Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 4, 1916, Page 2

The Bemidji: Daily Pioneer THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUSB. CO. @. E. CARSON - E. H. DENU F.G.'NEUMEIER, Editor." TELEPHONE 922 Enteredmat the post officesat Bemidjk Minh,, as second-class matter under act of Congress ofi March 3,:1879, © Fublished @very atternoon-except Sunday |+ No attention paid to anonymous con- tributions. Writer's name must bpe known te the editor, but not necessarily for_publication. Communications for thesWeekly: Pio: neer should reach: thisi officé not later- than Tuesday iofi‘eachiweel to. insure: publication in the current issue. Suksoription Rates. One month! by jcarriers. . One year by carrier...... Three months, postage paid SiX monthis,: postage: paid. 2.00 Oner ym%?uzw 4.00 Eight pages, containing a summary of the news of the week. - Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any lddrefll for $1.60 in afl\mnca omuu Papexr-of City..of llmifil .40 4.00 1400 I EE R R SRR LS EEE R R * * * The Dally Pioneer recelves & % wire serviece-of the - United +* ¥ " Press Assoelstion. * * * KKK K I KKK KKK KK KR e tHiS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL' OFFICES « NEW YORK AND CHICAGO PFRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIEY ey GOOD ROADS. The following clipping from “The Furrow” was sent to the Pioneer by one of its readers. The article is a good.one and .should.be read care- fully by every rural resident in this district as well as every citizen of Bemidji. The article follows: The closer ‘your land is to a good town, the more money it takes to buy-it. We all know that. About the first thing the owner tries to do when you dicker for a piece of land, is ‘to justify the high price you are asking ‘by pointing out how -close the land is to town and the good roads leading to it. He knows this is the most appealing argument he can put up. Land close to town and adjoining |= goodroads is not only desirable be- cause eropscan be marketed with the least'itrouble and expense, but there are other: soeial and economical ad- vantages: asi.well. Consider the cold matter of what a town is worth-to the people owning land in thecvieinity, measured from a dollars-and cents standpoint. Mr. O. R.. Johmson:of the: Missouri Agri- cultural -Station made a careful in- vestigation -of 650 farms- and he proved by actual figures what a lot of us have known in a general way for-a long time. For instance, in the locality inves- tigated, the 79 farms within two miles of town had an average value of $78.70 per- acre as compared witn $70.200 per acre for the 183 farms fromiztwo: to’ four miles from town; $60:90+ peracre for the 126 farms four to six'miles from town; $58.20 forthe«113 farms six ‘to eight miles fronritown; and $56.90 for the 149 farmsvover eight miles from town. Mr. Johnson':says - that the most raptd decrease in value occurred in the-first six -miles, after which the difference of a mile or twe from town made less-relative.difference. In:another instance,-he points out that.42: farms valued at $100.or.more per- acre, .had. an average value of about.two and one-half -miles to mar- ket; .62 in.the $80 group.had nearly three.miles; and the 275 in the $60 group..five miles. to- haul,. while 246 in the.-$40-group. averaged.six and one-fourth. miles.to .town. These figures are startling. Listen to this:.. In one.locality investigated, a.farm of 160 acres.two and one-half miles from.town. had. a -market value.-of $16,000, while .the same kind .of: a farm.located six.and one-fourth.miles from town was worth only $6,400. And still, if you told the man who owned the first farm that his home town was actudlly ‘worthuin dollars and cents to him, personally, $10,- 000, herwould: probably spendia good dealiof<time trying:to:show:you that he would be better off without the it is to havera lake without water.