Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 16, 1917, Page 2

THE BETIDJI DAILY PIONEER —— __ PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. E. CARSON ONET 7 T I —— Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class matter - mnder act of Congress of March 3, 1879. No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer’s name must e known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Pioneer should reach this office not Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSGRIPTIOIIMTES BY CARRIER One year...............$5.00 Six months. ............ 250 et Six monfln.............200 Ommonth... a5 Threemonthl...........loo THE WEEKLY PIONEER Eight peges, containing a summary of the news of the week. Pub- Wevuynudlymdmtpomppudwmlddnulw,mfi- VAROB ... o crovocrcomens OFFICIAL PAPER BY MAIL One year...............$400 OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1917, WALL PAPER Large Shipment of New Springa Line Just In Prices: 8c, 10c, 12¢c, I6c to 78c for double roll—ceiling paper to match and.new cut out borders. All our paper this year is entirely different from any you have seen before—entirely new. Complete room outfits as low as..................$1.60 WHITE AND WHITE ENAMELED WARE In kettles, pans, coffee and tea pots, tea kettles, in fact anything you may wish for in this best of all enameled white wear at.................. 16¢ to $1.80 As yet no advance in prices, but will have to ad- vance 25 per cent on what we buy after this is sold. The Daily Pioneer is a member of the United Press Amchunn. and %8 represented for foreign advertising by the— . THE CAMPAIGN JUST CLOSING There are only three more days until the municfpal election, when the city of Bemidji will choose a mayor, officials for its various departments, aldermen for the respective wards and a new park commission, the latter being a mnew branch of the civie government. The campaign opened unusually early this year and has been long drawn out. It is notable for its early opening and its number of candidates. It is notable in that there is to be chosen a new park board, created by an act of the city council. There has also been injected into it the question of an $8,000 bond issue as the city’s share for a $25,000 armory, the state to give $15,000. The campaign has also been notable for its absence of so- called “mud slinging” although there has some crobped out by perhaps overzealousness on the part of adherents of ¢andidates. The Pioneer has taken no part in discussing the personnel of the candidates nor their beliefs or disbeliefs. It has taken no issue in personal attacks on any person or persoms. It has preached, or endeavored to, the good of Bemidji and its people 4% & whole, for the right in its administrative affairs and a square deal for ALL of its people. It is not a matter of persons nor in- dividuals. It is purely a matter of principle. We concede the right of every man to aspire to office. It is his undeniable right and it is proper that men should come out as candidates to serve their fellow men and the best interests of the city. The selection of officials from the list of candidates is a matter for the voters to decide—no one can do so for them and no one can claim that individual right. The voters as a whole will choose their executive officials and departmental heads. The voters of the various wards will select their aldermanic representatives. As the campaign closes the Pioneer has nothing to offer, no suggestions to make and no preference to express. We believe the people of the city and wards are fully capable of making their own selection and the majority rules. This will be the rule next Tuesday. The city of Bemidji is greater than any individual or business interest. It is a community of souls, and all that the vast major- ity possesses is wrapped up in Bemidji and what the future holds, and to them the future is being looked forward to with anxiety. With the count of the ballots next Tuesday night the voters will have registered their preference and their will. There will be officials chosen and a new city council will have been named to administer the business affairs of the city for another year, and there is no one to take issue over the decision in a personal man- ner. The coming year holds much for Bemidji and its people. It is destined to be fraught with many things of import. It is to mark an epoch if the city in its progress. In this the city council is to play an important part, but the council can do ligtle unless co-operation is lent on the part of the progressive citizens of the city. Differences arise as a matter of course. They always have in every community and always will and in such a free and im- partial discussion of the public’s business is always in order. We have no personal difference with any candidate who is running for office, and believe we are broad minded enough to overlook misconstruction and doubt and its incident unpleasant- ness. And when the new officials assume the duties to which they have been elected and the mayor and newly elected aldermen take their seats, no matter who they are, we want to be in position to co-operate with them in every possible manner for the good of all of Bemidji and her people during the year to come, and sin- cerely hope that in this desire we may not be forced to do other- wise. SCRAMBLED OBSERVATIONS ON THE EGG The egg is the worst