Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 27, 1918, Page 2

! E H H Minnesota, BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER = THE BEMIDJI PIONBEER, PUBLISHING CO. ; G. B. CARSON E. . DENU THLEPRONE 998 fi tered at the postoffice at Bemidyl, Minn, as second-class 'matter undernut of Congrepss of March 3, 1879. 4 No attention paid to annonymous contributions. Writer's name must be known to the editor,” but not necessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this-office not later than Tuesday of cach week to insure publication in the current issue. em———————— = e BSUBSCRIFTION RATES J1es Ten pages, containing & summary of the-news of the week. Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address, for, in advance $1.50 —_—eeee— s OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY FPROCEDINGS THE LINES DRAWN. The hour has long since struck when there can be but'two classes of people in-this country—Americans and pro-Germans. There can be no such thing ‘as neutrality. Every citizen is either for or against his country. The government:is calling}|’ on every man, woman and child within our borders.to.declare themselves, and the call can no more be evaded than eould the call to the ranks. Uncle Sam has no intention of unduly op- pressing any person. Nevertheless there is a war to fight and | win, a cause to be battled for to a triumph, and in this every person’s services are called for and must-be given:to‘the ‘extent of that one’s ability. ‘ ‘ 5 The hour has struck when we must separate the sheep from the goats—the citizens from the parasites and leeches. Ten million of our people are already enrolled, but this'is only about one-twentieth of our number. Thesé ten millions are enrolled in the arms-bearing division. But there:is an arms- furnishing department to be manned and financed, as well as all the other sinews of war, and to this task the other ninety million are called. ’ \ We some time ago arrived at the certain knowledge that the world is at war for a principle, and every human being in * this country MUST either accept or reject that principle. Once and for all we must determine whether or not man shall be a free agent or the puppet of a petty tyrant. Once and for all we must determine whether a people shall choose their own allegiance or be subject to the call of royal butchers who would feed them to the Moloch of war purely to further their own lust for power. And in the determination of this mighty question every person of ordinary intelligence among us will be recorded on one side or the other. As we have stated, there is no middle ground—YOU, reader, are either American or anti-American. This is YOUR home, and its safety is menaced. YOUR serv- ices are demanded, and you can no more evade the call than you can evade the issues of life and death. We repeat, we must separate the sheep from the goats. Every community should label its entire citizenshjp—Iloyal or disloyal, as the case may be. Slackers, traitors and pro- Germans should be placed in a class by themselves. Loyal ‘Americans should have no dealings with these people. - They should be made to feel the heavy displeasure of their loyal neighbors, be their station or standing what it may. And in this melting and remoulding process, race or nation- ality should have absolutely no weight whatever. The loyal American of German blood or nativity should be as warmly welcomed -into the ranks of the country’s defenders as the purest-blooded American among us. On the other hand, the slacker or pro-German should be so aligned, it matters not if his ancestors came over in the Mayflower or if his fathers fought the British at Bunker’s Hill. The mighty engine of public opinion works slowly. But this engine is warming up for the race, and our advice to the man or woman of unAmerican procilivities would be to sing very lowly. 0 THE WOMEN’S'LAND ARMY. A prominent movement is.on foot at present to farm a 200-acre plot of ground at Libertyville, Ill., by women, and the land has been donated by a philanthropist, for the experiment. College girls are earnestly urged to become members of this army, and they will be sent there as soon as the plans are completed and volunteers are ready. Houses are to be erected to serve as homes, each one to be in charge of a house-mother, and these earnest, enthusiastic girls ar to be taught the actual business of farming. Next year these same girls will be sent out:-as instructors to other community farmers. When one realizes what women have already done to win the war, it is reasonable to expect great results from the Women’s Land Army. ’ ——0 CLAMP THE LID ON THE BOOZE MAKERS When the huge appropriation for furthering agriculture and crop production in