Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 20, 1912, Page 2

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ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAT- TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- MIDJI, MINN.,, UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 8, 1879, opn except Sun- oneer Publishing “THIS DATE IN HISTORY” March 20 1776—American army entered Boston, after the evacuation of the city by the British. 1790—John Tyler, tenth president of the U. 8., born in Greenway, Va. Died in Richmond, Jan. 17, 1862. 1798—The French proclaimed the Roman republic. 1807—Alexandria, Egypt, by the British under Fraser. 1823—Sir George Beckwith, a uoted English general in the Ameri- can Revolution, died. Born in 1753. 1828—Prince Frederick Charles, German commander in the Franco- Prussian war, born. Died June 15, 1885. 1852—“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in book form. 1860—Track-laying of first rail- road in Kansas begun on the Elwood and Marysville railroad. 1865—Sherman’s raid in south- western Virginia commenced. 1894—Louis Kossuth, Hungarlan patriot, died. 1802, taken famous Sept. 16, “THIS IS MY 55TH BIRTHDAY.” Senator Shively Benjamin P. Shively, Uniteq States senator from Indiana, was born in St. Joseph county, Indiana, March | 20, 1857. His early experiences were those of the average farm boy until as a youth he entered the In- diana’ Normal School. After being graduated from that institution he taught school from 1875 to 1880. Then he settled in South Bend, where he conducted a newspaper and took an active interest in politics. At the age of twenty-seven he was elected to. Congress by the Democrats, and was the youngest member of the House when he took his seat. After serving one term he retired to take up the study of law. Immediately after completing the law course at the University of Michigan Mr. Shively again was elected to Con- gress and served three successive terms. In 1892 he resumed the practice of law in South Bend. In 1909 he was called from his retire- ment by the Democratic party of his State and was elected to the United States senate. Congratulations to: Charles W. Eliot, president emeri- tus of Harvard University, 78 years old today. Rev. Dr. David H. Greer, Episcapal bishop of New York city, 68 years olq today. ~ John Franklin = Fort, governor of New Jersey, 60 today. Winslow Warren, president-gener- al of the society of the Cincinnati and great-grandson of Gen. James Warren, 74 years old today. _————; The Teddy Mistake. A report from the east states that Frank A. Munsey, onme of Colonel Roosevelt’s most ardent-admirers, be- lieves that Teddy entered the race too late to secure the momination. Mr. Munsey is probably right about Roosevelt not securing the nomina- tion but the cause he ascribes is not the real one. Theodore Roosevelt was without a doubt. the: most popular man in the country the weeks preceding his an- nouncement that he would become a candidate for the nomination. Even while he was known to be consider- ing the proposition = the country watched with bateq breath, hoping against hope that he would not take former years old for ‘his honesty, fearlessness m_nd love of the “square deal” and his admir- ers hated to see him in a position where It could be charged that he was not living up to his former state- ments, _Following the annoypncement of his candidacy, the position of his friends was.peculiar. They would like to see him win for a man .of his virlle personality is needed in the ‘White House. But at the same time they could not relish the idea of hav- ing a man fill the highest office in the land after he had expressly stat- éd on geveral different occasions that under mo circumstances would he xiga.ln be.a candidate. It also rankled to think that he would “double-cross’ his old friend, La Follette. - Even then he might have retained his popularity had he allowed his triends to make a campaign for his nomination, His mistake came when he entereq the_field personally and thereby proved conclusively that it was personal desire for the nomina- tion and not - desire to please his friends that led him to announce his candidacy. Mr. Munsey is mistaken. Roose- velt dig not too late. He should not have entered at all, or en- tering should have taken no part in the campaign. La Follette is the can- didate of the Progressives and after once giving La Follette his unquali- fled support it was like a Brutus stab for Roosevelt to come out against him in order to gratify personal de- sire. Many supported Roosevelt when in office and admire him' now, but believe that he has made a more serious mistake than he at present realizes. Mr. Munsey is beginning to see it too, but his analysis of enter cause is in error GREEN-MANURE 1S VALUABLE Increases Fertility and Water-Holding Capacity and Brings Plant Food to Surface. It is a well-established fact that the solls of the arid regions are as a rule deficlent in organic matter. This de- ficlency may be overcome to a certain extent by any of the three common methods of adding organic matter to the soll, which are as follows: (a) By green manures and crop residues; (b) by accumulating In’ pasturing; (¢) b¥ |” applications of farm manures. Of the methods mentioned, the first s the most Important and least prac- ticed. It conslsts mainly in the grow- ing of a crop which is plowed under while it is green and succulent as it decomposes most readily - at that stage. Leguminous orops, such as alfalfa, clover, fleld peas and vetches, usually recommended for green ma- nures. They have the special power of obtalning their nitrogen from the air through the agency of bacteria 11 hablting the tubercules on the roots. The characteristic advantages of green manures to the soll are as fol- lows: 1. Tncreases its fertility by the large amount of organic matter which 1t acquires. 