Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 27, 1919, Page 2

il { | | | | — BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ——-—fvm NEVIRY AFTERNOON DXUEPT SUNDAY. PIONBER FUBLISHING 0- » OAIIOI TELEPHONE 9323 Entered at the postoffice at Bemldil Minn, as second-class matter under act of Congress of March 3 fim No attention pald to Annonymous contributions. Write's name must be known to the editor, but not necessal tor publication. Communications for the Weekly Plon t reach. this .oftice not later than Tnouday of each week to lnsure publlcauon in the ourrent issue. SUBSORIPTION RATES I'! CARRIER MAIL ORDER HOUSE AND COUNTRY MERCHANT. (Editorial from The Duluth Herald.) F. P. Mann, president of the North Dakota Retail Mer- chants’ association, contributed some hard commeon sense to a discussion of the mail order problem before the recent conven- tion in Minneapolis of the Minnesota Retail Grocers’ associa- tion. He said that mail order houses should be fought by better merchandising methods, and above all by advertising.- “One reason why mail order houses have made such progress,” hej said, “is that ninety per cent of the rural busmess men do not believe in advertising.” The truth of that idea is to be seen plainly on-every hand. In the many rural newspapers that come to this office we have many times observed this phenomenon: that most of the outery against mail order houses comes from the communities whose local merchants, judged by the ndver’asing columns of their local newspapers, are the least progressive. In nine times out of ten, when you find a country paper at- tacking the mail order houses and urging people—vainly, no doubt—to do their buying at home, you will find few local store advertisements in that paper, and the few that are there are| bare announcements, seldom or never changed, that such and such merchants are engaged in such and such business enter- prises. Such advertisements, when inserted by so-called mer- chants, are the products of men who do not believe in advertis- ing, and who do what advertising they do largely as a ¢harity to the local newspaper. Yet the local editor, handicapped by the unprogressive sloth of the merchants, battles week in and week out against the mail order houses in behalf of these un- progressive merchants whose neglect of a great opportunity gives the mail order houses their best opening. On the other hand, when a country newspaper carries real advertisements, using good space and full of detailed figures and bargain prices, showing that that town has progressive mer- chants, you seldom find it worrying about the mail order houses. The mail order house is no problem there because the mer- chants, by up-to-date merchandising and effective advertising, are able to hold their own and more. In nine times out of ten the merchant that sits under his cobwebs and whines about the mail order house deserves to be defeated by this distant competitor because he doesn’t brush up on his merchandising and especially on. his advertising. Country stores that run real advertisements, like those of the leading merchants in Duluth, stand up successfully against mail order competition, and the newspapers of such towns never need to waste breath in academic arguments in favor of buying at_home. One advertised bargain, showing that the live home store can compete with the mail order houses, is worth yards and yards of printed appeals to patronize hame industries. The merchant who is worried by mail order competmon has his remedy right at his elbow in the local newspaper’s ad- vertising columns, providing he studies the advertxsmg methods of city merchants and keeps as up-to-date in his advertising as| he does in his other merchandising methods. —_— BANDS FULLY EQUIPPED, ANYHO\V.. | The war department gravely announces that contracts. have been canceled calling for 867 trombones, 900. flutes, and| 2,122 saxophones, together with a great variety of other musi-| ca] instruments. Apparently the bands of the American Ex- peditionary Force were to be fully equipped, anyhow. 0- H Have you noticed that the young soldier just home from| the army never sits down if he can help it? He argues with you towering up above you in a pogition of vantage, or he tells his adventures while striding up and down the room. It will} § be ruinous to the chair manufactories if this keeps on. But we now understand for the first time why it is called a “standing army.” a ! In telling the Washington story the teacher emphasizes the circumstance of George’s truth-telling. - But the man who owns cherry trees and & hatchet and a family of boys places a very strong emphasis on the fact that cherry-tree boughs make most excellent switches. 