the United States was ready for intro- duction in the national legislature, it encountered a snag in an amendment that opposed the appropriation unless it cut out the manufacture of spirituous and malt liquors in the country. ‘And it seems certain that the amendment will stick, although the president is not pleased over it. ‘When the people of the nation are digging deeply and “taking their medicine” to help the government, why should they be asked to conserve food and make sacrifices for the benefit of a gang of booze makers? It is'up to the government to play square with the people: who are “paying the freight.” : 0 CAN'T SEE BRYAN LECTURE FOR $250. The Grand Forks Commercial club contracted with Wil- liam Jennings Bryan to deliver an address in Grand Forks, July 5, the price to be paid “the prince of peace” being $250. Citizens are kicking over giving Bryan that sum merely for him to hear himself talk, arguing that the money could better be used for the Red Cross and Liberty Loan. When Bryan was secretary of state he nearly tied the United States hand and foot by a lot of personally conducted peace agreements, dis- covered after he got out of the cabinet. It would seem that pickings are pretty good for Bryan during these strenuous days when every patriotic citizen is doing his bit at a sacrifice. —o SHOULD CHOKE MINNESOTA BOLSHEVIKI. Minnesota has an excellent crop of candidates for public office who are either under sentence to a federal penetentiary or awaiting trial for sedition and disloyalty, and their backers have the termerity to shout for support of such. The quicker these Bolsheviki are choked down the better it will be for THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE“/ e GENTLE TIP FOR THIRD DISTRICT. There’s one thing that can be said for the:third county commissioners district, and that is:the ‘man who represents it on the mext board is going to:be a:loyal supporter ofithe gov- ernment. or the proper authorities‘will. That’s-a-settled fact. It is up to the:voters ofithat district to choose him 3 0—— ./ § | You doubtless are familiar with the fact that you must eat a peck of dirt before:you die.. - But doyou-know-that to be patriotic you must-eat a bushel-of -old- potatees-this:spring? ———— o It is hard to credit:the reports of a German-Irish plot. A German:and an Irishman could not agree together long enough to formulate a plot.. : : RIS | W —— Many patrons:of hotels and restaurants:who frown when they are offered rye to eat would smile gleefully if they were required to drink it. . ! If Teddy Roosevelt is sent to,reorganize Russia he will soon be able to answer the question that perplexes us all, “Why is a Bolshevik?”’ ; ; S B, v One crop never fails, and that is the dandelion crop. _An. Army Without a Gun By-MEREDITH NICHOLSON Of the Vigllantes. THE Red Cross is the greatest instrument of mercy the world has ever seen. Noble as the service of mercy and helpfulness was in.Civil War days, the Red Cross.surpasses: it immeasurably: not only in-the range-and variety of its effort; but in. efficiency ‘and effectiveness. o = : The Red Cross is, we may say, the arms of the mothers of the world.reached out:to their sons to bind ‘up their wounds and comfort-them. The Red Cross is an-army without a gun that wages war only upon suffering and heartache. Where the flag of the stars goes there the banner of the Red Cross must fly beside :it. We watch our boys go forth to war with a.spirit of hopefulness because we. know that this great agency of humanity presses close behind them; that its work is not incidental, but the intelligent directed effort of one of the most- marvelous organizations ever contrived by American genius. : We have all contributed to the Red Cross; we shall' be called- upon again to contribute to -its funds,—again and perhaps again. = And we will fespond again and yet again! For this is a war for the defenise: of civilization, and we of great, free, splendid, glorious -America, have every intention that it shzll ‘be fought with the army of the Red Cross sohdly supporting our soldiers. | An Opportunity To.Ask Questions N this series of advertisements we have tried to answer those ques- tions most frequently put to us. We realize that many of our answers are inadequate and that there are.many phases of Trust Company service about which you will want further information. We invite you to write us freely about any.branch of our service in which you are interested. Check, sign and mail thi ‘“ad’’;to-us today. This will-bring you the information you may desire. I am interested in— - Making a Will i The Appointment of an Executor Creating a Living Trust Creating an' Endowment The Life Insurance Trust A ‘Safekeeping Account %LSechmTRUSTCo BTH STAND 2NDAVE.SOUTH. 