Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 14, 1913, Page 2

Lpallv. PrONEER ‘o==========-=x= - | INTRODUCING Publishers and Propristors % Telephone 8 66 T here is a certain pride one feels when privileged {o present to the buying pablic a ,, 8ales force of the character and gfiiciexgcy comprised in our Drug and Jewelry Estab- ment.” said Earle A, Barker when submitting this most uniaue nlan of introduction. i ter the peonle have become thoroughly acauainted with our salesforce we want them to know exactly what to exnect of us when they come into our store, Our policy is to give just a lit- =1 Kntered at the post office at Bemidji nn., as second-class matter under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879, S Published ry afternoon excépt Sunday No attention paid to anonymous con- tributions. Writer's name must be Enown to. the editor, but not necessar- fly for publication. Communications for the Weekly Pion- meer should reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. Bubscription Rates Ome month by carrier .. $ .40 . tie more in SERVICE and QUALITY than they ex pect. Our interest in vou never ceases. When One year by carrier .... 4.00 you have made a_purchase and are about to leave the store our interest in you has but BE- Three months. postage paid 1:00 N. If you are dissatisfied with a purchase here nlease us bv brineing it back, One R T 500 The Barker Store is absolutely a prodnct of Bemidii. Its SUCCESS lies partly in this one fact. A store which has the “GOODS” backed by the service and properly presented to i bound to meet with success, MORE THAN THIS, we aim to meet v'vm}) nf:;le than ?;lfu&vgl;c 35 :g&o:omnlamt made. about - little misunderstandings that are liable to creep into any trans- Look for ads in the Daily Pioneer Fridays and the Weekly Pio h week - after. There are some thines vou may not know about. One of !%figneaig tlxee'l‘xfinfll%‘%illil%%es of ads. We will give the benefit of our ability to diagnos such ads as might be mis-leading. You are anxious to make your dollar go as far as possible. We can help you and will, ‘The Weekly Pione 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. THIS PAPER REPRCSCHNTID FCR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE e s S e R R R R A R R R R R ¥ EDITORIAL EXPLOSIONS * IS E R R R SRR R R R SRR If Governor Eberhart should find that he cannot “live within his sal- ary” and Secretary Bryan has a cor- ner on the Chautauqua box office receipts, it is certain that his excel- lency would not have to look far for employment as a press agent.—Red Lake Falls Gazette. gyl That President Wilson and his party for for the good of all cannot now be denied—they have gone di- rectly against the big money class, and that is ample proof that the powerful and menacing combination has been routed, and that no longer will it exert its baleful influence over the affairs of the nation, It is the dawn of a better day.—Mesaba Qre. —— It is a fine thing for a church so- <lal or a county fair to be able to have governor for an attraction and ffom that point of view the curtall- ment of gubernatorial tr{lvellng would be quite a blow—for there is mo attraction’” that comes cheaper than governor. But really, and with- eut joking, isn’t there more than enough work for a governor right at the capitol>—Minnesota Mascot. —— 7 There seems to be little question that Senator Elwell is being groomed carefully for a try at the governor- ship. Those who are for him are play-; ing up his virtues for all they are worth, and whoever his chief public- ity agent is it, is generally admitted that he is no slouch. The senator, of course, is not announced, and is playing the coy act pretty well, but those who like him are doing a lot of good for him in the way of keep- ing his name before the state.—Du- luth Herald. # P Sl The methods adopted at a meeting keld in the office of Governor A. O. Eberhart recently to divise some plan whereby cattle W®rought into Minnesota and sold to the farmers at the lowest possible cost, is meeting with general state wide approval. Prominent bankers througnout the state are backing the movement and the plans are to as- pist the farmers in buying blooded stock and thus improve their present herds and bring about a permanent improvement in the stock raised in Minnesota.