Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 13, 1911, Page 4

VALUE OF PLAYGROUNDS Children Not Only Become Healthy But Are Trained to Become Good Citizens. OTHER FEATURES SET FORTH Few fully realize the great sociniz ing influence of the playground on those who witness as well as those ‘who participate in its activities. The value of a sound body with a clear mind cannot be overestimated The measures taken by play teachers to offset the evil influences of the street should receive due credit in any discussion of the playground problem. The effort to impress upon the mind of the growing youth a spirit of loyalty and falr play Is another most com mendable feature of playground in struction, but of greater consequence than these or other matters of public import that playground officials have inaugurated is the subtle training in citizenship that the boy receives while playing with his fellows on grounds conducted under public auspices. On the playground. as in the street and at the ballot box, all are equal. Play instincts are common to rich and poor alike. On common ground, equip- ped and maintained by a common wealth whose very name implies the storing up of resources to be drawn upon when the good of the whole de- mands it, the boy learns the great les. son of brotherliness and strengthens those mling traits of American char- acter that are his birthright. Self reliance, progressiveness, love of fair play, desire of system and ambi- tlon of self development are some of the direct results of playground activi- ties. Other Institutions may and do teach one or more of these fundamen- tals, but there Is no other single or- ganization that unfolds them simul- taneously in an atmosphere of free- dom, the first requirement for proper growth. A study of any city discloses a de- plorable lack of knowledge on the part institutions. The majority know little or unothing of the great forces that wmake for civic betterment. Municipal advancement depends largely on the degree of interest manifested by the community at large in municipal af- fairs. With the growth of the community spirit on the playground we may justly demand of our future citizens an ad- ministration that is broad minded and public spirited as well as clean, honest and businesslike. To attain this end ‘wise men have seen fit to begin with A\ the boy on the playground. UP TO THE SMALL CITIES. Harder to Improve a Metropolitan Dis- trict Than a Village. There are many misconceptions about city planning, but none Is fur- B ther from the fact than the notion that comprehensive planning is only for big cities, says John Nolen, architect. As a matter of fact, the reverse is nearer the truth. In big cities the conditions are fixed, inelastic, unylelding. Com- prehensive planning, especially with our llmited city charters and the ham- pering laws of our states, can have as yet but little play in larger places. At most it must content itself with 1 relieving only the worst conditions, / amellorating merely the most acute i forms of congestion, correcting only the gravest mistakes of the past. But witb smaller towns and villages the case is different. Comprehensive planning can render them a big and lasting service, for there Is scarcely anything in them that cannot be changed, and most of the territory that is to be bullt upon is still untouched. In small cities rallroad approaches can be set right, grade crossings eliminat- ed, water fronts redeemed for com- merce or recreation, or both; open spaces secured In the very heart of things; a reasonable street plan can be made and adequate highways estab- lished; public buildings can be grouped in some proper way, and a park system —a true system, with all sorts of well distributed, well balanced public grounds—can be outlined for gradual and orderly development. And all these elements, Indispensable sooner or later to a progressive community, can be bad with relative ease and at slight cost. CLEAN STREETS WANTED. Albany, N. Y. Asks Citizens to Co- operate With City Authorities. The value of clean streets is con- stantly belng shown. Recently the di- rectors of the chamber of commerce of Albany. N. Y.. decided to Inaugu- rate a campaign of clean streets. The committee appointed for the purpose caused a circular to be placed In every home In the city, asking cltizens to co- operate with the city authorities to keep the streets free from paper and other refuse that Is (requently thrown into the streets, The circular is an nppeul to the clvic pride of every one to observe the regu- lations regarding the using of the streets as a dumping place. i A Dream and Its Result. In 1720 a terrible epidemic decimated Marsellles and Provence, and Sardinia owed its escape to a dream. At this period the viceroy of Sardinia dreamed that the disease had invaded Sardinia and that the ravages were frightful. ‘When the viceroy awoke he was deeply impressed by his dream, and a little later a merchantman put in its ap- pearance at Cagliari and demanded a place to berth. The Sardinia refused, and when it was hinted that the mer- chantman wanted to land some sick the viceroy threatened to train the guns of the forts upon the vessel if the captain did not depart instantly. The people of Cagllari thought that the viceroy was mad, but great was their Joy later when they learned that this very ship, which went on to Marsellles, was responsible~for introducing the plnxne lnm the famous pofl‘. = of ity citizens concernlng thelr public-|’ THE WONDROUS WISE MAN. There is & man in our town, And he is wondrous wi He throws papers in the Right front of people SLOVENLINESS WON'T DO. Community Can Be Improved Only by Prompt Repairs. There 18 little use in urging public improvements upon & community where individual slovenliness is every- where apparent. Keep up repalrs, Slovenly indeed 18 the place which is not kept in good repair. A totter- Ing tence, a sagging gate, a hingeless door, a paneless sash, a roof lacking shingles here