7 MINNEAPOLIS E S LS | o (ONPNENENIN -} MONDAY, MAY 27, 1918 BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DOCTORS R. PHYSICIAN AND SURG Oftice—Miles Block DR. E. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Security Bank Bleck — e DR. E. A, 8HANNON, M, D. PHYSICIAN' AND SURGEON Offtce in“sayo Block Plione 398 Res. ‘Phone 397 'GARDEN ‘HABIT ALWAYS GOOD Writer In-New York Publication Comes 5 to the Front With Words of Great Wisdom. The garden habit, once acquired, will never'leave you, ‘Geod soil and culti- wvation are the chief essentials. The back yard is highly taxed property. Why not make it pay 'for itself in pleasure and profit to you, especially in these war times, when we need to conserve and utilize everything? We are constantly calling for more parks, more breathing spaces, in one congest- ed city. Why not use those we have? DR.L. A WARD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON' - Bemidji, Mion. DRS. GILMORE .& McGANN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS This has been done. with success in Chicago and Baltimore. Let us do it here. i Encourage your children to make a 1ittle garden in your back yard. It will prove safer than.the streets and more healthful than the movies. We need more beauty, and here both use and beauty may be combined, for in one back yard in this city enough lettuce, radishes and parsley were grown to furnish the table for a whole summer, and so combined with the plants and flowers ‘as to -be harmontous. In color. Shrubs, trees and grass spray out moisture into the air, which diminishes dryness and dust and renders the place where they are more healthful. We have neglected our back yards ‘too long. ~Shall we improve.them now ?— Frances Peters, in New York Sun. Oftice—Miles Block Bl AB TR B ran AND SURGEON Ibertson Block Office Phone 163 . DR.EINER JOHNSON PHYSICIAN ‘AND ‘SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. - Glasses Fitted DENTISTS DR. J. %Ngmmcn Office, O’'Leary-Bowser Bldg Office Phone 376W Res. 376-R S e Chemical Generator for Hot Water. It has been shown ‘that a certain combination of salts-brings about the generation of heat. By applying this chemical phenomenon a cheap and ef- ficlent warming bottle may-be formed, writes S. Leonard Bastin in the Popu- lar Science Monthly. £y First of all, mix together sodium acetate and sodium hyposulphate in water, using one part of the former to nine parts of the. latter salt. There shoald be a sufficient quantity of these materials to fill the earthenware bottle three parts full. The vessel should now be loosely stoppered and placed either fn hot water or in'an oven until the salts have completely dissolved. For many hours after this the bottle will radiate considerable heat. To re- new the warmth-giving properties it i DR. G. M. PALMER £ DENTIST Office Phone 124 Residence 346 Miles ‘Block, Bemidji ————— DR. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST North of -Markham Hotel Gibkbons Block Tel. 230 — e DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office in Winter Block _— only necessary to give the bottle 8 WYER! good shaking. o E —————— GRAHAM M. TORRAN Notice today’s Want Ads, back page. LAlgvy’g:z o Miles Block Phone 560 CHIROPRACTOR * THORWALD D DOCTOR OF’CHIRIéP AECTIC Acute and Chronic: - Diseases j handled -with- great success. 1st Nat: Bank Bldg. Phone 406-W: '( Hours 10-12 a. m.; 2-5 7-8-p. m. Free Air and Water Gasoline & 0il Cost very little more at the St. Cloud 0il Go, Filling Station - Noar Groat Northern Depot ARIANS J. b VETER&ARY' %%EON Office and Hospital 3 doors west of Troppman’s. ‘Phone No. 209 3rd St. and Irvine Ave. LSRR i 2 | [ VR Y | | IN. Office Phone 3-R Res. 99-J 3rd'St. and'Irvine Ave. BUSINESS GENERAL MERCHANDISE Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Flour, Feed, etc. Banita jy. Q. SCEROED%O“ g . TOM-SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER '| 'Res. Phone 58 818 America Office Phone 12 CO. Land, Loans, Insurance.and- City Property Troppman Block Bemidji DRY Clothes Cleiners for Men, Women and Children MUSICAL INSTRUMBENTS Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines ive ri 117 Third St. Bemidjl D"ve “_ght up and the -J.- BISIAR; Mér. PheoI:e j5"13-\77 man will help you fill your tank, tires and tubes.—No long waits. N. L. HAKKERUP PHOTOGRAPHER Quick Service | mbsemssr * Third St. Bemidji Cet the Habit S For the Boys in France . . Use Purity Gasoline Yot TUTHY UdoUilliG | Sittings Made Day or Night Phone 91 FUNERAL DIRECTOR i M. E. IBEX.TS UNDERT:, KE?!N 405 Beltrami Ave., Bemidji, Minn. | HAKKERUP STUDIO NORTHERN MINN. A —Dwight D. IV.[illel('}—EncY WE CAN Anything = Anywhere Offices Security Bank Bldg.—Tel. 747 Insure =5 I | Defective