Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 23, 1911, Page 2

B T THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOOR EXCEPT SUNBAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENV, Q. E. CARSON. Entored In the Postotfica.atBemid)l, Minnesals, 83 second| clssamttor. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR 'N 3DVANGE CITY OF BEMIDH County Seat. Population—In 1900, 5099, Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsid- ers make-their summer home on Lake Bemidjl. Fishing, boating and bath- ing accommodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten Square miles incorporated. Altitnde—1400 ‘eet abové sea level. Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississippi river. ‘Water—Absolutely pure. sian wells, Water Mains—About ten miles. Boating—500 miles by lake and river. Death Rate—5.4 a thousand in 1908. Azinual Rainfall—33.7 inches. Temporature—20 above, winter; 75 summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About five miles. Cement Sidewalks—Twelve miles, Lakeshore Drive—Ten miles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage—Ten miles, two lakes and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600 residences. ‘Taxpayers—1200 Churches—8. School Houses—Four, Bank_Deposits—$800,000. Manafacturers—iardwood handles, lumber, lath, shingles and various other industries. Great Distributing Point—Lumber products, groceries, flour, feed and hay. Postal Receipts—$20,375 for 1910, 10th place in the state outside of St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, Postal Savings Bank—Only one in Minnesota. Ballroads—Great Northern, Minne- sota & International, M., R. L. & M, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marde, Wilton & Northern, Grand Forks to Duluth and Bemidji-Sauk Centre, Rallroad Depots—Three. Passengor Trains—Fourteen 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, —_— 1600 ; in 1910 Two arte- The Bemidji Ploneer has es- tablished and will maintain & legislative_bureau: at the state : capitol in St. Paul. _ Any of our i readers wishing information of : any kind relative to the work of the legislature: ~ copies of bills, When introduced, by whom, votes on measures, status of pending legislation or anything in connec- tion with the proceedings of the : lawmakers will cheerfully : furnished without cost. Such : information will be confidential if " desired. ddress, -Bemidji Pioneer Bureau, Staté Capitol, St. Paul, Minn, AN OPTIMISTIC PICTURE. In the November Cosmopolitan Thomas A. Edison makes some as- tounding prophesies. He foresees a change of conditions the world over that will make life on earth a blessing and a privilege, indeed. This change will result naturally, according to Mr. Edison’s views, from invention, and advancement in the sciences. Says the Wizard: “Think how long the world has stood, and - then recall that practically everything we know today that is worth while we have learned within a hundred years. Look about you and see how many things that were worth while were known a hundred Yyears ago. And we have only just begun to use our brains. What we know is just an atom of what there is to know. But we are learning to control the forces of nature. As we learn, we shail transform the ‘world. The most wonderful changes are coming—changes about which no one can today do more than dream”. He points to the fact that invention is in its infancy and that up to the present time only machinery to make parts of things has been invented, and says that the time has now come for invention to take a step forward, and that in the near future machinery will be pro- duced that will not only make the parts but put the parts together. He predicts that the next genera- tion will see metal machinery that, in wonderfulness of performance, will almost rival the brain itself. “Cloth, buttons, tissue paper and pasteboard will be fed into one end of a machine, and suits of clothing, packed in boxes, will come out at the other. Bound books will fall from the press. The machine that takes in lumbr, will give out finish- ed furniture”. Through the cheapness of produc- tion, Edison sees a world flooded with food, clothing, shelter and luxuries, and poverty banished from the earth. “There will be no poverty in the world a hundred years from now”, says Edison. “What good would it do the people of the world if a few men should own all these things?” The great man had thought of that question, but he believes that the world will progress along other lines as certainly and as rapidly as it does in invention. He believes that the governmental structure of the world will undergo a complete change, and he believes that the present financial system of the:world is today resting upon a volcano.: 5 Gold is the standard of value the world over, What if gold should become -as common as iron! Can| anyone emagine. what. the result would. be, or what consequences would follow? - The currency of the world rendered worthless at one fell stroke! Yet this is not only pos- sible but wholly probable, according to Mr. Edison’s views. “He believes it only a question of time until a way will be discovered to manufacture gold”. “The discovery may be made tomorrow” he said. “It is just as likely to be made tomorrow as at any other. time. The discovery will surely ‘be made some time, because the mi ‘most the asking. ing of gold is a question only of the | proper combination and treatment of matter.” Thus does this great man, whose genius has,for nearly half a century; dazzled the world,—thus does he forecast the future for our posterity. A world devoid of strife; where hard manual labor and poverty are . un- known. A world-in: which -the ne- cessities and luxuries of life will be owned by the people, not by the trusts, and will abound in such-quan- tities that they may be had for al- A world in which man: will come into his-own and en- joy his heritage. An optomistic picture, indeed. Listen-to your pains. Try our way. Read the booklets, ‘‘General Health Discovers Himself” furnished free by Tubbs Medicie Co., River Falls, Wis, Worthymaney to the:man who has timetasetup andtake notice. Have. you? 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