and there. a side of a bullding showing cracks every now and then, are all evidences of shiftless- ness or of absence of forseight or lack of proper energy. Prompt repairs are necessary not only for economy and convenience, but for attractiveness. When one hinge has become broken it takes but a short time for the other to go in the same way. It takes only a little while for the tottering fence to fall on its side, for the hole in the roof to become larger, for the crack in the side of the buflding to become extended. FOR A FLYLESS TOWN. Portland, Ore., Hopes to Kill All Dis- ease Spreading Pests. Health officers. are goilng to make Portland a town without fiies this sum- mer. They promise these disease breed- ers will be rare and that the iy pest of former summers will be almost wholly abated. The system of fushing the downtown pavements every night. In stead of sweeping them, as formerly. washes the larvae of the flies into the sewers, thus doing away with one of the most favorable breeding places. Every road leading into Portland will be ofled this summer to lay the dust, and this treatment completely kills flies and renders their eggs harmless. The oil applied is crude petroleum, which contains a small quantity of car bolic acid and is sure death to flies and mosquitoes. Merchants Improve Streets. At a recent meeting the city council of Hastings, Pa., accepted the propo- sition of the business men to improve the thoroughfares of the borough. A King road drag was used most effec- tively on the streets, and now the thoroughfares are in good condmon again. FLOWERS AND TREES FOR RAILWAY DECORATION. San Francisco to Use Them For Beau- tifying Trolley Routes— A Happy Hint For Other Towns to Follow. The use of trees and flowers for the ornamentation of streets has taken a new turn in San Francisco, where some of the electric street rallway llnes are putting up ornamental trolley poles set in grass plots running par- allel with the track, trees and flowers to be employed In beautifying the strips of lawn. While, of course, this PLAN OF ORNAMENTATION FOR SAN FRAN- 01800 STREET RAILWAYS. [Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle.] scheme of ornamentation is not prac- ticable on all streets, it may be used in many residential sections. Recently the Pennsylvania rallroad accepted an offer from a promi- nent citizen of Merion, Pa.. to make an experiment in gardening that Is unique. The proposition is to plant a thousand trailing rosebushes on the Bteep bank at the west side of the raflroad tracks between Merion and Photo by American Press Association. BUSY IN HER BACK YARD. Overbrook stations and the same num- ber of rosebushes on a similar em- bankment between Merlon and Nar- berth. Both these embankments in time will become solid banks of beau- tiful roses. Thousands of towns in this country might take a hint from this plan and beautify the unsightly strips along the railroad tracks that run through. Custom House Humor. Two Germans who were crossing the |~ Luxembourg frontier declared to the customs officials: “We have with us three bottles of red wine each. How. much is there to pay?” “Where {s 1t?" was asked. “Well, inside us.” The official gravely looked at his tar- iff book and read: “Wine in casks, 20 shillings; in bottles, 48 shillings; donkeys’ hides, free. Gentlemen,” he added, looking up, “you can go.”—Der Guttemplar. AFTER MAIL ORDER GRAFT Uncle Sam Gets After Get-Rich-Quick Swindlers Who Use the Post- office. HOW THE FAKE IS WOR:KED There 18 an old saying to the effect that “a sucker i8 born every minute.” Many shrewd men are aware of the truth of this statement, and some of them devise schemes to take advan- tage of the fact. By clever advertis- Ing methods they sometimes bufld up fortunes by plucking the suckers. A case in point is that of a Chicago mall order concern which the United BStates government recently began prosecuting oun the allegation that. it had misused the wmalls. This estab- lishment, which began business about a dozen years ago in a small one room office, but now owns business blocks. sent through the malls for years to lists of persons in small towns and country places postcard offers o allur- Ing that many of the unwary ones bit and were biften in turn. The post- cards read somethiog like this Dear §ir—Wa wish to employ an adver- tising manager In your locality to_dis- cireulars, catalogues, eto. Your having been given us ‘as a sultable person, we write to inquire if you are at liberty to comsider an offer of $%0 per month and expenses, subject to certain reasonable requirements which we will explain upon hearing from you. If you cannot give your entire time we can offer you 310 for distributing. etc., which can be done in spare hours. In either case pleass write us promptly for particular We are a mall order catalogue hous selling _everything, established twelve years, and write you because we belleve you are a suitable person for the position. No previous experience required. “Previous experlence,” of course, would put upon his guard any person ambitious to become “advertising manager” i his locality. It was only those who had had no previous ex- perfence with such bait who bit at the bait and got the hook. The plan of this concern was to bave its local agents sell books entitling the holder to buy various kinds of goods at sup- posedly wholesale prices. The con- cern charged applicants for the *posi- tion™ $7.50 for an “outfit.” upon which it made a profit of more than 100 per cent. Then all the agent had to do, besides distributing circulars, etc., was to sell the membership book to his neighbors at $2.50 per. If he could induce people to belleve that they were gefting the wholesale price privi- lege for $2.50—and plenty ot people are willing to bite eagerly at such balt—be got some sort of commission for his work. It is alleged that the house was ahead of the game right from the start. It issued a large cata- logue, similar to those put out by the