Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1915, Page 31

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915. Women as White Wings. The most distinguished company of “white wings” that ever repaired local streets was a company of indignant and determined women, representing the first families of Coudersport, Pa., who, enraged at neglect of the borough authorities to put the residentia) sec- tion of East street in appropd;te shape for Chautauqua week, mrmfil out in silks, laces and diamonds galore and flashed hoe, shovel, spade; rake and wheglbarrow as well as gravel along the line til] their fair.and intelligent| faces glowed with exercise and indig- nation over the ‘way their fine homes were disfigured by mudholes and weeds of neglected streets. “Our patiénce has been exhausted in appeals to city fathers,” declared one silk petticoated worker, “and we won’t stand for it any longer.” Advantages of Brilliant Street Lighting. No one can measure with any degree of accuracy the advantages which re- sult from artistic, brilliant street light- ing. That these advantages are very great is evident. It has been demon- strated time and time again that good street lighting increases the real estate value. Many cities have found that property on one side of a business street is worth more than property on the other because the merchants on one side use more light and use it more attractively than those on the other. Business men have opened stores on dark and nearly deserted streets. By the touch of the magic wand of bright, attractive lighting they have transformed these streets into the busiest and most profitable streets in the city. Pioneer want ads are read. Overshoes and Rubhers Here are some prices we are making for the next ten days on this good seasonable merchandise: Lumberman’s 8 inch rubbers 10 inch rubbers at . 12 inch rubbers at Low rubbers at . . Red sole 4 buckle overshoe (men) &t ............ $2.25. Men’s two buckle overshoe £ A R ALV UE o $1.75 Men’s heavy rolled edge over- ghoe 8t ..isisvaeinas $1.25 Heavy Boy’s overs .reinforced toe ot nvevann il d 95 Ladies’ one buckle overshoe L S $1.00 Ladies’ low over, or alaska T 85¢ Ladies’ fleece lined rubbers 85¢ Ladies’ light rubbers ..... 50¢ Boy’s 10 inch top rubbers up 00k sl e L $1.85 Boys’ rubbers without tops Y R O $1.25 Also all sizes in men’s and boys’ moose moc= casins, sheep mocca= sins, wool sox, insoles, etc. Mail orders promptly attended to and de- livered by parcel post, postage prepaid. All above rubber goods new fresh stock just in and some of the very best makes. " BEMIDJI SHOESTORE C. A. KNAPP, Prop. 313 Beit, Ave. Bemidji Why Spoil Christmas with eleventh hour rush and doubt as to suitable gifts? Inexpensive, use- ful and handsome remem- brances can be found in | Pum Gift Speciatlties Recipe Books 'Memo Books; Diaries Engagement Books BEMIDJI PIONEER QFFICE Phone 31 Bemidji, Minn. expert magkefman who will en- deavor to bring about better mar- keting conditions. ;Hig.werk will be to demonstrate the advantages of. and; beg;er packing of pry y.-truckers, and .farm- ers' having- vegetables and fruits to sell. Already there have heen a num- ber of instances where the seller has secured a more ready.sale and better . prices by following the advice of the market expert. So far as is known, Roanoke is the only city in the east.that has provided for such - an- official.— Town Development:Magazine. B 5 S CLEAN WATER FOR HORSES. Horse Fountain Newly Erected at Spo- kane Seems to Meet the Need. Two years ago the commissioner of public utilities of Spokane in a conver- sation with the Washington state veter- inarian was informed that the public horse watering trough was responsible for the spreading of disease among the horses and that some other means of furnishing water for horses was desir- able, writes C. M. Fassett, commission- . AN EXPERT MARKETMAN} The champer of commerce of Roanoke, Va, has employed an % 23 THE HORSE FOUNTAIN. er of public utilities at Spokane, Wash. in the American City. Correspondence | with'other cities where improved meth- | & ods were said to have been adopted failed to elicit the desired information, so the superintendent of water pro- ceeded to design a new system, which has resulted in the building of the | horse fountain shown in the photo- i} graph. It has been in use only a few weeks, but it seems to meet the need. ° Water is supplied from the city mains through a three-quarter inch tap. The two valves are below the. frosi line and are counterweighted stop and | waste valves, operated by chains from the levers shown in the photograph. i thus making the fountain available for' use in freezing weather, when the old trough had to be shut down. The three-quarter inch riser from the valve is enlarged to one and one-half