Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 22, 1912, Page 4

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE Published every afternoon except Sun- day by the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Company. @. E. CARSON. B. K. DENU. HAROLD J. DANE, Edito: In the City of Bemidjl the papers are delivered by carrier. Where the deliv- ery is irregular please make immediate complaint to this office. Telephone 31. Out of town subscribers will confer a favor if they will report when they do not get their papers promptly. All papers are continued until an ex- plicit order to discontinue is received, and until arreages are paid. Subscription RBat One month, by carrier . $ .45 One year, by carrier ..... . 5.00 Three months, postage paid 1.25 Six Months, postage paid 2.50 One year, postage paid ... 5.00 The Weekly Pioneer. Eight pages, containing a summary of the news of the week. Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for $1.50 in advance. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAT- TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- MIDJI, MINN.,, UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. The immense service he did his country in making a great nation from a loose confed- eracy of colonies has endeared him to the American people in a way which will last as long as the nation itself. His birthday this year, coming as it does on the eve of a national election, cannot but force a measurement of our present candidates by the life and power of this man. The man who; is to serve in the executive’s seat at| ‘Washington for four years beginning March 4, 1913 must have truly “Washingtonian alliances with the past and the future” if he is really to preside over our most important and critical junction of American af- fairs. Examine every candidate in the presence of the father of our country and see if he measures up to the position he wants to hold. The Supreme Court having declar- ed that county and judicial ditch bonds are a primary county indebt- edness, it becomes the plain duty of every tax payer to bring to the no- tice of the county board, of the dis- trict court, as the case may be, all possible information on each ditch under discussion whether the infor- mation appears favorable or unfav- orable. It is certain that many of these ditches, perhaps all that are so far projected, are badly needed and will open to cultivation large otherwise waste lands. areas of The expense, however, is enormous, and the bond- ed indebtedness of this county, be- cause of its large swamp areas, will soon reach many thousands of dol- lars. As explained elsewhere in this issue, the owners of the lands adjoin- ing the ditches pay for the improve- ments, but the decision of the Su- preme Court means that in case any payment is defaulted it must be as- sumed by the county. In return the county gets a first lien on the land for the amount of the loan. Under the construction advanced by the Supreme Court, every proper- ty holder in the county is directly in- terested in every ditch built. for if payments are not met, the bonds be- come a primary indebtedness against | his property. The bonded debt of | this county for ditches will soon be near a half million of dollars accord- ing to estimates prepared by County | Auditor George. The assessed valua- tion of property in this county is about $6,500.000- —which would make the bonds a primary indebted- ness against about one per cent. of the total ass; d valuation. | While there appears to be H(ll(-'E doubt that the county: will not have to bear this expense linally, yet it is} quite ble that it may have to carry some interest and payments for | several years. In case this oceurs, it | would mean additional taxation as| the county at present has no l‘m)l\n_\'= available for such expenditures. And the | pockethbook of the man near the diteh added taxation hits not only but every farmer and merchant in the count o ] Reputation Carefully Kept. ! On the island of Jersey the breeding | of cattle is still systematically and | carefully carried on. The authorities | are particular that the island be kept immune from cattle diseases. Neither bovines nor hay and straw may land from the continent of Europe. Explained. Since little Paul wrote his composk tion on snow his mother hopes that he may be a poet. “I don't really know what snow is,” he began, “but I think | a cold day; sometimes we gather up I/VIEI/?'