2. Increases its water-holding ce- pacity. 3. Utilizes soluble plant food that would otherwise escape from the sofl. 4. Brings plant food from the low- er soll to the surface sofl. GOOD BREEDING BIRDS HIGH Eggs From Fowls May Be Secured at Quite Reason; Figures at Season When Most Needed. Good breeding birds in the spring of the year are scarce and hard to get. Such as have been kept through the winter being held at a high price and frequently can not be bought at all. It is certain that birds which have been selected and mated up for the use of the owner will not be read- {ly disposed of at such prices as would make them a profltable invest- ment for the buyer. Though egge from these birds may be boughit at quite reasonable figures, and the buy- er will thus be enabled to secure the best of stock at. a season when most needed and at prices which will per- mit of their profitable use.” AHalfa Leaves Rich. Alfalfa leaves are richer in body pnd egg-making material than ofl meal. Alfalfa is palatable; it keeps the bowels in just the right ocondf- tion for promoting good digestion and health. It is rich in both protein and mineral matter, the two essential ma- terials for growth and for eggs. Dry Farm Idi The dry farming ide: molsture conservation, sound. RESTORE GRAY HAIR s bullt on and it is TO NATURAL COLOR By Common Garden Sage a Simple Remedy for Dandruff, Falling, Faded Gray Hair. The old idea of using.Sage for darkening the hair is again coming in vogue. Our grandfathers had dark, glossy hair at seventy-five, while our mothers are gray before they are fifty. Our grandmothers kept their hair soft and glossy with a “Sage Tea,” which also restored the natur- al color. 3 One objection to using such a prep- aration was the trouble of making it. This objection has been overcome by the Wyeth Chemical Company of New York, who has placed on.the market a superior prepartion of Sage, combined with Sulphur and other valuable remedies for dandruff, itch- ing scalp, and thin, weak, falling hair. The beauty of the hair depends more on its rich, even stiading than anything else. Dont’ have dry, harsh faded hair, when a simple, harmless remedy will bring back the color in a few days; and don’t be tormented with dandruft, itching scalp and loose falling hairs, Wyeth’s Sage and Sul- phur Hair Remedy will quickly cor- rect these troubles, and give color, strength and beauty to your hair, Get a fifty cent bottle from your| druggist today, and prove this to your own satisfaction. All druggists sell it, under guarantee that the money will be refunded if the remedy {8 not exactly as represented. are |} Home Course In - Road IMaking I1L.—Method of Financing Improved Roads. By LOGAN:WALLER PAGE, Director Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture. Copyright by American Press Asso- clation, 1912, T ig a matter of sound business policy to require that all road taxes be paid in cash. In-the past the collection of labor for road building has been compulsory and the collection of money voluntary, but experience has shown that this system must be reversed. A tax which is levied for the purpose of developing resources hitherto undeveloped, which development would add to the people’s wealth, cannot be considered a burden in any respect. It is an investment. As to the methods of raising money for road building purposes, there are two systems which have been employ- ed in different parfs of the country, both with considerabfe success, One plan may be called the “pay as you go" system. Under this plan a small an- nual tax Is levied, the proceeds of which may be used partly for the pur- chase of equipmént and partly for ac- tual work on the roads. This tax may be increased slightly at intervals, but 'WORKING OUT THE TAX. 1t continues to be pald as an annual tax, the proceeds of which are an- nually expended for road building pur- poses. This system has certain ad- vantages, for example, in connection with this expenditure of the annual tax. While only a limited amount of work can be done each year, there is no opportunity for wasting large sums. The people of the county gradually adapt themselves to the changed con- ditions, and the persons placed in charge of the road work have an op- portunity of becoming efficlent by their own experience before they come to handle larger sums of money, and an- other thing which has considerable weight with a large class of people is that the county is kept out of debt. Another