|good stores and goodumerchants,iyou | feand that-five rthoussnd dollars weorth./of.. uninsured-.buildings hed: Of | thrive and grow. You must treat|gone up in smoke during the n You do not abuse your | we wouldn’t need anybody to ex- ‘plain- how-“the -loss—was-going-t ‘make- us poorer;-still— your— home town may mean even more than that ding. | You must consides: the mers|to.you—butinobady has beenvthishy chantzof iyour :town as & community Ling mnchialeng thatdine untildntels iA :gopd hemie: town,zanil goast. rosia Meadimguta iti.are:goiug to “bedtwa live issues from now on. And don’t forget that distance, nowadays; is quite eften-measured-by-|- time. go to town?’ is a more common ques- tion than, “How far.is it2?2 A farm-onva goed rosd, one.that can-be-used: with speed and comfort every-day:iii” the year,-is nearer to town;- from a practical stamdpoint, -at-six-miles than another is at-three -back appealed to thé American peo- if on:a ‘“rotten” road. “The merchants make.the town.just, as the water makes the lake. course, other things have to be fa- vorable, but the fact remains that without -merchants you would-have no town, and the better the mercan- tile. establishments the: better s the town—always. Now:‘we moveralong to the third question, » “How: is: the home-towm to have good merchants?”’ Dear friends; ‘there is no secret about it at all. town are the result of growth. Théy have: to: be invited;: encouraged and maintained. - You -have to get them just like your mature superior cattle, horses and hogs,. by treating them fairly and giving them a chance to grow. In the language of the street, “You can't play a lone hand in your community and get away with it very long,” and the business game is just the same. If the town is to help you, you must help the town, and the beauty of it is, by benefiting the town, you always and invariably benefit yourself most. These benefits are. direct, and-in- direct. Building up the town adds dollars to the value of. your land and other fixed investments. - That point is settled. Nobody seriously disputes cational advantages, benefits. that cannot be measured by dollars. and cents, but while apparently .indirect, that they add to the value of your fixed investments, because these are among the desirable things for which people generally are willing to pay: In summing up, as- the-lawyers say, sifting:out all the evidence and considering: a few pertinent. facts, you first want a good home town, and you want it as near to you as possible—and, further, you want good roads-leading: to:it. Now, to have a good:town, you other way to make:it—and to have U _Third St., IllllllllllIIlIIIlIIIIIIllIl{IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII[IIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII town at all. We have gotten so in the “habit of lambasting our home town; most of the time for some petty political ‘reasom;” and’ that we fre- quently refuse to'see the truth when it is-placed before us in actual fig- ures: Just the same, when we get off by ourselves,” overcome our jealousies and temporarily forget about the town man that‘we have it in for; then we ‘really- have''to"admit that the home town is far and away the most valuable asset to every man, woman and child in the community. This leads us a step further. Once ‘we commence asking questions, we no sooner have one of them answered than weask another. Our first ques- tion was, “What’s the good of the home town?” and we answered it by saying that, among other things, it really donated $10,000 to one man and like amounts, proportionately, to every other man owning land in the community. . ..And now we ask the second ques- tion, “What makes a real, live, valu- able town?” We might dodge the gquestion by answering, “Lots of things,” but, really, if we are honest, 1. get close to the truth by say- ing, “The merchants,” because with- out the merchants there would be no town: It ig-just as impossibl have & ‘town’ without* mehnu u store: A fewsthings that [ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllIlIIIIIlllIIIIIlII!II!IIlIIIIIl!ll!lflllllmuflflllIIIIllIIIlllIlIl!IIIIllIIII %ll Good - storess:ini yourAhmm;‘,fyour home town, the better your in- it. It means greater social.and edu-| they are direct again in the sense, must have good. stores—there: is no- mustsgive them a..chance ito...live, them fairly. stock, because such treatmemt do not pay;-and the same—-personal-in- terest is at stake in community build- investment in which yom ars both ins «directly.and:directly interested. You are a stockholder, as it were, in your home town, and the better you make vestment will be. ! You can’t make your home town better unless you are on the :sguare: with it and give the business<in-. terests there the proper chance for-a normal and legitimate growth. Re= member the story of the farmer-whe, was so selfish and short-sighted that- he tried to make money by stunting his hogs. When he finally sold the runts, he found that he had paid a mighty big-price for the feed he had saved. Just how many .of usshave driven into town.with.anysthought of what our loss wouldsbe sif that town were wiped out. entirely and.mnever re- placed? How-many