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N 'HELP: SAVE CROPS SPECIAL SALE BRINGS 'PLEA TO PATRIOTS ( Contlnued from page one) B “gest in the history of the state,’” sald { ' the letter. '*The immediate problem s 'to secure adequate man-power for its harvesting. If this cannot be se- cured, nature’s bounty. will be in vain.” : 50,000 Men Absent. 5N “The farm’ lahor shortage is then re- ferred to.. “‘More than 50,000 of our young men are under arms ‘and 10,- 000 more will go in the five.days be- o ginning. July 22, as the peak of har- vest: time,”’ says-the report. . Appllnations for harvest work are directed . to ‘the public employment N lburea.u. Marquette avenue -and ‘Sec- " ond ‘street, Minneapolls,” or .to, ‘the “commission’ directors or.county agent i in the sectlon where they are lo- _cated, | UNCLE :SAM GOING INTO: 4 e COUNTY FAIR BUSINESS (B United Press.) ‘Washington, July 12.—Uncle Sam is going into the county fair business. .~ .This summer_and fall, ten baggage i ‘“cars full of government exhibits will tour the country, carrying to the Te- imotest corners examples of what is ‘being done to win the war. The army and-navy and agricul- ture, commerce, and interior depart- ments will have exhibits, as well as the food administration and the com- mittee on public information. Fairs or expositions will be staged in five districts, two cars going into each district, -beginning August 1 and running through November. The exhibit of the agriculture de- Jpartment will be particularly educa- tional showing thes flatest scientific methods of home canning, domestic science, and crop raising and con- neer ‘for: his announcement of ers. PROFITEERS HIT SENATORS (By Unlted Press.) ‘Washington, bia is worrying Uongress. to live. under the Capitol dome. The front of the Rex theater is be- ing decorated in green ‘and white, making an attractive improvement. . ®The front of the building occupied by the Knapp shoe tore is also re- ceiving ‘a coat of paint that adds greatly to its appearance. SPECIAL. men may make. offered him a week ago. got roast, 20c SRR GRAND 'R. M. HARVEYS PRESENTS LOWERY'S =—=GREATER MINSTRELS 40-MINSTREL KINGS AND QUEENS-40 Including Famous ‘Ballad Singers, Entrancing Dancers, Novelty Entertainers, Expert Comedians, In- strumental and Vocal Soloist—A Creole Beauty Chorus 20 PIECE BAND 10 PIECE ORCHESTRA ‘A MINSTREL PROGRAM IMPOSSIBLE TO EXGELL Featuring ' PROF. P. G. LOWERY, WORLD GREATEST COLORED CORNETIST and CLARANCE POWELL—Comedlane—ED TOLIVER ALONZO MOORE—Mngxclan and the LOWERY’S FAMOUS QUARTETTE WATCH FOR NOON DAY PARADE Also Concert in Front of Theatre at 7:15 p.m. PRICES---Maines 25-50¢ Night 25-50-75¢ 1-712] tgh e 3 KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT White Shoe 2 forMens Women's and Childrens Shoes The F F.DALLEY.CORPORATIONS. LIMITED, BUFFAL! OUT LARGE CROWD EARLY When H. V. Webster, sales adjus- ter, has anything to say, he doesn’t) put on the soft pedal, but lets the public know who he is, 'what he. is and what he has that would interest them in these war times. That's why when he was engaged by the Bemidji Shoe company, whose place of. busi- ness.is on ‘Minnesota avenue, to put on a big sale with prices adjusted| throughout he chose the Daily Pio- opening this morning at 9 o’clock, and:before time -for the doors to be opena big crowd was clamoring for admission and extended out over the curb and north and south on ‘side- alk, Speclal— lnducements were ottered for ‘the buying public to be ‘there early. 