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[ i | “Honesty Is the Best Polioy.” Not many years ago a young man went from Minneapolls to become the advertising. manager.of ‘a great Chicago paper. After.fifteen years of service in that. capacity, he was ten- dered a banquet last week and atf: that banquet one of the basic causes of his. success ‘was Jaid -bare.-- He told the truth. Belleving that “honesty was tue best' policy,” he went to Chicago when“it was the prevailing custom to solicit advertising by boosting circulation statements “and making all manuer of false claims. This wan told the truth from the start so that. whea ‘his.circulation:fell off- he would teli ofit, the reason:and when 1t would returm: He was'such a suc- céo‘tg‘ntihh buslness ‘associates to- day Jook upon him as a valued friend rather-than.as an sunoying solicitor. ““It peys;to tell the.truth, whether 15" advértising--or: any :other Th on his. competitor and then ~boosts bis own circulation by sending out & large. number; of free and other- wiseunorderd:copies’ does: not: com- mand:the confidence’ or. respect of the business men of his community. He 1a not looked upou as.a trusted friend nor as one of.the strong men of the commumity :but rather:as:a-parasite] ‘which: is.to be-gotten Tid of at the Braf-opportunity, -~ To sell advertising is to sell mer- chandise .and the man.who sells ad- vertising must. comply:with:the rules of “fair :dealing ‘in merchandising. The Ploneer-policy iw the truth tell- ing policy. Its statements of cir- culation are based.on .genuine. circu- lation. -Genuine-circulation is ot a constant amount but something' that varies ‘from time ‘totime ‘according to the sesson and other limiting forces.. The. Ploneer. mailing. lists carry no “dead heads,” and no other berson geta acpaper-unless he: has pald for it or'is receiving it for a cerfain performed service. The Pion- eer expecta to. be. In businesa -for wany: years-and is.not working:for tgday: but for-the tomortows: that are, to ‘come, - - 3 ———— Consclidated Schools. The movement for consolidating #ckooly.is one- which-does not-appear. to “be. thoroughly <understood by the average: citizen. “It is the plan of the atate ‘to have certain adjacent school districts. combine, put up a bullding-:in. s convenient -place and then by means of busses-bring in the children: who have to'come long dis- tances. . A consolidated district must con- tain ‘at least eighteen sections and must maintain at least-a two room school which meets certain require- menta as to heat, ventilation, sanita- tlon, . ete. be a-modern bullding. To a district whick will build .and .equip .a two room ‘building, the state will give $760 per' year as aid; to a district which will build and maintain a four room or larger building, the staf will ‘give .$1,600. as aid. . In return for this aid, the state Tequires that the district furnish the school children free transporta- tion to and from the school.: -This is usually done by busses which are canvag covered and heated In the winter. In some districts the chil- dren.are brought in from distances of from one to ten miles;each day. The driye is usually made by a man at the far end of the route-sud the erage pay is $400 per year. One bus will ususlly accommodate a.tour ro0mbuildiag. .. i The difference. between :the. cost of the transportation and the state aid’ goea 10 the schoal funds to be.used in. the . sstdblishment ~of - iudustrial “|by the fact that once a school dis- In a few words—it must || courses such as agriculture, domes- tic selence and: manual training. By combining, the distriets are also en- dbled to save on teacher hire and so abtain a more efficient class of teach- ers by being able to pay them higher| salaries. The big advantage is that it gives a system of" graded. schools nd the benefita of such a system, Beltrami county now has six con- solidated school districts—more than any other county in the state—and Blackduck needs but two more sec- tions In: the district before it too will be a consolidated school. That the new system is best ia attested to trict consolidates, it never goes back to the old way. Fortunately for this county, W. B. Stewart has been re-elected superintendent of schools apd the next two years will probably see a marked increase in the number of consolidated districts. | g i i i i B tti'*iit?it'ii éfi- 2232328232438 %4 E} [ i ¥ 3 i ARAR AR ARR AN TR AN ¥ Bemidyy, - Miam g EERE IR KRR ERR AR RN R RS NS | RRRAEARARA AR x ® L TS S * 42 4 +3 * * 3 * 3 a1 * % * % * ¥ * 3 o 4 * 13 * * ¥ 3 £ ! £ g KAERRE KAk A Ak kAR hhih HhAIRD NS 1322202222222 %] QThere’s no false modesty about this want ad page. g No legitimate propo- sition need- hesitate to launch- forth to find a your name or address: This office receives and holds replies for yow | eeeccscssssss * WHOLBSALE. * . Q! Rd esvesscsssses s 23222224 242 ¢ 24 (2233282222282 3 * * * * * * * * * * * % * * * * ARRARRARER AR ARRRNER AN T A AR AhRAAE HRRRRRRE RS AR ARN . bdd Aohodotind Virtue In 8llence. - * Bilence s One great art of converss- tlon. 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