Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 25, 1918, Page 2

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER HED BVERY APTHRNOQN ‘EXCEPT SUNDA - THE BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. i G. B. CARSON ) B. X, DENU | sl (e e of iasy o B0 e o ings told where the-wood was going. |l BD INESS Then. we heard the voice .of a man i s & PROEESSIONAL who. talked real “United States’—tell- DOCTORS ing :27 other .carpenters what to do— DR. C. R. SANBORN" . PHYSICIAN :AND SURGEON 8 Oftice—Miles Block 4 j¢i| out in this foreigp land, thousands of "~ _ DR.E H SHITH PHYSICIAN .AND. SURGEON miles from home. Office Security Bank Bleck TELEPHONE 922 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidii, Minn., as second-class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 4 == ntion paid to annonymous contributions. ‘Writer's name must be ’g%‘av.lt'tew othapa editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this :office not Jater than Tuesday. of each .week to insure publication in the current. issue. ‘Water Wezinquired: of:the:boss as to who- : | be -was,: and ;with. true sense. of ihu- mor he said: “I am a Red Cross nurse, DR. E. A, SHANNON, M. D, PHYSICIAN. AND SURGEON My job is bandaging wounded houses.” ' N L - Oftice in Mayo Block ¢ s AN Phone ;39¢ Res. Phone:397 Putting Villages Back -onMap: “This was,once a French village,” he. DR L A WARD - PHYSICIAN /AND ;SURGHON Bemidjt, Minn. . went on to say, “in the center of fine ,I7 , | DRS. : GILMOBE & McCANK: 1 2 9 sugar beet -country.. .-We vare living onNBE‘D HOUSB now on the isite ‘of the;sigar milL,” he d A said, pointing to a.long,:low barracks, |. PHYSICIANS: AND.SURGEONS Oftice—Miles .Block:; TES SUBSCRIPTION RA' BY MAIL One year .....:. #ix months ... which plainly had been recently built, | o B.s 3 “We are-:working -for; the ‘American Alleflfill c‘lm l m Red Cross—putting villages back on the Ffm Villages Back on map. In»four~more‘wegks we'll be out of here and on our way. to: the next flle ,Hap. ruin, for there are many.villages that need us.. We go from place to place, I f glways finding that our lumber has t was a monotonous stretch of ugly reached there first, so.we can get right trench, wire entanglements, gaping | i, work, clean up and-move-on again.” = shell holes, accented by the blackened It is just like pioneering, this re- ” Y IN BEING DISCUSSED skeleton of shell killed forests silhouet- | building: work of .our-Red Cross—only BEM ’ N s 3 N A ., | ted against a dull, hopeless sky. more important—more important: be- 'Again Bemidji is discussing the armory she lost when it| . oo o been beautifal rolling | €2U5e it is vital to the winning of the was deemed “it isn’t necessary” or ‘“not neegle.('i" and other lu- i ke otr or OB sk ThdlAR war: that these people come back to cid explanations for taking away from Bemidji the appropria- < their soil.and.plant. new-erops—for fu- tion for her new armory when the war broke rich in grain flelds, orchards and gar- | ture years of war.or peace. . i . if $15,000 by the | dens. - Now it was desolation—nothing And so the tide of war sweeps back Bemidji had been pppropmated th? sum of $15, y the could . live. thero—seemingly Lothing | {Fom Whence it came, a Red Cross state toward the erection of a-fine brick armory on the lake e M s 8 | army follows. close.behind. in uniforms front. The citizens had dug into their pockets and raised a|®¢- of overalls, armed with. Yankee ham- sufficient sum with which to purchase a fine site on Lake Be- We had come on some rising ground, | mers and nails to coax: back the found- midji. ‘After a fight the loyal citizenry of Bemidji passed a)and as we climbed we reached the lings that have -been brushed lnto bond issue for $8;000-as the city’s share toward the new struc-|brow of the slope, and of a sudden it squalid helplessness in ‘the.south and ture. The deed. for the site was turned over to the state. The|scemed that some giant had suddenly ea.if;ley S war came on, the naval militia left and the state held ]oag:k the | twisted the old world under.our feet | yug; o few.days beghiufic.mesoem:ar:;::: money appropriated for the building, given reasons similar to|and we were back home, for of a sud- | ters—back to the, beet.flelds, the gar- those above. 