Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 28, 1918, Page 2

» e i ka4 S 5 g 'PAGETWO b - BEMIMI DAILY PIONEER > ——-—m:-unn EVERY APTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- 5 THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. 'G. B. CARSON h 5. R DENU.. * TELEPNONE032 Entered at the postoffice at Bemlid g. Minn., as. second-class matter under act of Congress of March 3, o nnonymous contributions. Wflt:;‘t?omme must | n, Ploneer must reach this office not No uttenuon;p&l?u to a 1 h week to insure publication in the current issue. be known to the editor, Communications for later than Tuesday of eac seee . munnflu~ PR R AN e e e e Tt TRED.WBEXLY nonm“m e ntaining s summary of the news o: ‘“'wntm .a'm.mm”'u nw;'!-hmcgnfl sent postage pald to any address, —_— OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEDINGS LET EVERYBODY BOOST FOR BEMIDJI'S FOURTH Bemidji is going to celebrate the Fourth of July this year B . as she never did before, and it -is hoped that every l‘nhabxt'ant i of the city will stay in' Bemidji that day and help make it a F “hotter one.” Bemidji is entitled to all the boosting on that day she can muster and there is.no doubt:but that hundreds of visitors will come to lend their assistance. A program of unusual interest has been arranged. and i g there will be sport and entertainment for everyone; old and [ > young, with a patriotic address by A. A. Farrington of Pulu!‘.h,’ | ' one of the most remarkable oratorical finds uncovered in Min- nesota. . | Independence day this year means much to the nation. It means much to Beltrami county. It means much to Bemidji. Hundreds of fathers, sons and brothers have answered the call of the colors. They are “over there” or in camp preparing to play their part on the battle fields or in work directly germain to the actual fighting. It is for them that Bemidji will cele- brate the day when their forefathers fought for the preserva- tion of liberty, proclaimed to the world by those sturdy colon- ials in 1776, when Great Britain-acknowledged defeat from her liberty loving subjects. ; : ; And in England, too, this year, America’s Fourth of July will be celebrated in honor of the stubborn child now sprung ~ to the aid of its parent in her hour of need. - And Frange, too, ‘ the nation that saved America’s independence to her-by fur- -nishing money when there was none for-the colonists to con- tinue their battle for liberty, and sent her best generals to-lead the patriots to victory, will also pay tribute to the sons of descendants of those whom she helped in the crisis, and ‘who she proclaimed when the monarchial yoke . was cast.off. Bemidji has just cause to celebrate her freedom this year. / 0. “IN: THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY” How many homes in this country have -already become sadly familiar with this phrase. It seems to be hurled at them in a cold and unfeeling manner by the military authorities. It is the set phrase used in announcing the death, on the:field of battle, of a brave American boy who has sailed-three thousand miles at the call of “duty.” “Your son died in the performance of his duty.” sage? Do you not rather gather the sadly Ssweet conviction that all is well with the.brave soul who saw his duty arnd went if brief. chapter? 2 And what shall we say of ourselves, we who were not call- ed to go “over there,” yet were called to an equally honored task at home? Have we not “died”—but LIVED “in the per- formance of duty?” The boy gave all he had—his life. He gave it like the hero he was. Are we giving LIFE? _ Think soberly for a moment. . What does it mean to give life for country? Cross and an auto for daughter. It doesn’t mean five dollars to Y. M. C. A. and a sealskin coat or a diamond for mother. are now on her soil fighting her battles for the’ liberty which | "~ Mothers, fathers, do you get-only sorrow. from the mes-|- _bravely to meet it—played the MAN to the end of the glorious, i It doesn’t mean a dollar or two to-the Red| . 1t .doesn’t mean a fifty dollar Liberty bond, while we buy an- other farm.- What DOES it mean? Think! “He DIED in the performance of duty.” 0. BENSON SCORES FOREIGN; BORN LEADERSHIP It will be noted in a dispatch from:New York where Allan S. Benson, Socialist candidate for the presidency in 1916, has resigned from-the party, declaring that he cannot stand for “a foreign born leadership that blindly believes a non-American policy can be made to appeal to many Americans.” Benson has long been a leader of thé Socialists in Am- erica. He is a man of marked ability and his intelligence is evidenced by his recognition of to- what lengths the party has been subjected by the foreign born who have come to these shores; bringing with them the un-American and rabid teach- ings of that nortorious destroyer of human rights, law and lib- erty, Marx. - It is this class of aliens who are the frothy-mouthed advo- cates of license—not liberty—who know no law and recognize none. They come to these shores steeped in the school of