Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 3, 1916, Page 4

RED PEP'S “When your short comin advertised, the other huys the space. where the flies w Don'’t forget PHI LOSOPHY We don’t advertise our short- They are found out comings. soon enough. ary. BUT we have something to advertise today out of the ordin- FlowerBoxes for windows and porches. Iow Underground Garbage Receivers These are dandies. Come down to our yard and examine them. ill not get at it. it is screen time too. Beautify your surroundings and keep your garbage The St. Hilaire Retail Lumber Co. will help you make your summer surroundings pleasant if you let them. Yours for beauty and health, RED PEP SERVICE IN LIFE BRINGS BEST RETURNS (Continued from Page 1) foolish investment of money and make one wiser; but the man who makes a bad investment of his life will never have another opportunity to make a good one. One great fundamental principle underlies the investment of every life, whatever be the station or circum- stances of the investor—whether he be pauper or millionaire—and that is this: that no one can expect to get out of life more than he puts into it. Keeping in mind these general ob- servations, we may divide the invest- ments which men make of their lives roughtly into six great classes: Too Much Crime. First, incredible as it may seem to us in this moment of high aspira- tions, too many men invest their lives in crime. These investors are found not only among the foolish and un- fortunate persons who blow up safes, burglarize houses and rob their fel- lows upon the highways—they are simple criminals—they are not so hard to deal with. The classes in- cludes many others who may live in palaces, who may roll along the boule- vards in sumptuous automobiles or riding luxuriantly upon the waters in graceful yachts. The malefactors of great wealth who, by juggling the stocks or other nefarious methods that may be within the law, take money which rightfully belongs to other people, are not less criminal be- cause of their splendor, but rather more. They have invested their lives in wrong doing, and as a return they receive, if not punishment at the hands of the law, at least the hat- red and contempt of their fellows. In Self Indulgence. A second and less vicious class in- vest their lives in self indulgence. This class of life investment includes many different forms. I wonder if here in this happy little city you have any boys that loaf around in the barber shops or the pool rooms, or sit about the front door of the hotel idly smoking cigarettes. What are they putting into life? Just exactly noth- ing; and that is precisely what they will take out of it. The man, young or old, who thinks simply of passing the time away with the least possible discomfort and effort soon becomes not only worthless and helpless, but hopeless. Too often his desire for selfish and sensuous pleasure carries him to look upon the cup when it is red, and to seek the glaring red lights of vise that are the danger signals upon the pati: that leads to destruction. Such a man is, per- haps, a little better than the crim- inal, for while men may feel con- tempt for him, they plty rather than hate him. Whining Investment. A third class of life investments is in whining. Whining is rather con- temptible, but if clothed in poetry and set to music, it possesses consid- erable attraction. The Greek drama- tist had as his theme that man was but a helpless victim, subject to the caprice of fate; and struggle as he might, his fate was in the hands of the gods, and naught that he could do would avert it. The great Per- sian poet, Omar, in the familiar Ru- baiyat, utters one long rhythmic whine: “Whether at Naisapur or Babylon, Whether the cup with sweet or bit- ter run, The wine of life keeps oozing, drop by drop, The leaves of life keep falling, one by one.” Beautiful, but craven! Not the least of the boons which the great Teacher of Nazareth brought to the human race is the teaching that a man is the captain of his soul; that he may rise superior to misfortune or whatever disaster may temporarily overtake him. Christ banished the whine from among self-respecting men. We know well that while a man may suffer misfortune, may even go down in disaster, yet there is al- ways a possibility that by effort he may rise again, retrieve his misfor- tunes and snatch victory from the JITNEY WA Her Photograph Make the appoint- ment today ITING ROOM 218 Beltrami Ave. Opened for the convenience of our patrons. We operate quick service and modern BUS AND LIVERY LINE In connection with the Nymore and BemidjiJitney Service (Day snd Night HONE Service) ~ E 77 Bemldjl-Nymore Bus and Livery Llne jaws of defeat. The man that in- vests his life in whining is a craven, even though he has the good fortune to be a poet. For Money Getting. Fourth. A more alluring invest- ment is for one to put his life into money getting. Money is not a bad thing if it is well used. The love of money is not less the root of evil now than it was in Judea nineteen centuries ago; but money- itself, in so far as it represents successful ef- fort, is a proper reward to the man who has labored wisely and well. The Scripture says ‘“The laborer is worthy of his hire.” If a man is able to earn wealth, he should have it and enjoy it. But unfortunately too many men invest their lives in mere money getting—in getting money in any way and at any cost. Too often the self-made man who has amassed a fortune for his de- ADVERTISEMENT (Authorized and to be paid for by the Baudette Region for Helic Clem- Price for series $20.00.) entson. HELIC CLEMENTSON Candidate for Representative of the 62nd District at the Primaries in June, 1916. “My Platform is Com- mon Sense Legislation for Northern Minnesota.” ADVERTISEMENT (Authorized and to be paid for by the Buckman Campaign Committee. Price for series $20.00.) ‘C. B. BUCKMAN Republican Candidate for CONGRESS Sixth District, Minnesota to be voted on at the June primaries Friend of the working man. Farmer and stock raiser. Lumberman and builder. Has spent a busy, active, success- ful life, with a large legislative ex- perience. Belleves in brozresslon and prac- tlul evohmtm, lgenerate chfldren to spend, has done 80 by the exercise