.V‘ WASHINGTONDE Another newspaper man nas been P. Allen having been appointed assistant secretary to the president. FHe re lieves Secretary Hilleg of many of his LS ZASS: given office in Washington, Shermay duties in the White House offices, _— COASTING AND ITS GLORIES Columbus Editor Grows Some Enthus- lastic a8 He Writes on the Subject. During the last snow spell the boys had out their sleds and did a deal of coasting. There i8 no memory of youth as glorious as that sport. No- body ever thought that the fun ‘of sliding down hill was in the slightest diminished by the labor of trudging back uphill. The swift and exhilarating joy of flitting down the hillside was a grand part of a boy’s experience, and will never grow stale in the memory. What a great thing it would be if the| spirit of thal sport would get into the! humdrum of life and brighten it up some. % ; There is one feature of this coast- | ing business that stands out like a promoutory. That was “belly-hustin’.” There is no use to feel squirmish about the term or hesitate to breathe ! it aloud in a literary column. i That was the exciting feature of | coasting. and was indulged in mostly by the boys of daring and patched clothes. “Get out of the way!” he shouts, and hang goes the sled on the | slippery hillside, with the hoy’s legs | stretched far astern the sled in the| endeavor to guide it, but, faliing, oft he runs info a boy here, knocks one down there, and turns another end for | end out in the snow. Oh. but it was glorious! One can hear that yell yet. If men would do that to one another in the grown-up world, there would be fighting and madness all the time, but in the boy world it belonged to the beautiful sanctities of life. To this day we take off our hat to the “belly-buster.”—Columbus Journal, Feminine Forgetfulness. | Women are growing more forgetful. At least that is what somehody has | said who makes a study of such things, and the theory was proved the other day by a woman in a New York | department store. When she had! shopped in several places and con-! sumed most of the afternoon, she found she had lost her muff. Return-! ing to the shop in which she last re-| membered having it, she made a fer- vent appeal to the clerk of the “Found” department. “I left my muft | in one of your fitting rooms, I am sure,” said the woman; “you have it, of cou ?” The girl looked at her calmly. “Probably we have. Fifty-, | six muffs were found today.” The | ‘woman gasped. “Oh, yes, that is about | our a ge at this season,” added the | clerk. “We often have almost 100 on | only 40 or 50. is the average.” But I should say 50 After Radium. The Mt. Painter field of South Aus tralia is a wonderful place for the [ ourrence of rare minerals and a ‘com pany has been recently formed to re cover radium from the earth. S Sounds Reasqnable. “If you want to communicate wi the spirits,” remarked Jocular Jim, suppose the first thing to do is to I A swarm of bees broke up Dr. Cook’s lecture at Hopkinsville, Ky., and a bee stung him in the neck too! A Kansas woman got 2 divoree, ali- mony and the money, all in 22 min- utes. Reno’d better look to her lau- rels. SIMPLE MIXTURE USED -.IN| BEMIDJI. - ¢ Many in Bemidji are -now using the simple buckthorn bark and gly- cerine mixture known as Adler-i-ka, the new German Appendicitis rem- edy. A SINGLE DOSE relieves con- stipatlon soyr stomach or gas on the stomach almost INSTANTLY. This| simple mixture antisepticizes the di-| gestive organs and draws off the impurities and people are surprised how QUICKLY it helps. E. N, French & Co. will be tastier—it superior to the cheap Baki The baking can be made with more certainty ¢ good Tesults; it will be more uniformly raised—it will be lighter—it materials in Calumet are so perfectly adapted to all baking requirements and then so carefully proportioned that failures are almost impossible. Besides it is more economical than the trust brands—and so far be made. You can bake better with CALUMET One can will prove it—Try and See. He has it or can get it for you. Received Highest Award World’s Pure Food Exposition. If you always use Calumet Baking Powder, because it al- ways gives best results, with any kind of flour. will be more wholesome, because the and big-can kinds that a comoarison cannot ng Powder Ask your grocer. Refuse a substitute. BIT OF A SCOTCH PUZZLE Because Scotch Policeman Is Not Po- liceman on Sunday Leaves Question Unasettled. When is a policeman not a polices man? This is a question that has se. rlously agitated the Scotch players appearing in “Bunty” at the Comedy theater, New York, since they re- ceived a letter from a distinguished resident Scotchman. In the letter he objected to the use of the word “po- liceman” in -“‘Bunty,” and - suggested that “bailiff” or “sheriff” be used in- stead. “Policemen,” he insisted, would never be heard in Scotland. Scotch policemen, in certain com- munities, do not work on the Sabbath. There is no such thing as a Sunday policeman in Scotland, but upon any extraordinary occasion, the Scotch players contend, any self-respecting policeman, if called upon, would do his duty. WIill Jaxone, who plays the part of ii the policeman, insists that, although he has had no personal experience with Scotch policemen, he has had & soclal acquaintance with many ' of them, and that the word “policeman” Is the only description of these men he has ever heard. Also Graham Moffat, the author, has also used the word “policeman” in the actors’ lines. “When we were boys we all had a zood deal to do with a policeman” says George Ingleton, the stage man- Rger. \ However, the point made by the writer of the letter is not settled, be- cause a Scotch policeman is not a po- i iceman on Sunday. THE MAN IN A PINK SHIRT Plays Stiff Game of Poker, Hunts | a Good Deal and Is Familiar | Flgure at Ball Game. 0000600000000 00 0 ¢ LODGEDOM 200000000000 00 0 IR BEMIDJ & A. 0. 