0 As the banners and placards come down the housewife exults in her opportunity to really wash the windows. * PSS, , W—— Now that it is not happening any more is the time to enjoy the war books and the war films. —0 Who is going to raise the wheat crop this year—the gOV- ernment or the farmer? For 200 years GOLD MEDATL Haar- | you noed. Tak lem Oi.l hn enabled suffering human- {‘o . fifimflgm m?. lfi ity to withstand attacks ney, of the kidneys and drives ont tiver, biadder and stomach troubles thl sons. New life and health will and ;itmeam eong:cted wl“ the | surely follow. When yo;:mm-l vigor restore to organs wuken%d by | for a whfl:.co hepe‘;-anr::lf in fl:{ e oo unlm‘é-ey do you are aoom Wurine sleeplesaness, nervou l mem?ndm_“.p b-ck.a'ci'o, stomach | dr st Ofl 2 !'m pains in the loins and lower monqynyonmmtnfinflod'uh Foarlem OO Oxpraies are the romedy | packagse. ! Two Drops of “Gets-It” Will Do It. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER feature “A Man In The Open,” show- ing at the Elko theatre last times tonight, there is presented a picture of masterly production that attracts and entertains by reason of its clear- ness, continuity, skillful direction and powerful romance—all based on Roger Pocack’s popular novel of the same title. ‘‘The Man In The Open” is'a thoroughly pleasing nttntIon GRAND TONIGHT. All the world loves happlnm and courage, that is why ‘“‘The Secret Garden,” by Frances Hodgson Bur- nett, ranks as one of the most popu- lar novels of modern times. This famous story, starring Lila Lee in Paramount picture will be shown at the ‘Grand theatre last times tonight. ‘Lila Lee, the new star in plctur&s. plays the heroine of the story, It is a subtle and difficult part, with many fine touches of comedy. AT THE | ©0: THEATERS B, X. DERY FARNUMS’ LATEST™ In Dustin Farnum’s latest Supar-' ELKO TOMORROW. Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Greeley, the popular film fayorites, are co-starred with great success in the new World picture, “Love In a Hurry,” which will be shown on Fri- day at the Blko theatre. The story of “Love In a Hurry” ‘has been fillmed from a serial -ap- pearing 'in the Saturday Evening Post under the title of “A Huge, Black One-Eyed Man.” GRAND FRIDAY. vith his excruciatingly humorous ‘facial expressions, his ludicrous ges- tures and his general method of por- traying farcical tribulations and sor- rows, John Barrymore finds himself admirably suited in a character such as that of Fitzhew in “The Man From Mexico,” which will appear at ] the Grand tomorrow. [N “ONE HOUR.” TONIGHT. “One "Hour,” a Hoffman-Four- square feature in six parts at the Rex tonight and Priday, ‘centers about the vital events in the lives of two people. the Adirondacks, where a young woman, Opal, and a vigorous young man named Stanley are the principal characters. Opal wandering through the gnow takes refuge from a pack of wolves and is rescued ny Stanley. During @ hand to hand fight which he has with one of the brutes Opal fall through an air hole into icy water. Rescued by Stanley a gecond time she is borne to ‘his sabin where only his prompt ‘aid in removing tne dremched garments saves her life. According to the Moving Picture World, “the. latest Hoffman-Four- square. picture, ‘‘One Hour,”" is a most satisfactory offering.”” Con- tinuing with its review this publica- slon says: ‘“The story is of the type that always has been popular and rhe tale has been screened in & man-; ner that adds to its attractiveness. The work of Zena Keefe, Alan Hale and the other members of the cast is thoroughly satisfactory.” There will also” be shown a two- reel L-Ko comedy, TALMADGE COMES SATURDAY. On Saturday at the Rex will be seen that favorite Bemidji actress, Norma Talmadge, in the ‘“Heart of Wetona,” said to be one of her best producnons Gorns Gallusos liml Quick! Tver hand-carve your toe with a knife trying to get rid ct a corn'l Jver use scissors and s 1; the corn too close Co the qu olfl “Gets-It” Puts e % Z1t Ends Corns thskly Ever pack u Y r toe with “con- !raptlonl" an p asters as though you lass vase for paroel [ out? Ever‘ uso greasy ~ointments thnt rub off on your stocking? Ever use sticky tape that gets jerked off when you pull your stocking off? Kind o’ foolish, when 2 or 8 drops of “Gets-It” on any corn or callus lven it a quick, Yalnless. peaceful, dead sure funeral! Why putter and suffer 'l “Gets-It"” stops corn pains, it lets yon work, smile and dance, even with corns, It's the common-Sense Wway, the only simple, s corns oft like a by millions. “Gets-1t,” back corn-remover. atrifie at any drug store. ‘{d hvn l’nwrenee&Oo-.O hicago, X1l sold in Bemidji and recommended as the world’s best: corn ‘remedy by Barker's Drug Store. STAHL-JACOBS Furniture Renovators All work guaranteed. Work called for and de- livered. 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