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5 IR MONDAY, MARCH 92, - 1918 About The City EX KRR KR RN R KRR RN HX % LEST WE FORGET * EXRKHKE KK KKK KKK KX In case of fire call 349. LRI There will be another sale of state school and swamp land of the county Wednesday, April 14. PR To cast your ballot on the bond issue at the special election which is to be held on April 20. « o May 10 has been selected as the date of the annual sale of lands cn which there are delinquent taxes. P Another installment of “The Mas- ter Key,” the great serial, will ap- pear in Friday’s issue of the Pioneer. s .. Big meeting of the Merchants’ as- sociation on the afternoon of March B Farmer club presidents are to attend. PR The next regular meeting of the county commissioners will be held April 27. There will be a special meeting on April 2 : P The 1915 summer meeting of the N. M. D. A. will be held at Coleraine, June 10 and 11. The winter con- vention will be held in Bemidji next December. s Beltrami county’s annual fair will be held on September 15, 16, 17 and 18. September 15 will be entry day. The state fair will be in progress September 6 to 11. JOGA BREVITIES Robert Stai of the town of Liberty was a business visitor in Bemidji Sat- urday. Mrs. N. H. Willet of Frohn was among the out-of-town shoppers Sat- urday. For Wood Phone Mrs. W. H. Gish of Turtle River was among the out-of-town shoppers Saturday. 129.—Adv. George Forte of the town of Eckles CHICAGO Better cookies, cake and Dbiscuits, too. All as light, fluffy, tender and delicious as mother used to bake. And just as whole- some. For purer Baking Pow- der than Calumet cannot be had at any price. Ask your grocer. RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS was a between- trains-visitor-in Be- midji ‘Saturday. Cottage cheese at the Boss Bakery. Phone 111.—Adv. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Skrivseth of Turtle River spent Saturday in Be- midji on business. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith of Min- nesota avenue, who have both been ill, are improving. Cottage cheese at the Boss Bakery. Phone 111.—Adv. Mrs. Lennie Hogan of Grant Valley visited at the home of her daughter; Mrs. Frank Schroeder, Saturday. Miss Gladys Strowbridge of Grant | Valley was in Bemidji Saturday en- route to Detroit, where she will at- tend school. Call C. F. Hicks, Phone 231, for es- timates on painting and papering.— Adv. D. H. Congdon, who has visited his daughter, Mrs. Pearl Barnell, of Oak street for some time, went to Eagle Bend Saturday. Ed Carpenter, G. Strowbridge, G. Miner, G. Huntosh, E. Carlson and J. Suckert attended a dance at Nary Saturday night. One of these days you ought to go to Hakkerup’s and have your pic- ture taken.—Adv. H. C. Baer, cashier of the Security State bank, returned yesterday morn- ing from Minneapolis, where he has been on business. Mrs. E. R. Elliott and daughter Inez visited Mrs. O. Smith of Cass Lake Saturday. Mrs. Smith will leave in two or three weeks for Cali- fornia. Miss Ina Robertson spent the week end with her parents in this city. Miss Robertson teaches near Spur and is a graduate of the Bemidji schools. 1ave your furniture repaired at the bargain store, first class work at reasonable prices.—Adv. Mrs. B. W. Lakin of Lake Boule- vard returned this morning from the west, where she has spent the past six weeks, attending the Panama ex- position. Miss Cora Milliron, who teaches at Spur, came to Bemidji Saturday to meet her mother, who lives at Osakis, Minnesota, and who will visit at Spur for some time. George Sanders, assistant manager of the Minneapolis office of Armour & Company, was in Bemidji today on business in connection with the branch which is located here. Mrs. J. Segal of Beltrami avenue entertained at Five Hundred Satur- day afternoon, in honor of Mrs. Lam- oreaux, of Washburn, Wisconsin, who is a guest at the E. E. Kenfield home on Lake Boulevard. Five-room modern house- for rent. Price reasonable. Phone 210 or call at Mrs. Henrionnet’s Millinery par- lors.—Adv. Zelma Miner, who teaches school at Yola, Minnesota, was a week end visitor of her sister, Grace Miner, who is a student in the normal de- partment of the Bemidji schools. She returned to Yola yesterday. Mrs. Andy Larson entertained Sat- urday evening at a fish dinner. The guests were Mesdames George Ras- musson, Herb Rasmusson, A. E. Web- ster, Andy Clavin, 8. A. Cutter, W. J. Coleman, C. Winter and Mabel Young. Luman Aldrich and his mother of Wilton were in the city Saturday. They brought in Mr. Aldrich’s little boy, who was badly scalded some time ago when he fell into a pan of hot water, in for medical attention. He was in a critical condition for sev- eral days but is now recovering. The Pioneer is the place to buy your rolls of adding