Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 17, 1914, Page 1

KRR KRR RY KKK * CHARLIE CUTLER x LR ERE R AR SR R BOOSTS Mmfltfim Wrote Large Retail Mail Order House Condemning Methods and Urg- ing Home Trade WOULD RUIN SMALL CITIES o . Believes That By Paying Cash to Merchants, Premiums, Money and Time is Saved—Recognizes Signs There are continually appearing in this, that and the other publica- tion Washington March going to the consumer, ments showing that argu- the so called an unnecessary part the machinery used in the dis- tribution of merchandise. ‘middleman is ol It is al- so generally felt that the consumer does not think deeply on the sub- Jjeet and is not inclined to go into the after ‘| Furuseth first appeared effects of continual mail order dealing, Out in Kansas there Is at least one woman who thought about the matter and who has written a letter that is worth reading by every re- tailer. More than that it is a let-' ter that should be copied in every leeal newspaper in the country that reaches people who are inclined to- ward mail order buying. | The woman wrote to one of the' big retail mail order houses as fol- - lows: A Kansas Woman's Letter “Referring to the subject of ‘Home o Loyalty,’ which you call a ‘bogie,’ held up by loyal merchants. You ! suggest that it would be wetter for CUTLER HERE FGR MATCH me to send my money to mail-order houses and keep the retailer’s' pro- fit myself than to buy goods at home angd let out home stores make the profit. “Your esserrtidl ipromise is that you sell to me at the same price which the local retailer pays at wholesale. This is a vital point which T am not yet ready to concede, except for the sake of argument. “But assuming your premise to be of the American seaman. victory is not yet. “In that 20 years I have seas,"” tee. of Asatics has doubled. If the seamen do not get islation soon Furuseth said I' Former Bemidji Boy, Appomted by Gotch to Defend his Title of World’s Champion Wrestler union, we have admitted Champion Wrestler of World Will Meet Carl Mattson in Exhibition at Athletic Club Hall Tonight MEETS . MANY OLD - FRIENDS starvation point. It was with Charlie Cutler much pleasure that AMERICAN SEAMEN ARE' DININISHING & Andrew Furuseth Claims That White Men Have Reduced Fifty Per Cent While: Asiatios. Increased LANCASTER COUNTY RANKS 1ST Pennsylvania Land Declared Richest Farming District in the United States by Census Figures From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. 17,—Andrew Furuseth, of ‘the International 3Sca- men’s union, is making ‘a tremendous fight against the foreign vessel own- ers before the House merchant ma- fine committee which is mow con- sidering the LaFollette bill. just 20 years ago this month that Congressional committee in ‘behalf of legislation to improve the condition time since he has been fighting, and white man disappearing - from the said Furuseth to the commit- “In that 20 years on the Paci- fic the number of white sailors has been reduced half, while the number recourse of the union will be to ad- mit Asiatics to membership in ‘the “Heretofore, for patriotic reasons to membership only men eligible to become citi- zens of the United States,” he said. Furuseth said that the Asiatic 'ex- clusion law now works to keep the wages of Pacific Ocean sailors at the He said that the law keeps Asiatic crews from desert- ing in San Francisco, where wages are high, and where, in case of deser- tions, the vessel owners would have to recruit high-paid men to take the places of the deserters, thus tending " Raid Into Lo “That Joe erlhup. a former Be- midji boy and at ang‘fi.nu captain of the much heralded “Big Bemidg” ag- gregation which in ‘1€ won the state champlonship, is more | than making. good in Montana- af made evident by Dress ; Butte and Billings. lings where he was’ givén the posi- tion of sporting.ed} of the Gaz- ette, he was succefsful from the start. - He soon becsme a member of the world’s clumlflonq’hb Billings tive. Barly this year Markham was named to coach the Montana Aggies, a team which under:his able instruc- tion was able to win'the state cham- pionship. He was sécretary and di- rector of the Intersoholastic tourna- ment just closed at Bozeman. One paper refers to Joe as the “most prominent_ figure in {Montana athle- ties.” r s I.ygm' Chairman of m ' Committee, Reports That Subscrip- - tions Totel Amount Needed WILL- COST CITY ABOUT $200 Spawning Season Starts During April and Approximately 24,000,000 Pike Eggs Will Be Hatohed This Spring Engineer, Givu 'rohl Kumber ol Miles of Water Works and i’avmg e $21424¢ SPENT IN -ALL e ’ Paving Last Year Amounted to $13,- 089, While Storm and Sanitary Sewers Cost $2,500 That Bemidji’s improvements have cost $214,246.27 is shown in’the an- nual report of Thomas W. Swinson, city ‘engineer, made to the council. Of this amount $23,847,18 was spent. during the past year, the largest ftam going for the construction of paving this alone costing more than thirteen F, 8. Lycan, chairman of the Com- ‘mercial club committee which has |charge .of the _construction of the sub-hatchery of the State Game and Fish commission, which is to be built here, this afternoon said that practically all of the $200 needed for the erection of the plant has been subseribed. It is ; v 't“"";;]“nd doilfl‘:- t}; o : . In order that the spring spawning - N e report shows that the water season may be taken advantage of, i betork s TALKS flN lNIEMPEREN(‘E works have cost the city more than 5 the building, which to be placed on |any other improvement, amounting Orders-have been telegraphed from S the shore of the Missisippi river, im~ mediately below the Warfield dam, work will begin as soon as possible, Contain 100 Jars When completed the hatchery will be 26 feet long and 22 feet wida, large enough to care for 200 hatch- ‘Washington to Major General Murray at San Francisco to have a sweeping investigation made ‘ immediately of the rald into Lower California of Mexican bandits. = - . . They were said to have burned the customs houses and “postoffices: at to $78,926.356, while paving comes next on the list with $53,399.14. Following is shown the city«im- provements, number of miles, total cost and the cost during last year. Swinson’s Report Rev. Father Hopper Gives Interesting Lecture at Non-Catholic Mission— Will Continue Throughout Week All the seen. the P 5 Teclate and murdered_tlie postmaster, GIVE ‘SUPPER 'THIS EVENING o i T prank V. Johnaon.. As soon as Sec.|Ing jars. Tivis year the commission | ,rétary of War Carrison receives thelis figuring on placing only 100 jars, Paving 2.2 $13,099.17 $53,399.14 I'report it will be turned over to the|but the number w“gl g,aydum be 2 Rev. Father Hopper gnve his first) walks 115 5,618.48 34.076.94 | state department and representations AT T siiTar }m:her 4 lecture of the weeln‘v long non-Ca-|Curbs 8.3 914.40 13,113.90 | made to the Mexican authorities. In SaE To“'mr in which 80 j 3, 4 tholic mission’ “now -on at St.|Crossings 0.6 335.30 3,063.70 | addltion the commander at Fort Rose | |/t (WET B 0 u;‘“‘ oo 4 this 108 | pyjiiovg church lasf ‘evening. Fa.|S Sewers 2.95 1,200.90 23,337.14 [ crans has been diretted to patrol the| | s DiASiTwere the only . Storm S 1.4 128898 1733910 border at this point and endeavor to|batched. This would indicate that | ther Hopper- spoke on “Intemper- e ! i pdiosd i locate the bandits, who may still’ be|the Bemidji hatchery will hatch ance” its causes and its eftects. | 2T W 747 1,390.65, 73,924.35| iy 4 prerican territory. T nearly 25,000,000, Stock Lake Bemidji A large percentage of the fry will be placed in Lake Bemidji which will mean ‘that in a very few years this city will be even a greater fishing resort than is now the case. Sur- rounding lakes will also be cared for. Two Men in Charge { Executive Agent Rider, of the 2 Game and Fish Commission informs Mr. Lycan, to whose efforts the city of Bemidji is largely indebted to for the establishment of the hatchehy here, that two men will be stationed The lectnre as.well as the answers to questions which had ‘been placed in the question box was very inter- esting and much appreciated hy those who attended. This evening the missfonary will speak on “The Divinity of Christ.” He will, also answer any questions which may be asked. The pastor of St. Philip’s church issued a most cor- dial invitation to all ‘non-Catholics who wish to learn more of the Ca- tholic religion to attend the meet- ings of the Mission. There was high mass this morning $23,847.18-$214,246.27 MANY ATTEND MEETING Woman From Northern Minnesota Towns Here for Annual Conven- tion of Missionary Societies’ NEXT GAMES WITH DULUTH Cathedral Alumni to Play Two Games Here Next Week On Friday and Saturday of next week the Duluth Cathedral Alumni basketball quint will play the Ath- letics. The Duluth five has toured the southern part of the state and are close contenders for the ‘states’ championship and promise to give CONTINUES UNTIL TOMORROW Officers of the Woman’s Home and Missionary Societies of the Adams ) correct, has it ever occurred to you greeted many. of 1his Ly elevate wages on the Pacific. ;“mgch::‘;o?; l;ltac;,(llfl::i oRfe(‘l,.l ltm“he‘r