'And it was. _There are offer- ings of the entire stock at special prices and. Mr. Webster will continue in Bemidji for the next three weeks, ‘| incidentally. giving buying talks at the stores for the beneflt of purchas- SQUARELY IN sromcks June 12——Plratieul profiteering in the District of Colum- "It costs ‘more ‘today do live in Washington than in New York. A beefsteak for two can’t be had for less than $1 at any butcher shop: It has been necessary for Congress to pass a drastic law to cunb rent profi- teering at the .expense of thousands of war workers who have come here A common plate of soup costs two bits in the Senate restaurant, right |+ Mere senators, with only $7,500 & year salary, are complaining they servation. can’t afford to en%1 in their own res- P T e e taurant, thqugh the rules committee PAINT IMPROVEMENTS. has “okeheg" the prices. Congress in talking of passing laws to limit the profits capital trades- Terre Haute, Ind., July 12.—Eu- gene V., Debs has notified the Social- ist county committee that he would decline the nomination for Congress He said: ( “My present situation, physical a i ‘At the: Palace Meat Market, beef| otherwise, prevents ‘me from ucce THEATRE Dressing | THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER NIGHT LETTER STYLE DIDN'T : ‘SUIT NOTED LONDON EDITOR (By Unlted Press.) London, July 12.—William Le Sage, editor of the Daily Telegraph, who has just been made 3 knight, first- broke into journalistic fame in England through a feat of resource- fulness that gave his paper. a 24- hour scoop’and knocked the pine from qunder his competitors.” Le Sage was covering an assign- ment at a seaport town in competi- tion with a dozen other reporters, all old, iexperienced heads at the news the game. When they had obtained the facts they; went ‘off into quiet corners'tq write their articles and on fisnishing; discovered that the last train had lef¢ for London. Everybody took it for granted that the piece could not see print until 24 hours later—except Le Sage. “After long medincion,” says the Daily News,” he resolved to send the essentials of his story by telegraph. It was held, to be an amazingly dar-| ing and ingenfous coup.” But of .course that was a long time a.go. RED CROSS NOTES SURGICAL DRESST™G. A°big shipment of surgical dress- ing supplies has arrived. This is the July allotment and consists of a large number of bandages and dress- ings, ' Let all gldsworkers be on hand Monday and as many new workers as can. The room will 'be open Mon- day. Come’ and help. HOSPITAL GARMENTS. * The cut garments.for July and Au- gust-have arrived, ' In all there are 800 garments to be made., The sup- plies were late dn--arriving so the work: must be pushed as hard as pos- o All-Dresses up to $10 00 for Mid-Summer Sale Ladies Dresses One lot of dresses in linens, lawns, voxles, beach cloth, ete. All Dreues up to. $5 00 for $2.00 $4 'oo Five Linen Sults in Plum, Copen?pmk and two whlte, SlzeS 36 and © . 88, Priced up to $15.00. - On sale at $8.00 . - FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1918 . Shoes and Oxfords One lot of White ‘Canvas Shoes and Oxfords, also all Curefoot sandals at less than manufacturers cost. = siblé to get these garments made in time for shipment. More workers are needed. - Let:all who can sew..turn out and helxx / NOTICE T0 KNITTERS.: Chfldrens Dresses A Chlldrene Ready-Made Gmgham Dresses at Cost of Materlal .- Yarn is scarce. The Red Cross asks individual workers to exercise great care to produce sweaters of the right kind. Before sending in'a sweater to ‘qeadtiuartexs ‘be sure the, largest, size is not more than 18 inches in width |and 23 inches ‘long. Be sure ‘and knit sweaters' irmly. No Romance. : After Cinderella - Jeft, the court chamberlain reported the finding of & slipper. The prince vnwnei “'Tis a. marvelously. small one.” T See the beautlful whlte dress sklrts for summer wear at A “Yes, they buy ’‘em too small; and then ‘théy have to slip ‘em off:te Test _thelr feet.” . . And that's all’ there was to- the: epi- lfide. 1% Searching for Franklin. ; Sir John' Franklin, the celebrated Arctic explorer, started on fis last voyage May 17, 1845.. Thirty-nine re- lief expeditions, public and’ private, were sent out from England and Amer- fca in ten years:to search.for Sir John. By one of these: expeditions, sent by Lady Franklin, traces of' the missing |’ ship were found and its-fate decided. 