Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 28, 1912, Page 1

H{stoflal Soclety, ! ® . e i ar——— | MINNESOTA SOCIETY. VOLUME 10. NUMBER 131. DOES ADVERTISING IN BEMIDJI PAY? Read the Statements of Users of Space in The Pioneer When Asked if They " Are Satisfied With the Returns on Their Money When So Spent- . LEADING MERCHANTS OF THIS CITY AGREE IT DOES t H That advertising in the Pioneer brings results that are satisfactory to the advertiser, and that the bargains offered by the merchants of Bemidji in most instances are unusually good, and the kind that cannot be equal- led anywhere in this section of the country, is self evident, as the expres- sions of some of the best and most up-to-date: merchants in the state will prove. Bemidji citizens can pride themselves of this fact, that they have, serving their wants, a set of merchants who rank among the foremost in the entire northwest. }w A fact, that is also gaining considerable headway is that the readers of newspapers are learning to read the advertisements. So many of the Pio- neer readers have profited by reading the special offers made through its columns by the local merchants, that it is now a habit with them to read store news. A comparison between two families of equal size has proved that the purchases made of goods advertised in the Pioneer netted a saving of more than $100 over purchases made at random. This for a period of six months. Every merchant who advertises invariably has something to of- fer at a saving over the regular price. If more people would read these special offers and take advaniage of them the cost of living could be great- 1y reduced. 9 It Pays To Advertise. The Pioneer has not met a single Bemidji merchant who has said that advertising in the Pioneer does not pay. They have all profited by the use of its columns. They are all convinced that space properly used, back- ed by merchandise of the right sort, courteous treatment and prompt ser- vice, will result in satisfactory sales and hundreds of satisfied customers. The merchants also know that if the general public would take advantage of every opportunity as it is advertised, there would be little use to ook to | the mail order houses for bargains. Readers of this paper will find no bar- gains in foreign cities that will equal those that are offered through the columns of the Pioneer by our merchants. Get the habit. Watch and see. What Merchants Say. e In response to the questions, “Does Pioneer advertising pay?” or “Do you or have you received good results through advertising in the Pioneer?” the following merchants have made various declarations, some them with much enthusiasm, while others have told of results that are even startling. T. J. Crane and company: “We have had big results through advertising in the Pioneer. Peo- ple have learned to look for our ads, because the;‘r contain many prof- itable suggestions in womens’ and childrens’ wearing apparel. Through these ads they keep posted on the latest styles. We know it pays.” Carlson Variety store: “Yes, it surely does pay to use advertising space in the Pioneer,” said Mr. Carlson. “When I opened this store, there was little if any business along this block, and I want to credit present conditions, which are extremely satisfactory, to advertising. T am a firm believer in it.” | Schneider Brothers company: Charles Cominsky, secretary and manager of this big clothing store, had this to say: “Pioneer ads get results. Constant and persistent use of space has built up this business, and we are not thinking of letting up in telling the people of this community about our merchan- dise either. The ad in Thursday’s Pioneer has caused many inquiries and sales of our new fall merchandise.” Palmer’s Hardware store: When asked, does Pioneer advertising pay, Mrs. A. B. Palmer quick- Iy replied, “Indeed, our Tar Paper, as published each week in the Pio- neer, gets the people. Our customers look for it each week. We missed one week’s issue and have had a large number of inquiries as to why it did not appear. We will not miss an issue again.” O’Leary-Bowser company: : Said Mr. Bowser: “Yes, we have received many good results through advertisements in the Pioneer. We are satisfied. We profit' by it as well as do our customers.” George T. Baker & company: “Sure it pays to advertise in the Pigneer, when it's done right. I commenced advertising in the Pioneer eight years ago, and credit the Drosperous condition of the George T. Baker and company jewelry bus- iness to advertising.” K H. A. Plate, formerly with the Bazaar store: “I know it pays to use space in the Pioneer. When I placed 2 dou- ble page ad in the Pioneer during August, it brought more business in one week than was done during the entire previous month.” Megroth’s Variety store: “Yes, advertising space used in the Pioneer ‘has proved profitable for me. When our store was opened we