machine paper for Burroughs adding machines. One roll, a dozen rolls or a hundred rolls. —Adv. Rem Bell, Howard Palmer, Ralph Brandon, Attorney Carl Heffron and several others who attended the Carleton basketball tournament, re- turned to Bemidji this morning. All are of the opinion that Bemidji’s team is equal of any quint which participated in the tournament, not even excepting the championship Red ‘Wing aggregation. Mrs. Thayer C. Bailey of Bemidji will enjoy the Sunday with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Stone. Mr. Bailey accompanied Mrs. Bailey as far as Crookston. He continued to the twin cities last evening and ex- pects to return on Monday, Mrs. Bailey returning home with him at that time.—Crookston Daily Times. The Henrionnet Millinery parlors are receiving new shipments of hats every day. Now is the time to select your Easter hat. Store open eve- nings.—Adv. A. A. Carter, the Bemidji repre- sentative of the Maxwell Automobile company, is muek pleased over the |records made by Maxwell cars in the 300-mile Western Auto Classic of last week. In this race Maxwell cars won first and second places, defeating practically the same field which par- ticipated in the recent Grand prize and Vanderbilt races. Barney Old- field, driving the winning car, made the entire distance without stopping or changing gears, while Billy Carl- son, driving the second car, stopped only once, i)eing seven seconds for oil. |Oldfields’ average of 71 miles an hour was faster than either the Vanderbilt or Grand: Prize races. Ruckstall in a Mercer was third in the race. World's P Food Expasition. Chicage, 08 St e i In the race of life rascality often appears to be the best sprinter. MAKE WORK: EASIER. Bemidji People Are Pleased to Learn How It Has Been Done. It’s pretty hard to attend to duties With constant aching back; ‘With annoying urinary disorders. Doan’s Kidney Pills have made work easier. So thousands have gratefully testi- fied. They’re for bad backs. They’re for weak kidneys. Bemidji people gratefull recom- mend Doan’s. & A Mrs. P. Schondeman, 814 Bemidji Ave., Bemidji, says: “One of the family had trouble from the back and kidneys, caused by hard work and suffering badly from lameness across the loins. After stooping, this one could hardly get up again. Doan’s Kidney Pills were recommended as the best medicine for kidney disor- ders and their use in a short time removed the trouble.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Schondeman recommends. Fos- ter-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. SCIENTIFIC CITIZEN FARM- ING. Nowadays, in scientific farm- ing, when we want to learn whether one soil is better than another or whether one kind of fertilizer succeeds Ubetter than another, we e good seed and plant it in different sections of our farm and with different fer- tilizers and try out what con- ditions and what soil produce the best resuits. We've been doing— this for many years in our cit- ies with our citizen seed, the only difference being that the scientific vegetable farmer pro- ceeds according to the results of his experiment, while our un- scientifie citizen growers, as a rule, pay no attention whatever & to the results and- continue. to % waste more seed. farmi g along ( ity. Sfdudidndulnig WW%W%NWWWW § the old lines. Gt o TOO many people look and act and feel older than they should. If they kept their systems clear they would surely feel better -- brighter -- younger. - But -salts -- ugh! -- and pills and things are hard to take. Try those little “‘slip- and - go-down”’ wafers -- Wabster's Sodetts — each wafer containing a scien- tifically measured dose of the ideal combination salt. No salty taste. No distressing ef- fervescent gas. All the value of a dose of salts in one or two lit- tle wafers. 25c package — flat, vest pocket size — convenient to ca We know We _ It's an innovation its formula — its makers. recommend Sodetts. CityDrugStore E. N. French & Co. Apirtment Hodses ‘tn Africa. . you.-approach’ the- continent by way of Alglers you are gtartied by the vision of a moderm eity ‘with good rail- road ‘service, excellent trolley car sys- tem, 'streets -full of automobiles and businese and- apartment houses “that would do credit . to an up to date -American metropolis: And -Algiers is_only: the. gateway. You take a sleeping car at night and wake up in the morning at'Oran, “the Chicago of north Africa.”” This mod- ern city is develdping as rapidly as any western boom town. . Your guide takes you out.to a district where there was not a house & .year ago, and, lo, you are riding down ‘a’ broad, well paved street withi'towering apartment houses on one side and. a beautiful park ‘on the other. He takes you to the old downtown: section of Oran, which was-quite a8 well built as the business section.of the average Amer- ican city of twenty years ago. But this did not satisfy the modern north Africans. They -left the old main street and built*a brand new city spinal columned by a great ‘row of up to date business-houses which would do credit: to any.city in- America.