inches near the top, and the two elbows and three nipples are one and one-half inch- es, with a strainer in one of them. This arrangement prevents the water from coming out with too much force, as the pressure on the mains is about ninety pounds. The buckets are extra heavy galvanized iron, fastened to the foun- tain with heavy steel chains. Swat the Ugly Signboard. In the campaign for the beautifica- tion of the country the effort to control roadside signs, posters and other ad- vertisements is being fostered by the National Highways Protective society, says the Country Gentleman. Laws are now on the statute books of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Is- land and Pennsylvania specifically pro- hibiting the placing of such deface- | ments on property belonging to these. states. In a number of cities and towns similar ordinances have been passed and enforced. Few legislative steps can more ef- fectively atd in improving the roadsides than the enforcement of these acts. In most states signs cannot be placed on private property without the consent ofé the owners, and here farmers -have" their opportunity .to check the practice, fortunately not so ‘widespread as ‘it’] was, of painting conspicuous and hide- ous signs upon_barns, fences and othery structures in view of the highway. i A barn with its roof or side painted with a glaring cure-all sign advertises’| the owner’s deficiency. If he cannot af- ford to pay for a few gallons of paint for the buildings he would better leave'} them to be browned by ordinary weath-. ering. A neat and modest roadside billboard for the farm does not offend good taste and is a good business investment. But there is no possible excuse for the. plas- tering of fences and buildings with out of date posters. The vigorous work that' is' ‘being done' by the - National Highways Protective society to check this abuse deserves every assistance. Up to the Railroad. The town of Baldwin, Nassau coun- ty, N. Y., on the Long Island railroad, wants a new station and has taken an unusual way of enforcing its demand that the railroad company build it. Some fifty feet to the rear of the pain- fully plain frame structure, which does duty as _a station. the enterprising, “foremost men” of Baldwin have erect- ed a big signboard on which, in let- ters a foot long, they call the attention APPLE _BORER CONTROL. Means by Which Orchardists May Rid Their Trees of This Pest. [Prepared. by the United States depart- ment of agriculture.] “Worming” and painting the trunks of the trees are recommended.to own- érs of apple orchards as efficient meth- ods of dealing, with the round: headed apple tree borer. ( A heavy., Qwuemon g some paint; that willinot injure the , but will remain in an unbroken coat on the bark for two or three manths, is: effective ‘in preventing the female from :laying her eggs in the tree and greatly reduces the amount of worming, or the removal of the insects with a knife;and wire, that must be done. The round headed apple tree borer, the most destructive of a number of simi- lar pests, lays its eggs in or under the bark of apple trees. After hatching the larvae feed upon the inner bark and wood to such an extent that the tree is seriously weakened or killed. The pest is found over the whole of the eastern portion of the United States and as far west as Nebraska, Kansas and New Mexico. In addition to fruit trees, it feeds on service, wild crab and mountain ash trees, which makes it advisable for orchardists to remove these varieties for a distance | of at least a hundred yards from their orchard. The female lays her eggs one at a time in an incision she has made in the bark, usually just above the sur- face of the ground. About fifteen or twenty days later the eggs hatch and the larvae appear. When full grown these are nearly an inch and a half in length. They first attack the inner bark, eating out broad, more or less circular galleries and thrusting out through small holes in the bark cast. ings, which form little heaps of red- dish wood fragments around the base of the tree. During the winter the borers are quiescent, but early in the following spring they attack the solid wood, while some of them work their way up the trunk. These last spend one more winter in the tree and THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER then,”having passed through the papae {£ stage, dig their way out gnd emerxe as adult: bqefle@\ 3 orty or f days. tourths of an inchxln 16 llzht brown in color dbove,: With' Wo bmm white bands' Joined in front, ‘extending the, full: length-of: the baek;. the.aaden parts, and: front.of. the.hasd sre. wlb The femal serjous-infestation, The most common .inethod: of ridding |! an orchard -of these -pests: is; to .cut (s away the bark snfficiently: to trace the burrows