advertised the opening through the columns of the Pioneer and the result was satisfactory. We were unable to properly care for the crowd.” Gill Brothers: : David Gill, of Gill Brothers on Third street, said: “I am a firm be- liever in advertising. Our store has derived much benefit through ads inserted in the Pioneer. We are constant users of space and believe that it pays.” The Bazaar stor: . “Advertising in the Pioneer has proved to us a paying proposition. Many have become regular customers by first having taken advantage of our bargains as advertised in the Pioneer.” Given Hardware company: R. L. Given, of this firm, when asked, “Has advertising through the Pioneer brought you results?” replied: “I should say so, many times. We have derived big results through many of our special offers, Wwhich were advertised through the Pioneer.” Troppman Department store: “We always get big returns through Pioneer ads, when we offer special bargains. Last week we used a small space in the Pioneer and did a good business as a result, although the day was wet. Friday" morning, at the opening of our fall showing, we disposed of more than 3,000 yards of print, during the first three hours. The Pioneer ad cleaned us all up on this special. We know that it pays.” Mrs. L. L. Berman, of the Berman Emporium, was not in the city when called upon, as was the case in other instances, but through expressions from these merchants who have not been quoted and who are liberal ad- vertisers it has been learned from time to time that the above statements voice their sentiments. The Pioneer is particularly anxious that all its readers make it a point, to read the store news of the home merchants, because it will not only tend to reduce the cost of living, but it will keep them posted on what up to date merchandise is being placed at their disposal, , Bemidji merchants are always first in line to secure the new ideas and Bemidji people get the ben- fit as quickly as do those in the larger cities. $35,000 DAMAGE CASE. ! Faltin Bertram is suing the Bemid- ji Brewing company for $35.000 in district court today. Mr. Bertram lost an eye last summer when a bot- tle exploded in the company’s plant. Attorneys say that there are several state cases on record where juries have awarded $18,000 and $20,000 as damages for loss of an eye. ~ NEW TIME TABLE. On and after Sunday, October 6, the M. & 1. road will put its winter schedule into: effect. The Sunday night [train to the twin cities will run tomorrow ' night for the Jast time this year. There are no changes in the time at which trains will arrive and depart from Bemidji on week daya, 3 RESCUE CREW OF STEAMER Marquette, Mich., Sept. 28.—Capt. Henry Richardson and his crew of sixteen, narrowly escaped death yes- terday when the steamer Culligan sank in Lake Superior, twenty miles west of Grand Island. The sailors were tossed about for several hours in small boats until rescued by the fishing tug Columbia. The Culligan, laden with ore was thirty miles from the shore when the boat sprang a leak and began to go down by the head. For several hours the crew worked desperately at the pumps, but the rough sea and the car- go were too much to overcome. All those abroad took to two small boats and got away from the sinking ves- sel. The waves were so high that the gailors had difficulty in Kkeeping afloat. Wind drove the water over the shipwrecked men almost con- stantly. An attempt was made to row toward Grand lIsland, but no headway could be made. After the men had become exhaust- ed the fishing tug Columbia came up and took all aboard. The Columbia stood by until the ore ship sank. E. T. YOUNG MAY SUCCEED BROWN E. T. Young, defeated candidate at the Republican primaries for gov- ernor, may be appointed associate Justice of the Supreme Court as suc- cessor to C. L. Brown, who is out for the chief justice place on the bench. The nomination of C. L. Brown for chief justice is being-openly advocat- ed by Young’s partners, O’Brien and Stone. It is also reported that L. C. Spooner is out with a Brown petition, but it is not known whether he has been promised a judgeship or Ring- dahl’s position on the state board of control. COAL FAMINE HERE St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 28.—That the country districts throughout the northwest are facing one of the most serious coal famines in years, is the condition according to reports now being received. A sixty per cent shortage at the coal docks of Duluth and Superior is reported. On top of this calamity comes the report that the car shortage in the east is near- lyexhaustedeon account of the report of bumper crops in the west. All available cars have been sent west to handle the crops and as they have been delayed on account of the re- cent rains conjested freight traffic is the prediction. REID COMING HOME London, Sept. 28.—Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador, and Mrs. Reid sailed today for New York. The ambassador expects to remain in the United States until after the nation- al election in November. Redmond to Speak in New York. New York, Sept. 28.—What is planned to be the.biggest demonstra- tion for Irish Home Rule ever held in New York will take place in Car- negie Hall tomorrow evening. Rep- resentatives of every creed and polit- ical faith have been 'invited to take part. Supreme Court Judge Martin J. Keough will preside and the prin- cipal speaker will be William H. K. Redmond, M. P., brother -of John Redmond, the Irish leader. o o NTICIPATION (Copyright) REALIZATION GIRL KILLED BY A FALL University \Stenographer’l Body Was Found this Morning at Bottom of Elevator Shaft. NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT (By United Press), Minneapolis, Sept. 28.—The mys- terious disappearance of Miss Ruth Birns, of 1521 Sixth 3treet, Minne- apolis, was solved this morning when the girl’s dead body was found at the bottom of an elevator shaft in the Pathological building. Miss Burns was eighteen years old and a stenographer for the state board of health which has offices in this building. She was missed yes- terday afternoon but other employes thought that she had gone home. When she was missed at her home, a search was started with the result that the body was found this morn- ing. The elevator is operated by elec- tricity and has no operator, it being necessary only to press a button when the elevator will be brought to the floor desired. The door to the shaft opens automatically when the eleva- tor is there. It is believed that the door opened and she stepped into the shaft without noticing that the ele- vator had not yet arrived. Failure of the elevator to work properly was known to the Univer- sity officials as it is said that two others had narrow escapes from sim- ilar deaths. FOR A CLEANER CHICAGO Chicago, Ill., Sept. 28.—In militant protest against vice and lawlessness, 20,000 men and women members of church organizations, social settle- ments, reform organizations and be- nevolent associations marched through the downtown streets today in Chicago’s second great civic wel- fare parade. The purpose of the dem- onstration was to exhibit to the gen- eral public the forces and agencies working for a clean Chicago. and thereby arouse an added interest in the. great crusade that has been un- dertaken to rid the.city of lawless- ness and all immoral forces. Brig Gen. Ramsey D. Potts, commanding the central division, U. C. A., rode at the head of the procession. 3 WASHINGTON NEWS _ (By United Press). PLAN MONSTER BATTLESHIP. Washington, Sept. 28.—The bat- tleship Pennsylvania, the one battle- ship authorized in the recent naval appropriation bill, will not only be the most heavily armored and armed battleship but the fleetest vessel of her class in the world. According to plans already decided wpon by the navy department, a spec- ifications for the new terror of the seas will probably call for .a maxi- mum. speed of perhaps twenty-five knots per hour, secured by an in- crease in length and draft over those dreadnoughts now building. This increasewill give additional room for machinery, greater engine efficiency, and thus greater-speed. The new vessel will be €30 feet in length, fifty-five feet longer than the Oklahoma and Arizona, just now the largest ships, in process of building. Although speed will be an essen- tial in the new battleship, the navy department does not intend to sacri- fice armor for speed. The Pennsyl- vania will be protected by plates of steel of the same thickness as that on the Oklahoma and Arizona, and in addition a sixteen inch plate will extend over a larger portion of the hull and give greater protection un- der the water line. The Pennsylvania will have a beam of 95 feet, 2 5-8 inches. The navy department does.not think it wise to make this any bigger, in view of the fact that the Panama Canal locks will only accommodate vessels of 110 feet beam. Some idea of the size of the new dreadnought -may be gained by the fact that there are now only three drydocks .in existence which would accommodate her—the navy docks at New York, Norfolk and Puget Sound. The Pearl Harbor dock, at Honolu- lu, now building, will easily hold the new fighter. NEW PHRASE IS COINED. Washington, Sept. 28.