Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 10, 1917, Page 2

THE VACANT LOT GARDENING IDEA Moch Unused Land I Every Gity, Town and Village. T6 REDUGE GOST OF LIVING Vacant Lot and Home Gardening Brings Into Play New Labor Resources Which In the Aggregate Are Enor- mous—Utilize Spare Time of Men, Women and Children. In every city and village there is within the city limits a great deal of unused land, much of it very fertile land which, properly tilled, could be made to grow splendid crops of veg- - etables, says the American City. In eyery city there are many men, wom- en and children with the time and ‘willingness to work land who do not have the land to work. The vacant lot gardening idea provides for bringing thesé people and the land together. Any effort along these lines should “also be accompanied by vigorous efforts to induce people who own land and also are in a position to till it to do so. This is the home gardening idea. Vacant lot and home gardening brings into play new labor resources which in the aggregate are enormous. They utilize the spare time of men who work 1u the city’s shops and of- fices and of women and, what is one of the greatest of our unused resources. the work of children. In connection with this last source of labor it is a fact that there are at the present time living in cities, towns, manufacturing villages and suburban communities in the United States ap- proximately 13,000,000 minors between the ages of six and twenty. While more than two-thirds of these become engaged as breadwinners by the time they reach fourteen years of age an enormous quantity of produce could be grown by the work of children be- tween the ages of six and fourteen, and there still remains a large army of potential workers between the ages of fourteen and twenty whose time is practically free during the summer months. In calling attention to these facts we have, of course, in mind the fact that children must not be asked to work for as long hours or as steadily as adults and that prior to the summer vacation they would be able to give to the work only the time they could spare from school. Even with these al- lowances, however, there remains a tre- mendous labor resource that heretofore bag not been usged. The generul appllcafion of the prin- ciple of vacant lot and home gardening must mean a material reduction in the cost of living as well as a decided in- crease in the world’s food supply. It does away with much of the expense of transportation and distribution which forms far too large a part of our food costs at the present time. The im- portance of these elements in the cost of living will be apparent from the fact that yearly expenditures for vegetables and small fruit foods outside of large cities average $138 per family of five persons, Local production for local needs also tends to make communities agricultur- ally independent. This will be of vi- tal importance in case the demands of war make it necessary for the govern- ment to use temporarily all of the rail- voad facilities in any localities for the transfer of troops, military equipment, ete. In some instances it might easily prevent a condition approaching star- vation. Incidentslly the vacant lot gardening idea helps toward the solution of an- other problem that bas grown out of city life—the problers of providing for the healthy physical development of the people who live in cities. The ex- perience of army and navy recruiting stations has shown with unmistakable clearness that the physical condition of the average city bred man is far below what it should be. Giving these ipeople an opportunity for gardeuing { means giving them an opportunity to Z3ecure healthful, invigorating outdoor &exerdse. which will make them better {:itizens as well as add to the joy of { iving. The Electric Generator. Professor Alexander Gray of Cornell university claims for G. S. Moler, then a student at Cornell, the honor of having made one of the first practical applica- tions of the electric generator in Amer- ica. This was in 1875, when the uni- versity was not more than seven years @d, and Moler was not yet a graduate. Yet he flluminated the whole campus, and thus it came about that the inhab- itants ef remote farms among the hills of central New York saw the arc light shine at night years before the intro- duetion ef this means of illumination in Paris, London, Berlin, New York or any other of the great cities of the world. Treenails. ‘“Treenails,” or ‘“trunnels,” as they are commonly called, are cylindrical wooden pins used in fastening the parts of wooden ships together. It re- quires about 30,000 of these pins for am average sized ship. POT ATOES Will be plentiful this year What Are You Going To Do With Yours? roell them assoon as you digthem? Or store them in a root cellar until spring and thereby not have to dump them on the market when prices are lowest. Build A Root Gellar On Your Farm ::We will gladly furnish plans and give our estimates of materialifor it. 31, Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co, PHONE ery later questionable. for an advance in price for September. that Ford car at the present price by placing your order immediately. The number of orders we can fill are limited. Telephone 474. A Picture of Pershing. Our General Pershing has the phys- ical and mental characteristics of a true product of our soi. He is as Amerjcan as any lIndian and mlsln easily be taken for one. Looking on his tall, straight, athletic figure, his granite, imperturbable bronzed face. with its prairie born, perpetual “sun grin,” ita clefts and bollows like hill- side erosions, and the stark, stoic at- mosphere that invests him, one is ir- resistibly reminded of one of the great chiefs of the red men. Old Geronimo had much the same look, even in cap- tivity—the air of immeasurable supe- riority to circumstance. — Chicago News. The Seifish Obstacle. Hilpin — Taggers would make $20 more a week by taking that new job. Brassbette—Why doesn't he take it? Hilpin—He’s too mean. By order of the court he has to give up half his earnings to his ex-wife.