Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 8, 1917, Page 2

s TWO EMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED' EVERY AFTERNOQN' BXCEPY, SUNDAY———— THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. B. CARSON 3 ! ' B. H. DENU . TELEPHOND 933 Pntered at the postoftice at l;omh_lj_l., Minn., as second-class matter under act of Congress.of Lfn;ph 3, 181!. > No attention paid to anonymous contributions. . Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not'necessarily for'publication. ' i : Communications for the Weekly Plonepr must reach (l}l.l office not Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure pyblication ig the current issue, Y PIONEER mary of the mews of the week. Pub- sent ‘postage peid ‘to any address, for, 5“3 THE | Ten pages, containing & lished every Thursday and advance .. eeeessesesesessesstesstsesccsnseerece e OFTICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS The Daily Pioneer is s member of the United Press Association, and is represented for foreign advertising by the Our people will be fortunate if, in_the drive after a record produc- tion in all lines, they keep well in mind. the great importance of good roads. Good roads are, in fact, one of.the prime factors of success in our efforts to exceed all former productive records. E The farmer who, after harvesting.a bumper crop, attempts to move that crop to market over poor roads, soon finds. that he must ‘sacrifice a large per cent of his profits in reaching the market with his wares. The lumberman who has cut a choice lot of ‘material finds he must giva up the lion’s share of his profits in getting his stuff. to the railroad. 'The same holds good in all lines—poor roads mean.a ‘waste of energy; .good roads, conservation of enegry that may be profitably employed in more produc- tion. 3 The temptation for slackness in this direction grows greater all the time. Thousands of our workers have gone to ‘the army; other thousands have been drafted to take their places in the industries. Labor in all lines s at a premium. M B . -The:people of this.country, however, have never Jknown fifie-méanin; - of the words “defeat” and ’failure.” They must not' learn ‘at 'this late day. A determination on our part that the industrial life of' the country MUST NOT and SHALL NOT deteriorate will- work wonders. Hitherto only a very small per cent of the national energy has been devoted to the terner question of making a living. We_have abundant tlm_e_for all thg varied interests of life. Now, however, some ot those interests must take gecond place. The demands upon our time and energy. are. such that more and more we must cut out the privolous and devote ourl_el\_rea to the serious phases of life. v g We can find the time and the means and the labor to keep our roads up to the standard of efficlency. We MUST, it a large part of our energy is not to be wasted. ————— Villa is reported to have grown a luxuriant set of black whiskers, While it is true that the leopard cannot camouflage his spots, you have ali— ways the alternative of killing the varmint, | It is a safe bet that the addition of the woman vote in New York will not add to the certainty of pre-election predictions. Kerensky is said to have as many fololwers as before he was deposed, but they seem to be following him from a different cause. It bad habits were as easily overcome as good ones the millenium would be ancient history. “Billy Sunday Has Hot Time.”’—Headline. Must be fighting the old gentleman with fire. AR YELLOW There have been many patriotic and sentimental poems written and, like every other newspaper office today, the Ploneer is flooded with such which happen to strike some one’s fangy.- Practically all of them are along the same line, but here is one which is entirely different in treat- ment, and which, to our notion, is worth republishing. It is from the pen of Joseph C. Lincoln, an immortal, whoever he may be, and bears the caption as noted above: It was a little yellow cur, with bat- tered hide and stumpy tail, Whose life path was a weary round from village dump to garbage pail A mongrel, mangy, fleasome, pup, the sort which men forbear to shoot, But frighten yelping up the street with stone or stick of lifted boot. And this same cur, one autumn morn, sat sadly down to scratch, and try To answer this soul-searching quiz: “Lives there a creature low as 1? Breathes there one living thing'— so0 ran his pessimistic monologue— “Which, viewed apart by decent folk, is meaner than a yellow dog?” He thought and thought. *“Sup- pose,” he mused, “I were a man born o’er the sea, Who fled from hopeless, slavish toil to this bright country of the free; Where, lifted by that country's hand, reared ’'meath her laws, I rose to power And comfort, station, wealth—until to her, Columbia, came the hour ‘When, fighting for her life, she ask- ed my aid, and I refused, and tried To help her foe, because, forsooth, I hated one she fought beside. I am a yellow dog,” his tail gave the road one earnest pat. “Men call me mean and low; but still 1 think I'm not so mean &s that! “Or shall we postulate this case? An editor am I, whose pen ‘Writes, in an alien tongue, the words read. by some still half-alien men slyly stab her in the back. Whose fathers came, as mine did, here, forswearing “all they left be- hind, ; To seize the chance she offered— she, Amerjca, the great and kind! All that I have and am I.owe to her; but now, when foes attack, With vénomed pen I lie in wait to slyly tab her in the back. I'm sure,” the pup soliloquized, as in the roadside dust he sat, “No yellow dog of all I know has such a yellow streak as that! “QOr let’s-suppose,” quoth he, “I am a politiclan of the breed ‘Which seeking place, cries shrilly, “Peace!’ jand - strives thie foolish mob to lead. I rail ’gainst duty, honor, truth, my country’s, name and flag—and all That I my slimy self may-drag a lit- tle higher up the wall. Suppose I, were a thing like that! Suppose in hall or senate I But no!”—the cur leaped to his feet —*“I'll not suppose it; No, nor try! I am, thank God, a yellow dog.” He trotted off with head erect. Compared. to: these, he felt he had abundant cause for self-respect. ' THE HOME CAFE Gordon Burms, Prop. Corner 3rd St. and Beltrami Ave. N. L. HAKKERUP PHOTOGRAPHER Photos Day and Night DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Suite 10, O'Leary-Bowser Bldg. Oftice Phone 158 GENERAL MERCHANDISE Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Flour, Feed, etc. The careful buyers buy here. W. G. SCHROEDER Bemidji * " .-Phone 6§ Clothes (l)’l%nynau !or Eono,v iWomon‘ and Children i he Teachers, icxdo!.;gt MUSIC. VETERINARY SURGEON Office and Hospital 3 doors west | of Troppman Store ° | Phaone No. 209 DR. EINER JOHNSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. GRAHAM M. TORRARCE " LAWYBR Miles Block - Phone 560 i Ladiey I i MADE to ORDER | Cleaning, prodoiag sad alterstioss | e e o | T. Beaudette, | Me'c hnt Ta Hor 10 Thipd Street _Bemidji, Minn. Phone 406-W |- Jours.10-¥3 a. m.; 86 7-8.p. m. DE. D. L. STANTON " DENTIRT "< Office in Winter Block DEAN' LAND CO. Land, Loans, Insurance and City Property Troppman Block Bemidji & | UNDERTAKING H. N. McKEE, Funeral Director ! PHONE 178-W or B MINA MYERS Hair -dressing, face massage, scalp treatment. Switches made from combings $1.50. 311 6th St. Phone 112-W FURMITURE DR. C. R. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Oftice—Miles Block MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Wholesale and Retail Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines 117 Third St. Phone 573-W J. BISIAR, Manager Bemidji TOM SMAR' DRAY AND TRANSFER Safe and Piano Moving. Res. Phone 58 818 Americs Oftice Phone 12 DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON % Office in Mayo Block l Phone 396. FUNERAL DIRECTOR | UNDERTAKER 405 Beltrami Ave., Bemi 0 A. V. GARLOCK, M. D. SPECIALIST EYE EAR NOSE THROAT, Glasses Fitted ————————————————————————————— | 1017 inn, Ave. Phone: ¢33 : Bemidji VETERINA Oftice Phone 3-R DA K E: PHYSICIAN: AND- SURGEON ‘Oftice B4eyrity Bank- Black Office—-Miles. Block - ‘DR LA WARD: ‘EHYSICIAN. AND SURGEON Tro Res. Phone 397 |{m Just received a shnipment of 1918 *| desk calendar . pads, including the “Daily” ¢ and: “Perfection.” Get yours now, %0 .you will have it on hamd when.you wish:to make.nota- tions:im it for:ruture referénce; Pio- P 0,AND BAND |H U p T 116 3rd 8t. |[ We are buying Hides, Furs, Wool, Pelts and Tallow and will pay you the full market price. 4 NORTHERN HIDE & FUR GOMPANY One Half Block North of Unlon !t_gth]«, Q:IMID_JI. MIN M\Zarddgfl _attagkubof grip, con ? PERUNA It's better to &o safe than sorry. y & might have provented proved| ln. opell mmm— hAnyml.nlN:m u‘&nofim At your druggists. " THR PERUNA CO. Columbes, Oble i, ICTURES of home folks carry warmth angd com- . tort to the heart of a soldier. STUDIO of N. L. Hakkerup, Make an appointment today. Studio Minn., The Hakkvel’“l’ Bemidji, ‘%o~ READ THE PIONEER WANT ADS _BY SPENDING AT HOME: You would throw up your hands in holy horror, if anyone suggested that you. swipea bench from aschool building or pilfer a single page from a book of the,scheol’s library. But— are your dealings in public school affairs as honest as you think they are—or perhaps would like to have others suppose them to be? They are not—absolutely not—if you are spend: ing your money for mail order merchandise. You can’t send acent of cash out of town for goods that can be bought in town and support to the greatest possible extent the publicschools, Every brick in the schools — every book it the schools’ libraries must be purchased with school “taxes.” The size of the taxation depends . on the wealth of the community. 'And the wealth is govetned ; Laorr%;zllly by the earning capacity of the people who live in the Money sent: away from home doesn’t pay for one minute of home town “labor.” It doesn’t fill the dinner. pail of a single local worker.- It e Ealodts of tha cairen of this somms ok attractiveness or comfort of school days. e Money spent with local merchants travels. in a, circle. "It doesn’t go out of circulation when rung up on-the - dealer’s cash register—as do mail order dollars when you slip them into the mail box. The dealer spends it here. It pays the | help back of the counter, who spend it in town for goods they use. It assists them in purchasing homes—that cax be “taxed.” It ‘gm‘t}) xx:x;le _merchant e g;‘se';:nd that merchandise is it is on remem! . public schools depend. ekl yos The Calumet Baking Pow: pald for the pnrzplnfl:.nr s of this article. T