Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 15, 1918, Page 4

. Eutorea at the postoftice at Bemidji, Minu, or act of Congress of March 3, 1870. . 'No' attention pa r e known to/ the editor, but not necessarily for pub .. Communications for the Weekly Ploneer mu than Tu of each week to insure publicat 212 to anonymous contributions.’ Writer's nAme m tion. g J BEMIDIF'S NOBMAL NEAR BEAUTY At 1ast it looks as if the Bemidji normal school was to - become & Teality, and that the coming bullding season will see operations commen 1t ‘has been a hard fight on the part of Bemid}i, liberally. aided by “‘warm’ and infiuential Triends in-the state legialature, to secure this sum as the nucleus of whet is destined to be @ large and . important seat of Jearning in Northern Minnesots. = Pha ; X : - Bemidjt was first ‘allowed $35,000 by the Jegislature for. a starter but ‘not-a cent of'it was spent. Then when Bemidii asked for $250,000 with ‘which to sommence building, it was discovered that Bemidjl ‘was in danger "My friends hay again serve the(d “leity clerk T'am to prove myself fidence you may bé you see fit to el portant position If -re-elected, 15 ‘of losing even the $25,000 for the reason it had lain dormant until dan- pors gerousty near. the timé for it to become invalid. It was then the Commer- ‘clal club took the matter up and sent & committee to St.‘Paul and enlisted ‘the support of others to aid the late Representative Pendergast in his fight for Bemidji’s Normal. C. ‘W.:Vandersl at the-rate of $1 It was a memorable speech made by the aged repreumbmfiie in behalf of the normal and he won. ine t $26,000, was allowed and the cheering ‘word is brought by A. P. ‘White, _The sum of $100,000; including the neglected i mormal board ‘member, that work will be commenced this coming vspflng. 7 Again, we suggest Pendergast Hall as the name of the first building | ito be erected, which is to. be.the first unit of the main structure. 2 o ; . STATE-WIDE CLOSING OF JONS. i ; 3 The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety has issued the following statement i ) § ; «As matters now stand the general closing of galoone in this staté and |’ nation is a war measure upon whlch‘t\he Federal government has already acted, - Congress and the commander-in-chief of our. forces haye con: d-~ ered the revenue situation, the waste incident to the business, the read- Justment of:1abor conditions that would be necessitated by immedlate“proj * hibition| together with the effect on the morale of our peéople;: The Presf- dent, through legislation, has now the power to eliminate the liquor traf- fic throughout all of the states, and, it he deems it advisable to exercise that power to a greater extent than has heretofore been done, he will un- doubtedly do so.. Unless additional causes should develop ' justifying a course which now anpenrsdnoonsié'tent with the present policy of '.h_.q‘_g‘gd eral government, on which the responsgibility ‘for the conduct of the war rests, the' commission does not feel it should act in this matter. It takes this position’ without regard.to its own views which are’ clearly. gllscloged by the course it has heretofore followed in dealing with the general prob- lem here inyolved.” {i iy AN ‘Well!” Well! Well! If the official mouthpiece hasn’t gone and handed out the usual eleventh hour attempt to obscure the campaign issue. Pretty small calibre stuff, pretty small. T : v R e S b s Why doesn’t some_one spring that one “if he's elected he’ll shut up the picture shows on‘Slilxda_iy." Seems to us someone is .overlooking some- thing. - e o “The dog that will bring a bone will carry one.” A Top Notch * Typewriter A . The Leading Features of the Leading Machines all harmoniously ' combined in one ‘handsome. 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I have consented: . |a candidate for ald Fifth ward. promise, if -elected, to% efforts furthering the of the city and the wi .properly, apportioned. ‘e rea] ‘estate tax of $384.02 'in'the TION OF . LARS TO YOU. ' TODAY: COME IN by and forig 21" hereby: ann ce myi candidate for City jAssessor at ' the} | coming election: with :the full .u derstanding’ that this" office’ is on of the most, if not the most impor ant office in: the municipal govern- 4 hat ‘most di= rectly-affects; each ‘individual prop- erty owner: of the city.’ Assessor ‘who practically decides the} vroportionate skaro of the taxes you are-to pay. He'ing been-a taxpayer in Bemidji' for the past. fifteefi years, twelve years in the houss-furnishing business; ‘and three years in the -Real ‘Estate "and Insurance business, I deem myself qualified ‘for this:office a5 g-fafr judge ‘of values and it elected” will endeavor: to. give ' Be- midji. & ‘fair jand impartial assess-| ment; - - g S 5 Your. support. at ‘the pplls Febru- il bgL greatly appre- J. P; LAHR. Taxes become a: burden when not}: The amount of ‘taxes you pay.should be in:pro- orfion to. the value of the property. you-own.. . Let each roperty owner ;carry -his-share of the burden.; Do not ‘act as a'slackey and shift your & share of the tax burden to-the shoul- ders of a weakep neighbor, During’ the' year 1917.T paid af¥ personal. property tax of $57.60 and city of Belglidji. o | FOR ASSESSOR (Prepared. for and inserted b Y 3 e Willlam A. Chichester and to be paid| HHIHINANNNNUNNBHINIMIRIIHING Remember, Wed., “Wheatless Day” Remember, Tuesday, “Meatless Day” for at the rate of>$5.00 for series). v v HANCE HERE. (Prepared for a 3 TLamson and: to be paid or at’thelrate of 10 auditors’ ele ; d:28 to 218 TES in. graj NNING OF ! s after the trip. “the 0 MPLE RED. DED COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE - e MAVOR: (Prepared-and ‘inserted by-an d paid for-at the a ciipdi&ate for: city ¢l ayer and feel a direct in-|, - ‘Having® beéen mominatei voters ‘of ‘this city. as a for the office’ of Mayor.: I announce. my -candida€y. office. -~ i If elected, 1 ply common- ness princip] in ‘the mana; nt of the city’s-af- fairs, and to perform my duties hon- estly. and impartially: P In 80;conducting t! office.I promise the. of which I am capable. QUINGY BROOKS. -bookkeéper i1 :county offices ' in- une -state.’ ¥ promise you homest, effi- d faithful service. ‘FRANK B. LAMSON.: | d 27 -to 218 — I am a candidate for the office of Assessor for the city of Bemidji, and + | will ‘appreciate the support of the voters - at: the polls, election day, ‘| Tuesday, February: 19, 1918: (Inserted by and for 'H: to be paid for at the.; for series.) At tne urgent request.of:taxpa: ers of the city who desite s fair and equitable assessment :of " city, 1 liave consented to runiZof:eisis. portant position, ~If ele¢ted, ise to use my best effoxtardt: support and votes B.emidji. a 29 to 218 - It elected, you may depend upon an absolutely " fair conduct of &his important office, ‘which' I. will en-| deavor to fulfill to the bést of my ability. WILLIAM A. CHICHESTER. d 2-13 to 2-18 — WANTED—Clean cotton rags. No buttons or fuzzy edges and no lit- tle bits of pieces. We will pay 6. cents a pound for rags brought to the Pioneer office in any size quan- tities up to 100 pounds.. 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