Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 31, 1912, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAT- TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- MIDJI, MINN.,, UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3 1879, In the City“of Bemidji the papers are elivered by car a cafrier. Where the deliv- ery {a {rregulan please make immediate this office. Telephone 31. Out -of -t shbscribers will confer a favor if ‘they will report when they do oot get their évers- promptly. fi subscéiber to the Dully Pioneer will. recelve notice about ten days be- fore s TG, expires, £iving him an opportunity to make an advance: pay- ment before the paper is finally stopped. - Subscription Rat One month by carrier. One year, by carrier. Three months,. postage paid. Bix months, postage pald. One year, .postage pald. ' 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. Published ‘every afternoon except Sun- day by the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Company. ®. x. cansox. E. H. DENU. HAROLD J. DANE, Editor. Happy New Year. The Pioneer wishes its readers a slappy New Year. May you hear op- portunity when she raps on the door and may the coming twelve months be the best ever. There will be no edition of the Pioneer Wednesday. . Do You Get Your Paper? Unfailing regularity is what the Pioneer wishes for its delivery sery- ice and therefore counts each com- plaint as a favor. There is no way of telling whether or not your papers is being delivered irregularly unless you let this office know. Absence of complaint is taken to mean that the delivery of the paper is satisfactory. The Parcels Post. At 6 a. m, tomorrow, Uncle Sam will start carrying parcels weighing not more than eleven pounds as regu- lar mail. The entire system is some- what experimental although the rates are based on the results of long and the most careful inquiry. The best that can be said for it at this time is that it looks fair for all parties concerned. Thnere are many Bemidji merchants of the opinion that the parcels post is going to wonderfully incre~- their business without any extra ef- fort on their part and there are oth- ers who believe that the system will be a boon to the great mail order houses and that their business advan- tages will be largely increased. Er- rors can be found in both judgments. Mail order houses have built up their business by heavy and systema- tic advertising backed by a large se- lection of goods bought direct from the manufacturers at the lowest pos- sible prices. They have taken all care possible in filling orders to see that everything is right and have gone out of their way to do custom- ers favors in the way of replacing unsatisfactory goods. As a result their friends are counted by the thou- sands, But no matter how great the ad- vantage of lower prices and a great- er range of selection to the mail ord- er house, the merchant on the ground has the inestimable advantage of per- sonal touch. The customer knows his merchant, knows that his integ- rity is back of the goods and knows that he is “one of us.” This is the one great advantage that the mail order houses cannot overcome. On the other hand, the local mer- chant cannot hope to reap much bus- iness from this advantage unless he backs it up with big house methods. He must advertise systematically. He must establish trade relations through catalogues with manufactur- ers in order that he, instead of the mail order house, may be the agent. He is the direct salesman that comes * in contact with his customers but he must know his goods and the rates at which they can be laid down in Be- midji. The p;arcels post is not a boon to the mail order houses. It destroys at a blow the elaborate system of freight delivery built up through many years. It will not destroy but will do away with their monopoly. It places the small town merchant in a position where he can better compete with these big business interests. The men who own the mail order houses real- ize this and are already bending every effort to have the flat rate sys- tem substituted for the present zome system. Every merchant is the center of a parcels post zone. In that zone he has a decided advantage over every merchant outside of it. It is his bus- iness to give better service than the mail order house can give and with the help of parcels post he is able to do this. To wait for this business to come to him is a mistake. It is there but effort must be made to secure it. Let every Bemidji merchant ‘make a News Year's resolution to establish catalogue trade relations with sev- eral manufacturers of each line: Let him plan his work for the coming apolis The year so that every dollar of mail ord- er trade in this vicinity will come here rather than to Chicago. cago in the fourth from Bemidji. Merchants here have a decided ad- vantage in delivery charges, especial- ly