , a n d therefore we find t h e m p a r t a k i n g of both l aw a n d grace , l aw indeed p r e p o n d e r a t i n g so far a s t h e volume of m a t t e r is concerned; b u t t h e mora l a n d sp i r i t ua l excellency of g race r a d i an t ly s h i n i n g for th , t ime a n d aga in , i n H i m t h r o u g h w h o m grace a n d t r u t h did come. We find he re one born u n d e r t h e law, a n d l iv ing and dy ing u n d e r i t , b u t al< t h e wh i l e g r e a t e r t h a n t h e l aw . T h i s is s h o w n in t h e h e a l i n g of t h e leper , w h e r e t h e pr ies t , t h e r ep re sen t a t i ve of t h e l aw testifies to t h e power a n d a u t h o r i ty of one u n d e r t h e l aw .
All of t h e second c h a p t e r h a s been p r e p a r a t o r y t o t h i s change , u n t i l t h e sect ion compr i s ing verses 13-22, w h e n i n a d e q u a t e a n d the re fore m u s t not be pa tched u p , for t h i s could o n l y resu l t in g r e a t e r d i s a s t e r ^ . Grace is n o t l aw remodeled a n d pa t ched u p , b u t t h a t for wh ich l aw w a s p r e p a r ing all w h o would consen t t o be p r e pa red . T h e l aw , l ike t h e old w i n e ak in bo t t l e , h a d "been s t r e t ched to I t s u t m o s t capaci ty , a n d now t o p u t ex pans ive grace in i t would m e a n i t s des t ruc t ion , a n d J e s u s did n o t come to dest roy, b u t to fulfill t h e l aw.
T h e l aw of t h e Sabba th , h a s been a Subject of m u c h cont roversy , a n d
MORE BELTRAMI SETTLERS COMING
Crookston Lumber Company's Local Office Sells to Many
- Fanners.
SEVENTY-TWO DURING MARCH
Have Bought and Will Locate in the District Contributary to
' Bemidji.
COME FROM SEVERAL STATES
Buyers From Wisconsin, the Dako-tas and Iowa—Like Gopher
Land.
T w e n t y - t w o farmers w h o wi l l lo
ca te n e a r Bemidji we re sold l and by
t h e Crookston L u m b e r company d u r
i n g t h e m o n t h of March a n d t h e m a
jo r i t y of t h e m a r e e i t he r on t h e i r
l and now or wil l be w i t h i n a s h o r t
t ime . Others were sold w h o wi l l n o t
be in t h e immedia te t e r r i t o r y .
George G. W i n t e r s h a s c h a r g e of t h e Crookston L u m b e r company l a n d office he re . He formerly h a d h i s h e a d q u a r t e r s in Minneapol i s b u t a few weeks ago t h e office w a s moved to Bemidji and is now located in t h e M a r k h a m hotel bu i ld ing . All of t h e correspondence of t h e company ' s l a n d bus iness i a be ing hand led from t h e Bemidj i office.
Fo l lowing is a l is t of t h e m e n w h o h a v e b o u g h t fa rms, w h e r e t h e y w e r e located w h e n t h e y b o u g h t a n d w h e n t h e y wi l l be o n t h e l a n d :
Mackey Bros. , Puposky , Minn. , on l and .
F r a n k Alexander , Puposky , Minn . ,
" M o r r i s E . ' M a r s h a l l , M J t c h e l i r ' S : D.
J o h n J . Foster , St . P a u l , M i n n . A. H. Watson , Nebish , Minn. , on
l and . Geo. F . T ierney , Minneapol i s ,
Minn . Jos . St. Pe te r , Puposky , Minn . ,
wil l o p e n s tore a t Fowlds . Joseph Sherik, W h e a t l a n d , N . D. ,
wi l l come on land in fal l . E r n e s t Phi l l ips , Neenah , Wis . , wi l l
be on l a n d i n May J o h n Miska, S t r a in , N . D. , w i l l
come in fall . W m . McClallan, W a h p e t o n , N . D.,
wi l l be on l a n d in t h i r t y days . Emi l C. Len th , S t rub le , Iowa , w i l l
be a r o u n d Bemidji . K a r l T. Kluck, Puposky, Minn . , o n
l and . Jos . Huncovsky, S t r a i n , N D. , w i l l
be on l and in fall . E . D. Caudi l l , Belmond, Iowa ,
w o r k i n g for Schroeder . Aug. W. Blank , Rosemount , Minn . ,
wi l l be on l and in fal l . H e r m a n C. Becker , Quinn . , S. D. ,
wi l l come la te r . Cyri l Beliveau, Puposky, Minn . , on
l and . H e n r y B a u m g a r t , Puposky , Minn . ,
on land . F r a n k T r n k a , S t r a in , N . D., come
in fal l . F r a n k McAloney, Puposky , Minn . ,
on l and . Jos Tomanek, S t ra in , N. D. , come
in fall .
GUGGENHEIMS MEET TAFT.
Want Action on Alaskan Coal Land Development. . .
Wash ing ton , Apr i l 6 .—Pres iden t Taf t gave a h e a r i n g t o A la ska and*, h e r prospects for development , t o Sena to r Guggenhe im of Colorado, h i s b ro the r , Danie l , a n d severa l expe r t s of t h e Guggenhe im company. Secret a r y F i she r w a s p r e s e n t a n d vice-pres iden t She rman , a t t h e i n v i t a t i o n of t h e pres ident , was^ a n in t e r e s t ed -l i s tener . ^ "-~^> i* '-*-j- ' -
T h e Guggenhe ims a r e a n x i o u s t o -know, i t was said, w h a t m i g h t be e x pected in t h e w a y of legis la t ion t h a t ' ~ would allow- t h e deve lopment o r -Alaska ' s n a t u r a l resources a n d p a r t i cu l a r ly t h e coal.
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P e n n s y l v a n i a a n d w a s o rda ined i 1886. H e filled pas to ra t e s i n Mi l w a u k e e , Wis . , a n d Evansv l l l e , Ind . , a n d for several yea r s w a s in charge^ of t h e c a t h e d r a l in Tokyo, J a p a n . H e
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