Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 2, 1918, Page 2

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L lshed every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address, for, in mfl——-—— e OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS ——mreee TOWN GROWTH BASED ON RURAL PROSPERITY s to grow and When growth The ambition of every town made up of LIVE people i develop and prosper. Growth is the basic law of nature. ceases, dpcay sets in. We are forced to admit that there are conditions under which a town may be and is in a measure independent of the surrounding country, as to whether or not that territory is prosperous. But these instances are rare and not by any means the rule. The United States is pre-eminently an agriculturan lation. Today she is literally undertaking to feed the world. To accomplish this gigantic task every resource must be utilized and developed to the uttermost. The soil must be made to yield as it has never before yielded, and the millions of acres of our domain that have heretofore lain fallow must be brought under cultivation. . And this brings us to the subject of this article. The great majority of American towns are DIRECTLY DEPENDENT FOR THEIR GROWTH AND PROSPERITY ON THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY. They advance or retrograde in exact proportion as the sur- rounding territory develops or deteriorates. The town, then, that has an zmbition to advance, to build up, out and prosper, should, first of all devote its energies to the fullest pos- sible development of the community from which it draws its sustenance. This not merely from a standpoint of benevolence or philanthropy, but as a measure of pure self-interest. i To demonstrate the truth of this assertion, one has but to observe the number of towns in this country that are really overgrown—developed out of all proportion to the surrounding country. And in every one of such towns, business conditions are abnormal. The growth has been a mushroom growth, with no enduring foundation, and as soon as the gen- eral prosperity of the country has a slight decline, these are the first towns to suffer. This was particularly noticeable in the old boom days of the »80’s and '90’s when many towns sprang up without any other excuse than the ambition of some syndicate to unload a piece of property on the public. The wrecks of many such towns still mar the landscape in all parts of our country. ) The town that would insure its growth based on a solid foundation, should make the development of the surrounding territory its first consid- eration. The establishment of a sawmill, opening of a rock quarry, or a limekiln, the development of any and every industry of the rural districts is of as vital interest to the dwellers in the town as to the parties directly concerned therein. The organization of farmers’ clubs, girls’ canning clubs, boys’ pig clubs and corn clubs—all these as vitally affects the town people as the country folks, because they are factors in the general pros- perity from which the town MUST draw its enduring strength. A poor road leading from any community to the town is as much a matter of con- cern to the town as to the community affected. The county fair, while of incalculable benefit to the farming interests, is equally beneficial to the town. A And thus it goes through the entire list of community interests. The enduring prosperity of the town dwellers bears an exact ratio to that of the rural population. Their interests are inextricably interwoven. It is, however, far easier for the farmer to dispense with the backing of the town people than for the latter to ignore his support. We have written thus plainly with the hope that we might perhaps cause some to view the national problems in a national light. This is an era of development. The world is calling for the best that America give it. Thousands of our men are flocking to the great manufacturing cen- ters. Not only must war material be furnisheg, but all the arts of peace must be supplied. But the farms are pre-eminently the great t'pod storehouse of the land. The farmer must feed us if we are fed, and without his product all other branches of industry become impotent. His calling is, has always been and always will be the bedrock foundation of our national life. Upon the farm must we build our prosperity, and by the prosperity of the farm must we stand or fall. To the millions of dwellers in the cities and towns we wish we could Give your flirst and best efforts to building a solid en- during rural prosperity, developing its every interest to the utmost, and all the adverse powers of earth can not prevent your sharing as an equal partner in that prosperity. spread o MR Between the task of keeping the outside world ignorant of the true situation of Germany, and keeping the German people ignorant of the true situation in the outside world, the kaiser is about as busy as a man with a basket of eels. ¢ I S In olden times there was a saying that ““when thieves fall out, honest men get their due.” Now, instead of falling out they divide the “terri- tory” and honest men don’t stand the ghost of a chance. PR i - Eggs 75 cents a dozen in Chicago! That fabled goose that laid the golden eggs was a piker beside the’little brown hen. : —_—— It is said that German .people have been eating their dogs. is no meaningless term over there. “Hot dog” Suffered Several Yearss. PERUNA Mrs. Elizabeth Reuther, 1002 11th St., N. W., Washington, D. C., writes: *] endorse Peruna as a splendid medicine for catarrh and stomach trouble, from which I suffered sev- eral years. | took it for several months, found my heaith was re- stored and have felt splendidly ever since. I now take it when I con- tract