Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 29, 1911, Page 4

TiE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISNED EVERY AFTERNOGN EXCEPT SUNBAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. a CARSON. Entored In the Postettice ot Bomid]l, Mimnosora. 08 setond class matlor, RIPTION---$5.00 PER YF N-2DVANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. J Population—In 1900, 1500; in 1910 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. Ly Area—Ten Square miles incorporated. Altitude—1400 ‘eet above sea level. ‘Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississipoi river. ‘Water—Absolutely pure. Two arte- sian wells. ‘Water Mains—About ten 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 five miles. Cement Sidewalks—Twelve miles. Lakeshore Drive—Ten miles. Parks—Two. ‘Water Frontage—Ten miles, two lakes and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1800 residences. Taxzpayers—1200 Churches—s3. . Bchool Houses—Four, Bank Deposits—$800,000. Manufacturers—ilardwood handles, lumber, lath, shingles and various other industries. Great Distributing Point—Lumber products, groceries. flour, feed and hay. Postal Recelpts—$20,376 for 1910, 10th place in the state outside of St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. Postal Savings Bank—Only one in Minnesota. Rallroads—Great Northern, Minne- sota & 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 Traing—Fourteen daily. Mospitals—One Distances—To St Paul, 230 miles; to Duluth, 167 miles. Motels—Fifteen. Breweries—One. Sawmills—Four, Mandle Factories—One. Boat Factories—One. ‘Wholesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—One. The doom of the harem skirt was sealed when the discovery was made that it could not be put on over the head. ——— If a legislature is honest it does not matter how many lobbyists there are around. If it is crooked lob- byists could not make it worse. A German proverh says: You cannot turn the mill with the water that’s passed by.” Nor can you run a business on last year’s adver- tising. NO VACATION FOR ADVERTISING. It’s a pretty well established fact that in all lines of business that it pays the employer in the long run to give his employes an annual va- cation. Only one servant fails to] work the better through out the year for week or two rest in the sum- mertime. That servant is advertis- ing. Advertising has no understudy. No one can fullfil his functions. When he quits everything lags. He must be kept at it from the first of January to the thirty-first of Decem- ber. The merchant who gives arver- tising a vacation in August loses his most efficient helper at the very time when his services are most urgently needed to expel the dog-day dull- ness. KILL THE FLY. Commence today. He is the scourge of every household—of everybody—there is merit in any movement calculated to cradicate this pesky insect. The fly no longer is merely a bothersome little pest who enjoys irritating bold headed men and falls into the cream pitcher at the wrong time, but a plague. Notice the folowing bulletin that was issued by the American Civie Association: “He is a frequenter of offal; the fly lays her eggs in the manure pile or other filth. All the germs—all the imaginable, abominable microbes— fasten themselves on the spongy feet of the fly. He brings them into the house and wipes them off his feet. The fly you see walking over the food you are about to eat is covered with filth and germs. . “If there is any dirt in your mouse or about your premises, or those of your neighbors, he has just come from it. It is his home. Watch him as he stands on the lump of sugar industriously wiping his feet. He is wiping off the: disease germs; x:ub- bing them on the sugar that you are going 'to eat, leaving the poison for you to swallow. “He wipes his feet on the food that you eat, on the faces and on the lips of your sleeping children. This does more to spread typhoid fever and cholera infantum and other internal diseases than any other cause. “Disease attacks human beings only when they are brought in con- tact with it. For instance, you can- not get typhoid féver unless you swallow the germ of typhoid, and you do not swallow ‘these germs un- less they get on the food you eat or in the liquids you drink, or on the glasses or cups from which you drink. *“Not only does the fly scatter the seeds of disease from his body over your food, but, before your fruit and vegetables are placed on the table they have been subjected to his filthy habits, either in the Kkit- chen or in the stores. “Intestinal diseases are more fre- quent whenever and wherever fiies are most abundant, and they, and not the summer heat, are the active agents in its spread.” The fly is already with us, why not take time by the forelock right here in Bemidji and get into battle against the