3 Good Advice. “Talk less and say more,” is the ud- vice given to a group of girls. No one expect8 a girl’s conversation to be pro- |, found: and philosophical, but there is no “doubt that more thinking before speaking would - make the words of ! many girls better worth! hearing. .The trouble is not that girls' lack intelli- gence, but that they are irather lnzy about using their brains. = 4Jingo.” “Jingo” Is used as a ‘substitute for something else, as in:the phrases “By George” and “By Jimminy;” in Gold- smith there is the expressien, “by the living Jingo,” “Jingo” was originally applied in Great Britain to anyone who advocated an aggressive or vigorofts policy in foreign affairs, and came into ‘existence ns a nickname for a-support- er of Lord Beaconsfield’s action in sending a fleet to Turkish waters to opposer the Russlan advance ip 1878. AR AN AAAANANANANANAANANANANAS BEFORE !THE = RAILROAD 'AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION: OF THE STATE OF MINN®SOTA. In the matter of the application of the Minneapolis, Red Lake and. Manitoba Railway: Company for permission to in- crease its rates. Application having been received from the Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba Railway Company for permission to in- crease its rates twenty-five (26 per cent) in order to'equalize their rates with the rates granted by the Federal Govern- ment _to Class “A’ railroads; It Is Therefore Ordered, that hearing in the above entitled matter be and the same is hereby fixed to take place at the office of the Commission in the State Statement of the condition of - SOLWAY STATE BANK at close of business on June 29, 1918. (Bank No. 1255.) Capitol Building, Tuesday, July_ 23rd, e A. D. 1918, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., at i RESOURCHE. sig1ds.an wWhich time all interested parties will be|Loans and discounts.. Rt ¥ given an opportunity to be heard. Oveg ’% s 2 & 50'0 " It Is Further Ordered, that notice to g;;nkingonholls ¢ 2.999:82 the public shall be given'by the pubuv-m- Furniture and i ” 142707 tion of this order for two successive Gays, namely July 12th and 13tn in the|DQue from. banks Cash on hand (items Bemidji Pioneer. below) Please be governed accordingly. Cur. . By the Cummlssion, Stlver C. crAusEN, Sllyer Secretary. i 6. Dated at St. vaul, Minnesota, July vih, Lotal oo B s %886.19 A. D. 1918. 2td712-18 Pald out for expenses, etc., in excess of eaximngs 1,741.03 ‘War savings s 96.62 .$53,906.24 rotal ieiiiieniaienes ENTERPRISE AUTO €0 [l 500 s Lo Surplus fund Auto Livery and Taxi Service [Notes Tediscounted and bills Day and Night Service payable (ln:fludll;grrgglrg? e Office Remore Hotel, - Cor. De",;'osefis DIt A e e 3rd St. & Beltrami Ave. check -$14,199.42 Certifled chec . Office Phone 1 Cashier’s checks 50888 ° Residence Phone 10 WM. M’CUAIG, ‘Manager Total immediate lia- bilities ...... Savings deposits’ Time certificates Total deposits .. Total covuvveeavanvnaseons Amount of reserve on hand. Arlnount of serve required $14,710.80 ® 195.20 17,649.24 32,655.24 3,097.75 County of Bel- State of Minnesoba. 9| trami, ss. HUFFM_AN & OLEARY e, F. W. Manthey, President and nurrmaly_ o U LLANT || Frank . Smith, Cashier of the above named Benk, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best AND of our knowledge and belief. i F. W. MANTHEY, President. . FRANK 8. SMITH, Cashier. Correct Attest: (Two) Directors —_—— K. ROBINSON, A D. THOMAS, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of July. 1918, ° EARL GRENIALS, H. N. M’KEE, Funeral Director Beltrami County, Minnesota. (Seal) Notary Public, PHONE 178-W or R o My commission expires Aug:x;t7 192 LAt L B LA -7 _July, 1918, at seven (7) o’'clock P. ‘rectors. “One whose term of o..ce shall ty causes loat Heartburn, lndlgeshon—Starts nearly Aiter YOU