advantage of this system is that when a county has a large taxable wealth a small annual levy will yleld as large a sum as can be wisely ex- pended. The more enlightened and the more commerclal a people are the larger Is the application of the credit system in their :business.. In the “early settle- ment of this country the money for development and business enterprises was borrowed from- Europe. = Grad- ually the eastern-states Increased in wealth to such an extent that they not only paid their European debts, but had money to loan for the up- building of their sister states in the west. At the present time some of the western states are joinlng with'| those in the east In lending money to Europe. During the past 100 years on the system of “going Into debt for public improvements” this country has risen from a small dependent nn- tion to the head of the list. The disadvantages of the ‘‘pay as you go” system are that the work of road building proceeds too slowly. In .|a county which has 500 miles of road, 100 miles of which should be consid- ered Its main thoroughfares, If It raises a tax sufficlent to bulld five miles of good road each year twenty. years will be required to improve the 100 miles, and many of the citizens of the county would continue to pay taxes for years before they would re- celve any benefit therefrom. The system of ralsing money for road building by issuing bonds is gen- erally unpopular, because people dread the idea of debt. The great advantage'in-the system of borrowing money for road bullding is that by securing the larger sums of money for immediate expenditure the work can be pushed ruore rapldly, and the roads which would otherwise: re- quire twenty OF thirty years for their {mprovement can, under this system. be finished In four or five years. The people of the county begin to recelve benefits from the work more quickly, and the benefits’ are sufficlently greal to enable them to pay the Interest on: the borrowed money and to provide a. sinking fund to:.pay back that money | with more. ease than they could pay the annual taxes in advance or the. completion-of the road. Under the “pay as you go’ plan the the next generation gets the benefit of them. Under the bond ‘issue policy both the present and the future genera- tions recelve the benefits and both help to pay for them. 1t may be argued that the system of porrowing money for road building is more expensive for the reason that the money. borrowed must-be paid back as well as the fnterest thereon, which at B per cent in twenty years will amount. to as much ag the principal, and there: present generation builds the roads and | @ 1o sand dollars placed in the bank at. com- pound interest 1 lufllelsnb for a l!nk- ing fund. The above objection woufd ina meas- ure apply to anyisimilar transaction in the business world, and yet today 90 per’cent of all the business of the clvilized-world is done‘on a credit ba- sls. If nations, states, counties and fn- dividuals had listened to this argu- ment this country of ours would today be almost developed as the continent of Africa. ‘When a community is bullding pub-|- lle roads for the use of-its:people-all of the money borrowed for this pur- pose s placed in circulation among the people. They use it in thelr business transactions; they make it earn an in. terest often worth far more to them than the interest which the county pays for the sum. 'In.other words, the county has the roads and:the money which has been spent upon them. The whole structure of our indus- trial_and governmental fabric rests upon the mechanism. of credit. The amount of legal-tender actually in cir- culation in the United States in 1910 was _only $34.62 per capita.and wonld be pitifully inadequate to: meet the demands of business if all.transactions were conducted on a cagh basis.: ‘Thef: building of our great railroads, the| financing of our-war of independence and subsequent conflicts have ‘been | conducted through the powerful agen- cy of credit. Our entire banking sys: tem, involving $1,853,834,000, rests up- on the foundation stone of credit. Would it be wise to advise a thrifty young farmer to refrain from buying a| . farm bécause he had not theentire purchase price in cash? Would it have ever been possible for the vast do- mains of the early landed proprietors to be divided up into, small farms if the practice of partial payments had not been introduced? 1t is evident that the construction of a large mileage of improved roads at one time would result in a lower cost per mile than if the ronds were built 2 mile or so at a time, a8 the-contrac- tors having large plants and the quar- rles furnishing large quantities of ma- terial could utilize their equipment and material at less relative expense than on small jobs. ‘Because improved roads benefit all interests in the country all interests should help to pay for them. A coun- ty bond issue usually levies the cost upon the town property as well as the country property and thus relieves the farmer of part of the burden which | he now bears under the old district or | township system. In nearly every county in the United States which op- erates under the “pay as you go™ plan | the country property alone bears the . entire ¢ost of road building. | A Dond issue is not an unjust bur- den on posterity, because through the increase in the value of land and the development of agricultural resources posterity is benefited. 