Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 22, 1917, Page 4

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Pub containing & summary of the mews of ihe week. b- Mege:very Thursday and sent postage paid to any address, for, in OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS The Daily Pioneer is a member ot the United Press Association, and 8 represented for forelgn advertising by the A2 ' ‘Gemeral offices in New York aund Chicago, pranches in all principal citles. MIGHT WELL DEFER REWARDS e progress of the Liberty Loan campaign, Secretary McAdoo fldtmymuezl::: of tfie- country in the work of stimulating interest in the campaign. In one southern city where Mr..McAdoo is well known and admired, the proposition was advanced by enthusiastic membeérs of ithe entertalnment committee to designate a day as “McAdoo day.” When he proposition reached the ears of the secretary it was promptly negatived, with the remark that this was no time for self-exploitation, and that the entire energy of the American people should be centered on the on‘e great task of winning tho war. Mr. McAdoo was right. done him honor, and at any other time pleased and gratified at this remark of their favor. But, as he well says, this is no time for exploiting personalities. It is a time when mere indi- vidual interests must give way for the interest of humanity in the mass. And there are many others besides the secretary who have sensed this fact. Leaders of thought and action iIn every avenue of life are cheer- fully relegating to the rear their personal interests and ambitions and making themselves mere Cogs in the great wheel that is to carry the na- tions onward and upward. At the same time it is a thought that needs to be emphasized, as not all our people have yet grasped the fact that self must now take a more humble place, at least for a season. ‘When the cause of the people has been won, doubtless there will be layrels distributed for many who are today working in comparative obscurity, but in the meantime let us do the work at our hand without clamoring for a place in the limelight. To be and to do is sufficient for today. Reward may well be deferred till our great objective has been realized. The people of this city would gladiy have the secretary would have been WILL PETITION CONGRESS A state-wide petition with thousands of signers will be sent to Con- gress at its next session, asking that body to quickly enact legislation to curb the activities of the disloyalists and “Huns Within Our Gates.” The man who earnestly, actively, unselfishly and patriotically is doing his full duty as an American citizen in all war activities, is entitled to recognition and a strong effert is to be made to secure legislation that will enable people in every community to ‘“‘count noses” as to their loyalty or disloyalty. There can be no half way position on the part of any- one and as the boys in khaki get into the real scrap, there will be an in- qistent demand that there is no occasion to suspicion anyone’s loyalty to this government and that he is in full accord with its war program. Either this or the legislation asked for will enable local authorities to deal vrith sedition and disloyalty in a vigorous manner. The Commission of Public Safety is acting in conjunction with the American Defense Society in promoting a petition week when signers will be solicited by Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Home Defense Leagues, etc. Copies of the petitions will soon be given out to all county directors and full publicity will be given in the newspapers. It is a movement that will eventually “smoke out” every disloyalist and make him show his colors. BUY RED CROSS SEALS All war measures are discussed in the terms of dollars and cents. Minnesota is now conducting a campaign which will enable it to solve its war tuberculosis .problem. Reports from various counties show that 5 to 20 per cent of the Min- nesota men called for army service have been rejected because of tuber- culosis. This means that there are over 10,000 cases in the state. The enermous increase of the number of known cases of tuberculosis in this state call for prompt and efficient action. We must proceed at once against this infection if we are to escape the fate of France with its half million war caused tuberculosis cases. Money is needed for the campaign in this county; the means for obtaining it comes through the sale of Red Cross Seals at one cent each. Doesn’t it make you mad clean down to the ground to go into a res- taurant with the virtuous intention of consuming. a meal that will in every way fill the requirements of *‘conservation,” ahd see across the table one of those human hogs contentedly devouring a portion that would feed a family? i Napoleon said of Pruss!a that it was hatched from a cannon ball. And had he been a prophet he would have said that the same agency that brought it into the world would be the means of its removal. Mexico is seriously considering casting her lot with the United States in the war, and we have been for some time trying to decide whether this would be a blessing or the reverse. It is safe to say the little brown hen wouldn't be nearly so enthu- siastic if she knew what the cold storage had in store for the product of her industry. Count Von Hertling, the new German chancellor, can expect to make good or go ‘“hurtling” after his perdecessors. “V\Zhere you lead we'll follow,” said the lengthening shoe-tops to the shortening skirt. And so the eternal balance was preserved. It is suspected that the Hallowe’en spooks that disturbed the Kaiser’s slumbers were not all imaginary. Hogs are said to be scarce. No, we have no reference to the two- legged variety. ekly Pioneer must reach this office not ! | s i stood. UNNECESSARY CRITICISM Editor Pioneer: While sitting in the lobby of a hotel at International Falls 1 purchased a local paper in tion I could. traveling salesman-and at thé head of the column these words were printed: “The Traveling Man.” And below the drawing was this: “Pipe- the gay traveling man with his green hat and flashy scenario. His specialty is