Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 25, 1917, Page 4

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER .—_PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. B. CARSON E. H. DENU TELEPHONE 922 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class matter wnder act of Congress of March 3, 1879. No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's name must e kmown to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Pioneer should reach this office not Jater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER Six months.....ciem. . - Three months.........-. 185 One month. . . m.... . 45 One week .. oo iimno . (12 THE WEEKLY PIONEER Ten pages, containing'a summary of the news of the week. Pub- lished every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for, in BY MAIL . .One year...............$400 Three months... ...... J.. 1.00 OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS The Daily Pioneer is a member of the United Press Assoclation, ana s represented for foreign advertising by the AMERICANTIRESS @eneral offices in New York and Chicago, branches in all principal Cittes. prosmedad ottt ihatudba i ottt Sidenpern bl ol s Rboesicney GERMANS SOLD INTERRED SHIPS Information has come to Representative Frederick W. Rowe of New York that several of the German ships in the United States have been sold by the German-controlled company which owned them, to American citizens. According to Mr. Rowe, the sale of five of the vessels was con- tracted for on the very day that war was declared by this country, but no attempt has yet been made to carry out the contract. It is his belief that we should not allow such complications of title to interfere with our prompt use of the vessels, and he thinks action by the govetnment should be taken at once in order to prevent the purchase money from fall- ing into the hands of the Germans. ' Shortly after Congressman Rowe had presented the matter to his colleagues the bill authorizing the president commandeer the ships was hurried to an early vote and passed without a roll call. MARINE CORPS ENIJSTMENTS JUMP i An immediate jump in vohmteer enlistments in the United States marine corps is expected by officials of the corps as g result of the send- ing of a regiment of “Soldiers of the Sea” to France with the first expe- dition and the assurance that further contingents will be sent as rapidly as transportation cam be procured. Many Voung men who had previously not wanted to enlist with a probability of being kept in this country an indefinite time and perhaps never getting to the firing line will, it is believed, now enter their coun- try's service as ‘‘soldiers and sailors, too.” The marine corps expects to reach its full war strength of 30,000 men by the fourth of July. [ TO ENCOURAGE PRODUCTION The International Soil ‘Products Exposition is to be held this year at Peoria, 111, the home of Representative Clifford Ireland. The last con- gress authorized the president to invite other nations to participate, and Canada and the states are arranging to send exhibits. To enable the ag- ricultural department to a-lu]nateh demonstrate the work now being done nt stations, boys® and girls’ clubs, ete., Mr. ireland has pro- ropriation of §15,000. It is his opinion that no better invest- ment of the public funds can be made than in the direction he advocates, as it will stimulate interest in agricultural development, and educate the farmers to a more intensive cultivation of the soil, g result that all patri- otic citizens are striving for at the present time. ZERO IN IDIOTIC PROTESTS A bunch of no doubt -well meaning people in Chicago have sent a lengthy protest to Washington against allowing the soldiers to have tobacco. And if one can beat that they've certainly got to go some. If there can possibly be any bigger boob stunt we’d like to know about it. We'll bet our last cent none of those who backed such an idotic petition will ever see the battle fronts in Europe fighting for the United States. If any comfort can be derived by a soldier from a smoke in a trench on a battle front, in the name of all common sense who is there to deny it? Who but such idiots as sent that protest to Washington? Shades of General Grant! LET EVERYBODY CLEAN PROPERTY Not only are some yards of private residences coming in for comment on account of