shell game we have ever been up against. There was a time when eggs were so common we trapped them in great rumbers and ate them while they were still young. But that was before they invented cold storage. In those days the elder eggs were utilized as an offensive—a very of- fensive weapon in the hands of displeased theatergoers. Today the only difference between the elder eggs and the younger ones is ten cents a dozen. Under present conditions it is frequently brought home to the poorer of us that while dead men may tell no tales, with eggs it’s different. The egg today is a nomad. It travels up and down the country and the pricelist all the time. It is the ambition of every well born egg nowadays to See America First. Cray Enameled Ware..................10c to 76¢c Everything in Tin Ware.............10¢c, 186¢c,26¢ Blue and White Enameled Ware, 16c to $1.25 New Spring [Goods (A iArriving Every Week CARLSON cours: WHO ELSE COULD IT BE? == Your Variety $tore Man s OF Oon Beltraml When in need of ‘WO00D ; Remember GEO. H. FRENCH & SON Phone 93 or 428-J Prompt deliveries to all parts of the city. 4 ft.or 16 in. lengths. Special rate on delivery from OaT, FURNITURE AND IIIIIEHTAKIIG l Business and Professional PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS YT T I s * DRS. GILMORE & McCANN ¥ * PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Oftice—Miles Block x x * R KK KKK KKK KKK I EEEE R SR RS E RS DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block Phone 396 Res. Phone 397 *EE KKK KK KK KKK HEEHE KKK KKK KKK DR. C. R. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block IR EE R B R R EEE SRS I E R R R R R EEE S DR. L. A. WARD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Troppman Block Bemidji, Minn. EEKEKE KK KEKK KKK [ EETE SRR R R 2 * DR. E. H. SMITH * * PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON % Office Security Bank Bloek ¥ (I EELEEE SRS RE R 2L R I EEEE LSRR R R R R R bad DR. EINER JOHNSON x % PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON % * Bemidji, Minn. * [ EETE SRR R RS R R R KEEXREXRRKKX KX KKK : A. V. GARLOCE, M. D. : SPECIALIST % EYE EAR NOSE THROAT <« * Glasses Fitted * ¥ Gibbons Bldg. Phone 105 <« XXX XXX KKK EEEXEX XXX X XXX A. DANNENBERG x First National Bank Bldg. & I remove the cause of acute * and chronic diseases * CHIROPRACTOR x %« Office hours: 10-12, 1:30-5 7-8 & x Phone 406-W * XXX X XXX XEEEREEREERXKXXXXKX * DRS. LARSON & LARSON * 4« REGISTERED OPTOMETRISTS & * Specialists the Eye, Fitting * of Glasses * the facilities for *« duplicating broken lenses * Pestoftices Bloek * XXX KEEEEEXX X XXX *x % We have x x x LAWYERS LR R S R SR EEE S SRR R ] * GRAHAM M. TORRANCE * x LAWYER * * Miles Block Phone 560 + I AR R SRR R R SRR R KKK XK KKK KKK KEK S D. H. FISK, Court Commissioner * ATTORNEY AT LAW * * Office 2nd floor O’Leary-Bowser 4 Building + LR R R R RS R R SRR R R VETERINARY SURGEON IR E R E R RS E LR L] WKDEENJJIQNI VH. Office Phone 3-R Res. 99-J 3rd St. and Irvine Ave. EHEK KKK KKK KKK P2 32888 8 21 o o o e ok ok KX KKK KKK KKK J. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON Oftice and Hospital 3 doors west of Troppman Store Phone No. 209 KEEXE KKK KKK KEXXXKEKEXXRRKEKEKEKER TOM SMART * DRAY AND TRANSFER * Safe and Piano Moving * Res. Phone 68 818 America ¥ Oftice Phone 13 ® KX XXX KKK KKK IR 2SR R EEEERE S Y DENTISTS KX XX KKK KRR XEN DR. G. M. PALMER * DENTIST * « Office Phone 124, Residenes 346 & Miles Block, Bemidjl * KX RXKK KX EER XXX RRRRRR KKK DR. D. L. STANTON ’ DENTIST Office in Winter Block * KX XXX KKK REK EERERRRKRXKEXEE DR. J. T. TUOMY * DENTIST * Gibbons Block. Tel. 330 & North of Markham Hotel * XXX XRXK XXX EEXREX AKX A AR KR KA KXA* KXk ok k kK KX KKK XXX EKE DR. H. A. NORTHROP * OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN * AND SURGEON * Suite 10 O'Leary-Bowser Bldg ¥ Oftice Phone 153 « XX KR XXX XXX N] x * ® x x x x % | manner as in the past. (PAID ADVERTISEMEN' TS) POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Authorized and to be paid for by candidates whose names appear fol- lowing their respective announce- ments. Amount as stated before each advertisement. (Amount $3.00) H. M. CLARK ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE I hereby announce myself a can- didate for Alderman-at-Large for the city of Bemidji, to be voted on at the annual election Feb. 20. I fa- vor an economical and strictly busi- ness administration and solicit your support at the polls Respectfully, . M. Clark. (Amount $3.00) JOSEPH BISIAR Having decided to become a can- didate for alderman-at-large at the municipal lection, February 20, I hereby. respectfully solicit your vote. I feel that I am well qualified for the position and that my knowledge of municipal affairs, gained while serving as alderman of the third ward, earns for me the consideration of the voters. If elected it will be my effort to assist in all ways pos- sible in conducting the city’s public affairs economically. —Joseph Bisiar. (Amount $3.00) FOR MAYOR I am a candidate for the office of Mayor and take, this opportunity of making my announcement. The vo- ters know where I stand and that I firmly believe in an economical ad- ministration and In a business-like conduct of the city’s affairs. Your support at the polls election day will be very much appreciated. —A. T. Carlson. (Amount $3.00) CHARLES W. VANDERSLUIS FOR MAYOR I am a