Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 20, 1917, Page 6

OFEER PRIZES FOR BEST WAR CANNED VEGETABLES Mational Emergency Food Gar- den Commission In Co-opera- tion With Fairs, Will Give $5,000 In Cash. ’ Here you are, war gardeners! Now for the 55,000 in prizes for the best eanned’ vegetdbles and dational certifi- ekte of merit offered by the National Emergency Food Garden Commission. P. 8. Ridsdale, the secretary of the commission, made public the plan of awarding the prizes in co-operation with state, county and war garden fairs that will be held throughout the &onintry during September and October. Read these rules carefully and then write to the cominission at 210 Mary- land building. Washington, inclosing a two cent stamp for postage, and get the eanning and drying manuals it is giv- ing free in order to aid you in saving the food of the country and to exhibit your best work. “The prizes will be given for award at any state, county, city, town or com- munity fair, display or exhibit at ‘which prizes are offered. “The officlals in charge of any such fairs, dlsplnys or exhibits may deter- mine whether the prizes shall be given to other prize winners or shall be of- fered as separate prizes, - The Natlon- al Emergency Food Garden Commis- n*will bé governed in’ presenting the es by the local officials’ deciston in this matter. *“The gelection of prize winners shall be made by the local officials of fairs, displays and exhibits or by committees appointed by them, and every person exhibiting canned vegetables grown in a city, town or village garden shall be permitted to compete. “The officials of any fair, display or exhibit held during the months of Sep- tember and October may make formal application on attached form for one of the prizes. “Prizes will be awarded by the Na- tional Emergency Food Garden Com- mission only through the officials of fairs, displays or exhibits, who shall select the prize winners according to tions, and entries shall be made only with said local officials.” - The High Test. #80 live,” says the Kansas City Star, “that your former sweethearts will point you out as the man they might have married.” No matter how you live they’ll do that, and in nine cases out of ten they'll do it with an alr of superiority in the presence of your wife.—Louis- ville Courigr-Journal He (a former suitor)—So you are mar- rled after all. You told me once that you never intended to belong to any man. She—Well, that remark still holds good. He—But your husband? She— ©Oh, he belongs to me. their own and the commission’s condi- |- TESTS NONSINKABLE SUIT. pubaeiaivi Woearer, It Is Claimed, May Float In Ocean a Week. John B. Walker, chairman of the Federal Lumber Trade Commission, re- cently tested a,newly invented life sav- ing suit by donning it and leaping into the swirling current of the Mississipp! river at New Orleans. The garment is a complete one piece suit of rubber, wadded with a mate- rial known as ilanasilk, a woven fabri¢ which is more buoyant than cork. In- cased in the suit one floats upright in the water, the head well above the surface and the body warm and dry. Pockets are provided in the suit for a canteen of fresh water and for tins of condensed foods, and it 18 estimated the wearer can keep himself alive though adrift in the ocean for a week. WRITIN’S WUSS DEN FIGHTIN’. Negro Sought Exemption; Later De- cides to Join Army. Willlam Higging, a negro, passed the draft examination in Trenton, N. J., and loudly declared he wanted to claim exemption on every possible ground The physicians of Trenton board No. 3 gave him a mass of blanks, and Wil- lam scratched his head dublously. “Is I gotta sign all that junk?’ he asked. They told him yes. So William re- tired to a corner with his troubles. After he had labored for five minutes he sncceeded in signing one. Then he sighed, looked at the others and sud- denly dumped them on the floor. “By golly,” said Willlam, “before I'll £0 to dé trouble of signin’ dem damn t'ings I'll go to war!” He was certified for the army. The Latest In London. The latest thing in London is to see signs over basement entrances read- ing: “Women and Children Are Welcome to Our Cellar.” I To the American Poets l —_————— Comrades mine of Muse and Land, . When the wanton war drum sounded And the world fell back astounded At a fate so lightly planned, Heralds of the Right in song, ‘Were you silent at the wrong? Comrades mine of Land and Muse, ‘When the mailed