on city and rural routes. stay -but the days of their monopoly are about over and with the advent of the parcels post Bemidji merchants s it S R e —— should enter upon a season of greater| When you have a vilious trade and increased prosperity: glve Chamberlain's Tablets a trial The parcels post is not the master | They are excellent. For sale by Bar- but the servant of the local dealer. | X°''® drug store—Adv. ° Make it work during the coming year. HOW’S THIS? We ofter One Hundred Dollars Re- ward for any case of Cattarh that can- not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be- lieve him perfectly - honorable in all bubiness transactfons and financially | | able to carry-out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, Toledo, O. Hall's Cafarrh Cure is taken intern- ally, acting directly upon the blood anq, mucous surfaces of the system. B s estimonials sent free. Price 75 cents Bgbert.—Why, yes; I think her|per bottle. Soid by o Drvecgere, ot mouth is full of them now. '{‘ake Hall's Family Pills for consti- 2 =iz pation. Kindred O “What are you going to use for mo- tive power in your dirigible?” “Gasoline and kindred, ofl.” “Gee, my wife has some kindred I'd like to turn over to you for you to make ofl of.” Minne- is in the third zone and Chi- At Present Price “An eminent British sclentist says that scales have. been invented which sare go dellcate that a millionth of a milligram may be recorded. What a long-felt want they will fill in the beet- steak and pork chops trade!—Wash~ ington Post. If you are troubled with chronic constipation, the mild and gentle ef- fect of Chamberlain’s Tablets makes them especially suited to your case. For sale by Barker's drug store.— Adv. .~ Those Hairpins: Beacon—Does your wife use invisk ble hairpins? mail order houses are here to FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND 3 TO BEGIN , RDAY, JANUARY 4 All Winter Goqu ‘must he sold regardless of cost. We are going to slaughter pria?es to make room for Spring Gocds. Below we list a few of the Many Bargains Five dozen Ladies’ Union Suits, regular price to $1.00. Clearance Sale Price only— a9c¢ a suit 100 pair Wool Nap Blankets, large worth $2.50 to $3.50. le Price only— One Big lot of Men'’s Woolen Underwear. Worth $1.50 to $2.00. Clearance Sale Price only— 85¢ a Garment 200 pairs Men's and Ladies’ Shoes in Patent Leather, Tan, Gun Metal and other leathers, worth $3.50 to $4.50. Nale Price only— $2.95 $1.98 A lot of wool finished Blank ts, worth $2 t0 $2.50. Clearance Sale Price only— $1.69 11-4 Heavy Cotton Blankets, worth $1 to $1.50. Clearance Sale Price only— 98¢ $1.00 grade Cotton Blankets, only 69¢ Clearance A lot of Boys’ and Girls' heavy fleece lined underwear, all sizes, worth to 50¢. Clearance Sale Price only— 25¢ a garment A lot of Men’s Wool Underwear. from $1.00 to $1.50. only— Worth Clearance Sale Price 69¢ One table, Men’s, Ladies’ and Children's Sweaters, regular price to $2.50. Clearance Sale Price until sold only— o9e¢ Our Entire stock of Ladies’ and Misses' Winter Cloaks to $18.00. Clearance Sale Price, only— $6.95 Our entire stock of Ladies’ Winter Coats up to $20.00. Clearance Sale Price only— $9.95 $35 Plush Coats only $16.95 $25 Plush Coats only $12.50 Our entire stock of Woo | Dress ( 100ds to $1.00. Clearance Sale Price only— o9¢ a yd A table of Ladies’ fine shoes et from, all styles of leathers—worth €3 to $1. Clear- ance Sale Price, only— $2.45 A lot of Ladies’ and Children’s Wool Ribbed Underwear and Union Suits, worth 65¢ to §1. Clearance Sale Price only— - 49¢ Ladies’ and Misses’ Union Suits, worth $1.25 to $1.50. Clearance Sale Price, only— 98¢ Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s Hose, Wool and Cotton, worth to 35c. Sale price only— 19¢ a pair Ladies’ fine cashmer hose, worth 50c. Clearance Sale Price only— 29¢ 1,000 yards light and dark outing flannels, worth 10c. Clearance Sale Price only— 7%c a yd 50 pair all wool 4 1-2 pounds Grey Blan- kets. This is a large size worth regular $4.50 to $5. Clearance Sale Price only— $2.98 A lot of Ladies’ high grade low tops, worth $2.50 to § Sale Price only— $1.95 hoes, high and 0. Clearance $2.50 Quilts, only $1.98 $2.00 and $2.25 Quilts, only $1.59 $1.50 and $1.75 Quilts, only $1.19 A lot of Boys’ Misses’ and children’s shoes worth $1.75 to $2.00. Clearance Sale Price TsLI9 A lot of Children’s Turned Sole Shoes, Worth to $1.25. Clearance Sale Price only— 69¢ Carpet Slippers for Ladies and Gentlemen, " 29¢ Bleached Linen Crash, only, 9¢ yd Mercerized Table Linen Reninants, 29¢ yd 1,000 yards Light and Dark Calicoes and Challies. Clearance Sale Price only— 5¢ a yd Our entire stock of 12 1-2 and 15¢ Percales and Dress Ginghams. Clearance Sale Price i 10¢ a yd Do not miss this Annual Event. Come early and often. This sale begins Saturday and con- ‘finues every day during January. EMBALMER s - !