eat—take—one, GET you. SO NOTICE OF AN“AI‘ SCBOOI- um:'r- ING OF INDEPENDENT scxoo DISTRICT OF BEMIDJI. Notice Is Hereby~Given, That the an- nual meeting of the legal board of Inde- pendent School District ‘of Bemidji, Bel- trami County, Minnesota, will be held at tre Central School building in tre_ City of Bemidji, on Saturday, the 20th day &r for the purpose of electing three (3) di- expire in one (1) year and two whose term of o..ce shall expire in three (3) years; and for the tfansaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The names of the dlrectors ‘whose terms of office expire are: H. Smith, A. L. Molander, and Robert leen ‘The following applications have been filed in the office of the clerk for a posi- tion upon the ballot at the coming elec- tion R. Given, for tre one (1) year term, and E. H,.Smith, A. L. Molander, A. A. Lord, H. R. Jones, for the three (8) years term. Dated this ng day of July 1918, OMY, Clerk, Independent School ]District of Bemidjl. .4t ‘D715 | NOTICE 1 Advertisements in this column cost half sert a word per issue, when paid cash in advance. No ad will be run for less than 10c per issue .‘Ads charged on our books cost one cen: a word per issus. 1or less than 26e. FOR SALE FOR SALE—Strictly modern and well located six-room bungalow. Ad- dress box 575, city. 712tf FOR SALE—Good milch cow. Cheap for - quick sale. 721 Mississippi -avenue. 2-713 FOR SALE—One player piano in good condition, and about 40 rolls of music. Will take liberty bonds. Call Pioneer office. . d710tf FOR SALE—My, brown aad white Arabian mare, rubber tired buggy and harness, $100. Dr. H. A. Nor- throp 3-712 FOR SALE OF RENT—Furnished, 6 room house, 1237 Dewey avenue. Phone 161-J. FOR SALE—Good hand made stake wagon. Ford with Form-A- Truck attachment. Paper baler. Prices asked, Koors Bros. Co. 628tf FOR SALE—Ford runabout. Inquire at. Drs. Gilmore & McCann’s office, 5-711] No ads rur | ’FOR YOUR ST OMACI“I S SAKE . It drives the gg_s “and bloat out of youry body and you get ~ FULL JLL STRENGTH OUT OF THE FOOD YOU EAT Get EATONIC from your Draggist with the DOUBLE GUARANTEE Sond for the *'Help*” Book, Address Eatonlo Remeds,Co.. 1018-24 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Tl FOR SALE—Fi1ve-room_cottage with city water and = sewer. Lot is 30x150 feet and runs out to the lake. Inquire at 1204 Dewey Ave. - or call 276. 7 : hatf WANTED WANTED——F'loor men and drill press men. Short Turn Tractor., 1-712 WANTED—Single man for farm work. Apply Al. H. Jester, Mark- ham building, Bemidji. 3-715 WANTED—Help for réstaurant work. Third Street cafe: T11tf WANTED—Girl” to care for baby. Call 204 Irvine or phone 600. 8-719 WANTED—Rooms' for light house- keeping. Inquire Pioneer office. = 7iite ! WANTED—A position to do copying / \ or: oter office work by a lady- who has had some experisnce. Address © “Y” Pioneer. 3-712 WANTED, TO BUY—Second-hand | typewriter desk. Phone 90. 3-712 ' GIRL—For general housework want- ed. May have chance to learn photo work. Mrs. A. A. Richard- ’ son, 29 10th street. Phone 570 -W. 3-712 WANTDD—Bright girl who is rapid and accurate with a typewriter, | one who would be willing to learn to operate from a° dictaphone. Koors Bros. Co. 628tf WANTED—I want to place a good, ‘reliable man on my improved farm 8 miles from Bemidji. = Must be able to furnish references. Man with team preferred. See me at Fairview farm, 2 miles east of La-_ vinia. . A. W. Bartlett. ~ 4 . btD 71-2, A 1tw 71-1 FOR RENT 2 FOR RENT—Furnished rooms, down- stairs. 208 'Mississippi avenue., . : 2 LOST AND FOUND LOST—Pair of boys’ tan shoés at Diamond Point. Call 716W. 3-713 LOST—Gold brooch pin, shape of agy. gun, on either 3rd or.4th street" Finder please return to Pioneer of fice. 3t-712 FOUND—-AutomoblIe license tag No. 158099, with tail light, near Birchmont hotel. Owner can have same by proving property and pay-| ing for this ad. 3-712 - . 1 i} et J Defective