Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 26, 1918, Page 2

SUNDAY: 3. X DENU EVERY AFTERNOON BXOEPT - TS FIONEER PUBLISKING @. 3. OARSON Entered ' the postoffice at Boml'd”l, Minn, as ‘second-class matter under act of 9. ongress of March 3, 1 0 Annonymous contributions. Writer's name must ik ‘“‘?."";‘n.”.'&e‘or. but not. ne y for publication, .. Communications for the Wukl( Pion ‘must reach-this office not . Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. NEWSPAPERS NOT THE OFFENDERS The following is an article sent from Washington: Declaring that the government is in the throes of an epi- demic of useless publicity Representative Walsh of Massa- chusetts sharply assailed the waste of paper by various branches of the government while the newspapers of the coun- try are being forced to adopt the most drastic measures of con- servation. : Mr. Walsh said most of the departments gf the govern- ment seemed to have an ‘‘unappeasable appghte for‘pim_ess publicity” and that the proper way to describe the situation was to paraphrase a once popular song, “Every Little Bereau Has a Bulletin of Its own.” One of the chief results of the enormous additional expenditure for government publicity, he said, was to bring into regular use waste baskets heretofore “premitted to repose undisturbed.” The- increase in the government’s printing bill for this year, Mr. Walsh estimated at about $5,000,000. This does not, of course, include the large expenditures for the corps of publicity experts, editors, special writers, artists, and ‘“‘other impedimenta,” he explained. “The taxpayers have to my mind not received any benefit commensurate with the cost. “I doubt if many of the various govemmqnt&l depart- ments have curtailed their output to any appreciable degree. On the other hand, many other departments have increased their issuance. “The United States government, through its officials and departments, should set an example of economy and conserva- tion, but alas, on the contrary, we have a deluge of bulletins, reports, surveys, magazines and various other publications choking up the government printing office, clogging the mails and ecluttering up many an office or accounting room in business houses and numerous parlors or sitting rooms in quiet, happy homes. : “It has been stated on good authority that it takes more than one pound of coal to supply power sufficient to produce cient to waste tons of the same print paper after it has been produced. “The joint committee on printing last winter recommend- ed certain economies on the use of print paper and effected a saving of nearly a million dollars, but in spite of this the mush- room growth of new journals has wiped out the saving and ments.” > i SN There isn’t a newspaper news desk in the country that is not deluded with the greatest conglomeration of worthless junk under the guise of “publicity,” “propaganda” stuff, “‘edu- cation,” all pure rot and all going into the waste basket under the scrutiny of newspaper men. The stuff is gotten out by an army of incompetents, “intellectuals” and high priced pay- rollers and bales of it isn’t worth a thin dime for any purpose whatever in winning the war. 0 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. It is unfortunate that so many truths are truisms. We would realize that early shopping at Christmas is a holy ob- ligation if people would give up saying so. about it, and repeat it to ourselves. And on December the 24th we join the good old annual bull-fight. Proverbs were made to be neglected. Even ethical fund- amentals are accepted to be disregarded. We agree that it is wrong to lie: we feel insulted when we are called liars; and . 