Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 30, 1913, Page 4

'l‘he Progress of the Shert Ballof Movement One of the earlier articles in this series told how quickly the people caught up with Woudrow Wilson’s doctrine that real democracy in America is just a ques- tion of getting simple and workable instruments. Of course, the really difficult task is to gec this idea enacted into laws. This phase of the movement i retarded by two great obstructions; cast iron State constitutions, and those politicians who are quite. coutented with the pres: ent arrangements. The lightning struck first in California, whara the Woodrow Wilson bi-partisan railroad machine had just been overthrown. . In 1911 the progressive members of both- parties,” who were now In control, looked around for the best means of making the results of the election of 1910 permanent, that is, of keeping the existing machine out of politics and forestalling any similar organization. The leaders at once took up the Short Ballot idea and made it the first specific plank in their plat- form. Governor Johnson emphasized it in his message and put his influence behind several Legislative Short Ballot measures. Four of these were passed ‘without great difficulty. Three of these respectively removed from the ballot the State Printer, the Clerk of the Supreme Court and the members of the Railroad Commission. This latter board had been made elective years before so that the people could control it. Result:—The commissioners were hidden away among forty to fitty other officers on the ballot and for a generation devoted themselves exclusively to the neglect of their duties and the drawing of their salaries. The fourth of these California measures gave the people power to apply the Short Ballot principle in the counties by adopting local charters suited to their local needs. Within less than a year under this new right the county of Los Angeles adopted an instrument under which there were cut off, at a stroke, thirteen of these petty clerical offices, Which had been the center of 8o much ill-directed party activity and ineficlency. It was provided that in future they should be appointed on the basis of merit and not for party serv ice. The county supervisors were given real control over the machinery of organization just as in the commission plan cities. Another State which has made progress toward the Short Ballot is Ohio. In preparation for the constitutional convention which met in that State last year, the Municipal Association of Cleveland prepared a most careful analysis of the State government and proposed a measure which would remove from the State ticket the minor executives, including the Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General and Dairy and Food Commis- sioner. The favorable way in which the measure was received led its frienda to suppose that it would be submitted to-the people, along with the forty other progressive proposals. When, however, it was brought to a vote, it was found that forty-seven of the'one hundred and twenty delegates were opposed to submitting this proposition to the people. Their cry was, “It will give the Governor too much power.” (They were not opposed to giving exactly the same amount of power to the irresponsible party “boss” who had actually made the appointments to minor State offices under the long ballot systemi.) The defeat of the measure disappointed the people and last fall all three- political parties in Ohio went on record in favor of the Short Ballot in their platforms. In the spring of 1913 the friends of the measure made it more complete by adding amendments to make it possible for the people of the several counties to adopt a Short Ballot form of county government and providing that repre- sentatives to the Legislature should be selected singly by districts instead of in big bunches by counties. ‘When the Legislators assembled this spring and the proposition was put up to them in concrete form, many of them repudiated both the party promises and their personal written pledges, And the movement was checked again. The Short Ballot bills will now be put before the people by initiative. Michigan went through a similar experience last March. There the Senate voted unanimously to submit to the people a proposition to apply the princi- ple to the heads of departments in the State. The State House of Representas tives, however, defeated it. The opposition in every State is the same:—On the surface the contention that it would “centralize” power too much; deeper down, the petty officials, both those in office and those who hope to be, have a passion for “letting the people 1ill the offices.” ‘Well, the cure for that is more light. _@ (THE EZNDJ REFRIGERATORS Exposure and Heat Spoil the Meat The most important household necessity is the refrigerator. I have the economical, sanitary. kind at $9.75, $14.50, $21.75, $32.00 The New Iceberg They are the real money savers. Built strong and attractivée with scientific air circulation. The chambers are large and easy to keep clean. These refrigerators will save you their cost the very first season and will add to the health and comfort of | your _family. Before ‘you buy -refrigerators you should see The New Iceherg. i L. 0. PETRIE B()OSTS (Continued from frst page). than they are galning. It is a well known_fact that two or three years ago the farmers were glad to - sell| their butter at 16 and 18 cents per pound. - Now since the creamery has started, the price of dairy