Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 2, 1917, Page 2

"THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU @. E. CARSON TELEPHONE 922 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class matter ~ander act of Congress of March 3, 1879. No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communications for, the Weekly Pioneer should reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. BY MAIL ) One yeAr...............$400 Six months.......w.... 350 gix months. One month. . ... .. Three months... ... THE WEEKLY PIONEER Eight pages, containing a summary of the news of the week. Pub- Mahed every Thursdsy and sent postage paid to any address for, in ad- OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA —_— = The Daily Ploneer is a member of the United Press Associatios, and .1 represented for foreign advertising by the— : OF OUR SOIL. ‘We want to say to the farmers of this community that no feature of present day education is more potent for good to this country than that mow being accomplished by the various agricultural schools and experi- mental stations and farms. Twenty years ago the “book farmer” was looked upon as a visionary by a large per cent of our farming population ,and is even yet so regarded by some, though happily their number is small. Now the man who intelligently stucies his soil with a view to determin- ing its needs is coming to the front as an autliority on matters agricultural. And the reason this is so is because his theories have brought forth fruit in fact. Nothing is more certain than that this country is woefully behind in farming efficiency. For years our farming experts have been pointing out to us the fact that our lands are not producing a half, not even a third, of the crops that bountiful nature intended they should yield. One has only to cite the case of Germany to see the full force of this statement. Ger- many is not as large as the state of Texas, yet Germany today is supplying her civil population and her vast armies almost entirely from the products of her own soil. But Germany and other old world countries have for years practiced in- tensive farming, a system that is only just beginning to prevail in this country. ' Instead of being merely an experiment, intensive farming should be the rule. Nothing more fully demonstrates the truth of this statement than a glance at the results obtainedby the many corn clubs of the coun- try. From all directions come reports from these organizations, where the enormous yield of 200 bushels and more per acre has been attained. Not only this, but the repotrs coming from all sections of the country are proof that almost any of our soil is susceptible to just such improvement, Then there is another important feature to these big corn yields. It has been shown that they can be produced at a substantial profit over and above the cost of preparing the land for their production. Careful records have been kept of all expenditures. and in almost every instance the pro- ceeds have much more than paid the cost of bringing the soil to its pres- ent state of fertility. ’ If these results can be obtained from an acre, or two or three, why not from ten, or fifty, or a hundred acres? If they can be ohtained from a patch, why not from a field? Why not from all lields?” The deplorable truth is that too many of our farmers are “necessity” farmers. They ask themselves, “How much do I need?” and then proceed to satisfy that need, and no more. They should rather ask, ‘“How much can I get?” and then get all they can. It has been estimated that America could feed the world if all her soil were made to produce to its full capacity. What that capacity is, we are only just beginning to discover. The coming of the National Editorial association members to Bemidji next July will be the greatest advertising stunt that Bemidji could pos- sibly get in a hundred years. After they’ve been here they will tell the entire United States about Bemidji, a nd it is_up to Bemidji to have that widespread report read right. When the nation’s editors come to Bemidji next July it is up to every person in Bemidji to appoint himself a committee of one to make their visit one to be remembered. We've been trying for some time to hammer it into the people of Bemidji that they had a wonderful city, wonderful resources and environ- ment and that all it required was a little “‘get together” for the benefit of FEVERYBODY and things would hum and Bemidji come into her own, and from the looks of things it appears as if the people have been possessed o' the same idea only they have been waiting for an opportunity to start the ball rolling and get behind it and shove with no obstructions in the way. Got to give it to that Harry Reynolds person. He just naturally painted sunsets all around Bemidji, placed wings upon its inhabitants, hung a halo over it and then attached a dynamo to the whole works and there was nothing else the committee of the National Editorial association could do but come to Bemidji and ascertain what sort of a place it was that produced such individuals as Reynolds. Bemidji is to have the National Editorial association as its guests next July but it took some *‘tall’ maneuve ring to induce them to accept the in- vitation for it was extended when all arrangements were completed and ready for sending into national headquarters of the organization. Which ghow that there’s nothing like going after things no matter how huge the obstacles may seem. That meeting last evening showed just what Bemidji is capable of doing on short notice. The committee reached here in the morning and in the evening there were things stirring in all directions and about the ears of the committee, visitors. The people of Bemidji will show those newspaper men from through- out the United States that this is some town. Why they’ll be spelling the rame of our city in capital letters after they've been here and looked us over. They sure will. Just wait until wet get the new armory building with its splendid 2uditorium and Bemidji will then be in position to go after big conven- tions and gatherings and able to take proper care of them. NATION'S EDITORS COMING ject not connected with the affairs of the association and it was for the normal school at Bemidji, and I want to tell you that I'm for you and the normal at Bemidji and intend to do all I possibly can to help you get it.” applause was deafening. to the question of the co National Editorial association on its annual trip and told what it meant, fully informing his hearers. all who want the Nation: association to visit Bemid so I can see how many there are.” the request than everybody had jump- ed to their feet. Mr. Wilke ejaculated, “Well, to make it unanimous, I’ll cast the deciding vote. broke into loud applause and cheers which lasted several minutes. midji do something out of the ordin- ary so that when the visitors had left and returned to throughout the United States they could look back and recall that Be- midji was the livest proposition they encountered in their travels, that’s just what Bemidji intends to THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER There is one corset for you that is SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS—_ ““The Nemo That Fits’ - All Nemo Corsets are superior; but the model that suits gou—that accurately fits you and answer all your health needs—will do more for you than any corset made. It will m the better style that comes of Here is a model, for éxample, that exactly suits the large woman of medjum height, with lots of excess fat, but well distributed. It will give her a firm, fashionable figure, symmetrically reduced and health- fully supported: . 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He also cited that the Winnipeg city council had appropriated $1,500 for the entertainment of the visitors and that the Canadian government had appropriated $30,000 to induce the editors of the United States to “take in” Canada and see for themselves what a wonderful country it was. T. J. Burke, E. E. McDonald, H. M. Clark, John Parker, Rev. L. P. War- ford, Rev. B. D. Hanscom and Mrs. Eduard Netzer also spoke briefly. HIGH SCHOOL QUINTETS TO PLAY DOUBLEHEADER TONIGHT Tonight will be a good night for basketball fans. There will be two games staged at the Armory and both are expected to be interesting. The high school girls’ team which lost at Akeley by a score of 6 to 3 is “out for blood” and no doubt will do their best to have revenge. The Ake- ley boys’ team has not been defeated as yet this year and a close game is looked for with the local quintet. The boys’ team will have its reg- ular lineup with Captain Plummer (Continued from Page 1.) 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