an- thte_ country that has always bade them welcome in a haven of refuge. . Benson is right, Foreign born leadership of that calibre cannot appeal to America from their insane and sordid minds’ viewpoint in this country and America will not for a moment .tolerate it. ) : 0 LOOKS LIKE LETHERT WOULD BE ELECTED Looks very much as if Minnesota would have a democratic clerk of the supreme court after the election next fall, and it wogld not be surprising to see thousands of good republicans voting for Charles A. Lethert, the democratic nominee. _The fates caused the defeat of Clerk Caswell, up for re- election, and the nomination of the candidate endorsed by Townley. Lethert went on the Democratic ticket, although his nomination was rather perfunctory. However, he is a most capable and efficient man, fully qualified to fill the office of clerk of the Supreme court and it would seem that loyal repub- licans and. all others will vote for him in preference to the can- gid}?_te with a Townley string and collar attachment fastened o him. 0 . Somebody should suggest to the ball clubs that the exer- cise has made them fit subjects to shoulder a musket. If not that, then the swing of a ball club is not so very different to that of a hoe. : -0 Many a~man who loudly proclaims himself in' favor of measures that will work the greatest good to the greatest num- ber, is also firmly convinced that No, 1 is the greatest, archy and disloyalty and seek to stir up strife and struggle in|_ ‘War Is Teaching a Great Lesson s to Possibilities in This Impor- tant Field., ! The reclamation of the energies of: all the flisabled of the natioh may ba. taught by the exigencles of war, ace cording to Maj. Harry BE. Mock, M. R. C., who In addressing the National League of American Pen Women, sald;:! % “There are in the United - States 600,000 persons who- have:been dis- abled in industries—probably . more than the total number of soldiers. who ‘will be disabled through this war— _yet: neither government nor industry has hitherto made thorough’ effort to weclaim their energy. That is a great lesson this, war has taught us,. and ‘when we have won it we shall find :that, through deaths, a cessation. of fmmigration,- and other causes, we shall face a great shortage in the la- bor; market. We shall then turn our attention-to.the reclamation of all the disabled .and thus -our .country will profit by .the labor of all her sons and daughters.” s Pigeons:Broke:Up.a Monopoly,. - ; - One of the queer things about tfxa nutmegis’ the: romantic. way in: which nature thwarted the Dutch attempt to establish a .complete: monopely of the spice. They own the Banda islands, where most of the nutineg trees grow, and, at one time they wanted to pre- vent everyone else from raising the spice.c So to keep up prices and to induce other planters on other islands to cut down ' their plantations the Dutch at one fime burned three piles of mutmegs, each of them said to have been as big as an average church. They induced. other planters to join with them and’ it soon -seemed a; though they were killing. all competi- |- tion. Then -nature- took a hand ‘in the game.- A large pigeon of the islands, which was extremely fond of mace, carried the seeds to all the surround- ing lands, -even to the mainland of Asia. Nutmeg, trees began: to grow wild in numerous places and all danger of a monopoly was rémoved.—Boston Post. . » E L General Badoglio, under chief of staff of the Italian armies, who .has figured prominently in the battles along the Piave, EMINENT ITALIAN GENERAL .} article of furniture going intn the L FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1918 To/Remove. Splinter. To remove a splinter frem the hand, fill a wide-mouthed bottle nearly full of hot water, says Popular Mechanics Mngazine, .Thrust the injured part| over the mouth and press it slightly. The flesh will be drawn down and shortly the splinter will be exposed |: under the action:of the steam. This method is:far better.than the common and dangerous practice of pricking the flesh with ‘a-pin-or knife point. The usual antiseptic solution should be ap- plied. - < ) First War: Stamp Bank: Built. The first building in the United States to be erected as a war savings stamp bank has been built at Oklehoma City, Okla, Every piéece of lumb nd bank have_been donated by b iness firm_s, of the city, and the tvo erecting the bhuilding were paid in X bends. The building stands on .cie of The creamery has fresh buttermilk the .downtown streets and is deroted | gajyl. Try your grocer first~—a nurm: ¢ J“J‘f sele of war £ Ing3 | per of them handle buttermilk. The stamps.. X Ao 528tt P ————— Bemidji’s all the year 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 ; - G. E. HICKERSON, Manager FRESHBUTTERMLK DALY | 10 CENTS GALLON ‘THECREAMERY MEN feel the duty of consecrat- 4 ing this 4th. of July as a day of earnest thought and determina- tion that our fight may soon termi- nate in the glory of democracy for all mankind. 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