butter has advanced to-such a place that cream- ery butter is bought and sold-6 to 7 cents cheaper than dairy. There is only one conclusion to draw from this. condition—that is that if the creamery should close at this date the price that is being paid for dairy but- ter would suddenly decline to its old time price; It is a well known fact also that the cost of manufacturing 5,000 "pounds of butter is but very little heavier than manufacturing 1,000 pounds as the wages of the but- termaker would be practically the same the package would be a little heavier, etc., but the overrun would be so much greater that it would a great deal more than offset these oth- er expensés and in case the creamery is run on the co-operative basis this extra profit reverts to-the farmer either in the form of higher prices or dividends. But if we all patronize the dairy butter trade or all patron- ize Duluth howis our creamery to attain this end? I for one am in favor of patroniz- ing the creamery so long as a square deal is given me. The present price, paid by the creamery is fair enough, considering the price of the best but- ter in New York. Another argument in favor of the creamery is the cash received for the cream. When the butter is made at home it necessarily means a lot of hard work for the houeswife, and then when the butter is marketed it is paid for in due bills. We all know due bills can’t pay our taxes or buy a great many of our necessities;. In some of the better organized communities the farmers have gone so far-as to establish co-operative laundries in _connection With their creameries to relieve their wifes of the hardships of wash day. Chatfield, Miun,, is a good example of this. Chadfield, Minn., also has a co-opera- tive bank, co-operative elevator, and a co-operative store. Twelve years ago the land in Wadena, Todd and Crow Wing counties was selling at $15 to $20 per acre and a great many farms were heavily mortgaged. To- day there is not a more wealthy ter- ritory to be found than can be found near the creameries of these coun- ties. Among the best of these are the creameries at Wadena, Sebeka, Menahga, Park Rapids, and Bertha. The farmers tributary to these towns had deposits‘in the banks of Todd county to the amount of $16,500 10 years ago. In a publication from there last summer it was stated that the same class of deposits were in ex- cess of $1,625,500.00, showing what the creamery had done for them. The country around Bertha is no better than it is around Bemidji. In faet; Makers of American History “Learn One Thing Every Day.” No. 1. JOSH BILLINGS. (Henry Wheeler Shaw) | Copyright, 1913, by The Associated Newspaper School, Inc. It is said of Josh ~Billings that his first writing did not win wide attention, but that after he changed his spelling the American public be- gan to ‘“‘take notice,” and soon his popularity as a humorist was great. ‘When he was writing regularly for the Century Magazine under the title “Uncle Esek’s Wisdom,” Dr. J. G. Hol- land, then editor, insisted upon printing his- epigrams in correct fashion, Mr. Shaw accepted the mandate, but continued to compose his contributions in his own peculiar misspelled way. Like most of the early American | humorists, Josh Billings was a Jack- fato & position to loose & lot morel BEMIDJI CREAMERY opera “BOYS GROW CORN” MAY BE SLOGAN (cnnllnu.d from first page). might have been written in this form: WANTED: * A boy in every corn- growing county of the United States, Wwho can prove his ability as a farm- er by several years.of superior work in the corn contests, to act for the rest of his-life as the official seed- corn grower and distributor in' his county for the government. Pleas- ant and profitable work. For further information- apply to Office. of Corn Investigations, Department of Agri- culture, ‘Washington, D. C. The name of the new bulletin is: “How.to.Grow. An Acre of -Corn.” It is a corn-grower’s textbook, written in short, pithy paragraphs, each giv- ing a suggestion on how to improve corn. “Boys have 'splendid opportunities to produce better varieties than have ever been-produced,” is the promise held out. It is also pointed out that while corn sells commercially for 60 or.75 cents per-bushel, the successful corn- breeder can sell his corn' to his neigh- ors for seed for $2 and $3 a bushel. A boy who can grow 100 bushels of this sort of corn onan acre spends a very profitable ‘summer. Every-boy in town, village or the country who has access to an acre of ground ought to write to his con- gressman for this bulletin and get into the corn growing contest. Boer Umbrella, Urrbrellas for some inscrutable rea- son for the seasons in South Africa are not 8o changeable as ours, are | much used by the Boers. In common with our own views, the Boer believed that an pmbrella gave a man an air of distinction, though the shocking specimens they carried, which remind- ed one very much of Sairey Gamp, would not have been. calculated to possess this atttibute among our own countrymeén. Where these umbrellas came from i one of the many un- known facts of theold-time republic. They were big-and bulky, as a rule of alpaca, and the catch was generally out of ‘order, ‘bat they were always to be found in the guestroom when the “old man’ was‘at home, and always It makes It’s the orange can with the Indian’s head—look for it—be sure you get it whenever you buy baking powder—it’s your guarantee of better baking. CALUMET In- millions of kitchens the country over, Calumet is-the only bak- ing powder ever used—and it has won that tremcndoul popularity solely because of its purity and wholesomeness._ o & baking failures impossible. More economical in cost and use. RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS, World’s Pure Food Exposition, Clnugo IIL, 1907; Paris Exposition, anca. March, 1912. BAKING POWDER accompanied him' in the spider when he jourhéyed 'into town on Saturday. . They ‘Were rarely opened in public, because if the weather was wet the at’home. An umbrella is not considered necessary on horse- back, as 4 rule, but the Boer carried it here just thé pame as he did when driving in'his spider;-and often used it as & whip to urge | -his neeu on.