a-cold, and it soon rids the sys- |, Those who object to liguid medk tem of any catarrhal tendencies.” |[cines can procure Peruna Tablets. . s CITY MANAGERS IN ILLINOIS Plan Is Growing In Favor—Eight States Now Have Laws Dealing With the Matter. Glencoe and Winnetka have operated successfully for some time under the city management plan, in spite of handicaps. They have felt the need of specific statutory authority and have been somewhat embarrassed by the presence of certain elected minor offi- clals who are not under the jurisdic- tion of the village trustees. ‘For this reason many cities and villages wish to adopt the commissioner manager form of government. : \ The plan is to be made applicable to cities or villages not exceeding 500,000 population—that is, to all municipall- ties of the state except Chicago. Un- der its terms the city or village coun~ cil would consist of the mayor and four commissioners, to be elected. All administrative and executive powers would vest in a city manager appoint- ed by the councll for an Indefinite term at compensation fixed by the council and subject to removal at the coun- cil’s pleasure, Eight states now have laws of this sort in successful operation. They in- clude New York, Massachusetts, Iowa, Michigar, Ohio and Kansas. Notable instances of successful use of the man- ager system are found in Dayton apd Spr;lgfleld, 0., and Niagara Falls, N. Y. Only one feature appears to vex the student of municipal government. This relates to the payment of a salary to the mayor, whose functions would be largely ceremonial—although he is to be a member of the council and its pre- siding officer and fees to the other four commissioners for each meeting at- tended and for time spent on city com- mittee work. Yet it is quite possible that the absence of such emoluments would tend to make avallable fop these positions men of high class ang marked ability.—Chicago Daily News., GUARD AGAINST ROSE SLUG Good Idea Now to Devise Means fon Combating Deadly Enemy of Suc- cessful Flower Garden.. One of the greatest drawbacks to & successful garden is the ravages of the rose slug, which renders an entire bush .unsightly in a short time. But this enemy may generally be combated If the work is begun in time, If given, early in the season, a good spraying once a week for several weeks In succession with the full force of the spray from the garden. hose, this pest can easily be kept down. If you do not have a hose make up the following solution and use it full strength from the ordinary watering can: To one bucketful of boiling water use a good- sized cake of whale-oil soap and one teaspoonful of nicotine. Apply this mixture four nights in succession. Commence to combat al] garden ene- mies early in the season, before they, have rendered the plants unsightly. Climbing roses grow luxuriantly in almost any sunny situation. They are strong feeders and care should be taken that their growth is not intere fered with by being planted in too close proximity to the roots of trees or strong shrubbery. While many varie- ties are very hardy, yet they will flow- er longer if planted where they can bg protected from strong winds. Man Who Must Vanish. He still breathes, the “man with soul so dead” that he can say, not only, to himself but publicly: “What was good enough for my father is good enough for me,” says a writer. Mercls fully for human progress there are signs abroad that give us hope of his ultimately becoming extinct. He will be survived for a time, but not indefis nitely, by his mate whose marvelous prehensile tenacity leads her to believe —and act accordingly—that what was good enough for her greatgrandmother is good enough for her. Undoubtedly the least violent modernist would be willing to deal the blow that should rid us of them, but there is a strange resilience in both the male and femala of this specles that makes them rise unscathed after the sharpest attacks on their benighted tenets. We shall have to wait the slower end that mus befall them. Evolution by exclusion, or the killing off of those-who persiste ently go the wrong way is a sure pros cess If not a swift one. So knowing him to be doomed, let.us not waste energy in hopeless argument with him, Describes an Ideal Dwelling. “A home is not properly a show place,” says Noble Foster Hoggson. “Rather, it is a house and a plot of ground that, together, bring rest to the aged, peace to the strong, and joy to the hungry, riotous spirit of youth. It Is a creating—not a mere fulfilment of an order, the result of a contract well or ill kept, a thing to be bought and pald for by money. “Money cannot buy a home,” de- clares Mr. Hoggson, “but,” he adds, “he who hungers for a home may, by taking counsel with those who are practiced in giving expression to hue man desires in terms of houses and thelr environments, achieve a result quite as happy and as truly as if he were to sit to a great portrait painten® 'OF‘F(I:CIAL PROCEEDINGS OF CITY OUNCIL, CITY OF BEMIDJI, MINN,, FEB. 18, 1918, Council met at City hall at 8 o'clock p. m. A quorum being present meeting was called to order by Alderman Smith, acting president. Roll_ Call, Upon roll call the following alder- men were declared present—Lahr, Bag- ley, Backus, .Smart, Phillippi, Hazen, Larson, Smith, Joanis. Absent—Moberg and Clark. Minutes. 2 Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. Bills, The following bills ~after being audited were upon motion and second allowed: Clarence more fire hall H. M. Merryman, wood for poor. 6.00 Fred Petrie, boarding paupers.. 149.53 0. G. Schwandt, merchandise t o Steele, wood ,to Ny- treet labor, W. S. Nott Co., repair steam fire engine pump ......... Siloehaten 93.00 Jim Ward, jitney service, po- lice department .. 