Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 29, 1910, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERROON EXCEFT SUNDAY 8T THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. Q. E: GARSON. Estored In the Pestotfice ut-Bomid}l, class matier. SUBSGRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR 1N iDVANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI Couaty Seat. P Popelation—In 1900, 1500; in 1910 7000 Summser: Resort—Hundreds of outsiders| make their summer homes on Lake Be- mid}i. : 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. Witer Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississippi river. . ‘Water—Absolutely pure, Two artesian wells. Water Mains—About ten: miles. Boating—500]miles by lake and river. Death Rate—>5.4 a thousand in 1908. Ansual Rainfall—38.7 inches. Temperature—20 above, winter; 75 summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About'five miles. Cement Sidewalks—Twelve niles. Lakeshore Drives—Ten miles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage—Ten miles, two lakes and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600 residences. Taxpayers—1200. Churches—8. Schioot Houses—Four. Bank:Deposits—$800,000. Manufactures—Hardwood handles, lum ver, lath, shingles, and various other 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—Three. Passenger Trains—Fourteendaily. Hospitals—One. Distances—To §St. Paul, 230 miles; to Duluth; 167" miles. Hotels—Fifteen. Breweries—One. Sawmills—Four. Handle Factocies—One. ‘Whiolesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—Une. THE BABY'STEN COMMANDMENTS. Dr. Lena K. Sadler, who is pre- sumed to know what she is talking about, in a lecture before.a Chicago audience, handed this out as “The| Baby’s Ten Commandments:” Kiss not tho baby’s mouth. Fail not to give baby boiled water to drink. Feed not the baby between meals. Breathe not in the baby's face. Thou shalt not deprive the baby of fresh air and sunshine. Make not a plaything of the baby. Jostle not the baby during colic. Give not the baby unclean milk from unwashed bottles. Neglect not coughs, running ears and-noses. Thou shalt not give the baby sooth- ing syrups, beer, tea, coffee or candy.’ Dr. Saddler elaborated mamma’s darling in thes words: “Every little baby is a story by it- self. Every little wizened, pinched, sallow, homely face is worth crying over: just as every little face that is round, rosy and red is worth cooing over:” If Dr. Saddler’s plain and sensible instructions were followed, it is quite probable that-adults would have their sleep less broken and baby would be better off. upon THE'DES MOINES SYSTEM. Bemid)i’s determination to invest- igate- the commission form of gov- ernment arouses interest in tne Des Moines system, a commission founded on the original plan adopted by Gal- veston.aster the great flood. The Des Moines plan goes much further than the Galveston plan. It has'brought about a much more per- fect- system so that practically all charter making since that time has been..based -on the Des Moines plan. The Des.Moines city government is divided into five administrative departments, ag follows: 1. Department of public affairs. 2.. Department of accounts and finanees. 8. Department of public safety. 4. Department of streets and pub- lic improvements. 5. Department of parks and pub- lic -property. The- department of public affairs, in charge of the mayor, is superior to the other departments in author- ity and.pay. Its head has the gene eral .supervision. over the four: co- ordinate ‘working departments. The mayor- is exofficio 2 member and president of a.common council com- posed of the heads of: the five departs/ ments; snd-ias a:vote butino vetoi He is relieved of practically all mere- 1y routine duties except those neces- sarily arising from his position as official head of the city, giving him ample time for the work of co-oper- ating with and supervising the work of his associates. The four commis- sioners are in the first instance elect- ed simply as councilmen. They and the mayor, acting as a council designate the department which each shall supervise, dividing practically all the detail work of the city among the four departments along lines and retaining in the council only those which pertain to the city as a whole. This small, directly responsible administrative body, which resem- bles the board of directors of a cor- poration, takes the place of the old city government in all its branches. The five commissioners are elected by the city as a whole, regardless of ward lines. The choice is made at a double election from which part- isanship is strictly excluded. At the primary election any citizen may be- come a candidate for mayor or coun- cilman, the only essenuial being a petition of at least twenty-five vo- ters attesting to his good moral character and fitness. The names of the candidates go on the ballot in alphabetical order, without party or designation. The two candidates receiving the highest vote for mayor, and the eight receiving the most votes for councilman, go on the ballot at the regular city election, and the people then choose their mayor and four councilmen. The council elects all city officers by vote, picking them with reference