— Outfitter. and Josh - ‘Billings had much in -common. Extravagance of statement and radical absurdity of ideas were the chief constituents of their out- put: - “I'am too old and too respek- table to be a ;phol ennymore,” said Josh. And’ the: American public of his day pldced confidence in his con- gistent extravagance of assertion and gladly refused:‘to believe him! Many of the humorists of the war- time period resorted to the trick of queer spelling,; and ag we translate their writings:into ordinary speech today we are likely to find little left that amuses us. -But. Josh Billings Find aAbuyer for the Second-Hand things which you no longer need—Through a “For Sale”. Ad. Ploneer, Bemidji, Minn:. FOR SALE—Mitchell, 30 horse, . 4 cylinder automobile in fine condi= tion. A bargain for someone. B. E. ‘Wideman, Pine River, Minn. FOR SALE — Registered French poodle nine months: old for sale cheap if taken at once. Upstairs 320 Minnesota avenue. FOR SALE—One colt, 7 months old. ; One colt ome - yearold. -Address el Gust Swandburg,” Wilton, Minn., ? Route one. FOR SALK—Rubber stamps. The ¥ Ploneer win procure any ‘kind of 4 rubber stamp for you on short.no- % tes, - £ FOR SALE—Good horse. = For work SaE or single, 1300 pounds. St. Hiaire I Retail Lumber Compsny, -~ FOR SALE—A business lot, or will trade for residence property. See- Rube Miller, i FORE REN1 P S S FOR RENT—Three furnished rooms with use of bath. 703 Minnesota avenue. FOR RENT—Rooms for light house- keeping. Inquire 320 Minnesota avenue. can stand tramslation. His epigrams are always good, and there is a vein of philosophy underlying his humer that is true to'any age. In this he often reminds ds of that first Ameri- can humorist, . Benjamin Franklin, and, like Franklin, Billings created an ‘almanac: that ran for several years and was crowded with fun and Pphilosophy so. thoroughly mixed that |’ the reader coutd not tell where one/ left off and. thg other began. Listen to his- description of laughter: “Anatomikally jkonsidered, laffing iz| -eral housework. Inquire Mrs. M. J. the sensation ov pheeling good all} - Brown, 1006 Lake Boulevard. over, and showing it principally in | =" — one spot. ‘Mof'_nlly konsidered, it iz w:::?fig;?:r te;t':l;l. :: rs::::_ the next best thing tew the 10 com- maker, 608 Bemidji avenue. mandments. Theoretikally konsider-|__—___* —— _— ~ { 'ed, it kan out-argy all the logik in| WANTED—Girl for general house- existence. - Pyroteknikally konsider- work. - Mrs. Vandersluis, corner of 10th and Bemidji avenue, ed, it is the fireworks of the soul. WANTED—Competent girl for gsn- taken for less than 15 cents. the advertisar is. the address printed in the ad. HELP WANTED, PSS TRl e owry ‘WANTED—Competent girl for gen- of-all-trades. He tried college life, but gave it up before completing a course at Hamilton College. He was successively fari tain, real estdte eer. This latter But 1 don’t intend this essa for laft- ing in the lump, but for lafting on| eral housework. Mrs. W. H. Don- ovan, 811 Bemidji avenue. the half-shell.” Wivgue b Xoi o Na g e D o e SR A WANTED—Girl for general house- _work. T.J. Welch, 1121 Bemidji Every day a:different human inter- est story will appear in The Ploneer. | You can _get'a beautiful intaglio|: rapmducuon of this nleture, “with OASH WITH 00PY i oent per word per Issue Regular charge rate one cent per word irssrtion. No ad X . Ee e Phone 31 Answer by Oorrespondence All Blind Ads using a number, box or initial for address. Do not ask this office who We cannot tell you. Don’t waste time, but write to e A A A A A A A A A A A A A A NP | WANTED—A porter. LOST AND FOUND B TS S VS ST LOST—In front of Schroeder’s store, - Man’s kid glove. Return to the Pioneer. MISCELLANEOUS B TS S PISTrs SSEIIIY ADVERTISERS—-The gresat state ot portunities for:business to classi- fed advertisers. The recognized advertising medfum in the hr(n North Dakota offers unlimited op- Dally and Sumday Courler-News, the only sevenday paper in the state and. the paper which carries the, largest amount of classified: advertising. The Conrfer-Nows covers North Dakota 1ike s blank- et; reaching all parts of the atate tbe day of publication; it is the paper to use in order to get re- sults; rates ong cent per word first ingertion, onme e () succeeding Insertions; 6fty cents per line per month. Address the - Courler-News, Fargo, N.D. WANTED—Work nursing or !Wlk cleaning. Hattie Moale; WANTED-—A cock at the Nicollet hotel. Hotel Mark- ham. 3 _FOE SALE FOR SALE—160 acres good farm | land, clay soil, hardwood timber, Birch, Oak and Maple, 10 acres under~ cultivation, a fine spring of good pure water on the land, % .. miles from rallroad-station. This 1and ls worth §$20 per acre;. will sell for $13. Half cash, balance three years at 6 per cent interest. Address Bemfdjl Pioneer, Bimldn. Miun. e