—Cambridge Indenpendent Press. HOW TO SUCCEED could be| During the last few yéars, condi-! tions in all lines of business, even professional life, have changed S0 completely that every man is waking up to the fact that in order to win success he must specialize and learn to do some one thing and do it well. So it is with any article that is so0ld to the people. I must have gen- wine merit or no amount of adver-|§ tising will maintain the demand for the article. For many years druggists have watched with much interest the re-| markable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great Kid- mey, Liver -and Bladder Remedy. From the very beginning the proprie- tors had so much. confidence in it shat they invited every one to test it. It is a physician’s prescription. They have on file thousands of un- wolicited letter received from, former suffers who claim they are now en- Joying good health as a result of its use, However, if you wish rs* to try a sample bottle, address Dr. Kilmer & Go,, Binghamton, N. Y., enclose ten .eoits and mention this paper. Thay ‘will.promptly forward you a sampiei! Sottle by Parcels Post.; Regular sizes. for ssle.at all drug- “ghats—fifty-cents and one-dollar. s § o | ARTHUR B. FLATNER In Charge Of Barker’s Drug Dept. In order to get the best there is in the drug business is by no means an easy matter. Pointing to Mr. Flatner, Mr. Barker said, “there is the best in the business.” That may be one of the reasons why he’s at Barker’s, ' Mr. Flatner, who is of a very mod- est disposition blushed exceedingly when confronted with this remark. He denied the allegation, but could not deny the fact that he headed a class of graduates at the age of 21 at Minneapolis when taking the state examination. There were 120 in the class and 38 were given dip- lomas, Mr. Flatner receiving the highest marks. Too, familiar fellows call him “Art” and he comes, but the dignity of his position best becomes the title of Mr. Flatner. The women folk never call him anything else. What He Looks Like He is not portly, but nearly so. He has blue eyes, light hair (what there is of it) is 5 feet 8 1-2 inches high and weighs 168 ponds. He talks both English and Norwegian fluent- ly and can mix drugs the same way. Mr. Flatner came to Bemidji from Morris, Minn., in 1902 and with the exception of a short period has been the mainstay of the Barker Drug de- partment for the past ten years, He has been in the business for the past 18 years and~ now has absolute charge of the Barker Drug depart- ment., If ‘'you are in doubt as to knowing Mr. Flatner when you visit the Bar- ker Drug and Jewelry store take above splendid likeness with you. GEORGE C. SHEPHERD In Charge of The Sundries and Toilet Requisites Of the Drug Department June 6th 1904 Mr. Barker engag- ed the services of little George Shep- herd who was then only 16 years of age.- Since that time he has develop- ed wonderfully. “A delightful” clerk is the reputation he has won among the gentle .sex and his congenial na- ture coupled with presistant endeav- or to please has won him a warm spot in the hearts of the men folk. George has lived in Bemidji for the past 15 years coming here from the city of Minneapolis. He was then quite a “city chap,” but fortunately has out grown this with years of Bemidji experience. “With eyes of blue”, light hair and a_height of 5 feet 7 inches when standing erect, Mr. Sheperd makes an appearance that begets confidence in the most superstitious of pur- chasers. 2 He has equipped -himself with a German tongue that never fails when called upon and makes a fellow. * feel obligated to ask, for his money. 1 back when not satisfied. Y know: George ; when . you come {0 Barker’s. JIEL L8I801Y BoNe el SYEQ 1w | EARLE A. 8SARKER Under Whose Direction. and Surervision The Policy of the Barker Drug And Jewelry Store is Conducted “What’s the use of running his “mug” in the paper, everybody knows him’" was the' comment made by a bystander when the advertis- ing man was discussing the an- nouncement. Not because Mr. Barker is more brilliant than his salesforce, but because he has shown judgement in gathering about him such a cap- able force of men, is why he is de- serving of special mention. He came to Bemidji in August, 1900 as a jeweler, then doing only repair work. In 1903 he bought out /F. A. Mayo’s drug business and has since that time increased his busi- ness more than 100 per cent. His store was first conducted in the J. Peterson Jr. stand and in 1908 built the present building. i Although he occupies the digni- fied position as