Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 26, 1917, Page 3

. GAINS IN UNITED STATES ; SINCE JANUARY FIRST Woman Sutfrage Now in More Than Half The Area of U. S.= Weman Voting Strength Nearly Doubled Since the First of January. Nebraska’s 77,520 square miles of territory has raised the to_tll area in which women may vote side by side with men to a fraction more than half of continental United States. Eleven of the fifteen biggest states in the Union are now under the suftrage flag. The total number of women of voting age to whom complete, or near complete, suffrage has been granted, is now 8,557,308 ; 48 per cent. of this number has been gained since the first of January, 1917. The total number of electoral college votes which women may par- ticipate in choosing at the next presidential election is 172—out of a total of 531. Ninteen states of the Union now . o e . |these seven states, Nor akota, give women a right to vote for Prest: oo, Totiena Aensss: “Rhode T5 «dent of the United St land, Michigan, and Nebraska, there North Dakota ‘led the whole Pro-|y,ye peen legislative victories of more -cession of 1917 suffrage victories—the or less importance in eleven other first state into the suffrage fold in |stateq since January. the National American Woman Suf- Bills for full suffrage by amend. frage Assoclation’s drive for presi-iments to thelr state constitutions have .dential suffrage. Ohio was the firat| passed the 1917 legislatures of New .of the newly victorious states east|York, Maine, South Dakota, Jowa, Ok- .of the Mississippi to come into her|laghoma and Michigan .own, and Indiana is the first state| 1, New York and Maine, the en- to let women vote upon thelr dWR|franchisement of women will be voted enfranchisement, though the women | on this year. in South Dakota, Ok- +of Wyoming territory did this in 1899 |jahoma and Michigan it will be voted On March. 6, Governor Brough of ion in 1918 . Arkansas sighed a bill giving women |\y i poe THE SUFFRAGE " FLAG a new and effective form of suffrage, FLOATS the right to vote in primary elections, . Arkansds being the first state to pass| To recapitulate, the suffrage cause has this year annexed 338,314 square ‘this measure. miles of territory. Up to the end of quflraiul‘fl War. Measiire. 1916, suffrage extended over 1,205, Womah sultfige has become a War|gyg goiare 'miles, or 39 per, cent. of ‘measure in England, Canada, Russia, ;onfinental United States. not includ- and France. Rhode Island is the first ing AMska. On April 22nd -of this state in the Union to adopt suffrage |y o.; the suffrage flag floated aver as a part of our natlonal prepared-|j 543643 gquare miles, or 50.9 per mess. On April 19—Wake Up America | oon¢ Including Alaska, whero women Day—the message ran forth to every \p,¢q giffrage on the same terms as village and farm that Michigan Wo-|pyen - 2,134,527 square miles, or 57 men were going to be free to VOtQ|,er cent. of the total possessions of the in presidential elections, thus sound- | gpited States, except the newly ac- ing the note of preparedness for the|gyujred Virgin Islands, are now under national crisis in the Middle West. |the banner of freedom. This area is Then came Nebraska with its eigh: (a long way out of the “Half slave electoral’ college votes and {its addi-|and half free” type of democracy tion of 318,803 women of voting age | which still prevails in the other 43 to the suffrage forces. per cent. of the United States. Besides the signal successes ia “EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST,” BUT THE WEST HAS EQUAL SUFFRAGE. Does Equal 8uffrage “Feminize?” |presidential suffrage. the per cent was Quoting from the recent govern- 18.9. and in eastern states, it was only " 3 " 10.8. It would seem that the voting meat ‘Toport a5 Lo ithe .proportionate twoman has not ‘feminized’ the West recruiting for the regular army im ., any extent, and it would scem the various states during April, Mrs. that the sort of men who respond Minnie J. Reynolds cites these first ‘to their country’s call are the figures: “The average per cent. sort who give their women the vote. of their quota recounted by the far It would be interesting to know how western states, practically all of many of the men who are sure that which have equal suffrage. was 29.5 | women ought not to vote because per cent. In the Midale West, where |they cannot fight have responded to five states have given their women |the call to arms.” g World) 1 With Apologies to the Author of They have said of ber. “Poor, foolish, temler. cl.nging, heipiess little thing! And shudders at the booming of a sunset gun! Well, She is making munitions—for England. g@mmmm@m@mm@a@mmmmmmm “The Man Without a Country." Copyright. 1517 by the 1 ress Puolishing Ue. (The New York Evenind A “Why shall she vote? “How she babb.es of ‘Equalits!’ «Why shall ste vote? SHX cannot fight, and kill and die, if need be, fot It has come—HER Hour! With her soft, white, useless fingers she is fashioning shefle— = . . t : The Woman With a Country By Helen Rowland LwAYS, “In time of war, what conll SHE do to defend her Country—if she had one? “SHE—who trembles "in a thunderstorm. her Coantry! And, with her “tender. clinging, helpless’ hands, A hundred deaths in every ome of them! Everywhere, she is ploughing. planting, gathering, ) Sowing, reaping, harvesting. . S & E s of lives Y And thus saving thousand i it Fer Her Country. active Paae f CONCRETE PAVEMENT IS BEST Affords as Good Foothold for Horses as Any Other Hard Surface and Wears Quite Well. The concrete pavement in use on the main driveway at the Kansas State Agricultural college has proved that this type of pavement is successfu!