Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 29, 1918, Page 7

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER #————PUBLISHED EVERY A!"I"E,RNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- - THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. B. CARSON B. H. DENU ; TELEPHONBE 922 Rutered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as ucqnd—clm matter wader aot of Congress of March 3, 1879. —————————— Ne attention nld to -anonymous contributions. Writer's name must ®e known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. 5 Communications for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this offies not fater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. Em————— SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER BY MAIL One year ..............$5.00 One year .... ..$4.00 Six months ............ 2.50 Six months .. . 2.00 Three months .......... 125 Three months . 1.00 One month .. 45 One week ...... - THE WEEKLY PIONEER Ten pages, containing & summary of the news of the week. Pub- tished every Thurs’-- and sent postage paid to any address, for, in -—————-“Z——‘_"‘-——‘——“—‘M ur #1CIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS FARM SITUATION MISREPRESENTED A prominent southern daily says: “Out of 13,800,000 men engaged in farm industries thus far only 205,000 have been drafted, or about 1.48 per cent of the whole number. Certainly farmers have no right to complain of ' so small a proportion having been taken for active military service.” g As a fair sample of editorial inefficiency, commend us to the writer of the above. _He has not touched side or bottom of the argument he es- says to combat. He has proceeded on an assumption of his own, and which is as far from the facts as the east from the west. ¢ the mere fact of the draft with those it takes from the farm were all the farmer had to contend with, he would indeed have no ground for com- plaint. But the draft is really the smallest of the sources of depletion of farm help. The fact is that for the past four years every change in busi- ness conditions has worked against the farms. Men have been leaving the farms in a steady and uninterrupted stream ever since the opening of hostilities in France. : High prices never fail to militate against the farmer. Along with prices of all commodities, prices for labor also rise. When this occurs the manufacturing industries drain the farms of thousands of laborers, attracted thither by the difference in prices of labor there and on the farm. This has been the cage in steadily increasing proportion ever since the outbreak of war in Europe. s'Scarcely a town OF hamlet or country- side in the entire country that hasn’t seen scores.and hundreds of its best “brain and brawn drawn to the great centers of industry. The munitions plants, the steel mills, the auto factories, and .dozens of other industries have doubled and trebled their normal output, and the increased labor, if not drawn directly from the farms, at least was drawn from sources al- 1ied to the farms and which in turn was forced to draw on the farms for their supply. i The farmers do not contend that the draft in itself is the cause of their straightened condition as regards labor. They do, however, main- tain that the draft, coming as a cap sheaf on all that has preceded it, will work them greater hardship unless the terms are so amended as to rqtam a larger per cent of the young men on the farm, The suggestion that the farms draw on other sources for help, would be all very well'if the help could be drawn from those other sources in the first place, and if it was efficient in the next place. But prices of labor 4in the industries are out of all proportion to what farmers can afford to pay for help, even competent help. Incompetent help that must be trained is useless to the farmer, as he has neither the time nor the inclinaticn to undertake the task of training at this stage of affairs.” * But the farmers of the country are loyal and will do everything with- « in their limited means to keep tlie country up to the standard cf produc- tion set for it. S DEMOCRATIC “NONPARTISANSHIP” IS FARCE Congressman Lenroot of Wisconsin, who defeated LaFollette's candi- daté for the Senatorial nomination on the Republican ticket, in a speech at Dodgeville denounced the Democrut‘ic party. as hypocritical. And in Lenroot’s case, and many others besi(l;es, it would” seem just that way. From the administration hefldq‘uurters in \Vash)r{gtpn .have long been emanating the cry to eliminate partisan ‘politics. President. Wilson strongly urged it until the campaign opened in Wisconsin, a Republican state, when the president lent every effort to the Democratic candidate, and after his nomination wired him his special endorsement. Then he sent into' Wisconsin a battery of Democratic orators to defeat Lenroot, Republican, and seat Davis, Democrat. Wilson's “nonpartisanship” is something wonderful to conjure over. BUT THE WATER WASN'T CONSIDERED FIT It doesn’t make any material difference whether the water was pumped from the lake at one sparticular spot or another. The fact is the water was pumped into the drinking and cooking supply of the homes and busi- ness lhiouges of the city of Bemidji and handbills distributed with the warn- ing to “BOIL THE WATER.” In other words, the water was not consid- ered fit for peopie to drink nor use in cooking and the notice to boil was to reduce as far as possible any tendency of infection. ’ ONE GUESS WHAT THE “HERALD” THINKS - In #n ende-vor to get it all together, the Grand Forks Herald referred to him as “Jim” Brinton, manager of the Nonpartisan League's United Stores company. At a_ meeting of the leaguers in Fargo Wednesday he explained in an attack on the Herald that his correct cognomen was Job and not “Jim."” One guess