4 ‘ ’ den the sounds of life-came up to us | dens and the farms. Soonjthey will be In her work of supporting the state of Minnesota, in her|out of a hustling center of industry, | feeding themselves and thousands.of support in behalf of the government, no city in the United States|mnat satistying chug of an honest ham. | Others. shines; brighter than does Bemidji. She has done everything | mer nhead. sinking willing- nail. into asked of her and then some. She. has one of the. finest and|gsound wood, and before.us was'a,pans | There is something. for you in the most efficient Home Guard companies in the state. . She has Want Ad column today. It’s on the the Fourteenth Battalion Home Guard band, one of the best.in 1 St nere and, there, | last page. -, Ty nrama of new building,with: piles-.of the state, also. She has been alive to every occasion. She has - ERUNA Family called upon the people frequently to-assemble in fuytheg’ing- the interests of the government and they have lost no time m_g:&th- ering. & L o War activities have been paramount in Bemidji since:the 1 Schiial e declaration of congress. Bemidji has never had a proper place has three. members you should know -if ‘you desire to in which to assemble. Her armory “;185 l‘rilten(‘i:ed to supply this enloi li'l{;-e i o i need, and all effort was centered in that direction. - . pular lig eruna--:the reli It was not Bemidji’s fault that she lost, and the handicap o cotacrbay &‘&h"fi&“_"‘"‘ o' Juog: histiey"af suoceas fu has been sadly felt in Bemidji, Beltrami county and this part ‘ ot m;h;dfib;t%:%hr nj:n yl.nada after the-same of the state. : 3. Manalin, the ideal laxative, by the regular use of 0. « which constipation ma; overcome -and g Lo DA Tormeing. Gead. bt 18 e Datare, LOCAL CO-OPERATION s TaBiElg as all three. Somany . o ved beaefi .We all of us admit the power of co-operation. “Two Ten DAFES, taining : e £ the week. Published summary of the news o " every I'hulflb'v.’::d sent p:Ihlt pald to any address, for, in advance $1.50 OFFICIAY COUNTY AND CITY PROCEDINGS Cost very_little. “more at the St. Gloud 0l Co. -Near Great Northern Dapot DR, EINER JOHNSON. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEQN-: Bemidji, Minn, Glasses, Fitted = DR. J. W, PIEDRICH Offics, O’Leary-Bowser Bldg. ] Office Phone 376-W " Res..376-R *Drive right -up- and the .man will help you fil :your tank, tires: and- | tubes.—No long waits. Quick Service Cet the Habit DR. G. M, PALMER DENTIST Oftice .Phone 124 - Residence 346 Miles Block, Bemidji DR: J. T. TUOMY DENTIST North of Markham Hotel Gibbens. Block Tel. 280.| ° e r————————— DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office. in Winter Block heads are better than one,” and granted his we must concede LAWYERS that three heads are better than two and four are better than ! Sdfat three. Each man separately stands for his own individual =it = | GRAHAM M. TORRANCE force; but if a number of men join together for some object, LAWYER their power in the community increases as each man joins, —_— Miles ;Block Phone 660 much more rapidly than his personal force would warrant. fi - — : Notwithstanding our.knowledlgefiof this ’Ifact, it is ,o{ten e Cl TY Ll v E R Y o CHIROPRACTOR hard to secure co-operation in local affairs. rue co-operation - ) i | 48 - Tr——— S M 3 i : DpOCTON De AR RE 1 means giving up one’s own preferences, subordinating one’s personality, considering the the public good as better than one’s own. The man who forgets himself is the most successful in working with other people. Every man naturally wants the best for his town or vil- lage, but the community that achieves the best is the one where the citizens work unselfishly together. In other words, when ..