Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 14, 1917, Page 2

THE BEIDJI DAILY PIONEER &—————PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY: THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. B. CARSON E. H. DENU TELEPHONE 22 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, mnn.,‘t as second-class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. K No sttention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer'’s name must be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Ploneer should reach this office not Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. _— SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER BY MAIL 1 Six months ............ Three months .......... 888 OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS 5% i i%re. THE WEEKLY PIONEER "7 en s, containing & summary of the news of the week. Pub- lished evs:y‘e Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for, in The Daily Pioneer i a member of the United Press Association, and 18 represented for foreign advertising by the | & — @eneral offices in New York and Chicago, branchek ih all principal Cities. NEWSPAPERS THEMSELVES ONLY TO BLAME ~ — Tritely remarks the American Press, & journal for newspaper men and the printing craft, “Why should the government expect free advertising space from newspapers and not expect free army blankets from manufac- turers? Both cost money.” And of all the columns of comments from newspaper publishers anent the methods of the government in the treatment of the press of the coun- try none said more than is contained in the above few words. Yes, why? To be perfectly frank, the attitude of the government along this line has got our goat and got it good and plenty. We’ve been tempted time and time again, and even ventured once, to present our views but for fear of getting into jail on a treason charge we've been treading lightly, for the newspapers of the country have had it handed to them from all angles and the powers that be are preparing to do the same thing again, if it can be done, and if it is done the newspapers themselves are only to blame. The newspapers of the United States went into patriotic hysteria with the launching of the first Liberty Loan bond issue in trying to outdo each other in crowding their advertising cnlumnp with specially prepared advertisements of many inches daily and in flooding their news columns with reading matter, column after column, daily. The Pioneer ran $155 worth of display advertising not to mention the large amount of machine set matter and donated it to the government. Other papers throughout the country performed similar service and not a paper received a cent, except a few, notably the big New York World, which got a nice wad out of it, which, it stated, came from a fund made up of no doubt wealthy New Yorkers. - Yet the World took the coin. For the past thrte years the newspapers have been gouged by what the government finally found out was an illegal combine of paper manu- facturers and the alleged law violators have as yet no punishment meted out and the chances are never will, same as other robber combines. The government has paid for everything it has required for its war preparation and is paying for it now out of the money the newspapers of the country secured for it, without a cent of compensation to the gov- ernment. The government then even started to muzzle the press, cenosr, is the polite word, and still seeks to do so. For a way out of it George Creel, author, whose chief claim to news- paper fame is that before election he wrote an article putting a halo on President Wilson, was. in return made head of the ‘“publicity”’ bureau for the government with power to emasculate any news matter the powers that be desire, to protect their own hides. Creel is a joke so far as the news- paper world is concerned. Now comes Senator Cummins of Towa who is fathering a measure for the creation of a big advertising bureau with a directing head to receive $6,000 per year, said bureau being to advertise the United States in foreign countries and to PAY for the ADVERTISING IN FOREIGN PAPERS. Of course the bureau employes are also not expected to labor for nothing. It's a truly remarkable thing that the government can’t see the loyal papers of the United States but is spending thousands and thousands in maintaining a lot of senseless bureaus and high priced ‘“‘experts” and a horde of incompetents. If the newspapers of the United States will stick, as has been advised by the heads of the newspaper associations, the gov- ernment will pay for its advertising space the same as it is paying for its other necessities. . For years the newspapers have been flooded with advertisements from the government for free notices of civil service examinations and a lot more of the same calibre and the publiskers have been fools enough to epend their own money to give them space. Now that it is a case of pub- licity for a serious matter the government again expects the news- papers to continue to play the fool in paying out good money that a lot of shrimps may draw fat salaries when they wouldn't be worth $4 a week were ability and brains required. The newspaper publishers are commencing to realize that they have been a lot of big boobs with wages away up, print paper robbers allowed to flourish and food robbers prnsperink right and left in giving away what they have to sell—space in their papers with the government paying for everything else it needs. It's pretty raw to say the least—and the news- papers are not going to forget it. HE WAS OF THE RIGHT SORT With the passing yesterday morning at his summer home at Lavinia, Bemidji lost a good booster in the person of Myron C. Mooney of Minne- apolis. He was 63 years old. Mr. Mooney had been coming to Bemidji for several years and was one of the most ardent supporters Bemidji had. Not only did he come himself but he induced many others to come to Bemidji and always had a good word for the city. He was of the right sort and in his passing Bemidji loses a well wisher in all things. Many people have not always agreed with Mr. Bryan in his views but every true American will agree with his latest—that the way to end the war is to go through it. “Through” is the word. But put an ‘‘o” in it and make it “thorough,” too. Every time a great man goes out from the rear to view the Russian army, the bewhiskered troopers become so overjoyed that they rush right back to meet him half way. Vice President Marshall wants to “send the wind squad in Congress to France with the aviators.” Wouldn't do. Aviators can’t fly in a gale. John Wanamaker remarks that money isn't everything in life. Yet John has devoted a large portion of his life to annexing it. Thus far we have noticed no amendment in the food bill making it ARXRAARAE XA XRARAARRARA RN RNRAE AR R AR AR AR R AR ® R e BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL L E R R R R R RN ESEE RN DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Suite 10 O'Leary-Bowser Bldg Oftice Phome 183 IR E R R R R RRRRERRY ] IR R R R R R R R R R RN DR. L. A. 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B.D r‘(;l_lilAsgl)flON Oftice: Troppman Block I.one 180-J Bemidji, Minn I AR R R R R R RS EXXEERERRKXERESE DR. J. .ngg ED RICH Office O'Leary-Bowser Bldg. Office Phone 376-W Res. Phone 376-R IEEE RS R R 88 R E 8 IR RS AR ES S RSN 3 ‘H:lr dressing, manicuring, face massage, scalp treat- " ment, switches made from % combings $1.50. Corns, 4n- & KA R AR ARSI A A A A A A Ak d P v e kAN AN SO oe cialty. MINA MYERS * 311 6th St. Phone 112-W & KR XXX XXRKKOKKKX DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleaners for Men, Women and Children Ghe j PIONEER. _ RO THE TYPEWRITE i } ‘Woodstock’ TRRRESECREE 30O OO RSOGO S O ‘$ "85.00---$15 down, -$-90.00---$10 -~ $10 o .$100.00-- grown nails treated a spe- : - SENSATION ———— TUESDAY. AUGUST 14, 1917, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIlIIIlIL% OF TODAY THAT'S IT L+ SV s o I8 £ One get. ter you have used it, you would have no other. Sat- fied customers are telling us this every day. WE SAY ---“‘Don’t'buy now.” ing-arrangements with us. The Seeing It Makes 3 ' YouWant ---and they're easy to ] It never pays to buy until'you try and when you have thourough- lyttried a*Woodstock then make your buy- FREE ”Trial No Money Down -Your giving this a' trial does not obligate you to buy. If you decide to buy on the installment plan, here are the terms: Model 5 Woodstock' $15 monthly $5 3 $5 13 You ¢an buy no better machine than the Woodstock. BECAUSE there is * no better. If there was a better typewriter made we'd sell it. - You ‘may ‘see Woodstock Typewriters on display at the Pioneer offioe or on the job in'a dozen different stores and offices in Bemidji. - The Model 4 Woodstock may be bought on the following terms: ‘$61.00 cash or $68--$5.00 down, $3 monthly "' Think of it—a brand new Standard Typewriter for a little more than half thé price of other standard makes—and if there is any difference " in quality it is in favor of the Model 4 Woodstock. Phone 922—and ask to see a Woodstock. 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