and haughty glant Crushed the weak but uncompliant Did you falter which to choose? Dfa the cult of Art for Art Halt the tempest of your heart? No, you left your joy untold, Left Love's pondered rime impending, Left unpraised the summer’s blending Into roadside blue and gold. What were Nature, Love and Song In the presence of such wrong? At each Teuton perfidy p Tremblel your swift lines with scorn- ing. Lowell's vision, Webster's warning Made you seers of Liberty. Others doubted; you divined ‘The awful cross of humankind. When the dragon, War, is dead, Though the haunting slain be counted Like the stars, and grief hath mounted Higher than the Jungfrau's head, History shall search your song To find the measure of the wrong. —By Robert Underwood Johnson of the Tr=tas, Report of Condi 14 oR: g W fiol [ 'l.'ho b ( at Bemidji, in the State of w at the 010.‘ of Busi- 11th, 1917. on’ Sapte: Reserve ‘District No. 9 (Charter No. 8241) RESOURCES. 1. a Loans and discounts...................... $318,000.78 2. Overdrafts, secured and unsecured none 8. U. 8. bonds (other than Liberty Wonds ‘of 1917 a U. S. bonds dénoslted to secure circulation (par value) ...... 50,000.00 6. a Liberty Loan Bonds, unpledged 13,135.00 7. Bouds, securities, etc.: b Bonds - other than' U. S. bonds - pledged to secure postal sav- ings deposits .... $ 10,000.00 da Bonds loaned (o bonds) .........ie 6,000.00 e Securities other than 3 (not including stocks) owned unpledged ........cccceiiinann 34,561.37 Total bonds, securities, etc... 50,661.37 9. Stock of Federal Reserve Bank per cent of subscription) 1,800.00 11. Furniture and fixtures 10,000.00 13. Lawful reserve with Federal Re- » serve Bank 26,948.14 15. Cash in vault and net amo: . from national banks .. 99,595.58 16. Net amountd due frqm ban bankers, and trust companies other tham included in Items 13,14, and 15 . ..eeiiiiiiannn 4,849.49 18. Checks on other banks in the same city or town.as reporting bank (other than Item 17)......... 2,675.68 Total of Items 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 ...... ciiiiiiienn, 107,120.75 19. Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items ........ 839.29 20. Redemption fund with U. S. Trea urer and due fro Treasurer .. 2,500.00 Total $580,903.33 LIABILITIES. 22. Capital stock paid in . -.$ 50,000.00 23. Surplus fund .... . 10,000.00 24. a Undivided profits 1 b Less vurrent expe and taxes paid .. 4,470.57 3,386.34 27. Circulating notes outstanding. . 50,000.00 30. Net amounts due to banks and bankers fother th’\n included . 11,003.22 9 . 11,003.22 Demand deposits nh{-ct to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): 31. Individual deposits subject to check 292,487.78 32. Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money berrow l9 797 50 33. Certified checks .. 34. Cashier’s checks o 5 31! 60 Total demand deposits subject to Reserve, Items 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38.......... . 319,841.88 '.I.‘hn- deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days, or sub- Jject to 30 days or more notice): 39. Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) . 84,599.34 41, Postal savings deposits. 3.583.06 42. Other time deposits ... 48,489.49 Total of time deposits subject to Reserve, Items 39, 40, 41 and 42 150,671.89 Total $580,903.33 Sta(e‘é)f Minnesota, County of Beltrami, ss: L L. Brooks, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. L. BROOKS, Cashier. Correct—Attest: Al WHITE, .M. RACON. GEO. W. RHEA, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of Sep- tember, 1917. (Notarial Seal 1td 920 OSCAR NELSON., Notary Public, Beltrami County, Minn. My Commission expires Jan. 11, 1922. USINESS HII PROFESSIONAL :,qu:;.aqckq.fiifflf ® * BYR "NOSE THROAT + * ¢ ‘Pitted * # Gibbons Bldg. Phose 106 ¢+ |- IR R R L R R R R R R «cccccccccucac«c Ql'lBOI * mlox * q;cccqc«accacc; I P * * * * * *. * *. * * * * * [ * * DR. J’.D Oftice O‘Lury ‘Bldg. Office Phon- 376-W Res. Phone 376-R LA SRR R R R R R « EXRR KRR R KR & DR. L. A. WARD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Troppman Block Bemidji, Minn. AR R R R RS RRERE R EEXXERXNKKAREREED DR. J, T. TUOMY # DENTIST North of Markham Hotel Gibbons Bleck. Tel. 330 KEEREXEEREEEEEE 222 R R BEE R SRR ST R L2 2 27 (222 E R 2 SR SR RS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block ' Phone 560 I EE R E R SRR R RN ] L AR R E R SRR R DR. E. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offics Security Bank Bloek KA XK EEEEE I AR R SR RS ER SRS DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block Phone 396 Res. Phone 397 LR E R R R R R R LR R R I R R SRR R R R ER RN DR. @. M. PALMER DENTIST Office Phone 134, Residence 346 Mties Block, Bemidji L2222 X R R R EE R EEXXEEXRERNERES TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER Sate and Piano Moviag Res. Phone 53 818 Ameries Office Phone 13 I EEEE R R BN L E R R R SRS R R D IDA VIRGINIA BROWN Instructor in PIANO VOICE DRAMATIC ART Phone 633 1017 Minn. Ave. Bemidji L E R R R EEE RS &R & ttfi*lwt#*t#i‘* RO, SO Acute and Chronic Diseases handled with great success First National Bank Building Bemidji, Minn., Phone 406-W Hours: 10-12 a.m.; 2-5 7-8 p.m. IR R R E R EREEEEE SRR EEERREERERER DR. C. R RN PHYS v JURGEON IR SR EEEREE R Y ;iciq'c«:ccacua' Plion 09 II!’C'I’ RERESE l"”".""l" lld’#l!idi!’l! IR A RZ AR SR S0 & Hair dressing, manicuring, face massage, scalp treat- ment, switches made from combings $1.50. Corns, in- grown nails treated a spe- cialty. ¥ MINA MYERS 311 6th St. Phone 1 I E LSS R R SRR R RS R XK EXEXXXKRAEXEKEXK W. K. DENISON. D. V. M. ERINARIAN Oftice Phone 3-R Res. 99-J 3rd St. and Irvine Ave. I EEE RS SRR R 88 KKK KKK KKK DRS. G On&lgFANN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Oftice—Miles Block XXX K& XXX XKEXXREKEE DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Oftice in Winter Blosk I EEEE R R 8RR S D 12-W RO RN AR I F PN IR A ANI AL S HO O PP IR O P OGO ORIV PP AARKRAARRAY A AR AN SO SO 0w X S oot v ot hdd Shwiit ¢50ou8 AX XK RRRARAARARRARRRARRARNRNE AXARNNR AT AN AN AR NN I R P 2 s AANANRARE AARAKARAR 4 e A A A A A S A AR AR RN tt*tt IR RS 273 DRY CLEANING ‘Clothes Cleaners for Men, ‘Women and Children Fhe ** R R TS ours. viewpoint. Wholesale and Retail School Supplies There is perhaps no store in North Central Min- nesota better equipped to provide school wants than Particularly 1s this true from a WHOLESALE We make a specialty of selling to dealers. They buy their supplies here WHOLESALE. Our buying power and large distribution facilities enable us to secure shipments direct from the mills and factories. They are not bought through jobbers, but direct, be- cause we are jobbers Merchants Get Qur Prices On Tablets, Pencils, Inks, Erasers, Paints, Rullers, Crayolas, Pens, Art gum, Pen Holders,Composition Books, Spelling Tablets, Note Book Paper, Note Covers, Drawing Paper White, Drawing Paper Mamlla, Theme Paper, Scratch Pads, Paste, Mu- cilage, Compasses, Blotters, Etc. Notice To The School Children the We have prepared for the opening of school. have arranged for your particular benefit and conven- ience all the things you need in a hurry. know now what youneedin school and are ready with the utmost courtesy to serve you. little folk here and be assured that they will receive same careful consideration as the grown folk. Yes, even more so. INK PAPER . PENCIL PAPER Sc Thblets Sc Tablets: Superior School, wide Run For Your. Money Superior School, narrow A Full Load - Superior School, Medium The Fox High School No. 8 COMPOSITION TABLETS 5¢ High School No. 7 School Comp Eclipse Superior School Very Keen Extra Large Comp........15¢ Rosedale NOTE BOOKS 5¢ Scratch Pads, wide Double 0 Note Scratch Pads, narrow Handy Note Theme Tablets Utopia Note Note Books, all sizes Student’s Note SPELLING TABLETS Pocket Note WATER COLORS Milton-Bradley paints, 8 colors in bdx, with brush, all com- plete ....... P 1. 1) We have also a supply of Prang’s and Devoe’s paints at 25¢ and 10c FOUNTAIN PENS Soap Erasers ......5¢c & 100 | Moore Fountain Pens from COMPASSES $2.50 to $3.50 Combination pen and pencil | Special Fountain Pens...$1.00 dividers ........ ......25¢ | Stylo Fountain Pens....$1.00 Hundreds of other school articles in stock not listed above BemidjiSchool Supp Security State Bank Bldg. Mother may senJ Phone 922. Bemid;i SR ) )il We AL R | Our clerks the INK PAPER 10c Tablets Empress Irish Linen Mozart, all sizes And numerous other varieties LOOSE LEAF NOTE BOOKS Pioneer Note Book, with clasp holders .25¢ Fillers ..... vev....Bc & 10c Reliance Solid Ring, complete with filler . .25¢ «ev ... Several sizes ... ... Large Ring I. P. Note Books, complete with filler * 45¢ DRAWING PAPER In packages 5¢ White and Manilla Tablets ..... 5% wan e g 40 CRAYONS No. 8 Crayola .......... . 8¢ No. 16 Crayola .......... 15¢ Embeco Crayons ...... .. 5¢ ly Store fimmummmn|.ulmmumlmmumuuuummmummuuuuuummmmuuumlmnmnmmmmmmmmmmm ' Defective