Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 8, 1911, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EIGEPT SUNBAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. 3 Q. E. CARSON. Entored In the Pestoftice at Bemidjl, Mianesels, as secont class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YFAR '¥ -QVANCE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Se Population—In 1900, 5099, _ Summer Resort-~Hundreds of outsid- ers make their summer home on Lake Bemidji. Fishing boating and bath- ing accommodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten Square miles incorporated. Altitude—1400 ‘eet above sea level. ‘Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississipoi river. ‘Water—Absolutely pure. sian wells. ‘Water Maing—About ten miles. Boating—500 miles by lake and river. Death Rate—b5.4 a thousand in 1908. Annual Bainfall—33.7 inches. Temperature—20 above, winter; 75 summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About five miles. Coment Sidewalks—Twelve miles. ore Drive—Ten miles. Two. ‘Water Frontage—Ten miles, two lakes and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600 residences. Taxpayers—1200 Churches—s. | School Houses—TFour. Bank Deposits—3$800,000. Manufacturers—Hardwood handles, | lumber, lath, shingles and various other industries. Great Distributing Polnt—Lumber | products, groceries flour, feed and hay. | Postal Recelpts—$20,375 for 10th place in the state outside of St Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. Postal Savings Bank—Only one in Minnesota. Railroads—Great Northern, Minne- sota & In.ernational, M., R. L. & M, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault, Ste.| Marie, Wilton & Ncrthern, Grand Forks to Duluth and Bemydji-Sauk Centre. Railroad Depots—Three. Passenger Traing—Fourteen daily. Hospitals—One Distances—To St Psul, 230 miles; to| Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen. Brewerles—One. ! Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. Boat Factories—One. Wholesale Housea—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garage 1500 ; in 1910 Two arte- -One. ACACRIOIONCIORORCIORIOR> ooooooooooo & The Bemidji Pioneer has estab- lished and will maintain a legis- lative bureau at the state capitol in St. Paul. Any of our readers wishing information of any kind relative to the work of the legis- lature: copies of bills, when in- troduced, by whom, 'votes on measures, status of pending legislation or anything in con- nection with the proceedings of the lawmakers will be cheerfully furnished without cost, Such information will be_confidential if desired. Address, Bemidji Pio- neer Bureau, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn.' Visitors will be welcome at Room 231, Tele- phone Cedar 7281. o | | OOOOOVOOOOODOOOODOODY! A A A A A ACAUA A @ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS SOODDS & CLEAN UP THE SCHOOL YARD. The high school campus should either be cleaned up or designated as the official dumping ground. It is not a credit to a city which boasts as splendid a school system as could be found in the state to have the grounds of its modern high school littered as they now are. Wood, boxes and general debris are un- sightly enough in obscure places but | when the school yard has to be util- ized for such rubish it becomes a matter of public complaint and The Pioneer willingly gives voice to the indignation it has heard from time to time regarding the unsightliness A general cleaning up is in order and some im- of the high school yard. provement might be made before the hundreds of visitors who are coming to the educational convention here this week arrive in the ecity. HONOR THE VET BUTNOT THE DEMAGOGUE. During his addresses the late dear- ly beloved John A. Johnson seldom | missed an oprortunity to pay an elo- quent tribute to the fast tading‘ “Boys in Blu¢” who won the great- est war of all times to preserve the Union. Again and again Governor John- son used these words: “We owe them a debt of gratitude that NEVER can be repaid.” The governor would emphasize this expression with all the force and peculiar power of which he was so strangely possessed. This thought of Johnson's struck a responsive cord in Minnesota as it must in every unprejudiced state in the Union. Therefore, when Con- gress considers any sort of a pension bill, it is only fair to presume that honest members of Congress are ready and willing to grant proper concession to the every tottering heros who are falling by the way- side at the rate of 100,000 a year. But that does not mean that when such a bill as the one which a few days ago passed the lower house of Congress which, if enacted into law, ‘would mean the expenditure of $45,- 000,000 a year; not to the sturdy warriors that fought the real battles but, according to the bill, any man who served 90 days during the war. He need never to have been wound- ed; he need never to have been in battle; he need never have been south of Maryland; he need never 1910, - needs to show is that’'he was on the 'rolls for three mgnths. President Taft has given the sen- ate a roundabout warning that the loosely driwn and expensive - pro- visions of this bill must be radically amended to prevent its veto. And in this decision the president is back- ed by the better element among the old soldiers opposed to the bill be- cause it abolishes all distinction . be- tween men who fought and suffered and men who never was within 100 miles of the battle field. The bill as it now stands