Bemidji a ‘hard game. Unless the] Fresh;f'tery claim that the annual S::mgwfl;ec:l::‘;::_nfh h tnha‘nr] th:; ] what the consequence would be it |boyhood friends when he stepped | . ; i . pek-otticiated a8t censions of Minneapolis consent to|Conventiot being held today, ana Y, S opteninge The Richest Farming Counties | celebrant, Rev. Father Beaulicu of myself and all my neighborsout .in|from the Grand Forks train at noon % L the smialler -towns should begin toltoday. The fact that he is now the |ty in the United States? What.is-the richest farming coun- That ques- has held this supremacy since 1870. distribution of the fry. S ¥ come here. €or-a series thege games | Whick"will_continue_tomorrow, will Lambert-as d b S 4 “The- oth = encon Hh-Rev:. Pahers oy o e ekt of - fiie."sesont a1 € Othet uemtlors of st joom was made by Minneapolis officers of € Philipp as sub-deacon. Father Hop- be one of the most sucessful meetingS [mittee Tn charge ‘of the construction | fe"d their ‘n[;one!y 1:0 th; matl;lotrder undisputed champion wrestler of the [tion was recently asked and answer-|per gave an approptfate sermon on | lCU8R the Little Falls team has anlver nerd. ~~w=wefof the hatchery hére are A. A. War- > T ' houses, In order to keep the profit for |y onq mage little difference to the |ed in the House. It is Lancaster [St. Patrick, the Patron Salnt of Ire:]eX¢ePtionally god quint and are anx- Ten northern counties comprise |field and E. A. Barker. | themselves? Let us suppose that. > " ious to come here for games. N ~ | [ hush ) in big fellow, and the boys he used to|County, Pa. The census figures of |land. the Ademe~ Preahyiets and " seasl i o ‘: ?:‘: ”]“‘Sb"‘ ; e;‘f”- through around in the days he was|1910 show that Lancaster County| This evening between the hours of eyt 2 ,e‘l',rmmed cE o m:el’f_s» mith's - husband drives|epjer of the Tenstrike “policeman” |ranked first among the 12 richest|s and 7:30 supper will be served in| T0 ENTER TELEPHONE FIELD Losting “l)LD SHORT SESS'ON . & gollvery; wagon, i were given a cordial handshake. |farming counties in the United States|the basement of the church, which The convention convened this 1 . Ay Drown's musband is eash-| " Cutler did.not come to Bemidji |The county embraces 602,240 acres, |will be given under the auspices of| NOTth American Telegraph Company morning in the Presbyterian church i fer in the local bank, with any hope of making money, for |of which 550,499 acres are in farms. |the Knights of Columbus. The pro- WAl Branch Out, : . |Council Transacted Little Business 1 -—Mrs. Jones’ husband teaches . it i Minneapolis, March 17.—The North |[and the day’s program was of much | = he is here today simply because he|On this area in 1912 farm products |ceeds will be used to pay for the St. g = < o 3 | 73 the ivillage; echool, had grown lonesome for northern [to the value of $20,767,147 were |Patrick statue which is now in the| American Telegraph company and its hocraabito those i attendancel Last Evening—Standing Commit- | b = ite’ f s Thi g $ o { Mrs, White’s husbands preaches Minnesota during the seven years of |raised. Of this amount $13,059,688 |church. assoclate, t!l:e Postal, will enter tl:e s evex‘ning the. . program will tees Namew by President Murphy - { in the village church. i telephone business, and on a rate|start at 8 o’clock and will be as fol- | and we all stop trading at home, his absence. was in crops anq $4,037,286 in live At 7:30 this evening the mission | gchedule materially lower than now lows: —_— | { & 2 = This evening, besides several good [stock products. for non-Catholics will begin, exists will compete in long distance o 15 | o :‘;‘{mf‘s e tl;m!ehe :sztutof‘sth;:gm:n preliminary mateches, Cutler will Lancaster County was not only service against the Bell and other ca!::::z:onal service, ded by Miss|\WILL TAKE CARE OF POOR aid the ; T g % —— 3 Carl Mati , the M lis | the b nty in 1910, but it| p companies. The first announcement & T one s good for all. What would he | mee Cot 1“a;‘:‘):xlm'l?fim:""?;p;vf the Hanner songi, 1 ROB DULUTH SHOW WINDOW Music, Bemidjl Presbyterian Choir. the result? eral good men can be secured Cutler will endeavor to throw them in ohie hour. Following Goteh’s failure to throw Cutler in one hour, the last time they met, the world’s champion appointed the former ‘Bemidji boy to defend the title, and he has not been defeated since, winning in every trip to the mat The Consequence. “First the stores would close up. “My husband would lose his job. We would have to move—probably to some big city. “Mrs. Smith’s husband would lose . his job and they