their untidy appearance but also alleys and the rear of ‘business houses and certain plots near depots, etc. In some instances the conditions are most unsightly and do not in the least impress visitors to Bemidji for the first time. Bemidji has passed the stage of the small town and is becoming a metropolitan center for this ‘section of Minnesota and should present as neat and clean appearance as possible, and it is not a difficult matter in the least. Let everybody clean their premises and keep them attractive. v ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OVERLOOKED Joe Redenbaugh, termed “‘the toughest kid in the world” by a vet- eran police official of St. Paul, yesterday pleaded guilty to slaying Patrol- man Connery of Minneapolis when arraigned. He is also implicated in killing Mrs. Dunn while she slept in St. Paul, and brazenly talks of his ~achievements. The best that can be dome for him is life sentence in the state penitentiary and it i\ almost a miracle that some society of simps hasn’t already made an attempt to have him freed. With all of the young bloods away in the war, won't the old bald heads have & glorious time? And congress just keeps right on milling around in a sea of rag chewing. —~———————————.—_—_—.____._________________—__—_________—___—_.— THE BEMIDJI DALY PIONEER BASEBALL AT ~ TRIFLING COST! How a Chamber of Commerce Has Popularized Game, NEW [DEA WINS FAVOR Fans In South Bend, Ind., Are to Enjoy the Baseball Season at a Minimum Expense—Books Good For Seventy Games Have Been Sold For $1.50 as Season Tickets. A plan has been devised by the South Bend chamber of commerce to popu- larize baseball and place the game on a paying basis in South Bend, which is considered a minor league city, writes W. W. Dunkle of the South Bend chamber of commerce in the American City. The plan called for the sale of 10,000 geason tickets, good for seventy games, at $1.50 each, making the cost to the patren for each game a little more than 2 cents. The sale of books began on Feb. 135 and continued for ten days in a whirlwind campaign. Every manufacturing plant, business house public bujlding and botel was gupplied with the tickets, and every effort was fnade o get the coupons into the hnncb of the baseball fans The idea Was Fécelved with so muc| h favor by the members of the chambe: of commerce that three concerns sig nifled their intention to purchase books md distribute them free among their BEAUTY PARLORS loy clmmber however, dfs- | | PHONE 540 Full Line of Melba Toile tfm proc Xf Beeugs Ti l ) . Articles | wanted each miy's Individug) help tv —— ke thE achieie § success. The cheap. | & 4cx 4 4¢ & & % % & % ¥ x & & ness of the books, it felt, should make | % Hair dressing, manicuring, evely baseball patron in the city will- [ face massage, scalp treat- ing to become a purchager, %« ment, switches made from The sale of the 1,000 tickets netted : combht:rx-. dC.Ol‘!l;l.;M .llxgrow : the committee in charge of the work naus treate . $15,000, which is susiclent to pay the | ¥ MINA MYERS 311 6th St. Phone 112-W running expenses of the South Bend AR ER KRR KR club for the season and leave a satis- factory profit for the manager. = - The guarantee of 124 cents for each admission, which must be paid to vis- itng clubs, will be met through the income derived from the sale of grand stand seats. The tickets that bave been sold in this campaign, of course. admit the bearer only to the bleachers. The records indicate that in the past 75 per cent of the baseball patrons in South Bend have occupied grand stand seats, and if this record holds true dur- ing 1917 the income derived from this source will be more than sufficient to meet the guarantee to the visiting clubs. Arrangements are being made to double the seating capacity of both the grand stand and the bleachers, be- cause it is certain that the two cent rate will greatly increase the atteml- ance at the baseball park. The idea originated with Edward Smith, president of the South Beénd Central league club, and in working it out he has had the co-operation of the manufacturers, wholesalers and retail- ers’ bureaus of the chamber of com- merce. It is believed that this method of promoting interest in the game has never before been tried in the baseball Photos by American Press Association. prsetically indestructible TUSETH scnoor. OF MUSIC Teachen of