'we would be ashamed to be without gumption enough to tell a good one when expedient. When Moses broke the stone tables of the Law on Sinai he probably saw what was coming. ‘“What’s the use of ten commandments?” he thought. “Or twenty? They’ll all be endorsed and disobeyed by the same people.” ; The ancient rule about Christmas shopping has additional backing this year. Consideration for salesgirls we have habit- ually withheld, but here it is Miss Columbia that speaks. “Make work easy for salespeople,”’ she says. ‘“Don’t exhaust their reserve energy—the need it for knitting. Don’t make it necessary for storekeepers to hire extra clerks—they are want- ed for war work., Don’t buy useless things. Buy chiefly for children. Spread your.shopping over October, November and early December.” g This is embodied in the published requset of the National Council of Defense. Patriotic citizens will observe it, and others may ' well contemplate the possibility of something stronger than a request next year. —o0 VIRGINIA MAYOR HAS DOUBTS. The mayor of Virginia went on the war path at a meeting of the city council when a certain individual made application for the transfer of a “soft drink parlor” license. The mayor jumped to his feet and exclaimed: “Without referring to this application that is before us, I respectfully submit to this council that we may well wonder why a soft drink seller can afford to operate under the present high costs and keep straight. I do not believe iv is possible for a man to pay $100 a month rent and $125 a month to a bartender and sell nothing but pop.” Bemidji doesn’t believe it, either. : e Sl e One of the institutions of the army in France is the travel- ing bathroom. is rolled up to the lines as the boys leave the trenches and provides bathing facilities for five hundred men an hour, one pound of paper, but a much less quanity of brains is suffi-| . run rampant throughout many of the administrative deplir;- We tell each otherf An outfit that requires three trucks to carry it| NEWS AND LETTERS FROM BELTRAMI CO. SOLDIERS-SAILORS WILL “PUSH FRITZ OVER.” Private Arthur L. Brown, who signs his letter to his ‘mother, Mrs. John Noel, Bemidji, ‘‘Auto’ repair squadron, United States air service, 35 Eaton Place, S. W., London, Eng- land,” says “We are going to push Fritz over the hill.” ' He also says he supposes she has heard of the big American success on the front and that he would like to tell about it bu mustn’t. ‘ ~ The writer sgys he is well as usual and enioylng e nice, warm weath- er. ' He says that one of the mem- bers of the squadron was married to an English girl and the boys gave him three cheers. Says he guesses the Yankee soldier likes it all right in England and will have company on ‘the trip home ‘when. the war is over. He also.says the boys in his squadron ‘have been working hard of|- late ‘and that it takes about an hour to get cleaned up after the day’s work is done. | He closes by telling- his mother not to worry.. 2 TO ANNAPOLIS, Edwin Simons, son . of Judge and Mrs, H. A. Simons, left this morning for Annapolis, having been selected by the navy department for training to receive a commission as ensign in the navy. Mr. Simons had been on the U, 8, S. Kansas since enlisting in the service, being one of the Fifth Minnesota Naval militia, He will re- ceive his commission at the acadeioy next February. He is a graduate of the Bemidji high school and is a for- mer employe of the Bemidji Plonecer Publishing company. i HOME ON FURLOUGH. Corporal Aldrich: Eickstadt, son of Herman Eickstadt:-of town of Frohn arrived in the ¢city last evening on'a ten-day furlough. He has been sta- tioned at Rock Island Arsenal, Il. HOME ON FURIOUGH. . . William-Bberline, son of Mrs. Fre: Eberline, is home on a ten day fur- lough from Picatinny arsenal, Dover, N. J., having arrived in' the city this morning. DOCTORS MUST VOLUNTEER. ‘Washington, Sept. 26.—Represen- tatives of the Volunteer Medical Serv- ice corps throughout the country and state committees of the council of national defense, have been notified that no form. of coercion should be used to bring physicians into-the army or navy or the Volunteer Medi- cal Service corps. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— By Mail: sending you the paper. One Year. ...$4.00 Six Months. . . $2.00 One-fourth o not as accessories to it. h."{f syrup. by another sweetener. gelatins and frozen desserts. may be made of cakes: i FALL METHODIST CONFERENCE OPENS: 100TH ANNIYERSARY (By United Press.) = St. Paunl, Minn,, Sept. 26.—Prepa- ration for the'world centenary pro- gram of the Methodist Episcopal church, designed to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the organ- ization of home and foreign missions of the church, was begun at the con- vention of the Methodist churches of the northwest today. The fall conference of the church of the north- west will bé in session here a week. Plans for the conference are laid with special reference to the world MERICA has several excellent war time sweet- . eners that will be used largely during the shortage in the sugar supply. 