is a pension bill that is despised by honest old sol- diers. The President’s determination to oppose the bill in its present guise is a tribute to the earnest and honest, even at times ponderous, intentions to do what he thinks is right. It requires some courage to oppose pensions presumedly for old soldiers even if the veterans will never get the money. For these reasons the hypocritical members of the natio- al house of representatives, . who voted for the bill simply to court favor with the Grand ~Army and lacked the convictions and kindred organizations, courage of their were demagogues pure and simple. For instane, there was Uncle Joe He voted for the bill and s speech on the subject is des- Cannon. cribed as ‘“characterized by fire and force”. Here is a little of what 1 Uncle Joe had to say: “Oh, it is easy as these men go under the ground and a new genera- tion comes, especially in our great cities where there is a large popula- | tion, by far the greatest number of whom HAD NO PERSONAL EXPER- IENCE WITH THAT WAR, and where the voice of the Union soldier is not apt to be heard—it is easy to talk about the great cost of sions.” These burning words from Uncle i Joe must tingle the blood of the aged warriors but somehow they lose their | force when one stops to consider that Uncle Joe G. Cannon was born in 1836. When the war Uncle Joe G. was 24 years oli—a splendid age for a man to become a You will search in broke out, soldier. vain to find any record of Uncle J. G. hav- ing any “personal experience with thaf war.” From March, 1861, to December, 1868, the Danville multi- millionaire and ex-Czar of Congress held a fairly fat and comfortable public office as State's attorney in Illinois. Those who wish can look with favor upon Uncle Joe’s attitude but we prefer the attitude of such mem- bers of Congress as Frederick H. Gillette of Springfield, Mass.,, who used these words on the floor of the House: | “Every man would prefer to vote for this bill; every selfish motive prompts him to do it. Appropri- ations from the national treasury which will win us personal popular- ity are hard to defeat. . T think few members would jepardize their political prospects in opposing it more than I do, but I do not think it ought to pass. . . . Let us give to ward off suffering, but let us not give to earn political gratitude. I ap- preciate fully the debt we owe the veterans of the Civil War. I be- lieve in generously admitting and paying that debt, and I think the veterans in my district have known and appreciated my effort in their behalf. 1 presume my political enemies will attempt to convince them now that I have deserted them.” A Competent Critic. A famous actor at an elaborate en- tertainment at a Fifth avenue million- alre’s palace in New York rose to re- cite Mrs. Browning’s “Dead Pan.” As he announced his subject and prepared to begin he heard a lady near him say distinetly: “What is the next piece? Some- thing funny, I hope. Ob, yes—‘The Dead Pan!” Dear me, how odd! Of course it must be funny—something about bad cooking, T suppose.” Playing Her Cards. Tommy—May I stay up a little long- er? Ethel—What do you want to stay up for? Tommy—] want to see you and Mr. Green playing cards. Mr. Green—But we are not going to play cards. Tommy—Oh, yes, you are, for I heard mamma saying to Ethel that cverything depended on the way in which she played her cards tonight. Tubbs White Pine Cough Cure smoothes and satisfies. Be sure you get the name right. It is made different from other White Pine pre- parations. We put a very small amount of morphine and chloroform It costs us money to put it in but our experience of 29 years in the medicine business tells us that it is worth the money. We sold over thirty-three thousand bottles of Tubbs White Pine Cough Cure in 1910. A few others must know it is pen-! have been injured in health—all he good. Try it 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. - e Vandum,‘ Montana, Feb. 1, 1911, Gentlemen:— 2 1 will‘ try and tell you a few cold facts about Montana. 1t is forty degrees below here with eighteen inches of snow on the ground—and still snowing. We are in the very heart of the ‘western cattle country, and there is nothing raised but cattle, horses and sheep—excepting when a poor mis- led cowboy gets too much squirrel whiskey in his hid, then there is something doing for fair. We have the freedom of the range and may fight and rowdy as much as we please and nothing will be said.,] But stealing is counted worse than murder. Indians are plentiful in this coun- try, but are confined on the reser- vation, where many still live in the old style tepee wearing the faithful blanket. 'This class has nothing to say to the white man, but there are a few who live in log huts'and eat dog,—these seem to be more civil- ized. The cowboys of this country are a jolly and weil meaning lot but do not care for the oufside World. They think the United States is somewhere in Montana and that Montana is the greatest nation in the world. Vandaila is a great town, com- posed of two houses. One is a store, postoffice, supply shop and residence combined; the other is a saloon, res- taurant and hotel. But things are never dull here. There has been three fights in the last three days, and are getting ready for another. ‘With all this, this is a great country; there is thousands of home- steads awaiting settlement. Three hundred and twenty acres of as fine land as can be found is free for any man who will make it his home for| five