Vlolm Pmno and Instrument Phone 683-W 116 3d St. 1222232224 If you have a room to reat or want to fent one—you get the best choice through a Pioneez want ad. Phone 922. IT WILL PAY YOU TO READ TH'S ADVERTISEMENT We are offering the highest prices for a short time for old metals, iron and rags, as we have a contract which must be filled at once. T SWERG — RN WE WILL PAY For Brass ....8c to 19¢ per 1b. For Copper. .15¢ to 21c per 1b. For Rags $1 to $2 per hundred Scrap jror of any kind $7.00 to $10.00 per ton. 0ld Magazines 50c per hundred ‘We have also a good market for rubbers, auto tires, lead, zinc and hides. ‘We pay all freight for out of town shippers on 100 lbs and ‘ LATEST LIFEBOAT CAN'T SINK; FOLDS UP TOO Two views of a mode) of the latest type of lifeboat hefore and after being collapsed. 1t takes up ahout the same amonnt of space as an ordinary lifeboat. world. over not including iron and ——— paper. SCHOOL VEGETABLE GARDENS. 9 Pupils In Philadelphia to Be Organized At Goldberg s In Groups to Plant Plots. Phone 638-W In line with the wide effort to reduce the high cost of living, the thousands of public school children in Philadel- 112 Third Street FRIDAY. MAY 25. 1917 1t is nonsinkable and { New Shoe Store Opens On or about June 6th we will open a new shoe store in Be- midji to be known as the BEMIDJI SHOE STORE at 315 Min- nesota avenue, We represent one of the best manufacturers of &hoes in America. Our stock is all new, direct from the factory contain- ing the latest styles and models. We will have shoes for MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN. We Will Start With a Big Opening Sale Come in and see our lines. It will pay you to buy here. The Bemidji Shoe Store George Stephen & Son, Props. & NEW WAR MAPS & WORLD IN FOUR COLORS ALL BATTLE FRONTS .COUPON BEMIDJI PIONEER A sixteen page set of large scale, authentic maps on extra, . heavy super-caleadar paper at merely nominal cost. 3 cog’gu 25[: s T i BT ONLY hier i vl i) OUT OF TOWN READERS ADD 3c FOR POSTAGE MAIL ORDERS RN Y ] w R : ~ b : = R ] N x I~ g phia will this spring be especially in- structed in the raising of vegetables. This step was decided upon by Dr. John P. Garber, superintendent of the schools, who, in a circular letter to the school principals, issued recently, urged that this work be given the widest possible ehcouragement. He says in the letter: Owing to the present high cost of food, the raising of vegetables should be encouraged wherever possible this sear. To this end the work of the home garden teachers will be confined almost exclusively to the supervision of the gardens of pupils who will de- vote at least 100 square feet to the raising of vegetables. These children will be organized into groups by a garden teacher, who will regularly visit your school after school hours to organize and give instructions. Brief but accurate reports will be re- quired of the members of these groups. There will be a pupil group leader for every eight. * These leaders will be re- sponsible for collecting these reports and notifying the garden teacher of any member whose garden needs as- sistance. These gardens will then be immediately visited by the home gar- den teacher. A small plot, at least 100 square feet, must be available for demonstrating methods at the group meetings. This may be in the school garden, an umn- paved space in-the school yard, a near- by vacant lot, or even the yard of a ] By arousing the interest of parents through their various school organisa- tions and the school papers the work will be greatly assisted. The immediate object will be to raise vegetables for the home table and to can the surplus for winter use. Charity Organization In Buffalo. The Buffalo chamber of commerce recently named a special committee to co-operate with the city’s charity or- ganization to raise sufficient funds to carry on all charitable work and to dis- tribute the collections so that the en- tire city may participate in the work. Orders taken now subject to raise in price. at the price of $360.00. Come in and see us. C.W.JEWETTCO., Ford Authorized Sales and Service. .'mmlu||ml|||||u|||||||||g|||||||mmml|m||uml||||||m|||||m|||||||m|||l|u||||||n|||||||mmu|m|mmmuumnummm e $360.00 Place Your Order at Once. Fords Coming. Get in on this shipment. 4 W ()] o 8 A Large Shipment of Prompt Deliveries. Get yours C. Phone 474 -