made by the horer. A hooked |+ wire is then inserted into the burrow |} and the insect pulled out. If made with care the wound in the tree caused by |L this process wili heal readily. The castings ‘at the base of the tree serve as an indication of the presence of the borers. Where the burrows are curved or obstructed in some ‘way so that the wire cannot be inserted, cotton batting dipped in ‘carbon bisulphide should be inserted and the hole then plugged with moist earth. The gas from the carbon bisulphide: will penetrate all parts of the burrow and kill the borer. In addition to worming, as this proc- ess is called, paint is often used to pre- tent the beetles laying their eggs. Pure white lead and raw linseed oil, mixed rather thick, will not injure the trees, and when applied to .young, smooth bark will form a protective coat during the egg laying season. It is probahble that this is a more effective method than wrapping the trees with buildirg paper, cotton . batting, cloth. or other materials sometimes used for this pur- prose. Before painting, however, the earth should be removed from the base of the tree for a depth of from three to four inches. The surface of the trupk thus exposed should be first straped and painted and the earth then re- placed. This is necessary, for the beetle sometimes lays her eggs under instead of above the ground. ABPLE CANKERS. varlous ‘kinds, which. “from year t with 8 flffl@si tissue is being formed. O I B A cnnmnt source of dnnger to % _qq;)le t{ges lies in cankers og . year! it 16f¢ uincaréd “for may-in'time cduse the death ‘of:a.1arge Ninib or a tres. ;. % Theyonjg; Afleutme ~Imeans. of ‘cutting thé affected: limb' from the: trée. . The:cutting should be 7 'done,; very.cgrefully, and the re- sulting wonnd shonld be covereyl not go, much fog = the purpose of hastening the henling, but to protect the heart-., wood from ‘decay while the new urgd horses. ' horse. Latiy, corn. p oducts, the bard: working:horse. - on- cloyer. pas - BB canitions i’ Tepding: veFy hot or . on’t feed too much hay to your ' horses. Such teempg i; an h;jury to % (dy ‘feed of any kind:may be'dan- g [ Qus, especmly moldy; ‘cornstalks or Fhe idle horse reuuk'es skill ‘and | judgment i “febding; Just s mnch as Cattle-and sheep:are likely to blfll' 8 u the: cloyer. 18 | damp tx‘onp the dew or a ws,nn mln. For bloat tap a shpep or cow in the left flank, well forward. Keep a tro- car handy and know how to use it. Pioneer want ads bring results, here on Prices Down. Let Your 'Dollar' _ DO DOUBLE DUTY by buying House Furnishings - DOLLAR DAY SATURDAY, Dec. 11 The Big Store that Holds the “Everything for the Home.” sectional book cases. sections as you need. always right. SECTIONAL BOOK CASES. The celebrated Globe-Wenricke Buy as many The price is The Best Gift of All Is a Handsome Piece of FURNITURE FOR THE HOME Our tremendous‘outlet, our extensive stock, our close relations with the fore= most manufacturers are conditions which enable us to show prices and variety ex- pressing the very latest ideas in all lines. You’ll find an assortment here calcu- lated to please the most particular buyers.. You’ll always find something just to suit and at lower prices_ than elsewhere. It is our big quantity buying ability that enables us to get the sterling worth furniture at less prices than the ordinary tradesman; you get the benefit of that in addition to our small ing. margin way of sell- That’s the ‘Tale in a- Nutshell.”” If 'you are seeking new furniture, don’t be satisfied ROCKING CHAIRS. until you have visited this emporium. Fireside rockers and easy chairs. OTHER SUBGESTIOMS THAT MIGHT PROVE HELPFUL’ Large assortment. Prices range tromr ... L suswssco Baby Rockers, Screens, Buffets, IRON AND BRASS BEDS. Brass beds from ... Iron beds from ...... $2.75 to $9.50 -$7.50 to $45.00° Dining Tables, We have just received anew shipment of HOOS- IER KITCHEN CAB- INETS. Will sell at new prices. Range from........ '$22.85 to $40.00 Set of Chairs, Davenport, Morris Chairs, Smok- ers Stands, Mirrors, Pedestals, Fern Stands, Ete., Ete. Remember that we are closing out our stock of Stoves at sale prices. Don’t buy until you have seen our stock and what ’it. sells for. HOME AND OFFICE DESKS. All kinds of desks for both office and home. Prices range from ................. $5.75 to $35.00 BED SPRINGS Bed springs from....$2.25 to $8.00 Way Sagless springs at........$7,00 . It is the best spring made. CARPET SWEEPERS. - The Bissels famous carpet sweeper. Made: right and does the work right.. Sells for from 52250];0';4.50. : of ‘the traveling public to the subjeet as foliows: “Don’t judge the town by the'station. We built the town; the railroad com- pany built the station.” Read the Pioneer want ads. BEMIDJI, &0 The Home of Good Furniture. FMINNESOTA