Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 4, 1917, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER +— PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. B. CARSON ' 'B. H. DENU __—_—__________———______————————‘—————————___— ) TELEPHONE 922° - . Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class matter wunder 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 Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES * --Eight pages, containing & summary of the news of the week. Pub- tished every Thursdsy and sent postage paid to any address for, in ad- o IR $1.50 OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA The Daily Pioneer is.a member of the United Press Association, and s represented for forelgn advertising by the— @emeral offices in New York and Chicago, branches in all principal Citles. LEST WE FORGET With the United States upon the brink of a state of war between the United States and Germany, with ‘its possibility of becoming of much con- cern to this country, it is not amiss to call attention to some things, one of the most momentous being the relations of peoples of foreign birth and extraction to those who have no feeling of love nor kinship for those in far off lands—Germany, if you will. There isn’t a better class of people on the face of the earth than the Germans. There isn’t the slightest doubt about it and no argument against that assertion. The United States is the home of hundreds of thousands of Germans and so-called German-Americans. In Bemidji there are many. They are among us and they are of us. With the stiffening of the backbone of America in the present crisis let us not forget ourselves go far as to allow personal feeling to enter into what is deeply regretted, but deemed a duty by the United States—to break with Germany. There are narrow minds injected into every crisis like the present. There always will be and are usually the cause of some unpleasantness, but it isn’t the general rule and should not be taken as a criterion. We hope that in Bemidji there will be no act nor acts on the part of those whose feelings in the European conflict are with the Fatherland that will in any way cause heretofore friendly spirit and high regard to dimin- jsh one iota.. And we also sincerely hope that these same people will receive the kindest consideration and a continuance of the friendships.al- ready strong and closely cemented from those who have no ties, however slight, to other countries. We believe Bemidji citizens are as a whole broad-minded and we again sincerely trust there will be no discord nor discontent among its people raised over the present international crisis and that we all ‘will continue to regard ourselves TRUE CITIZENS of the UNITED STATES, friends and neighbors, as we have in the past. FOR THE HOME GARDENER * iy B [ Home gardeners who do not own a hotbed and who can not readily buy young plants can get much earier crops of tomatoes, cabbage, cauli- flower, peppers, egg plant and lettuce if they will start the seed for their early gardens in seed boxes in the house. Early potatoes sometimes are forced in the same way. Seed so planted germinate and are ready for transplanting by the time it is safe to sow the same kind of seed in the open ground. When danger of frost is over and the soil is dry enough to work, therefore, the home gardener starts his early garden with seed- lings well above the surface. Transplanting, if properly done, instead of hurting, seems to help such plants develop a strong root system. Garden enthusiasts should get a good deal of pleasure from this kind of prelimin- ary indoor gardening. They also can use boxes to hasten the blooming period of many sorts of flowers which stand transplanting. Any sort of wooden box filled with good soil answers the purpose. * The following directions for making seed boxes and handling the plants have been prepared by the Bureau of Plant Industry and the States Rela- tions Service, United States Department of Agriculture, for the guidance of the canning and gardening clubs in the North and West. - Making a Seed Box. Seeds of early tomatoes and cabbage, as well as caulifiower and pep- per, should be planted in a seed box in the house at once. The seed box should be 3 to 4 inches deep, 12 to 14 inches wide and 20 to 24 inches long. A layer of about one inch of gravel or cinders should be placed in the bot- tom of the box, then it should be filled nearly full of rich garden soil, or soil enriched with decayed leaves or manure. The rich soil beneath the family woodpile or around decaying logs is splendid for this purpose. The soil should be pressed down firmly with a small piece of board and rows made one-fourth to one-half inch deep and two inches apart crosswise of the box. The seed should be distributed 8 or 10 to the inch in the rows and be covered. The soil should be watered and the box set in @ warm place in the light, in the sunshine by a window being best. Water enough must be given from time to time to cause the seeds to germinate and grow thriftily, but not enough to leak through the box. If a piece of glass is used to cover the box, it will hold the moisture in the soil and hastea the germination of the seeds. Take Out- Surplus Plants. When the plants are from an inch to an inch and a half nigh, they should be thinned to 1 or 2 inches apart in the row so as to give them space enough to make a strong stocky growth. If it is desired to keep the plants which are thinned out, they may be set two inches apart each way in the other boxes prepared as mentioned for the seed box. When the weather becomes mild, the box of plants should be set out of doors part of the time so that the plants will “harden off” in preparation for transplanting to the garden later. A good watering should be given just pefore the plants are taken out of the box for transplanting sc that a large ball of earth will stick to the roots of each one. Society women at Atlantic City insist on the hotel managers treating their pet dogs as guests. The managers should accede to the demand. Any dog is as good as a woman who considers a dog her equal." If Europe legalizes polygamy after the war in order fo build up its shattered population there will be a tremendous slump in the male popu- lation of this country. We are not keen for war, but if an ornery cuss punches us on the nose we are not going to wipe off the blood and invite him to punch again, Bible or no Bible. Turkey may be considered the “sick man of Europe,” but from his recent efforts at sprinting you would never believe it. Extravagance and parsimony are both sins, but there is a happy me- dium which makes you actually human. . Enjoy your money while living. Others will make it fly when you are dead. Yes, war is hell. But there comes a time when even hell has a halo in comparison with other things. M0 T THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER WEDNESDAY. APRIL 4, Il p— “‘[ i[ EHAVE spafed no effort in order to select the best goods of the bestmakers for your EASTER WEAR SUITS | We start our suits at $12.50 and you will be surprised at the style and quality we show in a suit at this price; and then we sh beauti at $25.00, $35.00 and $40 and the Poiret models at $45.000;1f10g]6e7.§3}1 h COATS All the new cloths are shown in our ' _ _ coats, lots of style and notwlthstandlpg all the cry about high prices, we positively sell ]adi’es' coats at no a?i,vance in pric(;(s)lggé ;st;% g:)sl;l:g ;3? £eek at $10.00, $12.50, $13.50, $15,00, $16.50, $17.25, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00, $27.50, 535.00, DRESSES ] Y assortment of par ty dresses langln 1n price f!om 312.50 to 365.(1). Late model m black r \ 4 g a drm eceived WAISTS For 98 cents you can buy a pretty white waist, for $7.50 a beautiful silk waist and any price you wish between these figures, SHOES . We must admit that the price of stylish footwear is high, about all we can i ing the prettiest line it has ever been our privilege to show, Ehe prices are from s%agolst;hastlgl goargustho:; :\lrzl: ft: r;:::ei) ;{z(;ts t?’os«; 1:1:1;1 g:vsill:g quality o:éitl;ler thfan style can buy their footwear at very little advance , we very shoes .85, $3.00, $3. Il-"liltl;tlv Séi.ppers 33-310 t::dsf7.5‘,ga il for women at $2.85, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00. e things you will need for Easter Sunday. G RIBBONS, BAGS, SILK SHAWLS, CORSETS.nUNyDER%%Yk];E' e L LR 0% 202 Third St., Bemidji, Minn. Phone 87 llllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIII!IIIIIflllllilflflllflllllllllllfllllllfllflfllflllfllfllllIIIlIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINJ 0 000 Defective