what the Herald thinks of the job. SUCCESS INDICATES CORRECT POLICY The Pioncer Publishing company is today installing a new Model 14 linotype to add to its fast No. 5 already in use. The Model 14 is the latest in linotype construction and costs in the ‘neighborhood of $3,500 set up The new machine is a necessity to take care of the Pio- ready’ to run. neer's rapidly growing business. its policy is correct. That Hog Island ship vard, being built by the government, is well named. It is now stated that it will cost between $35.000,000 and $40,- 000,000, not including any work on ship construction. This statement was made by an expert naval architect testifying for the contractors be- fore the senate committee. Republican senators have declared that they are going to tell the people of the United States *‘the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” about the delays and shortages of the war program. Seems that could be told in about one word—incompetency. R S A long distance prognostication has it that Easter Sunday is to be cold. Let’s hope not, so milady can blossom forth in all her glory. But whoever saw an Easter tog that was afraid of a little chilly atmosphere? PERSE S ¢ When Billy S‘unday finishes in Chicago he will go to-France. Billy needs quiet and rest. ST e “w That promised western drive may yet start from the other foot. The success of a business indicates that! In Zones A, B and/0, constituting |y on predicted. will revolutionize sea the extreme Southern gortion of the, warfare. It is the belief that the new United States, -cabbage may be set|craft bears a resemblance to a sea 18 'is also-true fighter designed by a young naval offi- in the autumn. T of portions of Zones D'and E. When set in spring, .the plants should be started in the wi,ndow"-box or in hot- beds some six 'Weeks before the av- erage date of ‘the’1ast killing frost in the particular lo¢ality. They may be set in the gardens-as soon as the ground is in condition. For horse cultivation the rows: should be from 2% to 3 feet apart and the' plants from 12 to 20 inches’ apart in the rows, Cabbage requires a rich warm soil for early maturing, a loam con- stituting a good type of soil for the purpose. It is an excellent plan to put a shovelful of compost under each plant. / ; Early cabbage ‘must be used as soon as It reaches:maturity, or the heads are liable to burst and be lost. It is an excellent plan to grow early cabbage for Sl{l@\]fle‘: kraut making, as it has been that kraut may be made at the\'timé/that early cab- bage matures and will keep success- fully. It is much’ easier to produce early cabbage than/the later. vari- eties for this purpos -U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculty G e‘tree depends apon its normAP. MY symmetrical growth. In omipf- %‘o:lnpure this, be- fore planting cuti.offthe ends of all broken or mutilgt side branches save: so that a straight remains. Dig holes, in diameter and on! in poor soil. es of holes should be perpendicular ‘M‘Vflle bottom flat. Break up soil in the hottom of the hole to the depth of“the'lgngth of a spade blade. Place two or'‘three ifiches:of fine top soil, free ‘from sods or other decomposing organic ‘matter, in the bottom of the hole., On top of this place the roots of the tree, spread them as evenly as possible: over the bottom of the hole, and cover with two or three inches of fine top soil as before. Tramp firmly with the feet and fill the hole with good earth, leav- ing the surface loose and a little higher than the surface of the surrounding soil. When the work of planting: is completed, the tree shonld stand about two Inches deeper than it stoodsn ‘the tursery. T In the ‘“ Pioneer ’’ L .iv» By the Great The Latest ' War News United:, 7 New Type of “Destroyer.” The recent report that the United States s bullding a new type of flush- deck destroyer, having a -very high speed and a minimum of hitting. sur- face, jhas aroused much speculation among interested laymen as to the details of these boats, which, it has &er—and déscribed as belng of 20,000 tons, with a flat protective deck and two towers, one forward and one aft. This vessel carries no guns, but has eight or ten torpedo tubes on each side-—Popular Mechanics Magazing. Today—Telephone the Pioneer of- fice, 922, about that news item you have in mind. 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It is the most beautiful monument ever erected to the memory of a xyife—the favorite wife of Emperor Shah, Today it stands in all its costly splendor—the designer—the builder and the one it majesticallj*honors have long since mingled with the dusts of the countless myriads of ancient, mystic, mysterious India. Because the builder did his work well, the Taj- Mahal still'stands and is the admiration of all those who have journeyed far to behold 1t \_ve:fs the custom in those days to build temples—tombs—shrines to those ad- mired and heldin high esteem—it is the custom of today for that best of men—the American—to erect a HOME and install within—ALL that HOME IMPLIES. It is his one best effort because it means more than wealth and power—it means—HOME — RESTFUL PEACE—QUIET—CONTENTMENT. 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TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER Res. Phone 58 818 America Office Phone 12 DEAN LAND CO. Land, Loans, Insurance and City Property Troppman Block Bemidji MINA MYERS Hair dressing, face massage, scalp treatment. Switches made from combings $1.60. 311 6th St. Phone 112-W DRY CLEANING Clothes Clezners for Men, Women - and Children DAY CL EANING HOUSE uEEZANSON BROS.PROPS. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines 117 Third St.,, Bemidiji J. BISIAR, Mgr. Phone 573- FUNERAL DIRECTOR M. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER |} 406 Beltrami Ave., Bemidji, Minn. |