— World Outlook. Active Chamber of Commerce. The secretary of the Tiffin (0. chamber of commerce calls on at least five members of the chamber daily, nshng them for the following: First, attention to payment of ‘dues; ‘second, suggestions as to how- the chamber can be of benefit to their business and to the .community - generally; third, names-of additional prospective mem- bers. This gives every member the sense of personal attention, and gives him an opportunity to express himself treely. providing a:constructive cam- paign of work for the chamber. A pipe soldered on the outside of a new funnel provides an air vent when it is placed in a bottle so that liquid poured into the funnel will not overflow it. Need any nelp? Try a want ad Yeur Great- Grandlather’s Izl was an inconstant mixture, thickened or thinned as it required. Folks are more particular abeut Veriting results now, 0 we offer our customers the newest member of the-€arier’s Inx family, Carter’s Pencraft Combined Office and Fountain Pen Ik —one ink- equally adapted to cither fountain.pecs or mkw: e, Pencralt Iok writes a dark bice and dries atine- defying black. Our prompiness in stocking LLis newest ink is only anotherexample of the earncs ness of our desire to please you. May we show you this matchless ink today ? = MEREMIDN PIONEER Phone 31. BRINKMAN Co., Inc.—Adv. * Five Parts Matinee Daily 2:30 TONIGHT Famous Players Star Feature Film Service PARAMOUNT PROGCRAM .Jesse L. Lasky presents Dustin Farnum —IN— ] T 1 The Virginian From the book by Owen Wister and the play by Kirk Lashalle 400 Scenes Admission: 5¢: andi:15¢ INQUIRE OF ST- PAUL This space reserved by the Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co. For Price of Lots, Terms, Etc., Bemidji, or write BEI'“D.II TOWNSITE & IMPROVEFENT CO. 620 Capital Bank 8ullding T. C. Grand Theatre ot < NI LA ot A The Master Key unlocks the door to every sion? Pretty ‘Bad: shop was full of men waiting for him to practice his tonsorial art upon their heads and faces. One man, Mr. Blank; became tired of waiting for his turn ‘to come and started to leave. Although his beard no one would notice it and that he could come back the next morning when Hughes, the barber. was not so very busy. The barber, not wishing a customer to go away unattended to. accosted him by saying. “You're not leavin® us, is you, Mr. Blank?” Mr. Blank felt of his face and re plied. “Why, I don't need a shave, do I Hughes?* Hughes thereupon looked his cus- tomer over critically and answered bim assuredly: youse don't. need a shave. All youse needs is a haircut on de face.”—National Monthly. LR RS RS RS SRR SR R R * RELIEVE THE WORST COUGH * HH KK KK KKK KKK KK KX immediately with Schiffmann’s Con- centrated Expectorant. If it does not relieve you, or is not found the very best remedy you ever used, your money will be refunded by Barker's Drug Store. Ford Owners. Factory will supply speedometers for $6. F. O. B. Minnedpolis April 1. Price $12. For information call Ford Service Station, 'C.. W Jewet{ ; 5 Ladies’ iy The barber was very busy, and the had come out pretty heavy, he thought |, Select Your Easter Garments Ladies’ Suits, Late Styles $22.50, $25, $27.50, and $30 Ladies’ Coats, $10, $13.50, $15, $20 and $25 Misses’ Coats, $7.50 fo $15.00 Ladles black Chudda skirts $7.00 each. Ladies’ navy - blue serge tailored suits, sizes 41 and 43 $20 a suit. - Ladies’ extra size white waists. oes—Our spring line of ladies’ low shoes ‘arrived Saturday. ¥ % Budd line of children’s shoes expected this week. D'LEARY-BOWSER CO. thrill of Human-existence Is love the greatest thing'in the' ‘'world? * Can: fear blast happiness and wreck lives? After years.of hatred, is revenge sweet? Is greed avital pas- Is remorse: our worst “punisher’’? ADMISSION 5¢-and 10c TOMORROW-:-“The Wolf,” a Lubin masterpiece in six reels | The Rex Theatre Monday and Tuesday ‘““Money, The Good of it and the Bad of it.”” A clever and'popular photo-play drama in two reels— Biograph. “Broncho-Billy and The Sheriff’s Offlce," with Geo: M. Anderson-iu the leading role. Essanay. “Billy’s Wager,”’ a comedy that cannot fail to “please. In addition we show this week, “Young Mrs. Win- throp;”’ **Mr.-Santa Claus” and “When_the Blind-See,’’ and other high class motion pictures. Daily matinees; beginning first show at 2 p. m. Evening shows begin at 7:15 p. m. Admission 5c and 10c THE REX THEATRE Under new management OLIVER WHALEY, Prop. X R R RY L] * w* * * * * » * * * 1 d Now Special this Week . Our Bem:dj i, Minn.