solely to qualifications, and all sub- ordinate employees are selected from a civil service list on which eligibles that have shown fitness are regist- ered. To prevent the council from fasten- ing undesirable legislation on the city, it is provided that upon protest of 25 per cent of the voters the coun- cil must either reconsider its act or submit it to the people. To make vided that on petition of 25 per cent of the voters any proposed ordin- ance must be passed by the council or submitted to the voters at a gen- eral or special election; a ten per cent petition being sufficient to se- cure submission at a regular elec- tion. | To insure good service from the |council it is provided that on a pe- tition of 25 per cent of the voters, any mayor or councilman 'may be compelled to face a special election on the question of his continuance in office; his name going on the ballot as a matter of course and the candid- ates against him by 10 per cent pe- titions, and the highest vote electing for the remainder of the term. |WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY I Baffled. Try as she will, woman does not seem to be able to get her waist- line moved above her shoulders or below her ankles.—S. E. Kiser. A Real Peril. Twenty Boston high school girls have formed a walking club. It will not be much of a success if the girls insist on wearing hobble skirts,—Chicago Record Herald. What Just One Letter Does. | One great trouble with some men is that their earning capacity is not equal to the wife’s yearning capacity. That’s where one letter makes a lot of difference with the balance of cash on hand.—Stillwater Gazette. Wellman, the Microbe. Wellman, tbe gaseous personage who makes a living by humbugging the public, advertised that he would lecture in New York last week. Two tickets were sold for the occasion. This should satisfy him that he is a mere microbe in the eyes of the people, and - a despised microbe at that.—Princeton Union. Rats, He Says. One-sixth of the state of Minnesota is: made dry by the recent ruling in regard to the shipping and handling of intoxicants. Now why do they not go the whole hog and stop the shipments in all the states and every- where? What have they got against one-sixth of us and not the balance? Why is an Indian more valuable all ationce than the white man? Why uot save him from himself? Just as many drunken white men run amuck over the world as the few Indians choking to.death. More crime is| committed every day by the white nan through drink than occurs in 'years, by drunken Indians. Why public sentiment effective, it is pro-| this sudden whim for the Indian? Rata.—Bovey News. - Betwixt and Between. It was a “dry,” bracing Christmas in:many portions-of Northern Min- pesota. At Bemidji it was jast medium.—Crookston Times. The greatest danger from izfluenza is of its:resulting: in pneumonia This can. be- obviated by using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, as it not only cures influenza, but coun- teracts any tendency of the disease toward pneumounia. Sold by Bar- ker’s Drug Store. A Railroad Man’s Dream. Railroad wen are strong on dreams One moruing an engineer came down to the train master’s office and declared that he would not go out on his run that morning and asked for a layoff. His superior asked him what the trou- ble was, and” when he said that he had had a dream in the night that troubled him he. was laughed at and an effort was made to induce him to take bis run out. But he refused and was urged to tell his dream. “T dreamed last night that my broth. er was: killed in a head-on collision near Topeka,” he said, “and later | dreamed that old G08 blew up.” As 608 was his engine, he resisted the laughter of his friends and would not take her out, and another man was sent for to take the job. That afternoon the boiler of 608 ex- ploded on the road, killing the sub- stitute engineer and the fireman. A week later fhe engiueer’s brother was killed in a collision, as he had dream- ed.—Chicago Inter Ocean The Skin of My Teeth. In the book of Job appears the sen- tence, *1 am escaped with the skin of my teeth,” which is modernized ‘by the skin of my teeth” and gives the idea of a narrow escape, one so close as to be just by the thickness:-of the skin on the-teeth, which 1s so thin that no microscopist has yet beén .able to find it. “To cast in the teeth” means to throw defiant reproaches or Insults spitefully, as one would cast a stone at the exposed teeth of a snarl- ing dog. “Tooth and nail” denotes fhe manner of an action full of frenzied fury, typified by biting and scratching. as when two belligerent cats make the fur fly. Many persons find themselves affected with a persistent cough after an attack of influenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, it should not be allowed to run on until it becomes troublesome. | Sold by Barker’s Drug Store. Let the Lights Go Out. It is a lonely little fishing bay in a corner of the Cornish coast,. but it boasts a lighthouse on its queer old quay and also a story councerning it and its ancient keeper. The light was noted to be a little erratic, and so one day to the ancient keeper thereof came an officer of the coust guard. “What Is this 1 hear?" he demanded. “Is it true that your light is never alight after midnight?” “That's right nuff,” assent- ed the ancient one equably. *“'Tis a fack and well known that all the boats be in and safe afore 12 midnight, so I be savin’ the ile!”” And he looked smiling for approbation.