Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 17, 1914, Page 4

. known to the editor, but not necessar- . neer. The Bemidji Daily Pioneer BEMIDJI PIONEER PUB. CO Publishers and Proprietors Telsphone 31 Entered at the post office at Bemidjl Minn., as second-class matter under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879, Published every afternoon except Sunday No attention pald to anonymous con- tributions. Writer's name must be iy for publication. ycommuniea,fiou for the Weekly Pio- meer should reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue Subscription Rates One month by carrier . One year by carrier ... Three months, postage S8ix months, postage paid One year, postage paid .... The Weekly Ploneer Eight pages, containing a summary of the gewsp ogr the week. Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any eddress for $1.50 in advauce., ;;-ITS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN =, ADVERTISING BY THE N RESENEEDEIATION GENERAL OFFICES . NEW YORK AND CHICAGC @RANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES The Cornerstone. No. 9, the State Forests Amend- ment, is the cornerstone for a policy which will provide us with perman- ent forests and these will be raised on lands which are entirely unfit for farming and if the forests are de- stroyed they will revert to barren wastes. The amendment will be sub- mitted to popular vote on Novem- ber 3, which is the ninth on the bal- lot, and every voter should thorough- 1y inform himself in order to under- stand this measure. Forests are es- sential to the welfare of our state, and No. 9, the State Forests Amend- ment, will provide us with them. It stands for good business. Not to vote at all is to vote against this measure. Remember this Novembar third. It is for your own sake, for your children's sake, and Minnesota’s sake. Through fire, wasteful logging and wanton destruction, our magnificent forests, the pride of Minnesota, have been reduced to what little we have left. Mjllions and millions of dol- lars have been lost through forest ex- ploitation. Large areas of land, very rocky in character but covered with magnificent pines, have been reduced to barren wastes. They are now a burden to the community and a bad advertisement to the state. Shall we go ahead and treat our remaining forests according to this same old policy of destruction and exploita- tion, or shall we adopt a better me- thod? Our forests are going fast, and we should act before it is too; late. The legislature has seen the urg- ent need for taking immediate steps| to provide us with them, and as a! result ‘No. 9. the State’ Forests Amendment, will be submitted to po-| pular vote on November 3. This| measure is the most important piecef of legislation for the csnse!‘vationi of our forests ever submitted to the! people of Minnesota. . ‘ It provides that all those state, lands which a soil survey shows are| unfit for farming, shall be used a.si state forests. Under this ruling, ap- | proximately one million acres cf‘r state lands, which are too rocky for farming, will be managed according | to forestry principles. This amend-| ment will insure us permanent for- ests, create a bigger school fund, pro- mote thriving industries and lower our taxes. HREKK K KRR KKKKK KKK * EDITORIAL EXPLOSIONS * HHKEHRKKEKK KKK KKK X The man who buys a piece of land and holds it—without making any | improvement—waiting for it to be- come more valuable because of the work of the neighbors, is a public nuisance and should be taxed at a higher rate than those who produce crops on their lands.—Warroad Pio- t —— 't .2 newspapers opposing Lee are accusing him of trying to straddle on the county option question. Mr. Lee is no doubt for county option, and this goading may make him more aggressively so. This shows a lack of wisdom on the part of his enemies, who are certainly not in favor cf county option.—Buffalo Journal. —o The Minneapolis Journal is mak- ing a monkey of itself in its labored efforts to find some flaws in the administration. ‘“We are not criti- cising the president; we are support- ing him,” is the sentiment that should possess the heart of every pat- riot at this critical time in the world’s history.—TFairmont Sentinel. According to a German scientist linoleum on a floor ffuickly kills bac- teria which may be brought into a house on shoes because of ‘the lin- seed oil it contains. e Turkish women'are now taking up the study of medicine. i The army worm is continuing its campaign of devastation in the eastern states. E. L. D. Sey- mour makes' the following sug- gestion in the New York Tribune as to methods of fighting this enemy to garden and farm: Since the advance of a horde of the insects is a remarkable sight it is usuvally easy to know when they are approaching. Immedi- ately your field. lawn or, if pos- sible, your entire property should be protected against them by the simple expedient of plowing fur: rows around it, leaving the side toward the advancing worms smooth. Sliding down this, they accumulate in the tremch and may be destroyed by dragging a log along the furrow. One enter- prising farmer ran his auto- mobile back and forth with two wheels in the ditch and killed them by thousands. Or smooth, straight sided holes may be dug in‘the furrows twenty feet apart, into which the insects tumble, to be killed with kerosene, hot wa- ter or by crushing. MENZIESIA MENACE. A Shrub That Is a Poison to Live Stock. A new menace to live stock in the bigher altitudes of some ‘of the range states is a straggling, branching shrub from three to seven feet in height known as menziesia. It is found at al- titudes of from 3,500 to 6,000 feet in northern California, Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho and Washington. Another spe- cies that is not known to be poisonous is found in the southern Alleghenies. In the west the plant grows on the moist northern slopes in open woods and about the “balds.” The symptoms of poisoning exhibited by stock are frothing at the mouth, staggering gait, usually more or less paralysis and sometimes - difficult breathing and nausea. A considerable quantity of the plant is thought to be necessary to produce dangerous results. Menziesia is not an appetizing shrub, and sheep will not eat it unless there is a lack of good forage. When driven along trails bordered by the plant they are likely to eat it in considerable amounts. When bedding grounds are frequently used the flock may on ac- count of the scarcity of good grazing eat the leaves of the poisonous shrub. Although some investigative work has been done by the United States department of agriculture, not much is known about the treatment of poisoned stock. A pamphlet containing a de- scription of the plant has been pub- lished. The only remedy at present is prevention. Herdsmen should learn to recognize the plant. The leaves are thin, from one to two inches long and from half an inch to an inch wide. The bell shaped flowers vary from pink to greenish white and are quarter of an inch across, growing from ter- minal buds and expanding with the leaves.