Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 19, 1917, Page 6

'MAINTENANCE TAX IS URGED @overnor of North Carolina Would Keep Highways In Good Order and Make Improvements *“To spend $100,000 to build highways and then leave the roads without pro- vision for maintenance, is folly equal to that indulged in by the farmer who buys $1,000 worth of farm machinery and then refuses to bulld a shed under which to keep it.” Gov. T. W. Bickett of North Carolina points to the fact that it is not only. mecessary for a state to bufld good roads, but also to keep them in good Convicts Working on Good Road. shape and to improve them from time |a friend. choose. HERE is more of the true spirit of Xmas in a photograph of your- self than in any other gift you could economical, and they are always ap- preciated. DAY for a sitting before the rush commences. Then, too, photographs are Make arrangements TO- We are equipped to photograph you in your own home, amid your accustomed surroundings, and we can do so without more trouble than would be occasioned by a call from A camera, a portable lamp, possibly a background or two, Hakkerup Makers of Likenesses by Photography Studio Bemidji a plece of furniture moved here or there (and moved back when we leave), possibly a picture off the wall, then we’re gone not to return until we bring the proofs. Simple, isn’t it? Call us up today. Hak- kerup. DEMONSTRATION MIRRO ALUMINUM WARE, One Week 0CT. 22 To 27 We have arranged for this Jemonstration because we want the trade to know about and to use the really best Aluminum goods made—for whatever need or for whatever purpose. just the Aluminum article to fill it. inum goods have not advanced else. to time. In North Carolina, convicts have been employed on the roads since 1881, but the counties have been re- quired to hire them from the state and r|my for them out of the county funds. 'The countles have, therefore, been par- simonious in their expenditures on road improvements. Governor Bickett suggests that county commissioners be compelled to levy an annual main- tenance tax, to be spent by the state highway commission for the upkeep of the roads. The national committee on prison la- bor has repeatedly shown the value of lemploying convicts in road-making. In iNorth Carolina and other agricultural states, this method of employing the eonvict is particularly advantageous because of the scarcity of labor at this time, The war brings the matter of the employment of unskilled labor on roads before the public again. Unskilled la- bor has become very scarce and ex- pensive; yet the present crisis de mands that the roads of the country be maintained In good shape to insure rapid transmission of products. The national committee on prisons and prison labor has begun a movement for the mobilization of the convicts of the country in a national and state gervice for the building and upkeep of good roads. In this effort the committee will have the hearty support of the American Automobile assoclation through its good roads board, which includes a| member from each one of the 600 odd clubs contained in the national body of car owners. CUTTING HEDGES ON CORNERS Obstruction Is Menace to Motorists In That It Shuts Off View of Ap- proaching Cars. * Along with the hetter roads that the fafmers are achieving comes the at- tendant better care of hedges, no- ticeable almost everywhere, The fact that no road can be so good if it has an untrimmed hedge alongside 1t, is being generally recognized, and the further fact that a hedge at a cor- ner is a menace to motorists in that it shuts off the view of approaching cars, s leading to the cutting of hedges at the intersections, and in many places to their elimination altogether and their replacement with wire. NEGLECT MAKES POOR ROADS Carelessness Requires $2 to Be Spent, We have Not only that—our Alum- in price like almost everything We arranged for and bought the stock for this demonstra- tion last year and can still supply your needs at a nice saving in price. Big Special FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION $2.00 MIRRO ALUMINUM SIX- QUART KETTLE FOR— 98 cents Buy this and save the difference Make this your first start towards using Aluminum. Has no seams—no solder or joint. GET YOURS EARLY PART OF WEEK. in price. ALUMINUM REFLECTS €002 HOUSEKEEPING TAABC maR WEC. BLANKETS, large size, special a $5.95 value, special Saturday demonstration. full and complete line. Buy from the largest MISS MARGARET CAMERON, special MIRRO sales instructor, will have charge of this DO NOT MISS IT! See this display of Aluminum ever shown in Bemidji. FREE souvenirs—also come. SPECIAL SATURDAY—Good goods; good fleece Outing Flannel; plain white, pink, blue and light colors, special ata yd. 15¢ $1.50 BOY’'S HEAVY MACKINAWS—in brown and grays and checks, $4.95 HALLOWE'EN GOODS—5c and 10c each; many new novelties. i THE VARIETY STORE .5 MAN ON BELTRAMI l These are- Good-Service Advertisers - Offering you their “good service” and spending momney to tell community about themselves. not call them up? DEAN LAND CO. Land, Loans, Insurance and City Property Troppman Block Bemidji Hair dressing, manicuring, face massage, scalp treatment, switches made from combings $1.50. Corns, Where $1 Invested Earlier Would . Have Done Work. It is neglect which makes earth roads bad, and requires $2 to be spent where $1 invested earlier would have done the work. Every township should ‘arrange for a patrol system of main- tenance, or its equivalent, under which someone will give his entire time ta a section of roads and be responsible for their condition. Tool for Foundations. ' Operated by one man, a gasoline: driven machine has been invented that delivers more than 1,000 hammer blows a minute to newly laid concrete foundations for roads to give them an even density. Prejudice Against Oiled Roads. " It may be that prejudice against olled roads has arisen among too en- thusiastic champions of concrete. But eoncrete costs so much that in many Smatances its use is out of the questign, ingrown nails treated a specialty. MINA MYERS 311 6th St. Phone 112-W FUNERAL DIRECTOR M. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER 405 Beltrami Ave., Bemidi, Mi GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block Phone 560 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Wholesale and Retail Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines 117 Third St. Phone 573-W J. BISIAR, Manager Bemidji ! L. P. ECKSTRUM Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating Get our estimate Phones 555 and 309 DRY CLEANIN( Clothes Cleanegs for Mel‘l’. Women and Children The Eat at THE HOME CAFE Gordon Burns, Prop. Corner 3rd St. and Beltrami Ave. N. L. HAKKERUP PHOTOGRAPHER Photos Day and Night FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1917 A Good Time To Select Your Overcoat He's a wise man who picks out his overcoat now Wise in more ways than one. » He takes his pick from the cream of the stocks—he has a wider assortment of colors, weaves and patterns to choose from; and, when that unheralded cold weather arrives he is ready. The next time you are in the vicinity, step in and look over our fine overcoats from those good clothes-makers— THE HOUSE OF KUP- PENHEIMER, SOPHO- MER ANDSTULE PLUS You will find many pleasant surprises in the brand new ideas we are showing in belted and trench coats. Copyright 1917 $17,20,22.50, 25, 30 . GILL BROS.| “The House of Kuppenheimer in Bemidji” Do It Before Nov. 1 How much does a Round Oak combination Gas and Coal Range weigh? How much will it weigh loaded with kitchen utensils? What! Don’t Know ? Figure it out. It can be done, if you're any good at figures. not a case of guess, but a case of scientific analysis. It is = Want to See the Stove ? Of course you do. You can’t figure it out unless you do see the stove and the utensils on it. Well, the stove is in the window of the Palmer Hardware store. Every Person Over Sixteen Years of Age Will be Permitted to Estimate To the persons estimating the nearest to the actual weight of the stove and contents will be given the following awards: FREE First Award ... Second Award Third Award ... Come in—take a look—tell us what it weighs. We don’t know, and we won’t know until the judges weigh it on November 1. This range can be successfully operated using gas, coal or wood, with uniform satisfactory results. Surely it is worthy of your most careful inspection. May we count on your attendance? A. B. PALMER “Your Hardware Man" BEMIDIJI Phone 250 Third Street Defective