—St. James' Gazette A sprained ankle will usually dis- able the injured person for three or four weeks. This is due to the lack of proper treatment. When Cham- berlain’s Liniment is applied a cure may be effected in threeor four days. This liniment is one of the best and most remarkable prepara- tions in use. Sold by Barker«s Drug Store. Water Under Deserts. Some of the most curious phenomena of the world are the underground wa- ter supplies beneath deserts. In the Rajputana deserts water Is held In vast quantities in sandstone beds un- der the scorched surface and is drawn up from wells sunk into the strata Bikaner raises Its walls in the midst of a weary, almost rainless waste of sand and depends on these hidden cis terns. for its very existence. Whence 1t comes, whore is the outfall. and what quantity rups under the baked sand remain a wmystery. In one well at Bikaner It has been ascertained that the water supply is equal to 20,000 gal- lons an, hour, which is held to polut to, the conclusion that there is an enor mous- subterranean flow and ‘that:the snow fed rivers of the Himalayas must be the source. People In Bikaner say that pleces of wood dropped into one well have come up in another. The idea of an underground river opens up a1 wide range of ‘possibilities to the im agination.—'I'imes of India. ‘A Sickly Diary. “Look here, old chap, I'll give you a valuable tip,” said the -experienced married man to the prospective bride groom. *Don't let your wife keep a diary on the honeymoon. My wife did that, and now whenever we quarrel she brings it out and reads some of the idiotic things 1 said to her then.” If you are suffering from bilious. | ness constipation, indigestion chronic headache, invest one cent in a postal card, send to Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa, with your name and-address plainly on the back, and they will forward yon a free sample of Chamberlain’s Sto- machiand Liver Tablets. Sold by Barker’s Drug Store. COMMUNICATIONS. Letters to the editor of not more than 200 words on topics of interest are solicited. The names of the writers must be signed, ‘but not necessarily for publication. A Happy:New ¥ear. As we‘approach-the -time for say- ing good-by to the old year and en- tering upon the - new, what ‘‘floods of thoughts come:o'er us” as: we stand.at this-dividing-.point-between memory and hope. Let us trust that we have all gained some-what from the experiences of the past year, that we are all a little stronger to bear the burdens of life, a little abler to be helpful to_our fellow toilers, a little gentler and kindlier in :our thoughts and feelings toward : all, and a little readier to go forth to meet the unknown future, whatever it may hold in store for us. The only object of all the years which are given us is our growth in character. Are we growing wiser, and better, and stronger, and nobler, as the years pass by? That is the only question of importance, and not whether we have driven sharp bargains, or accumulated property, or defeated our enemies. On entering upon.a New Vear all thoughtful people make the secret resolve that it shall'be a better year than any of the past. In fact this secret-determination, this periodical starting a New Year, is the guar- antee of the world’s advancement. | It is the guarantee of personal and of national growth. But does some one ask, what shall we do, and how shall we manage to grow? The answer is, that the thing of main importance is to have the earnest desire for the higher life; if you only bave that and keep that in view it will point the way of duty every hour and day. Life to a great.extent is what we make it. The power of the will can do wonders, we can make life a grand success or we can leaveita blank. To make: the: world better by our living in. it should be our earnest aim, true success in life is by the way of thechurch, the way that can never fail. May the great head of the church hasten the day when such a b.essed spirit shall fill every heart, when we shall stand in |solid rank, shoulder to shoulder, |not to devour ome another but to | battle against one common foe, and to hasten on:the universal triumph of the. Kingdom' of Our Christ. But at the close of .the Old Year and the beginning of the: New: there is one thing ‘special- of importance as a basis for all futuie spiritual progress, and that is the forgiveness of one’s enemies. The chief burdens which men and women carry all the year through, and which secretly sour and spoil their lives, are the enmities, one must learn to forgive. Itis the hardest spiritual “task set for:hum- anity, but it has to be'taken up-and bravely carried to success, if one is to make real progress. Without it all.other-effort is crippled: and . falls short. Nearly every- one: imagines that-his grievances-are a little worse than those of any.one else; that his. enemies are.a. little meaner than| the enemies of:any-one: else. But if one listens to such* suggestions- he: will go to his grave burdened