Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 21, 1917, Page 7

-V, ine Patriotic Spirit Is Shown In : Our Island. bflO IN NATIONAL ARMY. 'r-lnln'g Camp For Officers’ Reserve Gorps, Will Have About 200 Who Wil ' Get ions as First and Second Lisutenante—Officers From the Unit- od Statés and Native Regiment. San Juan, P, R.—The training. camp -the Porto Rico contingent of the ficers’ reserve corps opened with 200 candidates in attendance. These ap- plicants will be trained by officers sent from the States and by some of the of- ficers of the Porto Rico regiment who have been called from the canal zone for the purpose. It is presumed that the officers who come from the States will remain to serve with the national army brigade which Porto Rico is ex- pected to furnish. This brigade will number 7.000. Most of the applicants the insular training camp will re- celve commissions as first or second Heutenants, a few gaining higher rank. The course of instruction will be identical with that of the camps in the States and will last three montns. The candidates will enlist for that period, :t the same time agreeing to take what- Vi er commissions may be offered them. — - o 3 W At the Great Lakes haval training stution sailors in the making are learn- Juent Efl:gvl‘l;ll! ing bhow to fght gas the saine as our soldiers have to. chargeq by the B ——————————————— UNCLE SAM’S BIG. FORCE.. |ALFALFA- FOR PARK SPACES. Fighting Total Second Only to That of I Oklahoma City Replacing Unsightly 1864-65. Waeeds on Boulevard. More men are actually in service un- | Alfalfa is to be used to replace the der the flag either as soldiers or sailors unsightly weeds along the twenty- than at any time in the country's his- | eight mile boulevard which encircles tory, with the axception of the closing | Oklahoma City. The boulevard drive- vear of the civil war. The governmest | way is twenty-eight feet wide, and the gave out the exact number of men at |park space on either side is about present under arms as nearly as it ¢an | eighty-five feet from driveway to curb, “e compiied. [t shows that 9- says the American City. This space men are now in uniform. This has heretofore been used by farmers not include any of the G87.000 men of | for general crops, The part which was ibe national army. [t is estimated that | not cultivated grew np in weeds and ) uhendv 100.000.haye heen accepted and | was far from beautiful to.the hun- by reason of that m(\ are now part of [ dreds of automobile parties which the miiitary forces of the Utited [ make this trip for pleasure. When States, . . : the crops are cut the conditions are In the months :isipsed since the war | even worse. for the weeds still stand began approximately 1.300.000 men | with a cleared space behind them. have offered themselves for service In | With a good sod of alfalfa it is thought the nation’s fizhting forces. or in other | that this condition will be done away words have volunteered. This includes | with and the result be more pleasant all rejections for the army. uvavy and | to the eye. The park department is marine corps. 2 . | undertaking the task this year and ex- - ft': "'ih"‘ ” A:hll- of Wesds. wmumt;:; the crop will be profitable {1 which iz two or more years H ol should be thoroubiy isked or bar- This method of Lelng rid of the sore after the first cuttin Fiélds =pots of harvesting néar publit' Arivés = e frst 8 d parks is worthy of emulation else- whlch are absolutely weedless do not ";‘ e M, ol tenant ha; need much disking or harrowing, but :;uh ANy, an. 0::"" orr e o the ordinary ficld. where blue grass, ad the sad experlence of an over redtop or similar grasses bave come grol;vn, i k:é’tllm ndjuc;nt to his own in, should be given a thorough disking | Well trimmed lawn. Why not let the or barrowing. On the average farm city set the example by growing an the disk is tbe Lest available tool which | 8ttractive grass along the sides of its can be used. or the spring tooth har- boulevards when they reach out into row will do. The object is to tear out | the country and where velvet lawns the grass.—American Agriculturist. are not to be expected? of N active service will be only for the dura- tion of the war. The men Will receive $100 a month and 75 cents a day for food allowance, shelter and. clothing, though it is suggested that the work will be facilitated if they buy their | own uniforms before the camp opens. g Of the candidates thus far accepted twenty-five are continental Americans, “® FPorto Rico as their legal resi- " 8% dénce. The others are native Porto \ r .fl.flcans. Colonel Townshend reported ~ to Arthur Yager, governor of the island, that he is much pleased with the gen- eral fitness of the accepted candidates. and he expects to see a fine lot of offi- cers graduated. He has toured the en tire island to examine applicants, thus insuring selection by an experienced officer. The camp site at Cayey, where Henry barracks are located, is considered the best in the island for the purpose. The location is high and healthful, and the barracks have ample room to accommo- date the student officers. The sandy soil of the camp grounds quickly ab- sorbs the rainfall, making drilling at all times possible. There is no doubt that through the selective draft a fine brigade will be obtained. Adjutant General John A ‘Wilson, exhibiting a letter received by him a day or two ago, said, “There will be