common enemy? Nobody wants the fly around. Everybody will gladly help eradi- cate him, and it is not really diffi- cult. A little cooperation in the covering of garbage depositories, manure piles, deodorizing refuse, ete.,, will accomplish wonders. The city as a corporation can do great things. The churches, school, far- ternal organizations, social clubs, sewing societies, praying bands, men, women and children, rich and poor, all can help—and ought to help. Think what it might mean in one season. The virtual eradication of typhoid, which medical authorities declare is spread more by flies than by any other agency; curtailment of epidemics of cholera infantum, “summer complaint,” etc. In a thousand other ways Bemidji would be a better city if we all went after the fly. Lo R R R R R R R R R R RO RO R ] © WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY ¢ V00000 POO0000000 Lindbergh’s Votes. Congressman Lindbergh voted jagainst reciprocity. Has he yet voted for any important piece of leg- islation? Representatives Stevens, Nye and Miller voted for it, the other five against.—St. Cloud Times. One Session Enough. It is a wise man who changes his mind for a good and sufficient reas- on. Governor Eberhart said he would call an extra session of the legislature if it did not pass a re- apportionment bill. It was not pass- ed, and there will be no extra session. The- governor should not be charged with inconsistancy. He is a wise man. One session of the legislature is enough, a plenty, and altogether sufficient.—St. Cloud Journal Press. Stick to the Farm. If the young people who live in the country could get an inside view of city life, they would perhaps be more thankful for and contented with their lot. Every avenue of trade is overcrowded, and there are thousands of n.en and women today seeking emplcyment and thousands of hard working peopl2 are re-eiv ing a mere pittance in return for their labor. Few employes in the city make as much as almost any young man can make by farming. Even many of the clerks who create such a sensation by their seemingly polished ways, fine clothes and digni- fied airs when they come from town to visit their country cousins, get hardly enough to keép soul and body together—a mere flimsy show, with no prospects ahead of anything bet- ter. Young man, stick to the farm a while longer. .The hope of our land is yeomanry. An educated, righteous, farming population will bring prosperity to any nation.— New Ulm Journal. Not Easily Made. If you oppose Canadian reciprocity, you want to remember this fact: that we now have'an opportunity to. make an agreement with Canada by | ® which a long list of articles can be imported from Canada to this coun- try, or exported from this country to Canada, emger free of duty or subject to a greatly reduced duty from what is now imposed. Such agreements are not egsily made, and if not now accepted, we may not again have the opportunity. :Should the effects of the treaty not prove to be in the welfare of this country, the agreement can be repealed by so that nothing is contained in this agreement to prevent this country lowering or doing away entirely with the duties named in this agree- ment or others.—Wabasha Herald. R R R R R R R OROROR R OB RS POINTED 'PARAGRAPHS ¢ R R R R R R R R OR R CRCRCRCRCY The strict mother may make an indulgent grandmother. Love in a cottage isn’t bad, if you also own a house in town. The upper crust of soejety isn’t al- ways founded upon dough. Theories are all right until you try to make them do practical stunts. Even a homely girl doesn’t want to be described in plain language. The woman who looks younger than she is hasn’t much of a kick congress at any time.. Remember al- | cOming. 1 The self-made woman is just as proud of her figure as if nature had a hand in it. Some men manage to dodge the trials fate has in store for them by not getting married. Sold Only Does Cost Count TEARNS &-v’-;FOSTER’ \. MATTRESS Don’t confuse it with any ordinary cotton- felt mattress; the word “cotton-felt” is the only thing they have in common In Four Grades of Superiority, $10.50 to $22.50 at Lahr’s Furniture- Store There must be a lot of men and young men in town, who have to figure rather closely in purchasing their clothes. We don’t mean by this, that they are forced to buy cheap clothes, but we mean that they have to secure safe value at a price in keeping with their income. Suppose your suit appropriation for this sum- mer is $15.00. You want the best clothes and the smartest clothes that this price will buy. Do you know just where to find them? Listen to this: “Sincerity Clothes” have a reputation for value which circles the country. They are skilfully tailored, their style is extremely clever and they have a nation-wide reputa- tion for value. 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