—Country Gentleman. Handy Stable Scraper. A very handy stable scraper may be ‘made out of an old broken stable fork. Secure a board about five inches wide and about eight inches longer than the fork is wide. In one edge of the board bore as many holes as HANDY SCRAPER. there are tines to the fork, running them in about three inches. One edge of the board is beveled. After the coarse manure is thrown out this ¢ scraper will be found handy in gath- ering up the finest particles. Read Pioneer Want Ads. TS different from others because more care is taken in the making and the-materials used are of fl higher grade. Black Silk | Stove Polish Makes a brilliant,cill:y polish that does not rub off or dust ofi, anithe shinelasts § four times as long as ordinary stove lish. Used on samrle stoves and sold '[-can be taken from one part of the hardware and grocery dealers. ¥ul we imk iatntrlz!.z{]seian your mokfito'n. our. parlor. stove of your gus Tange. don't find. it tho best stove. polleh, you Grer used, your désler is authorized to refand your monéy. Insist on Black Silk Stove Polisb. in liquid of peste—one quality. Black Silk Stove Polish Works § A Shinein Every Drop” | 2 - Portable Stock Chut: : Every farmer has occasion to load some aninials into a wagon, and many do this by building a stock chute. Usually these chutes are built as per- manent fixtures in connection with feed racks, but are often made so they to support the weight of a. mature hog or a large calf it becomes a clumsy thing td move. An Indiana farmer has solved this problem of inconvenience by placing his chute on a truck. The CHUTE ON A TRUCK. farm to another. When a chute of this kind is built heavy and strong enough | wheels and axles used in wmaking his chute were parts of old machinery found on the farm. The wheels were taken from an old mower. The short end of the chute is provided with two strong iron hooks which are sharpened S0 as to engage the lottom of the wagon bed and to prevent the chute slipping back when the animals start upward. With such an arrangement there is no difficulty in building a chute of ample strength because“the question of weight is of stiall impor- tance. The chute can be hovked on, be- hind the wagon and hauled to any part of the farm. *Philadelphia’s n oted mountain climber, Miss Dora Keen, is exploring the glaciers of Alaska. Malaria causes more sickness and deaths than any other single disease in India. ; Let a want ad help jyou. HOW TO TEST YOUR EVES A SIMPLE TEST FOR XNORMAL EYESIGHT., An eye test that costs but five cen is worth ‘the price aside from the v the test is a moving picture slow. can sit through an average program out your eyes aching or feeling d tired and without feeling an icli open and close them frequentl hour later, or the next mornin: feel perfectly smooth and ea nothing much the matter wit however, after such a program your vi is dim, your eyes feel dry or irritated burn or itch or ache or feel ove:iworked, try this prescription: Optona 5 Grains (1 tallet). ‘Water 2 ounces. Dissolve the -tablet in the 2 ounces of or strain and makes your eyes fcel and fine.. It is a boon after ai even the moving pictures or after = hard work where you have used the eyes santly. Irritation, inflammation and minor eye troubles are greatly bel this prescription. If you wear glass it. You may, to your own surprise, that you do not need them. Glzsses bonght at cheap stores without scieniific adju ment to the eyes, or glasses warn too long without rendfljsymeut, are oftentin: only absolutely unnecessary, but pos ely injurious. The use of this preseription may give you.a favorable opportunit judge whether or not you need glasses, is a simple home remedy that -lia: used by hundreds of thousands, and 3 its users many regard it as an indispensable part of their daily toilet. and sometimes WhoIly CUTed D7 the USe o1 | oemem————aae st —————————————————————— ) and remain closed until 5 $5.00. In many of these coats the linings are going fast at the low prices we are will close Friday at noon o'clock. We have added another lot of coats to the $5.00 lot, so that no one will be dis- appointed in securing a winter coat at alone cost more than the price we ask for the coat. 3 We will have a fair assortment of the wool blankets tomorrow forenoon, they asking, 1-4 off. We have added to the girls’ dresses, waists and prints, so that late visitors to the fair will have a good assortment to choose from. O'Leary Bowser Co. o g & 8 : B ® g -] 8 TR —Another Int of waist specials for Saturday— worth up to $2 ............ 93¢ Special Friday & Saturday The finest goods for the least money. To the majority of women the selection of a suit, coat, dress and waist is a problem, but it is easily solved in our ready-to-wear department. go to make up our stock that you will find not one that shows error in style, f in material or in workmanship. : —Oue lot of new dress EGAL EMPURIUM c skirts in plain serges or fancy materials. Extra special while they last... 3.09 Successors to L. L. Berman The Place Where Style and Economy Go Mand In Hand Pleasingly Exemplified In Our Store So carefully do we choose the suits that —Onelot of manufacturer’s samples of messaline, fancy tussah silk l 59 petticoats infall colors, worth up t0 3.00......... ... . __One asssortment of the newest style waists in SILKS, NETS and CHIFFONS, 600 waists 4 9 5 Friday and Saturday ............c.ceeveeneinnes e __NEW STYLES of the SELBY and RED CROSS SHOES. Most beautiful styles ever shown, in all different leathers at......... ......3.50, 4.00, 4.50, 5.00 —Just received a beautiful line of serge and silk * basque dresses ranging in prices from..................... 9.75, 10.50, 12.00, 13.50, and 18.50 —The biggest line of coats for ladies’, misses, juniors. and children that ever was shown. Prices from...... 8.00 to 48.50