Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 14, 1910, Page 4

1 1 —— | I | THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER| PUBLISNED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. G. E. CARSON. Entered 0 the Postottice af as second SHflSfiRIPTIflI---SS.l]fl PER YEAR IN ADVANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. Population—In 1900, 1500; in 1910, 7000. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders make their summer homes on Lake Be- midji. Fishing, boating and bathing ac- commodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten square miles incorporated. Altitude—1400 feet above sea level. Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississippi river. Water—Absolutely pure. Two artesian wells. Water Mains—About seven miles. Boating—500 miles by lake and river. Death Rate--5.4 a thousand in 1908. Annual Rainfall—33.7 inches. Temperature—20}. above, winter; 75 summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About three miles. Cement Sidewalks—Six and a half miles. Lakeshore Drives—TenZmiles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage—-Ten miles, two laker and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600 residences. Taxpayers—1200. Churches—8. School Houses—Three. Bank Deposits—$750,000. Manufactures—Hardwood handles, lum- ber, lath, shingles, and various othes industries. Great Distributing Point—Lumber prod- ucts, groceries flour, feed and hay. Postal Receipts—$17,000 for 1909, 10th place in state outside of St. Paul, Minne- apolis and Duluth. Railroads—Great Northern, Minnesota & | International, M., R. L. & M., Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, Wilton & Northern, Grand Forks to |Duluth, and Bemidji-Sauk Centre. Railroad Depots—Four. Passenger Trains—Twelve daily. Hospitals—One. Distances—To St. Paul, 230 miles; to Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen. Breweries—One. Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. ‘Wholesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. = Auto Garages—One. The rise in the price of food will cease when the attraction of farm profits overweighs the allurements of city life. Just think of it! service without a deficit ! tion of the government alone will be a steam roller to his political enemies. The Hartford Times does not rec- ognize any great moral revolution in the Cannon revolt. It says about one-fifth of the republicans “in- surged” and the democrats helped because they thought “that a little more futillity in the house of repre- sentatives will be a good thing for the country and the democratic party for the next year or two.” Press dispatches report that the steel trust has “cut a thirty one million dollar melon” which analized means that the trust has declared dividends at the rate of five per cent per annm. If a Bemidji busi- ness with a ten thousand dollar capital would divide a years earn- ings, » amounting to five hundred dollars it would be a damper on the sale of its stock. But that would be five p2r cent. It is the thirty one million that puts the ultimate citizen into a frenzy. For the peace of the nation let us carry out the Taft plan and divide the huge “octupuses” into component parts. Among other advantages will be a crop of smaller melons that’ would not stir our envy and frighten our imagination. — Advertising is the most human and responsive thing in business; it is man-handling on anenormous scale; in advertising, policies and ideals are worked out, and the pro- duct and organization show results. Here business touches the public most directly, and competitors are fought and fooled. There is nothing vague about advertising to the big merchant and manufacturer. They beleive because they see the copy A year’s postal | Taft’s|’ record for businesslike administra-| planned and published five years ago working results today. The American business man isuni- versally conceeded to be a past master in the art of advertisine. It is acknowledged that he cannot only attract attention to his wares, but also create a demand. ~Adver- tising in the United States is more than commercial, it is educational; { it instructs and civilizes; it is a most important factor in social, regligious and economic development. The same principal, the same energy and the same intelligence are not limited to the domestic horizon, but can be applied with equal force and equal success to the extension of forign commerce. The American manufacturer in seek- ing markets afield is using his native shrewdness and is selecting his export advertising mediums with as much business acumen as he does in advertising at home. “FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH.” Yesterday was “Friday the Thir- teenth,” in Bemidji as well as every- where else, but the local merchants proved that they are nota super- istitous class. Spring advertising in the Pioneer was given such a boost by the Bemidji merchants that it was necessary for us to get out an | eight-page edition of the daily. | One of the merchants declared his ibel'\ei that it he commenced a large iad on Friday, the thirteenth, and followed it systematically with other profitable reading matter for the public, the day would prove fortunate for him, in introducing a new era of increased business activity. Our superstitions have vanished. Let all the Fridays come on thé thirteenth of the month! I BY THE WAY I Loving a woman for her money is | somewhat akin to buying a wagon for its paint. A woman to be appreciative must { be telling some man he is the real { thing. i If you ever intend to pay for a thing do it at the time of purchase. The man who really ought to man- age seldom gives orders. MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL. lliness Compels Actress to Cancel Chicago Engagement. Chicago, - May 14—Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the actress, is ill here of nervous prostration. Her engagement at a local playhouse has been can- celled for next week. CARNEGIE REACHES ENGLAND Praises Mayor Gaynor, but Thinks Roosevelt Greatest Ever, London, May 14.