of low cunning and ignoble trickery such as mark him as taking the first step in’the path of degeneracy along which his children descend so rapidly. Such a man may have amassed a million, and yet get nothing out of £ Think, if you please, of the men who have been famous for their wealth. How many of them were happy in their lives, or content with their achievements? How many are hon- ored after death? I dare say that one“would have to seek far in order to find a more unhappy and unfor- tunate man than that American who is reputed to be the wealthiest man in the world. The man who gets as his life reward, money and money only, gets dust and ashes. Intellectual Achievement. Fifth. A higher order of invest. ment for a man’s life is intellectual achievement. This is by no means an unworthy investment; indeed, it is much to be commended. But it is not the highest. Aristotle, Bacon, Milton, Shakespeare, Huxley, Emer- son—these and many others have won honor by the brilliancy of their intellectual achievements. Such an investment of life is open to very few, and it is not the highest or best. The heart of the race does not go out to the intellectuals. Sixth. nature, that investment of life which piness, which is noblest and best in open to every man and woman on earth. It may be expressed in the simple word “service.” The man or woman who serves as best he can in the manner that is open to him, and with the powers that are given to him, is the man who gets the best return that life affords. Whether he be a president, called upon to serve a nation in its time of peril, or whether he be a farmer whose duty it is to make his farm as productive as possible in the interest of human kind, his greatest and truest happi ness will always lie in his sense of having served as best he might. That the world most values the lives of those that serve, all history bears eloquent testimony. Call the roll of those that the nation loves best— Washington, Lincoln, Nathan Hale, Horace Mann, Jane Addams. You do not find in such a list the captains of industry, the multi-millionaires, or the great intellectuals. Rather we find only those who have served well their fellowmen. Their lives were full of Iabors, but their memory is bright with honor. Let me then ask you to carry away this one great and fundamental, thought;, so beautifully expressed by the Great Teacher of Nazareth when he said, “Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.” BARKER’S BEMIDJI BATTLERS JOIN WEEK END CRUISE AT DULUTH Fifteen members of the Bemidji Naval Militia left this noon for Du- luth to take the second of a series »f week-end cruises, which are being held on the training ship Gopher. Three more short cruises will be given before the long cruise which begins on July 15 from Philadel- phia. Those who will take the eruise this week are Russell Brooks, Earl Thur- ber, Earl Riley, Carl Rylander, Hovey Lord, Warren Edwards, Herbert Raco, Howard Palmer, Merl Spencer, Wil- liam Chichester, George - Morrison, Andtew Halseth,”'Alfred McDonald and “Leigh Hendrixson. Lieutenant E. A. Barker will have charge of the Bemidji boys. TW0 CREAMERIES OF " THIS COUNTY PRODUCED 53,376 POUNDS BUTTER Beltrami county’s two creameries produced during the past year 53,376 pounds of butter, for which the pat- rons paid $12,117.25, according to J. J. Farrell, of the dairy and food de- partment. Comparatively speaking, this is a fine record for the county, which is yet young in the dairy business. BESTUL LEAVES; WILL NOT RETURN NEXT YEAR Julius Bestul, who has been in- structor of science and coach of ath- letics at the Bemidji high school for the past three years, left last eve- ning for St. Paul where he will visit before returning to his home at Den- nison, Minn. He will not return to Bemidji next fall. During the time that he has been in charge of ath- letics at the high school, excellent showings have been made by the high school boys. Bestul was a star player on the *“Big Bemidg"” basket ball team in 1913-1914 and 1914- 1915. J. P. LAHR BUYS CROSS INSURANCE BUSINESS J. P. Lahr recently purchased the interests of the C. C. Cross land and insurance firm, and will continue to represent the insurance companies and handle the policies which Mr. Cross has directed in this district heretofore. Mr. Lahr will handle the addition- al business privately and not in con- junction with the firm of Hayner & Lahr, of which he is a member. A hearing was héld today on claims in the estate of the date John Arne- son of Arneson.: ' Hicsls ¢ i5te. alumni of the Bemidji high school By a blessed provision of |§ is richest in its returns of real hap- i every sense of the word, is likewise |k SATBRDAY; JUNE 3, 1916. MARY S. RANDAHL DIES AT ST. PETER, MINN. Word was received in this city this morning of the death of Miss Mary S. Randahl of St. Peter, Minn. Miss Randahl succombed last evening from an attack of pneumonia after a two months’ illness. Rev. J. H. Ran- The will of the late Martin Flint, dahl, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran | pioneer Bemidji resident who died church, a brother of the deceased,|Monday, was filed for probate today i will leave tomorrow for St. Peter. |in the probate court. RUBBER WHAT? BANDS, of course. This is the original rubber band store. We have them in every size you may de- sire and the price is always right. ASK FOR ASSORTMENT No. 9004 ALUMNL -MEMBERS OF HIGH SCHOOL REQUESTED TO NOTIFY MISS MILLS As information must be given to PRESIDENT WILSON TODAY SIGNED THE ARMY BILL Washington, June 3.—President Wilson today signed the army bill which provides for a material in- crease of the land defenses. the hotel authorities less than a week before the date of the banquet, all who wish to attend the banquet June 16 are reuested to forward their names to Miss Beatrice Mills, as early as possible. J 7 RunéEfi"fi'” This is a neat paste board cabinet containing three drawers, with i{wo compartments to each drawer. There are six different sizes of bands in this cabinet and you’ll find it most convenient: The price is $1.00. A telephone call will bring it to your desk. Phone 922 The Bemidji Pioneer Pub. Co. Security Bank Bldg., Bemidji, Minn. 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