no trouble in conscription as long as this kind of spirit is shown.” The letter from Mayagues, signed by our young men, read: “Signed below you will find the names of we four young men who, full of love for the nation that has bunt the gen- | (I{IIIIAAIRIARAAREAOAARAR AR R RO eral welfare of our beloved island and proud of being citizens of the greatest " Haven't you often wished you had th willing % ::lg:a,!ive: ::)t‘:d;u.rnuves. to ::emdne wnuldn' Yo“ llkn m one? You have often visited in f:':fid"’;r :fl:::yt :.?;5:' g t::n “m l nfll. Fln P"c' homes where a fireplace was in ac- In Your Home? tion and it looked &0 cozy and in- clude our names in the first recruiting viting and felt so good that you vowed if you ever built a home you would have a googz big fire- The Sound of Marching Feet will soon be heard throughout the Land But--- Before YOUR boy “ Falls In” see that he visits our studio. We’'ll make you the BEST picture he ever had. The Hakkerup Studio BEMID]I, MINN to take phee." RISKED U BOAT FOR PIG. place in it. Why not put one in your present home? Didn’t know you eould? yell. possibly you can’t, but there are a great many homes. ';\vure it is possible and tbat without great expense. Perhaps v they yours is one of thém. tared 't and bore 1t squeallng to the An enemy destroyer had been sighted bearing down .on the submarine, and ‘18 got below the surface just in time .0 avold a shell that struck close to the . spot where she had taken the pig pris- 3 oner. The destroyer took aboard the crew f,mfoiib':".fikf::;d el e “Gne Board or a Csrload” L 0 SR A LA €Gall and talk with us about it. Sixteen S-rv-nh and Ninety-six Trunks Part of Senorita’s Equipment. New York.—Eight staterooms. Ninety-six trunks, Twenty-four siit cases. Thirty grips. Ten house servants. One chauffeur, one tutor, one valet, two maids and one automobile. When Senotita Francisca M. Diaz set out from Cuba she took almost every tblng and everybody portable, includ- ing her brother, Manue! Miaz; her sis- ter, Mrs. C. D. de Fuentes, and tlie two children of Mrs, Fuentes. | They arrived at an Atlantic port | aboard an American steamship; whence ‘they came to New York before leaving [ for the White mountdins, 'Meanwhile, they said, they .would try to crowd into twenty-two rooms at a kotel here. The senorita is the daughter of Manuel Luciano Diaz, Cuban copper king. Status of Municipal Water Plants. According to a recent decision of the supreme court of Maine, it is afirmed that when a city engages in the busi- ness of supplying water to ita inhab- itants for private purposes it becomes subject to the same legal lability con- cerning breach of service countracts :‘r negligent operation as resta upon pri- vato water companics. 8o where & | NI RRRRTECRORRR RO RE RN customer justly refuses to pay am ex- cessive bill rendered for service and where insufficient service has been fur nished him he is entitled to recover damages for failure of the city to fur- nish full service contracted for, as well tion of service. Conservation of the trees in Phila- delphia 1s the purpose of a new move- ment which bas met with the emphatic indorsemént of Raymond Pond, city forester, and the members of the Fair. mount park commission. Thousands and its environs have been organized into patrol bodies to keep constant watch over the trees and shrubbery in streets and parks. Their task i8 the detection of vandals and to report any AQecay of the trees. The organization s known as the Boys’ Tree Sentinel so- clety. — See Them At — j damagés for wrongful discohnec- To Protect Cily Trees. boys of school age in Philadelphia Have You Seen the New Shipment of Brunswick The Phonograph that Plays All Records Now is the Time to Think of Your Wife’s Christmas NETZER'S - Build Your NewBarn From Plans --|t’'s Safer and Cheaper The barn is important enough in farming these days to warrant planning carefully its size, shape, tion to fit the farm accurately for present or future needs. Building by guess is risky and frequently cost much more than is necessary. Our Spacial Plan Service Department has designed a large number of barns for Minnesota farmers and everyone of them today are well pleased. ‘We make no charge for this service and invite you to use it. If you need a new barn next year, let us help you plan it now. St. Hilaire Retail Lumber Go, Telephones 100 == (11 munnRsRERnnnnnn RN Subsecribe for the Pioneer N ? W\ L\ i ‘What you can’t see in shoes is largely what determines the service you will get. ‘This is the reason why it’s so important for you to know the reliability of the factory behind the shoes you buy. We sell good shoes, —Sclz, because there’s a policy back of these shoes we like. Selz means ALL LEATHER and it has been this way for nearly fifty years. In many ways, Selz shoes offer better value per dollar and when we sell you a pair of these shoes, we have no apology to make. Bemid;i Shoe Store Specializing in Selz Shoes AUCTION SALE Cor. Third St. & Irvine Ave., Bemidji, Minn. Ages from 4 to 10, Forty Head of Young WESTERN HORSES Weight 1100 to 1550, A few Percheron mares with colts in this lot. To be Seld at Public Auction to Highest Bidder All horses are harness broke and ready for work. If you are inter- ested, come in and look the stock over. Sale Commences at 10 0’Clock Sharp Saturda At _Pogue’s Od Livery Barn y, Sept.22 A. Bowker & E. Z.Marks, Owners. arrangement and construc-