—Andrew Carnegie, with his wife and daughter, arrived at Plymouth on board the Adriatic. Put Mr. Carnegie down as a staunch sup- yorter of Mayor Gaynor, On this sub- Ject he said: “We have now a mayor in New York who will probably be heard of in a higher position. Certainly I think he will be a formidable candidate for the presidency. The Democratic party is certainly badly off for a strong candi- date.” Then Mr. Carnegie made his bow to the name of Mr. Roosevelt.” He said: “Mr, Roosevelt is the most extraor- dinary man living. I don't ggree with him in all his opinions, but I'do in most of them.” S ——— 5 ¥ 5% ) s e ey INJURIES NOT SERIOUS; Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt's Auto in Collision With Car. IS CONFINED TO HER HOME Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt Recover- ing From Auto Accident. New York, May 13.—The public has just learned for the first time that Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt is con- valescing at her Fifth avenue home from painful injuries received several days ago in a collision between her automobile and a street car. According to friends of Mrs. Van- derbilt she had a narrow escape from more serious injury. was crossing an up town street at a moderate speed when the street car | bore down upon it. The chauffeur in- creased his power to avoid being hit, but the car struck the middle of the automobile, crushing in one side and hurling Mrs. Vanderbiit into a corner of the machine. She was cut by fly- ing glass and bruised, but her injuries were not of a dangerous nature. ROOSEVELT GIVEN DOCTOR'S DEGREE Lectures at - Berlin on “The World Movement.” Berlin, May 13.—Theodore Roose- velt, former president of the United States, delivered a lecture on- the topic, “The World Movement,” at the University of Berlin and received from the university the honorary degree of doctor of philosophy. Emperor Will- iam honored the occasion by his pres— ence. It was the first time his majesty had graced a conforment and the courtesy was significant in view of the fact that the German court is in mourning for the monarch’s uncle, Her automobile | Ring Edward. In his lecture the ex-president made the following points: “Modern civilization is so highly | geared and the play of forces is so rapid that there is danger of a break: | down, similar to that which overtook r older civilizations. “Greek and Roman civilization were built upon slavery, the modern upon {reedom, this being the principal point of difference. “Tendency to luxury and loss of virile fighting force is still the great- est menace to modern civilization, ag it was of the ancient. “Hope for the future lies in the cul- tivation of the homely virtues, at the foundation of which is the family This and the power of working to gether for the common good will en- able modern nations to avoid the pit- falls which destroyed those of the past. | “Increasing rapidity of communica- tion is an agency which should help to bind the nations of the werld to- gether for the world mcvement of civ ilization.” BATTLESHIP FLORIDA. Ccene at Launching of Uncle Sam’s Latest Fighting Ship. $3.00 down and $2.00 per month sends this machine to your home. Can you afford to be without it? Send for catalogue of the five different styles. Sewing machines to rent. Bemidji Music House 17 Third $t. J. BISIAR, Mngr. Bemidji,. Minn. STATE AWARDED INTEREST Mjnnesota Wins Tax Suit Against the | Western Union. St. Paul, Miay 14.—The state of Min- nesota was awarded $10.000 interest on ‘back taxes from the Western Un- ion Telegraph company in a decision handed down by the state supreme court. The taxes were about $40,000 for the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, which were awarded the state in a The Da.ily Pioneer 10c per Week decision by the same court last De- cember. At that time the interest was denied. In its latest decision the court. reverses its former ruling and allows 12 per cent interest. Are you a 3} per cent man? TRUTH No. 3 Are you a 4 per cent man? If you are, then you certainly belong to the “Old School”—you may think, “Well, T'd rather earn 4 per cent and be sure that I will get it than earn 25 per cent and stay awake nights worrying about it.” All right, that was a true rule to follow in the past, but now, today, just because the world is moving on and on, the standard of living, the standard of society and the STANDARD OF MAKING MONEY has changed. Kurther, the standards we work from today will be pigmies, in the eyes of future generations—Hence, tie world did big things in the past (the 3} per cent age) and the world is doing bigger things today (the 25 per cent age), and the world will countinue to change its standard, in about the same proportion we may compare the past with the present—we appeal to you who are living and working and are satisfied with a 3% per cent standard today, when “today” is the 25 per cant standard—you are behind your generation, a straggler and a drag on the world. Don’t you know that things, big things, that are possible today were not possible yesterday? Why? Because it’s the law of action—the law of cause and effect. Hence, we have - results, i. e., growth. What is today representative of the big things that the world is accomplishing? It is substituting one public necessity for another which is superior. Coal yesterday was a public necessity; today we are teaching the world to use a better substitute—OIL. Yesterday was the coal age—the 3} per cent man, but today is ‘the OIL age, the 25 per cent man. Don’t let big ‘things scare you. Don’t believe that big things are out of your reach. Don’t leave it for the other fellow to reap the big man’s profit. cent investment. Don’t be afraid of a 100 per . A g