years. many hundred settlers come in here the past year but not enough to make a showing. Valley county is almost as large as Minnesota and there are There has been not as many people in it as there is in Bemidji alone, so you see there'is plenty of room. ¥ Plenty of game here also—deer, elk, antelope and all kinds of small game. Wolves are plentiful . and fierce. Coyotes can be seen every- where and make nights hideous with their howling. Everything is Republican here; not a Democrat elected in this coun- try last election. Hoping you all are the same, I remain, (signed) JACK' CARLTON. How to avoid it. Listen to your pains. Try our way. Read the booklets, “‘General Health Discovers Himself” furnished free by Tubbs Medicine Co., River Falls, Wis, Worth money to the man who has time to set up and take notice. Have you? . Beauty and the Beast. © A well known churchman was visit- ing New York, accompanied by his wife, who is as beautiful as her life mate is homely. They were walking down Broadway one afternoon, and the pair attracted much attention. One of two young “sports,” evidently thinking to attract the favorable at- tention of the churchman’s wife, in an audible aside remarked that it was another case of “the beauty and the beast.” Quick as a wink the husband turned and, as he swung his right to the speaker’s jaw, scoring a knockout, said, “I am a man of peace, but I nev- er allow any one to call my wife a beast.” Solitude. Solitude is dangerous to reason with- out being favorable to virtue. Pleas- ures of some sort are necessary to the intellectual as to the corporal health, and those who resist gayety will be likely for the most part to fall a sac- rifice to appetite, for the solicitations of sense are always at hand, and a dram to a vacant and solitary person is a speedy and seducing relief. Re- member that the solitary person is cer- tainly luxurious, probably supersti- tious and possibly mad. The mind stagnates for want of employment and is extinguished, like a candle in foul alr.—Johnson. Rastus and His Razzer. “You are charged with carrying a razor,” said the magistrate. “What have you to say?” “But hit's a safety razzer,” pleaded Rastus. “What difference does that make?” the court asked. “Well, yo’' hono,’ a safety razzer am carried only fo' de moral effect.” The Comforter. Visitor—I just looked in to cheer you up a bit, and I'm very glad I did, for I met the doctor going out, and he says you're worse than you think and unless you keep up your spirits you { . Guesred;His Grandfather. i, Peter Augustus had a foolish, fona old grandfath The grandfather was boasting to a visitor one day, as grand- fathers. will, about the family he had raised. 8 i “My daughter Martha is a fine young) ‘woman,” lie said, “and her little boy, Peter Augustus, is a fine lad. ' But the finest thing about that pair is the af- fectlon that .exists between them. fThey never exchange ‘a cross word. h‘hey’re more like two young lovers than mother and son. It's beautiful to see them together. Hold on a min- ute, and Il call Peter Augustus in. Then his mother will come down, and you can see their relations for your- self.” | The old man rose and ambled heavily to the door. There was a beatific smile on his'old face. Little Peter Augustus :;;s playing with the cat in the gar- “Peter Augustus!” he shouted. “Pe. ter Augustus! Your mother wante you!” The little boy dropped the cat and fixed a searching glance on his grand- father. “Your mother wants you, Peter Au- gustus!” + “Does she want to warm me?” Pe- ter Augustus cautiously demanded. Really Worth While. Eben Pratt of Marshby bad sent two sons to Boston and knew he had rea- son to be proud of them. One day a summer visitor lingering in Mr. Pratt’s grocery, provision and dry goods es- tablishment mentioned some of the shining, lights who had made them- selves remembered in and near Boston and others still to be found there, ““We've had a good many smart men and women in and around our city.” said the visitor, “and there are a num- ber of them left: We've got scientific men and writers and artists and musi- cians and”— Mr. Pratt’s dry voice broke in on the ist. “If ye call those folks smart,” he said. “ye want to go down near the water to an address I'll give ye and see the way my boys, Ed and Sam, can open oysters! I guess that'll give ye something to go by when ye're talking of smartness.”—Exchange. Willing to Be Honest. Phil May. the great English artist, earned his first fame in Australia. One day a broken down minister applied to uim for charity, and May engaged him as a model. As a joke he also demand- ed that his eighty-year-old pensioner agree to leave him his skeleton when he died. When May left Australia he called his model in. “You've played me a dirty trick,” said May. “by swin- dling me out of that skeleton. I could have bought one in sound order and condition .for half the money you've cost me.” The old fellow, conscious of his base ingratitude to his best and most patient friend, answered: “Don’t be angry with me, Mr. May. It's not my fault. I meant to keep my word. Stay in Sydney a few months longer and give me another chance to show you that T am a man of honor.” Redhot Plays. “It s a tremendous undertaking to get a new play accepted and produc- ed,” once said the late Clyde Fitch to a friend. “So many are written, and so few ever see the light of day. An English playwright with a gift of hu- morous exaggeration illustrated this fact to me once. 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