‘ according to. L. E. Conrad, professor of civil engineering. This pavement has been in use for more than three years and shows practically no wear, The traffic over this road is heavy, It consists of all the coal and machin- ery delivered to the college, a large part of the material that is used in the construction of new buildings on the campus, college mail and express, and the many pleasure vehicles that are continually using this road. Two methods were used to surface the road. On the level portion of the roadway the finish was made compar- atively smooth, while on the grades a heavy stable brush was drawn over the green cement, leaving a rough sur face. It is probable that after a few years of service the roadway which has the smooth surface will present a more uniform appearance but at pres- ent there is no appréciable difference. “The teamsters hauling coal to the college power plant wére strongly of the opinion that the road would be slippery,* remarked Mr.Conrad; “but they say, after using it for three years, that it affords as good a foothold for the horses as any hard surface. “The - expansion and contraction of the concrete is taken up by steel-bound Joints' that are placed every 35 feet, these joints being surrounded by an elastic material. Outside of a few dollars for replacing some of this ma- terial, there has been no expense whate ever for the repair or upkeep of the roudway.” Nevada Adopts the Sagebrush. After the legislature had refused to adopt the sagebrush as the emblem of the state of Nevada, requests by woman’s clubs throughout the state obtained a reversal of the former ac- tion, and the desert shrub has been officially adopted hy the present ses- slon as the state Insignia. Nevada hag been known for years as the Sage- brush state, but the name was applied, not because of a legislative action, -| but-becawsa-of the large proportion: Nevada covered by shrubbery.—Car son City Correspondent Portland Ore gonian. Value in the Coyote. Western hunters who have despised the coyote as a worthless creature, to be killed if the sheep are to be pro- tected, now find that a dead coyote is worth more than a live sheep. They are getting eight dollars or more for each coyote pelt. The tough hide and warm fur make coyote skins especial- ly valuable for clothing for the sol- diers in the trenches in DCurope.~— Youth’s Companion. Proved. Full—Say, Old Liurdupp is an honest fellow, after all. Fuller—Thazzo? Full—I asked him today if he ever intended to pay back that ten-spot he borrowed twe years ago, and he said: “No, of course not.” - «Healthy Skin "' DEPENDS ON KIDNEYS. The skin and the intestines, which work together with the kidneys to throw out the poisons of the body, do a part of the work, but a clean bod: and a healthy one depends on the kid- neys. If the kidneys are clogged with toxic poisons you suffer from stiffness in the knees in the morning on arising, your joints seem ‘‘rusty,” you may have rheumatic pains, pain in the back, stiff neck, headaches, sometimes swollen feet, or_neuralgic pamns—all due to the uric acid or toxic poisons in the blood. This is the time to go to the nearest drug store and simply obtain a 50c. package of Anuric, the discovery of Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y. Then drink a cup of hot water before meals, with an Anuric Tablet, and notice the tifying results. Anuric will help you, because it flushes the kidneys of impurities. You will find it 37 times more active than Nthia. Dis- solves uric acid as water does sugar. SUFFERED FROM BACKACHE —DIZZY SPELLS. Little Falls, Minn.—“During middle g life I suffered with severe backaches, | hot flashes, hoad-‘ ' |\l'aches and dizzy | {“‘ spells. 1 saw Dr. i IlI| Pierce's Favorite !| Prescription adver- | | tised and bought a | bottle. It gave me Yimmediate relief =: and the second bot- 2 tlecompletely cured | & - me. This was fen| years ago and I am atill in the very best of health, due, I feel | assured, to the help the ‘Prescription’| gave me at this critical period and I am | to recommend it.”—Mes, ELra * Osaoop, 307 Fifth Street, N, E, Readers of the By Sending this Coupon to the 210 Maryland Bllg., Washington, D. C. will be sent free of charge. to give our readers. Bemidji Pioneer with a 2-cent stamp to pay postage, a canning and drying manual All you have to do is to fill out the space and enclose the two-cent stamp for postage.. These are 12- page manuals, fully illustrated, and are sent out in co-operation with this paper as a part of the personal service we at all times aim | SHOULD NUT GO BAREFOOTED Aw?ul Condition of Natives of Haytl, Who Can’t Afford Shoes, Cited 3 as Warning. An argument very frequently add vanced to justify radical changes in our presént mode of living is the hack« neyed reference to customs in animal life, or that of our primeval ancestors, “The animals do it; why shouldn’t it be natural, for we are all animals?® s the usual way of presenting it. The casting aside of many of our modern articles of clothing would be a great advantage to the human race in the course of a few generations, but certain reversions to antiquity somee times recommended are dangerous or fmpossible. The most notable of thess relates to discarding shoes and advo- cates bare feet. The barefoot theory has much to recommend it, an exchange says. Mod- ern shoes are a practical abuse of the feet and choke off the elimination of body poisons. Yet that the shoe and stockings cannot be entirely discarded has recently been proved by medical observation of the condition of the na- tives' feet in the island of Hayti, ir the West Indles. Of the 8,000,000 inhabitants of this land there are probably not more than a few thousand who wear shoes or stockings. The population is so poor and degraded, the laborer’s daily wage e BEMIDJI AMAZED BY SUDDEN ACTION|SYes. The incredible action of pure lav- optik eye wash is startling. A school boy had eye strain so badly he could not read. A week’s use of lavoptik surprised his teacher so much she used it for her old mother. ONEI * RARE ‘WASH showed benefit. A small bot- tle is guaranteed to benefit EVERY Photo by American Press Assoclation. CASE weak, strained or The INCREDIBLE result is astonishing. Pure aluminum eye cup FREE. Barker's Drug Store.—Adv. 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