'Therefore the son who inherits the wealth thus pro- duced- by the preceding generation should certainly, help to pay the ‘eost of the factors which are instrumental in bringing about this wealth. . Suld now at G. Rood " :E. F. Netzer .-McGuaig No -Alum To have pure and-wholesome food, be sure that your baking spowder is made.from cream of tartar and not from-alum. The. Label will gulde you .- pawder made from'Royal " Grape Cream of Tartar No Lime Phosphates only baking The dncredse in farm values s the result of road improvement is so great that the tax rate is frequently lower than before the issuance of bonds. To | substantiate thig_point the following | BUILDING ROADS UNDER A OASH SYSTEM ) OF TAXATION. extract is taken from a letter written by Hon. John L. Young, county judge of Dallas county, Tex., on June 21, 1911: There is one very important item in connection with tiis county that I would call your attention to, and that is the re- ean be raised by i bonds and thns borrow money in I or, rather, since the building of xood roads in‘this county. ‘The-value of prop- erty has increased 10 such an extent that the rate has becn reduced from §2 cents in 1906 to 62 cents in ‘1910, or taxes of 32 per cent. issued bonds in the sium of 31 meantime. There is one thing certain. is that we mnst have money for ! butldtng and that this money must be raised by taxation Wheth adopt the “pay as you go” policy and build the roads only as fast as the money taxation or issue quantities-and build the roads now is a_question for each state. county or township to decide for itself. In mak- fng this decision that method should be adopted which will give the quick- est and best results with {he least bur den upon the individual taxpayer. Tubbs ‘Bilious Man’s Friend. Tubbs White Liniment. . Tubbs White Pine Cough Cure. If you know them, you. know the good they. do. We haven’t seen any- thing to beat them, have you? The first to start your system working right, the second for sore throat and cold on the lungs and the third to stop your cough and relieve the ir- ritation of the throat. A seasonable duction_of taxes for the past five v 1f you knew just where ‘you could buy the 5 : home protection. ;x)ru would“do-it- without much 5 are:»l_umg made - coaxing——wouldnt you? .with every first class “dealer to sell (The bestinickel pencil i 7 060, Ji ,mh’s I}lgar Stnro Roo & Markusen Bamldn Pionaer T ‘Retailer—will ireceive mmedmte, (more or less) by calli bee: d’;& dv Oifice Suppl he Bemul' L in:the world) | Barker's Drug and Jewslry Smre slupmgnt in 'rou lots Ananumenu have ¢ ' LODGEDOM IN BEMIDJI. ¢ 200600000 P0000 0 mmmhx:n Lodge No: 1062. first and mmm 8 o'clock—at Masonic hall,- Boltrlml Ave, and’” Fifth L o 3 C O % every second and fourth Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock in basement of Catholic church. Meeting nights - overy second and fourth Monday ]eivelll\lnE!. at 0dd Fellows a r.0 B Regular meeting nights every 1st and 2nd Wednes- day evening at 8 o'clock. T Eagles hall. G AR Regular meetings—First and third Saturdsy. after- noons, at 2:30—at 0dd Fel- lows Halls, 402 Beltrami Ave. - 10,0 7 Bemidji Lodge No. 110 Regular meeting night —every Friday, 8 o'clock at Odd Fellows = Hall, 402 Beltrami. 4 1 0.0, T. Camp -No. 34 Regular meeting every second eand fourth Wednesdays at 8 o'clock at Odd Fellows Hall. " oo 4 = Rebecca’ + Lodge. * Regular meeting nights -— first-wnd third Wedneaday at 8o'clock. —I1. 0. O. F."Hall. Bemidji' Lodge ‘No. 168. Regular meeting: ‘nights—ex- ery Tuesday -evening- at: 8 o'clock—at the Eagles'. Hall, Third street. Regular meeting night last Wednesday evening in each month. MASONIC. A. F. & A. M., Bomidjl 285 regniar * maos nights — first and ‘third Wednesdays, 8 o'clock—at Masonic Hall, Beltrami Ave., and Fifth St. Bemidji ‘Chapter’ No. 10, R. A. M. - Stated convooations —first and third. Mondays; 8 oclock p. “m. ki —at Masonic Hall Zeltrami Ave., and*Fifth street. Elkanah Commandery No. 30 K. T. Stated conclave—second and fourth Fridays, 8.o'clock p. m.—at Masonic Temple, Bél- trami_Ave., and Fifth St. 0. £. S. Chapter No: 171, Regular- meeting nights— first and third Frideys, 8 o'clock — at Masonic Hall, Beltrami Ave.; and: Fifth @ M. B.A. Roosevelt, ~ No. 11528. Regular meeting , nights Thursday evenings at 8 -~ o'clock in 0Odd “Fellows Hall. W. A Camp No. 5012, meeting nights — Bemidji 8 o'clock at Odd :Fellows Hall, 402 Beltrami Ave. HMODERN SAMARITANWS. Regular meeting nights on the first and third Thursdsys in-the L O. O. F. Halk.at 8 p. m. SONS OF HERMAN. Meetings held ' third Sunday afternoon of ‘each .month ' at Troppman's Hall. $ Meetings the-first; Friday evening of _the . month at the home of' Mrs. H. F. Schmidt, 306 Third: street. TRY A WANT AD R. F- “URPIIIV FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Fmt Mnfigaqelmna on City: aml Farm_ 2000000000000 909 E | —— s i i f { o~ b ] 1.