regular mail order concerns. with prices just as attractive, If not more o. It is charged that customers of this concern were In various ways defravd- ed; that goods sent out were not al- ways up to representation made, and upon this condition is based the prose- cution of the government. This concern succeeded in getting hundreds and hundreds of agents in each state of the Union. Its literature sent out to the prospective agent is alluring fn every way. Promises held out of means of earning large commis- sions and contracts were so worded as to leave no recourse for the agent. In fact, he was to earn his salary prom- ised, and it would require a hustler indeed who could win on the plan outlined by the assoclation. During the dozen years this concern has been going on it Is strange that 1ts peculiar operations have not until now been ob- served by the postal authorities. It 1s very difficult for the government to convict in cases of this kind. the de- fendants usually getting free on the pretext that they had no Intent to de- fraud. The local agent and “outfit" business has been overworked in this country for a great many years, and It would seem that by now the people should beware of such offers, but the o0ld saying about the sucker born every minute still bolds good. Citizens who have the welfare of their community and neighbors at heart ought to dis- courage such schemes and point out to the local agents the fake feature of the plan. Local merchants also would do well to co-operate with the oppo- nents of such schemes. J. M. OSBORN. GOOD CO-OPERATION. Gpok-no, Wash, Has Nevel Idea of ng City In Good Condition. Clrrvlng out their idea of obtaining a closer co-operation of all city de- partments on all matters, the city com missioners of Spokane, Wash., have es- tablished an innovation in the way of a general report system which re- quires Inspectors of ome department to report not only what they find in need of repair coming under the super- vision of their own chief, but matters concerning all other departments. For instance. a water inspector who finds an Insanitary yard or a bad sidewalk will have to report it. This sort of co-operation is’ expected to be of material assistance, A Memorable Occasion. There should be order in all things. For instance, on one occasion we dis- covered that the proper method is to hook her party gown first and fix the furnace afterward. Reversing the or- der cost us $32.50 for a new gown and spoiled her whole evening besides.— Detroit Free Press. The Poor Doctors. . “When a man dies, is an inquest al- ways held?" “Ob, no! If a doctor has been in at- tendance the coroner s not supposed to have inquired into the cause of the death.”—Toledo Blade. Not Nowsdays. “Polonius was a very wise man. Just consider his advice to his son.” “Reads well. But would a really wise man attempt to tell his son any- thing?’—Washington Herald THE BEMIDJI DAILY Pi NEI EXTRASPECIALSUBSCRIPTIONOFFER FOR ‘New Or OId Subscribers 1 agree to take your paper for one year, same to be paid for by me with the I. 0. U. NOTES and TRADE MARKS that I save from the, packages of household products thatjare listed and illustrated from time to time in the I. O. U. 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Address Pioneer Publish- ing Co., Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—Three second hand type- writers. One Smith Premier at $40.00. One Smith Premier at $25.00 and one Remington at $25.00. Apply at this office. FOR SALE—Cheap, about 400 cords 16 inch seasoned jack pine; five miles from town on a good level road. J. P. Lahr, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—Several hundred acres of hay stumpage, 9 miles from Be- midji on river. Inquire of F. M. Malzahn, 407 Minnesota Ave. FOR SALE CHEAP—Four lots and four room house. Inquire of P. M Dicaire, city, or owner, J. Hawes, East Grand Forks, Minn. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you on short notice. FOR SALE—Job cases, triple cases, and lead and slug cases, 40c each. Pioneer Publishing Co, Bemidj FOR bALl‘.*Hmliehold goods. Anna Mandt. Mrs. 110 S. Irvine Ave. FOR RENT House for rent or sale—Sixth street and Mississippi avenue. Inquire Norm Helmer. FOR RENT-—Modern 7 room house. 1109 Beltrami avenue. Inquire T. J. Miller Co. FOR RENT—Newly furnished rooms, over Model Bakery. LOST AND FOUND FOUND-—Pocket book containing small sum money and Bank Credit memorandum. Owner call and identify. See operator, Brinkman Theatre. LOST—By Grayce Fleckenstein—$15 in Dbills. Finder return to Jos. Fleckenstein for reward. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISERS—The great state of North Dakota offers unlimited op- portunities for business to classi- fied advertisers. The recognized advertising medium is the Fargo Daily and Sunday Courier-News, the only seven day paper in the state and the paper which carries the largest amount of classified advertising. The Courier-News covers North Dakota like a blank- et; reaching all parts of the state the day of publication; it is the ‘paper to use in order to get re- sults; rates one cent per word first insertion, one-half cent per word succedding insertion; fifty cents per line per month. Address the Courier-News, Fargo, N. D. Talk to the people in prosperous North Dakota through the columns of the Grand Forks Herald; read every day by 30,000 in 150 towns and rural routes in the northern half of the state. Classified ads, for sale, help wanted, exchange, real estate, etc., for 1-2 cent a word each insertion. Send stamps to The Herald, Grand Forks, N. D. POINT COMFORT—The finest sum- mer resort in Northern Minnesota. Lots for sale and cottages to rent. A. 0. Johnson, Turtle River, Minn. The new paint firm, Harris & Eld- ridge. Painting, papering and decorating. At Minnesota hotel. Mrs. Willard Matthews WILL TEACH BOTH Vocal and Piano Lessons to a limited num- ber of pupils. Those desiring to join her classes should make prompt applicati x 384 i g i i