of us have con- sidered that the:town really meant anything ‘to us except affording:a subject for:a little wild talk on.cur part at times? How many.of us have considered:that the merchants of the town were conferring upon:us; and upon ‘all members of the commu- and cents:immeasurably more than any profits they got out of us? If we woke up.some morning:and Straw Hats And: It is getting late in the season.and-: we:-are-determined to.. reduce our-. stock as much as possible in order to make room for the: FALL .and .WINTER. goods now arriving daily. Chautauqua.Special Discount Beginning: tomorxow'we will seH ous-entire:stock of LIGHT WEIGII SUMMER : SUITS: ates Fancy-Gellars - 25¢; 35¢ and 50¢ Fancy Work and Crochet Cottons Ladies’ and Chlldren’s-Sun. Bonmets Leather_hand-Bags; Soitscases-and-travotnpshagss - Lagga"anthGhldron'seAproney House- Dressts:and Semmer Walsts | SPECIAL - WGN“T’HESE G'Wghams’and\smmmpwdw On-AH 20 per. cent off Clothier might interest you. nity, advantages worth in dollars|: Rfi: En 71:,-) Never:fails = /5= 25c. At hmq nm%uf S ARBARD - ASO Sa “How' long 'does it take THE BAND. Tonight at the: ‘oltyrt dock: the\ Bs- 'I'IHN LIGHT YET STARCHED AND SIGHFLY 15c each :6dor %c 'CLUETT, PRABODY/& CO., INC, MAKRRS - - .Government sfs An Extra Deep Cut Now Oxfords: Get busy and make your-selection Bemidji-: A.|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIHIIIIIIIIII[lllIIIIIIIlHillIHfllflfl"Ilmfllfllflllllllllflllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmllllll IIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIHIIIHIIHIIHIHIIHIHIIHIIIHIHHIIIHH!IIHIIHIHHHIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIl’fllllfllfllllfllflllllfllflilflfl J i | | | i | | | | i | i | | i | | ‘ Why, How-Do YouDo If you are.coming te the: CHAUTAUQUA; whichs we.presume.you. are, we. want ;you to come;to.this: It-is:the store where all-outside: visitors-come to, because-there is'so'much to see and buy here, that ‘you will not find‘elsewhere: Women; mest of alllike:to come-here-because our dry goods - depanments has-too-much to offer ‘and-prices-are always right. | Boudolr caps at.10¢;:15¢; Qfimlldnwl_:i 3501018150 10 B’W imid SEb@RIwvill Bive luweald! con-1| rt. ““Tifat Sefge-erewd-witt*be o) nd to-attend-the-concert is almost certain, as.at_each concert there has 'bben a ‘good--trowd. Applauding is ing—at-the-—concerts,— however-| Every person who attends the con- cérts aould Shawrhis or Bef apnres ofationa byl spplaidihg thez yariouw| sumbess. & : =aa——1 THE DEUTSCHLAND. The entire~-world-is-watching that gallanticraft,f the Deutschland. She has eluded the cordon of allied ships and has.disappeared in the waste of the Atlantic.. PRobably nothing more will be heard Gi-her until she arrives in Germany. Her bold dash to this country and hen-vourageous start ple: e THE RIGHT ‘WAY: = (Cass Lake-Times) Well,nCass Lake has been passed by ithe JJefferson- highway but she doesmit=havexto-lie-down and whine l.llk'fl afew-towns whoseronly argu- ifor the road was to get a stim- ant to-save themafrom a timely ‘death. «.All that isnecessary now is m conmect .Cass- Lake with the Jef- mpmgw ‘well kept turn- Il all’s"well. They-all know the coun- try-for-a-real-outing. FREK KKK KKK KKK x “BAY BREEZES” x THE KK KKK K KKK KK Several young pespie .enjoyed a weinie and marshmallow roast Tues- day night over-a-large-bonfire. The young people:who. attended were Misses Rubgi Simentan, Ione Bre- chiet, Mabte Hagem,-Péarl Le Barron, Ruth- Lonergan; ans: Messrs. Vernon Lamson, Ed Simomas Lawrence Nor- man; Myron Plummer;:Earl Riley, Lester Knapp. Thesparty was chap- eroned by Mr. and: Mz Buckman. Miss Mary Hoiseth:® and Miss Louise Neate ofzGremd:'Forks came Wednesday and (Eliursday, respective- 1y} ito be guestsmef Mims-Jennie :Nes- bittiat “Bonnia:Doone:’ M#iand.. M#g=: John:: Oppedahl, uglitaw:: Jean . Florence;:-. Frances and" John:cAllaw;:autaed:to - Bemidji from _Mimnespabissinstheir-car:and have-leased-the-bigsbungalow-for the iy e p—— Ralph:Merthrof: East Grand Forks i3 a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hand- low-for-a.short-time. -apd ~Ruth-Lonergam of: the Mankato brmfluchoan: {Mr. and Mrs. George Naramone, fiughter, Martha, son Willard = of ondaysattsrnoom:: pik®; pus.up .8 few finger posts and |S Mrs. Simontemjamnd family @revens tertaining’ Misses:Péarl ‘Lie -Barrow ock;N. D, left for their home FRIDAY; AUGUST 4, 1916. in East Grand Forks after a short sit-at-the-Hagemr-home. ing for Cumberland, Wis., to visit for a short time with her