would move away. “The stores being closed and lo- cal business being suspended, the i bank would be driven into liquida- l tion and Mrs. Brown’'s husband i the Chickasaw Nation, County. Chickasaw Nation. of profits, let me say this: “I do not.know of any merchants in the small towns of Kansas who are making unreasonable amounts of money, if appearances count for anything. These merchants live modestly and seem to practice the us- unal economies. Montgomery Ward on the other hand, is a multi-mil- lionaire; the profits of his company are increasing by millions-in each annual report; Julius Rosenwald is in would lose his job, and move, “All the families in town having been driven away. the school would of course close up and Mrs. Jones’ husband would lose his place. “The church would die and Mrs. White’s husband would be out hunt- ing for a new pastorate. The Next Result worth $18,368,418. Los Angeles County, Cal., ducts worth $17,987,382. ranking being: LasSalle, fifth: MecLean, { “And we women, by organizing A St Champaign, seventh; Cook, v our Larkin clubs, and by distributing |® multrmlll:onmre, the Larkin fam-|Sangamon. tenth; T out Montgomery Ward catalogues ly, T am told, are multi-millionaries. |twelth. Whitman County, have practically discharged our own| _ Who Gets the Profits? 2 husbands, and separateéd ourselves ";m“’ are getting the big profits? . and our children from our bread and asked you to give me the names - butter, The small town would be|°f® few of these ‘wives of small mer-" dead ¥ We wonld-have to g0 to:the chants’ who are acting as secretaries farm. or the big city in order to ex- of Larkin clubs, so that I might write st. to them. You refuse to do so be- “0t course 1 realize, as you also|C3USe you say they fear publicity. realize; that such a condition is not ;[::r ‘;l::d:ai!x{. i‘l’;‘inh:,:la;:l:zu;oi:: pass—put this iz 4 ::: I;'O_:: :: :;f t;:;_ pol‘;:; :"cm_ and your letters in sealed envelopes 1 ; i without printing. 1d :i‘:no;\x;tt:hl:s logloslc end swon “Qut here in Kansas we know ex- “Would it help me much to ‘save (Continued on Page &) will be treated in the same . the profits’ at such a cost. — “Your claim that the prices quo- - § ted in your catalogue are the same SCOO THE CUB S the local merchant pays at wholesale REPORTER is not well founded. - TETIT Fy s tons Beal Baotd g 3#555%2 LFEOFME-T | S el i B DONT SEE HOWIM GONNA believe from inquiries ave made € GET MARRIED —IKEEP A that T could go to our home stores & + and by buying in $10 lots, paying e “;‘EE m},‘_&“ o _; cash, ang; taking the goods home NINE BUCKS - with me, I could save enough out of AWEEK . a $10 order to duplicate the prem- A iums you offer, considering the cost i of shipping and delivery of goods * from Peoria. Besides I would be buying at home, save several weeks of waiting, avoid the risk of delay and loss and would know in advance by personal examination jns'. Wwhat 1 am getting. “Referring again to the matter . ductive counties of the the down ‘town streets of Minnesota avenue was 7 TM GONNA BT W L\ A, 2 In 1900 it had a narrow victory over. which was ranked as a single county of India Territory, but the Chickasaw Nation had eight times the area of Lancaster Yet the value of products: from the Pennsylvania County was $1,000,000 more than those of the The next most productive county 1910 was McLean County, Iil, with /733,161 acres in farm lands. The production in this county was Then followed Bailey. with 757,- |has just completed testing several of DOUBLE DAMAGE LAW VOID| At a meeting of the board of con- Audit—aBisiar, Crippen, Lahr. the Bemidji dairy herds for tubercul- e trol Monday afternoon a motlon Was| _ yater and Lights—Miller, Crip- * 985 acres in farms and farm. pro- Seven lllinois counties were among the 12 most productive counties the Livingston;” and Vermilion ranked, fourth. among the most pro- States; Aroostock County, Me., ninth, and Fresno County, Cal., eleventh: - Cleaned Down-Town Streets A. A. Carter, street commissioner, ‘took the first step yesterday to-clean that has gathered during the winter. scraped and the dirt hauled away, and as soon as lthe weather permits Beltrami avenue Our Young People, Mrs. Williams. Solo, Miss Erickson, Bemidji. Address, Mrs. Lingle. Little business of importance was transacted by the Bemidji council at its meeting last evening. No liquor the North American-at the conclusion of several months of work on the de- talls. -Jeweler Loses $1,500 Worth of Goods to; Burglars. Duluth, March 17.