7. W Bemidge Lodpe Ne. 277, zular mee! g i ol G londay, al —at_0da Fellows hall, 402 Beltrami Ave. Bemidji Lodge No. 1052, Regular meeting ni~hts— first and third Thursdays, 8 o'clock—at Masonic hall, sBéaltraml Ave., and Fifth C. 0. . second and fourth Sunday ewv , at 8 o'clock in_ basement of Catholic church. ever; BR DEGREE OF mOWOR. Meeting nights __every second and fou: Monday eve!rldnti. at Ol;lt;‘ll Fellows > all, = P. 0. B Regular meeti) ights everyxlut and zné“ W&lm‘ day evening at 8 o'closk. Eagles hall. The telegraphic story of the events which threw the fat into the fire in Mexico and started the war over 8gain, mentions a man in a pink shirt as the one who led the attack on Juarez. Having touched the epark to the powder magazine just as the belligerents were shaking hands for pink shirt passes out of the tele- graphic narrative and out of the his- tory of Mexico. Unless this man in the pink shirt Is an exception, those who live in a country town know him well. pink shirt itself was bought at a racket store for 69 cents. The man plays a stiff poker game, hunts a good deal without reference to the game laws, and is a familiar figure at ball games, country fairs and foot races where betting is tolerated. ‘Wagering money on the outcome of & ball game 18 too slow ‘for him.: He bets on whether tRe next throw of the pitcher will be a ball or a strike; whether the batter misses or breaks his bat; whether the catcher running for a foul gets or fs cut on the barbed wire fence. It is disturbing to know that a man In a pink shirt could overrule the gen- eral of an army and scatter death and destruction as at Juarez; doubly dis- | turbing to belleve that he could | change the destinies of a nation. Continuance I shall continue my Reduction Sale for an indefinite time. have far too much Fine Furniture in stock and warehouse—also to, many stoves. I am badly cramped for room, furthermore I very much need the greatly prefer money to an overstocked store. The orginal Black Figure prices remain on the tickets, also the reduced prices in Red Fig- I shall therefore continue to give the ures. SAME BIG BARGAINS! such as were secured by the many patrons of my successful seven days I still have a large stock of White Rotary and Vibrator Sewing llachines. Former price of the White Rotary $45.00 RED FIGURE Price I still money and therefore opening sale. Paragon sewing machine, $2800, now.................s price $25.00, now $22.00, now................ I All of these Se;ving Machines are GUARANTEED, in every respect and are being sold at Money-Saving Prices. Out-of-town peple and others in need of goods inmy line will certain- ly be much benefited until further notice by making purchases at this store. BARGAIN STORE 405 Beltrami Ave. L it may be air with clothes on*— |lhe dead Ilanguages.”—Browning's Youth’s Companion. i Magasine. . s e R e s L O R A —— — . M. E. IBERTSON’S Goodrich sewing machine, former Ruby sewing machice, former price p $22.50 .$18.50' former price Next Door to Postoffice. | st + G A B ular meetings—First ird Satu after- t 2:30—at Fel- all, 402 Beltramt L O. 0. ¥ Bemidji Lodgo No. 143 m i 102 Beltramy. : Deace and Teformation, the man in‘the | (] RcL &r o. Fé‘cgggp No. 24. meeling every urth esdays st 3 ;fl:!ng 3 :t 0dd Fellws Hall. Rebecca Lodge. Regulmr - ty — . L R The' EXNIGETS OF PEYTIIAS. Bemi Ne. 168. Rezulx:” fiufigfiflflr‘- 5"59&-‘; Esgles’ Hall, ‘Third street. Regular mesting nigi 1adt Welnesday Sveniax _.in each month. MABONIC. A, F. & A. M, Bemidji, 238. Regular nlegtu = flrsst a'm?mk o Wednesdays, 8 o'clock—e Masonic ' Hall, trami Ave., and Fifth St Bemidji Chanter No. 170, R. A. M. 'Stated convocations tirst and third_Moni 3 o'clock p. m.—at Masonic 1 Beltrami Ave., and Fifth St. aulkanah Commandery No. 30 K. T. Stated conclave—seconé d fourth Fridays, 8 o'clock m.—at Masonic Temple, Bel- trami Ave, and TFifth St. 0. E. S. Chapter No. 171. Regular_meeting hts— first and third Fri s, $ o’clock — at Masonic Hall, Beltrami Ave., and Fiftk St. M. B. A. Roosevelt, ~No. 1523. Regular meeting nights every second and fourth Thursday evenings at $ o'clock in Odd Fellows Hall. M. W. A. Bemidji Camp No. 5012. Regular meeting nights — urst and third Tuesdays at o'clock _at Odd Fellows Hall, 402 Beltrami Ave. MODERN SAMARITANS. Regular meeting nights on the first and third Thursdays in the I. O. O. F. Hall at' § p. m. SONS OF HERMAN. Meetings held thir@ Sunday afternoon of each month at Troppman’s Hall. YEOMAKS. Meetings the first Friday evening of the month at the Schmidt, 306 Third street. William C. Kiein INSURANCE Rentals, Bonds, Real Estate |. First Mortgage Loans on City and Farm Bidg. Phone 9. Bemid]ji, Minn. home of Mrs. H. F. " — 1