4 * They are maple sugar, syrups, hopey and molasses and may be used in preparing des- serts and other dishes requiring sweetening. When a cup of syrup or honey is used to replace a cup of sugar the liquid in the recipes should 'be decreased one-fourth. One-third of a cupful of sugar is equivalent to one-third of a cup of honey, about one- ‘half cup.of syrup and about one-half cup of corn sugar. of ‘a cup of sugar is equal to about one-half cup of syrup or one-third cup of corn sugar. spoon ‘of sugar is equal to one tablespoon of honey, about one and one-half tablespoons of syrup and one and one- third tablespoons of corn sugar. : Sugar may be saved by the use-of raisins, dates, figs, dried pears-and fruit pastes used on the breakfast cereals. Fruit marmalades, butters and jellies should be used to take the place of the ordinary sweetening at a meal and Fruits may be preserved without sugar. It may be added when sugar is more plentiful. Preserving demands this year a thin syrup instead of a sugar is used one-half of the amount may be replaced is a means of preserving (without sugar) ap- ples, cherries, strawberries and black caps. When ready to use they may ! sugar in the form of a syrup.. When sugar is more plentiful fruit juices may be made into jellies or may be used as fruit juices with or without sugar, as beverages, fruit Fresh fruits supply the place of sugar in the diet. They should be used freely. Desseris where sugar is scarce gelating, junkets, custards, puddings and ¢ Remember the Date Sul)scrfbe for Your ‘L'iberty Bond : / Advertisements in this colnmn cost half cent a word per issue, when paid cash in advance. ‘No ad will be run for less than 10¢ per issue. . Ads charged on our books cost one cent a word per issue.. No ads run for less than 26c. FOR SALE FOR SALE—Hand made stake wagon, 'Will sell right. Koors Bros: d 810tf One ‘table- FOR SALE—2 Ford touring, 1 Ford Roadster,”1 1916 Dodge, A1 Shape, lights and starter, 1 1916 Inter- state, Al shape, lights and starter, valve in' head motor. Don’t fail to see us for second hand cars. V., M. Owen, Hines, 6-102 YOUNG PIGS. FOR SALE—Twenty- five pure bred Yorkshire pigs, six weeks old, six dollars each; Phone ) 5t928 have added the needed FOR RENT WANTED TO RENT—Orie OF two un- furnished modern rooms, for light housekeeping,. Phone 412W. 3-926 FOR = RENT-—Furnishe Tooming house. "Call 862: g 4t928 FOR RENT—Nicely furnished front room, 215 Third street upstairs. 919tf FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms, war conditions and looking forward }ggfw'Bem(djl avenufe. Ps"‘z%’%“; to the period of reconstruction after | .~ the war. = Pastoral appointments for WANTED the northwest district will also be WANTED—To buy two cars of field made. run triumph seed potatoes. J. J. . Among speakers expected are: A. Opsahl, Lavinia. Phone 18-F-14. W. Mell, L. C. Murdock, staff repre- jors 10t927 sentatives, board of home missions and church extension; A, W. Green- man, district ‘supérintendent, Italy conference, and G. F. Ream, head of department of religious work, board of education. - WANTED—Womarr to wash and irén ‘at the house. 805 Bemidji nv2enue. x -927 WANTED—Potatoes to dig on shares. Inquire 517 America avenue. 1t926 WANTED—Kitchen girls. Apply at once. . Hotel ‘Markham, if - Subscribe for The Pioneer Does Your Subscription Expire Before Nov. Ist? In the event your subscription expires on or before November 1st, 1918, it is absolutely necessary that you renew before that time if you wish to continue receiving our paper. We presume you do not desire to’ miss a single copy and we trust we are correct. 4 2 Under government orders, and you know what that means, all pub- lishers thruout the United States must stop every paper that is not paid in advance. ‘It is not necessary that you pay a full year in advance, but your subscription must be paid ahead in order that we can continue Renew for three, six, nine months or-a year. 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