—Breaking through Vice President A. 8. Harris said Offering. licenses were up for consideration, 2 side pane of glass burglara. stole| that within a few days theiom‘cle of ? Closing Hymn. and no comment was made concern- - approximately $1,500 worth-of jewelry | G. McIntosh, the manager, in the main 3 from the display window of the D. A. |-.ofiice of the company in Minneapolis,| Dismissal prayer, Rev. J. H.|ingthe two which will request re- —1- Frarey. newals at the next meeting of the : alderman. A list of the standing committees for the ensuing year as appointed by R. F. Murphy, alderman at large, was read to the council members. The committees are as follows: Finance—Murphy, Maberg and Miller store. The stolen valuables included ‘watches, bracelets, lockets, rings and scarf pins. : The police have little. to, guide them im-their work to.run down the burglars. will be connected for public service with the main office in Chicago. Thereafter, he said, extensive installa- tion of long distance service will be made throughout the . Northwest. Eventually all the lines will*be linked and an invasion of the fleld of city service will be undertaken. BUY SWEATERS FOR TEAM Athletic Club- Shows Appreciation of Season’s Success, Urges: Examinations. - Dr. W. K. Denison, veterinarian, Highest Court Holds South Dakota Statute Unconstitutional. Washington, - March 17.—The ' su- preme court held unconstitutional the South Dakota state that permits the: assessing of double damages in certain cases. The South Dakota su- preme court had allowed the double made and carried to purchase sweat- ers for the basketball team which 'has made an excellent record during| - the past season. Those who will re- ceive the sweaters are, Ralph Bran- don, Paul Howe, Glen Peck, Alfred Newman, Carl Jacobson, Julius Bes- osis, and this morning said that he has ordered five .cows killed. The doctor réecommends that every dairy 'man and cow owner in the. vicinity ‘have his cattle tested as the dangers of spreading ‘the dangerous disease are. many: He also sald that sev- pen, Faucault, Streets and Walks — Smart, Crippen, Moberg. 2 Sewers—Lahr, Faucaalt, Crip- second: Sixth; eighth; pen, Buildings—Crippen, Smart and = Moberg. Fire—Miller, Lahr, Bisiar. 5 Parks—Faucault, Moberg and R Wash,, |eral of the -dairy men now doing|dsmages in the case of Kennedy|tul and James Malone. Smart. business in Bemidfi have never had ;nh;:t ‘ll.he ’?Mcngo T::"lw“k“t ‘:’d = : Prlntlng—Bl:Ti_ley, Mfllfir. Bisiar 5 3 t. ul railway. e’ amount fm-|. Salari B i a United | their cows tested. e e mngll -~ Foley Buys New Hup iatier i DRl eI - W. P. Foley, proprietor of the Mc- Iver Livery Stables has purchased a new five -passenger Hupmobile for his livery service. The new car is equipped with all the up-to-daté con- . | veniences including a self starter electric lights and covered cushions. Health—Lahr, Faucault, Miller. Poor—Bailey, Miller, Bisiar. Purchasing—Murphy, Balley, Miller. License—Moberg, Bailey, Smart The matter of caring for the poor left homeless because of the fire ‘which destroyed the county poor farm residence last week, was dis- cussed and- on. motion which carried bids will be adventised for- ‘calling - for propositions providing hoard and washing. It {s not likely _ that the council will be able to pro- 'vide @ house. Dr. L. A, Ward was renamed as health officer, and the Pioneer was selected as the official publication of the city of Bemidji. A communication - from Nelson Rector,. & Minneapplls = contractor, was read in which he states a price for which he would completely repair the city water tank. / The matter was_left with the “water and light committee which will report at the next meeting of the council Goes to Dakota Fred Bursley, formerly ‘desk wer- geant of the Bemidji police force, ‘has accepted @ position -with the Standard Oil Company and will make his head quarters at Minot, Norlh Dakota. oo ofe o o b ol kol ol bbb ek bk b CRIME TO _BEAT STREET CAR COMPANY. Berlin, March * 17.—Failure to report to street car conduc- tors instead of waiting to be asked for fares is now a mis- demesnor in Berlin. Offenders will be .arrested. the dirt Ralph Cunningham left last night for North Dakota where he will re- main in the future in the employ of a farmer. E. J. Kane and Gertrude Mc- Laughlin were married yesterday. They ‘will reside at Kellihér. % g * * L + < + L + ‘manner. I E R R R R L R TR T R R X Faint Heart Never Won Fai Lady, Scoop 7 LESSEE NOW-WRUT 00 T S&Y FIRST- OH NES-T SEZ~ By "HOP” Wes Wright today completed a transaction whereby Sam Simpson, & “|of Bena, becomea the owner of the northwest corner. of the clity hul block, Fifth street and ‘America av- | il | |