—Lamb. 100 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ]JBUGGISTS PROTEST St. Paul, Aug. 7.—Protests against Retail Druggists association are in FRIDAY "AUGUST 10. 1917. |of alcohol in perfumes and pn;z&' d the hands of Minnesota representa medicines and the rate of tax c the tax bill which levies assessmenta [tives in congress. . “We are protesting because it is|said Henry Rauch, secretary of the on products containing small quan- tities of alcohol by the Minneapolis “impossible to ascertain the amount |association. not be satisfactorily determined,” GIVEN HARDWARE NEWS R. L. GIVEN VOL. Il Gertain-teed Roofing A roofing does not wear out, but the sun bakes the life out of it. That is what has been proven in the life of different roofings. The Certain- Teed Roofing is made of a blend of asphalt and asphalt oils that has proven to be the best through an ex- NO. 43 n | perience of twenty-five years of ac- tual roofing making. This, together with the fact that the Certain-Teed Roofing Co. makes about 50 or 60 per cent of the roof- i ing in the United States goes to show the company that is behind its five, ten and fifteen-year guarantee that it puts on its one, two and three-ply roofing. One ply Certainteed Roofing (6- year guarantee)—$1.65. Two ply Certainteed Roofing (10- year guarantee)—$2.00. Three ply Certainteed Roofing 15-year guarantee)—$2.45. DeLaval Cream Separators The good Cream Separator of to- day is not a machine that will skim good for a few months and then be- gin to show wear, but that will give vears and years of that same close skimming work that is featured in the De Laval at the beginning. The De Laval Cream Separator of today has proven that it is the cheapest separator to buy in the long run, it will last longer, skim closer and run easier than any other sep- arator known. Ask us to put one out to you on trial and be convinced yourself of its superiority. De Lavals sold on easy monthly payments. STORE VISITORS Among out-of-town customers this week were Knute Strand of Ten- strike; Mrs. Edwards of Nebish; F. {S. Porter of Nebish; A. J. Rugsvin, M. Rygg and John Anderson of Wil- —(The Pmneer lll.rdwm i Edited and Puhlmud by the Given Hardware Co. Bemidji, Minn., (as Stoves Yes, it is almost a reality in Beé- mjdji. The gas manager expects to have the gas turned on within 30 days. How are you going to use it without a gas stove? We just un- loaded a carload of gas plates and ranges and now have them on dis- play on our floor. Pick out your gas stove and have it connected up be- fore the rush starts and avoid the rush. Goodyear Auto Tires Mr. Auto Owner, have you ever given the GOODYEAR cord tires a thought? . If you are mnot using GOODYEAR CORDS you are wast- ing money every day you run with- out them. More and more Goodyear Cords are proving their superiority. When you walk up the street and see GOODYEAR CORDS on different cars and get to inquiring about their ser- vice and find that tire after tire has given from 10,000 to 13,000 miles and on lots of them they hardly show wear, it will convince you that the GOODYEAR CORD is made in such a way to give more wear than a.ny other tire made. Ask us about GOODYEAR CORDS. Big Three Washing Machines : The Big Three washing machine, the original Vacuum machine wash- er, still continues to be the leading Washing Machine known to the housewife. It has a Toncan metal tub, which will not crack from the sun and the machine is geared so that it runs very easily indeed. Big Three Washing Machines— $13.50. BINDER TWINE . Our stock of binder twine is very complete just now of manila and standard twanes. ) WATCH US Policy And Prices For The Present Are TOURING CAR RUNABOUT We can now make immediate deliveries from cars in stock. The factory is closed for two weeks taking inventory, which will make deliv- In view of this fact there is every indication Why not insure yourself on C. W. JEWETT CO, Inc. AUTHORIZED FORD REPRESENTATIVES 418-420 Beltrami Avenue. Aug. 9 $360 $345 Bemidji, Minnesota N. E. GIVEN Issued Weekly John Deere Binders Mr. Farmer, are you intending buying a Binder this year? If so, do not make the mistake some are doing is mot looking over the dif- ferent machines made before you make your choice. Yes, a certain Binder might have been the best your estimation a few years ago, but today the best binder is not the bind- er of a few years ago, but is built to run lightly, built of angle iron to make your frame solid and keep it from binding - the bearings, and is also built with self-aligning bear- ings that will work freely in case there should be a little sag in the frame, a binder with canvases that are about three grades heavier than the old binder, a binder with three packer shafts and a six-point clutch which will give you uniform, solid bundles no matter how thick, thin, short or long your grain is. That is just exactly what the JOHN DEERE BINDER of today is giving you besides we are ready here with a good-sized stock of repairs to fix you up in case you get caught with a breakdown. Our stock of John Deere mower re- pairs is also very complete and we try not to keep you waiting when you are in need of a repair. Look over our stock of Binders, Mowers and Rakes before purchas- ing. “THE FREE” SEWING MACHINES ‘When you want an easy running sewing machine ask for one that is fitted out with ball bearings and the ‘roticello movement. The roticello movement is an enclusive Free feat- ure and it provides that your shuttle carrier arm instead of being a piece of casting, on the Free is a piece of turned tool steel. Free machines| sold on easy monthly terms. B. C. Kuefler of Hines was a pur- chaser of a FREE cabinet sewing machine this week. PAYS y d