with enmity and bitterness,:there-is only one way ‘to perfect peace, and that is to make up your mind that you will treat every one.not:only. justly and.: honestly, but: also kindly:and courteously, and tenderly; regardiess of how he, or anyone, may treat you, your action, your. attitude,.your thought, your heart, is all; that . isof any importance. to you, not: what somebody.else may-do or say. You canmot control others; but possibly you may control yourself, at all events this is the task of your life;-and by pursuing it you may grow strong, and wise, and great, and noble; and good. It is a splendid task, and leads along the ouly way in which true greatness has. ever been achieved by anyone, Let us- then say good-by to the Old. Year, and.good-by to.all the enemies which it has held ‘for us, let the dead past bury all it putridity out of sight forever, and on the morning of the New Year let us' face the whole world with kindness, iove and good will, and go forward with the determination that our lives shall bless all, so far as our influence may reach. . Mrs. Eliza L. Sarff, Funkley. Minn. ‘The peculiar properties of Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy have been thoroughly. tested during epidemics of ‘influenza, and when'it wastaken in time we have not: heard of a. single A Gastronomic Joy. Of all the superb victvals which, by their great variety and unique co!loca- tion, make Maryland the Eden and Arcadia of every man who loves good eating, the planked shad is probably the most powerful and polgnant in:its appeal:to thesenses.. The wild duek, like an‘aeolian barp, bas no thrill for the eye. It is a small aud unlovely bird of a dull color and ungraceful outline. ~ So,- too, the diamond back terrapin. It bas.no- more beauty In deatb than a plate of soup. And cer- all their sweetness, do not soothe the sense of smeH. Of such are the raw oyster, ‘the*bolled ‘hard crab- and ‘the Magothy river cabbage. But the planked 'shad—ah;: bere-we come:to a delicacy: ‘which: - enchants. us: alike through the eyes, the palate and the nose! As it comes upon the table it has the imperial dignity of a Charle magne. _Its, noble: head moves one to reverence; the epicycloid curve of Its tail:ls like the curl-of a great comber upon a coral beach. And it radiates a perfume as-of: Araby.—-Baltimore Sun Found Wanting. Mrs. Laytebyrd (as Laytebyrd comes in unsteadily at'3 a. m.)—You have no excuse for coming home at this bour and In this condition. Laytebyrd—I bad one, my dear: and it was a grand one;-but I can’t think what it was. How’s This? ‘Weoffer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Oure. F.J.CHENEY & 00., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney. for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac- tions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm, ALDING, KINNAN & MARvVIN, ‘Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Oatarrah Oure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials free Price, 75 per bottle. Sold by all Droggists. though-it sets the palate to vibrating [ tain other- exquisite deficatessen, for 1 Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. | Attend New Years Dance Armory Theatre, Saturday Evening ‘Given Under Management of Armory Go. Gordial Invitation Extended to All Mastens Orchestra Tickets $1.00 MR. RENTER Have you ever stopped to think that every few years you practically pay for the house you live in and yet do-not own it? Figure it up for yourself. Thecdore Rousevelt says: “NoInvestment on earth is s0 safe, so sure. so certain to eurich its owners as undevelop=d realty.” We will be glad to tell you about the City of Be- midji. and quote you prices with easy terms of payment if desired on some of the best residence and business property in that rapidly growing City. A letter addressed to us will bring you full partcu- lars or if you prefer to see the property, call on H. A. Simons, at Bemidji. The Soo Railroad is now running its freight and passenger trains into Bemidji; investigate the oppor- tunities off red for business on a small or large scale. Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co. 404 New York Life Bullding §T. PAUL MINNESOTA case’ of pneumonis. Sold by Bar- ket’s Drug Store. - GENTLEMEN: NOT MISS THIS There never was a better Opportunity to buy your supply of blank books than this one we are offering you now. We have decided to give a discount of from 25 to 50 per cent on our entire stock of blank books and loose leaf books. You will find books that sold regularly for $4.00 now selling at $2.00, other books that sold for the same price now priced at $3.00 Among this stock you will find Ledgers, Journals, Day Books, Cash Books, Trial Balances, Records, and in fact every book needed for a complete book keeping system. If there is anything that you can make use of to start the new year better step in and look over the great variety of bargains we're offering. This price reduction will last only for a short time, we therefore suggest that you commence looking them over early. Beginning Saturday, December 31st | these discount prices will prevail : and you’ll profit by taking advantage of them. Bemidji Pioneer Dfice Su 206 Fourth St., Security State Bank Store Bidg.