~'we refer to the public spirit of a community, we simply mean its capacity for organized and smooth-running co-operation. Acute and - Chronic Diseases handled with great success. 1st Nat: Bank Bldg. Phone 406-W Hours 10-12 a. m.; 2-56 7-8 p. m. Bemidji’s all the y'ear round livery. Service. is first class. .always. Best of horses, rigs and automobiles. Also an enclosed auto truck for the use of campers. - POGUE’S OLD BARN, Cor. 3rd-St. and Irvine Avenue. Phone 3-W; residence 694-W. ¢ E. HICKERSON, Managérm - VTSR G ER ron Office and Hospital 3 doors west of Troppman’s, Phone No. 209 3rd St. and.Irvine Ave. THAT FARRINGTON PERSON = Nothing short of the termination of the war could have |l < ) A oftice Phone ‘3_;{N Res. 99-J caused more comment in Bemidji than the address by A. A. Farrington of Duluth, Thursday evening at the Methodist 8z 8. and Irvine Ave.. church, on the occasion of the visit of Major John D. Yost and 3 . Corporal Welcome of Pershing’s overseas army. He has an : Gl | 8 : i — e almost uncanny way of taking the English language, artistic- £ i : o A £ ; R B AL MERCHANDISE ally spreading it over his auditors, rising to the sublime, only 2 5 . W . i y 8 re., co| %xom"mfi"";':‘c' Shoes, { to be dropped in an elevator of convulsing humor, and Bemidji | W. G, SCHROEDE § .L_ went the entire gamut of human emotions in listening to this Bemidji %ono [1 o SR Farrington person voice his plea for loyalty and unending sup- " port. for the war work of the government. And he injected == more genuine patriotism into his hearers than any speaker Be- DRiA M SMART ] i midji has heard sincé the war came upon us. : »R Y AND TRANSFER % es. Phone 68 818.America £ SN | SN § 4 Oftice Phone. 12 DON'T FORGET THAT GARDEN - ~ q Meantime, don’t forget that backyard garden. Don’t im- AN: -CO. agine for a moment that the urge is any less than last year. If . Land, Loans, Insurance.and A City Property We have an allotment of 21 FORD cars allowed us in ex- kbl i e cess of our orders now on file, if we getsigned orders in immedi- atelytocoversame. {11t 2]@ b anything, there is a more vital necessity that this year every available foot of ground be made to produce food. Not only is there a scarcity, but transportation difficulties render this [ shortage more acute in that they make it difficult to transport —1 § from one point to another in this country. So that in the com- i ing season, the community that does not raise its own food H stuffs. may face the impossibility of obtaining. them, even Bemidji DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleuriers for Meg» ‘Women and Children DEPOSIT REDUCED TO $25.00 with order. Orders filled in i rotation. Money refunded if order is not filled in a reasonable Wl — o= B length of time. : : Flangg; Ocgans,; Sewish Machine J. BISIAR, Megr. Phone 573-W. FUNERAL DIRECTOR : s Y bR FARER. ' , 406 Beltrami Ave., Bemidji, Minn. e N. L. HAKKERUP PHOTOGRAPHER Photos_Day.and Night Third .St. Bemidji C. W. JEWETT CO, Inc, |"momms— | Sittings Made Dgy or Night { AUTHORIZED FORD SALES AND SERVICE |_HARKERUP STUDIO |\ | Telephone 474 418-20 Beltrami Ave. ? i though they have the money to pay for them, from the simple | i reason that the railroads are too over-burdened to haul them. 1 £ If you raise your living you will be sure of it. If you do not, you at least face the possibility of a scarcity. Please call at garage for information, as we are not send- ing out salesmen. i NORTHERN MINN, AGENCY —Dwight D. Miller— WE CAN Insure Anything -Anywhere Offices Security Bank Bldg.—Tel. 747 | | i { | | ! | { f { Defective