450 Tom Ward, jitney police department ... 14.50 Smith-Robinson = Lumb coal to Nymore fire hall . .. 1272 St. Hilaire Lumber Co., wood for poor . 2.50 St. Cloug Oil C truck 18.90 Edw. Anderson, bed and to Nymore station .. 10.00 Bemidji Auto Co., charging stor- age battery, etc. ............. 2.00 Northwestern Telephone change Co., telephone, Ny fire hall, three fnonths 9.00 Fritz-Cross Co., election s 3 ery 2.09 St. Paul Book & Stationery 69.30 books to library ............. . Bids. The following bids were now opened and read. W. S. Nott Co, fire hose, brand Tri-Plex $1.20 per foot, Roman $1.25 per foot, Wax and Gum Double Jacket $1.80 per foot. Chemical hose, one-inch three braid, or one-inch four- ply, 60 cents per foot. J. N. Johnson Co. brand, Reliable $1.30, Quality $1.25, Aetna $1.20, and Extra Para $1.15 per foot, for fire hose. Chemical hose 60 cents per foot. Motor truck tires, Re- public make, per set $210. Same with- out flanges $200. Letford Auto Co., fire hose, $1.25 per foot. Chemical hose, brand, Chariot 35¢, Tower 43c per foot. Plant Rubber Co., fire hose, brand, Red Crescent $1.10; Blue Label, $1 per foot. Eureka Fire Hose Co., fire hose brand, Peerless $1.20, Helmet $1.25 and Trum- pet- $1.15 per foot. Chemical hose 60c per foot. Bi-Lateral Fire Hose Co,, fire hose brand, Winoka $1.35, Congo $1.30, Iowa $1.25 and Maidrite $1.20 per foot. Chemical hose, 60¢ per foot for four- ply and 36c per foot for three-ply. Upon motion of ‘Alderman Smart, sec- onded by Alderman Backus, the bid of W. S. Nott Co. for 500 feet of 'Wax and Gum treated fire hose at $1.70 per foot, the bid of Letford Auto Co. for 200 feet' of one-inch chemical hose at 43c per foot, and the bid of J. N. Johnson Co. for a set of four truck tires with- out flanges at $200 was declared ac- cepted. Certified checks from unsuc- cessful bidders to be returned. Miscellaneous. _ On motion and second the city attor- ney was authorized to draw resolution appropriating $300, balance due the band account of municipal entertain- ment tax levy. Moved by Alderman Lahr, seconded by Backus, that Geo. Kirk be dismissed from office. Carried. 5 Moved by Alderman Smart, seconded by Backus, that Mr. L. P. Eckstrum be retaidled as water clerk until March 4th. Carried. Moved by Alderman Lahr, seconded by Smart, that action taken by city clerk and City Attorney Brown regard- ing the filing of claims against the bonding companies in the Kirk matter be approved. Carried. On motion of Alderman Lahr, seconded by Phillippi, the city attorney was directed to col- lect claims due the city from the bond- ing companies, account of the Kirk shortage. Carried. Communication from _the assistant fattorney general, to City Attorney Brown in the: matter of the sale of bridge bonds, was read and filed. It was moved by Alderman Smart, second- ed by Hazen, that we reject previous bids ‘on bridge bonds, and that we re- advertise for proposals-on said bonds. Carried. < A petition for establishing a township and city road or highway along the line of Bemidji township and city of Be- midji was presented by freeholders, and read, which was on motion and second referred to the street commit- tee. with power to act. Reports of the city treasurer and city clerk for year ending January 31 were read and on motion and second referred to finance committee. Report of the municipal court show- ing fines, etc., collected for the week ending February 4th, amounting to $149, paid the city treasurer, was read and accepted. “No further business appearing it was moved to adjourn. Adjourned. Approved, H. M. CLARK, President. Attest, GEO. STEIN, City Clerk. NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS Sealed proposals will be received by the Minnesota State Board of Control in their office at the State Capitol Building, St. Paul, Minn, until 2 P. M. March 12th, 1918, for the erection and completion of State Normal School Building at Bemidji, Minn., including the general con- tract work, heating and ventilating, plumbing and electrical work in ac- cordance with plans and specifica- tions furnished by C. H. Johnston, Architect, 715 Capital Bank Build- ing, St. Paul, Minn. Bids will be received separately and are to be submitted only on the form of bid supplied by Architect; no other form of bid will be con- sidered. Bids to be accompanied by a certified check for 4% of the amount of the bid payable to the Minnesota State Board of Control. Copies of the above plaifs and specifications may be seen at the fol- ~lowing places: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth Builders’ Exchanges, at the offices of the State Board of Control, State Capitol Building, Architect and Mr. A. P. White, clo The Northern Na- tional Bank of Bemidji, Minn. Extra copies of plans and speci- fications may be obtained on appli- cation to the Architect by submitting a certified check in the amount of $25, drawn to the order of the Min- nesota State Board of Control, which check will be returned to the bidder when a bona fide bid is filed with the Board of Control and the plans returned to the Architect in good condition. Failure to comply with the above conditions forfeits the check. Successful bidder must furnish the Board with a surety company bond in seventy-five per cent of ‘the amount of the contract. The right is reserved to accept or reject any or all bids. 2td 223-32 —_— _— T nannnmn Today—Telephone the Pioneer of- fice, 922, about that news item you have in mind. Your guests and triends will appreciate the courtesy. AT s CITY LIVERY Bemidji’s all the year round livery. Service is first class always. Best of horses, rigs, robes, foot warmers, etc. POGUE’S OLD BARN, COR:3rd ST. and IRVINE AVE. TELEPHONE 3-W E. 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