proprietor he does not insist on being called Mr. Rarker. “Earle” sounds good to most of the fellows and Mr. Barker has heard it so muck now that he likes it him- EARL THURBER e — e se!f. The only fussy thing about his disposition is that he insists that his name be spelled with an e (Earle) and as soon as the public learns this all will be easy sailing. His eyes are gray, his hair is dark and his smile is always the same. He is 5 feet, nine inches in height and weighs 175 pounds. It is not necessary to ask for the proprietor when you enter the store. He is al- ways on the job. In addition to sup- ervising the policy of the store Earle occupies one of the work benches in the repair department. He makes a hit with his force as well as the pub- lic by never asking others to do what he would not do himself. If you are a patron of the Barker store you cannot help but being a friend of the men who are behind it. QUALITY and SERVICE are two strong features of the establishment and these have been put there by Mr. Barker. —————————————————————————— e A e ————— Head of Delivery and Service System = He differs from the “Boss” in many ways, one of them being that he is content with spelling his name without the “E” on Earl. He wears: his hair “A la pomp o dor” which accounts for his popularity with the trade, especially the schools girls. Mr. Thurber runs the delivery and service system of the store and ruas it right. His eyes are! dark and his. complexion is dark and. his hair is of the “German brown variety.” An- other point in his favor is that he is a German. . He goes to school and is industri- that Earl and not .iarle is wanted. ous enough to assume the respon- sibility of his position before and af- ter school hours. This is the kind of student who generally makes good. After another year at school he will be seventeen years of age which will complete three vears of service at hls present occupation. Even today patrons of the store ' will come in and ask for Earl, and when the proprietor make his ap- pearance as such a gloom of dissap- pointment settles over the customeér’s countenance, with an explanation 0SCAR E. ERWIG and Absolute Charge of Eastman Kodaks, Vic- He has Complete trolas, Columbia Graphanolas And the Jewelry Repair De- partment Oscar is 33 years old. He came here from Delano, Minnesota. As an em- ployee of the Barker Drug and Jewel- ry store he is the oldest, having been connectéd with this establishment for the past eleven years. ", A trait Mr. Erwig has thoroughly cultivated is that he always smiles when he talks. Whether he has been with Earle so much that he can’t help it is one of the things he pre- fers to keep to himself. No, Oscar is not the mouthpiece of the institution, because Oscar would rather work than talk. Hée is; however a salesman and knows the jewelry business from A to Z; Ab thé Viectrolas and Columbia Graph- nolas come under his department he generally lets these do all the talk- ing. To look at him you wouldn’t think it, but he is a Scandinavian and'is proud of it. He has dark eyes and brown hair and is the same height as his boss, but not quite 30 portly, in fact Oscar is not portly at all, This much ought to describe him 80 that you would not make the ser- ious mistake of taking him for any- one else. WRITNEY BROWN He has Complete Charge of the Credit System and Bookkeeping Department Whitney may give you the impres- sion that he is a regular “Ladies Man,,” but when you become better acquainted with him you’ll find him strictly business. Not that he dosen’t like the ladies, for he does, as do all the Barker men, but the impression desired to convey is that he can like the ladies and do justice to the im- portant position he holds. Mr. Brown will have something to tell you from time to time in the Barker adver- tisements. He is the tallest man on the force is 21 years of age, has blue eyes, light hair weighs 145 pounds dress- ed. Tracing back his pedigree sev- eral generations it has been found that he is a part Scandinavian, but mostly English. Mr. Brown blushes often in whichk respect he is like the head of the drug department, but he does it be- cause he likes to. Some say it is a trait he has cultivated and on the- same principle as the Barker and Erwig smile. The above is a good looking re- production because it was taken from a good looking man the public is assured it will krow Mr. Brown if the above description is closely fol- lowed. O