candidate for re-election as Mayor of the city of Bemidji. Your support February 20 will be appre- ciated. I ask it on the past year’s record as mayor of this city and if re-elected will continue to conduct the office along thg same economical lines as in the past. —Charles W. Vandersluis. (Amount $3.00) GEORGE STEIN FOR CITY CLERK I am again a candidate for the office of City Clerk. My past record is my best recommendation and be- cause of it I ask your support at the coming election. You know that I will appreciate it. —GEORGE STEIN, City Clerk. (Amount $3.00) HUGH A. WHITNEY FOR CITY CLERK I am a candidate for the office of City Clerk. I have been a taxpayer in this city for the past eight years and solicit you support at the polls election day. What you do will be very much appreciated. —Hugh A. Whitney. (Amount $3.00) A. E. FEIR FOR CITY TREASURER I am a candidate for the office of city treasurer, and am qualified to perform all the duties connected therewith in first class manner. My friends who have prevailed upon me to make the run give me every en- couragement of success, and will ap- preciate your support election day at the polls. —A. E. Feir. Daily to 219 (Amount $3.00) GEO. W. RHEA . My past record as city official as the basis.of my candidacy, I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for re-election as city treasurer at the polls February 20. If re-elected, 1 will endeavor to conduct the affairs of the office in the same efficient Your sup- port is respectfully solicited and will be appreciated. —Geo. W. Rhea. (Amount $3.00) ARCHIE DITTY CITY ASSESSOR My announcement is herewith made to the effect shat I am a can- didate for the office of City Assessor. If elected, I pledge myself to visit in person the property owners and make the assessment with their knowledge and understanding. “A fair deal, fairly dealt,” is my motto. —Archie C. Ditty. (Amount $3.00) THOMAS LLOYD My petition placing my name on the city ballot as a candidate for re- * election as assessor of the city of Be- midji has been filed and I respect- fully ask that I be given your vote February 20. The office of assessor is one of importance and in realiza- tion of this it has always been my ef- fort to care for the duties and re- sponsibilities as efficiently as pos- sible. If returned to office for an- other year, I will continue to serve the people to the best of my ability. I will appreciate your support. —Thomas Lloyd. (Amount $3.00) A, M. BAGLEY FmST WARD ALDERMAN I have filed for the office of Al-. derman of the First Ward and solicit the endorsement of the voters at the polls February 20, 1917. I am for a business administration for all the: people of the city. —A. M. Bagley. FOR MUNIGIPAL JUDGE (Amount $3.00) D. H. FISK I am an independent candidate for the office of Municipal Judge, and if elected agree to fill the same, to the best of my ability. Your- support at the polls will be appre-. ciated. " —D. H. Fisk. (Amount $5.00) A. M. CRO FOR MUMCIP%GE To the Voters: Again I am & candidate for the office of Judge of the Munieipal Court of this city. This office is an important one, and every voter should ask himself be- fore casting his ballot these ques- tions: Is he honest? Is he capable? Then vote for such a man as judge. I trust I have made good and for that reason (if for no other) I should be entitled to another term. This oftice is not legally established or run for, revenue only (as some think). The: judge should be a man who will ren-- der justice as far as possible; irre-- spective of persons or conditions. —A. M. Crowell.. (Amount $3.00) WILLIS I hereby announce myself a can- didate for the office of Municipad Judge. I feel that I am well quali- fied to hold this position, and if elect-- ed will exert every effort to fulfill! the duties of this office. Your sup# port will be appreciated at the polls February 20. ' —Willis Nye. (Paid) FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE To the voters of the city of Bemidji- I hereby announce my candidacy for municipal judge to be voted on at the city election, Tuesday, Feb- ruary 20, 1917. Respectfully yours, —O. M. Skinvik. (Amount $5.00) HIRAM A. SIMONS Candidate JUDGE MUNICIPAL COURT To be Voted for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1917 FOR PARK GOMMISSIONER (Amount $3.00) N. E. GIVEN My friends have persuaded me to make the run for Park Commissioner. If elected I agree to devote all time necessary required by the duties of the office. Your support at the polis election day is solicited. —N. E. Given. (Amount $3.00) A. R. ERICKSON I am a candidate for the office of Park Commissioner and if elected will attend to the duties of the office as the city’s needs necessitate. I will appreciate your support 'elec- tion day. . —aA. R. Erickson. (Amount $3.00) DR. G. M. PALMER FOR PARK COlrkMISSIONER I have been urged to announce my- self as a candidate for one of the Park Commissioners and have been persuaded by voters of this city to make the run. I am interested in the welfare of the city and its im- provements and will serve, if elected, to the best of my ability. —G. M. Palmer. (Amount $3.00) DR. E. W. JO. FOR COMM'ISSIHSON I have been urged to make the rA for Park Commissioner of the elty" of Bemidji and herewith announce myself a candidate to be voted om at the election February 20. I shall give all necessary time to this- work if elected. Defective