—Army of- ficers are getting a good deal of amusement out of an interchange of telegrams, copies of which have been brought here by a newly detailed of- ficer. They furnish a new chapter to that famous report: “Off again, on again, gone again, Finnegan.” It seems that a depot quartermas- ter wired a superior officer that a certain teamster, Brown, would quit tomorrow, and asking if he should hire a good man in his place. The reply was: (Continued on last page.) FOSSTON HERE FOR GAME Team Arrived this Noon Over the Great Northern and Went to Hotel for Dinner. {GAME STARTS AT 3:15 P. M. Read the Pioneer bulletin board tonight for scores on all big games. Bemidji rooters will have their first chance of the season to attend 4| football game when Fosston and Be- midji will play at the fair grounds at 3:15 this afternoon. The field was marked off early this morning and is in fair shape for a game. The Bemidji boys were given a light practice by Coach Carson last evening spending the hour mainly in running through signals. At the end of the practice the'coach called his men together and gave them some pointers’ on training for the game. The bojs were sent off the field by 4:30. | Invitations were issued last night for a football dance to be held in the city hall this evening. The Fosston team will not be able to attend the dance. Dancing will start at 9 p. m. In case the farmer’s picnic is not over by the time the game is started it is probable that another referee will be obtained until Mr. Nelson can arrive on the grounds. Mayne Stan- ton will umpire and Harold Dane will be lineman. CASE GOES TO THE JURY. The case of W. M. Vail against the Blackduck Cooperage company went to the jury this morning. Vail sued the cooperage company for $1,000 which he claims that the company owes him for some logs. The amount was: in dispute. Ready for Irrigation Congre Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 28.— Every detail in connection with the program and arrangements for the twentieth annual meeting of the Na- tional Irrigation Congress in this city was completed today. The gath- ering will be called to order Monday morning by President Francis G. Newlands and the sessions will con- tinue until Friday. The large num- ber of delegates already arrived in the city indicates that the attendance is likely to surpass that at any of the previous meetings of the organiza- tions RAIN SPOILS THE FARMERS’ PICNIC Cuts Attendance and Keeps Orowd Indoors But Does Not Dampen Any Enthusiasm, EBERHART HERE FOR SPEECH Arrived in City Early This Morning and Spent Forenoon Looking at Crop Exhibits, MEETING HELD IN HIGH SCHOOL Addresses Made in the Auditorium While Lunch Was Served in the Gymnasium, Rain spoiled the farmers’ picnie at the school farm this morning but did not dampen the ardor of those who did come in. The meetings were held in the high school auditorium and lunch was served in the gymnasium. Governor Eberhart arrived in the city this morning and after breakfast met Earl Barker, W. P. Dye‘r, A G. Wedge, T. J. Burke, J. E. Dade, of Blackduck, Emil Denu, E. A. Nelson and Superintendent McGuire and the party was taken out to the Schroeder and Cassler farms in the Barker and Wedge machines. They came back about 11 a. m., and then went to the high school. While down town, the governor was taken in to some of the land of- fices to see the specimen of Beltrami crops which are being shown. He ex- pressed himself as being surprised at their excellence, especially in the grains and garden products. W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation, arrived in the city early this morning to attend the picnic and also the meeting of the Beltrami County Development association which is being held today in connec- tion with the picnic. . Only those farmers who arrived early this morning were able to get out to the school farm and the oth- ers had to be content to postpone their vigit. After dinner, the gover- nor, J. E. Dade, Professor Dyer, Su- perintendent McGuire and A. E. Nel- son made addresses. NEW LORD MAYOR London, Sept. 28.—In a manner both dignified and picturesque, and closely in accord with ancient tradi- tions and precedents, Sir David Bur- nett; senior member of the Board of Aldermen, was today elected Lord Mayor of London for the term of one year, beginning with November 9. For Londoners this annually repeat- ed ‘quaint but never varying cere-- mony has lost much of the charm of novelty; some of the younger folk are even inclined to poke fun at it in a mild and inoffensive way; but to strangers visiting London the cere- monies accompanying the election of a new Lord Mayor are invariably in- teresting and even fascinating. Among the throngs in the vicinity of Guild Hall during the election cere- monies were many Americans. 3 The interest of the day had its cen- ter in the Guild Hall, where the elec- tion took place. Outside the historic building a barrier had been erected, with a score or more of gates, in- scribed with the names of the various guilds or “City Companies” In ac- cordance with an ancient custom sweet herbs were strewn outside of the gates, “to preserve the civic dig- nitaries fro mthe fevers of the crowds.” SCOOP erorter [Labies -our PaPER 15 TAKING A STRAW VOTE - WHAT ARE. YOUR VIEWS 0N THE VARIOUS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES?, g S0 YALL aND STATEL( anD Nor Too Far! The Long And Short Of It NICE PLUMP. BILL TAFT~-T cANT {STORICAL