to sit in the hotel around telling the merchants to higher. . Higher in the morning.” In the several years of my ex- perience as a traveling man, which some persons choose to call us, I cannot help but notice the wonder- ful changes in my associates, or trav. eling men friends. Today I find most every one of them clean cut, honest, hard working, striving ‘to make an honest living. Few of them have been past min- isters. until they found out. they could no longer hoodwink the peo- ple and then took up newspaperwork where they could put the thoughts of their weak minds into print and try to get away with it. Now boys, let us all pray that this poor soul’s eyes may be opened so he can see the brighter side of life and realize that we are all bro- thers, even though some of us are traveling men. . R. B. COMER, Traveling Salesman. FASHION’S FANCIES. New stitches of embroide.y are ar ranged to imitate carpet weaving. Two belts, rather narrow, are sup- planting the broad single belt, which has been popular for so loig on one: plece frocks. ) The taflored suits, dresse and coats. show combinations of gabardine, serge and satin trimmed with embroidery.:i Velvet hats have satin facings. And ‘soft; pretty velours have velvet bands. Burnt coque feathers edge chick cha- | peaux. If mademoiselle does not care for velvet or satin, there s hatter's plush by way of change. Japanese Motifs, Several of the French designers are turning to Japan for much of their in- spiration. This probably means that Japanese motifs will be seen in em- broidery, as much as they were scen last year on the new frocks. One of the attractive afterncon frocks shown recently in a smart shop 1s of georgette crepe. Long cylindrical white beads are used as trimming, and they are so embroidered on the skirt as to form perpendicular lines froum Galt to hem ; . Value of Love. No, I tell you, a little love goes a long way, observes the Los Angeles Times. Love was intended as a piquant condiment, never as a whole meal. Hate may endure through generations, but love can’t stand a week under the same roof without an ingenious ad- mixture of other ingredients. Love rules the world—exactly. For the rea- som that it is scarce and precious, de- \ightfully uncommon, and therefore valugble. DNiamonds themselves would lose their value if you could pick ’em up in the streets. Gold would be cheap- er than tinsel if there was enough of it to go round. Gold and love are hoth powerful for the same reason—hard to find, difficult to get, still more diffi cult to keep. West Virginia Soil. Nuoarly @vo-thirds of the land area of West Virginin is in farms. All solls are from disintegration of lime- stone, sandstone or mixtures of shales and clays. The soil is generally fer- tile and does not wash into gullies, the land being productive to the tops of the mountains. Clay soil is fonud in some of the higher portions, alluvial soil in the uplands, and unproductive sandy soil in the northeast. In the extreme mortheastern counties the soil Is of rich limestone. West of the mountaina the broad, flat hills furnish grazing for cattle, while the valleys produce good crops. Historic Paving Stones, There are several remarkable his- toric paving stones in Edinburgh upon which the visitors make a point of standing, One is the Heart of Mid lothian, & heart formed in stones mark- ing the spot where the old Tolbooth Another is the paving stone in the Grassmarket which marks the spot where the old gallows stood on which, in the words of the old rec-|'[ ordg, “hundreds of Covenanters glorj- | fii: fied God,” and the third is a little square flagstone bearing the inscrip- tion, “J. K., 1572, It marks the spot where John Knox was buried, once the churchyard of the cathedral," now In the middle of the thoroughfare. ~ Write Cheery Letters: One girl has a plan which ‘has worked out admirably. Shé"’ never writes any of her troubles to her peo- ple. She decided when she started out in life for herself that she would never write of her worries. If she were in any real difficulty she would ase the telegraph. And she would use it only to solve a problem which could not be solved in any other way. So far she has been able to work out all her problems without writing. of her worries. She has never tele- (| graphed, because she has found that #ith earnest effort she has been able work out all of her own difficultiesy an endeavor to get what informa- My attention was at- tracted by a supposed cartoon of a window watching the pretty girls g0 by. The rest of the time he goes stock up because prices are going THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1917 Passing-Through Parks. Small parks in congested business. centers - are necessarily ‘“passing- through” parks. Central Square in Los Angeles is one of them, says the Los Angeles Times. More people each day use it to pass through than the total of those who merely loiter for a OWN A Woodstock || It is a better typewriter Guaranteed for 2. years. ' ] “Here’s a “Grackerjack” A pneumatic Fountain Ink Well. The name of the well.is . the ECLIPSE. 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Needs fill- ing but once in six months and saves 75 per cent of your ink Nut Trees Make Good Shade. - Nut trees make good shade; in the flelds in' groves they may become You need no capital but a fixed- idea and the resolve to carry it out. profitable, in the barn lot they serve bill. Sells for $1.00 and $1.26. In that resolve include a businesg an excellent purpose, and along the WHAT! Don’t believe it? training secured at the Mankato roadside they should always be Come and see. Business College. Our catalog will planted, PIONEER OFFICE interest you. Send for it today. It Phone 922 is free. “Pea Tree” For Garden. The “pea tree,” botanically known as Caraganus arborescens, is describ- ‘ed as a shrub worthy of place in any den, yet its follage is good fok sing. ; HAY HAY HAY Anyone wishing to buy hay or straw in carload lots, see Reeves & Reeves at the Markham Hotel 1mo 1212 Remember, Tuesday, “Meatless Day” Remember, Wed.,, “Wheatless Day” Building. 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