daughter, Mrs. Amundson, and family. KKK KRR K RKKK KK KKKK i NYMORE NEWS x FEH K FEHERHEHK KKK Mrs.. Morkan.and tworchildren-left:\ this morning 5:for Steven, Minn.,| wheresthey=will visit for somextim as:gueats:ofiMiss Agnes Walker, Be- fore returning to Nymore they will St. Paul, Minn.,, Aug. 4—What algo-visit- with Miss- Margaret-8in-|,; 5 junch, was the momentus ques- clair of Argyle,.Minn... tion before:the Minnesota: state; sus Mr. anduMrsis Frank Bentley -re={preme . court today. Minnesotans é‘!fl&sd Wednesday,, . evening .. from [ must have a license to run a restaur- Bihierd after spending:the.past:few | ant or - hotel. William . Meshire, days visiting with relatives and | gouth- St. Paul, didn’t. He says he friends. didn’t serve lunches. That’s what | Mrs. Julius Larson left this morn- | the court will decide. Miss Dorothy Johnson of Brainerd arrived here Wednesday evening to visit for/a few days as a guest,of her» parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gust Johnsons:. Eand family. I HEIHHI SRR MABYBE YOU'LL FIND lT HERE .Classified: artment These ads. bring certain results. One-half cent a word per_issue, cash. with copy, ic a word oth~- erwise.. Always telephone No. 31 i IR HELP. WANTED.~ WANTED—Man and wife or-woman to work on farm. Family of three. Will pay good.wages. Write or phone.D. J. Byers, Angus, Minn. 6d810 1w810 WANTED—Competent cook at tu- berculosis: sanatorium, Puposky, Minn. Address Margaret M. Neal, Supt. 64810 WANTED—Husky young man to as- FOR SALE.. FOR SALE CHEAP—Lot 6, Block 4, Bailey’s addition to Bemidji; 6- room - house close to .court house, clear of encumbrance. Submit. best cash offer; first offer $550; might. consider cash and terms to re- sponsible party. Address owner, B. L. Vogleson, 416 Eagle Bldg., Spo- kane, Wash. 204822 FOR SALE CHEAP—Cottage, corner ist in ice cream department. Call Tenth street and Dewey ave. Ape :ls new building. lI’(cmrs Bros ply Bermen:- Tagliralloos Agoney; 3 ¥ Phone 19. 3dg4 asatf FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—Six- WANGHD k"“"“’ g"; "(’;l general| "y, o wer electrically operated Na- HOURGWOEK,iMun I = tional cash register. - Koors Bros. a728tt asate WANTED—Dishwasher at the Lake- shore Hotel. 718tf ———— POSITIONS WANTED. WORK WANTED—By man and wife, have no children; will take any kind of work. Address C. A. Myers, 812 13th St., Bemidji, Minn. 2484 FOR SALE—Well matched team of blacks, six and seven years old. Koors Bros. dasate FOR SALE—Water front for Round Oak range. Cheap. Call 152-W. 6dss FOR SALE CHEAP—Light roadster. Apply Phone 243 or 476-W. 3d85 MISCELLANEOUS IF YOU WANT COUNTER SALES FARMS ‘FOR SALE: FOR SALE—SW% of SE¥%, See. 21- 146-32, (Town of Frohn), on books in duplicate or triplicate we long time and easy terms. Call| have them. Merchants find that ;on or.write..A. Kaiser, Bagley, they can save money by ordering Minn. 1113 them printed here. A great many Mre; PnC: ‘Waodworeth:lett for her. 'the “Bay.” Mps:cTotyab:Hagei snd:daughter, | IIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIII| | I II [ " The brighest-ligh — CHIMER will filrnishe: linvit with- Dr. e e bl and.. sion and to your delight. FALPH BINGHAM augh.and put y 5 way. all the children, and the ;I AT TAT AT ATCAA L LI [ home oimcM innwa podissMonday :after|: 2| shopsvatay-etsher-summershomesat { LOST—Black silk umbrella. Sterling begilini deft Fhiursisyfor their home! - of the stores in Bemidji and sur- rounding towns are using Pioneer counter sales books. We want to fill your next order. May we? Phone 922 or address Bemidji Pio- neer, Bemid. 513tt LOST AND FOUND. silver handle, initials E. A. C. on top. Return to Grand Theater for reward. 2d84 HITCH: YOUR WACON TO A STAR ts the platform affords will -be here to A:-AND HIS BIG . BAND two..grand..concerts filled to the the world’s. best band music. deliver their. very best when the Begins on August 7 MADAME CAFARELLL WILL SING WITH THE BAND DE:. James:L. Gordon Yutaka Minakuchi Hon. B. F. McDonald atrio-of distinguished orators from Canada, the: United. States- will deliver W@ their choicest;productions at the chautauqua. OUR"OLD"HOME SINGERS will sing in the .most delightful fashion e-andloveand-mother, insweetness, melodious expres— the peer of all platform funmakers will make you ourse of enjoyment such as séldom comes your DUCROT THE{MAQICAL WONBER, like the Pied Piper, will charm growniup folks will:like him: too. Five big dayst'lcrammed"full, of the talent that 'knows I-Begins Next MONDAY Get-Your Season Tickets Now: A:choice opportunity.